Superman: The Animated Series 'Fan Fiction Story'

By Tayla Drago

Episode # 46 – Legacy

(Warning: What you're about to read in this final chapter/episode of the two-part to happen for a sad thing at first, and other we know of...but I promise for after this will also be a bit of a good happy ending type of way. You'll soon see what is to give you a little heads up before reading. OK? Good, now let's begin!)

With Helen's arm hurt to seeing Jake get taken away from his real father Lex Luthor to have him to stay after working so hard to stay together, she tells Clark/Superman to help her out. Before going on a rescue mission in space to see Jake to use his telepathically to talk to one another for his magic to pick up his friend's mind to hear his voice from his own room Luthor made for him and under watch from not escaping. Again, he can at least use his magic trick, draw, write, and such to not give up hope. In fact – Jake has something he has to do for him to see Helen again.

"Jake? Can you hear me?" he calls out his little friend. "Its me, Clark Kent. Superman."

Jake reaches Clark loud and clear...through his mind that is.

"Clark...?" Jake was happy to hear his voice to use his powers with minds only to speak to one another. "Clark, I'm guessing that Helen told you what just happened?"

Unfortunately, she did...

"Helen told me everything. Its not fair what Luthor's trying to do to you both."

"I know...Look, I won't do anything until you help us out. I'll make a run for it as soon as I see you and Helen to save me somehow." Jake had a plan. "In fact, once I'm back I got a spell to get my sister's special arm working again."

Good to know.

"That's wonderful." Clark sounded happy. "Now listen, I need to take care of something for a bit, just hang in there. Not just you, but for Helen as well. She said hi by the way."

"Its good to see her hanging in there. Okay, go save the people in space and I hope to see or hear you back again soon, Clark, be careful."

"Right. Jake, you're more than a friend to me, you're like a son I've never had." Superman than takes off to Star Labs to get his space ship. "I promise, I will be back."

"Bye, Clark, I know you will and no matter what I'll love you as a friend and family." Jake said to sense him taking off to space to then going back to sleep after finishing something off. "(And hopefully soon, Clark, between you helping me and me saving Helen's arm...I don't have much time left, for a few more spells could be my last.)"

Hang in there, Jake...Wait, is he talking about his lung cancer spreading much faster...? I don't like the sound of that at all. Well, a month later something must've happen to Clark/Superman for only Kara/Supergirl, Helen, Jake, Martha Kent and Johnathan Kent only know about. He hasn't come back to Earth since that night! Why is that? Out on an unnamed planet, a race of aliens desperately fights an army of Apokoliptian soldiers. At first it seems that they have won, as the army has stopped its advance, but then a lone soldier bursts into the ceiling of the palace throne room. All attempts to stop him are futile and the king of the planet, seeing that his forces have been defeated, hands over his scepter: his symbol of power. The soldier returns to Darkseid on board his flagship and removes his mask. It's revealed that this soldier is Superman. What in the heck?! Darkseid calls Superman his son Kal-El and tells him that as a reward for defeating the alien world, he'll get his own planet to rule: Earth. This must be his pan from the start to have Superman's powers instead of Helen's.

"If I can't have Helen Star's power of a half Kryptonian, then Superman will do nicely. After all, he did say he would give his life for hers."

That would make sense, I guess Darkseid took his chance with it. Again, this is really bad. Back in Metropolis, Superman flies over the city while Lois Lane and Clark Kent watch from the ground. It's then revealed that both Superman and Clark are robots controlled by Supergirl. No one knows where Superman has gone, not even Supergirl or Ma and Pa Kent.

"Sorry, Ma. Pa. I got nothing so far..." Kara tells her parents.

They both hope they'll find something soon enough.

"Please keep searching."

"And have people think that Clark's still working, while Superman's...still Superman."

At least Supergirl will be on the case if so, as Helen calls her friend up to see how things are going.

"Kara?" said Helen. "Its me, Helen."

"Hi, I'm watching over Jake, he's hanging in there. So far, Luthor isn't hurting his own son." she said the good news.

"I'm glad to hear. Jimmy's been great keeping me company as well as Lois, and you asking as Clark's robot, sorry to put you through this."

Anything to finding the real Clark/Superman soon to getting Jake back somehow.

"Its okay, really. I wanted to do this for the both of you. I'll call you back soon, Helen, just don't go anywhere near Luthor for the time being. We will get Jake back. I promise."

Kara hangs up to get back to work next.

"You too..." same with Helen to hang in there to still protect Metropolis at times and working hard for Jimmy was there to be living with her. "Jimmy." she was getting hugged. "I'm fine."

"I just thought you needed some company, Jake's a tough kid. He'll be fine." he said. "And yet he's Luthor's only flesh and blood son, ew."

"Tell me about it...I've been talking to him through his telepathically abilities from our minds, so I know he's doing well. I'll call him back later."

Looking at her arm, she hopes for the best for Jake to heal Helen's powers soon enough.

"It'll happen, first let just get out for a bit, Helen, you and me. Let's go see a movie."

"Alright, Jimmy, let's go." Helen smiled.

Jimmy kisses her a little.

"Yes! Now we're talking." he said with joy.

