Season One Episode 7: World's Finest

My name is Clark Kent. I was sent away from my home planet of Krypton as a baby, and grew up on Earth. I found out that I had powers on this new planet, and eventually revealed myself to the world, as Superman. My secret identity is a field reporter at the Daily Planet, but when I'm not working, I'm out saving the world as a superhero. The Superman.

Previously on the Adventures of Superman and the Batman...

Metropolis 78 attacked but is now disbanded

Clark is wondering where the weapons came from

The Holiday killer entered Metropolis

Superman took him down

Batman interrogated a corrupt officer named Jones

Batman while trying to take down Julian Day was ambushed by the MPD

Batman and Superman met and Superman completely destroyed Batman in a fight

Batman escaped Superman and the MPD


A/N: In case you read the Previously On and thought Wait, when did all of this happen? I wrote another story called The Batman. This is basically a crossover. You can go over to Season 2 right now and read the chapter God Vs. Man if you want a direct continuation. You don't really need to read the other chapters to understand what's going on in that chapter. But you can read the rest of the story if you want. Shameless plug.

Also strap yourselves in, this is going to be a LONG chapter.

Captain Morrison of the MPD walks out to his car from the building when Superman lands right in front of him.

"Captain Morrison." He starts.

"Superman. What are you doing here?" Morrison asks.

"Metropolis 78 attacked Metropolis a few days ago. They had guns and grenades. They didn't just get them from nowhere."

"Where do you suggest they come from?"

"The Metropolis Police Department. There's an officer in your department possibly corrupt. Jones. He has possible ties to Julian Day."

"Yeah. I know. Wasn't he attacked by the Batman? What's he doing in Metropolis?"

"I'll find out. You need to investigate further into Jones."

"And you'll investigate the Batman?"

"Yes. He's a vigilante, and a criminal. I'll take him down."

"Great. See you later, Superman."

Superman flies off.

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN

Superman lands on the rooftop of Lois's apartment.

"Good evening, Ms. Lane." He starts.

"Superman." Lois answers.

"I heard you wanted to have another interview."

"Yes. You said you were from another planet. Why don't you talk more about what you remember from there? Maybe it'll get you nostalgic."

"Actually I was sent away from the planet as an infant. Right before it blew up. I didn't really experience it for myself. But when the my pod crashed here, it had some technology and historical records. It told me what life was like on Krypton." Superman explains.

"Must've been pretty great. Being able to fly, shoot lasers, put out fires with your breath."

"Oh, no. People didn't have powers on Krypton."

"Why not?"

"The Kryptonians weren't really sure. Neither am I. Something different about Krypton."

"Anything else different on Krypton?"

"Before Krypton blew up, I heard from 'the history books' that there was a criminal. Named General Zod. He took over the planet trying to save the Kryptonians. He failed. Krypton was a bit of a mess near destruction."

"What did Zod look like? Was he a monster?"

"Actually I've never seen him myself. No pictures in the history records, I'm afraid. But he should look like a normal Kryptonian."

"So you mean like a human?"

"Yeah..."

"Strange two different races that evolve on different sides of the galaxy can look exactly the same."

"One weird thing about Krypton though was the Red Sun."

"There was a Red Sun?"

"Yeah. Really strange."

"Wow..."

"I've...got to go. Someone's in trouble. I hope you have everything you need."

"I do. Go."

Superman rushes away and takes off towards the danger. A plane lands back in Gotham and out steps Bruce Wayne still having a cast around his left hand, but his ribs have completely healed. Alfred rolls up in the limo.

"Master Bruce?" He asks.

Bruce steps inside.

"Holiday didn't do this. He's put away. He was no problem. The alien protecting the city...not so much." Bruce states.

"Superman?" Alfred asks.

"Yeah. We'll talk about back at the cave."

Bruce walks into the Batcave with Alfred and is greeted by Dick and Barbara.

"Bruce! You're back!" Dick hugs him, then stops. "Who gave you this?" He asks referring to the cast.

"Superman did." Bruce answers.

