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Thank you all for your patience and continued readership. I know this story is taking forever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever... and ever... but I'm trying the best I can to tie all the loose threads, follow the plot I've laid out, which will eventually lead to an ending. I apologize again for its 3x Epic length. This arc while darker than most will shortly be over and we'll be moving hopefully at a faster clip. <<EW says to her muses>> If I were an organized writer I would have mapped this out better, but I usually let my characters and muse tell me where to go as long as they follow the yellow brick road (outline).

Once again, any and all comments are eaten... er... appreciated like chocolate.

LOIS: Did someone say chocolate? [img]http://tinyurl.com/cmlq5zn[/img]

I think you wanted to say ides there.

How can the radio stations broadcast if they have no power?

at Clark being missing.

How is Lois surviving without a microwave?

Did he almost say "your boyfriend?

What does Clark's view on the situation have to do with it? It seems an odd way to describe the situation.

This sounds like a good plan.

Why do I think he won't be able to do this with all the demands on Supreman right now?

Would Luthor's spying devices be connected with the power grid? It seems like they would be battery powered, and still work somewhat.

At least she knows where he was.

It would have been so much more fun if she had done this.

They do need to have it. I am giving up hope of it ever happening.

She should have stayed, if only for that.

that he did not come back.

She has shown patience in not telling Clark what she knows.

she is actually trying to abide by the law.

He would probably go along with a claim that she lives there and had just misplaced her key. As long as she would make it so. Well, at least if she could convince him the curse does not apply.

Thus, he probably has his tacker of her watch working. Although that would not tell him if Clark is with her. I am surprised he did not install bugs in the watch so he could listen to her.

I wish she would give up the investigation.

that she does not know that Clark is a farm boy from Kansas. He even told her Kansas is the same in any dimension.

I think that should be "like after Claude".

She could have so much fun with teasing him about that. Hmm, maybe she should tease him about it until he admits the truth.

I'm glad Lois wants to confront Clark about his alter-ego.

Lex is cracking me up - "couldn't get out of bed". We know what really happened

Joan

she wants to tell Clark. Although considering how many parts ago Clark decided to tell Lois, yet he still has not, I should not get my hopes too high.

So is she going to wait, or is she going to do the right thing and bite the bullet? I hope they do not both keep waiting for the other to show forth more trust.

This is a game of chicken neither can win.

Won't that at least put to ease his fears she wants a relationship with Lex?

that she left.

Ironic, since he has not told her he is investigating Luthor. Not that he has really made much progress on that investigation, but still.

Actually, I think it will be mainly positive in its effects.

Still, withholding information is withholding information.

I am not convinced the surveillance equipment would be put on the power grid.

I am surprised she is willing to go through such.

at the conversation being postponed.

What if they locked themselves into the supply closet?

I really doubt that would happen.

Clark:Oh no, she wants to share a bed. That would activate the curse.

That would be a fun story.

At the rate they are going that will be never.

That sounds unlikely.

That will be really hard with two of them.

Sounds impossible.

So is this the next day?

Like the planned dinner from back in February that never occurred?

they are touching. Although I do have to wonder if this is wise with Rita there considering Lois' theories about Rita.

Can she really convey this with a touch if he does not know she knows that he is SM?

Lois:No, Superman only wants one woman, and it isn't her.

there is not enough Lois and Clark interacting in this story.

At least she has some good memories.

Did she see who was in the car?

That is a good point.

Such usually result from the message being poorly worded.

And Luthor treats women as so important and having meaningful things to contribute to society. I don't think it computes at all.

She really does not get it.

He would still grumble at her, and trust her less far before that.

Lois is wise. If she were really dating Lex I think that would really cut Clark up.

Lois:What is with people changing their request after you met it.

Lois:I much prefer having my own car, and being able to leave if I so chose.

That is assuming she is not intentionally trying to get Lois kidnapped.



I guess she still has to hold somewhat to canon.

Is this the clone? That was my first idea. However on further thought, I wondered if Lex would ever let the clone near Lois. However, since he did so in the Clark-less timeline, I had to wonder.

This is why Lex Jr. worked so well. He was Lex, only more so. Disturbingly more so.

Not that she would actually be having lunch with Clark.

It is not clear that they will do so though.

Interesting development, although I am not too surprised.

I half wonder if his methods of "persuasion" would be fully legal and ethnical.

He really does not listen. Why does she thing he could ever fool her?

Good for her.

I am not sure that would fully work, however considering that the conviction was partly brought by incompetent identification of the body, the DA would probably be smart to not make a scene about it.

