Superman/Steven Universe: The Shield of Hope
(Note: Told ya the next chapter would be out soon. So now I hope you all enjoy the finale of the Battle between the crystal gems, the Man of Steel, and the Perilous Parasite) :)
Chapter 12
Lexcorp Basement
John had been helping the scientist, workers, and guards of the basement level out of the building. When the alarm sounded and the people started running he and a few of his construction worker friends ran down the tunnel and started helping evacuating the basement. He saw the dead bodies he knew whatever caused the alarm was whatever did that to those men. He was now ushering the people up the tunnel towards ground level, the last few had just passed him and one of his co-workers was running towards him. When suddenly a blue and purple blur came crashing through the ceiling landing in front of John impacting on the concrete and making a crater. A cloud of Dust surrounded the hole, John tried to look through it his co-worker was on the other side of the crater. Suddenly a blue blur flew out of the crater and slammed into the side of a car smashing it. Then from the clearing dust John saw a Purple Monster emerge from the crater.
"I-I need more power" Parasite said weakly he had shrunk losing muscle and becoming smaller
He saw the worker in front of him and smiled. Parasite lunged at the man grabbing his face and forcing him to the ground. The man screamed in pain as the Parasite feasted on him, John eyes widened in panic that thing was killing him. John looked around till his eyes came to a lone sledgehammer, without thinking John picked up the hammer and ran towards the monster. At the moment relief washed over Parasite like drinking cool water in a burning dessert as he drained the poor man. Suddenly John ran up to Parasite from the side and swung the hammer towards the monster. It collided with the side of Parasite's head making him yell in pain and roll across the floor sparing the man he was draining. John ran up to the worker wanting to make sure he was okay, the man was unconscious but still breathing. The Parasite rose from the ground clutching his head and glaring at John
"You'll pay for that" Parasite seethed
"BRING IT" John yelled hammer raised going in front of the unconscious worker
Parasite rushed towards John claws raised and roaring like a wild beast. John prepared to swing the hammer again, but before he could swing the blue blur returned. It slammed into Parasite's side with a boom sending him away from John and the worker. Clark turned to John with a serious look on his face
"Are you two okay" Clark asked, John could only nod dumbly as he examined Clark
Parasite was slowly rising from the ground groaning, but before he could stand Amethyst and Pearl came from above and slammed into his back. He let out a pained scream as he sunk deeper into the pavement. The Garnet landed in front of him, summoning her gauntlets she grabbed onto his shirt. Garnet let out a battle cry as she spun him around and threw him through a set of metal doors away from the exit, the gems then dashed through the broken doors wanting to keep up the pursuit. Clark saw them leave and prepared to follow
"Take your friend and get to street level, tell everyone you can to stay away from the basement" Clark said as he picked up the unconscious man and handed him to John
Clark prepared to leave until John spoke
"Wait…. Thank you" John said gratefully hoisting the man onto his shoulder
"Just helping out sir" Clark said with a smile as he then zoomed down the hallway after the gems
John took a second to process what he just saw before shaking himself out of his stupor and started to make his way to the exit. Even as he ran his mind went to the mystery man who saved his life and to the 'S' the laid on that man's chest.
Clark zoomed down the hallway at lightning speeds until he saw the gems, he then slowed down so that he was next to the gems.
"I think everybody down here has evacuated, if we find anybody left behind we need to get them to safety" Clark said, the gems nodded in agreement
"That Parasite has gotten smaller after you sent it down here" Pearl said as they continued down the path
"That thing seems to have a raging hunger, maybe it needs to keep eating to stay strong" Amethyst said
"Of course it can't make or contain it energy for itself. So it has to feed in order to stay alive, but it also burns through the energy faster with action. If we keep fighting him without giving him a chance to absorb more energy, he'll revert to a point where he'll be weaker than a regular human" Garnet said in realization
"Then we keep up the pressure, don't let up, we don't stop until he has nothing left" Clark said determined as they all picked up speed ready to finish the battle
Parasite had dragged himself down the hall towards a set of metal automatic doors. He entered what appeared to be a large laboratory with computers, tables with tubes and beakers. And behind a large sheet of protective glass at the end of the room was metal cylinder with metal tubes going from it to the ground and wires coming off the top of it. Parasite remembered how the doors worked and that they had an emergency lock. He reached for a panel at the side of the door and tore it off, behind it was a red button which he pressed. The metal doors slammed shut a locking sound filled the empty room as he leaned on the door breathing heavily
"All the power I got from them….. Is fading. I'm getting weaker… I need more" Parasite thought panicked as he scanned the area around him
The room had only one exit and Parasite just locked it there was no way out expect through the flying man and the gems. He needed more power if he wanted any chance against them so he desperately looked for something to absorb. With his enhanced vison he saw energy course through the lights and the computers, but it wasn't enough. All the people had evacuated the basement there was no on left to feed on. Parasite's mind raced as he tried to think of a plan to get him out this situation, suddenly he heard something from the other side of the door.