"What? Why would Superman want to stop you?" Dick asks.

"Because I'm a vigilante and criminal in his eyes."

"Well, I don't like him. He's an alien. And if he goes unchecked for too long, who knows. He has the power to wipe out the entire human race if he wanted to, and no one can stop him. Are we just going to trust that he'll ALWAYS do the right thing?"

"Yes."

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah. True that amount of power is dangerous, but why would he want to? He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, but he uses it to save innocent lives. Why would he change now? No reason. I don't want to trust him, but so far, he's done no harm. And it's looking like we don't have a choice either way."

"...dammit, your right. ... But hey, how about...to celebrate your return, we throw another party. A Christmas party."

"No."

"Yeah, your right. We'll celebrate that when Christmas is closer. How about we instead throw a 'Welcome Home' party."

"No."

"Well, too late. I'm sending the invites."

Dick runs out of the Batcave and Barbara follows him.

"You're sending the invites before you even set anything up?" She asks.

"Yup." He answers.

"Perry...why exactly can't I write a story on Batman?" Clark asks.

"Because I've already got other guys working on it. This is, what, the 3rd time you've complained about an assigned story? I don't have room for people who act like this in the Daily Planet, Clark."

Clark looks down at the floor.

"But what about this? Maybe, I can assign you...a story about Bruce Wayne." Perry says.

"What about him?"

"He got into an accident. Again. Motorcycle accident. Heard he had some broken ribs, shattered hand. Pretty bad."

Clark thinks.

"He visited Metropolis recently, right?" Clark asks.

"Yeah." Perry says.

"Which hand got broken?"

"Uh...his left, if I remember."

Clark remembers Batman punching him across the face with his left hand. He used his x-ray vision and saw his shattered bones, including 3 broken ribs.

"Right..." Clark says.

"Maybe you can interview or something. Wait, did he go back to Gotham already?" Perry wonders.

"Maybe I will. Thanks, Chief."

Later that night, Superman flies up into the sky above Metropolis and thinks. Bruce visits Metropolis, gets his left hand and a few ribs broken and leaves for Gotham. It just so happens that the same thing just happened to Batman. Not to mention all the money Bruce has, and his ward having similar features to Robin, along with his barely existent social life.

It doesn't take the world's greatest detective to solve this.

Superman turns in the direction Gotham would be, and takes off. Meanwhile, Dick blows up some balloons in Wayne Manor. Barbara walks in.

"Balloons? What is this, a birthday party?" She asks.

"No. Bruce's birthday isn't until May 19th. And plus, normal parties can have balloons."

"Whatever."

Later, people enter Wayne Manor and walk down the hall. They go down the stairs and into the ballroom. The party starts and music plays. Alfred walks downstairs with some drinks to serve. Bruce sits at a table and drinks some champagne. Dick sits down across from him.

"Bruce, do you think it's a really good idea to be drinking? What if, something happens tonight?" Dick asks.

Bruce calls Alfred over.

"Hey Alfred, could you give Dick the...'special' drink?" Bruce asks.

Alfred nods and walks off. Alfred walks back with one single drink of champagne.

"Um, no Bruce, I don't want anything to drink." Dick says.

Bruce hands him the glass.

"I'm serious." Dick says again.

"Just drink it." Bruce demands.

"Fine." Dick takes a sip, and then puts the glass down. "Is this apple cider?"

Bruce nods towards him and takes another drink. Dick chuckles. Clark Kent walks up the hill to Wayne Manor. He walks inside and looks around. He walks down the stairs to the ballroom and sees the party. Dick gets up and starts to walk away, but Bruce says something for him.

"Time to start the act."

Bruce gets up and stumbles. He tries to walk through the crowd and get some champagne. He drinks the entire glass of apple cider in one swig. He slowly turns to the party but drops the glass, breaking it. Bruce burps.

"Whoops." He says.

Some couples in the party start dancing together in the front of the room. Dick watches the couple dance, before turning to Barbara sitting down at a table. Dick takes a breath and walks up to her. He holds out his hand and says in an exaggerated voice:

"Care to dance?"

