No, he couldn't let this happen. He couldn't let another innocent soul be harmed at the hands of Zod. The bright red laser beams shooting out of Zod's eyes were sneaking their way towards the family cowering in the corner of Grand Central Station. Painfully slowly, inch by inch, Clark was running out of time. He was beginning to panic, even using all his strength he couldn't stop Zod's head from turning.
The general was hell bent on killing the family and it didn't seem like there was anything he could do about it. A fleeting thought passed through his head: 'I could kill him.' All his life Clark had thought of himself as a freak of nature, an outcast. He was always wondering if there were any others out there like him. Did his birth parents have powers too? Who were they? These thoughts had swirled through his mind a lot as he was growing up, and now he was supposed to kill the last one of his kind? He had to choose between the people of earth, or his own kind.
He didn't even have to think about that. Zod was an evil killer, and if Clark let him live he would destroy earth and turn it into his own world.
The beam was almost upon the family now, it was now or never. He felt the muscles in his arms ripple as he twisted his hands and arms to the right. Clark felt Zod's neck break, and dropped the limp, lifeless body to the ground. The red light from the beam faded from the general's eyes, almost the same way his life faded and left his body.
Clark was on his knees, unable to move. He had known he would have to kill Zod, but thinking it was way different than doing it. He felt the scream building inside him, like a volcano about to erupt. The yell burst from him, letting out all the anger, guilt and pain he felt. He had just killed someone, took their life from them.
The pain consumed him, filling him. And then Lois was there. She cradled his head as he openly cried. He couldn't get over the fact he had just killed someone. Zod had been evil, but it didn't mean Clark felt good about killing him. Lois just stood there comforting him in silence, feeling his pain wash over her in waves.
This was a very short oneshot. I was bored so I decided to right a Man of Steel fanfic. I really loved that movie so I might do an actual story later on, but tell me what you think of this. If you have other ideas let me know. I hope you enjoyed it ;)