Failure!

' Seems like we're getting closer to our target. I can't wait to see what this thragg is made of.' Clark thought as he finished washing up. He pulled a new suit out of the fortress storage unit. This suit was much slicker than his usual and lacked the normal red underwear.

" I don't really like this one, but the other one is kind of damaged. So, for now this is it." Clark said to himself as he put on his suit. He began flexing his muscles and adjusted to the feeling.

" Alright, time to go to battle." Clark said as he walked out of his room.

He continued his way down the hall until he arrived in the hangar meeting the others who would be joining him in the battle.

" Nolan do me favor." Clark asked the man.

" What is it?" Nolan responded back.

" When we get there, I want you to point thragg out to me. Been hearing a lot about this guy might as well see if he lives up to the hype." Clark said to the man.

" You'll know thragg when you see him trust me." Nolan responded.

" Alright everyone from here on out we fly. Let's go." Thaddeus said as he opened the hangar door. Everyone who would be fighting began pouring out of the ship.

" Let's go." Thaddeus said to the group as they began to fly towards their target.

" Why didn't we go straight to the planet?" Mark asked

" This planet Viltrum is a tomb. It's a monument to those who fell victim to the scourge virus. There are many reasons the viltrumites would choose viltrum as a staging ground. The symbolism of returning to the home world being chief among them. But as a memorial to those fallen, the planet houses a number of defenses. It will be difficult to navigate our way to the planet on our own like this. But to do so in a spaceship would be impossible." Thaddeus explained to the group as they flew through space.

" That ring... Are those bodies?" Mark asked as he observed the ring of corpses that circled around Viltrum.

" Yes, the fallen... Preserved by the coldness of space. That is the monument to their sacrifice. That is why the planet is a tomb. There is nothing of the viltrum I once knew. That time is long forgotten... Dead to us all." Thaddeus explained to the group.

While Thaddeus was talking, clark caught the faint sound of a heart beating nearby. He began looking through the piles of bodies for any signs of a sneak attack. He saw Thula hiding amongst the bodies but didn't let his eyes stay on her for too long.

' I should probably do something about her.' Clark thought to himself. He went up to the ring and used the bodies as a way to cover his actions. Once he was sure he was out of the woman's sight he began making his way over to her.

" Hey, long time no see." Clark said as he appeared behind Thula catching her off guard.. Clark grabbed her quickly by the throat.

" You will release me!" Thula said back to the man as she punched him in the face. Clark smiled back at her and returned the gesture punching her repeatedly until she was unconscious. Once he was sure she was out cold he dragged her out to the others.

" Seems like they were waiting for us." Clark said to the group as he held Thula's unconscious body.

" Thula is thorough. She no doubt reported our arrival before you found her." Thaddeus explained as he looked upon the woman.

" Looks like it." Mark said as he pointed to the incoming group of viltrumites.

" Okay, this is it everyone. Get ready!" Thaddeus yelled to the group as the viltrumites lead by a man in grey and orange got closer.

" To all who make themselves enemies of the viltrum empire! Prepare for your deaths!" Thragg exclaimed as he led his brothers and sister into battle. Anissa, Kregg, and lucan following swiftly behind him.

" We are grossly outnumbered. Move fast from opponent to opponent. Try not to let them overpower you." Thaddeus was explaining before clark rushed past him leaving behind a blue blur.

" Are you Thragg?" Clark asked as he approached the group of viltrumites.

" A dead man doesn't need to know my name." Thragg exclaimed.

Clark flew directly into thragg pushing him violently from the pack of Viltrumites, separating him from his people.

" Emperor Thragg!" Kregg yelled out as Clark throttled him.

Clark and Thragg fumbled around in the air, both men vying for dominance over the other. It wasn't long until the frustration settled in for Thragg as Clark continued to overpower him.

" You dare go against the viltrum empire." Thragg yelled in anger.

" Shut up and fight!" Clark yelled back as he drilled his fist into Thraggs jaw, making the man spit up blood.

Thragg punched back at clark hitting him square in the jaw, but it seemed to barely faze him at all as clark immediately returned the favor.

" Viltrumites protect your emperor!" Kregg yelled ordering the viltrumites to attack clark. This caused everyone else to join in on the fighting.

' He's strong right?! So, I don't have to hold anything back!' Clark thought to his self. A vicious smile sprawled on his face, his eyes glowing red. He continued trading fierce blows with thragg.

" Ugh!" Clark grunted as two Viltrumites tackled him off of Thragg.

" You fools should have stayed out of it." Clark exclaimed to the two men. He Threw one of the men off of him and grabbed the other one by his throat. " Know that what happens now is your own fault." Clark said to the man as he tore his arm off. Clark turned to the rest of the viltrumites and attacked.

The Army of Viltrumites moved to attack clark, but were quickly getting overwhelmed.

' Is this the best you can do?!" Clark yelled as he tore a viltrumite in half while he blasted a hole through another one with his heat vision. The viltrumites did their best to try and overpower the man Some grabbing on to his arms, one grabbing his waist, and another trying to choke him out from behind.

" He's a monster!" Anissa yelled as she punched Mark away from her. She rushed to join the others in fighting Clark only to be backhanded away while clark ripped the man holding onto his neck in half with his bare hands.

" No! Somebody stop invincible he doesn't know Thraggs strength." Thaddeus yelled as mark rushed to face Thragg.

Mark hit Thragg in his stomach, but it appeared to do nothing to the man.

