They didn't have much time to discuss Superman's brother right before battle began, with Lora's troops charginging into the Fortress while the leaders of the army, Lora and Tal, each chose a specific target. Lora attacked Supergirl and Tal attacked Superman while Powergirl and Superboy were left to deal with the others.

"Man, those guys do not like our mentors." Powergirl said to Superboy as they quickly realized that Lora had not brought her whole army, just a small squad, which meant that holding the fortress would be possible for the two of them, since their mentors were busy fighting the leaders.

"We have to defend the computers. Make sure that Indigo does not get into them." Superboy said.

"Give me cover. Supergirl told me that after Brainiac attacked, both she and Superman installed anti Coluan failsafes into both the Fortress and the Island's computer systems and she taught me how to activate them. I just need cover." Powergirl said and Superboy nodded.

"I love getting to hit someone who gets back up." Superboy said, since he knew that Powergirl was likely better associated with Kryptonian tech than he was, he provided her with cover while she made her way over to the computer system to make sure the anti coluan firewalls were up.

"I have to admit, this isn't how I wanted our first meeting to go brother." Tal said as he and Superman exchanged punches as they flew through the air.

"If you're my brother, why didn't you come to me when you first arrived on this planet?" Superman asked.

"I was here before you little brother. And I didn't approach you when you became active because you weren't ready to embrace my plans for this world and then when I learned your cousin was still alive, I had to keep a low profile, since I couldn't risk her discovering who I was until I was ready, but now that it's out in the open, there's no reason I can't go and get what I need myself." Tal said with a grin as he flew out of the Fortress, leaving a hole in the ceiling.

Superman looked back into the fortress to see Supergirl battling Lora intensely while Powergirl and Superboy took care of the other troops.

"Go. Whatever it is Tal's after, he can't be allowed to get there. And once you leave the Fortress, see if you can redirect some leaguers to help you." Supergirl shouted and Superman nodded as he flew out after his brother.

"You shouldn't have sent him away. After all, he's the only one besides you who's a real threat." Lora said to Supergirl as their fists clashed against each other so hard that it actually caused a shockwave.

"What the hell did I ever see in you?" Supergirl asked, wondering how she could've missed the signs that her ex was insane.

"Well, I was the only girl our age who had the same interests as you did and you can't deny that I'm easy on the eyes." Lora said.

"God, I can't believe I liked you just for your looks. At least I've upgraded for someone who's the whole package." Supergirl said.

"And I upgraded to someone who shares my vision." Red Daughter said as they flew out of the Fortress as well.

Superman and Tal were fighting in the air, their punches sending each other to different parts of the globe until finally they both crashed down in the middle of main street of Superman's hometown, Smallville.

"What the hell are we doing here?" Superman asked as he looked around and saw so many of his childhood friends staring at them in shock. Shock that Superman was in their town.

"This town has something I need and I'm here to get it. One way or another." Tal said as he flew off with Superman in hot pursuit, right in front of his oldest friend and the only person in this town who knew his secret, since she had one of her own and seeing her old friend in trouble was making her think that maybe it was time to stop denying who she really was.

Superman and Tal crashed into the Schuester Mines outside of town with Tal putting Superman in a headlock as they were surrounded by some kind of strange yellow mineral.

"Perhaps I will let you live just long enough to see my father's plans come to fruition." Tal said, right as he was blasted back by heat vision and Superman looked up, expecting to see his cousin standing there, but instead, he saw Lana Lang, his childhood best friend and the only other Kryptonian he knew on this planet besides himself and Kara, standing there, her eyes glowing, since just like him and Kara, Lana was a refugee from Krypton, the last surviving child of the house of Em, a house almost as revered as the house of El.

That was one of the reasons they'd dated in high school and they'd even been a bit of a crime fighting duo in their town before their paths had split. Clark had left Smallville to move to Metropolis and become Superman while Lana had decided to try to live a normal life in Smallville. At least until now.

"Wasn't expecting to see you here." Superman said to his old friend.

"Likewise. Who is that guy?" Lana asked.

"We'll talk later, but I recommend you get out of here since no offense, but you got lucky and took him by surprise, but you're out of practice." Superman said, since he was not losing her to Tal.

"Agreed. Besides, I think your backup's here anyways." Lana said as Martian Manhunter and Hal Jordan landed in the mines, ready to help.

"Green Lantern and Wonder Woman are helping Supergirl while Doctor Fate and Red Tornado are leading Young Justice to reinforce Powergirl and Superboy at the Fortress." Martian Manhunter said.

"Good, that should be enough to deal with this. Now let's get to work." Superman said as Tal got up.