Hey guys. I'm sorry if you guys got too alerts about this chapter. I realized that I skipped a chapter and posted the one after this, which would have totally confused you guys. lol. Anyways, enjoy! And please let me know what you think =)
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The next day, Chloe and Christopher walked into their apartment. Chris walked to his room and put his bag on his bed. Chloe walked in behind him. "Chris, I need to go into work early tomorrow," she said. "Ok," he said without looking at her. "Are you ok?" she asked. "Just thinking about Clark," he said. "He'll be ok," Chloe said. "But what if he's not Mom?" Chris asked. She sighed. "Don't think like that," she said. She started to walk out of the room but stopped when she saw Chris's digital clock go dark. She flipped the light switch on and off, but no light came on. "Looks like the power is out," she said. Chris looked around. "Yeah, I guess so," he said. "I'll get some candles out. We'll need them when it gets dark," Chloe said. She thought for a minute. "Chris, I don't want to put any ideas in your head but…if you are anything like Clark, you're going to want to help," she said. "Becky already told me that she doesn't want me to fight," Chris said. "Good, because I don't want you going anywhere near that fight."
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Chris stepped out of the apartment building and looked up at the sky. The clouds completely hid the sun, making the sky a light gray. He looked around at the people surrounding him. The power was still out and he knew that no one would be able to take the subway. The streets would be completely jammed. He sighed and started walking towards school. After a few blocks he found a dark alley. He smiled to himself and walked into it. Once he was hidden by the dark shadows, he super sped away.
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Chloe opened up her laptop at work. She pulled up the internet. The home page read "Top Story: Energy Loss at Local Plants". She clicked on it and read over the story. A number of electricity plants had suddenly lost power over last twenty-four hours, leaving the whole state in darkness. She grabbed a map out of her desk. She marked the certain plants and noticed a pattern. They were forming a circle. She knew of only one plant in the middle that had not been hit. If it was, it would make a complete circle. "What is going on?" she thought. Suddenly her eyes grew wide. "Brainiac," she whispered under her breath. She grabbed her cell phone and called Becky.
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Chris walked through the halls of his school. Aaron, his best friend, came up beside him. "Did you hear about the power plants?" Aaron asked. "No," Chris said. "Bunch of them lost power over the night, like something was drawing from them," Aaron said. Chris stopped walking. "Drawing power from them?" he asked. Aaron nodded. "Is there a pattern to them?" Chris asked. "Yeah…they're kind of in a circle," Aaron answered. "A complete circle?" Aaron shook his head. "No. There's like one more plant that would finish off the circle," he said. Aaron took out his cell phone and pulled up a map. "It's here," he said, pointing. Chris memorized the spot, but didn't think anything of it. "And as if this wasn't bad enough, no one's seen Superman since Friday," Aaron said. Suddenly, it clicked in Chris's head. "Man, it's awesome to be best friends with the best reporter in school…after me of course. Aaron, I need you to tell the office that I got sick," Chris said. "What?" Aaron asked, confused. "I'll explain later. Just tell them ok?" Chris headed for the doors. He sighed when he realized that he would have to tell Aaron anything but the truth.
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Becky hung up the phone. She ran to Sara's room. "Sara, sweety, Uncle Daniel's going to take you and Kevin to school ok? I need to go take care of something," Becky said. Sara rolled over in bed and nodded. Becky ran to her room and grabbed a sweatshirt. She pulled it over her head and let the hood stay up. She grabbed her sunglasses and then ran out of the room. The rest of the group was on their way to New York, she just needed to stop in Chicago and get Victor. She ran out her back door and then flew away. When she got to Victor he was waiting on his balcony, hidden in a shadow. She landed and walked into the shadow. He was in his purple outfit. "I never got one of those," she said. Victor chuckled. "Are we sure this is it?" he asked. "No, but it seems like it is," she said. Suddenly she heard a ringing in her ears. She focused her hearing on where she knew it was coming from. "It's time," Jor El's voice rang. She stopped listening and nodded at Victor. "Yeah, this is it."
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Superman stood in the center of the last plant. It hadn't been hit yet, and he was hoping to find Brainiac here. "Kal El," he heard from behind him. He turned around and saw Brainiac staring him down from a hundred feet away. "I'm not here for conversation," Superman said. Brainiac smiled evilly. "Neither are they," he said. Suddenly three large men walked up behind Brainiac. "You see, I decided not to come alone. But you did. Big mistake. You will be dead before I even touch you," he said. Superman watched as the other men started coming towards him. "Actually, you're wrong. He didn't come alone either," another deep voice said. Superman turned to see Green Arrow walking towards him. Superman shook his head. This was too dangerous for him. Green Arrow took out his bow and arrow and shot one of the three men. "Oh, come on, you didn't even choose indestructible meteor freaks. What were you thinking?" he yelled at Brainiac.
The other man sent out some kind of electric charge, shocking Green Arrow and causing him to fall to the ground. Cyborg walked up. The electric meteor freak seemed to be lost in a trance. "His brain waves work like a computer. I'm controlling him," Cyborg said. The man, who Green Arrow shot, stood up. "I got him," Superman said. "I'll take care of this Stretch," Impulse said, appearing at Superman's side. He nodded. "Can you heal yourself without oxygen?" Impulse shouted at the man. He ran around him, cutting off the meteor freak's oxygen. The air got gold and windy suddenly. Superman realized that the third man was controlling the weather. "Hey Nature Freak! Can you control water?" Aquaman yelled. He turned and ran in the direction of the sea. The meteor freak followed him.
Superman could see Brainiac standing and watching the whole thing. Superman walked past his friends, towards the monster. Oliver was slowly getting back up. Victor had the meteor freak on his knees and Bart had the other meteor freak suffocating on the ground. "Looks like it's just the two of us now," Brainiac said. "Three of us actually," a voice said. Becky landed next to Superman. "Oh how adorable; two Kryptonians coming to fight me," Brainiac taunted. "Let's get this over with," Superman said. Then he charged at Brainiac. But Brainiac was ready for him. His arm had already transformed into a sharp blade. By the time Superman realized what was happening, the blade had already pierced his side. Superman fell to the ground. He looked up, hoping the sun would heal his wound quickly, but it was blocked by the thick clouds.
"No!" Becky screamed. She ran at Brainiac, pushing him into a wall of electrical wires. Brainiac's blade sliced her side, but she fought through the pain. Brainiac shook as the electricity raged through his body. "It's a shame…that…I already…killed him." Becky screamed in anger. She grabbed a thick cord and jabbed it into his chest. He yelled out and then exploded.
Becky stumbled back and grabbed her bleeding side. She turned around and fell on her knees next to Superman. She tried to lift him, but was too weak. She passed out, her head falling on Superman's bleeding chest. Becky was barely breathing. Superman was dead.