Looks like Helen has friends and her boyfriend to keep her going. Back on Apokolips, Kal-El flies over and is attacked by the people of the planet. However, the people suddenly turn into Jimmy Olsen, Helen, Jake, Ma Kent, Pa Kent, Supergirl, and Lois. He is then attacked by Superman, who eventually destroys him with Heat Vision. Kal-El awakens, and Lashina urges him to go to Granny Goodness for 'therapy'. Granny puts him into a chair that places memories into his mind. His origin is the same, except Kal-El landed on Apokolips and was raised by Darkseid. Darkseid is supposedly benevolent and wants only to bring order to the universe. Kal-El feels better and leaves. However, it is then revealed that Darkseid only wishes to have Superman attack Earth, so that the military forces would be united to destroy him. Afterwards, Darkseid would take over the decimated world under the guise of restoring order to it.

"We cannot allow for Superman to learn the truth yet, but its enough to have it taken over by any means from my plans." he said. "He does it for me, the army will destroy their once hero, and then I'm able to rule their planet once again.

"Yes, Earth shall be yours." Granny agrees.

That night, on Earth, the Superman robot picks up a strange signal and starts crashing into things. An alarm awakens Kara but she is unable to control the robot.

"Ah, Kara?" Helen calls her up again. "What'a wrong with the robot? Jake help make it, and its telling me that its going all haywire!"

"I'm working on it, Helen, I'll handle this!" she hangs up after that.

Helen hopes for the best. Supergirl then flies in after it but is unable to prevent it from reaching its destination: LexCorp Tower. For Jake to be hearing this mess to go see what it was for Mercy to watch over him.

"Jake, your father wants me to watch you. He's too busy to let you out this late."

"Mercy, I have the right to move around the building of my Dad's." he said. "Just let me see what's going on." I guess Mercy allows it since Jake can walk around the place for he wasn't leaving. For Jake watches from the office room to see a Superman robot with Supergirl for Luthor to find out what was really going on. "Supergirl? And...A Superman robot? (He's still missing?)"

Lex Luthor explains that he's been aware of Superman's absence and wants to know what's going on. He believes that Superman will not return and assures Kara that she can't keep up her charade. Kara refuses to believe him and leaves before seeing Jake.

"Jake, hang in there. You're being a good boy."

"Bye, Supergirl." he waves to explain himself to Luthor. "Ah, I heard a crash to see what was going on, ah...Dad."

Luthor didn't mind from Jake at all.

"Now, now, Jake, its all right. I would never be mad at you for anything. You've been on your best behavior to get use to this new life." he said. "It just...something's wrong with Superman to be replace with robots, that could be trouble for him and Supergirl are behind something very bad."

"But they-! I don't think those two or Helen would ever-!"

Luthor hugs Jake.

"Not Helen, in fact you'll visit her real soon. She wouldn't do something like this, oh no." he said. "Its the two real super alien cousins I'm more worried about. Now go to sleep, Jake, I'm a little busy to finish the unfinished business at a the moment. Sweet dreams."

Jake goes to bed to be thinking of something and fast.

"Okay, good night..." he hurries up to writing something down for Superman and Helen and creating a magic spell to use with his wand. "(I have to hurry and tell Helen about this and fast, Luthor's going to get an entire to go to war against Clark and Kara!)"

Hurry, Jake! Luthor heads off to General Hardcastle and reveals that they have been working on a project to monitor Superman's actions and weaknesses. Together, they'll kill Superman once he gets out of hand.

"So, it finally happened, didn't it? I guess the siblings go off easily, but not their super hero friends." said Hardcastle. "Leave it me, Mr. Luthor, I think I have something to get rid of them for good."

Not good...!

"That's very good to hear, General Hardcastle, very good indeed."

Meanwhile, Kal-El is given a banner bearing his own symbol and sent out to Earth. Its really going to happen...

"Onward! For the glory of Darkseid and Apokolips!" said the brainwashed Superman.

As Jake had to think of something for soon to be going somewhere with his father to leave a message to Helen telepathically.

"Helen, can you hear me? Its me, Jake!"

Helen hears him loud and clear while she and Jimmy were watching TV together.

"Jake?" she hears him to talk even without using their thoughts. "Yes, I can hear you!"

"Jake's okay?" Jimmy was lost.

"Its fine, Jimmy, I know you can hear me. Listen, Luthor sees something to go to war against Superman, I feel a dark power hidden from our friend from something to hurt Earth. He'll be coming and him and Hardcastle won't greet him or Supergirl with open arms. He's going to turn against our home planet unless we do something! Supergirl might not be able to stop this by herself! Its us!"

Not good for Jimmy to hear, same with Helen for her to tell that something was very wrong the last month.

"(Oh, no...Clark!)"Helen knew what she can try to do. "Jake, make your break through away from Luthor when we meet in battle, we'll save Superman together and get my powers next, I don't care if I get into trouble, I'm getting you back in any way! You know what to do!"

Jimmy gets the news to not sound good at all.

"Wait...Superman's going to do what?!"

"Don't worry, Jimmy, Superman's trap from inside for Helen, Supergirl, and me to try to free him! Trust us." he said. "Okay, Helen, I'll see you then. Also...I want to let you know for Lois, Supergirl, Superman, and you too, Jimmy, are all my best friends ever. Even you, Helen, the best older half sister I've ever grew up with. Thanks for raising me for all of these years."

