Chapter 8: Sins of our fathers.
"I DON'T KNOW HIS PLANS, I DON'T, LET ME GO PLEASE!" The woman's voice was hoarse from screaming within the fortress of ice.
"I got to stop it." Clark started forward but Lionel stopped him.
"It has to be done, son" the elder Luthor tried to reason with him but and extra loud scream that stopped suddenly made Clark brush past him.
"Clark, Lionel is right." His mothers voice stopped him faster then anything physical. "To stop Zod, we need the information."
"What do you mean we, mom?" Clark turned to look at her in the snow cradling a cold Maddie. "You and Maddie are too precious to me for you guys to be involved in this" he knelt down next to them his eyes softening softly. "Lionel shouldn't be involved cause he is to old and human." His eyes hardened as he stood up. "This is my fight" he turned and marched towards the fortress.
"In times of war certain things have to be done." Lionel now took Clarks place at kneeling next to Maddie and Martha.
Clark stopped for a second his gaze taking in the sight of the fortress but not really as he was considering what Luthor had said.
"Metropolis, Luthor Corporation" Markus' eyes were still all black and staring absently into the face of Clark. "Would be her educated guess." He was rubbing his hands off with a discarded rag. "You three bears want to go home?" he bent around Clarks form to make eye contact with Lionel.
"What, why would they be there?" Clark asked worriedly, Markus' eyes locked onto his again.
"She claims that he has some memory imprints, kind of like sparks of Lex Luthor still in Zod's new body." He now walked past and spoke to Lionel. "I think you guys should take he Helicopter or summin because you guys aren't any good here." Lionel nodded and rose from the snow with Maddie and Martha.
"Markus!" Clark was getting annoyed.
"Luthor corp has resources to allow him to rebuild a new world" Lionel spoke to him softly.
"I think it's time for you to fly." Markus inclined his head towards the sky. Clark gave a grim nod and leapt up into the air. "Lionel get a message to the others that they should report back to Gotham after this" he turned back towards the fortress and started walking. "Batman has always said that the Queen in Star City wanted my help." There was a huge crash between Markus and Lionel. "Super Boy?"
"I don't think I can fly." Clark said worryingly.
"Clark, I don't want to push but you need to stop them." Lionel pleaded.
"I only flew last time because I knew the world was in trouble and I had to stop it…I was caught up in emotions and took flight, but now…I'm trying ... I just couldn't do it." Clark was at a loss.
"You don't think the world's still in danger?"
"Clark…Think of Lana, Chloe and Lois, They need you"
"Son, you are the only one who can get there in time to stop it."
"Pleease Claark, you have to stop the bad guys for me please!"
"I'm sorry I guess I'm not super I'm just Kryptonian."
Flanders Field (Smallville)
"What am I meant to do!" Krystal was still screaming at the spaceship but gave up when she realised that she could only move it not destroy it…she hoped Clark or Lucian would come back soon. Just then a figure running super speed came towards her. "Clark!"
"No, Unit 108" Brainiac smiled as he stopped.
North Pole Fortress of Solitude
"You want emotions!" Markus screamed and illuminated his fists then pointed them towards Martha and Maddie. "The world is more important than one life, Clark" Martha shielded Maddie. "You can't block this it will kill all of you" the flaming hands joined together making a larger ball of fire.
"Just fly Clark." Lionel raised his voice, Clark then took off.
Metropolis Luthor Corp
"Cyborg I see some one on the roof." Rocky turned toward Victor only to see the part robot helping a family out and didn't hear him. He looked around for Andrea but knows she's on the otherside of town. "I wish Krystal was here." He leapt up with all his might only to see Lex Luthor, Chloe Sullivan, Lana Lang and another Girl who he thinks is Chloe's Cousin on the roof.
"Aah, A Champion of Earth." Zod zoomed out of view.
North Pole Fortress of Solitude
"Doesn't seem to want to come back down now" Markus looked towards Lionel with half a smirk on his face.
"Well now Markus, that was a strong bluff" Lionel said his voice still shaking.
"It wasn't a bluff" Maddie piped up from Martha Kents arms.
"Maddie Don't say that…Markus was just pretending." She looked up at Markus' retreating back. "Right?…Right?!" Martha stood up still cradling Maddie.
