The Obsession Connection

"Krazyworld", part 5. And the question is, will it never end?? :)
Previously on Krazyworld, Lois and Clark have decided to take a vacation together, as friends. They are staying in adjacent hotel rooms. On their first full day at Krazyworld, they ran into some trouble at the water park, involving a certain Mr. Air Mattress Man. What will tomorrow bring? Read on to find out...if you really want to know...

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Back at the hotel, Lois was lying on her newly-made bed and talking--loud enough for Clark, who was in the next room, changing his clothes, to hear. Naturally, he could have heard her, even if she was whispering in the middle of a crowded room, but she didn't know that, and he wasn't about to tell her.

"The water slides were fun," Lois said. "Except for that one. I swear, Clark, the guy at the top of the slide told me it was all clear to go down. How was I supposed to know there were two girls still in the slide? I didn't mean to run into them! When we got to the bottom of the slide and landed in the pool, I apologized a million times, but they looked like they wanted to kill me. But I swear--it wasn't my fault!"

Clark came into the room and sat on the bed. "I know it wasn't...but it was funny," he said, narrowly avoiding a pillow Lois decided to throw at his head.

"Promise me...no more water parks?" Lois begged.

"It's a deal," Clark said, laughing.

"All I want to do, for the rest of the day, is just relax," Lois said. "But if you want to go into Krazyworld, don't let me stop you."

"Are you saying you want some time alone?" Clark asked, not sure what, exactly, she wanted.

"No..." she said. "Unless you do."

Clark paused. "What??"

Lois tossed another pillow at him. "I know this vacation was just supposed to be for us, as friends, to take together. But we don't *have* to be together all the time. I mean, we have separate hotel rooms. And it's perfectly fine if we do things separetely. So...do you?"

"Do I...what?"

"Do you want to do things separately?"

"Not really," Clark said. "Unless you do...I mean, I don't want you to get sick of me," he said playfully.

"Clark, we're partners. We work together, day in and day out. If I was going to get sick of you, it would have happened a long time ago."

"Good point," Clark said.

"What about you?

Clark raised his eyebrow. "Uh...you lost me."

"Are you sick of me?" she wondered.

"I could never be sick of you Lois," he said sincerely.

"That's so sweet!" she exclaimed. "So if I'm not sick of you, and you're not sick of me, do you think we can stand each other long enough to go out to dinner tonight?"

"I think that can be arranged," Clark said.

"Good," she said, a slow smile spreading across her face.

"What are you thinking about?" Clark asked.

"I'm just picturing the look on Perry's face, when we get home and he asks how we spent our vacations. Do you think he'll die of shock when we tell him we spent our vacations together?"

"I think you can bet on him needed some serious CPR," Clark said.

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The next day, Lois had big plans. She and Clark were up early again, and they were going to spend the entire day at Krazyworld. The travel agent had given Lois a mini-book, "The Idiot's Guide To Krazyworld", which listed all the best restaurants and attractions, and in which order they should visit them. The book had been recycled, back in Metropolis.

And so they were pamphlet-less and adventurous--two thrill-seekers in the big land of Krazyworld.

The weather had changed a bit since the day before, and now it was cool with a chance of light rain in the late afternoon. Clark was wearing a pair of dark jeans, a blue T-shirt, and a flannel shirt. Lois had on a flattering white T-shirt, jeans, and a sweatshirt with its arms tied around her waist. They took the tram to Krazyworld, showed their passes at the gate, and entered the park.

"Where to first?" Clark asked, surveying the scene.

"Let's play it by ear," Lois suggested. Clark nodded in agreement.

They sauntered down Sunny Lane, and as they did, they could smell a million different things--lemon cakes and doughnuts from the bakery, spun sugar and chocolate from the confectionary, icecream from the icecream parlor...

Clark glanced at Lois. She looked like she was in Heaven, amongst the chocolatey aromas. Just being near her was better than having all the chocolate in the world, and it felt great. On an impulse, he took her hand in his. And amazingly enough, she didn't pull her hand away.

They went across a little wooden bridge, over a sparkling blue pond. On the other side of the bridge was a fancy entryway. "Come on," Lois said. "I think the rides are this way. Did I ever mention I love rollercoasters?" She grinned.

