2 | God is a Woman
"WAYNE tower, Wayne tower..." Jessica mumbled to herself. In a big city, you would think that finding one of the richest enterprises in the whole world would be easy.
She was expecting Bruce Wayne to have the tallest skyscraper in all of Metropolis like he does in Gotham but it turns out, she was wrong. It made her happy, The Daily Planet is still the tallest Skyscraper in the whole Metropolitan area. It was a huge pain in the ass to try and keep the giant gold plated earth on top of The Daily Planet from falling onto the streets below.
Tapping her fingers on her chin, she adjusted her glasses to hear a loud whoosh go above her head. Superman. Jessica looked up to see her brother wave down at her but all she did was roll her eyes and kept walking. She was beyond mad at him, they were partners, siblings, best friends! They made a pact to do this, saving the world thing, together.
Now, she was stuck as the scrummy sidekick who sucks the life out of the big hero for as long as they can. Jessica Kent was no sidekick! It made her physically sick to think she was anything else but his partner.
Clark gave a frown, he had no clue what was wrong with his sister. She usually seemed happy.
Was it work?
Lois? Oh god not Lois, they were best friends! They couldn't be mad at each other even if they tried. He saw her disappear into Wayne tower as a frown stretched over his chiseled face. It was the interview, it had to be.
"Hey! It's Superman!" A woman called out in surprise, making everyone freeze. It wasn't uncommon to see the Super Twins floating in the skies of Metropolis but, it wasn't every day you actually see one of them in person! With a warm smile to the crowd, Clark flew off. He needed to talk to someone, and that someone was Lois.
Jessica patiently waited for the receptionist to get off the phone. She was used to people treating her like she was vermin of the world, It comes in the job description. She should have been a doctor. "Mr. Wayne is busy with paperwork in his office, he doesn't want to be disturbed." She spoke, placing the phone back into its holster and started to type on the computer; making no eye contact with Jessica at all. The Woman of Steel didn't like the sound of that.
"I have an appointment, well, my co-worker did, but he couldn't make it. It was a last-minute change." Jessica explained, leaning forward on the counter.
The receptionist rolled her eyes and looked up at Jessica. "As I said, Mr. Wayne does not want to be disturbed."
Jessica felt her eye twitch as she leaned closer to the lady behind the counter. "Listen here lady, I have not had a decent night's sleep in three days, three days. Do you know what that does to a person? No, because you sit behind this counter and you make phone calls."
"That's not true, I organize papers as well."
Jessica clenched her hands on the edge of the counter, the marble creaking under her strength. "If you do not let Mr. Wayne know I am here, I will personally escort myself up to his office. Do you want that?" She growled as the lady quickly snatched the phone and dialed the number to Bruce's office.
"H-Hello Mr. Wayne, I'm sorry to disturb you but there's a reporter here from The Daily Planet to ask you some questions... I know sir but she's very persistent." She mumbled, making Jess roll her eyes. She was only persistent when she had to be. The receptionist put the phone back onto the receiver with a gulp, She looked afraid to deliver the news. "I-I'm sorry but he insists no one disturbs him, you will have to reschedule."
Jessica pulled her bottom lip between her teeth and bit down on it harshly, a smirk playing along with it. She tapped her fingers on the counter and nodded her head. "Thank you." She grumbled and spun on her heel, leaving the building with a quick stride. She left bed for no reason today!
The bustling streets of Metropolis never seemed to die down as people rushed past her. Now in more comfortable heels, she walked down the sidewalk and contemplated her life choices. Something she always did when she was tired.
Being pulled out of thought, she felt her phone ringing in her coat pocket. "Hello?"
"I thought Perry told you to go home and sleep Smallville." Lois' voice spoke through the phone making her sigh.
"What can I say, reporting never sleeps."
"You keep this up, you're going to fall into a coma." Jessica snorted.
"At least I'd get some sleep."
"Is there something bothering you? Ever since you and Clark defeated Zod, you've been acting weird." Jessica pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. It was always something with Zod with her, just because Jessica snapped his neck doesn't mean she's going to turn into a killer. What the hell does this look like? Gotham?
"It's nothing Lo, just worry about what Clark's doing. He seems to be the one everyone worries about nowadays."
"That's not fair and you know it."
"I think I'm able to be mad about things once in a while Lois!" She hissed into the phone causing a couple of people to stop and look at her. "It's always Clark this and Clark that but what about me?"
"Jess I...-"
"Don't." She spat and hung up the phone, she was absolutely fed up with everyone. Clark wasn't the only one who saved the world ya know?
"Help! Somebody help!" Jessica stopped in front of human traffic to listen in on what's happening.
"Hey!" Someone yelled from their car. Using her super hearing, she concentrated where it was happening at.
"Look!" A man yelled, pointing towards the power plant. Large dark clouds poured out from every c***k. Snatching her glasses off her face, she ran into a nearby alley and ripped open the front of her shirt revealing the beautiful S implanted in her suit. Jessica let her hair loose and flew up into the sky, a loud boom resonating through the air. Sucking in a deep breath, she blew a blast of cold air over the fire that was spreading over the building like wildfire.
"Need help?" A voice asked as Clark flew right next to her. She looked at him and pointed to the building.
"There are people trapped inside, you're the fastest, get them all out while I contain the fire!" She exclaimed over the loud sirens that were almost murdering her ears.
Clark nodded his head but paused when a loud boom bounced off the walls within the back of the plant. "Go! I can't be in two places at once!" They both split up as Clark dove into the plant and Jess to the back. She used her freeze breath to try and contain the fire again but it was no use. It was too strong. "Dammit!" She hissed.
She noticed the smell of an odor, it was strong, possibly toxic. With a c***k of her neck, she looked to see Clark had managed to save everyone he could. Taking that as her cue, she started to super speed all around the building, containing the fire as well as the toxic particles that were leaking out.
Another loud boom was heard, the plant was collapsing in on itself! Now moving twice as fast to contain the explosion, the fire started to make a tornado of some sort as she moved upwards towards the clouds. The faster she moved, the faster the fire moved up towards the skies.
Dizzy, she was starting to get dizzy, but she couldn't, not now! "Come on Jess, you can do it!" She encouraged, supporting herself the best she could.
Finally clearing out the fire, she stopped and steadied herself. That was great! Well, it isn't great that a disaster happened but she couldn't help but give herself a mental pat on the back.
Floating back down to the ground, she checked in with the police and looked around. She took note of the damage and scolded herself. She could have tried to prevent at least the destruction of the plant.
Flying out of the destruction zone, she landed on her balcony and walked into her apartment. She looked at her suit in her full-length mirror and noticed that she was covered in soot. God, this is going to be impossible to takeout.
When Jess went to go take a shower, Lois opened the door, a large bag of some sort. "Jessica? I have your dress, I thought I could help you get ready," she called out. "Maybe talk about your feelings like best friends do?" She heard the water running in the bathroom.
Lois placed the dress down onto the kitchen chair. She took off her jacket along with her hair clip, her red curls falling down to her shoulders. She sat down on the couch and waited for her best friend so they could get her ready for the banquet.