I changed the title of this and my Superman fic since I like them better.

As you've read in the previous chapter, Supergirl and Batman have stopped Superman and sent him away into the Phantom Zone. Supergirl was upset at what's transpired at first due to her family's legacy being stained because of her cousin and Batman plans to create a new Justice League with Supergirl as its first, new member which she has gladly accepted.

But there's much more to do now that Superman is gone and Brainiac was stopped.

Kara's gonna learn of what went on during her time in cryo-slumber sometime and her reaction to it . . .? You'll see.

We reached the Batcave again and I gently set the jet down on the landing pad. Batman exited and hopped down next to me as I floated next to the vehicle's wing and landed gently.

I didn't notice him because an unsettling thought immediately plagued my mind.

It was about the final battle earlier. While I was glad the fighting had ended. I couldn't help but think, what if it ended in Kal's favor instead of Batman's? Knowing how he is these days, I assumed that humanity would be forced to submit to his awful will again, he and the other Regime members would reclaim control over the world, Batman and most of the heroes on his side would be either killed, imprisoned, or worse and even I, the second Kryptonian with the same powers as Kal and capable of standing up to him, would not be powerful enough to stop him and his group. I could barely keep up against Kal before, the first fight I won out of sheer luck and my second fight ended with me being knocked unconscious and unable to help Batman fight him off. What chance would I have had if he and his followers conquered the Earth?

All of those hypothetical thoughts terrified me to the fullest. I was so glad that this would never come true and was avoided thanks to Batman and I.

Speaking of Batman, or Bruce as he asked me to call him, he looked at me and became concerned.

"What's wrong Kara?" he asked me as he removed his mask again and placed it on a table near us and the jet.

"I was just thinking of . . . of the possible results from Kal winning and it scares me deeply." I replied.

"That will never happen. We prevented that. Clark and other threats like him and Brainiac will never triumph over us as long as we're around to stop them." he said.

He was right. I shouldn't have to worry about something that won't happen because we prevented it. Brainiac was defeated. Kal was imprisoned for his deeds and Earth was saved from both foes and I helped make that a reality.

I admit that sending Kal away hurt me because he was my family, but letting him run rampant with his twisted ideology of "world peace" and scaring the people into submission under threat of death or imprisonment for speaking against his tyranny would have hurt even more.

"Did . . . did people treat you with fear like they do with Kal and I when you started dressing like that?" I asked and pointed to his suit. Before I got to know this man better, I used to be told that he was a fearful person who hated Kal. Since I was wrong about him now, I wanted to hear his side of things, starting with his origins.

He confirmed it and told me that when he started out, he was disliked by the city authorities and the public at first because vigilantism was discouraged, but all of Gotham eventually warmed up to him when they realized that he avoided using lethal force on criminals and super-powered enemies no matter how careless and evil they were. He said that his original goal upon becoming Batman was to strike fear into the hearts of criminals, not kill them, and he often left lawbreakers to be caught by police after fighting them. It was these reasons why he was tolerated and even summoned at times when a situation was beyond their control and he was the only one who can end it whenever the other heroes were unavailable.

"While I may not be the fearsome crime-fighter I once was ever since Clark revealed my identity to the world, I still resume my battle against crime and injustice, no matter what anybody thinks of me these days. It's how I honor the memory of my parents and it'd be wrong to stop." he said.

"I was told of your childhood, how your parents died at the hands of a random criminal, leaving you orphaned and how that event influenced you to become what you are today. Is that true or is it another one of Diana's and Adam's lies?" I asked.

"Yes, it's all true." he said and he looked upset just from admitting this. I felt as if I pried into his personal life and felt bad for even asking about it.

"I didn't mean to upset you, Bruce. I'm sorry." I said shamefully.

"No, it's fine. You thought it was another lie from them." he said reassuringly.

"My parents may not have been killed by a common thief, but . . . I still know how losing your folks feels and you have my condolences." I said calmly.

