>>5638054“Before we go, you remember that other Kryptonian I told you about?” you ask Ubo, who nods seriously. “How about we visit with him before heading over to King Cold's place?”
“I would like that.” Ubo replies, you looking to your daughter who is distractedly talking with her friend, you give her another moment while reaching out telepathically. You remember what the other Kryptonian felt like, sending your message out into space. “Kryptonian man. Superman, you were called. I have another of your kind who would like to meet you, if you're available.”
“Please, stay away! Its too dangerous!” comes the strained-feeling reply after several moments. “I have to stop this monster before it kills everyone!”
“Ubo, we're leaving. Right now. He's in trouble.” you say, raising your right hand to your forehead as you focus on the distant Kryptonian's power. But as you do, Okira rushes over as well, grabbing onto your leg just as you teleport. The three of you travel instantly, one moment standing outside the grand elder's home, the next in a warzone. Buildings are on fire, the streets cratered and broken as you appear by the blue-suited man in the wreckage of a building. Just as a monster bellows in challenge.
“GRRRROOOOAAAAAAAR!!” the grey-skinned, spiked creature roars, pounding its chest in challenge before sprinting towards you all. You react immediately, Ascending in a burst of emerald aura and sparks while thrusting your right fist towards it.
“HRRAAAA!!” you roar, firing off a powerful shock wave directly at the beast. Which actually catches the monster by surprise, catching it in the jaw mid-step and knocking it down like it ran into a clothes line. But this doesn't slow the creature's momentum, it tumbling across the ground over and over, somehow getting its feet under it and kicking off the ground towards you all! Only to be caught mid-leap by Ubo, firing his Eye Beams into the creature's chest and blasting it backwards through the rubble, out of sight.
“What are you doing? I told you to stay away, this thing could kill you!” Superman says, you glancing to him and seeing that he's in rough shape. His suit is torn in several places, nose broken and bleeding from a cut in his head over his right eye, among other injuries. But the Kryptonian remains standing, defiantly facing the monster attacking his home.
“Relax, brother. Catch your breath.” Ubo says, turning to him. “Let us take the lead while you recover.”
“N-No, I am the protect-gah!” the man tries to argue before his injuries drop him down to his hands and knees while struggling to catch his breath. Okira turns to him, no doubt to use her powers to bring another of those divine blessings, but just then you have a premonition.
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