Darth Michael Sorry about not responding sooner. Unreliable internet connection + Family dragging me off to have RL fun = No writing/computer time.
Well…if that’s his criteria, he could probably get a ton of college coeds, and possibly more than one at a time.
LEX: Yes, but Superman isn't obsessed with any of them. Only this one.
LOIS: I think I've just been insulted.
LEX: I DID propose, didn't I? Women!
So, Lois isn't going to change her mind about this to save her mom?
CLARK: I’m not so sure about that.
Don't you mean:
CLARK:
I've heard that's nice.
LOIS: I tried with a not-so-willing lover. That’s just not the same.
Claude was willing, just not interested.
LOIS: Again, insulted here.
Of course.
Fascinating. A double. Huh.
So you were really hopping for frogbait, huh?
I think it’s quite possible that this groom is not entirely stable.
CLARK: 'Not entirely stable?' Sometimes, I just don't understand human beings.
I think he should see a psychiatrist and take some medication.
His psychiatrist would tell him the best thing to do would be not to go forward with the wedding because it would make him into a bigamist.
He does realize that sometimes pet cats bite their owners, right?
LEX: /rubs hands with glee/ Lovely.
LEX:
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Wouldn’t it be funny, if he tripped, managed to hold onto the ax on the side of the wall, have it come loose, continue to tumble down the stairs and then end up with the blade stuck in his stomach? And then Clark would have to watch and not be able to save him.
CLARK: I’d manage.
Then, poor Cat would have to go through his bloody pockets to find the key.
CAT: I'd manage.
the woman he had Heller make over in Lois’s image,
No way!
So, too obvious again, huh? I've got to stop dropping hints.
Fake apartment. Fake fiancée. True apparently about the lament. Unless he’s been less than gentlemanly with her the previous night…Anyhow, it’s a lie. And he’s also lying about it not being a lie.
LEX: He doesn't know that.
That doesn’t sound…legal.
NIGEL: Perhaps you should turn yourself in, sir.
NIGEL & LEX:
Now, that’s just…I don’t think this Mr. Luthor is a very nice person.
Really? Just figuring that out, huh?
Also, she could likely sue.
BENDER: Dead people can't sue.
And he’s not dissatisfied with her scars? Plus, her face got made up but they couldn’t deal with those scars?
LEX: Why pay extra?
So…it’s Alfredo’s all over again?
Yeah. Or give him a lapdance where she has a kitchen knife hidden in her garter belt.
LOIS: He wouldn't survive that long.
That’s what they call recycling, isn’t it?
LEX: And they say I'm not pro-environment.
Lex-C had the audacity to suggest to Lex that he rather than Lex himself should be the one to consummate his marriage to Lois,
LEX: My reaction completely.
So she’d never forget, huh?
LOIS: Of course not. That's when Clark & I got close.
SUPERMAN: Oops? It’s not my fault that Lex stepped underneath the falling boulder…
Except if he dropped the boulder on Lex.
He does realize that she’s married, doesn’t he?
They didn't announce it here. Only in Houston.
Maybe they should not give Lex the Nicest Man of the Year award next year.
LEX: Of course not. I'm *better* than nice.
Oooooh! You did a funny flipperoo! Wonder what Cat’s going to say to the scene
Am not 100% sure though that it might not be better if we get Cat first. I completely forgot about the half-hour-earlier bit when reading the second half of this story
It was discussed with betas on the pros and cons of moving this scene forward and we thought it would be better to have the Reader(s) thinks Clark's far from being freed (or close to canon) and then find out his savior was already there.
CAT: Savior? That's a new one. Hmmmm. Savior? Yes, I think I could get used to that title.
Thanks. Fixed.
So…anyplace but Lois’s bedchamber?
CAT:
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That's why Lois wasn't answering her door!
Awww…she’s so much like Lois
Yeah, a little bit.
CAT: Except the hero is in love with *her*.
LOIS: You've got Phil.
CAT: Right.
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He's my Ultra Man.
PHIL: Oh, Cat.
If it’s vintage, maybe it doesn’t have one. You usually don’t leave those cars out and about where every common criminal can plant a bomb under it.
Good point. Lex doesn't drive these cars out of the garage often anyway.
Fortunate, isn’t it? Also, shouldn’t Lex make sure nobody comes down there?
So, you thought that whole scene earlier about Cat breaking into Lex's private garage was about Lex-C?
No, it was set-up for this scene. Also, that's what the security guard Cat saw was for.
Well…Lex is having a bachelor party down there. Music. Alcohol. Sex videos.
At 9am?
LEX: It went long.
Awww, Lex was right. Clark *is* the father!
No, but you know Clark. Always trying to save somebody other than himself.
May I have some more, please?
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I'm glad you enjoyed my bait and switch. Will try to post Part 178 as soon as I finish writing Part 182. I'm running a bit behind this week.
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