Season One Episode One: The Last Children of Krypton
*translated from Kryptonian*
Deep underground, rocks shake and crack. Above ground, a futuristic scientist uses his gear to examine the core.
"Oh no." He states.
He rushes into another room and finds his wife.
"Lara. I have something terrible to tell you." He says.
"What is it?" Lara asks.
"I found out what Zod found. Krypton...it's core is destabilizing. It a matter of DAYS, the entire planet will be too unstable, and the planet will blow."
"Wh-what? No. That can't happen. It won't...I mean...are you sure? Did you-did you ask the council?"
"Zod told me, and I checked, told the council, they didn't believe my evidence and refused to help. Said I was looking too much into things, then I went back and triple checked. And I am 100% sure that Krypton only has days."
"And the council won't help us...oh my God...what-what are we supposed to do?"
"I don't know. But don't worry. I still have one small ship that can get us off the planet."
"It's not big enough, Jor-El, it could only fit someone the size of a...Kal! Kal can't...he can't...no...please, we must find a way!"
"Don't worry. Zod said he has a plan. I don't know what it is...but he does. And I trust him with my life."
In the council building, the front doors blow open and a futuristic army marches in, shooting security. The leader of this army marches into the council room and takes off his mask.
"Zod?" One of the council members asks.
"I know you do not believe that Krypton is in any danger, but I do."
"You do not have any authority here." They say.
"I will give you one chance, and ONLY one chance. Give me control of the government, or I will give myself this power."
"You can't just waltz in and take control of the planet like this!"
"Watch me."
Zod fires the council members dead.
"Previous attempts to overthrow this council did not have such a big army. An army of people willing to do anything to try to get off this planet before it blows. I will do anything to save my people!" Zod proclaims.
Jor-El sees the council building and rushes in to see Zod with his army.
"Zod, what are you doing? What have you done?"
"I have overthrown this planet's government!"
"What are you? Mad?"
"Krypton is dying, and I will do anything to make sure its people survive. Now I am in control."
"But by killing the council members?!"
"Do you have a better plan?"
Jor-El stays silent.
"I only have one idea on how to escape this planet alive. But you're not going to like it."
"I already don't like it."
"The Phanton Zone projector."
"What?"
"We don't have enough ships! There's a prison ship and that's not big enough to carry the entire planet. I've already started an evacuation onto the prison ship and those left behind will evacuate with me into the Phantom Zone projector."
"If that projector takes any of us, we will be lost anywhere in time and space in ANY Earth!"
"But there is a release option. The prison ship escapes with a couple thousand Kryptonians, and once they reach a new planet, they will release us from our prison."
"One by one? There are millions of us! What if the planet we find isn't big enough to hold all of us? What if it's atmosphere is different? What if we don't even find a planet?!"
"It's the only plan we've got! We're running out of time, Jor-El! Now you can either stay here and argue with me, or you can get to that prison ship, which is about to take off."
Jor-El stays standing in front of him.
"So be it, Jor-El." Zod says.
Jor-El punches Zod in the face. A couple soldiers walk up to him and grab his arms.
"Take him to the ship." Zod orders.
Jor-El headbutts one soldier in his nose and uses his free arm to punch the other soldier. He tackles Zod and starts beating him until more soldiers rush in and drag Jor-El outside. They push him to the ground outside and Jor-El gets up and looks at the building, before running off.
Meanwhile, the army escorts the people of Krypton into the prison ship until it's nearly full. The prison ship closes and the rest of the people crowd around the council building. One of the soldiers walks up to Zod.
"Obviously we can't save everyone. You do know that, right?"
"I do. But as long as we save people, as long as we try, then I will see my efforts as satisfactory. Do you understand, Ursa?"
"Yes sir." She walks off.
Jor-El starts building a small space ship in his house as Lara walks in.
"Can that ship take us away from Krypton?" Lara asks.
"I can't. It's not big enough for us, and we don't have enough time to build a bigger one. But this one CAN fit Kal-El."
"But what about Zod? He's evacuating the planet!"
"Zod's a madman! He doesn't have a plan! At least not a good one. His idea is to take us into the Phantom Zone."
