struck me, black & blue. (Superbat fic)

In hell we meet

The feeling of being sick had subsided, but the worry from the rest of the justice league hadn't, j'onn, had been the last to arrive, which was quite entertaining, to see him be the last to know what's going on, everyone had been fussing over Superman, the man of steel sighed, he had been fourced to sit, looking over earth made the world look less daunting, he usually would see and hear everyone else's worries and annoyances, and anger.. Now there was nothing..

"Superman."
"J'onn.. hi!"
"You're sick by what I've been told."
"Yeah.."
"You are feeling better. It seems I've arrived late."
"HA! I do feel a lot better. "

J'onn looked out at the earth.

"You were thinking of disappearing. Why?"
"Oh.. uhm.."

Superman sighed softly, getting used to not hearing people arriving was something.

"I was just thinking.. it was nothing."

An alarm went off screaming, but it was a lot quieter than he remembered it being, Superman stood slowly, and with minimal help from j'onn, he sat at the meeting table.

"What's happening??"
"Someone has contacted us with a video. It has expressly said for you to be here."

Having batman seem erratic was.. scary, batmans heart rate never changed, but Superman could tell it probably had...

"Okay, play it."

Superman.. or well, Clark, at this point, still sat tall, taller than the rest of the league, literally and figuratively, Batman clicked a few things on the computer as the justice league sat around, the room was strangely quiet, intuition, as batman had once explained to him, most on the justice league had it, they were all still partly human after all, the video seemed to take forever to start but it began the words: ''addressed to Superman, man of steel!'' Began playing on the hologram in the middle of the table, as a man, lex no doubt came into screen, but he stepped out of the way to show.. someone else, a man in a strange uniform, to Superman it looked a little like a uniform Jor-el had shown him once.. a generals uniform.. kal-el got deja vu, he believed it was called, from the man.

"Hello, kal-el, if you even remember that name.. I am general Zod, I am here to give you a.. way to save your precious planet."
"Save..?"

There was a banging in the background of the video like someone was hitting metal.

"I have removed your powers, by a method you will not be able to figure out, not in time anyway.. I am offering you a way to save yourself, this planet, and.."

The man paused for only a moment, turning the camera to Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, Supermans heart skipped a beat, and his heart fell into his throat.

"These two.."

Lois was ramming the bars trying break them, Jimmy was sat in the corner of the cell, they both looked like they had been hit, Lois went to yell something at the camera before lex walked into frame with what looked like a futuristic tazer..

"You will meet me, alone, on the roof of the daily planet, and I'll return your powers."

The camera turned back to General Zod, and Superman suddenly jumped to his feet.

"We will come to an.. agreement, 6:30 pm and I will let your friends go. You will show up alone. None of the superheroes wanna bees. alone or your friends will get it."

The video ended, and kal-el stepped back, pushing the chair behind him over. He looked at the justice league, all of whom were staring at him.

"We will figure out a plan. There has to be something we can."
"No.."

Superman interrupted Diana. She turned her attention back to him.

"I will go alone and do as he says."
"We can't let you do that."

Batman spoke up, standing up and looking to Superman. He was the only human who ever stood up to Superman, but now.. Superman was just.. nobody.. before anyone could continue, Superman dashed off. He knew now someone could catch him. He was.. alot slower, but no one was going to try to. He knew they had no chance.. that this was the only way..

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