AN: I didn't forget about Ursa everybody! I wanted to save this for the following chapter because there was so much going on in the last one I thought it would be too much to put this in as well.

Chapter 25

Earlier

Ursa broke down the doors of the Arrakian palace. She had seen no sign of the King, which was probably a good thing for him. She wanted to rip him to pieces. Maybe not the same reason for Kal-El wanting a piece of him, but she still wanted to beat his ass. As she searched around the palace she smashed many artifacts that hung on the walls and sat on tables.

Shufa and Xedea looked at the Kryptonian down below on an upper balcony. They backed away and started running to find a room to hide in. "In here!" Shufa pushed his sister in a secluded room on the north side of the palace. It had been used for training, but was usually vacant. He looked out the window and saw the Krypton Prince beating the shit out of his older brother.

"Iha," he breathed one of his deity's names and Xedea moved to the window.

"Amayn!" she screamed. As much as she hated her brother's behavior and the way he was now ruling their country, she still had love for her older sibling. Shufa covered his sister's mouth.

"Just don't look," he shielded her eyes.

Ursa heard a girl cry from upstairs and she flew to the top balcony and glanced through the walls trying to find the two aliens. She had found them in a small room at the end of the hall. Smiling she marched towards the room.

Xedea heard footsteps approaching. "Shufa, she is coming for us, what do we do?" her eyes still covered by her brother. He let go and blocked the window. His eyes peered back and watched the Kryptonian snap his brother's neck. His eyes widened and he continued to block the window so his little sister couldn't see.

"Shufa?" she cried hearing the woman coming closer to the room.

Ursa knocked down the doors and Xedea came close to her elder brother, almost crying.

"My orders are to eliminate all of the Royal Arrakians," she brought out her weapon and it glowed bright blue.

Xedea closed her eyes and Shufa frowned. "It is not us who has caused this, it is our brother!"

"You are related to the wimp, so you must die as well!"

Xedea yelped, "Die? Amayn's dead?" she looked to Shufa and he closed his eyes. The red headed teenager went to the window and saw the alien prince carrying off her older once King Brother. "Oh no, no, no." she put a hand up to her mouth.

"Put your hands in the air where I can see them brats," she pointed the staff towards the two. Shufa held his hands in the air. Xedea turned and saw the tall Kryptonian woman coming closer with her weapon.

"Put your hands in the air! This will go a lot smoother if you both just do what I say! Get on your knees," she pressed a button and electrocuted Shufa and he dropped to the floor in pain. "Get on your knees, girl!" Almost pressing the button again.

Xedea obeyed the woman and slowly got on her knees. "Stay right there and don't move," she collapsed the staff back to its four inch size. Calling to her ship she wasn't getting any response.

"General, I have the two Arrakian heirs. General?" she kept calling but there was no response. She growled and restored the staff to its six foot length. "Come with me," forcing the two to get up she walked behind them.

"Where are we going?" Shufa asked cautiously.

"Be quiet brat," she pushed him along and they headed towards the entrance of their palace.

Reaching the outside it smelled of death. She saw others were still fighting. Looking at the time on her wrist she saw they had at least thirty seconds to get inside the loading docks of General Zod's ship.

"In there," she shoved them in and they walked slowly gazing around at the atmosphere. Pressing the button closing the ramp she watched her timer.

"Five…four...three…two…" she counted aloud. The two Arrakians had no idea what was going on until they heard a loud explosion out from the ship they were stationed in. The ground shook briefly and Ursa smiled. "Alright, come with me." She walked off into a separate hall. Both followed her unsure what to do at this point.

Jor saw the explosion occur and their ship was unfazed. He turned to Zod, "What have you done? I did not seek to destroy the whole country!"

"Ah, you mean planet." Zod corrected him.

Jor switched his eyes to Themyscira and saw it had exploded as well. "What the hell is wrong with you?! We are here to aid the Amazons not to hurt them! You have ruined everything we stand for! Now nobody will trust the Kryptonians after they hear of this!" he came up to the General and grabbed him by the throat.

