Clark and Lois The Lost Years Matchmaker Chronicles Vol 3 27/46
By Ken Janney
This version is rated PG-13
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As always comments are welcome. (ken.janney@kjanney.com)
Reminder:
Universal Locator Designation
Alpha 023 x Gamma 004 x Tau -120 - Canon Lois and Clark universe also called – Prime
Alpha 023 x Gamma 025 x Tau 036 – Canon Alt Clark universe also called – Alt 1
Previously –
Clark replied, “Really doctor, all I’ve done is follow your orders and changed the dressing as needed. I guess she’s just a good healer.”
“This is one for the medical journals. I would have liked to have documented your healing process with pictures. It’s such a shame that wasn’t done. Well, you may pull your shirt down my dear. It looks like my work is done! I see no further need of you coming in to see me unless you determine that there is a need.”
Clark said, “Thank you doctor M’benga for everything. I will not forget what you have done for us and I will express my appreciation in the future. You can count on it. Oh, Dr. M’benga, before I forget there is a possibility that someone from the rebel cause could try to ascertain if anyone was admitted with gunshot wounds recently. It’s extremely important that no one find out about my wife’s injuries. An order will be forthcoming from the mayor’s office that the records be sealed but, I would ask, as a special favor to us that both you and Dr. Bashir as well as your staff keep all of this strictly in confidence.”
“My boy, think nothing of it. I will pass the request on to Dr. Bashir and you can count on our confidentiality. As for your gratitude, it’s not necessary; I was simply doing my job. I’m just sorry we were not able to document her healing process. That would have made a terrific journal article.” He picked up her chart and wrote ‘Discharged’ across the bottom shook hands with both of them. Lois pulled him down and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He thanked her and left.
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Chapter 27 - Celebration
June 18, 1992 PM
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They returned to the Land Rover and drove to Le Jardin for lunch. After lunch they returned to the hotel and cuddled for a time.
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That evening, by way of celebration, they chose an upscale dance club for dinner. This was a very special celebration so Lois wore an outfit with a bare midriff so that she could wear her belly button jewel along with the rest of the set. It consisted of a gold lame halter with a deeply scooped neckline and a white very low riding hip hugging gown which reached to her ankles and was trimmed with gold threaded embroidery around the hem. She wore golden slippers instead of heels. As she moved, the gown was loose and flowing and made of a very soft material which clung to her legs as she walked. Clark wore his tux. They entered with her hand on Clark’s arm.
When they entered the club a hush fell over the entire room. The Star Sapphires almost literally glowed in the lights and made a spectacular show. That and Lois’ regal bearing took the breath away affecting not only the men but the women as well. Several of the women came out of their awed state before their husbands or companions and nudged them to get their attention back. Most of the men just couldn’t tear their eyes away from her.
The Maître de cérémonie seated them at a ring side table right in front of the band. Clark handed her into her chair. They ordered some wine and their meal. While they were waiting for their meal the band started playing. Clark stood and extended a hand to Lois in invitation. She took his hand and he led her to the dance floor. They danced to a slow number.
Before the second number started an unknown young singer calling herself Misstress Barbara came out. When her number started it was a Leonard Cohen song “Dance Me Till The End Of Love(1).
Dance Me to the End of Love (6) When the music started Lois got the feel of the driving almost oriental style beat. She said “Let me dance for you.” She released his hands and started dancing in a semi-oriental belly dance style, dancing for an audience of one – her husband, who was the center of all her attention. Without Lois realizing it all of the other couples on the floor exited and all were watching her performance. The men at their tables were mesmerized by her watching her move her body in the sultry movements of the dance.
Lois started moving around the floor, sliding her feet and moving her hips and arms. Stepping and thrusting her hips alternately to the beat as Clark looked on in obvious appreciation.
“Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love”She started moving her hands around in circles in front of herself as she leaned back shaking her upper body. She continued the shimmy as she moved upright again and started moving around the floor. Clark followed every move with his eyes.
“Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love” She had straightened and was moving her head side to side while her arms were out at her sides. She then moved on to hip shaking and thrusting as she moved around the floor. Clark was having trouble restraining himself, her dance was enticing him so.
“Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love; we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love” She leaned back again moving her arms stretched out and moving like serpents. She slowly moved back upright and then leaned forward still moving her arms in the same way. She started moving round the floor again. As she neared him he started to reach for her but with a little giggle she danced away from him.
“Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love” She did a little spin. She turned a single rotation which flared her skirt out showing off some of her legs. She started the hip shimmy again while doing a slow twirl. The hip shimmy gradually stopped as the twirl got faster and faster her skirt swirling out practically parallel to the floor revealing even more of her luscious legs. She slowly stopped spinning and started moving around the floor step thrust , step thrust hip shimmy etc. Again she almost came within reach and danced away again. He was starting to feel frustration. Her sexy movements were arousing him and he wanted to hold her.
“Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love”(2)As the vocal came to an end she did a few more turns around the floor and then sank gracefully to the floor into a semi kneeling/sitting position leaning slightly forward head bent down, arms outstretched and hands open and cupped to Clark almost as if in supplication. He stepped to her and reached down for her hands. She gracefully stood and moved into his waiting arms and he supported her with his left arm as she leaned far back with her left leg almost vertically in the air with only the toes of her right foot on the floor. As the instrumental finale faded out he pulled her up and their mouths found each other in a deep soulful kiss. When they broke the kiss there was applause from all in attendance. Lois did a deep courtesy and they returned to their table.
They enjoyed a pleasant meal. Many of the men who had seen her dance stopped as they passed and complimented her on her dance. She accepted their praises gracefully. When they had finished their meal they returned to their suite.
After they were inside the suite Clark swept her into his arms and said “You were magnificent! I didn’t know you could dance like that.”
“Neither did I. I wanted to dance for my husband and just did what I thought you would like. Did you like it?”
“Lois, I loved it and I love you for dancing for me. I believe that every other guy in the audience liked it too, but not as much as me. They can only wish you were theirs. I know you’re mine, now and forever.”
“Make love to me Clark, now!”
He picked her up and supersped both of them into the bedroom and into bed.
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June 19, 1992 AM
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“As much as I’m enjoying this time alone together, we have some things that we really need to do and it might be best if we started sooner rather than later. I need to get back to Midwest U and take those make-up exams so that I can graduate. I need to get you back so that we can start writing up this story. I want us to start investigating Lex Luthor. He is the one responsible for the guns in the hands of the rebels therefore he’s the one responsible for you being shot. We have to stop him and we can do that by exposing him. Here is another thing to add to the list, we need to deal with the Kryptonite in and around Smallville.”
“We definitely need to do that; in fact, I would give that a high priority. Now that I have you I don’t want to lose you because of some rock.”
“Okay, we make that priority one. I need to contact Wayne Irig. Wayne was appointed executor of my parent’s estate. He has control of it until I graduate college. When I tell him that I’m about to take my finals and that I’ve gotten married, I don’t think I’ll have any trouble getting access to the farm. It’ll probably need some fixing up, but when I call Wayne I can ask him to bring in a cleaning crew to at least make the place presentable for my new bride. How soon should we leave?”
“I think that we should probably get tickets for next week’s flight. That’ll give us time for our goodbyes. I want to be there when you say goodbye to the twins. What do you plan to do with the Ubuntu?”
“I was thinking about making Jacques and his family custodians. We have a lot of pleasant memories that we’ve made with that boat so I’m reluctant to sell her.”
“I like that idea too. That way once you can do things openly; maybe we could come back for some weekend cruises.” She got her little wicked gleam in her eyes as she said “We can make some more pleasant memories. Should we call Perry and let him know we’re coming home?”
“I still think we need to hold off on that. I think we can call from the local office and at least let him know that we are wrapping up and will be returning soon but leave it open ended so that we have the time we need in Smallville.”
“Okay, sounds like a plan. I’m sure Perry will be relieved. At least he’ll know that I’m alive.”
“To be honest with you, I never notified him that you were injured. In the here and now, he doesn’t know me and he won’t until you introduce me to him.”
With dawning comprehension she said, “That’s right! Boy is he going to be shocked! I can’t wait to see his face when I introduce you to him as my husband and new reporting partner. When I tell him he has to hire you as my reporting partner or else we go somewhere that we can work together he is going to be speechless. I hope he doesn’t have a heart attack.”
