By David Mycock Time Wave 26
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of smallville or superman they belong to the people who created them at the time the other characters belong to their respective creators.
Pairing: Clark/Lana/Raya/Diana
Summary: Set during season Four, Clark is hit by a mysterious wave of energy which gives him knowledge of the future and how to prevent a dark future from befalling him and those around him. He decides to act on the knowledge especially concerning Lana.
(Fortress of Solitude)
Clark watched Chloe, Lois, Bart and Arthur vanished from the fortress to begin the first part of their plan, he hoped he was not making a very big mistake in involving Chloe and Lois but he knew deep in his heart as well as from his memories how well the two could take care of themselves so he pushed his worry aside.
He looked around and noted everyone was ready and waiting to head out, Bruce was just kissing Talia for good luck before he pulled his mask on and stood next to Oliver who was priming his bow. Beside him stood Raya and Diana both looking as series as they had in his memories, he saw a flash of Raya as she looked when she died in the future and quickly banished it. He would not allow it to happen again he vowed, he felt Raya's hand find his and sqeeze it and he quickly returned it with a small smile. She could tell he was tense as they preapred for battle, a battle he hoped would finally end the nightmare future he still feared would happen.
Diana was not blind to the tenseness of Clark or Raya but she was too focused on the fight to come to offer any help, she had been trained for combat by some of the best warriors of Themyscira and she knew the kind of mindset one needed for battle. She also knew Clark and Raya would shake of their worry once the signal was given, she looked around and felt pride in been apart of a group of people such as she found herself apart of here.
Across from them Dax-Ur stood once more ready for the fight to come and what he hoped would be his redemption, if they could succesfully reprogram Brainiac then maybe he could finally be put to the use he would orginaly created for. Beside him stood Jor-El in his Avatar's body also ready for what he hoped would be a final clash with Zod his former friend turned mortal enemy, how he wished things had not progressed to this point how he wished things could be different.
He knew his son knew the truth of what had gone down on Krypton between him and Zod but he doubted he truly understood what it had been like in reality, there was a time when he and Zod had almost been like brothers but things changed too much and they became two different people with vastly different view points on what was best for Krypton and their people. Those differing points of veiw damaged their relationship to the breaking point especially as Zod became more darker and full of rage and arogance that only his views were right which finally turned into his desire to conquer their world and destroy all who opposed him.
The war that had comsumed their world had been devastating and something he hoped Earth could be spared of which was why he had sent Kal-El here in the first place, but it would seem this mission was much harder than it appeared and his son and what was left of the league in the future had fallen back on time travel to try and advert the same destruction from falling on this planet. He felt it nessacary to do all he could to aid his son in finally ridding this universe of Zod's perversive nature, he would avenge Krypton's fall and Lara's death.
"It's done Clark, security is down" Chloe's voice over the open comm link broke them all out of their thoughts and made them all look to Clark who took a deep breathe.
"Ok you all know the plan and what to do" he stated with a confident smile "Stick close to one another and try not to get seperated as that is how they will bring us down like they did with Lana, we know who we are fighting and we know what they are capable off so lets go take care of this problem once and for all" he added his smile fading.
They watched as Lois and Chloe finally returned and they all noted Lois was laughing whilst Chloe had a red face and they briefly wondered what had happened before they all teleported out of the fortress along with the cyborgs Jor-El had created for the fight, Talia shivered slightly and she prayed Bruce would return to her alive and well. Ra noted his daughter's action and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, whilst he watched Lois continue to tease Chloe.
(Secret Base)
Zod looked up as the lights went out before the emergency power came on, he smiled grimly as it meant the battle was about to begin, he would look forward to finally gaining his ultimate revenge on Jor-El for everything he had taken from him including his rightful place as ruler of Krypton and from there the universe.
He turned to Brianiac and nodded at him to go and help in the defence before wondering which member of the house of El he should kill first, maybe by killing Kal-El and Kara first he would break Jor-El's spirit completely. The idea had merit he thought but then again maybe killing his old foe first would be more fun, in the end he guessed it would depend on who reached him first. Once he had finally destroyed the house of El he would also remove that old relic Dax-Ur as well just for attempting to aid them in stopping him, today would the beginning of his conquest of the known universe and this time nothing would stand in his way or stop him for achieving his destiny.
