In Washinton DC, Amanda Waller had a plan. At her side was Captain Atom standing at parade rest for her. "Any word?" she asked him.
"No, no contact, no sign of him, yet," Captain Atom replied. "Ray Palmer is still inside the monster."
Before them, was a strapped down female corpse of one of the infected. "Captain, we're out of time," Amanda said impatiently.
"We can't do anything until Palmer is done taking a look at the virus and determining its building blocks," Captain Atom explained.
"I'm done waiting. Start excising the infection in the city in a random-ass way," Amanda ordered ruthlessly.
Captain Atom gave her a WTF look. "Do you have a problem with that, captain?" Amanda asked seeing his expression.
"Fuck no. I got this," he said and then flew off.
Captain Atom proceeded to rain down atomic fire upon the zombies incinerating them and destroying entire blocks. Amanda watched dispassionately as she saw explosions in the distance. Unbeknownst to the two of them, Ray Palmer was already infected with the virus and was working to infect Captain Atom on the microscopic level inside his body.
"Well...shit," Captain Atom realized something was wrong.
Superman landed on the Daily Planet roof with Martha in his arms. "Grandpa?" Jon wondered.
"He...is a zombie," Martha said tearfully.
"Oh, Martha," Lois said sympathetically.
"Alright, family hug time," Superman ordered.
"We're ready to broadcast a message on every analog radio and television channel we can reach," Lois said.
"Well, I'm going to...," Superman began.
Oliver clutched Superman's suit. "Dinah and I talked it over. I know my holding you here is purely symbolic and that you can vaporize me or go right through me like a freight train or...,"
"Stop being a drama queen, Queen," Dinah scolded. "You can't go out there. You're too great a threat if you're infected."
"I wasn't going to," Superman said to her.
"Oh, well, shit," Oliver realized letting him go.
"We need to gather what remaining heroes are out there to this roof. In the meantime, we can talk about our feelings," Superman said to them.
"This is Lois Lane of the Daily Planet in Metropolis, I know the world looks like a nightmare, right now. If you can hear me, you must be scared shitless. But you are not alone. We are regrouping. The Justice League is gathering in Metropolis. And anyone else that has powers, even if you are a villainous asshole, please come to the Daily Planet roof. Don't be a bitch. Get your ass over here," Lois said to the camera.
VR
Alex woke up and spent ten minutes contemplating whether to do it or not. "Fuck it," she said finally and got naked as she entered the shower. "Don't look at it. Don't look at it," Alex told herself as she closed her eyes. She finally decided to take a look and became strangely comfortable having male equipment between her legs.
"This isn't so bad, a little exposed, but not bad," she said to herself.
There was then a knock at the door. "Shit," Alex realized as she used her X-ray vision to spot Lois behind the door. She quickly put a towel around her whole body like she always did and answered the door.
Lois gave her an odd look. "I thought we were meeting at nine. You going to be ready soon?" she asked peeved.
"I'll be out in a jiff," Alex said awkwardly.
"Fix your towel, Kent. You don't need to hide your impressive pecs," Lois rolled her eyes.
"Right," Alex nodded and then closed the door.
Alex quickly put on her suit using her super-speed and opened the door. "Your tie is all fucked-up," Lois critiqued and proceeded to fix it. "There, well, we better get going."
At the Daily Planet, the TVs displayed breaking news from the UN. "I am pleased to announce we have unanimously decided that the space-station, Prometheus, will proceed. This a project dedicated to global cooperation for the advancement of the sciences. The launch shall continue as planned. Should anyone try to nefariously sabotage the launch, we shall be forced to cancel the mission," the General Secretary said at a press conference.
"I just got a call from STAR labs. They recreated the launch in a simulation and they determined sabotage was involved," Lois said pleased.
"Great," Alex said happy for her.
"Now, I can write the story," she said arrogantly.
"Wait, we can write the story," Alex corrected.
"You can help out," Lois said dismissively. "Oh, God, this is so good," she said giving Alex an awkward hug.
"You want to celebrate? I know some awesome bars," Alex suggested.
