This one shot is inspired by a conversation between myself and Aragorn II Elessar in regards to which live action Superman in the multiverse is the stronger one. And so I've decided to have some fun by creating a scenario in which "Smallville" Superman and "Kingdom Come" Superman would battle it out and I hope you'll all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own either the "Smallville" series or the "Kingdom Come" Superman movies.

Earth-167

Clark and Lois had just completed work after a long day at the Daily Planet and were headed home late that afternoon. Clark was wearing his signature beige overcoat and glasses while his jet black hair was slicked back and Lois was wearing her favorite business suit consisting of a dark blue skirt and jacket, pink dress shirt, and high heels while her dark brown hair was styled into a thick oval shaped bun.

As the couple walked along the sidewalk while the ongoing rush hour traffic passed on the street beside them, Lois suddenly found herself in the mood for something warm and delicious to drink and turned towards her fiancé.

"Hey Smallville, I don't why don't we go over to that coffee shop we like and purchase some cappuccino?" she suggested with a smile.

Clark's eyebrows raised, intrigued, and then nodded in acquiescence liking the idea himself.

"Sure Lois why not? I could use a cappuccino myself and they serve the best ones," Clark agreed while smiling back. They then linked arms and headed towards the coffee shop where they entered and placed their orders. As they waited, they suddenly heard some sort of commotion outside and turning their heads simultaneously saw, to their shock, what appeared to be another Superman who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and was flying across the city except this one was wreaking havoc and sending citizens fleeing.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Lois questioned with wide eyes as the other Superman alternated between flying and super speeding as he unleashed powerful straight beams of red heat vision indiscriminately, causing small to medium fiery explosions along the streets which sent dark grey smoke wafting into the air from the burning flames.

In addition he lifted other parked vehicles, limousines included, and either smashed them against buildings or tossed them into the air, and blew enormous gusts of wind which shattered the glass of windows of skyscrapers and smaller businesses while uprooting trees and sending not only them but other vehicles along with different objects flying around at top speeds.

Innocent civilians on their parts were desperately holding onto whatever they could during the near hurricane level wind gusts but were experiencing increasingly significant difficulty while the legs of some lifted off the ground and dangled in the air either horizontally or at a vertical angle, their respective grasps becoming tenuous.

Police vehicles with blaring sirens flashing red arrived upon the scene and from them emerged both regularly dressed police officers and heavily armored SWAT members with automatic rifles, both of whom fired their weapons upon the rogue Superman as he currently hovered in the air above and let the bullets bounce off of his body harmlessly and clatter to the ground.

One bullet in particular even managed to strike the pupil of his left eye but the impact crushed the aforementioned bullet and also sent it dropping to the ground.

In retaliation the rogue Superman soared back to the ground and joining his hands together in a fist, slammed it onto the ground before him which sent a massive shockwave which shattered the ground and sent the officers flying off it and barreling backwards and leaving them disoriented.

Following this he then rocketed upward and flying around, conducted multiple dive bomb type moves towards fleeing crowds and immediately dived back up, terrifying them and clearly taking pleasure from it while it pressured the citizens to run even faster in desperation from this seemingly now mad, as in insane, Kryptonian.

"Who the heck is this guy?" Lois questioned horrified as she watched the unfolding scene.

Clark shook his head.

"I don't know, but whoever he is he needs to be stopped," he stated grimly. "Listen Lois but I…."

"Of course Smallville. You just go over there and show that so called Superman that he can't drag your name through the mud like this. And so up, up, up and away you go," she finished for him with a reassuring smile. Clark in turn gave her a firm nod and then quickly hurried out of the shop while hearing his fiancé's whispered, "Be careful Clark" by means of his powerful super hearing.

Ducking behind the coffee shop, he removed his glasses and ripped open his shirt and tie, the dark red 'S' symbol of his super suit being displayed, and quickly removing his remaining clothes was now in his own Superman uniform as he leapt into the sky and flew off to challenge the other Superman.

Unknown to him, Lois, or any of the Metropolis citizens, this Superman was from an alternate Earth designated as Earth-96, the powerful entities preceding over the multiverse also referring to it as Kingdom Come. For that world's citizens, he was an extraordinary hero and significantly powerful while the women in particular swooned over him, his image and facial features reminding some of them of Earth-96's most famous model Cress Reeves while other women thought he looked like one of that world's A List actors by the name of Braden Routh.

