Wow! Now that was a twist!
Someone had sprinkled kryptonite dust all over the area. Clark wondered if it had been there before, if someone was sprinkling it everywhere, or if they had known about the oncoming tornado and thus guessed he would be there.
Who would want to hurt Superman? He's been pretty distant for the past ten years and Lex Luthor is not in the picture. Could it be John? Killing off the competition?
Lois was frozen to the spot, unsure what to do. The man sitting on her sofa was clearly Clark and yet there was something off about him. First off, he was sitting on her sofa. When he had been in her apartment last time she had come home with John, he had hidden in her bedroom. Secondly, he was staring blankly ahead, seeming to be unaware that the door had opened. Lastly, he was wearing glasses. Lois had not seen Clark wearing glasses since the day he was shot.
Lois entered slowly afraid of startling him. She could feel John following her, but could not move her eyes off of Clark. Neither she nor John said anything for a minute and then John asked tentatively, “Isn’t that Clark Kent?”
Lois did not answer right away trying to think of the right thing to say, but wondered how John would even know what Clark looked like, when another voice came from her bathroom.
“Sure is, Emerson,” Perry White entered the living room, a washcloth in his hands.
John took a slight step back in surprise although Lois felt frozen to the spot. “Perry!” John finally exclaimed.
“Hi, John. Good to see you,” John and Perry shook hands.
“And you, too, darlin’,” Perry said as he swept Lois up in a hug.
How did Perry get there? Apparently he now knows that Clark is Superman and that is why Clark really is in shock! Perry apparently helped to make up that story.
John knows what Clark looks like. He's up to something.
“Come on, Lois,” John said, misunderstanding Lois’ reaction. “The man gave up his life for you. It’s understandable that you may want to think things through before the next time we go to dinner,” John said.
“Okay,” Lois said, turning back to the door. As her hand was on the knob, though, she realized what John had said. She turned around to see John nearing the stairwell. “He didn’t really,” she called to him.
John raised his eyebrows at her, “Didn’t really what?”
“He didn’t give up his life for me. He was alive,” Lois explained thinking this was obvious.
John’s eyebrows continued to be raised, “You mean because he wasn’t dead?” He chuckled at her nod. “Lois, he gave up his name, his career, his family and his friends. Isn’t that what life is?” John asked, “I saw the clip from the club. I came across it a few days ago when looking for something and watched it as your name was on it. Clark got shot trying to protect you.”
A small part of Lois was aware that this was how John had known what Clark looked like, but a bigger part was focused on what he had said. It was similar to what Martha had said as well, but Lois had not totally understood until now. She was angry at Clark for lying to her and making her think he had given his life for her all this time when it turned out he was not dead. But he had done that. John was right – Clark had given up everything for her. And maybe he should have told her he was not dead, maybe what he had done was wrong, maybe she was justified in being angry. But he had done so much for her and she had not appreciated it, had not really thought about all he consciously gave up for her.
So now Lois is going to try and analyze what to do about Clark and their relationship? I thought she was pretty sure that she did not want Clark in her life in that way.
I'm still not convinced that John is totally innocent in this. I'm sure that he knows more than he is fessing up to even though he is encouraging Lois to think things through.
As he pulled it away, Lois bit the inside of her lip to keep from crying out loud. It was less noticeable on Clark’s face, but the green tinge on the white washcloth was clear as day. “Maybe we should get him into bed,” Lois suggested her voice soft.
“That’s a good idea,” Perry said.
Yep, Perry is trying to get the kryptonite off. He senses that Lois understands what's going on.
You have to hurry back with the next post. This is too good!
~Sheila
