Ch21
Sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes but I only had so much time, to check and re-check them.
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Lex Luthor was attending a video conference, along with the rest of the members of the Light, Vandal Savage, Ra's al Ghul, Queen Bee, Brain, Black Manta and Klarion.
"Are you sure?" Ra's al Ghul asks him.
"You are human after all." Vandal Savage says to him.
"You are smart." Lex says to him, in a condescending tone.
"You are human and therefore you will feel a paternal tie to this biological weapon whose creation you oversaw." Ra's al Ghul says to him, knowing what Vandal was talking about. "I myself feel a close connection to my daughter who in the past has disobey-"
"Not a paternal tie, an ownership. Superboy is my property." Lex says to him.
"Is that all?" Klarion asks bored.
"And what of Superman?" Black Manta asks.
"I've studied him for years. I know more about the alien than anyone on earth." Lex Luthor says as to them. "Kryptonite and magic will hurt him but that's not what will destroy him. It never will be. You have to reach deeper. You have to find something he loves. Or create something he will love. He loves this boy. And when his boy turns against the Justice League's children, when Superman buries those coffins…well, that…that will kill him."
Klarion chuckles. "This is going to be fun."
…Conner and Lori's apartment
"It was on a Friday." Cassie says to him.
"So what?" Conner asks her.
"So you were supposed to be at your Friday night dinner." Cassie says to him.
Conner looks at her. "oh so if I hadn't showed up you wouldn't have told me?"
"That's not what I meant."
"Well, it's Friday. I gotta go."
"Conner-" she starts and he leaves. "Oh for the love of-" she goes out with him. "When did you get so paranoid!" she yells out in the middle of the hallway.
"When you decided to have sex with a guy 30 minutes after we broke up." Conner says to her.
"You asshole!" she yells out.
"Nice." He says to her and walks away.
…Luthor Mansion
"I mean, they were extremely common until just recently- historically recently, not recently like "boss is a word for cool or awesome" recently, but recently." Conner says as he eats a potato.
"Are we still talking about anvils?" Lori asks him.
"Yes, where did all the anvils go?" Conner asks them.
"You're talking about those big, heavy, metal things?" Lex asks him, a little confused.
"That blacksmiths hammered horseshoes and stuff on. Everyone had them. They were featured prominently in every movie western, so where did they all go?" Conner asks them.
"I don't know that they were that common." Lex says to him.
"Wile E. Coyote used them. That's how common they were."
"Who?" Lex asks him, confused.
"The cartoon. He was always trying to drop an anvil on the Road Runner's head or shoot it at him out of a giant slingshot or fire it at him out of a cannon. Inevitably, the cannon tilted up, shot it in the air, it fell down, and made an anvil-shaped impression on Wile E. Coyote's head." Conner says with a smile.
"This is a cartoon?" Lex asks him, a little shocked.
"No, no, this just happened to me the other day. I was walking down the street, and this giant anvil- yes, father, it's a cartoon." He eats his carrot.
"I know he sounds nuts, but it's a very common cartoon." Lori says to him.
"But that doesn't prove that anvils were so common."
"It does. It proves that anvils were so ubiquitous at one point that they knew that children would know what they were and delight in them. That's how common they were-children watching cartoons."
"I've forgotten your point."
"Where are all the anvils? I mean, is there some sort of secret anvil storage facility the government is keeping from us?"
"Or they fell into disuse with the advent of other technologies, and so they melted them down and they're gone." Lex says to them, using an excuse to stop talking about the subject.
"But they're not supposed to melt. They were made to withstand the red-hot hammer of the town blacksmith." Conner points out.
"This is easily the most pointless conversation we've ever had." Lex says to him, tired of the conversation.
"I don't hear anyone chiming in with rational theories." Conner says to them.
"Please change the subject, I beg of you, anyone."
"Talk to Cassie yet?" Lori asks Conner, Conner glares at her.
"Are you and Cassie fighting?" Lex asks him.
"A little, it's no big deal. We'll fix it. New subject. "
"Ok, umm these new chairs uncle." She says as she wiggles on the chair.
"Why, yes Lori, they are." Lex says to him.
"They are?" Conner asks looking at them.
"I got them from a dealer up in Maine last summer. He just finished restoring them." Lex says to them.
"They look exactly like the old ones." Conner says to him.
"They're nice." Lori says to him with a smile.
"Are you sure they're new?" Conner asks him.
"Of course I'm sure. I bought them." Lex says to him. "Are you alright?" he asks Conner he was being different.
"I'm fine, I don't see any difference at all." Conner says to him.
"Well, the arch in the back is higher and they have a completely different leg." Lex says to him, explain to him the difference.
"Hmm, no difference." Conner says to him.
"I could only get ten of these, so I'm two chairs short of a set."
"You're telling me." Conner says to him.
"Conner, do you realize how rare these chairs are?"
"No."
"I've searched for three years or them. I've combed every fine antique store on the East Coast and this is all I could find. I blame Peg Mosley."
"Hm, Peg Mosley. Evil, evil woman." Conner says as he chews.
"What did Peg Mosley do?" Lori asks him confused.
"She lured these two German children to her gingerbread house and then she tried to eat them. Pass the carrots please." Conner says to her, she rolls her eyes.
"Ok what is wrong with you?" Lex says to him as he passes him the carrots.
"What?" Conner asks him as he puts the carrots down on his plate.
"You've been pouting and sulking and sighing."
"Oh, I have not been sighing."
"Rolling your eyes, mumbling."
