This is an AU! Here are the basics:

Based on of the DCEU. It will be a Kal-El-centric story; he will have a harem because that's the most realistic thing for someone as powerful as him.

Kryptonians were feared throughout the entire universe; even Darkseid was hesitant to cross them. The Kryptonians had a tradition called Eradication. Any race they thought was challenging their power would be slaughtered. Nobody was shown mercy and the races' technology were integrated into Krypton's own, furthering their arsenal. To find out more, read my other Superman story: Searching For a Place to Belong

I've looked for a story like this one and I was flabbergasted when there were none. If there is actually one out there, please message me so I can make sure I'm not plagiarizing or anything.

Disclaimer: I do not own Justice League or any of the characters associated with DC Comics.

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The ruler of Apokolips resided on his throne. The shadows reflected his mood as darkness was prominent among the burning hellish fire. To all outward appearances, the self-proclaimed god was his stoic, evil, and cunning self but inward, Darkseid was brooding.

All his plans had failed before he could even implement them. Centuries of work and preparation all for naught; because Krypton was gone, and all the infinite treasures and knowledge it possessed with it. Darkseid overlooked the Lowlies being tortured in the firepits and for the first time in his long life, he felt disappointed. He was raised on the stories of power the Kryptonians wielded and was always in awe of them. He wanted to be them, be better than them. They were the standard he held himself to. The mission he placed on his shoulders: to pass Krypton as most feared in the universe.

His time was to come. Soon, the cosmos would be under his heel and it would be because Darkseid dared to challenge the unchallengeable. He felt cheated. The one thing he strove to beat was taken from him.

In only a few centuries, no longer than another millennium, his plan was to be ready to commence. He was to undertake the unthinkable: invade Krypton itself and lay siege to their race. He was to take their greatest treasure: the Codex. For millennia, rumors had continuously reached his ears of Krypton's Codex and the power it held.

Able to create an infinite amount of pure blooded Kryptonians.

With the Codex in his grasp, Darkseid would have been able to create the strongest army imaginable, warriors that were capable of anything. Nobody in the universe could ever hope to stand against him and he would remake the cosmos in his image. He would have all the power. He was so close to reaching the goal he set forth millennia ago when DeSaad informed him of the tragedy.

Krypton was gone.

When he heard the news, he didn't believe it. How could the Kryptonians be extinct? They were the greatest of all the races, the first to create an interstellar empire spanning countless galaxies and worlds. The ones to unlock the very secrets of the universe to discover the Anti-Life equation and more. They were the ones who unearthed the power to kill gods! That's how they made the Codex, by killing Rao and fastening his skull into the Codex! They were the eradicators! They just couldn't be gone. It was preposterous! The Kryptonians were the universe's undisputed king. Nothing, until Darkseid's plan was to be implemented, could dethrone them. They could never just be gone!

Darkseid had to investigate the matter himself. He used a Mother Box - the only one he possessed - and open a boom tube to Krypton's part of the universe. When the Mother Box didn't immediately incinerate from Krypton's galactic defenses, Darkseid knew DeSaad spoke the truth.

Everything was ruined.

Nobody else could provide him with a challenge. Krypton was the only worthy opponent he could try to overcome.

New Genesis was so boring and predictable. His brother, Izaya had such a pretentious superiority complex. He thought he was the savior of their race and was so willing to betray Darkseid. He turned his weakling of a son, Orion against him and preached about the greatness of peace. He had banned Darkseid from ever leaving his section of the galaxy, forcing him to stay on the planet while the rest of the universe forgot about him.

He truly hated his brother.

He was not a fool though. While he himself was very powerful, the most powerful of his race, he wouldn't stand a chance against New Genesis. It would be him versus everyone else. His brother had taken the rest of their race and created their perfect utopia. He was not arrogant enough to challenge Izaya and his flock of pretenders. Darkseid was by himself. He does have his son, Kalibak, and nephew, Steppenwolf but they are such a disgrace.

