The Watch Tower-Vault
"is it really that surprising that the most powerful man in world, should be a figure of controversy"
"Kal-El shouted at an army of more powerful and advanced alien ships and they left, we need to know what we're dealing with"
"the Justice League hasn't issued any statements about Kal-El and despite the constant requests of the U.N. He has not been seen since Washington one week ago"
"the president has said to be furious that the Justice League has refused to give any information they have on Kal-El"
"with the major heads of the Injustice League now behind bars thanks to the work of Kal-El many people have begun to wonder why the League is still needed"
"though despite leaving and arriving together, Wonder Woman has completely refused to give any information about Kal-El causing riots to occur outside the Themysciran embassy, as well as the relations between the Island of Themyscira and the U.N to begin to crumble"
"the president is facing impeachment after the allegations of lying to the public and the rest of the world about the origins of Kal-El. Most saying that someone who lies to the people and our allies about something so important is no longer fit for office"
"Lex Luthor the business magnate, ingenious engineer and philanthropist is said to be appalled by the actions of the president, strongly approving the action of a re-vote for the presidency and is even throwing his own name forward for the position"
"Kal-El himself has not been since his arrival at the Justice League's Watchtower and the departure of the alien guests, which themselves have not been seen since the events is Washington"
Diana stood with her arms crossed as she stood in the center of the vault, the vault was used to hold the rare and powerful alien artifacts that the league thought was too much for humanity to handle, their where some in the league who thought it wasn't their place to keep things from the rest of the world but as Diana listened to the different news channels that where playing at the same time on different monitors spread out around the vault, her conviction had only increased, especially considering Luthor was running for the presidency.
Diana tilted her head trying to understand the image better. In front of her was the painting that Blackfire had left to Kal-El and Kal who left to fast for anyone to stop him, the league had no choice to take position of it until Kal came back for it 'what happened here?' Diana asked herself as tried to understand the image better. She spent most of her time at the Watch tower in the vault, she just wanted to understand it better.
The painting looked like it was being taken on a hill top so it had a full image of the city 'Kandor' that was what Kal called it. Looking up to the top right of the painting she could see what looked like a planet or a moon, it was hard to tell but she didn't think it mattered. What caught her attention was that it was split in half, like it was forcibly pulled apart. In the skies above the city she could see large ships, they were smooth and curved but just massive. One in the distance was firing a powerful beam of purple energy down to the surface. On the ground she saw...just dead land, there was no grass, no green, just ash. There was a large trench in the middle of a large section of ground, it reminded her of no man's land form world war one and two. He could see two armies charging at each other, the soldiers on the left were noticeably bigger than the one of the right but she didn't think it mattered, it was war. She did notice that the smaller army on the right looked human, which led her to think that they were the Kryptonian's.
"they're not wrong you know" a voice said from behind her, she turned to see Bruce walking towards her "Mute" he said simply and all of the news stations sound was cut off.
"about Kal-El" Diana said as she turned back to the painting "what do you mean?" She asked as he stood beside her.
"I mean Kal-El is going to have to face the people of this planet sooner or later" he grumbled as he looked at the painting alongside her.
"He'll face them when he wants to" Diana simply said.
"you've been spending a lot of time in here lately" he observed.
"So?" Diana shrugged not knowing why he pointed that out.
"why?" He asked.
"you can learn a lot about a people from the war's they've been in" she informed Bruce "or from their enemies" she added.
"very true" he agreed "but you can also learn a lot from their reputation" he countered.
Diana turned around to face him "what are getting at Bruce?" She asked wanting him to get to the point of why he came here.
"you know where his base is, don't you" he accused.
Diana stiffened "no" she lied.
Bruce leaned in closer towards her "you may have been unconscious when he took you but you where awake when you came back. You know where he lives don't know" he said giving her his best bat glare.
Diana cursed in her head, she knew that Bruce was one of very few people who could tell when she was lying. Only him, her mother and Donna could tell when she was lying "yes, I know" she admitted.
"tell me" Bruce said, it wasn't a request, it was an order.
Diana frowned at him "no, I won't" she said back.
"Diana, you can't keep this a secret. Everyone's started to turn on you and the embassy. Think about your reputation" he said.
"no, I won't" Diana said clearly "Kal-El saved all of our lives weather you like to admit it or not. He didn't have to take me away so he can save my life but he did, I would be dead if it wasn't for him, so yes Bruce. In return for that I wouldn't tell the rest of the world where Kal-El is so he can live his life in peace and considering what it looks like he's been through" she said gesturing to the painting "I wouldn't be opposed to preventing that" she continued before turning around and heading for the exit "oh, and considering that it looks like Luthor is about to run for president" she turned to face him "it seems we have something else to worry about" she finished before leaving the vault.
