章 4: The Fate of the League
"What were you idiots thinking!" WonderWoman yelled at Superman and Batman.
"We need to find the Rider before he kills again and Sean is the only one who knows where he is." Batman said.
"So you basically attack a man who's helped millions of people across the world with your fists?" Kara asked.
"Kara you don't understand..." Superman said.
"I understand you need to grow up and accept the fact that you don't decide what people need. You know I went to his house to defend and instead I find out he made a lot of good points about you and you just proved those points last night when you attacked him for no reason." Kara said glaring at him.
"And let some murdering monster go free?" Superman said not believing his own cousin was going against him.
"I don't see or hear anyone else having a problem with him. Until there is a warrant for his arrest you need to back off and stay away from both of them." Kara said.
"Whoa easy now." Powergirl said pulling her away before a fist fight might occur.
"You know I almost thought for sure he was the Rider at one point." Flash said.
"Not now Flash." GL said. "Look the point is you both were out of line. We're supposed to be a symbol to the people not attack anyone we think is involved with something like this." GL said.
"Besides I don't see anyone having a problem with him. He's done more good in the world then we have." Hawkgirl said.
"He also took out several invaders during the invasion before the league was fully formed." J'ohn said.
"And what if one point he strays from his path and kills innocent people?" Batman challenged.
"He wont. Sean told me he has no intention of hurting innocent people." WonderWoman said.
"As far as I'm concerned the Rider is a criminal and need to be brought down." Superman said getting Batman to agree.
"Well Good luck getting help cause we're not getting involved." WonderWoman said getting the others to agree.
"You cant be serious?" Superman said in disbelief.
"Your on your own this time Superman." Hawkgirl said crossing her arms under her bust making him frown before flying off.
Meanwhile
"Oooh poor baby." Poison Ivy said rubbing Sean's wounds.
"Baby?" Sean said amused.
"Oh my bad big man." Ivy said giggling.
"Very funny. You know why the Rider spared you and a few others at Arkham?" Sean asked wanting to see if she really knew.
"I assume its because I haven't killed anyone and my mission was to protect nature." Ivy said with a grin on her beautiful face making him nod.
"Mostly correct. You see your actions while a bit drastic were understandable. Someone who goes out of their way to protect the planet is considered one of earths guardians in his view. Correct me if I'm wrong but your ability had an unfortunate side effect right?" Sean asked making her frown before sighing holding her stomach.
"I cant have children." Ivy said sadly.
"Well I can fix that with ease." Sean said surprising her.
"Really?" Ivy said in shock disbelief and with a lot of hope in her voice.
"Do you not see the amount of technology here? We can make anything possible. All I ask is for one thing in return and its something you'll love." Sean said making her raise an eyebrow before smiling at him seeing him as a good honest man despite being a few years younger then her and Harley.
"And whats that?" Ivy asked before he took her hand and kissed it making her blush and surprise her usual poison didn't kill him before smiling at him.
"Work for me and my company and help us protect the rest of Nature the right way." Sean said making her smile more.
"Deal." Ivy said before she picked up a picture of him and his sisters. "Who are they?" Ivy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"My little sisters. Twins. I built all of this for them put them in a very expensive private school." Sean said before one of his employees walked in. "Trevor what is it?" Sean asked.
"Boss you need to read this BS." Trevor said handing him a paper from the Daily planet.
"Sean Ashburn Kruger does business with mass murderer the Ghost Rider?" Sean said annoyed. "Published by Clark Kent. What the fuck is this?" Sean asked annoyed slamming the paper down.
"Sir maybe we should teach this punk a little lesson." Trevor said.
"And act like Superman and Batman I think not. I'll schedule a private interview with one of their employees." Sean said.
"I would suggest Lois Lane." Ivy said.
"Isn't she the woman Superman always saves the most?" Trevor asked.
"Yup excellent idea Ivy." Sean said making her smirk.
Meanwhile at the Daily planet
"Clark what the hell is this?" Perry White said slamming his paper down on the table.
"I thought the rest of the world should see what kind of person he really is." Clark said.
"Are you nuts? Clark incase you haven't noticed but the kid basically has done the impossible in the world. If I hear anything bad from him about this it's going to...Lois where are you going?" Parry asked seeing Lois walking away.
