Rescuing Krypto
14th November 2016
12:00 pm
Watchtower
Meeting Room
Six hours had passed by since Darkseid's defeat, A new day had come forth as well, It had also been 20 hours since Superman had arrived back on Earth, At this current moment in time he was now listening to the last parts of the tale of Brainiac's attempted invasion of what was the Planet Krypton.
"Before Jor & Zor left Brainiacs ship, Jor attempted to force the now defeated Collector of Worlds to surrender the entire collection of Planets & Cities that had been accumulated over the many years in order to see if himself & Zor could reverse engineer the shrinking beam, So they could put them all back at their original spots in the galaxy" said J'onn "Were the brothers able to reverse engineer the shrinking beam?" Barry asked "They never got to do it, Brainiac activated a contingency plan of his own by blowing up his entire collection" J'onn replied "Damn it" said Kal "This angered Jor-El who was very close to executing Brainiac but was stopped by Zor who told him it wasn't worth it, The brothers departed the ship as Brainiac summoned his robot army back & departed the planet with the fact that he had just lost to Jor-El" said J'onn "What happened with Xa-Du?" Zatanna asked.
"A week had passed since the Invasion, Krypton was undergoing significant repairs to restore the damage that Brainiac and his army had done, The Law council convened a trial with Xa being sentenced to life imprisonment inside the Phantom Zone, He told (The council, The Els, Zod, Faora and his fellow scientists) that he didn't regret betraying Krypton, He also used his last words before being sent into the Phantom Zone to shout, My fellow scientists, Protect & finish your projects as best & quickly as you can, It will only be a matter of time before the law council divert your funds to the traitorous El brothers, Mark my words when I say these two cannot be trusted" said J'onn "Did his words have an effect?" asked Kent Nelson.
The Martian nodded his head "Unfortunately they did, Mere moments after Jor locked Xa inside the phantom zone, He & Zor turned to see their colleagues looking at them with suspicion & expressions of slight anger that maybe what Xa said was true, Did the law council have a favouritism for the El brothers, More to the fact, Could these two really be trusted, It became even more noticeable 2 days later when Jor & Zor arrived for their normal work shift, The moment they entered the lab, The atmosphere became dead silent, They could see and feel the same looks of suspicion & anger upon their fellow scientists faces, In fact they weren't the only ones having this problem:
.Lara told me as soon as she entered the warriors guild HQ, It was a very tense atmosphere, The looks of disgust and suspicion from her fellow soldiers, The whispers going around the room.
.Alura had this problem as well when she was called into the office of her superior Attorney Bin-Se who told Alura that her very presence here is making things uncomfortable & that she is to take a months absence with full pay until things have calmed down and any current law cases that she is working on is to be handed into her Superior Bin-Se, So she could then reassign each case to Alura's work colleagues instead.
.Your cousin Kara also was affected by this when attending her normal classes on aerodynamic engineering, That was her chosen field of study which she enjoyed immensely, She was learning how to assemble Dropships, Scout Ships, Gunships, World Engines and Hammerhead ships, That day she was trying to get on with her work but could hear one of the girls in her class called Shyla Kor-Onn talking about Jor & Zor.
.Kara explained to Shyla that Jor & Zor are not traitors when they were the ones who took down Brainiac, That the El brothers were able to hand that tyrant his first defeat and the only traitor in this dark chapter of Krypton was Xa-Du, Shyla replied saying of course you're going to defend them when they're your family members but let's not forget about why Xa did this, Your thieving Father & Uncle took his funds, Kara replied saying they are not thieves, They didn't even want the money, More to the fact they never used it because they knew it was Xa's funds, Shyla replied saying you expect us to believe your lies, Kara told her fine, You carry on believing the masses, I am done trying to reason with an idiot.
.Kara walked away in order to get back to her work when Shyla picked up a computer tablet, Using it to control one of the guns on a gunship she herself was working on to then blast a hole onto the bodywork of a dropship that Kara had just finished working on, This enraged Kara who quickly turned around, Ran towards Shyla, Tackling her nemesis to the ground she then proceeded to punch her face repeatedly as the two girls fought one another until they were both separated by their fellow students and teachers.
Kara was taken to the head of the Aerodynamics course where she was then suspended for 4 weeks for violent conduct, Shyla was allowed to stay on the course as well but would be tasked in fixing the damage she had done to Kara's dropship" said J'onn.
Zatanna smirked at hearing that "That must have pissed Shyla off big time" the sorceress spoke "Well she broke it, She has to fix it, What a brat that girl was" said Dinah "What happened with Jor & Zor in the science guild?" asked John Stewart "The brothers tried their hardest to get on with their work but they could both sense the burning gazes of their enraged colleagues, They eventually got fed up with the tense atmosphere & nodded to each other, (Stopping what they were doing, The duo turned around to face their colleagues and told them all to air their grievances out loud, If they have something to say, Just come out and say it)" said J'onn "Did they voice their opinions?" Victor asked.
