FDK: The Girl's Not Attractive 11/? - 09/16/06 07:57 AM
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<Well….that’s just great. This must be what life with Superman is like. Disappearing at a moment’s notice to save the day. Hmmm…wonder what they have for dessert?>
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Clark was halfway across the United States on his way to stop a dam from overflowing in the southwest when he realized that Lois had no place to go. <You’re an idiot>, he told himself. <You left her in a restaurant, all alone. Well, she’ll probably go back upstairs to the bullpen and wait for me there. Better make this quick.>
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Lois ate her slice of pie slowly, savoring each morsel. <I guess I’ll go back to work. Hopefully Clark will get us a scoop, our first one as a writing team. God, that pie was soooo good.>
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A short man with a bowler hat was standing in front of the Daily Planet’s entrance. Spotting Lois exiting the restaurant and heading towards him, he quickly approached her. <Oh dear, where is Mr. Kent?> he wondered as he struggled with what his first words to *this* Lois Lane should be. He had not anticipated running into Lois Lane without Clark Kent by her side.
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“Ms. Lane? I would so like to have a word with you,” he said politely in a crisp British accent.
“No more interviews today. I already gave a press conference, I’m done,” Lois said without even looking up.
“No more interviews today. I already gave a press conference, I’m done,” Lois said without even looking up.
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“Ms. Lane. I’m not here for an interview. Perhaps you’ve heard of me…Herbert George Wells? I’m sure Mr. Kent must have mentioned me by now.”
“You! You’re the guy that can bring me over to meet the other Lois!” she exclaimed.
“You! You’re the guy that can bring me over to meet the other Lois!” she exclaimed.
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“I beg your pardon?” Wells said politely. “You want to meet the Lois of my world?”
“Yes!” Lois asserted. “Please? I need to see why Clark is so in love with her.”
<Oh dear. This might present quite a dilemma. *Where* is Clark Kent?>
“Yes!” Lois asserted. “Please? I need to see why Clark is so in love with her.”
<Oh dear. This might present quite a dilemma. *Where* is Clark Kent?>
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“My dear, do you really think that’s a good idea? And I believe that Mr. Kent is quite in love with *you*, not your double. Where is he, actually?” Wells asked.
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“I guess he had a Superman emergency. He disappeared in a flash. He warned me that he comes and goes a lot. Do you have your machine thing-y to take us over to the other universe?”
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Wells had to suppress a smile. “Yes, Ms. Lane. But again…do you really think that this is a good idea? To meet your twin, that is?”
“Why, because she’s skinnier than me? Because Clark met her first and he’s hoping that I’m enough like her that he can love me the way he loves her?”
“I would think that you would want Mr. Kent to accompany you over to the other world. Don’t you want to wait for him to come back?” Wells replied, trying to buy some time.
“Why, because she’s skinnier than me? Because Clark met her first and he’s hoping that I’m enough like her that he can love me the way he loves her?”
“I would think that you would want Mr. Kent to accompany you over to the other world. Don’t you want to wait for him to come back?” Wells replied, trying to buy some time.
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“Listen, Mr. Wells, you came looking for me. It seems to me that this Tempus guy made three years of my life disappear. My mother and sister are dead and I didn’t even get to go to their funerals. You can help me fix that. From what I understand, your time-traveling meddling is what unleashed this Tempus character in the first place. Am I right?”
Wells nodded. “I’m afraid that is correct, and I apologize.”
Wells nodded. “I’m afraid that is correct, and I apologize.”
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“This is what I want you to do, Herbert George Wells. First, I want to go visit this other universe and meet the other Lois. Secondly, I want you to take me back to the day *after * I disappeared so I can tell my mother that I’m going to be missing for three years and not to drink herself to death. Thirdly, I want you to take me to see my sister Lucy the day *before* her plane crash. I’m going to find some excuse to keep her from boarding that plane. Then, we’ll come back to the “present” and hopefully I will have my family back. Then I’ll accept your apology. Okay?”
<Good lord, these Lane women are strong-willed, aren’t they??> “Quite so, Ms. Lane. Follow me, please.” Herb directed Lois over to the alley where his time machine was hidden.
<Good lord, these Lane women are strong-willed, aren’t they??> “Quite so, Ms. Lane. Follow me, please.” Herb directed Lois over to the alley where his time machine was hidden.
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Lois scrutinized the time vessel and finally turned to Wells and said, “This gizmo really works? Never mind, I’ll take your word for it. You’re here in *that* outfit, that’s proof enough for me.
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“Ok, Herbert George Wells…hit the button…or the thingy…or whatever makes this time bomb work! Let’s go!” Lois directed.
Wells couldn’t stop smiling. <This Lois Lane is quite the feisty one>, he was observing.
Wells couldn’t stop smiling. <This Lois Lane is quite the feisty one>, he was observing.
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Clark was just returning to Metropolis and flying at top speed towards the restaurant he had left Lois in when he spotted a shimmering light in the alleyway near the Daily Planet. He was mortified when he realized that what he was seeing was Lois and Wells vanishing in the time machine. It brought back the horrifying feeling he had felt as he’d watched Tempus kidnap her out of her own apartment. He couldn’t lose her again. He suspected where Lois had requested Wells to take her. Meeting her twin in the other world could put a nail in the coffin of their fledgling relationship.
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<I’d better get back upstairs and write up this rescue before the wire services get it. I’ll put both our names on it. Hopefully Wells will bring her back shortly. How is she going to feel after meeting a thinner version? Is she going to hate herself? Turn into an anorexic so she’ll look like the other Lois?
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Yikes>, Clark thought to himself. <Hanging around Lois is already turning me into a thought-babbler!>
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Thin-Lois made a flying motion with her right hand. “Remember in this world, no one knows,” she said, imploring with her eyes that Larger-Lois wouldn’t blurt out loudly that she knew Clark was Superman.
“A pair of glasses really does it, huh? That’s weird," Larger-Lois remarked.
“Tell me about it,” Thin-Lois replied with sarcasm evident in her tone of voice.
“A pair of glasses really does it, huh? That’s weird," Larger-Lois remarked.
“Tell me about it,” Thin-Lois replied with sarcasm evident in her tone of voice.
Great chapter, Chris. I love it!
Ann