CHAPTER ONE: EARTH #28

During "The Crisis on Infinite Earths" – at a period when no superhero was only concerned with earth- a large meteorite, about the size of California was steadily drifting through space, quite close to the earth. Although it was clearly detectable by NASA satellites, it went practically unnoticed because of a global panic.

Out of the 94 total universes there are 15 that were never explored. One of said universes is Earth 28 (also known as "Fast Earth"), a universe that is identical in almost every way to Earth One, except for the way time flows. On "Fast Earth, the orbit of earth and all other planets is slightly faster, causing the whole universe to slowly advance 20 years into the future, and would've advanced further had the universe not been destroyed in 1986.

The meteorite was no less than 300 miles away, and was getting closer by the second. As it moved through space it barely missed the earth, but the planet's gravity caused the meteor to change course and make a steady curve around the earth. As it was passing, the sudden sweep around the earth caused a sort of air-friction-earthquake right over the North Pole, and it started almost exactly where the "Fortress of Solitude" is.

Because of earth's gravity, it would continue to orbit around earth. So while the meteor was getting close to the earth for the first time on Earth One, that same meteor was closely circling for the third time 20 years later, and scientists (After a few years of analysis) found that the meteor would impact our planet causing a seismic tremor throughout half of the earth and could kill millions. As the meteor gained closer and closer to the earth, Superman flew up to greet it. Little did he know that the meteor was a final remnant of the explosion of krypton, causing it to become kryptonite. So even though Superman flew with great force, the kryptonite radiation affected him before he was even out of the earth's atmosphere. The meteor then, without anything stopping it, crashed into the earth. An earthquake was even caused in almost the exact point as it was on Earth One (the "Fortress"). The earthquakes between both points in both universes caused a brief connection between the two Fortress', causing Jor-El (Whose life force was in the Fortress) of Earth One to automatically download all the knowledge from the Jor-El of Fast Earth.