“You may want to drop some hints beforehand to prevent that.”
With a wicked grin she replied, “No, I don’t think so. I want to see his face when I tell him.”
“Okay, you’re the boss.”
“And don’t you forget it! When I tell you to do something I want it done.” Another grin. “Like now … kiss me.”
“Ha ha ha , You’re wish is my command. I’ll gladly obey those kinds of orders!” He said as he leaned over to kiss her.
When the kiss was finished she had a very satisfied look on her face with a smile and she said “I thought you would.”
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They stepped off the plane in Wichita picked up their luggage and went to the car rental booth. They picked up the keys for the car they had reserved, loaded up their luggage and headed for Smallville.
Once they were in the car Clark started pointing out the sights. He took a roundabout route so that he could show Lois all of the points of interest before they hit the highway to Smallville. After they were on the road for a while Clark said “Wayne assured me that everything would be ready for us when we arrive. All we need to do is stop by his place and pick up the keys to the house. That’s just Wayne’s sneaky way of getting to meet my new bride. He thinks I might not bring you around for a few days. He could have left the house open and the keys on the counter. Nobody would have disturbed anything even with the house unlocked; Smallville doesn’t have a very high crime rate. Wayne’s been like a father to me ever since my parents died in the crash. It was just a shame that he couldn’t get custody of me. Because he couldn’t I wound up in the foster care system. You’re going to like him. He’s a good person.”
“If you think that highly of him I’m sure I will. How are we going to go about searching for this Kryptonite?”
With a more than somewhat mischievous look on his face he said, “Well, I could just walk around and when I pass out from the pain you could dig up the rock and put it into a lead box … nah, I don’t think so.” (As he was speaking he was watching out of the side of his eye to see her response. He was rewarded with a somewhat shocked expression which relaxed as he completed his statement.) He started to laugh.
Realizing that for a moment there she had been had, Lois reached out and punched his arm, forgetting all about his invulnerability. “Ow, I bet that hurt me more than it did you! I keep forgetting. Don’t you ever do that to me again! I don’t want you deliberately placing your life in jeopardy. Now that I’ve found you I want you around ... for a very long time.”
“Okay, how about this … I’ll try using my enhanced vision to spot it below the surface and you can mark the spots. Then we can hire some reliable people, perhaps some of my old friends and school mates like Pete Ross and Billy Eck that I know are reliable, to actually dig the stuff up and box it. They should be home. Most of them either work on the family farm or in one of the shops in town. We can tell them that it’s a research project we’re working on. Once it’s all boxed up we’ll have a couple of options. First I could take the box to the top of a high mountain and bury it where it will never be found or second I could fly up into the stratosphere and launch it out of the solar system.”
“What kind of box?”
“It’s radioactive, well, to me, anyway. So I guess it would have to be a lead box.”
“Do they have those in Smallville?”
“Good point. I don’t know. We might have to drive back to Wichita and try a hospital supply company.”
“Once you get it boxed, why not send it into the sun?”
“I don’t know what effect that would have. The Kryptonite could be destroyed or it could react with the sun surface somehow so that it starts to emit K-radiation, which wouldn’t do me any favors.”
Lois thought about these options for a few minutes then said “Let’s not take the chance that someone would find it buried on that mountain.” Some more thought. “Let’s not send it into the sun either … too risky, since we don’t know all that might happen. I think sending it out of the system is the best option.”
Clark’s expression sobered up from the light banter. “There’s one thing I didn’t ask. Should we keep at least one piece; just in case?”
“In case of what?”
All seriousness now, he asked “What if I … I don’t know … what if I run amok. What if I try to take over the world or something? Without the Kryptonite there wouldn’t be anything to stop me.”
“Clark, the mere fact that you’re thinking about that tells me that it would never happen. You’re too good a person to ever try something like that. That’s one of the reasons I love you so much.” She was constrained by her seat belt so that she couldn’t lean far enough over to kiss him. She had to settle for reaching out and caressing the side of his face with her left hand as she was speaking.
Finally, Clark pulled up in front of Wayne Irig’s house and parked. He got out and opened Lois’ door and escorted her to his door.
comments go here To be continued in Chapter 28 – Lana
