I may have been a farm boy at heart, but I'd always wanted to fly. With only 12 hours to go I needed to get back to America quickly so I could start my plan to save Earth. The first step was finding Lois in Metropolis. Flying was easier than I thought. Ma and Pa's "training" had helped me yet again. I cleared my mind and focused on staying in the air. Before I knew it, I was flying like a bird or a plane. I flew faster and faster until I had created a sonic boom and sped towards Metropolis.
To my surprise Lois had been arrested for some odd reason. I guess someone found out that she knew about me. It didn't really matter now, and it made my plan simpler. My plan was to have Lois help me get in touch with whoever I needed to talk to so that I can announce my intentions. I also needed to warn them about Zod. Now I could do all of that in one place. The plan was going well so far and hopefully humanity would listen to my warning and prepare. Finding the facility where they were holding her was difficult, but they hadn't gone very far. A little military base not far from Metropolis. I revealed my self and they took me inside after I asked for Lois' freedom. They were scared but I only needed them to listen. Zod could not be trusted and they needed to prepare for a war. The officer in charge, General Swanwick, said they would prepare but that he had to hand me over to Zod. I complied since again that was the next step of my plan.
Surrendering to Zod to save Earth was a no brainer. I could at least speak to the man and try to reason with him. We could co-exist, it would only take a little diplomacy and maybe someone who knew how both sides felt. All of the elevated heartbeats behind me were thunderous but I focused on Lois'. Again, she was calm and ready to take on the world if we needed to. She hadn't told anyone anything about me like we agreed. She stood by me as I waited for Zod to come. I'm glad she couldn't hear my heartbeat, I was so nervous. Would Zod still be the anarchist Jor-El described him to be?
To my surprise Zod didn't even come. He sent his lieutenant Faora. She greeted me and claimed that Zod also wanted Lois to come and meet him, along with me, on his ship. Before I could answer Lois agreed. Now I was wishing she was just a little more scared. This wasn't the plan. I wanted to speak to Zod privately, so we could discuss his intentions and come to an agreement about Kryptonians on Earth. The powers him and his followers would have could easily overpower the military. As we arrived on his ship I handed Lois my codex. If things turned sour on the ship, then maybe Jor-El could help us contain Zod and his followers. And then right on cue, before I could even say anything important, I collapsed. Zod's ship was affecting me. I could barely breathe let alone speak. My body felt heavier and it took everything I had just to stand up straight which lasted about 30 seconds. Lois was trying to help me, but I lost consciousness before I could make out anything she or Zod was saying. Well there goes my well laid plans.
I awoke on the plains of Kansas curiously enough. Zod spoke to me and told me how he worked with Jor-El to try and save Krypton, but they could never agree on how to do it. He told me that the codex held the registry for all the citizens yet to be born on Krypton. He needed it so that Krypton could live again on Earth. But he didn't want to share the planet. He wanted to destroy humanity. Wipe them all out so he could build a new Krypton with their bones as its foundation. I couldn't be apart of this madness. I wouldn't. When I awoke again I was back on the ship. I couldn't break free of the restraints and Zod was standing over me with a look of pity on his face. Jor-El was right, I was a fool to think I could bargain with this madman. Now Earth would pay the price for my naivety. Zod left and the resident creepy doctor took a vial of my blood and started droning on about my inadequacies as a Kryptonian. Told me that my house was always to weak to do what needed to be done. But suddenly I felt a change in the air and my strength was returning.
Lois must have used the codex because not only was I getting stronger the creepy doctor was having trouble breathing. The atmospherics must have changed due to Jor-El, who suddenly appeared behind me. I asked him about the codex and the birthing matrix on the ship I found. He told me that with more time he would have taught me how to use it and maybe Krypton could live again on Earth, but not like how Zod had planned it. I punched through the hull and I saw an escape pod being jettisoned from the ship. Jor-El informed me that I could save humanity from Zod's wrath so that they could live on and be better than the Kryptonians of the past.
As I sped away from the ship I connected with Lois' pod and helped her land safely. She seemed panicked like she had never flown before. I guess falling with style doesn't really count as flying though. She started apologizing saying that she didn't want to tell them anything, but they looked at her memories. I made a grim realization that they had done the same to me. What were they looking for? I heard the engines of a Kryptonian ship wind down far away and my eyes shot open wider. My ship! I sped away from Lois as some policemen arrived and shot toward my home. I felt the wind almost tear open in front of me as I pushed myself to go faster. I wouldn't let any of them hurt Ma.
As quick as I took off I arrived at the house with Zod standing over Ma yelling at her. He'd picked the wrong planet to try to be a bully on. I collided with him while he was in mid-sentence and pummeled him into the nearby fields and silos. We didn't stop till we hit a gas station in the town and an explosion separated us. Zod's protective mask was destroyed. He was getting hit by every sound and smell within the town. I was happy to see his pained look. He shouldn't have touched Ma. Before I could return to pummeling him the Kryptonian ship he arrived in hit me with an energy blast and blew me down the street. His soldiers helped him into the ship and he was gone for now. I had much bigger problems to worry about and they were coming down the adjacent street.
Two Kryptonian soldiers that Zod came with were making their way towards me. I recognized Faora, but the other wasn't familiar. His name was not nearly as important as his lumbering size. I needed to draw the fight away from the civilians which wouldn't have been hard with all the open fields around the town. The military had other ideas. Three fighter jets attacked us with machine gun rounds that were as big as golf balls. I escaped the barrage but collided into a nearby shop. Faora dodged them as well but the big one had no such luck as he took a trip down the street. The rounds hadn't even dented the armor he was wearing. I saw him jumping into a jet, but the fighter pilot was able to eject before he impacted. Faora was about to do the same, but this fighter pilot didn't eject. He just kept firing at her and missing. I jumped and flew toward her and we collided before she killed the pilot. He must have no fear to do something so crazy and reckless. I'd have shaken his hand, but I was to busy getting my butt handed to me by Faora.