Chapter 9 Solar Flare

Conner POV

It was freezing, something cold hit my spine as fire shot through my veins, I looked down to see that I was on a metal slab strapped down. I groaned and moaned out in pain but when I look up Desmond was injecting me with a glowing substance.

"It seems that the boy is starting to build a tolerance to it we will need to up the dosage. A dose like this used to make him scream out in pain. Now it is reduced to a dull groin and but I doubt that has anything to do with the shot and more do to the climate change." His voice seemed almost impressed what kind of sick shit is he doing this time.

I don't know who he was talking to but he was right the pain was gone. "Very well let's get to cutting." I realized that I wasn't wearing a shirt and the man was using a scalpel laced with kryptonite the edge glowed a venom green as he cut into my skin I held back the screams but as my chest cavity became exposed he smiled deviously at me.

"Let's see how you do when we up the dosage shall we." I watched as he poured in a more potent vile of kryptonite. I screamed on the top of my lung as the pain overcame me wave after wave but no matter how much I prayed I couldn't pass out.

"Kon it's okay hey, hey Kon wake up." I groaned as a warm and comforting hand swept over my face . Moving thick sweat drenched of strands out of my I slowly came to I could see my mother crouched down in front of me. I terrified look on her face forcing me to bury my face in my pillow.

Wait I'm home dad must have carried me into the house. I groaned before changing a glance at my mother only saying on word as I saw her sadden blue eyes. "sorry"

I looked at her and she sighed before brush a piece of hair out of my face. "Come on let's head down stairs I'll make you something to help you sleep."

I nodded my head and crept out of my bed all of my muscle screaming to stay put. I must have tensed up in my sleep again. As I walked down the stairs my father was standing at the door when he turned to look at me.

"Conner come here son" He never called me Conner unless there was a human around. I walked towards the door and saw that there were cops standing there with worried looks on their face.

I sighed as they look at me skeptical, there eyes racking over every patch of explode skin. Did they think that there was something fishy going on. "Young man are you okay." I nodded my head and leaned into my dad side as he placed an arm around me.I tried my best to hide from their skeptical stares.

"I had a nightmare and I was screaming in my dream must have screaming when I was awake too. Sorry" I looked down at me feet more than a little embarrassed before they nodded their heads and looked at me father. "Conner head inside okay?"

I looked up at him his understanding eyes shocked me I thought that he would be angry or at least disappointed. I nodded my head numbly to shocked for words as he placed a gentle kiss on top of my head.

I walked into the house and sat with my mom at the kitchen table she handed me something hot. I stook it and started to sip I recoiled back from the taste but I wasn't given much of a choice if I wanted to sleep.

Dad walked in after a little and I sighed as he took a seat beside my mother and looking at one of them said a word and that made me feel even worse. I thought that I had been getting better not worse. The only thing that came to mind is saying sorry as guilt and shame welled in the pit of my stomach.

"Sorry" I looked up as dad gave me a tired sigh and confuse look before turning it have some kind of silent conversation with mom. Both of them sharing a knowing look before mom spoke to me in a gentle voice lace with honey and love.

"No more lying about the nightmares no more saying that it is none of our business not when you are screaming bloody murder not when you have been having these dreams for two months." I sighed heavily it's not like they could help.

"It's just the stuff from Cadmus I was awake for all of it. It's hard not to have nightmares about stuff like that." I could see the sadness and grief in their eyes as my mother started to get a little choked up. "Maybe you should speak to canary you don't seem like you are willing to talk to us about it."

There was a hurt look on my mother's face as she said that and I groaned she is really trying to guilt me and I'm the one that went through trauma. I grumbled under my breath only this women would try to make me feel bad for not telling her all the gory details.

"Ma it's not like that" I looked at her and she nodded her head. "At any rate, you should head back to bed once you get your punishment from batman tomorrow I am telling black canary that you are to speak with her." I groaned "I can handle this myself."

I leered at her as she glared at me "Young man you are not dealing with it or the police would not have been out our door now would they." I couldn't argue with that. I mean I could but there would be no point so I slunk back off to my room.

