I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING THAT RELATES TO DC COMICS (AND IN SOME PARTS, MARVEL OR CARTOON NETWORK), if I did, you would see this fiction in a TV show with me playing the original character. Not really a spoiler, but to be safe, I DO NOT OWN THE FOLLOWING: SMALLVILLE, THE JUSTICE LEAGUE SERIES, LEGION OF SUPER HEROS, OR YOUNG JUSTICE; THEY BELONG TO DC COMICS. Just to clarify, this fiction is based in the Young Justice Universe, with a few themes and ideas from Smallville and the Justice League series. The main character's super hero name is Phoenix, so I do not own the name, the rights go to Marvel. Dreams and visions are in italics. It shall be in Phoenix's POV from now on. *This is the last time the name Phoenix will be used.*

Chapter 7 A New Plan

I scanned my surroundings and realized where I was. I then used my new Kryptonian powers to leave the grave. I "dug" through the earth until I was in the sewers. I was clever enough not to go straight up, for if Batman realized I had crawled out of the grave, someone would have noticed. That and Batman being the detective who he is would have figured out that I wasn't dug up.

"Finally," I said, "I'm out of that miserable box." I started walking. The smell was getting to me. When I came to a manhole, I flew through it. It was still the middle of the night, and no one noticed what I did. I walked around to an alley where I altered my appearance. I turned into a white, middle aged man with a wild mane of long brown hair. My clothes were changed into black elegant business suits with a long black overcoat. I looked into a window and saw my reflection. I recognized the face from the knowledge I absorbed. "Lionel Luthor."

I started walking around some more. There weren't any street signs to tell me where I was. I then heard footsteps coming in my direction. I calculated there being ten people heading in my direction. I wasn't afraid, because I had more power than they could imagine. I wanted them to think they could do something to me before I killed them.

"Well, well, well," said a voice that got my anger building up, "looks like there is rich man who is just begging for us to rob him."

"Your right boss." said a large grunt.

"How much do you think he has?" asked another.

"From the look of his clothes, I'd say quite a lot." said Black Mask. He got closer and saw my temporary face. "Well, if it isn't Mr. Lionel Luthor. I heard you died and came back to life."

"Hmm." I said. I was waiting for him to see if he could sense that he was in great danger.

"Why aren't you negotiating your way out of this?" said Black Mask. "I heard rumors that you could manipulate anyone."

"Is that so?" I said. "Hmm. Well, Black Mask, this game bores me." I super-sped behind his largest goon, then burned him alive with heat vision. Mask's other goons started shooting me, but all the bullets were bouncing off of me. I used telekinesis to lift the rest of the goons, afraid that this little escapade will alert Batman. While they were in the air, I crushed their bones, effectively killing them. Black Mask looked afraid, and I knew that because I was reading his mind.

I started to realize that if I was going to enjoy my revenge, I wanted him see my real face, so I went back into my original shape. The thoughts I heard from him was pure pleasure to me. He then ran away. I knew where he was, because I was following him with my telekinesis and I saw him with my X-ray and telescopic vision. Once he thought he felt safe, I ran in front of him.

"WHAT ARE YOU!" screamed Black Mask in fear.

"Your executioner." I said grabbing his throat. Black Mask was trying to breath, but couldn't. I then punched him through a stone wall that was apart of a building on my left. I walked to him as he was crawling away. I saw with my X-Ray vision that he had several broken ribs and his left femur was fractured. "You deserve this for what you did to my mother, and me!" I picked him up again, tossed him in the air. Before he fell, I jumped and kicked him in the stomach with all my might. He was sent flying, but I caught him. I flew up in to sky with Black Mask in hand. Once I reached an appropriate height, I stopped. "Do you have any last words?"

"I'll-ngh- see you in –cough- in Hell!" screamed Black Mask. I smiled and let him drop. The moment I let go of him, I used my heat vision to burn him and accelerate his fall. When he collided with the building, the weakened structure fell apart, crushing Black Mask's body in a pile of rubble.

"Good bye forever, Black Mask." I said. I then started flying off to Metropolis. As I was flying, I remembered what I did to keep all the knowledge of Brainiac. As soon as I had sent my old friends back to their bodies, I very quickly made a deal with Brainiac that since our physical beings were fused, why not our minds be fused as well. He agreed with the deal. What he didn't know was that I was to be in control, so I destroyed his mind, absorbing all that he knew and all of his mental capabilities, from his mastery of science to his manipulation of machinery.

When I got to Metropolis, I went to Lex Corp. I landed on the roof and entered the building. I walked into Lex's offices. Lex was sitting at his desk, paying a lot of attention to his paperwork.

"Hello Lex." I said. He seemed surprised to see me, as he pulled out his gun and fired. The bullets bounced off. "Did you really need to do that?" I lifted him up with telepathy and reminded him who I was and what the previous Brainiac told him to do. He admitted he never forgot, so I put him down. He led me to a vault that he unlocked. I entered and saw what Lex did. He had gathered many types of Kryptonite. He had good collection of Red Kryptonite. I didn't need that kind. Lex then came in and lifted a small box and brought it to me. He opened it and there was the Kryptonite I needed. I scanned the Green Kryptonite, and found something interesting.

