Disclaimer: I do not own Supergirl, Superman, or Valor

Story Title: The Traveler

Chapter 20: Clash of Metal

DEO Headquarters – National City

Alarms blared throughout the DEO. Winn and his team were working hard to pinpoint the emergency.

J'onn, Kara, and Supergirl entered the control room. "Winn, report?" J'onn ordered.

Winn turned around in his seat just as he finished punching up an image on the screen. On the screen before them was a familiar figure, John Corbin, also known as Metallo.

"I thought he was dead," Kara said.

"Winn, is that really him?" J'onn asked.

Winn looked at his readings. "It's him, I have a Kryptonite reading."

"I'll get him," Kara said.

"Kara, hold up," Alex yelled. She walked toward her sister. "You can't go out there against him alone."

Before Kara could argue, J'onn changed his form into the Martian Manhunter. "She won't have to. I'm going with her."

Kara nodded. "Let's go." She ran to the balcony before she flew off; J'onn following behind her.

A few minutes later, the two landed in the park. The granite mausoleum was in ruins. Kara looked down sadly at the broken pieces of the mausoleum. She knew it was empty; Alex had told her yesterday. However, it still hurt, opening the wound in her heart further than it already was.

"Ah, Supergirl, come to meet your end?"

Kara and J'onn turned to see Corbin. He looked even less human, half his face was gone showing only the machine beneath it. His chest was open revealing his Kryptonite power source.

Kara began to sweat. Her body weakening because of the radiation. J'onn stepped in front of her. "Surrender now, Corbin, or I'll make you."

Metallo laughed. "There is no Corbin, only Metallo."

"So be it," J'onn said before he charged him. J'onn punched Metallo, but Metallo shrugged it off easily. J'onn stepped back, his eyes wide.

Metallo moved to strike J'onn again, but Kara jumped in his way. Metallo backhanded her, sending Supergirl back into the remains of the mausoleum debris falling down on top of her.

"Supergirl," J'onn yelled before he too was struck by a punch from Metallo. He was knocked off his feet, skidding across the concrete until he crashed into a stone retaining wall.

Metallo smiled. "My power has grown. Can no one stand against me?" he yelled to the sky.

"Your ego exceeds your prowess," a strange metallic voice said from behind Metallo.

Metallo turned around; a figure stood in the shadows. "Come out and face me."

"As you wish," the voice said again as the figure stepped out of the shadows. It was a man, wearing a familiar black and red uniform with a red V on the chest. The image looked like Valor, except for the fact that the man's entire jaw and the left side of his face and head were made of gray metal with a glowing red eye. The man's right arm and right side of his torso were also metal. The man's left leg was metal as well.

Metallo stepped back, his face filled with shock and surprise. "Who are you?"

"Isn't it obvious? I am Valor."

"No, you died. You can't be alive."

The self-proclaimed Valor said, "Do you see a body in that ruined mausoleum?" The Cyborg-Valor stepped forward. "Of course you don't. I am alive, changed but alive."

Metallo growled before firing a blast of Kryptonite energy toward him. The green light enveloped the Cyborg-Valor, but with little effect. Cyborg-Valor raised his right arm before it changed into an energy cannon, firing a blast that struck Metallo in the chest, shattering the Kryptonite crystal within his chest. Metallo's eyes widened before Cyborg-Valor fired again encasing Metallo in an energy wave that ripped the villain's body to pieces, leaving a charred mark on the concrete surface beneath his feet.

The Martian Manhunter sat up, looking back toward the location where Metallo once stood, his eyes widening at the sight of the Cyborg-Valor. "Valor?"

The cyborg turned around; he frowned at the sight of the Martian. "Ah, Martian, are you unharmed?"

J'onn nodded. "How?" The Martian frowned as he realized that Kara was nowhere to be seen. "Supergirl?"

The cyborg frowned. "She's here?"

"Yes," J'onn said. He looked around his eyes widening at the pile of broken granite where the mausoleum used to be. "Over there," he yelled as he ran to the rubble and began to clear it away. He pulled one large rock away revealing a red boot. "Here!"

The Cyborg-Valor rushed to help him; the debris removed and the still form of Supergirl laid on the ground. The Cyborg used his x-ray vision to check for injuries. "She has several broken bones, but they are healing as I speak. She should be fully recovered in only a few minutes."

J'onn sighed. Alex Danvers and a group of DEO agents descended upon the ruined park. They surrounded J'onn and the Cyborg-Valor. Alex stared in awe of the being before her. "Do not move," she yelled.

"Agents, put down your weapons," J'onn ordered.

Alex motioned for her team to comply. "J'onn, what happened?"

"Our friend here saved my life and destroyed Metallo."

Alex looked at the cyborg. "Who are you?"

Cyborg-Valor stared at her, his glowing red eye causing a chill to run up her spine. "I believe it is obvious Agent Danvers. I am Valor, at least what's left of him." He had no emotion in his voice, the metallic sound of the voice making her cringe. "I see that my voice and my appearance disturbs you."

Alex shook her head. "I am sorry, but how can you be alive?"

"I was rescued by Kelex; he stole my body from its grave and restored me to life. As you can see it took quite a lot of reconstruction to achieve success."

She took out a sensor from her pocket, scanning the cyborg. The readings showed that his organic parts were a hybrid of Kryptonian and Daxamite, his metal parts an alloy not found on this planet. "The metal, it's not from Earth."

"Yes, this is Kryptonian steel, harder and stronger than any metal found on this planet."

