And Injustice For All 2
Chapter 15: When You Wake Up, Pt. 2.
Kahndaq
"Don't try to move. I don't know how long you were in that craft, but your muscles have atrophied. You're Kryptonian?" Black Adam placed Kara on a bed in the sunlight.
"It's all right. I have many questions as I'm sure do you. But we will speak when you are ready."
"My lord, there is movement beyond our Eastern border."
"Of course there is, Nawal. Giver her food and water. She is to kept constantly in the sunshine. When she moves, she moves, and when she speaks, I am to be told immediately."
"Where are you going?"
"A craft falling from space would not have gone unnoticed by our neighbors. I'm going to the border."
Adam found a series of army tanks.
"Teth-Adam. Something flew over the skies of Bialya and into Kahndaq. You were spotted retrieving it."
"How was I retrieving it? I was in Kahndaq airspace."
"I... If this object is of value or importance, Bialya has a claim to..."
"Its importance or value is of no concern of yours. The object is in Kahndaq now. It belongs to my people. And you will cease this immediately, whatever this is."
"This is just a conversation."
"You brought tanks to a conversation?"
"I needed to be heard?"
"I've heard enough. You have pointed your weapons towards the people of Kahndaq. We will call this a error in judgment. I will let you leave here with your lives."
"You can't just..."
"SHAZAM!"
Black Adam electrocutes the commander, which turned him into nothing but bones.
"Fire!"
Assault rifles and tank rounds were fired. Black Adam used his superhuman strength to lift up the tank.
"Pathetic." He tossed the tanks then grabs another soldier. "You. You're second in command?"
"Yes."
"I want you to tell the president something. Your jaw is broken, so you will need to write this down: If we ever have another"conversation" that begins with you pointing weapons into Kahndaq, I will level your country in a day."
From a distance...
"What do we do?"
"We turn around, Vixen. We tell Ra's Al Ghul what we've seen."
In Kahndaq...
""My Lord. She began to speak."
"What did she say?"
"Her name. Kara. I left the room after that. I felt her words were for your ears only."
"Yes. That was right. Kara? I'm sorry. I had business to attend to. I hope Nawal provided you everything you..."
Adam stopped, seeing as if Kara was crying.
"My... my planet," Kara tried to speak. "Krypton. It was destroyed. I was it. I couldn't look away. I watched my world end. It feels like only hours ago. But I fear I've been asleep a long time."
"Yes."
"How long?"
"I don't know. We can speak tomorrow. You should regain strength."
"No... I slept long enough. You said you know my cousin Kal-El..."
"Kal-El is no child. I followed him. He was a great leader. He brought me back to the path of righteousness. He is the greatest man I've ever known."
"He...? I slept too long. I need to find him. Do you know where he is?"
"I do."
"I was supposed to protect him."
"He is beyond your protection."
"Please, tell me what happened."
"He was tricked by a great evil. He lost his wife and unborn child, but Superman, which is his name on Earth, took his grief and resolved to make a better world. He tried to spare people from the pain he went through. He asked another hero to help him. The Batman. A man he had stood besides for years. His best friend. But in Kal-El's time of greatest pain and need, Batman turned his back on him. Kal-El only wanted only the best of the purple of Earth. He was a kind ruler, and much loved. But the Batman is conniving and cruel. He betrayed Kal-El. Alone, he could not stand against Superman and the heroes who loved him. So he tore a hole into another dimension. He pulled twisted versions of your cousin and his followers into our world. They took his friends. They took his love. They hurt and imprisoned your cousin. And they stripped our world of the peace Superman had created."
"We have to free him."
"There are few I trust to help us. We cannot free him alone. He is too tightly held. Batman is a sadist. I believe his allies will destroy Kal-El before allowing his freedom. But there is one who help. Kal-El's love is imprisoned on a island. She is a warrior. I believe we can free her. She can fight with us. She can train you, but not yet. First, you must gain your strength, your abilities."
"My abilities?"
"You don't know? You will learn soon enough. I will prepare you. Out there, there are many who will hate and fear you. I believe, one day, we will stand with your cousin. One day, we will give the world the protection it deserves. Until then, you must reveal yourself to no one. I will look after you but you must not leave. You must stay here. Hidden."
"I... thank you."
"Kahndaq is your home now, Kara of Krypton."
