I'm back! First off I apologize, i made a promise about updating and I break that promise in the next chapter. This chapter isn't special but i have changed my writing style, tell me what you guys think about it. I honestly prefer this method. But for now enjoy.
September 7 mount justice 5:59 am
"Sleep, something every being requires but most take for granted. Between creating a new mask, sword training with Wonder Woman, hand to hand with Black Canary and the team, and taking stealth class with Captain Atom, getting any sleep has been almost impossible. I'm not saying I don't need it, but the only real chance of sleep is when I get send to the infirmary after Wonder Woman nearly sliced me in two. But right now, at this very moment, I get to sleep in my own bed and its feels amazing, nothing can ruin this for me." Jacob thought blissfully.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK "JACOB WAKE UP WE HAVE TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL!" M'gann shouted excitedly.
"Oh karma, I forgot how much of a bitch you were." The conduit thought annoyed.
"Five more minutes!" Jacob groaned before pressing his face into his pillow. After a few more knocks M'gann left Jacob to his peace. Unfortunately for the Conduit Superboy kicked the door in causing Jacob to jump up in fright. I'M UP! I'M UP!
"Not yet you are." Superboy said holding a handful of WATER BALLOONS?! With M'gann right behind him with her own handful, both sporting massive grins. "WHAT THE HELL!" The electricity-based superhero sends a shockwave towards his friends to deflect the incoming projectiles as he leaped out of his bed towards his desk to acquire his gauntlet. Raising his arm, a retractable shield formed to block the next attack. While Jacob aimed his other electrified arm at his so called 'friends.'
"WHY?! WHY DO YOU HAVE WATER BALLOONS!" Volt shouted terrified.
"You wouldn't get up, so I thought you could use some motivation. Look, were putting balloons in a bucket. See?" Superboy explained. "Come on Jacob lower the shield, we promise not to hit you. M'gann begged.
Peaking his head out of his makeshift cover to see that they in indeed placed the water balloons in a bucket. Slowly Jacob lowed his arm, retracting his shield. "who idea was this anyway?" the Conduit asked curiously.
"Mine, I thought this would be a quick way to get you out of bed, turns out I was right." Superboy confessed "Oh, Ok." Were the teens only reply. After a moment of silence Jacob fired a lightning rocket directly at Superboy before he could even react.
"Don't ever use water to wake me up EVER again!" The teen threatened. Suddenly Jacob let out a gasp of pain as a water balloon popped on his back.
Turning around Jacob saw M'gann with a huge grin as she used her telekinesis to hold up all the water balloons. "M'gann?" Jacob said trying and failing to hide his fear. "we ca-we can talks about this"
"oh, I believe there is nothing left to talk about." She said with an evil glint in her eye.
"Oh my God! I'm about to die!" The conduit thought as he used his arms to shield his face.
"What is going in here?" Aqualad said as he walked into the room. "Kaldur! Jacob shouted with relief. "our friends are trying to kill me!"
"Superboy? Miss Martian? Is this true?" Aqualad asked his teammates. Superboy got off the floor as M'gann put the water balloons back in the bucket. "sorry Aqualad, we were trying to get Jacob out of bed."
"I'm up aren't I?!" Jacob said angerly as he crossed his arms. "Enough! Both of you. Jacob, you know you have school today. Get ready." Kaldur ordered before turning to the others. "Superboy, M'gann, water is extremely fatal to Jacob due to his powers, you know this, so why are you using it on him?"
"Umm well you see-" they stammered. "Go prepare for school." He ordered. M'gann and Superboy quickly left.
Once everyone left Jacob changed into a more casual outfit. Walking out he made his way to the hanger. As he was passing the infirmary Jacob suddenly stopped.
Lightning started crackling in between Jacobs fingers while he stood in a trance. Turing around Jacob walking into the infirmary and headed straight towards the back where a glowing crystal orb was pulsing inside a glass container. Jacobs lightning started pulsing in rhythm to the blast core as if his own powers were begging him to absorb the ray-field energy within the crystal.
Before Jacob could open the containment field he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Jacob, what are you doing in here?"
"Diana?" Jacob said confused as he broke out of his trance.
Diana or more commonly known as Wonder woman was standing before the teenager with a concerned look on her face. "Jacob are you ok?"
"I uh I'm fine. Just wondering around and was thinking. How come your here and what's up with the lack of uniform?" Jacob asked changing the subject.