" Please." Thragg said as he back handed Mark away easily.

" He dickhead a black hole called it want's its suck back." Oliver said to Thragg as he rushed to punch him. Thragg caught Oliver's fist and smiled at the young boy.

" You are a funny one. Always cracking jokes. Very good. I enjoy a good joke myself. Stop me if you've heard this one before." Thragg said to the boy as he punched him in the face, tearing off his arm and jaw in the process.

" Oliver!" Nolan yelled as his son's body floated in space. He went to grab the boy but was pulled into a headlock by anissa.

" Seemed like such a nice boy." Thragg said as he threw Olivers dismembered arm away

" My brother. You killed my brother!" Mark yelled as he attacked thragg, hitting him with consecutive blows. One to the gut, one to the side of his face. An uppercut and one last blow to the nose. His attacks were all powerful but were barely enough to hurt thragg as the only injury the man had was small nosebleed.

" Well, that's something. You know you're in over your head. Even conquest fears me." Thragg stated as he wiped the blood from his nose.

" I killed Conquest and now I'm going to kill you!" Mark retorted as he punched Thragg in his face. His declaration of killing conquest shocking the other viltrumites.

" He killed him?" anissa said in shock as she fought with nolan

" That's not! How could he?" Kregg questioned as he battled Thaddeus.

" What he says is true. My son killed Conquest!" Nolan yelled as he uppercutted Anissa away from him drawing blood from the woman.

" Enough boy!" Thragg yelled as he punched Mark away.

" We weren't finished!" Clark yelled as he rushed towards thragg covered in blood. He punched the man in the face sending him flying.

" Quickly you three while they are distracted." Thaddeus yelled to Mark and Nolan. " We have to time this perfectly. we cannot give the core time to stabilize, or we will die on impact!" Thaddeus said to the two viltrumites as they flew towards the planet as fast as possible. " One chance! faster. FASTER!" Thaddeus yelled as they raced towards the surface. Noticing that mark was falling behind slightly nolan pulled his son up with him. The three continued towards the planet eventually hitting the ground and flying straight through the core. In a flash of fiery light, the planet Viltrum exploded sending everyone near the planet flying through space. Clark rushed and grabbed Anissa and Kregg shielding them from the explosion. The two looked at the man in surprise before looking at each other in confusion. Once the bright explosion ended clark moved from the two.

' Can't afford to lose those two.' Clark thought as he flew towards his comrades.

" Hear me Viltrumites. It is over. Your planet is gone, you have nowhere else to run. The universe is united against you. There is nothing left but surrender." Thaddeus exclaimed to the viltrumites.

" You. You brought this upon us all. It is you who set this in motion-- Carried it out-- Thaddeus of Viltrum. Betrayer! You have taken it all from us. Our heritage, our home, our history. Destroyed! The viltrum empire will not stand for this!" Thragg declared as the viltrumites began to rally themselves.

Clark seeing the enemy beginning to regain their strength attacked the Viltrumites again. Tearing through them as they came at him.

" You will do what you will, and I prepared for your wrath, but know this, Thragg, whatever happens here... You have no empire. Surrender your..." Thaddeus was saying before being cut off by Thragg.

" SURRENDER! you sicken me. There is nothing left but. ARGH!" Thragg had went to attack Thaddeus, but Superman threw one of the Viltrumites bodies into the man stopping him in his tracks. Clark raced towards thragg once again overpowering the man.

" Can't beat me without your lackeys Thragg? I thought you were supposed to be strong." Clark taunted the man as he punched him in his face.

As Clark and Thragg battled the others continued their fights, unfortunately Things started to take a turn. Battle beast had lost his mask and could no longer breathe resulting in him passing out. Mark had found Oliver's body and Allen and Nolan were getting overwhelmed by the remaining Viltrumites.

' Shit they're starting to drop.' Clark thought for a moment turning his attention to the others. A distraction that cost him as Thragg immediately punched him away in anger. Clark caught himself in the air to once again being attacked by a group of angered Viltrumites again.

" Again?! Haven't any of you learned your lessons yet. You can't beat me!" Clark yelled as he battled the Viltrumites.

Thragg bloody and bruised form Clark's assault turned his attention back towards the three Viltrumite traitors. Brutally beating them all.

Seeing their allies falling space racer grabbed the unconscious battle beast and allen and ran away from the battlefield.

' Damn Racer ducked out!' Clark thought as he ripped a Viltrumite in half. He turned to see Thragg nearly crush Marks skull in his hands before letting him go. ' We need to pull out!' Clark thought to himself as he raced towards the three injured men. Grabbing them before retreating back to talescria.

' Damn it. We were too outnumbered.' Clark cursed as he raced through space, the viltrumites had given up on chasing after them when they realized clark was much faster than them.

" How many of our forces lost?" Thragg asked as the remaining viltrumites boarded their ship.

" More than half of us. Most of them were killed by Superman. He was stronger than we anticipated." Kregg answered.

" Yes, he was. We must better prepare ourselves to face him. For now, we plan our attack. Set a course for earth." Thragg commanded.

" Yes, Grand regent!" Kregg said with a bow before leaving the throne room. Outside waiting for him was Anissa.

" What is it, Anissa?" Kregg asked.

" You know what it is Kregg. Why did he help us?" Anissa asked.

" I don't know. We can dwell on that later for now, we have a battle to win. We are going to earth!" Kregg said to the woman.