"One man...amid the freezing cold of earth's artic regions...the stillness except for the wind... I remember how...
Years ago, I first discovered this desolate spot and returned later to turn that desolation into my advantage..."
"Soon afterward, I decided upon the far arctic as the best location for my fortress of solitude...
No mortal eye would see anything but a massive mountain of ice..."
"Using my bare hands, I carved from solid rock the refuge I yearned for... the stronghold which was to be my secret sanctum,
my hideaway, the one place perhaps in all the universe, where I could come to study...to contemplate or simply to relax...
to shut out the whole world or to be alone...as every man needs to be at least once in a while...! "
PRESENT DAY
FAR IN THE REMOTE OUTBACK OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT....
YET IT ALL BEGAN SO QUIETLY....
...TIL AN EVIL HAND JUST LAID ON A BUTTON ! ......
CITY OF METROPOLIS
THE DAILY PLANET BUILDING
LOIS LANE :"Another day of boredoom at the office !...C'mon, CLARK !...Cheer up !"
CLARK KENT :"Ye'right !...No freakin' news for months and we're going to be put on the streets soon !...LOIS, LOOK !..."
TV NEWS HOST :"Peace in the world...Ladies and gentlemen, that is the very special theme of today's very special meeting of the United Nations's General Assembly here in METROPOLIS and...
SQUAWWKK...KRUUCCKK...SQURRRAAWKKK..."(interferences).
LEX LUTHOR :"Good morning, people of AMERICA !...
Allow me to introduce myself...I'm LEX LUTHOR !...I've just launched my first ultrasonic "shark-bomb" SA77X1 guaranteed undetectable by any of your sophisticated radars and unstoppable by any of your high-tech weapons!...It will hit its first target in about 15 minutes exactly ONLY IF... you don't comply to my request!...Very simple !... I want fifty billions of eurodollars in my bank account in LUXEMBURG within 10 minutes...
Or METROPOLIS and two other great cities in the world will
be DOOMED !..."
LOIS LANE:"GOOD LORD !...It's a joke, isn't it ?!...The guy looks really serious !"
CLARK KENT :"Excuse me, LOIS ...I don't think I'm feeling well ...I need to go to the restroom...Wait here, LOIS !"
LOIS LANE :"CLARK, the fate of the world is in jeopardy and you, my friend...(sighs) you go to the restroom !...GOSH !"
CLARK KENT thinking : "I can't tell LOIS who really I am...No, Not yet !....and what I 'm going to be is... SUPERMAN !
...And those who might rejoice at a disaster befalling AMERICA would better think twice !...."
"Rocketed as a baby from the exploding planet KRYPTON... I , KAL-EL came to earth...whose environment
gave me fantastic powers...I pose as CLARK KENT but battle evil the world over as SUPERMAN...."
"I came from another planet with powers and abilities far beyond those of other men...I'm known as a hero,
an inspiration, a champion...Hmmm...Funny the things that cross your mind... even in moments of crisis !"
"METROPOLIS !... One of the largest cities of the United States and in the world !...It always chokes me up
just to view it from 'way up here !...But if I don't get a move on, there'll be nothing left of it in a few minutes...
nothing but a crater roughly the size of Rhode Island !..."
"THERE IT IS !...My arch-foe enemy LEX LUTHOR wanted to test my powers against his new weapon !... Until now,
he never posed me any real madening threats that I couldn't resolve ...earthquake, atomic death ray, money magnet,...!"
"LET'S TRY THIS !...No matter how fast and how deadly, I should be able to intercept it in open air !..."
" GOT IT !...GREAT KRYPTON !... I can hear the sound of the detonator ticking inside the rocket ! ... Got to move on quick !...
With my super-speed, I got to carry it upward far beyond the stratoshere and make it explode in outer space !..."
"THERE !...That should end the first round !... If I weren't around, METROPOLIS' teeming millions would be doomed !..."
"Got to get back to the earth fast...faster than I've ever moved before !...
The burning trail of electron-memory led by the rocket can lead me straight to its launching base !"
SUPERMAN :"I see...The US Air Force 's on red alert !...They're sure looking to intercept other missiles coming !"
THE PILOT :"WHAT THE HELL !?!....HEY GUYS, SUPERMAN'S HERE !...SUPERMAN'S WITH US !"
