Superman/Steven Universe:

The Shield of Hope

Chapter 6:

Aqua-Firma

Pearl and Amethyst arrived at the building they saw Garnet fly into, and looked upon the wrecked building and shattered glass that littered the ground

"Do you think she's winning" Pearl said with slight optimism and worry.

As soon as she said that, an explosion went off right in the middle floor of the building and knocked them both down, they both looked on in horror as the building began to cave in on itself crumbling into a mountain of dust, metal, and glass nothing of the building was left standing.

"Oh no… GARNET" Pearl screamed as she ran towards the ruins Amethyst following behind

They both stopped when they heard a rumble from the ruins of the building and once it stopped, Clark exploded from the ruins missing a sleeve on his T-shirt and the end of one of his pant legs, he skidded across the ground. Clark managed to come to a complete stop narrowed his eyes at the ruins to see Garnet emerge from them, it was clear that the last clash and the building coming down took something out of her and the same could be said for Clark as he was breathing heavily.

"Fighting her is taking everything and I still have two more to go, I need to get her out of the fight" Clark thought as he readied himself and flew towards Garnet

Garnet rushed towards him, her eye's had a fire in them as she came closer to Clark roaring at the top of her lungs and her fist raised to punch him, imagine her surprise when her fist came down and there was no one there for it to hit. Garnet's eyes widened as a red blur zoomed over her and landed behind her, Garnet turned around as fast as she could and saw Clark standing behind her and appeared to be taking a very deep breathe. Clark then pursed his lips and blew and from his lips hurricane force winds came out and began pushing Garnet back, before she could fly off she sunk her feet into the pavement in an attempt to keep her on the ground, Clark then proceeded to blow harder his face beginning to turn red. Garnet put her gauntlets in front of her face to keep the dust out of her eyes as she tried to think of a way out of this wind tunnel, and that's when she felt it a chill in the air and what was first clear air rushing past her turned into an icy blue and ice slowly began to form all around Garnet's body. Garnet tried to break the ice from her body but Clark then released one last powerful blow and engulfed Garnet in the blue mist. As the Mist cleared Garnet stood there covered head to toe in ice a shocked expression on her face. Clark took a few seconds to catch his breath then rushed to Garnet and wrapped his arms around her waist he gave a grunt as he lifted the frozen Garnet off the ground and gave off a roar as he threw Garnet out of the city and into the ocean (just a couple hectometers away from the coast of the city). Pearl and Amethyst looked in shock as they're leader soared over their heads frozen solid

"He just turned Garnet into a Popsicle, I have had it with this freak and all his tricks" Amethyst said angrily preparing to rush him while he was catching his breath.

Pearl then stopped her by putting a hand on her shoulder "Then why don't we show him our own trick" Pearl said confidently,

Amethyst eyes sparkled understanding what Pearl meant "Alright let's mash it up" Amethyst said with a sinister smile and smacking her fist against her palm.

Clark rested on his knee taking deep breathes and recovering his energy

"That takes care of one…. the others didn't look that tough…. Maybe they'll even surrender after seeing what happen to her" Clark said between his breathes.

From behind Clark there was a giant flash of light, he turned around to see a sight he couldn't believe or understand, a woman towered over him bright-periwinkle skin, and thick, wavy, off-white hair. Her hair extended slightly past her calves, tied back into a rowdy ponytail by a pale salmon band. Extending from off the sides of the ponytail are two small pigtails in the front and chin-length bangs. She had a lean, toned body with two pairs of slender arms. Her face is thin and rounded, with a pointed nose and plump lips. She has two gemstones an oval one on her forehead and a circular one on her chest. Clark noted the similarities this figure had to the other two creatures he was fighting and even stranger it appeared to have two energy signatures with itself in perfect harmony like Garnet and it was the energy of the other two. Clark just stood there with an amazed and confused expression on his face as he continued to look at this giant woman

"What on god's green earth…" Clark asked confused

But didn't finish as the woman slammed her fist into Clark's face sending him down the block, Opal was ready for battle.

