74 Chapter 74 It Wasn't Healing

"Um.... Oh..... Clark Kent....". The parasite murmured softly as memories that didn't belong to him appeared in his mind.

He found these memory clips quite interesting.

"... Or is it Kal-El?" He asked while staring at the Kryptonian who only had his eyes visible within the gaps of parasite's claws.

"..... No matter". And so, he grasped the man of Steel's neck with his other hand, absorbing even more.

From afar, it looked like Superman was being choked to death. The truth of the matter wasn't that far off.

"Oh my God! Are you getting this?" The reporter asked with amazement as he hid behind the nearby bushes.

The cameraman also had wide eyes, filming the scene before him.

He couldn't understand. Was Superman losing?

"Hehehehe". The purple monster let out eerie chuckles with each passing second while The Man Of Steel found it difficult to move a muscle.

Never had he experienced such a feeling of unprecedented weakness. Oh wait, he had experienced something like this before.

It was basically how he felt when there was kryptonite in the vicinity. However, he knew this was worse.

Feeling the solar radiation being drained out of him, Clark knew that if he didn't do something soon, he would die.

"... Seriously?" Standing on the building a distance away, I couldn't help but tilt my head.

Superman's battle against parasite was quite underwhelming. The fight had barely begun and the man of steel was already at a disadvantage. And this wasn't the type that had the possibility of a comeback.

In the DC universe, Parasite's skillset could be regarded as Superman's perfect restraint.

And Clark who engaged in battle against a foe with abilities he knew nothing about, suffered a serious loss in the opening minute.

Unless there was help from external sources, The Man Of Tomorrow practically suffered a K.O.

This was probably the first time Superman was being so easily defeated without Kryptonite.

I could see the situation. This wasn't one of those movies where the hero struggled back and forth with the villain even when he was in an unfavorable condition. If no one helped, Superman would truly die.

But Superman was the favorite of the DC universe. Even if he died, he would be brought back to life with some crazy shenanigans, resurrecting stronger than he was before his death.

But that wasn't the matter right now.

"Should I help?" The thought crossed my mind for a second.

The reason why I would even ask myself that was almost flabbergasting. Did I want to help?... No, not really. The thought of "helping" made me feel exhausted already.

So why would I ask?

Was I bored?

Ok, maybe a little... But ... That was Superman. DC logic stated that he would be fine..... Ish.... I guess?

"Weird". I said with a puzzling frown. I didn't want to help, but strangely, there was some little, very little, I mean atomically little part of me that also didn't want to see him die for some reason. Now what reason could that be?

The thought of having Alice document this to unravel later played in my head. I would find out soon enough.

As for Superman..... Nah! My good thoughts were simply to watch the show. The fight was underwhelming and the winner would basically be decided in a few more seconds, but hey, it's better than nothing.

That's what I thought. Unfortunately.....

As if sensing something, Parasite turned its gaze away from the Kryptonian and looked behind.

Both ways locked onto each other as we both had Supervision so it was like we were looking into each other's irises regardless of the long distance.

"You've gotta be kidding me?" I said feeling slightly speechless.

Mainly because of the way his cruel yet curious eyes suddenly lit up with a whole lot of fiery greed. Like he was looking at a half naked beauty, but also because...

Parasite that was over Superman was suddenly pulled into the air by an invisible force. Due to the fact that his eyes were on me, his grip on the Man Of Steel loosened, preventing him from yanking along Superman as well.

Parasite was stunned.

Before he could regain his composure, a blue figure blasted towards his direction while mid air. Taking advantage of the situation, a punch landed straight on the monster's face sending it crashing back down to the concrete.

BOOM!

A giant hole appeared on the once spotless road.

Witnessing the whole scene, I was silent for a second before nodding in recognition. This was exactly what was to be expected.

As the proclaimed son of the DC universe, Superman wasn't easy to kill, even with kryptonite laying around everywhere.

