Julia popped up as a hologram in the round table, showing off the details to the respective members.

"I've hacked in to the ARGUS database to find out that ARGUS is responsible for the drone strikes in Turbain." Julia said. "They're also responsible for the deaths of several innocent civilians, but it seems like there are some who survived."

"I'm sorry, but can you tell me what the effects of these white phosphorous are?" Conner asked.

"They burn the human skin." Julia said. "When inhaled, they will burn you out internally. It's the most painful death that you can ever think of."

"I... don't know what the effect the white phosphorous had with Kryptonians." Conner said. "Any survivors?"

"We're not sure about survivors." Julia said. "Although there are reports of the drones being attacked by what they reported as 'floating humans'."

"Then they're alive." Conner said. "It's to no effect."

"How many Kryptonians are there?" Damian asked.

"Only five." Conner said. "Zod, Ursa, Krol, Jax, and I."

"So that means we're still going to get the upper hand!" Garfield said.

"Not necessarily." Conner said. "The numbers are low, but they're incredibly dangerous. We acquired powers that are beyond human capabilities."

Conner then received a phone call. He answered the call and recognized the voice on the other side.

"Conner?" Ursa asked. "Have you gotten the Princess?"

"I got her." Conner said. "Where are you?"

"I'm following you off into Gotham." Ursa said. "It seems like you were making some friends here on Earth."

"Well, not for long." Conner said. "Meet me in Bristol where the meteorite crashed. I'll tell you where the Princess is."

"I'll be right there, then."

Conner closed the phone off and told Robin about who just called him.

"That's Ursa." Conner said. "She's one of the Kryptonian Generals."

"I know her." Kory said. "What did you tell her?"

"I told her that I got you." Conner said. "I told her that we're going to meet where you landed your escape pod."

"Do you have a plan?" Damian asked.

"Yeah." Conner said. "We're going to bait her. And by the time we do, we're going to... we're going to kill her."

"You seem hesitant." Kory said.

"How can I not?" Conner asked. "She's been like my mother throughout my time, but I couldn't lie when all she does is to help my father, and trying her hardest to win a war that shouldn't have been won."

"Then let me kill her." Kory said. "I'm going to end her right there."

"Just... make it quick." Conner said. "This world is not going to safe as long as she's in there."

"Alright." Damian said. "That means we're going off into battle. Where are you going to bait her?"

"Somewhere away out of town." Conner said. "I want to minimize destruction as much as possible. A battle between them is going to be tough, and they need to be as far away from civilization as possible."

"The... Bristol Park." Stephanie said. "Seems wide enough to me, and the only risk that I can think of is the highway and Wayne Manor."

"The Highway is too much risk." Tim said. "Let's move it all the way North. The Burton Park is fairly empty and wide enough if you want to duke it out. Just try to guide them as far away as possible."

"Alright." Damian said. "Unfortunately the only peoples who have actual proper combat skills here are Tim, Stephanie, Conner, Kory, Mia, and I. Tim and Stephanie can be dismissed because I don't have another battle armor."

"So you don't need our help?" Stephanie said.

"Yeah!" Garfield said. "What's the point of having them here, then?"

"We're going into the supportive." Tim said. "Damian has his robotic suit and he'll duke it out with the aliens. Conner and Kory were at war with each other so they got experience. And Mia..."

"I'll be on the supportive." Mia said. "Well, I have something to fight the aliens off, but-"

"What?" Garfield said. "But I want to duke the aliens out!"

"Oh great." Mia said. "Next time I'll duke a burning arrow up your suicidal throat."

"I second her opinions." Rachel said.

Garfield bit his lips and struggled to say a word.

"This is your first mission and while I appreciate that you come in here, letting you to duke these alien without proper tactics is going to get all of you killed." Damian said. "You're all superpowered beings, but this is too early for you to unleash your superpowers to be in the offensive. Until I know what you're capable of, I won't let you be in that position."

"How are you to judge?" Garfield said. "I know my powers more than you are."

"Damian is right." Conner said. "The last thing we need to do is to be stubborn and take the offense just because it's a badass thing to do."

