Dressed in a superhero shell to save the world [Comprehensive British and American]

"Alice!"

It was a soft and complaining cry from a woman.

"Remember not to run to high places next time. The railings on the balcony are not secure, what should you do if you fall?"

Alice was probably only three or four years old at that time, so I don't remember exactly.The images in a child's mind always fade quickly.Yesterday she was a little girl with shofar braids laughing and laughing all day long, but the next day she seemed to have understood a lot of truths.

"Our home?" She leaned against the glass window on the second floor and looked out the window, holding a bear doll in her hand—it was later replaced with a Superman, but there was no Superman at that time, "How could this be my home? Aunt Martha, when did my mother move? Where did she go?"

The woman didn't answer, her eyes were sad and pitiful.

She later asked the school teacher this question, who replied: "Your parents are going on a great adventure. They are exploring the unknown world."

"Are they coming back?"

"...Probably not, dear. Only if you take the initiative to find them later."

Alice gradually understands that death is a long journey to another world without turning back.

Her adoptive mother believed in the gods, held up the cross and stroked her head: "One day, your parents will come back to see you, and the angel will take you to the kingdom of God. God bless, poor child, may you be happy forever."

"I will not be happy." She squeezed the doll in her hand and said stubbornly, "Mom and Dad don't want me anymore, I am alone in this world. If I shout to the sky, who will answer me?"

"I will." Superman descended beside her, his cloak was soft and warm, "Even if I am far away, as long as you call my name, I will appear."

—Alice does not believe in God.

But on that day, an angel did come to him.

"You don't have to be too anxious about flying, my parents were always too anxious before. They were worried about me, but I'm fine, not afraid at all." She leaned on the angel's arms and said softly, "If I call your name, I'll keep, keep waiting, so it doesn't matter if it's a little late."

"I still have your doll."

The fluffy red and blue was held up to Superman's eyes, and the black bean eyes dangled in front of the blue eyes, "He can play with me."

"You're too sensible, little lady. So don't run to high places, you're brave, but Martha will be scared." Superman said, "And, next time I meet with you, I'll try not to be late."

Alice can't get over her habit of climbing up windows on the second floor.

The memory of adults may not be as good as that of children, and their sayings often change from day to day.

"Your parents turned into stars, watching you from the sky."

"Your parents were taken away by God and turned into invisible angels hiding in places you can't see."

Is that so?

Alice climbed and climbed, longing to be closer to the starry sky when the sun was setting.

Her teacher added that death is a great adventure.

"Superman?If you stop by there one day, can you say hello to my parents and tell them how much Alice misses Lawrence and Anna?

I will remember this. 』

Superman never lies, when he says he will come, he will come.

He said he remembered to say hello to Lawrence and Anna, and he would definitely go.

Superman is different from everyone else, and that's what Alice believes to be true.

From that day on she no longer went to high places.

**

She was taken out into the universe, all alone.

The stars are so close and so far away from her.Are there two made by her parents?

Is this death?Is it a risk?Can she still go home?

No one could answer her.

Except Superman.

Never except Superman.

The long-lost silver light shone into the dark cave, and Alice raised her head holding the Superman doll, holding her eyes with a pair of somewhat rough hands, and wiping away her hot tears.She heard the angel say to her, "I heard you calling me, so I came to take you home, Alice."

"Mr. Angel." She couldn't wait to climb into Superman's arms, feeling the ups and downs of his chest, and said happily, "Please tell me what you encountered along the way!"

If that's the adventure.

If this is death.

Then she's not alone.

**

After half an hour.

"...the angel didn't make up his mind to take that poor old uncle away, and then?" Alice asked, "Did the devil agree?"

Superman can't do anything about this girl who doesn't know why and suddenly starts using religious pronouns, but it does help him lighten the blood and cruelty in his depiction, making this journey even sound a bit legendary and magnificent.

"The devil didn't say yes. He put...he locked up the angel and said to the angel: 'I will promise you a perfect world. You will have loving parents, perfect lovers, and you will be able to go back to back on the battlefield and in the world. Brothers and sisters drinking in the tavern. No one will hate you, no one will misunderstand you, you can do whatever you want, as long as you bow your head to me.'”

"Yeah." The little girl frowned like an adult, "I know, such promises in stories are usually traps."

"That's right." Superman smiled, "Angel remembered that he still had unfinished business and shouldn't stay in hell. So he tried his best to break free from the chains, defeat the phantom left by the devil, and found himself in the depths of the dungeon. That rose to take away, and try to find a way out of."

"Is this the end of the story?"

