For the Good of the Earth: Preparations
For the Good of the Earth
Pairings: Lois and Clark for this Chapter Zod/Lois Luthor/Lois and others may be found at some point
Author's Note: This story has been bouncing around my head for a while after watching Superman:II. I wondered, "What if Kal-El didn't get his powers back at the Fortress?" and this fic is the result of those musings. Written for The Superman Movieverse Challenge. The first in a series which will definitely have other pairings. Warnings for this chapter are nil but by the end of the series I expect some bondage, non-con, dub-con and hurt/comfort among others. I'll make sure those chapters are rated and noted accordingly. Unbeta-ed so all mistakes are mine. Feel free to critique. It might not stop me writing this series but at least it will give me input about what you think about it and how to be a better author.
Words: 938
Rating: PG
Spoilers: STM and a little Superman II (Which this is an AU of)
“Clark, are you sure this is a good idea?”
“Lois, it needs to be done and honestly as the only person who knows Superman they’re not likely to be interested in letting anyone else close to him without killing them. It has to be you.”
Lois pulled Clark down to her and looked into his blue eyes. They had softened to a pale blue-gray in the months since he lost his powers. Her heart broke over the look of sadness and single minded determination which resided in them as she looked back at everything that happened to cause it to manifest in this kind man.
When he went back to the fortress he found nothing. Not a scrap which might restore him to his full powers. When Lois told the people at the truck stop that he had gone off alone and on foot they shrugged and said that people go on walkabouts all the time and he should be fine. After a day of pacing the local motel and worry she convinced the sheriff to put together a search party. They found him curled up on a ball about a mile from town in a protective coma. Despite his power loss, his native Kryptonian biology protected him in a way that no one expected. Everyone else thought it was a miracle but Lois knew better.
When Kal-El awoke from his protective sleep the first thing he saw was Lois’s black hair resting against his chest. He brushed his hand down her soft waves and smiled softly as Lois snuffled and then looked up blearily. He smiled a little sadly as Lois gave a startled cry of delight and hugged him hard. He closed his eyes as he savored the feel of her arms tight around him.
“I thought I would never see you again,” Lois said with a hitch in her voice. Then she pulled away and slapped him on the shoulder as she angrily replied, “Never do that to me again! I thought you were dead and if it wasn’t for your Kryptonian biology you would be.”
Clark looked at her perplexed.
“Clark, you were found about a mile away from town. They said that you were in a coma to protect your body. They’re saying it’s a miracle you survived in that snowstorm.” Kal-El’s eyes widened as he realized just how close to death he had nearly been.
“How long have I been out?” He asked.
“About an hour. As soon as they started warming you up in fact.”
“We’ve got to try and stop Zod, Lois. He was someone Jor-El warned me about when he was training me and teaching me about my history and culture.” He went on to explain what happened to cause the loss of Krypton and how Zod, Non and Ursa were part of the cause. Lois’s eyes widened in horror as she heard what they had done to cause the sun to explode and take Krypton with it. “And that’s why I knew I needed my powers back, Lois. They’re going to be like I was but only with a whole other moral compass. They’ll have no qualms about genocide and I know how tempting it is to use those powers for something else,” Kal-El finished as he looked Lois deeply in the eyes with a slight quirk of his lips.
“Like peering at reporter’s underwear?” Lois teased as Kal-El blushed.
“I never looked without being asked, no matter how hard it was,” he said as her smile lit up at the realization that she had truly fallen for this gentleman.
Since that day Kal-El fought to find a way to fix his mistake and protect the earth any way he could. He had become single-minded in this pursuit, nearly losing his job in the process because of complaints of bias. He and Lois had connected with a group of freedom fighters and he had moved up in the ranks as it became known just how well he knew their Zod and Company’s strategies.
Coming back to the present, she whispers quietly with just a touch of fear, inconsistent with his lovely, spunky Lois that he knew long before Zod arrived, “I’m scared Clark.”
“I know Lois, but you’re our only hope. You can do this. You, the woman who doesn’t take no for an answer and scoffs at the law if it means you can get the sources you need. The woman who won the heart of Superman,” Clark said with a glow of affection in his eyes as he said this. It had been two years since he lost his powers and while the loss of them felt akin to the description of a phantom limb he had learned his limits and began to work to fill in the gaps. With his friend Bruce’s help he had become Metropolis’s answer to the Dark Knight. More lithe than he had ever been since high school, he had earned a black belt and used his defense skills to the best of his ability. Superman lived on even if he was seen as nothing more than an urban legend at the point. If nothing else he brought hope to the people who believed.
Lois smiled softly at him with tears in her eyes. "I love you," she said as she leaned towards him and he met her in a searing kiss. He pulled her close as they lost themselves in each other.
