Well, this has been quite the long time coming, but the end is finally here. I hope you all enjoy it, and if you do, then thanks are definitely due to my wonderful beta-readers groobie (who remained dedicated to the story even when I didn't know anything about Cat's life or shampoo scents), KenJ (who politely didn't say anything when I kept taking flights of fancy in my choice of words), and Morgana (who just shook her head when I ignored all her requests for more dialogue in the story; sorry about that!), for all their help and hard work!

Thanks to all of you readers, too, who kept coming back to the story despite all the long delays in posting, and who gave me a chance even on such a terribly depressing premise! Hope it was worth it by the end!

And of course, thanks to the show that inspired me to fall in love with every incarnation of Superman, and to write hundreds of thousands of words of fanfiction! smile

Hope you enjoy!