He couldn't believe they're of his blood.

Darkseid believed that Izaya's betrayal stemmed from the murder of their younger brother, Uxas, by Darkseid's hand. Izaya was too much of a shortsighted fool to understand Darkseid's motives. It was simple. They were both raised on stories of the prophecy their father's father uttered before Yuga Khan killed him:

The son of evil will end his father's reign
Evil's final obstruction will be in vain

Planets will fall and galaxies will crumble
Yet, hope will unite under a strong symbol

A new era will disperse throughout the stars
Thanks to evil's son's power of a quasar

Their father was Evil himself, and since Uxas was the strongest of Yuga Khan's 3 sons, Darkseid had always believed that his brother would seize their father's power when it should be Darkseid himself who gained it. Their father had made a competition of their existence, never holding any love or attachment for his offspring. Uxas was the only one who dared to go against their father because he never saw eye-to-eye with Yuga Khan. He would often confide in his brothers about a plan to kill their father. Darkseid, unlike his traitorous kin, was loyal to Yuga Khan so he assassinated his brother and took Uxas' power for his own.

Izaya changed after that. Darkseid will never forget the amusement he felt when Izaya noticed that he had acquired Uxas' Omega Energy. Izaya didn't have the power to avenge his fallen brother, and once their father had died through Darkseid's trickery, Izaya betrayed him and took the rest of their race to create New Genesis.

"My lord, Darkseid." DeSaad's voice reached his ears. His servant had the annoying ability to appear during Darkseid's foulest moods.

"What?" He snapped, eyes throbbing with the power of his Omega Beams. He did not have time for any inconsequential matters that DeSaad found needed to be changed.

"My lord, a ship has crash-landed near the Parademon cages. The ship killed several hundred Lowlies, my lord. The technology is unlike anything I have ever seen and if I had to venture a guess, I would say it was Kryptonian." DeSaad's kneeling form sounded confident, too confident.

Darkseid slowly turned around, "Are you certain?"

DeSaad stared at the floor, "Yes, my lord."

"If you are wrong… I will kill you, DeSaad." Darkseid growled. He had never been led astray, but Darkseid believed his servant's luck had finally run out, "Show me."

"Of course, most honorable Darkseid." DeSaad walked with conviction, head held high and stride purposeful.

Darkseid followed his servant to the cages and saw the enormous crater the ship had created. Bodies of Lowlies littered the crater and he knew this mess would take weeks for the rest of the Lowlies to repair.

DeSaad stopped at the end of the crater, "There it is, Sire." He sounded smug, his dark eyes gleamed with triumph. His posture was just shy of arrogant.

DeSaad was right, the technology of the ship was very advanced. It was built with a similar design to the Kryptonian Mass Weaponry Destroyer. The only difference he could distinguish was that the craft was smaller and it had no ion blasters or matter incinerators. Darkseid's attention was drawn to the 'S' symbol engraved on the ship's side. His eyes widened. He knew that symbol. His father, Yuga Khan told him legends as a boy of the House of El and the weapons they built from nothing. The stories of conquest they ravaged during eradication. They were the universe's greatest builders, creators, and warriors.

The ship was Kryptonian.

Darkseid jumped into the crater and the ground shook when he landed. He heard bones being crunched as stepped forward, staring at the pristine metal. He ran his hands along the side of the ship and felt agonizing heat scorch his hand. He clenched his jaw in pain and pulled his hand back. His palm was burned to a crisp.

The ship was definitely Kryptonian.

Only they had technology like that. Darkseid heard a noise emitting from the other side and looked at his slowly healing hand. A few more minutes and it would be completely restored. He peered around the edge and saw what was clearly a Kryptonian infant.

The Kryptonian's head snapped to meet Darkseid's gaze and looked at him curiously. Those eyes held intelligence, potential to know everything and become a god.