Pairings: Lois and Clark for this Chapter Zod/Lois Luthor/Lois and others may be found at some point
Author's Note: This story has been bouncing around my head for a while after watching Superman:II. I wondered, "What if Kal-El didn't get his powers back at the Fortress?" and this fic is the result of those musings. Written for The Superman Movieverse Challenge. The first in a series which will definitely have other pairings. Warnings for this chapter are nil but by the end of the series I expect some bondage, non-con, dub-con and hurt/comfort among others. I'll make sure those chapters are rated and noted accordingly. Unbeta-ed so all mistakes are mine. Feel free to critique. It might not stop me writing this series but at least it will give me input about what you think about it and how to be a better author.
Words: 938
Rating: PG
Spoilers: STM and a little Superman II (Which this is an AU of)
“Clark, are you sure this is a good idea?”
“Lois, it needs to be done and honestly as the only person who knows Superman they’re not likely to be interested in letting anyone else close to him without killing them. It has to be you.”
Lois pulled Clark down to her and looked into his blue eyes. They had softened to a pale blue-gray in the months since he lost his powers. Her heart broke over the look of sadness and single minded determination which resided in them as she looked back at everything that happened to cause it to manifest in this kind man.
When he went back to the fortress he found nothing. Not a scrap which might restore him to his full powers. When Lois told the people at the truck stop that he had gone off alone and on foot they shrugged and said that people go on walkabouts all the time and he should be fine. After a day of pacing the local motel and worry she convinced the sheriff to put together a search party. They found him curled up on a ball about a mile from town in a protective coma. Despite his power loss, his native Kryptonian biology protected him in a way that no one expected. Everyone else thought it was a miracle but Lois knew better.
When Kal-El awoke from his protective sleep the first thing he saw was Lois’s black hair resting against his chest. He brushed his hand down her soft waves and smiled softly as Lois snuffled and then looked up blearily. He smiled a little sadly as Lois gave a startled cry of delight and hugged him hard. He closed his eyes as he savored the feel of her arms tight around him.
“I thought I would never see you again,” Lois said with a hitch in her voice. Then she pulled away and slapped him on the shoulder as she angrily replied, “Never do that to me again! I thought you were dead and if it wasn’t for your Kryptonian biology you would be.”
Clark looked at her perplexed.
“Clark, you were found about a mile away from town. They said that you were in a coma to protect your body. They’re saying it’s a miracle you survived in that snowstorm.” Kal-El’s eyes widened as he realized just how close to death he had nearly been.
“How long have I been out?” He asked.
“About an hour. As soon as they started warming you up in fact.”
“We’ve got to try and stop Zod, Lois. He was someone Jor-El warned me about when he was training me and teaching me about my history and culture.” He went on to explain what happened to cause the loss of Krypton and how Zod, Non and Ursa were part of the cause. Lois’s eyes widened in horror as she heard what they had done to cause the sun to explode and take Krypton with it. “And that’s why I knew I needed my powers back, Lois. They’re going to be like I was but only with a whole other moral compass. They’ll have no qualms about genocide and I know how tempting it is to use those powers for something else,” Kal-El finished as he looked Lois deeply in the eyes with a slight quirk of his lips.
“Like peering at reporter’s underwear?” Lois teased as Kal-El blushed.
“I never looked without being asked, no matter how hard it was,” he said as her smile lit up at the realization that she had truly fallen for this gentleman.
Since that day Kal-El fought to find a way to fix his mistake and protect the earth any way he could. He had become single-minded in this pursuit, nearly losing his job in the process because of complaints of bias. He and Lois had connected with a group of freedom fighters and he had moved up in the ranks as it became known just how well he knew their Zod and Company’s strategies.
Coming back to the present, she whispers quietly with just a touch of fear, inconsistent with his lovely, spunky Lois that he knew long before Zod arrived, “I’m scared Clark.”
“I know Lois, but you’re our only hope. You can do this. You, the woman who doesn’t take no for an answer and scoffs at the law if it means you can get the sources you need. The woman who won the heart of Superman,” Clark said with a glow of affection in his eyes as he said this. It had been two years since he lost his powers and while the loss of them felt akin to the description of a phantom limb he had learned his limits and began to work to fill in the gaps. With his friend Bruce’s help he had become Metropolis’s answer to the Dark Knight. More lithe than he had ever been since high school, he had earned a black belt and used his defense skills to the best of his ability. Superman lived on even if he was seen as nothing more than an urban legend at the point. If nothing else he brought hope to the people who believed.
Lois smiled softly at him with tears in her eyes. "I love you," she said as she leaned towards him and he met her in a searing kiss. He pulled her close as they lost themselves in each other.