She let out an angry sigh as she walked down to halls of the watch tower, she couldn't believe Bruce would say such a thing 'tell me' she repeated in her head. Wait, no. She could easily believe Bruce would say something like that. Stopping in hall and taking a deep breath, she thought that a cup of coffee wouldn't be the worst idea right now.
Stepping into the cafeteria she saw her fellow leaguers spread out around the room. Grabbing a cup, she headed to the table where she saw Zatanna, Dinah, Shayera and Mari "oh, hey Diana" Zatanna greeted as she sat down.
"rough week Diana?" Dinah asked as she looked how tired Diana looked.
"that's one word for it" Diana said before taking a sip of her drink.
"honestly I can't believe Kal-El still hasn't been seen since he came here" Shayera said confused "he doesn't seem like the type of guy to hide from confrontations"
Mari tilted her head thinking before saying "I don't think he's hiding, maybe he just doesn't care what we think" she guessed "he does seem the type of guy to have an... unchanging opinion of himself"
"what do you think Diana?" Zatanna asked as the three all looked towards her "I mean you've spent the most time with him out of all of us, did you have a chance to talk to him while you were... wherever you were?" She asked.
Diana's eyes immediately widened at the question "What talk? We didn't talk! what we could have possibly talked about?" She said more quickly then she indented.
All the others looked at her with confusion, it was rare for Diana to stumble on her words, let alone at such a simple question "well, you might have talked about something" Zatanna pointed out.
"Yeah Diana, why are you so jumpy all of sudden?" Dinah asked confused.
"I'm not jumpy, why would I be jumpy? Your jumpy" she spat back.
Zatanna tilted her head in confusion wondering where she's seen this type of behavior before "wait" she said leaning forward towards Diana "did something happen between you and Kal?" She asked.
Diana frowned "wha...that's absurd" she said dismissively.
Quickly all of the lady's eyes widened at her words, they all saw it "oh my god, you made out didn't you" Mari accused her.
Diana immediately looked at Mari with wide eyes "…...no" she said after a long pause.
As soon as she said that all of their mouths dropped.
Across the room Oliver, Hal and Cyborg where all sitting down just talking amongst themselves "so how's things going with Dinah?" Hal asked as he looked over to Oliver.
Oliver shrugged "things are going pretty well, married live so far has been pretty much the same as before. But honestly, I think Dinah is hinting towards something" he guessed.
"what do you mean?" Victor asked wondering what he went.
Oliver leaned in closer towards the two "I think she wants a baby" he whispered.
Hal and Victor's eye brow slightly rose in surprise "really?" Hal asked, Oliver nodded.
"well, I guess it's not unheard of" Victor said "I mean when you get married isn't that what usually happens next?" he asked.
Hal shuck his head "not really no" he said with a chuckle "nowadays it's the other way around"
"that is true" Vic agreed "what do you think about it Oliver, do you want a kid?" he asked.
Oliver shrugged "I don't know, I guess I'm open to the idea. But if that does happen, it also means Black Carney is out of action" he said firmly "I don't care what the reason is, she is not fighting criminals while pregnant. I don't care if I have to tie her up, it's not happening"
"I'm sure she'll agree with that man, calm down" Hal said calmly.
Before anyone could say another word, there was a gust of wind and a bright light. Oliver and Victor looked to see Hal was gone, they didn't panic however as they knew what that was "One day, Barry's gonna have to learn to just walk in and take someone instead of running in like that" he said shrugging his shoulders.
Watch Tower, The Flash's quarters
Barry didn't know how he was going to tell Diana about his current situation with Donna and he didn't even want to think about what he was going to tell Hippolyta. Barry groaned as he thought about Hippolyta, arguably one of the biggest man haters on the planet. He had to tell her that he got her daughter pregnant, though he wouldn't be doing it alone. Donna made it clear that they would tell them together. Diana first because she was likely to be the calmest about the situation even though they both expected her the lash out in anger, anger focused at Barry.
Which led Barry to the idea of having some sort of protection against Diana, he told Donna and she agreed that he could tell one person about the pregnancy. So that said person could act as a type of mediator/bodyguard and Barry went for the smart choice, his best friend Hal Jorden. The fact that he was also a green Lantern was a bonus. Meaning that if Diana lashed out he could help keep her calm, Donna also said that she would find someone who could help calm Diana and Hippolyta down though he had no idea who she would choose to help.
