"Kid can we watch a movie?" I asked when we stepped into his mansion. Walking into the symmetrical living room," What do you want to watch," he asked me "You pick," I replied. Kid and I have been dating secretly for about five months now and (no matter how cheesy it is) its been the best five I've had in my short 13 year old life. By this previous statement you notice that I'm 2 years younger than him, well guess what we love each other anyway and its not that far anyway."Kid..." I moaned, trying to get comfy in his lap, he realized what i wanted and shifted his sitting position to one that he was somewhat leaned back into the armrest of the love seat."Thank you lovie! " I said giving him a quick peck on the lips. His arms wrapped around my waist, Kid was always so formal and kind of old fashioned, but when we happened to get in positions like this or had a semi-rare make-out session (really i could count the times we have on one hand...) it was mostly my doing. During the intro of the movie i had arched up into a more seated position in his lap and played with his hair, the half that had stripes "I don't understand why you hate you hair...I love it" I muttered more to myself then to him.
Don't ask me how, but soon after we found ourselves at war, tongues fighting for dominance bodies press flush against one another. IF coherent thoughts were even possible it would have been a tie between 1) thank god liz and patty are out clubbing or 2) he MUST be a god, to be able to kiss so wonderfully.
I tried to lean back and out of the kiss when i was running low on air, TRYING being the key word. Kid's lips followed mine as though they were glued together. Until I was under him, I pinched his ass and he pulled away one of his hands wandered to where mine was, still on his fine tush. Even though it was pretty rare for us to get physical, especially this physical,-
Kid promptly followed with assaulting my neck using his mouth, "your gunna pay for that... " he muttered huskily in my ear. I shivered at the oh so sexy tone his voice held, it promised something, something that in the back of my mind I knew we shouldn't be doing. I moaned when he bit down on a particularly soft piece of flesh on my neck, 'hot damn, kid you sexy beast'. Apparently this last though had found its way out of my mouth, because kid gain more confidence to let his hand roam further south...
"hannah?" I looked over to my weapon sleepily, "yes, john?" I answered back. "Are you alright? You were making weird noises in you sleep and you kept moving too." My checks became rosy in color while i answered, "Y-YY-Ya i was...um, dreaming of the past. " I licked my lips, the memory was so vivid, I could still feel his lips, hands, and how his scent filled my very being. Biting my lip I looked out the window, we where heading to gothom city via bus. We'd get there soon."So, where are we gunna stay?" I asked, he'd told me when we first left that he had a place we could stay for a while, and now I just wanted to get there and sleep. Bus seats never make good beds. "We gunna stay with my uncle alfred, he's a butler at the Wayne mansion said we could stay there a while." I nodded. "Well we won't stay long I have a job offer waiting for me. So hopefully we can get our own place soon." I replied, he looked at me,his expression full of surprise "You can't have a job your only 13! who would hire a 13 year old?1?" Does he forget who my dad is? "An old college buddy of my father has a research lab, I'm going to be investigating and manipulating cells and their functions. Along with other stuff, I'm not sure what else..." I said to him.
An hour and a half later we got off at the bus station where uncle alfred was waiting. "Ah, Johnathan, my have you grown!" A dark haired englishmen said. "Uncle!" the man was in what you would assume as normal butler attire, he stood in front of a nice black car. "Would you like help with you bags?" He asked me, "Oh no thank you I don't wanna be a burden." I said, a blush of embarrassment crept upon my face. "I insist." he seemed very kind and I handed him one of my 2 bags, "thank you". John the introduced us, "uncle this is my closest friend, Hannah miranda stein. Hannah this is my uncle Alfred Pennyworth" "Hello ." I said shaking his hand, "Please call me alfred." After all the formalities were put away, we entered the car and headed towards Wayne manner, I'll tell you such a big nice house, but not as nice as the Gallows manner, call me biased, but it's true.
Oh, I wonder how kid was doing, was he mad, did he get over the fact I left without a word. These questions and more floated thru my head, I felt terrible for leaving him without a word to him and barley a word to my father, too. Did they realize that i would never willingly leave them if it wasn't to protect them? That me even knowing me could get them killed, more so had I stayed. So, I took they risk that if I left they would be left alone unharmed. I wasn't going to bring john, but he insisted and I doubt i could make it any where alone, not with all that has happened already...
