"Rocketed from a distant planet, to a bold new destiny on Earth, found by a Kansas family and raised as Clark Kent, he learned he possessed the strength of steel, the speed of light and the desire to help all mankind." "He is Superboy!" "[music playing]" "Hello." "Anyone home?" "Yoo-hoo, Mr. Wizard." "[gasps]" "It's true." "He did it." "Lex, what is it?" "What is it?" "This is the most amazing invention in the history of the human species." "Yeah, but what does it do?" "This, my mumble-headed sweetheart, is an inter-dimensional portal." "Oh." " Whoa." " Lex, be careful." "[laughing maniacally]" "Lex!" "Lex." "Those aren't alien bones." "They're from a cow." "So?" "They don't have cows on other planets?" "None I've ever been to." "Clark, you seen Lana?" "She's got a report due." "Not today." "I'll take care of the report." "I couldn't interest you in a couple of sides of beef, could I?" "Real cheap." "Thanks anyway." "Is this the Bureau of Extra-Normal Matters?" "What else could this place be?" "Great." "This is for whoever's in charge." "What's that?" "A hair, a red hair." "Oh, man, eww!" "Are you gonna sign for this or what?" "Thanks." "[rock music playing]" "[music stops]" " Where's Lana?" " Lana?" "Who's Lana?" ""Anyone wants to see Lana Lang again, send Superboy to Dr. Winger's lab at Shuster University." "No police."" "I'm sorry." "I'll do what I can to help, but I didn't write this." " Then who did?" " I did." "Darla." "You and Lex took Lana?" "Nope, just me." "And you're never gonna see her again unless you save Lex." "Save him?" "He fell into that thing." "I didn't know what to do." "So I did what Lex does when he has a problem that he can't solve." "I kidnapped Lana." "Look, Darla, I'll do what I can." "But you gotta let Lana go." "No, not until I get Lex back." "And it better be within 24 hours, too." "Because after that, it's too late." "Don't try anything, Superboy." "She dies whether I'm there or not." "And you'll never find her without me." "If Luthor fell into the portal, there's no telling where he is." "What does this thing do?" "Twelve years of my life and you want me to explain it in two seconds?" "Will you just give him the Cliffs Notes?" "All right." "Ever hear of the alternate worlds theory?" "Well, some people think there's trillions of 'em, all in different dimensional planes." "Every time there's an accident, or someone makes a decision or doesn't make a decision, a whole new world is created just like here." "So it's like a time machine?" "No, no, no, no." "Not like a time machine." "That's been done before." "There's no movement along the temporal continuum." "It's about worlds diverging at the crucial points." "Roads not taken." "Worlds where wars are won by the other side." "Where history is totally different." "Can this thing get me to one of those other worlds?" "I haven't really tested it yet." "Well, I think you've got your guinea pig." "Yeah, but I don't know where it will take you." "I don't know if I can get you back." "Superboy, you find him or Lana dies." "Well, I guess I don't have any other choice, do I?" "[coughs] [shivers]" "Lex." "[spits]" "Die, Superboy, die." "Die, Superboy, die." "Die, Superboy, die!" " Die, Superboy, die." " Die, Superboy." "Die, Superboy." "Die, Superboy, die!" "Spare any change?" "Just a couple of cents." "Lana." "I didn't think I'd ever see you again." "What happened to you?" "I didn't deserve this." "Deserve what?" "I was there for you." "I was the only one left and you couldn't even look me in the eye." "I believed in you, everything you stood for." "What is it that you think I did?" "Think?" "I know you did it." "I saw you." "I saw you." "We all hated him, but he didn't deserve what you did to him." "Whatever it is, I didn't do it." "Shut up." "Go to Eastlake Cemetery, section 6, row D." "Then tell me you didn't do it." "[chanting] Lex!" "Lex!" "Lex!" "Lex!" "[man] Luthor!" "[chanting continuing]" "Rejoice, for I am resurrected." " Yes!" "Yes!" " [cheering]" "I am resurrected." "But why did I wait so long?" "That must be what you're