Clark was reeling from that hit as he bounced of the pavement multiple times going farther and farther from Opal. Clark finally managed to catch a glimpse down the street as he continued to tumble, but was surprised as he saw that Opal was already on him and revving up an attack. Opal kicked Clark in the mid-section making him exhale all the air in his lungs and sending him farther down the street, Opal rushed passed Clark swift as the wind and appeared behind him as he came towards her she brought back two of her four arms and hit him with a double punch to the back. Clark let out a pained scream, as the punch made impact on his spine he was able to keep himself up but he was stumbling. Opal once again appeared in front of him and released a tirade barrage upon Clark. Punches and kicks from every possible angle rained down on Clark and he wasn't able to defend himself he was mercilessly tossed around like a rag doll. Opal finally stopped her onslaught and grabbed Clark by his arms and lifted his face to meet hers

"One more ought to do it" Opal said as she prepared another double punch.

Just as she reared Clark snapped back to life and shot Opal in the face with his heat vision, it wasn't very powerful due to him being weakened but it did make Opal release her grip as she clutched her face from the searing pain. As soon as his feet touched the ground he launched himself into the air yelling at the top of his lungs and nailed Opal right in the cheek. Opal's eyes widened in pain as her head was tossed to the side

"I hit him with Stars knows how many punches, and he still has so much strength" Opal thought as she stumbled back trying to regain her footing.

Clark never gave her the chance as he flew towards and released his own assault. It wasn't as fast as Opal's or came from as many angles but each punch hit like a semi-truck, a right and a left to the head, a punch in the chest, a kick to the side, each hit kept Opal off balance. Every time Opal tried to raise her fists to defend herself another punch slammed into her face making her arms slump to her sides. Clark yelled as he hit Opal with a powerful left hook sending her head to the side, he roared as he spun around and slammed the front of his boot to her head sending it to the right, he landed on the ground and brought his right fist back he let out a battle cry as he plowed his fist right into Opal abdominals. Opal widened as the air began to exit her body and she was desperately trying to keep it in, as Clark removed his fist from her body she finally exhaled and fell to her knees doubled over clutching her stomach. Opal gagged and coughed as she desperately tried to recover because she knew it was coming she could not only see it but she felt it. , Clark firmly planted his feet into the earth and brought his arms back looking like he was holding an invisible bat. Clark yelled as he swung his arms towards Opal just as she brought her head up hitting her in her face and sending her flying through three buildings and coming to a rest in the middle of a street.

Opal laid there for minutes her body unmoving, though her mind was a different story

"He's not wearing any armor or has a scrap of technology on him where is all of this power coming from?" Opal thought as she slowly stood up

Clark didn't approach immediately he took some time to recover.

"We were fools to think that we could take him in hand to hand combat, time to do what we do best" Opal thought as she began to focus intently her gems glowing bright

From the gems she pulled out Pearl's Spear and Amethyst whip. She brought both to her sides and spun them around bringing them together over head, and in a brilliant flash of light they fused together to form an opalescent recurve bow.

Clark, still where he was when he sent Opal flying, resting on one knee breathing heavily re-gathering his strength. His breathing steadied as he rose to his feet ready to continue the fight if his new opponent wasn't already out, before he could scan for her his ears picked up something it was at least three feet long, thin, fast, and heading right for him. He turned his head to look behind and saw what was an arrow made of pure energy heading right for him. He reacted quickly firing a blast of his Heat Vision towards it, the both collided and exploded in a purple cloud. Before the dust even settled he heard another arrow heading towards him from behind, he turned again not having time to use his heat vision he instead brought his fist up and hit the arrow with a backhand and swatted the arrow away sending it into a building where it exploded. He tried to scan the area to find where they were coming from but didn't have a chance as multiple arrows came from the sky towards him. He narrowed his eyes seeing at least twenty arrows coming towards him, he yelled as he began to deflect all of the arrows with his bare hands sending them into the empty buildings, down the streets and into the sky, multiple explosions going off around him. Clark took a breath once he deflected the last arrow he took a chance to rub his sore hands, he hissed like a person who touched something unexpectedly hot. That's when he heard something land two blocks away from him he turned around and saw Opal eyes narrowed and her bow pulled back ready to fire

"TAKE THIS" Opal yelled as she fired off a giant arrow aimed right at Clark.

