Superman and the boy (and his ship) are at the Fortress, and Superman asks the Jor-El simulation who the boy is. It responds that not all Kryptonian historical records survived with the simulation, and it doesn't know who the boy is. Superman then asks the boy if he would like to learn to fly, and they fly back to Smallville. Clark's folks chide him for taking the boy back from the government, and they and Lois discuss what to do (Lois doesn't want to take the boy in). The boy interjects, now having learned English. Luthor hears the reports of the missing child, and releases Bizarro, ordering him to fetch the super-boy. Superman holds a press conference, announcing that he had the boy, and was returning him to the government's care. Meanwhile, the boy observes Lois covering the event, and tells Superman that Lois doesn't like him. Superman starts to reassure him, but then hears Bizarro rampaging, and rushes off. Bizarro is grabbing random kids, and Superman confronts him. They start heaving buses at each other. One lands where the press conference was, right on the boy. Lois rushes to his aid, and finds him scared, but OK. Bizarro heaves wreckage into the air, and it knocks off the Daily Planet globe, which descends straight towards Lois and the boy. The boy rises up and stops the globe. Superman stops Bizarro, and returns to find Lois holding the boy. She says she's changed her mind, and wants to try raising him. Later, they discuss it, and how hard it will be with a disappearing super-boy and a sudden foster son, but Clark mentions he's had to handle stuff like that before. Lois comes up with the name Christopher for him. Meanwhile, Chris' ship starts glowing, and sends out signals. This causes three more ships to appear, and they land near the Fortress, revealing General Zod, Ursa, and Non, and Zod refers to the boy as his son.

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