Poison Ivy peered down from the tree she was perched in. The view was truly disgusting from up here, a mixture of reds and greens and blues in a pungent stew had been pouring down the street by the old dye factory for hours now. Ivy had been slinking along when she'd her babies crying. She'd arrived in time to see a proud old maple dissolve and collapse like a flan in a cupboard, consumed by the ooze. So she'd leaped to the weightier oak nearby determined to save at least one. frowning down at the advancing muck, almost in tears at the pain she was feeling from the burning roots underfoot. Scowling she reached out with her mind, sending out questing tendrils of organic matter to and fro on the wise old tree building out the bark to the strength of iron, hoping it would be enough to protect the tree while she figured out who was to blame. Leaping onto a fire escape Ivy grew out vines and, carefully so as to never hit the ground, made her way to the second floor front window of the dye factory and leaped inside, ready for answers.

Clark adjsuted his glasses as he made hi way into the bullpen where all the reporters were at work typing up stories and some even using police scanners for there glimps of superman. he stormed into her cubical dropping some papers sh had on a shelf. he scurried to pick it up. "um Lois Perry said your going to Gotham? or Arkahm he said it was....Um it would have been nice to tell me you know..."

Lois sighed. She knew it was only a matter of time before Clark found out about her accepting reassignment. It was also not difficult to make the assumption that he would be rather upset about it. She didn't need to hear from another person- let alone him- how dangerous it was to go to Gotham in it's current state of upheavel. Continuing to pack her belongings, she looked up at Clark and shrugged. "I only decided this morning, Clark. What do you want me to say?"

He kept his head down as he helped her pack up her gear holding her box. "So soon? I mean I thought we partners?" he didnt like this, he had asinking feeling in his gut. "I-I can still go with you It wont take me long to pack up my laptop..."

Lois turned toward him and gave a small, sad smile. She leaned her hand on his cheek. "Listen, Smallville... Gotham's a tough town, I know- but I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself, ok? Besides, someones gotta keep an eye on Metropolis and keep on the look out for Superman." she lowered her hand and looked around her desk nostalgically. "You need to take care of the Planet and everyone while I'm gone. Especially Jimmy." she turned back and sat on her desk, crossing her legs. "This isn't goodbye, you know. I'll be back as soon as Mayor Sharpe comes to his senses."

Clark didn't trust it, but he nodded holding her box full of her stuff. "I know I just Its REAL dangerouse Lois and you have a habit of falling off buildings and I just well I don't tihnk I mean it seems like the city is tearing itself apartand well I just I want you to be ok you know. Planet will fall apart withyou here to keep the story's coming." He studdered and kept his usual compusure in all honesty he was worried about Bruce and his family. They were the one group doing everything to keep the city in some semblence of order...

Looking taken back when Clark mentioned the bit about her falling off buidlings, Lois chose not to comment on the insult and took the box of her belongings into her arms. "Look, I already assured Perry that if things got too difficult, I'd high-tail it outa there, ok? I'll be writing while I'm there, for the Planet so don't worry about the paper, I'm sure Perry had his own interests shoving me in the middle of a war zone but I agreed to the case. I can handle it. Maybe it's luck, maybe it's fate but no matter how many situations I've found myself in, I'd somehow found a way out, right?" she smiled, leaned in and gave Clarke a kiss on the cheek. "It's been great workin' with ya, Smallville but I'm not so great at goodbyes. Let's call it a 'See Ya Later'." With that, she winked and headed passed him, toward the exit.

With a blink she was gone, Lois was a force of nature it was somthing that he suppsed that made him love her that much more. She never doubted much or feard anything. She left and two minutes later he was in the air watching skies for her plane. He tracked it down and fallowed her keeping to the skies. The city was nearly in flames and the sounds of sirens filled the skies. He thought the city was over run...howbad had it been.? He knew Bruce would never ask for help. not his style. He was still shocked and worried now for lois and Bruce as well.