Friends or Lovers
Folc4evernaday
Part 11
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Lois and Clark stood at plot 29B of Whispering Pines Cemetery awaiting Albie Swinson’s arrival.
Clark looked around, x-raying the cemetery critically. “I don’t know, Lois. Something isn’t right.”
“Clark, he said he’d be here in half an hour. You didn’t hear him on the phone. He was scared.”
“Well, maybe he had a reason to be.” Clark sensed something was not right. The chill in the air smelled of trouble.
Clark’s cell phone went off and he looked down at it. “It’s Jimmy. There’s no signal over here. Will you be all right for just a minute?”
“I’ll be fine. If anything happens, I’ll just yell.”
“All right.” Clark walked off, trying to find a signal.
Lois looked around nervously. Something wasn’t right. They had been standing here for over an hour and still no sign of Albie. Just then one of the grave diggers she had seen a few days ago approached her.
“Albie?”
“Albie couldn’t make it,” he returned with a smile. He pulled out a gun and headed towards her.
Lois’ eyes widened in fear and she ran across the cemetery, looking for Clark. She couldn’t very well call for help when she was out of breath. If she screamed, he would know where she was and could Clark get to her before a bullet could? All these questions raced through her mind.
She spotted what looked like an empty coffin by one of the plots and climbed in, whispering, “I’m sorry,” once she realized it had a body inside. She just had to wait it out until the gravedigger gave up.
Machinery could be heard from outside the coffin and she felt the coffin being lifted from the ground. She began to cry as she realized she was about to be buried alive. The body she was lying on top of stirred and she looked down at it in shock. It was Buster Williams.
He smiled up at her. “I must have really died, Angel, because this is heaven.”
Lois screamed in fear.
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Clark’s head shot up when he heard Lois’ cry. “Uh, Jimmy thanks for the information. I’ve got to go. I think Lois is in trouble.” He hung up the phone and quickly changed into the Superman suit as he shot up into the sky. He searched the ground of the cemetery and saw nothing. Gravediggers were burying a coffin, but that was it; nothing out of the ordinary. Could she be at the Planet?
“Lo-is, why do you do this to me?” he muttered under his breath. He headed in the direction of the Planet to look for her.
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Perry walked up to Clark as he saw him looking around Lois’ desk. “Clark? I thought I was the only one that liked to come in early around here.” A yawn escaped from Clark as he strode up to his desk. Perry noticed the lines of worry on the young man’s forehead. “Did you pull an all-nighter?”
“I’m looking for Lois. She and I got a call this morning to meet Albie Swinson. He said he had some information for us on Stanley Gables. Lois and I think he might be tied into Mayson’s murder.”
“Gables. I know that name. Didn’t he used to work for STAR Labs?” Perry asked. He glanced at a couple of the articles on Clark’s desk reading,
“Freak Accident Kills Four — Chemist Blamed“. Another article read: “Gables Claims STAR Labs to Blame“.
“Jimmy pulled an all-nighter getting this research on Gables for me. Gables was one of their top chemists. He invented something called the Omega Virus.”
Perry nodded in agreement, recalling the information. “Right. I remember now. The guy had an accident in his lab and the virus killed four people.”
“According to these articles, they fired him and he sued. He blamed STAR Labs for the accident.”
“But the jury didn’t buy it. We ran an editorial praising the verdict. The guy just wouldn’t take responsibility for his own mistake.”
Agent Scardino walked up to the two of them with a happy grin on his face. “Hey, guys, where’s Lois?”
“I don’t know,” Clark replied. “Have you seen her?”
“Are you kidding? What, did you two have a lovers’ quarrel after I left?” Agent Scardino winked at him.
Perry caught the implication of what Scardino was saying. Apparently, Clark had been with Lois last night. He didn’t say anything, though. He hoped everything would work out for the best between Lois and Clark. He really felt Clark was what Lois needed; a strong supportive partner who was there for her no matter what.
“No, trust me, when I’m kidding I’m a lot funnier,” Clark shot back.
“Where would she go?”
Perry began to think. “Well, if you two were investigating Gables … “
“What? You think Lois went over to Gables house by herself?” Scardino asked. Clark grabbed his coat and headed for the door.
Perry just smiled. “Agent Scardino, if there’s one thing you must learn about Lois it’s that she’s …“
“Bold? Headstrong? Unpredictable?” Scardino asked.
“To say the least,” Clark said as he called the elevator down.
“A woman after my own heart.” Scardino smiled. “Hey, wait. I’m coming, too.”
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TBC...
Last edited by folc4evernaday; 10/28/16 11:29 AM. Reason: Update
