You're Outta Time

Lana had just finished giving her horse a nice run when she found what appeared to be a gold-plated pocket watch on the ground by the stables. While examining the object, she noticed that there was a 'V' on its cover.

"I wonder what that stands for?" questioned Lana as she flipped what she thought was a watch open.

She was shocked to see that the object in her hand was not a watch but something else entirely. The device held what appeared to be a miniature globe of the Earth in its center. Around the globe were dials that looked like they had times and dates on them. The most distinguishing feature was a glowing green light at the top right hand side. There was another light on the upper left side but the color could not be determined due it not being lit.

Lana then ran a hand along the left side of the device when she suddenly disappeared.

*****

"What the…" a startled Lana spoke as she fell unto or to be more precise, into some kind of aircraft.

Not too far behind Ms. Lang, a pair of gentlemen arrived as they landed in a couple of seats.

"Not a bad landing for a change, eh Bogg?" asked Jeffery Jones.

"You got that right, kid," Voyager Phineas Bogg replied as he flipped open the Omni to check what time period they had arrived in. "New Jersey, 1937 and we have a green light so nothing is wrong here."

Jeff took a look out the nearest window and realized that they were indeed on an aircraft, a zeppelin to be precise.

"Oh no," uttered Jeff for he had a foreboding feeling about their current situation.

"What's the matter?"

Phineas' question went unanswered for the moment as Jeffery left his seat to try and find out what time it was.

"Excuse me, do you happen to know the time," Jeffery asked politely to a young lady a few seats in front of him.

Lana looked towards the young man and answered, "Sorry, I don't."

Jeff gave her a nod of thanks and continued to find out the current time. It just so happened that there were a series of clocks nearby that displayed times from around the world. Moments passed as Jeffery found the correct clock that he was looking for and it read 7:24 PM. His eyes widened at the time and he hurriedly went back to his friend.

"Bogg, we got to get out of here," stated Jeffery emphatically.

"What's the problem, kid?" asked Phineas.

"We're on the Hindenburg, Bogg and it's about ready to come down."

Knowing that there was nothing they could do to change history, Bogg motioned Jeffery over to him and activated the Omni. The pair disappeared quickly.

Unfortunately, Lana was not that lucky since she did not know how she activated her found Omni. As a result, she ended up as one of the victims of the Hindenburg disaster who was one of several passengers to have died on the starboard side of the aircraft.

A Hazzardous County Drive

It was a beautiful day in Hazzard County, a day in which we see someone coming for a visit or just passing through. This person was Lana Lang, from Smallville and she sure was a pretty little thing. For now, she was driving without a care to the world but as things tend to do in Hazzard, they can turn bad a might quick.

As you know, if there is trouble in Hazzard County the Duke boys are probably hip deep in it. Bo and Luke Duke seem to attract trouble even when they are trying to help someone out. Today, it seemed that they would remain trouble free.

"We sure picked a fine day to go fishin', cousin," Bo told his cousin from behind the wheel of their car, the General Lee.

"Don't I know it," Luke replied from the passenger side.

As they were driving, the noticed Miss Lang's SUV just ahead of them. In typical Duke fashion, they greeted her with the sound of Dixie coming from the General's car horn.

Lana got a good look at the boys as they passed on by. You know, the one driving sure does look an awful lot like Mr. Kent, Lana thought curiously as she continued on her way.

"That sure was a cute little filly that we passed wasn't she, Luke?" asked Bo who could never pass on seeing a pretty face.

Before Luke could answer, their CB came to life with an all too familiar voice coming over it.

"Breaker one, Breaker one, I might be crazy but I ain't dumb Craaaazy Cooter comin' atcha. Any y'all Dukes on the Hazzard 'Net, come on?" Cooter Davenport, Hazzard's number one mechanic and Duke family friend, asked over the airwaves.

Luke picked up the CB mic and answered his friend, "This is Luke, Crazy C. What's the problem?"

