The busy lights of Metropolis were reflecting through the window of a 12th Floor office in the Luthorcorp building. The sign on the door of the office read Dr. Monroe. An older man in glasses was typing away at his computer, he was researching a explosion at a LuthorCorp Smallville factory. He seemed to be in a hurry , he was sweating. The door slowly opened behind him but he kept on typing. The door creaked and he jumped nervously. He looked around and didn't see anything.
"Who's there." He asked nervously. He felt a chill down his spine but he continued typing. The door slammed shut causing Dr. Monroe to jump up out of his seat and look around frightened.
"Who's there! Show your self at once!" There was a thick gas like substance in the room. Dr. Monroe started coughing, and ran towards the door but before he could get there he was hit with a hard object the threw him to the floor and giving him a bleeding nose. His eyes widened as he looked around with fear.
"I'm calling the police." He said rushing over to the phone but before he could a hand came out of nowhere and ripped the phone out of the wall and threw it against the wall smashing it.
"No, we can talk about this. I'm looking for a cure."
" I'm tired of waiting. You promised you would fix this." A male voice came from thin air.
" I will. Just can we talk about this"
" I'm tired of waiting, I'm going to make those who did this to me pay." The voice said angrily. " But before I can do that there are a few loose ends I need to tie up." Dr. Monroe became very scared and started to plea with the gas.
" No. ..... no......please....." Dr. Monroe stuttered before the hand wrapped itself around his neck and started to squeeze. Dr. Monroe started to choke and when he was dead the hand let his lifeless body fall. The gas in the room cleared and on the wall there was a silhouette of a person. The person walked over to the computer and saw the article. It headlined, 'Smallville Factory Gas Explosion Hospitalized Local Worker Jack Johnson; Tycoon Harrison Green Set to Close the Factory'. The man gave an angry yell as they threw the computer off the desk in anger. The figure turned to leave but stopped still at the sight of current issue of the Daily Planet caught their eye. The man left out a cynical laugh as he read The headline, 'Tycoon Harrison Green Set to expand his Empire' . But that wasn't the headline that caught his eye. It was the headline underneath reading, 'While Green's Playgirl Daughter Takes a Leave of Absence from Metropolis for Smallville'.