I'm with Jill all the way, Wendy-- even down to the reading parts 3 and 4 together.
I, too, just loved the escape/rescue in part 3. I was so almost-convinced that Lex would be able to overpower Lois, or to see her attack coming. I was afraid he'd smack her around or something, or worse, drug her. Instead, she kicked butt (or knee, anyway)! She got out of that supposedly secure room, and then there was Clark to help.
The scene where she crashes into him and struggles a bit until he speaks was great, and his almost casual comment to her to hang on, as he sped up, was really great too! I also really enjoyed the bit where Clark looks ahead, sees Lois in the process of escaping, and so stops and waits for her to come to him. rotfl! They're already a great team, aren't they? Even when the teamwork is unplanned.
And part 4 was fun-- a sweet time of recovery (and discovery). Again, I enjoyed the humor in the mental picture you gave us of Lois standing still while Clark whizzes around her cleaning the place up. Especially funny, again, was his casual "stand here, don't move" comment. It's fun to see him demonstrating his powers so freely-- it's obvious that he's really enjoying his freedom to talk about these things with her, and to show her what he can do. No masking of his true self at all.
Since I'm not completely ready for Christmas, I've been counting how many days are left with some trepidation-- now for the first time I'm counting those same days and thinking how nice it is that we'll get to read some more of this soon.
~Toc