Why was Jake saying that to Helen so dramatic-like?

"Come on, Jake, you're sounding like we'll never see each other again. And yes, you're the best little half brother to raise as a good sister and guardian over the years." Helen says it. "Look, I love you and I'll always will to be the only one to mess with you, Jake, I'll see you soon."

"Right, love you too." he then gets his things ready to go. "(Let's do this!)"

Same with Helen to get her clothes of battle to get ready, for her to tell her boyfriend to be on his guard.

"Jimmy, lets go. I'm going to need lots of photos to prove of Superman's brainwashing." Helen carries Jimmy to the area.

As Jimmy holds on to his girlfriend to fly to the area.

"I'll be careful. You and Jake do the same thing to save Superman...Somehow."

Looks like those two were ready for anything now. As Kara sees a news report about Superman and a legion of Parademons attack a NATO base.

"Clark! (Helen. Jake. Please be okay.)" Kara/Supergirl flies into action.

Hardcastle and Luthor 'while Jake was watching the whole thing happen, for the two men now feel that they've found the perfect opportunity to kill Superman. Luthor orders Hardcastle to prepare for a final attack while Luthor gets a specialized weapon ready.

"He's a completely different person." Mercy said to her boss.

"Soon to be a very dead one. I don't know what twist of fate caused this change, but Superman's handed us the perfect opportunity to destroy him. I intend to exploit it." he said. "Wait...Where did Jake go?"

For Jake makes his escape safely to use one more spell of distractions at Mercy and Luthor.

"Sorry, Dad, but I rather be arrested and not to be away from my sister! Shamoo! Can do!" Nice one, this makes them lose track of Jake to get to the military area right away in bubble form while hanging in there. "I'm coming to save you, Superman! Wait for me, Helen!"

Well, Luthor loses his chance to bring out a warning.

"General Hardcastle, my son has escaped by Superman's doing! Save him by any means! I want Jake back unharmed!"

"I'm on it, sir." the general said to Luthor.

Run away, Jake, you can do it! Superman attacks another military base and easily manages to fight past their defenses but Supergirl and Helen eventually show up and fights him.

"Helen and Supergirl!" Lois points out. "Please save Superman!"

For Lois to be shock from all of this and Jimmy getting his story with lots of photo shots.

"Be careful..." he then sees Jake watching from afar. "Lois, look! Jake got out! He's not with Luthor."

Another good news, for Jake has got Helen and Supergirl's back on this one.

"Jake! You're back!" Helen was happy to be fighting her friend. "Sorry, Superman, but you brought this upon yourself! Supergirl!"

"When you're ready, Helen." he said.

Jake uses his magic to give it everything he has.

"Careful, you two! Superman's being brainwashed by Darkseid's doing! Try to punch a lot to make him come back to normal! Hurry! I'll get your powers in a bit, Helen, just be careful! (Please.)"

"Darkseid...?" Helen sees a lot of the armies to be helping Superman to look familiar. "I knew he would be back to attack Earth again!"

For Helen and Supergirl are good holding up their fight against their own friend. Superman is outraged at Supergirl wearing his symbol but fighting against him.

"Let's give it everything we have, Helen!"

"I know!" Helen tries to use her heat vision to make Superman drop his guard. "Why are you doing this, Superman?!"

"My Father's will!" he punches Supergirl to try wind blasting Helen. "You shouldn't get invoked, woman. And you...You wear my shield but stand against me? Then die!" Superman hits Supergirl with a metal pole.

Helen breaks it in half to save Supergirl's life.

"Sorry, but we can't allow you to win!" Helen hits Superman with everything she has. "Basics!"

But the brainwashed Superman was ready to keep on fighting as he pummels Supergirl into near-death, and Helen misses to get punch really hard to go flying to get stomp on from her chest to get killed.

"Superman...! Don't..."

"Die, in the name of Darkseid!" Superman was about to do it.

Soon, Jake steps in to use his powers to shock some sense into Superman's body.

"Noo!" he does it to freeing Helen at least. "Hold on, Helen, I can use this spell in time. You can use your arm to absorb things but much better when I'm done, a symbol you'll get thanks to Dr. Fate teaching me this trick. So hang in there, Helen, you'll be okay. You, Superman, and Supergirl, will be just fine." Jake sees Superman trying to break through his magical shield. "This is bad..."

But Lois arrives and tells him to stop.

"Superman! Stops this!" she said to grab his arm. "You'll kill them!"

"What...?" Superman remembers Lois to see what he was almost did to Helen and Supergirl. "Jake...Helen...Supergirl...and you, Lois..."

"Alright, Lois!" Jake cheered.

Hey, he's coming back!

"Yeah, it's me! What's gotten in to you?" she demands to know. "You use to protect and help people not to destroy them."

Superman suddenly recollects everything.

"I...I don't know what came over me..."

"It worked." Jake has done it to see his friend saved and Helen's arm looking better than ever. "Helen, we're going to be fine now."

Helen sees the goodness in Superman was back.

