And Injustice For All 2

Chapter 67: Brainiac

Superboy destroyed one of the mechanical aliens now called betas.

"You will cease your struggle."

The betas destroyed both their masks.

"Without oxygen, your will be both dead soon. Come."

The Skull Ship's mouth and Connor and Cassie flew in. Outside, Atrocitus calls for a retreat.

"Our enemies are dying," said Bleez. "We were so close. We have lost."

"This is no loss," said Atrocitus. "Starro is still one of us. Sinestro is dead. Our enemy is gone. We have hurt the Guardians and thinned their Corps. The rest will suffer another day. Our rage will be fueled by what we've lost today."

Brainiac's ship

"There are very few things I do not understand. It is rare for Brainiac to have unanswered questions, but I have questions for you. I have been watching from a distance. waiting for Oa to fall. I was set to take the main city for my collection, but the Guardians and their Corps have managed to defeat their attackers, and I have no desire to take on the Guardians directly, at least not today."

"Where's Cassie?" asked Superboy."

"I had no need for her. She held no mysteries. She is gone."

Superboy blasted his heat vision at Brainiac.

"Cease That!" Brainiac punched Connor across the face. "Attempt that again and I will remove your eyes. Why do you wear that symbol? It is Kryptonian. Krypton is gone. This. This is the last city of Krypton. I possess its culture, its discoveries. I possess all of Krypton's living knowledge. Nothing is supposed to have continued beyond what my intellect has consumed."

"Yeah, well maybe you're not so smart."

"I have heard stories of a surviving Kryptonian. I believed these stories to be the desperate ramblings of dying beings, until I saw you. You are not that Kryptonian. You are something else. You are from Earth. The Kryptonian is on Earth, too, isn't he? The last drone I sent to Earth was lost. I will send another. I will find this last Kryptonian."

"I hope you do find him. You two deserve to destroy each other."

"I have finished analyzing you. You are not Kryptonian. Your heart is, but it belongs to another and the rest of you was engineered. You were not born. You are a corruption..."

Brainiac released Connor and threw him out.

"...and I have no more use for you."

Connor freed himself and Cassie. They realized their oxygen is lessening, until a portal opened, revealing six people.

"I told you we found them."

"You were right, Saturn Girl. Lets get them out of the cold vacuum of space."

"Superboy, Wonder Girl, the Legion and the future need you," said Saturn Girl.

"But first," said Booster Gold. "I have one more stop to make in this timeline."