"I'm just…" Conner sighs. "It's nothing. I'll shut." He continues to eat.
"You can talk to us if you want." Lex says to him.
"No, I'm fine."
"He and Cassie have been fighting for the past week." Lori says to him.
"Stop it." Conner says to her.
"About what?"
"Nothing." Conner say, Lex and Lori look at him as he eats. "Carrots are good."
"Changing the subject doesn't guarantee we will." Lori says to him.
"Is there dessert?" Conner says fishing the carrots and changing the subject.
Lex sighs. "Yes, and I have a special surprise for you for dessert. I brought it back from Switzerland."
"We're getting a mountain goat?" Conner asks him smiling, Lori chuckles.
Lex looks at him and shakes his head. "No, this is better than a goat. Let's go into the living room." He says he stand up.
"Dessert from Switzerland." Conner says to Lori still sitting down leaning over the table.
"The land of chocolate." Lori says smiling as she leans on the table. "Yum!" she says, smiling and stands up, so does Conner.
"You two are going to love this." Lex says to them as they walk down a hall and go to the living room.
"Is it as good as Toblerone?" Lori asks him.
"Oh, it's better than Toblerone." Lex says to him. They walk to the living room. The maid sets the dessert Afternoon Tea Tray on the coffee table.
"Whoa, what is that?" Conner asks as he sees the candy on the tray.
"It's marzipan." Lex says to him.
"Marzipan?" Lori asks him.
"The finest marzipan in all of Europe, made by cloistered nuns. I toured their cloister, it was right out of The Sound of Music." Lex says to them.
"What happened to the chocolate?" Lori asks him as they all sit down.
"What chocolate?" Lex asks her as he sits opposite of them.
"You compared it to Toblerone - that's chocolate." Lori says to him.
"You brought up Toblerone. I just said it was better than that because I think it is." Lex explains, to her. "Marzipan is candy. You like candy."
"Marzipan is not candy. It is a unique substance unto itself, like Velveeta or plutonium." Conner says to him.
"You're not even going to try it?" Lex asks them.
"I'll pass." Lori says to him.
"I'll try some, dad."
"Take the one with the little pig on it." Lex says to him, pointing it out.
"Oh, thank you." Conner says to him and grabs a tiny little pink pig.
"I got the pigs for you and the bunny for Lori."
"You got me bunnies?" Lori asks him. Conner bites into the pig and chews then stops.
"They're for whomever now." Lex says to her.
"Well, no, I'll try a bunny." Lori says to him, Conner looks at her frown eyebrows.
"Don't force yourself." Lex says to her.
"I'm not. I want a bunny. Give me a bunny." Lori says to him Conner pokes her back trying to get her attention. Lex grabs a napkin and gives her a bunny.
Lex gets a pig and bites it. "Delicious." He says. Lori bits her bunny chews then stops, the bell ring. Lori looks at Conner and he shakes his head a little. "Who could that be?" he says as it grabs his attention away from them both, Lori quickly spits out the bunny into the napkin and holds it in her hand. Conner looks her with a face.
"Mr. Luthor, I have the papers you wanted." Mercy says as she walks in.
"Thank you Mercy, could you put them in my office."
"Yes, sir." Mercy says to him and walks away.
"You should have asked Mercy if she wanted some." Lori says to him.
"Yes, just not the one you spit out on your napkin" Lex says to Lori.
"…sorry." She says ashamed at herself.
"Did you swallow yours?" Lex asks Conner.
"Mmhmm." Conner says smiling and nodding, Lex looks at him. "Unh-uh." He says shaking his head frowning.
Lex sighs and gives him a napkin. Conner spits it out. "Oh gross." He moans.
…Conner and Cassie's apartment
Knock
Knock
Knock
"Ok, we get it you're out there!" Conner yells out as he walks out of his room and opens the door. "Hey, Cass, ready for round three?" he asks her.
"No."
"No?"
"I was thinking and thinking and thinking that you have every right to be angry and so does Tim. So I'll make it up to you in every way I can and I have a list." Cassie says to him, and takes out a piece of paper out of her pocket. "Ok we will have sex in any place you want, any movie you want to watch even those really disgusting movies with the blood and all that, any food you want, oh also if you want me to go to the Luthor house I will go and be nice and wear high heels, I will buy you anything you want-"
Conner kisses her and makes her stop talking. "I love you."
"I love you too."
"You want to stay over? I made chicken."
"And the Alfredo pasta?"
"And the Alfredo pasta."
"Yay." She says and walks in. "Oh do you want to have sex first?"
Conner looks at the food. "It'll get cold."
"That's true." She says and grabs a plate and serves herself. "Bread?"
"Rolls." He says to her as he opens the oven and takes out the pan with his bare hands.
"I love rolls. Did you-?"
"Butter? Yes."
"I'm loving you like a 2 dollar whore." She says as she serves herself.
"Perfect I'll tell my girlfriend." He says as he grabs some chicken and Alfredo pasta.
"Ah is she prettier than me?" she asks him grabbing both their plates and taking them to the coffee table.
"Yes and coincidentally she's also a blonde too." he says grabbing two beers, forks and napkins.
She pauses. "I know I started this but it's freaking me out now." she says to him.
"Understood." He says as he walks over to her and sits down with her.
"Where's Lori?" Cassie asks him as she grabs the beer and twists it open.
"Work."
"She better come home soon because there is no way there's going to be any food left." She says to him.
"Here, here." Conner cheers and puts his beer up and they click their beers.
