now taken up residence at the desk. Clark catches a quick glance at the newspaper on the desk, and notices that the date is October 15, 2017. Lois appears and inquires what Clark is doing. She directs Clark up to their own private office on the eighth floor of the. Inside their office, Lois reveals to a very startled and confused Clark her complete knowledge about his Kryptonian heritage , his weakness to various colors of kryptonite , and their anniversary, which is the day Clark finally confided his secret to Lois. Clark is in complete shock. He realizes that he needs the Legion ring, and asks her where it might be. She reminds him that she once had a bad experience with it, and then leaves forjust outside Metropolis that could potentially destroy the city, and that he would be required to clean up while Lois would be in a helicopter that experienced problems and would fall off the rooftop of the Daily Planet. He had waited in the elevator so that he would purposely encounter his younger self and enlist his help in saving Lois, while he went to set up a containment field around the nuclear reactor. As the reactor explodes, Future Clark dashes out at superspeed from the elevator and Clark witnesses from the window a colorful red -and-blue streak flying in the sky, heading directly to the reactor, and containing it with a super spin. Meanwhile, Clark picks up on Lois's distress transmission from the helicopter radio and responds by