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Thanks to:
Hawkpool – haha, thanks. Glad you think it was "pure epicness" XD Hopefully I'll be able to live up to your expectations
TheWickedWizardOfOZZ – I swear, your reviews are the ones I look most forward to lol. Thanks for reviewing this as well as every other one of my stories. As for "D"…I let you decided which had Conner more bothered ;)
Feiring – I'm glad you liked the story lol, yeah I have no idea what possessed me to write that line. XD I guess I'm just a freak like that.
A/N: Um yeah…so I lied. This chapter is actually E through I instead of E through H as I originally said. Mainly because in my sociology class we were talking about Freud so I was feeling a bit inspired. So E and I are kinda connected in a sense. When I finish the fic I'll probably compile it into just one chapter and delete the rest, I have no idea what that'll do to the reviews but whatever.
E is for Ego
He was realistic, a thinker, someone who held his impulsive at bay. He was always planning, always scheming. There was a protocol for everything and a backup protocol in case that fail, and a backup backup protocol for that one. He knew his strengths and he knew his limitations, always making adjustments for probability and errs. But "Ego" was more than that; he looked after "Id". He showed him what reality was, what the world was. "Ego" tried to teach him how to think a head, but "Id" didn't seem to understand.
Robin was always a hundred steps ahead, but for Superboy, he could improvise.
F is for Flight
Conner used to get jealous when it came to things about the Boy Wonder. The younger boy had everything, his life was so perfect. He had a mentor who cared for him, was good with the words that always seemed to elude him, and he could fly.
He used to be mad when Robin tried to reach out to him, feeling that the other boy was just pitying him. Conner didn't want sympathy, not from the Boy Wonder, not for anyone. But Rob just kept on pushing, forcing Superboy to interact with others, to speak his mind. He forced him to make friends and to find family in their team. He forced the clone to realize that he was more than just that and that he had emotions and feeling that he needed to understand.
He pushed his way into Conner's heart and made him realize that Robin never pitied him; he just wanted Kon to feel like he belonged. So now when Conner saw Robin laughing as he flew through the air, he didn't really mind that he couldn't do the same.
G is for Grayson
"Hi Mom and Dad," Richard Grayson said softly as he kneeled before his parents, "I have someone for you to meet. His name is Conner. "He gesture to the dark haired male with blue eyes behind him, standing quietly a feet or two away. "He's a really good guy. I'm sure you would have loved him." He placed a bouquet of flowers in between them. "I'm doing some dangerous stuff." He mused, and laughed softly as he could see his mother quirking an eyebrow at the comment.
"Not in the way we used to, it's dangerous on a different level. But you shouldn't worry; I've got a team who watches out for me. And Conner and Bruce always have my back." He explained as he got up slowly and smiled at the two, brushing off the dirt on his pants. "So you can rest easy. I'm…happy." He looked over at his boyfriend and smiled. Walking over to him, he touched his hand gently.
"Thank you for coming with me. It means a lot." He said. Conner just nodded, a man of few words as always. Richard smiled and nodded his head towards the exit, signaling it was time to go. The clone was about to follow when he hesitated, glancing at the people that meant so much to his partner and boyfriend.
"Don't worry." Conner said softly to them. "I'll keep him safe."
"Come on, Conner." Richard called out, waiting for him a couple of yards away. Conner nodded and was about to follow when he felt something warm touch his shoulders.
"Thank you"
Conner whipped around to see who had spoken but saw no one else in the vicinity. He frowned and was about to make a more thorough search when he heard Richard call his name again. He did one more glance around before resting his eyes on the graves. A moment of understanding passed through him and he smiled.
"Conner?"
"Coming."
H is for Human
Superboy shook as he clutched the limp body to his chest, yelling, calling out the other on his stupidity and irrational behavior. Blood blended into his black t-shirt as he desperately tried to keep his partner conscious, hoping and praying that the others would get here soon.
"Why?" He called out as he heard Robin's heart beat grow softer with each pulse. "I'm not human, you idiot. I'm the clone of an alien. It wouldn't have hurt me, not like this, not like you."
The boy wonder just smiled up at him. "I couldn't take that chance Supey." He coughed, a trickle of blood escaping the side of his mouth. "Because to me, you're just as 'human' as I am."
Humans were such strange beings. They were all weak, all so helpless to the world around them. They burned in fire, drowned in water, were crushed under earth. They were so fragile and delicate that it seemed impossible for them to survive as they had. But they did, because they were humans. After all that was said and done, their greatest achievement was the fact that they survived. And they survived because they had something to live for, something they wanted to return to.
It was because he was human that Richard Grayson felt emotions and acted on them.
It was because he was human that Conner had fallen in love with him.
And it was because he was human, that Robin took the bullet for him.
Humans were weak, but they were survivors.
"You'll make it through this." Conner said, his voice strong with resolution. Robin's smile widened.
"I always do."
I is for Id
He is impulsive. He acts on instincts and reacts in the same way. The perfect living weapon always hits first and ask question later. He doesn't understand social customs, or the why people interact with each other the way they do. He doesn't care either. That's why he needs the "Ego", to help explain the situations and context that caused the rules to change. To help the "Id" satisfy his urges his impulsive without future consequences. To transform him from a living weapon to a living person.
He was Superboy and he needed Robin to make him human.
Muwahahah finally finished this chapter. Sorry for the wait, was distracted by college and getting my drivers license (long story). Yeah some of these were rather random, but that's what drabbles are right?
E & I – for those of you who have studied psychology or sociology, you probably know about Freud's theory of self or whatever the technical name is. The three are: Id, Ego, and Superego. It wasn't until after I wrote E & I that I learned that apparently DC comics had done a similar comparison with Conner, Bart, and Tim. But mine is different so there! Um…yeah….so on to the next letter!
F – I don't know, there were a lot of F things I was thinking of (and no not that one who pervs. If you get what I'm saying than yes, its you who thought it not me). I was thinking of doing something like Fear or Fight but decided to do Flight instead lol.
G – I don't think I did this one much justice. In my head I could see it playing out like a movie but it was hard to translate it into words for the same effect. Oh well, I hope you liked it anyways.
H – figured I might as well try to hit all the bases of genres since I put general as one of the two genres of this story. So there was a bit of angst or hurt/comfort, probably more dramaish…I don't know but it was darker than the others.
Um…no one gave me any suggestions for letters so it make take me a while to figure out something to do for some of the letters. Oh well.
