Leo's finger hovered over the trigger of his specialized energy rifle. Green eyes focusing through the scope, his breathing steady and slow as he took aim upon his attended target. The figure was at least 6 ft tall, rippling muscles visible along his arms and at the moment he looked completely human. "Now." He whispered through the mic and simultaneously two energy beams shot out hitting the man. Leo hit him in his legs and the second shot hit him cleanly in the back causing him to collapse on the ground. He rose up onto his feet, "Move in slowly." His fingers smoothly collapsed his weapon into its secondary form, a shotgun.

Leo steadily walked his boots crunching the ground as he made his way through the small forest just outside National City. He raised the weapon up toward the body of the target nearing him carefully. Two hits wouldn't incapacitate him and Leo was right to assume such for an instant later the man lashed out. His body spinning around and swiping at Leo with his sharp claws. The man's body transforming into a wolf-like creature in a mere few seconds. Leo hissed his finger squeezing the trigger but his aim was off missing just inches. Leo yelled out as claws slid against his arm, leaving deep wounds.

Leo brought up his left arm, the gauntlet activating a small force field blocking the second swipe. The wolf-man spat snarling toward Leo however his snarls were cut short as metal wires wrapped around the wolf-man from behind and yanked him from Leo before electricity sparked. The wire's sending shocks throughout the wolf-man's body. Leo lowered his hand as the electricity stopped and the wolf-man lay still groaning painfully, smoke rising from his body. "Took you long enough, Marvin."

The robot's red-orange eyes glowed brightly; he had a metal grate for his mouth. He stood at 6 ft tall; the black armor plating on the robot's body was distressed. He wasn't shiny or new, he had been built some years ago. His hands held an energy rifle and the wires were still attached to the robot's left wrist. "Mr. Luthor you seemed to be handling the situation. I only stepped in when it was necessary to acquire the target." Marvin tilled his head to the side the red-orange eyes looking down at the wolf man. "Congratulations meat bag! You have been captured! Mr. Luthor will see you now."

Leo's eyes focused on the wolf-man. "You don't belong here."

"Neither do you." The wolf began to chuckle.

"You attacked the ship, trying to destroy it and then got sucked in the portal bringing you here. You failed, you won't kill them." Leo began to adjust the settings on the energy rifle setting the max stun setting.

"You have become an annoyance that won't die Mr. Luthor. You will die, you're only delaying the inevitable." Leo fired his weapon hitting him squarely in the chest and he lost consciousness.

Marvin's head snapped up toward Leo you could tell how shocked the robot was just by his movements. "You're keeping him alive?! That is a very bad idea, do you want to know the probability that he will try and kill you? It's 98%, the odds are not in your favor Mr. Luthor."

Leo sighed, "Yes, we're keeping him alive. For now, right now we have more pressing matters. Cuff him." He raised his left arm up pressing a few buttons on his gauntlet, scanning the area of National City. His lips turned into a frown as the gauntlet brought up two small red dots against a map of National City. "We're heading to the Tower. That's where they are."


J'onn was carrying one of the injured passengers Kara had found and Kara had the other. They took them up in the Tower for a number of reasons. They didn't know who or what these passengers were. The plane they were in was definitely not commercial, and it appeared very futuristic. If they had the choice they'd take them to the D.E.O. That was no longer an option, something in her gut told her bringing them here and having Alex help them was their best bet. Kara set the young woman on a gurney and J'onn set the young man beside her on another one. J'onn had some medical equipment but he wasn't as fully supplied as the D.E.O. "Alex can you do something to help them?"

Alex frowned. "Possibly but their injuries are very severe. Looks like they were fighting someone." Her hand grabbed a syringe and after filling it went to press the needle in the young man's arm only for the needle to snap. Alex's eyes winded, she knew only one reason why that would happen. They were Kryptonian like Kara and Clark.

"Are they Kryptonian?" J'onn raised a single eyebrow however his question was soon answered as a voice came from behind.

