By: ThatGirl
It had been a long hard day and it was about time that he got a break. He slumped down in a chair and nearly nodded off right there when his watch started to beep. A groan emerged from his throat as he glared down at his watch with anger. It beeped defiantly again as if to taunt him.
"Geez! Yeah I'm coming I'm coming. Can't even get a minute to rest!" He grumbled and stood up. He was young. Young forever in fact. He stretched a little and yawned. Today had been an extremely exhausting day for Superboy (AKA Kon-El); a meeting of Young Justice was something he did not need. He started to fly up but fell back down. He growled a few cuss words under his breath. The day had been a long hard one and he barely had enough strength to fly.
The day had started out rough for the young superhero. Loud screams had awaked him from almost getting some much needed rest. Right then and there he knew it was going to be one of those days. But, it wasn't going to be just one of those days. It had been a week of those days. Nearly three weeks actually. It seemed Hawaii had been in total chaos for the past 19 days. It was as if a super-villain convention had broken out in the small part of the un-continental US. It was absolutely tiresome with new villains he hadn't even heard of before and old ones that were seriously grinding his nerves. Not to mention, he had to fight them all by himself for some reason. It was as if the other superheroes just backed off and ignored it. Not that he needed any help. After all, he was Hawaii's coolest hero. But still, he couldn't help feel embarrassed and alone.
Near the end of that week he had been getting kind of sloppy and weak. Ever minute of the day a new problem seemed to have erupted. Even at night things weren't much better. Superboy hadn't gotten a wink of sleep for 19 days straight. He couldn't believe that the Boy of Steel was so tired. It was only a few nights without sleep. But, he was just as drained as any other kid.
He shook off his weariness and flew up again. It seemed to get harder each time he started to fly. So, he lessened his pace a bit. Robin wouldn't mind too much if he were a little late. Superboy had been so busy he didn't even have time to flirt with the local girls. Well, at least he could check a couple out on his way. All of the sudden, he heard horrified screams below him. He looked down to see a 50ft tidal wave headed straight toward the beach-going tourists.
"Here we go again." He sighed and flew down to stop the newest natural disaster of Hawaii.
"Why do you people do this to me?" Robin (AKA Tim Drake) covered his mask with his hand and lowered his head.
"Chill out, Rob. He's just a little late." WonderGirl (AKA Cassie Sandsmark) said sitting around the old JLA table in what once was WonderWoman's chair. Young Justice had all gathered in the Justice cave in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island (which used to be the old JLA HQ until they moved to the moon). Well, almost all of them.
"A little late?" Robin began, "He's an hour late!" He exclaimed. The Boy Wonder started to pace around the cave. Today had not been a very fun day for Robin either. A close friend of his had been caught in a gang shoot out the night before and was placed in critical condition in the hospital. All he could think about was how he could've saved his friend. He could die at any minute and Tim Drake wanted to be there for the last minutes of life. But, Young Justice had to discuss a plan for a recent problem that had developed. Now, if only Superboy would get there already. He let out an exasperated sigh.
"I'm tired of waiting around!" Impulse (AKA Bart Allen) complained for the 452,897,654th time. Robin had been keeping track. "I can't take it!" Bart Allen complained again grabbing his head as if he were in pain. "PLEASE! Let's just go! I'm tired of waiting around!" Impulse complained again.
"Number 452,897,655…" Robin murmured getting more and more perturbed.
"Let's go!" Impulse ran around the cave at top speed impatiently, "Let'sgolet'sgolet'sgolet'sgolet'sgolet'sgo…" His words ran together as he spoke at a speed no mortal man could ever accomplish.
"Cool it, Imp." Arrowette (AKA Cissie King-Jones) pleaded for the…well Robin had lost track of how many times Cissie had said that.
"Awww! Come on! I can't take this waiting let's just start! It'll teach im' for bein' so late! Can we just start?!" Bart just couldn't take it! If SB wasn't gonna show up, then he wasn't gonna stay.
"No Bart! No! He will be here. We just gotta wait a little longer and-" WonderGirl started to let off a little steam on the 2 year old teen when she was interrupted by a rankled sigh.
"No, we can't wait any longer. This is a serious situation we don't have anymore time to waste. We better get started without Superboy." Robin said.
"Are my ears burning?" Superboy asked as he flew in through the main entrance. He tried to keep a cheerful disposition but it was getting a little difficult to act happy with such upset faces starring at him. "Uh…sorry?"
Although the others were oblivious to the apparent exhaustion of The Metropolis Kid, Robin could see the difference in his composure. He noticed the slight slump and the lack of alertness. SB looked as if he had been through sleep depravation. His hair was mussed and tussled with a few pieces of seaweed still clinging to it. Not to mention, his jacket looked as if it had been through hell four or five times. Robin had remembered a few news reports of Hawaii being attacked by several criminals and natural disasters had been occurring frequently in that area of the US.
"Probably, should of left him behind on this one." Robin muttered under his breath.
"Hey! I'm here aren't I?" Superboy's tired eyes glimmered with fury, "I ain't gonna miss this. So I was a little late! I'm here and now we can go." He scowled irately at Robin.
"YEAH!" Imp's obnoxious voice cut the anger in half, "Let's go!" Impulse was already gone before he finished the last part of the statement. Robin shook his head.
"3…2…1…" Robin counted backwards when Bart dashed back into the cave.
"Uh…where are we going?"