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Yikes! So Superman's not going to have access to her for a MONTH!! Poor Clark. I wonder if he (as Clark) will be allowed personal access to her via radio/video contact? They wouldn't be allowed to talk about her fudging on Superman's "offer" to fly the shuttle up. I do wonder whether they might consider letting him fly the shuttle down himself though (with that said, I could see Captain Martin being none-to-pleased with that).

Worse than that (or maybe just as bad), I wonder when Clark will actually FIND and read Lois's letter to him that Jimmy opened, read and then tossed on his bed without the envelope that tells Clark that it is for him even if he sees it. My guess it will not be until Lois returns and tells him about it which will leave him second guessing Lois's motives even more without the letter to help explain them. Clark will be once again wondering why he did not leave Jimmy in Las Vegas with Jenny. One more reason to not have roommates!!!

Mike

Christina: Thank you for you comments.

A month? I don't think I wrote "month". Nope. She was supposed to be up in the Space Station for a week, and there's now another week's delay. It's also possible that the colonists can give Superman the Key to the Station in that second week, should he decide to show up then instead of that first week. Nope. Nobody said *anything* about a month.

No, I can't see Superman volunteering to do that after her volunteering him to fly them up, nor could I see Captain Martin liking that (then, again, he's a big sour puss). Reap what one sows, I believe is what Clark was taught. Will Lois and Clark be able to communicate while she's on the space station? Well, that all depends on whether Henderson and Director Avery know that he knows she's there and give him permission, doesn't it?


Mike M: Glad you found it thought provoking.

So, my readers believe that Jimmy left Metropolis, not because of Jenny but because Lois and Clark both (individually) placed a hit on him? Hmmmm. Did I mention that the letter was placed on the bed without the envelope? Nope. I don't think I wrote that. Gee, I have Lois write ONE note to Clark which he doesn't get for WEEKS (or was it over a month?) and you all expect that it's going to happen every time? What do you think I am? Out to drive my character batty? Don't answer that! This will also be answered after my hiatus, which will happen after the posting of Part 193.

THIS as in when Clark read the note (and how long Lois will stay up in space) not THIS as in if I'm trying to drive my characters insane. On that second point, I plead the Fifth.

Thank you both for reading and commenting.

Ok, so I'm going back to re-read and double-check the time-frame. I thought it sounded like there would be a 3-4 week delay on her return because of the quarantine not allowing the shuttle to return to earth and be prepped for it's next mission. *scurries off to re-read*

Ok so on the second read I get to pick up on things I like that are not related to my question/check above....

Really find this interesting. Flying with a man (well, with Superman specifically) is considered (at least at this point in time) more enjoyable than flying with Superman. Sounds so "unfeminist" at first glance but quite understandable. I bet by the end of this she'll be craving a chance to be UltraWoman.

Sounds like things will not go well for Lois on this trip.

If I'm not mistaken, I bet the reason it wasn't communicated was because of her desire to stay under the wire. Who knows if a crony of Luthor's happened to be in the know and get word to Luthor where Lois was.

Ok, so "reading lips" is a lie, but couldn't he still have been able to hear her? You'll have to explain the why to me there.

He just did.

OOOOOooooooohhhhh... Here's hoping that EPRAD (I think it's this uni's NASA if I recall) never gets on the bad side of Lois Lane when it comes to the shuttle program. Something tells me there could be an editorial that could come out of this experience.

Maximum quarantine. That's likely three weeks (or at least I'm going by the recent Ebola quarantine measures which have things at about 22 days or a little over three weeks).

Perry: I know it's not your usual style, but you could write on the experience of weightlessness. The sense of solitude. etc. I bet you'd be in the mood.

So yes, you did say up to a month away. Can't fudge on that one!

Ok, ok, so I'm clarifying my first comment. I'm expecting Clark to stay away as Superman after his disapproval of her Superman-propelled launch. I can't imagine him coming up with a plausible reason (short of EPRAD deciding they want that shuttle back earlier than the landing window).

Second read comments.

Being that she doesn't know that becoming UW is possible, who knows. She might want to fly more often with Clark after this, or she might become even more envious of his power of flight and floating than ever before. We shall have to wait and see what develops.