"Jake...?" she was happy to hold her brother's hand and see that all was well. "(We did it.) Supergirl's okay. Superman, you're back! Jake came back to me and we got you through your senses from Darkseid's doing! Its okay now!"

However, a Kryptonite missile is fired by General Hardcastle to not see Jake was in the middle to still do it at Superman and Supergirl, no!

"Fire!"

Direct hit for Superman shoves Lois away in time and Jake does the same for Helen.

"Helen, I'm sorry..." he uses his magic to shield Jimmy, Lois, and Helen one more time. "I'm just happy that I manage to get your arm back and do something right... (And with the cancer now taking hold of me...my time is finally over to die peacefully, at my age of eleven...Mom, Helen's other Father, I'm coming. Lois. Jimmy. Kara. Take care. Clark, please be their hero once you're done with Darkseid; and Helen, I'll always love you as my sister to be part of your powers now, I am one with Earth...My spirit will live on forever.)"

And boom! Supergirl and Superman were very weak and near death after a blast from that. Oh, no! Helen and Lois see from the blast on what just happened.

"Lois?"

"I'm fine, Helen." she sees the horror next. "Oh, my God..."

"Supergirl? Superman?" Helen couldn't go near the Kryptonite power on her friends to watch them suffer. "This is bad...Jake, get over here and help-!" she even sees another horror of her little brother's lifeless body on the ground. "Jake...!"

Helen gets him out of the way to check on him, the radiation from the Kryptonite did him end to ending his life at an early age.

"Jake?" Jimmy checks on him. "Can you hear me? Jake! Are you all right?"

Lois feels out his pulse to get nothing from him. Which means.

"Helen, I'm sorry, he risk his life for them...He's dead."

Helen sees a note from Jake and a symbol star on her arm to look different for her powers, but still took the life of her little brother who didn't tell anyone about his lung cancer.

"No...No, Jake! No! Don't go! Don't go!" she cries for Jake's death. "He's was the only brother I've ever had...!"

For Jimmy and Lois were very sad too, Hardcastle made a mistake to fire too soon for Jake to be in the way and keep that part to himself. How could he?! And what's worse, Luthor sees it too.

"Jake! No!" he was mad and angry. "He's...he's gone..." Luthor was really crying for his son's loss.

A very sad tale...For Superman and Supergirl were really out of it, for the weapon that was used was

seemingly killing both of them. As Helen carries the lifeless Jake out of danger, they have the get the other two saved and fast. Lois Lane runs up to Superman as soldiers carry him off.

"Superman!"

"Move it, lady, we need to take these two to our underground military base." said one of the solders.

"But where are you taking them!?" Lois demands t know.

Helen trying to do something, Jimmy get her to take Jake's body somewhere to lay to rest.

"No! Stop! Superman was brainwashed and Supergirl was only helping me!" she tells the solders. "Leave them alone, they're my friends!"

"Stop, Helen, you'll get capture too!" said Jimmy to hugging her. "I'm sorry...I'm sorry Jake's gone. Please, don't let Superman see you suffer than he already is..."

Superman sees Jake to lie dead and Helen looking upset.

"Lois...?" he sees his other young friend was killed. "Jake, he's dead? Jake...! JAKE!" Superman now knows on what happened which he sees Jake healing his sister was the last to see him alive.

A sad time to become from bad to worse now. As Superman is alive and remembers everything now: He had gone to a strange ship letting off a distress beacon but found it was a trap 'after telling Helen and Jake not to give up hope before leaving Earth'. He was hit and incapacitated by a weapon on the ship and brainwashed by Granny Goodness so that he was led to believe Darkseid was his adoptive father. So that's what happened. Superman awakens in a military prison cell filled with red light. General Hardcastle enters into the room and explains that the lights nullify Superman's powers and that he's only kept alive to explain his actions and putting the blame on him to have Jake Star killed for Luthor to believe in that part. Superman asks about Supergirl but gets no answer.

"All in due time to have you two dealt with, and killing a boy in the cross fire, shame on you." he said.

"Where's Supergirl?" he asked. "And I was brainwashed by Darkseid from Apokolips."

Superman tries to explain about how Darkseid brainwashed him, but Hardcastle chooses not to believe him. As the press was told to have Superman and Supergirl are sentence to death for some people didn't like the sound of it – same with Lois, Jimmy, or Helen either. And that's it? No fair trial? So unfair! For some are saying their dead but Lois knows that's not true.

"Helen..." Lois was upset. "All three of us known they're innocent and still alive somewhere."

"I know where, but...Without Jake..."

Helen Star was a mess to have Jake's funeral soon, but not when Superman and Supergirl's lives are in danger.

"There has to be a way for us to save them both, is there?" ask Jimmy. "We can's just give up! If you want to save them, Lois, then I'm in."

They just need Helen for this one.

"Helen, please. For Jake, help us."

She can still have powers like the two for her arm to take affect real soon.

"Okay, I'll do it for Jake." she said to keep on fighting. "In fact, I know who's to blame in my brother's death. Lois, what's the plan?"

They witnesses Superman trying to escape and free Supergirl but he is subsequently captured. Lois figures that she'll have to take things into her own hands. Determined to save her friend, Lois uses her father's connections to get into the prison where Superman is being kept. Allowing Helen to use her powers to sneak through the vents for her and Jimmy to get inside the place, as Jimmy's camera flashes destroy some of the security cameras to get mess up.

