Lois Lane

The truest darkness is not the absence of light but that light will never return... But the light always returns... Hope is real. You can see it. All you have to do is look up to the sky.

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“I am, happily.” Clark smiled, leaning down to kiss his wife’s cheek as the elevator doors closed. It had taken them a while to get to where they were, his five year absence had thrown them off track. But things had worked out for the best eventually.

The smile on Lois’ face summoned a matching one on his own and he laughed. “I think we were dangerously close to forgetting.”

When Lo struck out hailing a cab, Clark whistled putting a little extra breath behind it. A taxi screeched to a halt in front of them only a second later and he opened the door, “after you.”

Lois beamed when Clark laughed and agreed with her assessment. She certainly didn’t think her life was lacking in any way. But it was nice to have time to be just the two of them. No capes. No big story. Just Lois and Clark on a date.

A few passers by in the street jumped at the loud whistle, but Lois didn’t even flinch. “Thanks,” she smiled, sliding into the backseat of the taxi and telling the driver where they were headed.

No sooner did the car pull away from the curb that her phone started ring. Lois frowned a little at the caller ID on the screen before answering. “Hello... yes, he’s here with me... uh-huh, one moment.” Lois then offered the phone to Clark, a knowing look on her face. “It’s Bruce and his impeccable timing again.”

Handing the phone over, Lois teased further. “Tell your boyfriend he has your number. Stop calling my phone.”

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Behind his glasses, one eyebrow lifted slightly at the intonation on the second repetition of the phrase. “Honestly, Lois. You needn’t worry, I’m sure she’s not really interested.”

“Sure, I’d love to.” Kal smiled at the suggestion, they hadn’t had much chance for dinner dates recently. Between work, the cape and raising a teenager, they didn’t have much time to be just them.

Lois let the matter drop, knowing she was right and Clark was just to oblivious to see it. It was just one of the many endearing qualities her husband had. “Interested or not, doesn’t matter. You’re spoken for.” She smiled smugly.

“Great!” Lois was pleased Clark agreed. “I was beginning to think we had forgotten what date night was.”

Exiting the elevator into the lobby, Lois made her way through the busy entrance and out the turnstile doors onto the street. She looked around for a taxi, moving to the side of the street and trying in vain to flag one down.

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“I do.” Clark gave a little smile, knowing what was coming next without even having to ask. That was the beauty of working with Lois, he knew her so well. “I’ll give her a call, but you need to play nice. Talking is not flirting, at least not on my end.” His eyebrows lifted in a little knowing look, remembering the awkwardness the last time his wife had met his friend.

“We’re going right now?” Clark turned to his own desk, knocking a stack of papers off the edge in the process. “Darn it.” Collecting the scattered pages, he set them neatly back on the desk and pulled on his coat, glad he’d made their coffee in to-go cups. “After you, Lois.”

“I always play nice.” Lois bit back, knowing full well that there were times she didn’t. “Besides, it’s not you I’m worried about. It’s her who needs to learn the difference between having a chat and ‘having a chat’.” The repetition of phrase said in a completely different tone along with an amused smirk.

“Mmhmm,” Lois hummed around the lip of her coffee cup before crouching down to help Clark with the papers he dropped. Standing once more, she placed the papers she held onto the pile - no where near as neatly as Clark did.

Lois led the way to the elevator, shouting to their editor-in-chief, Perry White, as a courtesy of letting him know they were going somewhere. Not that he could stop them. Lois didn’t take no for an answer.

“Do you want to go to that diner you like near the edge of the city once we’re done talking to Kord Industries? Just the two of us.”

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Clark just nodded in response to the comment; Lois had managed to get to the bottom of stories with even the thinnest of leads. There was absolutely no doubting her skills as an investigative journalist, and this story had the potential to be front page for more than one issue of the Planet.

He took a sip of his own coffee, contemplating which angle to take when reporting this particular news. “We shouldn’t be too quick to praise or vilify them. After all they could be working on the project for NASA. Then again it could be for the military or communications companies. There are a lot of satellites up there, it’s getting a little overcrowded to be honest.”

“Shotgun buys the snacks, right?”

Lois hummed around her mug, conceding that Clark was right in that they couldn’t be so quick to judge. Still, her instinct was telling her something wasn’t right.

“You would know,” Lois murmured with a knowing smirk as Clark continued. “Do you still have that old contact at NASA? Maybe they might know something.” Her voice returned to a more conversational level. “But first, we’ll head over to the primary source.”

“Right.” The confirmation was met with movement as Lois stood and gathered her notepad, pen and voice recorder into her bag. “And there’s no time like the present. Ready when you are.”