"They are." Leo was standing by the entrance leading into the Tower and as Kara's eyes fixed upon Leo, Leo swallowed thickly. He was Leo but not her Leo. Not the Leo she left in the hospital moments ago. No this Leo was older, streaks of grey hair spotted throughout his thick black hair. Leo touched the side of his ear. "Marvin, get up here and land on the balcony." Leo had his energy rifle hooked onto his back; he was dressed in a black trench coat. "I'll explain but right now we need to help them." He rushed toward the two young Kryptonians hovering briefly over each as his eyes scanned their injuries. His jaw tightened, seeing them broken was the last thing he needed to see. They were too young for this, to experience loss and ripped limbs.

Alex was the first to snap out of her shock at seeing another Leo, after everything she'd seen there was little that should surprise her. Yet here she was again, dealing with time travel. "We don't have any sun lamps. All of them are buried under a pile of rubble where the D.E.O stood." A moment later Marvin appeared on the balcony with his prisoner tossed over his shoulder. J'onn, Kara, and Alex jumped in shock, Alex was the first to attempt to get a weapon but before any of them could Leo stepped in front of the robot.

"It's alright." Leo assured them, Leo pointed over toward the side. "Set him down and come over here." Marvin set their prisoner down onto the ground and stood in front of Leo. Leo went around the robot and opened the back panel before sliding out a glowing orb. "You'll lose flight capability but I'll put it back in as soon as they've healed." He set the power core between the two gurneys and Kara could feel the effects of yellow sun energy. Leo's eyes bouncing between the two injured Kryptonians and soon their injuries began to heal and Leo let out a sigh of relief. Their wounds closing as they absorbed the sunlight. His hand running through his hair before finally turning to look at Alex, J'onn, and Kara.

"What is going on? Are you from the future?" Kara asked. Why had he even come here? Why had these two young Kryptonians dropped in National City? And Leo has a robot? He seemed different, more collected. As Kara looked toward Leo she saw the way he looked at her, and it was a look she had not seen in months. She still cared about him, and seeing an older Leo look at her with such affection made her miss the times she had with him.

A small smile appeared on his lips his eyes eventually cast downward before he finally began to speak. "I'm from the future and I apologize. This was an accident." Before looking back up, focusing on the three that stood before him. "We weren't supposed to be in this time period, they were to come home however they were attacked by him." Leo motioned to their prisoner who was still unconscious. "Their plane crashed here in this timeline. He got sucked through the time portal. I went after them when they didn't show back up."

Alex nodded slowly trying to understand everything Leo was saying. "Okay, so you weren't supposed to come here. Well who exactly are these Kryptonians I thought Kara and Clark were the only ones who survived."

Leo cleared his throat. "You're right they aren't Kryptonian, well not fully, they're half human."

Kara locked eyes with Leo. "Are you saying…"

"I'm saying they are your children Kara. And mine." Alex blinked her mouth dropped not expecting this revelation. Children with Leo? She ended up being with Leo in the future? Kara's eyes went to look at her two grown future children. Oh boy, this was unexpected. They had just started to repair their friendship and now she was reeling with the fact that they ended up happily together.

Marvin, the robot, clearly emptied his thoughts. "Yes, yes, married and with beautiful meat bag children."

"What's with the robot? I mean is he normal?" Alex pointed toward Marvin clearly unsure of the sate of this robot. She didn't trust robots, if Hollywood taught them anything it was not to trust robots. Or clones, they'd just end up taking over the world.

Leo sighed but Marvin answered instead. "I shall let you know I have not been damaged meat bag. I am in perfect working order."

"Meat bag?" Alex seemed offended by the statement but all the robot did was tilt his metal head to the side slightly his eyes keeping their steady glow.

He explained as a matter of fact. "Yes how else would you describe you humans? You are fleshly and filled with sloshy liquid and are squishy. I have no idea how you humans can stand it." Marvin seemed to shudder at the thought of humans being filled with nothing but gross liquid and other material.

