Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters mentioned in this chapter but I might create some just for this series later on. But all of the characters mentioned for now are owned by DC Comics. Enjoy this new take on Superboy!
It was so… so loud, everywhere was covered with crashing and screaming and yelling. The chaos felt like a baseball bat to the eardrums. I saw families being squashed by the monster and it looked like it enjoyed it. Then before anything else, the monster laid its eyes on me.
Lois' POV:
It's over Lois, it's all over… I can still feel his hand caress my cheek in a reassuring way that everything will be okay. God, just thinking about him makes me want to cry! It's been a week since the Death of Hope struck us and today I have to meet up with Jimmy and Perry.
It's crazy how things just fly by sometimes, I remember all too well how many times he had saved me and countless others but now? It just feels like a moment ago. Alright Lois, just stop talking about him. Let's just… look in the sky!
There's a bird, oh they reopened airlines and what's that? No Superman. It's like everywhere I go I see his face. Blue eyes, straight chin, jet black hair and the most amazing and kind smile I've ever looked at. It's always like it was telling me "Everything will be fine, Lois." But if everything is fine then why are you dead?
As I walk across the husk of Metropolis, I can hear them calling my name, calling his. Where is Superman? The question is where Lois Lane is going after this?
Experiment 13's POV:
What am I looking at here? It looks like I'm in a body… wait.. am I fighting someone?! Who exactly… Wait, that's a grey someone! And kind of ugly if I'm going to be honest.
The monster will not stop smashing me and it really hurts! But what is it actually doing? OH and it just threw me in a pile of rocks. They don't hurt me but the monster does?
Before anything else I need to stop this thing! There's a lady running toward me!
"Lois! Get out of the way-!" Woah! Why is my voice so… deep? I mean it's the same as mine, just less prepubescent. Wait, what does prepubescent even mean? And what is Lois?
The monster is going for the lady! I need to save Lois, but I can't even control my body! This giant man is doing it for me!
The monster stabs me in the chest and I fracture it's hard grey neck in return. Lois is coming for me again! Why is water coming from her eyes?
"It's going to be okay, Clark…." Is that my name? Clark, I kind of like it. "You can rest now Clark." Lois says as she cries on my shoulder and everything starts to fade but then I'm awake again?
"D-did I save them all?"
"Yes, you did, Clark. All of them."
"Good, that's all I ever needed…"
Now everything just fades black. Did I… die? What happens next?
"He's ready." I hear a cold and snarky sounding voice in the background. I don't think I'm dead anymore…
"B-but Mr. Luthor! At the rate Experiment 13 is growing, he won't be ready until 2 months!" A more scared and shaky voice states back. I hear the voice repeat the words "no" and "please" before I can no longer hear him and glass is shattered.
I can't see what's going on with this blindfold! My eyes are open and I feel a lense pop in but the blindfold doesn't let me see! This is really scary!
"That'll shut him up for good." I hear the first voice talk to himself again, what did he do to that poor man? "Now open the damn tube!" Oh he's really mad—
Ah! I hit something and I can feel a liquid sloshing around me. It smells like it could knock out any man. But I'm still awake. And right as I say that I'm dozing off. Great.
Jimmy's POV:
Alrighty then, I'm just waiting… waiting in the one place I do not want to be in. Which of course is The Daily frickin' Planet! And who am I here with? The chief, but who is missing? Mr. Kent! Ever since last week he's just been missing and they haven't even found him.
They say that he died in the aftermath but they couldn't even find his body. How could they say he's dead? Life is just confusing that way. Where the heck is Ms. Lane?
"Hey, boys." Lois now has shown up right as I almost lost my mind. "Sorry I'm late, it was a rough morning." Perry looks like he understands it. To some extent so do I but seriously we all have had a rough morning what sets her apart from the rest of us? I
"Lois, sit down." Perry tells Lois and she obeys. He motions for me to sit down too and I do. "LexCorp is planning on unveiling something new in a few months." Oh my god, why Lex Luthor? Hasn't he already won the fight?
Lex's POV:
The fight is never over, Superman may be dead but what about the League or Batman or Supergirl? They weren't killed in the attack so I can not rest, and maybe, no… definitely Expirement 13 will definitely finish what Doomsday should've.
But first, I can not be here while it wakes up. Experiment 13 could potentially be senile just like his Expirements 1-12. But we've given him something different from the others but first we had to take away some.
He can't fly, he can't have any kind of supervision or freeze breath or invulnerability. Instead to compensate for these losses we gave him Tactile Telekinesis!
It's a forcefield that surrounds the boy and gives him enhanced speed and strength and invulnerability as long as it's stable. He can also move objects with it and manipulate the field.
Experiment 13's POV:
I feel so weak, my body is aching and it's so hard to breathe. Time to at least try opening my eyes again, maybe there won't be that stupid blindfold. Woah, I'm in a lab! There is an old guy that is working on a computer.
"Don't worry lad, I'll get you out of here! Luthor is a dangerous man!" The old man is helping me out? Why? And who is Luthor. I'd ask these questions but I can't talk, I just sit up instead.
I'm wearing a white uniform and there is a strange red S on it. The suit is kind of tight but it fits me. I got to say something to this guy! He's going to save me after all!
"Save your breath! You are in a state of fatigue, you've been in that lab for nearly 4 months! In other words 16 weeks!" How long is 16 weeks? That sounds quick for me but it could be forever!
I try standing but I nearly fall over, the man catches me but he nearly falls over too. Guess we both have something in common, we're both weak and frail in some ways.
"Guess they activated your TTK earlier than expected." The man says with a huff I'll get back to that thing later, it's time I get out of here!
