Chapter 4: The Last Great Battle of Krypton...

Chaos has ensured the streets of Krypton. Many cities, such as Kryptonopolis, have began to evacuate. Thousands of Kryptonians have entered into the War Zone, an underground city, where people retreat into to avoid terrorist bombings, or other alien offences.

Jor-El watches as his infamous army of SuperDrones carry out their plans to destroy Darkseid's Ship, and to kill Darkseid.

"Make me proud. Lead us to Victory!"

The ships exit Krypton's atmosphere, and enter the cold, dark realm of space. Darkseid's ship slowly stops. Inside the ship, Darkseid sits on a throne. He is a giant of an man, with greyish skin covered in boney plates and large spikes encompassing his shoulders, elbows, and legs. He wore only a pair of extremely large, metallic shorts, and a cape made up of a very tough hide. He is holding a long, boney trident, and is staring out the front screens, watching as the small, puny kryptonian ships advance closer to his warcraft.

A slug-like creature slithers over to Darkseid, and looks up at him.

"Master, what are your orders? Do you wish to destroy Krypton?"

Darkseid was still thinking.

"Hmph! What? What do you want now!"

"I just need your orders on what to do to the Kryptonian ships."

"Activate the Full Stroke Invisibility Force field."

"What? But why!"

"You'll see, Slugnam. You'll see..."

Outside the warship, the Kryptonian ships continue to advance, when Darkseid's ship suddenly dissapears.

"Master Jor-El, the Apacolypse warship just vanished off our screens!"

"What! Worn the others to halt their movements. Stand by for next orders."

"Yes, Master."

The SuperDrone pilot makes contact with the other pilots, and the ships stop their advance.

"Awaiting Orders, Master Jor-El."

The Ship's Voice starts to speak.

Voice Command overridden. Now being controlled by an unknown source.

"What do you mean, 'Unknown Source'?"

Well, I guess you can't find my Warship, right SuperDrone?

"WHAT DO YOU WANT!"

Let me communicate with your pitiful 'Master Jor-El.

"NEVER!"

Then be destroyed.

The Apacolypse Warship reappears, and the front of the warship begins to glow a deep red. Then an enormous Partical Beam blasts through and splits into 12 slightly smaller beams, which in turn, intercept into the Kryptonian vessels, and immedietly destroys each one of them. The beam then dissapates, and the front of the ship stops glowing.

MWA HA HA HA HA HA! Puny Kryptonians! They shall fall before my might!

Inside the Warship, another screen appears. Jor-El's face is shown as a 3-D hologram. His face shows rage.

"We shall never fall before your might, Darkseid! We will kill you, and destroy your homeplanet!"

"You will never destroy me or my planet, puny Kryptonian. I am eternal. I will live forever!"

"Then we shall fight to the death."

Jor-El's face dissappears, and Darkseid activates a dark red button.

Apacolypse SuperLaser enabled. Please state target.

"THE PLANET KRYPTON."

Krypton targeted. T-minus 10 quatlues till launch...10...9...

On the planet Krypton, Jor-El runs and helps other stray Kryptonians into War Zone, and notices Lora and Cara in the end of the line. Jor-El runs over to them.

"Lora, Cara, You have to head to Earth."

"Why, Jor-El?" Lara asks.

"Because Darkseid is going to try and destroy Krypton. Go to my spare life pods, and escape to Earth. Kal-El will protect you."

"And what about you?" Cara asks.

"I have to protect Krypton and destroy Darkseid, if its the last thing I do."

"No! I won't Let you!"

8...7...

"You will! I demand it!"

Jor-El, Lora, and Cara run to the War Zone. Jor-El pulls out a remote control, presses a button, and two circular holes appear in th ground. Then two pods rise out of the ground, identical to Kal-El's. The doors open, and Lora and Cara run into the pods. A flash of brown passes Jor-El, and Krypto lands on Cara's lap. He starts to lick her, when Kara runs to Jor-El.

"Dear uncle, I want to go to Earth, also!"

Then it shall be. Cara will share a pod with you."

Jor-El looks at his life partner. Lora runs up to Jor-El, and they kiss passionatly.

"I will miss you, lover." Lora says.

"And I, you."

Kara enters the much larger pod, and sits next to Cara and Krypto. Lora enters into the other space pod, and the doors close. With a low hum, the ships activate and fly off into space. Jor-El watches them physically, for the last time. The ships soon dissappear at warp speed, before the warship senses them.

6...5...

The Krypton Siren of War activates, as the last kryptonians enter War Zone. Jor-El pushes another button, and 150 ships appear, all containing Krypton missles, and SuperDrones. All except for one. This one Pod opens up, and Jor-El enters. He activates the ship, and the others activate their own.

"No Matter what happens, Krypton will allways live forever!"