"Cameras are all shut down." said Jimmy.

Helen uses her quick fighting skills to knocking out the army men and women to lose their weapons.

"Solder boys and girls are disable for a while." she said.

And Lois sneaks on inside next to join with the two.

"And all clear thanks to my Father's help." said Lois. "Let's go find them."

Angered by Superman's actions, Hardcastle agrees with Luthor that he should be executed, and Supergirl as well in order to avoid a possible vengeful wrath. Luthor and Hardcastle arrive and seek to inject a liquid Kryptonite formula into Superman in order to kill him.

"Your move, Mr. Luthor." said Hardcastle.

Not good!

"So it ends like this."

"Don't think of it as an end, Superman." Luthor said to his enemy. "My biotech people will spend years studying your carcass. I'm certain it will be a most profitable endeavor."

However, Superman fights back and Lois, Jimmy, and Helen stops Luthor from finishing the job.

"Nice one!" said Jimmy.

Looks like Superman gets rescue thanks to his friends.

"Lois? Jimmy? Helen?"

"Don't move, both of you!" Helen tells them.

With Hardcastle hurt, Luthor knew that Helen would do something like this.

"I knew you would turn traitor, Helen!" he was mad. "And after that Superman and Supergirl did to your brother?! My son?!"

"Wake up, Luthor!" Helen slaps him. "If you think you're hurt already, you would be more to know that Superman didn't murder Jake, it was Hardcastle to fire with my brother in the way. He knew, but he went along with it. If anyone needs to be arrested, its him!"

Hardcastle was caught to come up with something.

"Ah...she's lying from the alien's doing, sir!"

But for Mercy to tell that the weapon of Kryptonite was fired by Hardcastle's doing, Luthor remembers to not see from his sadness to really get mad now.

"Wait...I didn't give a command to fire, it was you...There were people in the way but the other two and you just happen to shoot at Jake who was in the middle! How could you, General Hardcastle?! He was my only son, and now he's dead!"

Now he admits it.

"So what? He was working with the two aliens and and his sister!" he said. "I do it in the name of the United States!"

"Shut up!"

Okay, that was a cool punch to knock Hardcastle out cold. Good hit, Luthor, for once. For Helen and Lois help Superman back up to gain some of his powers back.

"Still, what are you doing here? And you, Lois?" he asked.

"Have you ever tried to get a story out of the military? I figured it'd be easier to go straight to the source." she said to release the hand cuffs off of her boyfriend. "Let's find Supergirl and get out of here."

"All clear, come on!" said Jimmy.

With them making their get away for Hardcastle to alert security before going out cold, Luthor allows it for once even if he was hurt.

"Luthor?"

"Helen, just go...Allow me to set a funeral up for Jake, please...I want to say goodbye. And thank you for telling me how we was killed by this man." he said. "I'll have Hardcastle kicked out of the job after I'm done with him. Now leave this place with Supergirl before I change my mind...!"

Helen allows it to request this for Luthor and she takes off with the others.

"Thanks, I guess..." she had one more thing to say to him. "Luthor, Jake did care about you. If only you were more understanding type of guy, but for some he did love you a lot as a son. I just wanted you to know that. (Until next time, we will stop you.)"

Helen was nice enough to let Luthor had it to mourn of his sons death, to allow them to g free. Until they fight again that is.

"Thank you, Helen..." Luthor said quietly. "Jake, I'll miss you."

Helen soon catches up to the others for the three and Superman escape from his cell but Superman insists that they save Supergirl before leaving.

"Helen, please help me." said Superman.

"Right." she uses her arm to find Supergirl. "This way!"

After finding Supergirl, they discover they have to carry her out due to her weakness to the red sunlight.

"We got her. Can we go now?"

Jimmy has a good point for Superman and Supergirl show how much they felt bad for Helen losing her brother Jake.

"So, he's really dead is her?" said Kara/Supergirl.

"He is...But that doesn't mean I can't fight on for him." Helen tries to be strong. "Can we just keep on going please?"

Superman hugs Helen.

"Please forgive me..."

"I already do. That's why we came to save the two of you." Helen knows it wasn't Superman's fault.

"But he still got some explaining to do later." Supergirl said. "Let just leave this place."

As they carry her out, Supergirl is shot in the chest and nearly killed.

"Supergirl!" Helen gets even to punch a hole to make the military to lose sight of them. "They're not the bad guys, losers!" she does it with Superman aiding her. "And in case you didn't notice, it looks like you people are becoming the real bad guys."

Fortunately, Superman, Helen, Jimmy, and Lois manage to escape with Supergirl still alive.

"Is she okay?" ask Jimmy.

"Barely alive, but she needs to get to the hospital right away." said Lois.

And for Superman to get some yellow sun back into him and Supergirl, he flies Lois out of the military base and Helen to carry her boyfriend to safety.

"Hang on, Lois." he said. "We'll save Supergirl."

A very close call that was. As Helen tells Superman, Jimmy, and Lois what really cause Jake to die and having lung cancer from Lisa Star's side of the family but her being a half Kryptonate would make perfect sense; all of it to risk his own life to saving the others in time, to ending his so soon. As they take her to S.T.A.R. Labs but Professor Hamilton refuses to help her as it would be considered an act of treason. What!?