"Everything will be fine, anna, I'm here to help you, like you helped me." John said placing his hand on my shoulder and giving it a comforting squeeze.
Putting all my cloths away, I looked at the few things I brought with me. Most of the thing I brought with me, besides clothing, were the gifts kid had given me, a few were when he was my secret admirer and the others from our dates and anniversaries. I could feel tears well in my eyes as i remembered all the time we spent together, my heart felt like it was shattering, I just miss him so much. I remember once when i was getting over my crush on soul, soul showed us his motorcycle and i fell in love with that bike. I nearly begged soul to give me a ride on her, later after my ride on the lovely bike, kid, patty (liz went shopping that day), john and I walk in the direction of our respective homes, "That was so cool! We went so fast, it was awesome!" I gushed to my friends, "That looked like lots of fun I wanna get a ride next time," patty said excitedly. "I'm sure none of your excitement has to do with the fact you got to cuddle up to soul, huh?" That answer was promptly followed with me pushing john off the sidewalk and into the street, luckily for him no cars were out at the time. "I don't see what so damn special about it, it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to ride the damn thing." We barley heard kid mumble. John was the first to answer him answer "It's partly who was driving rather than the bike it self, kid," I shook my head "No that bike was beautiful, the drive was just an added bonus." I winked, patty nodded her head smiling widely, then let out a giggle "Plus maka's got dibbs on him anyway, right hannah?" I nodded. "ya, but you guys can't say a word got it," they nodded, "good 'cuz maka would maka chop us into next week if she found out we told you." I remember hip bumping kid to the side, and laughed when he stumbled then complaining how it was only one side and it was asymmetrical...
I smiled sadly at the memory, we had so much fun back then, if only i could have said good bye to them. Maybe then this wouldn't be so hard if i had told them why I had to leave death city. 'No, then they have put them selves in danger trying to help if I did,' I reasoned, 'especially kid. I'd never forgive myself if he got hurt.' Sighing I put the other stuff away, I felt like I was in a major rut. I jumped when i head a voice, "I know it looks like were stuck in a rut, but you'll see as soon as this clears up we can go home, and kid will profess his love for you and we'll live happily ever after." john was leaned against the door way, his short black spiky hair brushed back, his smile held a brief trace of pity. I hate that. "Actually," My tone was very matter-a-fact, "kid and I, been dating for 5 months". The shock we evident in is tone "What?No way, When? How?" I laughed at him "what need proof? here." passed him half a strip of pictures form a photo booth, the look on his face was truly worth a kodak moment. "Since when?" "February 8, at approximately 8:08 p.m., he asked my to go to the valentines dance with him." I told him. I did my innocent look, the one that always got dad to let me off the hook. "Why didn't you tell us?" he asked, "Are you kidding me? Patty and black*star couldn't keep a secret to save there lives. Liz soul might have let is slip, too. If my dad found out he'd try to experiment on him in horrible and painfully at that! Kid wanted to tell daddy, cause he's kinda old fashioned like that, but I convinced him otherwise. We didn't tell anyone if it makes you feel better."
I stood walked toward him "You going to be okay buddy ?" I asked him. He nodded "Ya its just unexpected was all. Sooo... how far did you go?" My face could rival a tomato, I thought my face would melt off. "I have to go to bed john, some of us have a job you know." I said shutting the door in his face. Geez how rude to ask a question like that! What happened to being such a sweetie just a few hours before? Now he's acting like his older brother max, the pain in the ass.
I lied when I said 5 months, in 4 days it would be exactly 5 months, maybe I should at least call kid on our anniversary, let him know I'm okay and to tell him sorry, that I miss and love him so much, so much it hurts me. To tell him to tell my dad I'm fine, too, Oh and that I'm not entirely alone, that john came with me, and he was being a pain in the ass sometimes like max. Telling them I was fine would be redundant, they all knew I was alive and well, Frankie, was still alive and well signaling that so was I. If anything where to happen to me the one closest to frankie (most likely my father), would know. I know this more so then ever then, a small piece of my soul had been give to frankie at the time of his creation. Not only to give him life, but to assure my father that he would be the perfect pet for me. It was one of the reasons it hurt to leave frankie for any amount of time, why I could feel, see thought the beast. Why the beast could project my thoughts, do what i want without me needing to say anything at all. Knowing this, it became a reason to leave him at home with papa and the others, so they know I'm okay, and that hopefully I'd return someday.
