"So you think another teen has powers, like super powers?" asked Dick as they walked down the semi-crowded street of Smallville.
"I know so" stated Dave. "I just haven't had any more encounters with him to question him." They passed the Talon and Dave saw Kyle and Colleen sitting and talking together.
"Well you said it was over between you two. Whatever you had anyway" said Dick putting a hand on Dave's shoulder. "Hey, I just came up with an idea to get this guy out."
"What are you thinking?" asked Dave looking at his friend who now had a devious grin.
"Well let's just say I know of an abandon warehouse around here" said Dick.
Clark couldn't believe he agreed to this. Of course Dick had said it was total safe and he wouldn't get hurt, but this was a little extreme. Dave hid off to the side of an abandon factory that was no burning. The plan was for Dick to be stuck in the fire and Dave had to call for help. The cops would come, but this new hero would come faster and then Dave would be able to see him in action and talk to him. Dave had already made the call so now it was a waiting game.
Dave continued to wait and soon a green flying figure came into view. He stopped in front of the warehouse and seemed to be thinking of the best way to assess the situation. He watched as the Green Fighter blasted a hole in the building and flew in to find Dick. This took longer than Dave thought and he was beginning to panic, especially when he could hear sirens in the distance. Finally the Green Fighter burst through the wall with Dick and landed. Dave took advantage and zoomed over as he sucked in a powerful breathe. Using all his lung power he blew all the air out, extinguishing the flame at the same time.
Dave turned to see the hero checking on Dick and decided it was now or never. "Hey, man" he said but then the Green Fighter turned around and blasted him with a green beam. Dave flew back and landed hard. "Okay that was not called for." Getting up he zoomed over to the fighter and took a more cautious approach.
"Listen I'm not here to hurt you" he said getting Kyle's attention.
"So why are you here" asked Kyle wondering what Dave would be doing out here.
"I noticed you were the new hero about town, but I guess you didn't know we already had one" said Dave pointing towards himself.
'What is he talking about?' thought Kyle. "And how would you be a hero?" Before Kyle could blink Dave zoomed around behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. "What the-!? Are you the Flash's love child or something?"
"He's a lot more than fast" said Dick dusting himself off. "So what are you're powers?"
"This" said Kyle raising his fist. "The ring gives me power."
"You mean like a Green Lantern?" asked Dave as he remembered his dad's friends in the Green Lantern Corps. "Aren't you a little young to be a Green Lantern?"
"Apparently not" remarked Kyle. "I had a...connection to someone in the Corps." he added without revealing too much.
"So who are you?" asked Dave.
"The Green Lantern" he answered with a smirk. Dave also grinned, he could just use his X-ray vision to see under this man's hood, but he would respect his privacy for now.
"Alright GL, I guess I'll be seeing you at the next crime scene" said Dave shaking his hand.
"Yea, and you might want to think of a costume" commented Kyle as a green glow covered him and he took off into the sky.
"Am I being replaced?" asked Dick as they headed back to town.
"What?" said Dave surprised at his question. "Robin, will never be replaced."
"I mean you two will be working the same area and you both have powers. I just feel like I'll be hung out to dry."
"Dick you're my best friend, you won't be replaced, stop acting like a baby" said Dave as they walked the rest of the way.
"So he calls himself the Green Lantern?" asked Sam for clarification.
"Yea, you know like the Justice League Green Lantern, except he's exclusive to Smallville" informed Nick with a smile. "I can't believe we have a Green Lantern in Smallville. He could be the next legendary hero!"
"Technically he's like a Green Lantern in training" said Dave.
"Well either way this is great news!" said an ecstatic Sam. "This is Daily Newspaper headline, maybe I should charge a fee."
"Maybe it's good you're publishing on a small town paper. I mean if we published it in the Daily Planet we might have even more villians then we already have and with a bigger agenda then robbing the local bank" stated Dave and Nick agreed as the bell rang.
"Time for Algebra" said Sam with a smirk. "We have a test today."