Yes, Captain Angelo is challenging Lois on her feminism, telling her that flying without a man is better than flying with Superman. (Not that Capt. Angelo has first hand experience of the latter.)

Oh, sorry. Were you thinking that someone *other* than Lois went into space? Of course things won't go as planned. THAT'S HER LIFE.

Yes, her trip to space was all hush-hush. It was coordinated with Henderson. The inspector wanted her to be locked up for her protection into a safe house. She wanted to be in control, so she chose her own safe house. Lois told Clark that he wasn't to tell anyone for this reason.

He could read her lips, but he was reminding her that he couldn't hear her. Apparently, sound doesn't travel in space (as several commenters told me after I have Clark's screams of frustration in space cause dust to lift off the moon. Too bad, I liked that imagery.) So, it isn't just the catch phrase promo for Alien. (FYI: "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream".)

That he did, which was her point. He wasn't allowed to.

Actually, there is both an EPRAD and a NASA in this dimension. EPRAD was mentioned in ASU and NASA mentioned in WoS (by the drunk former NASA engineer). Also, Phil's back story is that he worked for NASA until they lost the Space Station project to EPRAD. He's just been rehired back to work on the Mars Rover missions, which is why he and Cat are moving to Houston. There could be an editorial about Captain Martin's behavior, if Perry allows it, but I doubt he'd let Lois use his editorial page for a personal rant.

True, but this was 1994, so they weren't worried that Luthor had Ebola. Most common colds and such probably would have surfaced within that week. Captain Martin and Captain Angelo only had a 48 hour quarantine before their flight.

Yes, well, those were things Lois was planning on writing about. But it's my opinion that despite Lois not liking people, doesn't like to be forced to be on her own or involuntary solitude. Mainly, she was planning on interviewing the colonists, which she can't do while locked up in quarantine, but she can work on articles about what it's like adjusting to life in space and doing everyday activities in space. She mentioned in her letter to Clark that she also planned on writing articles from her POV on her investigation of Luthor during her "free time" in space, so she has plenty of stuff to keep her busy. She's just griping about her lack of freedom. (From one cell and into another.)

Nuh-uh. Captain Angelo said it *might* end up taking 3-4 weeks. At this point and time, the return has only been delayed a week. That's my story and I'm stick with it.

Hmmmm. We'll have to see how long Clark can stay mad at Lois. It is HER super power to stay mad, not his.

Thanks for your extra comments. I have Part 193 ready for posting and will probably post it sometime tonight.

CLARK: I do have ‘Welcome’ stamped on my cape…

But Superman would never do anything illegal with Lois. Well…unless there’s certain…dark-side activities that are still illegal in some of less adventurous states.
CLARK: I would never do those things with Lois, either. Too dangerous.




LOIS: I resent that. I am *no* accident waiting to happen. I’m a *crime scene* waiting to happen.

She only wrote a note for *Clark*! How could she know that her photo-journalist, junior grade, would snoop.

Maybe when she goes on her honeymoon?

Oh, look! A pig just flew by.

Did he just insult Jimmy?

Oops?

When he started to think about having relations with the media?
CAT: Married. With a bun in the oven.



Well…it helps if the media was the one to inform the police of said nefarious activities in the first place.



Too much exposure to Lois to trust women?
BILL: No, that one’s credited to the ex.


LOIS: Why I get the Kerths.
CAT: Posthumously.

Oh. Right. ‘We’ as in her and her bun.

That’s not even a lie.

Sounds like he got Lois’s story and he didn’t even have to sleep with her.

Otherwise they’ll also have found some local college girls down in the bunker doing…dark-side stuff with Jimbo?

More like, the novelty had already worn off.

What if the green fog got also into the sticky slime on the floor and will then be dragged outside by the cops and Jimmy who would then deliver it back home to Lois’s place?



Rrrrrrright…

Aww…he’s finally waking up to the truth and going to dump her for that blonde ADA

/passes failing grade in Social Behavior 101/

So he wouldn’t say no and because he produces less environmentally harmful gas than the engines of the shuttle.

Is there something missing?

Oh, look! Someone’s blaming the victim, again.

CURSE:
LOIS: Maybe let’s wait for…two more days? Ooooh! Chocolates!

Maybe if he asked her whether she thought that he liked being disrespected? Then he could tell her that she’s right when she says ‘no’.

