The Sun's Son

I do not own Superman, Batman, Supergirl or any of the other characters of the DC comics. Only James.

'Thoughts'

"Speech"

Introduction

As the heroes finally arrived to survey the scene, it was clear that the damage done was staggering, both in intensity and in sheer scale of the area claimed for the fight. Waiting for them was one lone moving figure cradling one of the two combatants in her lap, sobbing. Supergirl sat there cradling the man who's blue spandex costume was barely recognizable, torn and bloody as it was.

It was a major loss for all of them, today they all lost a comrade, and a dear friend. He who did so much more than he was willing to admit to himself, and always so selflessly too.

Already Batman was putting the hard question forward…

"So. How do we tell his family that he's gone? And for another, Who do we send?"

"I will… I was the closest to him and I'm like one of the family as it is" responded Supergirl in very pained words. Then as if seeing how it would go before hand, and the pain involved, Supergirl began to cry once more.

"Why does it always happen to these ones? It's not fair!" The Flash blurted out almost as if thinking out loud.

"I mean, will he even be missed? Will anyone even care he's gone? With how everything's been lately, the general view of us is kinda been sorely lacking. He deserves that much at least. I mean with all he's done for them." First filled with passion, the Flash ended with a dishearten mumble as he drops to his knees with the burden of the events and the moral questions and consequences .

"He will be missed! He will be remembered! His deeds will be remembered and told in Themescyra for ages to come, where he was respected most. He was a great man, a perfect example to my sisters that men can hold great promise." Wonder Woman declared.

"And what of his hometown? His family and friends? Don't they deserve to know what he accomplished today? What he did? WHO he was? He did his duty always as he saw it and they should know of it, so they can be proud of him… after all his secret identity prevented them from knowing that." demanded Captain Atom.

"That's the problem with secret identities isn't it? They can never know what he's done, or who he was… its his last bit of protection for them. It's the blessing and curse we all must bear." and like that… all remained silent as they searched the rubble for anything and carried off both bodies before the media arrived. All that was left was one lone figure watching the sun fall below the horizon…

"Nothing will ever be the same again…" barely audible to even super hearing the blonde figure disappeared with the setting sun.

"Nothing will ever be the same again…"

Chapter One: A Friend's Need

"So what's going on back home Kaylee?" asked James over the phone as he finished packing up his gear for the next move to his next command.

"Oh nothing out of the ordinary, as usual." Kaylee replied into the speaker phone as she prepared herself some dinner.

"Well that's not surprising, nothing ever goes on back home. Well hopefully I can get some of you guys to do something while I'm home." the sarcasm apparent in his voice. James had plans to at least have a few good nights with his friends while he was home for the short duration he had for leave.

"Ohh? And what did you have in mind?" inquired Kaylee, clearly interested.

"Well I was thinking about that one movie that just came out. You know? That one coming out on Monday. I was thinking on rounding everyone up and making a night of it." James began, already visualizing the possibilities. Sadly the possibilities were quite limited since there really wasn't much to do back home. But then being stuck living on the ship for a few months made just about any recreational activity look like a wonderful idea and James was starting to get desperate for some fun.

"Ohh… that's it?" Kaylee clearly disappointed in her friend's meager plan and limited idea of fun. Plus Kaylee wasn't really interested in the movie James had in mind.

"Well, I figured we could catch that other movie that came out on Saturday, I forget what its call, as well. Then of course grab a bite to eat at everyone's choice place and maybe roam the mall a bit. But then we could always do a little improvisation on the plans… I mean I'm game for just about anything right now." Sensing Kaylee's disappointment in his choice of movies or just the simplicity of his plans James decided an emergency elaboration was necessary for the plans to come through.

"Well that sounds pretty good, I don't have any plans anyway so count me in." Kaylee responded clearly happy with the new addition to the movies selection.

Relieved that he could guarantee Kaylee's participation in the night since it had always rested on his shoulders to instigate any kind of group night out with the gang, but things never held without Kaylee's assistance. So in many ways James found he needed her to ensure things got done right, kind of like his own good luck charm, as well as the fact that they've been friends for what seems like forever and she knew him well enough that she could convince him anything was a good idea. Though he'd be hesitant to tell her that she had so much control of him. Then again he knew all the right buttons to press to unbalance her into anything he needed from her with only a little prodding. So it evened things out a bit in the end. They had just been friends for too long to not be unable to know each other so well.

Kaylee was just finishing up cooking dinner for herself when she started to getting her plate ready when she heard a noise in the back yard so she went to take a look, after all her family had been having problems with bears getting into the garbage lately and luckily it took little to chase them away, just flip on the outside lights and bang a pan from the 2nd floor balcony. What she found was not bears, but three guys in black wool attire with there faces covered.

"Ohh My God! Burglars are coming to the house! Three of them! They're just past the fence." screamed Kaylee into the phone.

"Quick Kay! Call 911 and tell them what's happening and lock as many doors as fast as you can, then hide. I'll do what I can." James was worried, Kaylee was living in the back woods area like him and she was alone. Another thought crept into his head and it horrified him to no end… Kaylee was a very pretty girl at 19 years and was all alone with three (probably male) burglars. The images dancing in his head swirled through his head that they drove out all conscious thought in his head. He had to do something, he had to save her from that possibility, the police just wouldn't get there quick enough.

So James began to run as fast as he could. He clearly wasn't thinking clearly since he was like several states away and a few time zones and running is the last means to travel to take… unfortunately running was all he had at the moment. So he ran.