Wonder Woman narrowed her eyes before gesturing to follow. "come we can talk on the way to the hanger."
As they were walking out of the Infirmary Jacob took once last look at the blast core before following his mentor.
"Soooo how's it going?" the conduit asked.
"All is well, I just came by to see my protégé, and see him off to his first day back to school."
"Wahoo, school, so exciting." Jacob said sarcastically. "I mean I'm perfectly fine with hanging out in the cave and fighting crime for a living."
"Your going." Diana said leaving no room for argument. "Your going to need an education if you want to go anywhere in life."
"I know, but I really hate it, if this place is anything like my last school then the teachers aren't going to know what the hell there doing, and homework is really annoying." Jacob complained.
"this is not up for debate and there will be no excuses. Your lucky batman enrolled you for sophomore year considering you never graduated your freshmen year." Diana said.
"She does have a point." Jacob thought before sighing. "Look Diana, I'm just complaining, I hated my school last year. And I'm grateful I really am. This is the first real thing to a normal life I have ever gotten since I got these powers, Thank you."
Diana then unexpectedly wrapped her arms around Jacob in a comforting manner "Jacob you have gone through great hardship, the challenges you endured, no child should ever have to go through." She then pulled away but kept her hands on his shoulders. "The very fact that you still do good and recognize the need for education speaks volumes. Now go, learn, make friends and keep superboy out of trouble." She joked putting a smile Jacobs face.
Once they reached the hanger. Superboy, M'gann, red tornado, Martian manhunter, and Aqualad were already there. "Yo, what's up with the party? Coming to see us off? Jacob asked.
"This is precisely why we're here Jacob. The first day of a scholastic season carries great cultural resonance. We want to wish you all well." Martian manhunter said.
"Guess it's not a Kryptonian thing." Superboy commented, then slightly glared at Jacob upon noticing his mentor.
"You may wish to change before you depart." Aqualad said ignoring the super boys comment.
"Ah, I spent hours choosing this outfit." M'gann said excitedly before shapeshifting her clothes into a red dress but kept her skin green. "What do you think? Can M'gann M'orzz pass as an Earth girl now?" She asked.
"Well" Aqualad tilted his head unsure how to tell her.
"Just kidding. Meet Megan Morse. What's your new name?" Turning to Superboy.
"My what?" He said confused.
Martian Manhunter morphed into a human in a business suit and explained. "I chose the name John Jones for myself and suggested John Smith for Red Tornado. You could be a John, too."
"Pass." Superboy said crossing his arms
Megan then placed her hands on Superboys arms "Conner's always been my favorite name." Superboy just shrugged.
"A last name will also be required." Aqualad stated
"Perhaps Kent." Martian Manhunter suggested.
"Oh, in memory of Dr. Fate, the late Kent Nelson." Megan realized.
"Of Course." Manhunter said shifting back to a martian.
"Ok. Sure. I guess it would be an honor or something." Conner Kent Shrugged.
"Hey, while we're on the topic of superb-Conner secret identity, what about me? Jacob asked while tracing his fingers across the scar on his face.
"What'd you mean Jacob?" Megan asked confused.
"Well, last time I checked I'm still considered the worst terrorist ever recorded in human history and when my dad died inherited the title 'demon of empire city.' Plus, I have this very distinct scar on my face which is a dead giveaway on my identity." Jacob explained slightly annoyed on how the world views him.
"Don't worry Jacob, the league has already taken care of everything." Manhunter said as he pulled some kind of necklace out of his pocket. "All you need is to wear this."
"Umm ok." Jacob said unsure as he placed the necklace around his neck."
"It's a clamor charm." Diana explained. "To everyone but yourself you will appear as someone else entirely. Zatara was kind enough to create such a spell for you. Unfortunately, he did not have the mystic energy at the time to make it appear to the league and the team to see your real face."
"Oh, ok thank you, this will make things much easier." Jacob said. "This is actually really cool." He then noticed Kaldur and Megan were looking at him surprised while Conner just didn't care. "So, how to I look? Am I still pretty. The conduit joked.
They quickly shook themselves out of there daze. "No, its just surprising, you look different now." Kaldur said.
"I believe that is what we were trying to accomplish. To make Jacob look less than himself." Diana joked causing everyone to chuckle. "Damn I'm really getting picked on today." The superhero said.
