Batman v Superwoman
Dawn of Justice
Chapter 3
Africa, 16 Months after Claire moved to Metropolis
Claire looked out the window as she drove the car down the dusty roads of Africa, Lois was writing in her journal probably jotting down more questions, while Jimmy was reading the map. It's been a year and some change since they started working together and since then they became the Daily Planets dream team, together they cracked down on the Daily Planets greatest stories. Lois's was an expert investigative Journalist she would set them on the path to find the truth and had her own unique way of finding it. Jimmy finally became a full time photographer for the Daily Planet and many would consider the best, being able to take a picture just at the right time for a perfect shot. And then Claire herself she always seemed to get information faster than any other reporter and wrote the stories even faster. They came to trust one another having each other's backs and getting themselves out of scrapes, for Claire it sort of became more of a significant thing. With Lois's need to investigate the most dangerous stories and Jimmy knack for getting into and out of trouble, Superwoman had found herself becoming very familiar with the two. Jimmy still doesn't suspect that Superwoman and Claire are the same person and Claire would prefer to keep it that way, Lois has been very helpful with her Superwoman duties telling her where she is needed most. She can see a lot of things, but somethings are so well hidden even she couldn't see them.
The world was still very divisive about the existence of Superwoman and many still outright hated her, though she did get her thanks from those who were truly grateful and those always make her feel good. What really bothered her was those who were looking at her like some kind of Goddess, she would see on the TV people with her symbol praying and preaching about her saying that she would save them all. But she didn't want to be worshipped she just wanted to help, and she knew even with all she could she couldn't save them all.
The reason why all three of them were currently crammed into a rental car driving down a nonexistent road in the middle of Africa, is once again thanks to Lois. They country they were in was currently in a very bloody civil war and Lois managed to get an interview with the general of the rebel side, they even allowed photography. Lois knew this was a dangerous assignment and tried to get another photographer, but once word got to Jimmy he demanded to be brought along
"We are a triad of Luck, it doesn't work if were not all there" Jimmy said
Claire knew this could get really bad really fast if things went wrong so she was prepared to suit up if the time called for it.
They drove up to a small village a few houses, and what appeared to be a café of some kind. Claire exited the car wearing a dark blue shirt, brown vest, red scarf, blue jeans, brown boots, and her glasses though she had clip on lenses to make them sunglasses. Lois had on Aviator glasses, a brown Jacket over a white business shirt, a messenger bag, similar pants and boots, and a scarf she used to cover her head. Jimmy had the same sunglasses, pants, and boots, but wore white and red plaid shirt with a green vest over it and an orange scarf.
"This place is pretty quaint" Jimmy said examining the town
Claire scanned the streets they were mostly empty aside from a few people standing about and children running and playing with toys.
"We'll meet our escort here, Jimmy find your equipment guy we need to be ready" Lois said looking over the area
Jimmy nodded as he walked towards a building
"Henron said he'd meet us at this street" Jimmy said pointing to a rusted sign.
The two followed Jimmy down an alley to see a young African American drinking a bottled soda, light brown skin, short black hair, a stubble mustache and a growing beard. Wearing an outfit similar to the three except with a light green scarf he waved to them, each of them giving him a confused look.
"You're not Henron, where is he" Jimmy asked very confused
The man gave a shrug "Trouble at the border, I'm Langston Selby I got your equipment Mr. Olsen" he said reaching for a bag.
Jimmy gave the man a frown while he took the bag from him and examined the contents, Claire and Lois simply examined him
"Everything's here, let get to the rendezvous point" Jimmy said taking out his camera and walking out of the alley.
Langston approached Lois "So how'd you land it, this is like pioneer stuff The General never give interviews" Langston said curious for her answer.
Lois without looking at him asked "You know what Henron says when were on assignment"
Langston was thinking but Jimmy quickly answered
"Not a goddamn thing…. Henron was good like that".
"Come on guys don't give the new guy such a hard time" Claire said defensively for Langston
"It's not that he's new Claire, I just don't like sudden changes to an established plan" Lois said as they continued to walk.
They all walked up to the end of the town and waited for thirty minutes, Jimmy was looking through his equipment and Lois was going over her notes. Claire took the time to talk to Langston and get to know him, he was a nice enough guy family back in the states enjoyed reading and writing, really enjoyed the Daily Planet.