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“Hold your horses, Lois. The source isn’t the best.” Clark gave his wife a gentle but knowing smile. Setting a coffee mug down in front of her, he settled in the seat she indicated. “Kord Industries and S.T.A.R Labs collaborating on research into space grade materials, could lead to many things. All of them big.”

“The thing is,” Clark lowered his voice slightly, “not all of them could be good big things.”

“You know I have worked wonders with less than reliable sources compared to what you’ve just given me, Smallville.” Lois replied to the knowing look with one of her own. She picked up the coffee mug and sipped with a hum of appreciation. Clark always knew exactly how she liked her coffee.

“Well, they already have big egos and big wallets, even just the notion of them collaborating doesn’t sound good. Let alone whatever they are working on.” the clear sass in her voice said she wasn’t afraid to take on the big name companies to find out their story. “But good, bad, it doesn’t matter, the public has a right to know and we should investigate.”

Tapping her pen, not yet putting ink to paper to take notes, Lois eyed her husband for a beat. “You want to ride shotgun on this story, Kent?”

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“Wait, wait, run that by me again.” Lois asked, somewhat shocked yet excited by what she had been told. Grabbing a pen and whatever was handy in front of her to scribble notes on, Lois turned her eager attention toward the person that had approached her, gesturing with said pen for them to take a seat near her.

“If what you’re saying is true then this could lead to something big.”

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IC INFO

Character Name: Lois Lane Alias: N/A Age: Face Claim: Courtney Ford Species: Human Home Earth: Earth-49

History:

Lois was born in Metropolis, the oldest daughter of General Sam Lane and the older sister of Lucy. Even though the rest of her family had a long standing history of joining the military, Lois has never felt the inclination to enlist or even attend military school. Lois wanted to be a reporter. She wanted to investigate the truth and share it with the people. She wanted to find stories and give a voice to those that would otherwise be oppressed by people in power.

It was a surprise to absolutely no one that Lois blasted through the ranks of junior reporter and eventually becoming the Daily Planet’s most sort after investigative journalist. Her stories won prizes - not that she cares, those awards are just filed away somewhere… they’re dust collectors that get in the way of writing the truth. Lois needs room to work, yo.

Lois became estranged from the rest of her family. Oh, she still sends them a Christmas card out of courtesy, but her father’s black and white views on aliens and wanting to control every aspect of her life really didn’t sit well with Lois. So she doesn’t bother with them. (She hopes Lucy will come around one day, but isn’t holding her breath)

When Superman first arrived in Metropolis, Lois wanted to be the first to interview him. She got her wish - after all, Lois Lane doesn’t doesn’t back down until she gets her story. It was around the same time Clark Kent started working at the Daily Planet and was told to shadow her on a few other pieces. (Really, why she hadn’t put two and two together then is anyone’s guess, but Lois isn’t particularly good at math)

Eventually, Lois came to realize that Clark and Superman were one and the same and their relationship took off. Literally. Her boyfriend could fly!

A few years into their relationship, Clark heard news that there were parts of Krypton that had survived the planet’s explosion and took off without telling Lois. Needless to say, Lois was pissed off. Especially when she discovered she was pregnant.

Lois decided to go it alone and became a dedicated working single mom to her son, Jason. Thankfully Jason hadn’t shown any signs of his half-Kryptonian heritage and Lois planned to keep that side from him. Five years passed and Lois wrote a Pulitzer prize winning article titled “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman”. She was getting along with her life just fine, thank you very much.

And then, Superman returned.

There was a whole episode with Lex Luthor again and in defeating his enemy, Superman was hurt. That was when Lois realised the feelings she had never went away. Coming to her senses, Lois took Jason to the hospital where Superman lay and whispered the truth in his ear.

It took a lot of effort, but Lois, Clark, and Jason eventually made it work as a family unit. And a further five years down the track saw the family stay in their river side mansion in Metropolis as well as the occasional visit to the Kent Farm to help Clark’s mother - who took great joy in spoiling her grandbaby. Jason grew not only in size but in power and Clark helped the boy navigate life as half-Kryptonian, while Lois continued to school the boy in what it was like to grow up human.

Positive Traits: Headstrong to the point of being stubborn; she is able to see more than one side to a situation, giving her a more open and accepting personality than some of the others in the Lane clan; she’s not afraid to take risks and march to the beat of her own drum. Negative Traits: She can’t spell to save her life; tends to get in over her head and say ‘this is fine’ a lot; she has a temper… ooo, boy does she ever, don’t piss her off.