~July 31, 2010 Mount Justice, RI~
Superboy's P.O.V
I groaned on the couch as today felt so boring in the Cave. Myself, Angel and the Team except Miss Martian. She was in the kitchen doing some cooking in there.
Robin groaned too, "I'm so bored." He and Angel was sitting on the couch with me while Wally and Kaldur sat on the armchair.
"Me too." Wally added too.
Kaldur stopped reading his book and looked at us, "Than what shall we do, my friends?"
We shrugged our shoulder and couldn't think of a thing to do. Batman doesn't got no mission for us and nothing don't be on a Saturday anyway.
"Uh, Angel got a plan," she said so shyly as we looked at her. "We can play games."
"Games like what?" Wally asked.
"Um, camping in the mountain." Camping? Maybe she think camping is a game now? Maybe I kept her here too long every since they met that woman at Roger Williams Park. That woman still stay in my mind for some reason and I didn't get the chance to see her eyes and know her name.
"That's sound exciting to do, Supergirl!" Megan said flow to us with burned cookies. "Maybe we could go camping."
"But where would we going?" Wally asked.
"How about Acadia National Park?" We all turn around to see Red Tornado supplied.
Acadia National Park is an United States National Park in Mount Desert Island, Maine. The place alot of lakes and ponds, different type of animals, great views of everything, a lot of trees and space. Easy for us to stay out of sight from normal people.
Kaldur closed his book and asked, "What do you said Team and Supergirl, shall we go?" We looked at each other than nodded. "Good. We'll had to buy some supplies and food too. Red Tornado, can you notified Batman for us?"
"Understood Aqualad," he stand still and contacted Batman. "He said you may go, but want Robin to come get something for you, Supergirl."
She gasped as she ran to Red Tornado, "Uncle Bats give Angel something, Mr. Red?" He nodded and only excited her more, "What did Uncle Bats give Angel?! Please tell me!"
"I'm sorry Supergirl, but I don't know what had Batman gotten you. But for now you must wait for Robin to return with your gift."
"Okay, Mr. Red," she ran to me and hug my leg. "Supey did you hear? Uncle Bats give Angel something!"
"Yeah, I heard," I said and think about what had the Dark Knight give my sister?
"Alright and thanks. Oh and can you tell him that the credit going to be pretty bad for him." Robin laughed. He made it sound like we going to spend more.
"Will do, now enjoyed your camping trip," he said as he walked away.
"Sweet! Camping!" Wally grinned.
"For supplies, we should get what we needs from a better store. But until then, we need to start packing and meet at the Bio-ship within an hour."
"Wow Kal, not even on a mission you still bossing us around." Robin joked.
"Well of course I must boss people around because I'm the leader of this team. Megan, can you help Superboy and Supergirl with their supplies?"
"No problem, Kaldur. I make sure we all get what we need." He nodded than left with Robin and Wally to start their packing.
"So Megan, where are we go anyway?" I asked as nicely.
"Oh, I know the perfect to shop for supplies!"
~Walmart~
Ah Walmart, the best place to buy anything from this one huge blue and white store. We enter the place to see it pack as ever with shopper.
My Angel gasped when she see all these people. "Lots of people here!"
"Yeah, I always shop here for our groceries and be seeing the supplies we might need," she added with a smile.
"Oh, what we need Supes and Meggie?"
I crossed my arms and smile, "Well, for the camping trip we would need a lot of supplies. Like a tent and sleepbag to sleep in, flashlight to see in the dark and some food and water and maybe some toys you can played too."
"Oh," she smiled than grabbed both of our hand and started pulling us. "Let's go and found them!"
After a hour in a half of shopping for a tent, sleeping bag, flashlight, goggles, some more clothes, a first aid kit and a camera. We walked to the checkout aisle ready to pay our supplies with the Batman's gift card.
"You kids sure has a lot of things here? Going camping?" The employer asked.
Me and Megan nodded while Angel squealed, "Yeah, camping!"
"Now, that's good and that's would be $179."
As I was about to paid for it, my sister grabbed my arm and asked, "Can Angel tried?"