At least, the number of people who succeeded in doing so that weren't other versions of himself didn't exceed a hand.

And Parasite certainly wasn't one of them.

Only ....

"What the hell is she doing here?" Looking at the figure covered from head to toe in a blue skin tight super suit, wearing a white mask that covered majority of the facial features and had a feminine body shape, I raised an eyebrow and resisted the urge to palm my face.

Why she was wearing..... That instead of her iconic Supergirl suit was the last thing that came to mind.

In front of my eyes, she could practically be naked. After spending a week with her in the same place, her energy signature was all too familiar. Not just her though, there was someone else.

My eyes quickly locked onto an invisible figure with green skin.

Supergirl and Miss Martian? What an unlikely team up. I also couldn't be bothered to know why they were together, However..... Where they trying to get themselves killed?

"Hey.... Um.... Is Superman ok?" Kara frowned while looking at the purple monster in the hole. She sent a message through the mind link to Megan who had appeared beside Superman, still cloaked.

"He's... Weakened". Miss Martian answered with a grave tone.

"How is that even possible?" Kara asked with surprise. She didn't feel weak, meaning that there was no kryptonite around.

".... Ugh..... Who...". Clark groaned weakly.

The sound of rubble being pushed apart quickly grabbed Supergirl's attention. The purple monster had gotten up from the floor, looking at her levitating figure.

Kara frowned before disappearing from her spot.

"Kara wait, something's not.....". Megan shouted without uttering a sound.

Unfortunately, she spoke too late.

All that time spent in the cave wasn't for nothing. Although Kara's level of control wasn't capable of handling the most minute things, like stopping herself from accidentally shattering a cup if she squeezed just a bit more, she had made considerable progress when it came to exerting force.

Especially in control of her speed.

She arrived before the monster as fast as she could and threw her fist.

Bang!

The sound of collision was loud when considering what was colliding was flesh, but it didn't give off the feeling she was expecting.

Parasite stretched his hand forward at the last moment at a speed the blonde female couldn't react to, accurately neutralizing the blow and trapping her fist that was three inches away from his face.

Kara's expression changed drastically. That was fast. She could barely make out the blur when the monster's hand moved. This thing was faster than she expected...

"Ugh!" The next moment though, she felt petrified.

Her body suddenly softened, encroached with the feeling of unprecedented weakness, all her energy being sapped.

Her body twisted backward slightly, she felt like her legs were falling asleep.

Her gaze fell on her captive fist and noticed the hand around it was literally glowing.

Ah! So that's what's happening!

Her mind finally realized.

Kara swung her other fist towards the monster in an attempt to break free. The second fist didn't escape the fate of its brother.

With both hands being captured, the absorbing speed increased exponentially.

"You're the same". Parasite said with eager eyes. Exerting slight force, the female kryptonian was brought to her knees as she experienced the free feeling of being drained.

"Ugh... Stop... Please..". She tried to speak but could only utter weakly.

"Kara No!" Seeing this scene, Clark's weak eyelids widened. Of course he knew who was underneath that blue costume.

Although his X-ray vision was down, he was well informed that Kara had snuck out with Miss Martian.

"Get away from her". Seeing what was happening, Megan immediately left Superman and flew towards the monster.

Sensing the approaching intruder, Parasite snapped its head towards her direction and fired two burning hot rays at her.

"Argh!" A direct hit.

Megan yelled in pain as she was blasted into the distance, slamming into a nearby building.

"Mega.....". Kara wanted to tell but couldn't.

Her eyelids felt particularly heavy at his point.

With eyes still glowing red, Parasite turned his gaze back to the prey in his grasp.

"No!" Clark roared in a weak tone. He tried to release Lasers but the feeling of being hollowed out hit him like a construction worker on a Payday.

Don't talk about releasing lasers. He could barely move right now.

"...Your turn". The hoarse voice said as the red eyes glowed brighter. However, the space in front of him suddenly swirled.

