So a quick heads-up: There will be changes. I will remain faithful to the actual game, but there will be some new scenes, while some pre-existing scenes will be changed (one will be in this very chapter). So this is technically a fix fic – but I want to make it clear that I really did like Injustice 2's story. There's just more than a few things I would've changed and done differently. With that said, enjoy.
Kara Zor-El wished she could wake up now.
The day had started off peacefully and quietly, she had it all planned out. She would spend most of the day in town with her friends, and then later, she and her parents, Zor-El and Alura, would go see some family. They'd see Jor-El, the brother of Zor-El, and his wife Lara – and their baby son, Kal-El.
However, before any of that happened, they came. Just as she had gotten into town, meteor showers began crashing onto the entire planet – and from those crash sites came the robots. She was witnessing death and destruction unlike anything Krypton had ever seen before, and all she could do was run. She was running back to her house, to make sure that it was still standing and her parents were alright. She prayed to Rao that they were alright.
As she ran, the meteors kept on coming. It felt so much like a bad dream, and that's what was tearing Kara apart on the inside – that it wasn't. She ran towards the statue of some historical Kryptonian figure whose name she could not think up at the moment, and watched as it was destroyed by a meteor. She hid behind it, looking around for any of those robots. She peered her head out, and saw civilians running for their lives. They were screaming in absolute terror, for not even the bravest or the boldest of them could do nothing but run from the robots raining down death upon them.
It took her aback that they were all running in the opposite direction from where she was heading, but she refused to stop now. She was determined to go back home, and if she was to die, she would die trying to make sure her family was okay.
She peered her head out again, making sure the coast the clear. When it was, she made a run for it. She ran as fast as she could, but she wouldn't be able to keep it up for long. More meteors came crashing down, in the direction she was heading in. Sensing great danger ahead, she slid towards a large rock nearby and hid.
Once more, she peered her head to take a look at what was ahead – but this time, she did not see helpless civilians running for their lives. Instead, she saw…them. The robots. Towering machinations, colored purple and blue with what looked like gray skulls for faces. She saw one of the robots scanning the area, and turned her head as quickly as she could. Unfortunately for her, it was too late. The robots began walking towards the rock she hid behind, and she could hear it coming. She breathed heavily as the robot neared. She had no way of escaping, so this truly felt like the end.
Just as the robot reached it hand out, it was shot at by an armored individual, who wore a red cape and a silver helmet that covered his entire face. He was a member of the Kryptonian military, who were being sent all around the planet in a desperate attempt to repel the robot. Kara felt a brief moment of relief, before watching the robot knock the soldier over a hundred feet into the sky. She then watched as another robot launched a hook from its hand that pierced through the skull of another Kryptonian soldier.
Kara could not bear to watch any more of this, and she had to make sure her parents were alright. She made a break for it, but almost immediately after she dashed off, she tripped. As she got up, her attention was stolen. A giant shadow engulfed Kara and the entire surrounding area, and she could only look up. There was a giant ship in the sky, shaped like a colossal skull. At the bottom of the ship were four giant tentacles, and Kara continued to stare. That ship was no doubt the source of all that she had to endure today, and as she gazed upon the daunting ship, she could only wonder: Who was raining down all this carnage upon Krypton, and what did they have to gain from it?
Just then, four of the robots turned around, their attention on Kara. She was terrified to see them descending upon her, and she felt like an idiot for not getting up to run sooner. She tried to run as fast she possibly could. She suddenly heard the footsteps getting louder and stronger, and turned her gasped. She gasped as she saw the robots picking up speed and running towards her. She turned her head forward, and could not have been happier to see the giant pipe amidst the rubble ahead. She crawled into it, and one of the robots tried to get into the pipe to get ahold of Kara. Fortunately, the robot was too big to fit into the pipe, and Kara got to the other side without any trouble.
