Miranda should have cut her losses and realized Lex would never have gotten involved with her again. Still that is difficult to do when the emotions are involved.
She had assumed a karate fighting stance and was prepared to do battle if necessary until Clark arrived, either as Clark or as Superman.
Rats! It would have been so much fun to watch Lois clock Lex right in the chops! We rarely get to see anything like that, usually Lex gets his minions to do the fighting.
Unfortunately, for Nigel, Clark was close. With a swift movement Clark pushed against the barrel and slide of Nigel's weapon, knocking it out of alignment relative to the hammer called being ‘out of battery' and making the weapon unable to fire. Wrapping his hand around the slide and receiver group he kept the weapon inoperative and twisting his hand he removed the weapon from Nigel's grip. As he was doing this he planted his right fist under Nigel's chin, lifting him a couple of inches into the air. A second later Nigel fell in a heap to the floor, unconscious.
The proper way to disarm a really bad guy! What a perfect surprise. Nigel is going to wake up to a bad headache and unemployment. Did he think that anyone was going to allow their work partner to be mauled by his employer - even if he is the third richest man in the world. Go CLARK!!!