She chuckles. "I really am sorry."
"I forgive you."
"Hey what happen on the mission?" she asks him as she starts eating.
"Nothing." He says as he eats also.
"Nightwing and Superman seem pretty uptight about it." Cassie says to him, Conner eats. "Conner?"
"I'm just-I'll tell you later."
"OK." She says. "What are we watching?"
"Footloose." He presses play.
"Oh I love this movie, Kevin Bacon was hot your eyes are prettier though."
"Thank you."
…Mount Justice
Batman, Superman, Wonder woman, Nightwing, Aqualad, Miss Martian, Wondergirl, Artemis, and Kid Flash where all there in the briefing room, looking at the holo-computer then the computer announces Superboy, he walks in.
"Hey, I got paged." Superboy says slightly sarcastically. "New mission?" he asks them as they look at him.
"Can we talk about something?" Superman asks him.
"Dad?" Superboy asks him.
"Yes."
"There's nothing to talk about."
"We can try to fix it." Nightwing says to him, trying to calm them down knowing that it was going to end with a punch.
"No, there's nothing to fix." Superboy says to him.
"You don't think I can see what this is?" Superman says to him.
"What are you talking about?"
"He's a substitute for Pa, isn't he? A poor one."
Superboy looks at him, shocked. "We should run." Kid Flash whispers.
"Not yet." Nightwing whispers back.
"Shut up, Kal." Superboy says angry.
"He's not even close, Kon. Not on his best day."
"You know what? I'm not even going to talk about this." Superboy says to him angry.
"You know, you slap on this big fake smile but I can see right through it. Because I know how you feel, Kon. Pa's dead. And he left a hole, and it hurts so bad you can't take it, but you can't just fill up that hole with whoever you want to. It's an insult to his memory." Superman says to him trying to be sympathetic.
"Okay." Superboy says and he starts to turn away, then turns back and punches Superman, hard. They all move a bit in case they need to pull them back.
Superman touches his cheek. "You hit me all you want. It won't change anything." He says not punching back.
"No." Superboy says stats to walk away.
Superman pulls his arm. "Have you even asked Luthor about it?"
"No." Superboy says annoyed pushing him away.
"Why not?" Superman asks him, Superboy looks at him and says nothing. "Because you know it's true."
"No it's not, no it's not!" Superboy says stubbornly.
"You saw it yourself, Lex Luthor is using the people of Rhelasia to turn a profit."
"So what?"
"So what?" Superman repeats his words, shocked.
"You're telling me that Bruce Wayne doesn't give to charities to get a tax break?"
"I can't believe you just said that." Nightwing says to him surprised. Superboy looks at him, was about to apologize.
"Bruce Wayne, does good things for the people of Gotham, he helps them in any way he can." Superman says to him, offended.
"And Lex Luthor doesn't do the same for the people of Metropolis?"
"It's Lex Luthor." Superman says to him.
"Oh, right, he's the antichrist, I forgot. He wants the whole world to burn and bow down to him on their knees, he's a murderer with a death wish and he wants to kill everything that stands in his way, right?"
"I know you think that he's changed, but he's not. He is a completely out of control, sociopathic man who has no respect for the League, who has no respect for me, or the superhero society."
"So, what, no matter what I say, you're just gonna choose to blame Dad for everything?"
"He's not your father!" Superman snaps.
"Careful Kal, you're starting to sound jealous."
"Yes, I blame him! That's right! I'm sorry, but when my son comes home shot with a kryptonite bullet I get to hate the guy who shot. That's how it works. He's evil, I win. You were in a hospital bed for a week and I get to hate him forever!"
"FINE!" Superboy yells out extremely loud-not hearing the word son.
"FINE!" Superman yells out just as loud if not louder.
"Fine!" Superboy yells out annoyed.
"GOD! You are being stubborn, as usual!" Superman yells at him.
"No, Kal, I'm not being stubborn as usual, I'm being me! The same person who always needed to work out his own problems and take care of himself because that's the way I was born. That's how I am!"
Superman sighs and looks around. "Huh." Noticing for the first time that everybody was gone, Superboy looks around too.
"Looks like we scared them off." Superboy says.
"We've got good lungs, you and I."
"We're never gonna agree on this."
"You have to understand-"
"I do."
"Okay."
"I don't wanna fight about this anymore."
"Neither do I."
"But…I'll talk to him, if it means that much to you." Superboy says to him.
"It does, thank you." Superman says to him.
They stay quiet for a little while, not knowing what else to say.
"Safe to come out?" Nightwing asks as he walks in.
"Yeah, we're good." Superboy says to him.
Nightwing motions for everybody to come out.
"Sorry about that." Superman says to them.
"It's fine." Aqualad says to him.
"So what are we going to do?" Wondergirl asks them.
"There's nothing to do." Superboy says to her.
"Superboy…" Superman starts, Superboy looks at him. "is right, it's not exactly illegal to do it."
"Thank you." Superboy says to him, then his phone beeps, he picks it up. "I have a voicemail."
"Who could possibly be calling you? We're all here." Nightwing tries to lighten the mood.
"You got a life we don't know about?" Kid Flash asks him.
"Does it have ponies?" Aqualad asks him making fun.
"And a lot of plastic?" Artemis asks him smiling.
"Plastic is a vital part of our bright tomorrow." Superboy says to her.
"Soon we'll all be living in plastic houses." Nightwing starts.
"On the moon." Kid Flash says.
"Do you have any idea what they're talking about?" Wonder woman asks.
