*This small note will explain the geography of the JUSTICE UNIVERSE.

In this universe, Gotham City stands in for Manhattan, Metropolis is Chicago, Star City is in place of Miami, and Hollywood, Los Angeles is now Coast City. The real-world cities DO NOT exist in this universe and will not be mentioned. In addition, the Wall Street Market is all centered in Gotham, Detroit is mixed in with Old Metropolis (this part of Metropolis will be mentioned and seen in stories to come), Las Vegas is a real place yet is the neighboring town to Coast City, unlike real-world Los Angeles.

Other countries around the world are the same as the real-world and they will be mentioned. Also, these stories are not set in modern day; they are in a near-future setting. Technology is slightly more advanced than it is now, the world is always scared and on the brink of war, and everything is generally also in paranoia. This is the reason for heroes everywhere to finally break out and save the world when it needs help most.


Clark sat in his apartment and collapsed on the couch. After grabbing Lois' and his things from the office, he took her home and she slammed the door shut, leaving him to sleep on the couch. He didn't even try to argue. Two minutes after she cut off the light, he was bombarded with two pillows and a blanket. He couldn't help but laugh at her attitude. Lois was a strong woman. She had just been knocked out and kidnapped, yet, she went to bed like a champ, more concerned with Clark's attitude than Luthor himself.

He scratched his head and turned on the TV, flipping through the news channels and finding the cartoon channel. Although his whole life was based on stopping criminal activities and disasters all around the world; sometimes, it was good to take a break from the real world. He laughed slightly at the slapstick comedy as an animated kid jumped through a window and caught the villain. Clark shook his head and gave a deep breath at the screen as he drank his bottled water. He stopped drinking when he noticed the barely noticeable logo of... LexCorp on the left bottom side of the label.

"You have to be kidding." he said, tossing the water bottle across the room and landing expertly in the trash can next to the kitchen counter.

"If it was only that easy, kid." he said, looking at the screen and seeing the kid tying a rope around the cartoon bad guy.

He tossed the covers off him and walked over to the patio door. He quietly opened it and closed it as he heard the familiar sounds of car horns beeping and airplanes flying over head. He leaned over the railing of the patio in his boxers and tight T-shirt, looking at the LexCorp blimp that silently soared across the sky. He held back his rage to tear off the railing and looked around at the sprawling city of Metropolis. For all the effort and good he tried to do, Clark couldn't win. Luthor was trying to demonize him and turn the world he desperately fought to save from Zod. Luthor was too powerful to take down as Clark Kent but too dangerous to defeat as Superman. If Superman took him down and imprisoned the billionaire; not only would he get out, he would show the public that he was against the men who tried to help the world.

After the Zod Invasion, Luthor was the first person to step out of the shadows and openly proclaim his "love" for the people of the city and donated billions of dollars to help rebuild the hundreds of blocks and buildings that fell. He watched over the rebuilding of the capitol building and shook hands with the governor of Illinois. He started charities to help the injured, children's schools, and major industries in the city. After a few months, the city's landscape had drastically changed and almost turned into a futuristic utopia. At least on the outside.

Clark was worried sick now that he knew what Luthor's motives were. He was planning to essentially control the country's major businesses and do God knows what with. Wayne's Enterprises, Queen Industries, and even S.T.A.R. Labs were now basically under his control and the CEOs would probably be paid off or taken care of. Oliver Queen and Bruce Wayne seemed very spoiled and stupid so they were probably going to be paid off and move to their twenty islands in the Caribbean.

You better watch out, Lex. I'll find a way to shoot you down.