Lois investigates Luthor's project.

With a sparkled of glitter, the imp disappeared, leaving Lois alone in her room to sit back at her chair and back at the sources she was looking at about Luthor’s pet projects. Looking down at her hands, her laptop and the papers she had around her, nothing seemed different.

“Huh, guess we’ll have to see if my investigating bears fruit.”

Going over all the locations believed to be the manufacturing plants to Luthor’s weapons development, Lois made plans to try and find out for herself and dig up enough details to give to Perry when she got back to Metropolis.

Hearing someone come up the stairs of the farmhouse, Lois closed her laptop and smiled when she saw the door open. “Hi Lois, enjoying the farm clean air?”

Smiling back at Clark Kent as he entered their shared room, Lois stood and wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders, pecking his on the chin and lips. “I don’t know Smallville, it’s a little quiet for a city girl, I’d love the hustle and bustle of Metropolis MORE.”

“Well, the holidays are almost over, we can head back in a couple of days.”

“Good! I’ve been working on a scoop involving Luthor, seems he’s getting some nasty toys ready and I want the first to get a scoop of that story.”

Rolling his eyes, Clark smiled and spun her around playfully, getting a laugh from the woman as her feet left the floor. “Heh, always the dutiful reporter, say… Was anyone here earlier? I thought I heard another voice in the house a few minutes ago.”

Shrugging, Lois looked around, playing coy to her husband. “Maybe your ears are playing tricks on you.”

“Hmm… Maybe.” Kissing his wife again, Clark went back downstairs, telling her that dinner would be ready in a few hours.

*

3 days later…

Leaning back against her office chair with a sigh, Lois sipped at her coffee and mulled over the reports on her computer, it was no different than what she found when she was back in Kansas; with many of the companies manufacturing Luthor’s weapons being dummy companies claiming to be military R&D facilities… Which meant she wasn’t allowed in.

“Any luck on your investigation Lois?” Asked Jimmy, handing her a second mug of coffee to replace he empty drink. “No, not yet, thanks Jimmy…” Taking a sip, she continued. “He REALLY doesn’t want to have his work spied on, not even my father has jurisdiction to allow press to walk in those facilities.”

“Ouch, too bad.”

“What’s WORSE is if I’m right, this means there’s going to be hundreds of weapons built specifically to take down Superman that will be circulating around Metropolis by the end of the month!”

“How could the military allow that?” Asked Jimmy, pulling up a chair and looking over Lois’s findings. “You’d think having a weapons division built to kill the one guy who saves us every week would be counter productive.”

“Sigh… Lex claims his weapons are powered by kryptonite crystals, and uses energy as a firing weapon, it’ll work on anything, the fact it can ALSO harm superman is an afterthought, plus he’s making it all on a bargain, he wants this stuff out fast and cheap.”

“Pff, tough break, so what are you going to do?”

Tapping her pen against her lip, Lois began to form a plan in her head, smiling once she had an idea.

*

Later that night, outside the east Metropolis military R&D facility.

Keeping herself low and wearing a long heavy black coat, Lois Lane watched as the guards at the checkpoint halted a truck entering the lot and checked the paperwork of the driver, waving him in after a series of questions.

Nodding to herself, the woman checked her belongings, making sure her cameras and recorders were well hidden in her long black dress underneath before she undid her coat and made her way over to the checkpoint booth, wrapping her silk gloved hands around herself and shivering in the cold night air as the storm blew. Playing her part perfectly as she strolled up to the two guards at the booth in a pair of black heels.

“Ma’am, I’m sorry but you’re not allowed to enter this facility, can we ask who you are?”

Hugging herself more tightly in the cold snowstorm and showing off her bust as the cold made her nipples tent the fabric, Lois had made sure she was at her most stunning with her hair flowing down the side of her shoulder and expensive makeup and lipstick accentuating her face, with a silver necklace and earrings to complete the appearance. “C-can I get inside to get w-warm? I w-was on a date w-with Dr Gordans-s-s and he tossed me out of his car getting here, he didn’t even g-give me back my c-coat!” Shivering in the thin lace dress that exposed her neck, arms and left thigh, the woman looked like she was supposed to be in a warm ballroom sipping wine, instead of out in the cold at -20 degrees weather.

“I’m sorry miss, but you are not permitted on these grounds, we can call a cab to pick you up…” Just then the storm intensified, and Lois was knocked off her feet from the harsh winds and snow, collapsing on the snow and getting wet in the process. Frowning, the one guard looked to the other who frowned back and shook his head. “Alright, come inside, we’ll get you warmed up and call a cab for you to be picked up.”

Offering his hand, the guard helped Lois up to her heeled feet and waved the booth operator to let her in, oblivious to the smile Lois gave as she was led inside. Brought to a room inside the facility, Lois could sit and get warm while a mug of hot chocolate was offered to her. Nodding gratefully Lois sipped at her drink and waited until the Guard left the room and was out of sight. Getting up to her feet, she took off her heels and plucked out her tiny camera out of the cleavage of her dress, tiring her hair back to keep it out of her way.

“Alright, time to see what I can find.”

Opening the door and looking around, Lois found the hallway empty except for the guard who’s back was turned away. Silently she closed the door and snuck out the hallway down the corridor towards where her sources claimed Lex’s weapons division was. Finding the door, she entered the workshop and looked around. All around her were racks of firearms and equipment, all of which was prepped and ready for shipping any day now. Taking as many pictures as she could, the woman came across a glass tray at the table where it gave off a green glow. Kryptonite, dozens of small crystals the size of peppercorns glowed from the petri dish sized tray on the table. From the looks of things, each rifle was fueled by one of these tiny crystals, but it was enough to give it the energy to fire as if they were firing bullets.

Picking up the handful of glowing green rocks in her hand, she wished she could find a way to dispose of them all, to keep her husband safe from Lex and others like him from using kryptonite to poison or even Kill her husband.

“Hey! Who’s in there? This is a restricted area!” Hearing the door open and guards rush into the lab, Lois panicked and swallowed the kryptonite crystals whole.