"Whoever you are, we don't want any trouble." Superman told him, stepping between Lois and Jonathan, and the stranger, "But I have to ask you to set the lady down, gently."
"Well since you asked so politely…" The man hurled the woman at Superman, Clark caught her even as he left the man's fingers and moved her to a nearby structure. He moved Lois and Jonathan there quickly as well, all in the blink of an eye. The man broke off, slightly confused.
"Your fast." he acknowledged, "I could barely follow you with my eye."
"We don't have to do this." Clark warned, "I don't know what has happened here, but we don't belong here."
"That's right." the man said, "You don't."
"Are you Goku?" Clark asked, "The one the boy was looking for."
"Yes, and no." Answered the man smugly, "Now if we are finished with this pointless exchange, it's time to die." He surged forward at Clark. Clark dodged out of the way, arms still crossed, but suddenly the man, Goku, planted a foot, pivoted and drove an elbow into Clark's stomach. Caught off guard Clark gasped at the tremendous force behind the blow and doubled over, He elbowed Clark on the neck and Clark went down.
"You may call me… Goku Black." he answered, "It seems only fair you should know the name of the man who killed you-" he broke off as the man beneath him was gone. A tap on his shoulder and he turned on instinct.
"Nice to meet you, you can call me Superman."
The blow that came next sent him through the wreckage of a city.
Lois tried to ignore the shaking ground and thundering cracks in the distance. Clark had brought her safely here, with the injured woman, and she needed to care for her, but it wasn't good. The woman had broken ribs and shoulders and had been carelessly tossed around, Lois could only guess at internal injuries. Searching around what looked like an office she found a file cabinet and pulled a drawer out. Emptying the contents, she paced Jonathan inside, still wrapped, and oblivious to the world.
"Lightning, lava, and time travel, nothing scares you." She said fondly to him, then she turned to the woman. Moving her could kill her, Clark had placed her on her side, and the woman was breathing shallowly..
"She needs help." A young voice said, Lois started, to find a young girl of nine or ten in the shadows. She was very thin, her clothes were torn, but she looked otherwise healthy.
"Do you know where other people are?" Lois asked, "A doctor?" the girl shook her head.
"The resistance is across the city, its too dangerous to travel, especially-" A thunderous crash punctuated her statement. The girl looked very serious. "But I have this." She held out her hand
Lois blinked, "What, is that a.. pill? I don't thinks she can even swallow."
"It's the last piece of a Senzu bean." The girl explained, "I was told by my mother to save it for an emergency."
"I don't think a bean will…" Lois stopped, she actually didn't know anything about what was going on at all.
"Why don't you start by telling me your name? Mine is Lois, that is my son Jonathan."
"Ok." the girl said "My name is Pan"
"Your strength, and power is impressive!" Black shouted laughing, he hauled himself coughing, out of the dust. Superman gathered himself and rose from the dust.
"End this." he said simply, "You're too badly hurt to continue, leave these people alone."
"It seems our fun for today IS at an end." Said Black, "Why don't we agree to meet again tomorrow." He raised his fingers in salute, and then disappeared.
Superman searched for a moment, and then sagged, He let out a breath, and then rose, arm hanging listlessly.. He found Lois where he left her, with a young girl.
"Amazing!" Lois was saying, "She's coming round!" The woman coughed, "Easy, easy."
"It couldn't heal her all the way." Pan said, "It was only a half of a half of a half."
"Trunks?" The woman asked rubbing her eyes, "Where am I? Who are you?"
"It's okay, my name is Lois, my husband saved you from that monster out there, I think his name was Goku."
"That's not Goku." Bulma said, but at the same time Pan said "That's not granpa! He's a fake!" Lois looked at the two confused, just as they looked at each other.
"Whoever he is he's gone, for now." Clark announced. Making his presence known."He tooka pretty good beating, but I can't say I'm at my best myself."
"Clark!" Lois hurried over, "Are you alright, you look even worse than before!"
"Guess there's no secret identities on this planet." Clarked grimaced. "Behemoth was pumping out some horrific radiation, some of it might have been in the K band, and there were a lot of capes out there throwing around strange powers. When i got here I wasn't at my best, and the man who attacked us was pretty strong."
"Pan this is Clark, my husband, Clark this is Pan, and…" Lois looked at the woman
"Bulma" Said the woman. She turned to the little girl, "Did you say Grandpa?"
"Yes." Said Pan, "My mother told me, that my dad told her, that it was not Goku. Goku was a hero, Goku saved the world. That man is a fake who LOOKS like my Grampa." She was so fierce, that Clark had to chuckle.
"Well he said he was Goku, Black." He assured her, "Not Goku."
"Looks like your Grampa." Bulma was incredulous and started to rise. She still seemed weak, "Who was your mother and father, where are they now?"
"My mother was Videl Satan. My father was Son Gohan." Pan answered formally, but she drooped, "Now they are both dead." Lois helped as Bulma hauled herself up. "My real Grampa raised me!"
"What?" Bulma gasped She turned to Lois and Clark, "If her Grampa is alive, he may save us all!"
