You held tightly onto the sleeping infant on your chest as the broadcast continued. It was on every screen and radio in the world. Lex Luthor was speaking.

Citizens of Earth. I have strategically placed highly explosive bombs in five heavily populated cities. I cannot tell you where, just that one will go off every day that Superman does not comply with my orders. He is to surrender his infant child to LuthorCorp. Thousands of lives depend on it, Superman.

The broadcast repeated for what felt like hours, then the regular channels came back. All news outlets were just talking about the same thing.

Clark paced around the living room, shaking his head. "He's gone too far."