Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or the Heroes of Olympus, Supergirl, the Arrow, or the Flash
Story Title: Justice Hearts
Chapter 4
Kalibak's Ship – Sol System
The royal scientist Desaad entered the control room. He held a handheld computer, looking down at the screen before looking up and bowing to Kalibak. "Lord Kalibak, the weapon system is ready." Kalibak leaned forward, his red eyes staring at the scientist. "We must prevent the enemy from discovering the attack. What do you have to distract them?"
Desaad smiled, his brown teeth contrasting strangely with his pale face. "I have just the thing, my Lord."
DEO Headquarters, National City, USA – Earth
J'onn, Alex, and Winn sat in the main conference room.
"I contacted Wayne Industries asking if we can use their space telescope," Winn said. "Yes, Mister Wayne called me an hour ago, letting me know that he agreed to allow the DEO to utilize the satellite, as long as we shared our findings with him," J'onn said. Alex gave him a strange look. "That's pretty unusual since this is a global security matter." J'onn nodded in understanding. "Yes, I said the same, but he enlightened me on the use of Wayne Technology's computer systems that our government uses, many of which assist in national security activities."
"So, do we have access or not?" Winn asked, getting impatient with all the political talk. "Yes, Agent Schott, you and your techs have access," J'onn replied.
Laughing echoed just outside the door. The door opened and in stepped Kara and Percy, talking like old friends and laughing about some story that Percy had just finished telling. Alex smirked at her sister. "You two seem to be getting along like old friends?" Kara blushed slightly. Percy became quiet; it seemed that Primordials could be embarrassed as well. Kara had her hands on her hips. "Not that it's really any of your business but Percy was telling me a story about the time a pizza delivery man got lost and tried to delivery pizza at his demigod camp." Winn gave her a strange look. "Yeah, that's not weird at all." Percy smiled. "Oh, it was pretty weird." Kara laughed at the sarcastic response.
"Well, I'm glad you both could make it. Wayne Industries has given the DEO permission to utilize one of its space telescopes. That should help us look out for any unknown visitors headed our way," J'onn explained, getting back to business. Percy and Kara sat at the table across from J'onn and Alex. "That should help," Percy began, stroking his chin as he thought of another way to keep track of goings on in the solar system. He snapped his fingers as he came up with an idea. "I got it, I can create a connection with the gravity well of the sun, this way I can be alerted to gravitational shifts that could accompany light speed shifts, warp signatures, and even gravitational anomalies." Kara, J'onn, and Alex all stared at him in shock. However, Winn smiled; finally, someone that knew his or her way around some astrophysics. "A great idea." Winn looked at a flashing notice on his data pad. "Could this alert system warn us about anyone tampering with gravitational fields such as asteroid movements?" Percy looked at him strangely for a moment. "What kind of tampering?" Winn gulped. "How about two asteroids pulled out of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter; headed directly to Earth. Percy stood up, followed by the others. "How far away?" J'onn asked frantically. Winn looked at his datapad, running through his calculations. "Two days out."
Percy had his eyes closed; the golden glow surrounded him until he was in his costume once again. He kept his eyes closed as his aura began to pulse. "Percy," Kara said worriedly. Kara reached forward her hand hit a barrier so strong that it threw her hand back. Alex stepped forward. "Are you okay?" Kara nodded. "It didn't hurt me. It just surprised me." Percy's brow furrowed, his breathing became heavy; he finally opened his eyes. His sea green eyes were two green stars, boiling with energy. "Oh Chaos," he said. Kara's blue eyes widened. "What's wrong?" "The asteroids aren't the main threat. They're a distraction." J'onn walked toward the Primordial. "What is the true threat?" Percy turned to look at Winn. "Shift the satellite to…" He grabbed the pad from Winn's hand before typing in the celestial coordinates. "Sorry, it was faster this way." He handed the pad back to Winn. Winn studied his pad, waiting for the telescope to shift position. Once completed he looked at the data, his eyes widening in surprise. "It's a probe of some kind, headed for the sun." Percy began to pace; the light around his body growing stronger. "I must intercept this probe." "What about the asteroids?" J'onn asked. Kara looked between them. "Winn, can you make breathing apparatus for Clark and me?" Winn frowned for a moment. "To use in space?" "Yeah, we can stop the asteroids." "Sure, they won't survive a direct hit, so you'll need to be careful using them." Kara smiled. "I'll contact Clark," she said before running full speed out of the conference room.