"Sorry Parry but I've got a private interview with the Riders apparent best friend." Lois said.
"Private?" Clark said surprised.
"Yeah Smallville. Apparently the big man called me and asked for a private interview about the Rider. See ya." Lois said walking away missing Clark's frown.
Lois walked to the Global Tech building and walked in.
"Hello can I help you miss?" A woman at the front desk said as hundreds of other people walked by in white coats and military armor.
"Yeah your boss called me for a private interview for the daily planet." Lois said.
"So your Lois Lane?" Sean said behind her making her turn around and smiled seeing his handsome face.
"Hello Handsome." Lois said making him chuckle before he took her hand and kissed it making her giggle. "Well, aren't you the gentleman." Lois said making him smirk.
"My mother taught me to show women respect and love so thank her for that." Sean said.
"I would if I could but she's in a better place now isn't she." Lois said making him nod.
"Lets head to my office." Sean said taking her hand gently making her giggle as they walked to his office. "Ok my question for before we start this is why the hell did the Clark Kent publish this shit?" Sean asked showing her the paper.
"I guess he's one of those people who don't support the Rider." Lois said going to have a few words with Clark after this. "So what can you tell me about the Rider personally?" Lois asked getting her note book out.
"Well I can tell you what 90% of the world says about him. He's someone who gets the job done permanently. True I'm not exactly ok with the killings but if it gets the job done for good and people are safe it's completely worth it. What do you think about him?" Sean asked making her smirk.
"Well he's mysterious thats for sure. He comes out of nowhere and does what he does so easily and has saved countless lives. But my question to you is this? Do you think The Rider is stronger then Superman?" Lois asked.
"Yes I do. The Rider has countless other abilities super strength super healing to near invulnerability and that bike of his changes to his design." Sean said. "Plus he has one ability that could destroy Superman forever without killing him." Sean said.
"Oh really and whats that?" Lois asked in interest.
"He can take away all his power forever just so long as he can hold him down long enough." Sean said shocking her since taking away the powers of people like him was unheard of.
"Wow thats kinda hard to believe." Lois said.
"Well if Superman pisses him off enough he'll more then likely use it on him." Sean said before Trevor walked in.
"Boss we're ready to begin." Trevor said.
"Lois come with us I want to show you something." Sean said getting her to nod.
Sean led Lois to one of the lab where Clayface was in submerged in a large cylinder like tube in green liquid.
"Isn't that Clayface?" Lois asked.
"Yup one of the survivors of the Rider's assault on Arkham a couple days ago." Sean said.
"What are they doing to him?" Lois asked in slight concern.
"Doing what Batman would never do. Curing him of his condition." Sean said.
"I thought it was un-reservable." Lois said.
"Hardly you just need the right equipment and requirements." Sean said as Clay face soon started screaming in pain before the stuff that made him what he was began to dissolve and soon Matthew Hagen appeared before the tube emptied of its contents and medical teams came in and got him out.
"Wow." Lois said in surprise and amazement.
"I also struck a deal with two face Harvey and Victor Fries. I help Harvey get his face repaired and get Victor's wife cured of her disease before fixing him." Sean said.
"Wouldn't it make more sense to cure him first before her?" Lois asked.
"He doesn't want to hide anything from her so he's going to tell her whats happened once she's cured accepting anything she thinks of him. Personally I think she will still love him no matter what. A man will do anything for the woman he loves or his family I know I would." Sean said making her smile.
"And here Smallville said you were not a good person for your ties with the Rider." Lois said.
"Smallville?" Sean said confused.
"Clark Kent." Lois said making him snort.
"Oh that jackass? The hell is his problem with the Rider anyway?" Sean asked.
"Don't know probably thinks the system that Superman uses is better." Lois said.
"Yeah right if that were true then why do people like Parasite Toyman and Luthor still walk around without facing punishment for their past crimes?" Sean said.
"True I guess some people just cant accept change." Lois said.
Later
So far the public had gotten word about what had happened to Matthew Hagen being cured when others in the past said it was impossible. Soon the media gathered around the building wanting to have a few questions with Sean.