"Knock Knock" Amethyst said playfully knocking on the metal door
"Uuuuh…. Who's there" Parasite said confused by the question
Then the door blasted open sending him flying through the protective glass at the end of the room. The dust cleared revealing Clark and Garnet having punched the door of its hinges with Pearl and Amethyst standing behind them.
"THE DOOR" Amethyst yelled confidently whip at the ready
"Jones you're sick, let us help you" Clark yelled to him
"Oh you can help me, by feeding me" Parasite yelled back spitefully as he picked himself
He grabbed the half of the door that landed next to him and hurled it towards Clark. Before it got close Garnet ran in front of Clark and deflected the door back to Parasite with a kick. Parasite eyes shot open and he ducked out of the way as the door flew past him and embedded in the metal cylinder behind him.
"Give up you can't take us all on and we aren't going to let you touch us again" Pearl said pointing her spear at him
"If you think I'm just gonna give up to you little nobodies you better….." Parasite said seething but stopped
He felt something power coming from behind him. He turned around quick to look at the large metal cylinder and the door embedded in it. From the opening the door made he could see it, bright yellow energy coming out of it like a balloon losing air. A huge smile grew on Parasites face and Clark noticed it. He saw that Parasite was looking at the cylinder and used his enhanced vision to see why. He couldn't see through the actual cylinder for some reason, but he did see that the door did pierce it and through the opening he could see something seeping out an energy. Clark's eyes widened upon realizing what it was a remembering what Luthor said during his presentation
"Guys, that's the thermoelectric generator Luthor said he had under Lexcorp" Clark shouted
"WHAT" the gems shouted
Parasite let out a crazed laugh as he grabbed the door and pulled it out. He stuck his hand inside the opening and let the energy course through him. He laugh became louder and louder as he tore the generator apart wanting to get at the energy faster. Once again he began to grow more muscular and taller, till he went past the height he was when he fed off of Clark. His shirt and pants ripped as he began to grow. His shoes exploded revealing talon like feet as he continued to laugh. Clark and the gems could do nothing but watch him grow and grow.
"Well this is gonna be fun" Amethyst said sarcastically as they all got into a fighting position
Steven, Lois and Jimmy finally reached the basement of Lexcorp and walked through the ruined parking lot examining the crater in the center of the parking lot.
"You know we could probably run up the slope to get to ground level, huh, that's a good idea right" Jimmy tried to reason with Lois who was examining the crater
Lois wasn't really paying attention to Jimmy she was examining the area. Her eyes came to the crater, the ruined car, a lone sledgehammer, and finally the broken down door at the end of the room. Lois's stood up and looked at the doorway with narrowed eyes before walking towards it with Steven and Jimmy following behind.
"Steven stay close and stay quiet that thing is still out there. Jimmy were keeping our distance I get the story, you get the photos and make sure you turn the flash off on your camera we don't want him seeing us" Lois said as they both nodded with Jimmy turning off the flash for his camera
They all continued quietly down the corridor in silence, the tension building between everyone until they heard something. A female scream echoed through the halls making them all jump in fright, Steven gasped recognizing the scream.
"PEARL" Steven yelled in panic as ran down the corridor
"Dammit kid, wait" Lois yelled as she ran after him with Jimmy behind
Steven was surprisingly fast able to keep ahead of the two reporters as he followed the sounds to the broken down door of the laboratory. As soon as Steven stepped into the room something slammed into the wall next to him. Once the dust settled he saw that Amethyst was embedded in the wall groaning.
