Arrows and Temptation.
Smallville/ X-men/ Ironman/ Batman / Johnny Quest/ Mutant X crossover.
(This is mostly a crossover of several shows that I have loved. The story comes from a bit of a fascination I've had with the idea of what kind of government agent could be formed from training with the best out of several stories.)
Prologue
It is one thing to hide a secret from someone, as long as it is something small that no one will be hurt by. None of us can ever tell everyone everything, and most of the time it is probably for our own goods. I have seen small secrets blow up in my face, the white lies I told to protect the people around me; but I have also seen the results of keeping major secrets hidden.
First thing I remember seeing happen because of a secret was the death of my parents. My father tried to protect a secret bigger than anyone; and because of his desire to protect this secret he and my mother both died. I was lucky that she and her family took me in afterwards.
Beth-Marie Summers, the daughter of Jean and Scott Summers, the child considered to be a prodigy by Charles Xavier himself. She was the first girl I kissed, the first that I made love to, and the first who made me feel again after I lost my parents. She was also the first person to betray me with a secret of her own, but that was over a decade ago. The real story is how I got where I am, the lonely, bitter billionaire play boy.