The return
Rubbing his eyes while 9S drove the truck behind the Rust Bucket, Ken inhaled as they drove on the Highway 818.
Blinking while stretching the kinks from his shoulders from his nap, Ken spoke with a yawn.
"Time?" seeing 9S look to a clock above the radio, he spoke with a shrug.
"10 in the afternoon" nodding while getting up, Ken entered the trailer to see Aranea snoozing with Venessa on her lap while on the couch, Genji and Hanzo were watching the news while Ahri was braiding Lupa's mane of hair with Akali snipping a few loose strands, basically grooming the Loboan, looking to Evelyn… she was reading a book beside 2B and Kai'sa.
Staring at the sight while setting himself on the couch carefully, the truck shifted upon getting hit by something.
Glaring while opening a door, Ken spotted a prison bus rushing ahead of them.
"What happened?" turning to Aranea, Ken spoke while dialling the Omnitrix.
"Nothing important, just some asshole inmates trying to escape" climbing up the ladder to the trailers roof, Ken stood with his armor shifting over his being. Dialling for Gladiolus, Ken stopped as a blur slammed into the side of the Bus. Showing the stunning sight of Super girl.
Pressing the Button, Ken flew into the air with a leap.
Slamming through the roof, Ken watched as the hopeful inmates looked at him and than Supergirl, the gulped loud enough to echo in the bus before Ken zipped to the driver to rip him from the seat… along with the seat.
Gently pressing on the brake while driving to the side of the Highway, Ken turned to see Supergirl making the men sit down.
Pulling the E-break as cars drove by carefully, Ken spoke.
"Alright, first order of business, you try anything stupid!" calling forth his Kryptonian heat vision, his eyes glowed bright red beneath the helmet with smoke rising from them.
"You get burnt to ashes" seeing them all sit frozen, Super girl stepped up to his left with her arms crossed smugly.
Sparing a curious glance with Super girl, Ken stepped out of the bus with a curious Super girl following him as he tore the engine from the Bus, ensuring it didn't go anywhere…
Not required, yes, fun to fuck up criminals days… also yes.
Turning to Super girl as she watched him set the crushed engine down without a care, Ken turned to her with a sigh.
"Why are you following us?" seeing her perk up like a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar, she did the only thing she thought would work.
"I don't know what you mean, I was in orbit and I saw the bus go crazy" seeing her try her best poker face, Ken's eyes lingered over her figure…
And so far this Supergirl was the Injustice variant, not bad on the looks either.
"You and I both know that's bullshit" seeing her look away with a wince, she sighed.
"Look, you have been the main talk of the League, mainly Batman and my cousin, and so far they are not saying nice things" rising off of the ground with his arms crossed, Ken gestured for her to continue as police cars arrived.
"And why should I care what a sad Batman says about me, not my fault his city decided to save itself after the Jokers death" flying after the Truck and the Rust Bucket, Kara Zor-el flew beside him.
"He's been worse, but that's not why I've been following you" flying ahead of ken to hover with a worried look on her face, Ken frowned as she spoke.
"I've had a talk with my Cousin, on how you can literally become one of us" seeing her gesture to Ken's current form, he raised an eyebrow as she continued.
"He said it was a bad idea, but I… I wanted to actually ask if you could help us…?" blinking at the girl of steel stare at him with a hopeful look, Ken crossed his arms.
"Help with what exactly, find a new planet, make a home in the Himalayas, What?"
"I want you to help me repopulate our species"
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Okay he saw this coming but holy shit, hell Amelie asked for his help when he sampled her DNA on the Omnitrix.
Supergirl had spoke to her Cousin about her idea and was flat out refused simply because he killed Vilgax... he killed a lot of people a matter of fact, how the hell wasn't her having trouble sleeping?.
Staring at her for a moment, Ken sighed.
"This is all too sudden, look I have a lot to do today so I'll… think of something when I'm free" seeing her smile, Ken inwardly smiled, wondering slightly if this was also a function for the Omnitrix if a species began to decline.
Thinking on that now made it weird.
Following that… awkward proposal to help Krypton's future, Ken sat on the couch with Aranea sitting against his chest as Hanzo followed the Rust Bucket to Cape Canavral after a news report came on about a Satellite launch being postponed by purple lightning… lightning they all found in the desert, the farm and now at a launch site, and so far, Ken was inwardly thinking on Kara's proposal.
Which the team had mixed reactions to… well all but Lupa being a positive reaction, the Loboan merely moved onto his lap defensively while cuddling him.
Feeling the truck slow to a stop with the engine being shut off, Ken arched his head back to see Hanzo unbuckling the seatbelt before entering the trailer.
"We're here" stepping out of the trailer with Max, Kevin, 9S, Genji, Hanzo and Ben following, the Celestials, mainly the females, stayed inside the trailer due to this seemingly being a small check out, with Ken following Max while Aranea turned to those gathered, a serious face directed to Angela.
"Alright, we need to talk about Ken"
Stepping in line after Max lead them through the halls with many frames of space craft and pilots long since retired, Ken gave a whistle while Genji gave a disinterested look.
"Gotta hand it to these guys, they make things to last a life time in memories" staring at two frames of one familiar man, Ken smiled as a Man spoke excitedly while approaching them.
"Max Tennyson, What's it been forty years?" shaking the man's hand while Max laughed, he gave a response with a knowing smile.
