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Superdaddy
Chapter Eight
"Get down!" Superman yelled while he rapidly flew forward to shield the boy from any bullets shot his way.
The man of steel narrowed his eyes at the Guardian and used his heat vision blasting at the gun from the villain's hand causing it to melt. Superman watched as the Guardian ran off before he turned his attention to his son.
Superman held his arms wide open and caught his son as he jumped into them. He held the boy tight and picked him up and got him out from the facility as fast and as far as possible. He did not want to stay a minute longer there and have his son in anymore danger.
Once safely at the Watchtower Superman set his son down before him and did a thorough check over with his x-ray vision. His nose flared and his jaw clinched at the sight of the boy's bloody lip.
"You're bleeding who hit you." He demanded.
"Lex slapped me but it's healed by now it's just dried blood now." His shoulders lifted in a shrug.
Clark gritted his teeth before he softly asked. "How are you feeling?"
"My head hurts…and I used some of my powers earlier so… I feel drained."
"How drained are you?" His brows knitted in a frown.
"Don't worry I didn't overuse my powers." He assured with a lackluster smile.
Clark sighed. "I will never let Lex get his hands on you again. This is all my fault if I was a better father to you and made sure you understood sooner what disobeying me could lead to...maybe none of this would have happened."
"That's not true…I freed myself on my own like how you taught me… I could hold my own dad-
"Kon if I wasn't there the Guardian would have shot you."
" I would've avoided it and used my telekinesis."
Clark didn't want to argue with Conner he just wanted to hold him. He wistfully drew his arms around him and pulled him into a tight hug. He had come so close to losing him and had never been more terrified in his life… He made himself a promise that day… he would protect his son better.
"Let's get you checked out." Superman pulled him along to medical bay as Conner whined. "I don't need to get checked out."
"Let's have the doctors decide that." Clark told the boy as he sagged against the wall in front of the exam table.
"Superboy, please have a seat on the table." The doctor directed.
Conner sat and watched as the doctor turned to the cabinets and pulled out two rubber gloves and snapped them on, being in the medical bay always reminded him of Cadmus. He really hated and dreaded every single time he had to get examined by a doctor.
The doctor turned to him with his stethoscope in his hand. "I'm going to listen to your heartbeat and respiration, could you remove your shirt for me?"
With shaking hands Conner removed his shirt, revealing his pale hairless torso.
"Just relax…" The doctor cooed as he bent slightly, placing the ends of the ear buds in his ears, to place the end of the stethoscope to the boy's chest.
Conner shivered visibly at the stinging cold of the steel from the stethoscope touching his chest. Conner could feel his heartbeat racing as the doctor came closer to him.
"Goodness, your heart is beating so fast." The doctor looked up with a soft gaze, up at the boy. "Why is it that you always get so scared when you get examined, huh?" He asked kindly, as he removed the steel end of his stethoscope from Superboy's chest.
"I-I am not s-scared…"
The kind doctor smiled, "That is not what your heart is telling me." The doctor's gaze lidded, as he moved his stethoscope behind Conner and placed it to the top of his back. Conner gasped as the freezing touch of the steel hit him again, the doctor began to speak. "Breathe deeply, please." The boy's gaze concentrated on his dad seated in front of him, as he shakily took a breath in, slowly, and then exhaled with a sigh. He continued with the deep breathing, feeling the stethoscope maneuver around his back to get a better reading from each lung.
"Sounds good," He removed his stethoscope and wrapped it around his neck and jotted down on the clipboard he had.
"Ok… Next we will check your reflexes." Conner blinked, and nodded as the doctor opened a drawer and retrieved a medical hammer. Without warning, the doctor put a hand on Conner's thigh, making him gasp and jump slightly. "Just relax…" He cooed softly, as he aimed and lightly tapped on the kneecap. "Wow, very good reflexes." The doctor said with a smile and a quick jot on his clipboard.
Conner gulped as the doctor turned around and saw him open another drawer and retrieved something else. The doctor turned around, "Alright, now I am going to check your ears, eyes, nose, and mouth."
