Good to see Lois writing again.
Shutting down the television, she walked over to her window and poked her head outside. “Help, Superman!” she cried.
She brought her head back in and sat on her bed. He was far away, she knew that. And it was only one cry. In all likelihood, this would not work, but she was not yet ready for the full out screaming she knew she would need to do.
“Lois?” Superman was floating outside her window.
You might want to redo that. If he was in Smallville her cry moving at the speed of sound would not reach him for QUITE some time.
Ever seen lightning? Notice how the Thunder can take some time to arrive.
The sonic boom we hear from some planes is when they exceed the speed of sound.
You might make use of it in the story. Lois could call out just as she did and Superman shows up some hours later after she'd given up on it working. (How far is Smallville from LA anyways?)
“Sorry for calling so early,” John’s voice answered her, “but I thought you’d want to know right away that your story is great and you are now officially a member of the I-team.”
“Oh,” Lois replied, her brain deserting her now.
John laughed in her ear, his voice soft and teasing, “I can see it’s too early for such things, so I’ll let you get back to sleep,” he said, before he hung up the phone.
Lois slowly put her phone down, staring at the ceiling. She hadn’t submitted anything, had she? She would remember that, wouldn’t she?
Lois stared at the screen blankly for a moment, before desperately clicking on the attachment, almost afraid of what it would contain.
The Truth Behind the Cape by Lois Lane
Great, you're Superman is a fool and an idiot who hasn't learned anything. He lied to Lois and he tries to fix it by lying to her editor.
The included
news story reads like the tease for a fuller article. So lets guess, Lois has to do lots of follow up stories
- Who did Superman hurt?
- How badly were they hurt?
- Who was it?
- Did he do something illegal?
- Did he do something immoral?
- Was he out of control?
- Will he hurt others the same way?
- Is he a danger to the whole world?
- What is the Government doing to deal with this new threat Superman poses?
- Has he covered up other crimes in the past?
- Did he rape someone?
- Was the peron he raped underage?
- Maybe he killed someone?
- Did the person he killed deserve it?
- Is it alright for Superman to appointment himself Judge, Jury and Executioner?
- Since he now admits it was a mistake to kill this person does he mean it was wrong for him to act as executioner?
- Since he now admits it was a mistake to kill this person does he mean he killed the wrong person?
- How many times has Superman killed the wrong person?
- How was Superman able to cover up all the people he has killed?
- Did one of the Governments help Superman to cover up his killing sprees?
