Earlier, Kirk had applied for a promotion o the position of Vice Admiral on theYorktown, and recommended hat Spock replace him as Captain of theEnterprise.Preoccupied and suddenly non-committal, the high-strung Mortimer suddenly recognizes Elaine ("What are you doing here?") - she is hysterically dismayed by the stumbling blocks to their honeymoon plans and storms out of the house:We were married today.Meanwhile, Lois Lane raced to retrieve the glowing Kryptonite spear from where she had cast it into a deep pool of water, but her efforts failed and she began to drown.] In the local iron foundry at the end of the night shift, fiery, bright flames, smoke and sparks emerge from the blast furnaces - the powerful, hellish fire a symbol of productiveness and destructiveness both in peace and in war-time.