Sarah's Apartment

Metropolis Delaware

Sarah didn't wait for another ring, she just answers her phone, " I know it's you, Alfred, you're the only who calls me-"

Alfred cuts her rant short, "We need you,"

Sarah sighs.

      "You're the big guns," Alfred says.

     "Am I supposed to know what that means?"

     "Just get in the B-" Alfred takes a deep breath in before continuing, "Car,"

Honk.

Sarah stares questionably out the window, "When did you get a Mercedes?"

     "Bruce let me borrow it! now get down here...The team needs you," He mumbles the last bit before hanging up.

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Heroes Park

Metropolis, Delaware

The five heroes, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Barry Allen, J'onn Jones and Victor formed a barricade behind superman.

Superman hears their arrival and he turns around, still levitating a few inches off the ground.

     "He's back," Wonder Woman whispers, a small smile forms on her face.

Superman eyes them with a grim expression. His head nulls to the side, x-ray vision and hearing, activate on instinct.

Aquaman looks at him, seeing his weird movements, "He's not alright,"

When Superman's X-ray vision hits Victor, things go down hill from there, "He's scanning us,"

     "What?" Barry questions.

     "Arthur, you need to relax. Your adrenaline's spiking,"

     "Because he's not alright," Arthur pants nervously.

Superman takes a step towards them, "Oh no...should we bow? ooor show or bellies?" Barry questions.

Victor's head turns to the side, involuntarily it seems.

Victor grunts trying to gain back control.

Barry turns to him, "Victor?" he questions.

His metal arm, now having a mind of its own forms a cannon, "Victor Stop," Diana demands. Victor uses his free hand to grab the cannon and pull it down, but it wasn't working. He stares at his arm, "Sh*t," he curses.

     "What are you doing?" Diana asks.

     "Victor," Barry pesters for an explanation.

     "It's my armor's  system," he explains,

     "No,"

     "It's stronger since the interface, I-I can't control it," Victor says, the arm canon aims itself at Superman.

'Victor'

J'onn's voice enters Victor's mind.

'I can't control it,'

'Calm your mind, I just need-'

Not another word was muttered into Victor's mind as the cannon fires a blast in the direction of Superman.

Superman clenches his fist, easily dodging what ever energy was coming towards him. He looks at the damage, unpleased. There's a new found darkness in his eyes as he stares at some of his former compatriots.

Everyone breaths heavily and stare wide eyed at him, Victor, more so than the others.

     "Can't you control people?" Arthur questions,

     "Not Kryptonians,"

Arthur huffs.

     "Kal-el, no," Diana says, "He's confused, he doesn't know who he is," She realises.

Barry's eyes widden even more, "Pet semetary," he squeaks.

Superman lifts the decapitated head from the memorial over his head. Aquaman gets out the way while Wonder Woman clentches her sword. Before the statue meets meets her she slashes it in half.

Wonder turns to Arthur and J'onn, "We need to restrain him,"

Arthur growls, without thinking he leaps towards Superman. J'onn however stratigically thinks up a plan of attack.

Seeing aquaman's attack coming, Superman lays a punch into his stomach. With a grunt, Arthur is sent back.

Wonder Woman takes her chance, Raming superman with her shield, It didn't do much, however. Superman stricks Diana, she slides across the concrete.

     "I got him," Victor calls.

     "Victor, no, it will just-" J'onn was cut off by the firing of a canon, "-make him angrier," He finishes but he was too late.

'Diana...use the Lasso of Hestia,'

Diana nods.

The Lasso wraps around Superman's right hand, Glowing a bright yellow. He grips one end tightly while Diana pulls. Superman eyes her stregnth. Seeing Wonder Woman being pulled closer, J'onn lends her a hand.

     "Kal-el," He begins, "The last son of Krypton...remember who you are," With the help of the Lasso J'onn was able to enter his mind.

     "Tell us who you ar-" Diana and J'onn are yanked forward.

He grips them by their vests, Scowling, thats when the rest of the team joins in. Barry strikes the floor before speeding towards Superman. To him, everything is in slow motion. He turns his head towards his collegues not expecting anyone to face him so, when superman did his eyes widened.

Superman glares at Barry, Tossing the Four heroes that are surrounding him in multiple directions. He swips his fist, Barry ducks skidding across the floor before coming to a full stop on his back. Barry looks up just in time to see Superman leaping on top of him, he hops back into a slab quickly dodging on incoming punch.

Batman breathes heavily from a few feet away, he finally made it to the battle, "Clark!" he says, a grim expression forms as he looks towards Batman, "I know you," he says, flying directly infront of Bruce before swiping him into a Metropolis cop car.

     "Alfred I need the big guns,"

     "On our way sir, we're a minute out,"

Superman lifts Batman up by his jaw, Now a few feet in the air, "You did this," Pure anger laced in his voce.

      "I had to," Bruce says,

     "You won't let me live...You won't let me die," Superman says with gritted teeth.

     "The world needs you," Bruce manages to see.

Superman tilts his head, "-But does it need you," He says narrowing his eyes, Pulling Bruce in closer, "Tell me...Do you bleed?"

A mercades pulls up, Sarah stares out the window, unable to catch her breathe. wondering if what she's seeing is real, "It's real, Ms. Rogers," Alfred says, answering her question with a smile.

Sarah steps out the car without a word, She scarcly looks down at her right hand, on instinct she lifts it up. Blue energy encases Batman, with the flick of her wrist Batman was on the grass and Superman no longer had Bruce by his neck.

Superman looks at his hand confused.

     "Clark," When she called him, all his attention went to her.

They stare at each other longingly.

Clark lowers himself to the ground. She hesitantly steps towards him, her breathe hitching in her throat before she reaches her hand out to caresses his face. Something she thought she'd never do again.

     "Clark, please," She begs in his embrace. Sarah looks around her, seeing the damage he's done.

     "Please j-just go...yeah...let's go," she manages to breathe out.

Clark nestles his head in her neck, taking in the familiar scent of her favorite perfumé, which he also favored.

He smiles before shooting off into the sky.

     "Uggggh," Batman groans coming to a semi-seated position, "Yeah, something's definitely bleeding,"

Diana stares up at the sky, J'onn followers her gaze. Before their attention finds a familiar beam of light on the other end of the S.T.A.R labs dome, "The mother box,"

     "He has the last one," J'onn finishes.