So this chapter starts by jumping back in time, but later on it will jump forward to the times that the story left off on the last chapter.


April 11th 11:47pm Eastern Time - Kent Farm (59 hours ealier)

"John, he should be home by now," Martha Kent said to her husband while pacing around the living room. Clark was off world, so he asked his adopted parents to watch over his dog, Krypto, until he returned.

"Martha, Krypto's probably fine. He most likely is fight some more crime and will be back soon," Jonathan Kent reassured his wife.

"I know John, but I just can't shake this feeling of that something is not right. I know he is probably fine, I mean he is Superdog for Pete's sake, but usually he's home by now. He knows that Kara is in Metropolis and could take care of things after his patrol or if it's too much for him to handle," Martha told John while continuing her pacing.

"How 'bout this, we wait until around 12:15 and if he's not home by then we can ask Connor or Kara to come help find him. Sound good?" John suggested. Martha replied with a small nod of her head before returning to her pacing.


"John, it's been twenty minutes and Krypto still isn't home," Martha informed her husband as if he didn't know what time it was.

"Alright, I'll go call Connor," John said as he walked to the kitchen to grab the phone.


April 12th 12:18am - Mount Justice

"I knew you were trouble when you walked in.

Shame on me now.

Flew me to places I've never been

'Til you put me down.

Oh, I knew you were trouble when you walked in.

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground..."

Connor's phone rang on his bedside table. Grunting, he brought his hand to the bedside table and started to patting around looking for the source of the excruciatingly loud noise. Once the blaring device was in his hand he brought it to his face and opened one eye to look at the caller I.D.

"Hello," Connor croaked into the device.

"Connor, sorry to bother you, but we need your help with something," Jonathan told him.

Connor sighed before saying, "Look, if Kara or Krypto destroyed the farm again, tell them to fix it themselves."

"Krypto's missing." With that Connor jolted up into the sitting postion firing off questions rapidly knowing that the dog was near and dear to Clark, Kara, Martha and Johnathan.

"Slow down kid," John Kent said on the other line. With the phone wedged between his ear and shoulder, Connor pulled on a pair of jeans over his boxers while slowly repeating his questions.

"When did this happen? Where did this happen? Why did this happen? How did this happen?"

"Now if I knew all of those questions I wouldn't need your help son. All I know is that he didn't come home from Metropolis at his usual time of 11:30pm," John told him.

"Okay, I'll find him. I'll keep you in the loop," Connor said while banging on everyone's door that he knew was staying the night at Mount Justice.

"Alright. Bye Connor and thank you," John said.

"No problem. Talk to you later Grandpa," Connor told him before ending the phone call.

"Connor, what the hell is all of this about?" Barbara demanded standing in the doorway of Dick's room with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pajama pants and an over sized shirt that he guessed belonged to Dick. Her arms were crossed and she wore a pissed expression.

"I agree with Barbara on this one," Dick said behind her. He was shirtless like Connor, but instead of jeans he had on Batman Pajama pants. Connor didn't even want to know what was going on in that room moments earlier.

Everyone was looking at Connor as if they agreed with Barbara and Dick as well. Sighing and running a hand through his messy hair, Connor said, "Krypto's missing."

"Missing as in Kara just lost him in Metropolis park again or missing as in 'Oh my God, Clark's going to kill because his dog is absolutely nowhere to be found'?" Barbara asked. Last time Krypto was 'lost' Kara was walking him in the park and tied him to a bench to go get ice cream. When Kara got back Krypto was nowhere to be found and Kara panicked and called Barbara for help. Turns out Krypto was just hungry and chewed his way through the leash to go find the taco truck.

"The latter. Plus, why would Kara walk him at midnight?" Connor asked.

"We've done it before," Barbara replied recieving odd looks from her teammates. "It was a cover up to go to a party. If you tell Clark, Batman, Martha, or Jonathan about it you all are dead." The team only noddd wide eyed.

"On a completely different note, let's wait until morning and if Krypto is still a no show then we go after. Right now get a good nights sleep and be prepared if the time comes tomorrow," Dick told the team in his leader mode voice. The team nodded before turning back to their respective rooms for the rest of the nights.


April 14th 9:50am Eastern Time - Downtown Metropolis

Superboy, Nightwing, Batgirl, Ace, Bumblebee, Kid Flash, Black Canary and Green Arrow all stood in a circle in the alley that Krypto was taken from.

"So let me get this straight, we have absolutely nothing to go off of," Black Canary stated. Her and GA were helping because they knew what it was like to deal with an angry Kryptonian and they didn't want the team or themselves to have to deal with one if they didn't find Krypto before Clark came back with the league from the trial.

"No. We have paw prints that might be his," Karen replied pointing to the muddy paw prints on the ground of the alley.

Straying from the group, Dick wondered through the alley analyzing every inch of it. Dumpster, recycling, knocked over trash, a dart, more knocked over trash - wait a minute, back up a second. Dick walked over to the dart to inspect it.

"Guys. Guys, I think I found something," Nightwing hollered towards the group. Batgirl squated down next to Nightwing looking at the dart as well.

"Kryptonite," Batgirl informed the rest of the group.

"So you're saying that Krypto is dead?" Questioned Wally.

"Way to be optimistic," Karen said sarcastically.

"It's not enough to kill him, only enough to knock him out for a while. I'd say he was shot in about a foot radius of here. The shot came from about... uh, ten fifteen yards from this location at a downwards angle. I'd say from the roof of that building," Nightwing said pointing to the roof of Chez Joey's.

"Dang. How'd you do that math so fast?" GA asked.

"Simple trig.," Dick replied nonchalantly.


April 14th 10:12am Eastern Time - S.T.A.R. Labs

He had been running around the lab for nearly a half an hour and Krypto still couldn't find and exit. Either people only enter, but not exit or they need new exit signs, Krypto thought as he stopped running and panted to catch his breath. And I thought that walking with Kara was a workout in its own weird way.

If Krypto wasn't panting so hard he probably would have paid attention to his superhearing. A young boy was approching fast grumbling about how stupid S.T.A.R. Labs was and how all he wanted was to get out of the establishment and fast.

By the time the young boy turned the corner it was too late for Krypto to run without being seen, so Krypto decided against running not only because of that, but also because he was still to tired to move.

The boy and the dog froze, staring at each other, trying to figure the other out. Was the boy a good guy or a bad guy? Krypto wondered. What in the name of Batman is a dog doing just sitting there in the middle of the hallway panting like it had been running for non-stop for a while? The young boy thought.

Bending down at the waist slightly, the boy said, "Come here doggy. I won't hurt you."

Yeah, like I haven't heard that one before, thought Krypto.

"Come on. A dog like you doesn't belong in a place like this," the boy continued.

Okay, I officially like this kid. He must be one of the good guys, Krypto decided as he got up and walked over to greet the boy.

"What's your name, boy?" The boy asked.

"Krypto," Krypto responded although all the boy heard was a bark.

"Alrighty then. My name is Virgil. So, what were you running from?" The boy, Virgil, asked.

"Mean people that call each other Tamar and Dax," Krypto sneared.

"I take their not nice people. Well, how about you come room with me and later we can find a way to get both you and me out of this brutal place?" Virgil suggested.

"I thought you'd never ask."

"I'll take all your excited barking as a yes." And with that Virgil picked Krypto up and carried him off to his room with him. Little did Virgil know that Tamar and Dax were still searching the entire visinity trying to find that very dog.


Sorry the story wasn't as much from Krypto's POV this time, but I felt like I needed to explain why and who exactly were looking for Krypto.