Superman/Steven Universe:

The Shield of Hope

Chapter 5:

Aqua-Firma

The soldier looked up at Clark for a few seconds wary of taking his hand, but as he looked into Clark Blue eyes he calmed down the soldier felt no Malice or ill intent from Clark so he took Clark's hand.

"Thanks Man" the soldier said as Clark helped him to his feet

"You should probably get out of here" Clark said as he stepped in front of the soldier.

In truth Clark wanted to ask the soldier a lot of questions about what was going on here but for now these creatures took were of more importance, he would investigate this later. Pearl and Amethyst stood a good distance away from the impact zone, the dust still covered the area so they couldn't see Clark or the soldier

"Pearl what the heck caused that, what happened to Garnet" Amethyst said freaked out by what just happened.

The dust finally settled and Pearl and Amethyst finally saw the two figures Clark standing out the most, Amethyst zeroed in on the his red and blue colors deducing that he was responsible for this

"Alright punk I don't know who you are or what you did, but you're in big trouble for what you did to Garnet" Amethyst yelled enraged as she leapt into air and began her spin dash flying straight for Clark.

"Amethyst wait" Pearl yelled as Amethyst zoomed at top speed towards Clark

The soldier saw Amethyst coming gave a yelp and jumped out of the way, Clark however just stood tall, strong and not intimidated as Amethyst got closer and closer. Before she could make contact Clark's arm shot up lightning quick and he grabbed Amethyst right out of her spin dash by her face, both the soldier and Pearl gawked in shock at how he caught Amethyst as she was in her spin dash, Clark turned to look at the soldier

"I think you need to clear out soldier, things are going to get rough" Clark said to the soldier in a kindly tone as Amethyst struggled in his grip.

The soldier extremely freaked out by how this man caught what could only be described as buzz saw with his bare hands, the soldier nodded dumbly as he ran as fast as he could despite his injury.

Pearl shook herself out of her stupor and examined what was standing in front of her, it appeared to be a human as tall as Garnet and well-built but he was clearly stronger than a human. If a human tried to catch Amethyst's spin dash they would've lost an arm. Pearl looked Clark over trying to find a reason for this strength, he wore what looked like work clothes and had a red cape on his back before she could form a guess of what's going on her eyes went to his chest and they shot open in shock.

"T-that symbol I-I-it can't be…." Pearl said slightly afraid

Amethyst squirming intensified as she tried to free herself from Clark's grip

"Let-go of me-you-big-blue-JERK" Amethyst yelled as she kicked furiously.

Clark gave a small nod and replied "Okay"

He then threw Amethyst to the side like she was a doll and broke her through a wall, and Clark then focused on Pearl a serious look in his eyes. Pearl gasped as Amethyst flew through the wall she then looked at Clark and saw his serious eyes, Pearl gathered herself and focused on Clark giving him a determined look as she got into a battle stance spear raised

"I don't know why you're here or what you have to do with all this but if you think…." Pearl said determined and brave.

But she never finished that sentence as Clark was inches from her in a milli-second leaving a small trail of dust behind him, Pearl yelp being caught off guard she jumped back and raised her spear. Before she jumped Clark swiped his arm faster than she could see breaking off the top part of Pearl spear, as Pearl landed she looked at her Spear surprise

"I didn't even see that, how can he be this fast" Pearl thought as her mind raced trying to think of a plan.

She didn't even have a second as Clark moved toward her again at his astonishing speed, he grabbed Pearl roughly by her shirt and lifted her above his head as if she were weightless. Pearl struggled trying to release his grip but he was too strong,

"Alright Miss I have a few questions that you and your friends need to answer, who are you people, how many of you are there, and how are you connected to the Star Labs fire" Clark said seriously wanting answers now.

Before Pearl could reply Clark felt something wrap around his free arm he looked down to see Amethyst coiled around it,

"Hey don't count me out yet you blue turd" Amethyst yelled clearly not happy with being thrown through a wall.

Pearl saw Clark's attention was now on Amethyst so she moved quickly bringing both her legs up double kicking Clark in the face, he grunted as his grip loosened allowing Pearl launched herself from the kick and flip gracefully to the ground. Once she landed she summoned another spear and swiped at Clark's feet knocking him off them, in the instant he was falling Garnet finally emerged from the building shooting out like a bullet she went underneath him as he fell and delivered a powerful uppercut to his back a small boom could be heard as he flew into the air. Clark rocketed to the sky at high speeds but was suddenly stopped by Amethyst as she pulled on her whip still coiled around his arm, as the whip went taut Amethyst gave her whip a crack and began to spin Clark in midair. Once she was done spinning him Clark was tied up in her whip, she gave a mighty yell as she pulled him down with all her might crashing him onto the city floor cracking the pavement.