"Don't mind Marvin, he tends to say whatever comes into his head. As far as the meat bag term well he calls everyone that." Leo crossed his arms over his chest. "Marvin, take our guest downstairs."

"May we please kill him Mr. Luthor?"

Leo shook his head. "No… yes I know I've taken your opinion into account."

Marvin let out an audible groan and lifted the cuffed prisoner up on his shoulder. He began to complain as he exited and headed down taking the elevator to the lower floor. "If you end up dying Mr. Luthor don't blame me. But what do I know, I'm just a robot. Apparently my circuits and logic aren't worth consideration. It'd be sad really, you are a wonderful meat bag Mr. Luthor."

Leo's eyes rested on Kara, "I know right now we aren't close. We were, but I made a lot of mistakes. Time and destiny, are a funny thing Kara, nothing is written in stone. Things can change in an instant and some things…" A pain held his eyes his voice was low as he spoke. Leo's joy, his hope, was gone. "…some things you can't change, no matter how hard you try."

Kara didn't know what it was but, he was holding something back. This future Leo didn't want to tell her something, and deep in her gut she feared the truth. "There's always hope."

Leo shook his head. "The world doesn't have much hope."


Back in National City Hospital a younger Leo was comfortably resting. He was finally able to get some much needed rest when he suddenly awoke. The feeling of someone beside him jolted him awake from his deep sleep. His hospital room was dark but he could see a figure standing next to the bed. "Who the hell are you?"

A low but deep voice emerged and Leo could make out the figure's features. He was a very large man, and was wearing some type of cape, armor along his body. He had thick sideburns and hair along the sides of his face and his hair were thin strips. Three strips of hair formed a point almost like an arrow head in the center and two other strips of hair along each side of his head. "I am Mar Novu, the Monitor."

"You're supposed to be dead. Lex told me, Kara told me. How are you even here?" Was this a dream or were the pain meds messing with his head? Either was highly likely but this seemed way too real.

"Before I died I used my power to travel forward in time to tell you something of great importance. You are the Paragon of Justice, Leo Luthor. After all of the pain and betrayal you've faced you want nothing more than to see justice fulfilled in the world. It is your duty to bring together powerful allies, for you face a threat even greater than the Crisis."

Building a team? Paragon of Justice? He was no hero, why did this Mar Novu insist he was something he was not. He was just a CEO with a love for a Kryptionian. "What? Paragon of Justice? You want me to build a Superhero team to fight something in future? Something that's coming? The pain meds must have really put me over the edge." Leo rubbed the temples on his head. "Why should I believe you, you brought back my insane brother?!"

The Monitor began to explain. "Lex Luthor had his part to play. You doubt your capability of what you can become, even if you do come from a family with no honor you are a hero Leo. Do not deny who you are and do not underestimate this coming threat. John Diggle will come to see you, I insist that you listen to him. There is one more matter I shall leave you with… Kara Zor-El's density is not with you Leo Luthor. You must let her go or she will die."

"John Diggle?" Leo's eyes narrowed at the mention of Kara dying, Leo immediately denied it. How would being with Kara even affect her that way. No, no this man didn't know anything. He was wrong. "You're telling me that Kara and I aren't supposed to be together?! You want me to let her go? I will not let Kara go, there's no way any of this is true. Don't come here and toy with my emotions!" Not when he had just gotten Kara's trust back, not when was convinced he would win her love back.

"You shall see the truth Leo Luthor. Heed my warnings or suffer the consequences." The Monitor then vanished, a bright light encompassing his body and Leo was left alone. He leaned his head back against the pillow. There was no way any of this was true, why would John Diggle come to see him? Of all the people, John Diggle had no reason to come to see Leo Luthor. Letting Kara go, he couldn't. Not Kara, not again. He'd almost lost her entirely before this. Everything would be fine, either the Monitor was wrong or Leo had too much pain medication in his system. He closed his eyes again, everything will be fine in the morning.