Barbara laughs and sits back in her chair.

"I'm not much of a dancer." Barbara says.

"Well neither am I. But who cares? It's time to have some fun. It is a party after all."

She smiles.

"You make a fair point, Grayson. Alright." She says and stands.

She takes his hand and they both walk out to the dance floor.

Bruce discreetly swallows a pill as Clark walks up to him.

"Mr. Wayne. I'm Clark Kent, a news reporter visiting Gotham from Metropolis. Care for an interview?" Clark asks.

"Of course. Why wouldn't...I?" Bruce asks, "drunk." "What's the first question?"

"Maybe I should ask you in a place a bit less crowded."

"Great idea, Clark. Let's get upstairs."

Bruce stumbles towards the staircase as Clark slowly follows him. Bruce then falls to his knees and throws up in a trash can, because of the pill.

"Oh." Clark states.

A few people turn to look. Clark awkwardly pats him on the back as Bruce tries getting up, but falls back down to throw up again.

"It's okay." Clark says.

Bruce gets back up.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm okay. Let's go." Bruce says and puts his arm around Clark as they walk up the stairs.

"You pat hard. Hey, did anyone ever tell you that you look exactly like Superman?"

Bruce and Clark walk up the stairs and stand in the hall. A couple of late people walk down the stairs they just walked up.

"Are you sure you're ready for an interview?" Clark asks.

"Of course! Absolutely. Now...first question please!" Bruce answers.

"...oookay...first question, what do you think of Batman?"

"Oh, he's great! Great, trying to save the city, and I like people who try to save the city. He's a good guy who fights bad guys, amazing!"

"Yeah..."

"What do you think of Superman over in Metropolis?"

"Well, um, Mr. Wayne, this interview is for you, not for me."

"Ah come on! What do you think of Superman?"

"Seriously, Mr...Wayne?"

Bruce grabs his stomach. He makes a fist and covers his mouth.

"No...no, I'm okay." Bruce takes a breath. "I'm okay."

"Okay, about Batman-"

"So what news...channel or paper am I appearing in?"

"Uh, the Daily Planet. But I wanted to talk about the circumstances of your motorcycle accident-"

"So...you work for a news company in Metropolis, and you traveled all the way to Gotham, just to ask some random billionaire about his recent injuries and about the vigilante running around in his city? Strange behavior."

Clark looks down.

"You wanna know what I think is strange?" Clark starts. "I think it's a bit strange that Bruce Wayne randomly visits Metropolis, gets in an accident, breaks his hand and ribs, and then leaves, and the same thing just also happens to Batman who was spotted in Metropolis around the same time and who, huh, lives in the same city as him."

"What exactly are you trying to say, Mr. Kent?" Bruce asks.

"What exactly are YOU trying to say...Batman?"

"Heh, you think I'm the Batman?"

"I mean not only are there all those circumstances but also other things. Your money is more than enough to get all those gadgets. What about the fact that your ward just happens to be the same height, hair color, and look, he even has the same scar on his chin as Robin?"

"Great theory, but it's not true. I wish it was, but it isn't."

"So what? These are all just coincidences? You really expect me to believe that?"

"Coincidences happen, Clark."

Clark takes off his glasses and looks down, sing his x-ray vision. He then looks back up and puts on his glasses.

"Care to explain the cave filled with bats, gadgets and a bat-man costume underneath the house?"

Bruce gives Clark an intimidating look. Clark smiles.

"How about...the fact that apparently you can look through walls just like Superman can. You sure jumped through a lot of hoops just to talk to me about Batman, and you do live in the same city as Superman operates in. How do you even know that Batman broke his hand and ribs? And did I mention the fact that you look exactly like him?" Bruce says.

Clark chuckles.

"What do you want from me, Clark?" Bruce asks. "I'm just trying to operate like normal in my own city and you come here, what, just to brag?"

"You're a criminal, Bruce. A vigilante, and I'm surprised the police let you go for this long. But I do what's right."

