The Hiatus is over, and I've decided to skip ahead a year of in continuity time after this chapter. The main reason being to allow for Robin to get a little older before others start being added.

After all...he is going to get Starfire...he needs all the 'practice and stamina' he can get. This also means I am going to tie up some loose ends with a season 2 character, and leave room for a few new characters and locations to appear later.

Also, please do review, this story not getting reviews was one of the main reasons for the hiatus.

Oh, and I just realized he kept saying his name was Kal-El...I have no idea why I typed that. Lets just say that's just some issue with whatever reality he came from.

Recap

Of course, before Superboy could ask the expert on the show what she thought would happen after the unresolved season 1 cliffhanger where the main character's adopted brother's mother, who could not care for him because she didn't have a job, was killed in a car accident...Kid Flash was smashed through their T.V, as an Italian version of him flew up from above...

"Okay, what the hell is going on here!" what did Cadmus do...make a version of him while eating Pizza?

His evil Italian counterpart glared at him, then gave Megan a look of absolute venom...as if she was something disgusting...though Superboy could have sworn that he saw something akin to pain in his duplicates eyes as well.

"Well well Kal-El...still with that...issue" after all, if the Megan of his world slowly began to grow a conciseness and stopped mentally torturing his enemies...then what would happen with this one?

"SHUT UP...AND WHAT THE HELL DOES KAL-EL MEAN!" his confusion, however, did not hide his great, great disgust of him calling Megan that.

"My name is Lak-Le, so I am assuming that in a universe that is the opposite of mine, yours would be reversed...as to that thing your with..." he was shut up by Superboy sucker punching him, as they heard Artemis scream in pain.

"Artemis..." Wally moaned in pain.

'Megan, go help Artemis...I'll handle this jerk!' Megan nodded, a bit reluctant as she flew towards the Kid Flash made hole.

Any with that confrontation, 'Kal-El' and Lak-Le clashed...Superboy's fingerless gloved hand clashing against the hand of Lak, who had a glowing golden light to them.

End recap

A distant planet

"Urg...where am I?" a blond haired man in a lab coat muttered, forcing himself up. His head was pounding...first there was this strange light, and then.

Adam Strange paled, he had been abducted by aliens! He was going to be dissected, his brain probed...OTHER body parts would get probed...

If he tried to escape, he'd be sucked into the vacuum of space without air...

'Curious, a Human Earthling from that Planet Earth...and unlike the ones detected on Rimborr and other planets, lacks that strange, Star Conqueror based technology I detected on them via my sensors...I do believe he could be, interesting, to observe' a strange language was being spoken out of sight.

"Of course, they don't speak English..." so that meant no amount of begging would help...

His train of thought ended as two of these strange, pale yellow, pointy eared beings entered the area he had found himself in, a bald old one, and a...very attractive female one with purple eyes and black hair.

Okay, perhaps being abducted by a hot alien chick wasn't so bad after all...he did need a girlfriend after all.

Noting a lack of visible probe like devices, he suddenly was glad he was good at charades as a child.

Back on the ship

Or perhaps under it, seeing as Superboy was smashed through its hull by LaK-Le, who was just as strong as Match, but smarter and less insane.

Impacting into the ground somewhere in Hawaii...if the startled Nene that took off were any indication (A/N, Superboy worked out of Hawaii for a long period in the comics), Superboy glared up as Lak just floated down with a smug look on his face.

"Alexander Luthor, The Dark, and Project Shabti must have been shabby in this world if you aren't able to develop true power. Or perhaps...the Nok-Le of this world just doesn't treat himself like the god the two of us are."

"Okay, the bad rip off names are really get on my nerves" The Dark? Project Shabti? Really...who thinks up those ridiculousness names.

"Give up, I have the powers of a real Kryptonian, and I am your opposite in every way. I think before every action, I don't fear the consequences, I have no morals..."

"If your really my opposite, you're a coward who doesn't risk being hurt" He saw this on a old T.V show that Wally made him watch, watching T.V was apparently Wally's 'Self Strategy Practice Session' seeing if the bluff worked.

Lak rose an eyebrow "I call it, being properly cautious." Why risk dipping my feet in liquid nitrogen to save old villain like Professor Destiny from Noiralk the Wizard Kid when you had people for that.

Superboy scowled, his bluff failed. No more strategies from Kid Flash...so he went to the old standby of throwing a huge rock at his evil, mafia counterpart.

Who shattered said stone and flew at him as Superboy thought of something else.

If he was his opposite...he wouldn't have listened to Black Canary...

And so the more powerful Kryptonian was flung off via Black Canary Brand Super Strength Combat Style Number 5, crashing into the ground with a small crater.

However, said super powerful alt universe type flew out and smashed Conner full Kryptonian style, sending him flying into the interior of a nearby volcano, skidding along the top of the molten lava, wincing as his new favorite boots got burned.

"Damn it..."

Laser vision then silenced his curse as he flew into the black volcanic rock, as Lak began to rapidly pound Superboy with super speed punches before Superboy headbutted him off and into the lava, where his own Italian shoes were burned off, before laser vision fired again, with Superboy blocking it with his indestructible palms, creating a stalemate of sort

"The Martian Backstabber can't help you here" the laser shooting one scoffed as the blocking one glared back.

"What the hell do you have against Megan! Did she and Kid Flash...or whatever you call your speedster go out or something and left you hanging?" if it was an alternate dimension that they came from...

"Hardly" Lak growled "The counterpart to your Megan of my world was my closest companion...my love. My relief from being the one to bear the new responsibilities of being the heir to the boss of bosses. But, she betrayed the entire Syndicate, when she became...good" Lak's formerly pained look changed to a dark smirk "But, if mine turned good...what do you think will happen to yours!"