"I appropriate that, Kara and you have mine." he said.

I looked around the Batcave, amazed at its interior structure. From the way it looked, I knew it had to have cost a lot of . . . whatever currency he uses. I'm still unfamiliar with Earth money, but from what I've heard of this man, he was wealthy.

"Would you like a tour of the Batcave?" he asked me.

Even though I was immune to telepathy and he had no such superpower, or none at all, I couldn't help but feel as if he was reading my mind.

"Sure." I said and he led me around, showing me everything he owned here.

I used my x-ray vision to see through the complex's walls and ceilings, but I couldn't. He must have built this entire place out of lead to counter Kal as his x-ray vision didn't work on lead objects and neither did mine. I learned that during my training in Kahndaq.

Besides my strengths, I also learned of Kryptonite and its harmful effects on me when Diana and Adam introduced it to me as another part of my lessons. That's why I knew about the material when that fire man used it on me at the prison and until I came here, Kryptonite was unknown back on Krypton. Well, unknown to me anyway. I'm not sure if anyone else was aware of its existence or not.

All this time, my planet harbored the material and I never knew about it.

Another thing that harmed me was magic. I've never seen it on Krypton before and I learned of it from Diana and Adam and when I battled that woman with fur and claws.

What was her name again? Barbara Ann Minerva, or "Cheetah" as she was called often. Yes, that's it.

Diana told me about Cheetah, her abilities and their rivalry with each other. I wondered if all of what I learned of Cheetah was true or false considering my new knowledge of Diana. What I do know was that their hatred for one another was real as Diana tried to kill her in front of me.

As much of a brute Cheetah may be, Diana still had no right to kill her . . . or Harley Quinn. Harley prevented Cheetah's death and I prevented Harley's, both almost caused by Diana's hand. I would vow to train myself to handle Cheetah better in the future.

Speaking of Cheetah, because of her magic, her claws were incredibly painful, especially that injury she caused on my side when I was weak from her assault. I hope there was a way of removing that power of hers in order to easily capture her. But would removing her magic be fatal to it her?

First, Batman showed me the place where he defeated Kal. He called it a "garage" and half of its interior was destroyed from the fight as I remembered.

While here, Bruce walked over to a computer, typed in something and stepped inside a tube machine and its doors closed around him, leaving me standing alone for a moment, wondering what he was doing.

I tried using my X-ray vision again and it failed again.

Another lead-based object. This man had a lot of time to plan everything.

"You alright in there?" I asked in concern.

"One moment." he said and I simply floated in mid-air with my legs crossed as if I were sitting down, and stared at the tube, waiting for him to reappear.

A minute later, the tube opened and Bruce stepped out, only he wasn't wearing his Batman suit anymore. He was wearing a dark gray skin-tight suit and no gadgets. He looked thinner than how his Batsuits made him look.

"You changed out of your battle suit." I said.

"Yeah." he said.

"You look nice." I commented.

"Thanks." he said and continued with the tour.

He showed me as much of his base as he could until I followed him back to the place where he and I faced Kal and Diana.

I then suddenly realized that Diana was gone! She lost her fight with Bruce here and now she was nowhere to be seen anywhere inside the Batcave! I feared she woke up and escaped while we were gone! How stupid of me!

"Where's Diana?" I asked him in a panic.

"She's imprisoned now." he said calmly.

"What? How?" I asked in surprise.

"Earlier while you were at the Fortress, I contacted the Flash and told him to take her into the metahuman facility from before. She's currently inside a cell designed to resist her abilities and is unable to break out from there. She's not going anywhere." he said.

I sighed with relief while placing my hand over my crest.

"What a relief! For a moment there, I thought she fled while we were absent." I said. Now I didn't have to waste any energy on finding the Amazon murderer. I viewed Diana as a sister to me to guide me during my early stay on this world. That was no more and I now viewed her as the opposite: a delusional beast.

