Humanities Failure Chp 9

#TIMESKIP 1 WEEK LATER#

#AIDEN POV#

"Alright, so my adaptation does not affect my looks as I do appear to stay keep the same looks," I tell a recorder for research purposes

My adaptation is awesome

In 1 week I am already on my way to getting stronger than I used to be

I go outside to feel the sun's rays, as I have been adapting to Krypton's atmosphere through artificial means, which has deprived me of some of my strength, however, now that I am sure that I have fully adapted to being in it, I am going to be able to survive in some different environments and it only took me around half an hour to do so

When I come out of my base to enjoy the sunlight

I smile as a warm feeling develops me filling me with power

This feels amazing

I turn to look at the sun for a bit and my smile widens as I have no issues looking at it directly as I can feel the energy in my body and that is somewhat weird

Before, I always just felt a comfortable warmth whenever I was exposed to the sun directly, and while I still feel it

I can also feel the energy inside my body which feels...different

Not in a bad way though

It just feels like my body is doing something but I can't figure out what it is

Whenever I scan myself with my tech nothing pops up but I can feel something though, every second, I can feel something changing in me but I don't know what

It's not my Metagene so what else could my body be using the energy for

Whatever it is I hope its good

#TIMESKIP 1 WEEK LATER#

"Ok, so how do I awaken my Metagene?" I ask myself as I finished another try at it

I don't know what I will awaken but I can't afford not to try at all

I am way too out of my depth here

I look at another screen and see Ulysses Klaue's location

I thought about just taking all of his Vibranium for myself but, I run the risk of offending several parties which I would normally just say fuck it and take it all

But, angering those parties at the moment is not ideal

I am not going to anger Nathaniel Essex, or more like annoy him

Neither am I willing to anger the entire Hellfire Club especially since I want to have a positive relationship with them

From what I have found is that they have a hand in nearly the entire United States market which means that they have connections that I can use for my benefit

Sure, getting into contact with Emma Frost and offering Mutantkind a whole new world of their own is an amazing offer as I can get mutants off the Earth

I don't have anything against them at all

To be fair, I am not even sure why normal people want to kill them so badly

I considered that there might be some other factor for it but, so far there has been nothing pointing toward someone working against them

In all truth, I have been considering getting them out and, my thought process eventually lead me to one solution for humanity

Killing them all

It is clear as day that they won't stop killing Mutants much less themselves

Humans here are far more vicious than they were back in my other 2 lives

Killing honestly seems like the worst solution to the problem but it's the honest truth

Heck, there was even a video posted of a mother and father literally ripping their child open to see what made him different laughing all the while before it was taken down

I can't even trust my own judgment as my counterparts somehow still believed that humanity is worth saving

I saved humanity twice

A lot of people ended up dying, and they blamed me for it

I killed the rest of my kind to save them even when they tried to capture me

Knowing what I know now, I am not sure, I wouldn't have joined Zod or just try to convince them to find another world, instead, I ended up killing them and saving humanity

Then I died fighting Doomsday

I shake my head as I sigh at that

Just another regret

I begin to remember when I was Clark Kent and went to church with my parents as a kid

Forgiveness, love, and compassion

Those are three traits that God is said to want every human to have

Didn't he once wipe the Earth with Noah and his family as the survivors as everyone else was just evil or ruined or something?

What is so different about this humanity compared to back then?

When I was just Clark Kent I wished to be like the people of Earth

I wished to be 'normal'

Now though

I know better

Being human absolutely sucks

A Kryptonian under a red sun is on average at least three times stronger, faster, and more intelligent than the average human

I am not the average Kryptonian

Even more under the effects of the Earth's sun, I am quite possibly one of the strongest beings on Earth and I will only get stronger by doing nothing but taking in more energy

Now with my adaptation

I will be able to handle most things on my own soon enough

But, I still want more

My counterparts are powerful

Maybe more than I will ever be if I stay as I am now

So, I am going to abuse everything I can to surpass them

I already have my adaptation which sets me apart from pretty much all of them at this point

I would honestly, like to go into the sun and take a sun bath, but the feeling I get when I ever I gather the courage to do so puts me off

It's like warning me to stay away, but not in a threatening manner or something

More like its begging me not to go there

I have no idea what is going on but I will keep my distance for now

I go back to my lab to get another test to awaken my Metagene

#TIMESKIP 3 WEEKS LATER#

"Thank you for organizing it Emma," I say to her as she got me a meeting with Erik in a few days

"It was no problem, especially with some of the stuff that you said about humanity is true. Mutants have no future on Earth at the moment..." We continued to talk through computers for a while longer before we said goodbye to each other

I sigh a bit as I learned a bit more about Erik which honestly makes it a whole lot easier about my choice to help him over Charles

Erik wants the best for the mutant kind

Sure the way he goes about it can be improved, a lot

But at the end of the day, he cares for his people and he will fight to defend them while Charles will also do everything he can to help them, he is not very successful at it

Erik on the other hand has sacrificed a lot for Mutants

There is another reason why I want Erik and the rest of the Mutant on another planet

When Earth is in the spotlight even more from alien civilizations, I want them to look at the Mutants as the leaders of this solar system and the owners of the Earth instead of normal humans

However, Erik alone is not going to be enough, he is incredibly capable of doing it, but, he can't do it alone which is where another terrible and extremely good idea came up

Getting Victor Von Doom to help out with it

It sounds like a stretch but it is really not

From what I remember reading about him is that he is just as honorable as he is an asshole

I can put him as the leader of the solar system with Erik as a backer for him

Victor Von Doom in other universes has proven himself worthy to lead the human race

Like when he became the ruler of Earth, he solved world hunger, granted EVERYONE equality, cured diseases and viruses with absolute ease, and fixed nearly every single issue on Earth and was LOVED by the people

Every single nation was gone replaced by a singular one that encompassed every continent in the world where the one of ruler of it all had the interests of the people as his first priority

Most of the time

Then it was 'ruined' by the 'heroes' and the only reason they won was that Doom was BORED and let them win

Then the people of Earth were divided again

I chuckle a bit at that

One man was able to unite everyone on Earth and then when he was taken out everything was back to the way it was

I look down at my chest and see the symbol of the house of EL

I close my eyes as I remember the legacy associated with this symbol AND the name Superman

Hope

Superman gave hope to the people of Earth,

I gave people hope or tried to at least

As the Orphan reading stories about Superman gave him hope

I am doing this as a favor

Superman helped the Orphan live through what he did and I am Superman or at least I was a version of him

Now

I am just myself

I am only going to give this a try

Give them a chance at this

If after everything they still refuse to improve themselves after I give them a chance

I am leaving them

Leaving them to their own devices and then I will focus just on myself

Which I mean I was already going to focus on myself but helping humanity out or at least try to help them

I chuckle a bit as I look at a screen showing my now active Metagene or at least a simulation with the higest probablity of it awekening

I will give humanity one chance

Afterall, I was once a human, now I am somehting more

But, at my core, I am still me

I am still just Aiden Kent