J'onn nodded his head in reply "Their colleagues told the duo that even though they had both saved Krypton, Xa-Du raised a good point about the law council favouritism for them, This enraged the brothers who replied saying that:
.How can we be the favourites of the law council when they ignored Jor-El warnings about Brainiac targeting Krypton
.The fact that the House of El had to take matters into their own hands in order to save and protect the whole of Krypton from Brainiac Invasion, Action that was never going to be taken by the law council.
.Zor told his colleagues to dwell on that and told his brother to follow him as the duo packed their work up and walked out of the guild and told their colleagues that they aren't going to work in this place if they're going to be seen & treated as traitors to Krypton
Once outside the building Jor questioned Zor if they were doing the right thing, Zor told him we will not be treated as if we are traitors, He advised Jor to take some time away from this place for our own peace of minds and let everything calm down because right now our fellow scientists clearly don't trust us or even want us to be working in that building, Zor-El then headed for his home to be with his wife & daughter while Jor headed for the warriors guild building, He needed the wisdom of his wife Lara in that moment"
Kal ran his hand through his hair as he breathed out slowly while trying to deal with the fact that his entire family had been viewed by the people of Krypton as traitors "The House of El saves Krypton but are branded traitors for the actions of the law council who took the funds of Xa-Du away from which motivated himself to ally with Brainiac, What sense does that make" "It was a public sentencing that got broadcasted in all three cities of Krypton, The entire population of Krypton witnessed & heard the last words of Xa-Du before he was sentenced, The people saw what Xa wanted them to see as well in his eyes, That the El's were traitors" J'onn replied "What happened when my Father went to go see my Mother in the Warrior Guild?" Clark asked.
J'onn sighed and then spoke "Once your father found your Mother, They went to a place in the Guild where they could talk in private, Jor-El told Lara about what had transpired in the science guild, From what Lara told me your Father fell to his knees and slammed his fists to the ground out of frustration at everything that had caused this situation as he then broke down & cried, For the House of El to be viewed as the villains of this dark chapter instead of Xa & Brainiac, It had got to Jor-El badly" said J'onn.
A lone tear fell from Kal's right eye "Two other things you need to know Kal, After your mother helped your father back up to his feet and gave him the strength to carry on, Jor-El in that moment made a decision that the House of El would no longer play by the rules of the Law council, So in the 4 weeks that the El family were temporary exiled, The El family began to take trips to other planets and learn about other cultures & life forms, Even though space travel was deemed illegal" J'onn replied "Other planets, Which ones exactly?" Kal asked with excitement "The Planets they visited were:
.Planet Hathor, Sector 2809
.Planet Xudar, Sector 2813
.Planet Zarox, Sector 2525
.Planet Xela, Sector 2541
.Planet Caudatia Prima, Sector 2814, One of Kara's favourites due to the inabitants being highly intelligent lizard like creature that specialize in Aerodynamic interstellar travel
.Planet Lorror, Sector 2541
.Planet Odym (Homeworld of the Blue Lantern Corps), Sector 2682
.Moon of Eidde, Sector 2682" J'onn replied
Kal was in disbelief that his family had visited other planets but it confused him at the same time "If they visited these planets, Why did my parents not send me to one of them, Don't get me wrong I'm glad they sent me to Earth and the life I have lived so far but it still makes me wonder" "Because they needed a planet where you wouldn't be found so easily, Krypton's first natural birth in centuries, They needed a planet that could nourish & enhance your cells that had just been merged with the codex of a billion kryptonians, Remember what your father Jor-El said, What if a child dreamed of becoming something else other than what society had intended for him" said J'onn.
The killer of Onimar Synn used the palm of his left hand to lift his House of El dog tags as he stared at the symbol "What if he could become something greater, A symbol of Hope" said Clark " Exactly, Now let's go get your dog Kal" said J'onn "What's the plan?" Kal asked.
J'onn placed the tablet down on the table which displayed a rough drawing of the plan that he had come up with, The left side of the drawing showed a large Equilateral triangle, The top point & bottom right corner of the Triangle each had a long horizontal line attached to it, Those lines then stretched across and were attached to a large circle at the right end of the screen "This is a rough sketch I did of the original design that Jor-El showed to me when he was telling me about how he created the Phantom Zone:
.The Triangle is door number 1, This door will be opened and guarded by Cyborg.
.The space in-between these 2 horizontal line is let's call it the hallway, At the halfway point of this hallway Green Lantern Kyle Rayner & Shazam will take defensive positions while the rest of the team will carry on venturing further down to the end of the hallway.
.We come to the circle which is door number 2 which leads to the Phantom Zone itself, (Me, You, Diana and Green Lantern John Stewart) will be searching the Phantom Zone for Krypto while Green Lantern Hal Jordan will guard door number 2.