This Superman however had been confronted by the power hungry corrupt businessman of his world known as Maxwell Lord, who was filling in the void of that world's Lex who was currently imprisoned, and he'd exposed him to Red Kryptonite followed by Maxwell quickly opening a portal to Earth-167, being aware of the multiverse, and using a ray gun to send the now Red Kryptonite infected KC Superman through it and to this other Earth which culminated in the current situation.

Back to the present, the Earth-167 Superman, or Clark, had reached KC Superman just as the latter had decided to escalate his assault and was about to release a new blast of heat vision but this time directly onto the fleeing civilians and crashed into him, leading to the two Supermen to struggle fiercely in midair before they separated and moved across from each other, the citizens below now staring upwards in awe and confusion over there being two Supermen hovering in the skies above.

They did notice that the rogue Superman's costume had some slight design differences while they easily recognized their own Superman, feeling relief it wasn't him who'd unleashed this terrifying attack against them while desperately hoping he could save them from the dark Superman's wrath.

"Who are you?!" Clark demanded to know while leveling his opponent with a firm gaze.

KC Superman grinned evilly.

"I'm Superman you imposter and this city is mine. And now you can either join me in bringing these pathetic humans to their knees or you can surrender but know that attempting to challenge me would be a grave mistake," he answered contemptuously and with a sneer.

Clark then looked closely at his counterpart and noticed that the latter's veins along his neck were flashing red while his irises also had flickers of red in them. Clark suddenly realized the other version was not himself as he recognized the tell tale signs of Red Kryptonite infection. He took a deep breath and attempted to reason with his counterpart.

"You're not well. I can see you've been infected with Red Kryptonite. I can help extinguish it from your body but you need to stand down," he said to him, hoping the latter would see reason.

KC Superman let out a sneer.

"Actually I'm fine. I'm more than fine and you're the one who needs to stand down. And if what you're saying is true then clearly it's freed me from my constraints and allowed me to truly embrace my full and unlimited potential while seeing these humans for what they truly are. That they are weak and pathetic and saving them is a waste of time. Instead I should rule over them with strength and therefore I won't be doing anymore saving. Heck, maybe I'll also try and find that blonde chick I once hooked up with a few years ago and have some more fun with her," he replied with proud surety, arms now folded together, while reminiscing about the blonde woman he was thinking of.

Clark had no idea what he was talking about in regards to this unknown, to him, woman and frankly he didn't care to know but instead of knew that subduing then curing his counterpart was far more important.

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You need help and I'm going to provide it for you one way or another. But I can't let you hurt or frighten anymore innocent people. And so we can do this the easy way or the hard way. What's it going to be?" he stated with resolve, still hoping he could reason with the infected Superman but fully prepared to take him down if necessary in order to give him what he needed.

KC Superman leveled him with a dark glare, the Red Kryptonite flashing even brighter in his irises.

"Bring it hotshot," he challenged and then flew towards him at top speed while Clark responded by meeting him head on and the battle between the two different Supermen commenced in earnest.

To Be Continued

A/N So who will win in this battle of the Supermen? Please be sure to tune in next time.

Originally this was only going to be a one shot but then I ended up feeling more inclined to have the battle in another chapter, and therefore this will be either a two or three length chapter. Plus it might've also had something to do with my wanting to have a new fic be available sooner rather than later.

For anyone who doesn't remember, and I didn't remember her either until last night when I was looking at clips of "Superman III", the blonde woman the Red-K infected KC Superman was thinking of here was the blonde he hooked up with back when he was infected by a different form of Kryptonite which, for all intents and purposes, turned him into their version of Bizarro and he behaved arrogant, prone to pranks, and slowly turned evil. Or as the good version explained in "Crisis" after the protagonists freed him from now Earth Prime Lex's control, he went nuts.

Hopefully I'll you next time for the following chapter and in the meantime until then, please feel free to check out the other fics & one shots I've posted since late November of last year, if you want and if you haven't already, including this newest one shot of mine if you haven't:

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Have a great day.