Collapsing in my bed sinking further into the plush mattress and silky soft sheet but I didn't sleep. After that shit how I had no interest in being tortured like that again.

But as I laid awake in my bed listening to the sounds of our old house I could hear my parents talking silently. "I doubt you using those gloves helped anything." I heard my mother' venomous whisper as dad groaned under his breath. He must have hear that line at least 3 times.

"They did he won't disobey again and at this point it is the only thing that I am worrying about other than these dreams. Give him time I just want to make sure that he doesn't put himself at risk again I just wish he could see that."

I scoffed and laid my head down trying to close my eyes and rolling onto my back as my muscles loosen up enough for me to drift into an uneasy sleep.

"Come on get up and get dressed." I look over to see my father leaning in the doorway. I whined and pulled the blanket over my face. "I don't need to be up for another hour." He groaned at me "Yeah that would be true if you were flying but I am driving you."

I threw my blanket off and I looked at him "No I can fly or take my bike I don't want you to drive me." I looked at him and then at the clothest. I felt like I got hit by a kryptonite race truck. I didn't want to deal with dad this morning.

I stumbled out of my bed nearly falling face first as I made it out my closet door. I opened the door and grabbed a long sleeve white shirt and a pair of black jeans before grabbing my leather jacket and walking to the bathroom to brush my teeth.

"I don't want you driving or flying I want to make sure that you actually go to school." I spit out my toothpaste for swishing my mouth wash and walking out of the room.

"Then fly with me and then fly to work, mom is the only one that really uses the car" I looked at him as I grabbed my bag and walk down stairs with him following me. "You're forgetting something."

He threw me my halo-disk and I caught it"I didn't forget but you took away my cell phone I figure you take the disk to." I look at him and he smiled"Nope you can keep the disk it has a tracking device in it. That's how you get to go to school by bike."

I looked at him and sighed as I got a traveler's mug and poured coffee in it. Watching the black liquid slosh in the cup as the white steam hit my face as I reach for the creamer and sugar.

After I had my coffee situated I bent down kissing my mother on the check as she sat down eating her breakfast before running out of the house and over to the grange.

The cherry metal gleamed in the bright morning sun as I grabbed my black helmet. Simply pawing at the metal as I felt someone behind me. His searing glare was enough to make me shiver.

I placed my helmet firmly on my head before placing my mug in my bag side pocket. "Fine" I looked at him and he smiled "Bye Kon" I looked at him and nodded my head. I pulled off and drove down the Metropolis streets when I heard a voice in my head.

"Hey babe" I smiled to myself "Hey Megan what's up." I looked at the passing building of the Daly Planet and sneered before turning back to the road. "I still can't believe you are taking the drive from Metropolis to Happy Harbor."

I grumbled under my breath am I mentally nodded my head if that is even possible. "My dad didn't want me going to school in Metropolis he was worried that the supervillains might come after me so Happy Harbor I went."

I pulled up to the school after about an hour and Maria was waiting for me. "I will see you when you get here hot stuff." She giggled and hung up the link as I look at Maria. I took my helmet off and saw the sheepish grin as she rubbed the back of her neck.

"Sorry" I laughed and pulled her into a hug "Don't worry about it, it wasn't that bad." She look at me and rolled her eyes. "300 lashes, being grounded and getting to spar with SM who was wearing kryptonite gloves like I said not that bad."

She frowned when she looked at me and then at Megan who was walking towards us. She smiled at Megan and then look at me before looking back at her this huge smile on Megan's face. "No way you to finally got together. Tell me everything." I looked at Megan and she smiled wide and started to talk to Maria while I walked beside them.

I was pretty out of it thanks to that nightmare I sighed and ran into something after hearing a squeak I looked down to see Karen on the floor. I gave her my hand and she took it "Sorry Karen I have been out of it I wasn't watching where I was going."

She smiled sweetly at me "Don't worry about it Conner." I heard something that sounded like growling and noticed that Mal Duncan was looking at me. I sighed and glared back at him "Watch what you're doing chump." I glared at him fire running through my veins as I choked down my anger.

