Lois woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee. The spot next to her in the bed had an indentation to it, which indicated that Clark had indeed slept there, but had kept his word and had been a gentleman all night. She remembered feeling safe and secure though, and she smiled thinking of the warmth she felt snuggling up to him.
Very sweet, but I, too, would have liked to see more of the snuggling!
LabRat came bounding up on the bed and licked her face, breaking her pleasant reverie. “I know, I know, I’m getting up, boy,” Lois said, kissing him on the top of his soft head. “Did your father send you in here to wake me up?” she said loudly, even though, as an afterthought, she realized that Clark could have heard her even if she whispered. <Hard man to keep secrets from isn’t he??>
This sounds like the beginning of an adorable morning routine....
“The reason that they want him back is because apparently when Luthor Corp was digging up the soil in the area, they came across a vein of green meteor rock. They somehow made up a ‘super fertilizer’ with it and they fed LabRat here some food that was grown using the fertilizer in the soil. It apparently gave the dog some … unusual abilities.”
So this is Super Pooch???
They should have named him Krypto.
I can’t get anywhere near that field where the Kryptonite is. That presents a big problem.”
“You can’t go near there. But LabRat and I can,” Lois said, smiling slyly.
Yeaahhh!!! Go, Lois!!!
“First things, first, Lois. We have to get LabRat out of Smallville before they find him. I’m sure the Vet’s office called Luthor Corp right away when you didn’t come back in with the dog you described. And technically, they own him; we have no rights to him at all.”
“Hmmm. I’ve got it, Clark! Didn’t Lucy say they had a huge place? Yes, when she invited me to live with her and James. I wonder how she’d feel about having a dog?”
“All they can do is say no, Lois. Once I tell James there might be a big story behind him, I’m sure he’ll cave in. He has a beautiful home right on the river, with a decent size yard. It’ll be perfect, and then we can see him every day!”
Perfect!!!
“Is there some way to have that electronic tag removed?” Lois wanted to know.
“I’m not sure, but there is a scientist at STAR LABS that’s always helped me out with weird stuff… his name is Bernie Klein. Ironically, he rides a motorcycle with the license plate of LabRat,” Clark said. “If anyone could help us and keep a low profile, it would be him.”
Clark looked over his shoulder to see if anyone was following them. “You know, I have a way to make this old truck into a turbo!”
In a flash, Clark got underneath the vehicle and raised it off the ground about three feet. Using old dirt roads, he flew the truck and its two precious occupants back to the farm in a matter of minutes.
I would have loved to see that!!!
“Wow, that was cool!” Lois exclaimed as her and the golden retriever hopped out of the truck. “Think of the money people would save if we could put a Clark Kent in everyone’s gas tank!”
“You were a typical jock,” Lois stated. “The football hero that goes for the hot blond in the short cheerleader mini-skirt. Wow. I think I would have hated you in high school.”
Clark smiled. “You’re right, Lois, I admit it. I was caught up in all of that stuff. I had felt like an oddball for so long, though, as my powers were developing, that when I made it to high school and finally fit in, I got a bit carried away by it all.”
Lois became more serious. “I understand, Clark. Believe me, if I had been able to be a cheerleader in high school, I probably would have blown off the journalism club. There were quite a few geeks in there, and to have had a chance to hang out with the popular cliquey girls – I would have jumped at it. I guess I’m just jealous of someone like Lana, and mad at her at the same time. She had you – and she blew it. I still can’t believe she just walked out on you when you needed her the most.”
I love their honesty here.
Clark slowly descended and using his telescopic vision, he realized that it was the testing area for the fertilizer being developed by the plant.
When he was within 100 feet of the roof, he suddenly felt a strange constricted feeling in his throat and arms. Staying aloft became challenging. He held Lois tighter and quickly propelled himself in the opposite direction.
Nooo!!! The Kryptonite is affecting him!
Lois stared at him, frightened. “Clark! What was that all about? And you’re … actually sweating. Are you gonna be okay?”
“Kryptonite… in that field of grass… only felt like that once before… the day Tempus exposed my secret identity,” Clark gasped, feeling slightly better as he put distance between him and the Luthor Corp plant. “But something in the composition of that fertilizer must be intensifying the effects of the Kryptonite radiation. If that hits the marketplace, and word gets out that it can harm me, every crook in Metropolis will be buying a bag of it.”
They have enhanced the effects of the Kryptonite. Figures.
“Lois – the men that killed you. I hunted them down. I killed them with my own bare hands. I was the Sheriff, but I took the law into my own hands. I couldn’t live knowing your killers were walking around free, and I couldn’t live with myself after I killed them. So –“
“So you killed yourself afterwards,” Lois said, completing the sentence. “You committed suicide. Oh, God, Clark. No wonder we’re both so messed up in this life.”
I'm not too interested in this reincarnation stuff, but I have to say - the idea of Lois being raped, Clark killing the rapists and then killing himself because he couldn't live with himself afterwards - well, I have to agree with Lois, no wonder they are so messed up in this life.
Now I'm looking forward to happier days for Lois and Clark. I would sure love to see Lois overcome her shyness in front of Clark, so that she is ready to do more than snuggle when she gets in bed with him.
Ann
Then you won't be so 
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