"So do I."

"By assaulting criminals! You know how many laws you've broken to enforce your own?"

"My law works."

"Tomorrow morning, I'm going to bring you in. And you can't stop me."

"You do that Clark, and everyone will know who you really are."

"I don't care. You can't use that to stop me. Go ahead, do it. It won't stop me from bringing you in, Bruce. Enjoy the rest of the party."

Clark walks back downstairs. Bruce thinks for a solid minute, and then gets a crazy idea. He walks upstairs, through the library, into the study, and opens up the Batcave entrance. He enters and he sees his suit.

Meanwhile, a couple of cops walk down a hall, talking.

"No, I'm just saying that maybe what she's saying isn't so wrong." One says.

"Are you serious? What the hell's wrong with you?"

"No seriously, just think about it for a second!"

"I have thought about it! Like a lot!" That cop then gets shot in the back.

The other cop turns and sees Julian Day with a shotgun. He fires the gun again, hitting the other cop in the shoulder. Julian hears more cops running up the hall and starts running. He reaches the end of the hallway and out the door of the department.

Captain Morrison gives the department a lecture.

"How the hell did Julian Day escape? Who let him out? Someone had to have opened up his cell and gave him a shotgun! Who was it?" Morrison says.

"Why don't we check the security camera footage?" An officer asks.

"Because some damn asshole wiped the tapes. And you know what, giving it some thought, I think I know who that damn asshole is."

A couple of officers and Captain Morrison walk up to officer Jones and put him in handcuffs.

"Frank Jones, you are under arrest for conspiracy and assisting a criminal in an escape attempt. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney..." Morrison says.

"I didn't do this! I swear! I swear on my family's lives, I didn't do this! I'm just one goddamned cop for Christ's sake!" Jones says as he's arrested.

Amanda Waller sits down at her laptop and starts typing. She senses something, pulls out a pistol and turns. She sees Batman standing there.

"What are you doing here?" She asks.

"I need info on Superman. I heard you took him on a couple weeks back. Or tried, I should add." Batman states.

"Well Cadmus doesn't have anything. The only thing we got is that he gets his power from the Sun."

"The yellow Sun..."

"Got what you need?"

"Yes."

Amanda puts the gun down. When she looks back up, Batman is gone.

Early the next morning, Lois Lane walks through a door and into Bruce Wayne's penthouse in Metropolis.

"Good morning, Ms. Lane." Bruce greets.

"Good morning. You asked me here for an interview, so let's get this started." Lois says.

"Actually, I have a question for you. Do you trust Superman? Like really, trust Superman?" Bruce asks.

"Yes. I've bet my life on it."

"Thank you."

Bruce gets up and leaves the penthouse, shutting the door on the way out.

Lois looks confused. She gets up and walks over to the door and tries opening it, but it's locked. She pulls out her phone and tries calling the Daily Planet, but there's no bars. Little does she know, there's a device blocking the signal, hidden in the penthouse.

Clark Kent knocks on the door of Wayne Manor. Alfred answers it.

"Hello. Is Bruce here?" Clark asks.

"No, I'm afraid not. He went out last night. He hasn't returned since. I'm not sure where he is." Alfred explains.

"Okay. Thanks."

Alfred closes the door. Clark x-rays the house. Bruce isn't in the mansion, or the cave. Superman flies around Gotham City, using his super hearing and x-ray vision to try and find Bruce or Batman anywhere in the city. He finds no one. He stops flying and thinks. Where else could he possibly be?

Superman then comes to a realization. He booms off, towards Metropolis. Superman arrives in Metropolis and uses his super hearing. He listens out for Bruce's voice, and eventually hears it in a tape playing over and over on loop.

"Listen Clark, I don't want to fight you, but you left me no choice. I have Lois. You can check her apartment and the Daily Planet, but she won't be there. You want her back, you'll face me. In the parking lot of my penthouse. 8:00 PM tonight. No later. No less. We end this."

Superman rushes around the city using his x-ray vision and super hearing, but finds nothing. Lois is no where to be seen.