I turned to Karen giving her my best apologetic smile before speaking again. "Sorry really" I was trying to hold back my temper but my body was sore, I was tired and I didn't have time for this shit. Mal placed a protective arm around her and glared at me before looking at Maria and Megan.

"Yall need to watch your boy before he gets his ass whooped." Maria snapped her head up quickly as she places a gentle yet firm hand on my chest. Keeping me from stalking closer to that idiot.

Her ocean blue eyes wee pleading with me as she spoke in a low voice that only I could hear. "Kon don't it's not worth it, he is not worth it you are in enough trouble with your dad." She look a Mal, hated and anger burning in her gaze as she spoke as a aggravated tone.

"That party that you wouldn't stop talking about was at his house so he is still a chump." He glared at Maria and then at me and glared "Stay out of this Maria. This is between me and the bitch." I let out a harsh clipped laugh as the anger became white-hot fury.

"M get out of the way it's one thing for him to disrespect me but it's another thing entirely to come at you. Plus you now that I can't let this go unavenged."

She nodded her head and pulled Megan out of the way and Karen looked at Mal before placing a hand on the both of us. "Mal he apologized twice and he didn't even see me leave it be."

I looked at him and then at her but you could see that he was itching for this fight. "Karen moves" I look at the and she nodded her head before standing with my girls. I smiled and caught a fist that he had thrown at me.

I titled his arm and looked at him as he threw another punch and I caught that one too. I jumped up using his arms to balance myself and I kicked him in the chest while releasing his arms and sending him flying.

I could hear Maria slapping herself in the face and Mal crashed on the floor. "what happen I thought that you were going to get me a beating."

He stood up flustered as people whispered behind his back I watched him charge me and threw out his arm and I grabbed it and flipped him. Thank you black canary.

I waited for him to get back up and when he did I punch him in the face breaking his nose. He stumbled back and I hit him one more time for good measure laying him out on his back. I laughed walked over to Maria and smiled "Told you" She lifted her hand and I turned around to see a teacher who had watch the whole thing.

`"The both of you the principal's office." Mal struggled to get to his feet and glared at me with a newfound respect maybe all the guy needed was to get his ass kicked. I groaned dad was going to kill me. Maybe the wouldn't call dad that as my only thought when I walked down the hallway with Mal.

"Respect man that party was off of the chain and you can fight I have never lost a fight." I smiled at him "Neither have I." I smiled and walked into the room and sat in the chair to the left. The principle called Mals parents and his father came in I guess he was a cop or something.

The principle look at me I'm guessing my father's number wasn't in the database. "Mr. Kent your father number please." I look at him and shook my head no "He won't answer and even if he did he wont come down here." I look at the principal and he looked at me confuse. "Why is that"

I rolled my eyes as if it is obvious you would think that they would just read the school files Bats sent over. "He is a reporter for the Daly Planet and that is a hour drive down here we live in metropolis." I look at him and he sighed and i gave it to him "7327687164"

He nodded his head and I looked at him while he called after the third ring he answered. "Hello?" I growled under my breath "Yes and who is this" I sighed and he looked at me "Principale Brown at happy harbor school your son and another boy had a fight and I was wondering if you would be able to come down and discuss it."

"I'm sorry I am at work and slammed but do you mind if I talk to him." I sighed and held my hand out and he gave the phone over to me. "Hey dad," I said it as carefree as I could muster, internally I'm freaking out, he is so going to blow his top.

"Yeah, don't hey dad me I knew I should have drove you to school today. What did we say about you fighting with humans." I growled "He had it coming he was the one that started the fight I was just defending myself." I hear him growl like a wild beast before he spoke, "I don't care who started you ended you didn't even go easy on the boy did you."

I looked over to Mal and sighed angrily I'm already tired of this argument and it has just started. "He's still breathing which means that I went easy on him"

I was getting a bit annoyed they were making it seem like I was the one in the wrong and i so wasn't. "Yea well after you talk to Batman and Canary I expect you at the fortress of solitude." I growled "That so unfair I didn't for anything wrong" I tired to keep from whining and rage filled my heart and trepidation filled my mind.

