Twenty Years Before Flashpoint we see young Kal-El being experimented on in a bunker a half mile below Metropolis. Kal-El's heat vision is in over drive as he is being pumped with solar energy. Watching Kal-El is Dr. Ridge a cold harded scientist wanting to control Kal-El and on the other is General Sam Lane who is trying to train and raise Kal-El as the son he never had. After the testing on Kal-El is stoped General Sam Lane lets Kal-El go play with Subject Two Krypto against the wishes of the cold scientist. When Kal-El is playing with Krypto Subject Zero speaks to Kal-El in a voice only he can hear he warns Kal-El to be careful, and not to trust "them". As three years pass by Kal-El is still being experimented on however Subject Zero begins to teach Kal-El how to use his power of x-ray