WooHOO! Welcome back Ken!
There are so many sweet things happening in this story I don't know where to start. So let's begin at the beginning!
When Jon found the empty office he was surprised. He hadn’t been told about Herb and the fact that he was a time traveler. He couldn’t very well go back to the game room and announce that Mom and Dad were missing.
Time Traveler? That means Mr. Wells is up to something -- again! Poor John! Time for him to be big brother and protect the family secret.
Jon was stunned. Why would Lucy come out with something like that? Had she seen Mom change and fly off? Had she seen Dad? How could he cover this up? He had to think of something and he needed to think of it fast! He stammered out, “Uh, well, she, she was uh, uh, looking … looking at pictures of Superman flying Mom out of danger, yeah, that’s it. Pictures of Mom with Superman. He had saved her a lot of times. We have a whole scrap book of those kind of pictures.”
Oh dear! Is there such a scrapbook? If not Hattie is going to get awfully suspicious.
“I’ve been having the best time ever. Jon was telling me about your scrap book.”
Lois got a worried look as she asked, “Which scrap book would that be?”
“The one with all of the pictures of you flying with Superman.”
Lois knew that no such scrap book existed. She realized that Jon must have come up with this to cover up something and she wondered just what that something was. She knew that she’d have to play along so she said, “Oh, that old thing. How did that come up?”
Nope there isn't ...
But I remember many years ago when Lois had her own comic book her bedroom was full of Superman memorabilia including a scrapbook depicting many adventures with the Man of Steel.
Lois said, enigmatically, “Only time will tell,” as she thought of each of her eight children and how each of their spouses would eventually become super through exposure to the Kryptonian aura and the use of the pendant. Then she thought of that peek she’d had into Hattie’s future and started to smile. Hattie would become a member of the family. She had seen Hattie interact with JJ whenever he was over at the same time as her. She knew that Hattie liked him and he liked her. It made Lois happy that they would eventually marry and that they would both become super. “Only time will tell.” She repeated with a shake of her head.
Without them realizing it the memories of the trip began to fade. Eventually the block that Herb had initiated was in place and they forgot that they had even been away.
Neat way to begin this new story. Let the games begin.