"Zod…" he said in a low voice.

"Do you really think it is wise to do this, your highness?" Zod smiled.

His grip tightened, feeling the power run through his veins. "I should have taken charge of this operation and never involved you in the first place! I should have known you'd do something like this ever since you took Lara off as Ampar all those years ago."

"She was a great Ampar, she has a lovely figure as well. She is quite a beautiful woman."

Jor pushed the General into the wall. "Do you not talk of my wife like that, Zod." He marched towards him and stopped in front of him. He spoke through his earpiece. "Diana, have the council notified immediately that General Zod has sabotaged your family and destroyed both countries."

Lara heard her husband on the loud speaker and Diana was in the infirmary with wounded Amazons right now. She pressed the speaker, "Jor,"

He heard his wife's voice and was surprised. "I will notify the council. Diana is….occupied at the moment."

"Alright, thank you." Jor looked back to Zod and frowned. "You will not be General of the Kryptonian military anymore!"

Zod stood against the wall still, "What makes you think the council will listen to you? You have broken so many rules keeping that princess with you. She is a burden on all of Krypton."

"They will listen because what I say will go! You are not ruler of Krypton, I am! Diana has stayed with us because Lara and I promised her mother we would keep her." He stood inches away from Zod's face now. "And she is welcome in the House of El." He punched him in the jaw and he slummed to the floor.

Ursa listened from the hallway behind the control panel room and tried not to make any noise. She put the two Arrakians in a room so they wouldn't escape. She had brought back the brats alive, which was part of the plan; she had wished to see Zod's face when she returned with his prizes. Seeing Jor-El put his hands on the General like that made her livid. As soon as she saw the King leave she heard him talking to his personal guards.

He pointed behind him, "Arrest him. He will be hearing from our council soon. Bring him back on the military command ship immediately."

The soldiers stood for a moment not believing what was happening. "Go, now!" he yelled and they ran passed him to arrest the Kryptonian General.

Ursa crept back in the small hallway watching the guards come up to Zod and cuff him and then lift him to bring him back to a different ship. Damn, she thought. They were probably taking the shorter way back to Krypton instead of the longer way.

As soon as the guards left she ran to the control panel closing all the ramps once the coast was clear. She cleared all the bodies around the ship before taking off. She needed to give enough time until the ship that was taking back Zod left before she did. Looking on the monitors she waited until they boarded and left. Her eyes glanced to the El ship on Themyscira and saw Diana on the ramp looking at her hurt mother and sister. A smile came to her face.

"Oh dear, poor Princess." Ursa pouted and watched Kal-El fly off. Probably to find more Amazon women.

"That is the last of the survivors I have found," Kal reported back to his father.

"How many now?" Jor asked observing his men cleaning up Arrakus and Themyscira on the screens.

"Two hundred and fifty seven. I am afraid I have not found any more than that. On Arrakus all the Amazons are dead. The explosion killed them."

Jor-El nodded his head, "We have enough room in our ship to carry the Amazons. Are they all being treated?"

Kal closed the ramp, "Yes father, some are uninjured so they are assisting with the wounded."

"I suggest you check on Diana. She hasn't left that room since I got back," and that was about an hour ago.

Kal left the room silently and saw many Amazons looking very confused. Lara was trying to talk to one of them, but she couldn't understand or make out anything she was saying. He passed the crowded hall and found Diana still sitting in the room where her mother and sister were.

Closing the door behind him she didn't move at all. She was in between both women with her hands in her lap staring off into space. He came closer but not too close.

"Diana, are you okay?"

He received no response so he approached closer.

"You've been in here for quite some time." She still didn't speak or move at all in the chair she sat in.

Finally he put a hand on her shoulder and she shivered under his touch. Looking up in his eyes he saw her eyes were red and puffy. She gasped. "Kal, I didn't hear you come in."