"I never do." Batman says to her.
Superboy smiles at them. "It's probably a job." He says to them.
"Superboy-" Batman starts.
"I need to pay rent." Superboy says to him and walks off and answers his phone.
They all look at Superman. "Don't look at me, you can say something too if you wanted too."
"No way, he's scary when he's angry." Kid Flash says to him.
"He's definitely a Luthor in that perspective." Artemis says.
"Oh my god." Superboy says shocked.
"What's wrong?" Wondergirl asks him walking up to him.
Superboy walks up to her. "My dad's in the hospital."
"What?" Superman asks him.
"Are you sure?" Wondergirl asks him.
"What happen?" Nightwing asks him.
"Yeah, that was Lori he collapsed or something. I don't know. I need a car. I need to call a cab. Where's the phone? I need - can anyone give me a phone?" Superboy stammers.
"You're holding a phone." Wondergirl points out.
"I'm holding a phone?" Superboy asks confused. "I'm holding a phone." He says looking at it starts dialing.
"Whoa, calm down." Superman says to him.
"No I can't calm down. I need a cab or keys. What's the numbers? God, it's something-cabs, cabs-something-something, 1-800-cabs? Can somebody tell me the damn number of the cab guy?!"
"Conner, we can use the zeta tubes." Superman says to him. "And we can fly."
"Oh yeah." Superboy says forgetting that he could do that.
"Let's go." Wondergirl says to him.
"But there's a mission, and yelling and costumes." Superboy says not making any sense.
"We'll be fine." Superman says to him. "Let's go."
"Kal I'm-"
"I know."
They leave out the zeta tubes.
"I have a question did everybody know that Conner and Cassie were back together?" kid Flash asks.
"Yes." Batman and Nightwing say at the same time.
"No." Wonder woman, Miss Martian, Aqualad, and Artemis say at the same time.
"Glad that was cleared up." Kid Flash says.
…Hospital
Conner, Cassie and Kal were all walking in the hospital looking way out of place in their costumes, as they follow a blue line on the wall, passing rooms, sick people nurses and doctors. Superman drew the most attention with his costume but people didn't believe that it was the real Superman after all what would Superman be doing in a hospital.
"Ok, we're supposed to follow the blue line, around the corner and then we should be-" Kal says as they follow the blue line on the wall then it goes down two halls.
"Where's the scarecrow when you need him?" Conner says looking at the halls.
"What scarecrow?" Cassie asks confused.
"Wonderful wizard of Oz." Kal says to her.
"Oh…Funny." Cassie says understanding.
"Ok, we have to ask someone else." Kal says looking for a nurse or somebody.
"No! No! We just have to pick one." Conner says to him.
"Well we can't just wander around here aimlessly." Cassie says to him.
"Wait. I hear Lori." Conner says and starts walking off, they all follow him.
"I'm his Fucking FAMILY!" Lori yells at the nurse.
"Lori!" Conner yells out.
"Conner." She says shocked as she sees him.
"What's going on? How is he?" he walks up to her.
"You came." Lori says shocked.
"Well of course I came. How's dad?" Conner asks her.
"That's what I've been trying to find out but this woman keeps pestering me with idiotic questions like 'What's the number of his insurance policy and how long have he's had it.' like I would now stuff like that." Lori says to him.
"I need to get this information." The nurse says to Conner.
"You need to get sensitivity training!" Lori yells at her. "I'm his niece, and I would like to see him now." she says to her.
"I'm sorry he's in the cath lab right now getting an angiogram. But the doctor will come find you as soon as they're done." The nurse says in a calm and nice voice.
"There's no need to be cheery about it." Lori says to her angry.
"I wasn't-"
"Honestly someone with your chipper personality should be a weather girl or a preschool teacher."
"I'm sorry you feel that way." The nurse says in a shaky voice.
"Oh, please. Don't mope." Lori says as she rolls her eyes at her.
"Well, what if I fill out this information and you can go find someone who can tell us how my dad is." Conner asks the nurse.
"I'm not supposed to-" the nurse starts.
"Or, I could go and you can stay here and continue to discuss this with my cousin." Conner says to her.
The nurse looks at Lori and back at Conner. "I'll go." She says and leaves.
"Thank you." Conner says to her.
"You got rid of her." Lori says shocked.
"Yeah, so tell me what happened." Conner says to her.
"That's amazing." Lori says still shocked. "If there was ever any doubt you weren't related to Lex Luthor it just went out the window."
"Lori, please."
"I don't know what happened. He was in a meeting and then he collapsed and-" she sees Superman, and Wondergirl all in costume then sees Conner's S shirt. "Whoa, were you on a mission?"
"What?" Conner asks confused.
"You have superheroes around you." Lori says to him.
Conner turns almost forgetting that they were all in costumes. "We were…in a meeting."
"Oh ok…well you can go if you want." Lori says to him.
"Lori-"
"The doctor, he was supposed to come back the minute he knew something but he hasn't been back yet." Lori says to him.
"Well let's go find him." Conner says to her.
"You can't find him! You can't find anyone! Everyone just keeps disappearing behind those doors!" she says pointing to the Do Not Enter No Admittance Authorized Only double doors.
"Well come on, let's go." Conner says to her and goes through doors.
Lori looks at him shocked then looks at Superman and Wondergirl. "I didn't know you could do that." She says to them and follows Conner.
"Guess we should wait here." Superman says to her.
"Yeah, I guess." Cassie says to him.
