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[have_no_mercy]

It's not unusual for Tess to be entertaining a guest. It's really not unusual for that guest to be Zod. What isn't the norm is that he's not the only person she's expecting.

It's time, they've decided, to put their plan into action, to attempt to rid themselves of one of the nuisances in their lives. Darkseid has been summoned to the mansion on the pretext of potentially another adventure or evening of games. Security has been told to notify Tess when he arrives and everything else is in place for what's really going to take place. Or so she - and Zod - hope.

So until he does make his presence known, they'll just have to wait. One way or another, it's going to be an interesting evening.

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[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

It's with great remorse that Zod finally allows the darkness to consume him. So many things gone without farewell. Cordelia, his people. His purpose. It's almost as if he can see them vanishing before his eyes as his surroundings slowly fade. Tess' face is the last thing he sees before his vision darkens completely.

And then there's nothing. For an agonizingly long moment, Zod's lifeless form remains stretched out on the floor. Then, suddenly, there's a sort of flash as his broken skin and flesh begin melding back together, working furiously until they're seamless again.

It's a terribly odd feeling, having one's life returned almost instantaneously. Zod lets in an involuntary gasp as the air suddenly rushes back into his lungs and the feeling returns to the rest of his body.

All of this happens at once, and it's so overwhelming that it's another long moment before he can wrap his mind around the situation properly, much less speak. When he can, though, he turns to Tess with amazement and confusion.

"What just happened?"

[have_no_mercy]

Tess... looks immensely relieved and helps him sit up. "Just take it easy, okay? Here," she passes him the glass of water, "drink - slowly - and breathe."

Then, after a moment, "How do you feel?"

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

He takes the water from her when she offers it, but he doesn't drink right away. He's still rather occupied with frowning down at his healed skin through the torn cloth of his shirt.

"Unscathed," he replies softly after a short pause, giving her a stunned and somewhat questioning glance. "What did you do?"

[have_no_mercy]

"That old Luthorcorp project I brought Marcus back to start up again," she starts quietly, sitting back a little. "It's a serum that brings people back to life." Her gaze drifts briefly down to where his chest should be wounded. "He's been able to make some improvements to it."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

"A serum." He looks away briefly and takes a sip of his water as he digests that piece of information.

"Are you hurt?" he asks after a moment, giving her a quick glance over.

[have_no_mercy]

"No." She mostly looks fine, save for being smeared with blood that isn't hers and her face paler than usual.

"How do you feel?" She's also repeating herself, but she's giving him the benefit of the doubt that the first time she asked it got a little lost in the confusion of being alive again.

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

He's not entirely sure how to describe how he feels, actually, other than alive. But there is something else there. A certain feeling of...invincibility.

For now, though, he'll just leave it at, "As if it never happened."

[have_no_mercy]

Tess nods. "I don't know if this is permanent. It wasn't when Lionel was testing it, but it's definitely improved. So, if you start to feel any ill effects, pain, shortness of breath, if the wound starts to come back, you need to tell me immediately so I can get you another injection."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

Zod lifts an eyebrow and regards her curiously. "What sort of serum has the power to bring back the dead?"

[have_no_mercy]

"The specifics aren't important right now, Major." Tess' frustration might just be starting to show through. "Do you understand what I just told you?"

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

He studies her for a moment before nodding. "Yes. I'll let you know. But you must understand why specifics would be important to me. You just brought me back to life, Tess. I want to know how."

[have_no_mercy]

"There will be time for that later. Right now we need to figure out what to do." And if that's not clear enough, she'll spell it out for him. "He knew what we were planning. He knew you were here. And he obviously has abilities I didn't know about. We can't fight him on our own."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

His expression darkens slightly at that, and he stares down at nothing in particular. "If not on our own, then with whom? Our allies are few."

[have_no_mercy]

"I don't know." And she really doesn't.

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

He regards her grimly and, after a moment, lets out a soft sigh. "Even after all of this, we still don't know what we're up against, either. We discovered another ability, yes, but there very well could be more. He overpowered us with ease, and we still don't know his limitations."

[have_no_mercy]

Tess... has a snappy answer for that, but she bites it back. Occasionally, she does know when the time and place for sarcasm are not opportune.

"We'll have to try and find out. His name is Darkseid and I think the word 'apocalypse' is tied to him somehow, too." She sighs as well and starts to stand, finally. "See if any of your people know anything about it. I'll double-check everything I have."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

"'Apocalypse'?" he asks seriously, raising his eyebrows and standing with her. "What makes you say the word is tied to him?"

[have_no_mercy]

"Checkmate." Which is the short answer. Don't worry, she's getting to the longer one. "Waller always talked about an alien apocalypse. That's what we were working against." Well, most of them were, anyway.

"I was never high ranking enough to know where she got the idea from to begin with, but wherever it came from they got 'dark side' with it."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

He frowns a bit at that. "I'll look into it," he tells her distractedly after a short pause, stepping forward to set what remains of his glass of water aside.

Then he turns and studies her for a long moment before speaking again softly. "Thank you."

[have_no_mercy]

Tess nods, returning the glance only briefly. "I should get cleaned up." Because yes, still covered in his blood. "And I'm sure you want to get back to your people. We can talk about everything else later."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

Zod nods as well, though still a bit distractedly. He feels...different. It's a feeling he remembers quite well, actually, though he's only felt it once before. But he decides it's best not to mention it. At least, not until he's had a chance to see for himself. Which he is in a bit of a hurry to go and do.

"Of course," he replies quickly, clearing his throat and giving her another glance over. "Be safe, Tess. Call if you need us. And we can finish that talk whenever you'd like."

[have_no_mercy]

"Of course," she replies, eyeing the knife on the floor a few feet away from them. "Do you want it back?"