Alex, J'onn and Kara were standing on one side of the room their eyes glancing back to Leo ever so often. "I mean, I believe him. If he truly was going to do any harm he would have. I'm not so sure about that robot though…" Kara gently bit her lip.

Alex nodded. "Yeah that robot is strange."

"I'll go keep an eye on it. Besides we have no idea who or what the prisoner is that Leo has." J'onn gave a firm nod before heading down to the next floor to keep an eye on the Marvin and the prisoner.

"So, apparently you are married with future Leo and have two children." Kara's eyes veered back to her sister she clearly didn't know how or what to feel. It wasn't everyday you got to meet or rather see your future children and husband. She wasn't sure if Leo and her could gain their relationship back to what it was, and now she was seeing that fulfilled.

"I don't know what to think. We just started getting back to a good place and now… now I see there's a possibility that we could gain that back. Something's off, he's not telling me everything. I'm going to go try and talk with him again. Maybe… maybe I can get him to open up. Why don't you go check on J'onn."

"Right, well if you need anything come and get me. If that robot calls me a meat bag again I'm going to recycle him. I don't care if Leo says he calls everyone that." Alex left Kara and Leo alone to talk. Currently their future children were still unconscious but the energy from the sun was steadily healing their wounds.

Leo had his arms crossed over his chest standing protectively nearby his kids. His eyes were glued on the two not wanting to leave them, or take his eyes off them for long. He heard Kara's footsteps and soon she stood next to him. "So, we had kids. What are they like?"

A small smile appeared on his lips and it slowly turned into a frown. "We did. Honestly, it's probably one of the most difficult things we've done. It's like living with part of your heart outside your body. Normal kids are difficult but, we have kids with powers and all the emotions with it. Definitely an adventure." He paused before motioning to the young man. "That's Jeremiah, he's always wanted to be normal. For the longest time he's lived with a power dampening chip until well his sister dragged him along and they've crime fighting ever since. He's got your big heart." His eyes then settled onto the older girl. "Then we have Alura and she's always wanted to be a Superhero like you. Ever since she was young, she's impulsive, strong; she's got a fire in her that will never be put out. We have two others but they're not here. Harvey and Lena."

Kara smiled warmly, seeing Leo as a protective father was heartwarming. He truly did love and care for his children and she got to see the man she admired. Hearing about her children only made her heart glow, they seemed precious and she did want to meet them officially when they woke up. "Sounds like we've had quite an adventure. Why do I get the feeling that you aren't me everything?"

Leo swallowed hard gritting his teeth. "Because Kara, it's not easy for me to tell you. I don't know if I should… tell you." His eyes cast downward his fists clenching tightly. He felt Kara's hand wrap around his fist carefully holding it. He let out a shaky breath. "You died. There was nothing I could do to stop it, to… save you. In a matter of moments you were gone, I never felt so powerless…I remember every moment, every word you said to me. You told me that it was going to be fine…" He took a deep breath his one hand clearing away a few tears on his face. "I knew you didn't regret the choice you made that day… you made the right call but I lost a part of myself that day. How am I supposed to move on without you? I am desperately trying to keep our family safe… I can't bear to lose anyone else and yet you're here next to me and all I can think about is the day I lost you and how much…how much I miss you." Leo began to sob, he hadn't had any chance to grieve all he could do was try and be the pillar of their family. To keep everyone together and now Jeremiah and Alura were injured and he felt the complete weight of everything on his shoulders break. Seeing a young and happy Kara was the breaking point he couldn't hold it all in anymore. He felt Kara's arms wrap around him drawing him into a tight hug and his head buried into her shoulder. What words could Kara possibly say about this? There was nothing to say, the only thing she could do was to let Leo cry, let him grieve, her death. It was haunting to even think those thoughts.