I've also heard of the Flash before I saw him in person. Barry Allen, "The Fastest Man Alive" as many people call him. He had the power of super-speed and can move as fast as Kal and myself, minus flying of course. I also heard that he once fought alongside Kal's Regime and left later on. I wasn't told why he defected from Kal's group in favor of Bruce's side, but I assumed it was out of guilt or something else. I wonder what caused his defection?

Plus, I don't know why, but once I get to know my future Justice League teammates much better now that I'm one of them, I'm suddenly starting to think about challenging Flash to a race the next time I see him to determine who the fastest person really is. Besides flying, I too can run as high speeds. They don't call me "SUPER-girl" for nothing.

"Well, what you've seen is most of the place. There's more, but I'll show them to you at a later time. After all of the hysteria dies down, I'll make a worldwide broadcast to announce our victory and to introduce you to all as one of Earth's new defenders." he said.

"You would do that for me, even though we just met the other day?" I asked in awe.

"Of course. I want to help erase the negative views people have of you and your race and to make you feel more welcome on our planet. Clark made the entire world believe that all Kryptonians were cruel, even if many, including Clark himself, thought he was the last one. Then you came along and proved your purity. That's something we've missed seeing from a Kryptonian for years, something that I've missed seeing. Your wish to do good with your abilities matches his during his heyday. That makes you everything your cousin used to be to everyone. That is another reason why I invited you into the new, upcoming Justice League team. The world needs a new virtuous Kryptonian to look up to and you're the perfect one for the job." he said.

"I'm the only one for the job . . . at least until we figure out how to restore Kandor, Argo City, and all the worlds from Brainiac's evil collection." I said.

He then frowned and I knew something was troubling him.

"Is something troubling you, Bruce?" I asked.

"There's something else I need to say, Kara." he said.

"What is it?" I asked. From his tone, it was another bad thing on his mind.

"The minute I met you at the prison earlier, I didn't show it, but I felt uncomfortable seeing you and it increased when you introduced yourself as Clark's 'overprotective cousin'. A part of me believed that, because you were another Kryptonian and you were related to Clark, you too would follow the same dark path he took and restart the trouble he caused to us all. I currently regret ever thinking that way of you and I apologize for it." he said with light guilt.

I couldn't blame him for feeling that way about me when we met each other. Kal's antagonistic behavior built those feelings inside him and who wouldn't feel that way after going through all the trouble Kal put this man and the world through? If humans were Krypton's invaders instead of Brainiac and his drones, I'd probably feel the same way too unless Batman or some other human proves to be different from the others.

But I'm grateful that I changed his mind with my purity.

I placed my hand on his shoulder gently. Even without his Bat suit, he never flinched at my touch.

"It's fine, Bruce. You couldn't help it. Honestly, I too harbored some negative feelings toward humans upon my discovery of Kal's fate here. I never told Diana or Adam of these thoughts, but it's true. I thought all Earth people were hateful toward him and that he was a victim the whole time until I learned why he was hated." I said.

"In a way Kara, he is a victim." he said and I realized what he meant by that. Kal's current personality was because of the Joker's final deeds that pushed my cousin too far, so that technically made him a victim too even though it does not excuse what he did afterward.

Bruce approached the large machines standing in the middle of the base, or what was left of them. I was too focused on fending off Kal and Diana to notice them when I lured those two in here. The fights against them damaged the computer next to the wall where I guessed Kal knocked Bruce into after I was out cold. Looking at the other one, I'm guessing that was Diana's doing while I was busy fighting Kal elsewhere in the cave.

I had a feeling that this technology was important to him.

"What are those?" I asked him about the damaged machines.

"These make up Brother Eye, a super-computerized system that pretty much runs this place besides me. Well, not anymore thanks to Clark and Diana." he said, noting its current state.

"What? This is Brother Eye? As in the machine you and Kal said needed to be repaired during Brainiac's invasion?" I asked.

"Yes. Brainiac took control of Brother Eye earlier and with it, he was capable of doing anything with Earth's technology." he said.