"I've been standing here for the last three minutes trying to speak to you." He crouched down next to her and she glanced back at her mother and sister. "No matter how long you sit here it won't make them wake up any faster," he smiled, rubbing her arm.

Diana looked at him and sniffled. Her eyes were glued to her family lying in front of her. There was not a smile on her face. Kal's smile died and he put his hands on her shoulders.

"Diana, please go get some rest."

"No." she was adamant about staying.

He sighed, "Diana, please. You've been in here for over an hour now. They will be here when you take a break."

"No!" she shrugged off his hands on her shoulders. "I am staying here."

"You staying here depressing yourself aren't going to make things better."

"I will stay here until they awaken." Diana folded her arms. He walked in front of her and kneeled down to see her on eye level.

He touched her tear stained cheek and looked at her ice blue eyes. "That could take days, Diana."

"Then so be it," her eyes darkened as she fired back at him.

He stood, "Alright. If I don't see you out of here within the next hour, I'm kicking you out myself." He walked out of the room and saw the Amazons glancing up at him in wonder, fear and confusion. He continued on to find his parents.

Lara turned to see her son approaching them. She was seated in a chair next to the control board with Jor. "Is she still refusing to leave?" Jor asked.

Kal nodded, "Yes. She won't leave at all! I told her I'd kick her out within the next hour if she's still in there."

Lara looked at her son, "Kal-El," her voice soft, "She has lost everything. Give her some time alone."

He looked at his mother and sat next to her. He couldn't believe what happened out there. How could Zod do this to them? To the Amazons? They were supposed to be helping the Amazons not killing them off. Shaking his head in anger he looked at the monitors his father was examining. He observed a ship leaving in Arrakus. There were three ships taking off from there.

"Did you give them orders to leave, father?" he pointed to the Arrakian channels.

Jor looked up, "Yes. They have Zod arrested and are taking him back through the faster route. I thought they would have left a little sooner than this though." He turned off the screen and glanced at his wife and son.

"What about Ursa, father? Did you see her?" Kal asked curious what happened to their Ampar.

"I have not seen her. I am sure she has either perished in the explosion or is on another ship…without permission."

Lara's eyes narrowed, "I hate that woman." She growled, which brought up another topic. "What are we going to do with all these Amazons?"

"They obviously cannot stay here. There is nothing left of their island," Jor spoke with sorrow in his voice. Kal folded his arms.

"We need to leave soon. We cannot stay here for much longer. Our men have cleaned up our mess. We have done our part."

Jor's voice quieted down, "What did you do with Amayn?"

"I left him in the front of his destroyed palace. I am sure not all of the Arrakians died in this war. Some will find him and rebuild. They are smart people," Kal concluded.

Lara cleared her throat, "So we shall travel back to Krypton with over two hundred Amazons? What will the council say about this? Where will we keep them?"

The Kryptonian King brows creased, "We will deal with the council when we arrive on Krypton in forty eight hours. For now we will keep the Amazons in the guest quarters in the palace. We have plenty of vacant rooms."

"All of those Amazons in the palace?" Lara's jaw dropped and looked like she was going to faint. Kal sat up and took his mother's hand.

"Mother?"

Every Kryptonian ship had left four hours ago and the Amazons were gathered in rooms in groups of six to ten. They wanted to be together, safely. Lara had tried to assure them that they would be very safe travelling in space, but they didn't believe her. After about thirty minutes, she had given up trying to deal with them.

Kal smiled as he saw his mother becoming a little mad trying to converse with the Amazons. He needed to check on Diana. His mother said to give her space so he didn't bother her. Forcing her to do something wasn't going to help as much as he wanted her to rest. He came into the room quietly and shut the door.

Walking up closer he saw her resting half her body on the bed and she was heavily sleeping. Smiling he grabbed her and picked her up in his arms. Her cheeks puffy from crying he could tell. He voice commanded the door to open and he carried her down a few halls to her temporary room.