SUPERMAN :"SORRY, FOLKS !...CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU !...SEE YOU LATER !"
...And my X-ray vision detects a subterranean launcning base one mile from these !"
"HOLY HANNAH !...THEY THROW AT ME ATOMIC WAVES FROM THESE SATELLITE DISHES !...SHIELD !..."
" THERE IT IS !...My X-ray vision reveals the secret entrance to the base !...GOT TO INVITE MYSELF IN !"
VLAAAMMM ! .....
"HEY !... WHAT A RUDE RECEPTION INSIDE !...AND NO MANNERS AT ALL !....SHIELD !"
SUPERMAN :"METALLO !...SURPRISE !...THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD !?!..."
METALLO :"DEAD AND RESUSCITATED BY LUTHOR CORP. TO GET RID OF YOU, SUPERMAN !..."
SUPERMAN :"I HAVE TO ADMIT, I LOVE FIGHTING YOU, METALLO !...
AND NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME FROM PUTTING AN END TO IT NOW !...TAKE THIS !" BAM !....
METALLO :"OUCHH !...DAMMIT !...MY CIRCUITS !...YOU BROKE MY CIRCUITS !..." ZZZZHHRRR...ZZZH....
SUPERMAN :"LEX LUTHOR !...MY NUMBER ONE ARCH-ENEMY !...I KNEW I FOUND YOU HERE !"
LEX LUTHOR :"SUPERMAN !...NO !...NNNOOO!...AND SAY I WAS SO CLOSE TO VICTORY !..."
SUPERMAN :"YOUR PIECE OF METALLO'S OUT OF NUISANCE, LUTHOR!...NOW IS YOUR TURN !..."
LEX LUTHOR ;"NOT SO FAST, JUNIOR !...THERE'RE OTHER FORCES THAT'LL STOP YOU, SUPERMAN !...
....LIKE... THIS KRYPTONITE-GUN OF MY INVENTION !...HA ! HA !"
SUPERMAN :"NO !....KRYPTONITE !...About the only thing that can actually hurts me !...
The last fragments of my birth planet...and all it brings me is DEATH !"
LEX LUTHOR :"SUPERMAN, sometimes you can be a fool !...All that powers you wield 'round makes you forgot
how vulnerable you can be !...When there's KRYPTONITE involved, you're NIL, SUPERMAN !...HA ! HA ! HA !..."
LEX LUTHOR :"WELL !...Looks like I got all the time in this world to finish you once for all, SUPERMAN !...HA ! HA ! HA!"
....ZZZRRRHHH....ZZHH.... * !( no more sound )
LEX LUTHOR :"WHAT !?!...HOLY COW ! THIS PIECE OF @#%*%*# CRAP !...It's running out of batteries !...
SUPERMAN :"LUTHOR !It would take several hours to recharge your gun...
...And just a few seconds for me to regain my full powers !"
LEX LUTHOR :"OK...OK...YOU WON !....BUT PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!...I SURRENDER !...DON'T BEAT ME UP !"
SUPERMAN :"TELL ME, LUTHOR !...Do you really hate me so much that you'd have destroyed the world to be rid of me ?..."
SUPERMAN :"Before we fly back to METROPOLIS, you and I... I have to neutralize
all of your remaining missiles !...The US Army will be coming over here soon !"
LEX LUTHOR :"CURSE YOU SUPERMAN !...All these years of hard-working gone because of you !..."
LATER AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS OF METROPOLIS
SUPERMAN :"Here is your culprit, LEX LUTHOR, Public Enemy Number One...This man is now
UNARMED and HARMLESS!... TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM ! I COUNT ON YOU !"
THE KID :" LOOK!...MOM !...SUPERMAN !..."
LOIS LANE :"CLARK !...WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG ?!...Where have you been ?!...
It's been an eternity I wait you here !...We'll be late at work !..."
CLARK KENT :" SORRY, LOIS... BUT I'M GOOD NOW !...You know , I have my little habits..."
LOIS LANE :"Did you hear it on the news ?...The army just took control of the situation and... blablabla..."
THE END
Music background : SUPERMAN Movie Theme.
Original story inspired from the SUPERMAN DCcomics.
Graphic bacgrounds thanks to various digital artists :Anders Lejszak, Neal8900, Max Nimos and Kevin Cappis.
