Present Day
"Welcome back sir, all of Batman's business done on Omega?" Alfred said as Batman entered the personal fighter.
"For now" replied the dark knight as he flipped several switches and buttons, readying for take-off.
"Well do you recall when you set the signal scanner to search for all possible transmissions regarding Poison Ivy?"
"Yes"
"Well I believe I picked up a transmission from Ivy herself"
"Saying?" asked Batman, intrigued now.
"She messaged a heavily fortified cargo frigate, telling them to deliver 'The weapon' as fast as they could."
"Weapon?" asked Batman leaning back in the padded seat of the Bat-Fighter.
"Yes, it seems the frigate is transporting something only referred as 'the weapon'. The frigate is full of armed guards with a fleet of fighters surrounding it. It seems whatever this weapon is; Ivy does not want anyone discovering it."
Casey agreed. Inside the dark windows of the fighter, he took off his helmet and placed it next to him. He ran his gloved hand through his hair and breathed deep.
"Any idea where it is going or where it's coming from?" asked Casey.
"Yes, the frigate is heading to the Citadel, likely directly to Ivy. It is unknown where the ships hail from originally."
"Letting them get to their destination could be catastrophic," Casey considered his options "do you know where they are now?"
"Yes," Alfred pulled up the coordinates on the screen in front of Casey, "They left the Asgard system in the Exodus Cluster and are just now leaving a fuel depot in the Pax system in the Horse Head Nebula, on their way to use the relay to get to the Citadel."
"Thanks Alfred" Casey punched in the remaining data and took off to intercept the cargo ship. The Bat-Fighter was quickly through the relay and already in range of the fleet. "Time to see if the cloak tech works, activate now". The Bat-Fighter's hull shimmered as it blended in the with stars around it. It moved unseen among the several other fighters, weaving in between them.
"The Bat-Wing's cloak is holding up and all fighters are unaware of your presence" reported Alfred.
Casey tilted his head, "Bat-Wing?"
"I'm sorry sir, Bat-Fighter" sarcastically replied the A.I.
Casey noted the name and flew the fighter close to the medium sized frigate. He attached the bat shaped fighter on the underside of the frigate.
Casey placed his helmet back on, causing a sealing sound. "Stay silent Alfred".
"Yessir"
Ready now, Batman hit a button that caused a circular hatch to slide open below, revealing the hull of the frigate. "Go" said Batman as the edge of the circular hatch glowed red and began to cut through the hull silently. Batman put his magnetized glove on the metal frigate just as it cut through. Batman then climbed through the hole and placed the metal circle to the side of the hole. "Seal the hole" and with the command, the Bat-Fighter put up a blue field between it and the frigate.
Batman scanned the area around him and marked an area that was more armored and secured than the others, figuring that was the location of the 'weapon'. He crouched down with his cape draped around him and made his way to the end of the hall. Around the corner were two armed guards, one human and the other salarian. Batman scanned through the walls and saw there was one more guard at the end of the hall, possibly asari noted Batman.
He turned the corner and shoved the humans head into the wall next to him and in the same motion side kicked the salarian in the chest. The salarian stumbled back and Batman returned his focus to the human, grabbing his head again and slamming it down on Batman's armored knee. He gently heard the sound of a gun's safety going off behind him, causing Batman to back up into the salarian with his Vindicator assault rifle over Batman's right shoulder. The caped crusader reached up and brought the rifle down, hearing the salarian's bones break in his arms. The salarian howled in pain as Batman kept hold of his arm and flipped him over on the floor in front of him.
Batman looked to the end of the hall in time to see a warp bubble streaking towards him. The silent knight grabbed his cape behind him and 'caught' the warp bubble with it as he twisted himself around. When he was facing the asari again he let out a barrage of three batarangs and let them sink into the asari's right arm, stunning her into unconsciousness.
Batman draped the cape around him and walked cautiously to where the asari laid. Certain she was out; Batman looked to the door in front of him and quickly hacked into the security of the frigate, accessing full access. Before opening the he looked past the door with his scanner and saw that there were at least twenty armed guards on the other side. Batman looked back down to his omni-tool and shut down the lights in the room ahead of him.
The door slid open as Batman crouched again, tossing in four stun grenades. He quickly closed the door and waited two seconds as a loud fizzing noise could be heard through the door. Batman reopened the door and walked in without looking down at the stunned bodies spread all over the room. In the center of the room was a big metal door, with multiple screens and locks. Batman stood in front of the door for a moment, taking note of all the security measures. He calibrated his omni-tool to ready several high-explosive bombs. Batman placed the bombs over the hinges of the door and took several steps back. He hit the button on his omni-tool and the bombs exploded in a brilliant flash of fire.
