The Ultimate Tank Ending

By Tank Wilson <tankw1@aol.com>

Rated: G

Submitted: January 2005

Summary: Just what it says on the tin. An all purpose ending for fanfic, supplied by the master of Tank Endings himself.

Author's Note: This ending can be used to finish any L&C fic set in season four or later.

Archive Editor-In-Chief's Note: For an explanation of the phenomenon of Tank Endings, along with some fine examples of the genre, look here — http://www.nfanfic.net/juliefic/authors/tankending.html

The Ultimate Tank Ending (D&D)

By the Ultimate Tank

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The stars shone with a hard brightness as the small ship dropped out of the maelstrom that is hyperspace into the star-studded infinite that is real time space. One particular star took up nearly a third of the view screen due to its brightness and close proximity.

The lone figure in the cockpit of the ship took some readings to verify where he was. Yes, he had found his desired destination. No one from home knew that he was here; they would frown on what he planned to do.

The star was a mid-sized yellow, class G. It had a planetary system, some of the planets quite spectacular in size and beauty, but it was the blue planet he was interested in. The third planet out from a sun commonly called Sol. The figure grimaced as he located the third planet in his viewer. The vile, backwater called Earth by its inhabitants.

The teeming billions of sentients on the planet were of no concern to this fellow. His focus was on one individual only, and the fact that this individual, this 'Superman' would never know who it was that defeated him didn't matter. All that mattered was the satisfaction he would receive from his act.

Confident that all was in readiness, the figure unbuckled his safety harness and tended to an unusual looking device mounted in the center of his ship. Held in a sort of stasis in a magnetic bubble was something that defied description. One couldn't really see it because there was nothing solid to focus the eyes on. In a sense it wasn't really there.

Scientists had long theorized about the existence of anti-matter, but until now, no one had ever been able to discover a way to harness it. The figure smiled as he made a last check on the delivery system. Satisfied with his examination, the man sat himself back down in his command chair and began to line up his target.

The blazing orb of the sun filled his viewscreen now. He checked one last reading, then pressed a special button that had been added to his console. The tiny craft shuddered as the magnetic bubble with its exotic contents was launched toward the heart of the unsuspecting star.

The man knew he couldn't stick around to see the results of his handiwork but he smiled nevertheless. There was no stopping it now.

"You are avenged, Uncle Nor"

The New Kryptonian set his coordinates and engaged his warp drive. A second later his craft winked out of existence in real space time.

The tiny bundle penetrated deep within the star before the mighty gravitational forces ripped the protective bubble apart. Suddenly it was like the mighty star had eaten something that didn't agree with it. Forces were unleashed that the star couldn't contain.

In layman's terms it's called a super nova. The force of the cosmic explosion quickly expanded until, one by one, it enveloped and obliterated the unfortunate planets in the former star's system. Nothing was spared.

Within minutes it was over and beings on distant worlds who happened to look in the right direction while gazing at the night time sky would remark and wonder at the sudden bright flare up of a small and insignificant star in the corner of their galaxy. And after, having been briefly entertained by the event, they would return to their mundane existence.

THE END