Upon getting out of the pipe, she stopped and took a moment to breathe. There were no robots in sight, so she didn't feel the need to bolt for her life just life. She got up and took a good look at her house. At the very least, the home she grew up in was still standing. Now it was time to see if her parents were alive.
To her displeasure, the house was barren. Zor-El and Alura were nowhere to be found, worrying Kara greatly. She feared that they had gone into town, only to find themselves unable to escape the wrath of the robots. She walked to the balcony, and was stunned to once again see the giant skull ship in the sky.
The true surprise was yet to come. For a minute, the skull ship just floated there, right above Argo City. Then, a blue light descended from the ship and onto Argo City. The light was so overpowering that she initially had to turn away, but then she faced the skull ship again, she was horrified to see what was happening to Argo City. It appeared as if whoever was in the skull ship had the capability of digitizing entire cities, and that seemed to be the fate Argo City would befall to. She was further stunned to see the entirety of the city digitized and absorbed into the ship in less than a minute. Then, right after it absorbed Argo City, the skull ship bolted into the sky and vanished.
Kara was frozen in place as she gazed upon the wreckage that remained before her. She had no idea what to make of what she had just witnessed. It appeared that whoever was behind all this terror had come to absorb Argo City, and presumably other cities as well. Kara was only left more confused than ever. Why were they absorbing these cities, and why were they out to destroy everything else?
She was in such deep thought about it that she initially failed to notice one of the robots slowly walking to her. Kara turned around to see one of the robots extending its arm out, ready to do away with Kara. Kara only stood there, closing her eyes. She saw no point in running, as the android was already too closer for a chance of escape, so she decided to just accept her fate.
Right as the android was about to kill Kara, someone blasted towards it. She turned her head, and her eyes widened at who it was.
"Mother! Father!"
Zor-El and Alura In-Ze were alive and well, and she couldn't have been happier about it. This was no time for rejoicing, however.
"Kara! Come quickly!" Alura said while Zor-El continued to blast towards the robots. Kara oblidged and dashed towards her parents. The remaining robots all tried to go after the family and finish them off, but Alura and Zor-El continued to keep them away by blasting at them. Once Kara had gotten back into the house, Alura and Zor-El closed the door, blocking out the robots and ensuring they couldn't come finish them off.
"Stay with us, Kara." Alura said as the robots slammed against the door, determined to kill of the family. Kara felt very torn – she felt happiness at seeing that her parents alive in the invasion, but the horror that consumed her when Argo City vanished was still there. She wondered if her parents knew anything more about what was going on.
"Mother, father. The ship! It just….Argo City's gone! Millions of people!"
"That's only the beginning." Zor-El replied, shocking Kara. She didn't think that it could possibly get any worse than it already was, so to hear that it could and would gave her an unbearable sinking feeling.
"Brainiac's destabilized the planet's core. Krypton won't hold together much longer." When her father said those words, the horror within Kara intensified tenfold. This day had already felt like the apocalypse, but the grim confirmation that it was indeed the apocalypse hit upon her like a mountain. She tried to hide how terrified those words really made her.
"But all your research….isn't there something you could do?!"
"That's why we're here." Alura replied. Kara was relieved to hear that there was something her parents could do, though she would find the solution bittersweet. All three of them went into the room where Alura and Zor-El did a lot of work and research in. Kara had not been down here in a long time, so she was surprised by what she saw.
"A spaceship? That's what you guys have been working on?"
Zor-El would be the one to answer that. "Your uncle Jor-El discovered a planet that can sustain Kryptonians, far away from Brainiac. He's built a ship just like this for your cousin Kal."
Kara was surprised to hear that. She could totally understand Jor-El and Lara wanting to save their son and putting his life above their own, but to send him alone…Kara knew she hadn't heard the entire plan. "But, Kal...he's just a baby."
She turned around to face her parents, and this time, Alura answered as she and Zor-El walked towards their daughter. "Which is why you'll need to protect him. Teach him our ways."