"What could it do?" I asked.

"It kept surveillance on all activities and locations on Earth and watched out for whatever threats that rose up. It had information on just about everyone and anything in the world such as biographies, a person's abilities and vulnerabilities and was capable of tracking people wherever they are on the planet." he said.

"Brother Eye's omniscient, like a supreme being?" I asked.

"I wouldn't say 'supreme being', but yes, it had knowledge on everyone and everything on Earth, kinda like a deity. For times when I wasn't around here, Harley and Selina would operate it for me." he said.

"Who's Selina?" I asked.

"The person we call 'Catwoman'." he said.

I realized he was speaking about that woman at the meeting who was dressed in a black feline-inspired uniform. She reminded me of Cheetah, but minus the fur, fangs and claws, magic claws, that is. Again, I was told of her by Diana and Adam. Catwoman was once a burglar who used to break into places and steal valuable treasures and items, was Bruce Wayne's lover and ally during Kal's rule over Earth before defecting to Kal's cause. Eventually, she rejoined Bruce and remained with him ever since.

She was also present when Brainiac demanded my surrender to him in exchange for sparing Earth in front of the others. Although he'd probably destroy Earth even if I did surrender, I was willing to do it anyway if it meant Earth's salvation, but Bruce refused his "offer".

Good thing I reconsidered since that near-death experience I went through in the ship, where I was almost vivisected by another one of Brainiac's robots, revealed what fate awaited me had I handed myself over to him.

"Oh, her. I remember seeing her before. She and Harley are programmers of Brother Eye, you say? " I asked.

"Yes and despite Harley's . . . personality, she's actually quite knowledgeable on computers. Speaking of Harley, I haven't heard from her since the meeting. I wonder where she is and what happened to her? If only Brother Eye was still in working order right now, I'd track her down."

I bit my lip in nervousness. I had to tell him.

"Harley was injured during the fighting." I said and I told him what happened with her.

Bruce looked worried during my story and angered when I mentioned Diana's name and her being the reason for Harley's sidelining.

"She's currently in a hospital being treated for her injury and during our flight back here, I was hoping to pay her a visit when the invasion was over." I finished.

"Thank you for saving her, Kara. As for visiting her, I suggest you wait for a few days. After all, she did just get near-fatally wounded a few hours ago and her recovery is going to take some time. Unlike you, she and I cannot heal fast from grave injuries." he said.

He got me there. Harley was a normal human with no rapid healing ability like me and recovery for her will be slow, so I decided to put my visitation on hold for now and focus on helping Bruce with anything he needed done.

"Sorry Kal and Diana destroyed your machine." I said, feeling more guilt for my cousin's rampage here earlier.

I feel as if whatever bad things Kal did is on me. I know I shouldn't feel like I'm at fault for his wrongdoings as those choices were his alone and not mine, but Rao, I could not help it.

"That's not your fault, Kara. I can have it all repaired eventually. Besides, I'm the one who told you to lead them here, so what we're looking at was bound to happen and I allowed the risk." he said.

"Has this happened to Brother Eye before?" I asked.

"Almost once, but I prevented that." he said.

"Other than that gold dagger of yours and that suit you had on earlier, do you have a lot of Kryptonite weapons here with you?"

"Yes. Ever since the war ended, I had to stock up on Kryptonite weaponry in the event that Clark escaped from his imprisonment one day. I even have red sun grenades, which I used on him once, and Kryptonite emitters all over the cave that could be activated at my voice command. I didn't use them because of the urgency of the upcoming battle and of you being at risk of being harmed by them. You're probably uncomfortable being around me considering these." he said.

He thought I was nervous of being near him knowing he possessed lots of Kryptonite and grenades that carried the light of Krypton's sun.

But he was wrong.

Sure, I was standing beside the man who took down Kal with the one element that was capable of harming him and I, but, as right as he was about me being uncomfortable around the presence of anything Rao/Kryptonite-related, I still supported Bruce's decision to have the material as a necessary precaution.

