EXT. SKULL SHIP - NIGHT



Armed LexCorp soldiers patrol the front of the building. A flash

of black swoops pass, leaving them gunless and perplexed.



INT. SKULL SHIP



Lex moves closer to the view screen, shocked.



			LOIS (V.O.)

		(televised)

	For weeks, we've watched the skies,

	dreading an invasion from aliens. But the

	real invasion took place when Superman

	died. He was not the minion of Brainiac.

	He died fighting the minion of Brainiac.



EXT. METROPOLIS STREETS - NIGHT



On a lightpost hangs a "MANIAC FOR BRAINIAC" sign, similar to the

T-shirt. Another flash of black whooshes by, and the sign

sprinkles to the ground, shredded.



EXT. LEXCORP BUILDING - NIGHT



Jimmy sneaks behind a trio of smoking LexCorp soldiers and into

the building.



INT. CLARK KENT'S APARTMENT - NIGHT



Lois addresses the camera.



			LOIS

		(beat)

	I do not carry any torch that Superman

	may still be alive. I watched him die,

	protecting our world one last time. But

	his spirit is still alive.



EXT. DAILY PLANET BUILDING - NIGHT



There are a pair of flags hanging outside the building -- one

American, one Brainiac.



A black gust of WIND TEARS through and only the American flag

remains.



INT. SKULL SHIP



Lex is riveted on Lois, nervously. Brainiac regards the screen

angrily.



			LOIS (V.O.)

		(televised)

	It's alive in those who always saw

	through Brainiac's lies.



EXT. APPLIANCE STORE - NIGHT



The small crowd gathered outside watching Lois have their coats

and hair blown to the right, as a black GUST WHIPS past them.



EXT. LEXCORP ROOFTOP - NIGHT



Jimmy pops out of the rooftop door and rushes to the POWER SHED.

He pulls a BOLT CUTTER from his bag and pops the lock.



INT. GENERATOR SHED - NIGHT



Along the wall, hang a series of POWER GRIDS, all matched by huge

lever. Jimmy pulls a schematic from his bag, looking for the right

switch.



			JIMMY

	Just keep talking, Miss Lane.



EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - NIGHT



A couple of kids on skateboards jump a curb. One of the pair wipes

out, and is about to hit the asphalt when something catches him,

puts him back on his feet, and is gone. The kid looks around to

see nothing.



INT. DAILY PLANET CITY ROOM - NIGHT



Perry and the reporters watch the ceiling-hung TV.



			LOIS (V.O.)

		(televised)

	It's alive in all of you watching this --

	to whom I say, the Armada is a hoax.



And outside the window, something whips past the WINDOWS, RATTLING

them. Perry rushes to the sill and pops his head out, looking

around.



INT. CLARK KENT'S APARTMENT - NIGHT



Lois wraps it up for the camera.



			LOIS

	So I urge you -- the people of Metropolis

	-- go outside, look to the skies. For

	tonight we reveal the lie sold to you by

	Brainiac and Lex. Because if...

		(chokes up)

	... if Superman...

		(gathers herself)

	... if he were here, he would have done

	this for us. Since he's not, we do this...

	for him.

		(stands with a fist)

	For Superman!



EXT. LEXCORP BUILDING - NIGHT



Jimmy tries to figure out which lever will shut down the

holographic projector from the schematic. He shrugs...



			JIMMY

	For Superman.



... and starts throwing every lever.



EXT. CLARK KENT'S APARTMENT - NIGHT



Lois emerges, looking to the LexCorp Building, where -- floor-by-

floor, from the ground up -- the power's going off. She then looks

up at the "Armada."



EXT. METROPOLIS - NIGHT



People emerge from their buildings, looking up.



INT. SKULL SHIP



Brainiac, Lex, and  Misty watch this on the view screen. L-Ron man

the computer.



An ALARM GOES OFF on the control panel.



			L-RON

	The LexCorp Building's power is being

	shut down.



			LEX

	Losing power...?



Lex's eyes go wide. He barks into a walkie-talkie.



			LEX

	All LexCorp troops -- quell any uprising

	around the buildings. And get a team to

	the roof! Now! Use of force permitted!



INT. GENERATOR ROOM - NIGHT



Jimmy comes to the last switch.



			JIMMY

	Had to be the last one, didn't it?



He throws it.



EXT. LEXCORP ROOFTOP - NIGHT



The holographic projector shuts down.



EXT. SKY OVER METROPOLIS - NIGHT



And the visual of the "Armada" shimmers momentarily, then

DISAPPEARS FROM VIEW, for good.



EXT. LEXCORP BUILDING - NIGHT



Lois joins the mass of people gathered, staring up at the sky. She

lets out a victorious howl.



EXT. LEXCORP ROOFTOP - NIGHT



Jimmy steps out of the shed and looks up, smiling. He leaps into

the air, echoing Lois's victory howl.



Then the rooftop door explodes. LexCorp soldiers pile out, racing

at Jimmy, rifles drawn. The soldiers train their sights on him and

begin FIRING. Jimmy dodges bullets, chased to the edge of the

roof. His footing slips, and he falls, plummeting to his death.



EXT. LEXCORP BUILDING - NIGHT



Jimmy falls toward the crowds below, screaming. Until...



Something swoops in and catches him, ten floors from the pavement.



			SUPERMAN

	You're nowhere near a pool to be diving

	like that, kid.



Jimmy opens his eyes to see... Superman (clad in the Eradicator

Suit). But with the cowl-like nature of the Suit's head-piece,

Jimmy doesn't recognize him.