I'm Energy In DC

Chapter 6 Absorb

In the sky.

"Holy cow pit, did Superman have a showdown with someone down there? The whole block's a mess". An astounded, short, lean, nerdy looking Jimmy Olsen exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the ravaged streets.

The confrontation between Superman and Lobo was very short. Well, the duration of the fight when they landed in Metropolis was short.

The real battle started somewhere in space, and only God knows how long that took. Still, in the less than a minute short clash in metropolis, a full block was wrecked, casualties were constantly rising and now according to the trending videos he had searched online, there was now a massive hole on Maplewood Street.

More importantly, Superman was seen being beaten by a new enemy never seen before.

This was mainly captured through shaky camera lenses from people who were strangely still brave enough to stand and shoot videos when they should be running for their lives. So the credibility wasn't even at face value.

Still

The thought of someone being able to beat up the Man of steel sent shivers down his spine.

And now, he was on a chopper flying right to the heart of that battle with his very squishy self.

It's times like this that our young Jimmy Olsen wondered whether signing up for photography in Metropolis was a good idea.

The answer to that question was unknown, but Jimmy was 124.44444% sure he didn't sign up for this.

Ever since lane appeared at the Planet, and Superman in Metropolis, things like this had, weirdly enough, become his new normal.

"It can't be!" Jimmy turned his head to Lois Lane, who had just exclaimed in slight shock. Jimmy lowered his head to catch a glimpse of what was there, and he froze when he saw a live video of a battered Superman who looked as if he were about to meet his doom.

The video was shaky, and the heavy pants from the audio pointed out that the person recording this live was probably a mere civilian who had a death penchant or a sucker for endangering himself in life-threatening situations.

I mean seriously, who risks their lives for a video feed? Still, one had to admit that the risk was directly proportional to the reward, as the video that was barely a minute long was accumulating views at a rapid pace.

Now, the numbers were in the hundreds of thousands and showed no signs of slowing down.

Unfortunately, the feed was interrupted as a loud bang attracted their attention, followed by the phone tumbling before falling on the floor to show a hand sticking right outside a fallen stone ledge.

It looks like the owner of the phone was squashed by a falling, heavy object. Lois turned off the video with a glum expression.

Her mind racing as she thought of the brief second she saw Superman. The sight of him didn't look good at all.

Boom!

"What the hell is happening over there?" Jimmy Olsen said with a look of shock, drawing Lois's attention. They looked as the helicopter moved towards the sound of the large boom.

Less than thirty seconds later, a giant crater appeared in their view with two figures near the ruins.

The helicopter slowly hovered above the impact point as they both got ready to do their jobs.

"Ok Lois, we are live in three, two, one, go". Jimmy Olsen said as he pointed his camera towards Lois, who now had a microphone in hand and a headset over her head.