At around noon, Superman flew straight for Chicago where the city was still intact and people disobeyed the "stay-at-home" guidance by walking around the city streets.
"Look, up in the sky, it's Superman. He'll save us," a man said to his daughter.
Superman then flew straight through a skyscraper demolishing it and killing everyone inside. "That isn't right," the man said as he was covered in a dust cloud. Zombie Superman's reign of terror had only begun.
VR
Alex, dressed as Superman, flew over to the shuttle and used her X-ray vision to find Lois. As predicted, she was on the shuttle in the computer terminal room. The shuttle engines roared as it was about to take off. Lois discovered the bomb and cut some random powerlines. Immediately, NASA control canceled the launch but the bomb continued to count down.
Alex ripped off the door and entered the shuttle looking for Lois. She eyed the bomb counting down and ripped it off the wall exposing its circuitry. "Get away from that. You're not qualified to disarm a bomb, whoever you are," Lois said to her. "What kind of lunatic are you? What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Lois, shut the fuck up," Alex said finally and then ate the bomb.
The bomb exploded harmlessly inside her. Alex then gave a loud burp. "What the fuck are you?" Lois asked horrified.
"Superman," Alex smiled and then walked off.
Alex then got underneath the shuttle and then slowly lifted the shuttle into space where it connected with the Prometheus station. "This is so cool," Alex said to herself, enjoying the moment. After all the bullshit she had put up with Lois, this was worth it.
"End Simulation," she ordered.
Real World
At the Fortress of Solitude, Cyborg addressed Diana, Jon, Lois, Damien, and Jefferson. "If Superman has turned, it means the Earth is fucked. The Arks are ready. We need to leave now."
"How?" Jefferson wondered.
"We need to take him on," Diana said fiercely.
"Superman can take down both Arks in a heartbeat," Lois said knowingly.
"Batman left a takedown plan for every major hero," Damien said taking out a small capsule with Kryptonite inside.
"Of course he did, that paranoid bastard. What was his plan for me?" Oliver asked.
"He didn't have one for you," Damien said awkwardly.
"Well, ain't that a bitch," Oliver said bitterly.
"You're mad Batman didn't have a contingency plan to end you?" Dinah teased.
"Fuck yeah, I could be a planetary threat if I wanted to," Oliver said pissed-off.
"Of course, you could, dear," Dinah mocked.
"I'll take that," Diana said taking the Kryptonite stick from Damien. "Dinah, Vic, you're with me. Everyone else to the Arks," she ordered taking charge.
Diana then proceeded to do a montage as she incorporated Kryptonite into Athena's sword using the Fortress' smelting equipment. With a giant hammer, she merged the two together on a super-heated anvil. "So bad-ass," Cyborg complimented.
"You sure this will work?" Dinah asked skeptically.
"This is the Sword of Athena with magical properties and is now radioactive as fuck. If this doesn't kill him, nothing will," Diana said of the glowing green sword.
Diana, Dinah, and Cyborg then departed the fortress towards Chicago.
Kara and Alex took off their Obsidian Lenses. "Have fun?" Kelly asked Alex as she read a psychology book on the couch.
"Yeah, I think I did," Alex said confused.
"I think I might have a case of phantom penis," Kara said as she tried to get her bearings back.
Brainiac 5, Mon, and Drura entered the room. Kara immediately went over to Mon and embraced him. "Mon, you have to fuck me back into a woman," she told him.
"Yeah, sure," Mon said weirded out by her.
"Before you commence with that, there is someone in the cave you should talk to," Brainiac 5 said.
"You kept me waiting for days so you could play virtual reality?" Drura asked, pissed off.
"Remember who you're talking to," Brainiac 5 scolded her.
Drura went to a knee and bowed her head. "Supreme Leader, I have come to this time to cure the Covid 19 infection. Having done so, I wish to return to my time."
"Very good, Drura. You have done well in little matters. I shall now give you the responsibility to handle bigger matters," Kara said.
