SuperCorp Chronicles

Chapter 13

"What the hell is going on here? Why did that green guy just shapeshift into my boss?" Alex asked.

"Alex, I can explain." Hank or J'onn or whatever his name is said.

"What the hell is going on here?" Alex demanded.

"I am not Hank Henshaw. He died the same night your father did." J'onn said, shocking both Alex and Kara.

"What?" Alex asked.

"Do you remember that night when you and Kara were kids and she took you flying?" J'onn asked.

"Yeah why?" Kara asked.

"The DEO, which at that time was being run by the real Hank Henshaw, discovered you and tried to take you into custody, use you as a lab rat. Jeremiah stopped them by offering to work for them, giving Henshaw all of his research on Superman. He helped the DEO track me down, since Henshaw thought I was a threat, when in reality, I'm like you Kara, a refugee on this planet, since my world might still exist, but my people are extinct." J'onn said.

"What?" Kara asked.

"My people were wiped out during a civil war between the green and white martians. I was the sole survivor and I escaped here to Earth and I've been hiding ever since. But when the DEO tracked me down, your father went with Henshaw and when he realized that I wasn't a threat, he tried to talk Henshaw down, but Henshaw was obsessed. He'd been chasing me for so long and now that he finally had me in his sights, he wasn't going to let me get away. So your father ended up paying the price. He saved my life at the cost of his own. Both he and Henshaw died that night, but before your father died, I promised him that I would look after his daughters. I took on Henshaw's likeness and identity so that I could take over and reform the DEO to its true mission, not what Henshaw had perverted it into, since Superman would tell you that he was even worse than he thinks the DEO is now. And Alex, I recruited you so that I could keep my promise." J'onn said.

"And I'm guessing that's why you wanted me to work with the DEO?" Kara asked.

"Yes, but I have a feeling that Superman took actions to make sure that you wouldn't, since he's no fan of ours." J'onn said.

"He did and while I won't be training at the DEO, I will work with you occasionally." Kara said, since as a fellow alien refugee, she could understand J'onn's motives for keeping his true identity a secret.

"I don't buy it. How do we know that you're telling the truth, that you didn't kill both Henshaw and my dad to save yourself?" Alex asked, since she didn't trust this man one bit.

"I figured you'd be skeptical, which is why I brought this." J'onn said as he pulled out a container to reveal some kind of small alien.

"What is that thing?" Felicity asked.

"That's a baby Vertullarian." Kara said, recognizing the species.

"A what?" Lena asked.

"In english it translates to the truth seeker. They're psychic aliens that make whoever they cling onto tell the truth." Kara explained as J'onn attached the alien to his arm before telling them the exact same story again and now Alex believed him as J'onn removed the alien from his arm and put it back in its tank.

"Why decide to reveal yourself to us now?" Kara asked, since if J'onn was doing such a good job of keeping his cover as Hank Henshaw, she didn't understand why he'd revealed himself to them.

"Because I think that it would be easier for me to keep my promise to Jeremiah if you knew my real identity, since something tells me you'll be more receptive to Martian Manhunter than you would be to Hank Henshaw." J'onn said.

"You're not wrong. But maybe you should consider coming clean to the world?" Kara asked.

"No. I've tried living on Earth as J'onn J'onzz. It never ends well. The only reason people tolerate you and your cousin is because you both look human. I don't. When people see J'onn J'onzz, they see a monster." J'onn said bitterly.

"I understand that J'onn, but no one is saying that people need to know that J'onn J'onzz and Hank Henshaw are the same person. Besides, my cousin and I both allow the memory of Krypton to live on through our actions on Earth. We keep the memory of our world and our people alive. Maybe you should consider doing the same to honor the memory of your people." Kara said.

"I don't know Kara. While I'd like to think that humanity has evolved to the point where they could accept my martian form, I'm not optimistic, considering the way humans treat their own kind." J'onn admitted.

"That's fair." Felicity agreed.

"However, aside from going into the field as my true self, I do want to assist you in any other way possible." J'onn said.

"We'll figure something out." Kara said, since while she wanted J'onn to reveal himself to the world the way she had, she also knew that it had to be his choice, not hers and she was going to respect his decision.

"Thank you." J'onn said gratefully.

"So, how did you find this place?" Kara now asked him.

"I saw you flying Alex, Lena and Felicity out here and I got curious, especially since I've been wondering what happened to your pod after you took it from the DEO, so I followed you." J'onn said and Kara nodded.

"Fair enough, but I trust that you'll keep this place's existence a secret." Kara said.

"Of course. Honestly, I'm kind of jealous, since I wish I had some kind of sanctuary like this for my people." J'onn said.

"I understand and maybe you'll find a way to do that." Kara said, right as both Alex and J'onn's phones buzzed.

"What's going on?" Kara asked.

"Rogue alien attack in National City. J'onn, can you give me a lift to the DEO?" Alex asked her boss, who nodded.

"I'll meet you at the scene once I drop Lena and Felicity off at the mainland." Kara said and Alex nodded as J'onn slipped back into his martian form and took a hold of Alex's waist and flew out of there.

"Kelex, access the Argo Enterprises satellites and get me eyes on the situation." Kara said.

"Right away Mistress Kara." an android said as she floated down from wherever her charging station was.

"Wait, we have satellites?" Felicity asked.

"What kind of multi million dollar tech company doesn't have its own satellites? We have six of them in orbit right now, all of them state of the art." Kara said.

"Cool and I'm totally gonna play around with them later." Felicity said and Kara rolled her eyes at that.

"Bringing live footage of the alien attack now." Kelex said as the main monitor screen turned to the satellite feed and local National City news to see some kind of red skinned alien with a glowing blue gem in his forehead on a rampage.

"Can you id this guy?" Kara asked, wondering if there was a chance that this criminal was in any of the data in the Island's archive.

"Yes, he matches the records for the prisoners aboard Fort Rozz. His name is Jemm, he's a Saturnian." Kelex said.

"Wait, there's life on Saturn?" Felicity asked.

"Are you really that surprised at this point?" Lena asked and Felicity shrugged.

"Anyways, what was he in Fort Rozz for?" Kara asked.

"He was the leader of an intergalactic criminal organization called the Faceless Hunters. He'd conquered 12 planets before he was caught and your mother sentenced him to lifetime imprisonment in the phantom zone." Kelex reported.

"Great, so the second this crook sees the glyph on my chest, he'll likely figure out that I'm the daughter of the woman who sent him to prison. Which will definitely make him hate me even more. I need all the information about this guy, including powers." Kara said.

"Right away." Kelex said.