"Amethyst" Steven said worried running to her only to be stopped by Lois who pulled him out of the way just a s chair slammed into the wall in front of him
"Are you trying to get yourself killed, we don't know if that guy or friend's beta that thing yet, we don't….." Lois yelled at Steven until a roar filled the room
All three turned and gawked at what they were seeing. It was Parasite but he was so much bigger than before. He had grown to be slightly taller than Opal if they were to stand side by side, but was easily more muscular than her to an almost monstrous level. His clothes were barely staying on his body as it strained against his massive body, his pants were practically shorts now and his shoes were completely gone. Parasite laughed maniacally as her bared down Pearl and Garnet who stood in front of him weapons summoned and raised.
"Now that was filling, but I still have room for the rest of you" Parasite said looking down at the gems
"You'll have to fight for your meal you gluttonous pig" Garnet said as she leapt towards him fist raised wanting to punch him
Parasite however brought his arm down on Garnet slamming her into the ground. He prepared to grab her only for Pearl to run up and slash the arm with her spear. Parasite recoiled from the stinging pain looking at the gash on his arm that bleed purple, but within seconds the cut healed. Parasite growled at Pearl who could only stand and try to look confident. With a battle cry she raised her spear and tried to stab him. Despite his size Parasite was surprisingly quick and was able to grab Pearl's arm mid-air and lift her up. Pearl let out a pained cry as her form fizzled and her energy drained and Parasite relished the feeling that overcame him.
Luckily Clark came running from behind and leapt onto Parasites back wrapping his arms around Parasites neck. Clark tightened his grip trying to choke Parasite out, Parasite gagged as he tried to reach for his back to get at Clark. But, Amethyst's whip soared through the air and wrapped around the arm Parasite was going to use to grab Clark keeping it in place. Parasite growled at Amethyst who gave him a tired but cocky smile. Garnet then rose from the ground and drove her fist into Parasites midsection making him release Pearl and double over. Clark roared as he held onto Parasite's neck and pulled on it flipping him over and throwing him into the now inactive reactor destroying it.
"I can't believe he took in all the energy from that generator" Pearl said shocked
"Well at least the things dead now, he can't get any more power from it" Amethyst replied breathing heavily
"But, he got what he needed. He's stronger than before" Garnet said
"But, he'll still burn through it we just have to last till he runs on dry again" Clark said
Parasite rose from the wreckage growling at the four heroes who stood before him, but then his eyes wandered up and he saw the three standing near the door. Parasite immediately zeroed in on Steven making him yelp in fright.
"Finally my desserts here" Parasite said jovially making the four turn around to look at the three
"STEVEN" the gems shouted
"LOIS, JIMMY" Clark yelled
"For the record the kid wanted to come, that and LOOK OUT" Lois yelled pointing to Parasite who had lifted the broken Generator
With a grunt he hefted the thing at the three bystanders, they could only stare as the thing bared down on them. A blue blur zoomed in front of them and Clark caught the thing before it could crush them. The gems then rushed Parasite once again, Clark tossed the canister away and turned to the three.
"You all need to leave now, Ms. Lane you need to think of the child" Clark reasoned making Lois frown
"Mr. Flying man, I came here because I wanted to, because my friends needed help. This is my decision, mine" Steven said defiantly looking up to Clark
"Steven listen…." Clark said sympathetically till panicked yells filled the room
Amethyst was being swung around by her whip and slammed into Pearl. Garnet leapt at Parasite, but was batted aside with a backhand. Parasites gaze turned to the four and he started making his way to them.
"You all need to get to cover now" Clark yelled as he turned to Parasite and flew towards him
Parasite tried to bring his arm down on Clark, but he was able to catch it. Parasite then tried to hit Clark with his other arm only for Clark to catch it, but the force of the blow did force him to the ground. Clark strained as he used all his strength to push Parasite back away from the three. With Parasite focused on Clark, Steven grabbed Lois arm and pulled her along with following
"Quick in here" Steven yelled as he pointed to the destroyed generator
"Kid that thing ain't gonna hide us" Lois said
At the same time Parasite had flung Clark into the ceiling cracking it and as he fell Parasite hit him with a backhand sending him into a wall. Parasite then started to look for Steven, but for some reason he couldn't see Steven, Lois, or Jimmy. Parasite could no longer see the energy that filled them, the colors were gone.