"I have plans tonight with Lex Luthor," Lois shut her down.
"Lois, you are a bitch. I said it. I don't regret it," Alex said finally.
"Listen here, Smallville. I never let anyone get in the way of a story, I always get there first, and I don't sleep with anyone I work with. This is business," Lois told her off.
Kara then entered the office looking hungover wearing sunglasses. She entered her office and sat down at her desk. Alex came in to interrupt her. "I can't stand her. I don't know how Clark puts up with her. She is a total bitch," Alex raged.
"Careful, Alex. You can't say that while looking like that," Kara teased.
"I want the story about the Prometheus sabotage. Just tell me the details and give me credit for it," Alex demanded.
"No can do," Kara denied.
"Why the fuck not?" Alex asked.
"Are you listening to yourself? Who gives a shit if you or Lois gets the story? None of this is real. It's all for fun. Have you slept with her, yet?" Kara asked.
"That's disgusting," Alex said scornfully.
"Okay, you want to play my role seriously? Alright, you want me to print a story from a disgruntled lab worker that is probably insane and then killed himself? Get the fuck out of here," Kara laughed.
"Lex is behind this, isn't he?" Alex figured.
"Well...no shit," Kara rolled her eyes.
"This whole thing is predictable," Alex complained.
"Then shake things up. Sleep with Lois, kill Lex, and start saving people as Superman. This is your game," Kara suggested.
"And what are you going to do?" Alex asked.
"Hookers and blow," Kara said seriously.
Alex shook her head. "I'm playing this simulation straight."
Kara giggled at her. "Fuck you," Alex said scornfully and left the office.
Real World
Mera arrived at Themyscira to deliver the devastating news. She spoke with Queen Hippolyta privately. "My city is gone, my people are gone, Arthur," she said somberly. "I didn't know where else to come."
"Well, you could have told us this on the coast where we could have quarantined you before you strolled into the center of the island," Hippolyta said annoyed.
"We will gather, we will grow," Lois on the radio declared.
"Wait, you've had this radio this entire time?" Mera asked aghast.
"We have a very isolationist foreign policy," Hippolyta excused.
There was a long awkward pause. "Millions of people are dead now!" Mera said outraged.
Diana prepared to take off in her Wonder Woman uniform. "Diana, where the fuck are you going?" Hippolyta demanded of her.
"Metropolis. I'm going to beat this virus harder than Mera beat Captain Jack Sparrow," she pledged.
"Fuck you. He deserved those beatings," Mera said scornfully.
Superman and Dinah flew around Keystone City looking for Flash. "Even with my X-ray vision, this is tough," Superman admitted.
"Oh, locate Barry Allen," Dinah said to her ring.
The ring created a hologram map of his location. "That would have been helpful a while ago," Superman said dryly.
The two of them landed at a closed-down store. Superman ripped off the reinforced steel door and saw Flash and Kid Flash hanging out. "Wait, we can't leave," Flash said.
"Why the fuck not?" Dinah asked unimpressed.
"I know it looks cowardly but if any of us gets infected it would be bad," Flash excused.
"I can move you safely," Dinah volunteered.
"You're a Green Lantern now? What happened to Hal?" Flash asked.
"I killed his zombie ass and took his ring. Enough chit-chat. Let's go," Dinah ordered them.
In the Bat-Cave, Brainiac 5 looked over the Model 101. "Report," he ordered him.
"Immune system is responding to the vaccine. No symptoms to report," he replied.
"Nice," Drura smiled.
"This is cause to celebrate," Brainiac 5 said pouring Drura a champagne glass.
"What's next?" Drura asked.
"I'll pass on the results to the CDC. In a few years, it will be approved as a vaccine," Brainiac 5 said nonchalantly.
"Why so long?" Drura asked impatiently.
"There's more red-tape in this world than in ours," Brainiac 5 explained.
"That's not right. We should give this vaccine to everyone, right now," Drura insisted.
"That would be against the law," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"Fuck the law," Drura said seriously.
"Do I sense ambition?" Brainiac 5 detected.