Kara was dumbfounded. Why did her mother say that she alone would raise Kal-El on the new planet. "Me teach him? What about you?" And then it hit her: her parents weren't coming. Zor-El and Alura were going to die with their home planet, while saving Kara so that she could raise Kal-El. "No…No! I won't leave either of you!" She began tearing up at the thought of her parents leaving her life so soon. "Please! Please don't make me!"
Sadness and solemnness colored the expressions on Alura and Zor-El's faces. They understood Kara's grief. Still, they felt it had to be done, and Zor-El tried his best to reassure his daughter. "We can't come with you. But you'll never be alone. You belong to the House of El." Zor-El and his daughter embraced. "A house of hope. Never forget that. Never give up hope!"
Then the robots began barging on the door. There was no more time for goodbyes. Alura and Zor-El rushed their daughter into the rocket before it was too late. "Get in!" Alura said as Kara got into the rocket. The rocket powered on, and the window began to seal. Kara took one last look at the people who had raised her as the robots dawned upon them. "No! NO!" she banged onto the glass. She knew there was nothing she could do to change Krypton's fate, but emotion was clouding her mind. Grief and horror were tearing her apart.
She watched helplessly as her parents were killed by the robots – and to Kara, it still felt like a nightmare. She tried desperately to see if she could wake up, but as the rocket blasted into the sky, she could longer deny the reality of the situation. Her parents were gone, and her planet would soon follow.
The rocket launched into space rapidly – it was designed to travel at startlingly fast speeds. As Kara let it finally, completely sink in what had happened, she began sobbing inconsolably. She had lost everything – her friends, her entire family, even her entire world.
Everything, that is, except for her cousin Kal-El. As she continued to sob and sob, his rocket passed by hers – and Kara took a good look at baby Kal-El. He looked very precious as he slept, unaware of the carnage his people had suffered through. Kal-El was all Kara had, and she would give her blood and sweat raising him. Whatever the people of this planet would end up like, she would do everything in her power to protect her cousin and bring hell upon anyone who dared to wrong him.
What she didn't realize is that Kal-El would grow up without her. Kryton finally exploded, and Kara had no time to grieve over the fact that it was finally all gone. Kal-El's ship was spared, but all the debris came down upon her ship.
"Hold on! Hold on!" she yelled in vain. But the damage was done. Her rocket had been knocked off course, away from her cousin's. "No, no! No, please! KALLLLLL!" she began panicked. She couldn't think this day could get any worse, but it had just done so. Now Kal-El would be forced to grow up without Kara to raise him – and Kara couldn't bear to think of what could happen to him.
She couldn't panic for much longer, so a gas came into her space, and she could feel herself going into cryogenic sleep.
Kara groaned as she woke up.
She had no idea where she was, or how long it had been since the destruction of Krypton. All she could was that she landed somewhere, though she had no idea if Kal was on the planet.
Her vision was blurry from all the years of cryogenic sleep, but she could see just well enough to let the look of the world sink in. The architecture was unlike anything she had seen on Krypton, which she expected from an alien world. One thing that stood out was the statue of a black, canine-like figure. She briefly thought of Krypto, her uncle Jor-El's dog.
As her vision began to clear, Kara saw her rocket next to her – what took her aback was that it didn't crash onto the planet. It looked as if someone had just grabbed the rocket from space and brought it down on this planet. Kara then turned around, seeing a being clothed in black. She was surprised to see that the being looked exactly like a Kryptonian. Her vision was finally a hundred percent clear, and she could see exactly was what this being looked like. He mostly wore black, even sporting a black cape, but also had some yellow decorated onto him – yellow plates on his arms, a yellow belt, and a huge yellow lightning bolt that took up most of his chest. His ears were slightly pointed, and he looked like an older man – one in his early fifties.
"I don't know if you can understand me." the man said, and indeed Kara didn't know what he had just said. "But my name is Teth-Adam. Welcome to my country of Khandaq – welcome to Earth, young one."