Her being key to Reed arresting the Harrisons as soon as she did would probably also be in her favor.

More reason Lois should never deal with a chauvinist like Lex.

This initially confirmed my clone theory, but on further reflection, I decided something else was going on.



more unwanted touching.

Was he that worn out?

Lois you need to remember this is the guy who ordered your partner murdered.

Ah, this is a reference to Muldoon. Oh, this makes Lois feeling at all sympathetic for him even more ironic. He was in bed with a woman.

He actually never used the word sick though. Lois is assuming the wrong things about him being in bed.

We really did not get any interactions between Lois and Clark this part.

It took two readings of Luthor's lines to realize he is not saying what Lois thinks he is saying, although he is being deliberately misleading.

Joan: Thank you for still reading and commenting.
Lois wants to talk to Clark. Clark wants to talk to Lois. The fates are having fun keeping them apart.

I was trying to be subtle enough to keep it PG-13 (Gfic).

John: Thanks for sticking with me and the super-long FDK. [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTm42TmFCCcvcaACd3B4SiMo20htBsWyDynIArI-VHEfxy9oor8kg[/img] Okay. That wasn't supposed to be THAT big.

I did, and I thought I caught all of those. Sometimes my fingers have a mind of their own when I type (that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it). Thanks. Fixed.

Same way Luthor has lights on: generators.

Well, after finishing up all the half-melted ice cream in her freezer, she was pretty much full.

No, "you".

Maybe she'd take Jimbo up on his idea out of sympathy of what a nervous wreck her partner would be thinking of her all alone? No? Okay, it was a quick last minute substitution without any thought attached to it, when he realized Lois would never admit to being afraid... and would be more likely take him up on the offer, if she were using Clark as an excuse.

She thought so.

Because I'm writing this story?

But to receive the signal they sent one would need power. Okay, it's mostly a delusion on her part. Perhaps one needed there to be power for Lois to have her lights on to see what she was up to?

One of the perks of knowing CK=SM.

I considered it, but I figured my characters didn't want to read another part of Lois sleeping on Clark's couch while he spent all night being Superman.

With each part the conversation grows closer.

Yeah, but he has to show up for her to get that.

A different kind of patience.

Too much? Temporary insanity?

But that's only if he's around to defend her and not press charges. If a neighbor caught her...

Which is why she keeps taking it off (like that time in the supply room), or covering it up, whenever she has "private" conversations with Clark. She's not absolutely sure it doesn't have listening bugs on it, even though STAR Labs didn't mention seeing one.

She thought he was joking.

That's a different way of saying the same thing. Anyway, I like the repeated "not after..." phrasing.

She's already ready to tell him she knows, but the fates have been having too much fun keeping them apart.

See! She's trying to find a way to get them alone together with enough time to talk it through without compromising her Lex investigation.

She's at the point of realizing, she might have to give up this point.

So true.

He doesn't believe she does but then she does things that make him doubt her, and he gets confused. He wants to believe the best, but he's been burned so often in life, it's hard for him to believe 100% that she would choose him over (a non-evil version of) Lex Luthor.

Isn't it ironic? <<Also, she's made such headway in HER investigation>>

Admitting that she knows and is investigating Luthor? Or the woodpecker analogy?

LOIS: Have you noticed, my partner is very good at that?

-- Continuation of Response to John's FDK -- Oh, give Lois a little stress relief in letting her think that it is.

LOIS: I willing to do *anything* to keep Clark safe.

She doesn't know if Lex has spies at the DP.

LOIS: He really worries too much. Wait. Curse?

I think so. I'm going to have to put my back-burner little grey cells working such a plot. <<for a short story>>

See, Clark's optimism has rubbed off on her.

Let's see, Perry's birthday was Thursday, Lois and Reed caught the Harrisons on Friday, they got Eugene out of Jail on Saturday morning, so this would be Monday.

LOIS: Hey! That wasn't MY fault!

The messenger is from the same service Vatman used and he waited around for a response.

They never pressed charges in canon... after the fact.

So true.

She hasn't doubted his motives since learning he was SM. Her jealousy over Linda is irrational.
LOIS: I'm not irrational!
CLARK: :rolleyes:

Oh, so you've noticed that she's being a little more open about her relationship with Clark since coming to the conclusion that she needs to tell him the truth that she knows. <<plus, it isn't intimate touching, just friendly touching>>

LOIS: I can *try!*

CLARK: Um... Lois, don't you mean that Superman doesn't date?
LOIS: Yeah. It sure feels that way.

