Chapter Eighteen – Justice League Universe

A/N: Sorry for making you all wait so long. I had to take a little break from this story but I am back now. :)

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Clark stands and meets Bruce's eyes. He says sternly to the man, "Stay here. I mean it. Protect our child." He then leaves the room. With his super hearing, Clark can hear screams coming from the hangar so he heads that way. "Wonder Woman?" he says into his com-link.

"I'm a little-" there's a grunt and heavy breathing, "busy here."

"What's going on?"

"Lord Wonder Woman. I have to go." The com-link cuts off and Clark feels his heartrate rise in fear.

This isn't good. If the Lords are here that means they found where Ko is and Bruce is in no condition to protect him properly. He presses his com-link again. "Superman to all Justice League. We need people to protect the medical wings. Flash?"

"Yeah Big Guy?"

"Go to the private section of the med-bay and keep watch of Batman. Keep him safe Flash."

"Right."

Clark isn't really sure how well Wally will be able to defend Bruce but he is a speedster so he's the only one who would be able to keep up with Lord Superman if he gets past Clark. Plus, there's other things that Wally can use his speed for. "Who is at the med-bay to keep it safe?"

"Green Arrow and I are," Dinah says into the com-link.

"That should be enough. The rest of the League needs to help protect the Watchtower. Do not, however, take unnecessary risks." After telling this, Clark takes a detour and finds Bruce's boys, Alfred, and Martha. "Nightwing, Red Hood, Robin, I want you to keep Alfred and Martha safe. Go to the med-bay but not the private one that Batman is in. You should be safe there."

"What about helping?" Dick asks.

"No, I need you three to keep Alfred and Martha safe. Please Nightwing. The Justice League can handle this." He turns and leaves then, trusting the three boys to do what they are told.

When he is out of sight of all of them, he stops and listens. Closing his eyes, Clark concentrates on all the noise around him until he narrows it down to one person only. Snapping his eyes opens, Clark flies in that direction. When he arrives, he has to catch Firestorm in midair. He sets Firestorm down, asks if he is okay, and then sends him away when the man says he is fine. Firestorm looks at him skeptically but Clark reassures him. With a nod, Firestorm leaves.

Clark turns to face Lord Superman who is glowering at him. "You," Lord Superman says in a sigh, crossing his arms and looking annoyed. "Listen, I don't have time to deal with you."

"Too bad. You hurt my husband and are trying to steal my child so you're going to have to deal with me." Lord Superman rolls his eyes and huffs. It agitates Clark to know end. Does Lord Superman think he can take him on? They're equals.

"Why do you people keep referring to my child as yours?"

"You gave up the right to raise him the moment you hurt your Bruce, the moment you started murdering people."

"This argument is old and tired. Let's just get this over with shall we?"

"Bring it."

Lord Superman charges and Clark dodges right, bringing his fist down onto Lord Superman's back. Lord Superman crashes into the floor, causing it to crack. Clark is going to have to be careful. This floor is above another one and he doesn't want Lord Superman to go through it.

Clark lifts Lord Superman up and punches him, the man going flying and landing hard on the floor again. Lord Superman gets up carefully, wiping at his mouth. "Very good."

Clark flies to him with a punch but Lord Superman catches said punch and swings him around only to let him go so he is flung across the room. Clark lands hard and doesn't have enough time to recover before Lord Superman is on top of him and punching him in the face and stomach. Lord Superman lifts him up by the throat, holding him against the wall. "All I want is my son. Why is that so hard to understand?"

"You can't have him." Clark's eyes start to burn and he uses his heat vision to knock Lord Superman back. Lord Superman drops him and backs up, hands going to his eyes where Clark burned him. Clark punches him and Lord Superman stumbles back, still rubbing at his eyes.

When Lord Superman lowers his hands and looks to Clark, he blinks to clear his vision then stands up straight. "Why? He's my child!"

Lord Superman goes after Clark again and they grapple with each other, hitting and kicking whenever they can. "He's not yours."

Lord Superman also uses his heat vision on Clark that burns and Clark has to roll away when Lord Superman's fist comes down to punch him in the face. Both Lord Superman and Clark are panting at this point, both trying to catch their breaths. Suddenly, the wall beside them smashes through and J'onn and Lord Martian Manhunter come crashing through. Clark can see blood on J'onn but he can't tell whose it is.

"J'onn." Clark tries to go and help but a tug on his cape stops him. He's pulled back and punched in the throat that knocks the wind right out of him.

"Do you really think I won't get him back?" Clark looks up into Lord Superman's blazing red eyes just as he is about to bring down another fist. Clark braces himself for the impact but it never comes.

Looking back up, he sees Captain Atom attacking Lord Superman. Clark uses this opportunity to catch his breath and stagger back to his feet. Clark looks over at J'onn who is being pinned down by Lord Martian Manhunter. He flies over to them and pries the Martian off of J'onn. He punches the Martian and he goes back as Clark quickly helps J'onn back up. "Are you alright?"

J'onn gives a grunt. "I will be fine. You need to help him."

Clark looks over in the direction that J'onn indicated. There, Lord Superman has a hand around Captain Atom's neck, squeezing hard, and up in the air. Captain Atom has both his hands clutching at Lord Superman's wrist, trying to pry him off to no avail. Lord Superman's eyes begins to glow red, a sign of him about to use his heat vision. "No!"