Alex sat down at the table. "Do we know what the probe's purpose is? What it will do to the sun?"
Percy and Winn both shook their heads. J'onn rubbed his eyes, feeling tired. "Percy, can you intercept it?" "I can try," he said before he took off, phasing through the ceiling and out of the DEO Headquarters. Winn looked at the ceiling. "I guess you're not the only one who can do that."
An hour later, Winn stood on the balcony with Supergirl and Superman. The two wore the breathing apparatus. "This is based on a Kryptonian designed space suit. Neither of you needs to worry about the rigors of space travel, except for the ability to breath. There is enough air in these for twenty-four hours. So, do not engage them until you need them." Clark smiled at the younger man. "Don't worry Winn. We've got this." Winn nodded. "I'm just worried. These asteroids, although they are nowhere as big as the one that killed the dinosaurs, they are plenty big enough to destroy a city, maybe more." Clark nodded in understanding. "Any word from Omega?" Kara frowned, shaking her head. "He just flew off, after that probe. He didn't even get to say goodbye." Clark wrapped his arm around her shoulders. He was happy that Kara had grown to care about their new friend. Something about Percy made Clark feel that Kara, that the world, was better off with him around. "Hey now, he's the god of stars, if anyone can save the sun it's him." Kara shook her head. "It's not that, he's by himself, what if something happened? What if no one is there to save him?" Clark rubbed her back, kissing her on the forehead. "Hey there, Percy is going to be fine. We don't need to worry about him. We have enough to worry about with those asteroids. Come on, let's go save the world, Supergirl." Kara smiled, wiping her eyes before any tears fell. She hadn't even known the Primordial for a day, but she cared for him, so much. "Yeah, come on, let's save the day." The two put on their breathing equipment, making sure not to turn it on until it was needed. They jumped into the sky, flying off toward the incoming asteroids.
J'onn, Winn, and Alex watched them fly away. "Can they do it?" J'onn asked. Alex smiled. "If they can't then who on this planet could?" Winn nodded. "They've got this."
Between the Earth and the Sun
Omega floated in space, his eyes closed and his senses stretched out to find the small probe that raced toward the sun. He couldn't feel it. How was that possible? There was only one answer, it was cloaked; it could somehow block or fool his senses. Who was this enemy? How could they block the senses of a god? Suddenly, a small explosion occurred on the surface of the sun. Omega's senses went haywire. He clutched his head as pain shocked his system. His connection to the star nearly overloaded his nervous system. He closed his eyes and rode out the pain. He opened his eyes concentrating on the star at the center of the solar system. He could sense the turmoil within the star; the uproar that would occur spurred him forward. He had to get there quickly and do what he could to stop what he anticipated would happen, a solar flare, larger than any seen before.
Between Earth and Mars
Superman and Supergirl floated in space, watching for the two asteroids that would come their way. Kara was the first to see one; she pointed to the location and raced forward to intercept. Superman kept his eyes peeled, looking for the other asteroid. Suddenly, he spotted the giant rock, headed straight for his position, traveling at incredible speed. Superman cursed under his breath, this was going to be tougher than he thought. He raced toward the object, preparing himself for the impact.
Supergirl's eyes locked onto the asteroid, it was about the size of a football field. She struck the asteroid at a speed several times the speed sound, causing a crater to form in the center of the asteroid. Her strike and the angle she hit shifted the asteroid on a different trajectory, but without a computer, she couldn't tell what that trajectory was. "Winn, come in!" There was only static over the line. She stopped pushing the asteroid as she touched the antenna attached to her breathing apparatus, it was broken in half. She cursed under her breath. What was she going to do now?
Superman closed on the asteroid, this one was huge, bigger than Metropolis. He poured on the speed as he struck the asteroid, barely making a crater and having only a minuscule impact on its trajectory. This thing was too big for him to move by himself. What was he going to do?