"You've checked that camera six times now, its fine Mr. Olsen" Langston yelled at Jimmy as he continued to examine it
"Hey this is my baby Selby I give it unlimited TLC, and I can't shake the feeling that's something wrong with it, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BABY" Jimmy yelled at Langston.
Soon they all looked down the road and saw a jeep approaching
"Time to go" Lois said as she stood up and walked towards the jeep
Claire nodding and following suit. Two African men exited the jeep and stood in front of it Claire could see that they had weapons under their garments
"Well are we going" Lois asked a bit annoyed.
"There's been a change, you and the two men can come, she stays here" the man said pointing to Claire
Jimmy was the first to respond "Hey your fixer said we all could go, you can't just change things on a whim" Jimmy snapped very angry.
The man glared at Jimmy running his hand over his hidden gun
"If you don't like it you can stay here as well" the man said threateningly.
Jimmy was about to say something else but Claire put a hand on his shoulder
"Jimmy its okay, you and Lois can cover The General, I'll get some statements from the townspeople" Claire said kindly
Jimmy sighed in annoyance "First Henron now this, why can't things just go the way they should" Jimmy grumbled walking towards the jeep Langston following behind.
Claire walked up to Lois
"Don't worry Smallville I got this" Lois said confidently
Claire smiled and gave Lois a hug
"If anything goes wrong yell" Claire said jokingly
Lois smiled as she too entered the jeep Claire waved and they drove away from the town, Claire kept her eyes on the jeep as she walked back into town just in case things went bad.
30 minutes Later
Jimmy was actually quite scared when these guys threw bags over their head and told them to be quiet, he's been on some dangerous assignments and got into hairy scrapes multiple times. And each time he came out for the most part unscathed, mostly in part to a timely rescue from Superwoman on multiple occasions. But Jimmy wasn't stupid he knew he couldn't count on Superwoman to pull his ass out of the fire every time he was in danger, he wanted to stand on his own and be a man, he wanted to strong.
The Jeep finally came to a stop and Jimmy, Lois, and Langston were forced out of the jeep and onto their knees. The bags were forcibly ripped off they're head It took a few seconds for Jimmy's eyes to adjust to the light, when they finally did he saw that they were surrounded by over a dozen armed men. Jimmy was clearly terrified and sweating profusely
"Calm down Jimmy we'll make it through this" Lois told Jimmy in a calm tone
Jimmy felt his heart slowing upon hearing Lois say that she always had this confidence like she knew that things would be okay. Jimmy was glad that Lois was here, but he would've felt better if Claire was here she had this calming aura around her that always made him feel good. And she was even calmer than Lois in these tense situations, which was funny because in any other situation she's a total dork, which also was good because he was also a dork. Claire would always blush and get nervous over the simplest things and when he told her jokes she had this cute giggle that would make Jimmy giggle. Yeah Jimmy thought Claire was hot, but he knew that she was out of his league, he had as much of a chance of getting a date with Claire as he had of getting one with Superwoman who he thought was equally hot. Jimmy thought for a second that it was weird he found both Claire and Superwoman equally attractive even though Superwoman should be way higher, she had that amazon physique, flowing hair, an impressive bust, and her eyes. Jimmy's thoughts got stuck on her eyes those blue dazzling and the strength behind them, he feels like he's see them constantly but it like they're hiding. He couldn't think any deeper about when he, Lois, and Langston were forced to move toward the center of the complex.
Lois was brought before who Jimmy could only believe was The General, Lois calmly sat before him and pulled out her journal.
"I was not told the interview would be with a lady" The General said trying to sound suave
"I'm not a lady I'm a journalist, now if we may please begin general" Lois said clearly not taking any of it but not being disrespectful.
The general laughed and allowed Lois to begin, Jimmy watched Lois amazed by how calm she was standing in front of someone who could have them killed with a hand wave. Jimmy examined the area looking at all the guards staring them down guns at the ready, Jimmy gaze fell upon one man in the crowd. He was Caucasian had slicked back black hair and a five o' clock shadow, he wore sunglasses that hid his eyes, a black short sleeve shirt and military attire. He looked at Jimmy his gaze felt through his glasses making Jimmy flinch, the man smiled and walked away to talk to somebody else.