"No," Drura backed down.
"Remember, when ambition ends, happiness begins," Brainiac 5 taught.
"Right," Drura agreed as she centered herself.
VR
Kara gathered her minions for a staff meeting. "Where's Lois?"
"I assumed she would be here," Alex said confused.
"Well, fuck it," Kara said. "We'll go on without her. Okay, now the piece on the recent sex change of Prince Harry, I kind of have mixed feelings about."
Alex took off to leave. "Kent, the meeting just started. Sit your ass back down," Kara ordered.
"It's not like Lois to miss a staff meeting. I figured I'd call around," Alex said lamely.
"Try a railroad. No doubt someone tied her up there," Kara joked and then dismissed Alex.
Alex proceeded to make a move towards the storage room closet and escape the building. "There you are, in the closet. Why am I not surprised?" Kara said finding her.
"I've assessed the situation and I'm leaving," Alex said to her.
"When I was in your position, I never snuck out through the storage closet," Kara rolled her eyes.
"So, how did you do it?" Alex asked.
"I used the front door. Now, go save Lois. Be a hero," Kara encouraged her.
"Okay," Alex nodded and then exited through the front door.
Real World
At the Daily Planet roof, Lois continued to send out messages. "You hear that?" Jon asked Damien referring to some distant stomping.
"Hear what?" Damien asked impatiently.
"It sounds like thunder," Jon said.
"Anissa, no one's got time for that," Jefferson scolded his daughter.
"It's not me," she denied.
"It sounds like impending doom. Trust me, I've been doing this for eight seasons. I know what impending doom sounds like," Oliver joked.
"I can see her," Jon said using his falcon vision.
"Oh, man," Oliver groaned upon seeing her.
"That's a really big zombie," Jefferson remarked.
Zombie Giganta suddenly appeared before them towering above them. A trail of destruction was behind her. "How did she sneak up on us? We have a boy that has X-ray vision and falcon vision," Oliver wondered.
"Nevermind that, push her back," Jefferson said urgently.
Jefferson fired lightning at her, Oliver fired explosive-tipped arrows into her eyes, and Jon fired heat vision at her scalp exposing her brains. US fighter jets fired missiles down on her from a safe distance, blasting chunks of flesh off her arm and side.
Superman then punched Giganta hard to the face sending her to the ground with a thud. "Superman, move!" Diana said impulsively with her sword out.
"Wait," Superman said to her as he held her arm over the knocked-out giant.
"What? Are you serious? That's an undead giant. I'm not going to get her time to get back up," Diana said to him.
"She's merely infected. There's still hope for her. She could be still alive," Superman moralized her.
"And how many people do you think she just killed?" Diana asked incredulously. "Look, if you can't kill, let someone else do it."
"Diana...it's not who we are," Superman said gently.
Giganta's head suddenly had a large hole blasted through it revealing Cyborg with his plasma cannon. "Booyah," he smirked.
"Cyborg...what have you done?" Superman asked shocked and appalled.
"Are you aware that millions are dead worldwide? Zombies got no humanity," Cyborg said defensively.
"Vic, if we kill them, we're no better than them," Superman lectured him.
"The fuck?" Cyborg mouthed.
Cyborg, Superman, and Diana got back to the roof of the Daily Planet along with the others. "I know what this is. It's the Blight, an extension of the Anti-Life equation. The Blighted ones want to spread death, nothing more. And they will search for life, they can sense it. They can't be bargained with, they don't feel pity or remorse, and they will not stop until everyone is dead," he told them all.
"So, as I said, a zombie," Oliver scoffed.
"We can't stay here. We'll only attract them," Cyborg warned.
"Well, we sent out a radio message to have everyone gather here on the rooftop of a building in a populated city, so I guess we're fucked either way," Dinah said dryly.
Hawkgirl then went straight for the building while on fire. "I got her," Diana said leaping up.
"Should probably verify she's not a zombie," Cyborg muttered as Diana caught her.
"I heard the call. I was on the way," Hawkgirl said weakly.
"What happened?" Diana asked.
