Hi everyone. With this confinement, I reviewed the two versions of the film Superman 2 (the cinema version and the original alternative version of Richard Donner) and that's what gave me the idea for this story.
Good reading.
Chapter 1:
In another corner of the galaxy, many light years from Earth, was the red planet called Krypton. A planet that had just known dark days and that never ended.
Three great terrorists had attempted to take power on the planet and establish their dictatorship. Fortunately, they had been apprehended. From now on, they would go to trial before the court martial. Among the elders of Krypton who formed the Council, stood Jor-El in front of the enemy leader, General Zod, with his companions, the terrible and dangerous Ursa, and the brutal Non.
"I ask you now to pronounce judgment on those accused," said Jor-El to the court.
The three terrorists watched the Kryptonian deliver his speech to the judges. He turned to Non's expressionless gaze.
"On this mindless aberration, whose only means of expression are wanton violence and destruction."
Then he turned to Ursa.
"On the woman Ursa, whose perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind have threatened even the children of the planet Krypton."
And he approached Zod with a serene look.
"And finally General Zod, chief architect of this intended revolution and author of this insidious plot to establish a new order amongst us with himself as absolute ruler. The decision of the Council will now be heard."
The response was final. All the members of the Council yelled at the same time:
"Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!"
But Zod kept his neutral gaze and spoke before the Kryptonian judge.
"The vote must be unanimous, Jor-El. It has therefore now become your decision. You alone will condemn us, if you wish. And you alone will be held responsible by me."
Jor-El glared at him.
"Your thirst for power and lust ends here, Zod. I condemn the three of you to wander in the vacuum of space for all eternity."
And he went away. Then the ceiling opened, revealing the sky of Krypton. Zod knew what was going to happen to him and his companions. They were going to be trapped in a crystal cage and then forever banished into the void of space.
The Kryptonian General screamed in rage.
"You will bow down before me, Jor-El! I swear it! No matter that it takes an eternity, you will bow down before me! Both you and then one day you heirs!"
Finally, the crystal cage came down and enveloped the three Kryptonian criminals. They were brought together in a linear and two-dimensional fashion, and the cage made its way out of Krypton for the endless vastness of space. The cage drifted away, carrying with it the prisoners who were screaming and struggling.
Shortly after, the planet Krypton exploded into a thousand particles. The whole planet was gone. The shock wave of the explosion had thrown the prisoners' cage even further into space. A small ship passed right by, ignoring the prisoners and continuing on into space.
Zod and his henchmen had no idea how long they wandered in space. Days, weeks, months, or even several years. They had no idea of time.
Yet, as the cage continued to wander through the stars, a missile was sinking through the outer darkness. It exploded, resulting in a nuclear explosion. The impact had weakened the cage. Then it disintegrated. The three criminals finally seemed to separate, sweeping away by the waves of the nuclear explosion.
Finally, when the explosion finally disappeared, Zod, Ursa and Non floated in space, until they landed on a moon. The renegade general contemplated his environment, satisfied to be able to move freely again. With a look of triumph, he looked at his henchmen, howling with joy.
"Free! Free! Free!"
During their exploration on the moon where they had landed, they had come across a group of astronauts. The three criminals were not shy about killing them. And Ursa and Non had discovered superhuman strength when they destroyed the space shuttle to pieces.
The young woman was impressed by the extent of her new powers.
"Strange. I tore those metal fibers like paper. And what he did was amazing! Something is happening…"
Zod nodded, still in a neutral tone.
"Yes. To all of us. The closer we come to an atmosphere with only one sun —a yellow sun— the more our molecular density gives us unlimited powers!"
"They come there. A place called Houston," added Ursa, referring to the name of the astronauts' call.
"Then we will go there too,"said Zod. "To rule. Finally… to rule!"
And all three flew towards Earth. They were going to conquer and rule the world, and nobody was going to stop them.
Earth – 38; National City
In a park, there reigned a beautiful peaceful and serene tranquility. But it did not last. In fact, Alex Danvers was chased by a bluish-skinned alien with horns on his head. The blue alien was determined to kill her.
Supergirl lands on the creature, hitting it repeatedly. Alex stopped her run and notified the DEO of her situation.
"J'onn, Supergirl faces the alien, backup will not be necessary. We're got this!"
Supergirl pushed the alien away, then winced when she heard a high howl. The bluish alien looked at Alex, revealing his fangs.
"You destroyed my life by murdering my sister, Agent Danvers!" he yelled.
"Your sister came from Fort Rozz, and she killed a great number of innocent people," said Alex, taking out her gun.
"You're lying!"continued the alien.
Before he could hit his target, Supergirl delivered a quick uppercut to the jaw, causing it to fall back and to the ground.
"Wow, he was tough that one!" exclaimed the amazed Kryptonian.
"Well done Supergirl, that would make a new resident at DEO!"congratulated Alex, approaching the half-knocked enemy.
"Delighted to have been able to help, Agent Danvers," replied Supergirl with a smile.