"Did I...just give myself more work?" Drura wondered.
Kara went over to her. "Rise, my friend," she ordered.
As Drura stood back up, Kara took a red marker and put a scarlet letter A on her uniform. Alex rolled her eyes knowing the reference. "Drura, you are now an A-class hero," she promoted.
"Thank you, Supreme Leader," Drura gushed.
"Now, to see what the fuss is about," Kara said waking with Brainiac 5 to the cave.
While Kid Flash gathered everyone he could find near the ruins of Gotham for the first Ark, Oliver led the other refugees into the second Ark on Themyscira. As they prepared to leave, a powerful storm approached with extreme lightning. "Ready your warriors around the Ark and the refugees," Mera advised Hippolyta.
"Yeah, I think you're right," Hippolyta agreed.
War trumpets were sounded as a large Kraken monster emerged from the sea with Zombie Aquaman on its head. The skyscraper tall monster had a hammer-head shark face, octopus tentacles, and crab legs and claws. The Kraken roared shaking the ground.
"Now, I have the power! Just try to stop me!" Aquaman shouted.
An arrow suddenly went through his eye and out his head killing him instantly. Aquaman then fell off the Kraken and into the sea. "I just fired an arrow half-a-mile away through raging winds into the brain of an undead lord of the sea while he was controlling a damn Kraken. Fuck you, Batman," Oliver grinned.
"That was my husband and the father of my son," Mera said dismayed.
"I'm not apologizing," Oliver stood his ground.
An army of zombie Atlantean troops continued to advance onshore. Mera and the Amazonians immediately attacked them head-on. Mera used her water powers to blast some of them back while Hippolyta punched an Atlantean's commander's head off. Wondergirl then arrived onto the scene to help with Amazonian Calvary behind her. The two forces clashed on the beach.
On the Ark, Oliver and Firestorm fired upon the Atlanteans to keep them at bay. "That's the last of the refugees," Oliver said. "That means, it's time to go," Oliver yelled at Mera.
"The Amazons?" Mera wondered about them as they were still fighting.
"Yeah, there's no extracting them from that," Oliver said dryly.
Wondergirl then departed from the battle and flew up to the Ark as it floated away. "The Amazons are not coming," she said sadly.
"Well...shit," Oliver realized as the entire Amazon army was slaughtered and turned into zombies. The Ark then took off into space.
Kara eyed the Bat computer as it showed the world map. Nearly, the entire population had been infected with Blight and the Justice League was in shambles. "Well, I'll be damned," Kara said amazed.
"With Superman under the Blight, you are our last hope," Batman said to her.
"Well, finally some respect," Kara smiled. She turned to Brainiac 5. "When did you notice this?"
"As soon as it hit," Brainiac 5 said nonchalantly.
"And you couldn't interrupt my virtual reality to tell me? This is kind of a fucking big deal. I mean, look at this shit," Kara scolded him.
"It's not our jurisdiction," Brainiac 5 said flatly.
Kara turned to Batman. "What's the plan?"
"The Justice League has constructed two Arks that can fit fourteen million people. The evacuation is underway," Batman informed her.
"Fourteen million? Remember when we transported three billion using every alien ship on the planet during Crisis?" Kara asked Brainiac 5.
"I do recall," Brainiac 5 humored her.
"How did you even get here?" Kara asked Batman.
"I'm Batman," he replied.
"Of course," Kara nodded.
"You going to save the world or not?" Batman asked impatiently.
Kara stared Batman down and then gave Alfred a look. He merely nodded. "Alright but not because you told me to."
In Chicago, Superman went on a tear using his heat vision to incinerate everyone he could find. The city was completely in ruins. Diana, Dinah, and Cyborg approached the destroyed city and easily found Superman. "Well, he wasn't hard to find," Dinah remarked.
"No life signs," Cyborg said somberly.
