chapter 9: race against time

*** a few days later, third-person P.O.V.

The plan had been decided, kar-el's job would be to make sure that Prime A.I. won't interrupt the space pods from escaping which was why he had come to check servers on the moon that give Prime A.I. the calculating power to run so many programs and maintain complete control on the gravitational field around the planet that stops any unrestricted travel into and outside through it. meanwhile, Jor-el and zor-el would be responsible for creating the pods at the scheduled time as they don't have much surveillance over them in comparison to kar-el.

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kar-el picked up the logs scattered around him after confirming that these logs are the exact ones that he wanted and returned the rest to their original place. he got up from his sitting position and stretched his body for some muscle relief while smiling. he started walking towards the exit at an increased pace so he could finally return to his sleeping compartments, whether you looked at right or left in this room, it is full of rows and rows of big servers sitting around working to provide the computation power to the prime A.I., while they looked liked the normal servers from his old world, they are in fact wonders of thousands of years of technical growth. every server is made up of highly advanced nanotechnology which ran on a better version of the blockchain.

***Inside kar-el sleeping compartment, moon

kar-el was sitting on a stool in front of the piano, playing the Beethoven piano sonata

<pathétique>, no.8 in c minor, op.13 from his old world.

" that's a beautiful melody" spoke Serena as she enjoyed the music. kar-el smiled after she spoke her thoughts. his fingers danced more gracefully like he was trying to tell his emotional turmoil through the music.

"thank you but it's not my creation. im just an admirer of the artist that made it," kar-el told Serena while he swam in his past. it had been some time since he last thought about his past. he didn't have the liberty all this time as he was more busy preparing for the future. now that he had the time to gather his thoughts as there was not much that he could do but wait for the right moment, he felt odd to be free as he had become accused of always thinking about what to do later after reincarnating.

"you should spend more time with your family, it's now or never for some of them. ",

Serena suggested as she noticed kar-el's inner turmoil like she always did.

" I want to but im afraid that if I didn't distanced myself little by little from them, I might lose it when I lose them forever," kar-el told Serena as he observe the space outside the window while playing the piano.

" you might regret it true, but it will be more regretful if you don't enjoy this time because of your insecurities. live in the present rather than the future. " Serena tried to persuade him as she suggested her opinion.

kar-el face turned into a thoughtful expression as he thought about the issue that Serena pointed out to him. after a few minutes of contemplation he broke his silence.

" Yeah, you are right. I will be going back on the planet in a few days. It's time that kara learns the martial arts. there is not much time remaining until the inevitable. in case something goes wrong and I wouldn't able to leave, she has to protect herself and her cousin" kar-el spoke as he took a deep breath while getting up from the piano and turn towards the bed to sleep.

*** science guild headquarters, guild head office

"my my, look who we have here. isn't it a pleasant surprise seeing general Zod himself just after returning from the moon." kar-el showed fake surprise after entering the office and finding general Zod trying to pursue jor-el over something.

both the individual turned towards the kar-el as he spoke. Zod scanned the physical behavior of kar-el after seeing the hostility in his voice to discover that kar-el was wary of him.

"Have I offended you by any chance? or is it that nowadays military generals are not allowed inside the thinker guild and im unaware of it?" Zod asked bluntly while drumming a sound with his fingers over the surface of a machine while looking for a reaction from kar-el. both were experts in reading body language because of totally different reasons and both wouldn't take a step back from looking into each other eyes.

" well, while you have not offended me at all, the thing is that I see possibilities of it happening in near future. you are always allowed here, it's just that I was surprised to see you here as you should be trying to make the council agree about the destruction that we will be facing according to what my little birds spoke to me. " kar-el said as he turned his vision towards the distant council building.

" you shouldn't accuse me of something that I haven't done yet", Zod dismissed kar-el claims as he too looked into the horizon by walking toward kar-el and standing by his side, "At least we are trying to do something, not like a certain someone that is just trying to raise his worth in front of elders by using this chaotic time." Zod turned his face towards kar-el at the end.

"my dear general, we are all doing what we think is right in our opinions. you don't interrupt what im doing and I won't interrupt you even if you wanted a coup in the future" kar-el said while also looking at Zod. zod's eyes shook when kar-el mentioned the coup and finding weakness on the general's expressionless face made kar-el smile like a shark smelling blood.

"then I hope you keep your promise otherwise I might have to take drastic measures that I don't want to take.", the general left the office after leaving such a remark while kar-el turned toward Jor-el.

" I didn't know that you disliked the general", Jor-el remarked as turned to look at the disappearing solitude. it came as a surprise to him that kar-el showed hostility to someone on their first meeting when he didn't bat an eye on his first meeting with the council.

"I wouldn't say that I hate him but his and mine thinking has certain differences that will make us oppose each other shortly in the future. you should be careful of him too. while we all are thinking of saving the future of krypton in our minds, our actions will make us an enemy of him as his method of approach is the opposite of ours." kar-el responded as he took a seat and made it spin on in on its place slowly.

" While we chose to break the mental restraints on our thinking mind, he instead chose it as his ideals and embraced them. To him, krypton is above everything while for us nothing is more important than the ability to calculate the consequences of our actions and whether it is worth doing it. " kar-el said while looking at the progress that had been made by Serena in storing the data from prime A.I. servers.

he picked up the coffee-like substance that a drone put in front of him to take a sip while he scrolled the hologram file with another hand. Jor-el too took his seat as he contemplated what kar-el just said.

kar-el peeked at him by raising an eyebrow to find him in such a state and asked, " how are the preparations going on?"

Jor-el leaned back on his chair while looking up and told with a heavy breath," things are looking fine for now. I would be able to prepare everything before a month to the deadline. what are you planning to do in the meanwhile? " he asked as turned to find kar-el checking his nails.

" Not much, just thinking of preparing kara in the arts to prepare for the worst. you never know what might happen in the future." kar-el remarked disinterested.