Similar to what he said about my House of El crest at the Fortress, the use of Kryptonite, or anything that can weaken and harm someone, depends on the person using it. If in the hands of someone responsible and righteous like Bruce Wayne, it's safe. If in the hands of someone evil and cruel like Brainiac, Black Adam, Wonder Woman or even the Joker (were he still living), it's not safe.

"No, I don't mind you having Kryptonite and my sun's light, Bruce. I completely trust you with them as you do with me." I said.

"Back when we were friends, before his fall from grace, Clark used to leave Kryptonite in my possession to use against him if he ever went rogue." he said.

"He did?" I asked.

"Certainly. A few years back when he was a hero, he was infected with a red version of Kryptonite and it turned him evil against his will, making him a grave threat to everyone and I had to fight him until I subdued him. In the aftermath after he recovered, he approached me with a lead-guarded box of Kryptonite and told me to use it on him if something like that ever happened again. Although I hated harming him with the substance, I promised I would use it in an emergency and kept it in locked away for future use. With him being cruel these days . . . you get the idea." he said.

There was a red form of Kryptonite and it turned good Kryptonians bad? My goodness . . .

Another thought hit me after he finished his tale. If Kal can slip from righteousness, be it Red Kryptonite or from heavy grief, I feared the same thing could also happen to me one day. So, as much as it pained me to say this, much less think it, I decided to adopt that same method.

"Bruce, you know I don't want to ever follow in my cousin's dark footsteps and, like I said, I accept you having anti-Kryptonian weaponry in your possession, but after witnessing Kal's current self with my own eyes, I feel I need to say this while I can. Like with what you've told me a few seconds ago, if I ever behave like him, willingly or possessed, I want you to do to me what you did with Kal." I said.

"Kara?" he asked.

"Please, let me finish." I said while raising a hand calmly and he allowed me to keep speaking.

I sighed as I prepared to say this next sentence.

"In the event that I show any signs of violent instability and incarceration is unable to hold me, if there is no other sure-fire, non-lethal way of stopping me whatsoever . . . then you and the other heroes have my absolute permission to take me down for the safety of your planet's society in any way possible and I mean any . . . way. I'm letting you know this to save you the trouble of deciding if it comes to pass, to let you know what I would want to keep your planet safe from me." I said.

Light tears left my eyes from speaking these words. My speech terrified even me, but I needed to let Bruce know what my wishes were just in case.

"Are you suggesting that we kill you if you act like him?" he questioned.

"If it comes to that as the only means of stopping me . . . yes. I know you hate killing, but I . . . I . . ."

I was unable to finish my sentence as I was becoming overwhelmed by emotion and wiped away a tear that was escaping.

"Kara, unless you're under mind-control or infected with Red Kryptonite like Clark was once, you will not turn into your cousin. I know it. You're too pure to allow that to happen willingly and even if you did become like him, I would only use the green Kryptonite or my red solar grenades to subdue you. I cannot, and will not, bring myself to end your life, no matter how powerful you are. I never killed before and I don't intend to start now or in the future." he said.

I wiped my eyes and realized what I was saying in my grief. How could I ask him to do to me what he swore he would never do? He's no killer. I was beginning to feel foolish from asking him to slay me if I went bad.

"Don't worry Kara. You will not be like Clark, only the hero he used to be for years to come." he said softly.

"You're right, I'm sorry for making such a horrid request. On second thought, only subdue me if I'm ever mentally manipulated and hold me inside that red sun cell he used to be in until further notice. That's all I ask." I said. I hated making him feel this way. I didn't like making me feel this way, either. I just hope that whatever he decides would be the right call for him to make should I lose control of myself. One Kryptonian oppressor was bad enough for Earth. Two? That was madness.

While he agreed to stop me non-lethally if I'm bad, deep down, if I went too far and could not be contained at all, I'd rather be dead than be the next oppressor of Earth. These people did not deserve a repeat of Kal's reign of terror and they certainly did not want to know what Zod was capable of if he were here, although they've probably seen Zod's actions and behavior through Kal.