Back with Omega
The primordial god shifted into another gear as he disappeared from sight, traveling at a speed beyond that of light. He appeared close to the sun, its heat having no effect on the Primordial. He closed his eyes sensing the beginnings of a flare forming, deep in the center of the star. This would be a huge flare; it would destroy all electronics on the Earth and for tens of thousands of miles around it. He closed his eyes and centered his mind, focusing on the center of the star; unfortunately, his connection was not strong enough. He had to get closer to the core of the star. He had never entered the core of a star before. For any being, maybe even Chaos, such an act would destroy them, but Percy was the god of stars. He could do it.
He closed his eyes for a moment as he concentrated on what he needed to do. He prepared his body and mind for power beyond his imagination. He opened his eyes. His usual sea green eyes were replaced with two green stars; two great balls of green atomic fire. He entered the surface of the star. He could feel the heat of the sun, but it had not effect on him. His body absorbed the energy. He traveled further and further into the star his body absorbing more energy until he reached the core. Once in the core he saw the object at the center, it wasn't a small probe, it was something else that emitted a strange light; he stared at the object until he understood what he was seeing, it was a Motherbox. A teleportation device, but it appeared that this device was open to another power source. He concentrated on the source until he realized that the Motherbox had created a wormhole to the center of a much larger, more powerful star; Sol was absorbing the energy making it overpowered and ready to emit a mega solar flare.
Omega raised his hand, focusing on the power within him to create a concentrated beam of energy, one that would strike the Motherbox in the exact location to destroy it. His eyes gave off a single pulse before he fired; the energy blast struck the Motherbox, the object made a small explosion, ceasing the disturbance and saving the sun and the Earth from a damaging solar flare. Percy sighed. One objective complete, but he sensed that his friends were in trouble, that he was needed.
Percy flew out of the star at the speed of light, his body glowing with incredible power. He focused on his two friends; Kara was trying to stop the smaller asteroid with some success, Clark, on the other hand, was unable to slow the much larger asteroid down or change its trajectory. Something was wrong. Omega had to make a choice help Kara or Clark. He chose Clark. He prayed that Kara could complete her mission, but now the Man of Steel was the priority.
He reached the asteroid; Superman was pushing with all his might. Omega stretched out with his senses until he found the problem, three engines on the far side of the asteroid, each protected by a very powerful force field, it would take too long to destroy each of them. There was only one thing that Omega could do, unleash all his power in one blast, obliterate the asteroid entirely. He reached Superman; he concentrated until he was able to intercept the same radio length as the communications device that Winn setup in Superman's and Supergirl's breathing apparatus. "Superman," he said. Clark stopped pushing. "Winn, is that you?" "It's me, Omega." Superman turned around to see Omega floating behind him. "Omega, Superman, this is Winn, I've lost contact with Kara." "Go ahead Winn, you can't communicate with Kara?" Superman asked. "Yeah, all I get is static." "She struck the asteroid hard; the impact could have damaged her communications," Omega reasoned. Superman nodded. "Agreed, what do we do?" Omega put his hand on his friend's shoulder. "Go help your cousin, I've got this." Superman wanted to protest, but the look in Omega's glowing green eyes told him that he had a plan. Superman nodded before he flew off in the direction of Kara.
Winn guided Superman to Kara's location. He saw her pushing on the asteroid, it was clearly working, but without communications, she would never know how much or where she was moving the asteroid. "Superman, guide her to push for three more seconds in the same direction, that should direct the asteroid to intercept and enter a stable orbit around Mars," Winn said. "You sure?" "Yes, all data is confirmed." "Will do and thanks, Winn." Superman landed beside Kara, gaining her attention. He used sign language to let her know what was needed. She pushed for the three seconds and stopped. The two turned around and flew off of the asteroid in the direction of the much larger object. They were only a few miles from the smaller asteroid when a tremendous explosion lit up space. A shockwave moved away from the massive explosion, it struck Kara and Clark, sending them spinning head over heels. It took them a few seconds to get their bearings. "Winn, what happened?" Clark asked. "He did it, a massive explosion vaporized the asteroid, and nothing is left. "What about Omega?" "No signal, I can't get a hold of him." Superman signaled to Supergirl; the two flew off, both worried about their friend.
AN: Stay locked on target more to come.
