This is the Second Chapter! Thank you for reading and I hope you continue to give me your support in the future! I will add a few hints of Man of Steel details into this story, just to remind you.

If you guys want to know what Superman and Wonder Woman look like,

Superman looks like

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While Wonder Woman looks like

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(copy and paste then on google images, this is the closest I can do without them flagging)

This story's direction is almost like Wonder Woman's background story in the comics. She had an entire arc about her true origins, the true history of the Amazons, and the Olympian Gods. It had its own mythos and gave Wonder Woman that much more meaning, rather than her just being made from clay. I wondered what Superman's mythical story would have been like and decided to write a story about it. (There are several comics that describe how Superman is directly descended from Rao, like when he faced off against Cythonna)

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Fortress of Solitude, 8:00 PM

After laborious searching through Kryptonian Archives, Clark finally managed to what he was looking for. The Kryptonian Archives that came with him, turns out, was not as complete as Clark had originally thought. There was an artifact called the Progenitor Codex that held every single information about Krypton; its people, its achievements, its history, and most importantly its origins. Kryptonian origins were unknown even to Jor-El, Krypton's most brilliant scientist and Head of the El Family. Jor-El's conscience held no information when Clark had asked him, but instead referred him to the Codex. When Clark asked where it was, Jor-El answered that the Codex was inside his own body.

You were a free-birth Kryptonian, Kal-El; the first in millennia. Unlike your mother and myself, you were not genetically modified for a certain purpose or class. And right after you were born, I implanted the Progenitor Codex into your very genes, your very essence. You now carry the entire legacy of the Kryptonian People. (Jor-El)

What does it mean that I was a free birth? (Clark)

It means that your future is yours to forge. The past Kryptonians became to blind in our knowledge and supremacy. We prided that we were the most advanced race within 2,000 galaxies, but failed to strive to be better and grow. And thus we limited ourselves by controlling our very genes, not knowing we were devolving. But you, my son, we bore you naturally to save you from such catastrophe.

What is the Codex?

It is the Birthright of the El-Family. The skull of the very Kryptonian who became a Primordial, Jor-El the First. He is the ancestor to all Kryptonians and had genes for every exemplary trait: strength, cunning, valor, wisdom, intelligence, and most importantly compassion. And everything related to Krypton was recorded into it as well. A form of knowledge that cannot be replicated, but never fully realized unless one had the original, which is now inside your body. If you wish to access its knowledge, you must learn the ancient meditation techniques that our first ancestors knew.

Do you know the meditation?

Even I do not know of it, except it was called Transcendance.

Have you ever heard of the Blades of Supreme Conquest?

Purely from legends. I have heard stories of them and even heard of excavation teams sent to search for them, but nothing remarkable. However they has been a story passed down about them.

Which is?

"When the Blades of Protection, Healing, and Awakening unite against the Blade of Punishment, their clash will open a new era for the Children of the Sun." I had to admit that I pushed aside these story as nothing more than folklore of our primitive ancestors, but as Krypton reached closer to its end, I began to respect these stories more.

Clark remembered his discussion with his father's computerized conscience. So somehow he had to learn about Transcendance, a secret meditation of the Old Krypton. Was there a human version of such meditation that he could base it off of? He had heard of Transcendental Meditation, maybe he should ask Bruce sometime.

"Master?" Kelex, the computer assistant of the Fortress of Solitude arrived in his mobile unit. "Mistress Diana has arrived."

Clark smiled and went to welcome her. He had researched enough for today and it was time for relaxation. He found her in their bedroom, changing her clothes to her underclothes and a large T-shirt.

"Hello, beautiful." Clark whispered as he hugged her from behind and nuzzled her neck. Diana responded with a soft moan and leaned toward him. "Hello to you too."

"So what did you do today?" Clark asked as he turned her around to face him.

"Trained with Hessia, slayed some beasts, then the home folks." Diana smiled, but her smile lessened a bit. "Then I visited my mother."