Last I heard, Zod was also imprisoned inside the Phantom Zone by my uncle and aunt back on Krypton. I seriously hoped he remained there because if he broke out, let's just say he'd be twice as worse than Kal.

If Jor-El had been more like Zod, he might have saved Krypton.

Hearing those words coming from Jor-El's only son gave me, what humans here called, "the chills" as I felt my back shiver from replaying that sentence in my mind. How could he say such a terrible thing about his own father, one of the two people who brought him into existence?

Curse that Joker human for changing Kal!

Suddenly, Bruce yawned. He was exhausted from the events of the past two days. Unlike me, he needed rest while I didn't feel tired at all thanks to my powers keeping me fully charged.

"I see you're feeling tired. When was the last time you slept?" I asked.

"I haven't had any sleep ever since Brainiac's invasion started." he answered.

"Want to rest first before we start with the worldwide recovery ordeal later?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm going to call it a night." he said and yawned again. "Do you need a place to stay for the night, Kara? This base has some rooms for guests." he offered.

I was amazed that he was offering me a place to reside temporarily and inside his Batcave. Unfortunately, I could not accept his offer. At least for now. There was some other stuff I had to do by myself.

"That's really sweet of you Bruce, but I think I'll head back to the Fortress to gather myself. With Kal gone and me being the last Kryptonian walking the Earth, I must become its new owner now." I said.

"As you wish. But first, would you like to see the rooms before you go? It's in case you change your mind in the future." he asked.

"Alright." I said.

"Follow me." he said and walked away from the main room and I followed him.

He showed me a hallway containing a few rooms, all empty.

"I can stay in any of these rooms if I want to?" I asked.

"Of course. Also, besides the Fortress, since you lack your own housing on our world, you can remain here or in my mansion's guest house for as long as you wish and unlike when you stayed with Adam and Diana, you may come and go as you please unsupervised." he said.

"You have a mansion?" I asked. That was never told to me before from the stories of him.

"Yes. It's somewhere else in Gotham. Hopefully it's still standing after the invasion." he said.

"I'll take you up on that. At least until I settle down on my own. I don't want to be a burden for you now that you're standing next to a Kryptonian again without problems." I said.

"It's no problem. It's what I want to do for you, Kara." he said.

"You sure you'll be fine here without me or any other company?" I asked.

"I'm sure. I'm no stranger to being alone most of the time. I'll contact you if I need you." he said.

"Wait, what about Brainiac? He's still onboard his ship." I said, suddenly remembering him.

"Don't worry. I'll contact my team and let them handle him. You go and do what you must do right now." he said.

"Okay. I'll be going now. I'll see you later." I said.

Before leaving, I hugged Bruce as a sign of my gratitude for the kindness he expressed to me during the invasion. He hugged me back and I liked it.

"That's for the accepting, trusting and compassionate nature you've shown to me despite my relation to Kal." I explained after I released him.

"My pleasure, Kara. I'm glad you came to our planet and we will restore your cities eventually. Krypton will rise again and perhaps Earth and Krypton can form a powerful defense alliance." he said.

With a smile on my face, I gave him a gentle three second kiss on his cheek and walked away from him and approached the cave's exit again.

I let out a small cry of triumph, did a little spin, crouched on the ground and took off into the sky with a bright smile on my face while raising my arm and fist into the air.

Minutes later, I arrived back at the Fortress. Nobody else was here this time. No Adam, Diana, Damien, or . . . even Kal. I was the only one inside.

The Fortress was a huge mess. There were crates, devices, bloodstains on the walls and floor from my fights with Damien, Adam and Kal, torn flags with the same symbol on them, which I guessed was the symbol of Kal's Regime, and, the thing that attracted my attention the most: large statues of Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, each holding up a globe that resembled Krypton.