"You better be on the lookout for one Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane. I just heard that he has one of his speed traps up by where you plan on fishin'. You know that he and Boss Hogg would love to nail you boys."

"Thanks for the warning, Cooter. We'll keep an eye out for him."

"10-4, good buddy. I'm gone."

Just as Luke finished talking to Cooter, both he and Bo spotted Rosco in his patrol car that immediately went in pursuit of the Duke boys. In order to lose the sheriff, they made a quick u-turn and did their darnedest to get away.

Unfortunately, the road they were currently on made it difficult to pass especially with Lana coming towards them. Some fancy driving on Bo's part made it simple for the General Lee from hitting the young lady. That wasn't the case with Rosco. Lana was forced to make an unexpected right turn down a dirt road to avoid the oncoming patrol car.

To Lana's dismay the road she was forced on had a pool of quicksand at the end of it. Not being able to stop, she landed her vehicle right in the middle of the quicksand. There was no escape for her as she could not get the doors open as the car sunk down quickly.

Nothing Lasts Forever

"Captain's Log, Stardate 5793.2. Once again, we are in orbit around the planet of the time vortex which is the focus of all timelines of our galaxy. Our mission is to examine the emergence of what were called superheroes in the late twentieth to early twenty first century of Earth's history."

Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Dr. McCoy and a pair of Federation historians beamed down to the planet's surface to use the Guardian of Forever for their mission. The historians would record the Starfleet officers journey through the Guardian.

Kirk, Spock and McCoy were dressed appropriately for their journey. Spock of course wore something for his head to hide his Vulcan ears. Besides native clothing, the doctor and science/first officer also carried tricorders for both reference to the time period and scanning. Even though they were going into the past, the trio was also equipped with type-1 phasers due to their ease of concealment.

"What time period are we going to check out, Jim?" Dr. McCoy eagerly asked his friend and Captain. "I wouldn't mind if we went to Westchester in New York because I wouldn't mind dropping in on the X-Men."

At McCoy's mention of the X-Men, it brought back some memories of when their paths had crossed.

Kirk replied with a smile, "Not a bad suggestion, Bones. Perhaps on our next trip. Mr. Spock has chosen our first destination."

"Indeed I have, Captain." Spock added. "I've chosen a place called Metropolis. There were several instances of what could be called superhero activity during the early 2000s. By going there, we may see one of that city's greatest heroes, Superman."

With their destination decided, Spock instructed the Guardian to the time period they wanted to visit and when ready they passed through the Guardian to their chosen destination.

In no time, they were in Metropolis and if luck would have it in front of the Daily Planet. Spock realized the significance of that fact due to his research.

"Since we are in front of the city's most known newspaper and its associated history with Superman, this would be an excellent place to begin our investigation," Spock informed his comrades.

"Very, logical of you, Spock. We'll take a look around and meet back here in half an hour," Captain Kirk ordered as they each went their separate ways.

*****

Thirty minutes later, they regrouped and reported what they had learned. When finished, they came to the realization that Superman was not around at this point in time but there was something called the Red and Blue Blur. This person was responsible for various rescues around the city.

Spock surmised and came to a logical conclusion that this Blur person could be a younger Superman. Captain Kirk decided they needed to look for more information on the Red Blue Blur.

Before they took action, Dr. McCoy frantically searched his person and found he was missing something. "Jim, Spock, my phaser is missing. It must've happened when I bumped into someone on the street."

Immediately, McCoy led the others to where he thought he lost his phaser.

It was just before he found out about the phaser that a young woman had picked it up. That woman was Lana Lang.

I wonder how this works, she thought to herself. During the examination of the object, Lana accidently activated it. To her dismay, if a brilliant flash of light she disappeared as the object dropped to the ground.

A few minutes later, McCoy and the others arrived to find the phaser.

"Luckily we found it, Jim, this was set to kill," McCoy mentioned as he pocketed the phaser and secured it so it would not get lost again.

The End