Clark reacted fast firing his heat vision hoping to counter it, the two blast met in the intersection between the two and collided making a dazzling purple light as the two beams fought for dominance, Sparks exploded in every direction as a crater began to form beneath the epicenter of the clash. Clark grunted struggling to keep his beam up with all his might he could feel it he wasn't strong enough to hold it back and it was inching closer it him, Opal saw that her arrow was pushing back his beam and smiled

"Just needs a little more oomph" Opal said as she pulled back her bow and fired three small arrows towards the large one.

Once the three made contact with the large one they were absorbed into it making it larger and pushed even harder against Clark's beam moving closer to him, he felt his eyes straining as he continued to push against the oncoming arrow

"Dang it it's getting closer, I've never tried to up the intensity to such a degree but I got to try harder" Clark said as he dug deep within himself searching for something.

Within seconds he found it, anger, a burning frustration born from his past, he roared from the bottom of his heart as his eyes widened and the beam became larger equal to the arrow in size. The beams clashed for a few seconds before finally exploding into purple sparks and smoke, Opal covered her eyes as the dust rushed passed her.

As the dust began to settle she uncovered her eyes to look for Clark, and was surprised to see him flying right towards her eyes glowing red. She immediately jumped out of the way dodging a super speed punch from Clark and tried to fire another arrow at him as he zoomed down the block, he dodged the arrow by flying upwards over the buildings, and he looked down on Opal firing off another beam of Heat Vision. Opal flipped out of the way of the beam allowing it to burn into the pavement, she then fired off four arrows towards the airborne Clark. Clark flew down towards Opal dodging the arrows as he flew towards her. Opal's eyes widened in surprise as she watched Clark dodge her arrows she then back flipped to dodge Clark as he slammed his fist into the earth annihilating the Pavement beneath him, he did not stop there running towards her fist raised ready to attack. Two jabs toward her head which she easily deflected

"I gotta keep my distance" Opal thought as she ducked underneath a hook

She back flipped kicking Clark in the chin and as she landed on her feet jumped back and fired another arrow. Clark narrowly dodged the arrow slicing a bit off his already ruined T-Shirt and in retaliation fired off another heat beam, Opal brought her feet to the ground stopping herself and swerved to the right dodging the blast. She then ran down the street Clark flying after her, Opal and Clark raced down the street firing and dodging they're various attacks this went on for nearly a minute until Clark fired a beam in front of Opal obscuring her view with dust and leaving herself open. He fired a beam at her chest slamming her through the wall of a building. Inside of the building she quickly got to her feet she scowled as she fired and arrow upwards going through the multiple floors of the building and finally coming out of the top, she jumped through the hole she made and came out of the roof. She saw that Clark was still street level and smiled, she aimed her arrow upwards and fired allowing it to soar into the air, slow down and plummet towards Earth. Clark's head snapped up as he saw the arrow come towards him, confused that she would only shoot one, and in an instant the large arrow broke apart into a hundred smaller arrows. Clark's eyes widened as the arrows rained down on him

"Time to pull out another new trick" Clark said as his eyes glowed red

He narrowed his eyes at the hundred arrows and fired, but this time instead of a thick beam it came out flat and wide. Clark yelled as he moved his head up sweeping across the multiple arrows destroying them in midair, Opal's face grimaced in anger

"How does this guy keep pulling powers out of his butt, what is he going to do next? Fly around the world and turn back time next" Opal yelled stomping her foot angrily on the ledge she stood on.

That ledge was suddenly no longer there as Clark used his heat vision to destroy it and sent Opal falling towards the Pavement, Clark flew up and grabbed her by the collar still very high above the ground. Opal lost her bow during the fall and was unarmed as she hung helplessly in Clark's grip, she then punched Clark across his face sending his head to the side. He slowly turned his head back to face Opal looking at her with a very annoyed expression spitting out a little blood as he did. Opal expression went from anger to worry in milliseconds realizing what she just did and how she was basically at his mercy now they stared at each other for what seemed like forever , Clark face not changing and Opal sweating and becoming more worried as each second passed, Opal finally meekly whispered

"I'm Sorry" giving Clark a nervous grin.

