The truth is, Alex is the only one to truly remember Krypton due to being eight years old at the time of its destruction. Growing up his younger siblings, through they weren't related by blood but through a shared tragedy, often asked him about their original home planet. They would ask him how much he could remember of their parents, they originally language, their real names. Alex had answered happily, hoping that in doing so it will keep Krypton alive in his memory. Hoping that he won't become trapped as Alex Kent, human son of small town farmers James and Margaret Kent, and he would remain Al-Ex, kryptonian son of scientists Jor-Ex and Lara-Ex.

Of course, his siblings only asked because they were curious and felt out of place with the rest of the world. Not because they wanted to have a strong connection to they heritage, because unlike him they found it far easier. Katie and Jack he understood as they would have been too young to remember anything, though Jack did have nightmares for a few years about it, and while Julie was a little older she had only vague memories, so Alex felt disappointed she didn't have much interest.

It took him a long time to become honestly grateful for everything James and Margaret had done for them. Looking at it from their perspective, the entire situation was insane. They were just a couple living peaceful lives when an alien pod crashed into their barn, containing four alien children one of whom was completely untrusting of Earth's dominant species. And then because of the yellow Sun, those alien kids developed superpowers. Yet somehow they found the courage and the compassion to bring them into their home and love them like they were their own.

"Alex, are you listening?" Julie asked him, bringing Alex back to reality. He remembered where he was and what he was doing before his thoughts drifted towards the past.

"Sorry I just got distracted for a moment. You were saying?" Alex asked as he looked at his three siblings.

The four of them were currently standing on a rooftop, dressed in their uniforms. They all had the same design, but with the exception of the cape and their symbol the only difference was their respective colours. Alex's suit is white, Julie's is red, Katie's is yellow and finally Jack's is blue which worked well with their black cape and symbol. Their symbol was a diamond shaped shield with an S inside the shield, which on Krypton represented the word hope.

"Well, since we don't know what Snark or Luthor have planned down there, so we need a plan." Julie told him.

"Uhh, we have a plan. Go in there, kick some buts and be home in time for dinner." Katie said with an arrogant grin, her hands glowing with yellow energy.

When they had first started to show superhuman abilities, Margaret had fainted. Now thirty-five years old Alex could see that as a reasonable response to seeing a six year old Julie fly around the living room, a rainbow following behind her. After the farmers learned about the other abilities their new adopted children had. They all slowly became stronger with age and their skin harder to break until now very little can hurt them. However they also developed abilities unique to each of them: Alex found he could manipulate the gravity of objects and himself, Julie could fly and run at impossible speeds, Jack could manipulate his density to either become a cloud to fly or become even stronger than his siblings, and Katie could disintegrate matter into energy which she then stored for later use for combat.

Alex had been twelve years old when general Dru-Snark had arrived on Earth, planning to rule the planet with his army of Zn'rx soldiers. Alex could remember how his parents had spoken about the man, describing him as cruel and selfish. It was because of him that Krypton was destroyed as he was the one who tried to use the planet's core to power a new military weapon despite scientists warning him of the danger. Alex had tried to convince the man to stop, hoping that he had somehow changed, but he quickly found that to be untrue. And when Snark had dared to hurt James and Margaret, Alex and his siblings had refused to hold back.

It turned out that Snark was completely unprepared for their abilities, having not been exposed to the sun long enough. After he had left Earth, though it wouldn't be the last time Alex saw him, the Kent siblings found themselves in the unexpected role of superheroes. The world loved them for their heroics and for some like Jack and Katie it expanded their egos a little too much. Jack enjoyed the attention and interacting with people, while Katie loved to show off. Thankfully their adopted parents were there to reign them in and keep them in school.

It was a good thing that they did, as it turned out Smallville over the next few years was in desperate need for heroes. And after that the siblings found themselves drifting to Newtropolis, which needed them more. Thus they became the Super Squad, champions of truth, justice and freedom. Their attempts to make the world better made them clash against a number of foes, including Douglas Luthor who hated them for their alien status and how much the world loved them. He despised them so much he willingly exposed himself to alien DNA that mutated him into a hideous monster, apparently ignorant of how that clearly made him a hypocrite, all so he could try to kill them in a physical fight.

A few hours ago a Zn'rx had tried to attack the heroes, and with help from Jack's best friend and Katie's fiance Franklin Wayne, better known as Bat Oracle, they had tracked Luthor and Snark to the warehouse across the street. Now however the four have reached the part of their day that always made things difficult, the part where they argued about what to do next.

