A/N: so I was rereading the end of chapter 9 mainly looking at the list of stuff they bought at Wal-Mart and noticed it said 'a couple of pairs of baby sheets and booties' well it should be shoes not sheets -_-' oops well just so you know XD I fixed it by the way
Chapter 10- Big Brother Conner
The team scrambled out of the bio ship as soon as it landed in the hangar. Superboy came out holding Robin, of course, while Megan telepathically carried out all of the Wal-Mart bags, and Wally still had to carry out the dictionary. Though he did not have time to complain as they all rushed to the main room where they expected to see a very pissed Batman but instead meet with their mentors and some of the justice league, Wonder Woman, Hawk Woman, and Black Canary, to be exact.
"Batman called while I was on monitor duty in the Watchtower," explained Green Arrow. "He wanted me to tell you guys that he's busy and needs you to watch Robin tonight and of course Flash here-" He tossed a finger over his shoulder at the waving speedster behind him. "-overheard and had to tell the whole Tower and everyone wanted to tag along to see."
Wally put down the massive book on the coffee table only to have Megan drop everything she was carrying on him. Wally cried out in surprise but no one was paying him any mind; instead, everyone was looking at the toddler, who they were told was Robin, as he looked around at the adults. Dick then buried his head in the crook of Conner's neck, acting shy because he was the center of all the attention. Conner held his special cargo with no comment and averted eyes.
A chorus of "Awww"s was heard from various Justice League members. Wonder Woman was the first to practically shout, "I can't take it anymore! Hand him over. He is just too cute." With that the three women, Wonder Woman, Hawk Woman, and Black Canary, stepped toward Superboy and reached out with open arms to take Robin from him. At the stampede of females in heels coming at him, Dick became scared and clung to Conner's shirt with soft, tiny fists. But this did not deter the women; Canary merely reached out and peeled away the child's fingers and took the little bird into her arms. Conner did not seem happy about this, but he dared not protest.
As soon as Richard was out of the safety of his protector's arms, he started to tear up and reached out for Superboy again, but the heroines blocked his view of the young clone.
The three fussed over Robin and were soon joined by most of the other mentors. Robin kept trying to get out of their arms to no avail and resorted to calling out in a terrified voice, "Tata, sa ma salveze! Fratele cel mare Conner! Tati! Cineva va ajuta!" 'Daddy, save me! Big brother Conner! Daddy! Someone help!'
Before any of the heroes could move Conner pushed through the heroes and took his 'little brother' from Superman, who had gotten Dick out of Wonder Woman's arms. With a heated glare to everyone, especially Superman, Conner stalked out of the room while comforting Dick, who had stopped crying as soon as Conner had pulled him away from the crowd of foreign faces. Just before exiting, he grabbed the black diaper bag then left for his room.
After the two ebonies sudden departed, the crowd dispersed with the heroes returning to their cities or the Watchtower. The mentors hurriedly said their goodbyes and explained they would pick up their charges the next day and left just the same.
"Supey has Rob under control, and we probably shouldn't bother them." A big smile leapt across his face. "So who's up for a movie?" Wally asked as he as he plopped down on the couch, glad to avoid his dictionary duties.
After a few thoughts of going back to at least check on Conner and Robin, Megan decided against it, figuring that the clone could take care of the boy himself. "Ok! I'll make the popcorn," Megan replied slowly and floated into the kitchen.
"Sure, but what shall we do with Robin's things?" Aqualad questioned as he eyed the pile of bags and boxes from Wal-Mart. Artemis walked over to the movies to grab one out of the array while skillfully avoiding the day's worth of shopping by carefully picking over it.
"On it!" Wally shouted and sprang up. Superspeed and a few trips later, all of the things had been left outside of the room that sheltered the two ebonies. When all the stuff was there, Wally knocked on Conner's door quickly and said, "I'm leavin' Rob's stuff out here for ya. We're gonna watch a movie if you wanna join us, Supes." And in a flash, Wally was back in the main room and on the big green couch just as Artemis started the movie.
