I Have a Very Special Krypto

"Leon, what should we do?"

Diana gripped Leon's arm, her face set with determination to destroy Darkseid.

"Let me think..."

Leon lowered his head in thought, then raised a finger a second later.

"I have a plan."

Every eye turned to him. No one dared get their hopes up, yet they couldn't help hoping Leon would pull off a miracle.

Even Batman sat up straight and stared at him.

Then Leon wagged his finger. "Simple. We go to Apokolips and take down Darkseid!"

"..."

The desert dunes suddenly felt desolate in the night.

The howling wind almost sounded like crows cawing.

Batman looked at Leon and suddenly felt that Kryptonian super-brains were all much the same.

He chose his words carefully.

"Not a bad plan. But we could deal with the fleet extracting Earth's core first."

"Once we've dealt with the Apokolips fleet, we can clear out the Parademons on the ground and gradually restore Earth's environment."

"Luthor prepared a gene bank before he died. I also preserved the Red Alliance's gene bank before coming to Kahndaq."

"We can hold Earth, fight a defensive war, then use the sperm and eggs in the gene banks to bring the Human Race back."

It was the safest strategy Batman could think of.

But Mera slammed her hand on the table and rose. "I object! I support the new Superman's plan!"

"Batman, Earth is gone! Its crust is hollow, its people are gone. What Earth is left to rebuild?"

"We're homeless, wandering an empty Earth. Even if we create new Earthlings with no memories of Earth, what would be the point?"

She struck her spear against the ground. "All we have left is hatred. The new Superman is our hope, but only our hope for revenge!"

"I'm going after Darkseid. I'm going after