Okay...so I haven't read it yet, but I'm calling first dibs on the fdk folder so that I can come back and be witty with the subject heading.

Thank you SO much Wendy!!! I'm loving this trilogy so far and I'm honored that I got a birthday post.

You made my day!

I'll be back tomorrow with fdk!

Sara

Oh, nice place to end it, Wendy. Right *before* he goes over to find out she's still breating/been replaced by a clone/been replaced by a dummy so she could make her escape! Hmph. Now poor Clark is stuck there, thinking she's dead... So sad... Poor Clark...

So I really think you should post the next part now. I mean, you wouldn't want to leave Clark in such a sad and depressed place, right? Surely you want to reassure me--er, I mean, him, by posting the next part and letting him discover she's not really dead?

Or... /me is suddenly suspicious Is this going to be a ghost-Lois story?

Great start! Can't wait to see more!

Bethy

Happy Birthday Sara...hope you get another installment for tomorrow, on your birthday

I was also slightly worried Lois had been stuck in a green cage somewhere, but luckily the most important part is Lois and Clark are together for the beginning of Part 2.....which we need now!

Happy Birthday Sara!

Great part Wendy! Poor Clark..imagine how shocked he'll be when he finds out that she's alive..right?? Hey get back here and tell me she's alive!

~Liz

Happy birthday Sara!

Wendy posted!!!!

But... /me looks at Wendy with trembling lip... Do post soon again... I don't think I can bare this tension, thiking Lois is dead. So if I do badly in school in the next few days I'll have you to blame.

Julie

Wow...it's the "Eternity" trilogy and Lois is drifting lifeless in Lake Superior.

Y I K E S

This could go two ways...


Lois is barely alive and Clark has to reveal his powers to her to get her to a hospital

Lois is dead - and the rest of the story is like a Desperate Housewives episode, with Lois narrating the rest of the story from above.

DARN IT TAKE US OUT OF OUR MISERY!

And Happy B-Day to Sara~

Awwww Wendy! I thought there should be some more happening! I wondered how she'd fake her death. I guess Luthor didn't have anything to do with her going missing...no agreement she'd pretend to be dead...you know all that rot!

I was surprised she was even in the lake! I thought she'd be long gone, in some new city with a new name and a new life where Luthor wouldn't find her. Maybe getting a divorce somehow.

But better yet, she's faking her own death so she can really do that, show up later somewhere.

Or maybe she knew Clark would hear about it and come find her somehow. That's it, she planned it this way. She saw him take off to the air when he didn't think she was looking, realized he coudl fly, and knew he coudl save her on the water. Only now she's out of water and feeling a bit seasick. Alas.

Okay, I'll be looking for the next part. I'm glad I'm hooked again!

Nancy

Knowing Wendy.... probably it won't be the body...

As Sara said in the header of this thread: "Wendy's Evil".

This is really mean! What is with Lois? Is she alive or dead? If she's alive, did she fake her death? If she's dead, was it Luthor who killed her because he found out about Clark's visits?

Personally, I favor the Lois is still alive theory, but... you never know with one of Wendy's stories... She's just too darn good with plot twists...

Sira - frazzled and begging for the next part

Oh my God! Is Lois dead? No, please! Wendy, don't let us like this! Poor Clark, sad, regreting, miserable... Haven't you pity of him? Come back here and fix this mess!

Did Lex try death her? Did she fake her death to escape of Lex? Is she live yet? Isn't this a Tank story, it is? Please, say not!

Questions, questions and questions. Help, Wendy! This part was a sad gift to Sara. She deserve a happier part next, don't you guess?

More, more, more!

HELLO, BEST WISHES TO YOU!!!!

Andreia

If only Clark could fly her to Smallvill or something...

Wow, great albeit sad beginning of part 2 of the trilogy.

Lois can't be really dead, right?

P.S.: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARA!!

Okay, on the surface this was a good instalment with a very dramatic cliff hanger.

One small problem, which I don't know if Wendy thought about (I guess we'll have to see next time).

I'm assuming that Lois' isn't dead, otherwise this trilogy doesn't have too far to go. Problem... Lake Superior is a large, deep, and bitterly cold lake. Fisherman have to wear heavy coats when going out any distance on the lake even in high summer. According to the story, Clark sees her floating about a mile out? If it is Lois, hypothermia would have claimed her within a very short time of being in the water.

Waiting for the next part.

Tank (who isn't trying to rain on anyone's parade but just remembers reading about how cold Lake Superior was at one of the North Shore state parks several years ago)

Tank, maybe she's frozen and he can thaw her out...been done ya know

So, how diabolical and is Wendy?

