This is the story of Superman. The last son of Krypton. Rocketed to his adopted world of earth where he served as that planets mightiest hero. He forged many friendships and fought many foes. His deeds are legend, and his cause is noble. However the path that this story takes is not the one that is supposed to have happened. Something went horribly wrong. On that wretched day, the day Superman would have his last battle with his arch-villain, Lex Luthor. They would fight in the grand canyon, and Luthor would use a new weapon on the man of steel. A rock of synthetic black Kryptonite that Luthor made himself. Normal black Kryptonite causes the victim to split into two persons. One composed of all the evil energy of the victim, and the other composed of all the good. However, Lex's synthetic Kryptonite had a different effect. Instead of splitting Superman into two people, it simply eradicated all good inside him. Leaving only an evil, uncaring, villainous, monster with the body of Superman. The man of steel simply walked up to Luthor, and with his mighty Kryptonian hands, split an atom with his fingertips. Luthor, and the grand canyon are gone. Our dark story begins here.