That’s why in ye olden days, the hanky-panky didn’t start until after Carlos got involved and pronounced the happy couple to be safe.

Like ‘how was I supposed that by ripping apart one atom, things might end up really bad’?

Ooooh! Is he going to show her the moon?

So, you’re not going with the bigger space station from Through a Glass, Darkly?

His behind not yet healed from the beating Luthor gave him?

‘an adult’?

Oooh! Like in Season’s Greedings?

Did he touch a zoo animal during a thunderstorm, again?
Also…
http://cdn.zocoi.com/187/03.jpg Last panel.

What if she’s naked while doing so?
CLARK:

So, she’ll soon start to scream and curse?



Didn’t they by telling her to wait until someone shows up with the key to release her?

CLARK: Funny, just like in my bedroom!

Which could literally be a wing on the space station.

Like with a bee-hive. Or a concubine storage facility.

What if the meal isn’t to Lois’s liking?

Someone’s already planning ahead, huh?



Well, what if she’s using the joystick to control the flight? Isn’t that just like controlling the shuttle?

Hence the judicious use of lightning back on Earth/

Maybe if Lois explained to the good Commander that her boyfriend could dismantle this station with his bare hands, so he’d better treat her like a queen?



Oooooh!

Apparently, someone just did. Maybe she should have worn a suit that’s more…flattering to her female physique while talking to her boyfriend?

Did she learn a lesson? Or is she just going to avoid Superman and only tick off Clark?

It sounds about the size of the Japanese sleep slots on airports and such.


Isn’t that the same story Lex told his Luckies?

Does the table use strong magnets to hold up to the wall? Yes, they did use that on a train’s fold-out table once.

Like, don’t just do your business down at the bottom of the sink hole?

Ooooh! Training the Mad Dog

Like Linda does? By making something up?

You know, I wonder how this is going to work in terms of exercise. There’s no gym in this dorm, is there? What about the toilet? Shower? Kitchen? And wouldn’t Lois already have communicated her numerous deceases by talking to Amy and the Commander and breathing into the air vents?

See what happens when a Lois is chained up for a week? Should be fun to watch. From a safe distance, that is.

You know, considering the next part, this so sounds like the 3-4 weeks you are planning to taking a break from the story.

Yes, but on the plus side, she at least won’t be servicing the man in charge of the operation?
CMDR: Well…she *was* brought on board as a concubine…
ER: I *did* see this in a story I once read by SQD…

Michael

Darth Michael: Oh, boy! Another 2 fer. Thanks for reading.

CAT: That's from the time you stopped the fire at the doormat factory, Clarkie boy.

Like B&E or theft or impersonating an officer or anything like that? Of course not!
CLARK: Superman didn't do any of those things. I did.

LOIS: That's because I know where Mrs. Kent keeps the Kryptonite.
CLARK: You do?

Well, it had been Clark's idea for Lois go into space...

HENDERSON: Outside of my jurisdiction, boys. Send Superman.

PERRY: Well, she did go work at LNN for a while, so it's possible she could have forgotten that I only hire the sneakiest people in the business.

HENDERSON: No, Lois, please. Take a week! Two, even. A month! Hell, take the whole year in Hawaii. I won't mind.

Possibly. Or maybe Bill thought Lois would pass the lead on to someone she could control (Olsen) as opposed to anyone else (i.e. Cat).

Technically, yes. But Olsen isn't a real reporter, he's a sometime photographer, most-time researcher. Why would Bill see him as competent?

Bill hasn't figured out that second part yet.
BILL: I think I've just been insulted. Wait. Figured out what?

BILL: They may have started us down the right path, but we finished it!

CAT: Now, I think it's my turn to be insulted.

Maybe a bit of both.

CLARK: That's not funny.
LOIS: I still get them.

I was going more for a royal 'we', but that works too.

CLARK:


JIMMY: Well, I did sleep in her apartment...

Actually, Jimbo did use Jimmy's camera while his cuz was in the clink. He took photos of that DP Board member cheating on his wife.
JIMBO: So, how do I sign up for the dark side stuff?

She's been in the wine cellar. She knows what's down there. Saw the green gas, and actually took Clark's advice that it might not be healthy for the baby and decided to stay in the parking garage where all that clean air /cough, cough/ is much better for her.