Well, Conner Kent, time to change your shirt." Conner just placed his hand on his shirt. "You don't want to reveal your identity." She explained.
Conner then took off his shirt in front of everyone "Will this work?" He asked Turning it inside out.
"Heh. Works for me." Megan blushed.
"Dude. seriously?" Jacob asked his hand pressed against his head at Conner obliviousness. "Whatever, doesn't matter, let's go." He said ready to get the day over with.
"Wait, shouldn't I be Conner Nelson?" The krytonian asked.
"They grow up so fast." Manhunter said as the teens left for school.
"They certainly do." Diana said. Suddenly her phone went off. "Hello... Greeting Donna, I'm just finishing up. I'll see you soon." Then the Amazon flew off.
The entire way there Megan asked Jacob multiple questions about school and all the wonderful things that happen there. While Jacob did his best to answer them and trying his hardest not to crush her dreams.
"Jacob? What was it like at your last school?" Megan asked. "Hell" he replied instantly.
"What?" She asked confused. "It was alright." He tried to play off his first answer. "The students were pretty annoying, and the teachers gave us a lot of homework. Mainly because they didn't know what they were talking about. But not the worst place in the world."
Suddenly we saw a skateboard pass by us and heard someone struggling. Turning around saw Conner holding some by his jacket and pointed at his chest. "Explain this." He demanded.
"Why?" The kid asked scared and confused.
"What's your problem? Put my man Marvin down." A muscular guy with a Superman shirt said.
"I don't think he likes my shirt." Marvin said.
"Your shirt's fine." Conner grumbled. "Everyone's shirt is fine." He commented looking at everyone who wore a superhero shirt.
"Someone's fine." A girl in a cheerleader uniform said.
Megan took this opportunity to introduce us. "Hi. We're new. I'm Megan Morse. This is Conner Kent. And Jacob m-"
"Miller. Jacob Miller." The conduit interrupted. Just then Conner and the other guy walked up and glared at each other.
Jacob then got in between both of them. "Guys, chill. What's the point of this?" He asked nonchalantly.
Before either of them could respond we heard something snapping their fingers at us.
"Ok, time to get to homeroom, gang." The teacher said. The muscular guy then walked past the superhero's bumping into their shoulders. When Conner started to go after him he felt a hand on his shoulder. "I ask again what's the point?" Jacob asked.
"I'm gonna-" Conner started grumbling under his breath.
Then Marvin and another cheerleader walked up to them. "Hi, I'm Wendy. I was new last year, so I know how hard it is to fit in. But you look like instant bumble bee material to me." We all looked at her confused. "Cheerleaders. "The Bumble Bees. Tryouts are after school." Wendy explained while she twirled around.
Then Megan pressed her hands together trying to contain her excitement. But then she looked at Conner and Jacob for approval. "Sure, who are we to stop you?" Jacob asked while Conner shrugged.
"Thanks. I'll be there." She told Wendy.
"Dude, facing down Mal Duncan? Fierce! Not too bright, but fierce." Marvin exclaimed to Conner.
"Not the worst thing to happen to us." Jacob said bumping his elbow against Conner.
"Yeah I bet." Marvin said. "So? Where are you all from?"
"I grew up in Empire City." The conduit said surprising Megan and Conner while Wendy looked slightly disheartened and Marvin confused. "I may have to make up a fake last name, but I'm not forgetting where I'm from." The survivor thought.
"Oh my gosh, I heard about what happened to empire city on the news, how did you get out?" Wendy asked.
"My uncle and I moved away a few months before it happened. We decided to settle here after some traveling." Jacob explained. "Still sucks about what happened."
"Wait! What happened in empire city?" Marvin asked confused. But Wendy just elbowed him. "It was destroyed Marvin, millions of people died! It was all over the news! How do you not know of this?!" She whispered angrily at his obliviousness.
"Oh Wow, I uh, uh sorry man that sucks." Marvin apologized to the conduit.
"Don't worry about it, let's just forget about it." Jacob waved off before walking to home room.
"Is he alright?" Wendy asked Megan and Conner. "He fine, we think." Conner said unsure before following him.
"If Lex Luthor's unknown strategy for peace fails, the 2 Rhelasias are looking at all-out war before morning." Cat grant reported on the television before Mr. Carr turned it off.
"Who can tell me more about Rhelasia?" He asked the class. "Marvin?" He volunteered him.