I shrugged and smiled, "Sure, you can tried. You gave the man the card and you would to for a white long called a receipt."
"Okay." she did everything I told her and took the receipt. She smiled as she show us the receipt, "Angel like Supes now!"
"Yeah, you are Angel," I smiled as I was carrying the heavily stuffs while the girls carry the light stuff as we left Walmart.
"Thanks was a nice thing you did there, Superboy," Megan blushed.
"Just letting my sister do something too," I give her a small smile.
~Mount Justice~
We maybe it back to the Cave to Kaldur placing his stuff in the ship. He greeted ours with a nodded, "It's seen that you guys are back early and brought a lot of supplies."
"Well, I won't say 'supplies'," the girls smiled knoiwing that their the one that did most picking there. "I would say 'things we'll need to enterian a six years old, some clothes to swin and sleep too'."
"I see, now we must wait for Robin and Wally." He lead on the ship with his eyes close and arms cross.
"I hope Robin and Wally get here soon. This would be our first camping trip together and I'm so excited!" Megan stated excitedly while flowing around.
"Angel too! Angel too!" Angel agreed too and chasing after Megan.
After chasing the Martain for a minute or two, she stopped than gasped we all looked concern now. I kneed in front of her and asked, "What wrong, Angel?"
"Angel do not want to leave Teddy and Peggy alone! Can their come too, Supes?"
"Yeah their can come," she was about to run off, but I stopped her and continue with my sentence. "But you must watch them so that their won't run off, okay?"
"Okay Supes," she nodded and left to get her stuff animals.
"Are you teaching your sister responsibly, Superboy?" Kaldur asked with an eye open.
Wait, was I teaching her how to be responsible now? I shrugged, "I don't know, Kaldur. This parenting role is no joke and it's just keep getting overwhelming sometime."
Kaldur sighed and hold my shoulder with a tight squeeze. "My friend, I can't said I know what it feel to care for a sibling that so young, but please have a little more patience."
"Patience?" I scoffed, "I been playing parent for almost a month and now I need to wait some more?!" I don't mean to yell at him or blame my little Angel's power but with Superman not being here it started to pissed me off.
"Like I said before Superboy, but just have faith and don't lose it."
I looked away and tired to calm down about Supergirl come- "Supes okay?" Damn it! I looked down to see her innocent face with that questionable look.
"Yeah, I am okay," I said as I started rubbing her hair to see that smile of her.
"Glad you feeling aster, Superboy, but can someone help us?" I looked up to see Robin with his bag on his back just like Wally but their was holding a small refrigeretor. Seriously Wally.
"Ohh Angel can help you Robbie!" She ran to them and hold the refrigeretor proudly at me.
"Thanks little Supey can you put that in the ship for me?" She nodded and ran to the Bio ship leaving Robin and Wally glazing at me.
"What happened here Superboy?" Robin asked me.
"We was just having a disagreement, Robin. Nothing that need to be worry." I walked pass then and enter the Bio ship to see my sister placing the refrigerator in the storage area. "Good job there, Angel."
"Thanks Supes." She came to me and asked, "We leaving now?"
"Yeah, but soon," I picked her up and took a seat. "You ready to go camping?"
She nodded, "Yeah, we going to have lots of fun." The others finally came in the ship, Robin was smiling and looked at Supergirl. "Robbie why you smiling?"
"I'm smiling because I liked the gift Uncle Bats give you." He pull out a blue bracelet and give it to her.
"It's so blue and pretty!" She smiled, "Thanks Robbie!"
"Don't thank me, thank Uncle Bats for the gift." He helped put the bracelet on her left wrist. "Supergirl's bracelet is a mood bracelet with a small tracking of her whereabouts and powers too."
"Really?" I asked. Batman that overprotected, two step ahead, genius know when to act. With the bracelet, I bet he can to some checking on with the doctor and know her whereabouts when I'm taking her out of the Cave.
"Moon bracelet?" Angel asked.
"No, it's a mood bracelet." Wally corrected taking the challenge.