"Good team work guys" Amethyst said as she gave her two friends the thumbs up

Garnet nodded smiling at Amethyst, Pearl instantly went to Garnet

"Garnet that symbol, he's a…" Pearl said hysterically.

Garnet put a hand on Pearl's shoulder and nodded "I saw it Pearl…he's a Kryptonian" Garnet said seriously,

Amethyst walked up to the two still holding on her whip "Kryptonian, what's that" Amethyst asked confused.

"A whole lot of Trouble the earth is not ready to face" Garnet said as she looked at the small crater where Clark laid,

"What do they want with earth, are they behind these injector thefts… is Homeworld still fighting them" Pearl said sadly. "Well let's see if blue has any answers" Amethyst said as she faced the crater.

Clark finally shook the dizziness from his head and got to his feet.

"Alright blue now you're going to answer our questions, and don't pull anything funny or else we'll have to get rough on you" Amethyst said confident they had him where they wanted him.

Clark took in his surrounding and examined what he was tied up in him gave a small laugh and smiled

"A whip…. Your funny" Clark said smirking as his eye's began to glow red

"Uh are Kryptonians supposed to that" Amethyst asked confused.

Garnet eyes widened in surprise "Amethyst get down" she yelled, she was to late a bright red beams erupted from Clark's eyes.

The beam hit Amethyst right in the chest and knocked her to the ground once Amethyst was down Clark grunted as he broke free of the whip breaking it into piece's, his eyes glowed again as he fired his beam dragging it across the ground towards Garnet and Pearl. Garnet and Pearl leapt out of the way of the beam as it sliced into the wall behind them, they both landed next to Amethyst as she stood back

"How's your gem" Garnet asked concerned, Amethyst shook the dizziness from her head and Nodded

"Yeah it's good, I don't know about you guys but I had enough of this Krypto-whatever and his stupid tricks" Amethyst said fed up with this whole situation.

Garnet stared down the man with determined eyes "If this man is a Kryptonian he won't give up without a fight" Garnet said as she summoned Gauntlets,

"There's something different about him, he's stronger, faster, has abilities no Kryptonian should have, we have to be careful no telling what else he can do" Pearl said as she spun her spear entering a battle stance.

"Gems hit him with everything you got, but don't kill him we still have questions that he needs to answer" Garnet said as they all came together in a battle formation

"Yeah I hear you Garnet, but I'm sure he'll answer all our questions once we beat him to a pulp" Amethyst said as she summoned a new whip.

"They're ready for a fight, I had feeling this wouldn't be easy, I'll try to take down two of them and get one of them to answer my questions" Clark thought as he prepared to fight them.

The four combatants stared each other down none making a move while the splashing waves of the ocean were the only sound heard throughout the city. In an instant almost as if a bell simultaneously went off in all of their heads they rushed each other at blinding speeds, dust trailing behind them as they began a battle that would shake this entire city.

Clark intentionally lowered his speed as he ran towards the gems he didn't know what they were fully capable of so he wanted them to make the first move. And they indeed did as Amethyst leapt into the air ahead of the other two and swung her whip down towards Clark, as the whip came down Clark brought his left arm up to block it. The whip wrapped around Clark's arm he then grabbed it with his right and pulled hard, Amethyst yelled as she hung on to her whip and was flung through the air Clark giving her a complete 360 spin. During that Pearl began to approach Clark with her spear raised, Clark saw her coming from the corner of his eye and then gave the whip another yank and aimed it at Pearl. Pearl was ready to attack but stopped mid-swing when she heard Amethyst's yelling coming closer

"P HEADS UP" Amethyst yelled as she flew towards Pearl

Pearl turned around the instant Amethyst slammed into her sending them both flying down the streets of the city. As they flew the whip unwrapped itself from Clark's arm and he watched them crash into a building, but he knew he couldn't let his guard down. He spun around lightning quick with his fist reared back to face Garnet who was charging at him with her fist reared back, they both let out a battle cry as they're fists collided creating a giant shockwave that traveled three blocks in the city breaking all the windows caught in it. This made some of the buildings shake to their foundations and crumble a bit, and finally cracking the very ground they stood on creating a small crater they both stood in. Both Clark's and Garnet's eyes locked on each other as they kept pushing down on each other's fist, Clark pulled his fist back and launched another punch which Garnet intercepted with her own punch. They collided again creating a smaller shockwave that deepened the crater they both stood in, Clark pulled his fist back then launched a flurry of punches at Garnet looking like he had multiple arms Garnet then launched her own flurry toward him. The sound of multiple explosions filled the air as they're multiple punches collided, they were completely stationary as they clashed the ground shook beneath them, the crater they were in grew inch by inch, and they're hair blew back from the force of the punches. They went like this for minutes neither of them giving any ground to the other, Clark finally decided he had enough and threw a punch with all his strength right at Garnet.

