"So this is where the Legion stores the more dangerous equipment they've gathered from some of their most dangerous villains?"

Shadow Lass nodded to Kinetix as she led in through the metal doors into an open room, filled with glass cases covering various pieces of technology and armour. "Everything here is safely locked away in case of a break-in, which seems to be more common than I came prepared for when I passed the audition."

They passed a glove, a couple different guns and finally stopped in front of a strange looking machine. "Shadow Lass, what is that thing?"

"A door into the Phantom Zone, where horrendous criminals have been dumped for centuries. Superman and the others put an escapee back years ago, and since Brainiac 5 put the remaining pieces back together in case of emergencies, it's been here ever since."

"Cool," Kinetix placed her hands on the glass, clearly intrigued, "say, C.O.M.P.U.T.O, does this thing still work? Not that I'd ever want it to."

"I will gladly inspect it for you, Kinetix."

"Uh, thanks? How kind of you."

The screen on the machine began to glow. "Inspecting dimension opener…yes, it still works…oh, dear."

Kinetix backed up as the machine started humming. "That means it's shutting down, right?"

A large portal opened in the glass, shattering it. Shadow Lass pulled Kinetix back as two figures flew out into the room, the portal closing behind them. The smaller one with black hair and a dark red and black Superman-like outfit turned around and smashed his fist through the machine.

"You just had to ask, didn't you?" Shadow Lass stepped towards the strangers. "Who are you?"

"They call me Drax, son of Zod," the small, pale one stared at them with small red eyes and a sly smirk, "and this is my partner." He gestured to the large grey beat of a man beside him, its white hair flowing over its shoulders and a huge hole through its thick chest healing up.

"Say hello to Doomsday, kiddies."


DOOMSDAY

"Alright, team," Phantom Girl spoke through the speakers of the training room, "let's go through that pattern one more time. I've got a meeting with Cosmic Boy before Legion elections open up, so you know I'm going to be gone for at least three hours."

Supergirl and Shrinking Violet giggled as Lightning Lad and Chameleon Boy shared a confident nod. "We've basically got it mastered, so this'll be over in less than a minute, tops."

A bunch of Brainiac soldiers phased into existence in the starry open space. They took their stances, ready to battle it out.

Boom!

A large hole appeared in the training room ceiling, and Kinetix flew through. Lightning Lad just caught her as Phantom Girl shut the simulation off and phased through the glass towards them. "Kinetix," Violet flew over, "what happened?"

"Ooh," she rubbed her stomach in pain and leaned against Lightning Lad as the others came around, "I asked C.O.M.P.U.T.O if that old portal machine thing still worked, and…it turned it on. Two guys came out…Drax and Doomsday. I don't know why it turned it on, I never…ow…"

"Wait," Phantom Girl gasped, "did you say Drax?!"

"Excuse me," Supergirl gawked, "did you say Doomsday?!"

"An evil Superman clone that actually managed to put him in a near death state," Cham counted off his fingers, "and a guy as powerful as Superman. In the Legion Tower. Unguarded. I'm guessing this training session is over?"

"You mean you released two prisoners from the Phantom Zone?" Lightning Lad groaned. "You're worse than Superman."

"They took Shadow Lass," she continued, wincing, "but I think they're still in the building…looking for something…"

Supergirl tried using her x-ray vision. "They must be higher up. What would they be looking for?"

Shrinking Violet shrugged, but Lightning Lad and Phantom Girl only needed to share one worried glance to know they were thinking the same thing. "Brainiac 5."


Brainy worked in his lab, calibrating a camera at the counter. The room behind him was dark due to the absence of any other member, and as he worked he didn't notice the footsteps behind him.

"What are you working on?"

"I'm fixing the security system before reinstalling it into C.O.M.P.U.T.O's programming," he explained, not taking his eyes off his work, "are you looking for something…wait," he turned back, "who's asking?"

"An old friend." Drax stepped out from the darkness. "Look who's grown up into a fine young…human? And I thought my trip through puberty was awkward."

"Drax?" Brainy's eyes widened as he backed into the counter, dropping his tools. "How did you escape?"

"Your computer system turned the Phantom Zone portal creator on and let us free, thanks to the curiosity of your fellow teammates."

"…Us?"

Drax grabbed Brainy's neck and slammed him onto the counter, pinning his head down as he leaned in. "The last time I interrogated you I retrieved a fine piece of kryptonite. Unfortunately I left it with father this trip, but I know you have more tricks up your sleeves."

"Forget it, Drax. You won't be getting anything out of me, and when the others find you we'll be sending you right back to the Phantom Zone."

"With the same machine I smashed into multiple pieces? Good luck with that. And if threatening you won't work, then how about her?"

He picked him up as Doomsday carried out an unconscious Shadow Lass in his large hands. "Doomsday? You brought Doomsday out?" Brainy winced as Drax held him off the ground by his neck. "No one can…control him."

"Consider it a temporary alliance until I free my father, General Zod, and the rest of the prisoners. Now," he pulled Brainy in closer to his face, "I'm going to make this a very simple choice for you. Tell me your secrets, or else."

He snapped his fingers, and Doomsday took Shadow Lass' neck in his one hand. "Shall we see how many milliseconds it takes for my partner here to crush your poor friend's throat? Because I'm willing to bet you've got no more than three to give me the correct answer."

Drax is BACK, and this time he brought backup for his fight against Legion. Doomsday was pretty cool in "Superman: Doomsday" the animated film, and when I saw a glimpse of him in "Phantoms" I knew I had the chance to include another powerful villain in the show. This episode is going to be all over the place, so I hope you're prepared for quite the journey.

Until the next chapter!