Plan B

                                    

                                          
    After chasing down Lois outside, Clark heard screeching as if a train was trying to stop. He listened closer and heard screams and people crying out for someone to save them. He told Lois that people were in imminent danger and he had to go. He secretly changed his outfit and became Superman. Jimmy was suddenly swooped up off the ground as Superman followed the sounds of a train in peril. "I'll put you down right here so you can get a picture of me slowing down and stopping the train." Superman said. "Oh, so now you wanna be a camera hotshot?" Jimmy jokingly asked. "Hey, all four of your Pulitzer-prized photos are of me and you wanted to do this." Superman replied. Jimmy snickered and readied his camera. The train came speeding on its tracks and Superman began to slow it down by blowing on it. Jimmy made sure to get a picture of that. After the train slowed down to a more manageable speed, Superman got physical and used his own strength to push against the train, making it stop. "Why didn't you just do that in the first place?" Jimmy questioned while taking another picture. "People would die if I just went and stopped the train in its tracks immediately. Using my physical strength after it slowed down would be much safer." Superman answered. The crowds of people in the train flooded out and went to flock Superman, thanking him for saving them. The Man of Steel couldn't stay long, however, due to a call from Batman that a Justice League meeting was being held in a few minutes. Superman waved goodbye to the saved people and dropped Jimmy off at his apartment before he flew in direction of the Hall of Justice. 
                          
    Touching base at the Hall of Justice, Superman met with the other League members. He saw that the whole core group was there and then some. "Wow. Cyborg, Hawkgirl, and Nightwing are here as well? This must be big." Kal said. "Hey cuz." Kara said why eating a cookie. "Hi Kara." he replied back as they hugged. "Not gonna lie Bruce, I'm a bit concerned as to why almost all of the League are here." Kal maintained. "Barry will reveal to all of you why you're here." Bruce declared. "Take it away, Barry." Gathering himself together, Barry managed the smart projector and began his presentation. "So, this is going to be a two-part presentation detailing Lex Luthor's secret weapon Messiah and how we will stop him." Barry began. "Who is or what is 'Messiah'?" Wonder Woman asked. "That's what I'm going to touch on right now. Here's some backdrop." Barry responded. He told the League how Messiah was created by Lex Luthor and fully-powered by the Belt of Power. Then, how what the League tried to do take him down and lastly how he killed Green Lantern and Supergirl. This all happened in the previous timeline. Green Lantern and Supergirl looked at each others with faces full of awe and horror. "Don't you two worry, we won't let this happen, right Barry?" Kal said. "Right." Barry confirmed. "Cause this time, we will come up with a Plan B. We must stick together and make sure no one is by themselves in the battle or else they will get killed. This is serious." The team discussed where everybody will be positioned and what they will do. After coming to an agreement, the team was ready to roll and take down the robotic menace before he could do any real damage. 
                          
    That night, Lex Luthor terrorized a small section of Metropolis in his latest suit of armor. Little did he know that Superman would punch him out of the city and into the park. Lex got up and was caught off-guard. "Well, that was quick. Even for you." Lex remarked. Superman ignored his remark and flew up into the sky to look for Messiah. Using his x-ray vision, he located the android. However, before he could utter a word, Superman got smashed to the ground by the Messiah. Lex Luthor took this chance to get out of there and let his android do his dirty work.  "Ungh, it's go-time you guys." he muttered on comms. Cyborg boom-tubed into the area and shot a couple of lasers at Messiah. The android seemingly dodged the two blasts rather easily, however, the two blasts were really cover for two microscopic hacker devices. The devices flew into his abdomen and ingrained themselves into the Messiah. "I'm hacking into his system and trying to disable all of his movements. That Belt ain't making it easy, though." Cyborg declared. The devices were slowly but surely restricting his movement. Messiah tried to make a go for Cyborg but was intercepted by Supergirl. Messiah let out a loud roar which shook the ground. "You think that you're going to defeat me by hacking into my system!?" Messiah roared. The android tried taking out the devices but they were too small to be taken out by hand. He would have to hit or shoot himself to get them out which could end up destroying him anyway. Seeing how he was in a dilemma and didn't have much time left, Messiah decided to play a very old and dirty trick to get the heroes to bend to his will. He quickly took the closest civilian he could find and flew up into the air. "I will exterminate this child if need be! Yield!" Messiah boldly declared. "YIELD!" he screamed. The heroes on the ground yielded but what Messiah didn't realize was that there were more were they came from. Hawkgirl, however, appeared into sight and stunned the Messiah which led to him dropping the teenage boy. Superman caught him and got him to safety. Messiah grabbed her by the face and threw her down to the ground. The android can feel himself gradually moving slower and slower due to Cyborg's hacking. Messiah tried to hit Cyborg again but Superman and Supergirl blocked him from doing that. Getting back up, Messiah heard a vehicle coming his way and then he got sprayed with top-of-the-line, military-grade bullets from the likes of Batman and Nightwing within the Batmobile. He shot an energy blast at the Batmobile which ended up toppling it. From a rooftop, an explosive arrow was shot at Messiah. The android caught the arrow before it could make contact with his face and the explosion didn't do any damage to him. "You are way out of your league, Arrow!" Messiah yelled. But the arrow distracted him long enough for Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman to strike him. All of the heroes put their energies toward overwhelming the Messiah. "ENOUGH!" Messiah screamed. "I have had one mission and one mission only: to save mankind from Superman and his associates. This has gone on long enough! I will-" Messiah declared before being smashed so hard that it made a crater by Martian Manhunter. "Well, that stinks for the parade." Superman said. Messiah tried to move himself out of the crater but to no avail. His movement systems have been completely hacked. The Justice League stood over the defeated android in triumph. "Flash, you can come in now." Batman said. A second later, the Flash was there with the artificial Orb of Depowerment and successfully disarmed the Belt of Power from use. "You know, I may have failed in taking you and your colleagues down, Superman. But one day, there will be someone that will take you down. Someone who will take you down for the betterment of mankind. Someone-" Messiah said before getting his chest crushed by Supergirl. "He was really getting on my nerves." Supergirl stated. "Woohoo! We did it you guys! High fives all-around." Flash exclaimed. Everybody but Batman and Superman high-fived him. Batman was understandable but it was a bit weird that Superman didn't want to. "What's up, Supes?" Barry asked. "I still have some unfinished business to attend to." Superman replied. Without another word, he flew into the sky in search for his nemesis. "I better go follow him." Supergirl said. She flew off in pursuit.