It is imperative that we do not allow a single convict to escape the Phantom Zone, Each of the people put in there have been imprisoned because they represent the dark history of Krypton and were deemed too dangerous a threat to be left in a jail cell or to be even allowed freedom to live amongst the people again, We have to find Krypto, Grab him and then leave before the convicts come to the realisation that the doors to the phantom zone are open again because mark my words they will try to escape, Don't be surprised if they attempt to use words of deception in order to get a sympathetic reaction from us, So let me say this now to the team that will be guarding the doors and hallway, If you have to kill these convicts in order to stop them getting past yourselves then do it & don't you dare hesitate, Understood" said J'onn.
The team nodded their head in agreement "You are weak Son of El, Unsure of yourself, The fact that you possess a sense of morality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage, If history has proven anything, It is that Evolution always wins, For every Human that you save, We will kill a million more, A good death is it's own reward" said Kal "Okay what the hell was that all about?" asked Oliver.
J'onn knew who Kal was quoting especially that final quote "Faora-Ul" "She's in the phantom zone as well, Alongside her fellow members of the sword of Rao, If they spot us in the Phantom Zone they will figure out that the door is open, She will also ask about what happened between me & Zod & demand the truth of me killing him and then his corpse being experimented on by Lex to turn him into clone Doomsday, I won't lie to her, Better she knows the truth" Kal replied "Kal that woman hates you and if you tell her you killed her husband by snapping his neck she will go into a full vengeance driven rage" said J'onn "We won't be able to lie to her anyway, You can only communicate with each other in the phantom zone via telepathy" Clark replied
The daughter of Zeus & Hippolyta in that moment spoke up, Her eyes burning with slight rage "If Faora attacks she'll have me to deal with, I'll be more than happy to show her a very skilled Kryptonian warrior what happens when she tries to step up against a very skilled Olympian Demi Goddess-Amazon warrior" "My love I don't doubt your skills one bit and I know you would give Faora one hell of a fight but be careful as well, She is dangerous, I just about held my own against her and her fellow warrior Nam-Ek at the same time and to goes to the rest of you as well, Be careful & watch each other's backs, Understood" said Kal.
The rest of them nodded their heads, Superman grabbed his burgundy rucksack, Unzipping it he began to look through it for the cubes that he needed for this mission, Eventually finding the two he was looking for, He placed them on the table, His hand went back down into the rucksack and gripped three sketchbooks as he pulled them out & handed them to Diana "Take a look, Tell me what you think, I took a few art classes while I was staying on Planet Tamaran, I was only able to master the drawing part, The colouring class I had to miss because I was helping a friend with something, The first sketchbook are drawings of my friends that are alive and the ones that have now passed".
Diana opened the page of the first sketchbook and saw the portrait sketch of the first individual, The detail was remarkable, In the corner of the page it had the name of the person and underneath it a bit of information about the individual.
The Princess read outloud
."Wraith, Homeplanet Unknown (Based in Triangulum Galaxy), Born – Death 2016, A great friend & a true brother in arms".
The league looked from the drawing to Superman "Carry on" he said, Wonder Woman turned the page and was greeted with the drawing of
."Atrocitus, Leader of the Red Lantern Corps, Race Ryutian, Homeplanet Ryut, Now based on Planet Ysmault, Status: Alive"
She turned the page again to reveal the next drawing which was of
."Yalan Gur, Race Unknown, D.O.B 416, Age 1600, Former Green Lantern, Currently a Blue lantern/Detective, Based on Planet Terminus"
The next page showed "Aaron, Race Almeracian, D.O.B 1941 – Death 2016, Age 75, Former General of the Almeracian Army, Awarded bracelet of Valor for not only his protection of citizens during the Battle of Warworld vs Almerac, Despite being heavily wounded and outmatched, Aaron used every skill he had in order to take out numerous enemies, General Aaron also went beyond the call of duty by surrendering himself to be teleported away by the O.M.A.C robot army to Warworld so they couldn't harm the citizens that he had sworn to protect, His legacy lives on in his wife Sarina and their son former Army Medic, Lieutenant Zaisho"
Diana turned the page again which showed a drawing of a 26 year old man, His hair was that of a slicked back mohawk with the sides shaved, His face was clean shaven, There were grey stencil lines with one above the left eye and another below the left eyelid, Another line was drawn on it that started at the right side of the jaw and finished just before the chin, The individual was dressed in a 18th century style frock coat with a hood, Trousers, Military style boots,
.He also had a 2 gun holster belt that held a hand cannon which had been modified with an extended barrel clip that allowed a total of 56 shots, The grip itself had been modified in order to also reduce recoil and improve stability, His other hand cannon that was on the left side of his waist was also a different style hand cannon which had also been modified with an extended clip that allowed for a total of 65 shots, The grip had also been modified to reduce recoil and improve stability.