"WHERE ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS, WHY CAN'T I SEE YOU, WHY CAN'T I FEEL YOU. COME OUT YOU LITTLE BRAT SO I CAN HAVE YOU AND YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS FOR DESSERT" Parasite yelled as he marched to where they previously were
Steven was surprised by what Parasite said, he seemed to know where Steven was before perfectly. But, now for some reason he couldn't, then Steven examined the container they were all hiding in.
"Guys, I think whatever this thing is made of is hiding us" Steven whispered to the two
Parasite walked over to the container and lifted it up wanting to look under it, little did he know they were inside it.
"I know you in here somewhere you brat, I'll tear this whole building apart to get at that sweet pink nectar inside you" Parasite said maniacally making Steven cringe in fear
"You'll have to finish me off first" Garnet yelled as she dashed towards him gauntlets summoned and punching him in the side.
Parasite flew into a wall and Garnet ran up and began pummeling him. The container rolled across the room with the three yelling in fright. Until Clark ran in front of it stopping the container from rolling. The three fell out of the container dizzy and slightly nauseous, Pearl and Amethyst ran up and hugged Steven in relief.
"Ms. Lane what is Steven doing here, this too dangerous for any of you to be here" Pearl said worried and slightly angered with Lois
"This is code red danger, I don't even know how long we'll last against this thing" Amethyst said concerned
"Gu-guys t-this was m-m-my d-decision….ugggh" Steven stammered out still dizzy
"You all need to listen the kid said something about the container" Lois said collecting herself
"Guys when we were inside the container he couldn't see us, he didn't know where we were. He had us in his hands and he still didn't know" Steven said
Clark was surprised by what Steven and immediately tried to scan the container, but found that he couldn't see through it.
"Whatever this thing is made out of, I can't see through it" Clark said
"You can see through things" Amethyst said amazed
"Well Luthor said it was a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, so if I were to guess it probably made of lead. In order to contain the radiation" Pearl stated
"WHOA… were we sitting in something radioactive" Jimmy stated shocked
"I'm pretty sure this creature absorbed all the energy from this, electrical and radioactive it's clean" Clark said as he examined the inside of the container
"Okay the guy can't see through lead what of it" Amethyst asked
"Well maybe it's not limited to sight, maybe his powers have no effect against lead" Lois reasoned
Clark's eyes widened in realization "That's why he didn't go straight for the generator, he couldn't see what was inside. He didn't know till the door pierced the hull and the energy started to seep out" Clark said in realization just as Garnet came skidding across the floor.
"I know I'm the leader, but I'm open to suggestions right now" Garnet groaned as she picked herself up
"I have an idea" Clark said as he tore off a piece of the container and proceeded to wrap his hands with the metal easily bending it
Parasite roared as he charged the heroes Clark narrowing his eyes at the beast as he flew towards it fist raised. Parasite smiled as he raised his hand and caught Clark's metal clad fist.
"Not gonna lie out all you guys, you're the best tasting" Parasite said maliciously as he began absorbing
But miraculously Clark stood there unfazed still looking as energized as ever with a growing smirk on his face. Everyone in the room was shocked by what was happening, Parasite then clawed at Clark with his free arm. Clark brought up is other metal clad arm blocking it and allowing Parasite to grab it, still Clark stood tall and proud while Parasite grew more and more worried.
"Why….WHY CAN'T I EAT YOU" Parasite yelled shocked
"Looks like I found something a little too tough for you to swallow" Clark said confidently as he raised up his legs and double kicked Parasite in the abdomen making him fall backwards.
The gems eyes widened in surprise at the new advantage they had as they turned to the container.
"Steven you and the others get back. Pearl take the lead and use it as a weapon. Amethyst I need you to cutout a huge piece of this thing, if he can't get through it we can probably use it to contain this this" Garnet said as she tore off some of the container and wrapped it around her hands
The two gems nodded and started getting to work on the container. Parasite was picking himself up still reeling from what just happened when two shadows came over him. Clark and Garnet stood side by side both with lead gauntlets around their hands staring down Parasite.