The transformed Rudy was caught off guard when suddenly out of nowhere, a dark reddish arm extended forward from thin air at accelerated speed.

"Rawrgh!"

At that moment, all of Metropolis heard a miserable roaring sound that frightened them out of their wits.

"Mommy, Mommy! Did you hear that". A small boy playing in the living room was holding a toy dinosaur raised his head, called his startled mother's attention, pointed outside and yelled excitedly.

"... It's a dinosaur. Just like you said, it's a dinosaur. And it's crying".

...

Parasite let out a miserable wail of anger and pain as he used both three fingered hands to cover his face. It was of no use though as dark purplish blood seeped through the corners staining the floor with it.

"Yeah... "Eye" don't think so". (Pun intended by the way)

I turned my gaze away from the staggering monster to the two eyeballs in my hand with a strange expression.

"Hold on! Did I just drop a pun?" I swear I didn't deliberately do this. I just wanted to gouge his eyes out... That pun was so accidental.

"Nevermind". I shook my head. A strange thought came to my head. Wasn't this the typical eye gouging scenario that usually happened in the Naruto Universe?

The eyes in my hand were definitely something though. They hadn't crumbled to dust yet even when under destructive aura.

"Well, let's leave this as a lesson". I said to myself and squeezed. Cataclysm quickly caused the eyeballs to crumble as disintegrated the blood on my palm.

That unbridled greed in his eyes needed to go. So I took it upon myself to make sure it happened.

Seeing the plot twist, Superman was stunned. Kara was stunned, the watching news employees were stunned.

What the hell just happened?

"..... You....". Kara uttered weakly. Her eyes wide with shock and surprise.

"Oh, Hey Blondie. Didn't see you there". Kara was originally in a daze.

She couldn't imagine that she was saved. And by him. But even in her weak state, the following words immediately made her blood pressure rise.

"Ok, now let me get this straight. You jumped into a fight against an unknown superpowered enemy that took down Superman with your meager two weeks of sun absorption? Ok I gotta ask. Are you trying to commit suicide? Cause if you are, there are simpler ways".

I said with curious eyes, raised eyelids and an expression as if I were looking at a fool.

No, scratch that. I was looking at a fool.

Geez, and you would think Superman was reckless. At least he had the strength that entitled him to act as such.

This.... This was simply the case of a newborn lion going to challenge a grown tiger to a battle for supremacy.

Kara's mind went blank for a second.

She coughed lightly. Not sure if it was from weakness or embarrassment and let out a wry smile under the mask.

"Good to see you too"

"Really...". I asked with a deadpan look.

"..."

"I send you off for ten days and you're already about to die".

".... I was .... Helping".

"What would not helping look like?"

"Rawrgh!"

The loud roar quickly drew my attention back to it.

The staggering parasite had regained his balance, looking in my direction with what I could only guess to be a hateful expression.

Well, let's just say it was looking in my direction. It couldn't see this way though.

After all, it had no eyes. The scene fell into Kara's eyes and it was bloody.

Pain.... Since the day Superman's Laser vision had blasted him into the black ooze back at Star Labs in the Central City Invasion, that made him what he was today, Rudy had never felt such..... Pain.

Don't even mention pain, he hadn't been injured ever since the incident. Even if he was, all wounds he incurred for whatever reason would heal in the blink of an eye. It was the same before. Zoom crushed his heart when phasing through him.

His body just readjusted before bringing him back from what should have been a fatal wound like an undead zombie.

The power and genes he had absorbed from both kryptonians had made his body stronger than any material on Earth. Coupled with his ability to absorb energy to grow stronger, he should have been invincible by now.

Anything thrown at him would just feed his ravenous hunger.

But that wasn't the case. He was wounded..... Not just wounded..... His eyes were gone. And what made it worse was that.... It wasn't healing.

Despite his body instinctively using energy to repair the wounds, it wasn't healing.

Why wasn't it healing?

Why!.

New chapter. Hope you enjoy.

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