Luthor & Brainiac Intervene
3:15 pm
After getting his hero outfit together, Clark leaves his apartment and flies toward Lex Luthor's complex. After slipping in through an open window, he makes his way to Lex's office. Outside his door, he heard talking from within. He used his X-Ray vision to get a glimpse of the situation. Inside he saw Lex Luthor sitting at his desk, and Brainiac standing next to him talking amongst each other.
"So, the entire city of Metropolis will soon know the identity of Superman at 5:00 pm tonight. I'm impressed on how you were able to find out the information needed to pull this off without any faults," Brainiac says to Luthor.
"Yes. Once the secret is out, no longer will I be tormented with the 'Man of Steel' basking in all of the limelight," Luthor responds.
"Why are those two doing this?" Clark thought as he continues to watch and listen in on the conversation.
"By the way, how did head of The Daily Planet like the exclusive video of Clark Kent's humiliating stunt?" Luthor asks Brainiac.
"Let's just say in the end, one of the company's most valuable journalists was fired," Brainiac says with approval in his voice.
"So that heap of junk is responsible for getting me fired! I'm going to bust one on him right now!" Clark says as he kicks down the door and enters the room.
"All right, the jig is up! You two are going to get an extra helping of justice starting right now!" Clark says as he went to grab Luthor, but his hand went right through him.
"A hologram?" says a surprised Clark. Suddenly from behind, a TV screen lowered from the ceiling. On it was Lex and Brainiac.
"Hello, Superman. What a surprise to see you playing around with my special holographic replicas of Brainiac and myself," Luthor says on the TV.
"You! Why are you two plotting this? And how did you know about my identity as Clark Kent?" Clark demands.
"It's simple. Any moron can easily figure out who you really are. Those glasses you wear as Clark Kent are not exactly the greatest accessory for disguising one's self," Brainiac comments.
"And as for the reason for this whole scheme, you'll just have to find out for yourself. You can start by asking one of your fellow Justice League goons who leaked the information to me," Luthor adds. "Until later this evening, I leave you with a parting gift. Good bye."
The TV then cuts off. Then, out from the vents of the room poured green colored gas into the area.
"Kryptonite Fog!" gasps Clark as he began to gasp and cough at the deadly substance.
Soon he was feeling really faint. It wasn't too long before he passees out.
4:00 pm
Clark slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
He was back at his apartment.
He slowly sat up and rubbed his head.
"Was it a dream?" Clark thought to himself, before the radio on his alarm clock turned on.
"And it's Four O' Clock. This is Lex Luthor, reminding you to tune in at 5:00 pm tonight as I reveal the identity of Superman. Also a special shout out to our star of the day: Clark Kent. We would like to say that no, you weren't dreaming."
Clark slowly turns his head at the clock and growled angrily. He grabs it and chucks it across the room. However it somehow bounces off the wall and came back at Clark, hitting him clear in the face, knocking him off of the bed with a thud.
"I've got to talk to the guys at the Justice League HQ and get to the bottom of this!" he grumbles while on the floor.
Continue on to the next chapter!