Season 2

Ten Years Later

On Daxam, the royal family, the elites, and even some common people watched an entertaining fight as Kara and Mon clashed in the air creating explosions of light and shockwaves in the air with each blow. Kara merely toyed with Mon as she purposefully prolonged the fight. The crowd was awed by their abilities and clapped with each blow Mon landed on Kara. Meanwhile, the royal family stared with pissed-off envious faces except for teenage Mon who couldn't help but grin.

Lar and Rhea had known for some time that the Daxamite "interpreter" was extraordinarily gifted but couldn't yet ascertain his lineage. Kara punched Mon to face hard creating a cut below his eyes. Kara backed off as drops of blood hit the ground. Mon quickly healed from the injury and incinerated the blood off his hand. Kara fired heat vision on the blood drops on the sand.

"I think we're done for today," Kara said.

"Agreed," Mon said realizing the ramification of his people determining he had the same DNA as the young Prince Mon.

"After all these years, you're still satisfied to be my clerk," Kara said conversationally.

"What is the point of being a prince of a planet when I can be your second in a galactic empire," Mon said.

"You'll never be second to anyone," Kara told him eying him lovingly. "We're equals."

"Equal under Barney," Mon said bitterly. "He has his tentacles everywhere."

"I trust him until I have a reason not to," Kara replied.

On an unnamed uninhabited planet, a ten-year-old Kara explored a forest with Brainiac 5 watching over her. On Krypton, there were no forests of this kind. Kara touched the moss, the trees, and all the plant life with curiosity. Kara skipped around having not a care in the world.

"I suggest you abandon your urge to run off again. You are already severely dehydrated and malnourished. If you are to survive, you will need what precious energy you still possess. You must be preserved, Kara Zor-El," Brainiac 5 advised.

"I don't think so, Professor Barney. I want to explore this whole forest," she told him.

"Your emotions are clouding your rational thought. It makes it easier for others to manipulate," Brainiac 5 lectured.

"No one can manipulate me," Kara said confidently.

"If only that were true," Brainiac 5 said softly.

As Kara ran around the forest, Brainiac 5 quickly caught up with her. "You need to pace yourself, Kara Zor-El."

"Nice to see someone cares about my well-being," Kara frowned.

"As much as I require your assistance, young one. This world was once a technological marvel but the population attempted to fuse their consciousness with artificial intelligence. It led to the population's extinction," Brainiac 5 taught.

"Cool story, bro," Kara said disinterestedly.

"Do you know why we are even here?" Brainiac 5 asked her.

"No," she said adorably.

"We're here for archeological research of said civilization. I require your help to discover ancient secrets," Brainiac 5 said.

"And as soon as I get your answers, you'll take me back to Krypton," Kara assumed.

"Of course. It is the only logical course of action. You can't stay here forever. You are still capable of rationality, I hope," Brainiac 5 said to her.

"We can't all have twelfth-level intellects, can we?" Kara said bitterly as she sat on a log.

"I suppose not," Brainiac 5 allowed.

"You're like all the others. You don't feel anything for me or anyone else," Kara said glumly.

"No," Brainiac 5 confirmed. "But it isn't your fault. It's how I was made."

Kara sighed at that. "The only one who really cares about me; the only one that truly understands me is the Supreme Chancellor. Not my parents or any of my friends. We just use each other for mutual benefit, but I don't want to do the things they want to do."

"What is it that you wish to do?" Brainiac 5 asked.

"I want to do nothing. Just sit here under these trees and enjoy the sound of nothingness. Here, I don't hear the sounds of Kandor. It's so peaceful here," Kara said.

"It is," Brainiac 5 agreed.

"You're going to force me back, aren't you?" Kara asked suspiciously.

"We can stay here for as long as your biological systems can last," Brainiac 5 permitted.

Kara grinned at him. "If I sleep here, will you watch over me?"

"Of course," Brainiac 5 replied.

"Why are you so good to me?" Kara asked him.

"You have great potential and imagination. You are not limited by rigid traditions or code of conduct," Brainiac 5 replied.

"It's like you know everything about me," Kara mused.

"I've studied your development for the last ten years. You are the most unique Kryptonian I have ever come across," Brainiac 5 complimented.