The Kryptonian understood the sadness in her voice. Her mother was turned to stone and her Amazons sisters to snakes by the vengeful Goddess Hera. Clark later found it ironic that she then lost her own immortality to Apollo and Diana had to take care of her, a friend named Zola and her half-brothers Zeke and Lennox (Diana later referred to them all as home folks). Hell, such family drama would have given Oprah a run for her money. But Diana stood and protected them all. Why? Because she was just that loving and strong.

"She will be back, with your sisters, in time. I am sure of it." Clark spoke softly as he touched her cheek. Diana nodded slowly and they shared a small yet passionate kiss.

"What did you do, lover?" Diana asked.

"Well, I researched on the Blades that Hephaestus mentioned. Apparently the answer to where they are literally written in my genes, but I can't get the answer unless I learn an ancient meditation ritual known as the Transcendance." Clark sighed. "Just when I thought my search was becoming easier."

Diana giggled as she pushed Clark onto the bed and got on top to straddle him. "My experience with past has always been complicated and it is rarely what we want it to be."

"And how did you handle such complications?" Clark teased as his hands traveled under her shirt to her waist.

"I just accepted it and hope for the best. There is literally nothing I can do about it after all." Diana spoke and lowered her face down to Clark's. "But there is something I can do with you."

"I so love the way to you think." Clark whispered and connected their lips.

Mt. Olympus: Aphrodite's Temple. Time Unknown

Aphrodite moaned loudly in her bed as waves of orgasm hit her one after another. As the Goddess of Love and Beauty, she could feel the arousal of mortals and Gods alike. She could specifically focus on a couple and feel their love directly; currently she was focusing on her half-sister Diana and her Kryptonian Mate. She had focused on godly couples before. Zeus and Hercules with their myriad of lovers were memorable; her times with War and Hermes soothed her flames. But the love in question was far more intense and real. It did only strengthened her flames of lust and love to the point that even she would have fainted.

"Stop moaning and open the damn door!" A shriek came from her bedroom door. "I have been banging on your door for hours, Aphrodite!"

The Goddess of Love pulled back her wavy red-brown hair and ignored the intruder. She would cherish this love as long as she could. And after two more hours of arousals and orgasms, Aphrodite finally went to answer the door, to find an angry Artemis.

"What took you so long?" The virgin Goddess of the hunt stormed in.

"I was dining on the most delicious sex I had since...ever!" Aphrodite giggled.

"What? You know what? I don't care. But I do need a lust potion, a strong one." Artemis spoke.

"And why does the virgin one need such a thing? Have you finally found a man to hunt and ride?" Aphrodite teased and Artemis blushed.

"Nonsense! I need it for a mission." Artemis argued. "I need to draw out a mortal and give him to Apollo to punish."

"Who is this mortal? A woman who scorned Apollo like in the ancient times?"

"I don't need to explain myself to you, Aphrodite." Artemis stuck her hand out and Aphrodite reluctantly produced a lust potion and gave it to her.

Artemis grabbed the bottle with delight and smiled. "Time for the hunt, sister." She disappeared and Aphrodite could only pity the mortal she was hunting.

Happy Harbor: Star Cafe, 12:00 AM

Conner and Megan were enjoying a cup of coffee at their favorite cafe in Happy Harbor. They talked about what was going on and so forth, but neither of them could broach the subject: when and how are they coming back together?

The two of them were both scared about what to say and how the other would react. Megan would look to the side, glancing at Conner expectedly. Conner mostly stared at his coffee, glancing back at her.

"So..." Conner spoke a bit and Megan looked up expectantly. "How do you feel about us getting back together?"

"I really want it." Megan moved her hand closer to his. "I missed you."

Conner smiled. "I missed you too." He finally got the courage to tell her how he felt and put his hand on her own. Her hand instantly grabbed his.

"So, how do we go forward?" He asked.

"We learn from our mistakes. I won't manipulate your mind, and you can...talk to me if you have problems." The female martian suggested.

"For starters, yeah. Then we try to make things better than we had before. More talking, more something. I don' know." Conner added and M'gann nodded. "We takes things slow. Dates, movies, late night out."

"Sounds good enough. But do we really have to start so slow?" Megan's other hand reached to hold Conner's. "We already know so much about each other. Our likes, dislikes. We have been together for five years."

