Becoming The Overman

And as Superman lay cowering in pain, Protex stood over him in the light of Heaven and gave a wicked laugh as Superman rose to his knees, clutching his chest and grimacing from the pain this angel had dealt him.

"Why, Superman? Why fight for those humans? They fear you and they hate you and you don't even have the guts to admit you despise them in return! You know in your heart they're inferior!"

Protex stopped with this to watch a drop of blood fall from the man of steel's lips. He smiled again at this. And so Superman, still trembling from the pain, rose his head, and looking toward Protex from down on his knees forced out what could have been his last words.

"They believe in me," he groaned, "and in my heart, I believe in them."

And with that thought still in his head, Superman rose to his feet and stared into the eyes of the angel.