"Dammit" cursed Dave as Nick and Sam laughed.
"So how do you think you did?" asked Nick as they exited their math class.
"Actually pretty good" said Dave proudly. "But it wouldn't hurt to take Sam up on those tutoring lessons" he added.
"Hey Kyle, a group of us are going down to the field to play a game against the freshmen" said Nick to their friend as he passed by.
"Um, actually I gotta meet someone" said Kyle looking away.
"Oh, who?" asked Nick curiously.
"I'm meeting Colleen, we're going to head to Metropolis" said Kyle, "but I'll take you up on the offer later."
"Fine, be that way" said Nick pretending to be offended. "Let's head down to the field, Dave." Dave felt somewhat jealous and angry towards Kyle. They had hit it off well but things were starting to go south.
"Dude, aren't you worn out?" asked a sweaty Nick as they headed off the field. The football game had just ended and Dave had thrown the last minute touchdown for the week.
"Yea, but all I did was throw the ball, I'm not going to be that tired" said Dave making a good cover up for his seemingly infinite stamina.
"I still will never get why you didn't join football" Nick said.
"It wasn't my choice" said Dave throwing Nick a Gatorade.
"Yea, I know your dad won't let you, blah, blah" said Nick waving a hand around. "So are you up for a game tomorrow?"
"Actually I think I have to help out at the farm" lied Dave. "Kyle should be available to play, though."
"Really? That should make you wanna play more, so you can tackle the hell out of him" Nick said.
Dave laughed, "Why would I want to do that?"
"Because he stole, your-whatever you and Colleen were" said Nick.
"Exactly, we weren't anything, so It doesn't bother me" lied Dave. "I'll see you at school tomorrow." With that Dave headed down the road until he was out of eyesight and zoomed towards the Kent Farm. When Dave arrived he headed to his clothes drawer and looked for something specific.
"I'm the son of superman, I've got to have it somewhere-Aha!" said Dave triumphantly. He pulled out a blue hoody. On the hoody was the famed 'S' of Superman. Dave had thought about what Green Lantern had said and figured he was right. Dave had no plans to run around in tights, or any costume for that matter, but if he was going to save a robber or be in a situation where the public could see, he need a cover.
Dave prepared to put away until it was needed when suddenly his hearing picked up something. It was hard to tell exactly what it was but someone was destroying the city. Dave quickly grabbed his hoody and a pair of shades. Putting them on as cover he zoomed off towards Metropolis.
Dave arrived at the scene, but quickly had to dodge a car that came flying towards him. Before he could see the attacker another car was launched but towards civilians. Dave went to react but he noticed the car had stopped. Looking up Dave saw a green arm holding the car, and the young Green Lantern floating in the sky.
"I thought you wouldn't show" joked Dave.
"You know you wouldn't be able to do this without me" said GL as they looked towards the attacker. From what Dave observed the man looked like an extreme body builder on steroids. His arms had more muscle than Dave had in his whole body.
"This should be fun" said Dave as he zoomed forward. Throwing a hard punch to the stomach Dave felt like he hit a steel wall, except the steel wall would break but this guy stood tall. Looking down at what had hit him, the man lifted his left hand before swatting Dave away like a fly.
Kyle flew in strong. He shot short, quick blast from his ring that seemed to stun the man. Kyle released a strong blast from his ring but the man just put his arm up and blocked the blast. He slowly advanced on a shocked Kyle, while pushing the blast back. Finally he reached the young Lantern and grabbed him by the neck.
"Ha, ha, ha" he laughed menacingly. This man seemed to have know objective but to destroy everything in his path. The man began to squeeze but suddenly yelled out in agony as Dave burned his arm with heat vision. Dave watched as the being's arm began to heal from the burn.