.His hands and arms were both covered in gauntlet style gloves that stopped just below his elbows. His right hand wielded 2 kukri's daggers
.The left hand wielded a large Almeracian style laser blasting machine gun that was modified with a larger clip, Scope on the top of it for sniper style shots if the situation called for it, The gun had also been fitted with a stabiliser in order to prevent kickback/recoil.
Wonder Woman read what Kal hand wrote in the corner "Former Lieutenant Zaisho of the Almeracian military medical corps, Son of Sarina & the late General Aaron, Trained army medic he is, Joined the Army at 19 and discharged at 24 with highest military medical bracelet for healing & treatment of wounded servicemen in the 5 year long Reachworld vs Almerac war, Also possesses knowledge of Bomb disposal, Weapons Modification and battle tactics, Current Occupation: Founder & CEO of Zaisho Security, A security hire team which consist of former members of the Almeracian military for events such as Parties, Weddings, Conferences & Convoy Protection".
John Stewart was impressed at hearing what Zaisho was capable of "Smart kid that boy is and very skilled as well" "Yes he is, Very kind as well and loyal to his friends just like his father, His security company has become a huge success for himself and his mother works in a daycare for parents that need someone to look after their toddlers while they are at work" Kal replied who then took a few steps back away from the table and placed both rubix cubes on the floor, Clicking the blue buttons on both of them.
The two cubes grew in size as Kal turned the dials which unlocked them both and flipped the tops open "Yo that is awesome, Storage containers that can be carried in your pocket" said Arthur "Those would so useful when me & Ollie go on holidays" said Dinah "You mean for yourself because whenever we go on holiday, Your entire wardrobe has to come along for the ride" Oliver replied "These would be so useful for shopping trips" said Beatriz "Especially clothes shopping" said Zatanna "Agree with you on that Beatriz" said Mera.
Kal rummaged through the box labelled Krypton as he then found the mini phantom zone projector which was that of a small triangular shaped device that had two buttons on the bottom corners (White button to open & a Grey button to close the PZ), Kal hand reached down into the next box which contained his weapons that he had collected, His fingers wrapped around the handle of a Thanagarian battle mace "Shazam you any good at baseball?" he asked "Not half bad at it" Billy replied "You any good at batting?" Kal asked "Batting is where my skills lie best when playing the game" said Billy.
Kal grinned at hearing that "Then this will be perfect for you to use" he chucked the silver battle mace to Billy who caught it via the handle "It's magic based, Hold your hand above the mace and channel your thunder powers into it" Shazam did as he said, The battle mace lit up as thunder flowed through it which had now fully charged it "YO THIS IS AWESOME" said Billy.
The killer of Onimar Synn pulled out another weapon which was a large sword that was in a blue scabbard "Diana, Don't take the Godkiller sword, Take this instead". The Amazon hands gripped the dark red hilt which had a House of El crest on the middle of the crossguard, Pulling the sword out of it's scabbard, The blade was completely black with red kryptonian letters down the middle of it on both sides "The red kryptonian letters down the middle is that of it's name which is the sword of El, The warlords of Okaara taught me how to make weapons & helped me forged it, I based the design off the Witch king of Angmar sword (From Lord of the Rings) and put my own little spin on it, This sword also has a power of it's own" said Kal "Which is?" asked Diana,
Kal-El began to speak in the language of Tamaranian "High Empress X'hal, Goddess of Tamaran & Okaara, Bestow your power upon this sword to defeat my enemies", In that moment the red kryptonian letters lit up and glowed brightly, A white coloured surge of power then flowed through the entire blade which in turn made Diana grip on the sword tighten "By the Gods" it was then that she had noticed what the sword had done, The power from the sword had made the entire movements of everyone in the room slow down, She was the only one who was able to move around normally "What kind of power is this" she thought to herself, Her hands then let go of the sword which in turn stopped the power surge and allowed the room to go back to normal.
Clark right hand caught the now dropped sword "What was that Kal?" asked Diana "That my love was time slowing down, When this sword was forged, It was infused with a crystal that once belonged to X'hal Goddess of Tamaran which was given to me by a Tamaranian friend of mine, The crystal slows down everything which allows the wielder to deliver wounding and killer hits to their opponent, The power stops surging the moment the wielder let's go of the hilt" he replied as he then handed the sword back to her "Unbelievable" Diana replied.
The Amazon took a few steps back and began to practice a few fighting styles with the sword in order to test the weapon "Very well balanced, You & your teachers, The warlords of Okaara did a remarkable job when forging this weapon", Kal placed his hands inside the storage cube & pulled out a large rectangular shaped box and a disassembled Bo staff, Tucking the items under his right arm, He closed the lid of both storage cubes.
Clark walked back towards the table "What's in that rectangular box" asked Oliver "I'll show you in a bit, Victor this triangular device is the phantom zone projector, You will be responsible for the opening & closing of the zone, White button opens it, Grey button closes it, Once we open the portal, Do you have anywhere on yourself to store that in a safe place?" asked Clark, Cyborg opened a port on his left arm and placed the projector in there "I can store it here and use my armour to integrate with it so I become one with it" Victor replied "Vic is basically one with the force, The force is with him" said Barry "Star Wars Rogue one reference" said Kyle "What the hell is Rogue one?" asked Clark.