Conner saw the doctor reach behind him, and grab a small cone and placed it on the end of a device with a light, making it shine through the little hole that was at the end of the cone. With gentle hands, the doctor moved a gloved hand to Conner's cheek to keep in place, as he placed the light into his ear canal. The boy closed his eyes as he felt the plastic piece invade his ear, it didn't hurt, but it felt uncomfortable. "No waxy residue…Ear drum looks healthy… Alright, let's check the other side." The doctor said as he maneuvered his way around the frightened boy. With the same cautiousness, he moved his hand to the other cheek, and the same result came to him. "Very good!"
The doctor then moved to Conner's front, grasping a pale chin to keep his head still. "Next your eyes…" he mumbled, as he shone the light into Conner's sky blue eyes. The boy blinked from the bright light that flashed into his eyes, then decided to look away and towards his dad's face instead. The doctor repeatedly moved the light in and away from sight, examining the dilation in Conner's blue eyes. "Your eyes are fine. Next is the nose." Quickly, the doctor lifted up his chin and shone the light in each nostril, examining quickly. "No swelling. Wonderful."
The doctor then pulled out a large Popsicle stick and released his grip on Conner's chin. "Now, open wide." Conner opened his mouth a little, and the doctor slowly put the stick on his tongue and pulled his jaw down, forcing Conner's mouth to open wider.
The doctor shone the light into his mouth, and ducked his head to get a closer look. "Everything is looking good so far."
The doctor removed the stick, and smiled brightly at his patient, turning to the clipboard, once again, to jot down his findings. "Now all that is left to do is, to get a urine sample, blood sample and check your blood pressure."
"Let's check your blood pressure first, shall we?" The doctor walked over to another drawer and retrieved the wrap used for taking the blood pressure with. He gingerly, wrapped it around Conner's left arm, and began to pump it taking a close eye on the valve. He paused when Conner's body began to pump against the odd tourniquet, and ultimately revealing how much the doctor needed to pump into it to confirm Conner's actual blood pressure. The doctor quickly, wrote down something, and released the pressure valve, listening to the air escape from the wrap. Conner breathed out in a sigh as he felt all the blood rushed back into his left arm, he hated getting his blood pressure taken. "Blood pressure is good. Next is the blood sample, okay?"
"No! I don't want to." Conner slammed his fist down and started to edge off the table.
"Kon El, stay right where you are." Clark ordered as he walked to his son's side. He knew Conner hated getting his blood drawn but they had to get it tested to make sure there were no traces of the poison still in his system.
"Please dad, I don't want to." Conner pleaded as his face screwed up ready to cry, he had a deep fear of needles all thanks from his time at Cadmus. The poor boy was practically tortured with needles almost on a daily basis at the facility whenever Lex issued a special experiment for him and they weren't your average needles they were large and they hurt him tremendously.
"I'm right here just hold my hand and look at me, we've done this before remember? It's fast and painless."
"No it hurts!"
Clark sighed, he knew the sooner they tested the blood the sooner they'd know if Conner was truly alright. He pulled the boy in for a hug from the side while stretching his arm out for the doctor to draw blood.
The doctor brought out a sterilized needle from a sterilized packet, and dabbed some isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab. Restrained in his father's tight grip all Conner could do was cry. "No! Don't!" He saw the needle, and cringed at the sight.
The doctor retrieved a medical wrap for a tourniquet and gracefully wrapped it around a pale, slender arm, and grasped the boy by the wrist to reveal a blue colored vein traveling up the boy's arm to his elbow then quickly, sanitized the entire vein area with the cotton ball.
Blue eyes followed the shine of the needle point, as it made its way to his vein. Conner screamed "No!" and closed his eyes as he looked away from the sharp object heading his way. He could feel the point of the needle sink into his flesh, making him flinch, slightly.
The doctor concentrated, as he pulled back the plunger, slightly, watching for any signs of blood. When he saw red fill the barrel, he slowly, pulled back until the correct amount of blood filled the needle. Conner gasped as he felt the pressure suction from the needle, pulling his blood right from his vein. It hurt slightly as the doctor extracted the needle, and quickly put an isopropyl alcohol soaked cotton swab on the wound, and kept it in place with a Band-Aid. As soon as Clark let go, Conner yanked his hand back and rubbed his arm for comfort as he whimpered. He watched, as the doctor turned and retrieved a tube and stuck the needle into the tube to push out the blood into the container. "Wait right here, I will be right back." He said as he walked out of the room.