"Captain Atom, he's turned. He's going to blow," Hawkgirl said.
"Where?" Superman asked urgently.
Captain Atom got busy in DC blowing up Congress in the Capitol building. For a brief moment, Captain Atom's poll numbers got a sudden boost. Superman and Diana then grabbed a hold of a glowing Captain Atom and took him high into the air. "I'm going to blow myself up," Captain Atom threatened.
"You better not," Superman rebuked him.
"I'm gonna," Captain Atom insisted.
"Hera, no!" Diana shouted at him.
Captain Atom then detonated himself in a massive explosion that incinerated Washington DC, then Baltimore, and then finally reached Metropolis with a 2 billion kiloton explosion or 20,000 times more powerful than the Tsar Bomba nuclear bomb. The air shock-wave completely demolished everything from Raleigh-to-Pittsburg-to-New York City annihilating Philidelphia and all of New Jersey. Thermal radiation burns were inflicted on anyone on the North American continent. In a flash, over a hundred million people were dead.
As the blast came straight for Metropolis, Jefferson held his two daughters close and waited for the end. "This is some bullshit," Oliver said as the light overwhelmed him.
VR
In the open server, Kara walked onto a tennis court in an all-white outfit. In the stands were users and NPC players watching. In the virtual world, Kara couldn't use her powers. However, she confidently believed she could win in men's tennis regardless. She was soon proven wrong as she was easily defeated by her opponent.
"This racket sucks," Kara complained as she slammed it on the ground, breaking it. She then got a new one. As the game continued, Kara continued to complain and be obnoxious on the court. Finally, she was decisively defeated.
"This is bullshit," Kara shook her head dismayed.
Her opponent then disappeared. Thousands of observing users suddenly disappeared leaving NPC players behind. Brainiac 5 walked up to Kara in his agent suit. "What's going on?" Kara asked confused.
"An Obsidian crash," Brainiac 5 detected.
"Well...shit," Kara sighed.
Real World
When the dust had settled, Superman and Diana remained, looking over the ruins of DC. The city had been completely wiped clean in a crater. Superman and Diana were both a little ruffled from the blast with their clothes torn. "Metropolis," Superman realized.
Superman and Diana flew over the ruined American east coast and reached the destroyed Metropolis. They then saw the Daily Planet building still intact with a green bubble around it. Superman came up to the bubble and saw Lois inside. His tender moment was interrupted by Lex Luthor in a special suit that blocked out the intense radiation. "Superman!" he shouted.
"Thank God, you're still alive," Superman said giving Lex a warm hug.
"Look what they did to our city," Lex said dismayed.
"We'll make it right...without killing any of them," Superman assured him.
"Right...," Lex said looking around at the devastation.
What followed was the Justice League destroying all communication equipment on the planet. Flash destroyed the Internet servers, Dinah and Diana destroyed satellites in space, and Superman and Jon worked on slicing the Internet cables on the ocean floor.
VR
Alex used her super-speed and used her X-ray vision to find Lois in the NASA warehouses. She eventually found her and kicked the door off its hinges. "Clark?" Lois wondered as she was chained up to a metal pillar. The evil NASA director and her henchman were there with submachine guns.
"Let her go," Alex said authoritatively.
"Put down those guns or...," Alex let it hang.
"Or what?" the NASA director asked.
Alex fired heat vision on the two of them killing them before they could get off a shot. "Game Over!" the game suddenly stopped. Alex was suddenly transported back to the main menu.
"Really?" Alex sighed. "I can't show Lois my powers?"
"That's correct, User: Alex Danvers," the program told her.
"Alright, last saved," Alex ordered.
Alex then appeared before the Nasa director, her henchman, and Lois. "Or what?" she asked again.
"Got nothing," Alex sighed and was then promptly chained up, too.
Real World
At Themyscira, Hippolyta gave Diana a skeptical look. "Think of what you're asking. We have never allowed man's world to set foot here."
"If we don't, there won't be any man's world left. We will be alone with death surrounding us encroaching on us," Diana argued. "We are supposed to be protectors. It is time we offered protection here."