"Before we broke it off and you bounced with Lagoon boy." Conner commented and Megan's expression fell. "Look, I don't blame you for the last part. We broke up and you moved on. But I would rather not repeat it."

"I see." M'gann smiled sadly. "Slowly it is. Do you want to do anything else tonight?"

"Walk to the top of Mt. Justice and stargaze?"

"Sure." They walked outside together.

Outside the cafe window, a strangely blue-light glowing squirrel was watching them.

Gotham City Harbor Storage: 12:45 AM

Nightwing knocked an armed thug cold with a kick to the face, dodged a hail of bullets, kicked the gun from the other thug, and punched him down. Behind him, Batman was doing the same, only with Bane.

"This time I break the Bat." Bane growled and slammed his fists down. Batman jumped back, used Bane's arm as a step, and slammed Bane's head down to his knee. The Titan drugged criminal shook off cobwebs as the Caped Crusader shot him with a grappling hook, attached it to the roof, and sent the giant flying to the ceiling. Bane struggled to get free, but to no avail. He hit the ceiling on his head with a brutal thud and fell to the ground, out cold.

"Not this time." Batman commented and threw his batarang at two escaping crooks, nothing them out cold.

"Not a bad night." Dick tied down the remaining crooks. "Weapons confiscated and to be retrieved by GCPD."

"Nightwing, how much longer until you rejoin the Team?" Batman asked and Dick sighed.

"When the time is right. I am not ready for that responsibility, at least not yet." Dick stated. "I will go back when I am ready, and not a moment sooner."

"That is acceptable." Batman and Nightwing left the storage, with sirens in the air. "But you can't run away forever."

"I am not running away. I am recuperating." Dick retorted.

"Making decisions and accepting the consequences are only a few burdens of a leader." Batman lectured. "If you run away from them..."

"I said I am not running!" Dick growled. "I am not ready to make such decisions. And I won't operate as a leader unless I am 100% ready." Dick jumped and left on his own to Bludhaven, while Batman looked at his disappearing form.

"That is the thing, Dick. A leader is never 100% ready." Batman whispered and left as well. He then got a call. "Batman here. Superboy's been kidnapped?"

Watchtower 1:00 AM

Members of the Team and Justice League were assembling for an emergency meeting. Superboy and Miss Martian were attacked by a mysterious being, the former being kidnapped. Miss Martian was currently in the medical wing for her wounds and questions by her uncle J'onn Jonzz.

"The last know location was at Happy Harbor 2 miles away from Mt. Justice." Batman spoke to the Justice League and the Team. "Miss Martian and Superboy were attacked by an unknown entity and Superboy was kidnapped."

Clark clenched his fist with worry and Diana put her hand on his shoulder for support. "Do we know anything about this attacker?" Clark asked.

"Other than the fact that it was glowing blue and transmorph, we know nothing." Batman answered. "We will be deploying and dividing ten members of the League and all members of the Team excluding Miss Martian. They will be divided into groups of 4 spread out from Happy Harbor to investigate."

"Let me go too!" M'gann walked slowly, being held slightly by her uncle. "I saw her with my own eyes. I can help find her!" She spoke desperately.

"You need to rest, child." Martian Manhunter spoke gently.

"Wait, you saw her." Clark walk in front of M'gann. "Can you explain exactly what she looked like?"

M'gann nodded. "She was glowing blue...she changed forms a lot during our fight, but she always had antlers on her head. She had a dagger that basically put Conner to sleep."

"Oh no..." Diana whispered and everybody turned to her. "It was Artemis..."

"Artemis? You mean our Artemis?" Logan asked.

"No, not her. My half-sister." She looked at Clark, who put the two together by himself and looked more and more angry. "Apollo must have sent her to kidnap Conner."

As soon as Diana finished her sentence, Superman jettisoned out of the Watchtower and into space so fast that the entire Watchtower buckled.

"Where is going?" Batman asked Diana.

"To Hephaestus." Diana followed her lover to Mt. Etna, hoping that she could stop him from destroying half of Olympus to save his brother.

Mt. Olympus.

Conner slowly gained consciousness and found himself tied to dinner table. He was stripped down with fruits and flowers covering his most private parts. He had an apple in his mouth, which made it impossible to talk.

