Clark watched helplessly as Pero swallowed the black hole as though it were a jelly bean.
Clark's thoughts descended into chaos.
"Oh, my God. I swear, if Lex Luthor were standing here, he'd kick his own head with his boots."
Before he could snap out of his fit of madness.
Space began shaking violently again.
Clark could only force himself to recover from the shock that had overturned everything he knew about physics.
The antimatter was breaking things down faster and faster.
Without the black hole's gravitational pull, the rushing river of antimatter lost its restraints and began scattering in every direction!
Every cube possessed the power to disintegrate matter.
"This is bad!"
Clark reacted. Fighting through his physical weakness and mental exhaustion, he shot into the air with the baby in his arms.
He narrowly dodged an oncoming surge of antimatter.
He flew over to The Atom, who was likewise still shaken, and handed him the baby.
"Here you go. I kept my promise!"
The Atom nodded, holding his son protectively, his eyes filled with gratitude.
Meanwhile.
Once Krypto confirmed that the danger had passed, it immediately forgot all about its narrow escape.
It barked happily twice and zipped around Pero, its tail wagging like a propeller. Several times, it tried to come close enough to wash Pero's face with its enthusiastic tongue.
But every time it drew near, it met Pero's murderous eyes.
It could only give up with a whimper and fly back to Clark, affectionately rubbing its head against his hand.
Clark, however, had no attention to spare for Krypto.
Behind his weary face, he was brimming with curiosity.
He floated over to Pero.
"Just now... you..."
He tried to find the words, only to discover that he had no idea how to ask. In the