I didn't notice these during my time here due to being occupied with my learning the truth of Kal and his minions and fighting them.

Despite the evils Kal had done, he still kept these statues of his parents, even after what he said to me before my second fight with him.

Besides stopping Brainiac, keeping these statues of my late aunt and uncle was the second good thing he did after his downfall. They'd be ashamed of what their son had done were they still alive, but would also be proud of what I did here like my parents would have been. Imprisoning Kal inside the Phantom Zone would have upset them greatly, as it did with me, but they'd understand why he was sent there.

I floated over to the statues and stopped in front of them. I stared at their faces, then at the globe in their hands and then back to them.

"I am so sorry for not being there for Kal, Uncle Jor and Aunt Lara, for being unable to prevent his change into the oppressive, homicidal, fear-inducing person he has become and to convince him to stop. He stained our family name and our symbol with his errors, but mark my words, I will restore them both back to their rightful meanings. I promise you." I said to the statues even though I knew they were inanimate objects. But I still liked to think they were really here. They were with Rao now and would always be with me in spirit.

As I observed the Fortress in silence again, I kept thinking that there were going to be a lot of things to do eventually and I would be heavily involved with them.

The objectives are:

Rebuild everything that was destroyed.

Plan memorials for those who died during the invasion.

Round up all who sided with Kal and Brainiac and imprison them for their crimes.

Tend to all who survived with injuries. They'll be terrified to see me, but it's part of the healing process.

Help Batman reform the Justice League with members who follow him.

Prove myself as a force for good to all whom Kal had terrorized, win the trust and hope everyone used to have with Kal during his "Superman" days and restore the meaning of the House of El coat of arms symbol back into what it originally was.

And last but not least, free Brainiac's captives from his collection and find perfect areas in the galaxy to place them at. I think Kandor and Argo City would fit better near the yellow sun, so that the surviving Kryptonians there would obtain the same powers as Kal and I and have a better chance at defending themselves from future threats similar to Brainiac.

It would take long and would not be easy, but I vowed to achieve these tasks for as long as I drew breath.

The first thing I wanted to do right now was get rid of those horrible Regime flags. They were a disgrace to me and seeing those dark symbols next to the statues of my aunt and uncle, people who believed in freedom, peace and justice made me want to throw up in disgust.

I floated to the first one closest to me and burned it with my heat vision.

I repeated the same thing with the other flags until they were all gone and burnt to ashes. They would never float within these walls again as long as I was around.

I then went to fetch Kal's cape and suit from the room I placed them in earlier. I stared at the House of El crest adorned on them both. If Kal returned from the Phantom Zone, I would see to it that he would not wear these ever again. He proved himself to be unworthy of wearing this crest and, as I've seen before, the humans of Earth were utterly scared of it.

I put them away earlier because I was unsure of what to do with them then.

Now I did.

While I loved my family and was proud of where I came from and our coat of arms, this symbol, at least this version of it anyway as opposed to mine, could never again be displayed anywhere in public anymore without causing panic and anguish for anyone who saw it. Rather than cheer for it as intended, people cower from its presence.

While I believed in what Bruce told me earlier about a symbol's meaning being determent of whoever bore it, honestly, I still could not deny the fact that it was worn by a man who oppressed, killed and terrorized the people he swore to protect and fight for while displaying it. It was now, and forever, stained with bloodshed, fear and chaos and it saddened me.

There was only one thing I could think of to solve this problem. What I was about to do next was out of deep respect for my family and, at the same time, disgust from what I've just mentioned a few seconds ago.

My eyes lit up again and I incinerated the cape and uniform until they too were nothing but burnt ashes like the flags and I clapped my hands until they were clean.

I can't believe I just did that. I destroyed my family emblem. Me, Kara Zor-El, a member of the House of El, had just destroyed the signature crest of my family. But, at the same time like I said, it was horribly violated by a man who also hailed from the same family, and so, to me, I gave it a burial/cremation.

