Until marriage-Superbat

CADMUS

Next day, Daily Planet 8.15 am

I was late from work because I hadn't been able to fall asleep and because of that I overslept my alarm. Fortunately, I only came to the Daily Planet to ask my boss about going on a holiday for a week. I needed to think and time for grieving. The only problem is that my boss doesn't like me very much. With Lois' death, his star reporter is out of the picture, and me and the others should work much harder but I won't be able to concentrate on my work.

A few of my colleagues came to me to express condolences because everyone in the office knew that we were great friends (they didn't know about the engagement).

I went into my boss' office after the crowd dispersed. He wasn't in a good mood (he never really in a good mood) but it was different now. Probably because of Lois. Otherwise he would came out of his office yelling at me because I was late and chatting with my colleagues but it didn't happen today. I guess he was actually sad about what happened with Lois.

"Good morning, Boss" I said when I closed the door behind me. "Ah, Kent! Finally decided to come to work?" he asked in his "nice"  manner as he looked up from the papers he was reading. I ignored his sarcasm 'Maybe I became immune to his way of talking. "No, I only came in today to ask you if I could go on a vacation" I said but he responsed with a no of course. "Absolutely no way that you can go on a holiday now that... Well, you know. I need everyone to work without resting until I find a new star reporter"
"And what if I work from home?" I asked and I saw on his face that this offer made him think.
"Alright, but only with two conditions! First of all I have to send others out to do the interviews and they will have less time to work on their articles. You'll get their notes and you have to write them" I was very surprised because it would mean that a lot of my writtings will be in the newspaper at the same time and I don't know what have I did to earn his trust but it turned out it wasn't the case at all. "And secondly you have to go to a party in Gotham tomorrow night because I couldn't find anyone to go there at night. So, these are my conditions. Do you except them?" he asked from me and honesty I couldn't say a reason why not, so I said yes. "Well then, I'll see you in a week. Don't be late!" he said and I went out from the office.

At Superman's apartment 9 am

When I arrived at home I saw that somebody is already there. I prepared myself for a fight but it was only Diana.

"Hey, Diana! What are you doing here?"I asked her and we hugged each other. "I wanted to check on you. How are you?" she asked when we sat down at the kitchen table. "Terribly" I said with a big sigh and I laid my head on the table because I was still a little bit sleepy which was weird because I normally don't need any sleep. "I couldn't fall asleep, I always thought about her and when I was sleeping I had terrible nightmares about Lois is falling and screaming for help but I can't catch her"
"And where were you in the morning?"
"I went in the office to ask my boss about going on a vacation"
"And what did he say?" Diana asked because she knew my boss' temper.
"He said okay if I'll write more articles at home and if I'll go to a party tomorrow in Gotham"
"I think that this isn't a bad idea for you. You could hang out with Bruce" she said and I was finally looked up at her with a doubting look.
"I don't think this would be a good idea. He still didn't recover from his parents' death, so I don't think that asking for advices in this topic from him will help"
"But you're making a good team in work and maybe if you spend a little time together outside of work you could be friends"
"Friends? With Batman? I don't think we can make it"
"Come on, then you two just hang out together because you shouldn't be alone right now and I think Bruce can always use a little company"
"Fine, I'll think about it"
"Good, that's what I wanted to hear! Now go and eat some breakfast before you start to work"
"Yes, mother"I said and she hit my shoulder playfully and she left me alone with my thoughts in the silent apartment.

At Superman's apartment 10 pm

I wanted to go to bed early but I couldn't fall asleep again. I watched as lights on my ceiling go around always when a car passed by my window. At 10.30 I decided that I can't do this anymore and I dressed into my Superman costume.

As I flew up in the sky, I could feel as my stress level dropped. I took a deep breath from the cold night air to clear my head out. 

I looked down to the city. Metropolis was beautiful this time and quiet. I made a quick checking around the city. When I reached the city's north side I looked over the horisont and I saw another city there not so far away. I could hardly see the lights of the city because of the amount of smoke. Gotham. If Metropolis is the city of sunshine and tidines, then Gotham is the city of darkness and criminals.

I was almost sure about that Batman is already out in the streets and fighting with criminlas. I started to like Diana's idea and spend some time with Batman. Then I heard a big explosion in Gotham which convinced me to go there.

Gotham 10.30 pm

The sound came from a bank, but when I went inside, I saw that the safe was still tightly closed and there were nobody. I was quiet confused and went outside to the road. I looked around then I saw. It was a trap for me. 

Armed soldiers came out from the shadows of the buildings and they all pointed their guns at me. I was completely surrounded. The leader of the soldiers made a few steps closer to me and she took of her helmet.

She was a woman around her fiftys. She had black hair and dark sharp eyes. I was taller then her but her way, looking at me, reminded me too much to Batman's angry staring.

"My name is Amanda Wheeler and I'm the leader of the CADMUS project. Our purpose is to make America safer from your kind. We'll take over the Justice League and we'll keep those heroes who can cooperate with the president. Unfortunatelly, you are too dangerous to this planet so we have to eliminate you. America is thankful for your help but if you ever go crazy it's more risk than what we can afford. I heard your bride died yesterday. I'm sorry about that, but at least you will see her now" she said and she turned around "Kill him".

Kryptonite bullets. They all shooted at me at the same time. I have super speed but there were too much bullet and I couldn't get away from each of them. They shooted me in the chest and also my left arm were in a great pain. I fell on the ground. The soldiers started to approach me. Then something landed next to me and we were covered by a white smoke. Batman arrived.

The soldiers tried to find him and they shooted some bullets out randomly into different directions but they had no chace against him. I couldn't see either in the smoke because the kryptonite made me powerless, but I could hear the screams as Batman took them down one by one. 

When the smoke disappeared, I could finally see the Dark Knight as he was coming to me and checked my wounds.

"What are you doing here?"
"I heard an explosion so I came here, but it was a trap. Did you find Wheeler too?"
"No. Who is it?"
"The leader of the soldiers. Ah! Could you be more careful? She's called Amanda Wheeler and she works for the president. They called themselves the CADMUS"
"Never heard of them but this is not good" he said pointing down to my injury "I can't take out the bullet from your chest because it already started to heal. I have to take you to my cave. Can you stand up?"
"I can try" I said and we started to walk to his Batmobil.

Wayne Castle 11 pm

When we were in the Batcave, Bruce managed to take the bullet out of me and I already started to feel better. Alfred brought me some tea and durring I drank that, Bruce made a report to the Justice League to be careful with the CADMUS and that they should start the investigation.  

"Cyborg is already on the case and he'll call me if he finds something" Bruce said when he came back from phoning. He looked really tired like he hasn't slept for a couple of days but he was still very handsome and presistent."You should sleep in here now (in the Batcave) because of the posibility of a kryptonite poisoning, but if you'll be alright tomorrow morning you can go home" he said and putting back his armour, he walked to the Batmobile. "And where are you going?" I asked confused. "Just checking my own sources for clues" he said and he drove out from the cave.

"I'll bring you down some blankets, this cave is very windy" said Alfred and after that he whised me a good night, he and went upstairs. 

I laid down to my bed and started thinking about how should I ask for a permission from Bruce to stay here with him.