Lost

*beep* "Hey, this is Clark Kent. I am probably working with Lois at the moment. So please call later or leave a message." *beep* Bruce could no longer recall the number of times he tried to reach the alien. He threw the mobile on the ground, cursing the Kryptonian. The legendary Superman was nowhere to be found.

3 days ago

Justice League HQ

"Alright, alright, Lois! I am coming back home immediately after some League business, OK?"

"You'd better be home by 10. I have kryptonite and I am not afraid to use it!"

"Lois, I would never ever fail to keep the promise."

"Hmmph! You're just saying that to try not to upset the baby in me!"

"Lois, you know that's not true!"

Bruce had enough of this childish quarrel and growled impatiently at Superman, who was still holding tightly to his phone. Superman caught the death glare beneath his partner's cowl and instantly said, "Sorry, Lois. Gotta go.". Trying to lighten up the mood, Superman cheerfully said, "When Isabel is born, she's going to have Batman as her uncle." Bruce has seen the ultrasound pictures of the foetus inside Lois and was unable to resist the growing smile on his face. Bruce was so immersed in his own thoughts that he heard nothing of the non-stop rambling of Clark about Lois's temper. "… I swear, Lois is probably going to use kryptonite against me during these days…"

Lois Lane's apartment

Lois sat on the couch, glancing at the clock every two seconds. Where is Clark? Ugh! The legendary Superman! If he's so super, why can't he just spend some time with me? She placed her hand gently on her bulging stomach and said, "When you're born, you're gonna spend all of your time with mommy not like daddy, right?" The baby in her gave her a slight nudge as response.

*doorbell rings* "Lois, I'm back!" Clark, not Superman, open his arms wide to embrace his pregnant wife. Lois pushed him roughly backwards.

She said, scowling at him, "You're late."

Clark put on his best 'puppy dog face' and explained, "You see, Bruce thinks that Lex Luthor is planning something big so…"

"So you neglected your wife and child. Great choice!"

Clark sighed. Ever since Lois knew he was Superman, she expected so much more from him. She hated the fact that Clark was no ordinary husband and wasn't able to accompany her to child care classes and some medical check-ups.

"Sleep on the couch tonight! I am not going to sleep with you!" Lois stood up abruptly and started towards their bedroom.

Clark winced as Lois slammed the door closed. He didn't dare tell Lois that he wasn't able to stay for the night as he and Batman needed to find out what Luthor was plotting. He slipped out of the apartment, leaving a note for Lois.

Batcave

"You're late." Batman said monotonously. Superman couldn't help but see the similarities between the two situations. "So what's Luthor planning?" "I'm still working on it. However, we need to be alert as Luthor never disappoints."

Suddenly there was a flash on one of Batman's computers. "Gangs of villains are attacking different countries including China, Africa, Britain, Russia…" Batman contacted League members and headed out with Superman.

After the fight

"Hooray, we got them, Bats" Flash said, bounding up and down like an excited child during Christmas. "Oy, Bats! Are you listening to me?" Why did Luthor order such a huge attack on so many countries? There must be a catch. But what? Batman was not convinced by the amateur tactics shown by Luthor during this round of attacks. The attacks were unorganized and he knew that Luthor was no fool. So he flew his jet to Metropolis.

Luthorcorp

Superman sighed. He was sure that Lois was not going to call him anytime for sneaking out of the house again. Yet he knew that he needed to reassure his paranoid friend that the Luthor case was over for now. Batman was so certain that Luthor had other tricks up his sleeves. They crept up to Lex Luthor's office and found Luthor sitting peacefully in his chair.

"How may I help you gentlemen?" Luthor said with a smirk on his face.

Batman grabbed the front of Luthor's shirt and whispered menacingly, "Luthor, what have you done?"

Luthor merely chuckled, "Do you have any evidence I have done anything?"

Superman said, "Batman, I doubt Luthor has committed any more crimes." Clark was getting worried about leaving Lois alone for so long.

"Oh yes, listen to Superman. I didn't do anything bad." Batman wasn't buying it and kept interrogating Luthor who didn't seem bothered at all. The longer the interrogation went, the more satisfied Luthor looked.

After 3 hours of fruitless interrogation, Superman literally dragged Batman out of the tower and flew away back to his apartment, leaving an extremely angry Batman.

Lois Lane's apartment

*doorbell ring* "Lois, open the door." Lois must be sleeping Clark used his super-strength to open the door, cracking the lock. He saw the crumpled note which he wrote to Lois in the bin. "Lois, I'm home. Sorry for leaving you alone like this." Yet there was no answer. It was then when Clark realized that Lois was gone.

Clark searched the world for them literally, using his x-ray vision and super-hearing. There was no sign of Lois. He didn't attend any Justice League meetings or answer any calls since then. He didn't care about anything but Lois and her unborn baby. He was lost without them.