DCU Superman #27

“Uh…. Hello.” I say kindly, I get elbowed by Bibbo, who gives me a look of unamusement.

 

“Great to see you both, makes my job all the more easier.” He gestures to the guys behind him.

 

“What do we do?” Conner whispers. I rush at Guy #1, he lets out a few rounds which barely miss me, grazing my arms and legs.

 

“That was Bizarro’s favorite suit!” I yell out, grabbing him by the collar and throwing him out the window. Guy #2 aims his rifle at me, as he pulls the trigger, he’s met with a shove from Conner. I give him a thumbs up before jumping at guy #3, he tries to shoot me, but I grab the handguard, crushing it and headbutting him in the shoulder, dislocating it.

 

“I recommend you both surrender!” Zeiko yells out.

 

“You first Ps-Psycho!” I yell out.

 

“It’s Zeiko goddammit!” Zeiko shouts back. Suddenly, the remaining guy next to him walks ahead of him, taking off his mask and putting on one that resembles more of a skull with a gas mask.

 

“What in the fuck are you doing?” Zeiko yells out. The guy looks back at him.

 

“What I’m being paid to do.” He replies before turning back to let out some strange greenish energy at both of us. He hits both of us, causing us to fly out of the and into the street.

 

I get up to check on Conner who’s out cold, which distracts me long enough to not notice the guy blasting at me again, which hurls me right into the path of a minivan. I crawl out to rush at him, he discharges the energy at me a third time, but I dodge it and attempt to strik him, only for him to grab me by the wrist and hit me with another bang, hurling me above ground. As I’m momentarily in the air, he grabs me by the cape, and launches me up at a building. I get up to see him flying towards me, I jump to grab onto the wall of another building. He turns to me.

 

“Listen freak, why don’t you make my job a lot easier and just stop moving?” He lets out several more bursts of energy, some of which hit me in the right foot and left shoulder. I wince in pain, but I can’t hesitate now. I grab him by the shoulders and slam him down to the lower floor of a building. He throws a right hook which I block, but I didn’t notice his other hand as he throws his left hook, he throws a few wild jabs at me, causing me to stagger a bit.

 

“L-Leave… Bizarro and f-f-friends… alone!” I catch his next punch, grab him by the forearm and slam him at a wall. I look at him, or rather, what’s left of him. A bloody mess, he sounds like he is barely breathing. I get up and walk away.

 

“You… idiot.” I look back at him, flames now emerging from his hands, I can see green smoke eminating from his half broken mask.

 

“Now you’re dead!” he roars out with anger, I try to stop him, but he counters it with a blowout from his left hand, tossing me at a car. I try to get up, wheezing. I look up at him, he looks to be getting more powerful by the second.

 

“Don’t worry, there’s plenty more where that came from!” He lets out a combined blast from both hands, but just as I’m just about to be hit, a blue blur catches and moves me away from the hit. I look up at the person who saved me.

 

“Who-.”

 

“Thought you could use some help.” He says lending a hand to me. It’s me, or rather who I was cloned from. Superman. I grab his hand and get up.

 

“Bizarro need help to stop green man.” He looks at said green man.

 

“Stay here, I’ll deal with him.” I grab him by the shoulder.

 

“N-Need Bizarro to stop help with green man.” He looks at me, slightly confused before moving my hand from his shoulder.

 

“Trust me, I’ve dealt with worse.” he flies at the green man. He tries to give him a few light blows, but it almost seems like they don’t affect him as he starts attacking him. He throws blast after blast until he he grabs and throws him at truck, causing it to explode, tossing him into the ground. He attempts to get up, but is pressed back into the ground by the green man.

 

“Y’know, for a guy who’s dealt with robots and freaks, you’re pretty easy to beat.” He remarks with a mild chuckle.

 

“Who are you?” Superman asks.

 

“My name doesn’t matter, however you should learn to never mess with the Ato-” He’s interrupted by getting hit with foam from a fire extinguisher, he turns to me, holding a fire extinguisher.

 

“A fire extinguisher?! Really?!” He starts laughing before blasting at me, causing me to fly into a wall.

 

“Not.. good of.. idea.” I groan. He runs towards me, throwing a wild punch, which I block. But he then throws an uppercut at me, which I’m unable to stop. He finishes it with a large boom into my shoulder, giving me extreme pain. He tries to attack me, but is grabbed by Superman.

 

“Super..man?” I ask, watching him struggle as hard as he can grappling him.

 

“Bizarro… fire hydrant.”

 

“Huh?” I ask, slightly tilting my head.

 

“Fire… Hydrant…” It takes me a moment to realize what he meant. I get up and grab it off the pavement.

 

“Like this?” I ask, holding the hydrant. He then throws the green man into the water and immediately freezes it, causing him to be frozen in a block of ice.

 

“Wasn’t what I meant, but close enough.” He turns to me, giving his hand out.

 

“Thanks for saving me.” I shake his hand.

 

“Eh.. n-no pro-problem. Bizarro n-need go now, help friends.” I turn as he asks.

 

“Need a lift?”

 

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“Look, I’m innocent, just let me explai- Ow!” Zeiko yells out as he’s dragged and shoved into a cruiser.

 

“Hope I never see you again Psycho.” Conner mutters out.

 

“Oh for fuck’s sake, it’s Zei-” Is the last thing Conner and Bibbo hear him yell out as the door closes on him and the police can leaves.

 

“Well I’m glad that’s over.” Bibbo lets out.

 

“But, where’s Bizarro?”

 

“Hello!” They both hear and look up to see me being carried by Superman.

 

“Good to see you again, with company.” Bibbo says.

 

“B-Bobbo, Conner, Superman. Superman, Bobbo, Conner.” I say, trying to introduce them to each other.

 

“It’s Bibbo, but it’s nice to finally meet the man himself.”

 

“I could say the same for you Mr. Bibbowski.” Superman replies with a warm smile.

 

“And you as well, Conner.” He says, looking towards Conner.

 

“Oh yeah, thanks.” Conner murmurs out, walking away back to the bar. I follow him.

 

“Something wrong?” I ask. He looks back at me.

 

“It’s just…. When I was created, I was meant to be a weapon, something that could harm people, innocent people, birthed from ….him.” He points to Superman.

 

“And now…. I have no purpose.” I attempt to say something before stopping myself, trying to find the right words as I put my hand on his shoulder.

 

“Conner is Conner, like Bizarro is ...Bizarro.” He lets out a smile.

 

“That’s strangely comforting, even though it makes no sense. But where do I even go?” We look towards the man of steel himself.

 

“Go with him, learn who you are and mean.” He gives me a slightly confused look.

 

“You mean a journey?”

 

“Yes?” He ponders it for a moment, making his decision.

 

“Maybe I will, thank you Bizarro.” He finishes, giving a hug. It feels… nice. He walks to Superman.

 

“I know this is probably too much to ask of you. But is there a place I can stay and figure out my place in the world?”

 

“I might know a place. Can you fly there?” He shakes his head.

 

“I’m gonna have to carry you then, if you don’t mind?”

 

“Not at all.” He turns back to me and Bibbo.

 

“Thanks.” He says before he’s carried by Superman and flies away.

 

“Bizarro has saved the day!” Bibbo lets out a sigh.

 

“Well hero, someone’s gotta help me clean up the bar, and since you’re the only one here..”

 

“A funny?” I ask.

 

“No.”

 

“Oh. Oh.”

 

Done