Mount Justice

February 13 23:30 EST

Superboy placed Blue Beetle on his bed and wondered if the armor would ever come off, because sleeping in that black and blue armor seemed a bit uncomfortable.

"I don't know if you can hear me Scarab, but I can't see if the Freshman's okay if the armor is still on him." Superboy said softly, he felt ridiculous talking to the tech. But what surprised him was that the armor began to slowly retract, revealing the teen beneath it.

'If you dare to think of hurting my host, I will not hesitate to harm you.' a voice threatened. It was faint but it seemed to mean business.

Superboy didn't reply to it, but he began poking around the teen softly, taking in the fact that he was stomped on twice by the now destroyed Golem.

'My host is perfectly fine physically. My armor protects him from things that would instantly kill a normal human being. Though I sense instability emotionally, he requires what you humans call comfort.' said the Scarab. Superboy raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"For an inner demon, you're pretty protective of Jaime." Superboy said, retracting his hand from poking the younger boy.

'He is my host and if anything were to happen to him then I would be without a host. Isn't that what humans call lonesome?'

Superboy smiled a bit and wondered why Jaime wasn't waking up at the sound of their conversation.

"It would be pretty lonely." the clone agreed. He looked to the clock on his desk then back to the teen. "But my question is why do you act so cold? After hearing Jaime argue with you for a bit, it seems like you have a big fetish on hurting people."

The Scarab didn't answer but Jaime began to grunt and he blinked slowly before attempting to sit up.

"Where am I?" Jaime wondered. He hissed in pain as he pressed his hand to his forehead, muttering something that sounded like: Dios me duele la cabeza.

Superboy shifted closer to the Hispanic and softly pushed his shoulders back to lie down again.

"Just lie down. You're in the Cave, in my room." Superboy said. Jaime let out a sigh and closed his eyes.

"Did I pass out?"

"After a while you did." Superboy said with a nod. "I called Gale about it, she said that it was possibly out of exhaustion. I mean, getting stomped on twice and having to deal with a Golem's pain will take a lot out of anyone."

Jaime turned to his side away from the clone. Superboy raised an eyebrow and placed his hand on the other teens shoulder. "You okay?" he asked.

Jaime gave a nod. "I'm fine hermano. Just a bit tired."

"Get some sleep. I'll just camp out in the living room." Superboy said with a smile. He stood from the bed and walked to the door.

"It's not that serious- Ow!"Jaime hissed in pain again, gripping his forehead. Superboy chuckled and the door slid open.

"Really, it's okay. Just sleep it off. Your inner demon said that you're fine." Superboy said, turning around slightly. "You know," he began again. Jaime looked up from rubbing his temples and gave the clone a questioning look.

"If you need to talk about what happened tonight, what happened with the Golem that is, I'm here to talk. Nightingale isn't the only one you need to talk to, even if she is the easiest one to talk to. But if you ever need to talk, about anything, I'm here."

Jaime smiled at his friends words. "Thanks man. That means a lot."

Superboy smiled in return and exited the room, muttering a soft 'Good night'.

Jaime leaned back and let out what was probably his tenth sigh.

It felt good to know that Jaime always had someone to talk to. He already knew that Nightingale was there for him, even if she seemed to put off a really unapproachable vibe, and he knew Nightwing was there for him too, but he didn't seem to have that type of vibe coming off of him. But Superboy had that gentle giant thing about him.

Miss Martian told him that Superboy was never this kind to anyone five years ago, that he was never as calm or rational. The green-skinned girl told him that Superboy always went head first into dangerous situations. Usually his logic came second, or rather, extremely late.

But Jaime would have to admit, he liked this Superboy and honestly didn't want to meet the Superboy from five years ago. And after hearing Nightwing's story about what the clone did to the four original members of the Team after they freed him from a pod, that further pushed his refusal of ever wanting to meet the clones former personality. Jaime unzipped his hoodie, took off his shirt and kicked off his shoes before jumping back into the Kryptonian's bed.

'At the end of the day, sometimes my teammates are the only people who I can relate to.' was the last thing Jaime thought before slipping away.