"You ready to rock" Garnet said lifting her hand up
"Ready if you are" Clark replied with a smirk tapping his hand against hers with a clang
In front of the Lexcorp Building
There was a huge crowd of people in front of the Lexcorp building as police setup a barricade to keep them back. People were murmuring and yelling, begging for answers for what was going on inside the building. A SWAT truck pulled up with a dozen armed police men spilling out ready for action. Through the confused crowd a worried man broke through the crowd and to the barricade. This man was Greg Universe and he was looking for his son.
"E-excuse me officer what's going on in there" Greg asked concerned
"Don't know the alarm sounded and everyone was evacuating, apparently a few people are dead in there" The officer said making Greg's heart freeze
"Have you seen a young boy with a star T-shirt and sandals come out of the building, he's my son his name is Steven" Greg asked desperately
"Sir you have to remain calm, either your son is in the crowd or he's still in the building" The officer replied trying to calm Greg
"Remain Calm? I checked the crowd he's not here. You're telling me to remain calm while my son is in a building where people died" Greg said terrified
"Sir the SWAT team is about to enter the building, if your sons inside they'll find him and they'll bring him back" the officer said
Then a boom was heard that echoed through the streets making everyone freeze. Then there was another boom and everyone looked in front of the barricade to the street, the pavement was cracked. Then with another boom the crack in the street got bigger, and with the final loudest boom something broke through the pavement and flew into the air. A blue blur came from underground and landed atop a nearby building with a crash. Everyone looked up to see what just flew out of the ground, but their heads all came back to the street as pained groans came out the hole. Then everyone gasped in terror as the Parasite emerged from the hole, no longer large but now normal sized and returning to his scrawny form.
"FREEZE" one of the SWAT yelled raising his gun
"I-I need-more-more-MORE" Parasite yelled as he ran towards the SWAT grabbing his face and absorbed his energy
The crowd screamed in terror as they watched this purple monster suck away at this poor man. The Man flailed then came to a rest finally dying at the Parasites grasp. The other SWAT opened fire on the monster littering him with bullets and making the crowd duck for cover. Parasite roared in pain and anger as he ran towards two SWAT who were ventilating him and grabbed they're faces. Like before they flailed then stopped, the Parasite tossing them towards the other SWAT knocking them down. Parasite then began to move around frantically looking for someone else to feed on, just then three multi-colored blurs burst from the hole. Garnet was carrying Lois and Jimmy, Pearl was holding onto Steven, and Amethyst was holding a huge cut out part of the lead generator.
"More-I need more-I NEED THE POWER" Parasite said fearfully looking towards the crowd
Everyone was now looking at the gems, marveling at the amazing entrance they just performed. Greg's eyes came to the gems and relief filled his heart as he saw Steven was safe, but that relief turned to fear when he saw the Parasite was looking at him.
"GIVE ME FOOD" Parasite yelled as he lunged at Greg arm outstretched
Greg let out a terrified scream as the Parasite quickly approached, but suddenly a blue blur flew from atop the building to the ground below. With Parasite's vicious grip mere centimeters from his face Clark appeared in a blur grabbing the arm before it could touch Greg. Greg and everyone in the crowd looked at the caped man in awe, wondering where he just came from.
"No more" Clark whispered angrily
"NO MORE KILLING" Clark yelled as he grabbed Parasite by the neck
Parasite flailed as Clark lifted him up he tried to grab Clark's arm only for Clark to perform a choke slam on him and embed him in the ground. Clark then delivered a kick to the downed Parasite's midsection sending him flying to the SWAT truck getting stuck in it. Parasite growled as he pulled himself out of the car and glared at Clark. He then turned to the truck and proceeded to lift it off the ground, everyone gasping in amazement. Parasite screamed as he flung the SWAT truck at Clark, but it instead flew overhead and threatened to crush some people. The people let out a terrified scream as they braced for the pain to come, it never came.
In another blue blur Clark flew over the crowd and caught the truck before it could land on them, again everyone could only stare at the strangely dressed man who was now flying and lifting a truck. Clark let out a battle cry as he flew at Parasite still holding the truck, Parasites eyes widened as Clark flew at him. With a crash Clark slammed the truck into Parasite pinning him against the wall surrounding the Lexcorp building (imagine Action Comics # 1 cover). Clark lifted the truck off Parasite and tossed it to the side away from people, he then walked up to Parasite and grabbed him by the neck.
