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Chapter Twenty-Nine

The Escape

Leia-El stepped out of the jail they had taken her in. The young girl glanced around herself for a few seconds, seeing if there was anyone around her but, the coast was clear. Thanks to Krypto, she will escape from there and maybe, she can use one of the ships she had seen when she arrived.

She came to a stop at the end of the hallway and looked over the other side and found a Kryptonian there and he seems to be focusing upon the floating thing in front of him. He was in armor and Leia noticed the gun that was upon his side…at least, she think it`s a gun.

The girl looked at her hands and tested herself for her powers, noticing that she didn`t have them any longer.

Great, I guess I spend too much time on this ship, she thought, the air had taken away all my powers completely...meaning, I will have to do things the old fashion way.

Suddenly footsteps drew her attention and Leia peak around the corner again finding another Kryptonian there.

"What seem to be the problem?"

"Brainiac send me," the other one answered, "They seem to be a malfunction at the holding cell. He wants to see if the prisoner is still inside."

"I didn't hear anything moving down there," the first one said.

"Just checking something out," the new arrival told him.

Leia shook her head before moving away from her spot and then hurrying back toward where her cell was. She took another route away from the cell and somehow found herself landing in the armory.

The girl glanced around herself for a few seconds noticing the amount of guns that they had so she took the smaller looking one. It was shaped oddly like a nine millimeter gun but the resemblance ended there. It had something that look like bone structure upon it and some Kryptonians scripts upon the object.

The girl took hold of the weapon and made her way out of the room and through the hallway, her eyes keeping out for anyone that was around her.

Now where to go…she thought.

A noise drew her attention and she chanced a glance outside, seeing what looks like a piece of the ship flying off somewhere and it caused her to frown a little wondering what was going on, but Leia continued on, moving silently through the Kryptonian spaceship.

This wasn`t what she expected when she met her people. She had hoped that there would be peace between the two races but with Zod there, there is no chance of that happening. Leia only remembers her encounter with Zod, despite how brief it was, and she knew that the man was bad news…

Krypto`s plan about the Zone is going to have to work for her to send them back to the Zone with a no way out…

"Hey,"

Leia reacted at the sound of the voice that called out to her and then she turned at the same time, aiming and pressing the trigger of her weapon. The white blast that flew from the gun illuminated the area around her completely along with the shocked face of the Kryptonian that had surprised her before he was hit straight in the neck, causing the man to let out an ack sound and then fell on the ground dead.

She stared at the man for a few seconds before turning around making her way at a light run through the ship. She reached a new area which was filled with many tubes and the young woman came to a stop wondering what it was.

She approached forward and as soon as she reached the glass, it suddenly lit up and showed a large room filled with water. It had many little blobs within the tree and upon closer inspection, Leia recognize them as babies…a lot of babies from the looks of it and they were hundreds of them.

What the hell is this?

"This is a Genesis Chamber."

Leia instantly turned around at the voice, finding Nia-El across her. The woman was still dressed in armor, her eyes looking at the sight in front of her. The woman didn`t have any weapon upon her as she walked forward and she didn't seems to mind that Leia had a gun pointed at her.

"All Kryptonians were conceived in chambers such as this," she told her stepping forward, "We had managed to take one before Krypton was destroyed…an old relic of our dying world. It was still in an early stage, you would say."

She then turned to the girl across her.

"Krypto did a good job of surviving when I destroyed him," Nia said simply, "Now Leia, you are my only family left…I don't want to use force against you so please, surrender."

"I already gave you my answer," Leia answered her, "I already have a world to live in…a home. I have a mother, had a father, friends…and even someone I love with all my heart. I won`t turn against it."

Nia observed her for a few seconds, the gray blue eyes searching hers for a few seconds before she let out a sigh.

"Very well," she said.

The woman then dashed forward, with a speed that surprise Leia and before the younger El knew it, the gun was slapped out of her hand and then a hard punch landed upon her face causing her to stumble back and landing against a metallic surface.

Leia shook her head and charged at the older woman and the two started to exchange blow. Nia`s fighting style was unlike anything that she Leia had ever seen before. It was…alien and she found herself taking a lot of hit because of it, but the girl didn't land a few hits too causing the woman to yell out in pain and she landed against the ground shaking her head.

Leia didn`t hang around to wait for her to stand up again. She ran out of the room as soon as the occasion allows for it. She was a few feet away from it before an alarm started to sound around the ship.

Now that the entire ship knew that she had escaped.

The girl didn`t bother hiding now, she was going on full sprint toward where she remembers the escape shuttle were. When she arrived, there wasn`t any Kryptonians there something she was grateful for. She instantly aimed straight for one climbing into it.

The ship didn`t look like anything she had seen before but Leia knew how they operate after all. She found herself glad that she hadn`t neglected her studies of Krypton during the time when she had first found out who she is.


Nia regrouped with other Kryptonians and they made their way through the ship looking as to where her niece had gone, but she had a good idea of where she will go. She made her way all the way toward where the ships were and sure enough by the time they have arrived, one of the ship had already being activated and it was slowly moving upward.

She took notice of Leia within the craft.

"Shoot it down," she ordered.

All of the Kryptonians opened fire upon the ship.


From within, Leia felt the ship shudder at the numerous shots that were send her way and she instantly activated the ship weapon.