"Not yet. The ending is that the little flower bud successfully returned to its own flower garden, enjoying the sunshine and rain every day and growing happily."

"It's a happy ending, like a fairy tale."

"I like big reunions," said Superman.

"You look like a little boy." The little girl who was blindfolded by him said, "Mature adults don't like to read fairy tales."

"It's not that they don't like it." Superman's voice is getting deeper and deeper, his chest heaving more and more violently, but his tone is still calm, "They just can't believe it. Believe me, most adults are not as brave as you , Alice."

"You're tired, I can feel your upper and lower eyelids fighting."

"Go to sleep, Alice, and we'll go home when we wake up."

Girls always listen to him very much.

Alice closed her eyes.

She said, "Good night, Angel."

After she closed her eyes, Superman moved her onto his back.The portal leading to the earth in the distance is already clearly visible, the problem is that countless monster legions are flocking to that gate, and their commanders are standing aside, with a full face full of emotions that Apocalypse is not allowed to appear on weekdays. A maliciously pleasant sneer.

**

on Earth at the same time.

Louise is holding a palm-sized radio in her hand, which was given to him by Batman. It has a bat-shaped signal receiver installed on it. I don’t know how he can spread the signal in the universe?

Anyway, Batman has a way.

The voice of Superman came intermittently from there, it was a conversation between him and Alice.

The war in the distance still does not stop, and the number of demon-like legions seems to have no limit.Green Lantern wanted to attack Darkseid directly, but the shield that was supposed to be indestructible against any attack was shattered by the alien.He flew upside down and was caught by Iron Man, his right arm was almost broken.

"I don't see what's special about you." Darkseid had a rare conversation, maybe Superman really impressed him, "This is the unique culture of the earth, where the weak and weak walk in groups? He doesn't even recognize his ability , but said that you encouraged him."

"Superman occasionally underestimates himself." Wonder Woman raised the weapon in her hand and jumped high, fighting with him like an ancient Greek fighter. Thor was supporting her beside her. The golden artifact light and the furious thunder light will Metropolis shines like daylight, "But that's also his strength. And you are as arrogant as Ares."

"I may be proud, but that's because I have strength." Darkseid didn't leave his heels off the ground, holding the mantra lasso with one hand, and the other hand against Thor's Hammer, and said lightly, "It's better than pointless persistence." better."

Wonder Woman moved her mouth, but before she could speak, the sound from the radio in Louise's hand wafted over like a song.

"—Angels aren't allowed to fly in the arena?"

"Yes."

"Then what should he do? Can he win?"

"It's not easy. Although his opponent reminded him, the two sides have different positions, and no one can release the water. In the end, me, cough, and the angel were thrown into the universe by the wings (actually the cloak)."

"My God!"

"But don't worry, he's fine. Probably slept for a while, you know, even an angel needs rest when he's tired. He slept for a long time, floating among the stars, until a kind doctor rescued him."

"What the hell is this?" Green Lantern asked viciously, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Are you asking Darkseid or Superman?"

"So the guy who tells the bedtime stories to the kids is Superman! Is he still alive?"

"I think so," Batman said. "It's real-time one-way communication. It may be limited by a few seconds of delay in distance, but the signal is much better after the channel is formed. The one that Loki brought over earlier , The small box that forms the transmission channel is the 'mother box', the principle is very complicated, in layman's terms it is a computer connected to God, and it is possible to do almost anything."

He glanced far behind, "Iron Man is already trying to crack it, if he has the ability to close the passage, we can end this chaos."

"You seem to know quite well, and you are an ordinary person without superpowers." Sea King commanded the school of fish to swim over, "Isn't it more appropriate to study the mother box?"

"I have other things to do," Batman said.

Green Lantern watched the two of them with interest, one sounding more commanding than the other.

Not willing to be lonely, he interjected: "What's the matter? Forgive me for not being able to think of it."

"I'm going to save Superman."

Everyone looked at Batman who was about to rush to the portal.

Green Lantern was shocked: "...Are you serious? I don't think he needs your help."

"If you had listened more carefully just now, you would have heard Superman cryptically say that he was seriously injured—otherwise what would make the Man of Steel unconscious and floating in space?"

Batman was already standing on top of the shipping container, ready to sprint.

"He almost died."

Just at this moment, Superman's voice came again.

"What do yaks in the universe look like?"

"Bigger than Earth, and more dangerous."

"Can angels beat it? I think so, because angels can fly."

"Indeed. The angel flew up and broke the yak's horn. But because he had slept for too long before, his mind was a little confused, so he accidentally flew too high and collided with a planet with wonderful radiation."

"magic."