"This is over, give it up" Clark yelled Parasite glared at him
"NEVER" Parasite yelled as he grabbed Clark's face, Clark yelled as he felt his power being drained
Only for Garnet to run up and punch Parasite in the face sending him away from Clark, but now he was closer to the crowd and tried to reach for a civilian. When Amethyst whip wrapped around his arm and pulled him away and into the air. Parasite yelled as he flew through the air only for Pearl to jump up into the sky with her pole made of lead and knock Parasite back to the ground with a crash.
"Amethyst bring the lead" Garnet yelled, Amethyst nodded and ran towards her holding the slab of lead
"You think this can hold him" Amethyst asked handing it to Garnet
"You just get that on him, I'll make sure he stays in place" Clark said with a smile
Parasite roared as he looked up at the descending Pearl getting ready to grab her out of the air, only for Garnet to come from behind and wrap the lead slab about Parasite. With his arms indisposed at his sides, Parasite began to try and break the lead. But, Pearl was still coming down on him and swung with the pole hitting him on the top of his head. Parasite stumbled back dazed from the blow, at the same time Clark used his heat vision to meld the ends of the lead slab together trapping Parasite. Parasite roared at Clark and made a mad dash for him, only for Garnet to grab him by the waist and suplex him into the pavement. Parasite kick furiously trying to get up, but Amethyst whip wrapped around his leg and with a crack he was flung into the air once more. Parasite screamed in panic as he was flung in the air, when he looked down he saw Amethyst cocky grin as she cracked her whip again slamming into the pavement. Parasite laid on his back groaning in pain as Clark walked up to him, Clark took in a huge amount of air then blew allowing blue mist to come out of his lips. After a few seconds of blowing Clark stopped and revealed Parasite his body wrapped in lead and encased in ice.
"The power….it's fading….I-I need it" Parasite said defeated as struggled a bit before giving up
Clark stood proudly over the defeated Parasite as Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl stood next to him looking at the defeated monster.
"Now that was a fight, we're gonna be talking about this for ages" Amethyst said with a hearty laugh
"I don't think were the only ones" Clark said as he looked at the silent crowd who was just staring at them in amazement
The silent lasted for 1½ minutes till the crowd erupted into cheers and ran past the barricade towards the four heroes. The four simply stood there surprised as the crowd surrounded them and started asking questions.
"Who are you guys?"
"How are you so strong?"
"Is this cape how you fly?"
"Where'd you get that whip?"
"That Suplex was sick"
"Did you shoot lasers out of your eyes" dozens of people said at once
"Please can everybody, just give us some room" Clark said
A little girl approached Pearl and touched her leg making her look down at the small child
"I like your dress, it's really pretty" the girl said with a smile making Pearl blush a bit at the compliment
The girl's mother ran up and grabbed the child holding her close to her chest
"Deedee don't touch her" The mother said scared
"M-ma'am I wasn't going to hurt your child" Pearl said slightly offended
"Everyone get back" the SWAT yelled making them crowd disperse as they pointed they're guns at the heroes
"Put your hands over your heads and get on the ground now" the officer yelled
"Officer please we don't want to hurt anybody" Clark said pleadingly
"Were getting to much attention, it's time to leave" Garnet said stoically
"What, we aren't going to address our adoring public" Amethyst said a bit disappointed
"Were trying to keep a low profile, Amethyst. We can't get to much attention' Pearl said making Amethyst grumble under her breath
The gems then leapt into the air grabbing onto a building and scaling till they were out of the view of the crowd below. Everyone gasped at the dramatic exit and Clark was left there alone. He mentally agreed with what the gems have done and decided it was time to leave. He began to levitate off the ground with everyone still asking him questions, but one voice broke out through the crowd.
"WAIT" Lois yelled making Clark stop and look at Lois wonder and awe in her eyes
"Who…who are you" Lois asked astonished
Clark simply smiled "A friend" Clark said simply and flew off
The crowd yelled and screamed for Answers as Lois stood there dumbfounded trying to compute everything that just happened and what she just saw.
"That-was-the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life. I got so many good pictures, we got one hell of a story for Perry huh Lois… Lois?" Jimmy asked concerned to the still Lois
Lois then fell onto the pavement like a board unmoving her eyes rolling back into her head. Jimmy yelped in surprise.
