Sounds of the Night

Mount Justice: 11:39 pm

Forty-eight hours. That's how long ago everything he knew had changed. It was hard to imagine that only two days ago he had been sleeping in a pod, fifty-two stories below ground, safely protected by the secret organization known as Cadmus. Twenty-four hours later he had made three new friends, broken away from Cadmus, seen the moon, and been given the cold shoulder from the very man he had been cloned from. In another twelve hours he had become part of team; made up of him, Robin the Boy Wonder, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Miss Martian. Together they had completed their first mission, he had learned to say sorry, and the team had been given their own headquarters inside a cave known as Mount Justice.

Now Superboy stood wide awake inside his closet, listening intently. His super hearing hadn't quite kicked in yet, but at night he became aware how noise seemed to travel much more easily than during the daylight hours. Pushing the door roughly open (He hadn't gotten used to his super strength yet) Superboy climbed out of his pod-like closet, careful not to catch his foot on the lip of the drawer underneath. It was only last night that he had awoken to use the bathroom, and when he had tried to climb out, his foot had caught the lip of the drawer, causing the entire wardrobe to come crashing down on top of him. It was something he wasn't too keen on experiencing again.

Once he was safely outside his sleeping death trap, Superboy opened his bedroom door, hoping to catch whatever had awoken him. Empty hallways loomed on either side, stretching on until the shadows swallowed them. Cocking his head to the side, Superboy held his breath, straining to hear the foreign noise. The noise was there, just beneath his hearing range, it's strange hum caressing his mind like a trickle of wind. With a growl Superboy rubbed at his ears, annoyed that whatever was making the noise could get inside his head so easily. Squaring his shoulders in complete hard-headed determination, the clone set off down the hallway, pausing to listen every now and then for the odd sounds echoing in the darkness.

As he continued down the hallway, passing empty room after empty room, Superboy began to wonder just what he was trying to follow exactly. It seemed no matter how far he walked, he never became any closer to the sound, but neither did he get farther away. It was a tantalizing object, something, he realized, that he may never catch. Whenever he thought the noise was growing louder, the clone would stop and listen, only to hear it fade to the almost imperceptible whisper once again. It was aggravating and confusing, something that did not sit well with the meta-human clone.

Muttering curses, most of them made up, underneath his breath, Superboy plopped down right in the middle of the hallway, headless of his surroundings. If he was never going to catch it then there was no point in wasting his efforts stumbling after it. Closing his eyes, the clone blocked off his senses, focusing on nothing but forgetting about the sound.

*This is time passing* *Hello I'm awesome* *This is time passing*

He was so wrapped up in concentration that he didn't hear the door next to him opening, nor did he register the yellow blur zooming out of it; at least, until it was too late. SMACK! Kid Flash crashed right into Superboy, kneeing the older boy in the face as he tumbled head-over-heels onto the floor. The clone, however, remained mostly unaffected by the impact, much like a large rock would. Kid Flash moaned as he sat up holding his head, glaring daggers at the questioning look Superboy was shooting him.

"Geez….What the heck Supey?" The speedster snapped, clearly not pleased with the current turn of events. "Why are you sitting outside my door?"

The clone simply stared blankly at him, his gaze disinterested.

Kid Flash cleared his throat and shifted uncomfortably. His bladder was killing him and now he had to deal with a moody, currently stalking, super-human clone. Great.

Thinking fast (he is a speedster) the redhead searched his mind, trying to figure out why Superboy was just sitting there, like a lost dog or something. Wait a minute…

"…Are you…lost?"

"No."

Well there goes that idea! Kid Flash thought sourly as he cast around for another reason; however his thoughts were interrupted as Superboy muttered quietly,

"I was looking for something."

Frowning slightly, (this might take more time than he had thought, and he really had to pee) the younger-but-technically-older teen decided he might as well find out what this was all about.

"And did you find what you were looking for by my door?"

"…No. I stopped looking."

"And you decided to do that right outside my door because…?"

There was no missing the hurt look that flashed across the clone's face, or the way he brought his knees to his chest and held them there, as if seeking some sort of comfort from them. Concerned, KF scooted closer to the teen, and placed a questioning hand on top of the boy's shoulder.

"Wanna tell your uncle Wally why you stopped?"

"You're not my uncle."

Ouch. And this is what he gets for trying to help.

"That's beside the point," He said, waving off the clones words with his free hand, "Just tell me what's wrong!"

"…"

Silence descended between them as the clone thought of the right words to say. Beside him the speedster was practically vibrating on the spot, his thoughts on the bathroom just down the hall. If Supey didn't start talking, and fast, then he was going to have to ditch. It was either that or wet himself, and Kid Flash was not keen on that idea.

Finally Superboy spoke, his voice coming out in barely a whisper. "I couldn't catch it. No matter how hard I tried, or what I did, I was never any closer to it. I didn't see the point in chasing after something I could never find."

Obviously the kid had issues, and Kid Flash's thoughts raced back to when Superman had straight out rejected him. Figuring that's what the clone was rambling on about, the speedster cast around for something catchy to say that would remove his friend's downcast attitude. After a moment he found it,

"Sometimes what we're looking for isn't always where we think it'll be. But we'll never know unless we keep chasing it."

Feeling smug that he had said something so wise, Kid Flash patted Superboy on the shoulder, before zipping down the hall to take care of some much neglected business.

**********This is a break because I feel like there should be a break here**************

After Kid left, Superboy furrowed his eye brows, reflecting on what the boy had said. Taking a deep breath the clone closed his eyes, blocking out the world once more, but this time he was focusing on the noise, instead of blocking it out. The sound hummed softly, fading in and out, just barely audible. The maddening echo eerily bouncing around in his head…there…There…THERE.

Suddenly it was as if a switch had been turned on in his brain, the noise because crystalline clear, and Superboy had no problem tracing it down the hall. Opening his eyes in wonder, he realized what this must've meant. He had learned how to use his super hearing. Standing up slowly, in case he "turned off" his new found ability, the clone began to walk down the hallway once again, but this time he knew where he was headed.

Disclaimer: I don't own crap! (Well….except mine I guess…)

Robin and Kid Flash are my favorite characters, but I only seem to write stories with Supey in them… So that's why I added KF in here, sorry if he's OOC or if SB is…personally too lazy to care :I

There will be a second chapter to this (this isn't it) I just need to write it.