…
Cassie was in the waiting room sitting down, Superman had left in an emergency, she was still in her costume then her phone rings, she answers it. "Hey."
"Hey." Conner says to her, he was walking around the hospital.
"I'm still here." She says to him.
"Good." He says to her. "Where are you?" he asks her.
"I'm here. I'm in the waiting room." She says to him.
"I must be in the wrong waiting room." He says to her when he was standing on the waiting room.
"I'm not in the E.R. anymore, I'm in the cardiac intensive-care Unit." she says to him.
"That's where I am, I think. First floor?" he asks as he walks around.
"First floor." She says to him.
"There's a red stripe on the floor." He says as he follows the red line on the floor.
"It's kind of orange here." She says looking at the red line on the floor.
"Orange?" he asks her as he continues to follow it.
"Reddish-orange, so maybe."
"Well yeah maybe orangey red. Maybe the lights make it look more red-" Conner says to her then see Cassie. "Oh. Hi." She hangs up so does he.
"Is everything ok?" Cassie asks him as she walks up to him.
"Um, they're doing tests, so that's where he is-blood tests and another E.K.G. but I guess they're still trying to determine how much damage was actually caused by the heart attack. But that's definitely what it was. It was a myocardial infarction, which is a heart attack. The E.K.G. tells them how bad the blockage of his arteries is and what degree of coronary-artery disease he has, or C.A.D., As they're calling it, because, apparently, everything is-what do you call it? An anagram? What's the thing with the letters? Acronym. The C.A.D., C.I.C.U., The E.K.G-"
"Come here." She hugs him, he hugs her back.
He sighs. "I don't think I can do this again."
"Everything is going to be ok." She says to him. "I brought snacks."
"Wow, yes you did." He says looking at the coffee table.
"What's your pleasure?" she asks him as they sit down.
"Well, let's see. Uh...nothing sweet, I don't think." He says to her.
"No? A fluorescent-orange ersatz-cheese thing, or a salty snacks, sweet snacks, sweet/salty hybrid snacks."
"I guess I'm not hungry."
"Yeah? Ok. Where's Lori?"
"She went to get things clothes and stuff, Mercy's with her." he tells her. "Where's Kal?" he asks not seeing him.
"Emergency."
"I keep thinking this is all just a nightmare."
"I know. But it's not."
"No I mean it's a nightmare but not a nightmare nightmare. I know 'cause I have shirt on. In my nightmares, I never am wearing a shirt."
"I didn't know that."
"Yeah, yeah, It's the worst thing in the dream, too. I could be chased by giant snakes or in a nuclear explosion, but then I look down, and, "oh, my god! I'm not wearing a shirt!" what the hell right?" he asks her, knowing that it was a weird thing.
"I wonder what that means."
"Well it probably means I have a fear of you know seen without a shirt off or fear of losing my shirt."
"Hmm. Not so Freudian, huh?" Cassie says to him.
"No for me, a snake is just a snake, a lamp is just a lamp."
"Luthor?" a doctor asks as he walks up to them.
"Oh." Conner and Cassie stand up.
"Hi. I'm Dr. Goldstein. You're Alexander Luthor's family?" the doctor asks them.
"I'm his son. Is he okay?" Conner asks him.
"He's doing all right. He's conscious, cogent, and not in significant pain now." Dr. Goldstein says to him.
"Oh, good." Conner sighs, and Cassie smiles at him.
"We just sent him to the cath lab to get an angiogram. After that, we should be able to get a better sense of what kind of blockage is around his heart. And then we'll figure out where to go from there."
"Like where would we go?" Conner asks him.
"Uh, pardon?" Dr. Goldstein asks him.
"I mean, where-where would we go?" Conner asks him.
"Well, if the blockage is more serious, we will have to consider an emergency bypass surgery." Dr. Goldstein explains.
"Okay." Conner says, with a worried look.
"I promise to let you know as soon as we get the results from the cath lab. Try not to worry."
"No, no, not worried. Just normal amount of worried you know for someone whose father's had a heart attack, but not excessively worried." Conner rambles a bit.
"Okay thank you, doctor." Cassie says to him.
"I'll see you in a little bit."
Conner sighs. "Ok now I'm hungry." He grabs some chips and starts eating.
…
"We're missing the sea scallops. Persephone's does the most wonderful job with seafood. I wish we'd eaten there more often. They make a cedar-plank salmon that is fan-wonderful." She says to Conner.
"Well somebody's very chipper on the phone. Somebody should consider a career as a weather girl." Conner says repeating her words from before.
"I don't know if you like salmon."
"Ah no, but I love a nice, juicy cedar plank." Conner says a little sarcastically.
"Salmon is one of the best fish in terms of the omega-3s. It's fantastic for you, and it makes your skin positively glow."
"Beauty tips are not really big on my list of priorities right now, Lori. Plus I'm a dude, I don't really care about beauty tips." Conner says to her.
"Damn it I'm hungry." Lori moans grabbing her stomach.
"We just went to the cafeteria." Conner says to her.
"That food looked disgusting." Lori says to him.
"Well its hospital food."
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asks him a little confused.
"I'm just saying it's a cliché." He says to her.
"What is?"
"Hospital food being bad."
"Exactly."
"What."
"It's a cliché for a reason, clichés are just true things people are tired of being true. Like a "penny saved is a penny earned", well it is invested wisely."
"I don't think that's a cliché Lori." Conner says to her.
"What do you mean, of course it's a cliché." Lori says to him.