"The new movies bro, After the success of the Force Awakens which was awesome by the way, They made another Star Wars movie called Rogue one which is set many years after Episode 3 but is also set days or a week before the events of Episode 4, Vader is in it" Kyle replied "I gotta check it out but I want to watch Force awakens first" Kal replied who had now attached his Bo Staff together.
He then took off his necklaces & cuff bracelets, Placing them down on the table, He undid the latches on the rectangular box and opened it, Inside the box were a pair of dark blue gauntlets laced with black trim, On the knuckles area of both gauntlets were four white circles, Kal proceeded to put on his gauntlets which fitted comfortably and stopped above the radius area & just below the elbow areas of his arms.
The Kryptonian began to feel along the edges of the inside of the box top as his fingers gripped the soft material & pulled it off to reveal two black customised ankle holsters which he took out & proceeded to put on, Standing upright he looked down inside the box he then pulled the 2nd layer of material to reveal two modified Kukri's.
The dark blue tang handles had been customised by Zaisho in order to make them a bit larger to fit Kal's grip but it was the technology that had been integrated into gloves and the Kukri tang handles itself that made both weapons & armour special.
Clark tapped a few buttons on the back hand part of both gloves which switched them & the Kukri's on "Diana hit me with that sword of mine" said Superman "Are you serious?" Wonder Woman replied "Yes I am, I just want to test that these are working properly, Also everyone else, Step back" Kal replied.
The JL moved away from the two of them, Diana attempted a downward strike at Kal who quickly lifted his right hand which was outstretched, The right gauntlet generated a blue forcefield, Blocking Diana's strike which forced her a few steps back, Superman dropped his right arm while lifting his left one at the same time as the left gauntlet fired a powerful lightning blast, Wonder Woman reacted quickly by turning the sword sideways, Her left fist was enclosed around the swords grip while her right index & middle fingers rested on the flat part of the sword, With the blade now absorbing the blast.
Superman dropped his hand "Are you alright Diana, I didn't hurt you" he asked "I'm fine, Where did you get those gauntlets & Kukri's from Kal" she asked "They belonged to Aaron and Zaisho, When Aaron died, Zaisho took his fathers original set for himself and gave me the spare set that he had and modified them for me to use, I got one more thing to show all of you, Try to keep up with your eyes" Kal replied who now stood in a corner of the room.
The kryptonian threw one of the kukri's to the opposite corner of the room, Instantly he had teleported from where he was stood to the corner of the room where the kukri was heading, The now reappeared kryptonian caught the kukri while throwing the other one towards the ceiling which teleported him there a split second later, Catching the ceiling kukri he threw the other kukri towards the door & again was teleported to the door itself, Catching that knife he threw the other one directly towards the computer console which teleported him again as he caught it before it could do any damage "That is so cool" said Arthur Jr "Teleportation Kukris" said Batman "Green Lanterns & J'onn, Do any of you want to borrow any weapons of mine for this mission?" Clark asked.
Kyle & Hal picked up the Parademon Guns that they had taken earlier "Nah we got these, These guns are powerful enough to hurt you which also means that the Kryptonian convicts are susceptible to them as well" said Kyle "My ring will do just fine for me" said John "My powers should be enough as well" said J'onn "Hey I was wondering, It has been a few hours since we won, Are any of you hungry because I was thinking about teleporting down in order to get breakfast (Waffles, Croissants, Scones, Pancakes, Bagels, Muffins) for us all" said Oliver.
The League agreed on his suggestion "We'll pay you back" said Victor "Not happening, Like Bruce, I'm a billionaire and if I want to use my money to get breakfast for my friends, That is what I am going to do, Flash you're coming with me to get everything" said Oliver "That's fine dude" Barry replied "Oliver I know this is wrong of me to ask, I'm sorry about this but can you or Barry stop off at a supermarket & get me (A large bowl, A big bucket for water and about 6 steaks for Krypto to eat)?" asked Clark "Don't apologise Clark, Oliver would be more than happy to get those items for you, Right Sweetheart" said Dinah "I don't mind" said Oliver "Thanks man" said Clark who picked up his bo staff from the table, Diana placed her tiara on her head, She grabbed Superman's cape, Tying it at the front of her neck, The group of 8 exited the room to go rescue Krypto.
Space
Superman eyes were ones of determination "Here we come Krypto, Open it Vic", Cyborg lifted his left arm which had now integrated itself with the PZ projector, His left hand transformed into a triple barrel gun head as it then spun rapidly while shooting a triple laser beam out, The beams then began to form the large triangle entrance that J'onn had show them on his diagram.
Diana left hand grabbed Kal's right hand as their fingers interlocked, The door to the phantom zone was officially open "Let's go" said J'onn who flew through first as they followed him in.