"It's because I'm defective, isn't it?" Kara asked knowing the answer.

"There is a poem written by a man named Hans Christian Anderson...," Brainiac 5 began.

"That's a funny name," Kara laughed.

Brainiac 5 simply stared at her until she was ready to listen. "He wrote a story of an ugly young bird that was often abused by her peers."

"That's so sad," Kara frowned.

"Indeed, but when the bird matured, she became a beautiful swan far surpassing all other birds," Brainiac 5 finished.

"So?" Kara wondered the point of the story.

Brainiac 5 was about to explain when he was suddenly shot to the head with a pulse rifle. His hologram went down exposing the circuitry in his head. Kara screamed freaked out. A tall muscular pale-skinned man wearing black clothes casually walked up to them. He had long black hair, mustache and beard, and red eyes. In his right hand was a rifle and in the other were chains.

"The name's Lobo," he introduced himself.

"You look cute," Kara said staring at him.

"You're making me blush...wait, what the fuck?" he wondered.

"I'm Kara Zor-El of Krypton and I'm doing archeological research here. Nice to meet you," Kara said friendly.

"Okay, I'm going to put these chains around your hands and you're coming with me," Lobo told her.

"Sure," Kara agreed.

Lobo proceeded to take Kara away as Brainiac 5 sent out a distress signal.

A few hours later, young Kara tried to get out of her chains pinned to a tree. "I wouldn't try to get out of those chains. Never going to happen. So, what do you say, girly? Want some fun?" Lobo asked her.

"Sure," Kara smiled. "But who are you?"

"Whoa, is that a joke?" Lobo asked. The two started laughing hysterical. "You're a funny girl."

"I know, right?" Kara agreed.

"You almost had me going there for a second," Lobo chuckled.

"But seriously, dude, I don't know who you are," Kara clarified.

"What the fuck? Assassin to royalty, the scourge of the cosmos, machete man, mister frag, none of this is ringing a bell?" Lobo asked offended.

"Hey, I'm only ten," Kara excused.

"Everyone knows who I am," Lobo said getting close to her.

"Only nerds recognize you," Kara rolled her eyes.

"You're fucking with me. I have you chained up, I got all these torture weapons, you're all alone, and you're fucking with me," Lobo said dismayed.

"Give me several more years and we can do it for real," Kara enticed.

"I am Lobo. I am he that devours his enemies entrails and enjoys it," he said.

"That's gross," Kara said immaturely.

"In truth, I have no fucking clue what it means. I killed my parents before they could tell me," Lobo admitted.

"My name was assigned to me by a computer," Kara brought up.

"Wow, that's even sadder," Lobo acknowledged.

"Why do you want to kidnap me?" Kara wondered.

"You're a very special girl and someone very powerful wants you dead or alive," Lobo told her.

Kara, Mon, and Brainiac 5 looked over a hologram map of the planet. "The signal is here. Assuming he hasn't left the planet, he should still be close by," Brainiac 5 said.

"Assemble the fleet. I don't want anything getting off that rock," Kara ordered her admirals. Kara then glared at Brainiac 5. "How could this have happened?"

"Even I have limitations when I am multi-tasking," Brainiac 5 said defensively.

"She is the reason we're here. She is the reason for everything," Kara said pissed-off.

"The kidnapper is Lobo, a notorious galactic bounty hunter. I'll attempt to hack into bounty hunter channels to see who put the hit on Kara Zor-El," Brainiac 5 said.

"I'm betting it was my mother," Mon frowned.

"A reasonable hypothesis but there are many other factions it could have been," Brainiac 5 allowed.

"Your family has been a pain in my ass since the beginning," Kara scowled at Mon.

"You want an apology?" Mon mocked.

"We're leaving on the Legion cruiser," Kara ordered.

Lobo suddenly noticed Kryptonian battleships high in the atmosphere looking for Kara. "Okay, we're leaving now," he ordered Kara unraveling the chains around the tree and then leading her around the forest.

"You should let me go. I need to get back to Krypton," Kara said as they walked around.

"You mean, Crap-town," Lobo joked.

"Ha! That's funny. You're funny but that only makes sense if we both know English," Kara giggled.

