“By giving Clark the crutch of you being here, you’re telling him you don’t believe he can do this without you. He needs to be one-hundred percent confident. This is my daughter we’re talking about here.”

Lois’s heart ached. She desperately wanted to be needed. But she didn’t want to undermine his fragile confidence. This Clark wasn’t emotionally strong like her Clark. He needed to know he had sent her someplace safe, know that he protected her. Sam was right. If Clark was worried about her and the baby’s safety, he would be distracted. She sighed. “OK. I’ll go. No complaints.”

A moment later the time machine appeared in her living room. Superman stepped off the machine and then spun into his Clark clothes. Lois put a hand to her mouth. That was her Clark’s move.

Clark caught her expression and smiled sheepishly. “Sorry, but it really is more convenient.”

Lois let herself breathe. “It’s okay. I just hadn’t known you had adopted it.” She swallowed. “I’ll just go get my things.”

Clark watched her leave the room and then sidled up to Sam. “She’s not going to fight me?” he asked surprised.

“She said that she saw that you were right. If you were worried about their safety, it would be a distraction.”

Clark glanced at him skeptically. “She’s never admitted that I’m right before. You must have misheard her.”

“No. He heard me correctly,” Lois said reentering the room with snow boots on her feet, her heavy coat on and a small suitcase in hand. “It might never happen again, so savor the moment.”

He grinned. “Believe me, I am.”

“Early? But it can’t come early. Nine months. I know the exact date. That’s when it has to happen. Not early.”

“Is there some reason Clark thinks an old woman would be better protection for you than me?”

FLASH! Lois turned to find James standing by her desk with a camera. Great. Just when she looked her most pregnant.

He pointed at her. “Lucy. You’re… You’re…”

"I hope so... But there was Max and Lex and that sailor at the bar..."

'accident'? So, she just accidentally stepped into the bullet's path?

Didn't you want her to get a new hobby? One that didn't include pointing out how wrong you are?

So, where did she find one with the original DNA? Or is she using the DNA from the hair-tip? Can you use the hair-tip? Or do you need the root?

And how is she going to counter the other Neuroscanner? Is Clark going to flash-freeze Alt-Lois?

Hmm... He might always just a 45 and go on a rampage in the newsroom...

Plumber. Red was a plumber.

If they can Clone canon Clark from donated hair, I think they can get some DNA from Lois's donated hair.

If someone goes postal in a newsroom, is that considered "reporting" or "newsal"?

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Plumber. Red was a plumber.There was one on the show?

Yes, but it has to come from a part of her hair that grew when she still had her pre-pregnancy DNA.

With a yawn and a stretch, Lois pick up the telephone and murmured, ”Martha, check and see if you can get me a box of Double Fudge Crunch Bars, could you?”

“Lois?” her husband’s voice gasped.