"Ooooh man, Lois are you okay? What should I do, what should I do Steven…..Steven?" Jimmy said as he looked around for Steven who had disappeared
Steven had dipped around the corner away from the crowd, once the gems left he knew that he should to. He began to walk down the empty street when someone ran from behind and hugged him.
"OH MY GOD STEVEN YOUR OKAY" Greg said relieved hugging Steven tightly
"Dad I'm happy to see you to" Steven said genuinely happy to see his father
"What was that thing the gems were fighting, who was that man?" Greg asked as he put Steven down
"Oh dad it was incredible and terrifying this Parasite monster appeared out and stared eating people, but not with his mouth with his hands. And then he threw Ms. Lane through a window and the guy with the cape the gems were talking about showed up, but he was super friendly and helped the gems the monster. And then….." Steven said excitedly
"I think this is gonna be a long story Steve-O and I feel like the gems are gonna want a quick exit. We should probably get to the van" Greg reasoned
Steven nodded and followed Greg to where he parked the van.
Meanwhile the gems have been jumping across rooftops to get some distance away from the crowd and the police. They skillfully jumped from roof the roof avoiding the peoples gaze. That is until they stopped on one roof and were face to face with the flying man of Mystery.
"I think we need to talk" Clark said calmly landing on the roof
"Yeah we do, but not now the entire city is looking for all of us. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt because you saved Steven, Ms. Lane, and us on multiple occasions during the fight with the Parasite" Garnet said looking up and seeing police helicopters approaching
"Yeah I'm willingly to say you held your own in there pretty well" Amethyst said giving Clark a thumbs up
"I'm still unsure about you, but you did help us. So yeah benefit of the doubt" Pearl said unsure
"Alright if not now than when" Clark asked
"Saturday, Beach City. Do you know where that is" Garnet asked
"Yeah…. I know" Clark said hiding his surprise
"Meet us at the lighthouse near the beach at 12pm, it's on a hill. We'll talk there" Garnet said Clark nodded and prepared to fly off
"Um, listen back there I went on my own and you guys helped me. So thank you" Clark said kindly
"Again you saved us a lot back there to. So thank you" Garnet replied
The gems ran to the edge of the building and jumped off. Clark stood there thinking about what they said before once again taking off to towards the sky. Once in the air he could hear the voices of the people still talking about what just occurred.
"Who were they?"
"Did they create that monster?"
"That man saved us from that truck"
"How do we know we can trust them" the voices echoed through the air
Clark sighed
"I hope this wasn't a bad decision" Clark said as he flew off
The Van was parked in an alley a few blocks away from Lexcorp, the gems landed behind the van with a thud. The back van door slammed open revealing Steven's smiling face
"Guys your back" Steven said happily
"Yeah we are Steven. Greg start up the van were leaving" Garnet said as she hopped in the back of the van the others following suit
Greg nodded and started the van, it left the alleyway and started to make its ways out of Metropolis.
"Well…. This was a fun trip. I would really like to come back here and visit Lois, Jimmy, and Clark again. Maybe without the monster battle" Steven said encouragingly
"We're gonna met the Kryptonian on Saturday around 12pm. We need to know what his purpose here is on Earth" Garnet said in deep thought
"Well from Steven told me so far, he really pulled your butts out of the fire. He can't be all bad" Greg reasoned, Garnet simply grunted
"I'm still worried about our…. Performance in front of that crowd. We can't have too much attention put on us" Pearl said nervously
"So we beat a monster in front of an audience and wrecked that jerks billion dollar building. Humans eat news fast and go on to the next best thing, they'll forget about this whole thing soon enough. What's thee worse that can happen" Amethyst said optimistically
The van then began to cross the bridge that would bring them out of Metropolis. Unbeknownst to all of them a Lexcorp helicopter was passing overhead holding Lex Luthor and his attendant Mercy. Lex looked down at the city from his helicopter and then to his building with police choppers flying around it. Lex's mind went to the flying man that appeared out of nowhere
"Mercy" Lex said stoically
"Yes Mr. Luthor" Mercy asked
"Get General Lane on the line, tell him we need to talk" Lex said coldly as the Helicopter flew away from Metropolis
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