Garnet saw the telegraphed punch a mile away and dodged it countering with a hook across Clark's face, Clark grunted and continued his assault throwing an uppercut to her stomach and an overhead. Garnet blocked the uppercut and then the overhead catching it and landing a blow to Clark's ribs. Clark instinctively grabbed his sore ribs leaving him open, Garnet wrapped her arm around the back of Clark's neck and landed two knee strikes to Clark's midsection releasing him on the second allowing him to stumble back. Garnet then spins around and hits Clark with a backhand to the cheek keeping him off balance, she kept up the pressure with two strong blows to the face before finishing her combo with an open palm strike knocking him out of the crater. Clark skidded across the ground the pavement cracking as he did, he finally came to a complete stop clutching his stomach before looking up to see Garnet emerging from the crater

"This thing is as strong as I am, but she knows how to fight, I got to try and overpower her" Clark thought as Garnet stepped of the crater and face him.

Clark got into a loose boxing stance (Something he picked up from reading and television) and stared Garnet down before rushing at her, he then threw a barrage of jabs and hooks towards her head and body. She was able to easily block and parry each strike like a seasoned master, she was going to think up a counter when she suddenly noticed that the speed and ferocity of Clark's attacks were increasing. She had to put all of her attention on blocking or he would land a hit on her, with each passing second Clark's punches got faster and faster and Garnet had to move faster to deflect them she even started to step back. Between one of the passing seconds Garnet attempted to parry a right aimed at her head but before she could bring her hand up Clark's fist was already inches away from her face, Garnet's eyes widened in shock as she finally realized

"He's faster than me".

Clark's fist slammed right into Garnet's cheek contorting it and creating a large boom sound as his hit made impact, Garnet's glasses went flying slamming into a wall and shattering into pieces revealing her three eyes. Her right eye is a medium ruby-red, her left a medium sapphire-blue, while the center third eye is a reddish-violet. Garnet was sent flying from where she previously was but miraculously was able to keep her feet on the ground, skidding across the pavement for yards until finally coming to a complete stop. Garnet slouched and breathed heavily her guard completely down the hit taking a lot out of her, Garnet head snapped up when she heard a small boom and saw Clark in the air with his fist raised. Clark came down like a meteor and punched Garnet across the face her feet sinking deeper into the pavement, but it did not stop there Clark launched a hook to the side where Garnet's ribs would be. Garnet gasped the air leaving her body as the punch made impact, Clark followed it up with and uppercut that shot up faster than a bullet and nailed Garnet in her chin straightening her up and shooting her head back. Clark reared his fist back to punch garnet again but was stopped when Amethyst wrapped her whip around his arm again, Amethyst took a different approach this time using spin dash attack and spinning in place. Clark was reeled in like a fish on a hook she soared towards Amethyst at high speed, as soon as he was close enough Amethyst using the momentum of her spin kicked him in the chin.

Clark landed on his back while Amethyst landed on her feet, Clark got himself to one knee quickly and prepared to pull on Amethyst whip again he didn't get a chance because Pearl came from behind and landed a flying kick to his back. Clark groaned as he attempted to hit Pearl with a backhand she ducked underneath it and swung her spear like a baseball bat and hit Clark in the stomach with the base of her Spear, Clark gaged a bit from the hit and then got hit in the chin with the butt of Pearl's Spear. While he was disoriented Pearl attempted to take a swipe at Clark with the blade of her Spear, Clark jumped back, dodged the swipe, and prepared to counter the attack. Pearl rushed at Clark with absolutely no defense leaving herself open, but before Clark could launch his attack Amethyst Slammed into the back of Clark's head with her spin dash and at the same time Pearl rushed to Clark and hit him with the base again to the stomach. Clark didn't fall but he did cough and tried to keep his footing, Garnet then rushed towards Clark fist raised and launched a powerful combo attack hit him with jabs, hooks, and kicks all across his body before finishing it with a powerful straight to the stomach that sent him flying back. He soared down two blocks bouncing across the pavement a couple times before coming to a complete stop laying on his stomach, Clark groaned as he raised his head and saw the three gems approach him.

"Give it up you can't take all three of us at once" Garnet yelled to him as she and the gems got into battle stances,

Clark still on the ground focused on Garnet "She right, I have to try and get them separated so I can take them one on one, I'll see what I can do about three eyes" Clark thought as began to focus intently.

The gems stared at Clark as he laid on the ground waiting for his next move,

"Unless this is how Kryptonians surrender, I say we rush this jerk before he does something else crazy" Amethyst said as she rose her whip.

