Chapter 1
Clark knew that if he didn't stop Lex that the whole world would be destroyed. Everyone that he cared about and loved would die.
Clark raced through the corridors of Luthorcorp as the red sirens continued to flash in the hallway, warning of a disaster even though there was no one left to warn. Clark knew that he and Lex were the only two people left in the building.
He had made sure.
Clark finally reached his destination and pushed aside the steel doors in his way. On the other side of the steel doors, the kyrptonite was so overwhelming that Clark had to reel backward for a second; his strength ebbing away from him. Lex stood at a control panel a little ways away, watching as a huge spire in the center of the room glowed bright green.
"Why if it isn't Clark Kent coming to save the day?" sneered Lex. "You're just in time for the grand finale!"
"What are you talking about?" groaned Clark as he tried to rise to his feet. He had to stop Lex before it was too late.
"I'm talking about you becoming a nobody like you should be!" said Lex. "I'm about to throw the world back into time before you showed up as a superhero and started to save the day."
"No," thought Clark.
"In this second chance world," started Lex coming over to Clark with a shot needle filled with some kind of green liquid, "I will be the ultimate authority. I will rule. And you, you will be a nobody."
"How do you plan on doing that?" asked Clark looking up at Lex as he towered above him.
"By injecting you with this serum," said Lex with a wicked smile; waving the shot needle back and forth in his hands to divert Clark's attention to its presence.
The kyrptonite made Clark helpless to the shot needle that Lex proceeded to shove into his arm. All Clark could do was watch as Lex drained the liquid into his body.
"There!" stated Lex with a satisfied air as he took the shot needle out of Clark's arm. "Now when we go back in time, you will be powerless!"
Lex walked back over to the control panel and played with some of the controls. The spire in the center of the room seemed to glow with a brighter intensity.
"Welcome to a world before you saved the day and ruined my plans!" said Lex with glee.
The green light grew brighter and brighter. Clark could feel the floor shaking underneath him. The various cabinets that were in the room shook violently; some toppling over and crashing onto the floor. Soon the green light consumed the room and Clark's whole world went black. Lex's last words echoed into the blackness.
"Welcome to a world before there was you."
