With Kitty finally understanding the simple concept of remaining silent, the only sound that washes into my calm mind are the waves hitting the shore of my own private island.

Oh I am perfectly capable of conducting a full and complicated train of thought during a storm of noise, including the annoying voice of the woman here with me. But in this instance her silence is maintained not just because every single word she speaks infuriates and reminds me of what her weak bleeding heart cost me, but most importantly she will remain silent for the very same reason I shall.

Him…

Searching for a needle in the vast blue haystack of the ocean is a daunting task, even for the Man of Steel whose ocular abilities are deemed 'far beyond those of mortal men'.

Mortal men… Mortal wounds… I stabbed you, pierced your flesh… I made you bleed…

I look again at my hand. Having washed my hand in the salt water to remove the aliens' blood, my fingers show barely traces of the crimson that once stood out so prominently after I stabbed him. Any other man and it wouldn't mean a thing. But this man, this mans blood on my hands… it fascinates me, thrills me. I feel actual joy, at having hurt him. And I have every intention of not only feeling this way again, but next time? Well if this is joy, then I demand nothing less than feeling pure unadulterated bliss. Maybe that's what revenge is, the acquirement of bliss. But again I'm sidetracked by the thought of his blood.

Blood… The Man of Steel bleeds… The 'god' truly is mortal… And above all else, the reminder of what I already knew yet still comforts me to hear time and time again… He can die…

But then that's not enough, not now… not after what he did to me… because I really know how to hurt you…

Silence, ah yes the imposed silence. Its reason is obvious, yet still needed to be explained to Kitty before it was implemented. Do I put that down to her incompetence? No, she has, some modicum of intellect. It's just that she, unlike myself, doesn't plan every single detail of what she's doing, saying and is about to do and say whilst being fully aware of what he is capable of doing.

So, for me, it really is quite simple.

Super-hearing…

He could hear my voice and just follow it to its source. Sure there are billions of voices in this world, but when all you need is one distinctive voice, the voice of someone who has done the things I have, well, he'd find me. I'm certain that he'd find me. And that I obviously can't allow. Kitty raised the point that she is free to talk as she doubts he would remember her voice, which may well be a valid point, but then I'm biased in this regard as I would very much like to wipe Kitty and her dull monotonous tone from my memory. But I've shut her up not just because I won't take that chance, but also because she also has a habit of using my name at any given time without thought. Not an odd thing under normal circumstances, certainly.

The voice of Kitty Kowalski saying 'Lex', ringing in the Man of Steels ears… that is not something I wish to happen as mere seconds later, well, I don't enjoy his company to say the least, so why help him find us that much faster.

That simply can not happen. Not for the obvious reasons of jail, life imprisonment and the daily knowledge that he is not dead. Oh no, not just that, despite being very important. Although that would matter not considering what I will assure people, the alien himself included, will be a very, very brief incarceration before my escape…. And I will escape… But I refuse to be caught because not only am I the greatest criminal mind of our time and I will not live in a cage, but I will not rest until the Man of Steel has been hurt, broken and destroyed. Not just what he stands for, not just the man himself but also the ones he holds dear.

Everything goes still now. No crashing of the waves, no noise at all from Kitty… just my shallow breathing as I concentrate solely on one thing.

It's inevitable that the thoughts of him have broken through the surface and all my mind can focus on is Superman…

And what I think and how I feel about him…