"Sshh Martha leave him" Lionel comforted them both. "We must remember he isn't Clark."
The National Diet building, Nagatachio, Chiypda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
"English yes?" Alicia had just orbed into the countries main government building to warn them but as they found someone who spoke English and didn't run away from her calling her a freak the virus had spread like wild fire affecting the computers then other machinery except for certain secure terminals. "Oh No!"
North Pole Fortress of Solitude
"Jor-El!" Markus' shouted at the random crystals forming the structure.
"YES, Champion of Earth?" A hanging crystal from the roof glowed at every syllable spoken.
"Where's Superboy and the Zod." Markus' demanded and after a while Jor-El still hadn't answered. "Answer me you alien Scum!" Markus' eyes glowed a dangerous Green.
"My Son is…in the Phantom Zone" came the response.
Metropolis Luthor Corp
"So Stone's do bleed" Zod in Lex's body gently levitates down to the ground next to a crater where Lucian is lyring battered and beaten. "Interesting" Zod calmly walked over him to see the chaos form ground level.
"I'll interest you in a minute." Lucian roared as he got up and went in for one final attack but hit a translucent purple barrier.
"Defence Spell" Isobel in Lana's body slowly descended as well followed by Brianna in Chloe's body had a hand out reciting latin.
"Mad?" Isobel nodded to the third witch who clapped her hands and purple energy wrapped around Rocky transforming back into his human Lucian form.
Flanders field Smallville
"Markus, Clark, Anyone?" Clarks best friend Pete pulled up in his mom's SUV and climbed out with his lap top. "Krystal…..Brainiac" he spat at the Kryptonian androids name.
"Aaah, Another Champion of Earth how cute." 108 turned his back on Scream. "Shame you are trying to stop the inevitable…Mr?"
"…BullsEye" Pete withdrew a pistol knowing full well it would have no effect even if this Brainiac was slow enough for him to shoot it.
"Bullseye?" A confused look came across Brainiacs face which soon turned into a smile. "Never mind" he took a step closer to Pete and felt a shock in his back, he turned slightly to see an exhausted Scream letting out a huge blast at him sending him flying.
"I think I need a strepsil" Scream's voice was croaked. She and Pete shared a short laugh before 108 had her around her throat with Pete squeezing off a few into his back but it didn't even faze Brainiac. "Hellll…ppp!" she choked out.
Then another brainiac ran up next to Bullseye. "That wont do any good" The brainiac smirked then pushed Petes gun down so it faced the floor. "Earthlings?" It sighed then super speeded at 108 and then ripped it away from Krystal. "Burn 108" it shot out heat vision which was stopped within inches of Brainiac 108 face thanks to its own heat vision.
Metropolis Luthor Corp
"I'm glad that your on my side" A faint smile of amusement flickered onto Zod's face at the anguish of a beaten and battered teenage boy straining himself trying to transform. "Isobel…get your maidens and let us head to the closest military base to use there strongest weapon against the humans." The smile stayed a little longer now. Zod rose up above the other three and hovered waiting for them to activate their spell.
He never got to hear it as he was slammed through the road underneath him into the sewage system. Isobel rushed to the crater but was forced back into the glass door from a rising Clark.
"You again!" Lois' body seethed as Chloe went to perform her spell but was stopped by Lucian covering her mouth and holding an arm over hers. "So humans can do something…annoying" she turned on the struggling pair only to get her exposed neck squeezed until unconsciousness from Clark.
"CAL-EL!!!" Zod burst through the asphalt into Clark and through the glass door into Luthor Corp and into the elevator. "Don't you wish you gave your oath to me not your planet." Zod was twisting his neck forcing air out of Clark, Zod smiled as he saw the fear in Clarks eyes only to get his smile frozen as Clarks breath was becoming more and more cold. "Aaargh" Zod threw Clark back into the lobby as he recovered from Clarks new ability.
Clark went to get up but Isobel was already upon him. "Elemente" she commanded lightening from her hand to liquidise the floor around Clark and have it instantly solidify itself when his legs sink in it. Clark gave her a determined look then moved his legs destroying the concrete and climbing out of the shallow hole.
"You know that couldn't stop me" He took a step towards her.
