Whew!! He got to her in time.
That was pretty funny, that poor Rogers, completely out of his league before he ever got paired up with Lois, couldn't find her in disguise.
And this--
or else he’d be the first man travelling around Pluto without a ship.
rotfl!!
I, too, was fairly sure that Jay was the rapist, even though he appeared nice, non-suspicious and with an innocuous sort of story-- and good at social chitchat. I suspect that Lois would normally have been a bit more suspicious-- the buying a drink without regard to whether she wanted one or whether she wanted champagne in particular was dichotomous with the rest of his apparent personality... the "you're going to think I'm an idiot..." shtick. Anyway. She was distracted by the continuing intruding thoughts of Clark, plus her pique at Perry for foisting Rogers on her, not to mention poor ol' Rogers himself.
I read this on the edge of my seat (Well, figuratively, anyway. Actually, I'm sort of reclined on the couch right now, but that's neither here nor there.) and was
so relieved Clark got there in time. Lois fought back, which of course is typical of her, but you showed that even being well prepared to defend yourself isn't always enough. And her thought processes were just so spot-on--
Oh, how stupid had that been! Of course she wanted him to save her!
<Oh, Clark, please come! Please... I forgive you everything, just please come!>
Tears choking her, she frantically searched the sky as much as she could without turning her head. But there was no sign of a red-caped Superhero racing to her rescue.
He’d taken her at her word. He wasn’t coming.
Anybody faced with death is going to bargain mentally, make promises, with God or the fates to spare them.
I agree with Avia-- it would have been cruel and inhumane to end this part with Lois's cry for help, and since a lot of us probably know how to swim, and know where London, Ontario and France are, you two are probably much, much safer by not ending it there <g>.
I'm inclined to agree with you that a bullet-proof-vest-and-amnesia story would be likely to raise more questions than it would answer. But having "Clark" stay dead and Lois abandon her life as she knows it to be with "Kal" elsewhere isn't real believable for me, either. I suppose a strong enough love could justify that sort of scenario. But I have faith in you two that you've got something different, something believable, planned. You do, right? Wendy? Kae?
~Toc