Opal screamed as she crashed through the building Clark being the one to send her flying, Clark caught up to her instantly grabbing on to her and flying straight for another building. They went through what appeared to be a lab of some kind Clark slamming Opal into everything in their path computers, walls, desks, even dragging her across the ceiling. They finally broke through the window on the other side floating above the street Opal managed to grab onto Clark's shoulders and they began to struggle in the air, Opal tried to hit Clark with a hook but he moved his head back dodging it and counter with his own hook hitting Opal in the cheek and sending her towards the building across from them. Opal bounced off the wall, leaving a long crack and plummeted to the street bellow falling onto a vehicle left by the military crushing it under her weight, Opal groaned in pain as she laid on the wrecked vehicle Gasoline spilling out from the bottom. Clark saw this and fired another beam towards the forming puddle igniting it Opal eye's widened as she watched the puddle start to emit a flame and then finally exploded completely engulfing her.

Clark floated in the air and let out a breath of air in relief

"Not too bad for a kid who's never been in a fight, but now I don't have anyone to tell me what's going on, Maybe I can thaw out the other ones head and get her to talk, if I can find where she is" Clark said exhausted rubbing the soreness out of his shoulder.

Something jumped from a top the building behind him and grabbed him on the decent "She's right here" Garnet said grabbing Clark so he couldn't move, Garnet let out a yell as she began to emit large amounts of electrical energy and put it through Clark's whole body. Clark screamed in pain as the energy course through every bone in his body he almost fell from the sky but managed to keep his focus, and he instead flew up a high speeds going past the clouds. Despite the high speed Garnet kept a grip on him and continued to pour out the electricity that was until Clark made a very sudden stop in midair making Garnet fly above him. She didn't go far as Clark grabbed Garnet by her leg and began to fly down towards the Earth incredibly fast and soon they were at the buildings . He threw her towards the ground. Opal emerged from the burning wreck extremely disoriented

"Heh, that wasn't so bad, that all you got you big, blue, bastard" Opal said shakily trying to regain her senses

She then heard a small voice coming from above her she looked up and saw a screaming Garnet heading right for her

"Son of a…" Opal said defeated as Garnet crashed into her making a giant explosion.

Opal laid under Garnet and began to glow breaking into two smaller figures Pearl and Amethyst,

"What is this guy made of every time we hit him he matches us blow for blow" Amethyst said as she forced herself up very upset

"This power… no Kryptonian should be able to do this, what can we do" Pearl said worried and slightly despaired

Garnet stood up looking at the sky through the dust

"We hit him together" Garnet said seriously.

Both Amethyst and Pearl looked at Garnet with surprise and acceptance standing beside her and preparing for the final round. Clark landed on the ground and face the plume of smoke where the Gems laid, he was clearly exhausted but still put on a strong front

"You want go another round or you ready to answer my questions, I can do this all day" Clark said boldly as he began to walk towards them.

And from the smoke emerged a voice it was strong and almost monstrous

"We don't have anything to say to you Kryptonian, but if you really want to continue…" the voice said as a giant hand emerged from the smoke just in front of Clark.

The figure wasn't any of the others he faced she had wild mint green hair, bright-magenta skin and six arms, her eyes are covered by a dark-indigo visor an oval gemstone on her forehead, with three dark- indigo oval-shaped lenses surrounding it. Her attire was a teal bodysuit with a four-pointed star cutout on each knee, the flats and large, dark-mauve shoulder plates, and the dark pink belt, and gloves on each pair of arms. The creature stood as tall as a small apartment building dwarfing Clark completely and roared at him with a mouth that hid underneath the mask it wore

"Were ready for a Brawl" it roared. Alexandrite was ready to end this battle.