"Katie when has that plan ever worked?" Julie asked her sister, looking at Alex for help.

"Hey don't look at me. I've given up on this argument." Alex told her with his hands raised in defeat.

"Julie, that plan always works. We've always solved our problems by hitting them." Katie argue.

"While I agree a plan would be good, Katie isn't exactly wrong." Jack added, looking reluctant to agree with Katie's plan. "Nine out of ten times the world has been in danger, we've fixed it by punching the problem until it leaves."

"Regardless it's always good to have a plan of some kind. They're bound to know we're coming and probably have a trap waiting for us." Julie responded, and Alex nodded in agreement, though Katie still looked like she was going to disagree.

"You know I'm reminded of a saying from Krypton my mother liked. Translated into English, it goes along these lines." Alex began, taking a deep breath before speaking again. "An idea is like a flower and-"

"Oh dear God, fine we'll make a plan." Katie practically shouted. "Just stop talking Alex."

"Yes please. Those sayings and stories you go on about never make any sense and are incredibly boring." Jack told his older brother, who shrugged in response while Julie nodded in thanks when Jack and Katie weren't looking.

Down below in the warehouse, Snark watched as the pale and monstrous looking Luthor shuffled about, fiddling with his computer which controlled his army of robots. They were pretty basic in design, but Luthor had assured Snark he had upgraded the machines to better deal with the Super Squad. Of course, after twenty-three years of fighting those annoying children Snark has admittedly become cynical as it has resulted in him losing his army and working with this pathetic creature, which only he had little hope.

"How certain are you of this plan Luthor?" Snark asked, noticing how Luthor flinched at Snark's tone. Like the kryptonian Luthor hated bein spoken to without respect, but why would Snark ever demean himself by speaking to Luthor with respect?

"These robots are able to withstand scenarios that can test even your durability Snark. And as you have seen, there were more than enough for what remained of your Zn'rx army." Douglas told Snark, glaring at him with violent rage.

"But thankfully, they are incredibly easy to break." a female voice called out, and they turned to their army of the robots being thrown about and blown up by Alex, Julie and Katie Kent. They heard an explosion from behind them and friend to see Jack Kent destroying the computer with his bare hands.

"What! How did you get in!?" Luthor screamed in fury and confusion. "My security-"

"Was exactly the same as last time genius." Julie told him with some smugness. "Did you really think we would fall with the same trick twice? And while you're robots are pretty tough, we can be creative with our powers."

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you idiot!" Snark practically hissed before leaping up into the air to try and escape. However he found himself suspended in mid air, trapped by Alex's use of his gravity manipulating powers. Luthor also tries to escape, but all it took was a swift punch into the face by Jack who had hardened himself. Author was sent tumbling to the ground, and while Julie and Katie took care of destroying the last of the robots, Alex created a gravity bubble around the mutated human before he could transform into a liquid and escape.

Half an hour later, the siblings were watching as the authorities took Luthor and Snark away. Luthor was inside a special cage which froze his molecules in solid form while Snark was wearing cuffs which prevented his cells from absorbing solar radiation. Only once they were safely in the vehicles and were being driven off, did the Super Squad depart.

"Do you guys eve feel disappointed by how easy our lives are?" Jack asked his siblings as he flew in his cloud form, Julie racing through the air beside him while Alex carried himself and Katie with his powers.

"No." the three responded immediately.

"Neither do I." Jack agreed with a smile.

So while these are an amalgam of the Power Pack and Superman mythology, befitting the name Universe-5 the Super Squad are also based on the Marvel family of Earth 5 in that they inhabit a far lighter and softer universe than others where there isn't a need for a secret identity and good always wins.

Amalgams:

Super Squad (Superman and Power Pack)

Newtropolis (Metropolis and New York)

Al-Ex/Alex Kent (Alex Power/Zero-G and Clark Kent/Superman)

Jur-Le/Julie Kent (Julie Power/Lightspeed and Clark Kent/Superman)

Jar-Ack/Jack Kent (Jack Power/Mass Master and Clark Kent/Superman)

Kar-Te/Katie Kent (Katie Power/Energizer and Clark Kent/Superman)

James Kent (Jonathan Kent and James Power)

Margaret Kent (Martha Kent and Margaret Power)

Dru-Snark (Dru-Zod and Snarks)

Douglas Luthor (Douglas Carmody/Bogeyman and Lex Luthor)

Franklin Wayne/Bat Oracle (Franklin Richards/Tattletale and Bruce Wayne/Batman)