Though despite everything, the one thing Barry couldn't wait to do was tell his dad about it. He was going to be over the moon, even if he was in prison. Looking back, it now, Barry didn't care what Hippolyta or Diana had to say or what they would try and do. He has been dating Donna for the past thirteen months and it has been the happiest thirteen months of his life, now he was going to be a father, he didn't care what anyone said, nothing is going to keep him from raising his soon to be son or daughter.
Now landing back in his room, he dropped Hal off right in front of the door and he stopped in front of the window. Hal moved around dizzily for a moment trying to regain his balance before looking up and scowling at Barry, he shakily lifted his right hand at him "I told you not to do that" he frowned at him "What!" He shouted.
Barry nervously rubbed his hands against each other and looked up at him "Hal... I need to tell you something, and I need you to promise me you won't tell anyone" he said urgently.
Hal frowned and tilted his head at Barry, he was serous. Barry's never been serous not really but if Hal didn't know any better, he was shaking a little bit "alright, I'll bite. What's up?" He asked crossing his arms.
Barry took a deep breath before speaking "Ok, you know how we both go to the clubs a lot but lately I've stopped going with you?"
Hal shrugs "yeah, it's been annoying going on my own, although that does mean more girls for me" he said with a smile.
Barry chuckled at Hal's words "sure, but the reason for that is because I've been seeing someone, for over a year now" Hal's eyes brows shot up.
"What? and you didn't tell me, I'm hurt" he said sarcastically placing a hand on his chest.
"there's a reason I didn't tell you" he said back before taking a deep breath "I've been dating Donna" he said quickly hoping that Hal's reaction wouldn't be too loud.
Hal tilted his head in confusion before shrugging "who's Donna?" He asked.
Barry was very confused for a minute before he remembered that Hal has never really met Donna and Diana rarely talks about her on the station or during her time with the team 'Don't know why I didn't think of that' he thought to himself "Princess Donna" he added.
Hal frowned for a moment trying to understand why he said 'princess' but then it clicked. His eyebrows shot up into his hair "wai... wait, wait, wait. Princess Donna, as in Princess Donna of..."
"Themyscira" Barry finished for him "yeah" he nodded.
Hal's mouth dropped "YOUR BANGING DIANA'S SISTER!" He shouted in shock.
Barry quickly sped forward and clamped his hand over his mouth "SHUT UP!" he yelled "and I'm not banging her, we're in a relationship, we live together for god's sake"
Hal nodded at Barry with his eyes still wide at the news "Jesus... anything else?" He shrugged thinking he can't have anything else to share that is that important.
Barry's open mouth quickly shut and he looked at Hal with a 'what the hell' look before shrugging "she's also pregnant" he said.
Hal's jaw dropped even more than it did before, which Barry didn't think he could do without braking it "Ok, ok, ok. Let me just straighten this all out, to make sure I'm not missing anything" he said calmly, Barry nodded thinking that this would be good practice for telling Diana "you have secretly been dating Donna, Diana's sister for over a year now, you even live together" he started, again Barry nodded "and now she's pregnant and now your... telling me? Wait, why are you telling me?" He asked confused.
"well, Donna and I have agreed that when we tell Diana and her mother Hippolyta. It wouldn't be the worst idea to have someone each with us who we trust who can also provide some protection" Barry explained.
Hal pointed at himself "Wait, me?" He asked in shock.
"well Yeah" Barry said.
Hal stood still for a moment "Ok, firstly" he said before lifting his hand up and moved towards Barry, who got the idea and raised his own hand. The two hands collided together and held onto each other "Donna, my man!" Hal said with a grin before wrapping his free hand around Barry's shoulder in a friendly bro hug "she is so hot"
"I know right!" Barry said happily smiling.
Hal pulled back smiling "and pregnant as well? So much for ever going clubbing again"
"well, for a while yeah" Barry said sadly "so, what do you think?" He asked.
"hhhmmm" Hal said "Oh, oh hell no, not a chance in hell" Hal started to back up.
Barry took a step forward for everyone Hal took back "why not?" He asked.
"for the same reason I don't want to meet every woman I've left asleep in their bed before wake up. I don't want to die and getting between Diana, Hippolyta while they charge at you for getting Donna pregnant. That will do it" he said nodding at his words.
"Hal come on" Barry said.
"Look Barry, I know..." Hal started.
