Prologue: Arrival

Argo city, the last inhabited piece of Krypton.

The Kryptonite was killing them off one by one; there was nothing left to do. Men, women, and children screamed in pain; they ran for cover that would never suffice. The green rocks glowed and escalated in size, gradually, completely taking over the small mass of Krypton. Great crystal buildings, as tall as skyscrapers, began trembling from the growth beneath them. There was one man who, within the chaos, took his daughter to a small space craft, and urgently set her inside.

"There is still hope for you, my daughter, to live and find peace."

The man started pressing buttons and moving switches on the inside of the craft while his young girl wept. Time was of the essence now, he needed to hurry.

"I don't want to go father! I want to stay with you! Please don't leave me!"

The girl, who looked to be about 15 or 16 years in age, suddenly cried out and fidgeted around in pain. The Kryptonite, would soon engulf the entire city, murdering the last peoples of Krypton. The man, in turn, cried out along with his daughter. Soon it would be over, he had to hurry. He smoothed her blonde hair back and grimaced.

"Kara, listen to me…Find your cousin. You must find Kal-El."

The girl sobbed and tried to get out of the craft, her father pinned her back while still messing with controls. He glared at her. A glare filled with fear and unknowing for his only daughter. Kara looked into his eyes and understood.

"H-how? How do I find him father? Where is he?"

The man named Zor-El was about to meet a fate his brother, Jor-El, had met before him, and he knew it. His daughter had to live, Kal-El would look after her. The suit Zor-El placed in the spacecraft would help Kal recognize who she was and where she was from, then he would know. The suit that bore the family symbol…

"He will find you Kara, now just sit back and pay attention to the screens."

Zor-El choked back a howl of pain and finished with the controls.

I love you."

With that Zor-El shut the crafts doors and they sealed. He shed tears from both the pain of the radioactive green rocks and for his daughter, for Kara. All around him the great crystal buildings of Argo City were crashing to the ground, soon it would end. The girl on the inside of the ship touched her hand lightly to the door.

"I love you too daddy."

The ship shot from the doomed city and rocketed into outer space. Zor-El looked on for as long as he could before falling to his knees. The screams all around him had all but ceased. The only thing he could hear now was the city breaking apart, and his own heartbeat.

"Please let her make it…"

Then there was nothing.