After the threat of Darkseid and his minions was ended, Karen picked up her unconscious cousin and flew him to the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic. Barry watched her fly away before Wildcat placed a hand on his shoulder, garnering the young hero’s attention.
“Kid, I’ll be the first to admit I was wrong about you. When you first spoke up at H.Q.; I thought you were a spy for Darkseid. I’ve never been more glad to have been wrong.”
“Uh…thanks…I think.”
“You should be honored Flash. That’s the closest Wildcat’s ever going to come to giving someone a compliment. We haven’t actually been introduced yet, I’m Huntress.”
Barry quickly shook her hand as the rest of the team began formally introducing themselves. He was in awe that they were all so accepting of him and praising his actions in the fight. Dr. Fate and the Spectre slightly intimidated him, and he had immediate questions for the Green Lantern since he’d just met two other heroes who go by the same name on his Earth. Stargirl, though, was not impressed.
“So he runs fast? That’s not such a big deal. Max here runs fast too.”
“That I do, Stargirl, but the Flash is on a whole other level compared to me. Anyway, I think it’s time we head back to J.S.A. headquarters.”
Wildcat nodded in agreement as the team filed into the jet. Barry was last to follow as he took a quick look back over his shoulder to search for Karen, but she was gone. He just hoped that she found a way to help her Superman get free of Darkseid’s control.
At the Fortress, Kal was strapped down to a table with the synthetic light of a red sun engulfing his body. Despite being on Apokolips these past five years, Kryptonian physiology was still vulnerable to the environment of their home planet. Meanwhile Karen was consulting with Kelex and the hologram of her Uncle Jor-L on ways to reverse the mind control.
“There has to be some way to undo this Uncle Jor. Kal is the most powerful hero on Earth. Granny Goodness and Darkseid may have warped his mind for five years, but I refuse to believe that we can’t get him back.”
“I believe there may be a way, Kara Zor-L. It will be risky and could cause more harm than good, though.”
“Then we have to take that risk; Kelex. Leaving Kal like this will undoubtedly cause more suffering. He may even try to return to Darkseid.”
Kelex could hear the terror in Power Girl’s voice and he didn’t want Superman to remain like this any more than she did. As the droid accessed the Fortress’ most encrypted files, the hologram of Jor-L once again began to speak.
“Kryptonian minds are some of the most enhanced and powerful in the known universe. Millennia ago, the greatest scientists tamed our violent world. But threats were still at large in the cosmos. One such threat came to Krypton just before the Golden Age. His name was Starro the Conqueror.”
As Jor-L paused, Kelex activated a new holographic image, this one a representation of Starro. Karen was immediately confused as to how a creature that seemed to be as harmless as an earthen starfish could control minds, let alone attempt to conquer Krypton. The question was on her mind as Jor-L spoke again.
“Starro is more than what can be seen here. The actual species was known as Star Conqueror. They act as parasites, attaching to a host through the back of the neck or the face leading to complete control over the being’s central nervous system. Starro himself was once a humanoid boy of the Hatorei named Cobi.”
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Superflash:Collison Course (Volume 2)
Fanfictionit is second book in series of Superflash collision course. hope you enjoy it. Also on A0U as Jsaint(Different guy)