I've been working in the underground research lab at cadmus for a few days now and let me tell you, BEST JOB EVER! Oh the things I would be able to accomplish in a lab like this! Though there were a few things that didn't sit well with me, one being the treatment of the Genomorphs, and the treatment of superboy. Whom I broke out of his pod a few times, I nicknamed him little dipper, and he loves licorice(the red kind only) and gummy worms. I pulled my genom, who I affectionately named gorge, off my shoulder and into my lap. I was currently researching superman DNA samples and if we could use anything to improve little dipper to surpass the man of steel. I reached for a vile that contained a gray, thick liquid, I sniffed it and felt as though it needed something more...
I reached into my lab coat pocket and pulled out a totsie pop, then an idea occurred maybe if we could make him just a tad bit less prone to Kryptonite that would be helpful! Unfortunately this lab did have any one hand at the moment. 'But my venom does!' I nearly dropped gorge in my mad dash for a clean beaker to release some venom in. I grabbed a clean beaker and put it near my lip to release my venom. I felt a sharp pain as my fangs pushed there way out thru my gums.
When the beaker filled up I leaned against a table, tired. I carefully walked back to the vile that contained the gray substance and superman sample. First I counteracted the toxins, and all other substances that would be harmful as to not cause nerve damage or to have his body slowly brake down, leaving nothing but the kryptonite. I'll tell you it took hours to do. I sat back in my seat and rubbed my eyes, I just finished pulling the base of the kryptonite out and hour or so ago, and I then decided to pull all the element and components that made the kryptonite apart. With this done I could finally start the real task.' Maybe I should get a blood sample and see how little dipper is doing.' Getting out of my seat, I stretch my my legs and walk to the elevator. I worked on the floor directly above my little dipper.
I stepped out of the elevator and walked down on of the creepy hallways, only to see that , guardian, abby{a/n i named the random lady...she's not important i just felt like it} all standing outside of the project Kr door. "What's going on?" I asked loudly. "A bunch of brats broke into the lab and are in there." yelled, I made my way over and pushed abby aside, "let me try to hack the door..." Granted I'm not good at hacking but I can try. I made a strange noise of fright when the door was suddenly thrown open. "attaboy." Mr.D says after, looking at 3 boys pass out on the floor. "What are we going to do with them?" "we'll put them in some pods until we figure out what to do with them". Really? He can't do that, what would happen if the league found them? I'd be in so much trouble with my dad if he found out. What would the league do if hey found out about superboy? What would they do to him? I refuse to just stand here to wait and see what happens. "You can't do this Desmand, what if the league finds out? What would they do to us then? Just give me a few hours and ill make a gas to ease there memories, please just let them go." I tried reasoning with him to no avail. "I was hoping you'd be a little more like your father and support me in this. If you disagree then maybe you can join them." The Genom on his shoulder's horns glowed before Guardian came up behind me "what are you-" then all I saw was darkness.
'You must awaken,Now!' a voice said in my mind. I shook my head and opened my eyes, "What's going on?", "Would you quit staring, your freaking me out!" the guy in the yellow suit yelled. "Hey KF, how 'bout we don't tick off the guy that can fry us with a look?" the guy all the way on the other end said. "Super you have to let me out, we're friends remember. Please." I felt claustrophobic. I was starting to freak out, pulling at the restraints that held my arms. "And who are you?" the guy next to me said, that disrated my somewhat from my current situation. "Call me stein, just like my daddy, " I said still trying to pull a hand free, "I was a researcher here, until I stated that I didn't agree with what they're going to do with you."I told them. "What are they going to do with us?"The red head asked. "Well, knowing Mr.D they're most likely going to clone us and dispose of us afterward." I said blowing some hair out of my face. "My head is killing me..." I muttered, I could feel the lingering effects of the keshin Asura's madness trying to take me over, though the kishin has been dead for nearly a year. I trashed harder, "Get out of my head!AAAHHHH!" I fisted my hands and arched my bad as I cried out in must have stopped whatever they were talking about to look at me, "hey what wrong with you?" one of them asked, super walked towards my pod and placed his hand on it, my heavy breaths must have showed my pain or maybe it was the scream...