"Indeed. He briefly became two people, one powerful and the other ordinary, and he was able to talk to himself. And for a while he became a child, who could only rely on the fur left by the yak to keep warm. He also became A gray-haired old man, time has fallen on him... But the angel didn't want to be Santa Claus. In the end, he managed to return to that planet and successfully transformed himself back."

The girl giggled.

"I'll interrupt, Superman," she asked. "Didn't you have superpowers when you were kids and old people?"

"I have, it's just not that strong."

"How powerful is that? Who would win a fight between you and Batman?"

Even at this moment, Green Lantern still burst out laughing.

He shrugged and said to the people around him: "It seems that no one knows that you are an ordinary person."

But Superman replied, "Joker."

"Don't tease me, don't answer the third party."

"Then Batman."

"..."

"why?"

"I'll let him beat me," Superman says jokingly. "It means a lot to him." After all, they've both been through that angst period, "and he's been through a lot."

"What about you? You haven't experienced that? I thought you were friends. Everyone said you knew each other from the beginning."

"I've just seen it. I've seen a lot." Before he became Superman, "Winning or losing doesn't matter to me, and winning a fight doesn't make me happy."

"But you always win."

"I have to win."

Batman said to himself, now others will think that you can indeed see the parallel world.

But he couldn't blame Superman for being vague.

"I have to save him." He said again to his companions who were trying to stop him, "Superman's physical condition is still unclear, and he can't be left there alone."

"Because he's a nice guy?"

"Because he's Superman."

The pitch-black figure disappeared at the end of the blue passage.

"You know he wanted to kill Superman at first, right?" Iron Man flew over at some point, and accidentally stood with Green Lantern.The Flash hesitated to speak, and finally ran away to evacuate the crowd.

"A person who fools time, disrupts space, and has unequal information can still become friends in the end."

"Oh." Green Lantern looked back at The Flash, "He and I, one red and one green, I can never catch up with his speed, and he has never been able to break through my shield, but we have a good relationship."

"Sometimes communication doesn't need to be too synchronous."

Tony originally imagined Captain America.

But when Green Lantern said this, he inevitably thought of The Flash's exposed real name.

"...Forget it." He said speechlessly, "You are called unilaterally out of sync, which is simply outrageous."

Half an hour later, Aquaman and Wonder Woman blinded Darkseid's eyes.

Thor's hammer broke his spine.

Iron Man and the Cyborg Cyborg who arrived later broke down the transmission channel of the mother box by [-]%.

This chaotic night was pushed to a climax by layers of war.

Suddenly at a certain moment——

The whole world stood still.

The Flash staggered half a step because of the extreme contrast between movement and stillness, and almost fell to the ground.He raised his head to look at those demons who suddenly stopped moving, and asked blankly, "What's wrong?"

"It's Superman," Louise said.

"I knew it. We're in trouble, and he's Superman."

"He is Superman." The female reporter repeated.Her voice was very low, and she had never been so tired on the battlefield in the Middle East, "He just... defeated an opponent just now, and is the commander-in-chief of the demon... But, I-I don't know, he sounds too tired. Not just tonight, but the whole journey through the universe—it was a great adventure."

The heroes looked at each other.

The Flash quickly ran to her side, and helped the respectable lady who protected herself from causing trouble to others, but was determined not to leave the metropolis.He comforted awkwardly: "Don't worry, Batman is looking for him."

"I don't. I don't want to worry about Superman." Louise said, putting her hand over her lips. "That word gives me an ominous feeling. But I can't help myself."

**

On Apocalypse.

Batman walked over.

He didn't need to be too urgent, because the matter was almost over.But he still started to run gradually, with the cloak flying behind him like a death flag.

"Superman," he asked, kneeling beside the Kryptonian, "how are you doing?"

"It's okay." Superman replied with his eyes closed, "Does the system say I'm going to die?"

"—it says you won't."

"Then I won't. Thank you for coming to take Alice away."

"I'll take you away."

He carried the soft red cloak hanging on the ground on his shoulders.

"What do you mean you will let me win when we fight?"

"...you hear that?" Superman's voice was close to a whisper. "Haha. I'm kidding. We're not going to fight."

"Who said that? I'm going to beat you up when you wake up."

"..."

After a long time, the Gotham Knights did not wait for an answer.

He couldn't help but glanced back, and found that the hero of Metropolis had fallen asleep on his shoulders, with pain and exhaustion written between his normally stretched brows.

But even then, Superman didn't let go of the human girl's arm.

The two of them huddled behind Batman side by side, like two tired birds far away from home, finally on their way home.