Green fog rose and is hanging above their heads.

You know I didn't even think of him. Now, THAT'd be an unexpected twist, now wouldn't it.
LOIS: What do you mean everyone in Metropolis turned into a bunch of apes while I was in space?

In the first draft, Jimmy figured out Forest was talking about Lois, but then I noticed how 'insane' and 'Miss Lane' kinda rhymed.
LOIS: Again. Not funny.
CAT: Speak for yourself, honey.

Oh, did you want me to write something from their POV? Ooops.

*** Continuation of Response to Darth Michael's FDK ***

LOIS: Say what? GET ME OUT OF THIS PLACE!

How does one pass a failing grade? Is it like a kidney stone?

CLARK: Nope, still can't see Lois using that as a reason. If it were chocolate gas on the other hand...

Um... No?... But I could probably remove that dangling 'of' there.

CLARK: You're right. I shouldn't blame myself.
LOIS: How, exactly, did *you* become the victim in this scenario, again?

CLARK: Well, I meant progress to a normal (non-sexual) relationship. You know dating.
LOIS: What planet are you from again?

I wish I had thought of that. Brilliant!

CLARK: But Lois and I haven't... we've been totally dating like the ye old days.
LOIS: My, is that the time?

LOIS: Now, I think I've been insulted.

Um... no. The Earth.

100 people wouldn't fit in the current ISS, so it would have to be bigger. I don't recall how big the one from TaGD is, though, so it could be it.

CLARK: My behind isn't a green, blue, and tan marble!
LOIS: Actually, from what I've seen, it's quite red.
CLARK: Those are Superman's shorts.
LOIS: Is that MY fault?

I meant 'adult' in a verb fashion, but I'll change it if it makes it clearer.

Isn't that the one where Martha needs to tan his hide?

Um... No. There are no flying hippos actually in this story.

I believe Clark is referring to the naughtiness that Lois already did, not the stuff she will do.
LOIS: EXcuse me!

I'll consider it, Clark.

Only in the second draft. The Betas thought it strange that Lois was waiting so paitently.

Capt. Martin: I knew she wasn't listening to my instructions.

So, it WAS Clark's plan for Lois to get used to living with him.

It has wings?

CLARK: Bee-hive.
LOIS: Bee-hive.
NOR: Nope looks like where I keep my harem.

I'm guessing she either finds someone who will eat it for her, or she doesn't try new foods on the space station.

It's in her nature.

LOIS: Normally, I just let Superman pilot, but this joystick idea of yours is growing on me.
SUPERMAN: Pardon me. /ducks to cold side of the moon for a minute before returning/ I don't think that's a good idea.

CLARK:

CLARK: Lo-is! No.

No, he can lip read, but he didn't say he didn't understand her, only that he couldn't hear her.

Her point was that he wasn't allowed to.
LOIS: He has x-ray vision. It doesn't matter what I'm wearing.

Let's see what's behind door number 2? A very angry man wearing glasses! Bravo!

That's about right, only not so big. When I was starting my research, silly me, I was thinking Star Trek sized quarters. I should have known better. Chris Hadfield explains Sleeping on the Space Station Warning these videos can become very addicting to watch. I love research!

Yes, but in space it's true.

Oh, that's genius! No, luckily for Lois, people have been aboard the Space Station for over a year, so kinks such as that would have already been taken care of.

Um... no. In case you're wondering... Sunny the Astronaut explains all (roughly 4:45 minutes in).

LOIS: I heard that!

She's just grousing. She'll learn enough even in quarantine to write about.

Although, it's described as the quarantine / medical wing, it's actually the "guest quarters" for the Space Station, so all those things are available on a smaller scale. Picture this as the original space station, (i.e. the old wing) which the colonists only use in case of emergency or guests.

Captain ANGELO: I don't recommend it.

Sadly, not aboard the International Space Station. At home. Looking for a job. Still trying to get over this dang cough. The inhaler my doctor prescribed didn't really cure me.

I missed that story. SQD really knows how to think out side the box.

Thanks for the comments, Michael! They always brighten my day.

And Lois suggested he keep it?

Actually, Clark was acting as Superman when he dressed up as an officer.

Umm…Why would Lois get out the Kryptonite when Clark Lois or the other way around?