After Conner entered his room and placed Dick down on his bed, he sat down next to the child. The toddler climbed onto his lap and started babbling in Romani to Conner who looked at him and nodded every now and again.
As the child continued to talk about everything from stars to kittens to letters of the alphabet, Conner started to go through the diaper bag. In it was two sippy cups, a pack of bat diapers, a spare binky, and a shirt that was probably the normal-sized Robin's. He took all these things out and found a purple stuffed elephant with a white hat that had rainbow polka dots on it, it looked like one a kid would wear at a birthday party, and a piece of cloth over its back that was also white with polka dots. The toy looked worn but well loved. As soon as the toy was out of the bag Dick leapt for it with a shout of "Peanut!" then he hugged it to his chest in a death grip.
A few minutes later, Superboy heard Kid Flash running outside of his room and dropping some things followed by his shout of what was going on.
As soon as Conner was sure Wally was gone, he gently placed Dick on the bed, stood, and opened the door. Then he brought all the bags and other items inside his barren room. Dick just sat there and hugged his beloved toy as he watched.
Conner's room was simple, as he had not personalized it much. The room was dark blue with black carpet. The walls had various sized Super symbols, some straight and others crooked, with the biggest being above Conner's bed. (The room had originally been Superman's, not that they told Conner that.) The twin bed was on the wall parallel to the door and centered on the wall. The sheets were all black on a wood frame. On the right side of the room, there was a closet with a dresser that only had one drawer filled with his cloths. On the opposite corner of the wall the door was on, there was a desk. It was neat with just his textbooks and his backpack on the side of the desk and his rock, which reminded him of his first home, Cadmus.
Conner grabbed one of the sippy cups and handed it to Dick, who gratefully drank some.
An hour later, the crib was set up on the left wall with the long side against the wall facing Conner's bed with the Super symbol bed spread in it. He also had all of the new clothes washed and folded and in his dresser. Not like the drawers were filled up with many of Conner's shirts. His shirts were too frequently ripped to be able to get in a drawer.
He grabbed Dick, who was happily playing on his bed, changed his diaper, and put the kid in some footie pajamas that just so happened to look very similar to Superboy's shirt: all black with a red Super symbol on the chest.
He picked up Robin, who was still holding his elephant and the empty sippy cup before making his way to the kitchen. He glanced at the clock that read 7:28 PM and decided to make Dick a small snack then put him to bed. He set Robin down on the counter, and Artemis shouted at him, "Hey, Conner, how's the tike doing?"
"He's fine," was Conner's quick reply then he turned to Dick and asked in fluent Romani "Ce vrei să mănânci?" 'What do you want to eat?'
"Unt de arahide si jeleu cu lapte," 'Peanut butter and jelly with milk,' Dick replied quietly.
"Whoa, wait a sec, Conner." Wally's ears had picked up some of the clone's babble. "You speak Romanian?" Wally asked, shocked; he had had to lug around that big dictionary when Superboy could have translated the whole time.
"Romani. And yes," Conner replied as he made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then warmed some milk and put it in the sippy cup after giving it a quick wash.
"Dude!" Wally shouted, throwing his hands up in exasperation. "And I had to carry that book around all day when you could have just translated for us? No fair!"
Artemis smacked Wally in the back of the head, then went back to watching the movie as soon as he was quiet again.
Robin quickly ate then gave a huge yawn that Conner took as a sign that it was bedtime; he carried the boy back to his dark room. By the time they got there, he was fast asleep in the clone's warm arms. Conner gently laid him down in the crib and tucked him in. "Noapte bună," 'Good night,' Conner said quietly to the sleeping boy as he changed and turned off the light to go to bed. He was surprised to hear a small "Noapte bună." in return.
With that, he smiled to himself and thought, Goodnight, little brother.
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