Phantom Zone hallway
The group were now approaching the halfway point of the hallway "Kyle, Shazam, This is the halfway point, Take your positions here" said J'onn, Green Lantern Kyle created a very large wall construct behind himself & Shazam with the two of them now taking a guards position in front of it, The remaining 5 headed for door number 2 with then now arriving at the threshold "The moment we set foot inside, We lose our physical beings and become ghost forms, Remember we can only communicate via telepathy, Don't get distracted and no idiotic thoughts" said J'onn.
Green Lantern John Stewart used his ring to create chains that wrapped around his arms & hands in the form of Muay Thai style rope gloves, His ring moments later created an M16 gun with an extended clip, The group of 4 flew into the phantom zone while Hal took guard position at door number 2, Utilizing his ring he constructed a barrier that had 2 machine gun turrets either side of himself while the space in the middle area was for him to also take shots at the convincts if they attempted an escape.
Phantom Zone
The 4 of them floated down and landed on the desert sand, The sky was one of darkness with the odd occasion of a clap of thunder that would light up the sky but with no rain following afterwards "This is it, The Phantom Zone created by my father & uncle" said Kal "Yes a desert with no end point, By the way you might want to look at what we are standing on" J'onn replied.
Kal, Diana & John looked down & saw what was embedded in the sands under their feet "JESUS CHRIST!" said John as they then jumped backwards in shock, Embedded in the sand were the skulls of a few skeletons "Gods this is similar to the kingdom of Hades" said Diana "Green Lantern you idiot, Don't scream or shout, This is a stealth extraction mission, You trying to get the convicts attentions" said J'onn "You said this is a never ending desert, How are we supposed to locate Krypto?" asked Kal "Staying together will stall us, we have to split up and call for him via telepathy, Whoever finds him first will let the other know by saying KR has been found, We meet at the location, Grab him and get out as quickly as we can, Kal you search the entire north area, Diana search the east area, John you search west, I'll take the complete south, Now split up".
The 4 of them went in their respective directions "Krypto, Can you hear me, It is Kal, Where are you boy, We are here to rescue you" said Superman "Krypto, Krypto my darling where are you, If you can hear me, Please respond to us" said Diana "Krypto bark if you can hear us" said Green Lantern "Krypto it is J'onn J'onnz, You met me before when I first came to Krypton, I was friends with your owners Jor-El & Lara and now I am here with Kal to rescue you" said J'onn
They searched far & wide but to no avail "This is not good, The more time we spend here, The more chance the convicts figure out what is going on" said Green Lantern "I am not leaving this place till I have him by my side, 36 years of his life has been spent in here, No more" said Kal "Where are you Krypto, If you can hear us, please let us know" said Diana.
Mere seconds later she heard it "Rawf, Rawf, Rawf" and then a very loud howl, Diana attention became one of complete focus, Listening carefully she flew at great velocity towards the source of the howl, Her eyes grew wide in excitement as she caught sight of him lying on the ground "KRYPTO!" she landed next to him, Her hands instinctively went to go and pet him but her ghostly form made her hand go through Krypto's ghostly form "Damn it, Forgot about that, Don't worry boy as we all get out of here, I'm going to give you all the hugs and kisses you deserve"
The eyes of the large wolf caught sight of his master as they filled with tears of happiness "Who is the best dog in the universe" said Kal landing next to Diana, Krypto stood to his feet as his ghostly form playfully pawed at his masters head and shoulders "I missed you as well boy, We're finally reunited after so long" said Kal, Moments later Green Lantern and J'onn arrived at the location, Krypto growled at John but was stopped by Kal "It's okay Krypto, Green Lantern here is a friend, You can trust him" "Found him at last, Time to get out of here" said Green Lantern
All of a sudden Superman quickly turned around as his right glove formed a force field around all of them which was now trying to repel a very powerful heat vision blast, Wonder Woman moments later spotted a second attack of what seemed to be a fusion like plasma blast that was purposely being aimed towards Kal only, Getting up quickly she stood directly in front of the attack that had now made contact with the forcefield, Crossing her bracelets she braced herself to absorb the attack just in case it broke through while Green Lantern John Stewart utilized the power of his ring to reinforce the forcefield that had been created by Superman.
Eventually both attacks stopped as the smoke began to clear while Superman was forced to drop the forcefield "Son of El, I have waited for this moment for a very long time, At last we finally meet".
The group finally saw who their attackers were, It was the one group that they had been trying to avoid encountering "Damn it" said Kal "The sword of Rao" said J'onn, Zod's loyalists stood opposite them but at the center of the group was a new member, This particular individual was (6 feet tall, 180 lbs, He was wrapped in bandages from head to toe like an Ancient Egyptian Mummy, He also wore a long dark red jacket with a long grey cape on the back of it that was connected from the shoulder area, The space where his eyes were supposed to be were instead ones of yellow energy, This very same energy which now coursed through the entire physical being of this person "Who are you" asked Superman.