"Shit I hate the media when its this large." Sean said making Lois giggle.
"Whats the matter Camera shy?" Lois asked.
"No I just know their going to be asking pointless questions that I don't want to answer." Sean said.
"Oh come on it can be that...Bad? Oh no." Lois said seeing Clark was down there with them.
"What?" Sean asked.
"Clark is down there." Lois said knowing something bad was going to happen.
"Ok then. Trevor bring in Clark Kent from outside." Sean said.
"What are you up to?" Lois asked.
"You'll see soon enough." Sean said as Clark Kent was escorted in while Lois left without being seen since Sean didn't want her present incase things got out of hand.
"Thank for letting me in Mr. Kruger." Clark said shaking his hand.
"Call me Sean I'm not one for formalities Clark Kent." Sean said. "Now its from my understanding you wrote this article about me and my company." Sean said handing him the paper he made.
"Nothing personal but your company is aiding a mass murderer who for some reason has no arrest warrant on him." Clark said.
"Now why would the people want a man who's made the streets safer for the past 5 years. I admit I'm not exactly fond of the killings but if it gets the job done for good I wont complain." Sean said.
"But what if some of these people he kills have family to provide for and are doing this because there desperate?" Clark said hoping to make a good valid point.
"Have you not seen the files on the people he's killed? None of them had family's that desperately needed finances. The ones that did were spared by him and he notified us and we've taken care of their financial problems out of the kindness of this companies heart." Sean said making Clark slightly frown seeing his one defense for making the Rider look like a monster was none existing.
"Ok I suppose I'll look into that. But still how many more people have to die by his hands?" Clark asked.
"Only those who have spilled innocent blood have been killed and thats what he'll continue to do. Superman is just as guilty as the criminals he sends to prison." Sean said making him frown more.
"Guilty? How exactly is he guilty?" Clark asked not liking this at all.
"Hmm Lets see where do I start? How many times has Luthor gotten away for his crimes that put people in danger or got people killed or ruined lives. Parasite has killed a large number of people when he takes Superman's power for himself. He also is responsible for turning Leslie Willis into Livewire. Theres also the time he was controlled by Darkseid into invading Earth. How that happened no one still knows but I'm my opinion I think he got cocky with his abilities and got beat which led to what happened." Sean said making Clark squeeze his notepad tightly something Sean noticed.
"I think we're done here." Clark said walking out with an angered look on his face. Sean smirked before he pressed a button under his desk and a moment later Lois walked in.
"Well how did it go?" Lois asked.
"I got my answer as to what kind of man he is." Sean said.
"Someone who cant see the big picture?" Lois asked.
"Yup." Sean said before the twins rushed in. "Hey girls." Sean said as the jumped him.
"Come on you promised us to take us to the arcade after school." Dawn said pulling his leg making Lois giggle.
"I also said I would do that if you all passed your tests." Sean said.
"Yup." Sarah said showing they got A's on their tests.
"All right a deal is a deal." Sean said getting up. "Care to join us?" Sean asked making her smile.
"Sure just so long as I get to ask a few other questions." Lois said making him chuckle.
Meanwhile
"So his agenda against you is for not killing those like Luthor and ruining lives like LiveWire." Batman said to Superman on the watch tower.
"Seems that way. I almost thought for sure he was the Ghost Rider like Flash said." Superman said wanting him to be so he could take him down.
"He might be more involved with the attack on Arkham. I recently found out he sent out an encrypted phone call a couple hours before the Rider attacked." Batman said.
"You think he organized the whole thing?" Superman said.
"Possibly. The timing was to perfect." Batman said.
"Hey guys check this out!" Flash said as he turned up the Tv.
"After the brutal assault on Sean Ashburn Kruger by Batman and Superman. Sean Ashburn Kruger and his close Friend in the government General Talbot who Sean had contacted hours before the Rider killed most of those in Arkham had been monitoring the Asylum and was about to order a strike team to do the Rider's mission. Both of them have decided to form a new group of heroes the united nations believe will be able to take down those like Superman and Batman." A news woman said.
"What?" Superman said in disbelief.