MET STAR (six months later): B&Es in the greater Metropolitan area at an all-time low.
MET STAR (seven months later): Reports of government corruption down to pre-war times.

JIMMY: Does that mean that I shouldn’t have sold that story to the Vegan Tribune?

JIMMY: I’m the star of the Luthor investigation. Chips in the Morning said so!



Only because Lois was afraid Lex might kill Clark.

But…but…but the evil writer just said that Cat wouldn’t show up! Plus, she’s in a delicate state!

Maybe Clark should talk about with Lois about her priorities, now that she’s bearing the fruit of the future First Lord of Krypton?

He does realize what happened to the last dude Clark thought had intimate relations with his girlfriend, right?

Drat. Too bad. Also, green fog creeping over the floor would have been much creepier. And much more dangerous due to the reduced visibility of floor hazards such as axes left lying around in the open.

Yeah. I only thought of it because there was a throw-away scene in The Flash series premier of a busted open cage with a ‘Grod’ nameplate stuck to it.

Yes, very inspired. Not healthy to mention, but very inspired.



Not happy about the competition she’s going to come back down to? Also, on second thought, that’s a very probably scenario. With Lois gone, the blonde ADA is going to come knocking on Clark’s door to find her lead witness in the newly re-surfaced Luthor case. And with Lois gone for weeks and having ticked off Clark to the point of him being mad at her, yeah, I can so see them

Oops? ‘awards’? ‘assigns’?

Only the first one was for Lois. The second one with the gas, that’s just because he’s a boyscout who got his environment education from the Jaguar.

Didn’t Lois jump him in the car?

CLARK: Alt-Krypton?
Funny aside, in German ‘alt’ is ‘old’ so that works both ways

Thank you

You do love your red fish, don’t you?

Because of comparing the way she handles her relationship to Clark with a nuclear device with a bad fuse?

So… is a then? Too bad. Would have been fun. And Superman’s the only one who could pull that one off.
LOIS: I could totally pull off Superman’s briefs.

Huh… Apparently they actually shoed the Prometheus station in the Pilot.


Here’s the big one. And I just figured out it's called the UN Space Station. It's probably 50 stories tall. And no, that's not a moon.

Superman should be that dark speck right below the protruding ring around the middle of the station.



No idea if ‘adult’ should be used as an adjective

Aaaand?

But he said that he wouldn’t stand for future acts of naughtiness from her. Actually…now that I’m reading this…
LOIS:

Pregnancy hormones playing havoc with her psyche?



No. But it would be fun if it had.



LOIS: How did they manage to mess up *chocolate*?


LOIS:

LOIS: I frequently have this problem with men.

LOIS: What?

So, it’s wasn’t technically a lie?

Yes, but considering all the radiation in space, maybe the windows are hardened against x-rays?
CLARK: Also, I take offense to the notion that Superman would peep at women using his x-ray vision.
LOIS:



Yes, same with FDK. You tend to go down a whole mineshaft of rabbit holes when you research and follow links and stuff.

LEX: Not on Space Station Luthor, it is not.

Even in the old visitor quarters? Wouldn’t it be fun if Lois had to fall back on pen & paper?

Aaaand that doesn’t make it any less true?

Ooooh! The one with the leaky toilet, faucet, and air lock.

Because one sinkhole over isn’t what one would consider ‘a safe distance’?

Oh dear. I once had a cold a bit shy of a bronchitis and kept coughing for 2 or 3 months

I don’t think anyone’s told her that there is a box. Also ‘When Galaxies Divide’ is the one you’re looking for.

You’re welcome. It’s the only way one can repay for the fun of reading the story

Michael

Well has Lois made a record for annoying so many powerful folks at once?
It's nice to see Clark has reached the point where he can express his anger at Lois. And she's learning the hard way she CAN push him too far.
Lois is going to have an interesting couple of weeks. And your research is impressive.
Very well done!

cuidadora: Yea! More comments!

LOIS: /glances down at to-do list and makes a check mark/ I guess that means I'm doing my job as a reporter.

Yes, wimpy Clark has just been pushed a bit toooooooo far. Let's see how much we'll see of him in the coming parts.