"Well, Mr. Carr, it's Better than Fakeasia." Marvin joked. "Anyone else?" He asked
"Modern Rhelasia was created in 1855 and ruled by the Boquoon Dynasty until it was divided by the Great Powers into North and South Rhelasia after World War II." Conner said robotically.
"Very good." Mr. Card said impressed.
"But why are they fighting? They're all humans. I mean, Rhelasians. Right?" Conner asked confused.
"Right on both counts, actually." He replied.
"It's no different on Mars. The White Martian minority are treated as second class citizens by the Green majority. Of course, I'm green, but that doesn't make it right." Megan explained through the mental link.
"Really? Dang. I know the feeling, ever since I got my powers, it's the second war on terror. If I start using my powers right now this whole school will be evacuated, and the police will send in the DUP faster than I can say oh shit." Jacob said.
"But why?" Conner asked. "There have been superheroes for years, even another version of the justice league back during world war 1."
"That's the thing, a couple heroes. Enough to do some good in the world but now thousands of conduits are showing up monthly, and the first conduits to have be shown to the public were completely insane." Jacob explained. "They fear us, so they imprison us, it's wrong, but I don't blame them."
"But Jacob your people are going to prison simply because of something they were born with!" Megan said.
"Like I said they fear us. Yes, the way this government is handling the situation is terrible, but their fear is justified. No matter how wrong it is." Jacob said while he took notes on the board.
"We should do something! Prove that imprisoning conduits is wrong! You can't arrest people just because, they're different!" Conner argued.
"Go ahead, join the movement, start a blog." Said Jacob.
"What's the matter with you!? Don't you care about your people!?" Megan practically shouted in the link causing Conner and Jacob to cringe.
"I do care! I do! But right now, there is nothing we can do about it. Wonder Woman said the league is working on something but if that doesn't work then I'll take on the whole world by myself." Jacob said with determination.
After school Megan was at cheer tryouts while Conner and Jacob sat on the bleachers.
"Ok, Megan, you're up." Wendy said once she finished her cheer.
Megan stood up and took a deep breath "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Hornets, hornets, can't be beat. Bzz-ting." She said while doing some cheer moves "How'd I do?" She asked nervous about her answer.
Wendy looked disappointed but also like she was trying to hide a grin. "I thought you did great. And I'm really sorry about this.
Just then two other cheerleaders dumped a container of water over her head causing her to gasp.
Seeing this Conner growled and got up, "Woah! Conner wait!" Jacob tried to grab him, but Conner tripped and went tumbling down the bleachers. Jacob sprinted down after him, seeing that Conner was fine Jacob burst out laughing. "Hey bro, you good?" He asked laughing, the kryponian just glared at the conduit.
"Sorry." Wendy apologized as she angrily glanced at her teammates. "It's a stupid initiation ritual that I wish my teammates would abandon."
"Wait. Initiation ritual? Hello, Megan. That means I made the team." She realized. "Um, I did, right?
"You're a Bumble Bee, girl!" Karen exclaimed.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Megan shouted hugging Wendy, a few other cheerleaders joined in on the hug as well.
"So, is that your boyfriend? 'Cause he's hot, but kind of a freak." Maren asked.
"forget him check out his friend." Another girl said checking out Jacob.
Meanwhile Conner was sitting on the ground grumbling over what happened all while Jacob was on the ground laughing even though he was now sporting a bruise on his cheek from where Conner tried to get him to shut up.
After practice was done Conner gave Megan his jacket to use as a towel and grabbed her books for her. "You're carrying my books?" she asked.
"What, you want them to get wet?" He shrugged before walking away causing Megan to blush.
"Somebody has a crush, somebody has a crush." Jacob whispered to Megan in a singalong tone.
"Shut up, he'll hear you!" Megan's blush deepened.
Jacob just laughed some more as he followed behind Conner. "You know. This wasn't that bad. I could get used to this. A normal life." The conduit thought.
Aaaannndddd done, once again I apologize for my inactivity, the reason it takes so long is because of my computer. I have two computers, my personal computer which is a dell laptop, this one i use to write fanfiction. And my other is a school provided mac book air. I use the mac book more and when i go back to typing on the Dell pc i have to get used to again. but I think I finally found a way to fix this. Hopefully my next chapter will be out much sooner than this one.
As for this chapter, did anyone notice my not so subtle easter egg? I will be adding it to the story soon but for now you'll have to wait.