"YOU OWE ME!" He shouted interrupting him "we've been friends for years, I've done a lot of crap for you. I'm just asking you to make sure that they don't kill me before they listen to what I have to say, what we have to say" he explained.
Hal sighed deeply, knowing that he was right "Fine"
Back in the cafeteria
Diana tried to ignore the flurry of questions that came her way, there was no point in denying it any further. Especially considering she has the lasso of truth attached to her hip "Ok, enough!" He said finally being able to stop everyone from talking to her at once "yes, fine, ok" she admitted.
"Diana" Zatanna started "I'm all for making out with a hot guy, which I think we can all admit Kal is but... really? That doesn't seem like you at all" she said looking at Diana.
"thank god you and Steve broke up" Mari said taking a deep breath "this is weird enough with just the two of you"
"come on guys" Dinah said calmly "it's not that big of a deal, it's one kiss. It's not like they slept together" she says before looking at Diana "you didn't, right?" She asked.
"No!" She shouted "it was one kiss. It only lasted a couple of seconds" she explained "a couple of very... good seconds" her eyes drifted off into the distance.
"so, you're dating now?" Shayera asked.
Diana sighed "I don't think so" she said sounding a little sadly.
Zatanna frowned at her "why not?" She asked "you kissed each other so you obviously like each other. It's not like you care what the rest of the world thinks about it"
"because I don't think he likes me, ok!" She admitted sounding louder then she meant too.
All the woman looked at her in shock, this was unheard off. She was Wonder Woman, neither of them had ever imagined that a man wouldn't like her, even if they were gay she was still a polite and caring person. It was hard not to like her in any form "Ok, why do you think that?" Dinah asked calmly.
Diana sighed thinking it wouldn't be the worst idea to get some advice about everything "when we kissed, it was going well but before anything else could happen. Kal-El pulled away, he looked shocked at what we did and tried to find some way to leave before I could say anything but then we found out about invading ships and you all know the rest" she explained.
"Ok" Mari said in understanding "that doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't like you, he might just be confused" she said.
"she's got a point" Shayera agreed "Kal-El has clearly been through a lot, maybe he just doesn't know how to process what he's feeling"
"or maybe he's just afraid" Zatanna said surprisingly. As she expected, all eyes turned to her with a confused and dumfounded expression "I know, I know but hear me out. I think he's like Bruce in this area, think about it, Bruce could stare down Darksied without even a hint of fear. But when it comes to opening himself up to feelings and emotions he practically craps himself" he said. Diana couldn't help but agree with what she was saying, Bruce was like that and Kal did have some similarities with him.
"Diana, maybe you should just talk to him" Dinah suggested "just ask him"
"no" Mari argued "going straight in and asking, that's just going to make her seem desperate"
"what if she had an excuse to go and see him, like going to convince him to meet with the U.N" Shayera suggested.
Diana looked at her and considered what she was saying, she did need to calm the government down before it made things worse and maybe it would be good for Kal as well, for him to meet with the people in charge "good idea" she said before standing up and heading to the hanger.
The Fortress of Solitude
"that should be everything finished" Kal said as he sat in his lab working on synthesizing a cure that has been plaguing the people of Tamaran for nearly two decades now.
Blackfire smiled as she looked through the monitor that was hovering in the air next to Kal's right "I cannot thank you enough for this Kal-El, you've helped save a lot of lives with this cure" she smiled at him happily.
"well you can consider this my apology for how I acted during the meeting, I didn't mean to lash out like I did. I just wasn't expecting to see that place again" he said softly.
Blackfire's eyes darted to the ground in shame and embarrassment "Kal-El, you don't have any need to apologies for anything. If anything, I should be the one apologizing. I truly didn't mean to cause you any distress, I truly want you as an ally" she said.
Kal placed a single test tube into the air and looked at it closely. The floating screen that held the image of Blackfire's face closer towards him. Kal turned his body to face her fully "as long as you don't use what I give you for war" Kal warned her before he pressed his finger on the screen and tapped it twice. The screen grew in size and changed shape to a door way, Blackfire's eyes widened as Kal stepped through it.
His first step through the screen, now turned door way. He immediately felt the change in gravity and atmosphere, a quick glance in both directions he could see other Tamaran's starring at him with wide eyes and dropped jaws. He turned his attention back to Blackfire who was still standing in front of him but Kal could the dozens of emotions plastered on her face, awe, fear, excitement, concern "and believe me when I say" he said as he reached down and grabbed Blackfire's hand, looking into her eyes he placed to test tube in her hand and closing her hand around it "I'll know if you do" he said with plenty of warning in his voice.