What is Lois' fate? We need to know!

Okay, I'm back...<g>

Thanks again, Wendy!! And yes, I had a great one!!


Okay, I know it can't be true, right? But

OH!! Poor Clark!! He just doesn't know her well enough to know and...oh how sad!!

Aww...so sad, but unfortunatly true, that he keeps refering to himself as a stranger.

/me takes a few pennies out of Lois's jar and starts one for Clark <g>

AWWW!!!

*sigh*...I'm going to be broke by the end of this trilogy...clink, clink <g>

Harsh image, Wendy, but it works.

Yeah!

Because it's a hoax, Clark!! Not sure if it's Lois's doing or Lex's yet, but it's a set-up!

Nope!

/me digs in her pocket for two more pennies

Great sentence!

Eek!!

Wendy!!!

Sara (who was going to say something else, probably about the writing and the emotion and the atmosphere...but she's too upset now )

Three ways; you forgot that staple of light fiction--it could be a dream sequence.

Snarla2

Wendy

WOW! This is superbly written.

Tricia

Hi,

Great part.

Ooooooh! I'm with the others-- this was powerful and surprising: she isn't really dead, is she??!!

If this is some kind of set up by Lex, it's pretty elaborate, isn't it? There's the glass with her prints on it. The footprints to the water's edge. Hmmm... Could she have been forced to set the stage? Forced to pick up the glass, spilling some water in the process? Could she have been forced to the water's edge? An accompanying set of footprints could be explained by the frantic husband following the prints to the water's edge, and then returning to the house to summon the staff, and help? And what's the motive? Her request for a divorce? (If I can't have you no one else can, etc., etc.?) A reaction to a report of goings-on with a stranger, given to the jealous husband by a watchful staff? Sheer boredom on the husband's part; wanting a new challenge and conveniently "losing" his wife?

When we left Lois at the end of the first story, she was going to ask for a divorce. No thoughts at all about escaping in a less conventional way; no motive to do so (no abuse, no threats-- indeed, Lex was calling every day and saying he loved her)... So I'm leaning less toward this as a Lois-originated plot and more as a Lex-originated plot... IF, indeed, there is a plot afoot (or aswim?). Maybe there's no hatched plot among the characters at all. Maybe all the plot hatching is being done ONLY by Wendy? Maybe Lois really IS dead??

Tank has a good point, too-- how long has Lois been in the water? While I'd REALLY like Lois to be innocent and alive, I can't picture any forcing past the walk to the water's edge. (Wendy, how much influence do all of us have with you??) So how was this done?

Having read this section, I'm now looking at the title in a new light-- as Lois being betrayed... by the husband she may not have loved, but certainly didn't fear, either (until now?).

Wendy, you'll just have to hurry and put all of us (and Clark) out of our misery. /me adds my vote to the "you need to post soon" ballot.

~Toc

So I'm evil, huh? And there I thought I was being nice by posting it for your birthday, Sara! Thank you for the thread, and for your wonderful comments - which were almost as long as the story part!

Okay, lots of speculation here. Is the body a clone? Has Lois faked her own death? Has she committed suicide? Did Lex kill her, out of some sort of revenge or jealous rage? Is she really dead, or is Clark about to clutch her from the jaws of death? Or... will he grab a dummy?

Or - courtesy of Snarla - is this all a bad dream Clark's having?

No answers from this corner - sorry! All will be revealed in due course, however. As to how this could be a trilogy if Lois is really dead, there are ways which don't necessarily include Lois being a ghost.

Janet, very interesting point:

And you've guessed it: no comment.

Thank you all so much - Sara, Bethy, Trenna, Liz, Julie, Chris, Nancy, José, Sira, Andreia, SJH, Julia, Tank, Tricia, Snarla, Maria and Janet. More very soon.

And, Tank, I'm not ignoring your point. Let's just say that, should it be relevant, I would deal with it along the way.


Wendy

Well, I want to start this but I want to read the first part of the Eternity trilogy and I've searched here and the Archive and can't find it. Would someone please help me?
Thanks

Artemis

It isn't in the Archive yet Artemis

Summer Dreaming TOC

Have fun

Jose

Thanks, Jose! I knew somebody would help!

Artemis

Glad you want to read, Artemis! Summer Dreaming has been submitted to the Archive, but is awaiting GEing so it'll be a few weeks before it's uploaded. But your question tells me that I need to put a link to the earlier story in the TOC for this one - very good point! Now done.


Wendy