OA
Superman landed to find a large number of lanterns casually talking and flying about near what he knew was an Almeraci space ship that was docked in front of the guardians headquarters. Most of them were trying to get the attention of the several female soldiers that accompanied their queen during this courtesy visit.
"Superman! They have been expecting you." Shan, one of the almeraci female guards recognized him and moved to meet him.
"The queen instructed to notified when any member of the justice league arrived."
"Thank you" he greeted her and the rest of the assembled group. "Maybe you can put a hold on the order as I am on my way to their meeting" He suggested to the soldier.
"I must notify my queen" she insisted reaching for her tablet.
"If you must" Superman sighed walking faster heading to the boardroom.
"Superman!" He groaned as soon as he entered the room.
"If I knew you were coming I would have dressed appropriately, my love" Queen Maxima stood up from her seat and started walking towards him.
"Your majesty, guardians." Superman gave a small bow in respect and smiled at the queen "No need your highness. Your attire is quite fitting for this occasion"
"You flatter me" Maxima batted her eyelashes at him and swayed her hips deliciously covered by the most sexy warriors attire he had ever scene. The attire showed an obscene amount of cleavage that could crumble any man's will and make them beg her for attention. Wonderwomans attire came second to it.
Maxima was pleasantly surprised at seeing superman attend their little meeting as she had requested Hal Jordan whom she knew could never resist her charms. Giving him a once over, she couldn't help but compare him to the other human she met during the invasion. Definitely good genes she thought already planning how she would get both of them to bed.
"Superman, good of you to join us. Please have a seat so we may begin" one guardian greeted and instructed knowing the meeting would never continue of Maxima had her way.
"Thank you." He responded but was interrupted by the queen linking her arm with his and pulling him to where she had been sitting.
"You have the pleasure of seating next me during the meeting" She announced dragging him away.
Supermans groan was barely audible as he allowed her to tag him along.
When will this meeting be over
EARTH
"I have heard so much about this place from my sister." Cate squealed looking around the expansive structure made of ice and clear crystals resembling huge elongated diamonds. Diana always talked about the only place where Superman could stop holding back his strength when he was sparring with either her or his durable combat robots.
After Ben and Hals departure, Kara, with supermans consent had taken Cate to the fortress with the idea of learning more about Krypton in the fortress of solitude to which she happily followed her.
"This is one of the places I come to unwind or get away from the world when I need a break from all of it." Kara spoke up walking to the control room to meet Kelex, the robot responsible for maintaining the fortress.
"But why is it empty?" Cate asked. Without the huge crystal pillars supporting the structure, one would still think they are in the vast open space that was the Arctic. It's a good thing their dense skin protected them from the harsh cold condition of this place.
"This is the basic design for most of Krypton's infrastructure as stored in our Crystal technology." Kara explained producing what looked like an elongated diamond.
"Your machines are so simple compared to the ones on the watchtower" Cate complimented looking at the huge computer integrated in the crystal wall. Kara was currently typing into it scanning if there was an emergency she could assist in.
"I'm bored." Cate announced. "Let's go to the training room" It has been a few days since she last sparred or did any sort of physical exercise that could tire her out. She needed it.
"I can see you're so eager to get your ass kicked" Kara turned to look at her and smirked at the offended expression on her friends face. "I should warn you that I came from a military family back in our planet."
"And I should warn you that I come from a home of amazon warriors taught to fight by the gods of olympus for thousands of years" Cate shot back stretching her limbs in anticipation of having to fight with an equal opponent.
"Let's see if you can keep up with a kryptonian" Kara logged off the computer and started walking out after commanding kelex to get the training room ready.
"Care to bet on that?" Cate challenged. She once heard her sister telling her mother how for all the power superman possessed, his hand to hand combat skills was mediocre at best.
Kara just smirked as she led the way.
High above the clouds directly on top of the fortress of solitude was a space ship and space hog hovering side by side scanning the continent below.
Two unknown figures each holding a tracking device were looking for the huge structure perfectly camouflaged in the vast white mountainous snow. Their tracking device was heavily modified to detect the unique energy signature emitted by Kryptonians powered up by the yellow sun. This technology cost them a lot of money.
According to them, this world did not live up to their expectations or hype that it was the only planet to have defended and thwarted Darkseids invasion. No planet targeted by the evil New god had ever escaped their fate.
After some scrutiny done by the other war Lords and civilizations, the successful rebellion against the dark lord was considered as luck due to them having an element of surprise when the Kryptonian aided them in battle. A specie long thought extinct.
However the defeat of doomsday, darkseids ultimate weapon, cemented this less evolved world as a superior power in the universe. Word had spread of the great feats performed on this simple planet by the Kryptonian making it the perfect place for a sadistic intergalactic tyrant and ruler of war world to pick out his next champion. That's what lead him to travel light-years and make a deal with him.
Normally he would send his best gladiator Draga and some of his soldiers but this was a highly sensitive mission which required stealth and the element of surprise on their part otherwise even the lantern corps would get involved hindering any success.
"Fulfil your end of the deal and I will keep mine" Mongol half threatened the bounty hunter whom he had no choice but to acquire his service.
"The Main Man's word is his bond" Lobo's deep gruff base voice declared while revving up his space hog engine "Let's get this frucking thing over with!" He raced down to the snow filled continent.
Mongul followed his lead. Lobo was the most successful tracker in the universe and powerful enough to subdue someone with kryptonian strength should he fail in doing so. The warlord also knew that Lobo would never break his contract even if it means death whether by him or this superman as he was called. Plus this was a mutually beneficial partnership for them.
"What's going on?" Cate asked Kara who had super sped into the control room the moment the alarms started sounding throughout the fortress interrupting their sparring match.
Both were heavily covered in sweat and had discovered that Kara slightly surpassed Cate in raw physical strength but Cate was a more expert combatant than her.
"We have two unidentified objects approaching the fortress and its not anyone we know from the league" Kara answered bringing up the surveillance feed.
"Kelex lock down the fortress and activate the defenses once I make contact" She ordered her brothers trusted AI while quickly changing into her hero costume and walking out of the control room. Clark was very clear on how destructive the weapons and information found in the fortress could be if they ended up in the wrong hands. They had no time, the two figures were closing in fast.
"Wait! I can help." Cate offered flying after her friend. "It's probably one of those injustice league guys who found out superman was on a space mission."
"They shouldn't have found this location so easily." Kara thought about it. Kryptonian tech was way more advanced than anything they used and Cate did have some sort of combat experience. "Okay, but I take the lead"
"The targets have been identified as Lobo the bounty hunter and Mongul the warlord." Kelex voice spoke up from the audio systems. "The best cause of action is to fortify the fortress and call for immediate back up. I am currently experiencing some difficulties in contacting the league."
"Who are those? And shouldn't we listen to it?" Cate was flying alongside Kara heading for the exit.
"Come on, we have to intercept them before they get any closer" Kara sped up completely ignoring kelex.
Kara and Cate hovered off the ground a couple of metres from the two intruders eyes fixed on them.
"Maybe calling for back up wasn't such a bad idea." Kara whispered during the stare down.