Steampunk III

I have window, I post! Also, having just finished chpt 5, I have to upwardly revise the number of chapters this is going to take. *sigh* I can never tell when I start how long a thing is going to be. I should stop trying. Currently, I'm guessing between 8 and 10, and hoping it's the lower of the two. Anyway!

Title: The Wind At Midnight
Rating: PG-13 overall, I think.
Characters/Pairings: Will be Bruce/Clark. Bruce, Clark, Arthur, Cass this chapter.
Summary: Almost a quarter of a century ago, the cities of Earth were torn from the earth by some mystic upheaval and set flying, before threatening to fall back. To prevent the incredible loss of life if they fell, structures known as Ramparts were rapidly constructed, containing the material apparently most susceptible to the new mystical gravities of earth: silver. A new world order was built, as the deserts created on the surface during the Upheaval denied cultivation, based on Cities and flightpaths and park-grown food, a world in tentative political and physical balance. And now that balance is threatened. 
Chapter summary: Clark has to retrieve a cloak. Slight problem? It's in rather unfriendly territory. And once he has, Lord Wayne poses yet another problem.
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. Conceit inspired by James Blish's 'Cities in Flight'. Rest is mine.

( The Wind At Midnight, Part III )