"Yes...but let's save only the women," Hippolyta suggested.
"Mother!" Diana said exasperated.
"Fine, whatever," Hippolyta allowed.
Diana, Superman, and Mera then went to work to raise the ocean floor so that the island of Themyscira would have double its landmass. Hippolyta frowned as the beautiful beachfront was replaced with a swamp. "It looks like shit."
VR
Due to the game restrictions, Alex had to sit around chained up while Lois bitched about the situation. "I told Perry I needed a task force. What do I get? Amateurs," Lois complained. "I still can't believe you came barreling in here like some 500 lb Gorilla. Why didn't you get the police? Why not bring a gun? I thought you Kansas hicks all had guns."
"Look...," Alex tried to interrupt her.
"Don't tell me, you're like every other man in Metropolis with a testosterone surplus. You just had to do it yourself, didn't you?" Lois scolded.
"Lois, it's not testosterone or masculinity that made me want to save your ass. It's because we're colleagues and we have a duty to protect and care for each other. Duty transcends race, gender, or orientation," Alex told her off.
"Yeah, bullshit," Lois doubted.
Alex made sure Lois wasn't looking and snapped the lock off freeing them. "Lois, I have somehow...," she said.
"Messed everything up? No shit," Lois said scornfully.
"Hold on a second. I didn't sneak in here..," Alex said impatiently.
"Are you saying this is my fault? You better unfuck yourself, Smallville," Lois said. "Oh my God, maybe this is my fault. It's just I do things, you know. I jump into the pool without looking but it's the only way I know how to do my job. To get the respect I deserve. You must think I'm a terrible person," she said tearfully.
"Yes, I do," Alex said not falling for her cry routine.
The evil Nasa director then returned. "I hope you can forgive the accommodations," she smiled at them.
"I've had worse," Alex said dryly.
"Answer one question: Why?" Lois demanded.
"It's simple, Lois. Profit," she smiled.
"I'm a total liberal but even I thought that was weak," Alex chided.
"Sorry, you won't be around for the rest of the evening," the evil NASA director told them. "But accidents do happen."
She went over two chemical containers and opened them. Upon the two streams coming together, it would cause an explosion. "Unfortunately, two nosy reporters were burned to death. They should have read the signs," she said.
"Tell me, were you born fucked up or did you have to work on it?" Lois asked her.
The evil NASA director then took off. Alex waited for her to leave and then got out of her chains. "What the?" Lois wondered.
"Missing chain," Alex excused and then dragged her out of the warehouse.
The chemicals ignited causing an explosion that blasted the warehouse apart. Alex sped Lois away from the explosion without her knowing what she was doing. The two then fell into a mud puddle. "Damn, it even feels like mud," Alex said annoyed.
"What are you on about? We almost died," Lois said incredulously.
The evil NASA director then got away in a helicopter only for it to explode in the air. "Well...shit, that goes my source," Alex grumbled.
Real World
At the Fortress of Solitude, Lex and Cyborg worked diligently on a closed communications network creating a new information hub. "This quite impressive, Victor. Shame we've never worked before," Lex mused.
"Well, you did try to kill me and my friends," Cyborg pointed out.
"That was the old me. I'm a new man," Lex said.
"What you guys working on?" Oliver interjected.
"Plans for Arks," Cyborg told him.
"The Arks will fit seven million people," Lex added.
"We're not leaving," Superman objected.
"Superman, the world is fucked. If the human race is to survive, it has to leave Earth," Lex reasoned.
"We're not abandoning the planet. We're going to fight for it...but without killing anyone," Superman declared.
"For fuck's sake," Lex rolled his eyes.
"Clark, if it's the only way," Martha said softly.
"Ma, it can't be. Losing two homeworlds in one lifetime looks really bad on my record," Superman said sadly.
"You have the opportunity to be the savior of the human race, to bring these good people to the next kingdom of God, as the Good Book says," Martha said to him.
"I'm the second coming of Jesus?" Superman wondered.
"It sure looks that way," Martha said beaming.
