Talking Helps

Disclaimer: If ya recognize it, I don't own it. If I did a lot of things would have happened differently.

'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

Set during Metamorphosis

'How could he? My best friend dating my girl?' thought Rex Mason as he ran through the city

He finally stopped at a pond in a little park that no one was near. He just sat there on a bench thinking how could his best friend betray him like that.

"Hey! Sir!" called out a young man wearing a green and white shirt with a red vest and blue jeans

"What do you want?" said Rex "Go away."

The young man didn't look bothered by the dismissal and just sat down next to Rex.

"What's wrong?" he asked

Rex just looked at him completely shunned that he wasn't running away.

'Is he blind or something?' thought Rex

The young man must have noticed something on Rex's face that gave his thoughts away because he said "I've seen a lot in my life. A lot of it was very weird. You don't even cause a blip on my radar. So what's wrong?"

Rex didn't know if it was because someone wasn't running away and was asking him what was wrong or if it was because someone was listening but suddenly everything that had happened to him in the last 24 hours was coming out of his mouth. The stranger nodded and just listened to the whole story without judgment. When Rex was done, the stranger said "Wow. You have had a rough day."

Rex suddenly started to laugh at the ridiculous of that statement. When he stopped laughing, the stranger asked with a smile "Feeling better?"

Rex chuckled a couple more times before sighing and saying "Yeah, I do. Got any more words of wisdom?"

The stranger nodded and said "Talk to your friend and your fiancée. Get their side of the story. Maybe the pictures are wrong."

Rex just shook his head. "How can I face them like this?"

"If they really care about you, they won't care. Trust me."

Rex looked at him and said "How would you know?"

The stranger sighed before saying "There are times in my life that I'm not proud of what I did then. One of those times, I nearly killed a few of my friends against my will. They didn't know why until someone told them my side of the story. They saved me from myself and forgave me at the same time. Told me that true friends don't give up on each other. So if this John is truly your friend then he wouldn't betray you."

Rex nodded his head and said "You're right. Thanks."

Rex then stood up and said "I gotta go and talk to 'em. See ya."

"Wait a second." said the stranger as he stood up as well and held out his hand

"The name's Tommy."

Rex shook Tommy's hand and said "Rex. And thanks again."

"You're welcome. I gotta get going too. I'm looking for my cousin who is suppose to be in town at the moment."

"Good luck on finding your cousin."

"Good luck on finding the truth."

Then Rex and Tommy parted ways.

-After the battle with the monster of the day-

John looked at Rex and said "Thanks for the help, man. And thanks for trusting that I wouldn't betray you."

Rex nodded before he said "You're welcome. And you can thank another person who talked me into listening to your side of the story before I started to believe Stagg's story of what was going on."

"Who?" asked John slightly confused

"Some kid named Tommy."

Superman looked at Rex when he heard that name "Did you say Tommy?"

"Yes. Do you know him?" asked Rex

Superman laughed and said "I think you were talking with one of my cousins."

Rex got a thoughtful look on his face before saying "Ya know he said he was looking for a cousin that he was suppose to meet up with. He seemed a bit annoyed at not finding that cousin yet."

Superman chuckled nervously and said "Um. Yeah. I gotta go. Bye." Then flew off to find his cousin.

Once again, most of the team was in shock at hearing about another of Superman's relatives.

"How many relatives does he have?" asked Hawkgirl, voicing what everyone else was thinking.

Author's notes:

This one was odd to write but it was the only way that I could think of for a relative to show up. Plus I have always wondered what if Rex had run off to think before confronting John. Yes, the 'Tommy' is Tommy Oliver from Power Rangers set after he retired from Power Rangers Turbo. And yes I picked those clothes for his character to show his three, at the time, ranger colors. This is still unbetaed and I am looking for a beta reader for this story. Please read and review. Any big mistakes mentioned will be fixed! I need feedback for these one shots people!

By the way, sorry for forgetting to put the disclaimer on the last chapter. If I forget to put the disclaimer at the top of a chapter, see the information chapter for the main disclaimer. Later!