To Catch Them If They Fall

It had been 8 Years since the death of Superman,

But nobody has forgotten him

Apollo sat on his bed, watching a crime drama. "...It was the Chamberlain, it has to be!!" He exclaimed, his eyes glued onto the television.

"Apollo?!" Lois shouted from the floor below.

"Wait!!! I'm coming!!" Apollo responded, "...Aha!! I knew it was the Chamberlain!!" He cheered before rushing downstairs. "Yes, ma?" Apollo asked as he arrived to the first floor, finding his mom along with a man dressed in a dark gray suit.

"Your uncle Bruce is here" Lois told him, "Uncle Bruce!!!" He exclaimed, rushing towards the man and giving him a big hug. "Woah!! You've gotten big!!" Bruce chuckled, giving Apollo a hug. "How has it been?" He asked. "I've been okay, where's Dick?" Apollo asked, "He's in Bludhaven, working part-time at a zoo...he's been taking care of Penguins" Bruce explained.

"Apollo, why don't you go fetch something for your uncle Bruce?" Lois suggested, "Okay!!" He exclaimed, rushing into the kitchen.

"...How is your arm?" Bruce asked, looking down at a cast on Lois' right arm. "Still hurts like hell...I still remember it like it was yesterday" she sighed, "...I should have been there" Bruce stated, "Bruce...there's no use regretting...Clark is in a better place now" Lois told him.

Bruce reached into his pocket and took out a stack of cash, there must have been $20,000 in the stack, "...Take it" Bruce said, offering it to Lois.

"Bruce, there's no need...you've done enough for us-" "Just take it" Bruce demanded.

Lois knew there was no used arguing, she's done it in the past and it always ends the same way, with Bruce handing the cash to Apollo instead, who's too young to turn anything down.

"Th-Thank you" Lois said, reluctantly reaching out and taking the large stack of cash. "...I'll be here for you and Apollo-" "Uncle Bruce!!" Apollo rushed towards Bruce with a cheese stick in his hand, "Here ya go!!" He said with an innocent smile.

"Thank you" Bruce smiled as he took the cheese stick, "But Anyway...I'll be heading back to Gotham now, I've been very busy lately" Bruce stated. "Oh...okay!! I'll see you soon, Uncle Bruce!!"

Apollo was about to reach out and hug Bruce, he suddenly felt dizzy and passed out. "Apollo!!!" Lois gasped, Bruce immediately grabbed Apollo before he fell, "I'll get him up to his room" Bruce said, carrying the boy up the stairs.

Bruce dropped Apollo onto his bed, "...What happened?" He asked himself. Bruce placed his hand against Apollo's forehead, and felt an intense heat. "Could it really be a fever?" Bruce took out a pair of sunglasses and placed it on, the sunglasses began to scan Apollo's body and showed his body temperature. "...Woah" Bruce watched as the boy's body temperature rapidly rose.

"This has been happening for the past few days" Lois said, standing at the doorway, "...He'd gain a powerful fever...sometimes he'd pass out" she explained, "...All he needs is a little rest, and he's suddenly all normal when he wakes up" she told Bruce. "Hm...I've never seen such a thing...I'll-be back soon" Bruce told her, "I'll see you later" he waved back at her before he left the small farmhouse...