"No...but-"
"I know. I know."
Jor-El hugs Lara.
"Kal-El will make it. I promise. I promise you." Jor-El states.
He then turns to his ship and finishes it.
"Kal-El will be safe on Earth." Jor-El says.
"Earth? Why Earth?"
"It's the only other planet within a lightyear that sustains life. Nearly identical to Kryptonians. He will blend in. While the planet is not as advanced, he will survive. It's our only hope, and we only have a day."
"Okay."
"There's a problem. I need a power source. A strong one, for it to make it's way to Earth."
"And where would you get such a power source?"
"...I don't know...wait, there is one. Inside the Phantom Zone projector. If I can get the chip, I will be able to power the ship."
Jor-El walks out of their house but Lara follows him.
"Jor-El!" She calls.
Jor-El stops.
"Do you realize that if you do take that chip, then the Kryptonians will have no hope of escaping this planet. Are you willing enough to doom your entire race?"
Jor-El looks out over the Kryptonians running into the prison ship.
"We have failed. We were ignorant, and selfish. We refused to change. And it was that refusal that will get us killed. The humans on Earth are similar to us in this regard. But Kal-El...I believe can help them be better. I know he can. He can do what we didn't. He can be better than us. I believe it. And I will take that chip."
"...you really are a crazy man, Jor-El." Lara says.
Jor-El looks down.
"But please...you must save our son."
Jor-El nods and goes to the council building. He walks inside and sees Zod.
"Zod." He states.
The soldiers block him from going inside.
"Let him in." Zod orders.
Jor-El walks inside.
"The Phantom Zone projector, I need it." Jor-El orders.
"Have you finally come to your senses?" Zod asks.
"No. I need the chip inside it."
"But that chip is required for it to work."
"Please Zod, you must listen."
"No. We need it to survive. Are you coming or not?!"
Jor-El sprints across the room and grabs the projector.
"NO!" Zod yells and grabs him from behind.
He pulls him to the ground and starts punching him. Jor-El blocks a punch and headbutts Zod, pushing him off of him. He grabs the projector, swinging it around and hitting Zod across the face. Zod pulls out a gun but Jor-El grabs it from him, and shoots the controls on the doors, closing them just as the army is about to march in. Zod grabs Jor-El by the throat and starts to strangle him.
"Krypton must live!" Zod proclaims.
Jor-El tries to loosen Zod's grip but he can't. That's when the building starts to shake.
"Oh no." Zod starts. "It's too early! We still had one day!"
Jor-El then punches Zod and escapes from his grip and takes a breath. He grabs the gun and shoots Zod, knocking him back into the door. Zod tumbles out of the way of some rubble that falls where he was sitting. Then the doors burst open and the army marches in. They all aim their guns at Jor-El.
"FIRE!" Zod yells.
Jor-El then reaches over and grabs the Phantom Zone projector and fires it at the army.
"NNNOOOOO!" Zod yells as he, Non, Ursa, and half his army are all taken prisoner by the Phantom Zone.
Jor-El looks around and sees them gone. The building starts to crumble as he pulls out the chip and leaves the projector itself. He runs towards his house where Kal-El is in the ship waiting for him. As he's running, he sees an earthquake start and the prison ship sink into the ground.
Jor-El makes it to his house and plugs the chip into the ship.
"There. It's done."
Lara is waiting for him.
"Goodbye, Kal-El. I will always love you." Lara says.
Jor-El then pulls out a special ship he made, and plugs it into the ship as well.
"Son, we will always be with you. Never forget that. Be better than us..." Jor-El says before hesitantly pressing the button, and the ship takes off.
The ship leaves the atmosphere and Krypton closes in on itself, crumbling before a huge explosion erupts from the planet's surface. The ship flies through space, past several planets before then seeing Earth. It starts to fly directly towards the planet, and enters the atmosphere. The pod becomes a fireball before crashing into the green fields of Earth. It hits the ground several times as the huge fireball erupts into an explosion.
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
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Growing up on Earth, Clark Kent must learn how to fit in, while also learning about his past.
A/N: Yeah, yeah that's all I really have for the description of the next chapter. Mmkay bye.
