Superman grabbed a hold of one of the wings of airliners to keep it from falling but the buckling was too much for the wing to handle. It folded and then broke off throwing Superman higher into the air. Superman stabilized himself and then shot towards the plane blasting a hole into the wing that flew off. Griping the remaining wing he attempted to keep the plane from spinning. The stress was too much; the second wing also broke off. Superman then accelerated catching the plane by the nose and gently guiding the plane down into a baseball field.

The crowd in the stadium cheered wildly as Superman carefully landed the plane in the field. Superman opened the plane's door by throwing it off and inspected the passengers. "Statistically speaking, flying is still the safest way to travel," he reminded them.

When he was certain everyone was safe, he flew off into the air only to be engaged by several fighter jet squadrons. Controlled by Brainiac, the fighter jets were no longer under the control of their pilots. Superman was chased by a few dozen fighters with missiles locked on. Superman sped up as several missiles exploded near his location. The impacts temporarily stunned Superman but then SAM missiles from the ground hit him point blank.


Brainiac landed in Houston, Texas and with Lex still hostage invaded the NASA control room. Security personal were quickly subdued by Brainiac as it accessed the computers. "Your intellect may be worth saving after all. I admit I may not be able to fully understand organic perception. You may come with me to help me understand this point of view," Brainiac offered.

"As a pet? I don't think so," Lex refused.

"The alternative is death," Brainiac reminded him.

"I am the President of the United States and I will not abandon the people who elected me," Lex said forcefully.

"Elected by the people? I took command of the voting machines on Election Day," Brainiac revealed.

Lex stared at Brainiac in horror. "You mean I didn't win?" he wondered; his ego seriously damaged.

"The accurate result is irrelevant now," Brainiac said dismissively.

"You can still go to hell," Lex said angrily.

Brainiac inserted his left hand tentacles into the computer and ordered the countdown.


Superman still remained as the smoke cleared from the missiles exploding around him. He quickly targeted the fighter jets and SAM missile trucks with his laser vision and shredded all of them. Pilots ejected out of their planes as a few dozen fighter jets fell to the ground. As more fighter jets approached him, Superman shot up into the upper atmosphere until he reached outer space. The fighter jets could not reach him there.

With his eyes on the planet, he saw a few explosions on the surface. Nuclear missiles were being launched from the United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, and even North Korea. Realizing he could not destroy them all, Superman sped towards the nuclear missile targeting Metropolis first before he went after the others.

With speed equivalent to several Machs, Superman found the nuclear missile targeting Metropolis and quickly blasted it to pieces. He then shot off towards the next missile headed towards Gotham.


With a crystal taken from the Fortress of Solitude, Supergirl threw it into center of the Atlantic Ocean. The crystal suddenly expanded creating a massive shock wave. A tsunami quickly approached the coastline towards Metropolis.

"You better get out of here," she warned some fisher men as the tsunami approached. An earthquake violent shook Metropolis as the crystal created a new continent in the ocean. All electrical activity in Metropolis shut down as an electromagnetic pulse swept the world.

Superman took out another missile but realized he didn't have enough time to destroy another one. Upon sensing the new continent rising to the surface in the Atlantic, he sped towards Supergirl. "What have you done?" he asked as the crystal continent emerged.

"The crystals expand to enormous sizes when they come into contact with liquid water. Placing the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic Ocean would not have been my first choice," Supergirl explained.

"Why?" Superman asked dumbfounded.

"The electromagnetic pulse of the continent will hopefully deactivate the nuclear missiles," Supergirl said.

"But the continent will also flood the East Coast," Superman pointed out.

"One problem at a time," Supergirl said dismissively.

Brainiac seemed to notice the electromagnetic pulse approaching him. He activated a force field around himself to shield himself from it. However, the launch of the shuttle had been deactivated for a few moments.

"It would seem humanity's demise will be delayed," Brainiac noted.

Nuclear missiles all over the planet became deactivated in mid flight from the electromagnetic pulse and fell to the Earth; none of which detonated. Due to the emergency of the President of the United States being held hostage by an unknown entity, most flights were grounded. Those that were not were saved by Superman and Supergirl as they flew around the world.

After a brief moment, NASA mission control restarted and the countdown began again. The Texas National Guard was first on the scene with tanks, jeeps, and transport trucks filled with soldiers. Brainiac considered the approaching army and held up Lex Luthor as a shield.

"Fire damn it!" Lex shouted at them.

The tanks and army soldiers immediately fired on Brainiac but the cyborg was unaffected by their fire power. He wrapped Lex Luther completely in tentacles so he wouldn't be killed by the strike. Brainiac retaliated by slicing the tanks and vehicles with his eyes. The troops withdrew in a chaotic retreat as Brainiac fired on them.

Suddenly twin lasers penetrated Brainiac's force field slicing the tentacles off Lex Luther. Superman and Supergirl landed on the ground getting between Braniac and Lex. "Son of Krypton, you created a new continent in the Atlantic to stop the nuclear missiles. How very curious," Braniac said as he accessed satellite information on what had happened.

"Looks like you don't know everything," Superman said.

"I should have anticipated this move. But I still hold an advantage," Brainiac said.

Supergirl took hold of the metallic tentacles and freed Lex. "Take this," Supergirl said giving Lex a crystal.

Superman advanced on Brainiac and quickly punched the cyborg to the head and chest nearly knocking it off its feet. Brainiac blocked some of Superman's punches and then blasted him with his laser vision. Supergirl sprung into action and kicked Brainiac to the gut sending it the ground. Supergirl cocked a punch but before she could execute it, Brainiac wrapped her completely with tentacles from his left hand. Superman rushed Brainiac to aid Supergirl but was suddenly hit with radioactive Kryptonite.