He is going to destroy me if I have to go to the solitude for the second time in less than a few days. "I don't care what you think is fair Kon El. You will be there is that understood!"

At his stern stone I silently whimpered under my breath I hadn't heard him sound that angry or disappointed in a very long time. "Yes sir" "Alright goodbye" I heard the phone click and I handed the phone over. "He hung up told you he wouldn't come down here."

I smiled slyly to brush off the fear and anger but the only one that seemed fooled is the teaching. "Very well you may both leave, I would like to talk to you because this isn't the first time that your son has started a fight with another student."

He nodded his head but I was already out of the office and on my way to class. I sat next to Megan and I chilled for the rest of the day but internally I was uncle Bruce didn't kill me with his training then dad would and I don't know which would be worse. I walked toward my bike and drove towards the cave not looking forward to any of this.

I sighed and pulled into the cave patting sphere before walking towards the training room and I saw Bruce glaring at me I looked at him as he gave me a look that could kill. I walking in striking distance and he sighed.

"Put your fist up now." I nodded my head and once I did he hit me with a right uppercut causing me to fall backward pain shooting into every part of my body.

"You have more than one pair of gloves like that." He smiled and nodded his head before I hit him with my heat vision but he shot a volley of batarangs and punched me in the gut 20 times back to back he was moving faster than Wally. I could barely stand as I spit blood out of my mouth.

"Now head to Black Canary in the therapy room she has been waiting on you." I moaned and stumbled to my feet. Using the wall as support at I struggled to make my way to the therapy room. "You look like hell" I saw Dick standing off to the side but I blew him off and kept walking.

"You need some help." I brushed past him and kept walking "Hey what's up with you." I glared at him as he ran in front of me blocking my path.

"Your dad did this and you basically helped him so you will have it excuse me if I want nothing to do with you. Now get out of my way I have to talk to Canary." I looked at him and pushed him out of my way with what little energy that i had left.

I walked into the room and looked at BC she looked pisted at me "You are late" I moaned and sat down collapsing in the chair. "Bats was pushing me pretty hard I have little to no energy left I'm in so much pain. Do you mind if I just sleep for the hour and we start the sessions tomorrow." I looked at her and she had pity in her eyes.

"Sure go ahead I will wake you when you have to go." I nodded my head and drifted off to sleep on the couch and the hour passes and I was woken up by canary. I moaned and I shuffled through the cave and towards the zeta beam taking one to the fortress of solitude. I walked into the room and looked at my father who was glaring at me and i groaned.

"Dad he started it," I whined as the cold hand of dread gripped my heart as he put the gloves on in what seemed like slow motion.I watched him slowly stalk into the training room leaving me to follow him.

I was running on pure instinct I used heat vision and my super breath but I couldn't even keep pace. After using every bit of energy I passed out on the floor and woke up on the couch in the living room.

My mom and dad were sitting on the loveseat. I moaned out in pain as the two beatings caught up to me.

My mom looked at me and I tried to move my legs but couldn't I feel them. I looked at her and she sighed and looked at me. "Head to your room I will bring you up some dinner in a few."

I shook my head no and watched my rescue on the tv "Boy you heard your mother." I looked at him and glared "Thanks to you and Wayne I can't feel my feel my legs or pretty much anything. I feel like one big bruise."

I glare angrily as my eyes slowly started to close against my will till I felt nothing but pain, but as a cold hand swept over me the pain had been relieved for a second before it was back in full force.

As I open my eyes my mother forehead was littered with frown line as her eyes narrowed as worried shine through her blue gaze . "I should get you back in your bed. Kel since you and Bruce did it with those stupid gloves you take care of him. Lift him up and put him in his room while I make him something to eat."

I watched my mother walk into the kitchen and he lifted me into his arms and I sucked in a breath as the pain hit me along with a wave of nausea.