Clark locked eyes with his son and wiped away the few tears the boy had shed. "You see how quick that was? You made a big show for nothing." He scolded in a soft tone.
Conner sniffled and rolled his eyes then played with the Band-Aid on his arm.
"Don't touch that." Clark lightly slapped the boy's hand away from the Band-Aid.
"It's probably already healed." He muttered.
A few minutes later, the doctor came back with something else in his hands. A lollipop was shoved into Conner's left hand. The confused teen looked up at the doctor as he gave a genuine smile. "That is for being so brave." Conner looked down at the red circular treat on a stick, and looked back up at the doctor.
"What do we say?" Clark prompted.
Conner murmured. "Thank you."
The doctor's smile only widened "You're very welcome Superboy." He turned towards his chart and noted something. "Alright lastly I'll need a urine sample." The doctor spoke as he retrieved a small cup and handed it to the boy. Conner bit his lip and held himself back from arguing when he remembered the last time he had argued ended up with his dad dragging him to the bathroom and standing him in front of the toilet until he pissed in the cup. He so did not want a repeat of that experience so he obediently handed his lollypop to his dad then proceeded to the small bathroom connected to the room.
"How's it looking doc?" Clark asked.
"Thankfully I don't see any physical residual effects from the poison, once I run his blood and urine samples we'll know for sure."
"How long will it be until we know the results?"
"Not long, with the new testing equipment from Wayne Enterprises I'd say ten minutes tops."
Soon Conner stepped out from the bathroom with his small cup filled. He held on to the door frame since he still felt a little weak and the doctor draining some of his blood didn't help him feel any better. He was still upset about that. His dad knew perfectly well how much he hated needles but he always let the doctors stick him when they felt like it.
Clark jogged up to his son and despite the boy's protests he scooped him up into his arms, embarrassing the boy in front of the doctor.
"Put me down!"
"Relax, you looked like you were going to fall over." He turned his concerned expression towards the doctor as he handed him the small cup filled with urine. "Do you think this is a residual effect from the poison?"
"Poison?" Conner's eyes widened.
"I'll tell you in a few minutes after I run the samples through the machine."
"I was poisoned?"
"Yes, remember when you got shot? The bullet contained a special poison Luthor conjured up just for you."
"So Deadshot was working for Luthor?"
"Yes he was. Wait a minute, why didn't you tell me Deadshot was your shooter before?"
"You never asked." He shrugged. The truth was that he knew his dad would've flipped even more if he knew Deadshot was his shooter. So he chose to keep it quiet…so well that turned out for him…
"Kon-"
"The results are in." The doctor announced as he waved a paper at them. "He's completely clean there are no residual traces of the poison in his system."
Clark let out a breath of relief and hugged Conner closer murmuring. "Thank god!"
"Have you noticed any changes in his development recently?" The doctor inquired because due to the boy's forced growth and limited feeding the boy was delayed in puberty. So the doctor liked to keep a close eye on his development.
"No, I haven't."
The doctor nodded. "Mind if I do a quick check?"
"Go ahead." Clark sat the boy back on the exam table.
"I want to go already!" He whined.
"Please listen to the doctor then we'll go."
"Lift your arms for me."
Conner obeyed and the doctor ran a finger under each of his armpits causing him to giggle.
"Hmm, still bare, how about your genitals? Any signs of hair growth down there yet?" He asked.
Conner flushed and wrapped his arms around his stomach clearly embarrassed.
"Mind if I take a quick look?"
"I started getting some already, okay?" He muttered while he kept his eyes downcast.
"That's great news! Your hormones are finally starting to catch up." The doctor smiled then turned his attention to Superman. "I'll like to schedule an appointment in a month from today to check on his progress and issue another hormone shot. I strongly suggest Superboy gets plenty of rest today."
Clark nodded. "Thanks doc, I'll make sure he gets plenty of rest." He finally smiled once he was assured that his baby boy was fine.
To Be Continued…
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