Kal's face remained emotionless as he turned and went back through the door way. Kelex took the initiative and closed it behind him. Kal sighed as he left the lab and walked down the halls of his fortress. Despite everything that happening with him and the world he lived on, right now his primary concern was his experiment with The Sanctuary.
It had recently occurred to Kal that if a yellow main sequence affected him on a subatomic level, literally changing his atoms. It might do the same for other Kryptonian lifeforms, deciding that it might be worth the risk of losing them Kal slowly started to change the artificial sun light from red to yellow. Not all at once, Kal didn't want the experience the agonizing amount of pain he did when he first woke up so he did it gradually.
Every couple of day's Kal would lower the amount of red sun energy and replace it with yellow energy. He did notice some side effects, all of the animals began to feel sick but only for an hour or so before they returned to their normal state, so far Kal hadn't seen any noticeable differences like heat vision for flight but he could see that they were all stronger, faster and more durable. He had theoriesd that the longer they were exposed to the sun light, the more chance they had of developing abilities.
He would have spent more time studying this chance but every time he tried he found himself too busy thinking about something else, or someone. Kal sighed, he couldn't stop himself from thinking about Diana, he knew he shouldn't but he couldn't help it, she was just so... intoxicating. He felt ashamed of himself, he knew that it was a possibility of moving on from her someday but it seemed to soon. It might have been two billion years for everyone else but for him she's only been dead a year, along with the rest of his people.
Kelex's hologram appeared next to him "Master, we have incoming" he said speaking in their native Kryptonian.
Kal turned to face him and frowned "identify" he ordered.
The hologram of Kelex changed from his normal hologram to a screen where a jet was seen flying in his direction, it was the same type the Justice League used, Kal sighed "bring that ship to the ground before it destroys itself on the fortresses shields" he ordered. Kal could see through the screen that the jet was hit with a blast of blue energy before colliding with the ice floor of the artic "open the closet exit" he said before flying out of the hallway and headed for the crashed ship.
He landed in front of the ship just in time to see a panting and groggy Diana climb out of the broken front window as the snow started to pour over the jet. Although Kal wasn't upset at seeing her again, more upset that he was seeing her here, at his home. Kal told her not to come back here and she agreed. He crossed his arms and but a scowl on his face as she started to walk closer to towards him "what are you doing here?" He asked before she could get a word in.
Diana sighed "I need your help" she said. Kal sighed before turning around and flying back to the fortress, Diana followed not saying anything as they passed through the fortresses shield's. Five minutes later they both stood in the command center of the fortress, Diana didn't notice any change in the room since the last time she saw it.
The same holographic globe in the center with the highlighted areas, wait there was one difference. Another blue dot but instead of in space where the Watch Tower was it was in the middle of the Aegean Sea, between Greece and Turkey. Diana's eyes widened, that's where Themyscira is "what is that?!" She yelled pointing at the blue dot.
Kal's eyes glanced at her "a potential threat" Kal answered before turning to face her fully "what do you want Diana?" He asked getting straight to the point.
Diana sighed, she would get answer's about Themyscira later "I know, you prefer to be left alone but the world is slowly turning into chaos" she said taking a step towards him "and as a result the people are turning against myself and the league. I'm not asking you to hand over everything you have but can you please just talk to them, let them know you're not a threat. Please" she asked sincerely.
Kal looked into her eyes closely, he sighed before turning around and running a hand through his hair. Glancing at one of the screens he could see that the U.S channel was playing the emergency broadcast system. Pointing at the screen it was brought towards them, he tapped on it and the audio began to play "this is the emergency broadcast system, this is not a test" then an image appeared, it was the president "my fellow American's, in the past few days are world has changed a great deal. We have had visitors from dozens of worlds all at once and one man stopped them, but he has vanished and the only one who knows about his location has refused to say anything. I am not waiting any longer, this is an order to Kal-El. He is to meet with the United Nations tomorrow at mid-day, if he does not the Justice League will be declared an enemy of the U.S.A and the Themysciran embassy will be closed, thus ending the U.S's relationship with them to end. Tomorrow at mid-day, I am only asking once" the fee cut and it changed back to the regular news channel
Kal sighed, he turned to face Diana "let them know I'll meet them" he said.
New York - The United Nations
Diana was flying over the massive crowd of people with J'onn flying by her side. If she were to guess there were a couple thousand. All standing outside the gates of the U.N headquarters, some yelling in anger holding signs that said 'Get off our planet' and 'ET go home' Diana couldn't stand those people. Though there were a small group of the people that where cheering, her eyes widened at the sight of some people who already had t-shirts with Kal's symbol on their chests. she even saw some very beautiful girls jumping up and down in exactment like they were seeing a Rockstar.