"Then, we don't have to hold back," Diana said seriously.
Dinah created a megaphone construct and then screamed at Superman at high volume. Superman fell to his knees painfully but quickly recovered. "That was slightly inconvenient," he remarked and then punched at Dinah's construct nearly breaking it.
Cyborg fired on Superman annoying him. Diana came from the other side and sliced deep into Superman's arm. Diana then sliced Superman through the gut with her sword. Diana pulled back her sword for another strike when Superman punched her through the midsection.
"No," Dinah said horrified as Diana fell towards the ground.
Cyborg caught Diana and gently brought her to the ground. "You have to stop him," Diana said to Dinah giving her the sword.
"So, I'm a Green Lantern and now an Amazon in just a week," Dinah said amazed.
"He's seen the Arks. That's where he's going," Diana said weakly.
"Go, I'll stay with her until...," Cyborg said to Dinah.
"Vic, you can't stay. You're the best at tech-support," Dinah objected.
"I have a plan to find out the secret of the virus," Cyborg said vaguely.
Dinah nodded and then took off into space to join up with the Arks. Cyborg then waited patiently for Diana to become a zombie and reveal her secrets. It didn't take long for Diana to scream as she became a zombie.
"Wait, I have a question," Cyborg said as he had the lasso wrapped around her wrists. "Can you speak?"
"We have a voice," zombie Diana said.
"Is there a way to stop you?" Cyborg asked.
"We are death. Nothing can stop death," she said cryptically.
"You are a virus. Is there a cure?" Cyborg asked.
"Yes," zombie Diana said reluctantly.
"What is it?" Cyborg asked urgently.
"The cure is in you. You are man and machine, patient zero, the alpha and the omega," zombie Diana said vaguely.
"But that means everyone we fought, everyone we killed, they didn't have to die," Cyborg realized dismayed.
"Well...no shit," zombie Diana agreed.
"I have to reach the Arks. I have to tell them," Cyborg said letting go of the lasso.
Kara went back upstairs to see Alex and Kelly. "I've got to go save the world. I'll be back soon," Kara told them.
"Is it really serious?" Alex asked concernedly.
"On a scale of one to ten, it's a solid nine," Kara told her.
"My God, do you need help?" Alex asked.
"No, fuck no. You're both staying here," Kara told them. "Mon, Drura, we're leaving," Kara ordered. "Take us to the cruiser."
Mon instantly transported them to the cruiser where Brainiac 5, Batman, and Alfred were already there. "The coordinates have been inputted," Brainiac 5 informed Kara.
"Punch it," Kara ordered.
The Vindicator cruiser then entered a portal to another universe, another Earth.
The now-freed Diana grabbed onto Cyborg and put him in a headlock. "Life is fleeting," she said as she ripped his head off. That is the only truth. Death is forever," she said as Cyborg's body fell into a pit.
"Unless you're a Vindicator," Mon smirked suddenly appearing before her with golden spiked hair and Insane armor.
Diana eyed him not recognizing him. Mon pointed his right gloved palm at her. "Oh, Hera," she realized.
"Mon will suffice," Mon smiled as he incinerated her completely.
"Have you acquired Cyborg? We need him to create a vaccine against the anti-life equation. It all started with him. He's the key to stopping this," Kara said urgently over the radio.
"Yeah, he's dead," Mon eyed his headless body at the bottom of the pit.
"Well...shit," Kara muttered.
"I just killed Wonder Bitch. Is there anyone else you need me to kill?" Mon asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, get your ass back here. Superman is coming our way," Kara told him.
"Any reason why you can't do it?" Mon asked.
"He looks gross. I don't want to fight him like that," Kara said immaturely.
Mon rolled his eyes and then instantly transported himself to the upper atmosphere. Superman went straight for the transport ships. Mon appeared before him and blasted Superman back to Earth. He hit the ground hard creating a crater.