Forgive me, mother and father . . . Uncle Jor and Aunt Lara.

After that, I navigated further into the Fortress. There was still a lot to see and do here until I was summoned by Bruce and his friends again.

In the days to come, the people of Earth would soon know that they had a new Kryptonian guardian among them, and I mean a real guardian and not the type Kal and his group believe themselves to be.

They were not real protectors anymore, but I was and my family's legacy will be rebuilt with time.

Even if humans other than Batman refuse to accept me and my symbol, I still will not give up on them no matter what. Like I said before, the House of El's legacy will rise back into its virtuous glory.

I would do it all and I will succeed.

For Earth!

For the House of El!

For Krypton!

Another chapter completed.

Sorry for taking long. Aside from personal stuff, both good and bad, and reading other fics as I felt I deserved to as I've done nothing but write without reading, I rewrote this chapter three times in order to try getting it right and removing unwanted material or saving them for another chapter.

I was gonna have Kara learn of Earth's bad history with the Regime and everything else from Brother Eye, but then I remembered that it was in ruins during the final battle, so I postponed that part until later. She'll learn everything soon and from somewhere else.

We've all seen Kara enter the Fortress of Solitude twice in the game, once to confront Superman and his buddies and the second time when she helps Batman send Superman in the PZ. I'm not sure if she learns about it or visits it in the prequel comics as we've all have yet to see, I'm guessing she will soon, so for now here until further notice, let's say it was her first time in the game.

To those who wanted Kara to know of Harley Quinn's involvement with Superman's turn to evil, she will, but not yet. I postponed that too for now because, aside from Brother Eye being in pieces, I also felt that she should hear it from Harley herself when she goes to see her. Will Harley tell her the full truth once they meet again and how will Kara take it when she finds out?

Kara's exit from the Batcave is her victory pose if she(or Power Girl) wins a fight in the game.

For those who are thinking this due to her interaction with Batman/Bruce Wayne: No, Kara has no romantic feelings of any kind for him whatsoever! It's just non-romantic, friends-only behavior as he's the first real human to befriend her. Damien does not count anymore because of . . . you know why.

Kara's burning of Clark's uniform is borrowed from her game trailer where she holds his cape and burns the symbol. The uniform, I added there for effect. She admires the symbol, but is very bothered by it having been misused for the past decade. Destroying it is her way of retiring it forever and that she's appalled by her cousin turning it into the opposite of its meaning and that her own symbol will serve as a replacement for it.

For those reading my Superman ending fic, I put it on hold for the past few months because I wanted to know who the final DLC characters would be and their roles in the game and where to place them for the upcoming battle against Superman and his team. That's right, they, and the extra skin characters they have, will be involved in the plot. The Insurgency will need more members to fight off Superman and I already have half of them in mind for recruitment. Now that I know who the final fighters will be, the fic will resume very soon.

How will this be accomplished, you ask? You'll see.

In the next chapter, Kara will pay a visit to Harley Quinn. Will she forgive Harley when she finds out or will she be angry and hate her?

Thanks for being patient.

PS: R.I.P George A. Romero, Chester Bennington, Malcolm Young, the victims who died in the Vegas incident and all other people/celebrities I can't remember at the moment who are now dead.

I also heard that Charles Manson, the cultist killer, died too. He may have been famous and (in a non-supportive manner of speaking) served as the "inspiration" for my favorite rocker Marilyn Manson, but . . . FUCK THAT GUY! Unlike the other people I mentioned, Manson does not deserve a proper burial at all. That's reserved only for people who die honorably or as victims of someone's cruel actions. I know I'm not the only one who thinks this, but, to me, those who lived and died as evil, vicious murders, rapists and crap like that should just simply be discarded and left to rot in a ditch or something. A person loses his or her right to be honored upon their death the day they commit those kinds of horrible crimes and such.

May that evil sack of dogshit Rot In Pieces along with the Vegas killer and every other cruel, remorseless person in the world!

That is all.