Setting her on the bed he removed her shoes and she hadn't stirred at all. He covered her with a sheet and finally she rolled over onto her side covering herself with the blanket. Kal removed his chest piece and sat in a chair watching Diana sleep soundly.

Diana woke up staring in a dark room and she saw they were travelling in space now. Where was she? She looked around and saw she was in a bed in a different room. Panicking she sat up quickly and then her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She saw Kal staring at her in a chair across from the bed. She turned on a light and the room was dimly lit now. Yawning she looked at the time. Gods, she had been sleeping for this long?

"Kal, how long have I been asleep?" she was starting to go over the time lapse but it wasn't helping.

He looked at her with a smile, "Oh about nine hours. I figured you needed the sleep."

Nine hours? Oh Hera, what happened over the last nine hours? She thought of her mother and sister. She needed to see them. Diana started getting out of bed not having a care in the world what she looked like.

Kal stood and blocked the door, "Where are you going?"

"I need to see my mother and sister," trying to maneuver her way around him. She huffed and folded her arms. "Kal!"

"They are fine. Your sisters have been watching them."

"So they have not awakened yet?" Diana asked somberly.

He put his arms around her and breathed in slowly, "No, I'm sorry, not yet Diana."

Diana stopped trying to get around him and stood there with a blank face. He looked at her and he brought her closer to his body. She hugged him back and they stood there for a good while until he heard sobbing muffled in his chest. Placing his hand on her head, stroking her hair he pulled her tighter to him.

She was saying something and he had a hard time making out what she was saying. All he heard was "gone" and "everything" in her muffled cry. Pulling her back he lifted her chin and tears flowed freely from her eyes.

"Please don't do that," wiping the tears from her cheeks. "I don't like to see you cry."

Diana put her hands to her face and cried more turning away from him. "Kal," she managed to say.

That clearly wasn't an invite for him to speak so he waited. "I don't…have a home anymore."

He frowned and led her to the bed for her to sit down. Uncovering her face she cried more. He pulled her closer to him and her sobbing just became louder and louder. Comforting her he kissed the top of her head as she cried.

She continued to sob for the next fifteen minutes until she finally quieted herself down. Her nose was pink as were her eyes. Her lashes wet as fresh dew on grass and her eyes watery as the sea itself. He looked into her blue pools and smiled hoping that was the end of all her crying.

"Better?" he moved a lock of hair behind her ear.

Diana put her head against his chest and wiped her hand across her nose. "What will become of my sisters now? They have nowhere to return to. No safe place to go."

Kal thought he should wait until his parents said something but he really needed to say something. "My father has offered to take in your sisters until we come up with a better plan."

She sat up and looked at him skeptically. "Kal, he can't do that. I have already caused enough problems."

He held her face in his hands, "Your family is my family now. We will help you," smiling he touched noses with her. He saw a dim grin come to Diana's face and her eyes swelling with tears again.

"I love you," He really liked saying that. It was the second time he said that to her and he hadn't had a chance to really enjoy the moment at the time. He saw Diana's eyes meet his and she smiled.

"I," she put her hands on his cheeks as well, "love you too."

Ursa had landed the ship accordingly. She landed it near the other ships hours after they left, making sure that she was not tracked or followed. She searched the military base and saw nobody was there. They must have taken Zod to solitary confinement until the Els and others returned, which would be in thirty five hours approximately.

She turned off the ship and went to the room where the Arrakian children were kept. Sliding open the doors she saw they were in the same spots she left them. "Come on, get out and follow me." Bringing out her staff again they had no problem obeying her orders.

Xedea and Shufa glanced around the room. Everything was so different here on Krypton. Walking up the stairs Ursa shoved them yet into another room. This room had windows though, but she put a code into a panel near the door so the windows were locked and covered so nobody could look in.

"Welcome to Krypton," she smiled.

AN: Next is Krypton, council, and Amazonian adjustments (;

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