Wayne Irig has found a strange rock on his property, and now federal agents are tearing up his land. He leaves the green rock in the hands of his friend Jonathan Kent and after being told of the activity going on in his hometown Clark sees a story in it, and Lois is being dragged along for the ride.

After coming home and viewing the strange rock Clark becomes violently ill, and then loses all his super powers. Now, he believes he is normal and is fine with it, but Jonathan knows this is far from normal and tries to get rid of the rock that is making his son sick, but is the same rock Jason Trask is after because he believes it has something to do with Superman, and his quest in life is to end the world of this super alien