At that remark, Superboy managed to get out of the stalemate and super speed punched Lak for that counterpart "That will never happen! Megan's the nicest, sweetest person I know. Aqualad's more likely to become evil than her!"

Lak punched him back "The 'Megan'..."what a weird name, to him anyway", of my world was perfectly evil! She stopped using her Telepathy to destroy my enemies! So what do you thinks going to happen to your little, pure as snow Megan?"

Conner responded to that by outright smashing Lak through the volcano's shell with a super jump punch, flying into the jungle and impacting deep into the earth.

"I won't let her become evil! Unlike you, I won't give up on her!" he declared as he punched him again, but Lak caught it.

"DO YOU THINK I DIDN'T TRY! I BROKE UP WITH HER, HOPING TO CAUSE HER ENOUGH PAIN TO KEEP HER ON OUR SIDE! DO YOU REALLY THINK THE WOUND HER BETRAYAL LEFT DOESN'T STILL HURT! FACE IT, SHE'S UNSAVABLE! FOR EITHER OF US!"

Lak through Superboy into the air, as he sped impacted into Superboy, sending him flying into the air a considerable distance...though not quite into the atmosphere. As a result, Superboy quickly fell back down, glowing like a meteor, fist first.

Lak punched the meteor Superboy's fist...causing a huge explosion that leveled the entire jungle...which thankfully was devoid of rare creatures like Nene due to their noise.

The explosion ruined both their clothings, the suits covered in many holes and other damages. While Superboy's gloves were now in two...Lak's glowing glove parts had burst opened, releasing what was inside.

Several small, glowing gold crystals.

Ignoring them, Superboy attempted to charge at his counterpart...to find himself moving slower than normal.

That, and when he tried to punch Lak, there seemed to be no strength in his punch...so just a finger from Lak blocked him and knocked the stunned clone to the ground.

Lak was surprised...the Golden Kryptonite was what gave Kryptonians of his world their powers. But in this world...it seemed to take it away.

And, if their green was a temporary power source while gold was a permanent power source, then that meant...

"YOUR POWERS ARE GONE, FOREVER!" Lak boasted at the stunned Superboy, as he rose his fist into the air, noting how his team was flying into the shrinking rift "Well, that looks like I'm done..." he began to fly into the air as his eyes glowed red "Goodbye...your probably thank me for putting you out of your, powerless misery"

However, before he could...he suddenly began to look like he was having a seizure. While it did prevent Superboy dying or being lobotomized...it still was unpleasant to watch.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM YOU BASTARD!" Briefly realizing that was the first time he had heard that language from her, Megan appeared behind his alternate counterpart, her eyes glowing as he was being mentally destroyed.

Lok collapsed, dead, as Superboy looked just...alarmed at what he had just seen.

"Conner" Megan said in a sweet, kind, worried voice that seemed to completely ignored she just mind raped someone and rendered him brain dead. "Conner, are you alright?"

"You killed him..." he trailed in shock...first he lost his power, then Megan just proved Lak right...

"Conner...he was going to kill you..."

"You don't kill...or mentally destroy..." his shock now had a edge of anger in it

"Conner...he was going to KILL you" Megan said desperately "What was I supposed to do! Capturing him wouldn't do any good, and the rip would have closed before he got in it...he would have given away our position to the Light! He took away your powers...HE WAS GOING TO KILL YOU!" she kept emphasizing it because she couldn't even begin to consider how she'd handle him dying.

The whole, them having bits of each other souls due to the chips probably made things worse.

"NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!" normally he'd be a tad more, composed...at least with Megan, but this was just too disturbing...particularly after what Lak had just said about her.

He mentally prepared for a argument to start...but instead

"Programming for Bonded, M'Gann M'orse, has been updated. Willingness to kill, disabled. Willingness to mentally destroy, disabled. Willingness to render comas, disabled." she said in a computerized, monotoned voice.

Now a different type of alarm just arose in Superboy. He recalled that Dick had mentioned something of the sort before...

"I also found some information that suggested that the chips would allow the user to have some control of the female, possibly even alter them if he wanted, though I can't say if that's in the finished product"

But he had no idea it would be like this. He nearly went to just try and undo what he had just inadvertently done...but then he realized doing that would just restart the whole problem.

Here he was, powerless and had just practically did to Miss Martian what he was arguing about with her, abusing power...

"Initiating, Anti Suicide Mode" the still monotoned Megan suddenly restrained him just as that sort of thought really did enter his head about just going off the nearby cliff wall.

"That action is ill advised. Death of Master, Conner Kent" He didn't like being called her Master, and her still being monotone "Will result in suffering beyond death due to existence of part of Master, Conner Kent's soul in Bonded, M'Gann M'orse. Likewise, bonded, M'gann M'orse will loose part of her own soul should Master, Conner Kent, commit suicide, resulting in side effects in bonded, M'Gann M'orse, including insanity, endless pain, death and instability"

Conner lowered his head...forcing the death related thoughts out of his mind 'Great...I can't do anything without hurting M'gann. I try to save her from Lak's prediction, and I end up rewriting her mind. I...I'm a failure at everything...I just want things to go back to normal' his powers, and Megan

He failed as a hero, loosing his powers and failing to stop the Light. He failed in his beliefs and he failed to even be a decent boyfriend, just rewriting his girlfriend like she was some computer program. What sort of person was he?

As Conner did something he had rarely done before...crying...M'Gann's restraint via Anti Suicide Mode suddenly became an embrace...as the monotone ended by his mental wish for her to go back to normal.

However, his powers were a completely different story.

Meanwhile, in another universe whose door was now closed

"LAK!"

"BOSS!"

"SON!"

Okay...I had tears in my eyes at the end. Anyone else have any?