"There's a few of these guys around here, probably hired mercenaries" Langston whispered to Jimmy making him nod
"And shouldn't you be taking pictures for the interview" Langston asked.
Jimmy jerked realizing he forgot the only reason he's here as he brought up his camera and prepared to take pictures of The General.
Jimmy brought his camera up focusing on The General, once the image was clear he prepared to take the picture only to have darkness overtake his lens. Jimmy removed his eye from the camera and locked eyes with the man he saw before
"Heh, heh c-can I help you sir" Jimmy said nervous and backing away slightly.
The man didn't say a word only staring at Jimmy and extended his hand, Jimmy looked at the hand and then his camera
"Really dude" Jimmy said annoyed
The man simply tilted his head with a blank stare as more guards surrounded Jimmy and Langston, Jimmy sighed as he removed his camera from his neck and handed to the man. The man then began examining the camera thoroughly
"Hey be careful the lens is actually a gun" Jimmy said mockingly
The man simply glared at Jimmy and then opened his camera.
"Aw come on man your exposing it" Jimmy said annoyed
Behind him Langston stayed quiet but stared at the camera intently. The man then removed the film roll and dropping the camera to the ground
"Dude that's my Camera" Jimmy said reaching down and picking it up inspecting it for damage
Langston began to sweat as the man examined the film roll unraveling it. The man pulled out all the film and tossed it looking at the roll before dropping it to the ground
"Okay I get it, the guy with the gun makes the rules you don't have to be such a…." Jimmy said agitated
The man then brought his black boot down on the roll hard making Jimmy and Langston flinch from the cracking sound
"Dick" Jimmy said in an offended tone
The man kept his foot down on the roll and looked at Jimmy
"Alright you happy now, showed everyone how tough you are, if so I would like to get back to…" Jimmy said very annoyed
But stopped when the man brought his foot up and a light beeping could be heard making Jimmy and Langston's eyes widen. The man reached down and pulled up a small and thin electronic device. Jimmy stared at it in shock
"T-t-that's not mine" Jimmy said very scared
The man looked at Jimmy then turned his head to the people behind him "CIA" he said in a cold and unfeeling tone.
"They're tracking us" one of the soldiers yelled making everyone look at Jimmy
Two men then grabbed Jimmy from behind and forced him to his knees. Jimmy looked up to see The General with a pistol at his side
"You CIA" The General asked anger building inside him
Jimmy was sweating and frantically looking around he saw Lois behind The General being restrained by two men
"N-n-no I-I'm not… T-that wasn't supposed to…. I-I don't even know how that got in there" Jimmy stammered out terrified for his life.
"He's a photographer I've worked with him for over a year" Lois screamed struggling in the man's grip
The General didn't listen as he lifted the gun to Jimmy's line of sight. Jimmy stared down the barrel of the gun ice running through his veins, he knew Superwoman wouldn't always be able to save him. He knew this was the end, tears ran down his face as he thought of his family, the planet, Lois, and Claire, he grit his teeth and prepared for the end.
Then Langston spoke out in the native language making The General stop and everyone in the area look at him, everyone except Jimmy who was still staring at the gun.
"My name is Langston Selby I'm with the CIA, we used they're credentials as cover, they have nothing to do with this" Langston said raising his hands over his head.
Langston looked at the trembling Jimmy
"It's going to be okay Jimmy" Langston said calmly but with a hint of fear in his voice
The General continued to point the gun at Jimmy's head and stare Langston down.
"There are solutions General, I am authorized to propose an arrangement" Langston said swallowing hard
The General continued to stare Langston down with anger in his eyes. Jimmy still faced the gun fearfully of the death to come from it, suddenly the gun was pulled from his view a gun shot was heard followed by the sound of something heavy hitting the ground. Jimmy knew what just happened and completely froze, he heard Lois gasp, he heard the gunshot, he heard Langston fall, he was dead and anyone of them could be next.
"Bring them down below" The General said coldly walking away, men force Jimmy to his feet he didn't react still in shock.
They brought Jimmy and Lois to a basement they were both shoved in and Jimmy fell to his knees and began to breathe heavily, Lois ran to him and wrapped her arms around him
"He's dead Lois, he just killed him, it was that easy" Jimmy whispered his voice shaking.
