Heaven In a hidden away cave, Alexander Luthor meditates, realizing his once-lost Anti-Matter powers are slowly returning. He has come to hate the paradise he saved himself, Superboy-Prime, Kal-L, and Lois Lane-Kent in and mused that he'd go mad there. Elsewhere, Kal-L has recreated the Daily Star building, attempting to help Lois recover when Superboy bursts in, wishing to talk. When Kal-L refuses, Lois chides him. Superboy confides that he's always angry, and Kal-L reassures him that he's just homesick, but there's nothing they can do to change it. As he leaves, he tells him that he'd help him adjust once Lois is okay.
Moments later, Alex walks in on Superboy, watching memories of his ninth birthday. He attempts to drive him away, only to stop and show him memories of Laurie, his girlfriend. As it shows images of the Crisis, Alex forces Superboy to watch as he tells him he made a mistake: when Alex sought a way out of the destruction of the Anti-Matter universe, he was given two portals, one which seemed like heaven and another that looked like Hell. Alex then revealed that the Hell was Apokolips and that they could have gone home from there. When Superboy mentions that Kal-L thought they could never go home, Alex tells him Superman is never always right.
Elsewhere, Lois is trying to entertain Kal-L when she grows faint. He goes to help Lois relax and goes to retrieve her journal, though Lois muses that Kal-L can't accept the fact that she's dying. During all this, Alex watches, wishing he could have had a life like Kal-L or a past like Superboy. Watching Superboy wanting the good memories again, Alex gets an idea and changes those memories to show the Joker killing an innocent family as a reminder of their sacrifices. As he tells Superboy that there's still a chance to fix the world, he shows Conner Kent defeating Mammoth, Zatanna altering Batman's memories, and Wonder Woman killing Maxwell Lord. He points out that there's a chance he can get back his family. Superboy punches the wall before them in anger, breaking it and unleashing a shockwave that alters reality, affecting Lois.
Later, Kal-L is with resting Lois, musing that it seems ever more hopeless to see Lois healthy again. He tries again, turning the barren, rain-filled wasteland into Metropolis to revitalize her. Soon, Alex arrives to talk, attempting to persuade them to leave, but Lois tells them they wouldn't belong since there already was a Kal-El and a Lois Lane. Angry, Alex leaves the two, and Lois notices that Kal-L thinks Alex is right. However, Lois shoots down that idea, saying that she's okay with finally resting, but Kal isn't. Elsewhere, Alex attempts to convince Superboy to help him in his plan, but he brushes him off and flies away. However, he turns back when he hears Kal-L mention that he'd never be Superman. Superboy returns to the room to watch his memories again, but Alex alters them to show the destruction of Earth-Prime, then other horrible events from Earth. Enraged, Superboy shatters the wall again, altering reality and affecting Lois again. When Alex steps out, Superboy tells him he's ready to follow and that he's tired of watching pictures. Elsewhere, Kal-L begs for someone to help him save Lois.
Later, Superboy muses on death and wonders why, if he was a hero, he was in Hell. As he does, Alex notices the changes in reality caused by Prime's anger and realizes he will be the perfect Earth architect. As Superboy returns, he wants to know why they aren't free yet. Alex tells him to have patience. He tells him that things started to change when Doomsday killed Superman and, thus, was flawed. As a last bit of push, Alex shows Superboy's parents on that Earth and that they, with Laurie, died in a car crash.
