I realized my first matter of business is to go through all of Lex Luthor's memories to help understand when and what dimension I am in. I really hope I was not in the DCAMU universe because that one was depressing as fuck.
As I skimmed through my new memories, I looked at the mirror and examined my current body. This version of Lex Luthor, or I guess me now, is about 6' 1", extremely pale as if I was allergic to sunlight, and looked very skinny like I weighed about 160 lbs. disappointingly. Sadly, of course I have no hair as per the iconic Lex Luthor look. It seemed this version of Lex only valued working his mind severely neglecting his physical well being. This was something I had to fix.
While studying my new found body, I saw through my memories that I was barely 23 years old, and I now own all of LexCorp after my father had passed. I have no siblings thankfully in this universe to try and fight me over the company. The biggest saving grace was that the emergence of heroes barely started occurring within the past year with Superman first appearing last year.
Superman had appeared when Parasite had been created and started massacring many people. Apparently, the Parasite of this universe was a researcher who was being given money by my father to create a new form of energy for commercial use. However, with millions of dollars being given and nothing in return to show, my father had to cut his funding after 2 years of little results. This caused Professor Jenson to go crazy and decide to storm LexCorp to steal his research. He was backed into a corner when security tried to get a hold of him, and he fell into the nuclear fusion reactor which in turn caused him to turn into the Parasite. When Parasite was defeated by Superman, it came into light that LexCorp was largely involved with his creation causing my father to lose billions which in turn caused him to have a heart attack.
This gave me time to decide what road I would want to take when it came to purpose in life. I obviously would not want to be like Lex Luthor. His obsessive nature over Superman and his excessive greed basically led to his downfall. However, being a complete hero did not sit right by me. Superman's whole philosophy on not killing was so dumb that he inadvertently created more deaths letting the Parasite live due to his potential to kill others if he were to escape. Plus, WHEN Darkseid or any other world-ending entity shows up, are we supposed to just let it happen?
That's when it hit me. Why not become both! I can be both a beacon of hope but at the same time its greatest punisher. I would lead humanity to a new age under my rule. With this knowledge, I could not help but to laugh maniacally out loud for I now know my glorious purpose in this universe!
Marcy Graves POV:
I was standing by Lex when all of a sudden, he started to menacingly laugh out of nowhere. This shocked me because one second, he was just sitting there for nearly 30 minutes not saying anything after his 10 am meeting and then the next he was laughing like an Austin Powers villain.
I gave him a side eye as I was standing behind him. I have been with Lex for six years, ever since he saw me on the street trying to scrape by to live. I was caught trying to steal the tires from his father's car when I was caught by one of his bodyguards. He could have easily sent me to the police but instead decided to make me his personal attendant. My life since then has changed drastically.
No more hopping from one foster home to the next, worrying about my next meal, and having to plan on what to do after I had turned 18. Instead of such a dark path, I now have graduated summa cum laude in business and political science, I am a highly respected woman in Metropolis, and I am being paid a six-figure salary.
That is why I decided that no matter what Lex does, I will forever be loyal to him, but times like this it makes me question my future.