"There's nothing I can do for her."

"What? But Professor, you can just stop." Helen begs of her friend.

"She will die." same with Superman.

And yet, he still won't do it.

"Please forgive me, Helen, the loss of Jake must've been too hard on you." said the scientist. "But if I did, it'll be an act of treason."

Now this mad Superman really mad to hold Hamilton in the air.

"Hamilton!" Superman threatens Hamilton into aiding Supergirl but now realizes that he's lost his friend's trust.

"Please don't hurt me!"

"Stop, Superman, he gets it!" Helen said. "He didn't mean to, really, Professor."

No kidding.

"I'm sorry." said Superman. Seething with anger, Superman steals a boom tube generator and heads off to Apokolips to 'settle things' with Darkseid. But he won't go there alone... "Helen, I need you on this one. For Jake, he wants you to fight back."

She was ready for her gem on her arm to shine, a sign maybe?

"(Jake?)" she thought she heard his voice to think it was a illusion. "Okay, Superman, let's go. Jimmy, I'll come back." she hugs him.

"Be careful, Helen."

Same with Lois to be hugging Superman.

"May Heaven help you both." she said.

And through the Boom Tube for Superman and Helen Star go into Apokolips for one final showdown and payback on what Darkseid has done to them both. For Helen's not holding anything back now.

"(Mom. Dad. Jake. Dan. Watch on us, because this all for you.)"

On Apokolips, Superman and Helen make their way to Granny's orphanage, easily fighting his way through a legion of Parademons. After a brief fight with Granny he manages to push her into the brainwashing machine, which has been put up into full power. The machine temporarily wipes out her mind. With Helen stopping the other members as well in seconds from her fighting skills and super strength – Desaad, Stepphenwolf, and Kanto. With Granny out of the way, Superman continues towards Darkseid's palace and is confronted by the Female Furies. He defeats them with relative ease and makes it into Darkseid's palace.

"Ready, Clark?" Helen asks her friend.

"I'm ready for anything, Helen." and the Man of Steel himself.

Kalibak attacks but is instantly taken out.

"I can't believe he's blood."

"Shut up, Darkseid! This ends right here, right now!" angered Helen. "How dare you do things to hurt others lives, even for him!"

Yeah! You tell Darkseid, Helen!

"Sorry, having you stopping me wasn't part of my plan, Helen, I didn't bother you to have Superman instead."

That doesn't change anything!

"You used me." said Superman. "Having Helen hurt, to ruined my life is unforgivable...!"

"I told you once, Superman, if you would not be my knight, you would be my pawn." said Darkseid.

"So, we rather die than become any villain's pawns!" said Helen.

Ad for Darkseid to pull a dirty trick like this, has gone too far. For Helen to witness it all, and Superman to see that Darkseid did it somehow.

"I see you're a man of your word."

"I am many things, Kal-El. And you too, Helen. You two couldn't begin to imagine half of them, but for now I shall take the role of executioner." Darkseid rises and engages Superman and Helen in a brutal fight.

"Hey!" Helen uses her skills of a super hero to push back the beams to saving Superman's life. "Low life alien loser!"

Having not to go down like that, Darkseid moves fast to giving her a kick to another hit from his beam.

"Like before, huh Helen? Like I'll do the same for Superman next." Darkseid kept on firing at him. "A final gift, my wayward son. A fast death. Infinitely preferable to the shame of returning to Earth. There, your legacy would be one of fear and distrust. A pariah desperately chasing the favor of a world that cursed your name. And for Helen to witness everything..."

Trying to shoot out another attack, Superman uses the ground to shield himself and Helen to punch Darkseid in the face and Helen to try getting back up to use her arm somehow to absorb anything.

"Superman..."

"Helen, stay put. Get some breaths and I'll give...him! A beating." Superman fights back.

"YOU DARE STRIKE ME!" Darkseid had some more in him to keep on going.

From battles from here to there for Helen to watch it all to get her arm working, Superman does a super upper punch at Darkseid's face.

"That was for Dan Turpin."

"Who?" he was confused.

"A good man you murdered who was Jake and Helen type of uncle!" Superman reminds him.

We all miss you, Dan Turpin...

"Had I known one human's death would pain you so, I would have killed more." Darkseid hits back at Superman really hard. "And kill more I shall. Carry that agony with you to oblivion, Superman."

Superman proves tired due to lack of Sunlight and his previous battles and though he lands some powerful blows, Darkseid quickly gains the advantage and pummels Superman around with relative ease. Helen unable to watch this whole thing, she then feels out Jake's spirit to show himself to his sister to have some hope left. He maybe dead, but his spirit lives on through her arm now as a new power up.

"Helen...Helen...Helen!"

"Jake?" she wasn't seeing or hearing things now. "Wait, you're a ghost." Helen sees her arm glowing. "My arm! Your powers transferred into my arm!"

Jake was happy to see Helen again.

