En Route to Singapore ...

[lexcorpunlimited]

Lex Luthor and Superman soar across the Pacific. Even taking a Boom Tube to international waters, the flight will still take more than an hour. He knows the Kryptonian is curious to see him put the armor through its paces, which is probably the only reason he's taking what is, for him the slow way.

But he has to concede ... he likes flying. It's become a sort of refuge. He forgets about his responsibilities, his agendas. For a moment, at least.

"I have a dozen odd-business ventures and partnerships in Singapore," he says, casually. "More than a number of place suitable to use as a base to look for a quantum-powered teenager. Have you spent much time there?"

He actually finds he wants to know the answer to that question. He can't imagine Superman just visiting someplace. He can't imagine battling Titano and then stopping to try the dim sum.

Comments

[metropolismarvel]

Superman does a backflip in the air like a huge show offy jerk. Why?

Flying is awesome that's why.

"A few times!" Superman says, picturing a classic Luthor Lair under some subway with busts of famous east Asian dictators and collected philosophy of madmen he's turned into a mathematical formula for crime. Ah, nostalgia. "Spent some time here undercover after an earthquake, Will Magnus was worried it was artificially created. Found this great dim sum place, I wonder if it's still open..."

The Penthouse Apartment and Laboratory of Lexcorp Singapore

[lexcorpunlimited]

Amazingly, the trio made it across the Pacific without being attacked. Which probably means it'll be worse any minute now.

Lex's Singapore digs are tasteful, a little less ornate than his Metropolis office. Everything is sleek and streamlined. A team has come and gone to ready his personalized computer system. The only one of which remains his Lex's Singapore-based personal assistant, Yi Ling Tseng. She is a prim young woman in her late 20s, dressed in smart-but fashionable business attire.

She has seen to it that the accommodations are stocked for Lex's use, and for the use of his guests, and has already begun running a computer search for information to locate Jenny Quantum.

And somehow, mere minutes before the trio arrived, there was a delivery of a full complement of dim sum trays from Lucky Lou's ...

[planetaryguide]

Almost as though in reply to Lex's assertion, an alarm goes off on the computer.

"She's been spotted downtown," shouts Luthor, but then horror washes over his face.

"Superman ... J'onzz ... We need to get downtown. Now."

He takes a deep breath.

"It appears she's under attack."