The Vindicator cruiser and the transport ships floated in space as the battle for Earth was fought. Kara and Brainiac 5 watched the fight from an observing probe droid. "Superman is the strongest fighter on this planet, perhaps even this universe," Brainiac 5 said.
"Should be interesting then," Kara smirked.
Mon and Superman faced off in the air. "You look like shit, but I won't take it easy on you," Mon said to him.
Superman made no reply and attacked with a sweeping kick. Mon blocked the kick and punched Superman back. Superman struck at Mon repeatedly and then headbutted him into a building. Mon exploded out of the building and fought evenly with Superman inside a ruined city. Mon got a good kick on Superman blasting through a monorail track.
The two went higher into the air and created air shock-waves with each blow. The ground shook and clouds were vaporized by the intensity of the blows. Superman punched Mon hard to the gut bending him over, used both hands to slam him to the back, a straight kick to the gut, and a sweeping kick to the head. Mon sailed over the length of the city but quickly recovered. Superman then kicked him to the head as he steadied himself.
Mon was cast into a forest where he hit multiple trees. Superman kicked him again forcing Mon to exit the forest and hit multiple rock formations. Mon let loose an attack the size of a nuclear detonation on Superman blasting away the nearby rock formations. Superman kept coming punching Mon to the head. Mon struck back, in same, creating a crater underneath them.
Superman leaped up and kicked Mon to the head sending him into the ocean. Superman pursued but paused as the water flowed away from Mon. Powering up, Mon changed form to Super Insane 4. The water around him began to steam. Mon went straight down into the ground with Superman following. The two tunneled underneath the ground punching and kicking all the way until they reached an underground cave.
The two fought evenly in the cave with Mon throwing energy attacks and Superman firing his heat vision. Despite Mon's power-up, Superman was able to keep up with him. Mon then started using his instant transmission technique to hit and evade Superman. After a furious fight, Mon instantly transported himself back into the air.
Mon panted from the effort and was now back to his normal form. Superman heated up the ground above him and exploded out of the Earth. Mon tensed up and went Super Insane 2 as they battled once more. The two fought evenly in the air gaining altitude until they were both in the upper atmosphere. Mon used his instant technique to confuse Superman and then blasted him with an energy attack.
"Emak-Emak-Ah!" Mon screamed as he gave Superman everything he had.
The explosion rattled the transport ships. Superman emerged from the blast torn up but still present. "Damn it," Mon muttered.
Superman turned away from Mon and was about to fire on the Earth. Mon instantly got in his path and blocked his heat vision. Kara watched as Mon struggled to contain Superman's heat vision. If he failed, the Earth would crack open and explode.
Just as Mon was about to become overwhelmed, Kara stepped in and punched Superman away. The blow destroyed half of Superman's face revealing skull and brain matter while completely collapsing his right eye socket. Kara and Mon waited for Superman to counter-attack. Instead, Superman retreated away.
"The fuck he going?" Mon wondered.
"The sun," Kara realized.
Superman went straight into the sun and immediately his cells repaired themselves. His wounds disappeared and within seconds he was perfectly healed. He then basked in the sunlight gaining strength. His body glowed white inside the sun. Kara rose from the sun's core toward Superman having beaten him to the punch. She glowed white as she absorbed the intense radiation and heat of the sun.
Superman immediately attacked her but his fists dissolved away as he got close to her. Kara fired a white beam through his chest destroying his heart. The energy pathways in his body immediately shut down. Kara watched passively as Superman's body disintegrated before her.
Kara then rose from the sun's surface and met up with Mon. "Is it over?" he asked.
"Yes," Kara said somberly.
Mon then instantly transported them both back to Earth. Once they got there, hundreds of Green Lanterns instantly appeared through green portals. Kara addressed an Elder leading them. "This world is to be destroyed to ensure the infection cannot escape."
"Allow us to solve this problem our way," Kara requested.
"Permission to use the Genesis missile," Brainiac 5 requested.
