The invasion had come, just as he had thought it would. Darkseid was too much of an opportunist to miss something such as this. Clark had been preparing, subtly, he'd been watching and waiting and when word had come that the Mother Box was glowing in Atlantis he had known what to expect. Therefore, when the sky had opened and the parademons had come charging through, he'd not been surprised. The people were inside their homes, the doors and windows locked. The British army with their pills taken were waiting, as were he and Jonathan. And now the signal had been given he unleashed his full strength.

The red light came full blast from his eyes, as he allowed the anger he had felt since Lois had died, since his parents had died, since he'd learned of what had happened to his son, to consume him. he destroyed with impunity the winged demons would die and their leader would die as well. If Darkseid was there he would be burned and broken. If it were Steppenwolf, well even better. Kal still remembered what that monster had done the last time he'd been here. Once the winged demons were done for, he turned and smashed through more of them. They crunched under his fists and his power like ants.

He turned briefly to see how Jonathan was doing, his son was fighting four of the monsters and destroying each and every one of them. Kal turned his attention back to the monsters, and destroyed more of them with his hands. Snapping them like the ants in their dozens. The rage of the last year consumed him. The monsters stood no chance against him. they were destroyed, broken down and reduced to nothing more than pure husks. They were broken. Some of the soldiers died, killed and destroyed. That was an interesting thing, it seemed Steppenwolf did not want more minions, he wanted destruction. Kal looked around wondering where the beast was.

Then he heard him. The mad being, desperately seeking for redemption. "Mother! I have come, Mother I am here." The beast had knocked down Cyborg, or rather taken him prisoner, but Clark had rescued him when he'd realised where the beast was going. The old caves where Arthur was said to have been laid to rest. Clark wouldn't allow the beast to get inside the cave. He pushed forward, the parademons fell before him, and he smashed into Steppenwolf. "Kryptonian." The beast snarled. "You shall die."

"No." Kal responded, he smashed into Steppenwolf again and prevented the beast from getting up. He knew that if he could break the beast's axe then he would be vulnerable. It seemed Steppenwolf knew that for he threw his axe to his other hand and swung hard. Kal took the blow and flew back. He blinked, then moved in again, this time hitting Steppenwolf in the face. He hit him again, then again, and as some strange blue substance started coming out of the being's nose he knew then what he had to do.

The beast hit him, Kal felt his face get hit, then he turned and reversed that. Smashing into Steppenwolf again and again, not giving him a chance to get a hold on him. the axe came and Kal grabbed it and held on for dear life. The axe couldn't be allowed to touch the ground for if it did then they were all finished. "Give up Kryptonian, you cannot win." Steppenwolf snarled.

"Nonsense." Kal replied, he pushed up the axe flew into the air, he flew up grabbed it and with all his might snapped it in half then froze it with his breath. Steppenwolf looked at him in horror. Kal moved in and hit the beast once, then twice then a third time. The beast couldn't get up, and so Kal moved on him, broke him in half, then a third, then a fourth. The beast was pleading now, but Kal couldn't hear him. he snarled and punched a hole through the beast's chest, then ripped him in half. He kept going until Steppenwolf was nothing more than ashes.

The parademons and Steppenwolf's lieutenants came for him then but he broke them all. His eyes gleamed red, as did Jonathan's and the beasts were all reduced to ash. Apart from one. One was left alive, and Kal held the beast up and snarled. "Tell Darkseid that his general is dead, tell him that if he comes to Earth again he will die." The beast flew away the moment Kal let go of him.

Kal pressed a hand to his earpiece. "Diana, what's the situation?"

"We're good, the beast are dead. Though there are two casualties." Diana replied.

"Who?" Kal asked, Jonathan was stood right next to him wearing a golden suit of armour with the royal crest on it.

"Beast Boy and Raven." Diana replied.

"Very well, we shall meet within the day for the funerals and for discussion." Kal said.

He ended the conversation there and turned to Jonathan. His son sighed. "You know Garfield always said he wanted to go out in a blaze of glory."

Clark put an arm around his son. "Then at least he got what he wanted. Will you be okay here yourself? I have league business that needs seeing to."

"Of course. Go." Jonathan replied. Clark kissed his son's cheek then opened a portal and arrived a few moments later in the Hall of Justice.

He stepped into the hall properly, walked through it and opened the doors into the main room where he found someone he was expecting to see. "Bruce."

"Clark." Bruce replied.

Well this was going to be interesting. Clark thought to himself. Very interesting indeed.