In a stretch of flat and remote desert, a sonic boom announced the arrival of General Zod""s drop-ship spacecraft - out of which emerged Zod""s loyal second-in-command Faora-Ul (Antje Traue).As they struggled, Nova was escorted by a guard nearby and heard Taylor""s name.She bit the guard""s hand, slipped away, and ran to the source of the sound, where in astonishment at seeing her former lover, she grunted out the word: "Tay-lor" - speaking for the first time.The only thing that""s keepin"" the water out is the rust.The lax, popular commanding officer Lieutenant Commander DeVriess (Tom Tully), not even wearing a shirt, also was introduced o the new Ensign.[Flashback: While 13 year-old Clark Kent (Dylan Sprayberry) was riding on a schoolbus and being bullied by teenaged classmate Pete Ross (Joseph Cranford), the bus had a flat tire as it was crossing a bridge, and it careened over the side into a deep body of water.