We open with news reports of the Zod v Superman fight. We see how it looked from the ground up, we see people hurt.
We see a cop console a little girl that lost her mommy 'up there' and we see firefighters helping out Scoot McNolegs.
We then have a story where Lex Luthor, played by Jeff Dean Morgan is campaigning against Superman. Trying to discredit him, he enlists the help of Scoot, to be is poster boy.
We have Supes doing his best to be seen as a hero - saving cats out trees, finding that little girl who lost her mum and saying sorry and she forgives him.
We see lois witness it, falling in love with this true saviour and then we see her conflicted as Perry wants her to be neutral and go with Luthor's Superman bashing.
We see Scoot with new Legs, courtesy of Lex corp, we learn Lex has used Zod, to test out rock found by the world engine. Illegally of course, Senator said no. It's powerful in energy yet harms Zod. It also let him weaken the metal of the scout ships and retool it.
At a later hearing with Sen Finch, Supes pleads to the world that he is here to do good, Sen looks confused, Supes hones in and reads what she is holding - it's a lexcorp business card - when boom, an explosion rocks through the building. Supes looks around, flames engulf him, bodies everywhere, he uses his super breath to blow out the flames, the sprinklers kick in, he flies up out of the building and to lexcorp towers.
Outside, Scoot McMetallegs rushes in - he was never in the building, he helps take out the dead, survivors, it's grim, but Scoot is hailed the hero.
Supes gets to the tower, the explosion causes the meeting to be adjourned, two men watch the news, but superman bursts in. Lex introduces Superman to Bruce Wayne - played by Batfleck.
Supes grabs Lex and flys out to high over the city, as the sun starts to set.
Supes can't understand what his problem is, why he would do that - lex laughs and asks to be put down before they both die - supes feels dizzy but tries to focus, he can't and has to fly back, once landed, Lex shows the green kryptonite ring to superman.
Bruce, still in the office, has since stolen files on meta humans from lex's files- he looks on, unsure, but holding his ground. Lex starts beating superman, telling him why he did it, why he wants the world to know Superman is a fraud.
Lex is in a rage, spitting as he shouts. He has never hated superman so more and never been so close to him, superman is weak too, Lex is enjoying this. A young boy walks in, Lex screams at him to leave, the boy looks shaken and runs (played by Jessie eisenberg - ok maybe not eisenberg, maybe a 11 year old).
Bruce is gone, waiting on the far side of the tower, in communication to Alfred. The batwing appears - smoke pellets fly out, lex is confused and loses his grip on a beaten superman - the smoke clears and Superman, Bruce and the plane are gone.
Lex screams into the sky.
Metroplis is on marshal law, people are after superman, some are scared, some don't believe it. News reports are saying they found a package belonging to Scoot - lex has framed him.
In the bat cave superman comes too, confused, he wonders where he is, bruce - as batman, explains. Showing him the ring (enclosed).
Superman holds out his hand to shake, bruce says - not yet. He points to a hole in the cave and superman darts out.
At the planet everyone is reporting on the explosion, lois is calling for clark.
He doesn't pick up, instead he is behind her, looking bruised.
At this moment an email comes through - it's visual footage of Lex beating the **** out of Superman, explaining about the kryptonite rock and why he did what he did.
Boom, Lex is under arrest. Thanks to the Daily Planet.
A week later and Clark is on the farm, his mom calls him in, lois is there, they have dinner as the news shows Lex going down for 1) illegal importing 2) Bomb and framing scoot and 3) GBH on superman
Lois looks at Clark, he seems distant, he says he has one thing to do.
Gotham city, the bat signal rips through the sky, Superman waiting. Bat appears in the shadows.
clark says 'i always knew the bat man was here for good, your methods are different but your secret, is safe - the ring...'
Bruce 'The ring is safe....... there are others out there, like you, but there is also something out there, coming, we need to be ready'
End.
Credits.
Post credit sequence.
Clark receives an encrypted email from Batman - it's edited footage from a space station or satellite of some sort, it zooms in towards the direction or orions belt - the universe looks beautiful for a moment, then, the centre of the camera distorts, for what we see is similar to a black hole, it's the boom tube.
