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Thanks!

Corrina.

oooooh it's finally the part coming up where Lois finally sees exactly what Clark looks like! Soooo excited to see how that goes!!! Because we all know what a handsome devil Clark is

Another wonderful chapter and I am so glad nobody came in and used the rods on Clark while Lois was in Smallville.

As always, I will eagerly be waiting for more!

Whew! Glad the visit to Smallville went without a hitch, even though we still don't know what happened to the Kents! And love the items that Lois brought back to Clark, especially his mom's scarf in *ahem* appropriate Superman colors. Nice touch!

Great part, but I couldn't relax into the return to Metropolis scene because I was busy fretting over the mystery of what happened to Jonathan and Martha.

I eagerly anticipate the next!!!

I cannot believe you left us there. How on earth are we supposed to wait until the next part?!?!

I'm with Clark - conflict is uh-brewin' and this feels like the calm before the storm.

I love the little details of this story - like Lois packing the books and old clothes for weight to be discarded at the farmhouse. I'm so relieved the trip to the Kents was uneventful. V. sweet of her to pick up some of Clark's old belongings.
Hee!
Awh the only remedy for this emotionally draining 24 hours. Glad she brought him this scarf too, even if it is a painful reminder of what he's lost.

Eureka! That's how they can get him out of the cell and not be hunted... he can wear his glasses, and no one will recognize him.

For what its worth you could probably argue that long hair could be shorn with clippers - the kind with different #'ed clips for various hair lengths. But Lois's idea is better to avoid attention being called to changes in Clark's appearance. If the higher-ups see Clark clean shaven and with short hair, then they might really doubt Lois's objectivity.

Woohoo!
Now bring on the next part or else.

Wow! You tease us so with a few little answers here and there, but still leaving us with the bigger questions of what really happened to Martha and Jonathan. At least we now know for sure that they weren't able to just return to Smallville But of course I much prefer these little tortures to the bigger ones that could have been happening to Clark during this time! We still have some little hope!!!

Here's counting the minutes until the next part is up!

Every time a new part is posted, I sit for a few moments and debate. Should I rush to read it, the way I've been dying to since I finished the last part? Or should I wait until later so the wait is shorter for the next one? Will there be a cliffhanger that will make me wish I'd waited? Or a scene that ties my stomach into knots? And then, as always ... oh, who the hell cares; I can't wait!

I'm glad Lois's trip to Smallville ended up going so smoothly. I was surprised to see her pick up some of Clark's clothing, but if she's thinking ahead to an eventual escape, it makes sense that he'd need something to wear. Aside from the obvious benefit of retrieving a few of what meager belongings he has left in the world, of course. It was a nice touch for Lois to get Martha's scarf, though; that was so caring and thoughtful of her.

I wondered if the glasses did not actually belong to Jonathan ... and Clark's reaction makes me think I'm right. LOL, very cute touch, and yes, I wouldn't be surprised if those will come in handy later, when they need to escape.

Clark's thought process about how impossible an escape would be -- not the actual escape, but trying to live a life afterwards -- was depressing but well thought out. Everything he decides makes sense. There seems so little hope of getting him out legally, yet what kind of life would they have if they were to run away together? True, if anyone could do it, Lois could, with her vast experience in being undercover. Yet assuming Sam recovers (or even continues to live as he is now), Lois will have a hard time disappearing for good -- the same thing that keeps her in Metropolis right now will keep her there later on. So how are they going to do it? I have every faith that your story-telling abilities will come up with something brilliant, but at this point, I have no idea what that brilliance will entail!

From a plotting stand-point, you were clever to keep Scardino and Menzies from the cell in this chapter. I know my stomach was in knots the whole time, even as things were going smoothly, because I kept wondering when the other shoe was going to drop. And I have no doubt that it will drop ... probably when we are least expecting it, LOL.

I continue to bow down to your writing skills, and cannot wait for the next chapter!

Kathy

I see what you have planned. How very evil of you.

The big boss reads Trask's files and with Moyne to corrobrate them he decides that Clark is too much a threat to humanity and orders his immediate execution.

Clark knowing that he and Lois can never have a life together, and that her life would be better off with out him (he's still a noble lunkhead) doesn't fight for his life.

Lois, being the pitbull that she is, still manages to prove Clark was not responsible for the murders that Moyne actually committed but too little too late.

Such a sad ending.

Tank (who also figures that Lois is so bummed by Clark's execution that she cuts her hair short... just because)

AH no Tank endings please, my heart could not take it. I loved this part. I can't wait for the date. I hope Martha and Jonathan are somewhere safely relocated. Very emotional stuff. Looking forward to more. I feel like I am being teased to death! More soon. Laura

You know, it never even occurred to me that Lois might bring something back from the house until I read DW's fdk. But when I read that, my first thought was, "clothes!" And just so you know where my mind is, I wasn't even thinking of when they escape, or a disguise, or anything along those lines. My only thought was, "Wouldn't it be nice if she could bring him back a suit and a pair of shoes so he can dress up for their date!" I even thought she could bring him some aftershave.

Now, my only question is, will he put on the glasses, too? I hadn't even thought of the glasses. Clever way for you to get Lois to bring them to him.

Well, actually, that isn't my *only* question. You *do* keep us guessing with this story! Where are the Kents? What's up with Menzies? How will they get Clark out? How bad is their fight going to be when Clark tries to convince Lois he cannot leave his prison?

