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 6: world war two
December 7, 1941: Kal-El stared at a picture of the farm that one day he would live on. His team comprised of himself, Trinity Jean Knight, & Davis Bloome, had moved into an apartment near downtown Metropolis. They had heard of the terrifying attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor first hand. But instead of history playing out as it should, Clark found himself and his team waiting instructions from Maya Zod on what to do next. Davis had remarked to him, that his Doomsday alter ego had recently become active when he was in the presence of Maya Zod, much to his concern. He had set himself up in his guise of "Curtis Kent" as a teacher at Smallville High School teaching History to some of the students who would one day become the very teachers he would learn under. He and his team on this particular day were busy unpacking. He had gotten access to a Knight Industries emergency fund set up for Garth Knight but the account had been frozen by Wilton Knight in the '80's when the young man had been serving 3 consecutive life sentences. In this era that account had been put aside for daily expenses for the up and coming company that a very young Wilton Knight who had been traveling the US after getting out of college had started. Trinity Jean Knight had set herself up as a local Law Enforcement officer affiliated with the FBI and Davis had set himself back up in Metropolis as a paramedic. Clark had been talking with a very young Hyrum Kent who was set to go to college but was afraid considering the attack on Pearl Harbor that had happened earlier in the day that they had learned about on the radio. Hyram was over at the apartment helping Clark move a couch. Clark had been asked by Hyram if the two were related to which Davis who was getting ready for work at Metropolis General had said no.
"Why is your friend so cold?" Hyrum said as he watched Davis leave. Clark shrugged his shoulders.
"He had just gotten out of college and had planned on becoming a lawyer but was suggested by his dying father that he become a paramedic," Clark said. He knew Hyrum would not be able to check Clark's story so it was easy. Clark then felt it. An overwhelming sense of fear spreading like wildfire across the US. Clark scrambled to grab his Bluetooth. He quickly slipped it into his ear. He knew Queen Industries had a satellite orbiting Earth and he very quickly brought up the voice activation sequence to the satellite to gain access to it.
"What are you doing?" Hyrum asked. Clark quickly placed a Crystal he had taken with him from the Fortress and placed it on the coffee table and the crystal "erupted" into a holographic keyboard and screen which showed a dark shadow beginning to cover the US starting with the New England area and spreading westward.
"This is Kal-El to all teammates. The Darkness has arrived in the US. We've got to accelerate our plans," Clark said.
"Who are you talking to?" Hyram asked as they sat down on the couch they had just set down in the Apartment's living room.
"Listen to me carefully Hyrum. This darkness that is being shown is a plague of fear sent by a being of unimaginable power that is helping the Germans. The being has been known by many names but He is known as Darkseid. He is an Extra Terrestrial being from a planet known as Apokolips. Do you understand?" Clark said. Hyrum nodded. He then saw a blur of speed and Trinity Jean Knight stood there where three seconds later she had not been.
"What do you want to do Brother?" She asked. Hyrum started at her.
"Who are you?" He asked. She smiled.
"I am Trinity Jean Knight, and this is my brother Kal-El. He was born on the planet Krypton but sent to Earth years from now. I was born of Kryptonian blood but was born here on Earth. The Paramedic Davis Bloome is also of the planet Krypton. We were sent here from the Future to stop Darkseid from conquering Earth. We've got to stop him. We brought some technology with us. The Crystal is just one. You will meet someone a few years from now that you will know as Joe. He is our Father. Jor-El of Krypton. He is a rising star in Krypton's ruling council but will be sent here as a punishment by his father. You must help him or all will be lost," Trinity said. They then heard a new voice from the open door. They stared at the young man who entered who looked just like Clark.
"It already is too late, daughter of Krypton & Earth. Once Darkseid's darkness has been released there will be no stopping it. Greetings to all of you. I am Jor-El. I do not know how I will have a son or a daughter but I was sent here to aid you to stop Darkseid. I've read of the Journals of the one called Jesus of Nazareth. While he prophesied that dark days were ahead, I don't think this was something He foretold of or if He had, He didn't reveal it to his disciples 2000 years ago. My people discovered this darkness and its master and the only thing that will push this darkness back is faith," Jor-El said. He then heard Davis come in.
"Jor-El of Krypton! What are you doing here," He said. Jor-El stared at him not knowing who he was.
"Who are you?" Jor-El asked. Davis started to speak but was cut off by the voice of Maya Zod who walked in.
"He is the son of Major Zod who is commander of Krypton's forces. I know there is a civil war going on right now on Krypton between the forces of Black Zero and Major Zod's forces but there was an even greater war going on that even Krypton's ruling council didn't know of," Maya said. Clark stared at her. "What do you mean Maya?" He asked.
