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MarkMark261: Thanks for the spelling help, I tried to find all the mistakes in this chapter, and hopefully you will find none. I need a perfect spell check that knows what I'm thinking.
Tejdog1: Yeah I know Lana and Pete got married but since I killed off Lana earlier I figured I'd have to have him marry Chloe. (Besides I like Chloe)
Just a quick note, my Ra's is based more on the animated series then the movie or comic books.
Chapter 6 – Ra's
Superman sped high over the mountains, cruising over the snow covered tops. He looked down at his GPS receiver and laughed when it hesitated, trying in vain to figure out where he was. He slowed down to allow the satellites to acquire his location. Going to have to get the tech division to build a better receiver, he thought to himself.
Correcting his course, he soon found himself hovering over a small village at the base of the mountains. He flew down towards a little temple on the east end of the village, on a hunch that the cat might have come from there.
He landed on the temple's steps and looked around. Something was out of place, how could something really be out of place in a small village like this. And then it hit him, there were no people. No animal noises, no birds flying.
I must be in the right place. He thought as he walked through the temple's doors, he looked around the small room. It seemed to have been unoccupied for many years. There was a thick layer of dust on everything except…He was suddenly kicked in the face and he flew back through the temple's door and out into the snow. He slid back on the icy street for several feet before getting to his feet. He brushed himself off and walked back into the building to find over twenty ninjas waiting for him and a single older man in the middle of them. Superman prepared to take them all on when the man in the center spoke.
"Superman. You have been searching for me." The older man said, his voice echoing off the walls of the small temple.
"Ra's." Superman said in a low voice.
"Very good, the Detective has always spoken highly of you. He said you were a quick study and I must agree. You have picked up his methods fairly well. Although you have kept me waiting for a bit longer than I had anticipated."
"You were waiting for me?" Superman said, trying to hide his surprise.
"Of course, I wait and watch for many things. I've been watching you for some time. You have stepped up and defended the Detective's city well." Ra's said as he circled the room. "What I am here today is to present you with the opportunity to take your work to a new level. My goal is to have peace world wide. Just think of it no more hunger, no more pain and suffering. Life would be pleasant. With you at my side together we could quickly change the world"
Superman looked deep into the older mans eyes, "Ra's I've read your file, you are an eco-terrorist. You want to rid the world of evil by destroying whole cities. You must know by watching me that I will never do that."
Ra's shook his head, "I knew that was a probability, but I thought I would ask first. Unfortunately that leaves me with a problem, what will I do with you. You will only try to stop me and my plans."
"I will stop you." Superman narrowed his eyes at the older man.
"Perhaps with time you will come around…" Ra's began to walk away.
"Hey we're not done here." Superman started to make a grab for Ra's.
The ninjas converged on Superman and began to try to take him down. He punched one guy through the wall, kicked another causing him to fly up and land on one of the ceiling's support beams. One man tried to stab him with a dagger and quickly found himself flying out the front door into the snow with a broken blade. The remaining ninjas regrouped and all jumped at Superman at the same time. Surprised, Superman found himself on the ground pinned down by the ninjas. Superman smiled as he began to slowly levitate him and the pile of men off the ground, once they were a couple feet in the air he began to spin rapidly and one by one then ninjas were spun off into walls, tables and the floor. Superman stopped spinning to face Ra's.
"Ra's I'm disappointed. Is this all you have to throw at me?"
"I'd hoped that it wouldn't come to this." Ra's pulled a piece of Kryptonite from a lead container and held it in his palm.
Superman quickly moved away from Ra's out of the range of the radiation, his suit resisted the radiation and allowed him to get away before it sapped his strength.
"I now have in my possession a young woman of your acquaintance, who I will hold hostage until my plan is complete. We'll meet again soon Icon." He turned an opened a secret door in the wall.
"Ra's I swear if you harm one hair on her head…" Superman threatened.
"Fear not, she will not suffer unless you try to interfere."
Superman grabbed a tracer from his belt and threw it so that attached itself to Ra's cloak just as the door closed behind him. I knew that I shouldn't have let her come...
Turning he sighed as he began to tie up the men that were spread all over the room and flew them to the nearest authorities. Superman pulled the tracker receiver from his belt and watched as Ra's took a southwest direction. I'll find you Lois. I promise.
Superman arrived at the hotel a short time later to find Alfred unpacking in the room.
"I'm so sorry Master Clark, they gassed the plane when we arriving…" Alfred started to say.
"It's not your fault Alfred; Ra's has her to keep me from interfering. It's my fault I shouldn't have let her come." Clark said with a weary voice.
"Do you have a plan?" The older man asked.
"I attached a tracking device to Ra's, hopefully when he lands it will be at his base. Until then…"
"Might I suggest dinner?" Alfred wheeled in a cart loaded with several different dishes.
Clark pulled his suit off and shrugged on a robe; he sat down at the table and ate slowly and in silence as he watched the tracker. Please God keep her safe…
Several hours later Clark awoke to find himself sleeping at the table, it was now dark out and Alfred had cleared the dishes around him. He quickly picked up the tracker and found that the dot had stopped. Clark quickly walked over to the laptop and other equipment that Alfred had setup during his slumber. He plugged the tracker into the laptop and quickly linked it up to the Batcomputer in the Cave. He hijacked a couple of the government's satellites and was able to get several good overhead infrared shots of…the desert.
He could see that the base was built into the side of a mountain; the part that was visible was heavily fortified. The large walls cooled from the heat at a different rate then the rest of the desert causing them to show up well on the night image. There were several guards patrolling. Unfortunately Ra's had most of his lair below ground, hiding it from the satellite.
"Alfred I'm afraid that I won't be able to find her before they realize I'm there. I'm fast, but if I don't know where I'm going…" Clark said turning from the computer.
"I do have a suggestion sir; maybe speed and strength are not the answer here. Maybe you should rely on stealth." Alfred said as he walked over to the closet and pulled out a black costume not too unlike Batman's. It was totally black except for his logo in silver on the front. It had no cape and had a black gloves and utility belt.
"This was one of the first suits I had made for you, one that I quickly put away when you chose your colors. I thought it might be useful some day and I've updated it with your logo and your current tool set. It does not however have the kryptonite resistance that your current suit has as it is made out of the same material that I used for Batman's summer costumes, hopefully that will not be an issue."
Clark walked over and took the black suit from Alfred. "This might just work Alfred."
"Just a few thoughts sir." Alfred said as the younger man changed, "Ra's will be expecting you and from what we know of him he will kill Lois. Move slowly, don't take risks. You will find her." Alfred handed the black utility belt to the now costumed Clark.
"Thanks Alfred." Clark buckled the belt and flew out into the night.