"No but this can." Clark turned quickly to see Lex's body reaching out his hand and a few metres in front of his hand was a octagonal ring which was got bigger but it was inches from Clark which it expanded and took Clark inside it then zoomed away into the sky.
North Pole Fortress of Solitude
"So how do I stop Zod and his new harem?" Markus growled to the crystals.
"Only Clark can truly stop the menace of Zod." Jor-El responded.
"So how do I get Clark out of the zone of phantoms and help him stop your alien race from taking over?" Markus' patience was wearing thin he wasn't cut out for the hero gig.
"My Blood mixed with the keystone opens the gate way to the last used location of a phantom zone octa-prison bracelet." The Crystal stopped glowing then continued. "Then both of you hope you can catch him off guard enogh to kill Zod's shell…but as for his Queen and concubine's…I am at a lost."
"So not difficult then." Markus was being sarcastic." Give me your blood send me to the Phantom Zone and then I will take it from there." He made out his plan.
"Clarks blood is my blood…I have no body left for me to give you any." Jor-El paused. "Zod'll kill you before he sends you to the phantom zone and I can't think of any other Phantom zone gateways except for the Octo-prison bracelets."
"So I use someone's blood who can't be hurt…okay and then I've got to find a way to get to the zone with out myself getting killed." He spoke more to himself than anything.
"In the phantom Zone powers cannot be used…even a human would be considered strong compared to a phantom." To this Markus dived an arm into the back of his jacket then smiled. "If Earth is more important than one life…then mine must be sacrificed."
"Whaddya mean?"
"In the event of the fortress is under a major scale attack then I have installed a program to send the aggressor to the phantom zone. But to do such an assault it is likely I wont survive." Jor-El waited for the Earth champions response.
"I have no problems with that." Markus said after a minutes hesitation and let out a huge ball of fire into the crystal which was glowing then sent out two streams of green fire in opposite directions causing mayhem and destruction. Then a bright flash and Markus' was gone.
Flanders field Smallville
A steaming pile liquid metal was on the farm in a mini crater which was the remains of a brainiac. "Fool thinking he can beat me" the arrogance still shone through. Krystal was hiding behind the back of Pete who had now pulled out a short sword and a colt pistol to defend her.
"How do you stop the virus?" Bullseye tried to stall it as they edged away from the Brainiac.
"Destroy the ship" it nodded to the spaceship behind the two earthlings.
"I tried" Screams voice was shaken, soar and broken. Brianiac then took to the air a few feet above them and shot straight into the ship. The ship was changing colour and started to shake violently then it exploded leaving a shape to fly off into the distance. And the Brainiac standing tall where the ship was just.
"Damn, the Brainiac console got away probably going to Zod." The brainiac took a step towards the Earthers.
"Who are you!" Bullseye shouted as he pointed the gun at its forehead.
"I'm the one who just shut down the Virus and Killed Unit 108, you earthlings can call me Brainiac 5" it smiled.
"You don't look any different to the others" Pete was ready to fight and most likely die to this Brainiac.
"Well I am different" It took a non threatening stance. "I am an organic copy of Brainiac, but I chose to use my gifts to prevent Zod not to awaken him."
Phantom Zone
"Raya, Where are we going" Clark asked as he followed the blonde haired woman.
"To the keystone, Cal-El" she replied a little harshly.
"Don't call me that!" he shouted causing her to stop. "My name is Clark Kent and-" he didn't get to finish before the two of them were attacked by a big man, followed by a man and a woman. Clark instantly went to protect Raya but was put on his back as he remembered that he didn't have his abilities here. The big man put his foot on Clarks chest and began to crush him, Raya dealt swiftly with the woman who attacked but then dropped to her knee for the advancing man.
"Non please stop Quex" she bowed her head.
"Why? You pathetic excuse for a Kryptonian" Non growled.
"It is Cal-El…our Key" she lifted her head with a gleam of betrayal in her eye.
"Jor-El's son" he contemplated then nodded to Quex as the woman got to her feet and slapped Raya. "Careful Ursa, she knows how to use the Key" He warned quickly. "Go get Jax, my father will want him with us but try to avoid Faora and Mala we don't need them in the new world." Non used his presence well he then casually walked over to Quex who was now holding Clark up straight.
"I am Non-Zod…General Zod's son."