Zod backhanded Clark for the umpteenth time. He'd been taking great pleasure in humiliating his former friend's heir since his arrival, while letting Ursa and Faora play with the so called 'Supergirl'. There were several of Zod's followers dotted around the fortress, with more of them flying out of the roof of the structure to begin their mission of subjugating the planet in Zod's name.
"General, we have incoming." BRAINIAC spoke "I'm detecting three figures flying in, and an aircraft. An object is approaching at high speed on the ground. Shall I engage defences."
"No." Zod said, smiling sadistically at Clark "Let's show your friends what my rule entails."
...
Bruce sat in the cockpit of the Batwing, Dinah in the rear passenger seat. Donna, Diana and J'onn were flying alongside, whilst Barry was advancing from the ground. There were a number of figures flying out of the top of the Fortress of Solitude.
"Clark you idiot..." He muttered to himself "Okay, There are no civilians this far north. We can fight without restraint. The battle plan is-"
Before he could continue, a red beam lanced through one of the Batwing's wings, the craft going into a dive bomb. Seconds before it hit the ground, it slowed to a halt, Diana setting it down.
"Thanks." Bruce said as the cockpit opened and he rose "Dinah, I need you to give us a wall of sound. Kryptonians have heightened hearing, it should cripple them. Not as effectively as Kryptonite, but we want something Superman can block out."
"And Kara?" Donna said as she set down "She's not as experienced as Superman, she'll be as vulnerable as them!"
"Acceptable losses." Diana replied "We need to accept casualties as a possibility."
"No we don't." Barry said as he skidded to a halt beside them "I can speed in, get Kara, and get out."
"You're not that much faster than them." J'onn observed "You run the risk of getting caught."
"Fastest man alive, remember?" Barry said with a smirk before speeding off.
"Okay then, ladies and gentlemen." Bruce said, pressing a control, causing a black mouthpiece to slide into place over the bottom of his cowl, his cape retracting into his back plate and his emblem lighting up red "Let's get this done."
...
"Your friends are impertinent, aren't they, Kal-El?" Zod asked with a small grin "It will certainly make my conquest of this world sweeter."
"You'll never win." Clark spat "As long as any of us are still breathing, you'll-"
"You presume you'll still be breathing!" Zod yelled "You are alive merely to witness my triumph, then rest assured, you'll die with the rest. Starting with those you care about."
"What are you talking about?" Clark said, as holographic images appeared all around them "Shit..."
The images were people. Pete and Lana at their house in Washington. Jimmy perched on top of a crane taking a photo. Perry on the phone yelling at someone. His mother at the farm, a cup of coffee in her hand. Lois, clearly trying very hard to get past a police road block.
"I have monitored you on the General's behalf for a long time, Kal-El." Came BRAINIAC's voice as he moved into view "We know your every weakness, Kal-El."
"However, we have a choice for you." Zod said with a small grin as BRAINIAC presented him with a small box "You can oppose us, and watch them suffer. Or you can wear this."
Clark looked down as Zod opened the box, revealing it's contents. An injector with a blue crystal around the end of it.
"Blue Kryptonite. Suppresses a Kryptonian's abilities." Zod noted "Makes giving you this... Inoculation, easier."
"Inoculation?" Clark questioned as Zod put the injector to Clark's neck and pressed the control on the end, causing the clear liquid inside to be injected into Clark "For what?"
"Your free will, of course." Zod said as the restraints holding Clark released "Now, son of Jor-El, kneel before Zod."
...
Barry sped into the Fortress, running up the wall and bouncing off of it. He reached the main chamber, seeing Clark stood in the middle of it. He skidded to a halt in front of Clark, looking him up and down.
"Great, you're okay." He said, pausing "Where's Kara? And where's Zod?"
"Up here!" Came a yell from above, Barry looking up to see Kara, suspended from a number of mechanical appendages "Get out of here! And stay away from him, he's-"
Before she could finish, Clark grabbed Barry by the throat, lifting him in the air. Clark pulled Barry closer to him, a small smirk on his face.
"Look who needs rescuing now." Clark said, before tossing Barry across the room, sending him hurtling through a number of crystals, as Clark super sped behind him "Too slow, Flash."
Clark slammed down on Barry, taking him to the floor again before he could regain his composure. He picked Barry up, holding him tightly by the arms.
"I'd say I'm sorry about this," Clark said, before smirking "but it's kind of fun."
He hurled Barry across the room. Barry managed to make contact with the floor, picking up speed, avoiding Clark's next attack before speeding up the wall, jumping from it to grab Kara and speeding out of the Fortress.
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Ursa led the charge of a half dozen Kryptonian soldiers at the Humans. Behind her, the gigantic figure of Non was preparing his attack, his eyes glowing red. He'd began the attack by firing on the aircraft that was advancing, and now, was preparing to crush the creatures that dared oppose them.
"Let's introduce them to the new order of things." Ursa said with a smirk, beginning to descend, clocking a red object streaking away "Someone deal with that..."
One of their number broke off, beginning to pursue the streak. As he did, there was a shriek, causing all of them to fall to the ground, clutching their ears in pain. They looked up, seeing the Humans stood in front of them, one of them screaming at the Kryptonians.
Ursa's eyes glowed red, beams of heat firing from them, barely being blocked by the gauntlets of another one of the Humans. As it was blocked, the glow of the Kryptonians eyes faded.
"Red solar lamp." Came a mechanically modulated voice, Ursa looking up to see a figure in a large, black suit stood there "Negates your powers."
"Maybe it negates ours." Ursa said, smirking as the man picked her up by the scruff of her neck "What about the rest?"
"Rest?" The man asked, looking towards the Fortress, where a man in a red suit was speeding towards them, holding Kara "Where's Superman."
"Superman's gone rogue." The man in red said "I barely got out of there."
"Zod used a blue Kryptonite device." Kara said "Then, he injected Kal with a nano virus designed by BRAINIAC. The blue Kryptonite made him susceptible to it, and the nano virus made him susceptible to Zod's commands."
"Damn." The man in black said, tightening his grip on Ursa "How can we stop him?!"
"Your choice, Human." She said "Attempt to stop us, and perish, or kneel before Zod and pray he's merciful."
"There's an option C." The man said, punching Ursa in the side of the head before discarding her unconscious form before pressing two fingers to his ears "Oracle, I need options."
...
"Run away." Barbara said from her seat in the batcave as she stood up, moving to the armoury "I can be there within the hour, we can-"
"No!" Bruce replied "Stay with Robin. Me and the League can handle this."
"And Donna?" Barbara questioned "I know you don't trust her, Bruce, but you brought her out."
"We needed someone tough enough for a Superman clone." Bruce said, the scowl in his voice obvious as he asked "I want you to access a file in the auxiliary mainframe. It's biometrically encrypted to a handful of people, including you."
"What's in it?" Barbara asked.
There was a pause.
"A way to defeat Superman."
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So, what we're looking at here; a full on battle between the Justice League and Superman and an army of Kryptonians. And maybe a hidden agenda from BRAINIAC, but I won't comment on that lol. Sorry for the short chapter, but otherwise we'd be looking at a giant sized chapter with some potential pacing issues. R&R, please, no flames. B.