"Sire?" DeSaad had joined him in the crater to behold the gift that the Source had gifted him with.

"Congratulations, DeSaad. You are now my advisor." Darkseid was feeling generous. It wasn't because he liked DeSaad. Quite the opposite actually. He found his servant to be too arrogant but he did have his uses. If one of the Lowlies had reported the craft to him, Darkseid would have promoted the peasant to become under Steppenwolf's command.

DeSaad dropped to his knees in awe, "You honor me, most powerful Darkseid."

"Consider it a reward for your finding of this treasure." Darkseid continued to stare at the Kryptonian. He would become glorious under his tutelage.

"As you wish, Sire." DeSaad rose and peered at the baby. He narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to the side, "What is that, Sire?"

An enormous animal was snuggled against the child and stared at them intently, the animal's eyes held more intelligence than his own son, Kalibak. Darkseid suspected the creature was a Rondor, Krypton's most dangerous and evolved animal. He wondered if the stories about the creature's untamable nature were true. He doubted it because the one guarding the child seemed almost… docile. Maybe, the creature was as much an infant as the Kryptonian was. He hoped that was the case. Having a Rondor would be quite fortuitous. He felt a presence touch his mind and saw the Rondor's eyes glowing. He easily shrugged the presence away and turned to DeSaad.

"Ask him what the Kryptonian's name is." Darkseid ordered, "The creature is telepathic."

DeSaad didn't hesitate, "Kal-El," he said after several moments.

Kal-El. He smiled as a plan formed in his mind.

Considering it would be an insult to the Kryptonian who gifted Darkseid with this treasure, he decided to keep the name as a show of respect. He would be his knight and eventually, Kal-El would become his heir, a proper heir who would not fail him.

"DeSaad, I want to present you to my son, Kal-El." Darkseid smiled victoriously.

DeSaad swiftly fell to his knees before the new son of Darkseid, "It is an honor to meet you Kal-El, son of the most powerful Darkseid."

Darkseid could see the future… and it was glorious:

Izaya was on his knees begging for mercy. Destruction raged behind him, New Genesis broken into unsalvageable pieces, and death reigned over the planet. A being in dark armor with glowing red eyes floated forward like a reaper coming to claim the souls of the fallen. 'No'. The being growled out with such intensity Darkseid felt delicious chills flood his body. 'You have disgraced, my father. For this unforgivable slight you will die, Izaya.' The being with glowing red eyes blurred forward and punched his hand through his brother's chest, crushing the heart inside. Izaya fell to the ground, dead. Lifeless eyes stared up in fear at the being. The planet's once pristine environment was now soaked with the blood of the slain. Chaos was ubiquitous and his brother's murderer was at the very center. His eyes glowed with such intensity, brighter than any sun, each eye pulsing like a heartbeat with absolute power. Scorching heat wafted from his body and beams of pure energy surged out of his glowing eyes. Everything in the being's sight was incinerated. He was the unforgiving winter and punishing summer, Heaven's swift and terrible sword. The being levitated off the blood-stained land, death following him like a shadow.

Darkseid opened his eyes, allowing a smile to grace his malevolent features. Destiny was on his side. He would need to alter his plans and that would take decades, maybe centuries, but with his new son's help, the universe will fall before him and nobodycould stop him.

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What do you think? Should I continue this? I'd appreciate if you let me know.

**I know Uxas is Darkseid's real name, but I wanted Highfather and Darkseid to be brothers (which they are in New 52) but Steppenwolf was not Izaya's son so I added another brother, a stronger brother, who possessed the Omega Energy.

**I've always loved the idea of Kal-El crashing on Apokolips and being raised by Darkseid as his heir/son. If you have seen the animated Superman series from the 90's, the finale of the series details Darkseid brainwashing Superman into becoming his son and attacks Earth. There's also a comic story called Superman: The Dark Side. Those are what jump-started this idea. Tell me what you think!

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