"It's not a cliché it's more an overused saying like um "Sweating bullets" or "It's as cold as ice"."
"Well some over used sayings are true, like "Children should be seen and not heard" or One man's meat is another man's poison." Lori says to him.
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Conner says to her.
"Wow you guys talk a lot." Cassie says to them as she listens to them the whole time. "You want me to get you something to eat? I could go to a restaurant."
"No, I'm good." Lori says to her.
"Me too, thanks." He grabs her hand, smiling at her. "I'm glad you're here by the way."
"Yeah, well it's about time you realized it." She says to him, smiling back.
"Dr. Goldstein." He says standing up.
"I'm Lori Luthor." She says to him and stands up.
"Good. I'm glad you're here. The blockage is worse than we'd hoped. I think the best course of action-really the only course of action-is to do an emergency bypass surgery."
"Open-heart surgery?" Conner asks slightly scared.
"Let him finish, Conner." Lori says to him.
"We'd like to go into surgery as soon as possible." Dr. Goldstein says to them.
"Now?" Conner asks him.
"Yes, now." Dr. Goldstein says to him.
"Oh ok, now is good, go." Lori says to him.
"I'll update you as soon as possible." Dr. Goldstein says to them and leaves.
"Whoa." Conner says a little shocked.
"Yeah." Lori says just as shocked.
Cassie pushes them down to sit. "He's going to be fine." She tells them.
"I just stared to get to know him." Conner says to her.
"And you will continue to get to know him."
Lori looks over at Conner , then her phone rings. "Hello." She answers. "No I'm not busy at all, you haven't interrupted a thing, thank you for returning my call so quickly. Oh that's very kind Quentin, that's right, yes. Oh I'm fine, thank you. Listen it's been a while since some of the paperwork, yes I was wonder if you could fax some things over here to the hospital, I'll find something. Well the first thing I'd like you to fax is his Will." Conner looks at her surprised. "That's right both the standard Will and the living Will. Well I'm not sure about the DNR provisions he established. Oh that would be wonderful, thank you Quentin, talk to you soon bye."
"Lori, who was that?" Conner asks her.
"Quentin."
"Who?"
"Lawyer."
"Wait, Lori you're getting dad's Will faxed here?" Conner asks her.
"Yes." She says to him.
"Why you need to read it right now?" he asks her.
"Well yes." She says to him.
"You want to make sure he left you the Mercedes and the Jag?"
"I don't care what you think I'm being pragmatic."
"You know what, I'm hungry, I'm going to the cafeteria." Conner says and gets up.
"I'll go with you." Cassie says and gets up.
…Watchtower
"So you think it's just a coincidence that when Kon agreed to talk to Luthor about it, he has a heart attack?" Superman says to them.
"Superman-" Batman starts.
"Anybody else see that as suspicions behavior?" Superman asks them.
"You telling us that he faked a heart attack?" Wonder woman asks him.
"Yes I am." Superman says to her.
"Superman." Nightwing says to him.
"I've seen the man, he has a healthy heart." Superman says to them.
"Oh Clark." Wonder woman says sympathetically.
"Don't oh Clark me."
"I think that deserves an Oh Clark." Nightwing says to him.
"So what? I'm being paranoid?"
"I'd confuse you with Batman if he wasn't standing right here." Nightwing says to him.
"Message received." Superman says slightly offended.
…Gift shop
Conner and Cassie were in the gift shop looking at tiny toys. "How about this one?" Cassie asks him holding up a puppy toy.
"Yeah, that's cute, what about balloons? Should we get him-"
"There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere." Lori says as she walks in the shop with a folder.
Conner sighs. "Oh, yeah?"
"I just got these faxed, and-" Lori starts.
"Oh Lori please, can we drop this?" he says to her.
"I need to verify your social-security number."
"What? Why do you need that?" he asks her.
"Because he's giving you some restate and property and money. And I need it." Lori says to him, she says holding the papers up to him.
"I don't want anything." Conner says to her pushing the papers to her.
"What do you think I'm trying to do, run a con, steal your identity?" Lori says to him.
"Why don't you help us pick out a little gift for Lex?" Cassie asks her changing the subject, knowing Conner didn't want to talk about it that fright now. "We're thinking of getting balloons."
"No I need-"
"I've just had enough of talking about social securities and Wills, okay?" Conner says to her a little angry.
"Uncle's lawyer faxed these over from the bank, and I need your social-security number." Lori says to him again.
"You have got to be kidding me." Conner says to her with a sigh.
"What would I be kidding about?" Lori asks him.
"You're acting like dad is dead. Dad is not dead."
"I know Uncle's not dead. These are things that need to be dealt with."
"So your plan is to order tons of swordfish and salmon to keep your skin glowing and to happily discuss with Quentin whether or not dad should be resuscitated?"
"HEY!" Lori yells at him. "My mother is sick, dying and so might my uncle so excuse me for preparing for the worst because not all of us are invulnerable to everything in the world, not all of us have the pleasure of staying young for the rest of our life. It's out of my hands, and there's nothing I can do but wait. I could lose him, Conner. He's my uncle my only family, and there's nothing I can do!" she says to him and starts to cry.
"Come here." He hugs her.
"I don't want him to die." She cries on his shoulder.
"Me neither."
…waiting room
"So we should be able to move him out of the C.I.C.U. In 24 hours. And if everything goes as planned, he should be home in five or six days." Dr. Goldstein says to Lori, Conner and Cassie.
"Everything will go as planned. I'm sure of it." Conner says to him.
