Morgan Edge was currently sitting in his office at Edge EnerCorp, stewing at the latest setback to his plan. Argo Enterprises had recently beaten him out on the contract to purchase the Schuester mines in Smallville. Something that would definitely backup his plans, since without control of the mines, he'd never be able to extract the X-Kryptonite in them and without that, his plans to restore his homeworld were stalled, since Morgan Edge was not his true name and he was not human.
He was a Kryptonian, just like Superman and Supergirl. His real name was Tal-Rho and he was actually Superman's older brother. Well half-brother. His father Zeta-Rho, had been genetically matched with his mother, Lara Lor-Van, until she'd left his father to marry Superman's father, Jor-El. How he despised the El family. Though despite that, he couldn't help but want to connect with Kal-El, since they were brothers.
However, he was pulled from his thoughts when he heard someone fly through his window and he was shocked at who he saw.
"Hello Tal. It's been awhile." Lora Dru-Zod with a smirk as suddenly, Tal's computer screen pixelated and a Coluan jumped out before wrapping her arm around Lora's waist.
"Well, well. Lora Dru-Zod, how this day produces surprises. I never thought I'd see you again." Tal said, honestly intrigued.
"You really think that General Zod would allow his daughter to perish so easily?" Lora asked him.
"Fair enough. Though considering your youth, I'm assuming your pod took a few detours on the way here?" Tal asked and Lora nodded.
"Something like that. But I have to admit, I've been keeping tabs on you since I discovered you were on Earth and I know what you were planning before Kara Zor-El got in your way." Lora said, amused.
"What?" Tal asked.
"Oh, you mean you don't know that Kara Danvers is just the Earth name for Kara Zor-El? I'm surprised you didn't recognize her, since you always did have a crush on her when we were kids. Not that she'd even consider now since you're at least twice her age. And you were never her type to begin with." Lora said, still smug about the fact that the daughter of the House of El had chosen her over Tal.
Not that she still had feelings for Kara anymore, but it was a nice sense of superiority.
"Did you come here just to rub salt in old wounds?" Tal asked, annoyed.
"No, that's just a perk. I'm here because I know what you were planning and while I approve of the idea, I think you were going about it the wrong way." Lora said.
"Meaning what?" Tal asked.
"Instead of using a form of kryptonite as they call it on this rock and a machine created by your mother to implant kryptonian consciousnesses and powers into humans who can handle it, why not look for existing Kryptonians. Like say the inmates of Fort Rozz which crashed here when Kara landed and is actually responsible for the beautiful woman here by my side." Lora said with a smile as she looked at Indigo.
"Ah yes, Indigo, the Coluan who tried to destroy Krypton. You really didn't need to bother, since the planet was on its way out anyways." Tal said.
"True. But let's not split hairs on that." Indigo said with a grin.
"What do you want?" Tal asked.
"I've recruited Astra's forces under my command after she defected to her niece's side. That's an army of Kryptonians. And I know where we can get more. Real Kryptonians that we can use to bring back our homeworld here." Lora said.
"I'm listening." Tal said.
"The Phantom Zone. Hundreds of Kryptonian criminals were sentenced there outside of Fort Rozz. Including my parents." Lora said.
"I thought Zod and Ursa met their end when they fought Kal-El." Tal said.
"No, Kal-El doesn't have the stomach to kill his enemies, otherwise Lex Luthor would've died a long time ago. He's weak like his parents. He has a phantom zone projector, which he used to send my parents and their forces into the zone. He keeps it in his Fortress on this planet, but I can't find it. I was hoping that as his brother, you might know where it is." Lora said.
"He doesn't even know I'm his brother. Why would he tell me where his Fortress is?" Tal asked.
"Are you really saying that you didn't track it down after he became public. First thing I did after Kara became Supergirl was track down her secret island." Lora said and Tal chuckled.
"Of course I know where it is, but it never suited my goals to go there and tip my hand, put myself on his radar before I was ready for him to know about me. But now that the mines are lost and I admit, the idea of having real Kryptonians aid me is tempting. I'll take you and your troops to his Fortress and help you find the projector, as long as you agree to convince your parents to help me resurrect our world that the House of Rho will rule beside them." Tal said, since he knew that the Zods would attempt to take over the planet, so he wanted to ensure that he'd be ruling with them.
"My parents always pay their debts and always reward loyalty. They'll agree to your terms." Lora agreed and she was actually planning on keeping her word.
"Good, then let's go rally your forces. We must act now." Tal said and Lora nodded as she grabbed Indigo's waist and they all flew out of the office.