"What happened? Why send out such an urgent alert?" Superman teleported from the Hall of Justice to the Watchtower's main hall, a trace of regret in his voice.
He had finally found some time to spend with Lois Lane, only for an emergency to interrupt them. With some reluctance, Superman hurried to the Watchtower.
Seeing The Flash and Batman near the console, Superman strode toward them in his blue-and-red suit.
"Superman, they might be your people. Batman identified it as a pieced-together Kryptonian spaceship." The Flash watched the saucer-shaped vessel intently as it emerged from a jump and coasted toward Earth on its momentum.
Batman narrowed his eyes, his expression grim. He could not help wondering, Was it that invisible Kryptonian from the other day, the one who said he was Superman's elder? Had his reinforcements arrived? Had he come to the Watchtower earlier to scout Earth's defenses?
Batman continued speculating, but his hands never stopped moving. While The Flash spoke to Superman, he had already activated all his contingency measures, preparing for an attack from what appeared to be a Kryptonian spaceship.
"My people?" Confusion flickered in Superman's eyes at The Flash's words.
The first of his own people Superman had encountered had been General Zod, who had come to invade Earth.
Raised by humans, Superman had stopped General Zod's ambition to turn Earth into Krypton. In the end, he had been forced to kill General Zod, a choice that had caused him great anguish.
Some of General Zod's soldiers had hidden among humans, while others had been captured by Superman in cooperation with humanity. They were now imprisoned somewhere, being used for experiments that the humans kept secret from Superman.
Later, Superman's cousin, Kara of the House of El, had also crash-landed on Earth by accident and been