There is something wonderfully delicious about reading FoLC while at work!
Superman remained rooted to the spot. At Lois’s shout both Jimmy and Mr. Moskal started running in the direction of the car.
The hooded figure jumped in and drove off. As the car left, Superman took off and disappeared into the night sky.
Jimmy was surprised and said, “What the ???”
Lois summed it up by saying, “It's like Superman's been hypnotized.”
Ouch!
That scene always bothered me that Clark was hypnotized and his reputation was in danger of being damaged forever.
“I had to play along with that for Nicky’s sake. Also we need to find out who all is behind this and what the ultimate goal is. I couldn’t necessarily do that by just grabbing that hooded figure. That could have been a stooge.”
“So, where do we go from here?”
“I have to make the person in the hood think that they succeeded in hypnotizing me by playing along.”
Whew!
This sounds so much better than the actual story! I always thought that since Superman's brainwaves are not the same as an Earth human's, hypnotized would not work on him.
One disturbing fact was the angle from which Jimmy had been taking the pictures. You could see the watch and the hand on the chain, but not the hooded figure.
Seeing this picture, Lois snickered. Clark had explained that he had actually been looking through the watch using his x-ray vision and not at it the way the supposed hypnotist had thought.
Oh. So he is still vulnerable to hypnosis? Rats!
Perry interrupted her tirade, “And he’s not talking. Now I'm not telling you to drop this story 'cause I believe you saw what you said you did. We just need something concrete, that's all.”
That's our Managing Editor! Always looking for the facts.
Nodding in agreement, Constance said, “Big one, but not in the way you would think. The casino owner found out Darren disguised himself and used his skills to cheat at the tables. He had been doing it for years. Anyway, after that Darren was black listed and wiped out financially. No one would hire him. At least he didn't go to jail.”
Yikes! He's fortunate nothing else happened to him. The
boys in Vegas can be really unfriendly!
Jonathan had heard him arrive and came out of the barn just as Martha came out of the kitchen.
Jonathan asked, “What brings you here in the middle of the day?”
Smiling he said, “I wanted to let you know that you don’t have to worry about what you may read in the paper. You see, I’ve gone undercover as Superman. There may be some stories that could cause you to worry and I wanted to let you know that you don’t need to.”
Much, much better!
A look of dawning comprehension came over Lois’s features. “I was going to ask Perry to squash it. You want them to think you are under their control so that they might make a mistake.”
“That is essentially it. With your help we may be able to break this case. Look, I can’t stick around. I have some more things that need to be done. I’ll meet you at the Magic Club this evening.”
“Why there?”
“We may be getting near the end of the story.
Watching Lois and Clark working as a team is so much more fun than the other way around!
Bring on the next installment!
