SuperCorp Chronicles

Chapter 113

Here are the actors who will play Zod and Ursa Zod:

General Zod: Josh Brolin

Ursa Dru-Zod: Mädchen Amick

"I have to admit, I was surprised that a son of El would free us." Zod said as he, Zak-El, Ursa and Lora took refuge in a mountain cave on Argo City.

"Let's just say that I have no loyalty to my family. Not after the way they've treated me over the years." Zak said.

"Really, and how is that?" Zod asked, still marveling that there was a chunk of Krypton left and that there were more Kryptonian survivors than he'd expected. Though he was not happy that they'd settled for inhabiting an asteroid or that the House of El survived. Not to mention he had a score to settle with Kal-El. Perhaps the greatest blemish to his career would soon be removed.

"I grew up in the shadows of both my sisters. My twin sister Sam Zor-El would always outshine me in every exploit we attempted and I was constantly compared to the memory of my older sister Kara Zor-El." Zak said as Lora's head perked up at hearing that.

"She's not dead. She's alive on Earth and she's the reason my agreement with Darkseid failed." Lora said.

"You were a fool to make an accord with Darkseid in the first place. The lord of Apokolips cannot be trusted." Zak said.

"He's right Lora. Why do you think I did not attempt to gain Darkseid's help when I attempted my liberation of Krypton years ago. He might keep his word, but he'll only truly follow through on it if it benefits him." Zod agreed before his daughter could retort.

"Darkseid killed the person I loved most. He will pay for that." Lora said, though between her time in the Phantom Zone and no yellow sun on Argo, her eyes did not glow and she was robbed of her rightful powers.

"You'll do nothing of the sort young lady. To challenge Darkseid is to court death. Especially now, since while we may be free, we have nothing. No army, no ships, no resources of any kind and since we are not under a yellow sun, we have no powers." Zod said.

"Calm yourself husband." Ursa said.

"Right, anyways, you were saying." Zod said to Zak.

"My family has always treated me like I was less than my sisters. I had to grow up in the shadow of their greatness, since Kara was going to go into the science guild like our father and our sister joined the exploration guild, while I chose to work in the archives. I'm the disappointment of the house of El. But during my duties as an archivist, I've learned about the history of Krypton. About how our ancestors would be ashamed of what we've been reduced to today. Kryptonians don't hide on rocks, we conquer new lands." Zak said.

"You speak wisely. Though my intention was to save Krypton before it was lost. And after that, try to rebirth it on Earth. Both of which failed due to your family." Zod said.

"I am not like the rest of the house of El. I've cleansed myself of the weakness of my house. I want to do more than struggle to survive on this rock. And I want to show my sisters how wrong they were to choose Earth over their own planet. Their own people. Their own family." Zak said.

"Over you?" Lora asked with a smirk, since she recognized the look on his face.

"What?" Zak asked.

"I know what it's like to be tossed aside by the house of El. I loved your sister Kara once. But she chose a human over me, just like she chose humanity over you. I can understand your pain. And we will make her and her cousin Kal-El regret what they did." Lora said.

"More than that, once we find a way back to Earth, we will reclaim our power, free our troops and turn Earth into New Krypton. I only lost to Kal-El before because I underestimated him. I won't this time." Zod said.

"That'll be easier said than done. He's made powerful allies while you were in the zone. A whole team of champions. Including Kara. They call themselves the Justice League and they are a force to be reckoned with." Lora admitted, since the League had defeated her.

"Humans?" Zod asked incredulously.

"Not just humans. A martian and two Thanagarians, not to mention two members of the Green Lantern Corp and a Reach slave. And most of the humans in this group have powers. They defeated me once before." Lora said and Zak nodded.

"And according to what mother said when she returned from Kara's birth celebrations, she was actually able to best Darkseid, with help from her cousin and the others. They should not be underestimated." Zak agreed.

"How has Earth become so powerful?" Zod asked.

"I don't know. But what's important is that it has and we won't be the only ones with our eyes on it. Some force out there has forced Earth into the galactic spotlight." Zak said and Zod nodded, since he knew that much was true.

"First, we should figure out how to get off Argo, since the longer we spend here, the greater our chance of detection." Ursa said.

"And I must return home. Even if they don't notice I'm gone, my parents will notice if the projector is missing for much longer. We must prevent them from learning of your return until we've succeeded." Zak said and Zod nodded.

"Go. See if you can find a way to arrange transport for us. We will survive off what we can find here in the meantime, since you can't risk sending food to us, since it would draw attention." Zod said and Zak nodded.

"I'll return when I can." Zak said as he moved to leave, thinking about how his family would finally see him as he saved Krypton, right before he made them bow before him. His family would finally see his worth and he'd finally get the respect he deserved. Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, Sam Zor-El, all of them would be nothing in the eyes of history compared to him. The Great Zak-El. The man who brought Krypton back to life. Alongside the house of Zod, who already felt more like family to him than the house of el ever had.