-STRENGTH IN NUMBERS-

That night turned out to be more hectic than Conner would have guessed. One minute he's enjoying a nice fun time with his brother Clark Kent and his girlfriend Diana Prince, talking politics with Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne—the next thing he knew he was dodging punches from a giant Doomsday like monster in the streets of Metropolis with Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Batman.

At first they tried talking. Asking it questions, basic questions regarding its origins and the beast replied by attempting to chuck a nerdy bystander at them. Luckily Superman was there to catch him and put him back on solid ground.

'Not much of a talker, this one,' shouted Catwoman as she held her black rope over the beast's arm and struggling to hold it in place.

'Remind you of someone we all know?' Superman chuckled. He delved in and tackled the Doomsday wannabe to the ground.

Bruce just groaned in annoyance at the not so subtle reference to him.

While the beast was on the ground, howling and growling with Superman on his chest pinning him down by the neck with his forearm, Bruce took a grapple batarang to hold its head down. Catwoman had her rope over the right arm and Conner held it's left with Wonder Woman.

The monster then roared so loudly that Superman was almost thrown off by the sheer force of it. 'Keep it down, guys!' roared Superman. 'What are you!' he shouted forcefully at the creature. 'Why are you attacking the city?!' he tried again but to no avail, the creature just kept roaring and growling like an animal.

As Superman kept on punching the Doomsday wannabe, Conner just kept on holding it. This proved futile for after some more struggling, the creature was free of the Superheroes, throwing them away across the road. It roared out with triumph.

Superman helped the others up. His facial expression seemed neutral like it was nothing, contrary to Superboy whom had to grip hold of his shoulder in pain. Oh, damn that hurt, he staggered to his feet.

'You okay, Conner?' Superman placed a hand on the injured shoulder. Conner winced a little but brushed it off.

'What are we going to do?'

'What do you mean, Conner?'

Batman appeared by their side, 'This one is different, it isn't a Doomsday creature, it's far too weak and small to be him.'

Superman stood up tall, surveying the creature and their current surroundings. They stood in the middle of the road. The beast was standing a couple of kilometres away. Wonder Woman and Catwoman soon joined up. 'Think we could take him then?' asked Conner, 'I mean there's five of us and one of him—'

'There is no strength in numbers,' Superman stated, at that Conner felt that sense of natural authority, of the good type of self-righteousness in his voice.

Wonder Woman smiled slightly and drew out her Amazonian sword. 'What about strength in strength alone?'

'It's no Doomsday,' said Superman.

'And it doesn't need to be.' Batman then threw several of his bat insignia shurikens which exploded at first contact with the creature. 'Something doesn't feel right, here.'

'No time to figure it out, Batman.' Superman pointed at the monster as it started to stomp on people like bugs. 'Get him, quick!'

They all rushed up to it and begun again their assault. Wonder Woman saw one of the civilians crawling out of some debris from under the monster's right foot. She glided quickly toward him and helped him out and unto his feet before carrying him away.

'Okay, guys, all-out attack at the exact same time. Make sure we confuse him for long enough and hopefully we can get him.' instructed Superman.

They burst out in action. Superboy and Wonder Woman ran and tackled the beast's arms. They held them in place while Catwoman and Batman took simultaneous turns in punching the monster in the face while Superman leapt into the air and gave a power kick with both legs, so powerful that it sent both the monster and the Man of Steel back.

The monster skidded on his back and left a giant crater in the tar road. Yet it still got up and was as angry as it had been in the beginning.

Superman also got to his feet…and also above ground. 'Everybody away!' he shouted. 'Get everyone away and tell them to cover their eyes, especially the children!'

They did as he requested. Wonder Woman and Batman rounded up the adult civilians and Superboy and Catwoman took the children bystanders inside the nearest buildings. 'Cover your eyes and look away,' Superboy told the kids who trusted him with no hesitation.

They then watched on as Superman faced the sky with his eyes closed, breathed in and with a loud battle cry faced the creature with open his eyes. A loud and mighty beam of great alien energy blasted from his eyes and consumed the monster. The light was so intense that the other superheroes had to shield their own eyes.

The creature shrieked and was made silent.

When Superman was done and the crackling beam disappeared. They found Superman bent down on his knees on the road. His hands on the road for support as he panted. Heat vision was always draining and at times it scared Clark when he did it.

It was always like that and Bruce had commented on Superman's ability to look like a god. While others marvelled and gasped at Superman's Heat vision. Clark hid in fear. His own powers could always scare him and this Heat vision moment was also a quite different and scarier experience for the Man of Steel. He had taken every ounce of his strength into that attack.

Luckily it was not futile. They all saw the remains of the monster. Its corpse heavily burnt to a crisp. Its eyes had exploded and blood splattered everywhere.

Wonder Woman was the first at his side, taking him into her arms for comfort. She was whispering to him that it was over and that everything was alright. Superman was very shaken when they all got to him.

What scares Clark Kent more than Kryptonite…is Superman.

'I…I had no choice…I—'

'Shhh, it's fine, it's alright, sweetheart,' the amazon reassured as she stroked his hair. 'It's over.'

Batman came up behind him with a troubled look on his face…or at least that was what Conner thought at first. It was close to impossible to see what Batman's facial expressions were, even when he was Bruce Wayne. 'I'm sorry to cut this moment short…but no, Diana, It isn't over yet.' He placed a hand on Superman's shoulder and drew him up. 'It's far from over yet. Things have gotten complicated.'

'Why, what's happened?' Conner inquired, liking the sound of Batman's usually calm yet grumbly voice.

Batman faced his left where there stood a building with glass doors and windows that were shattered. They all followed his gaze at the building opposite the restaurant that they came from, which had above the door The Metropolis Museum of Art. 'It was a decoy.'

-SUPERBOY-

All rights and ownership go to DC Comics and the creators of their fine comic books as well as to Assassin's Creed and other corporations that I've thought to include here. I had these ideas for so long but was nervous in writing them. I had a dream once— a crazy dream about my favourite characters spanning from eighteen years of living coming together into one awesome universe. Hope it works.

I also hope that readers will take the time to add reviews of my work in hopes that I know if I should even continue or just stop before I crash. Also there are other works too that sort of tie in to this.