"Weapon system activated," an automated voice said.

A gray target symbol appeared in front of her and with her hand upon the lever, Leia glanced toward straight toward where the group was.


Nia noticed the ship`s cannon moving out of their slots and knew exactly what was about to happen. She can feel her eyes widening in surprise before her training as a soldier kicked into gears.

"Move, everyone take cover…," she yelled out.

The ship blasted at them and Nia had to jump out of the way, hiding behind the walls and then she can hear the man screaming in pain as they died and the sparks at each of the place where the ship`s cannon had fired against and it exploded a little causing flames to lick the metallic walls around where she was.

The young woman rolled out of the way and turned toward the ship pulling out her long range gun, noticing that Leia`s ship was firing at the far end of the wall meaning it was breaking out into space to escape. Nia pressed a button upon her chest and then all around her head, her breather came to life as the transparent shape took form around her head.

The woman pressed the trigger firing blast toward the ship`s form more likely at the engines so that it could be damaged enough that the ship doesn`t leave but It was too late for it suddenly let out a shockwave, sending Nia off her feet and into the far wall of the room.

The woman let out a gasp of pain as she slid down upon the ground. The pain wasn`t as bad as she had expected it, considering her armor absorbed most of the hit. She looked up toward where the ship had been seeing only the hole that Leia had managed to blow on the side of their ship.

Huffing Nia frowned at the hole before walking out of the room closing the door behind her.


Zod felt the explosion on the side of the ship and he glanced at Braniac beside him.

"What was that?"

"It would seems that Leia-El had managed to escape from the Black Zero," the A.I. said, his voice as monotone as always.

Zod approached the glass in front of him, to see the ship that was quickly moving away from where they were. The man narrowed his eyes, observing the damaged craft that was flying off toward the Planet below and the sound of footsteps caused him to turn away as he glanced toward it.

Nia-El had returned.

Zod walked toward the woman as she removed the breather she was wearing.

"We have a hull breach in level 3," she said.

"Brainiac will take care of it," Zod said.

The A.I. gave confirmation.

"I already have my Drones working upon the damage," he said in a monotone voice.

The General gave Nia a glance.

"I would have considered having Leia-El join us out of respect for what you have done for me" he said simply, "But she made her choice and she will perish just like the rest of them."

Nia looked away from him but Zod was already walking away from where she was.


Leia-El knew that the ship was in bad shape.

She was trying to control it from where she was but it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Holding on the controls she gritted her teeth as sparks and the likes shone around her and knew that Nia must have done something to the engine and the warning sound that was blaring around her.

"Engine reaching critical," an automated voice spoke out.

"Yeah, I know that," she snarled at the machine.

The ship entered Earth`s atmosphere and was spinning out of control and the girl with the sunlight peering into the ship, she can feel her power returning to her and the familiar burning of the heat vision from behind her eyeball had returned again.

Leia took a deep breath and then suddenly shot out of her seat crashing through the glass in front of her and was no flying in the air with her cape flying in the wind behind her. The girl observed the trail of smoke that the Kryptonian ship she had stolen, all the way down to the ground where it exploded on impact creating a large ball of fire from where she was.

Smirking to herself, Leia-El took flight aiming straight toward Mount Justice, flying as fast as she could. She wanted to return to the team as soon as possible. She had to share the team into the plan she has running in her mind at the moment.

She has to tell them that there is a way out of the seemingly grim situation.

The girl of steel blinked out of her thoughts as she reached Happy Harbor. She can see smoke rising in the distance and a few place that seems to be destroyed.

What the hell happened here? She thought surprised.

The girl landed down in front of the base`s entrance and quickly typed in the code so that she could enter. She made her way through the base and toward the Main control room. She found everyone here and at her entrance they turned toward her and Wonder Girl was in her arm in seconds, taking her into a hug.

"Lara," the Amazon said, and she can hear the relief in her voice, "You`re safe."

"I`m fine," Leia-El answered her, "You don't have to worry Diana."

The girl walked out of the hug and Leia can see the confusion in the blue eyes that were observing her. She wondered briefly why Diana was confused as she made her way toward the group.

"How did you manage to get here?" Batman asked, his eyes narrowing at her.

"I escaped," Leia-El answered him, "Nia-El had released Zod from the Phantom Zone…"

"Er…Lara,"

Her blonde sister approached her placing a hand upon her shoulder.

"You`re not speaking English," she told her.

Leia blinked at her in confusion for a few seconds. What was she talking about?

"What do you mean I am not…?"

It was she realized that the words that were coming out of her lips didn't sound like the ones Linda had spoken. They sounded almost melodious, almost like a song or a poem. Leia blinked for a few moments, as she realized that she was speaking Kryptonian. The young woman frowned to herself for a few seconds. She didn`t call herself Lara Kent in her mind…it was Leia-El all the time she had been aboard Nia`s ship. That Codex must have done something to her…and had made her a full Kryptonian…

"Lara," Diana asked, the worry visible in her blue eyes, "What did they do to you?"

Lei…no, Lara shook her head, as if trying to clear it.

"I am…no, I…I`m fine," she said, her English accented by the Kryptonian language undertone in her voice, "Don't worry about me alright. I have come up with a plan to stop the Kryptonians."


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Jacques0 out.

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