Don't hate me -- I've just always wanted to explore a bit of what Doomsday might have looked like in the L&C universe!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk! What have you done? You can't do that! They need to find a way for Clark to forgive Lois and live happily ever after! You can't do this! And leave us with 4 more parts of Lois slowly dissolving into a bitter depression of sorrow. Please no. Don't leave it HERE! Come back and fix this!

So, Lois had been trapped in a time window. No wonder there was no escape, no way for Clark to find her. I did get kind of confused by what happened in Lex's wine cellar though. First there was two Tempuses and then one with a Herb, but then Herb disappeared. ??????? What exactly happened?

I figured if I were Lois I'd want to stab him to stop him from causing pain to any more Lois and Clarks. This in itself would cause Clark to be unable to spend his future with him. Pushing Tempus through a time window works well too. (The same window Doomsday is pushed through does make his future seem grim, indeed, if he must share a small box with Doomsday for the rest of his eternity.)

So, what happened to Clark? Is he buried under the ruble with a hole in his chest? Did he accidentally fall through the time window with Doomsday? Did he fake his death so no longer having to deal with this woman who broke his heart?

Come back and fix this!

Ha ha ha! I love Tempus.
Great chapter - a heroic last stand for our couple. The kiss before going off to battle, the self-sacrifice - the story is building to a dramatic climax. I'm happy I was able to catch up on your story tonight and am looking forward to the next part.

Thanks, Virginia -- I'm not leaving it here...exactly... The other Tempuses Lois was seeing were flashes of what happened in the original timeline (AKA: the show); as soon as she realized he was in those flashes, she was trying to see as much of him as she could. Only, those flashes have always made her pay a pretty high price. This might be one of the only times we can be thankful for Tempus's intervention. Maybe. Ugh, hard to even write that, though.

This was one of my favorite chapters to write, groobie, so thanks! It's been hard to write Lois as a victim, so it was really nice to finally get to write her taking out the person who'd been manipulating and using her. Glad you're still reading!

Thanks for the feedback!

Those words chilled me to the bone. Tempus is a complete lunatic. Imagine going to so many different worlds all to destroy Lois and Clark!


Gotta read the next two chapters!

Thanks, Morgana -- truthfully, this older version of Tempus really scared me, too, but he was a ton of fun to write (his dialogue is so easy)!

Ack! I knew I shouldn't have read this so late at night. Now I have to get some sleep without knowing what's going to happen!

Great part. It hurts that both Lois and Clark have had to directly have a hand in killing, but there was just no other way. (And it was self defense, so that should give them at least a little peace in the long run.)

Dang, Tempus! "Because I can." Complete lunacy! I'd say he needs a hobby, but clearly he had one - scouring the multiverse tormenting and killing Clark.

Hope to be back reading the rest soon! Thanks for the fun ride!