Lois is holding lightly onto Clark's elbow, not his hand.

I thought so.

Second cousins are *not* okay. Those would be the children of your first cousins (or the children of your parent's first cousins). And Cat grabbed this excuse as a way to keep Jimmy at arm's length. They are so distantly related, if she wanted to do it, it wouldn't be a factor.

She also just accepted a lunch date with Lex, so he's not feeling charitable.

To shock a confession out of her? Police detectives do NOT have to be honest with suspects in an investigation. <<why you should really bring a lawyer with you.>>

CLARK: Hey! This whole Ruse thing was Lois's idea.

LEX: I plead the fifth... I mean, no comment.

It's only mid-March (3 weeks in). Impact Day was on the last day of February. So, not that long, since she bumped into Linda the day her watch got stolen (during her investigation of Lex.)

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If he's borderline doubtful, it does.

It depends how and where he asks her.

Clark again thinks this.

Here? In the middle of the meeting?
PERRY: Well, that's all well and good, Lane, but are you sure this was the best time to tell Clark that you knew he was Superman? You've given Jimmy a heart attack. Ralph peed his pants. And Clark's flown out the window. Really, you chose now?

There's always the possibility that he might not believe her at first.

No, just in this story arc... section.

No.

CAT: So, it's my fault that Clark can't understand my subtext?

Lex does? She finally sees Luthor for who he is!

Thanks. Fixed.

He didn't get much sleep. Over exerted himself perhaps.

Why would Lex ever admit other women to Lois?

It works though.

I guess this makes sense. I figured people get the radios because they can still run their cars (although gas stations and gas deliveries might be disrupted, so that might be iffy).

Lois:I really need to get Clark to come over to help me, since he is a built in microwave.

That makes sense. She is more likely to do it that way, although still not likely.

Good point, Clark seems to get very little time with Lois, especially in this arc. We have seen almost no kissing.

canon Lois:It is still more than I got to kiss Clark during that time frame.

Reader:OK, I guess we have to admit that. Although, we did not see all that happened at the "Magic of the Night Ball" in canon. I am guess Lois and Clark at least danced.

Luthor could still hear her though. And I doubt she would be going around in the dark. Oh wait, if Clark was there, maybe.

Lois:I get to see my significant other on TV even more often than Mrs. Garner does.

But he would have come home eventually.

Some parts it feels like it moves further away.

Well, he probably would come home eventually.

He could still get them to drop charges, although she might have to spend the night in jail.

I figure it doesn't because she got out the jail without Lex being there, but I guess she does not know he had been watching her. I thought she took it off around Clark because he hates the watch, with a passion.

For fates we should read the EW.

I wish she would just give up the stupid Lex investigation.

I guess that is the one good thing about how things happen in canon, Lois choses Clark over Lex without knowing Lex is a crook. Although it is unclear that Clark ever learns this fact.

I was thinking thought that Lois does things towards her investigation of Luthor. It is unclear Clark actually does anything as part of his investigation of Luthor.

Maily just him learning that she is investigating Luthor, not really thinking of dating him.

I figure I better clarify a few things, John. Firstly, I responded to your FDK at 2am, and didn't do my usual re-read-through of it before posting. My apologies.



At some point, we do learn what happened during those nights from Clark's POV.

Correct. 2 points. It doesn't, but she's not sure, which is why she keeps taking it off.



And let Lex attack Superman with Kryptonite again?

I didn't know that, because when I first watched it was on Netflix's instant list, and the 10 minutes prior to Henderson / Perry barging into the wedding had been cut. When I finally bought the DVD, I was like. Now THIS makes more sense.

So, running in quicksand doesn't count? Do we ever see Clark actively investigating Luthor in canon either?

Yikes! Have they time-warped again? 1994!

LOIS: Okay, you've got to stop calling me that. I was told that the watch only cost, at most, $500; otherwise I would have returned it like it as I did with that one from Christmas. I'm also using his technology against him. Knowing that he is watching me and my every move, I've got to walk that very narrow tightrope. Sometimes, I slip. But if anyone thinks I would EVER sell myself to *any* man -- let alone a criminal like Lex -- for that paltry a sum, they don't know me at all.

EW: Clark is still under the delusion that LoLex = Rolex in this dimension, which it doesn't.

And in many states it's legal for a 14 y.o. to marry (with permission from their parents). Why this would ever be allowed and the parents wouldn't be held accountable for child-selling, child endangerment, or child neglect and/or abuse for allowing this, is beyond my comprehension. Just because it is LEGAL doesn't mean it is right.

