Superflash:Collison Course (Volume 2)

Chapter 20: Fallen Hero

From Metropolis to Los Angeles and all across the world the message bring us the children of El was plastered across television screens, internet news sites and message boards. Those ominous words were trending but no one knew who had sent the message or who these children of El were. No one but a small group of people who had become family. Barry, Alura and Kara were gathered in the couple's apartment as Clark and Lois followed the news from the Daily Planet. Bruce and Tim were monitoring everything from the Bat-cave in Gotham. Cisco, Caitlin and Harry were doing the same from Star Labs in Central City. The Worldkillers had made a bold move in calling out their enemies, but had done nothing else in the week since they sent their message.

"They're here. They know that Kryptonians are here on Earth. What are they waiting for?"

"For you and Clark to make the first move, Kara. It's not unlike when Thawne revealed himself as the Reverse Flash. He wanted to beat me, prove he was superior in every aspect of our powers. It was almost a shell game."

"And you told me how that turned out Barry. He almost killed you."

"Because I let him get to me. I did make the first move and I wasn't ready for him."

"So you're saying we should let the Worldkillers attack first? How many innocents are going to die if we let that happen?"

"That's not what I'm saying at all Kara. The Worldkillers want you to believe you can win. They want you overconfident when you face them. If you go into that type of fight unprepared like I did, the consequences will..."

"Barry's right Kara."

"Mom?"

"On Argo; we thought we were safe. We believed that nothing could harm our small haven. As such we weren't prepared to fight. Our weapons were useless. What Barry's saying and I agree with him is for us to not let the Worldkillers gain an advantage. We meet them on equal ground, on our terms. When it does come to a fight, we'll have a chance of winning. Of protecting our adopted home the way Krypton couldn't be protected."

Two years ago Kara would have disagreed. Her first fight with Live Wire was a colossal failure. She had gone into that war with no plan except confronting her enemy with an eighty-five percent chance of punching. But she's learned a lot since then. Alex taught her to fight against the odds without her powers, Barry taught her to use her mind and outthink her enemies. And she had a feeling that everything Clark had discovered about the Worldkillers and their powers was accurate. Brute strength wasn't going to be enough.

In the week since Reign and Brainiac sent the message, she was furious at the lack of response from the Kryptonians. On Krypton she remembered that Zor-El had been overconfident and walked directly into her trap. It was the same with Argo City. She was now forced to wonder why the last children of Krypton hadn't answered her challenge.

"You promised us, Dox. Revenge on the last Kryptonians. You personally assured me that when the time was right; we would call them out. That they would not let a challenge go unanswered."

"Kal-El was like that in my last confrontation with him. This is uncharacteristic of him, Reign. I surmise that he believes he can bait us into attacking first. To make a mistake. He would not do so unless he anticipates gaining an easy victory."

"Then let us show them how wrong they are. If Kal-El is so sure he can win, then let's make them regret their choice."

Reign and her sisters each chose a specific city to target. In their time on Brainiac's vessel they had learned which cities were protected by the heroes of this planet. Deimax was tasked with attacking National City. Perrilus went for Gotham, Flower of Heaven and Reign chose Central City. Brainiac was not one to let his plan go to waste and chose to attack Metropolis. He also broadcast a message to each city revealing the attacks to come.