"Gar, if I were you, I'd be shutting my mouth up and listen what Damian has to say." Stephanie said. "He's been in this vigilante business for more than seven years. When he tells you to back off, he means it."

"Right." Damian said. "Now I'm going to tell you just this once: Let peoples who are genuinely experienced in combat and are capable of handling aliens handle this. The fight that we're going to have with the Kryptonians are going to cause a significant damage to others including inexperienced peoples like you, which is why I'm putting you all in a safer role."

"What's that?" Rachel asked.

"Civilians." Damian said. "Civilians are going to be at stake around the battle and there's no doubt that this battle is going to cause a lot of damage. I want all of you to check on every single damage that we caused and save every single civilian's life that are at stake."

"So we're the medic?" Garfield said.

"Technically speaking, but it won't be easy." Damian said. "If you have civilians trapped in a building, you're going to need an immense strength to carry them out of there which is where Garfield, Rachel, Victor, and Mia come in to be useful."

"Wait," Mia said. "You're putting me on the supporting? I don't have the same amount of strength as Garfield or Victor here and I certainly can't do magic mumbo jumbo."

"Then do whatever you can." Damian said. "If they find you, you're not safe down there."

"Alright then." Mia said. "I'll do whatever I can to help."

"Now we know our roles, we're going to need a narrative." Damian said. "Conner, since you know our enemies more than we are, I'll leave this up to you."

"Fine." Conner said. "But I'm definitely going to need someone to refine my plans."

"Don't worry. We're here." Damian said. "Just tell us how you're going to play this out."

##

Conner had a simple narrative in his mind. The first phase of the plan was to bring a tied up Kory Anders into the Burton Park. The night time helped this setting a lot.

"So uh... Princess," Conner asked.

"Don't talk." Kory said. "We're doing your plans because Robin says that you can be trusted. I trust him, but I can't trust you."

"I'm sorry, Princess." Conner said. "I shouldn't have confronted you about the Citadelians."

"No."

Conner sharpened his eyes. "What?"

"Rachel was right." Kory said. "I was in denial. I was just... trying to protect my father. I don't care if he have bad ideas. He took care of me since I was a child. I would feel guilty on not returning the favor."

"Kory, he's your father. Of course he's going to treat you well." Conner said. "If your father is proven to have been committing several atrocities, are you just going to let it go? My father comes into this place and instead of letting go past mistakes, he continues on his war. The war completely escalates now that the government stroke down Fascana. My father will not stop on his Turbain conquest. He's going to go to America and attack the government. He's going to put everybody under his control, and by the time that happens, a lot of peoples are going to die."

"I agree with you on that one." Kory said. "It doesn't make you a good person."

"I never said that I am." Conner said. "But I know that you are, at least I know that you are inside."

"How would you know that?" Kory said.

"Because... I love you, Kory."

Kory widened her eyes. She would never believe the rhetoric that Conner expressed. It was going to be lies, but Conner tried his hardest to convince her. However, he had to express it in the most baffling of ways, even though she had done it multiple times before.

Conner grabbed in her chin, lifting it up to glance at her. The moon shined bright today in the middle of the Burton Park. The Princess glanced up towards Conner and paused as she glanced at him. Strangely enough, he was emotionless and pale, but instead of looking cold, he looked... vulnerable. How could he look so weak? How could he look so vulnerable right in front of her? Why would he let himself to be just like that? Why would he glance at her in that way?

That's where Conner went in closer to her face and kissed her. Strangely enough, she wasn't avoiding it. As he went in closer, she closed her eyes and followed in. For the record, she had never kissed her own race, but kissing a Kryptonian already had her heart racing in every second. Conner circled his hands on Kory's waist and pulled her even closer. Kory circled her hands on his back, also pulling him even closer towards her.

They pulled off of that kiss, but instead of glancing at each other and realizing what they have done for each other, they continued pushing in, only in a different angle and direction. They were convinced that they had to taste each other's lips from all side. The Tamaran had that magic kiss that could learn many language. Now he understood the magic. He could feel it.

Conner didn't even realize that he was pinning her down the tree. Despite of that, she grabbed in the back of his neck and pulled him closer. She enjoyed it. If he didn't really like him, why would she like that kiss?