Mr. Super Ears didn't hear her accept Lex's lunch offer?

He's just giving it back with as much as she is.

LOIS: Because I'm trying to save your life, lunkhead!

Okay, that's even vague enough for Clark to be

Watch out what you wish for.

Because she doesn't know everything you do about Luthor.

Cat doesn't believe that... well, not anymore.

Yes, but looking at the whole thing from Cat's POV, she thinks they've been at it for months.

Lois was being obtuse on purpose in case anyone overheard.

I've always wondered that as well, but it is a common enough surname, much more so than Bender or Carlin. :rolleyes:

Okay, here's my second (that follows my "first" from above: I misread this as "he DOESN'T seem to fit"

LOIS: EXcuse me?

'cause *that's* not common in this society at all.

She does, but Clemmons isn't taking a personal vested interest in Lois's case this time as he did in S4.



Again, he's Lex.

Oh, come on. Even Clark slips up every once and a while and says stuff like "lead lined" and "her pulse rate was over XYZ". He can mess up, but Lois can't? That's not fair.

Still, Clark wasn't there.

Possibly, but he also knows her history, and isn't likely to drop that bomb on her until it's too late.

Are you sure?

LOIS: Oh, so, Clark... er.... Superman is allowed to be compassion to everyone, but I have to pick and choose. Gee, that's a double standard.

She had no evidence to the contrary in "Another Lois" until she dug around for it.

And this would be my "thirdly" to my second and Firstly above. I *meant* I'm trying to avoid parts where they never interact at all, but sometimes the plot dictates it. My apologies for any confusion.

That has to be the worst part of the show to cut. It is the climax of season 1.

Well, we were comparing Lois and Clark on hidden investigations, not Clark and canon Clark.

Sorry for getting the year wrong. It was not late at night, so I have no excuse.

I will not stop griping about the watch until it is gone.

Anyway I was saying her cover is bought with the watch, not her in reality.

So what would she sell herself for?

Well, with no one recognizing Rolex, it makes sense.

Actually, the vast majority of states do not allow marriages under the age of 16 without judicial permission, although several of those states have only changed the law in the last 20 years.

I was thinking he had been out of the office at the time. Or maybe just hoping such.

that Clark is not trusting her more.

But she has not explained that. She has made it sound like them breaking up is to protect her.

So if she knew how bad Luthor was, she would run from him with proper fear?

This is good for her mental health. Because if Clark was confronted again with a Lois-less world he would go crazy.

Wait, does Cat think they became making love after getting sprayed with Revenge? Or just while in the honeymoon suite?

I guess that makes sense, she is still denying any relationship with Clark at most levels.

I guess you do have a point. Even if it is a repeat I always noticed, it never seemed suspect.

I thought she would be made at that line.

Many things that are common are disturbing.

It is hard to make political hay out of prosecuting people accused of harboring the innocent. Too much chance to expose your office's incompetence.

But Clark isn't giving himself away to hardened criminals.

Actually, I am not sure if he has prevented them from leaving would be material. I see no evidence any have tried to leave, so even if the place is locked, it would be hard to prove kidnapping. The burden of evidence will the on the prosecutors to prove kidnapping.

When has Clark ever been compassionate towards Luthor?

Oh that is a lot better.

Positive reader: well, we had Lois giving Clark a back rub and touching his elbow. They did interact, a little.

On the plus side, that nice fellow in Jimmy’s CS class from Bangalore will have put the backdoor code into all the cured computers so that his uncle’s boss can access them at a future time.

/points at above thought/

So, the Daily Planet got to tell people that martial law has been enacted, while LNN will be able to tell them that Lex Luthor has been able to help the civilian authorities restore peace and order to the streets. Yeah, people will love to buy the Planet in the future.

The perfect time for some gang-related violence?



Oh, *that’s* with the new hairdo this morning.

In case Ralph’s afraid of the things that go bump in the night?

Hmm…I think it’s actually him that’s scared.

That sounds naughty.

Very naughty. And what if Lex sends someone by her place to make sure she’s safe?

Won’t help against Paul drugging her.

Awwwwkward!

He’s a prepper. He’d never face an apocalypse without having a harem in place. And a tank.

You know, if Clark would drop an anvil on Lex, that would solve their problems with him. At least, with his clone.

Awwww, isn’t she the cutest thing?

That’s because it’s not called a ‘romance’ with a guy. Or Cat.

Will her jeep still be there in one piece come morning?

Yeah, and if they had left the door open, a dark garage might not be the safest place to be for a damsel in Gotham City.