"No they can't, Ah stein, I see the madness still effects you." Desmand said. "When my father finds out about this he's going to kill you." "You ran away from home how would he found out anything, for all he know you could be dead, which is what you'll be soon enough. It's a shame really, though you were so bright, just like you father, and yet like him, your a weakling." "don't you dare talk of my father like that you sick son of a bitch! I'll kill you!" My yellow eyes burned with furry. No one talk about my dad like that and gets away with it. I tried with new found strength to brake my restraints.
"Activate the cloning process" desmand said, "pass batcave is crowded enough"batman sidekick said. " and get the weapon back in it's pod!" desmand yelled. "hey why does he get to call supey an it?" 'KF' said "he's not an it!" I yelled. "help us." the guy next to me said. "don't start thinking now" "don't tell him what to do!" a genom jumped on super's shoulder and I began to struggle in my restraints again, ignoring what was going on. That was until the cloning sequence began, grinding my teeth together I tried not to scream in agony.
It wasn't until superboy busted the door down did the pain stop. I couldn't be happier to see my little dipper. He started walking in "I told yo to get back to your-" He then pushed desmand and the others away saying "Don't give me orders" and came toward the pods."Are you here to help us or fry us?" super squinted, "I don't seem to have heat vision so i suppose helping is my only option."he said. "don't worry you'll develop some of your powers later on and some sooner." I said to him as the boy wonder broke out. "Finally at least batman isn't here he'd have my head for taking so long," he said rubbing his wrists. "Seriously? Thats what your worried about?The whole league will have our heads after tonight!" the red head yelled. "Free aqualad and the girl, I'll get kid mouth" he said. "Don't tell me what to do" little dipper said. "I have a name ya know." I said, didn't i tell them to call me stein, I could have sworn I did. I was quickly released along with the guy next to me, whom I found out was aqualad. We quickly ran to the exit, "You'll never get out of here I'll have you back in pods before morning." "This guy's not whelmed, not whelmed at all" Whelemed? What the hell does that mean? "What with you and this whelmed thing?" The next thing I know the lab behind us is in flames, so we just kept running "We are still 42 levels under ground. If we can make the elevator.." that when a lot of Genomorphs came into site. "We need to stop on the 41st floor first, I have something that might help us there." I said. "How can we trust you, you worked here!" yelled the red head. "Unless you have a better plan to help defeat them, after all we do have all of cadmus on our trail as we speak" I said kicking one in the face, sending it flying. we ran into the elevator made a quick stop to my floor, where I proceeded to stuffing my stitched up lab coat with thing I thought essential. Including the grey substance from earlier and the vile that contained the Kryptonite "let's go!"
Soon we were stuck in sub-level 15 with no means of little dipper started hollering out we ended up at a dead end, "Great directions supey, are you trying to get us repoded?" "I-I dont understand..." he replied. "Don't apologize this is perfect!" robin said.
It was the old ladies first when it came to getting in the vents, so I climbed up with a little help from the boys and we where currently crawling thru the vents. "At this rate we'll never get out." "shh, listen." freom there we had got out, robin hacked the motion sensors and we ran some more. Until we were cut off Aqualad and super tried to break the door down and robin tried to hack when genoms came around the corner "This way" that was when we got trapped, reading for a fight, the genoms horns glowed and then we passed out. I think it was shortly after we woke up because I heard super say, "I chose freedom," then guardian told up to go, but desmand soon interrupted, downing a beaker with project blockbluster in it.
His body than changed into and ugly monster with blue skin and he let out a snarl. When super boy and him crashed thru the ceiling I followed them closely jumping thru the hole in a whole jump(training with my dad can does come in handy sometimes). We fought him a while, I pushed my soul wavelength into his body, using both hands sending him into the toward super. Super punched him to Aqualad, who sent him stumbling over Kidflash knocking him down. We continued fighting until robin called us over 'cause he had a plan. The plan succeeded and I kinda hid under little dipper when the building began to fall on us.
"See the moon," off in the distance you could see superman,"and superman, do we keep our promises of what." I took this opportunity to leave. Or at least I was until I saw that desman was getting up, "STAY DOWN!" I brought my foot and kick the back of his head with my heel and his face met the hard ground again. There goes my stealthy exit... I turned to see most the league and the boys looking at me. "Well... Bye!" I shouted, dropping some of the chemicals I brought with me. It created a small explosion, just big enough for me to escape.
And as I raced off into the night, I couldn't help but think that this was the most fun I've had since leaving Death City.