It had been a week since the house of El had arrived on Earth and now they'd arrived at their final day, since a majority of them had to return to their responsibilities on Argo, though the trip had been productive, since Jor-El and Zor-El had each upgraded both the Fortress and the Island respectively with transporters that would allow instant teleportation between Earth and Argo, though they would not be active until the other end was activated on Argo City when they returned, which meant that they still had to go home via starship.

Also during that time, Kara had also helped get her new sister set up with an Earth identity, using the name Samantha Arias and their contacts in the government had given her a complete history, complete with a life growing up in Opal City, living in an orphanage after her parents died, bouncing around the foster care system before eventually getting flight training with both the air force and NASA. Both of which were necessary, since while Sam already felt at home on Earth, she still wanted to be able to travel the stars, which was why Kara had gotten her set up as a test pilot at her Coast City facility.

Anyways, today was the last day of their trip to Earth and there was still one thing Lara needed to do before she went back to Argo.

Which was why Clark was currently leading his mother into a top secret government facility that had been commissioned by General Lane to contain him and Kara if they ever went rogue, since it was decided that it was too dangerous to put them even in solitary confinement in Belle Reve.

"Your government built all this to contain you?" Lara asked, wondering how her son could trust a government that didn't trust him.

"They want to be prepared in case the worst happens. It's the same reason why one of my closest friends has created plans to neutralize every member of the Justice League in the event they go bad, just in case. The world should always have a way to protect themselves, even from me." Clark said, since he'd given Bruce Kryptonite for a reason.

"I suppose. Though this prison does have a different occupant than they planned for." Lara said as they approached the man who ran the facility on behalf of General Lane, Lieutenant Anderson.

"Superman." Anderson said, eying the stranger suspiciously, since Superman had stopped by a few times since he'd brought their guest to them, but he had no idea who this person was.

"Lieutenant Anderson, we're here to speak to the prisoner." Superman said.

"You're cleared to enter Superman, but I'm gonna need to see some authorization for her." Anderson said.

"Will this work?" Superman asked as he handed the man a file that was signed by Director John Jones of the DEO himself.

"Yes sir. Does General Lane know about this?" Anderson asked.

"Lois called in a favor with her father." Superman said, since while the world didn't know Lois Lane was Superman's wife, they did know that she was his ally. In fact, he and Lois often got a laugh out of the rumors that she was cheating on him with Superman.

"Then by all means, go on in." Anderson said as he opened the door to allow them inside.

"I can feel my power draining away." Lara said, since the whole room was being flooded with red sunlight, though Clark didn't seem to be bothered by it.

"I'm used to it by now, besides, I've been on Earth so long that my cells have absorbed so much yellow sun energy that it'll take time for any red sun radiation to do any real damage." Superman said.

"And yet I'm constantly being drained." A new voice said and they looked ahead to see the reason for their visit. Standing in a cell reinforced with Nth metal and being surrounded with even more red sunlight, was Tal Rho.

"It could be worse. It could be Kryptonite Tal." Superman said to his brother.

"True. But what brings you here Kal? Here for another one of our chats?" Tal asked, since he'd stopped by to talk to him a few times, though it never ended the way either of them wanted it too. Clark hoped to redeem his brother and Tal was hoping to twist his.

"Not exactly. I have someone else who wants to see you." Clark said and Tal was shocked when his mother walked into view.

"What matter of hallucinogens have you allowed them to inject me with Kal? This is a new form of torture, even for humans." Tal said.

"You know I'd never allow them to do that to you. We might have been on opposite sides, but we're still brothers and I was assured that you'd be treated fairly. And more importantly, this isn't some kind of trick. It's really our mother Tal." Clark said.

"Impossible. Lara Lor-Van died with the rest of Krypton." Tal said.

"Not exactly. Zor-El created a shield that protected Argo City from Krypton's destruction, using technology left behind from Brainiac's attack, among other things. The only reason children were sent away at all was because we had no way of knowing if the shield would work. Then we were too busy rebuilding Argo." Lara said.

"You think this changes anything? You abandoned me once before." Tal said.

"That is not true. Your father hid you away from me after I left him. Had I known sooner, I would've brought you with me and I did everything I could to try and see you, but Zeta Rho made that impossible." Lara said.

"You say that now, but I bet if it had been Kal-El, there's nothing you wouldn't have done to save the son you loved." Tal said.

"Tal, I do love you. Finding out that you were alive here was an unexpected bonus, since your father refused to tell me what became of you when he was arrested on Argo." Lara said.

"Father's alive too?" Tal asked, wondering why his father wouldn't have contacted him before he was arrested.

"Yes. He was arrested for attempting to launch a coup against the High Council and rally an army to enslave other worlds as a new Krypton." Lara said.

"I'm not surprised, since that is why he sent me here. To use the Eradicator as a means to herald Krypton's rebirth." Tal said and Lara's face drained.

"The Eradicator? Please tell me you haven't used it on innocent people?" Lara asked.

"Not yet. My brother and his cohorts threw me in here before I could do it." Tal said.

"What's the Eradicator?" Clark asked.

"A device that works similarly to the crystals you and Kara have in your respective bases that contain the consciousnesses of myself, your father, Zor-El, and Alura. It contains the consciousnesses of various Kryptonians, intended to be used as means of preserving the memory and culture of our people. Though Zeta Rho did steal it and I suspect he had the intention to use it as a means of conquest. To implant the population of another planet with Kryptonian minds." Lara said.

"That was his plan and he sent it here with me to prepare. But perhaps it is no longer necessary." Tal said as he looked at his mother.

"Tal, come home with me. I can see the look in your eyes. You never truly believed in your father's madness. You only wanted to not be alone. To have a family and home again. You can have that with me. Let me be the mother to you now that I never got the chance to be before. The chance that your father robbed us both of." Lara said.

"And how will your current husband react to that?" Tal asked.

"He approves of this, since he knows how much not being there for you and your brother have weighed on my heart over the years and you have another brother, Tim-El, who'd like to meet you." Lara said.

"Would I even be allowed to go?" Tal now asked his brother, since the chance to leave this world and return to the world he'd once called home and finally have a real family was appealing to him.

"Since I had a feeling that this might happen, the League reached out to the governments and came to an agreement that should you choose to return to Argo with mother, your sentence will be changed from imprisonment to deportation, on the condition that you never set foot on Earth again." Clark said.

"And I have no problem with that, since I have no real connection to this rock. I will provide you with the location of my own fortress before we leave." Tal said and Clark nodded.

"Then you're free to go." Clark said as he moved to open the cell, but keeping a close eye on his brother.