There were others in the league who think they should be there with them but Diana refused them saying that it was just a meeting with the U.N, and they still needed to be on guard in case something happened when some asked 'What if things go bad and he turns on you?' Diana simply said 'it wouldn't make a difference' and considering the large under of army soldiers surrounding the entire building, it wouldn't matter even more. Her eyes narrowed as she saw the man leading the soldiers, General Sam Lane.
The two-heroes landed in front of the main entrance to the building, the crowed became a little louder as they landed, some yelling in anger, some singing their praises. They walked forward until they reached the first defensive line of the soldiers, Lane walked forward to greet them with a scowl on his face. Diana and J'onn frowned at him not caring about appearance's, they didn't like him one bit "where is he?" He asked bluntly.
"he'll be here" Diana answered just as coldly crossing her arms at him.
Lane's eyes narrowed at her "for your sake, I hope you're right" his face adopted a smirk "it would be such a shame for your so called proud nation to disappear back into the hole you crawled out of"
Diana's hands bawled into fists and took a step forward but stopped when a large boom sounded in the sky. All eyes turned upwards and saw the small object come towards the ground. Within a few seconds just before it reached the ground, it slowed. Diana and J'onn both smiled as Kal gently landed on the ground, not a hint of aggression as his feet touched to ground. He was wearing the same uniform he wore when he saved the League last week, carrying the same blade on his back.
The crowd erupted in a large roar of voices, cheers and yells. Kal ignored them and started to walk forward not even batting an eye at the military personal surrounding the area. Diana and J'onn turned to face him as he stepped closer and closer.
Kal stopped a few feet in front of them and shook J'onn's hand "It's good to see you again Kal-El" he said politely.
"J'onn" Kal nodded before nodding at Diana as well "Diana" Kal looked behind them at the entrance to the building "I trust you'll be leading the leading the way to where ever I'm supposed to go?" He asked.
J'onn nodded "yes, please follow me" he turned, Diana and Kal walking behind him.
"Hold on!" Lane said as he walked closer towards the three, his men and woman behind him "you are not stepping foot inside this building with that weapon" he said pointing at Kal and the blade on his back.
Kal frowned at what he was saying but before he could say anything else Diana beat him to it "you cannot expect him to surrender anything, least of all to you" she crossed her arms.
Lane narrowed his eyes "he is about to enter one of the most important building's in the world, he's not doing that with weapons" his eyes looked to Kal who was standing patiently behind the two Leaguers "surrender it. Now!" He ordered.
J'onn opened his mouth to speak but Kal interrupted him "very well general" Kal took the blade from its holster, before Diana and J'onn could try and convince him not to. Kal placed both his hands on the hilt, all of the general's men lifted their weapons and aimed at Kal ready to attack. The swords incurving's all began to glow in the ethereal blue that Diana and J'onn have seen before but he didn't lift it upwards, he shoved it downwards halfway into the ground. Kal let go of the sword and walked right in front of Lane "by all means" he said before turning back to Diana "which way?" He asked.
Diana smirked internally at what he just did, he wasn't going in with the sword but if her sisters or she herself could not pick it up, there was no chance that Lane or any of his men could take it "this way" she smiled turning to the side and walking into the entrance.
Kal walked in the middle of Diana and J'onn as they walked on either side of him just slightly ahead, leading him to main atrium. The casual workers in the building all stopped what they were doing be it office work or cleaning and stepped out of the way of the three giving them a wide birth. As the three reached the final corner four figures greeted them. Two heavily armed soldiers stood with their backs straight against the walls standing guard. The two-people standing in front of the door is what made her jaw drop. It was Donna and her mother.
Upon seeing Diana, Donna and Hippolyta both smiled and walked up to embrace her "Donna, mother. What are you doing here?" She asked hugging them back.
"after everything that's happened with the embassy" Hippolyta started "I thought it would be good idea to show this U.N that I do still believe in working together" her eyes drifted to Kal-El who's own eyes where focused on Donna, it went without saying that she didn't like that at all "Kal-El" she stepped closer towards him "I would like to thank you for saving my daughter's life" she said sincerely, she saw the video footage of Kal saving Diana's life.