"Yes, Helen. I maybe dead, but my spirit is now part of your arm and I'm a protector of Earth. Dr. Fate trained me to do so while I had to find a way to help from my cancer. Sorry I didn't tell you or Clark since our Mom had it but I got it from the lungs at an early age to do something to fix everything somehow, and I did from the note she left for us. Please forgive me, Helen. But we don't have much time." he powers Helen up to a full form her entire skin to change to all elements instead of the arm to become all rainbow-like. "Now take this from me to you and beat the crap out of Darkseid once and for all!"

She was all ready to do so for Helen's new fond powers and Jake's combined...

"Helen...?" Superman also sees Jake's spirit. "Jake?"

"What is this?!" Darkseid was unable to see.

Now Helen rescues Superman to give Darkseid on heck of a beat down.

"AAAH! I'll kill you, loser! (Jake, please...give me your power...) You'll pay for everything, Darkseid, all of it!" she speaks loudly while still punching Darkseid really fast. "This is for using Mannheim, killing off Dan, making Superman turn against us, try to kill me, murder my Father, made my Mother suffer, had Jake killed because of it, barely killing Supergirl, and ticking off the people of Earth to not happen...EVER AGAIN!"

From Helen's powerful hits 'thanks to Jake' allowed Superman to also turn the tables as Darkseid prepares to use his Omega beams: He covers Darkseid's eyes at the last moment, causing the beams to deflect and blast Darkseid in the head, causing a massive explosion. Nice one! For the two have done it For Helen's powers to be in her control now, to see Jake's ghost one more to wave a goodbye to both his sister and Superman.

"Well, my work here is done. See you two some other time. But remember, I'll be watching over you two, always."

There he goes...This leaves Darkseid severely injured and unable to continue the fight, as he collapses at Helen and Superman's feet. The commotion within the palace has not gone unnoticed by the Apokoliptian slaves, and when they come to see what is going on, they are shocked when Superman throws Darkseid from the palace walls to the ground.

"Superman..." Helen tries telling him about Jake's ghost.

"I know, I saw him too. I'm glad he smiled to say goodbye to me and left you with a gift." he touches her arm. "Use it well." Superman tells them that they are free to do whatever they want to Darkseid.

"Darkseid is finished, do with him as you will. You are all free." However, much to Helen and Superman's surprise, the people aid Darkseid and take him back to his palace for medical treatment.

"Ah, seriously?" shock Helen. "(Didn't see this part coming at all.)"

As they carry him away, Darkseid tells Superman and Helen that while he may oppress them, he is still their god.

"I maybe other things, Kal-El, Helen. But in here, I am God."

Superman tries to go after Darkseid but Kara arrives and talks him out of it.

"Kara!" Helen hugs her. "You're going to be okay. That's great! And yet, winning doesn't have a sweeter victory all the time."

"I know, let just not make this worse than it already is." Kara/Supergirl hugs her cousin. "Let's go home."

For going back to Earth, things might not be the same for a while...Even for Clark/Superman to be a bit worried.

"Home..."

Back on Earth, nearly everyone refuses to trust Superman, thanks to the lies spread by Luthor and Hardcastle, with only his closest friends defending him. Well, probably not for Hamilton. But for his parents of course, Kara, Jimmy, Perry, Ron, Lana, Lois, Helen, Maggie, Bibbo, Angela, and others do trust in their hero and Supergirl, but other people don't. At Jake's funeral for Luthor and Mercy to secretly was there to say goodbye and hide from the others to be giving hate words to Superman and Supergirl to be shunned upon, but one. Helen Star wasn't to be their hero still, but not like this.

"Traitor!"

"Bad aliens!"

"Go back where you came from!"

"Get out of here!"

Then she tells them...

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" Helen gets all of their attention. "Enough! Its Darkseid's fault for brainwashing Superman and Supergirl was trying to help for me to help out and Jake died for it! And you know who's fault it was more than the enemies from Apokolips? Are all of you! Those who are too much of a loser cowards to blame on others who didn't know better! We all need to take responsibility from time to time, to help out one another, instead of fitting in to blame other to make yourselves feel weak but them! For I stand by their side no matter what, Superman's like a father I never had, and Supergirl a true friend. If you wish to hide in fear over nothing, then do it! And if those who agree with me, then come join us."

Well, we know that Hardcastle 'who was fired', Hamilton, Mercy, and Luthor wouldn't. But slowly others joined in. Like Martha and Johnathan Kent together.

"For our son."

"We'll always love him."

Same with Kara/Supergirl.

"He goes, I go with him." she said.

Lois, Jimmy, Perry, Ron, Maggie, Bibbo, and Angela join in next.

"I can't help but to love him."

"A true friend Superman is and the woman that I love being Helen."

"I get my stories because of them."

"I won't leave them."

"For Dan's sake, he would wanted this."

"Superman's my pal!"

"And I get a nice story from my show."

Well, not bad there for Helen to make a good point for others to be happy and some, maybe to understand a bit better in silence after that fine speech from Helen Star.

"See? It'll come around again if we see to believe like everyone else." she said. "We're not so different."

After that understanding lesson, everyone leaves the grave yard, Superman hopes that it'll change something somehow for Helen and him have a moment time – along with Lois, Jimmy, and Supergirl hanging around as well.

"Thanks, Helen, you didn't have to do that for me."