"I know Jimmy, but you have to pull yourself together were going to make it out of this, but I need you stay focused" Lois said in a comforting tone.
The General then entered the room gun still in his hands Jimmy was fearful as he looked at the man Lois acted calm but the nervousness could be seen
"We didn't know" Lois said pleadingly.
"Ignorance is not the same as Innocence Ms. Lane, they put the device in his Camera" The General said pointing to Jimmy sending a shiver up his spine
Lois went in front of Jimmy raising her hands defensively
"He has nothing to do with any of this, have a heart dammit he's crippled" Lois yelled pleading.
The General inched closer to Lois and Jimmy but stopped when he heard a gunshot from overhead, then followed by multiple gunshots.
8 minutes ago, Back with Claire
Claire was sitting alone at the Café, a bottle of soda and her glasses sat on the table as she focused heavily at the open desert. With her super vision she's been tracking the car ever since they left they've been driving for a while now and she sat there the entire time hoping that nothing will happen. She finally saw them pull in to some kind of base when she heard something, not from afar but across the street, she saw children playing. Some were playing soccer, while others played with toys, one in particular had a kite and trying very hard to get it to fly running with all her might. Lois smiled at the little girl remembering her younger years in Kansas and how she had the exact same problem when she tried to fly a kite. Her father told her the problem was that she wasn't getting enough wind underneath it to get it to fly, so she decided to give the kid a hand. She made sure that no one was looking then used her hand to cover her mouth, she then blew as lightly as she could creating a strong but gentle breeze. The child was surprised when the breeze came and her kite began to lift of the ground, she laughed as she ran making it lift higher and higher into the sky.
Claire smiled as she watched the child lift the kite higher and higher into sky, satisfied with what she's done she prepared to bring her attention back to Lois and the others but was interrupted when someone spoke to her.
"Now that is something" a female voice said calmly
Claire nearly jumped as she looked in front of her to see someone standing before her. The woman was at least 5'10", her dark brown hair done in a low ponytail reaching the top of her back, her physique was hidden by the clothes she wore a red shirt, dark yellow vest, and blue jeans. The way she stood just looking at Claire emanated confidence and control, her light brown eyes though calm hid a burning passion in them. Claire quickly slapped on her glasses then faced the woman
"Is what something" Claire asked confused
The woman pointed to the child "The way the wind picked up, it was surprising" the woman said.
Claire continued to stare the woman she came out of nowhere, even when Claire wasn't looking for someone she could usually pick up on people approaching she would then act surprised, but she was actually caught off guard. Another thing Claire noted about the woman was how strikingly beautiful she was, Claire realized this must be what people think when they see her as Superwoman.
The woman smiled at Claire "May I sit here"
Claire blushed "O-oh of course" Claire said gesturing to the spare chair.
The woman sat across from Claire "Diana Prince" she said extending her hand
"Oh… umm, Claire Kent pleasure" Claire said shaking Diana's hand.
"So what brings you here Ms. Kent, this doesn't seem like a place someone like you would be" Diana said playfully
"Oh I'm a reporter me and my friends are covering something here, if I may ask what are you doing here since you're…. Clearly…. Not from…. Here" Claire said stumbling with her words.
Diana giggled watching Claire murmur to herself
"Peacekeeping" Diana said,
"Oh which organization" Claire asked
"This is more of a personal mission" Diana said.
Claire nodded then took a drink from her soda, Diana then began to examine Claire very quizzically,
"Uh yes Ms. Prince" Claire asked nervously
"You slouch a lot, yet your posture is of someone who should be taller" Diana said in an analyzing tone.
Claire nearly choked on her drink as she tried to think of a reply
"Also your glasses dim your eye color, I got a chance to see your eyes they were quite beautiful and very kind" Diana said kindly making Claire blush.
"But there is also something else in those eye's a fierce power and a passion to do good, but also uncertainty and fear, you wish to act but fear the consequences and the persecution" Diana said like someone who knew exactly what Claire was feeling.
Claire was extremely nervous this woman was breaking through all her defenses with ease
"You don't have to act you know, you don't have to allow those ungrateful one to mock you and call for your death, you do what you do because you want to" Diana said proud and kind.
