This is short, yet extremely powerful. Your descriptions of the train station, its terrified occupants and Clark hiding in his cape really got to me.
Near the center of the room, Clark saw two boxes. The first contained a sophisticated and powerful explosive device, and the second, not even encased in lead, indeed contained a small chunk of the sickly green glowing rock. Clark suddenly felt ill. There was absolutely nothing he could do to help. He couldn’t risk getting within a hundred feet of the train station.
Oh man, Superman is watching a disaster unfolded and he is powerless to help.
Surely the SWAT team realizes the Man of Steel cannot be everywhere at once? They have to solve this dilemna themselves.
Lois is there with a group of other reporters? She is really scared, not just for the hostages, but for her husband. Thinking: Where in the world
is he?