Catching up

Chapter One

Catching up on lost time

So much for a spoken vow of revenge! Putting the villains back in prison again was a form of
payback he supposed but he had wanted to hurt Esper, to let her feel some of the pain he
knew Imra had been through. Saturn girl had been his best friend for many years and he
had even had a crush on her for some time. Nothing had come out of it then but he still
cared deeply for her and always would.

His anger had been intense and as he admitted to himself, right out there on the very edge.
Phantom Girl had tried to push it aside with some joking banter but he had just dismissed it.
Later on she had been the one to talk him out of doing actual harm to Esper, taking things into
her own hands instead. He had certainly not been happy with that interference but he knew
that she had been right.

Now that they were on their way back to New Metropolis and the Legion HQ in their newly acquired ship
he had calmed down considerably and was able to reflect more clearly on the events of the past few
days. So much had happened and they were all really just trying to catch up as best as they could.

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A few hours later they were back in New Metropolis and it didn't take a twelfth level intellect to come to the
following conclusion: A lot of work needed to be done to rebuild large parts of the Legion Headquarters!
They would have to hire contractors they could trust to do most of the repairs and everyone would have to
pitch in to clear up all the rubble over the next few days. Thankfully with the future tech, brilliant minds and
powers they had at their disposal it wouldn't take more than three weeks tops.

With Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy at the hospital, Lightning Lad once again mused over how much he and the
others relied on Brainiac Five and Bouncing Boy to make a lot of suggestions and help make a lot of important
decisions. It helped Lighning Lad anyway and he wasn't complaining. That Superman had returned was a
moral boost to everyone in general, especially now when they needed his help more than ever.

The other Superman, the clone from the 41'th century would take some getting used to to say the least.
The green-eyed clone with the grim attitude had grudgingly agreed to be called Kell-El to avoid confusion
whenever someone called for Superman. Lightning Lad wasn't sure exactly what to think of him yet.
One moment he could be very pushy and stand-offish and the next he admitted Superman and Brainy
had a sensible strategy and came back to help them after all.

Kell-El wasn't exactly a charmer but even Garth had to admit that it would be good to have one more
Superman around for muscle. With the looming threat of Imperiex hanging over their future like a black
cloud of chaos and some of their friends hospitalised, they needed all the help they could get.

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