Dad walked up the stairs one at a time and I felt each of them my joints ached and I could feel myself losing it. He places me in the bed and I looked at him as the cold sheets hit me. I groaned and rolled not my stomach and looked at my father as his phone began to ring. "Hey, Bruce." I hear his voice on the other end "Why is your wife yelling at me again." I heard him sigh and look at me

"Between the sparing you did with him and our sparring match he can't feel anything but pain." I looked at him and sighed as mom walked in with some food and she cursed under he breathe in Kryptonians at the mention of the batman. She feeds me some soup and looks at me sadness in her eyes.

"Your better treat him well while I am gone." I became frantic what do you mean that she was leaving. "Don't worry my little Kryptonian, I have to work a case in DC for a little while so I will see you in a week or two." I nodded my head and she places a kiss on my forehead before glaring at my father.

"You better treat him right and I am talking to you to Bruce. Or I kill all of the JL." I groaned and laid my head back on my pillow as she grabs her bags and started the car leaving me alone with my father was never a good idea we would kill each other. I whimpered at my dad's place a hand on my head and sighed "

Just get some sleep tomorrow I will take you to school." I groaned and closed my eyes darting off to sleep.

I woke up to my tee-shirt clinging to my sweat drenched skin I got out of bed and notice that he was clothes laid out for me. I sigh and put them on before creeping my way down the stairs to my father who was dressed in his suit and clothes.

I groaned as the sun hit my eyes and I sat in the car leaning at the door and sleeping it was an hour drive I wasn't going to stay awake if I could help it. My joints ache and every time I thought about food a wave of nausea hit me.

I was shivering but it was so hot that it was unbearable and it was fall. I look at my father as we got close to the school and I woke up. "Behave Kon and I am going to pick you up after school, you are going to sit at the daily planet till I get down at work."

I stare blankly at him as my eyes glazed over with exhaustion as my vision began to swim and burr as I nodded my head and walked to class.

I got through most of the day but by 3rd period I couldn't stay awake and I was resisting the urge to puke. I shuddered and laid my head on the table and Maria looked at me tapping on my shoulder. "Kon you good?" I nodded my head but I felt this burning in my throat and place a hand over my mouth as I ran over to the trash and puked. I hear people panicking and they ran out of the room but I didn't move from the trash can I just kept puking until I felt a hand on my back that forced the nausea away.

"Come on Kon you must of having a solar flare I will get you to the nurse." I let her help me through the hallways to the nurse's office and I laid on one of the bed as the nurse talked to Maria and asks her my name she told him Conner but he likes to call Kon. I smiled to myself as they both walked over to me.

"Kon dear I need you to lift your tongue you're burning up." I opened my mouth, it was best that did as I was told. Maria stood by me holding my hand and applying some pressure when she thought that I was going to pass out. I sighed as the cold thermometer was taken out of my mouth and the nurse gasped.

"You have a 130 fever" I turn on my side and looked at a trash can as I felt the burning sensation in my throat come back. I emptied my stomach into the trash can. "Dear would you happen to know one of his parent's numbers."

I felt a hand running soothing circles into my back "Yeah his mom is out of town for the next two weeks but his dad's number is 7327687164" She nodded her head and walked off.

I groaned and laid on my back looking at Maria and she smiled at me "You're going to miss your class you should go." She glared at me "Your girlfriend should be here but she didn't want to leave the class. I'm not her you're my best friend and you're like a brother to me I'm not leaving you here till your dad walks through that door and comes to get you." I moaned at her and then at the door.

"I don't get sick and how could a solar flare hit me. I don't use that much of my power." I looked at her and she sighed "Those gloves the ones that you told me about they can cause you to over use your powers. Between Superman and Batman, you are lucky you didn't die from your lack of power."

I looked at her and nodded my head and she placed her hand on my chest and took a seat making sure that she wasn't leaving. The nurse walked back into the room and looked at me and then at Maria "Your boyfriend is in good hands."

Maria gagged and then whined at me "I'm not his girlfriend and I'm not leaving him alone he had never been sick before I'm worried until his father gets here I'm not leaving." She sighed heavily at Maria but she smiled at it as well.

"Your father will be here in an hour to come get you." I looked at her and nodded my head as I drift off to sleep. I grabbed Maria's hand as I drifted to sleep. I hoped dad got here soon he would make me feel a lot better.