asking." "Immediately after the murder," "I could have come forth and shown the world that Superboy had only murdered an impostor." "Why did I wait?" "Because I was waiting for you." "I was waiting for each and every one of you to open your eyes and see what I saw from the very beginning." "That our noble virtuous Superboy was really a spineless, murderous vicious hypocrite!" "[cheering]" "You see, you see, everyone needs heroes." "You do." "You do." "I know you do." "And I do, too." "That's right." "I'm just like you." "I worshipped him, too." "He was my hero, too." "I trusted him." "I believed in him." "I loved him." "My God!" "I would have named my children after him." "But then I saw one pure shining truth." "I saw and it was as looking into a mirror." "I saw and now you see, too." "And though we are few, soon we will be many." "Soon one truth will be in the eyes and on the lips of all our brothers and sisters." "And the multitudes shall rise up and one vision, one voice, one truth will echo from the mountaintops, and the heavens will answer." "Lex!" "Lex!" "Lex!" "Lex!" "[chanting continuing]" "Why don't you just send Air Force One for me?" "I'm not proud." "Oh, that'll be perfect." "Tell me, how's Barb?" "That's beautiful." "Be sure to give those grandkids, my love, all right?" "OK, ciao, babe." "Lex Luthor." "No, wait, no, please, don't kill me." "I'm not who you think I am." "Take it easy." "I'm only here to take you home." " Home?" " Where you came from." "Oh, it's only you." "You're the other Superboy." "My, my, my." "What a fascinating turn of events." "Tell me, how'd you get here?" "Same way you did." "I had to make a deal with Darla." "She wants you back." "You know, I'm gonna miss that woman." "But on the other hand, there's probably a Darla in this world, too." "Maybe one day I'll run into her." "I don't think so." "I'm not going anywhere." "In this world, I'm practically a God." "[groans]" "Do you think I'm so stupid as to go into the public in a world where my killer is still at-large?" "Not without insurance!" "[clamoring]" "It's him!" "It's Superboy." "Kill him!" "[cheering]" "Matt." " Don't hurt me." " Wait." "What happened?" "We're closed." "That's all." "Nobody cares about this stuff anymore." "Nobody." "I saw you flying here." "Who the hell are you?" "I'm a version of you from another world." "It's in a different dimension." "Tell me something." "Would you believe that?" "And would you believe that I know that we're both Clark Kent?" "Did you kill Luthor?" " Did you?" " He was gonna get away again." "He always got away." "Do you remember the time he kidnapped those children who later died?" " I remember." " Do you remember how angry you were?" "So angry you could almost do anything?" "What did you do about it?" "I fought it." "I had to." "I almost..." "I did." "I used my heat vision." "Cut him right in two." "Don't look at me like that." "What's in me is inside you, too." "I gave in." "Except this is what would happen if I did kill him." "So?" "All that hero stuff is outdated anyway." "Is that what Lana believed?" "Is that why you don't wear the suit anymore?" "Or is it because you're ashamed?" "It's all hopeless." "No, it isn't." "You still have a chance." "I used to be that naive." "Remember you said you know what's inside of me?" "Well, I know what's in your heart, too." "[rock music playing]" "[pounding on door]" "All right, all right!" "Why don't you just use dynamite?" "Whoa." "Whoa!" "Just kidding." "Dr. Winger." "You look just like him." "I need a favor." "Darla, I'm freezing." "So freeze." "I mean, I wasn't sure if I should have called you." "I mean, you're busy with that whole resurrection thing." "No, no, no, no." "There's always time to appreciate a fellow scientist." "Tell me, just what is it this thing does?" "You know exactly what it does, Luthor." "I don't know what you're talking about." "It's how you got here, same as me." "And it's how you're going back." "Come on, let's go home." "[grunting]" "You know, you keep underestimating me, Superboy." "[laughing]" "[music playing]"