Now James had always been pretty fast, being as to the fact that he was always running and working out… though as of late (the last month) he seemed to be making unusually large gains in his running time and his lifting, the greatest gains seemed to be in his running. But this knowledge was the last thing on his mind, in his delirium James found himself on the outside of the base he was stationed at. Only partially amazed he continued running. It was no time at all before he found himself running along the highway in the general direction towards home…he as running alongside the cars and many people were pointing at him. It was at that point that he realized he was still in his dress uniform and passengers were pointing at him in amazement. It was at this moment he realized what was happening, he was running as fast as a car and he was slowly getting faster… but even at that speed it was painfully obvious that he wouldn't make it in time to help Kaylee. So he continued to push himself as hard as he could, harder and harder, to push his seemingly ever increasing limits. He had to make it in time to be able to do something.

It wasn't very long that James was moving like a blur down the highways and interstates, weaving in and out of traffic, that he found that he had no idea where he was going. All the speed he was acquiring would do nothing if he found himself going in the wrong direction. He luckily found himself in Atlanta and snatched a road atlas off a street corner and began navigating through the most straight paths he could find to home.

Sadly his speed didn't go unnoticed though.

"Sir, we are picking up an extremely fast signature moving northwest near the Eastern coast. Very fast sir, and getting faster." said a man at a computer console.

"Really? Is it the Flash? Superman?" asked an imposing figure in black suit.

"Doesn't look like it sir. Too slow to be either of them by a long shot, sir. Though it appears to be at ground level." console man.

"So an unidentified meta-human huh? Any idea what class we're talking about here? A visual maybe?" Inquired the man in black.

"Sorry sir, but he's moving too fast to get a clear image of him with the video monitoring satellites we currently have not already tasked. As to his class, it is hard to tell right now but I would assume no greater than a Class Delta meta-human, with his speed. Though he could be a Gamma Class for all we know." stated the console man.

"Urrgghh! Lets hope not. All we need right now is to try and deal with another Gamma Class and keep it from the media. This 'target' needs to be dealt with quickly." said the man in black, as if stating a death sentence. Though given the situation he probably did, in effect.

"Yes Sir, I would recommend we send one of our Alpha Class agents to handle it, just to be safe sir. Given the lack of intel on the 'target' see if we can enlist him, after all we could always use another, whether by force or not, or to ensure the target can be eliminated." console man.

"Heavens No! An Alpha would be overkill. A Charley Class agent should be more than enough to in the least, assess the situation." said the black suited man with as if a bad taste in his mouth.

"Yes sir, sending tracker cams as well to follow and monitor the 'target' , and to gather better information on the 'target'. Will we be sending agent C-004, Travis Ledaman 'Brute Frost', sir?" asked console man.

"Why yes. He'll do nicely. He's always been very effective in eliminating targets quickly, though he's never been good at the recruiting part." grinned the Black suited man.

"Yes sir, very reliable in that part. I'll dispatch him right away, he should be able to intercept the target quickly enough." console man.

"Yes, make it so." black suited man as he turns to leave.

"Keep me posted if anything unusual happens, now I have a meeting to attend to with the higher ups, so you know how to get a hold of me."

"Yes sir, I do."

"Heh Heh Heh, finally another job. I was getting pretty bored. Lets hope that this one puts up more sport than the last." Brute Frost whispers with a grin of pure pleasure on his face.
And just like that James found himself home, and just a few moments from finding Kaylee. He prayed that he would make it in time. If he didn't, then there would be nothing in that house worth enough to be stolen for what he would do to them.
"So pretty girl, won't you stay and play with us?" cackled the tallest of the burglars.

Kaylee had evaded the burglars throughout the house as long as she could but now she was forced to flee the house altogether for the nearest neighbor, she presently was running down her long driveway with the burglars on her heels.

"No!" she screamed. " Take what you want. Just leave me alone, the police are already on the way."

"Awww… Now why'd you have to go and do that? We were just going to play a few games and have some fun. Why'd you have to go and get those party wreckers involved. We are sorely disappointed in you girl." said the widest of the three burglars.

"Well prepare to be in for more disappointment, guys. Cause I can't let that happen."

Just then Kaylee saw James standing at the end of her driveway in one of his uniforms, though he looked a bit travel stained, he stood there firm and obviously very peeved. A look not many back home could or would visualize as being on his face. After all, James was one of the friendliest and lightest humored guys around, he just never seemed even ticked off as far as she could remember. She was both relieved and worried about his presence here. It was comforting to have someone here to protect her, but James was a Sailor, not a Marine or Soldier, and he was never one of the biggest or most imposing guys around. But he was there just the same.

"Kaylee, get to a neighbor's place and get help, after all these guys are probably armed." James replied in an almost completely monotone voice.

Kaylee nodded her head, but seemed planted to her spot. 'James was definitely acting very unusual.' and leaving him didn't seem to be an option in her head. It never occurred to her how he happened to be there after only forty minutes when she was talking to him on the phone several states away.

'O.K. this is going to be tricky, if not ugly, even if they aren't armed. Which they probably are knowing my luck…Damn why won't Kaylee leave to safety I don't want her to see this if this goes bad on my part, which it looks like it will with three guys here, two of which aren't exactly small.'

Putting on a smug grin. "I think its time for you guys to get out of here while you still can."

"What with only a little guy like you standing there to what? Stop us? Funny joke but I'm going to say no." Laughed the tallest guy.

'Well its now or never, gotta stay focused and look unfazed and very determined. Like as if I'm about to mop the floor with a couple of guys who are no challenge to me. Great! I'm about to get jacked up by these three guys in front of Kaylee and then they'll get her too, cause she's not even trying to escape.

O.K. there wasn't much justice league or even Superman in this chapter but that'll come once things get really moving. Please send me reviews so I know how you guys think.