"This new group will be known as the Defenders consisting of the Ghost Rider as its leader. Many others who Sean Ashburn Kruger and General Talbot have monitored for this team are those such as the Punisher Daredevil and many others who others view as true heroes to the world." The News woman said before Superman threw a chair at the screen.
"What was that for?" Hawkgirl asked before Superman flew off.
"Uh oh." Diana said not liking this.
With Sean and Lois
Lois giggled as the twins played a racing game.
Suddenly Sean's phone rang.
"Hello?" Sean said.
"Sean where are you?" Diana said in worry.
"At the Arcade with the twins I said I would bring them here if they past their test Remember." Sean said.
"Get out of there now." Diana said.
"Whats going on?" Sean asked concerned.
"Superman and Batman saw the news footage of the new group you and Talbot formed and it sent him into a rage. He might be after you and the Twins." Diana said making Sean frown.
"Ok meet me back at the house." Sean said hanging up. "We need to leave now." Sean said getting the twins knowing something was wrong.
"Whoa whats going on?" Lois asked.
"Your ex boyfriend is pissed at me for a group of heroes me and a friend of mine in the military made this morning." Sean said as they got in the Car and he drove off fast.
"What are you saying he's coming after you?" Lois asked in concern.
"Thats what WonderWoman said." Sean said before Superman smashed the front of the car and the Airbags deployed. The Twins were knocked out.
"The hell is your problem asshole!" Sean yelled. "You could have killed my sisters!" Sean yelled before Superman held him by the neck.
"Shut Down the Defenders now!" Superman said choking him.
"Superman!" Lois yelled trying to get him to let go but he pushed her away into the car.
"No." Sean said spitting in his face. Superman Glared and punched him in the stomach hard making Sean cough up some blood before a chain wrapped around Superman and threw him into a tree. The Rider appeared and engulfed Sean in blue flames that started healing him. "Thanks." Sean said getting to his feet before Batman showed up.
"You've got one chance surrender." Batman said.
"How about no?" Sean said.
"I will handle this." The Rider said as Superman tried to charge at him but the Rider punched him in the face hard sending him back a few feet. Batman tried to use special liquid nitrogen on him but it melted away which was impossible.
"Thats not possible." Batman said in disbelief before Superman tried to attack him again but the Rider head butted him hard and grabbed him by the neck and punched him in the face a few times making his mouth and nose bleed before he gave Superman a really hard solid punch to the stomach making him cough up blood.
"Your so week. Time to end this once and for all and to prove I'm not the monster you claim me to be I will end your life as you are without killing you." The Rider said taking a hold of Superman's head and his body was engulfed in white flames and Superman groaned in pain as something felt wrong about this. Soon the other Leaguers showed up but did nothing as the Rider let out a mighty Roar while Batman could do nothing but watch. Soon the Rider let go and Superman tried to punch him but when he did it wasn't as strong as it usually was.
"What? What did you do to me?" Superman asked in shock.
"I have taken away all your power. You can no longer hurt those of innocent blood. Now both of you surrender and face judgment by me and the real heroes." The Rider said as Green Lantern Flash Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter prepared to fight the dark knight while Diana helped looked after the Twins with Sean and Lois.
Batman threw a smoke bomb a big one at that and both he and Superman vanished.
"I'll find them." Flash said about to run off.
"Don't bother. We'll never see them again." Sean said holding the twins close to him.
"So what happens to the League." WonderWoman said holding Dawn close.
"I will lead the League if you will allow me to." The Rider said getting surprised looks from them all.
"We will need to discuss this in private before we make a decision." Martian Manhunter said.
"Fair enough but know this I will not force you to follow my methods I respect each and everyone of you more then I will ever respect those two. If you let me Led I will do so fairly and expand the league in more numbers." The Rider said before getting on his bike and drove off.
"What do you think?" Diana asked Sean.
"I think he's a better leader then Superman ever will be." Sean said.
"I want to go home." Dawn said.
"Ok." Sean said as one of his companies transport vehicles came by and he the twins and Lois got in while Diana and Supergirl flew tot he house.
Later
The Twins were fast asleep in their room after the whole ordeal as Sean watched them from the door.
"Its late you should come to bed." Kara said making him nod as he went to bed with Kara and Diana. Lois was with them as well in a guest room.
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