Suddenly the doors to his base exploded inward and his smile grew bigger as he watched the league pour in, he watched as Joker and Bane broke off and headed towards Batman and his circle of close allies. Not that he was surprised by that as he knew they both had personal scores to settle as well, Toyman he noted was trying to get close to Green Arrow with a few of his pipe bombs and Brainiac it seemed was proberly hunting Dax-Ur.
"Kill them all" he shouted as his army of normal villains and insane meteor freaks charged towards the enemy.
Clark unleashed a devastating barrage of heat vision into the approaching horde of insane meteor freaks killing many of them, he had told each of the league to not hesitate to kill the insane freaks as they were doing them a favour. They were ending the pain and insanity Zod/Luthor and his allies had inflicted on them, Batman flung a batbomb into the crowd which exploded and took out another three before they reached the first of the hero's. Arthur was pushed back as three meteor freaks crashed into him along side Donna and Nightwing. Kyle took to the air and used his ring to create a prison for a few of the meteor freaks before he was brought down by a flung pipe; he hit the ground hard with a broken noise but quickly got back up. Jade and Obsidian quickly moved to aide him, Batman faced the charge of Joker and Bane both had hate filled faces as they rushed him and he knew this would be not easy.
Diana crashed into a wave of normal villains who had joined with Zod with Kara by her side, their powers were no match for the Amazon princess or the last Krytonian woman still living and they easily pushed them back taking them down with powerful punches to their faces and chest. Oliver unleashed some of his gas arrows whilst trying to help Bruce who was now in the middle of a heated fight with Joker and Bane, he was taking some bad blows as he was been double teamed. Zatanna moved to his side and began to unleash her magic.
"Help Bruce" she told him "I'll deal with this lot" she added as confidently as she could. Oliver hesitated for a few minutes before he nodded and rushed into the fight hitting Bane in the side and just stopping the mad man from putting a blade into the distracted Batman's back.
Clark growled as he watched Brainiac nail Catwoman so hard she sailed into the wall and dropped to the floor unconscious with blood around her mouth and noise. Atom tried to aide her but was quickly take out of the fight as well as Brainiac flung him into the roof and then grabbed his leg and sent him crashing into the floor with a thud. He supersped over and caught the finishing blow that would have killed Atom and pushed Brainiac away, the two now faced one another.
"Are you ready to die at last Kal-El?" Brainiac asked with an amused smile "All you've done is delay the inevitable, I know exactly how badly you did in the first time line and now you will fail again" he taunted his smiling growing cold as his eyes bored into Clark's.
"Over my rotting corpse" Clark shot back with a growl "I will not fail, not here and not now" he added as they began to circle one another "It is you who will fail" he stated before he launched himself forward.
Brainiac was ready for the attack and managed to block it and soon they began to trade powerful blows, each landed some heavy shots but neither could land a finishing blow. Brainiac shoved Clark into the nearby wall shattering most of it from the force; Clark shoved him back and lashed out with a head butt which staggered Brainiac. They began to trade blows again, behind them Diana and Kara continued to take down the allies of Zod with force. Kara like her cousin unleashed the full potential of her heat vision and roasted one of the insane meteor freaks as it managed to pound Diana to the ground.
Dax-Ur and Jor-El quickly rushed forward and pounced on the distracted Brainiac as he managed to send Clark flying through the wall with a devastating right hook, between the two they managed to force the A.I to the ground as Clark stumbled over to them and took the device from Dax-Ur which they hoped would reprogram him back to his original purpose.
"NOO" Brainiac struggled but found he could not dislodge the two onto of him "I will not be beat especially not by you Dax-Ur" he screamed before Clark pushed the device onto the back of his neck.
The device lit up and instantly began to reprogram Brainiac just as Dax-Ur had planned, the AI's eyes turned green as his programming began to be rewritten. His struggles stopped although neither Dax-Ur nor Jor-El released him just in case he was faking, Clark took deep breathes as he recovered from the blows he had taken. He looked around wondering where Zod was hiding or where he was keeping Lana.
