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Zack Bryan belongs to ocnarf

7

Kalel left the hospital flying to fortress. He never tested his powers since his return and if he was coming out of retirement he needed to know what his limits were. Kalel arrived with his robot standing their waiting for him. "Greetings Kal-El. I assume you have heard about the Cell games?"

Kalel nodded silently.

"I have been waiting for this day since your return. Come I have something to show you."

The two walked into the costume room. In the center was a new a costume. The red cape was cotton but the blue suit was nylon DWR polyurethane coated. The red boots were solid leather. The suit was built similar to military strenght. The three major differences were the neck lenght extention, a thin red belt with the S on the buckle, and the removal of the wrestling shorts. "It's stronger than you previous costumes. I took the shorts away. I figured we didn't need to hear the same underwear jokes again."

"Thanks at the time it was a fashonable idea but now not so much." Kalel replied remembering how his more immature villains kept commenting it.

"Also I have someone for you to meet." The robot said before moving on.

"Who?" Kalel asked chasing after the robot.

"Your teacher."

Kalel stopped not sure if he heard right, "Teacher?"

"Fighting styles have changed. You may need to adapted." The robot replied.

"I only have ten days before the games."

"Then we better not waste any time. Come along then." The two entered a secluded room where a clear crystal stood on a pedastool. "Place your hand on the crystal and get ready to meet your teacher."

Hesitantly Kalel placed his hand on the crystal. Immediately a flash of white light hit him as he found himself in a strange room of Krytonian design.

"Greetings Kal-El." A voice called from behind. Kalel turned to see a black hair, blue-eyed Kryptonian, wearing a dark blue jacket shirt with superman symbol, and red pants.

"Who are you?" Kalel asked.

"My Krytonian name was lost long ago. I am called Zack Bryne my parents were Bar-El and Lilo." Kalel's jaw dropped as he remembered the names. Remembered how he sent them to the Phantom Zone because a cure couldn't be found before his death.

"After my parents disappeared I was taken in by Kami a guardian of Earth who works mainly in the shadows and as a last resort. Kami saw potential in me and decided to raise me as his own. He taught me things both kryptonians and humans thought were myth. I plan on teaching you everything I know."

"Okay." Kalel said. "But how are you still alive?"

"I'm not." Zack replied. "I died a long time ago saving this Earth from Brainiac. Your son had disappeared and Earth was weakened. Brainiac hadn't caluculated on me and Kami showing up to stop him. The Kami at the time was young and head strong when we thought he was beaten Kami lowered his guard and the android struck. I intercepted the attack at the cost of my life."

Kalel looked down guilty, "I'm sorry to hear that, but that doesn't explain what you are doing here?"

"After my death my conciousness was placed in this crystal similiar to how Jor-El's was placed at the fortress." Zack explained. "Thanks to your son I was able to learn more about my Kryptonian heritage and methods."

"You knew my son?" Kalel asked hoping to learn more.

"Yes, after Diety, Vandal Savage started working with forces no human should mess with. He captured Kami syphoning power from him using it as a weapon. Superman and I teamed up to defeat him. I worked with him from time to time. He was honored to be your son."

Kalel looked down feeling guilty for not being there for his son.

"You died saving the world. Their is no shame in that. Everyone understood what you did and why." Zack said.

After a moment of silence Kalel asked, "Where do we begin?"

"We need to know your limits." Zack replied. "Then prepare you for the type of enemies you'll be facing."

Kalel returned to the fortress looking around. "Where should we begin?" His robot asked getting the kryptonian's attention.

"I need to know how strong I am." Kalel answered.

"Come with me."

The two entered an elevator going to a lower floor. As the door opened Kalel saw multiple exercising equipment. "After you thousand year nap I figured you needed help getting in shape. Shall we test how much you can lift?"

Walking over to the weight machine the robot typed in the tons on the machine. "Becareful. It's set to your last record."

Kalel nodded as he walked over to the machine. Taking all his strength the kryptonian lifted the weights causing it to go through two floors. "I think we need to do a closer look at you before your physical test." The robot said looking up.

Kalel was lying on a bed as sensors looked him over. After his fight with the three androids Kalel knew he was faster and stronger however he was surpirsed at the level of strength he had. The Kryptonian was worried at how his body may have been altered and what the consequences were.

"Okay, I'm finished." The machine called. "It appears your entire physilolgy has changed. I've broken down your molecular structure, and compared it to every species on file. None match. Not even close."

Kalel looked at his hands as he used his super vision. On the outside he was human but as he looked closer he saw his cells were mutated into a form of solid solar energy. "So where does that leave us with training?"

"More time with your mental training while I try to find a better workout for you." The robot replied.

Kalel left and joined Zack informing him of everything he had just learned.

"That is amazing. Are there any new abilities with this new body?" Zack asked astoned.

"So far my strength and speed have increased but to what extent I don't know."

"After todays training you need to find out test all your powers. You can't beat your opponent if you don't know yourself." Zack said receiving a nod from his student. "Now I want you to close you eyes and empty you mind." As soon as Kalel did so Zack continued. "I need you to find my energy signature. Sense me without letting your other senses warn you. Find me with a second sight."

Kalel attempted to focus but was unable to see anything. Kalel failed to see the point of the exorcise due to his advanced hearing and eye site. He felt seeing blind was a waste of valuable time. After ten minutes the kryptonian let out a sigh of fustration. "What is the point of this exercise? I can see a flea from space. I hear a worm crawl from two cities away. I fail to see the point of another sense."

"Sensing energy can give you an idea what your up against. All living things have an energy level. The more powerful your opponent the larger the energy signature." Zack explained. "It's not exact. Some can surpress their power but most can't. After all I'm sure this ability would have been helpful against Atomic Skull."

Kalel thought back to his first encounter with Atomic Skull. How the blast flattened him. The sheer power of the attack left Superman hurting till the next morning. Zack was right, a sixth sense then would have help greatly."Alright let's continue."

After training with Zack, Kalel stepped out on the surface of the red planet using his super vision. As he focused on Earth he saw the great wall of China and focused further as he saw tourists from all over the world. It got fuzzy as he looked at the eye color of people. As he tried to get the detail of the stone on the wall he was unable see anything. Moving beyond the wall he looked at the people but was unable to see the eyes and facial features.

Moving on with hearing he focused on the people's converstions. One person was complaining about how tired they were. Another proposed to his girlfriend. As he moved lower he could make out faint whispers catching a word here and there.

From what he could do on the moon he could now do on Mars. Kalel looked up and saw a large meteor the size of a three story building coming at him. Taking a deep breath Kalel removed his oxygen mask and blew hard. The gust of breath pushed against the meteor as the two forces fought to overwhelm the other. Soon the meteor started to fall back as it flew back into space. Using his heat vision Kalel diced the meteor up as if he was cutting butter. Next was speed Kalel grabbed a stop watch and took off toward Oa.

After five hours he finally landed on on the planet. Before it would have taken Kalel twenty to get to the planet.

As Kalel landed he saw the ruins of the building. He remebered hearing of Oa's destruction but never had an excuse to come here. The damage to the planet was horrific. The only building standing tall was the hall of guardians. Kalel flew over to the building slowly walking in. The place was devoid of all life leaving the place a grave. Looking down the hero saw many broken rings and a bright green one in the center. The kryptonian picked it up able to feel a small amount of power. Looking at it he flew into space letting the ring go. Soon the ring started glowing as it came to life searching for a proper host. Kalel smiled before flying back to the fortress to continuing his training.