Kal's eyes left Donna who began to feel a little awkward at his starring "no thanks are not necessary your majesty, I was simply returning the very Diana and her League gave me"
"your majesty, forgive me" J'onn interrupted "but it would be best to not keep the world leaders waiting for long"
"You're right J'onn" Diana turned to face her mother "if you're here for the meeting then I suggest you take your seats after we enter" she said before stepping beside them and opening the door, the soldiers saluting as she passed. J'onn followed behind her and Kal after him.
"congratulations princess" Kal said as he stepped past Donna and followed J'onn.
Donna's eyes widened in shock but she quickly composed herself as her mother stood beside her "why does he congratulate you Donna?" Hippolyta asked confused.
"I don't know" Donna said quickly "come on, let's take are seats" she continued just before walking away quickly so Hippolyta couldn't say anything back.
Upon entering the atrium Kal walked out into a small walk way that led down the middle of the atrium. On his left and right Kal could see around a hundred chairs with different people of different ethnicity's, though who stood out the most was Arthur who sat with his trident in his hand. He should have expected he would be there, after all he was the leader of his nation after all. In front of him Kal could see a small desk with three chairs at it, Diana and J'onn stood on behind the chairs of the left and right, leaving the middle one open for him. The chairs and desk where facing a large podium who had three individuals sat at it, the current presidents of America, Russa and China. He saw that there where dozens of news camera's stationed around the room all watching his every move.
He assumed that Hippolyta and Donna would take a seat somewhere as well. As soon as Kal stepped in the room, all eyes turned to him. Kal didn't even bat an eye as he walked down the middle of the atrium up to the desk that faced the podium. Kal stopped in-between Diana and J'onn and placed his hands over each other in front of him, waiting for whatever was supposed to happen next. The U.S president spoke first "please be seated" he said.
Kal, Diana and J'onn sat in the chairs they stood behind "let me start by saying I'm grateful for the accused to come here today..."
Kal's eyebrows rose "accused?" He asked not waiting for the U.S president to finish "what exactly am I being accused of Mr. president?" He asked.
The president narrowed his eyes at Kal-El, not liking how he just interrupted him "for endangering human lives, do you know how many people nearly lost all their hearing due to what you did to those speakers" he informed.
A voice came from behind him "not to mention that massacre at the docks of my city" he heard a woman say in a noticeable British accent.
"would you have preferred I let those ships go to war above your nation's capital Mr. President?" Kal asked calmly before turning to face the female Prime minister of the U.K "and Prime minster I know what I did at those docks was uncalled for but when I found what those men were doing, I had a bad reaction, I was reminded of something some my past and I didn't think. I apologies for that" he finished, the Prime Minister nodded at him.
"and the group of men you put in the hospital" she asked.
Kal shrugged at that "I was just defending someone who showed me some kindness, there was nothing else to it"
"if I might interrupt" the Chinses president said speaking his native language, now Kal understood why some members of the room had small devices up to their ears, it was a type of translator "why were all those ships here for you?" He asked.
Diana leaned in towards him ready to translate for him "from what I understand my people have technology that is very much desired by others" Kal spoke in Chinses.
Everyone got over the initial shock of being able to speak chinses "before we get into that, I would like to know why you are here" the Russian president said.
"I did not come her purposely, it was an accident" Kal explained "I was drifting through the stars in cryo sleep for a very long time"
"I think it would beneficial to know why you left your home?" Kal turned to see who spoke and he saw Arthur "I think we'll all curious to know" he continued.
Kal's eyes drifted to the ground and Diana could see the pain behind them "I had no choice" he answered.
"you're a very interesting man Kal-El" Hippolyta said getting the attention of everyone else "I've always thought so but even I am starting to tire of your cryptic responses to the most basic of questions"
"you said, that you were in Cryo sleep" the Australia Prime minister started "how long where you in Cryo sleep for?" He asked.
Kal turned to look forward "from what I've gathered, two billion years" he answered. There where instant voice's all across the room, some talking to each other, some speaking openly, some just stayed quiet and thought about what was said. Even Diana and J'onn turned to face him with raised eye brows "long before your race left their caves"
"and where are your people now?" The U.S president asked.
"they're gone" Kal answered coldly.
"gone?" He asked.
"there all dead" Kal clarified looking at him dead in the eye "every single one of them" he said, almost menacingly.
"what happened?" He asked firmly "if you want us to be allies, then we need to trust each other. What happened to your people?" He asked again.
