That day

"Mary, I have a small, tiny, almost inconsequential problem," Lex said as he looked at the empty space in front of him. He was not aware of what existed within, but his instincts were clearly guiding him towards this, and urgently.

It was almost as if he was running out of time.

"What's up?" Mary asked, as she appeared on his shoulder, this time dressed up as a cowgirl. Or, well, a very Hollywood version of a cowgirl. She even had the tiny silver pistols and everything.

"Nothing too serious. Just that the anomaly that we have to deal with that will end this time bubble before time freezes for billions of years, killing us all, is hidden behind a bunch of time fractures."

He pointed at the bunch of nothing right in front of him, as if that was what he was talking about.