"I am Xa-Du, The very" "First prisoner of the phantom zone, Traitor to Krypton, Allying yourself with Brainiac, That backfired in your face big time didn't it" said Kal "The only traitors in that chapter of Krypton was your family, I do not regret what I did" Xa replied "Kal-El, It's been a very long time since we last met" said Faora "3 years to be exact Sub Commander" Kal replied "Seems my husband was unable to stop your saving of those irrelevant lifeforms that are Earthlings, Where is my Zod?" Faora asked, "Dead he is, I killed him, We fought to a draw, A situation arose where he was going to kill this innocent family via the use of his heat vision, I begged for him to stop what he was doing but he was determined to kill them, So I was forced to stop him by snapping his neck" Kal replied "You killed my husband" said Faora "He had no choice Faora and what happened after wasn't Kal's fault either" said J'onn.
Faora gaze focused on J'onn "The pathetic Martian, It has been a long time J'onn, It still sickens me how Jor & Lara welcomed such a low class lifeform like you into their home, What happened after to my Husband" "Last year a mad scientist named Lex Luthor obtained your husbands corpse, Dissected it and & used the genesis chamber in my scout ship to mutate & transform your husbands corpse into a clone of our fellow Kryptonian Doomsday" said Kal "A clone Doomsday, Remarkable" said Xa "How dare you Kal-El, Not only did you kill my husband but you let his corpse be desecrated, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" "Try it Bitch, I dare you to, You want to get to him, You have to go through me" said Diana.
Faora stared at this woman who was defending Kal-El "You wear his cape which means you & he are more than just friends, Who are you?".
Superman stepped forward and stood next to his Amazon "May I introduce you to Princess Diana of Themyscira. Also known on Earth as Wonder Woman, The Daughter of Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons & Zeus King of Olympus, Diana is a half Olympian, Half Amazon, Demi Goddess and is the woman I love" "A new lover for yourself Kal-El, From what I can assess she is very strong & fierce, I can feel the power radiating off her, Your father liked strong women too" said Xa-Du "Yeah he did and you learned that the hard way didn't you when you tried to kill my mother, You underestimated her and then she gave you the beating you deserve, So I am going to say this once, All of you stand down & walk away right now" Kal replied "If we don't" asked Jax-Ur "Commander Faora, Since Kal and his allies are here, That means" said Nadira.
Superman instantly slammed one end of the bo-staff down into the sand in front of himself allowing the weapon to unleash it's devastation but at the same time Xa flicked his hand to unleash one of the powers he had gained in the phantom zone from which turned all individuals in the prison from their ghostly form into their now physical selves.
The spacing between both groups exploded as the sword of Rao were sent hurtling backwards from Superman & his allies, The moment their bodies made impact with the desert sand behind them, The Sword of Rao was greeted by a second set of explosions which sent them flying even further back "That should buy us time, GRAB" said Superman, All of a sudden a gigantic kryptonian shoulder barged into the son of El who was sent crashing to the ground "NAM-EK" said J'onn.
The brute soldier of Zod turned towards the group while launching a left punch towards the Martian, Wonder Woman lasso wrapped itself around his wrist & redirected the punch towards herself, With Nam-Ek now stood sideways, This allowed J'onn & Green Lantern to launch their own left punches which connected across his jaw while a now very enraged Krypto launched himself onto Nam-Ek back and bit down onto his shoulder, Superman drove his elbow into Nam-Ek spine which sent the Zod loyalist forward, Wonder Woman used the sword of El to inflict multiple wounds onto the body of Nam-Ek which sent him down onto one knee.
Just as she was about to launch a punch towards his face, She was pulled backwards down to the ground via Kal's cape and was met with the tip of a boot colliding across her jaw, A hand then enclosed itself around her wrist while a pair of legs locked her entire left arm in an armbar motion & tightened it's grip, Wonder Woman attempted to fly upwards but the moment she started to float off the ground, Car-Vex grabbed the Lasso of Truth and tied it around Diana's throat and began to strangle her while Faora held the Amazon down via the armbar "Not so confident now are you Diana" said Faora.
Mere seconds later a set of teeth bit down hard into the leg of Faora as she screamed out in pain and was forced to break the hold, Krypto let go of Faora leg & launched himself onto Car-Vex which in turn forced her to let go of the lasso as she attempted to wrestle the dog off herself which allowed Wonder Woman to sit up while at the same time Faora was now readjusting her hold on the Amazon, Her hands were still holding the left arm of Wonder Woman with her right heel digging into the Amazons jaw, Diana quickly unwrap the lasso from her throat, Spinning it via the use of her right hand she looped it around the neck of Faora, Yanking it with force, The Sub commander was pulled towards the front of the Amazon who was now launching her own left punch which impacted directly into Faora face, The force of the punch sending the sub commander crashing into one of the desert dunes.