Looking forward to more! Have I told you lately that I
love this story?

Yay me for getting the virtual cookies!

They are just soooo cute together!!!

Now that I've let that out of my system... I have to ditto almost everyone who commented so far. I found very interesting that Lois would take things back to Clark, even if she ended up not bringing anything of Jonathan's (the moment she first found them, I sort of assumed that the glasses where Clark's).

What I don't like so much is that I sense trouble coming from Menzies. The meeting with Scardino seems to have had too little impact so far and that is tooo good to be true.

Yayyyy, he hugged her back!!!

Can't wait to read part 17, though something tells me we won't get the whole date, so you'll probably keep us waiting for that goodnight kiss that had better be coming

T-minus 48 (or 24 optimistically ) hours and counting until date night! *sets up camp* S'mores anyone?

More like 24 I hope

So... let's see...

Oh dear, oh dear.

Welcome to your future. Can you imagine what should happen if, once they’re free, Clark objects to… physical expressions of their feelings? Poor clothes

[qutoe] And somehow, Clark had to find a way to convince Lois of that.[/quote]
How about:
He admits it! And Lois admits she’s in love!

So, is this the first date or the third date? Do the other events count as dates?

And do you think it’s funny to let us dangle over the cliff like that? /mock-anger/
As to the situation. It certainly is a mirror-image to their first date on the show Will Clark throw the door shut at the end, too scared what could happen between them?

More? Please? Now? Anytime now?

Michael

As always, another great part. I guess I expected the Kents wouldn't have been there, but I still hoped. I guess I had hoped thaat they would have left a sign or something. I'm still optimistic that thery are OK.
You are a master of the cliffhanger. Even your teaser is a cliff hanger! I m so excited to see how the date goes. Clarks eyes are going to bug out when he sees her in that dress. And I HOPE Lois's eyes will bug out when she sees Clark looking like Clark. I'm diligently checking the boards every couple of hours. Ha! Please don't make us wait too much longer!

Jen - I agree. I am just as excited to see Clark's reaction to Lois in that red dress as I am to see her reaction to him.

Corrina - I re-read the list of clothes Lois brought back and something is missing... he needs one of those crazy, sexy ties!

My guess would be that Clark's implant is some form of kryptonite in a leaded glass ampule. The leaded glass protects him from the worst of the effects of the kryptonite, but probably allows some leakage which prevents Clark from being able to fully power up.

The ampule is probably equipted with some sort of radio receiver and tiny explosive. If Clark should cross over, or through one of those wires it would trigger a signal to the receiver which would then trigger the explosive which would break the glass ampule allowing the kryptonite into Clark's system.

Trask, being the thorough paranoid that he was, probably made sure that any break in the wiring would also trigger the signal which would set off the small explosive and doom Clark either way.

No way out.

Perhaps Menzies won't have to execute Clark. Clark might feel that the only way he can get Lois to accept that they could never have a life together is to commit a 'noble' suicide by trying to leave the cell himself sometime when she was gone.

Poor kids...their love is doomed.

Tank (who thinks that perhaps Moyne could come back, use the rods to incapacitate Clark and drag him out of the cell, thus triggering the failsafe device)

Well, Tank, at least we know we do get a date between them and Lois gets to see Clark clean shaven with haircut before any of your predicted doom occurs. I guess my motto ends up being that I'll take what I can get for them even of limited togetherness and short-term happiness!

Time to catch up on some FDK-FDK

Bellarase

Yeah.

MozartMaid

It wasn't deliberate

Joy

I know what you mean - it was hard to know what Lois and Clark would be feeling most - joy/relief at being together without any major disasters versus disappointment that M&J weren't happily living in Smallville.

Emily

I could have ended the chapter where I ended the preview

Canon Clark's hair didn't look clippered to me.

Evelyn

We are 2/3rds through Story 2 out of 4, and although I *think* this will be the longest of the stories, I still need some questions to answer.

Kathy

Re Lois's trip to Smallville - I set it up as a way to try to discover M&J's fate, but what I really needed was some clothes (and glasses) for Clark!

Hopefully, I've set it up well enough that it won't seem unbelievable!

Tank

Both posts ...

Thanks for the explanation for the point Michael raised. That was about what I was thinking. The key is Trask - he's not someone to do things by halves - and he's had a lot of time to get this *right*.

Confession time ...

That exact scenario played around in my mind for a little while. I rejected it. Not even Clark could be *that* lunkheaded.

Although Lois's reaction could have been fun. I figured she could bring in the big guns (AKA rods!) and hit him upside the head!

Laura You will get some of what you want.

Vicki

1. It's going to take time.
2. You'll know soon.
3. Medium term.
4. Not too bad.

Does that help???

Later post ... uhm ... good point, except at this stage Lois doesn't know about Clark's propensity for ties!

DW Glad you liked the chocolate chip cookies!

Cristina

IIRC you were the first one to mention a kiss. More about that in FDK-FDK for the next part.

Emily I popped into the camp but didn't stay and chat - I wanted to get Story 3/Part 1 to the BRs.

Laura I think it was about 30!

Michael



More info to come - but I did go back and address a few issues that your raised. Thanks!

The first. The others were 'almost first dates'

Me?

Jen

That's pretty much how both Lois and Clark felt.

Evelyn There's still plenty of WAFF to come. Some angst, too!


for the wonderful FDK, guys.

Corrina.