Kara groaned. Alex rushed to her side and helped her sit up. "Alex," she said.

"Thank God you're okay Kara," Alex said.

Kara stood up, still feeling sore, but healed for the most part. She looked around until her blue eyes widened at the sight of the cyborg. She pulled Alex behind her. "Stand back, Alex."

"It's okay, Kara."

"Yes, Supergirl, I mean you no harm." The voice was metallic, but the underlying organics was similar to Mon-El's voice.

"Mon-El?"

"Yes, that is the name that I was given when I landed on this planet. I am known as Valor. I am pleased that you have no lasting injuries, Kara Zor-El."

His voice was without emotion. She couldn't sense his usual warmth when he said her name. She looked at the reconstruction done to his body. "How?"

Cyborg-Valor repeated his story. Kara listened intently. She couldn't believe that Kelex would do that without telling her or Clark. "Why wouldn't Kelex tell us?"

"He was programmed to preserve me by my mother in case I was injured. She told him not to tell anyone in case the process did not work and to keep the restoration project out of unwanted hands. I believe the intent of this process was originally meant for Kal-El if he was ever injured to such an extent."

Kara nodded. It made sense. Uncle Jor-El and Aunt Lara were always careful. "What are you going to do now?"

Valor looked around at the crowd that now surrounded the perimeter. "Valor has returned and I will continue the good fight, to stop evil in all its forms." He said this loud enough for the crowd to hear. He looked back at J'onn and Kara. "I am pleased to have helped heroes such as you. Until we meet again." He flew off into the sky at a speed faster than what he used to be able to fly before his battle with Doomsday.

Kara stared up after him, watching with her supervision as he flew away, away from her. She looked at Alex, her sister watching her closely. "He didn't even… he acted like I was just an acquaintance."

Alex frowned at her sister's words. The tone of her voice was so defeated. It was nearly as bad as when Mon-El died. "Come on, maybe he was just trying to keep everyone's identity a secret."

Kara nodded. "Yeah, maybe," she said, but it was clear by the tone of her voice that she had her doubts.

"Let's return to headquarters. The DEO cleanup crew is here," J'onn ordered as he flew off into the sky. Kara flew off after him. Alex assembled her team before they too left for headquarters.

DEO Headquarters – three hours later

Winn and several agents watched the main view screen as images of Valor appeared. He stopped a wildfire in Washington saving hundreds of lives, rescuing dozens more people from a flood in Missouri, stopping genocide in Syria, and destroying a terrorist training camp in the mountains of Afghanistan.

J'onn walked in watching the news as well. Alex followed him along with Kara. "Valor has been busy."

Winn nodded. "At this rate, he'll give the Justice League a run for its money."

"Doesn't he ever rest?" Alex asked.

J'onn looked at the image of the cyborg on the screen. "Maybe he doesn't have too."

Kara frowned. Was Mon-El just a machine now? She looked away, not wanting to watch the screen. "J'onn, do you have any work for me?"

J'onn didn't like the tone of her voice. "No, it appears everything is quiet at the moment."

"Alright, I'm going to work. I'll see you all later," she replied before she ran to the balcony, leaping into the air.

J'onn sighed. "You're going to have to check up on her," he said to Alex.

Alex nodded. "She's happy he's alive, but this is almost as bad as losing him again."

"Alex, he's been through a trauma that none of us can understand. Didn't you think that he's doing all these works around the globe to keep busy? To keep his thoughts away from all he lost. We do not know the extent of his injuries; maybe he is more machine than man."

"Maybe, but it doesn't give him the right to push away those that care for him."

"I know you're upset because Kara is upset, but don't forget, Mon-El is our friend too. We all need to be there for him too." He looked back at the screen an image of Valor stopping a hijacking in Coast City was on the screen. "Does Clark know he's alive?"

Just then a news report appeared. Valor assisting Superman in stopping a bank robbery with hostages in Metropolis. The image showed Valor shaking his brother's hand. Superman wore a shocked expression. Valor flew away a few minutes afterward, leaving Superman standing at a loss for words.

A few minutes later Superman landed on the balcony of the DEO headquarters. J'onn and Alex greeted him. "I take it that both of you met him?"

"Yes, he destroyed Metallo and saved my life and Kara's. His power has grown," J'onn said.

Clark paced back and forth. "He said Kelex saved him. I can't believe he'd keep this from me. I'm going to have a talk with that robot."

"Clark, calm down for a moment," Alex urged.

J'onn nodded. "What's going on Clark?"

Superman sighed. "He wasn't the same. He couldn't smile and his voice, it was so wrong." A tear slipped down his face. "What's become of my brother?"

Alex pulled him into a hug. "It's okay Clark. We just need to talk to him away from the crowds."

The two pulled apart a minute later. Clark wiped his eyes dry. "You think he was just acting that way for show?"

"We don't know for sure, but he could be," J'onn added.

Clark looked at the view screen an image of Valor saving a cruise ship that hit a reef was on the screen. "He sure gets around."

"Yeah, he's going to put the League out of business," Winn said from the doorway to the control room.

Clark frowned. "Yeah… I better get back to Metropolis," he said as he walked back to the balcony. "Alex!"

"Yeah," she replied.

"How's Kara taking this?"

Alex sighed. The look on her face was enough to let Clark know the answer to his question. "I'm going to see her tonight."

Clark nodded. "I'll stop by tomorrow to see her." Alex forced a smile. Superman jumped into the air, rocketing away.

AN: Cyborg-Valor… stay locked on target.