"Now if you like I can show you the room where we'll be moving Mr. Luthor tomorrow." Dr. Goldstein says to them.
"Absolutely, does it have a window? The room he's in has a window so small, it's almost a peephole." Lori says to him as she walks with him.
"I believe it does have a window." Dr. Goldstein says to her and they walk off.
"Hey." Conner says grabbing Cassie's hand. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." She kisses him.
…Dick's apartment
"So how is he?" Dick asks him as he grabs a pizza.
"He's been in a strict diet, which he hates." Conner says as he also grabs a pizza.
"Fish?" Dick asks him.
"And a lot of it." Conner says to him. They eat and drink and Conner looks at Dick, Dick looks back at him. "What?" Conner asks him.
"What? What?" Dick asks back.
"Well, you look like you have something to say."
"I have nothing to say. I never have anything to say."
"Yeah, that is your reputation." Conner says sarcastically.
"It's…I don't know. I'm just surprised that you're that stressed about it that's all." Dick says to him.
"He's my father Dick, why is it surprising?"
"I know it's just weird, he could be faking it for all you know."
"Faking it?"
"He's a Luthor, he's devious, shrewd, and cold."
"Well, you don't know him, like I do."
"Lex Luthor has tried to take over the world on more than one occasion." Dick says to him.
"Trust me, he's got a really good side to him. You'll see it eventually. He's changed, and Lori's nothing like that. She's nice and-"
"Good, I can't wait." He says sarcastically.
"Dick!"
"No, well, I'm sorry." Dick says quickly. "It's…I just, uh, I don't know. From the things I've seen and the things he's done, the money he gave you on your graduation. I want you to be careful with them." he says to him.
"I am." Conner says to him smiling then looks at him confused. "How do you know about the money?"
"What?" Dick asks him.
"I didn't tell you about that. How did you find out?"
"I've been spying on you, you now sometimes the drool on your pillow isn't always your." Dick says trying to make a joke out of it.
"Don't joke." Conner says in a serious tone.
"Well…Superman told me."
"Kal?"
"Yes."
"You've been discussing this with Kal?" Conner asks slightly defensive.
"No, he discussed it with me."
"When?"
"A while back." Dick says hesitantly. "Conner, he's really upset about this."
"So he went running to you?"
"Well, he needed someone to talk to."
"Well, he could've talked to me."
"No, he couldn't cause you've been off with Luthors."
"You're taking his side?" Conner asks him, a little angry.
"I'm not taking sides here, okay? I'm Swiss, bro." Dick says trying to make a joke to calm him down.
"I wasn't off with Luthors. They're my family and Dad's sick."
"I know but they are Luthors. They aren't exactly known for their compassion."
"I'm sorry, when did I move to Salem?"
"People are concerned about you, you know?"
"People?"
"Conner I've known you since you came out of the pod and even though you look old, you're still young and naïve and you think that everyone has some good inside if you give them a chance."
"So you're saying that the Luthors are no good?"
"Yes."
"What about me?"
"No don't do that."
"I'm part Luthor, doesn't that mean I go in the evil list?"
"Stop it."
"You brought it up."
"You're letting your guard down."
"You sound just like Kal." Conner puts his pizza down and leaves.
"Conner wait-" Dick gets up and runs after him, Conner closes the door and Dick opens it. "Conner I-" he looks down the hall. "Great."
…Luthor Mansion
"Hello?" Conner says to the maid as she opens the door.
"Hi, there." Cassie says to her.
"How you doing?" Conner asks her as he walks in.
"May I take your coats?" the maid asks him quietly.
"Hmm?" Conner asks not sure what she said.
"Coats?" she asks a little louder.
"Oh. Okay." He says as he takes off and so does Cassie giving it to her. "Thank you."
"Um...I t- I think she's in the living room. I'm not sure. Uh-" she stammers quietly and leaves.
"What? Her mouth is moving. I can't hear anything. Is something wrong with my ears?" Cassie says to him not knowing what she said.
"No, I don't think it's your ears. Poor thing." Conner says feeling sorry for the maid. "This house is a giant Skinner box with Chippendale chairs. Hello?!" he yells out.
"In here!" Lori yells out from the living room. They start walking.
"Hey Lori." Conner says as she opens the door.
"Hi Lori." Cassie says to her.
"Hey Conner, Hey Cassie. How are you?" Lori asks them.
"Good. How are you? How's dad? Is he up to this, you think?" Conner asks her as they walk in and sit on the couch.
"Why wouldn't he be?" Lori asks him as they go over the living.
"Well Lori he just got out of the hospital. I just wonder if it's too soon." Conner asks her.
"The doctor said there's no reason he can't go back to his normal routine, as long as he doesn't do anything too strenuous. It's not as though sitting at a table having dinner with one's family requires a great deal of effort."
"Oh well..." Conner says as he chuckles a little. "You're right." He says serious tone.
Lori smiles at them. "He should be down by now." they stay quiet for a while.
"How's living with dad?"
"Fine I'm-Uncle." she stands up as Lex walks down the stairs.
"All right. I'm here. You can put away your leash." Lex says as a nurse follows him.
"Hey, dad." Conner says as he also stands up.
"Hi, Lex." Cassie says looking at him.
"Conner, Cassie." Lex says to them as he walks up to them, he was wearing a robe.
"How are you feeling?" Conner asks him.
"Well like a man who's been torn away from one of the most pivotal golf matches in history."
"If you're not up for it, we can take a rain check." Cassie says to him.