Kal leaned back and sighed 'this is not going to be easy' he thought to himself "a very long time ago" Kal started, everyone started to lean in as they saw he was going to start talking "my race was... well from what I've learnt since coming here, one of the oldest in the universe. But, there was a time when we were much like you humans" he said nodding his head to the three in front of him "with very similar problems to you, over population, pollution and of course, a lack of energy. But we found the answer to that problem, we found a way to create an infinitely powerful and eternal energy source. Once we did that, there was nothing we couldn't do. My race advanced more the next few hundred years then it did in the last few thousand" Kal explained as he could easily tell that he had everyone's full attention.
"then we started to explore, my solar system was different to yours, mine had ten worlds in it, all as full of life as the last. Over time we colonized all of them, they were as populated as Krypton was, an armada of thousands of ships, moon sized battle stations" he continued as everyone was listening intently to what he was saying "but then everything changed" he said sadly "it was the first encounter we had with an alien race, they entered are system in a fleet of a hundred ships. They didn't try to make any type of peace with us, they didn't even try to contact us. They came and started to attack. Naturally, fought back, tried to defend ourselves, which we did. We were able to eliminate them but not before they destroyed an entire continent, millions of people died in that attack"
"by the time everything was over three months had passed, one of their ships had managed to escape. We moved on, repaired the damage, memorialized the attack and tried to get on with are life's" Kal looked down and sighed "but... they came back a year later and that was it, the beginning of the end. This time, they arrived in an armada of a hundred thousand ships. This time, they made contact, with one message 'we are the Scar'. Then it was setback after setback, loss after loss. A war started that was called the millennia war, and it was named that for a reason, because it lasted a thousand years. Just imagen that for a minute, a thousand years where there wasn't a single minute when a weapon wasn't used"
Diana saw him and looked at the pain in his eyes "you don't have to continue Kal-El" she said sincerely.
Kal turned to face her and smiled slightly "that's all I was going to say" he answered. He turned to face the three in front of him "is there anything else you need?" He asked.
"well, we would like you to continue with your origins" the chinses president said.
"that's classified" Kal answered "anything else?"
They all looked at each other before turning back to face him "where are you currently located?"
Kal considered what he was going to say, he wanted to be allies with this race but he didn't trust them yet "some were you can't go" he answered.
he didn't even need to turn around to see the frown on everyone's faces "what are you willing to give us to allow you to live on are planet"
Kal shrugged "what do you want?" He asked.
Before anyone could say anything, the Russian president spoke first "all your technology and all your knowledge" he requested.
Kal's face didn't show any emotion "somebody else but this time be realistic" Kal said to the rest of the room.
"you said that your race created an unlimited source of energy" the French Prime mister said "we would be very grateful, if you gave us that technology" he said.
Kal did appreciate the respect in his voice but he remembered that, that power source was the reason the Scar invaded his own people "I can't" Kal answered almost sadly.
"Kal-El, you cannot expect us to allow you to live here for free, we need something in return" the U.S president said.
Kal thought about his opinion carefully before responding, Kal stood up "I will make you a deal" he said before stepping backwards and standing behind his chair "I've been living on your planet for seven months now, while it is true that you have noble qualities, humanity is still a young, immature and violent race. Until you can prove you can work together as one, you will not be given anything of mine. So, I will say this, stop lying to each other. I have hacked into every satellite, every government, I know every secret every one of you has ever tried to hide. Task force X, project Zeus, Venom" he said as the three in front of him eye brows rose in shock "tell each other, pool your recourse's, your knowledge, actually work together instead of just saying you are. Then and only then, will I help your race with what it needs. That's all I have to say" he finished before turning around and heading for the exit leaving behind a bewildered and shocked group of people.
"Kal-El" he heard Donna whisper "I need you to meet me later, I must speak to you about something important. Please, meet me" Kal kept moving as if he didn't hear her.
Stepping out of the building he was met with a heavily armored man placing explosives around his sword. The crowd saw him exit the building and began to cheer and yell all at once, walking straight to his blade as the armored man placed the last explosive on the ground around it Kal placed his hand on his shoulder and pushed him backwards. Taking the blade in both hands Kal lifted it out of the ground and placed it in the holster on his back, without waiting for a response from Lane or his soldiers Kal shot upwards into the sky leaving a sonic boom in his wake.
Ok Guys, sorry for the long wait but here you go. I know this chapter was a little anti-climactic but don't worry, next one's got some BIG stuff going on as you'll see.
Next Time:
Donna convinces Kal to go with her to tell Diana and Hippolyta about her pregnancy. Hermes tells Diana to get close to Kal by order of Zeus. Diana becomes confident enough to confront Kal about their kiss and Ares starts his plan to use the green blade to kill Kal-El.
Until then, I will see you in the next chapter.