What? No! You can't end there!
I can't see any positive reason for him to be missing; any miracle cure that Sam or Bernie had come up with could have waited until they had discussed it with Lois first.
Please post the next part super-soon. Please?
Joy,
Lynn
Sorry! What kind of evil writer would I be if I didn't leave it where I did? 
There was a definite reason why things were not discussed with Lois before Clark vanished, I can assure you that.