"I sort of thought you would," Clark said, smiling back at her as they went through the entryway and got in line for Bazoo Bear's Thunder Adventure. They had to wait in line for almost a half an hour, but soon they were being seated and strapped into little cars. And then the ride began.

A few minutes later, Lois and Clark emerged from the ride.

"What'd you think?" Clark asked.

"It was totally lame," Lois replied, matter-of-factly. "I'm more of a speed-em-up, ride-em-cowgirl type of girl. That ride? That was a let's-go-through-a-dark-tunnel-and-around-the-corner ride. My grandmother wouldn't be scared of that ride, and she's eighty-eight."

Clark laughed. "You're right. But are you sure you want to go on a roller-coaster? I mean, we just ate breakfast."

"Clark," Lois said. "My stomach can handle anything. Trust me! Now, I hear one of the best roller-coasters here is The Exterminator. And my gut instinct tells me it's...that way."

Sure enough, they reached the Exterminator, waited in line for awhile, and got on the ride. "This is going to be a blast," Lois told Clark as their little coaster car started to move into the darkness. Suddenly, they were propelled through the air, blasted into hyperspace, spun around, dropped, tilted, shot forward, dipped, skyrocketed, and shot like a cannon. The ride was over so fast, Lois barely had time to scream.

As she stepped onto the ground, she felt a little unsteady. Clark grabbed her arm and helped her over to a park bench. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'll be...fine," she said, as she watched the people walking in front of them do somersaults and other acrobatical things, before coming to a general standstill...and yet, keep walking. She managed a small laugh. "You seem to be asking me that a lot, lately. Am I all right? Am I okay? You remind me of someone..."

"I do?"

"Yes, but I'll be fine. Let's just try a tamer ride, okay?"

"Want to go on Bazoo Bear's Thunder Adventure again?" Clark teased.

Lois, who didn't have a pillow to thwap Clark with this time (and besides, her arms didn't feel like moving, let alone thwapping) suggested they just walk around some more. They wound up in a cheesy souvenir shop, where Clark dragged Lois into a photo booth, where you could get your pictures taken in a tacky Bazoo Bear frame.

Then they went on the bumper boats, where Lois managed to plow into Clark's boat several times (he was very good-natured about it, she noticed), before getting bumped into, herself, by someone who looked very familiar...

It was Mr. Air Mattress Man, from yesterday! And as he recognized Lois and Clark, an evil grin cross his face as he planned his attack.

Lois quickly steered her boat out of the maniac's path, and sped ahead, but Mattress Man was closing in on her. Clark saw what was happening, and maneuvered his boat in between Lois and Mattress Man.

CRASH! Mattress Man's boat slammed into Clark's boat. This gave Lois a chance to get away. Clark moved his boat away away from Mattress Man, but Mattress Man followed Clark, yelling "You're gonna get it!". However, Mattress Man was no match for Clark, who had lightening-fast reflexes and managed to lose the guy in no time. Except, now, Clark had lost track of Lois, too.

He finally spotted her across the pond, frantically trying to get away from a kid in a yellow bumper boat. The kid, who looked to be about thirteen years old, had somehow
managed to lock Lois in a corner, leaving her no escape route.

Clark sped his boat up and headed toward the boy at full speed. As he approached the boy's boat, Clark saw Lois point to him. The boy turned to see where Lois was pointing, and when the boy saw Clark heading toward him, his eyes got very wide and he sped off. Clark managed to slow his boat down, and avoided hitting Lois's boat.

"Thanks," Lois said, gratefully, just as a buzzer sounded, alerting all boats to return to the dock: their ride was over. "I swear, some people can be so rude!"

As they got out of their boats and stepped onto the dock, Lois pointed to something. "Hey, look!"

Clark looked. Mattress Man and Bumper Boy were joining up with two girls--the same two girls Lois had nearly killed (by accident) in the water slide the day before!

Lois and Clark looked at each other. "Small world," they said in unision.

"Scary," Clark added. He smiled at Lois, and they took each other's hands as they walked off to find a place to eat lunch.