Chapter 76
Clark and Connor were training up at Clark's Fortress of Solitude, since while the farm was great, Clark wanted to make sure Connor was exposed to his Kryptonian heritage too, so today was a training day at the Fortress, especially since it was one of the only places on Earth where they didn't need to be careful, since the Fortress was designed to allow Clark to unleash his full power safely while he was training back before he'd become active years ago and he still came here to blow off team when he needed to.
Anyways, today Clark had Connor training against simulations of his enemies. It was a good test to see how effective the simulation program was, since once Clark's kids started to show real signs of powers, he was going to put them through this too. Especially since it looked like Jon was already starting to develop super strength and speed, or at least the beginning of it, which was why Clark and Lois were hesitant about letting him play football on his middle school team, but at the same time, they chose to not deprive Jon of something he loved until they had no choice.
"Sorry, I didn't realize you were training today." Kara said as she and Karen, dressed as Supergirl and Powergirl respectively, flew into the Fortress.
"Hey, you're more than welcome here, but I thought that you preferred your island to this place." Clark said with a chuckle as he paused the training session.
"I do, but today I wanted to give Karen a tour of all the Kryptonian artifacts you have here, since those are links to Krypton that she needs to see and I don't have as big a collection as you do. At least not yet." Kara said.
"Thankfully Cadmus altered her DNA enough to not be completely identical to yours, since it allows our systems to tell the difference between you two, otherwise she could have your level of access here." Clark said.
"Don't give her any ideas. But anyways, do you mind?" Kara asked.
"Go nuts." Clark said, right as Kelex flew in.
"Master Kal, Sir Con-El, Lady Kara, Lady Karen, I have detected numerous Kryptonian biosignatures heading towards the Fortress at high speed as we speak." Kelex said, causing Kara and Clark to exchange looks.
"Sounds like Lora figured out what happened to her parents and she discovered that the key to freeing them is here." Kara said and Clark nodded, since Kara had brought him up to speed on everything.
"Kelex, initiate Brainiac protocol. Lock this place down and scan the fortress's systems for any coluan programming and if you find any purge it with extreme prejudice. Take no chances. I want this place looked up so tightly that not even Martian Manhunter could density shift his way in here. That should buy us some time. We need to get to the armory." Clark said.
"We don't need weapons." Connor said, since he was itching for a fight, since unlike the other members of Young Justice, including his cousin Karen, who were allowed to train in the field with their mentors, Clark had kept his training strictly either on the farm or at the Fortress. He was eager for action.
"We're not going there to get weapons. I'm assuming we're going there to secure the phantom zone projector there." Kara said and Clark nodded.
"The projector's been dead since I used it to send Zod and his army back into the Phantom Zone, since it was already old and damaged when I found it. I was lucky it even worked to begin with. But it's been damaged beyond my ability to repair it for years. But that's not the only thing we need to protect. There's a weapon we need to destroy now before it falls into the wrong hands." Clark said.
"The red sun cannon." Kara realized and Clark nodded.
"The what?" Karen asked.
"A weapon created in case the phantom zone inmates ever escaped. Its blast can neutralize any kryptonian charged with yellow sun energy, even me. We can't risk it falling into the hands of the enemy." Clark said and Kara nodded.
"I'll delete all information on it from the Fortress's database and also send out an SOS to all available Justice League members to Zeta here immediately." Kara said, grateful that they'd installed a zeta tube in the Fortress.
"How would the walls keep Martian Manhunter or Flash out?" Karen asked, grateful all of them were already suited up as Powergirl, Supergirl, Superman and Superboy as they heard fists pounding on the door.
"The walls are equipped with an anti phasing shield." Kara said as she finished her work, deleting all data on the cannon from the Fortress's records, since she had the specs on her island and would rebuild it there after she destroyed the one here and sent the SOS.
"The only way to get into this place now would be by either zeta tube or transmat portal. At least for now." Kara said as she kept an eye on the power level of the Fortress's shields, right as she heard an explosion as Superman flew out of the armory.
"The cannon's destroyed and I upped the security measures on the projector to the Lex Luthor Protocol level. Anyone besides you or me who tries to grab it will be caught in that field." Clark said, right as the security field was disabled.
"What happened? Did Indigo get in?" Kara asked.
"No, after Brainiac attacked, I upgraded the systems to repel Coluans." Clark said as Kelex flew down.
"I believe that the system was disarmed due to one of them finding the key." Kelex said.
"I told you that hiding it under the mat was a stupid idea." Supergirl scolded her cousin as the Fortress doors opened and Lora led her army in, Indigo at her side.
"Scold me later. Right now, let's worry about this." Superman said.
"Sorry to drop by unannounced, but you have something here I need." Lora said.
"And you're even crazier than I thought if you think we'd just hand you the projector." Supergirl said.
"I'm giving you just one last chance. Denounce Earth and bow to me now and I'll allow the rest of your family to live under my father's rule." Lora said.
"Never." Supergirl said.
"As expected. But the projector isn't the only reason we're here. Is it Tal?" Lora said as a man wearing a Kryptonian bodysuit floated to the front and Superman and Supergirl were shocked to see Morgan Edge.
"Hello Kara Zor-El. It's been awhile. At least since you've seen me as my true self." Morgan Edge, or rather, Tal-Rho said.
"Tal-Rho. I knew something about you was familiar, but I couldn't place it. I should've known that a snake like your father would make plans to send you away from Krypton." Kara said.
"You know this guy?" Superman asked.
"Unfortunately, the only reason I never told you about him is because I thought he was dead. But you have a right to know." Supergirl said.
"Know what?" Superman asked.
"This waste of space is your half brother on your mom's side." Supergirl said, shocking Superman, Superboy and Powergirl at that revelation.
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