Thank you. It was sheer torture *forcing* myself to watch all those YouTube videos on the International Space Station. Over and over and over. So sad about the supply rocket that blew up though. At least when your supply shuttle is... ahem... super powered that isn't a problem.

Thank you for reading and commenting. It's always good to know that my story isn't disappearing into the vacuum of cyberspace.

This FDK-FDK is still a 2-fer. I'm really behind. Sorry. Trying to catch up.

LOIS: It's addressed to me, isn't it?

Sorry, I was thinking of Operation Blackout.

Because Lois isn't there to discover it, huh? Terrific.
LOIS: See, I play an important role in the city of Metropolis.

Was Lex force-feeding people meat in his ark?

And that would be the morning DJ from the radio?

BILL: Too bad the Daily Planet isn't around to get that into mainstream public knowledge. All the people of Metropolis know is that the police brought down a very bad man.

I'm sorry, I said what? No. Don't remember saying that Cat wouldn't be there. Sorry.
LOIS: So, you don't think that pregnant women can be competent at their jobs? Want to go on the record with that sexist attitude, buddy?

I'm sorry. Did I miss something? When did Lois get pregnant?

I'm sorry, you *expected* Jimmy supposed to figure out that logic on his own?
THE true reason S1 Jimmy disappeared from Metropolis.

True, but I wanted to take the story in a different type of angsty direction.

Bet some screenwriter is wishing that they hadn't done that, because now they'll have to address it sometime in the series' future.

/points to Lois's current location/

I considered it, but then I figure it might be more fun to let the Readers use their imaginations.

Hmmmm. Why would I ever go in that direction?

I was thinking using Superman to get her way.

It explains why in Earth 2 (alt-dimension in the comics) Lois and Clark get married and live happily ever after.

Only in my stories.

LOIS: I was protecting him!

Maybe a little of that.

I was picturing the first one when writing this.

Yes, she can be quite naughty.

LOis. Cat is the pregnant character.

CLARK: Huh. What? Right. You're dating me and not Superman. *I* don't have those powers.

Of course not.

CLARK: Wait. Does this mean I'm allowed to x-ray through your clothes when you come back to earth?

Yes, but on Space Station Luthor, they had beds and no anti-gravity device.

LOIS: I knew I should have kept that space pen I gave Clark for his birthday for myself.

No, more like not as high tech.

Sounds like what I had last summer. Finally got rid of that cough. Just in time for flu season.

Thanks. One of these days I'll write an entirely original story not based on canon at all... Nah. Where's the fun in that?

Aren't you sweet? I just might have to post the next part for you... or something like that.

You are!

She’s quite self-assured, isn’t she?

Clark was an officer, too, in Blackout? Not just an NCO in charge of carrying Col. Lane’s briefcase and massaging her feet, and driving the car?

Thank you.

POLITICIANS: Maybe we can revoke her citizenship?

Huh? I was thinking Jimmy, after he went to Las Vegas.

That’s been way too long since I garbled that one up

Makes one wonder about the police/insurance investigation into the Daily Planet’s blow up.

You did! Bill told Cat to not be there. Or Cat said she’d be waiting outside. Or some such thing…

Well, with a displaced center of gravity and the increased sensitivity of her stomach area, I believe the middle of a police raid into an underground bunker filled with sectoid gunfanatics isn’t really a safe place for an unborn child.
CAT: I stayed in the *GARAGE*!
So, noxious fumes of carbon monoxide, plus, the danger of booby traps and gunslingers who might escape out of secret tunnels? Plus, I’m sure Clark wouldn’t want Lois there if she were pregnant.
CLARK: No. I even let Lois go up on the space station. Wait. Pregnant?

At the hospital. When she faked not having had sex with Clark.



Yes.

Oh, you sent her away to cool her heels, huh?
LOIS: Apparently, the EW forgot about my superpower.

Uh-huh…



And it’s like with the Highlander.
NIGEL: You have to cut off the head to kill them?
Hmm…this last bit actually explains why Nigel tried to take out Lex when he attempted to take over LexCorp’s leftovers in Phoenix.

LOIS: And I can’t have a Kryptonian on the side?

LOIS: No. That was a one-time offer since I needed something from you.

Lex wouldn’t spring for Anti-Grav?

Nothing beats good timing!

Yep. Twisting canon is it’s very own brand of fun!



Michael