59 Months After the Destruction of National City

"…and don't forget, Kara wants an update on the prison." Holt added.

Lex sighed. "Of course she does. Flash and I are finalising the plans, but Supergirl needs to account for how this monstrosity is going be paid for."

"Again, just the messenger." Holt threw his hands up.

"Understood—" Before Lex could continue the screens of his computer bank turned bright red and a siren sounded out behind him. "I have to go, Lex out…"

Slamming a finger down onto the console to end the call, Lex turned on his heel and sprinted down the corridor. With whatever breach his systems had detected in the building, the elevators had shut down so Lex was forced to take the stairs two at a time until he reached the sublevel. With a final burst of speed, he pushed through the door into sector 414 and found himself face to face with a figure he had hoped never to see again.

Bizarro.

In her arms, was a lifeless corpse that looked strikingly like Axel Walker. It must have been why the Regime couldn't find him, The Trickster had been with Bizarro.

"Fix!" Bizarro slurred, taking a few steps into the room. "Please fix!"

"You…" Lex's hands nervously found the back of his head. "You want me to revive your friend? I don't mean to upset you, but he's already passed on."

Bizarro laid the corpse down on a table and turned to Lex. "Pass on?"

"Your poor friend is dead," Lex hung his head. "There's nothing I can—"

"NO!" Bizarro snapped. "You make me. You make him better."

Despite his better self-control, Lex's eyes went wide. "I…made you?"

"You science man. You am me father."

Lex did his best to try and regain mental balance. Supergirl had been on the hunt for her "imposter" for weeks, her frustration with the lack of results growing with each passing day. Now, the duplicate was in his lab, insisting he was her creator.

"What do you remember?" Lex asked cautiously.

Bizarro seemed to think for a moment. "Only science room. And lab coat. And shiny head."

The creature remembered more than Lex hoped it would. He had already lied to Kara once about the origins of her Bizarro clone and gotten away with it by the skin of his teeth. If she caught up with Bizarro, and it told her what it remembered, Lex wasn't sure he would be able to lie his way out of it. He was thinking on his feet, but Lex Luthor was good at that.

"You remember this place and myself…so you think I made you?" He began. "I'm sorry…but I'm not your creator."

Bizarro's features drew up into a puzzled expression. "You no make me?"

"No." Lex affirmed. "I, um…I found you…frozen in the arctic. My best guess is that you are from another planet and have been here a long time."

Bizarro stared down at her too pale hands. "Me not from here?"

"Just like Supergirl," Lex assured the clone. "You believe me, don't you?"

A vigorous nod. "Yes. Me trust you shiny head. Tell me where you find me?"

"I'll draw you a map…and do whatever I can to revive your friend." Lex started towards the door. "But first, let me help you figure out who you are and where you come from. Will you allow me to run a few tests on you?"

Bizarro followed Lex like a lost puppy as he walked out of the room she had broken into and into one across the hall. In the centre of the room sat a tall, cylindrical chamber, attached to the ceiling through various pipes and cables.

"Am no good at tests." Bizarro sighed.

"You'll be great at this one. All you need to do is stand in there. Can you do that?"

"Am think so."

Lex grabbed the handle to the chamber and wrenched the heavy door open. "Wonderful. Let us begin."

Bizarro complied eagerly and stepped into the chamber. As soon as she was inside, Lex pushed the door shut and ran to the computer across the room. He activated the chamber with a few buttons, then spoke into the microphone.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes." Bizarro answered.

Dropping his finger down on the enter key, Lex heard the chamber whir into life. The numbers on the screen in front of him began to rise quicker and quicker. It took less than a minute to hit 150,000˚ F.

"How are you feeling?"

"Good."

The numbers kept rising.

1,425,000

9,975,375

25,000,000

The inside of the chamber was rivalling the heat at the core of the sun, and Bizarro's vitals were perfect.

"Am warm." Bizarro's voice came through. "Did pass test?"

"Even better than I thought." Lex forced an answer. "Stand by for further testing."

Diminished mental capacity but in every other way it resembled Supergirl. Without access to Kryptonite, Lex had no way to destroy the creature before Supergirl found out it was created in his lab. There was only one way left Lex could see to destroy Bizarro. Without Kryptonite, it took a Kryptonian to kill a Kryptonian. Other than Supergirl, there was only one on planet Earth.

He needed Reign.