The other SuperDrones scream, and applaud at the sound of Jor-El. The ships take off in a huge formation, led by Jor-El. As they leave the atmoshpere, Darkseid's warship is seen in the distance.

YOU WILL NEVER WIN, JOR-EL. I WILL LIVE FOREVER, AND YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE THAT!

The Kryptonian ships move faster and faster at their target. For a second, Jor-El could swear he saw the fear in Darkseid's eyes!

NOW PERISH FOR YOUR MISDEEDS!

The warship started to glow, and shot the laser again.

"FIRE MISSLES AT THE LASER!"

As told, all the missles fire out of the ships. The backs of the missles hold spikes that spin around at enormous speeds. They speed faster and faster.

4...3...2...1...

The missles pass the through the laser, protected by advanced Kryptonian shields. The laser hits the ships.

"FOR KRYPTON! SPREAD PEACE THROUGHOUT ETERNITY!"

The rest of the SuperClones scream their last words.

"FOR KRYPTON!"

Their ships shoot out all their power into white lasers. Both lasers collide with each other, creating a blinding blue flash of light. At the same time, the missles hit their designated target, and explode, destroying the front part of Darkseid's ship. The blinding white flash begins to engulf the kryptonian ships, the rest of Darkseid's Warship, and the entire planet of Krypton. The flash literally cooks Krypton's surface, and War Zone's heavily armored surface easily melts away, killing the millions of Kryptonians hiding in what they thought was a safe haven from war. The light dissappears, leaving Krypton a dead world. No life exists on this planet anymore. All that remains are the vast buildings of a former advanced society. Out in space, Darkseid's warship is gone, destroyed from the radiation blast, and the Kryptonian army has been vaporised. Only one smaller ship remains. It is the deep red color of blood, and inside it is a groggy Darkseid. He activates a screen, and notices a path made by two Kryptonian ships. '

"FOLLOW COORDINATES OF THE KRYPTONIAN SHIPS, COMPUTER."

Yes sir, Master Darkseid.

"WHERE IS THE PATH LEADING TO, COMPUTER?"

The path is leading 278 million space years to a planet called Earth.

"EARTH. THAT IS WHERE I WILL KILL THE LAST KRYPTONIANS. THEN I WILL CLAIM THIS PLANET CALLED EARTH AS MY OWN, AND START A NEW APACOLYPSE PLANET. COMPUTER, ACTIVATE SLEEPING GAS. I NEED MY REST."

Yes, Master Darkseid.

The small ship activates warp speed, and heads toward Earth...

Back in the Kawatchee Caves, Kal opens his eyes, and notices he is still standing.

"Oh great Allah, Krypton is dead. Father, How far is my family from Earth?"

Jor-El is still watching Kal, and hesitates to answer.

"Please answer me, Father."

"They will arrive in what the humans call tomarrow, after their yellow sun sets. You are our last hope, Kal-El. I did what I could. Now, I am only powerful enough to protect these caves and myself. You must kill Darkseid. Remember what we gave you, and...wait...someone's coming...I love you, son."

Jor-El suddenly dissappears, and is replaced by the ancient cave paintings. Just as Jor-El said, a person walks in. She is about 5'9,'' with short blonde hair, and is wearing a necklace that says Smallville Torch.

She looks around at the walls, and notices Kal.

"Oh, you startled me. I didn't know there was anyone down here."

She walks up to Kal, and holds her hand out. Kal looks at it, unsure of what to do. He reaches over, and shakes it.

"My name's Chloe Sullivan. And you are?"

"Uh...I'm Clark Kent."

"Oh, I didn't know Johnathon and Martha had a son."

"I'm actually their nephew."

Oh, nice one, Chloe. You completely embarressed yourself.

"Oh, uh, are you going to Smallville High tomarrow?

"Possibly. My Aunt and Uncle are taking me shopping later, and we are going to check out the damage the meteor shower made. Help people that need help."

"Oh, our own hero in training. So, where are you from?"

"A place very far away."

"Oh yeah? Maybe I'll interview you for the Torch."

"The Torch? What's The Torch?"

"It's the school newspaper. People read it, and learn about all the things that are happening in Smallville and Lowell County."

Kal looks around the walls, and smiles a very sad smile. He looks like he's going to cry.

Better help him out, Chloe. You couldn't make him feel worse.

"Is something wrong, Clark?"

"Um... it's just when I'm here, I almost feel like I'm at home."

"That's weird."

You just made him feel worse, Chlo.' And I didn't even think that was possible.

"I guess it is. But, I'm a weird guy. I think I'm going to go home now. My Uncle is probably worried about me."

Kal walks past Chloe, and turns around. He smiles, and walks backwards.

"Allright, see you later, Clark."

Kal leaves the caves, and Chloe stands around, taking pictures for the next issue.

"How unusual."