Neither of the two women had noticed that the alien had taken an oval object from his pocket. He managed to get up, moaning in pain, and looked at his enemies.
"It's not over, Agent Danvers," he whispered. "It's just beginning!"
Before Supergirl could react, the alien tossed its object at Alex. The DEO agent had just enough time to dive to avoid it, then the object turned into a gigantic vortex which sucked everything in its path. Alex in turn sucks at it.
"ALEX!"
Supergirl rushed forward and managed to grab his sister's hand, but was dragged by the vortex vortex, like a tornado. The two sisters disappeared in the vortex. And the black hole closed, leaving no trace. The alien sighed in triumph and collapsed to the ground.
At DEO, J'onn J'onzz had his eyes on his screens, and was anxious not to have any more visuals on the two Danvers sisters.
"Agent Danvers? Supergirl? I no longer see you. Do you hear me? Alex? Supergirl?"
Radio silence.
The Martian looked worried.
"Where are you?"
When Kara regained consciousness, it was to discover that she was no longer in the park with her sister. And apparently she was no longer in National City.
She got up and observed her surroundings. She was at the edge of a lake, with trees around her. This place was not at all familiar to her. And what worried her was the absence of her sister. Alex was nowhere in sight, and that worried her. She remembered that she was holding her sister's hand as they fell into the vortex and then dropped it. Could it be possible that it was on another Earth somewhere in the Multiverse? Where had she landed?
Quickly, Kara called with her headset:
"Alex? Alex? Do you hear me? Alex?"
Radio silence.
Not knowing what else to do, Supergirl flew away and disappeared into the sky, flying over the trees. She looked at the world below her, hoping to find a trace of her sister. It was possible that she was not far from her.
Alex Danvers regained consciousness. All groggy, she got up and looked around. All she could see was a desert, surrounded by bushes and mountains. No matter where she was, it was not National City. And this mountains and the desert were not familiar. She then called:
"Supergirl? Supergirl? Kara, are you hear me? J'onn? Can someone at DEO hear me?"
But obviously she was out of reach. She pulled out her cell phone, but was disappointed that she didn't have a network to call. She raised her device, but nothing, no signal came on her cell phone.
"Great, no signal!"
Then she decided to walk, not knowing where she was going.
Much further, in a dark and bushy landscape with a lake in the center, Zod, Ursa and Non flew down at a great distance and landed on different areas of the region. The woman and the big Kryptonian brute landed on dry land, while the General landed in the water.
He looked at his surroundings with little interest.
"So this is the planet Huston," he exclaimed, looking at the water. (He picked up a puddle in his hand.) "A very strange surface."
Next to them stood an old man who was fishing with a cup of coffee in his hand. He didn't lose a crumb of what he witnessed. And his eyes widened in amazement when he saw the strange individual get up… and walk on the water, as if he were on firm ground.
Zod joined Ursa and Non, and the three of them left to explore the nature around them. A rattlesnake crawled before Ursa's feet. Intrigued, she picked up the reptile with both hands and watched it with interest.
"A primitive sort of life form!" she exclaimed.
Then the snake bit her hand. Immediately, she threw it on the ground. Totally immune to the bite, Ursa looked at the snake with disdain, and her eyes then released a beam of heat vision that reduced the little reptile to flames. Stunned, Ursa watched the snake go up in flames and turned to Zod.
"Did you see that? Did you see what I did? Remarkable! I have powers beyond reason." she cried, delighted.
"We all have them, my dear," replied the General, in no way impressed by continuing his march as if nothing had happened.
Ursa seemed somewhat taken aback by her lack of response. Non, meanwhile, in his brutal and stupid way was fascinated by this power. He focused his eyes on a stick that he picked up, but no beams came. No matter how focused he looked. Nothing came.
Supergirl had already been flying in the air for over an hour. She saw no sign of Alex, which made her angry. She hoped that her sister had survived the trip through the vortex. How to find her on this strange Earth?
Suddenly, a roaring sound echoed in his ears. Lowering her head, she saw a gas truck spinning without stopping. Obviously, the driver had lost control of the truck. Then a few meters from the children at the pedestrian crossing howled with anxiety and dispersed to try to avoid it.
Without further ado, the Girl of Steel rushed into the air and landed on solid ground, stopping the truck with the force of her hands. The vehicle stopped direct.
The children were relieved and looked at Supergirl with curiosity.
"You're not Superman?"exclaimed a five-year-old girl.
The Kryptonian looked at the children, greeting them kindly.
"No, I am Supergirl."
"Supergirl?"
All the children looked at each other, repeating the name of Supergirl, as if it was the first time they heard this name, which intrigued Kara.
"You don't know me?" she asked.
"No, no, we know that Superman," replied a young boy with glasses.
"Do you know Superman? Why did you disguise yourself like him?"added another little girl.
"Where are you from? And why are you dressed like him?" another little boy intervened.
Kara was quite stunned. Apparently, she was on Earth where there was a Superman, but no Supergirl. This hardly suited her. And where was Alex?
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