Wonder Woman floated up into a standing position, Planting the sword of El into the ground she wrapped the lasso around her left arm, Starting from the radius area, Down to the wrist and then finished it off by threading it around her entire hand "Get off me, You stupid animal" said Car-Vex who landed 2 hits onto her attacker, The first punch landed into the face of the wolf while the 2nd punch impacted with his stomach which sent him hurtling backwards, A pair of arms caught the dog in midair and set him down upright "I've got you Krypto" said Wonder Woman with the both of them then realizing they could feel each other's touch.
Krypto flew up to Diana and licked her face in excitement as Diana wrapped her arms around him & hugged him in return "I love you too Krypto, Now how about you & I deal with these 2 idiots" "Rawf" Krypto replied with the two of them now back to back as they faced off against their respective opponents
Superman, Green Lantern and J'onn who were grouped together were currently fending off the other members of the sword of Rao who had surrounded them in the form of a circle, Kal was trying to fend off both Nam-Ek & Xa-Du at the same time via the use of his bo staff, Green Lantern John Stewart was locked in battle against Nadira & Gor whilst J'onn was dealing with Tor-An & Dev-Em.
Xa-Du threw a punch at Kal who quickly went down to one knee which allowed the punch to go directly past his head and instead made contact with Nam-Ek torso, Superman quickly dropped his bo staff and pulled out both his Kukri blades, Gripping both handles he utilised his super speed and made various cuts into the legs & torso's of his two opponents, He then picked up his bo staff, Holding it upright he slammed one end of it downwards in front of Xa-Du who was sent hurtling backwards away from the son of El & Nam-Ek "Now do me a favour Nam-Ek, Hold these for me" said Superman who spun both blades in his hands and with such ferocity, Stabbed one each directly down into Nam-Ek shoulders,
Superman wasn't done he threw a combination of punches into the torso of the Zod loyalist, His gloved left hand then gripped Nam-Ek throat, Squeezing tightly he unleashed the lightning upon the Zod Loyalist who now screamed in pain as the lightning blast travelled through his entire body "You feel that Nam-Ek, This is what happens for not walking away when I gave you the opportunity" said Kal
Nam-Ek eyes lit up red "No you don't" said Superman who quickly uppercutted the Zod loyalist towards the dark sky of the phantom zone, Flying up into the air so that he was above Nam-Ek, Superman unleashed his own heat vision and due to the blue sun molecules inside of him, His was more powerful than any of his fellow kryptonians as Nam-Ek was sent crashing down into the dunes of the desert.
Superman then clicked a couple of buttons on his gloves, Clenching his fists he brought both of them towards himself in a pulling motion which signalled for his Kukri's to dislodge themselves from Nam-Ek shoulders and back to their owner as he then caught both of them.
Xa-Du flew up into the air and with Kal-El back facing him he formed a huge fusion plasma ball in his hands and fired it at the killer of Onimar Synn "OH NO YOU DON'T!" said Wonder Woman who had been watching Xa and saw what he was going to do, Utilizing her Olympian powers she had formed a thunder bow equipped with 3 thunder arrows which had already been launched & were now traveling at incredible speed as they intercepted & destroyed Xa fusion blast.
Xa turned his gaze towards Wonder Woman and then looked at Kal, With a sadistic grin on his face, He sent out a message telepathically "ALL PRISONERS IN THE PHANTOM ZONE, THE DOOR TO LEAVING THE ZONE IS OPEN, I REPEAT THE DOOR TO LEAVE THE PHANTOM ZONE IS OPEN!".
To the readers of this story I am so, so, Sorry for taking an entire year to upload a new chapter, I won't lie when I say I became lazy in not getting this done earlier, Over the past year I had been busy with work and yes I did have work holidays but I used most of that time to chill out and relax via playing PS4, Catching up on various TV shows & Movies, Social media use via twitter & Facebook, Walking the family dogs at times, I kept telling myself to get this chapter done but I would go on the laptop to mostly run spyware checks & download software updates, I also ended up getting bad writers block often which was annoying but I have it properly planned out now for this story and I will try my hardest to get a chapter done every 2 or 3 months.
Sincerely knivez786
One more thing I had a rough idea for of who I think would be ideal casting for a few of the JL characters that I added into the roster for this story, So when reading this, Picture these actors & actresses as the characters
.Ana De Armas = Zatanna
.Jurnee Smollet = Black Canary ( From what I have been hearing Jurnee was a very good Black Canary in Birds of Prey)
.Charlie Hunnam = Green Arrow
.Common = Green Lantern John Stewart
.Zachary Levi = Shazam (Awesome movie it is, Zach nailed it)
.Richard Madden = Green Lantern Hal Jordan
.Hugo Weaving = Doctor Fate
.Lewis Tan = Green Lantern Kyle Rayner
More fancasts to be decided later when I can figure out who would be best suited for the other roles