"While Major Zod was dealing with the forces of Black Zero and the Mirror Wars were about to begin sometime after that, there was a being who had sent his Emissary to Krypton to begin a what the humans would call a peace treaty between Krypton and Apokolips a planet ruled by a being known as Darkseid. This Emissary looked like one of us, but he said his name was DeSaad. He was sent as one of us but was not one of us. The Ruling Council in this time period had been approached by DeSaad and the Ruling Council is debating it," Jor-El said. Hyrum spoke up.
"Well can't you stop him? Do you have any influence on this ruling council of yours?" Jor-El shook his head.
"Sadly, no. I am what you would call a freshman council member and I have no real authority on the Council yet. Not at this point in time anyway. Who are you?" Jor-El asked.
"My adopted Father's biological father," Clark said. Jor-El shook his head.
"I don't understand," Jor-El said. "But you will, soon enough Father," Trinity said.
"Commander, what brings you here to Earth?" Jor-El asked Maya.
"My Lord, we had detected the same darkness here on this planet as it was on Krypton when we began our exploration as requested by the Ruling Council. It would seem at this point in time, a representative from Kandor was sent back to Kandor while the Council voted on this. According to the blood samples I took from Davis Bloome, Mr. Kent here, and Mrs. Knight, the representative was your father, Jor-El," Maya said.
"Why did you call him Lord?" Clark asked. Maya shrugged her shoulders.
"Any member of the ruling council among us even if they are a freshman council member is called Lord because of their position politically," Maya said.
"Let me explain the problem, Father," Clark said as they moved back to the holographic screen which showed the darkness constantly spreading.
"Darkseid brought himself and his darkness here to Earth apparently while he sent his Emissary to Krypton. Computer, show me Krypton in this era," Clark commanded the crystal-computer.
The Outer atmosphere of Earth- The Queen Industries satellite turned from monitoring Earth and turned outer space and sent a beam of light to the region of space where Krypton was. The green-lighted beam lightly touched Krypton and sent the image back to Earth.
Clark, Jor-El, Maya, Hyrum, Trinity stared at the image of a Krypton that was colored Blue with a black mark that was located at Krypton City, the central city where the Ruling Council sat. Clark paused the real-time image.
"What in God's name is that?" Hyrum asked pointing at the black mark.
"Computer enhance image to full screen image of 1280 X 1024 and scan the center of the black mark," Clark commanded. The holographic "image" grew from a display of an older computer monitor to a more modern monitor display from the year 2011 and the image zoomed in on a man at the center who was currently in "peace Treaty negotiations" with the ruling council.
"That man, I know him. He is a radio commentator for a local radio station in Topeka. His name is Frank Jones, but his radio name is Casey DeSaad who is criticizing Roosevelt's policies of isolationism considering what Germany is doing. How did he get to this planet?" Hyrum said tapping his finger on the "monitor screen" at the gentleman at the center of the black mark. He moved to the radio and he heard not the local news feeds of the war but the negotiations going on between DeSaad and Krypton's ruling Council.
"How are we getting this feed? Krypton is millions of miles away," Trinity asked. Clark smiled.
"Oliver Queen's dad installed a program into the satellites he created for the United States Government. According to blueprints we discovered, he nicknamed the program 'Watchtower'. I connected this program to Watchtower in the year 2011. Both programs were set so that if we ended up in the past where satellites existed we could connect Kryptonian technology to the watchtower technology. I brought this crystal with us so we could possibly discover answers. Well we have partial answers. While Darkseid was dealing with the Ruling Council to negotiate peace, He came to Earth to change history. Where does this darkness come from?" Clark asked after explaining how they were able to discover Krypton.
"The darkness is the stain of evil that dwells in all of us. Including you, my son. Kal-El, I know of the ancient prophecy of how the House of Zod will destroy the House of El. Do you want to know how that prophecy came to light? Because it was prophesied that this darkness would corrupt a man I met during my training to become a Council Member. A Kandorian named Zod whose family was designed as a branch of the Military to stop and put down all rebellions. This family came to rise during the so-called Mirror Wars where he met a far more villainous doppelganger of himself who called himself General Zod. Shortly after that according to some scrolls we would become embroiled in a war with an Empire based on treachery and deception. This darkness was where all this started here in the past. But for the humans, it was much easier for the humans to succumb to this darkness than it was for our own people," Jor-El said. He stared at Davis Bloome.
"What did my father do?" He asked both Jor-El and Clark. Jor-El gestured to Clark.
"My Son can tell you more," Jor-El said. Clark gave a command to the Crystal which grew larger. They stared as the Crystal screen flared to life and began to show them the past from Krypton….
To Be Continued…