And Injustice For All 2

Chapter 43: Rapunzel

Kahndaq

"Now, stomp on his testicles!" Wait, what?

Kara Zor-El apparently defeated Black Adam, or did she?

"Philippus was right," said Antiope. "When there's a opening, take it. Press the advantage, or in this case, stomp on it.

"Kara, a word," said Wonder Woman. "Black Adam is the only person here you can fight without causing permanent harm."

"I could fight you."

"No, you couldn't. I would crush you."

"You're sure about that?"

"Unlike you, I wouldn't hold back. This was part of the your cousin's problem. He grew up so strong that he never learned to fight and he never wanted violence. I don't either. Violence... is regrettable but peace is worth fighting for. You're not ready to leave yet. But one day, the world may need you. You could be the difference between peace and destruction. Do you want to be prepared for that day?"

"Yes."

"Then, back to training."

In the skies above, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold were training on their own.

"Focus, Jaime."

"Ted had BattleBots."

"Ted also had billions of dollars. We found tires on the side of the road."

"So I'm fighting tires?"

"No, but there won't be a fight if you train against them. There will just be defeat."

"They're tires!"

"They're representational."

"Of what?"

Booster Gold threw a tire at him.

"Ow! What was that?"

"That was Darkseid."

"Darkseid's what? His fist? His Omega beam?"

"His tire."

Skeets arrived and told them that there was a visitor in his trailer.

*Michael Jon Carter?"

"That's supposed to be a secret identity."

Not anymore.

"My name is Justin Baines. I'm here representing the estate of Ted Kord."

"Ok."

"This could take some time. Is there a place to?"

"Considering the pigsty of his trailer, I'm gonna go with no.

"I have a message, formated for Skeets.

"Booster, if you're watching this, I hope it's 40 years into the future and I was really just vain and I wanted to make this video because I'm so young and good-looking. I've given this a lot of thought. I don't have a partner or much of a family. Eh screw it! I'm leaving it all to you, Micheal Kord Industries is yours.

"What?"

"If my instructions were followed, Skeets should've taken a photo of you at this moment and that photo will be already sent to every superhero we know."

*YOU BASTARD!"

"There's another thing. I put some money in a long term saving account. The account had strict instructions for ehen it reached a certain amount. If my calculations are correct, and let's face it, they are, enough money will gave accrued by your time to pay for the suit you stole from the museum. And that payment will have been automatically made in the future. No more imposter syndrome. Your suit is legally yours, Booster. Now it's all about what you're going to do with it. Speaking of which, there's this kid, Jaime. He's special. You can see it. He's actually gonna be the kind of hero we always pretended we'd be one day. I realize this is big, and I always rib you for being useless, but I never thought you were. I trust you to step up. Love ya, man."

"well?"

"It's a lot to take in," said Booster.

"I think the first thing to do is move. You can live anywhere."

"Yea, that's kind of the point of a trailer. That's why it has wheels."

"You are a billionaire, Mr. Carter. You can live anywhere you want."

"Oh."

Kahndaq Palace

"What is it?" Asked Damian.

"A town called Williams in Arizona," Adam answered. "The population was wiped out yesterday."

"Evil. Pure evil... Kara, this is why you must be prepared to fight," said Wonder Woman.

"I... Have to go..."

"Damian, you're just gonna leave?"

"It's Ra's, I'm sure. And yeah, it's kinda your fault."

"How?"

"You reminded me that I can be a bit better."

"Don't leave."

"I have to. You can come with me."

"Diana said..."

"Do you always do what you're told? One day, you will need to spread your wings and fly. Rapunzel will cut her hair, and you'll show the world what you can be. Later, Supergirl."

Kara returned to her tower, contemplating Damian's words. Just like Rapunzel, she cut her hair to make it shorter. She took her hoodie off to show the "S" symbol.