Henry O'Ryan and Clark Kent are playing a game of Backgammon. "So, Mr. Kent, just how did you come to Earth?"
"My, Father, Jor-El...
Flashback…
Jor-El was coming home from his meeting with the Council of Krypton, meeting to talk about the destabilization of the planet's core. When he got back, he was madder than ever. "Jor-El," Lara Lor-Van said, "how did it go? Did the Council of Krypton listen to you?"
"AGH! The fools didn't even look at my research. I gave them thorough, firm, substantiated evidence that Krypton's core has become unstable. I tried reasoning with them, I tried bargaining with them, but Rao help us they wouldn't listen. At least one good thing came out of the meeting, General Zod and his zealots have been banished to the Phantom Zone. Krypton can't be saved now. The only way Krypton will survive is through our son." Lara Lor-Van holds her son, Kal-El, in her arms. "This planet's universal name is Earth. The star it is orbiting is a young, his cells will drink its radiation and he will gain the powers of a god."
"He will be alone. No one to guide him on his path. No one to love him…"
"Not necessarily," Jor-El holds up a piece of Crystal in the shape of the house of emblem, "This contains every bit of knowledge both Earth and Krypton has to offer, as well as my memories. I'll be there for him. I'm sorry there wasn't much I could do for you."
"It's alright." Lara Lor-Van places her newborn son in the spacecraft. "So long, Kal-El. Do not forget us."
"Be strong, my little Kal-El." The spacecraft closes as it takes off. There was then a great earthquake. Jor-El held his wife tight as the planet of Krypton imploded.
Smallville, Kansas, 1975. A couple of farmers, Jonathan and Martha Kent, were driving down the road when what appeared to be a meteorite came down and crashed into their Chevrolet. The couple got out and saw a baby boy in it. Martha grabbed hold of him and held him in her arms.
18 years later, it had been a week since Kal-El, now calling himself Clark Kent, just graduated from Smallville High School. He was wearing a blue t-shirt, black pants, and a red jacket. For a while, Clark had been pondering the question Lana Lang asked him a long time ago. "What are you?" He thought. "Man or Superman?" He went to the grave of Jonathan Kent, who apparently died of a heart attack some time ago. He visited his mother, who gave him a piece of Crystal that resembled an "S", and left for a while. "This was found with your ship. There were instructions as what to do with it. You are supposed to take it to the far north." Clark did just that. He kept going north, and north, and north until he reached the Arctic Circle. He threw the piece of Crystal into the Arctic Ocean. He then saw a structure made of pure crystal rise from the Arctic. He walked through its halls until he reached a large room. He saw the piece of crystal and placed it in one of the crystalline tubes. An image of his father, Jor-El appeared.
"Kal-El," he started, "I am Jor-El, your father. If you are seeing this message, then our world is gone. When you were a child, I discovered that our planet was about to explode, and to spare you our fate, I sent you to this world. You are quite possibly the only survivor of the planet Krypton. Even though you have been raised a human, you are not one of them. Their world's yellow sun will give you abilities no human can match. Live among them, Kal-El. Guide their path for they are now what we once were. They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show them the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you, my only son. Preserve your heritage, Kal-El. You are the last of your race. The Last Son of Krypton." Just then a blue suit appears with the Seal of the House of El in the middle. He changed into it, and flies off.
Flashback ends.
"Right, well now we need a way out of here."
"I can got one." Clark hands Henry some paper. When he flattened it, it turned into this hexagon device.
"What is it?"
"Some of these LuthorCorp use Ultraviolet Radiation, which is the source of my powers. It'll build up in my body, but my powers are still neutralized by these Red Sun Lamps. Once these lamps are down, I'll have enough power to get us both out of here."
"Right. Let's get to work."