"Dammit." He whispers to himself, and takes off into the sky.

That night, Clark walks out of the Daily Planet and looks at his watch. It's 8:05. He rushes off down an alley and rips his shirt in two, revealing his symbol on his chest. Superman flies down the tunnel and into the underground parking lot. He slowly lands and sees Batman standing by his Batmobile.

"Why do you even want to face me, Bruce?" Superman asks.

"I don't. But if taking Lois and fighting you is what it takes for you to get off my back, then I'll do it." Batman states.

"What do you mean? How do you know that if I get Lois back, I won't just do this again?"

"And how do you know I won't just try THIS again?"

"Could you turn off the voice changer? I know who you are."

Batman turns it off.

"Where is Lois?" Superman asks. "Last chance."

"Get off my back. Last chance."

"I can't. You're a criminal. You kidnapped an innocent woman, you break and enter, you assaulted criminals who had rights, you're a vigilante!"

"And you're a boy scout. You play inside the rules so much that it costs lives."

"Are you really gonna take me on like that? I can lift hundreds of thousands of pounds with my bare hands. Bullets bounce off me. Do you really think you as a normal person can defeat me? I don't want to hurt you."

"Watch me."

"You won't tell me Lois's location. I'll take that as a no."

Batman presses a button on his gauntlet, and the doors leading to the parking lot close.

"You're correct." Batman says.

He presses another button and every light in the lot turns red. Superman looks around at the lamps when Batman clenches his left fist and punches Superman so hard he falls to the ground.

"What the hell?" Superman asks.

"I may have made a few enhancements to my gauntlets though."

Superman gets up and tackles Batman. He throws him across the parking lot before picking him up and throwing him again. He super speeds and grabs his cape before he even touches the ground and throws him again. Batman tumbles across the floor as Superman flies over to him. Batman pulls out 3 Batarangs and throws it at Superman.

Superman puts his forearm up and they crush as soon as they hit his forearm. Superman uses his heat vision to swipe across the ground in front of Batman, forcing him to hop back. Batman fires his grapple gun and it attaches to Superman's leg. He grapples up but Superman takes the line and pulls it around. Batman tumbles again but gets to his feet. Batman grapples again and tackles Superman, knocking him to the ground.

Batman punches Superman square in the face but Superman pushes Batman off. Batman drops down a smoke pellet. Superman uses x-ray vision to see through it, but it's a little blurry. He flies towards and grabs Batman through the smoke but Batman gets his footing on the ground and grabs Superman with his gauntlets and reverses them, pushing Superman up against the wall.

Superman simply pushes Batman and he slides across the floor. Superman rubs his neck, as Batman uses his remote to control the Batmobile. It turns and fires. The first bullet Superman dodges but the next hits its mark. The third does as well. Superman flies over to the Batmobile and rips off its guns, but not before cringing a little bit at the pain. He turns to Batman who gets back up.

"Where is she?!" He yells and pushes Batman again, this time he hits a wall.

"What have you done with her?" Superman grabs Batman and throws him to the ground.

Superman flies up to Batman and throws a punch but Batman blocks using his forearms and slides across the floor from the impact. Superman uses his heat vision again but Batman dodges and charges Superman, dodging some more heat vision. He places a bomb on Superman's chest, knocking him back.

"Someone needs to learn from their mistakes." Batman states.

Batman charges again and starts throwing punches. Most of them hit their target, and some of them actually hurt Superman. Superman dodges an attack from one arm, and then the other, and then grabs Batman by the throat and pushes him up against a wall. Batman glares at him.

"Bruce, this is idiotic."

Superman goes for his mask but Batman plugs a panel from his belt into the wall and places both hands on his temples, electrocuting Superman. Superman yells, actually feeling the pain, before Superman uses heat vision to cut the wires connecting the two. Superman once again throws Batman across the room, trying to recover from that.

Superman super speeds over to Batman but Batman upper cuts Superman. He backs up as Batman throws the 3 Batarangs again, and Superman uses his forearms to block them, but one actually cuts the skin. Superman looks. He's bleeding.