Claire's eyes widened upon hearing Diana's words forgetting her previous worries
"What if you act not because you want to, but because you need to, because if you can do something but you don't what happens because you didn't act is on you" Claire said solemnly.
"You can't act for everyone Ms. Kent" Diana said
"But you have to try, even if you can't act maybe someone else will, someone who had an example to act on" Claire said thinking back to words spoken to her.
Diana looked at Claire surprised then gave a soft laugh
"You speak like someone I used to know" Diana said with a hint of sadness in her voice
Claire looked at Diana surprised realizing the exchange they just had.
"Who are you" Claire said softly and curious
Diana smiled "I'm you…. but retired' Diana answered.
Before Claire could inquire more she heard it, Lois's heart beat speeding up. Claire's head snapped around quickly towards the site she saw men zeroing in on Lois and Jimmy, Claire gasped as she shot up from the chair
"I'm sorry Ms. Prince I need to go" Claire said quickly.
Diana didn't seem to mind and gave a friendly wave, Claire walked quickly down the street towards an alleyway. Before she reached it a ball hit her in the head knocking her glasses, it didn't hurt but she was surprised turning to see a small boy a few feet away. He spoke in the native language Claire hadn't learned it yet but she knew he was asking for his ball, she looked down to see her glasses and the ball side by side. She reached down and picked up both then faced the child, her ears then perked up to another sound not from the site Lois and Jimmy were but from right above her. She looked up and saw a shell heading right to where the boy was standing, Claire's head snapped back to the child worried expression on her face. The child looked confused as the shell came closer, Claire acted quick rushing towards the child with super speed and pushing the child out of the way right before the shell could hit him and instead hit her. The explosion left a huge crater where Claire once stood the child screamed terrified, Claire laid face down in the crater slightly dazed only shreds of her civilian clothes remained revealing her Kryptonian suit. She slowly raised herself up as she heard the sound of another shell coming, her eyes widened as she shot up from the crater and ripped off the rest of her clothes fully revealing her suit and symbol. She flew into the sky and grabbed the shell before it made impact allowing it to explode in her grip, the child looked up to see the majestic figure emerge from the fire and smoke gracefully lowering herself to the ground. Superwoman looked at the child
"Spread the word, everyone inside, stay low" Claire spoke in the native language though slightly broken,
The child understood and ran of yelling to everyone who could hear. Claire then faced to where the shells came from and saw that far away a group of men were loading more mortars and preparing to fire
"Not on my watch" Claire growled as she took off towards them.
The men were running about one yelling orders as they loaded up the mortars preparing to fire again. A soldier attempted to load up another shell but a red beam came from the sky slicing the barrel and the stand. Soon multiple beams rained from the sky doing the same to all of the Mortars, the soldiers all looked up to see the shape of a woman in front of the sun. Only the shape of her body and her bright red glowing eyes were visible, she lowered down to the ground standing before the stunned group.
"Men stand down now, I'm not taking anyone's side during this war, but I will not have innocents endangered on my watch" Claire said staring at the men with a fierce expression.
After a few seconds of silence one of the soldier pulled out an assault rifle and began shooting at Claire and soon the others followed unloading everything on her. Claire stood there taking the bullets without flinching
"Everyone in the world knows who I am and what I can do, yet every time they still try this" Claire thought rolling her eyes.
Some of the soldiers threw they're grenades at Claire, they rolled Claire's stopping at her feet, she looked down at them bored before they exploded. The soldiers stopped firing as the area Claire stood erupted into fire and smoke, they stared at the area as the smoke began settle. Suddenly something burst through the smoke at a blinding speed going past every soldier and knocking them down. As the soldiers regained their footing they all saw Claire standing exactly where they were before holding all their guns, ammunition, and grenades. Claire dropped them all before her feet as if daring any of the soldiers to try and take from her
"Are we done" Claire asked calmly
As soon as she said that she heard an explosion behind her and something impacted on her back sending her flying a long distances away. Claire was sent her skidding across the ground coming to a rest on her stomach, she turned to see a tank rolling away from her and towards the city.