She shocked her head no and pouted with her hands on her hips, "No, it moon bracelet, Wall-E."
Wally back away when she did the cute standing her ground. "Now, I see why you guys have a little argument."
"Yeah," I pull her closer to my chest to make her stop pouting.
~Acadia Nation Park, Maine~
After some hours later, we finally landed in Acadia Nation Park. This place looked huge with the best views of the mountains and beachs.
"Robin, did you download the map of the park?" Kaldur asked.
Robin nodded and show the whole nation park, "First thing Batman order me to do before I left the Bat Cave."
"Good, it's seen that we are in the west side of the park. But for the mean time we should scout the area."
"Like exploring?" Angel asked.
"Yes, like exploing. Let's move by start heading north."
After we left the Ship and put it in camo mode and explore around the area to get familiar and takes some pictures too. There was a lot of animals here- deer, mosses, foxes, black bears, coyotes and bobcat. It was kind of cool telling my sister about those animals.
One or two barking in the far north can be heard by my super-hearing. Wolves maybe? "Guys, there some barking in the far north. Are wolves suppose to be here?"
"There wolves here?" Robin asked as he checked the nation park information. "The park doesn't have wolves since more human started coming here."
"But can we see the wolves please?" Angel asked, jumping up and down in excitement.
"We should go guys!" M'gann said. She gasped then clapped her forehead, "Hello, Megan! We're stronger than them in anyway easy to protect Supergirl."
"She's does had a point," Wally agreed.
Robin and Kaldur doesn't seen to mind and I don't think it a bad idea but still need to be concern as her big brother superpower or not.
I smiled than pick her and started walking, "Yeah, but we must be careful and quite." She nodded and the other started following me to them. After a minute or so, I hear the wolves barking again. "We're getting close by now."
"Thank you, Superboy." Kaldur nodded than looked at all of us, "Remember to stay on your guard. Wolves are dangerous when their work together with the pack."
We nodded and keep moving to see two wolves chasing after each. A pure black with blue eyes chasing the white wolf with yellow eyes that has fishes in his mouth. This scene looked funny the white one must been a male while black wolf is a female. She finally tackle him on ground and started biting and licking his ear. I guess he was annoying or being overprotected with her 'cause of those more hearts beats that I hear.
"The black one, I think she might be pregnant with his pups."
"Wow, isn't that aster, huh?" Robin joked on top of the tree.
"Their having family?" my smiling Angel asked.
I nodded that even made her smile than that smile left her face. "Whoa what wrong, Angel? You was just happy a second ago."
"Supey, do we have family like friend?"
Damn that question, she started again those type of questions when we seen Superman fighting Metallo. What can I do? Kept lying to her and kept playing the waiting game? No, I'm done with the waiting shit. Can't wait for the Team to lecture me again. Than Batman too.
I sighed to calm myself and ready to answer, "Why asks that silly question? I'm your family along with our friends, Uncle Bats and Aunt Kitty. We're your family, okay." She bring that smiled back than nodded and I can feel that happiness coming to me again. "Okay, now let's see what those wolves are doing."
The Team's eyes was on me as Angel continue watching the wolves chatting but than their stopped. The white wolf rise up and starts smelling the air, his yellow eyes looked at our direction and started walking to us. Oh boy this is what I need. I place my sister behind me to see the guys getting ready as well. But as I turn around the wolf was in front of me and just stared at me than at my sister. He teared his head and move closer to sniff me. I growled, but he didn't paid no mind to me and start doing my sister with his mate this time.
She laughed, "Stop it, wolves that's tickling me!"
"This is so cute! I need a pictures of this!" Megan said than brought out the camera and stare taking the pictures.
"Whoa, I think their like you two." Wally said.
The pair stopped than turn around and start barking happily than just left.
"Aw, their left our," Angel groaned.
"Maybe that was the pack their smelled," Kaldur suggested, than see that the Sun was coming down. "We should get back and start unpacking before dark come."
The others agreed with his suggestion but something wasn't right here. I'd have hear more barking by now just another heart there. Angel grabbed my arm and start pulling me away. Oh well, I guess it was just me being overprotected again.
