Chapter 1 the beginning

I jolted from sleep to a shortness of breath and biting cold, my limbs tangled in my flannel bed sheet. I flailed about in panic, registering the falling sensation and the enormous blue marble that filled my vision.

'How the fuck did I wind up in space?' I would have screamed, but ... lack of oxygen and all. My lungs were already aching from the lack and my dismay at my imminent demise gave way to surprise at streaks at both edges of my peripheral vision that shot past me to where I could see them.

'A giant purple ... starfish?' Said starfish passed me on the right. I felt a slight jostle on my left, a small patch of warmth that grew into a strong grip. I turned to face... Superman?'

I found myself quickly wrapped in a red cape, a mask fitted over my face restoring my ability to breathe and suffused with warmth. He leaned in close, concern on his face, and I could see thoughts flitting in his eyes. A gentle hand rested flat on my temple and he spoke into it, sending vibrations into my inner ear via temporal induction.

"Don't worry, sir, I'll get you safely back to earth as soon as I'm done with this." His voice, distorted by the medium of transmission, still reminded me strongly of Kirk Allen and Christopher Reeve.

I nodded my understanding, and the Man of Steel shot off after what I now knew to be Starro the Conqueror.

'It's quite simple,' I thought. 'I've gone insane and am probably dying in an institution somewhere.'

I kept what watch I could on the fight, energy lashing back and forth between the Kryptonian and the monstrous space starfish. What borrowed breath I had caught in my throat as a beam from Starro broke open an asteroid, revealing green crystalline forms. The slump in Superman's form told me all I needed to know. 'Kryptonite. When the hell am I in the continuity for kryptonite to just happen to be here? The Silver Age?'

I felt a strange tingle as my own momentum led me through the same space the battle had been in seconds before, and I frowned at a slight discontinuity in the starfield. Suddenly, I had the mother of all headaches and my vision began to darken around the edges.

'Damn it, I'm not going to die like this without seeing who won..."

Looking ahead, I could see the forms silhouetted against the day side of earth, and my heart dropped. Superman hung limply, surrounded by glowing green shards. I counted my blessings that there only seemed to be one arm of Starro floating some distance away.

My fading vision latched onto the glowing white dots. 'C'mon, Clark,' I thought. 'You can do it...'

I absently imagined some dumb luck sequence of events that could save my life, like say the Kryptonite fragments suddenly ping-ponging around like a real life version of the video game, Asteroids.

At the very least my imaginings were helping me to keep from panicking.

'C'mon...'

Even if I couldn't do anything, at least I was trying. If I could wind up witness to a comic book punch-em-up, I could conceivably develop super powers to save my own ass, and potentially Superman's.

And, strangely enough, it seemed to be working.

One of the greeb shards seemed to be bouncing between the others, driving them away from Superman.

'That's it, you son of a bitch. Do it!'

The shards of kryptonite were getting further and further from my erstwhile savior, and the little speck that did the trick was shooting at me.

My world seemed to narrow to just that white speck growing larger and larger in my vision.

'Huh, I'm running out of oxygen again.'

no i don't want to die

I want to LIVE

suddenly a bright white light blinded the entire area once it died down I felt something on my finger Ring

'Ring,' I tried to but I was to much to much of a shock

'bring me back to earth'

:: Acknowledged. Destiny Awaits . ::

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'I shot through space like a comet the edges of my body were outlined in a Silver and white light as I looked I saw the Planet earth in all its glory

Its so beautiful I thought awestruck

::Error. Error

'Error? what the fuck do you mean by Error!' I screamed panicked

the second I reached the earths atmosphere a crack appeared 3 inches from my face the crack expanded to form a giant hole it looked like pac man from the movie pixels except the mouth was black instead of yellow

my eyes widen in fear

'oh'

'oh sh-'

i tried to pull up but It was to late the mouth closed and disappeared as if it was never there