The Maiden Of Might

Chapter 2: Fireworks

Washington, D.C.
July 4, 23:43 EDT

In front of them was a large tube with a figure suspended inside. It looked like Superman, only younger, and wearing a white jumpsuit with a red 'S' shield on the chest.

"Big K little R," Kid Flash said, walking up to the pod. "The atomic symbol for Krypton."

Supergirl was speechless, feeling and endless cycle of confusion, fear, sadness and pure blinding rage.

"Robin, hack," Aqualad ordered.

"Uh, right, right," Robin answered.

"Weapon designation Superboy. A clone force grown in... sixteen weeks?! From DNA acquired from Superman."

"Stolen from Superman," Kara spat through gritted teeth.

"No way the big guy knows about this," Kid Flash frowned.

"His solar suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation twenty-four seven."

"And these... creatures?" Aqualad gestured to the three small Genomorphs in his pod. "Genomorph gnomes, telepathic. They're force feeding him an education." robin replied.

"And you can guess what else, they're making a slave out of... well, Superman's son," Kid Flash commented, warily eying the girl that had yet to look away from Superboy.

"Now we contact the League," Aqualad stated, pressing the buckle of his belt

"No signal," Robin fiddling with his glove.

"We're in too deep," Kid Flash commented, hand pressed to his ear "literally."

"This is wrong."

"We can't leave him like this."

"Set him free," Aqualad said, Robin looked hesitant.

"NOW!" Shouted Supergirl, her voice reverberating off the walls, and her fist leaving a deep dent in the panel where she hit it, her glare was a bug bite off Robin's hot, painful death.

"Woah, okay" Robin typed on the control panel a bit and the pod opened up.

Suddenly Superboy woke up, and in the blink of an eye, tackled Aqualad to the ground, several feet back. Faster than a speeding bullet.

The other three ran over to stop him from punching Aqualad, but he turned slightly, and punched Kid Flash away, through a glass tube, before returning to beating Aqualad, Robin attached to his neck, and Kara onto his waist.

"I don't want to do this!" Cried Robin as he detonated a smoke bomb by Superboy's face, and Aqualad took advantage by kicking the clone away.

Robin fired a high-powered taser at Superboy, the thick wires hitting him in chest but having little to no effect. Superboy grabbed hold of them, and pulled robin in, caught him mid-air, and threw him to the ground, stomping a foot down to almost crush Robin's chest.

Supergirl flew forward to stop him while Aqualad recovered, landing in a fight of strength, as the two Kryptonians (one being only a clone) stood, hands linked and pressing for dominance.

"You, you're weak, you don't deserve to wear that shield" goaded Supergirl, it seemed to have no effect as Superboy's hands began to push her arms down.

Aqualad came to help just in time, as he smacked Superboy away and into his own pod-bed with a large water hammer.

The two remaining sidekicks knelt down to check on Robin, who groaned in pain before falling unconscious.

Supergirl got, up and roared in anger, flying at Superboy, who sidestepped her just in time, when a little voice in his head told him what to do.

He started to attack her, knocking Aqualad out of the way every now and then, and drover towards a special pod not far away. He then went on to pick her up by the front of her costume, and throw her through the pod's glass lid, where inside a device was emitting intense, close-range red sun energy, causing Supergirl to feel weak, and fall unconscious when a metal box was thrown into her head.