Batman then equipped a reinforced grapple line and shot it at the top of the door and started to pull down on it. The door creaked and then slammed down on the metal floor. Red light and smoke filled the room beyond the broken door. Batman did a quick test on the gas that filled the room and noted that it was designed as a knock-out gas. Batman walked cautiously into the room, expecting to see a doomsday weapon or an arsenal of prototype guns, but saw nothing. The room had red light filters set on all the walls, floor and ceiling. Batman moved farther into the room, looking all around, when he saw it.
Chained up in tight metal bars was a man. He was unconscious and looked unhurt, knocked out from the thick gas. Batman slowly looked at him, noting his jet black hair and chiseled face. Batman looked further down and saw he wore a tight suit that was brightly colored and had a giant \S/ in a strange pentagon sprawled over his chest.
Media reports all over Terra Nova were buzzing with news that someone had reignited the dormant engines on the orbiting meteor. The meteor had almost crashed into the planet not even a year before, but was stopped by Commander Shepard. The meteor was then left to orbit Terra Nova, with the engines on it left deactivated. With them ignited once again, it was only a matter of minutes before the meteor would plummet into Terra Nova.
Then he came. He tore through space, leaving a red and blue streak behind him. He rocketed out of Terra Nova's local relay and headed right to the meteor. Satellites above Terra Nova zoomed in on the meteor to see him pushing the meteor away from the planet and out of the system. The headlines everywhere read: Superman Saves the Day!
Superman smiled, as he could hear the people on Terra Nova cheering, even though he was thousands of miles away from it in deep space. He continued to push the gigantic meteor away from the planet until it was entirely out of the solar system. He let go of the giant rock and let it drift in the nothingness of space. He turned around, barely able to see the yellow sun of Terra Nova.
Thanks to his solar suit, he always had yellow solar energy stored up and so did not always need to be near a yellow sun. He had long ago abandoned the red cape to his suit, noting it just got in the way when in the vacuum of space. Nodding his head, he started to head back to the relay to continue his day. "I wouldn't do that Superman." The female voice rang in the ear piece Superman had. He paused in space and grabbed a mouth mask from his belt. He placed the clear mouth cover over the bottom half of his face.
"And who would this be?" asked the brightly colored man.
"This is the man who will blow up several buildings on Terra Nova if you do not do exactly as I say."
Superman looked directly at Terra Nova and was about to fly to it, when the voice chimed again.
"I can detonate the buildings faster than you can get there. Do not test me. A ship is approaching you now, I suggest you get in it and we'll talk more." Sure enough a medium sized frigate soon made its way to where Superman was floating.
Superman thought about his options and knew that even at his terminal speed; he would still need five to ten seconds to reach Terra Nova. Plus he had no idea which buildings, if any, were being targeted. He crossed his arms over the oversized \S/ on his chest and floated towards the coming frigate.
A hatch opened on the top of the ship as Superman approached. He flew into it and the hatch quickly closed. Superman landed on the metal floor as the room was depressurized. He stood in the center of the room with his arms crossed as nearly twenty armed guards swarmed around him.
Taking off his breathing mask and putting it back on his belt, Superman glanced at the armed people around him," You guys know this isn't going to end well for you, right?"
"I think it will. I want to meet you Superman and didn't know how to get a hold of you" once again the female voice buzzed throughout the room.
"You're not on the ship are you?" noticed Superman.
"No, I'm sure your super-senses have already told you that. But I am eager to meet you."
"I'm sure. There are no bombs on Terra Nova are there?" Superman said as he shifted his weight.
"Two for two. No, there are not."
"Yea well I'll be leaving now, I'll have to meet you later" stated Superman as he hovered off the ground.
"I wasn't asking." Just as she finished, blue sparks shot out from several spots on the walls, shocking Superman. Superman felt unaffected by the attack, as the bolts retracted into the walls. He floated back to the ground, "You guys really don't know much about me do you?"
The female on the other side of the voice let out a chuckle, "Actually, we know more than you think." As she finished her sentence, all the walls, ceiling and floor lit up red. "This is red solar radiation, which saps your super abilities away, making you…human."
Superman arched his eyebrow and on a hunch lifted his right wrist to check a tiny screen on it, which showed that his solar energy reserves were drained. He realized the electrical attack was in fact an energy drain, designed to drain the solar power. He looked up to see the armed guards inching their way closer to him.
Realizing the bind he was in, Superman grabbed the closest guy to him and twirled him, throwing him into other guards. The other guards opened fire on Superman, shooting stun rounds. Superman dropped to a knee after multiple rounds hit him all over. The guards stopped firing and surrounded him with guns ready.
Superman breathed heavily and in a last act of defiance, uppercutted the nearest guard, sending the human off his feet. The others took to beating the hero with the butts of their weapons, until he was beaten on the floor.
"Secure the package and bring the weapon to me" commanded the female voice.
"Yes, Poison Ivy" said several of the men as they secured the depowered Superman in the center of the red lit room.