After returning to our campsite, we started unpacking to fix our tent up and make some good old hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. Then after dinner the night was here with it stars so we just watch the stars and start telling story.
"Does Moon have stories?" Angel asked while looking at it full moon.
Kaldur nodded, "Yes, there a lot of stories about the Moon, but with the Sun as well."
"Really Kaldie? But why with the Sun?"
"Well, because their loved each other, but live a separated life for the Earth."
"Why Kaldur?" Megan asked in an interest way.
"The Sun bring warmth to us, helped the crops grow and our protector by day. While the Moon is our light, our guide and the protector of the night. But when the human race started to come their seen the Moon as a goddess that bring out evil thing in the dark when she come out. That's upset her so she turn her back on man and that was when the Sun god was infuriated."
The girls gasped in fear, Wally was eating a bag of chip and me and Robin listen to Kaldur's story about the Sun love for the Moon. I don't know if this story is truth but with Kaldur's serious voice he make it sound so good in way.
"What happened? Please tell more!" Angel jumped down and up on my lap.
"Alright than, he was so upset when man said those mean words, the god started telling them why she was important to them. That's she was the light, the guide and the protector for our in the night."
"The Sun was being so protected to the Moon like Supes with Angel?" She asked.
"Yes," I hugged her to my chest and kissed her forehead. "How the Sun protect the Moon is like how I'll protect you from bad people."
"Angel know Supes will save Angel no matter what."
"Yeah, no matter what happened." The Team smiled at our brother/sister moment and took some more pictures of us. I swear their like taking of us then themselves sometime. "Kaldur, you may continue with the story."
"After men apologize, the Moon return to them finally feeling that she belong with the people of Earth and was getting close to the Sun. The people of Earth give their guardian of the lights a name, Solar was the Sun while the Moon was name Lunar. Both guardian agreed to the names and become one just for the day shadowing the world from their love."
Robin smiled, "And that what we called the Eclipse of Solar and Lunar."
"Can we see the eclispee?" She asked the impossibly thing to do.
"That's something we can't do because Lunar and Solar are the only people that will make the eclipse happen."
"Ohh." She get the picture and start yawning and rubbing her eyes. "Angel sleepy now."
"Yeah, I think it pass your bed time anyway. Said goodnight to our friends."
"Night-night friends," she waved than rest her head on my shoulder.
"Remember you're on guard duty, Supey!" Wally shouted.
"Yeah, whatever." I gotten up and walked to our tent and place her in her sleeping bag with her stuff animals, Peggy and Teddy. "Goodnight and sweet dreams. We got a lot of things to do tomorrow and we need our strength."
"Okay, night-night Supes." And like that she was out like a light. Sleeping peacefully in that pink sleeping bag.
I just rubbed her head and just have questions on my mind. Have I lose faith in Superman? What path have I just taken for her now? And how in the hell would I be sleeping with these types of noise on this mountain is making? I exited to clear my thoughts and saw on the hill was the two wolves from early staring at me. They stare were like a worrying stare on their face and howling to the full the Moon than that when I hear a voice.
"Alpha, Beta shh," a woman said in a caring voice. "Let them sleep, we've work to do now let's go."
I can't see this woman but the wolves have start moving from the hill. I wanted to see who it was and why does she sound familiar but Robin stopped me from going.
"Whoa, what wrong SB?" He asked.
"It was nothing, through I heard something coming here. Just go to bed."
"Look like some one being chalant." I sent that kid a glare but that only made him laugh. "Night Supes. Remember we got a lot things to do tomorrow."
"I already know that so go to bed, Boy Wonder."
"Fine then, big brother." He went inside his tent and sleep.
That kid is really something? Big brother? The relationship I've with Robin, Wally, Kaldur, Megan even with Batman and Catwoman, I seen them as mine and my sister's family now. But where that leave Superman as our dad now? Or worse- a donor that help us be in this world? I sat by our tent watch the stars to see if their can help me to what I should do before facing Superman. I just hope I'm making the right move for Supergirl's future. For my future too.