"Give or take"
"Whatever happened to you, one day you were here, the next day you were gone. Had to give you're little walk to Armstrong" staring after the two men as they continued down a hall, Ben spoke before Ken could.
"Armstrong, like Apollo 11's Niel Armstrong?" turning to max as they stopped before a large frame on the wall, Hanzo and Ken spotted the familiar face smiling at the camera.
"Grandpa, you were supposed to be the first man on the moon?" seeing the director smile at Ben, he spoke with pride.
"Sure was, Does this guy look familiar?" seeing a younger looking Max in Astronuat gear striking a pose with a shuttle behind him, Ken smiled.
"Best Astronaut in the Program" seeing Max smile sadly while looking away, his words made Ken sadly smile as well.
"A different Duty called" shrugging at Max's words, the director spoke with a smile.
"So, what can I help you with, Max?" seeing Ben and Kevin turn to max while Ken looked over the wall, his grandfather spoke with a casual shrug.
"Just Playing tourist, wanted to show the youngsters the old stomping ground" smiling as Ben moved ahead in curiosity, Ken blinked as his younger brother bumped into a large man… what was his name again?.
"What are you all doing here, this is a classified area" looking to the others with Ken openly glaring tiredly at the man as he stalked by, his eyes widening a fraction at the sight of the Omnitrix before he continued on with a low growl.
"Get rid of them" watching the man with Hanzo and Genji, Ben spoke the million dollar question.
"What's his problem?"
Turning to the spectacled man as he rubbed his wrists with equal tiredness, he spoke while placing a hand on Max's left shoulder.
"It's kind of a crazy day, Max. with the delay and all. Maybe we should reschedule you're tour." Walking past Max to follow after the anger management failure, he spoke with a smile.
"You remember the way out, right?" watching the man turn a corner, Max and Ken moved hurriedly further ahead with big grins on they're faces as they quietly moved away.
Sooner finding themselves in a large area with max regaling his past hobbies.
"So I never did wind up going into space with NASA." Nodding as they looked over the machinery, Kevin spoke with a sad tone.
"Bummer, would have made you a hundred times cooler"
"Do you regret not being the first guy on the moon Grandpa?" turning to both Kevin and Ben respectively, Max spoke with a smirk.
"I just took my leaps for mankind in other ways" snorting at Max's enthusiasm, Ken stopped them at hearing a door ahead open before they hid around a corner as two men stepped towards a double set of doors, waiting for the cost to be clear, Max signalled to advance with Hanzo and Genji sneaking ahead.
"I can just imagine how awkward this would be if the girls were here as well, what do you think they're doing right now?" seeing max turn to him with a frown, Max spoke.
"Most likely talking about a major issue" stepping to a door with a switchblade like handle held up, a prong like appendage popped out before Max inserted it into the lock, while Ken spoke with a frown.
"What issue?" turning to Ken with a worried frown, Max spoke while Ben mimicked his look at Ken.
"You killed those men in Afghanistan and Gotham, now I understand that they chose their paths, you did it with a cruel efficiency that worries me" seeing Max give Ken a look of worry, Ken frowned in thought while looking to Ben for confirmation… which was given by a shaky nod from his younger brother.
Moving to speak the door slid open before they stepped through hurriedly, Hanzo and Genji following swiftly as it closed.
"Ok, I get it, I… ok I went off the deep end, hell I'm just now realising what I've done without a second thought, the Terrorists deserved it along with those assholes in Gotham… I really have gone too far haven't i?" turning to 9S as he nodded slowly, the android spoke with a shrug.
"I managed to catch a glimpse of the carnage you did… many people were terrified by you're actions, I remember hacking into a council meeting about you" seeing 9S shrug, Ken stared for a moment before placing his face in his right palm, rubbing his eyes with a sigh as Max worked on the surveillance footage.
"The Joker I'll admit had it coming with Batman doing nothing to keep him off the streets for good, but it was still a bit much… also how did you even get Croc to follow you cause that's been bugging me until now?" staring at the ground with a weak chuckle, Ken spoke while sitting back.
"He owed Harley a favour" shrugging at the casual answer with 9S staring dumbfounded, he spoke while Hanzo snorted.
"He helped… because he owed a favor?" nodding to the Android as he stood in place, 9S spoke with his arms raised.
"That's so simple it's stupid" shrugging with a smile, Hanzo spoke with certainty.
"It is Gotham, plus Harley Quinn what would you expect" pointing to Hanzo with an appreciative smile, Max spoke urgently.
"Ken, come see this!" turning to Max as he stared at a console, Ken shared a look with Hanzo before stepping to Max's left.
"You're gonna want to see who was out and about during the last purple lightning storm" watching as the screen zoomed in on the shuttle pad, the sight of Doctor Victor playing with a portable console made Ken stare with a tired look.
Sighing while standing up fully, Ken went to speak if not for a distant roar to echo…
A familiar roar.
"Oh you have got to be kidding" giving Kevin a look at the howl of the werewolf, Ken, without a word, stepped to the double doors.
"Stay here, I'll deal with this"
"Ken!" stopping to give Max a frown, the old man gave a nod.
"Be careful" giving Max a smirk, Ken nodded while closing the door behind him.
Dialling for Fenrir, Ken's eyes glowed amber faintly.