Really short chapter, but it will be a double update.
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Chapter Twenty Six
Approaching Disaster
Batman was standing in front of a large monitor. For the past weeks, he had been keeping tag upon a strange murders and destructions that had been happening across the country. He hadn't been able to identify the attacker but from what he could gather, it was someone brutal and also…
He quickly typed a few commands in, charting the murders on the map and he narrowed his eyes. From what he could see, one of the attacker's possible paths was the city of Metropolis.
With the image of a certain heroine in mind, the Dark Knight turned around.
He had a phone call to make.
Daily Planet
Lara Kent was at work at the Planet as she typed on the computer in front of her. She was fixing something for Chloe who had gone to get some coffee. Sighing, she leaned backward as her phone started to ring. Pulling it out, she glanced at the caller I.D. and frowned.
UNKNOWN
She opened the phone and put it against her ear.
"Hello."
"Supergirl," a voice said.
Lara paused slightly.
"Who is this?"
"It's Batman," the voice told her.
"Hold on," she said.
She glanced around to see if she was watched before super speeding toward the roof so that she could be alone. Once she was there, the girl of steel put the phone against her ear.
"Does the League need me for something?"
"No," Batman answered, "But there is something that had caught my attention for the past weeks that you should be aware of."
"Does it have anything to do with those murders?"
"You're aware of them?" Batman questioned.
"I work in a newspaper company," Lara told him, "I heard about them."
"Whoever is causing them is in a pattern," Batman told her, "And one of their possible paths is Metropolis. Be on your guard for anything."
Lara sighed.
"I will, thanks for the heads up."
The line was cut and Lara hung up, looking out toward the city as an idea sprung into her mind.
"What are you searching for?" Chloe asked standing beside her shoulder with a steaming cup of coffee in hands.
"Where the mystery murders started," Lara told her, quickly typing away.
"Wasn't it a mining factory?" Chloe asked.
"Where?" Lara asked her turning toward the blonde.
"Well," Chloe said, typing over the dark-haired girl. An image pops up on the screen with an address and location.
"It's just outside of the state," Lara said standing up.
"Okay, why is this so important suddenly?" Chloe asked her.
"Batman is concerned enough to give me a call about them," Lara told her, "if Batman is concerned about something…it's enough for me."
Lara then disappeared with super speed.
The girl came to a stop in front of the mines. A gate was baring her way with barbwires and a KEEP OUT notice upon the gate. Lara simply jumped over the fence in a leap landing on the other side. A quick scan with her X-ray vision showed her that the place was deserted. The workers probably had the day off, making her job easier.
Then as she was looking through the earth, she notices something that looked awfully familiar to her underneath the Earth. Lara followed the tunnel down underneath the place, arriving in front of police tapes which she crossed over.
Right in front of her, half buried into the earth was the side of the craft she had seen. Approaching it, Lara noticed that it was run-through creating a hole large enough for a man to walk comfortably inside which Lara did.
As soon as she stepped into it, the entire inside light up as familiar symbols started to flash in front of her…
Kryptonian Symbols
Lara approached them trying to read it but it wasn't making the remote sense to her…like something had messed with it…
"…Krypton…"
Lara approached where the voice was coming from; the words were filled with statics.
A recording, she thought.
She touched the crystals in front of her, clearing the statics a little, thought it was till there.
"The ex…riment….as failure…number of…s…tist…killed….dangerous….Krypton…"
Lara moved her hand on the crystals control, clearing the recording.
"It's bent on killing anything that come….cross it," the voice continued more clearly, "The monster dubbed Doomsday…live in this ship and was shot out of Krypton. I pray it died by the day this ship is…found."
Then the noise fell silent.
Lara glanced at the large container that was on the side of the ship, one which was crashed open and the broken pieces of metal…
"Oh my God," she whispered, as all of it came together.
This creature was made on Krypton…with his blood absorbing solar power. This thing could be as powerful as her if not…more.
And Batman had said this thing could possibly be heading toward Metropolis?
Fuck with a capital F.
Fuck indeed?
What will Lara do?
Jacques0 out.
R&R.