That's when Conner pulled back. That's when he confronted her about him.

"You were enjoying it." Conner said.

"What's the matter about it?" Kory asked. "That doesn't mean that I like you."

"Kory, we used to be like this." Conner said. "I just... wanted us to be like this for the rest of our life."

"I don't think I can do that." Kory said. "I hate you, Conner. This entire thing between us is one-sided, even if I used to have feelings for you."

"And yet you returned my kiss."

Kory scoffed. "Perhaps I'm more inclined for sexual pleasure than commitment."

"Uh... I didn't mean to interrupt," Robin said. "But we're going to need to hurry."

"Right." Conner said. "Sorry about that."

"No you're not." Kory said. "No you're not."

##

The Kryptonian had to tie her up into a tree. This was to create the narrative that Conner successfully captured the Tamaran Princess, even though something like this was definitely beyond his control. If only in a short notice, he could get a few minutes and do whatever it takes to do.

Princess Koriand'r was knocked unconscious. In reality, she was merely pretending to sleep. Conner was waiting right near her, crossing his hands and waiting for Ursa to finally come. All he could do right now was to wait for Ursa and glance at the Princess's beautiful face as she slept.

In a few moments later, Ursa finally showed her face out. She didn't jump up and down or fly herself away. She was wearing a medium-sized armor just like last time, but she kept her head exposed for the sake of appearance.

"I didn't expect you to use armor." Conner said.

"I find it unbelievable that you're able to capture her without even the needs of armor." Ursa said. "And I find it unbelievable that you're able to tie her up into a tree unconscious."

"Yes." Conner said.

Ursa focused her attention on Conner. On her back was the Princess and on her front was Conner. She couldn't see what she's doing on the back, and rightfully so. The narrative is working and Ursa was slowly buying it. All that it needed was for Conner to distract her momentarily as Robin in the back release the ties.

"If you mind me asking, why this place?" Ursa said.

"It's conspicuous for me to tie someone up." Conner said. "How are you doing?"

"I'm doing well." Ursa said. "I should as you that question."

"I'm doing just fine." Conner said.

"If I have to ask, are you serious about your offer to stay here?" Ursa said.

"I'm serious." Conner said. "If going back to him means another war, then I'm going to stay here, no matter what father says to me."

"Well," Ursa said, "if that's the case, then-"

That's when the Princess broke free from the tree and choked her. Ursa tried to struggle, but it was proven that Princess Koriand'r from Tamaran was a million times stronger than her. If the choking wasn't enough, Koriand'r did something more painful, something that caused her to scream beyond the forests.

Koriand'r used some of her starbolts energy and directed it at her finger. She touched Ursa's face with her fingers and let the energy to burn on her skin. Unlike her usual starbolts, this shade of green was a lot darker. It was a more lethal version of her light starbolt that could only cause concussion damage. This one just burned right through.

Since Ursa couldn't handle the pain of the burn, Koriand'r proceed to cover her entire face with her dark green starbolt energy, slowly burning her face. She kicked her bottom knee to make her kneel. In an instant, she made another dark green starbolt on her other hand and that's where she delivered her finishing move.

She grabbed Ursa's head with both hands while one hand had a very strong starbolt energy. The joining of both hands caused Ursa's head to internally explode between it. Conner glanced away as the explosion happened as she practically decapitated her. Blood spread all on her face despite that mini explosion, and Koriand'r have never looked menacing on that.

Despite Ursa being a part of his family, Conner could only stare at her in awe. Koriand'r was glancing at the remaining of what's left of Ursa. Her face was blank, cold, and expressionless. Quite ironic. He was declared as the murderer who murdered her friends, but the Princess herself was not prone on murdering someone as easily as that.

"Ko..." Conner said. "Princess..."

"We should go."

Robin popped up right on Conner's back, asking him to leave whatever kind of damage that she had done. On the other side, there was Mia Queen, who tapped Kory on the shoulder and brought her to leave as well. Mia had seen a lot worse about this kind of death and destruction, and so was Damian.

Although there was a little hint of surprise on Damian's part.