Smallville: Darkseid

(Smallville is ©2001-2011 The CW Network & DC Comics. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are ©2001-2011 The CW Network & DC Comics. Any and all Knight Rider Elements are ©1982-1986; 2008 Universal Studios. Hannah Melvin is used by Permission)

Chapter 4: Mirror Universe Part 2

The Mirror Earth: Hannah Melvin walked into the Kent farm. She had never stepped onto this farm before but her family had known the Kents before they were branded as slaves. She remembered meeting the Ross family who were also branded as slaves. This government, she now knew would brand anything out of fear of loss of control. Religion, skin color, political affiliation, anything that the United Empire of America didn't deem as acceptable was immediately branded a slave. She had moved to Smallville after escaping from Houston when her family had been systematically killed by UEA forces simply because they were Christians. She remembered reading how Muslim Extremists had forced two airplanes in Clark Kent's reality into the World Trade Center, but 9/11 had not happened here, for the various government forces had not tried to attack the UEA due to either extreme religious views, or for political reasons. She had known a long time ago that any government doing that would be met with a missile strike from America. Here, America was a force to be feared and was slowly muscling its way into other countries which had been democratic in their thinking. The UEA had started out democratic but had developed an almost communist viewpoint as the Soviets did in Clark's reality. She had when LuthorCorp President Lionel Luthor sent her over, had her communications device download much of the historical data of her own universe and had the device turned over to the LuthorCorp of what would become Clark Kent's reality when She had been found by LuthorCorp techs. She left behind the data and had recently recovered the data and had learned that the communications device was still transmitting, so prior to her teleporting over, had Tess Mercer CEO of LuthorCorp implant a chip so that history from the Mirror Universe, her own reality could be implanted and stored and recalled when She attached any device like a Bluetooth to her ear.

She stared at the mostly empty main house of the farm with Chloe Sullivan, her best friend in this realty. They saw a woman packaging stuff up in boxes. This Chloe, never having met the Kents or Clark, stared at the beautiful young woman. "Who is she?" Chloe whispered to Hannah.

"Mrs. Kent?" Hannah spoke up. The younger looking woman looked up. She stared at Hannah in wonder.

"Who are you, Miss?" Martha asked. Hannah smiled. "It's me, Hannah Melvin. You babysat me when I was little, before my parents were killed. I need to know when The Darkness invaded. According to our official history it happened during World War I, which was a full 30-40 years before in the universe that I was sent to had The Darkness happened. Two Kryptonians were sent here to this reality and they hid a diary on this side of the Mirror. I need to find it so I can aid The Last Son of Krypton to stop Darkseid," Hannah said.

"Why involve me?" Martha said. Hannah knew she had what was called Trusted status, which meant she was a slave but was able to run for Congress while most slaves were not, and since Martha held Trusted status meant She had access to classified files that a normal slave like Hannah wouldn't have.

"Your one of the few slaves with Trusted status. Please, Mrs. Kent. I need your help otherwise Darkseid will overtake the other side of the Mirror and not even the Last Son of Krypton will be able to stop him," Hannah pleaded. Martha looked at a nearby toolbox, and took a hammer and broke up a wall, and removed a Kryptonian artifact. Hannah stared at it. It was the Mirror Book of Rao. This book unlike the one from the Mirror would not teleport a Kryptonian to New Krypton but would reveal the History of Darkseid.

"This artifact not only would reveal the coming of Darkseid but would teleport you back to the other side of the mirror and permanently close the connection between this side and the other side of the Mirror Universe. The only way to reestablish the connection is to reopen the book. There is an access code that any citizen of this side of the mirror can access and would take them to the other side. My people gave into the Darkness, but maybe the citizens of that other reality would not give in," Martha said. Martha had recently been divorced from Jonathan Kent, and was in the process of moving out of the Kent Farm. Hannah smiled as she remembered the event that brought General Zod and the surviving Kandorians were transported to a planet they renamed New Krypton, while General Zod's Mirror Universe duplicate Major Zod had been destroyed when the Book of Rao had been opened in Superman's universe.

"What are you doing?" Hannah asked as she saw Martha pick up a box. "Jonathan and I couldn't work things out. The Courts granted us a divorce when Jonathan couldn't set me free. I'm a slave for a life, despite my husband's attempts. Why do you ask?" Martha asked.

"I am a Christian, and my concern is for you as a person, not as a slave. I've been freed," Hannah said. Jonathan stepped in. He was a broken man, having lost his wife to the government's wishes. He stared at her.

"Hannah? What are you doing here?" He asked. Hannah stared quietly at him. "I needed to recover something to help the Last Son of Krypton. Martha gave it to me, and I must go back," Hannah said.

"You're talking about Ultraman or someone else?" Jonathan asked. "Kal-El of Krypton on the other side of the Mirror is a hero, not a murderer like he is here on this side of the Mirror. It was revealed to us, that he would reveal himself and inspire hope in mankind. I was sent by that Kal-El for the Book of Rao. I have the Book of Rao and it will close this universe off to the other. Both will be separate technologically, spiritually, and morally. It will mean no one from this side of the Mirror can go to the other side, and vice versa. My parents are dead as is my sister, and I will be happy on the other side. So this is goodbye. Thank you and May God bless you," Hannah said as she opened the book and light flared around her. At that moment, Government forces stormed in and pointed guns to the area where the light surrounded her and she was gone.

"Where was she going?" Commander Tess Mercer asked as she grabbed Martha Kent and slammed the younger woman against a wall. "She went to the other side of the mirror," Martha said. Tess stared at her. "We'll follow her," Commander Mercer said. Jonathan shook his head.

"You can't. The Book of Rao from this reality would have a dual effect of transporting the individual to the other side while at the same time closing the two connecting Universes leaving them separate with no way of sending anyone over from either side. The Kryptonians who left that book also left instructions when they hid it here. One of my farmer hands found it buried on my land near where Kal-El's ship was found on this side of the Mirror. The person who planted the Book on this side was one of Jor-El's descendants who found himself on this side of the mirror and then transported to the other side without incident. The book is nothing more than a teleportation device. I'm sorry, Commander," Jonathan said.

Watchtower Headquarters-light flared near the command center and Hannah Louise Melvin, resident and former slave of The Mirror Universe reappeared and walked up to one of the computers and inputted an access code that was set up for her to close the connection. She inputted it and the blue light that had surrounded her faded out as well as the connection with that corrupted reflection of a reality. She sighed, for she had friends who were leading a rebellion against Ultraman and his government led forces. She knew Clark had turned his clone also called Ultraman in the future around, but knew that wasn't possible in the alternate reality she was born in. She said a prayer for that realty and then brought up the Queen Industries satellites to begin looking for Darkseid. One of the satellites turned and she saw a planet sized meteor coming to Earth. But as she looked at it she realized it wasn't a meteor, but was a planet. Apocalypse was coming….

To Be Continued…