Claire stood up shaking herself out of her daze and rose up focusing on the village she saw four tanks closing in on the village. Claire eyes widened, then narrowed fiercely as she zoomed towards one of the oncoming tanks. The tank was about to fire, but Claire zipped in front of it and lifted the front of the Tank diverting the shot into the sky. She then tossed the tank upward flipping it upside down and catching it, she then tore open the hatch where the people were. She then began to furiously shake the tank like a child trying to get the last cookie out of a small jar, the soldiers then began to comically fall out of the tank then scurried away from Superwoman. As the last man fell out then ran away Claire about to drop the tank but then saw another tank rolled up closer to her and fired off another shell. Claire quickly brought the empty tank in front of her and blocked the shell, though the force of it still knocked her back the tank landing on her. Claire pushed the tank off of her glared at the other tank with an angry expression she did not like being shot at, and hated being shot at with tanks even more. She then grabbed the barrel of the damaged tank and ripped it off. With her x ray vision she saw the men inside scurrying about to load another shell, with her speed she rushed towards the other tank the gun barrel in hand. She hit the Barrel of the tank with an overhead strike bending out of shape, she then proceeded to hit the tank from every angle damaging in treads. Another tank rolled up to attack Claire but stopped and watched as Claire continued to hit the tank with her gun Barrel bat looking like a madwoman. Claire finally stopped breathing hard her hair messy and disheveled from the constant swings, she then faced the tank giving them a livid look. She could see all the men inside were to terrified to fire, she then hopped off the destroyed tank she was abusing, the men inside were rattled but not seriously hurt. She then began to slowly walk towards the other tank rolling her shoulders and putting her hair back into place, she stopped in front of the tank and stared right down the barrel. She then gently put her hand on the barrel and then began to bend it towards the open hatch and a stunned soldier, she left the man staring down the barrel of his own gun then took off towards the sky.
She lifted into the air and saw the last tank firing into building luckily the people were able to get out of the way. Claire zoomed down preparing for an overhead smash but stopped when she saw a man trapped underneath some rubble and more was about to fall and crush him. She turned mid-flight and grabbed the rubble before it fell on the bystander, she then pulled the rubble off of him
"Can you walk" Claire spoke in the native language.
The man nodded then started to get up slowly, the tank then faced them and shot at them, Claire saw the shell incoming and rushed towards it taking it to the chest and knocking her through a building. She landed on her back groaning slightly dazed she acted suddenly and wasn't ready for the hit, she needed to get up the man might still be in danger. The tank began to approach her the man still in the way she prepared to charge the tank, until something she didn't expect happened. Something impacted the side of the tank sending it rolling down the street Claire simply stared amazed at what just happened. Whatever hit the tank hit it so hard that it kicked up a lot of dust obscuring it in the cloud, Claire could easily see through the dust cloud if she wanted but was still shocked from what she just saw. The shrouded human figure turned to face Claire and through the smoke Claire swore she saw a smile, the figure then ran off almost as fast as Claire.
The man ran off once the tank rolled down the Street and Claire just stood there still amazed by what just happened. She considered following the mysterious figure, but then she suddenly remembered
"Jimmy, Lois, they're still with those rebels" Claire said out loud distressed that she forgot her two best friends maybe in danger.
She immediately shot into the sky like a rocket and once she was high enough gave the village one more look over. Some buildings were destroyed and some people were injured but thankfully no one was dead, and it looked like the soldiers Claire talked to were retreating after seeing they're tanks destroyed. Claire turned to look at where Lois and Jimmy were, but before she could scan the area a glimmer in the sky caught her eye. She focused on it and saw that was a drone, a US drone similar to the one they used to try and track her a year ago. She then saw a small hatch open from the bottom of the drone and from it emerged a missile. Claire gasped as the drone launched the Missile towards the area where Lois and Jimmy were. Claire took no time to think as she rocketed towards the missile arms stretched out bracing for impact. She barreled through the missile causing it to explode and for good measure destroyed the drone just in case it had another missile.
