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)."After receiving a postage-due, forwarded letter from France from his "American gal" from Mineola, Long Island, Eddie and his cab-driver friend drive out to her house to meet the woman he has never met.Melik: "And if you""re captured, you don""t know anything.Why, they could orture you for months.What could you tell them?"Miles: "Only my name, rank, serial number - and YOUR name."Dr.Orva: "Miles, you""ve got to help us!"Miles: "I’m not the heroic type, really.I was beaten up by Quakers....I never get involved in anything where I could be tortured."When Federation Security Police (wearing red-leather uniforms and motorbike helmets) surrounded the house and seized he doctors, Miles was told to take action - to flee to the Western District and join the rebels.Waiting for an ape who can think, who can talk." Armando was threatened with further intimidation-interrogation of his circus employees, and until then would remain in custody.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.