"It's far past time you've learned what it means to be a man." Batman states.

Superman flies and grabs Batman by his throat and pins him down on the ground.

"What did you do?" Superman asks.

His eyes redden with heat.

"I know you're not reddening your eyes just to intimidate me. It's because at this point, that's all you can do with them." Batman says.

The heat then slowly fades from Superman's eyes. Batman grabs Superman by the throat and switches their position, where Batman is pinning Superman down.

"You're feeling it now, aren't you? What the rest of us have to live with everyday: Your own mortality." Batman says.

"What do you want?" Superman grunts.

"Lois is on the top floor of this building."

"What?"

"I just told you where Lois is."

Superman headbutts Batman, and kicks him away. Superman gets up.

"Why'd you tell me this? How am I...vulnerable? What is going on?!" Superman asks.

"I don't want to hurt you, or your loved ones, Clark. But you were going to turn me in, and I couldn't allow that."

"So your idea to change my mind was to fight me?"

"No. It was to get you to leave me alone. I do good business in Gotham. And you do good business in Metropolis. But if you ever try to stop me, this is just going to happen again."

"You don't intimidate me, Bruce. And we could've just talked about this."

"We did. And you didn't listen. The time for talking was over. You just have to accept that other heroes will do other things differently from you. And you must accept that."

"But not when those things done differently are criminal. What separates you from the criminals or this city?"

"I could've killed you Clark. I could've aimed for you neck with the Batarang, I could've used poison gas, I could've shot at you with my car when you were human. I could've just murdered Lois. But I didn't. Because like I said before, there are lines even I won't cross. Yes I break laws, and I won't even try to defend that, but make sure it is always, always, for the better."

Superman stares at him. Batman then gets an alert from his earpiece.

"You should've have distracted yourself with me. Julian Day has escaped." Batman says.

"What?"

"Some officer supplied him with a gun and opened up his cell. There's a police chase with him right now."

Batman hops into the Batmobile and turns off the red lamps and opens the doors.

"I've got this." Superman states, but fails to fly.

"Clark, the red solar energy got rid of your power temporarily. You can't fly." Batman informs.

"This is your fault, Bruce. I could've taken Julian down by now, but you did this."

"I know it's my fault."

Batman then changes the solar energy lamps from red to yellow.

"There. That's yellow solar energy. It should recharge your powers. I'll go." Batman says and drives off.

Julian swerves around the Metropolis city streets with a few police cars chasing after him.

"Come on! He's right there!" The driver of the police car says.

"Wait, what the hell is that?" His partner asks.

They see the Batmobile zoom up the street past the police and right on the tail of Julian Day's car. Batman ejects and lands on the top of the car. Julian fires his gun through the roof. Batman tries dodging but slips. He grabs onto the back of the car. Julian turns around and starts firing out the back window. Batman jumps off the car and lands back on the remote controlled Batmobile.

Batman throws his Batarang towards Julian Day but misses. The car takes a turn and Batman gets into the Batmobile and follows him. Batman turns to the console, but he's greeted with:

MAIN GUNS NOT OPERATIONAL

"Dammit." Batman whispers.

Julian starts firing at a nearby police car when the car suddenly lifts up and into the sky. The car opens up and Julian falls out, but Superman grabs his leg before he falls, carrying the car with one hand and Julian with the other. He lands again and places down the car, handing Julian to the police. Batman hops out of the Batmobile.

"Sorry I'm late!" He says.

"I could've taken him down if you didn't destroy the guns on my car." Batman states.

"Sure you could."

In the penthouse the next day, Clark looks at the windows.

"Is this glass mixed with led?" Clark asks.

"Yeah." Bruce answers.

"I mean, it was a very pleasurable experience staying here actually. Very nice place." Lois says.

"It's still kind of kidnapping." Clark says.

"It could've been worse." Bruce announces.

"So why did Bruce Wayne sort of kidnap me, and what does that have to do with you, Clark?" Lois asks.