"You actually accomplished what you were told to do." I said in amazement.

"Of course." said Lex, full of pride.

"How did you do it?" I asked.

"I used the formula you gave me. Using all the Green Kryptonite I could gather, both the solid state and the liquid state, I compressed it in to the size you see now. I then gathered as much solar energy as I could since I was ordered to create this object."

"You have twenty solar stations in this state alone." I stated.

"That's why it's emitting so much more radiation than the usual Green Kryptonite." He said.

"You've done a good job Lex." I took the crystal and digitized it.

"What did you do?" he asked.

"I turned the crystal into data so I can keep it with me at all without alerting any Kryptonian." I said. "The radiation being emitted by it is so strong to a Kryptonian that it is like four hundred hydrogen bombs being set off at once to every living thing on Earth." I then grabbed my head, because I was in pain.

I saw the machine that created unlimited amounts of energy. It looked like it was about to self-destruct due to being overloaded. Then a large robotic armor came falling down. The compartment that held the 'driver' was open, revealing the old man who yelled at a scientist. The man and the armor fell on the reactor and there was a contained explosion.

My vision changed to the shape-shifting human teenager with unidentifiable aliens. He and his team mates were on an alien world. From what I could see, the planet was highly technological.

"These visions are becoming quite an annoyance." I said. Then, a new plan was forming in my head. Lex came to help me up, but I mentally pushed him away. I figured out what I was going to need. I went back in the vault until I found what I needed. I reached forward and grabbed a small blue crystal, the size of a jewel in a class ring that I identified as Blue Kryptonite.

"What does that type do?" asked Lex.

"As long as a Kryptonian is in contact with Blue Kryptonite they have their powers disabled." I said. "If said Kryptonian is far enough away from the radiation, they still can use their powers." As I stated this, I got an idea. "Lex, give me one of your rings."

"Why?" demanded Lex.

"Do as I say!" I yelled, sending a mental attack at him. He begrudgingly gave me a plain silver ring. Taking it, I ripped out the onyx gem and put in the Blue Kryptonite. I used all of my new abilities to make the ring as flawless as possible. I then turned the ring into data.

I looked into the vault one last time. I scanned everything. I found nothing. I went to Lex's computer and hacked into his most top secret files. Here I found files and journals by a woman named Tess Mercer. In one of her last entries, she mentions a special type of Kryptonite, a type that she narrowed down to certain coordinates.

"Lex, where is this Kryptonite?" I asked.

"I excavated that kind of Kryptonite just recently." He admitted. "Miss Mercer was good in putting up programs to protect her files."

"But where is it?" I demanded.

"In my lab." He said.

"Take me there now." I told him. He then started walking to the elevator that was just outside his office. I followed. Once we entered, Lex inserted a key in the panel and revealed a secret compartment. He punched in a code and we descended. In a few minutes, we walked into the lab. While we were walking, I scanned some of the serums and found a very powerful tranquilizer. I went over and digitized a few vials and a gun-like syringe.

Lex led me to another vault which he opened. Within was the final item I needed. I scanned it and computed the effects of the meteor rock for my plan.

"I need this fastened into a knife." I said.

"That can be done." said Lex, smiling

-Two hours later-

"Here you are." said Lex. "The Kryptonite has been altered to your exact specifications." He handed me the knife. It was extremely sharp. I scanned it one last time to make sure it does what Tess Mercer's files and my scans say. Once I was sure, I turned the knife into data.

"Thank you, Lex." I said. "Your usefulness is no longer acquired." I then used heat vision to ignite the chemicals in the lab. When everything was ignited and exploding, I ran to the elevator and flew through the ceiling of the elevator. I kept flying till I was through the roof of the building.

"I need to get close to Kal-El." I thought aloud. "I wonder…"

-Midnight, Happy Harbor-

Miss Martian was camping with the rest of the Happy Harbor High Cheer Squad. They were in the woods not too far from Mount Justice. The cheerleaders noticed that 'Megan' has been really depressed lately. She wouldn't tell anyone of what happened. When the squad asked Superboy a.k.a Conner Kent what was wrong with Megan, he angrily said that both he and Megan lost a close friend recently.

This caused the squad to plan the trip, to try to cheer her up. They tried everything they could think of, from making s'mores to making prank calls over their cell phones. They couldn't even get a smile out of the usual overly happy Megan.

"Thank you everyone." said M'gann. "I know your trying your hardest, but I just need to be alone for a while okay?"

"Sure." said Wendy Harris, a black haired teenage girl.

"Will you stay near the campsite?" asked Karen Beecher, an African-American girl with two hair buns.

"Yeah." said M'gann got up and walked into the forest. She was walking for a few minutes. Then, M'gann felt like someone was following her. She looked around and saw no one. She started walking faster, but the feeling didn't go away. She then started flying, but still the feeling was still there, even stronger. She got so scared that she tried to mentally contact Superboy, but she couldn't. She attempted to use her communicator that she had in her ear, but it shorted out.

"Hello M'gann." I said from behind her. She then turned around and screamed, sending bird flying through the trees.

Another chapter down. Hope you all enjoy it and please review. If any of you readers don't understand a certain part, ask me a question and I'll answer it to the best of my abilities.