Superman addressed the collection of heroes. "Alright, people, we're going to build Arks and get ourselves a new home."
"How big do these Arks have to be?" Oliver asked skeptically.
"Star Destroyer big," Cyborg answered.
"Holy shit," Oliver realized.
VR
At the Daily Planet, Alex and Lois had cleaned up and were celebrating with the rest of the news team. Kara then addressed the entire office. "The Prometheus is a go!" she said.
"Fuck yeah!" several said at once.
"It's a no-go for you, Lois. No reporters allowed," Kara told her.
"This is bullshit. I want to be on that shuttle," Lois demanded.
"Lois, just let it go," Kara said condescendingly.
"Another time, perhaps," Lois gave her a fake smile and took off.
"She's going to try to get on anyway, isn't she?" Alex asked Kara.
"Yep," Kara confirmed.
"Alright, how do I win?" Alex asked becoming exhausted.
"Lois will stowaway on the shuttle, she'll find a bomb, and you have to save her and the launch," Kara said.
"Can I wear the suit now?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, this is your moment," Kara said.
Real World
As the Arks were constructed with Flash's super-speed, the rest of the heroes were able to express their feelings. Still, it became obviously apparent that having all the superheroes in one spot was a very bad idea. Suddenly, all of the heroes felt an intense psychic attack in the form of loud ringing in their ears.
"Anyone else hear that?" Firestorm asked.
"Yeah, annoying as fuck," Oliver closed his ears in vain.
A green fist then sliced through Lex's back and out his midsection killing him instantly. The green demon struck again slicing into Flash's back. "Martian Manhunter," Oliver realized horrified.
"Barry!" Kid Flash shouted dismayed.
J'onn morphed into a monstrous green monster with tentacles revealing his true form. "You're mine, bitches," J'onn said to them all.
Dinah powered her ring and Jefferson charged an electrical attack. "Move out of the way," Firestorm told them all.
"Shit," J'onn realized.
Firestorm let loose a firestorm on J'onn roasting him until he was an ash pile. "He's done," Jefferson determined.
"Where's Barry?" Kid Flash wondered.
"He's running," Superman said nonchalantly.
"I'll get him," Kid Flash volunteered.
"No, if you're turned to, it's the end," Superman blocked him. "I'll take him in alive."
"Do you really think you can catch him?" Oliver asked skeptically.
"No," Superman replied.
There was a long awkward pause. "So?" Oliver wondered.
"He'll come to me," Superman said finally and flew off.
Zombie Flash went around the world hitting random people around the world spreading the infection far-and-wide. It wasn't long before he had infected most of the human race. As he raced across the Earth, Superman went in the opposite direction hoping to catch him. Instead of dodging Superman, Flash went straight for him. The two impacted at fast-speed. Flash's body was ripped apart on impact but some of his infected ribs managed to slice into Superman's gut.
"Barry, I'm so sorry," Superman said mournfully and then realized he had been infected. "Well...shucks."
Superman went back to the Fortress of Solitude not knowing how much time he had left before he, too, would become a Zombie. "Wally, Barry's gone. I'm sorry," he said to Kid Flash.
"Oh, shit," Kid Flash realized as he saw Superman's injuries.
"I need you to connect Lois, Ma, and Jon to the speed-force. Can you do that for me?" Superman asked.
"I can," Kid Flash confirmed.
Superman gave Lois, Martha, and Jon a heartfelt goodbye that lasted way too long and then flew up into space to get as far from Earth as possible and hopefully starve himself of oxygen. However, his delay cost him as the virus took over his mind and body before he could destroy himself.
Author's Notes: This is actually a pretty faithful adaptation of the comic. The DC heroes were actually this incompetent. Got some ideas for Season 5.5: I will be addressing the Depp Vs Heard controversy, queerbaiting in pop culture, the American presidential election, GOT Season 8, Wakanda, and Planet of the Apes type stuff. And that is in addition to whatever nonsense we're given in Superman and Lois Season 1. Adventures of Batwoman will be running concurrently with Adventures of Supergirl Season 5.5.