"Is it working?" he asked.
"I believe so, go Kal-El find Zod" Dax-Ur urged him in response as he briefly looked up at him.
Clark nodded and took of hoping to find Zod and finally put an end to this madness, behind him Bart blocked off two of the Meteor freaks who tried to stop him. Arthur quickly joined him and together they fought the two back from the door Clark had just vanished through, J'onn blasted through three more of the meteor freaks with his strengh and speed aiding him. Joker growled as Batman again dodged his sword swips and lunged forward again only he over extended himself which left him vulnerable to Bruce's back kick which caught him in the chest. The Joker fell backwards but regained his footing and circled his nemsis again, behind them Oliver and Bane continued to exchange left and rights. Both were bloody but they continued to fight, the League was gaining ground.
Clark entered what looked like a command centre as it was filled with maps of the city and what liked potenial points of attack, he looked around feeling as if he was been watched.
"Welcome Kal-El" Zod's cold voice made him spin around to face his foe as he stepped out of the shadows, he felt a cold shiver go down his spine as he brought Lana out with him. Her eyes were vacant of the woman he had loved for so long, he noticed thd collar on her neck and he glared at Zod who seemed to notice the direction of his gaze "Ah yes the collar, it was nessacary to use that to keep that witch which is inside Lana under control, I did not want anything to mess with Lana's new personality which is loyal only to me" he taunted Clark seeing the pain this caused.
"And for that you will pay" Clark all but shouted as he felt his rage and anger spike "You destroyed our home world but that was not enough for you, you had to come here and do the same here" he continued as he moved forward "Well your desire for conquest ends here Zod, I will stop you" he stated as he prepared for the fight ahead.
"You have courage Kal-El I give you that but like your father you do not have what it takes to beat me" Zod responded as he placed his left hand around Lana's neck "Now surrender or I will kill her" he ordered.
Clark froze as he looked into Zod's cold eyes and knew he was serious, everything inside of him screamed at him to do as he had been ordered except that one part of him that was Kal-El from the future. He knew what awaited them if he surrender, but could he sacarfice Lana as he had done since she had been kidnapped. Thankfully he did not have to find out as Jor-El exploded out of the wall behind Zod and flung him away from Lana, Clark quickly enaged Zod as he jumped back to his feet and they began to wail on one another quickly drawing blood.
Jor-El knocked Lana out and handed her over to Brainiac who then took her back to the fortess, Jor-El was relieved Dax-Ur's reprogramming device had worked. It had taken Zod's best ally away from him and now hopefully the AI could be used for its real purpose, he looked back as Kal-El was flung into the wall with such force it broke behind him. Kal-El quickly regained his feet but was backhanded halfway across the room, filled with rage he rushed forward and intercepted his former friend turned bitteriest rival and struck him with all the force he could manage. Zod was sent realing back into the wall damaging it furthur.
"Not bad Jor-El" Zod said wiping the blood from his mouth "But today the house of El falls" he promised as he stalked towards the avatar of his former friend "No one can stop me, not you, not your son and not your niece either" he swore.
Back outside Oliver finally stumbled from the many blows he had taken from Bane and was then finally kicked backwards, he felt a couple of ribs break and knew he was finished for this fight. Bane stalked forward intending to kill the fool who had interupted his fight with Batman but J'onn intercepted him, having turned himself into a replica of Bruce. Bane screamed a cry of fury as he thought he was fighitng his hated nemsis and began to try and kill him, J'onn felt the power behind the blows but quickly fought back. Jade and Obsidion noting that they had the upper hand quickly recovered Atom, Catwoman and Oliver and took them back to the fortress for treatment.
Bruce was getting tired of fighting the Joker and finally decided to end it, he waited for the insane clown to come at him again with his sword and then twisted sideways and lashed out with two quick right hooks followed by a knee to the man's chest. This sent Joker to the ground and he quickly brought his elbow down into the man's exposed neck which knocked Joker out finally. He turned to find Bane and noted he was fighting an exact replica of him, he frowned for a minute before he realised it had to be J'onn who must have copied him. He looked around and noted Diana, Raya and Kara were taking down the last of the Meteor freaks, whilst Bart and Arthur dealt with some of the normal villians although he noted most had escaped clearly noting they had been beat. He nodded pleased by this before he went and struck Bane from behind, striking him at the knee's he brough the madman down and then nailed him in the face with a right hook whilst J'onn followed it with his own shot and they continued until Bane stoped trying to get back up.