Kara looked upon the Earth and considered the billions that had been infected with the Anti-Life Equation. "Go ahead," she said finally.
The Vindicator cruiser fired a 31st-century missile at the Earth. The missile hit the planet and immediately the surface of the planet became molten killing all life and wiping the surface clean. Kara and Mon watched as the planet quickly cooled down and then in moments oceans, landmasses, ice caps, and then a new atmosphere appeared. Soon thereafter, forests and animal life emerged.
"It's beautiful," Kara said amazed.
"Yes," Mon agreed.
"I am satisfied," the Elder said amazed. The Green Lanterns then departed with him.
With Earth free of the virus, the Ark ships and the Vindicator cruiser were allowed to land. All the cities and any indication human civilization had existed were wiped away. These 14 million would have to restart civilization from scratch.
Kara addressed the new leaders of this new Earth: Lois, Jon, Damien, Oliver, Dinah, Mera, Jefferson, and his two daughters, Firestorm, Wondergirl, and Hawkgirl. The rest of the Justice League had died in the infection. "I'm the Supergirl from Earth-38, the cousin of Superman. Sorry, we got here a little late," Kara said sheepishly.
The survivors gave her a blank look. "Right, so we have an opportunity to start fresh with a utopian society based on truth, justice, and the American Way. We're going to make the Earth great again but this time there will be no war, disease, poverty, or crime," she said.
"Are you intending to lead us?" Oliver asked skeptically.
"No, I got my own problems without having to worry about yours. My heir, Jon Kent, will be your new leader," Kara said.
"But I'm just a kid," Jon protested. "I don't know anything about politics or managing a planet."
"That's why you're perfect for it," Kara said giving him a pat on the shoulder. "Barney will assist you. All you have to do is be a moral symbol of strength."
Kara then went over to Damien. "Your role will be to strike fear into those who would commit crime in this new world."
"Fuck yeah," Damien smiled.
Kara then addressed an unimpressed Oliver. "These last few days, I thought men had it good. I now realize the responsibilities and burdens that are on your shoulders. Don't fail this world...again," Kara told him.
"I won't," Oliver promised her.
"Wait, if you're from another universe, how did you know what was happening here?" Lois asked.
Kara merely smirked as Bruce and Alfred exited the Vindicator cruiser.
Kara relaxed on an island overlooking the ocean when Brainiac 5 walked over to her. "I have confirmed that Mon is free of the Blight. His 31st-century vaccination gave him immunity. Drura is assisting the wounded and sick, as we speak," Brainiac 5 reported.
"Good deal," Kara said unconcernedly.
"When do you wish to leave?" Brainiac 5 asked her.
"I don't know, Barney. Sometimes, I think it would be best to just chill out on an island like this waiting to die while countless innocents are being slaughtered by the forces of darkness," Kara said thoughtfully.
"Supergirl is looked upon by countless civilizations and universes as God's avenging angel, a minister for good that does not bear the sword in vain. When you die, then you can rest," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"Alright, I'm bored as fuck with VR. While this lockdown continues, give me another universe I can kick ass on," Kara requested.
"I've found just the one," Brainiac 5 assured her.
"Are the Justice League defeated and is all hope lost?" Kara asked hopefully.
"Affirmative," Brainiac 5 said.
"Let's go," Kara smiled.
Author's Notes: So, the plot twist is that the Blight was happening on another Earth while Kara and Alex were playing VR. I wanted to give the reader the impression Kara and Brainiac 5 were self-absorbed and negligent while the Earth was going to hell. The back-and-forth between VR and this doomed Earth was meant to create some whiplash and confusion. With infinite Earths, just what is Kara's moral obligation as a hero? A number of scenes were cut and some details were changed from the comic. In the comic, Batman dies early on making Damien the New Batman. Of course, my Batman wouldn't fall so easily and I hate Damien with irrational unyielding rage. This concludes the DCeased series.
