"Let go," he said. "I'll catch you. I swear."
Finally , she thought. Something new. Three days later, Xenia stood in the center of the crater. The ship—Kryptonian, she’d learned from the dead scientist she’d followed—was mostly dark. But its core hummed. A pulsing green heart. She pressed her palm to it. Instead of killing her, it purred . Her veins lit up like circuitry. For the first time in her life, she felt weakness leave. superman returns xenia
She moved faster than he expected—Kryptonian speed, wrong and sickly green. Her fist connected with his ribs. He staggered. Not because it hurt. Because it shouldn't have moved him at all. "Let go," he said