Claire flew over the compound and began to look for Lois and Jimmy, but what she found shocked her. Dead bodies laid strewn across the ground of the compound and they were all burned to a crisp almost nothing recognizable left of them to be seen. Claire began to panic thinking that Lois or Jimmy may be one of those bodies, she then heard something a grunt and a fearful yelp. Without thinking Claire followed the sound knowing it came from underground, she flew into the sky the rocketed down to earth tunneling through the ground till she came to what appeared to be a basement. She landed standing up, looking down toward the ground, she slowly lifted her head to see what was in front of her. She saw what she believed to be The General holding a gun to Lois's head, and Jimmy laying on the ground not too far from them. The General was clearly terrified, Lois was scared but all the worry seemed to disappear when Claire arrived, Jimmy was still scared but a glimmer of hope was in his eyes when Superwoman landed. The General had a tight hold on Lois and pushed the gun to her head
"STAY BACK… I'LL KILL HER, I'LL DO IT"
Claire looked behind The General the wall behind him was weak and fragile, she then looked to Lois. Lois gave Claire a small smile lowering her arms to her side and giving Claire a nod. Claire smiled back then returned the nod, in an instant Claire rushed towards The General pushing him through the wall behind and leaving Lois standing exactly where she was. Claire stood in the next room holding The General by the collar of his shirt, he was unconscious and gave a pained groan. Claire then dropped him to the floor
"I'll get you some medical attention…. After I check on my friends" Claire said realizing The General was hurt but not dying.
Claire walked through the hole she made towards a smiling Lois
"You cut it a bit close there Superwoman" Lois said still a bit shaken.
"Sorry a village not too far from here was under attack, I couldn't just leave them" Claire said feeling sorry for leaving them this long
Lois gave a nod understanding. Jimmy than ran up to Lois and hugged her burying his face in her chest
"Lois you're okay thank god" Jimmy said hysterically
Lois patted his head "It's okay Jimmy, we made it out okay" Lois said calmly.
Jimmy then looked at Superwoman tears welling up in his eyes
"Thank You Superwoman we were almost…." Jimmy said thankfully then froze.
Horror crept up Jimmy's face
"Oh god Langston, they killed Langston he's dead" Jimmy said horrified
Claire's eyes widen in sadness upon hearing that.
"Langston's dead…. I was to slow" Claire cursed herself in her head
For the short time she talked to Langston he was a good enough guy he didn't deserve death. Claire then saw Jimmy's legs were shaking he was about to fall, Claire rushed behind him grabbing him before he fell, Jimmy looked a Superwoman with tearful eyes.
"Don't worry Jimmy I got you" Claire said as she lifted Jimmy bridal style and walked to the stairs.
Once they were above ground Lois and Jimmy looked upon the burned bodies that laid before them, Jimmy puked while Lois looked on horrified.
"What happened here" Lois asked shocked
"This wasn't me" Claire said sadly as she look on.
"Of course this wasn't you, there were gunshots before you came" Jimmy said not having the strength to look at the bodies.
Claire then heard people approaching with her super vision she saw that the people were US soldiers
"US soldiers are coming, they'll help you" Claire said facing Lois.
"Then that means you need to go" Lois said
Claire wanted to objected but Lois Interrupted "When they see these bodies and you, they're going to make assumptions, then start asking questions, you need to leave now" Lois said Concerned for her friend.
Claire looked at Jimmy, Lois, the soldiers, and the bodies before nodding, she took a few steps away from her friends then took off into the sky.
30 minutes Later
Jimmy sat on a chair while they carted the bodies of the premises, Lois was answering all the questions he was deemed unfit for interrogation. He sat there trying to collect himself from everything that just happened when his eye caught something. A wallet on the ground, he walked towards it and picked it up. He examined the black leather wallet before opening it, there was no identification but there was something in the sleeves. He pulled it out his eyes widening and on the verge of tears once more as the wallet dropped to the ground. It was a picture of Langston, a young girl, a man the same age as him, and an elderly couple. It was his family and now he was gone, Jimmy almost broke down again when he heard a voice behind him
"Jimmy"
He turned to she Claire concerned look on her face and strangely in a different outfit, though he did care he ran to her and hugged her. Claire happily returned the hug, she saw what was in his hand remembering it was the photo Langston showed her before leaving. A twin brother, a younger sister, and two loving parents, Claire frowned knowing that a family was just destroyed. She looked around to the burned bodies and the mourning people of the village. Some fathers and Husbands from the village were stationed here, so much death and she knew that the blame would fall on her, the blame would fall on Superwoman.