Superman fell back as he was hit with the Kryptonite. Supergirl stopped struggling as she was continually exposed. With his right arm, Brainiac grabbed a hold of Superman and began punching him hard to the face and to the chest. Brainiac repeatedly punched and kicked Superman until he was bleeding and could barely move.

"And now Son of Krypton, you will die," Brainiac said as he lowered his boot onto Superman's head.

A crystal suddenly sliced into Brainiac's back. "What?" Brainiac questioned as the crystal interacted with the liquid fluids inside his body. Brainiac turned around and swat Lex to the ground nearly knocking him unconscious.

Brainiac reached behind and took out the crystal, but the damage had already been done. The crystal was expanding inside Brainiac's cyborg body. "I would have thought you would value my intellect," Brainiac said to Lex.

"I'm not good with competition," Lex smirked as blood leaked from his temple.

Brainiac's cyborg body busted open in several places as the crystal expanded inside his torso. Finally Brainiac fell to his knees. Lex walked over to the fallen cyborg and forced the Kryptonite out of its chest and then placed it in a lead container.

Superman and Supergirl instantly regained their strength, Supergirl snapped off the tentacles around her. As the Kryptonians recovered, the head of Brainiac fell off and rolled away. Tentacles emerged from Brainiac's head and acted like a tripod giving it movement. Lex watched as Brainiac ran off toward the shuttle.

"Its going to take over the shuttle!" Lex shouted at Superman.

Brainiac entered the shuttle as the shuttle's engines turned on. Still weak from the Kryptonite, Superman could do nothing as the shuttle shot up into space. "He's getting away," Lex continued to shout at Superman.

A strengthened Superman took hold of Lex so he couldn't move. "I'll deal with you next," he said and then took off into the air.

Supergirl and Lex watched as Superman caught up with the shuttle. The shuttle piloted by Brainiac lost its twin engines and fuel cell and was now accelerating away from Earth. Superman tore through the shuttle causing the cockpit to explode. Brainiac lost its grip from the shuttle and was thrown out into space.

Superman found Brainiac's head floating in space and grabbed a hold of it and then threw it back into the atmosphere. Brainiac's head became superheated and then melted into nothingness as it reentered the atmosphere.


"The world owes Superman a great debt for stopping a worldwide cyber attack that would have caused the annihilation of the world's people. From this time forth, all our nuclear missiles and air defenses will never be controlled by a central computer system. I invite the other nuclear powers to do the same. As for the continent in Atlantic, the US government is in the process of making it an official territory of the United States and will be open to real estate markets in the near future," Lex said during a press conference that consisted of the Texas National Guard behind him and Supergirl at his side.

"Can you believe this?" Lois said in disbelief to Clark Kent while he was standing with her.

"What's not to believe Lois?" Clark asked cluelessly.

"This is all Lex Luthor's fault. I can't believe people are so blind," Lois said unhappily. "By the way, how was your trip around the world?"

"It was good," Clark said vaguely. "There was this tribe in Papa New Guinea and I became a member of their tribe. It was really interesting…," Clark began.

"Sounds nice Clark," Lois said cutting him off.

President Luther and Supergirl walked away from the stage and began shaking hands with a large crowd of people that had come to see them. "Ah, Lois Lane and who could forget Clark Kent," Lex smiled at them both.

"Congratulations on your election Mr. President," Clark said much to Lois' displeasure.

"Do you have a statement as to why you lost control of America's nuclear arsenal?" Lois asked with great hostility.

"Well, as you know the other nations of the world were attacked by the same cyber attack. The defense systems that allowed this to happen were developed by my predecessor. I have been in office for only a few months after all," Lex answered.

"And what was the nature of this cyber attack?" Clark asked.

"The details of the attack will remain classified for the time being Mr. Kent," Lex dodged.

Supergirl stared at Lois and Clark as Lex gave his side of the story. "Well, I should be going. I have a busy schedule afterall," Lex said bring Supergirl along with him.

"One of these days I am going to expose them both," Lois said angrily once the two of them were gone.

"I don't know Lois, they both seem like nice people," Clark said.

"You know what I need right now. A chili dog; I wonder where we could find one around here," she said.


Later that night, President Luthor was at an expensive restaurant drinking exquisite champagne with Kara who seemed to be enjoying herself after what had happened that day. Lex was dressed in an expensive suit while Kara was in a beautiful white dress.

"I came very close to death today and it made me think about the important things in life. It made me think about what I lack," Lex began.

"Name it and I can give it to you," Kara said confidently.

Lex smiled at that and then knelt down before Kara. "What are you doing?" Kara asked uncertain of what he was doing.

Lex took out a small box and opened it revealing a ring inside. "Will you marry me Kara?"

Kara stared at Lex and blushed as she realized what this was. "Yes," she answered.

Placing the ring on her finger, Lex got back in his seat as guests around him gave them both a loud applause. Lex nodded at the fellow guests acknowledging them. "I have one condition Lex," Kara said softly.

"Name it," Lex agreed instantly.

"It must be a Kryptonian wedding."


Author's Note: I added that little cliffhanger in case any sequels are in demand. The use of medical science to heal Superman could very well be used for Brizaro but other villains like Darkseid and Metallo can also be used. The marriage of Lex Luther and Supergirl could also spawn a version of Kon-El (Superboy). Its just after watching Superman Returns a few times, I felt an impulse to write this up. Thanks for the reviews