She could hire an assassin?

Oh boy.

And she doesn’t even own a cat so no chance of her having bought kitty litter that day.

LOIS: Duh!

Awwww… sounds like the start of a badly plotted piece of LFI entertainment.

Wouldn’t it have been awkward had she fallen off the balcony after all that earlier acrobatics?

An oil change?

Meooooowwwww!

Michael

It was horrible. I didn't see Lois change her mind at the mirror or at the alter, only Lex taunting Clark caught in the cage and then Henderson, et al, barge in interrupting the wedding.

Well, most of this middle section of Book 2 was supposed to be only from Lois's POV, but you know me... I can't help explore other what everyone else is feeling and doing.

LOIS:
SMART KIDS:
Jace Mazik:
Diana (Top Copy):
Spencer Spencer:
LEX LUTHOR & LL, Jr:
SAMANTHA (SLV):
FATHEAD:

LEX: I always knew that in his heart John was on my side.

When he didn't kill Lex for dating Lois?

They'll interact again.

Darth Michael: Let's see, I just posted Part 138, so... only 17 left to do. Nigel! Where did you park my tank?
NIGEL: Over at the ladies hair salon, waiting for Ms. Lane to show, Sir.
EW:

But why would Lex want to do that to Lois?

RALPH:

CAT: It's called 'research'.

CAT: What? It's for my sex positions book.

LEX: Get me a table Nigel or kill his oldest child.

MAYSON: /fans self/ I have no idea to what you could be referring.

LOIS: Well, that's not fair. I'm innocent!
LEX: She'll be even more compliant once I bust her out of jail. /show up to break Lois out of jail/ What do you mean she's not here? Who else could have broken her out?
SUPERMAN: /pointing/ How about this desert island?

Not quite.

LOIS: Like I give the appearance that Superman and I are merely friends when we're actually lovers.
LEX: What?
SUPERMAN: What?
CLARK: What?
LOIS: Did I stutter?

Well, he did just fail to satisfy the boss's moll.

They're out in public.

Are you sure about that?

SCHWARTZ: Those aren't mine, officer! I don't know how I ended up naked here on the police commissioner's desk. Honest!

This isn't mini-Lex.

LOIS: Those sound good. It's how she stole my story back in college.

And yes, Clark is soooo dead, but that's besides the point.

Lying through her teeth.

LOIS: If Clark had shown up, I wouldn't have needed a cold shower.

LEX: I swear I cannot tell a lie.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We've got a winner!

I think so.

He's not so horny at the moment.



You really won't quit unless I read those books, will you?

This is on Clark giving himself away:

TRASK: [Wave] - OK, you have a point here.
SMART KIDS: [Wave] - I would not call them hardened criminals. Also, he seemed to have convinced them they were wrong.
Jace Mazik: [Wave] - That was not Clark's fault at all. It is another thing we can blame fully on Wells.
Diana (Top Copy): [Wave] - I still think his letting her kiss him made no sense. I really like the plot untwist where he just decides that Lois baring her heart is more important than a fire and to like the MFD do its job for once.
Spencer Spencer: [Wave] - That was an odd episode. Why doesn't he brake them out when the agents of Spencer first come.
LEX LUTHOR & LL, Jr: [Wave] - that was not his fault at all. Well, other than not discovering the clone sooner.
SAMANTHA (SLV): [Wave] - Why did he stay in the suit after going into the hotel room? That did not make sense.
FATHEAD: [Wave] - actually that seemed to be more a result of Lois trusting her father.

Where did the sister show up? Or was that just a random mention of Asabi’s niece?

Oh dear. Poor people No power to watch TV. Or read LnC fanfic.
LEX: I very much enjoy reading CnS deathfic.

Where the crooks may be weird but at least not psychopathic?

If he doesn’t show she has time to spend on naughty thoughts?

Is that the MoS kind of hovering/resting/’sleeping’ on top of her in her bedroom?

Right. You haven’t read that one yet.

EW:

Fine. Use two anvils?



One or two years ago:
CAT: Perry, you have got to stop hiring those female interns. Male studs erm students make much better interns.


HOODLUM: Perfect car for a street race. First one to crush an Asian mini-car wins!



That’s why some reporters make better table decorations at awards dinners than others.

She could undress the bear down to his red speedos and cuff herself to him?

So she can put on a show for him?

Hidy-holes.




ER: I choose the Kerth-winning reporter in the mini-skirt to the left.

That stuff just lends itself to wonderfully to go with this story.

Michael