Chapter 2 - the coup

general Zod pov:

I finally made my mind that bastard didn't think I will survive and comeback to bite him i need to use this opportunity otherwise I won't have another chance only in the time of coronation where my troops can come close to krypton to witness the new king and pledge their loyalty but this time our loyalty will be for krypton only and I will be the one to found the new age and not that traitor and neither his son

pov ends

Zod: system contact Faora

a 3d image of a beautiful woman with dark short hair in an armored black suit show up in front of Zod

Faora : greetings general

Zod : Faora I have a mission for you I want you to lead a team and assassinate the young prince Kal-El and his mother

Fora nods in agreement and the the call ends

general turned around and assigned defferent missions to his troops to create distraction and chaos so his elites warriors can accomplish their missions with less obstacles and resistance

time skip to the day of the coronation

Kandor city is Krypton symbol of kryptonians pride so it's no surprise that no other city can compete with no matter the field and beauty is the one where no other city can compete as most of them are designed by ai who favors practicality over elegance And beauty but Kandor Nobel inhabitants tend to care because are the only who learn arts beside practical science thanks to that's Kandor is a gym that is full with gardens full with most exotic and beautiful flowers and plants from different planets and galaxy's ponds and fountains designed by beings who drove the inspiration from seeing the art and beauty in defferent cultures and in defferent races if a man was to see it he might mistake it for heaven

but today it is shining with golden rays to welcome the new king and the new era

in the middle of Kandor you can see a great palace where the new king will be crowned

suddenly the beautiful melodies been interrupted by loud explosions and alarm sirens soon after a louder explosion came from the main gate followed by troops in black armor blasting the guards I the middle general Zod made an appearance to personally lead the charge to the coronation stage where Jor-El and the elder nobles are standing

Zod soldiers and the royal guards clashed in a battle but the overwhelming power and the hundreds of years of combat experience possessed by Zod soldiers have given them a huge advantage leading into a complete wipeout to the royal guards

after their flawless victory the troops open path for their leader Zod who climbed the stage and mercilessly slaughtered the elders

Zod pov:

we faced a fierce resistance as expected Jor-El must have known about our plan he stopped most of our troops from landing in Krypton but he underestimated the skill of my troops that's the price you pay for sitting in your luxurious palace most of your time maybe if this was when we were still youthful we used to go on various adventures into space but you all into politics now and you become like this outdated elderlies and for that you will face their fate

pov ends

general Zod raised his weapon and blasted his old friend digging a big whole in his chest killing him immediately then he closed his eyes to face an unusual pain he never suffered before after killing Someone

after that brief moment of regret general Zod turned around to the camera streaming the event to all kryptonians to declare his victory and announce the new order and changes he will bring in his speech

meanwhile Lara and her son Kal-El who weren't in the stage because Jor-El asked her to stay with Kal-El untill the situation is under control unfortunately she didn't expect to witness the murder of her husband she didn't even have the time to mourn the death of her husband before the sound of combat and explosion

Lara quickly embraced her son and made haste toward the safest area in the palace toward Jor-El lab where she and her Guards could have the best chance to face the intruders

she ordered the guards to defend the entrance alongside the robots and the defences of the lab while she hides in the central area of the lab

the attackers quickly catch up to them but they were unable to pass the guards and the defences of the lab except for one swift and agile intruder who made it past the guards it was Faora who didn't stop or slow down she kept moving in a fast past toward her target like a hunting hound

seeing the enemy approaching Lara put her son in a ship designed by Jor-El for them to escape krypton if things didn't go as planned she activated the ship and turn around to face Faora to buy time for her son escape

Faora finally arrived and launched a series of deadly and swift attacks against Lara but what she thought would be an easy prey turned up to be a tigress in disguise the queen combat ability doesn't fall far behind those of Faora the lab become a battlefield where the two exchanged hundreds of blows and kicks

this fight ended when Lara managed to land a punch in the face of Faora however it was all planed by the veteran warrior who realized that she doesn't have much time left before the target escape krypton so she faked an opening and quickly counter attacked stabbing Lara in the abdomen followed by a kick sending her flying across the room

Faora left Lara to bleed to death and headed toward the ship she tried opening it but the ai didn't respond to her commands she was running out of time the hatch on the roof started opening her only way left is by blowing the ship but before she could reach for her belt to grab some sticky bomb a bright light from behind caught her attention

behind Faora was Lara who gathered enough strength to stand on her legs and activated a phantom zone gun before she can turn back the rays hit Faora sending to the phantom zone

the injured queen limped to the ship and falled inside just in time seconds before the ship takes off

Back to the stage of coronation general Zod who was getting ready to give a speech got interrupted by Kru-El who noticed something weird about the corpses of the elders and Jor-El and after further inspection they found out that the corpses are fake they immediately activated there shield but the didn't have time to warn the rest of their troops before an explosion wiped everyone except for general Zod and Kru-El