"Oh no, it's just, me and Bruce are friends, and there was a threat Superman had to deal with. Bruce thought it would be a good idea to hide you out here."

"By asking me one very specific question about Superman and then leaving. Great."

Bruce shrugs his shoulders and looks back out the window.

"I'll be waiting outside." Lois says and walks outside.

"And what was up with the red lights downstairs?" Clark asks.

"Red Solar energy can make you lose your powers."

"How did you find out about all of this?"

"Cadmus, mostly. But it was just a guess with the Red Solar energy. You get your power from the Yellow Sun, and the Kryptonians didn't have their power on a planet with a Red Sun."

"Good point."

"I know I shouldn't really be criticizing how you live your life, but I could give you some tips."

"Ha. Like?"

"I saw the way you got your information out of criminals. It was pathetic."

"It worked."

"Yeah, next time you have someone like that, call me over. I know how to get information out of people."

"Um, no thanks. I can do it myself. ... Were you really drunk at that party yesterday?"

"No. Not at all. It's all an act so people won't suspect that I'm Batman."

"Too late. Thought you did have me second guessing myself for a second."

"You should come up with a better secret identity too. It's bad enough you look exactly like Superman, but maybe you shouldn't act like him. Try to tweak your persona."

"How?"

"Act like someone you're not."

"Like drinking and passing out in the streets and whatnot?"

"No. But maybe the other direction."

"How about I give you tips? Bruce honestly, the way you do things, is fine. I see you get results, and I believe you're doing it for good. But you've gotta be less reckless. You go from place to place breaking the law, you're gonna get someone like me to bring you in. It's not gonna be me, but it's gonna be someone else."

"And who's tough enough for me after you?"

"Well, we should get going."

"Yeah, I've got to get back to Gotham. Me and Robin are tracking down a stalker who has made a secret conspiracy to kill me."

"And I thought my life was complicated.

"And remember Clark, if you try to turn me in again, just remember the one man who beat you."

"Uh, no. You didn't beat me. I headbutted and kicked you and that's where the fight ended."

"Still, I could've killed you multiple times during that fight."

"And what happened to your no kill rule?"

Bruce and Clark leave the penthouse and walk away.

"Seriously, I could take care of Gotham for you." Clark says.

"No. Gotham is my city. You stay out of this."

"Are you sure you don't want to retire? Take a break? I mean, no offence, but what can you do that I can't?"

"I'm smarter. 'No offence.'"

"Yeah right. The Kryptonians were millions of years more advanced than humans."

"But you were raised a human."

"Yeah, well..."

"So did they catch who really broke Holiday out of prison?" Bruce asks.

"Yeah. Jones has been successfully arrested. He's still claiming it's not him though." Clark answers.

"Jones? It wasn't Jones. It was Captain Morrison."

"What? No it wasn't. Jones had ties to Julian Day."

"Jones was framed by Morrison. Day was freed when his cell was opened and he was given a weapons. The security footage was erased. The ties to Julian Day were ties found in his file of his background. But Jones didn't have access to the cell block. He didn't have access to the security footage. Morrison does. And who else has access to Jones's file to be able to frame him this entire time?"

"How did you find out about this?"

"I'm probably wrong. You ARE smarter than me after all."

"Well, it was good getting to meet you Bruce, but I've got to go after Morrison. Good luck with your stalker problem. I'll be sure to visit sometime." Clark then takes off.

"Merry Christmas." Bruce says, knowing Clark can hear him.

The cell holding Jones opens and he's let out. Outside, Superman is standing there.

"Sorry for holding you there, Jones, but we got the real guy this time." Superman says.

Two officers bring Morrison in handcuffs to the same cell and push him inside.

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN

Next Time on the Adventures of Superman: Prison Break (1x8) The Mid Season Finale

Jor-El's AI tells Superman that there's a chance that he's not the last Kryptonian. Unfortuantly, the AI device breaks and Superman must find a way to fix it. And the only way to fix it is with the help of human geniuses, some aren't too pleased to help.

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