Clark stared at the creature in awe as it reared back its fist and launched it at Clark. Clark reacted fast flying towards the punch that was as big as he was and catching it with his bare hands. Though it wasn't easy as Clark strained and struggled against the fist trying to push it back, Alexandrite growled seeing that he was holding back her punch but smiled seeing all the effort he was putting to stop it. She brought back another one of her fist revving up a punch only this one had one of Garnet's gauntlets form around it, the punch impacted on the entire right side of Clark's body and sent him through another building. He managed to stop himself in midair as he exited the other side of the building, he didn't have time to react as Amethyst's whip came crashing through the building he went through and wrapped around his entire body. Clark screamed as Alexandrite began to spin him around and crash him through the sides of three building, she then pulled Clark towards herself again and punched him with the Gauntlets this time hitting his upper body and sending him spinning. But before he could hit the ground Alexandrite grabbed him with another spare arm and slammed him into a building, still holding onto him she jumped up dragging Clark along the side breaking him through steel and glass. Once she was over the roof of the building she lifted Clark over her head

"I'M A PLANT ME AN IDIOT TREE" Alexandrite yelled gleefully as she threw Clark towards the earth crashing through the pavement.

Alexandrite then brought two of her arms together forming the gauntlets again only this time the gauntlets actually fired off of her arms like rockets and headed right for the hole Clark made in the ground. The Gauntlets exploded like missiles once they made contact creating a giant crater, Alexandrite landed on the ground a confident smirk on her face

"Come on I was expecting a fight don't tell me that's all you got" Alexandrite yelled confidently.

As soon as she said that a blur emerged from the crater and nailed her in the chin, Alexandrite stumbled back using the building as a support as Clark floated in front of her fist raised. His shirt was in tatters showing off his well-built figure and the symbol was still whole, he was missing a boot, his hair was messier loose strands in front of his eyes, small cuts and bruised littered across his body. His body said he was running on fumes though his eyes said he could go for hours

"Oh trust me you haven't seen anything yet" Clark said mockingly.

Alexandrite roared as she summoned Pearls spear and swung at the floating Clark the base slammed against Clark's side but he didn't budge an inch, he then grabbed it keeping Alexandrite stationary

"I'll admit you're a lot stronger than me, but let's see what that strength does for you in mid-air" Clark yelled as he flew upwards holding the spear Alexandrite in tow.

Clark then spun the spear and Alexandrite and threw her into the air, she began to slow down once she was over the buildings and started to descend but Clark slammed into her mid-section and flew higher into the sky.

Clark roared as he increased his speed flying higher and higher into the sky higher than he's ever been straight to the earth's lower atmosphere. Alexandrite grunted as she formed the gauntlet again and grabbed Clark trying to push him off, the force he was applying was too great so Alexandrite activated her rocket punch again using them and her own strength to finally push Clark off her body. Clark tumbled downwards a bit before he corrected himself in the air and looked up to see Alexandrite still in the air and rushed towards her fist raised, Alexandrite's eyes widened as she saw Clark approach so she summoned the gauntlets and the whip and brought them together forming a giant flail/foil. Clark was surprised as the fail/foil swung at him and hit him sending him further down though he still wasn't done, Alexandrite saw that didn't work and growled dispersing the flail/foil into light and summoning the opalescent bow drawing it back and focusing it on Clark.

Alexandrite fired the bow launching a large arrow much larger than what Opal made toward Clark, Clark saw the oncoming arrow stopping in the air he narrowed his eyes as they began to glow red. He fired his Heat vision towards the arrow though not as big the heat emitting from the beam was burning the atmosphere around them, the two beams raced towards each other for a clash that would've burned a hole in the sky. But they did not clash Clark's beam passed right by the arrow small purple sparks emitted from the brief contact they had as they passed each other. Both Clark's and Alexandrite's eyes widened as they saw the beams pass each other and head towards them, Alexandrite could not dodge in the air, and Clark didn't have time to move because the arrow was to fast. Both beams met their mark as Clark screamed in pain as he was completely engulfed by the arrow the energy coursing through his entire body, Alexandrite gasped as the heat beam went right through her mid-section leaving a giant hole in her body. Clark's vison went blurry and his hearing was fuzzy as he plummeted to earth with his last bit of consciousness he saw Alexandrite exploded into a puff of smoke and made out four small glittering items falling from the smoke as he finally lost consciousness and fell into the ocean, followed by four small gems.

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