"What the fuck is English?" Lobo wondered. "What's so special about Krypton anyway?"

"It's my home," Kara said obviously.

"Well, no shit. I mean, why do you want to go back to it? You could hang out with me. I can wait for several cycles for you to mature," Lobo offered.

"That's a really tempting offer but I am already betrothed to Mon-El," Kara said.

"Who the fuck is Mon-El?" Lobo wondered.

"This guy," Mon said kicking Lobo to the ground. "Did my mother, Queen Rhea of Daxam hire you?"

"Maybe, maybe not, maybe go fuck yourself," Lobo replied getting back to his feet and taking out his pulse rifle.

Mon fired heat vision, blasting the rifle out of his hands. "Let's fight man-to-man without all that fancy laser shit," Lobo said to Mon as they circled each other.

"Alright," Mon agreed to the challenge.

Lobo backhanded Mon to the ground. "Is that it?" Mon asked unimpressed.

"Not even close," Lobo smirked.

Lobo leaped at Mon and missed wildly. Mon punched Lobo to the side, hurting his hand. Lobo gave Mon solid punches to the chest and head sending him back to the ground. Lobo took Mon by his chin to give him a finishing blow. Mon regained his senses and punched Lobo back.

"Damn, boy. This might actually be fun after all," Lobo said amused.

Lobo punched at Mon with combinations, all blocked. Lobo went for another round of strikes but this time Mon blocked and punched back connecting. Lobo then head-butted Mon and punched him into a tree. Lobo then placed Mon in a headlock. The two struggled for control until Lobo flipped Mon onto his back, got on top of him, and began punching him to the face non-stop.

"So, this is the best Daxam can give me? Pathetic," Lobo sneered and then took out his hunting knife. "Well, it was fun while it lasted."

As Lobo was about to stab Mon through, a heat vision beam went through Lobo's gut splattering blood on Mon's face. "Ouch," Lobo said as he fell off of Mon and passed out.

Mon eyed Kara who had been watching the fight the whole time. The chains on her hands had been snapped off. "Cool fight," Kara clapped her hands.

"You have powers," Mon realized.

"Yep. I got me some yellow sunlight when no one was looking," Kara grinned.

"And you could have saved yourself this entire time?" Mon questioned.

"Too easy," Kara nodded.

"Well, it all makes sense now," Mon realized.

"Are you going to tell my parents?" Kara asked concernedly.

"No, I'm no snitch. Let's get you some ice cream back on the ship," Mon said.

"Sure," Kara agreed.

Mon brought young Kara to the bridge where Kara and Brainiac 5 were waiting. Young Kara was casually eating a cup of ice cream as they came in. "Where's the abductor?" Kara asked Mon.

"He got a big hole in his gut, so I think he's out of the picture," Mon said ignorantly.

"His name was Lobo," young Kara brought up.

"Oh dear," Brainiac 5 realized.

"Lobo is a Czarinian. He has high-speed regeneration," Kara said annoyed.

"Well, how was I supposed to know?" Mon rolled his eyes.

"When an opponent is dead, you incinerate the body," Kara lectured.

"I got...the girl back safe-and-sound," Mon said pointing to the kid.

"Nuke the whole forest from orbit. It's the only way to be sure," Kara ordered her admiral.

"Right away," the admiral said taking off.

"Isn't that a little bit of an overreaction?" Mon asked her.

"Like you give a shit," Kara shot back.

"Not in front of the youngling," Mon gestured to her.

Kara walked over to her younger self. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, Supreme Chancellor," she said smiling. "Where are my parents?"

Kara frowned at her younger self. "They couldn't be here. They were busy with work."

"But you came all this way with all these ships," young Kara pointed out.

"I would do the same for any Kryptonian lost in the woods," Kara lied. Kara turned to Brainiac 5 with a distressed look on her face. "Inform Zor and Alura that their child has been found."

"The message has been sent," Brainiac 5 inputted the command.

"Is your bombardment of the planet complete?" Kara asked her admiral.

"Nothing could have survived. We're ready to move on your order," the admiral replied.

"Take us home," Kara ordered and then walked away from the bridge to collect herself.