"So you are awaking, creature." Conner turned his head to see a humanoid man with black diamond-like skin and blaming eyes. He was eating and drinking right next to him. "I heard you put quite a fight, though not enough. I must say you are a disappointment."

Conner looked around to see where he was, but it was complete darkness, except for the table. "Don't bother trying to figure our where you are. This place is beyond mortals." The man wiped his mouth. Conner tried to break the apple in his mouth, but for some reason he couldn't break it.

"You Kryptonians are strange creatures. Your time has ended and yet you try to live on. Like cockroaches, you are." The man smirked. "Then again, what can a God expect from mortals?" He leaned forward and looked at Conner with his flaming eyes.

"I am above you, simple creature. And before you ask, I am Apollo, the God of Sun and Lord of Olympus. And you will remember who I am."

Mt. Etna

Clark threw Hephaestus to the ground again, overpowering the God of Fire. "Where is he?" He growled, red light dangerously coming from his eyes.

"If you let me up, then maybe I can tell you!" Hephaestus tried to overpower the Kryptonian, but the mortal was far stronger than he was, especially when he was angry. Clark picked him up by the neck and threw him to the wall of his forge. Any harder and the volcano would erupt.

"I am going to ask you one last time." Clark tightened his grip around Hephaestus's neck. "Where is he?"

"Kal!" Diana flew down and tried to pull him away from her half brother. "Stop! I know where he is. He is on Mt. Olympus." Clark put Hephaestus down, making the God of Fire gasp for breathe.

"How do I get there?" Clark asked her.

"It is a place that only Olympians can enter. Fortunately Hephaestus and I are, so we can go."

"If Apollo is involved in this, then he will make it difficult, Diana." Hephaestus slowly pulled himself to his feet, massaging his neck. "More likely he will have monsters guarding the entrance."

"They won't stop me." Clark said with determination and turned to Diana. "Ready when you are." Diana nodded and turned to Hephaestus. "Sorry about this, brother."

"No problems. Just punch your lover for me." Hephaestus grunted and gave her a thumbs up. The Power Couple burst out of the volcano and toward Mt Olympus.

"How far is it?" Clark asked Diana as they flew higher and higher into the air.

"There is a magically placed gate that only Olympians know of. You and I are going through that. But like Hephaestus said, there will be obstacles." Diana warned.

"And I said they won't stop me." Superman growled. Diana grinned at her lover's confidence and they finally passed through the invisible gate. But as soon as they entered, violent winds came to them. Clark merely clapped his hands in front of him to get rid of the wind and burst forward.

"Kal, wait!" Diana tried to match, but Clark was just going too fast. Then giant meteors were falling to greet them. Without losing momentum and speed, Clark burst forward, using his heat vision to destroy some meteors and using his fists for rest of them. Diana followed right behind him.

Mt. Olympus

Apollo felt the tremors and sighed. "Your pathetic brother is coming to rescue you, as expected. Still, he is arriving faster than I anticipated. I suppose he isn't called Superman for nothing." He walked around the table. "But Superman is still a man, and no man is above a god." He lifted a finger and the bounded Conner levitated. "You are going to answer for the insult he has given me, creature. And they will not be soothing."

Mt. Olympus outside...

Clark and Diana landed on top of Mt. Olympus at the gardens. They walked slowly through the massive, walled gardens that was akin to a maze. Clark tried to fly above it, but the walls climbed higher with him.

"The Garden of Hera. Figures, Apollo put this in front of us." Diana commented. Superman tried to use his supervision, but the magic was blocking him. "Do you know how to get through, Diana?"

"There is a trick to traveling through." Diana said to her lover. "The maze constantly changes, but it follows a certain rule. Unless you understand that rule, we will be trapped in there forever."

Clark contemplated for a bit, and was about to use heat vision before Diana stopped him. "Don't, Kal! If you attempt to fight the maze, it will attack us and change its rule so much that we will never escape!"

Clark sighed. "Then what is this rule?"