"But I wanted to." she said. "With this symbol from Jake on my arm, I can fight back again and absorb more elements to match my entire body. Cool, huh? And that new power up." Helen sees Superman looking upset. "Superman, what's wrong?"

"Its nothing, you did the right thing today. Jake would've been proud of you and Dan." he said to let her down on some bad news. "Listen, we'll still help others out and stop to those who people innocent people in danger, however..."

Helen didn't know what Clark/Superman was getting at.

"However what? You're starting to scare me."

"Helen, I need some time away from you. I think you should help out others from working, helping out, and becoming a cop. For the time being that is." said Superman.

"What?" Helen was shock. "(He can't be serious!)"

Same with the other three to be hearing this too.

"Superman?"

"But why...?" Helen asked.

"Its not just I don't want to, I want to fix this somehow to get others to trust me again. They do for you, I don't want to drag you along." Superman explains. "But still do what we do best, I'll find you or you'll find me if there's any trouble again, for now...you're an adult now to handle things on your own without my help."

Helen didn't want to for her cry to make Superman change his mind.

"What?! No! I won't! Don't do this, Superman!" she didn't let go. "NO! I loss Jake, don't leave me too! I won't let you! Don't go, Daddy!"

Daddy? Looks like Helen does see Superman as her new father to love a lot.

"Helen..." Superman cries a little to hug her back. "Please, sweet heart. This isn't goodbye, this is a change. But we'll always be a team. Be brave, strong, and caring ofr others. I'll see you time to time, you can help out Supergirl if there's trouble."

"He's right." she gets it. "It'll be okay, Helen, Superman knows. If he knows, then so do I."

Yeah, they'll be back form time to time. Remember? Clark will watch over her more...

"You'll visit me sometimes?"

"I will, Helen, I love you like a daughter." he said to kissing her on the forehead. "No more crying."

"I'll try not to." she said to shake hands with Supergirl to still see her from time to time. "I hope we'll do more for Metropolis and the world you and I for me to work harder."

Becoming a cop won't be easy for Helen to do, but she will with friends, Jimmy, and Maggie Sawyer's help.

"And we will, Helen, I'll be watching you all the time...and not in a creepy way." Supergirl laughs.

And Superman had one more thing to say to Jimmy.

"Take care of Helen for me, Jimmy, I'll see you both around sometimes.

"You can count on me, Superman." he said to pull Helen close to her. "We'll be living together just fine both her and I."

Helen embraces Jimmy.

"Oh, Jimmy, thank you." she said. "Lois, let's do our part to stay strong and you to keep your boyfriend happy."

Lois gets it to also help out Helen as well.

"Boyfriend? I like that." she said. "That won't be a trouble there, Helen, count on it."

Well, that's that 'I guess', for Superman and Supergirl to fly back to Kansas to see their family before calling it a day.

"Good to know. Until we meet again, take care." Superman tries to be strong. "I hope all will go well for me soon enough."

With him flying off, so does Supergirl to be waving goodbye.

"Until we meet again!"

Yep, Helen was going to be fine to be seeing them from time to time and more on normal days while hiding their identities.

"(And for that, I start a new as a super heroes with a normal life, Helen Star – Absorb Gal.)" she said to be looking at Jimmy next. "Jimmy..."

"I know." he kisses her on the lips. "Come on, Helen, lets go home."

"Okay. (See you around, Clark and Kara. And I know, you're doing this until people can trust you all again, I understand.)" she carries Jimmy back to the apartment to be flying. "Hold on tight."

All was well by some...What happens afterwards a few days later? Its getting there, slowly. Hamilton does something after the betrayal, Luthor is better to honor Jake forever with one photo shot of his son, Mercy still works for him, Hardcastle is banned out of the military for good after staying in jail for a while; while Martha and Johnathan understood what really happen to their alien son, Kara as Supergirl become a favorite female super hero through out Metropolis 'even the entire world', Angela getting her story from her and Superman at times, for Perry and Ron to like it, Bibbo to support them all the way through; even Jimmy having good photo shots to be living with Helen. For her to still be working hard to becoming a cop and still a hero to be with the man she loves. Even for Jake to watch form afar in spirit, I guess his last spell did make him into one with the planet to watch over everyone forever.

"Rest well, people of Metropolis." he said to be fading for the time being.

As for Superman...Well, Clark is doing well to live his normal everyday life, just not to get some trust back to everyone else, a slow event to happening little at a time. Superman is also afraid at the prospect of losing control again and feels he can't win back the trust of the planet. All but some people not like Helen, Jimmy, Kara/Supergirl, or his family. Even for Lois the one he loves a lot.

"Don't listen to the others."

"No, they're right." he said. "I did lose control and it scares me. If I can't trust myself, how can I win back the trust of an entire planet?"

As Lois kisses him gently, telling him 'One person at a time'.

"One person at a time." she said back.

A nice way to show their true feelings at one another to hug for Superman and Lois's love was strong. And from there for the sun to set, its the beginning of a new life for Superman to make a come back later on, as Lois said: one person at a time. A sort of nice to end this series until the nest time. I hope you guys like it for more to be done and others to come way later, thank for reading.

The End. And for Jake Star as The Wiz Kid will be missed. - R.I.P.