Clark flies over and barrels into Lord Superman, causing the Kryptonian to drop Captain Atom. Clark keeps flying with Lord Superman in his arms, crashing through wall after wall. He has to be careful he doesn't breech the outside wall and cause a vacuum out into space. Lord Superman grabs a hold of him and flips them in midair, crashing them through the floor and to the room below them. The room below them is the power room so they both end up crashing into the power supply. The whole Watchtower makes a humming noise as the power goes out and red warning lights come on throughout the Watchtower from the backup generator. It will take a few minutes before the other backup generators kick in to restore full power to the Watchtower so for now, Clark and Lord Superman will have to fight in the semi-dark.

Clark groans as he sits up, feeling pain shoot through his body. He can feel blood on his face where Lord Superman has punched him and his ribs hurt. He doesn't think there are any broken but just bruised. It will suck if he does have any broken ones though since they will have to hurry to reset it before his body heals with it in that position.

Clark drags himself up onto his feet and looks around the room. Lord Superman is nowhere in sight. Clark's heartrate spikes and he looks around with his x-ray vision but he's still not anywhere near Clark. "Bruce!"

He flies out of the room and starts heading towards the room Bruce is in. He doesn't make it that far, however, when suddenly he's dragged back down to the ground with a bang. "Going somewhere Superman?"

Clark rolls over to see Lord Wonder Woman standing next to Lord Superman, both with a smirk on their faces. "Keep him busy," Lord Superman says and starts to leave.

"No!"

"Oh this will be fun," Lord Wonder Woman says as she drags Clark to her and punches him. He somehow gets untangled and he rolls away, standing when he is far enough from Lord Wonder Woman.

He presses his com-link. "Superman to Justice League, stop Lord Superman. He's headed towards the private med-bay. Be careful. No unnecessary risks." He then brings his attention back to Lord Wonder Woman who kindly let him talk to the League. She's smiling at him. "Why are you doing this? Diana," she shifts at her name being said by him. "Diana listen to me. You don't need to do this. You're better than this."

She starts to laugh then and when she calms, she says, "I'm an Amazonian Warrior." With that, she charges at him, hand raised in a fist. Clark fights back, exchanging blows with the Princess. She's almost as strong as he is and one of the few that could actually stand a chance with him and maybe even win.

"He doesn't deserve his son," Clark tries, thinking maybe he can reason with her.

"Why? He is his father. A father deserves to raise their child."

"No! Not when that man murders." Clark punches her but she blocks it and punches him instead.

"We have all killed, Kal. Including our Bruce. You didn't deny him the chance to raise his son."

"Because he changed!" Clark shakily gets to his hands and knees, spitting out blood. "He stopped killing."

"In our world," she says as she approaches. "Killing is the only way to set an example."

She's about to strike again when Diana, his Diana, knocks into her, crashing to the ground to wrestle with her. "Go, Kal!"

Clark doesn't need to be told twice. There is no way anyone other than him, Diana, and Bruce will be able to stop Lord Superman and Batman is in no way capable of stopping him right now. As he follows the trail of injured League members, he says into the com-link one more time, "We need medical assistance in the West Wing of the Watchtower, second floor." He then continues to follow at the fastest speed he deems safe. It doesn't take him long to find Lord Superman, choking one of the new recruits. "Let her go!"

Lord Superman drops her and turns to face him. "I should have known you would manage to get away from Wonder Woman. Was it your Wonder Woman who came to your aid?" Clark doesn't answer him and instead just attacks. He tries to use some of the moves Bruce has taught him but Lord Superman also knows these moves and so can block them pretty easily. They break away from each other, Clark panting hard and Lord Superman looking like he hasn't just been fighting another Superman. "It looks like you are getting worn out. Been fighting too many power houses."

"Shut up and fight."

Lord Superman smiles at him, wide and wicked, charging. Clark tries to dodge but he is too slow and so Lord Superman lands a hard hit to his abdomen, knocking him to the ground and causing him to gasp for air. "I must say," Lord Superman starts. "You have proven to be a huge disappointment. Even Batman gave a better fight than this and he's human." Clark knows he's just taunting him and that he shouldn't fall for it, but he can't help it.

"You almost killed him. Just like you killed your Batman."

Lord Superman growls and grabs a hold Clark's neck, pushing up at his jaw in order to force Clark to look at him. "I didn't kill him! He is fine. Once I get our child back, he will wake up and we will raise him together."

"Why… why does he need," Clark coughs, trying to get air into his lungs. "Need to wake up?"

"Because he's sleeping," Lord Superman says as if it's obvious.

"Why is he… is he sleeping?"

Lord Superman stares at him for a few seconds, looking into Clark's eyes. It scares Clark how familiar those eyes are that he is forced to look into. Eyes that he sees every day in the mirror when he wakes up just… meaner and angrier. It chills Clark to the bone.

Lord Superman finally drags a breath in. "I think it's time for you to sleep as well."

Lord Superman's hand tightens just before Clark is dropped. Then there is a black boot connecting with his head, flinging him into darkness.

A/N: Hope you liked. :)