"Hera told me once that the Maze Garden was built to be finicky. But if you look at a certain perspective, then the way should be clear." Diana whispered to herself. So she had to look like Hera would look. A Queen would look at a maze and...merely wave her hand and demand passage. That was certainly Hera's way.

"I demand you clear the way!" Diana spoke in a most commanding way she could and surely enough the Maze slowly disappeared. Clark landed next to her, gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "Wow, you did it."

Diana winked at him. "Glad that I came along?"

"More than ever." Clark smiled and the two of them flew outside the garden. Outside the garden was a giant GATE, but in front of it was an army of monstrous creatures. Cyclops, Hydras, centaurs, trolls, chimeras, and more.

Clark merely cracked his knuckles and Diana pulled out her sword. "Shall we go, my love?" Diana asked.

"In love and war." Clark smiled and the two of them charged against the army. The Power Couple, partners in love and War. The invincible combination of sword and shield against the might of Olympus

Somewhere Else on Olympus

The tremors and shakes were so great that the walls of Olympus was slowly cracking.

"I have sent all the creatures we had in Olympus!" Strife said as she waved her goblet of wine to the point it was spilling. "But Diana and her lover are tearing through them like hot knife in butter!"

Apollo leaned back on his throne. In front of him was Conner, who was more or less unspoiled and unhurt. He was more scared than anything else, but if that woman was telling the truth, then he had to wait only a bit longer.

"I admit that I underestimated Diana and her pet. So I am going to make this as quick as possible." Apollo got off her throne and opened a portal in front of him. "When I first met the Kryptonian, I was going to throw him into a the cauldron at Hephaestus's forge. But Unfortunately I was unable to do that. So I supposed I will have to do with you."

Conner's eyes widened. He was being thrown into a cauldron? Apollo lifted his finger and the bindings around him was loosend, but Conner was still pretty much powerless.

Strife leaned toward Conner, pulled the apple out of his mouth, and gave him a sloppy kiss. "Hmmm, you do taste different from humans." Strife licked her lips while Conner tried to lean away from her. She roughly grabbed his chin and forcefully gave him a french kiss. Conner felt his mouth and tongue bruise from the force.. "But not strong enough for me." She flicked him away.

"Well mortal...the Fires of Hephaestus are more than enough to burn you to cinders." Apollo smiled. "But it will be instantaneous."

"Stop!" The two Olympians turned to see Clark and Diana, who forcefully open the Gates to Apollo's throne room. Behind them were the entire army of legendary monsters that scared lesser mortals in their nightmares. All defeated and bloodied.

"Hello, Kryptonian." Apollo waved nonchalantly. "I hoped you would arrive, to see your brother."

Clark was angry, more angry than he had ever been in his life. "Let him go, now!"

Apollo looked amused. "As you wish." He then dropped Conner through the portal.

"No!" Clark roared and burst so fast that Apollo could not see him. He punched Apollo and chased down after Conner through the portal. Diana, on the other hand, brandished her sword and held it against Apollo's neck.

"You just made a terrible mistake, brother." Diana said in an angry voice.

"You would kill me? Your brother and King?" Apollo spoke through his severely cracked face. His face was barely held together and flames were escaping through the cracks.

Diana glared at him. "I won't kill you, but then again, I won't stop Kal from doing so."

It happened in less than a nano-second. Clark was flying as fast as he could, but Conner was falling faster. Clark must have flown at least 50,000x the speed of light, his personal record. But still, he failed.

He saw Conner falling into the lava cauldron of Hephaestus, splashing. Clark let himself fall next to the cauldron, crashing.

"NO!" He roared with sadness and outrage. His brother...just died. And he failed him. He smashed his fists against the floor of the forge, each strike strong as a hydrogen bomb.

"Stop it!" Hephaestus roared and dug his hand into the floor, trying to control the lava beneath. "If you continue, then the volcano, along with the tectonic plate, will burst!"

Clark barely managed to stop himself. He was so filled with grief that he couldn't even see straight. He was crying.

Then suddenly, all was silent, one deep, eerie voice came forth from the cauldron.

SO SMALL...ALL OF YOU...

And that was the second chapter of this story. Somehow I managed to make it interesting. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review!

I probably will update within 2-3 weeks.