"Is he even human?" Dave asked to no one in particular. He didn't have time to wait for an answer as the being charged towards him in anger. Dave planted his feet into the ground preparing for the impact. Kyle put up a wall to stop him but he simply plowed through it. Dave lifted his right fist and landed it on the forehead of the beast before it could reach him. As if time had slowed down Dave noticed a symbol on the figure's forehead. Before he could observe more the beast was sent flying backwards. Dave knew had seen the book somewhere, and then it hit him. He had seen it in one of his father's books. It was the symbol of Apocalypse, and things just became more serious. Dave watched as the Green Lantern engaged the being in battle. Kyle was playing it smart, shooting the beast then flying up to evade the punches. Dave however was trying to piece things together. He hadn't faced something from Apocalypse since his visit to Gotham. Did this mean Darkseid really was coming back?
Kyle slamming into a building brought Dave back to reality. He noticed the creature was once again stalking the Green Lantern for the kill. Dave kicked into second gear as he zoomed over to the creature who like everything else around Dave was moving in slow motion. Dave grabbed him and tossed him into the air as time resumed. Dave unleashed his strongest heat beam and connected dead on. The creature was resilient as he fought the blast. Soon a green beam joined the red on as Kyle aimed his ring at the creature. Their combine efforts seemed to be pushing him back when suddenly a hole opened up in the sky and the beast was gone.
"That was-odd" said Kyle in his disguise.
"He was from Apocalypse" said Dave grimly and Kyle gave him a strange look.
"How do you know?" he asked.
"The symbol on his head, I'm familiar with it. It's the symbol of Apocalypse" Dave informed as a crowd formed around the heroes. "Maybe we should get out of here."
"Yea-Excuse, young man. How do you explain those amazing powers you just displayed?" asked an all to familiar voice to Dave. He knew his mother would be able to see right through his disguise.
"Sorry no questions" said Dave not turning around. Kyle formed a green bubble around Dave as they flew into the air and back towards Smallville.
"I see you took my advice on a costume" said Kyle smirking as he landed on top of the watertower.
"Well seeing as the media may be involved at times, I thought it'd be a good choice" replied Dave. "We make a good team you know."
"Well, I'm not going anywhere so I guess we'll be working together more often" said GL.
"I guess so" said Dave. "I'll catch you at the next crime scene." With that Kyle flew off and Dave zoomed back to the farm.
When he advanced towards the front door he heard the t.v. on the news.
"...Whether this city has seen the last of 'Superboy' is yet to be determined. This is Lois Lane reporting from downtown Metropolis..."
Crap I made the news' thought Dave as he pushed open the door to see his dad sitting on the couch.
"OH look Superboy is home" he said sarcastically.
"Hey dad" said Dave casually.
"You know Dave, when your mother and I sent you here it wasn't so you could go off to Metropolis and be a hero" scolded Clark.
"I know Dad, but what do you want me to do? Sit around? You of all people should know Smallville is not a town where you can just sit around and ignore all the strange things" argued Dave.
"I know, I know" said Clark. "Who was this Green Lantern guy that was with you?"
"I'm not sure, he has the Lantern ring but he's my age" said Dave. "I haven't figured out his identity yet."
"Well try to, even if he is a Lantern, you never know" warned Clark before adding. "So Superboy?"
"I didn't say anything. Mom must have used her creative side for that one" joked Dave.
"You know she's gonna be upset" said Clark. "But I think it might have more to do with ignoring her for an interview than saving people in Metropolis."
Dave laughed at this. He could see his mom punishing him for that. Then Dave thought of consulting his dad on the Apocalypse sign but decided against it. He had handled things so far, and he would continue to just fine.
"Well I'm going to head off to bed" said Dave headed up the stairs. "Catch you later dad."
So Superboy and the Green Lantern make a great team while David Kent and Kyle Jordan have some unsettled issues. Will this effect their teamwork when Dave discovers the truth, and what will happen between the Dave/Collee/Kyle triangle?
A/N:Alright so another chapter done. I didn't really go into the personal development of Kyle but more into his second personality the Green Lantern. I hope to have a part of the next chapter dedicated to his past! Don't forget to review!