Many Meetings

By

Angelina

Chapter 4: Conner

Rated: K+

The first time Superboy met Robin was at Cadmus.

The young boy had set him free from the confines of his pod. He had repaid him for that by nearly killing him. He would never forget the feeling of the fragile human chest giving way beneath his foot or how light his body felt as he bore him to a cloning pod.

Superboy figured that the kid was more of a liability, being so fragile, than a help to his team. But he had been proven wrong when the kid escaped the restraints in his cloning pod without his help. He was pleasantly surprised when the kid had used the vent to help them escape. He was astounded when he had hacked into the Cadmus system like it was nothing and re-routed the motion sensors. And he was floored when it was the little, fragile human that had come up with the plan to get them out.

He had the strength, Aqualad had the skill, Kid Flash had the speed, but Robin had the plan and if you didn't have the plan than your skills weren't going to do you much good. Without that kid he knew he would be back in his pod.

Now they were outside, after surviving the building coming down on top of them. Robin stood in front of him, his chest heaving and a smirk firmly fixed on his face. He held out a gauntleted hand to the clone. "I'm Robin by the way."

Superboy took the offered hand and shook it gently, smiling for the first time in his life.


The next day Superboy was wandering through the corridors of the Hall of Justice when he bumped into the little bird again, literally. He hadn't been watching where he was going and he had all but plowed over Robin. Blushing and offering many apologies he helped the acrobat back to his feet.

"Don't worry about." Robin smirked. "I should have been watching where I was going. Anyway, I've been looking all over for you. Batman has a place that you can crash for a few days until we have the new HQ up and running."

"HQ?" Superboy asked bemused.

"Headquarters. Batman says we have a place in New England that we can use. I am totally whelmed for this!" The little bird did a flip as they were walking.

Superboy raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Whelmed is not a word in the English language."

"That's because I invented it." Robin looked proud of himself. "You can be overwhelmed and underwhelmed, why isn't anyone ever just whelmed?"

Superboy shrugged, he really didn't see why the question was relevant.

"So Supey, how are you liking life outside a pod?"

Superboy shrugged. He didn't know why this kid was asking him so many questions. He was grateful that the kid was talking to him; the others from the night before had not showed such an interest in him. But did he have to talk so darn much? Granted, from what he had heard on the ride back, Kid Flash was much worse.

Robin, being the World's Greatest Detective's protégé was picking up signs that Superboy was uncomfortable talking with him. But then again, he was speaking with a four month old clone that hadn't had any social interaction before. So he let Superboy have his silence.

A few minutes later they had wandered into the Mess Hall. Robin perused the fridge while Superboy stared in curiosity at the kitchen appliances, poking a few when he found he had no knowledge of them.

"What type of soda do you like?" Robin asked, pulling out a rootbeer for himself.

"What's soda?" Superboy asked.

Robin decided then and there that it was up to him to educate Superboy in the things of Earth. "Sit down Supey, we have a lot to go over."


A/N Several people asked me if I was going to stick with the canon or come up with something of my own creation, so I did both. I hope you guys liked it. I really liked the first part but I failed on the second part :l

Oh well…

Next meeting: M'gann