The wall exploded causing all of the remaining League members turn to see Jor-El fly through the air only to land painfuly haflway into the room, turning fully they saw Zod step out of the hole with a grin on his face.
"Time to finally die old man" Zod spat at his hated foe who struggled to get back up but knew Lionel's body was just to exhausted to do anymore.
"I don't think so Zod" Clark's voice made Zod spin around but he was to slow and he was struck with a blast of heat vision in the chest which sent him flying backwards.
Clark shot forward and began to strike Zod with left and rights as hard as he could make them, Zod struck back as best he could but he noted the rage from Kal-El was giving his foe an edge. He tried to catch Kal-El's legs with a trust kick but Clark jumped over them and nailed Zod in the face with a back hand, he followed it up with his own kick which again forced Zod back.
Zod growled in anger before he fought back and managed to catch Kal-El in the chest, the force of the blow sent him to the ground but he quickly rolled back to his feet. Some of the other League members wanted to help but Diana and Raya stopped them, they reminded them this was Kal-El's right and he had to end it. Zod lashed out again but Clark moved out of the way and nailed Zod in the side with his boot, he followed it with an elbow in the back and then a right hook which finally staggerd Zod and allowed Clark to punch him in the chest with all the force he could muster. Zod smashed into the left over remains of the wall and collasped to the ground, his vision was beginning to blur and he cursed not having a full kryptonian body as not matter how much Luthor's had been upgraded it would never be as good as his real body.
"Damn you and your family for always getting in my way" he spat as he tried to force himself back to his feet "I would have been a god if not for you" he added.
"That was always your problem" Jor-El spat as he was helped up by Dax-Ur "You lust for power was always too great, you were once a great soldier and defender of our people but look at you now" he continued "A disgrace, a murderer and the man who destroyed our home, all because of your lust for power" he growled.
"Silence, I always hated your sermans Jor-El" Zod growled as he finally managed to regain his feet and tried to attack Clark again but he was too weak from the combat and was easily blocked and Clark nailed him in the face again.
"Your lust for power ends now" Clark growled as he stepped forward and finally knocked Zod out cold leaving the room in silence.
"What do we do now?" Bart asked as he held his side which hurt from a bad shot he had taken from one of the meteor freaks.
"We take Joker, Bane and Zod and send them to the Phamton zone and then we get ready to face the music of our actions when we alert the government of what we have done" Bruce answerered holding his own side
"Is there anyway to draw Zod out of Luthor before we send them to the zone?" Raya inquried as she and Diana moved to Clark's side.
"Brainiac told is there is no way to reverse what was done to Luthor unless Zod himself left his host and I doubt Zod will do such a thing" Dax-Ur told her with a shake of his head.
"Let's get back to the fortress and send these three to the zone" Clark said as he grabbed Zod. J'onn grabbed Bane whilst Bruce picked up the Joker. As one they activated their beacons and vanished as the sould of the police began to sound.
(Fortress of Solitude)
Everyone watched as Bane was flung into the zone first and then Bruce moved forward with the Joker, the expression of his face was calm as he pushed his greatest enemy into the portal hopful it would be enough to contain not only Joker but the other criminals they had sent through so far. Clark and Jor-El then moved Zod forward and with a brief glance at each other flung him in as well, they had decided it was too dangerous to allow Zod to regain counciounes before they sent him through.
"It's over" Diana said as he leaned against Clark as did Raya. Talia leaned against Bruce pleased to see him return in good healt and also witnessing what she hoped was the permanat exile of the Joker and Bane, two of Bruce's greatest hugged Chloe as she watched events from the back next to Lois and Karl.
"No, not yet" Clark disagreed with a shake of his head "We have to see if we can save Lana from whatever they did to her and we also have to see if we can do what Ra asked us to do in concerns to Nyssa" he reminded them.