The Last Of The Kryptonian
2 Years Ago
Conner POV
"Connor dear you're going to be late if you want to make it to school you have to go now." The sweet sound of my mother voice filtered into the air as I struggled to get out of the bed. For someone that is powered by the sun, you would think that I'm a morning person but in reality I hate mornings.
My body seemed to roll out of bed on its own against my will as I haphazardly threw on a pair of sweatpants and a tee-shirt. There was no point in getting dressed it is just a Monday.
As I stumbled down the stairs bleary-eyed I took in the sight of my mother whose sparkling blue eyes and bouncy blond hair seemed to match her sunny disposition perfectly.
I found it hard to look, almost as if this is the last time that I would see her. Her S was displayed proudly on her chest, the sign of the El family back on Krypton. "How is it that you managed to be late and you can fly seriously your father is never late for anything."
I rolled my eyes, yes how could I forget the great and mighty superman at night and the great Clark Kent reporter for the paper during the day. She never let me live it down and lately it had been really bugging me.
But as I choked down my frustration I gently kissed my mother cheek as I sluggishly walked out of the house. I slung my black bag over my shoulder before making sure that the coast was clear before taking off.
I landed in the alleyway that way right around the corner from my school. I look around before stepping out of the shadows. Before I even knew what is going on there is this searing pain in my head forcing me to the collapse on the cold ground.
"I can't really believe all it takes is a green rock, how lame." I moaned as the searing pain became all-consuming. But as I opened my eyes fighting through the haze of pain I saw him. A man with a shiny bald head looming over me. Lex Luthor.
"Fight me without the rock, you coward." My voice came out strained and weak as I fought to stay awake. Luther never responded he laughed maniacally but didn't really say anything for a few moments.
"Why? So you can kill me with your heat vision or freeze me with your ice breath or whatever. I think not little boy." Someone hurriedly handed him a syringe with something it in it. "Sir are you sure that we should take the son of Superman, he will come looking"
He paused for a minute as a sadistic smile formed on his face as he plunged deep into my skin with a slight pinch. I felt my eyes sliding close as I got one last look at him he smiled at me deviously.
"Mark him project Kr we don't need a clone of Superman anymore we have his son." That was the last thing I heard before I passed out.
Present Day
Robins POV
I ran for my life at this point there was nothing I could do no matter how ashamed Batman would be I couldn't figure a way out of this jam. My lung burned from running. it felt like we had been doing this for hours. Our best bet at the moment was to head to Project Kr and hid out there, plus it seemed really important.
Maybe I could salvage this if I just found out about this project then we could contact the league without it looking like we needed to be rescued. I ran at full speed until I was safe in the slowly closing project doors.
Aqualad slammed the door behind him, with a large thud the door slammed shut and I managed to get a good look around the room. But my eyes faltered in the pod. A kid was there in a glowing white suit he seems a few years older than me.
I heard kid flash gasp before he ran over to the pod and pointed at the sign. "I should have to know big K little r, Kr it is the atomic symbol for Krypton."
No way there was no way that they just have a rare alien species lying around, what am I look at right now. My main race with possibly as I hacked the console as fast as I could. I got the data in record time but it was all so mind-blowing.
"You guy have to come and see this." Kid flash ran over to me his red and gold suit glowing brightly in the princes of the UV-light hitting the pod. But I pushed the thought and irritation out of my mind as I read the information out loud.
"A pure blooded Kryptonian, the son of Superman and an unknown Kryptonian. Was taken on his way to school and is being brainwashed to replace Superman." I look at Aqualad and then at KF "This is wrong they are making a slave of Superman's son. We have to free him, think about how the kid would feel if he found out he killed his own dad."
I look at the both of them and nodded my head before hitting the unlock button and watching as the pod split open. He growled and moan as he dropped to the floor staring at us.
For a moment they were joyful but as he shifts to look at the three of us, his piercing blue eyes seemed to become dull as all the depth left them. Leaving nothing but a shell as he roared in anger gripping his head tightly.
As I looked back at the pod I could see the horns on top of the genomorphs head were glowing a crimson red. They must be giving this kid telepathic orders. This can't be good.
He charged after us not stopping to think that we were the ones that freed him from his pod. He pounded at us until finally I was subdued along with the others we passed out before we knew what hit us.
"Get up there isn't much time." A voice rang out in my head, like an echo or disembodied voice forcing my eyes open. As my eyes adjusted to the light I could see him. The kid that put us in these stupid pods but he didn't say a word.
His deep blue eyes were glazed over in confusion. I sighed and looked at him, I shouldn't be angry it's not like he wanted to attack us. I had at least think that there was a part of him that was holding back because he didn't you his freeze breath or his heat vision.
"Hey what do you want." I look over it kid flash and sighed as I got out my lock picker and went to work. "Hey KF it's probably not a good to piss off the guy that could fry us with a look."
I looked at Superboy and he seems to give me a guinea and amused smile but there was something about it that seemed familiar. He placed a hand to his head and moaned and he reopened his eyes but they weren't clouded over this time. "My head this has felt like one big bad dream. What am I doing here? What the hell am I wearing?"
He looks at himself and the than us and I watched as his eyes turn red and he burned away our cuffs before smashing them to piece. "I knew it you purposely didn't use your heat vision on us." He glared at me as his eyes softened and a sad expression appeared on his face.
"Sorry it's like I was there but I wasn't the one in control, I was just sitting in the back seat forced to watch. I try not to go all out on humans. At least that was what my father always told me." I jumped down from my pod as he spoke absently.
"What's your name? How did you end up here?" He shook his head and then looked at the door. "We can talk later they are on their way we should get out of here." He looked at us and then used his laser vision to break a hole in the roof before grabbing me and Kalder flew into the hole before diving back down and grabbed Wally. "Alright, we need to start running there are still 42 floors to go." He looked at us his voice was so pure and strong it was weird.
I ran while he and KF lead the way it was hard to believe but superboy seemed faster than KF but then again he was flying and I am sure that he had super speed like his dad. We stopped at an elevator shaft and I open it and shot up my rope.
While Kf followed after me, Superboy grabbed Kadler and flew him to to the top. Once we made it to sub level 1 there was a rumbling sound as genomorph surrounded us.
That was when some creep slithered into sight he was a middle age man with glasses and light brown hair. With a few streaks of gray here and there. A deep throaty growl resonated in my air and it almost sounded animatic.
That was when I heard SB saying something under his breath I looked at him and he seemed furious as his eyes glowed bright red. "Desmond" He was holding a back a growl as Desmond swallowed a neon glowing blue liquid.
"With this, I will be able to restore order back to Cadmus. With this, you will all be re-podded." He drank the neon blue liquid and a ripping sound started to echo and I realize that it was his skin that was ripping this had to be the weirdest thing ever. Great looks like we are so dead.