And right after she said that the dust and small stones around Clark began to rise and soon enough Clark was floating three feet above the ground, all the gems could do was stare in awe not believing what they were seeing. Clark then flew towards Garnet faster than any of them could see and slammed into her grabbing her and sending them both into the air

"And now he can Fly" Amethyst yelled annoyed as both she and Pearl watched as they both flew higher into the air.

Garnet's mind rushed as they flew through the air passing multiple buildings the air zooming pass them. She should have seen this coming, she should have seen this all coming but just like when she was trying to find the soldiers something was blocking her future vision and now that she was here it was practically gone. She could feel it something here was the cause for this, but she just couldn't tell what it was. She snapped herself out of her confusion and prepared to attack Clark, before she could even think of an attack Clark quickly and roughly grabbed her by where her collar bone would be. Garnet's three eyes widen as Clark reared his fist back, he let out a mighty roar as he launched his punch hitting Garnet right in the center of her face. The sound of a missile making impact rebounded across the city breaking all the windows in the buildings surrounding them, Clark let go of Garnet's Collar before his punch made impact, Garnet's Left and right eye were closed while Clark's fist sunk deep into her nose and her middle eye was wide in pain and shock. Finally Garnet shot off like a bullet from where Clark was soaring past buildings, Clark wasn't done yet as he took off after Garnet going even faster than she was going. Garnet tried to gather herself as she soared through the air trying to think of a way to counter him, her eyes narrowed as she saw Clark rushing towards her with his right fist reared back

"I have to do something, I just can't let him throw me around like this" Garnet thought as she tried to right herself in midair.

Garnet never had the chance, Clark sent another powerful punch right to her gut her eye's nearly bulged out of her skull and her mouth hung open as air left her body, she flew off again twice as fast cracking the windows as she passed them and again Clark pursued moving even faster and breaking the windows as he passed. Clark once again raced to Garnet and fired off a bomb of a left hook nailing Garnet right in her cheek, this punch again sent her off at blinding speeds but this time sent her into a tailspin as she zoomed across the city. As Garnet flew she came to a building and then proceeded to crash through it, going through walls, machines, and a load of other things she couldn't tell because she was moving so fast. She finally came out the other side expecting to go out to the ocean, but was stopped when Clark appeared in front of her (her tour of the building slowing her down a bit) and grabbed her by the face before she could go any farther. Before she could realize that she stopped Clark yelled as he flew towards the Ground with Garnet in tow, the slammed into the pavement like a meteor creating a giant Crater and a plume of dust that could be seen from the air or in Pearl and Amethyst taste a few blocks away as they ran towards the battle.

Garnet was embedded into the ground all three of her eyes shut in pain, Clark took in a breathe as he lifted Garnet by her face again and threw her into the first floor of the building she went through. Garnet tumbled a bit before coming to a complete stop in the building face down and motionless, Clark floated in the building landing as he entered and walked towards the motionless Garnet

"Now that your softened up a bit maybe you'll be a bit more neighborly and answer my questions" Clark said seriously as he came up to Garnet.

Garnet did not move, she did not twitch, she gave absolutely no indication that she was conscious or alive, Clark was a bit worried by this she had no organs but he could see that the energy coming off her was starting to dwindle and strangely her energy seemed to be a mash of two colors instead of one solid one like the others. Clark worried flipped her body over finally getting a good look on her face, a bruise was forming on her left cheek where he punched her. He began to reach to pick her up, but suddenly Garnet's eyes snapped open and her energy spiked up radically. She flipped up kicking away Clark's hand and leaving him off balanced, Garnet's eye's flared up in anger appearing to be slightly more red

"I have nothing to say to you KRYPTONIAN" Garnet yelled as she ran towards Clark.

With all her strength she fired off and uppercut that nailed Clark right in his chin and sent him flying through the multiple floors of the building, he finally managed to stop himself right as he came through the roof. He shook the dizziness out of his head and looked down to see Garnet scowling at him, he returned her scowl as he watched her crouch down then launch herself toward him through the holes he made with her fist reared back. Clark then flew down through the same hole and reared back his own fist. They both let out a primal roar as they flew towards each other meeting in the middle floor as they're fists collided.

Hello Everyone I'm the writer of this story, I am putting this down here to let you know about a few things and how it will affect the story. But before I do that I would like to thank all of you, everyone who followed, watched, and commented it means so much. When I started this I never imagined that people would like this and want to follow this, the fact you people give me compliment me, give me advise, and ask questions just feels Amazing So Thank You. And now for the annoucements

1. I am in my Sophomore Year in college, there's going to be alot of work for me to do so these chapters will be coming out slower. They'll come just not as fast as in the summer, so still expect them.

2. I will be starting a new story later today Batman v Superwoman, it's a Fem Clark/Bruce story following the plot of BvS with my own changes to it. If you like genderbent stories, the DCEU, or just like me so far give it a read it's another story I am very passionate about.

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