EvelynC I just want to whack Lois upside the head sometimes.
I know -- and I've written Lois to be particularly stubborn. Call it a misguided sense of 'I made a big mess of things and I think I'll make it worse'...
AntiKryptonite It's intriguing to see the way you weave in similarities and differences with the Pilot that we all know.
Thanks! I hope I'm doing it in a unique way -- let me know if you like where I take it in the next part!
I love the paragraph about Clark thinking about the future being all we can change and how he's had to learn the lesson of forgiveness.
Thanks-- this paragraph was really at the heart of the matter, and why I chose Alt-Clark for this story. He's had to face a bit more than canon Clark, with losing his parents, so I thought he could relate to Lois' experience in the Congo better.
Framework4 I do hope your Clark is smart enough to use his heat vision on Lex's cuff links. Make them hot enough for Lex to discard anyways. : )
That's not the angle I took, but it's a good idea! Any reference to Clark actually melting (or at least overheating) K with his heat vision? I don't think I've ever thought of this as a possibility...
TOC Hopefully Lois gets to do something smart before this fic is over.
I know this Lois is a little frustrating, but as I said in the last FDK, she's acting on a misguided sense of thinking she deserves what she gets, thus purposely putting herself in harm's way.
scifiJoan How did Lex figure out Linda was Lois? Information from underground contacts? At that point, I don't think he would've been acquainted with Lois before she'd left.
Lex has spies everywhere. And, reminder from this part:
Lex hadn’t realized how beautiful she was when his men had found her and recruited her two years ago. He had only received reports on her progress, that she was a good if reluctant shooter. And he had on occasion seen pictures of her,
He wasn't acquainted with her before she left, but he learned about her while she was in the Congo. The assumption is his men reported they had a capable DP reporter and so they kidnapped her and made her an assassin. He knew what she looked like from that and then, Lex being the thorough guy that he is, probably saw the photo Clark had of her at the beginning.
DW I wonder how Clark is going to rescue her, though I am sure his secret will somehow be revealed.
Maybe... maybe not.
Or perhaps something in between...
Darth Michael why do I suddenly have a flashback of the pilot.
For a good reason.
Next part will be posted momentarily and you'll find out!
Thanks so much for the FDK everyone!!