"He dosen't need a rain check. Uncle, wouldn't you like to change for dinner?"
"No, if you're going to treat me like a patient, I'm going to act like a patient. Patients wear robes."
"All right. Fine. May I offer you a Mocktail?" Lori asks him.
"What's a Mocktail?" Lex asks her.
"A nonalcoholic drink." Lori says to him.
"No alcohol?" Lex asks her shocked.
"Now you know how I feel every day." Conner says trying to lighten the mood.
"Here, here." Cassie cheers sadly.
"No. I don't want a Mocktail. In fact, I'd like to skip "Mocktail hour" altogether and go straight to dinner."
"B-but it isn't time yet to-" Lori starts, Lex sighs and rolls his eyes. "All right. We'll eat now. Ah Francette, would you please go tell Aurora to tell Stefan we are ready to have dinner served now?" she tells the nurse.
"Look, Miss. Luthor, I have to reiterate, I am here as a medical professional, not a carrier pigeon." Francette-the nurse says to Lori.
"Well, as a medical professional, you should be concerned with my health. And not eating isn't healthy, is it? Nor is getting agitated. And I have to tell you Francette, I'm getting quite agitated." Lex says to her.
"Don't threaten me, Mr. Luthor." Francette says and walks away.
"It's fine, it's fine. I'll go tell him myself." Lori says and walks off, they all move to the dining room.
"Wow." Cassie says a little shocked.
"A magical drink sounds really good right now." Conner whispers to her.
…Conner's apartment
"This is so weird." Cassie says as she walks in the apartment with a bandana around her eyes.
"Come on." Conner says pushing her into the apartment.
"Is this a sex thing?" she asks him.
"No." he pauses. "But it would be a good idea for later."
She chuckles. "That would be a good idea." He pushes her into his room.
"Ok you can take it off now." he says to her, she takes off the bandana she sees the room. It was filled with roses, a rose petal heart on the bed a white teddy bear sitting on the bed, candles.
"Oh my Hera." She turns to look at Conner who was on his knee looking up at her.
"Will you marry me?" he asks her with a ring box and a ring on it.
"YES!" she yells out happy before he even finished his sentence. "Wow! The is so-wow!" He puts on the ring on her finger and he hugs her, she hugs him. "I have to call mom, and Babs, and Cissie and Diana." She pulls away from him and pulls out her phone and walks out of the room.
Conner sighs. "Well…I'm glad I spent 30 minutes doing this." He says to himself. She walks back in the room. "Finished already?"
She walks over to the night table and puts the phone down, and puts on the bandana back on. She smiles at him, he smiles back.
"Wanna do something dirty?" she asks him.
"OH yeah."
…
Conner ran his hands firmly along Cassie's sides, slowing down since he could feel the tension in himself, he would cum if he didn't slow down and he didn't want that just yet, Cassie could cum as many time as she wanted he couldn't. Conner moved slowly out and thrust back in deeply.
"Uuuuh…Connnnerrrr…aaah….ah…aaaaaaah…AH! Fuck…moov-ah!" Cassie screams out.
She tries to move him tackling him with a kiss and they fell back onto the bed in a mess of naked sweat and hungry kissing. Cassie was moaning into his mouth and her hands were assaulting Conner's skin and nipples, pinching and scratching so that his flesh was burning, Conner was moaning in both pain and pleasure as Cassie kept him down with her body weight, Conner being a bit spent right then, needed to gain some strength to turn them over and be back on top.
Cassie smiled as she gripped his black hair and Conner was biting her neck and sucking on her flesh painfully, Cassie's hands slipped down the length of Conner's chest and she dug her nails into his side, making Conner press himself against Cassie and make a small sound of pain.
"Phone." Cassie says to him as the phone rings.
"What?" Conner asks her confused, as the phone continues to ring.
"Phone." She says again as the phone continues to ring over and over and over...
"Oh for the love of-" he starts her gets off him and grabs the phone on the night table. "Hello." He answers out of breath.
"Conner?" Lori asks.
"Lori." Conner says as he sits up covering himself with the blanket.
"They won't deliver." She says as she walks on the house.
"Who won't deliver what." Conner asks her as Cassie kisses his shoulder from behind.
"And, apparently, none of their help has driver's licenses. That's a little irresponsible, don't you think?" Lori says to him.
"You got to help me out a little here Lori." He says as Cassie starts to kiss his neck.
Lori sighs and sees the nurse Francette looks at her. "Why are you leering at me?" she says over the phone.
"I'm not leering at…" Conner says to her. "Lori, are you on peyote?"
"Mr. Gilmore's light bulb is bothering him." Francette says to Lori.
"I'm sorry-is that some sort of nurse code?" Lori says to her.
"The 60-watt bulb on his bedside lamp is apparently casting a harsh glare on the television." Francette says to her.
"Well, then, get him another light bulb." Lori says to her, still on the phone with Conner.
"It's just not my job." Francette says to her.
"Then get Francette to do it." Lori says to her.
"I am Francette."
"Lori?" Conner moans as Cassie kisses his chest.
"Aurora is the maid." Francette says to Lori.
"Then Aurora, ask Aurora to find a light bulb." Lori says to her.
"I can't find Aurora." Francette says to her.
"You can't find Aurora?" Lori asks her.
"She's hiding from Mr. Luthor." Francette says to her.
"She's hiding from-" Lori says then scoffs. "Never mind. I'll get it myself." She says to Francette, she walks away. "Honestly, these people!" she says to Conner.
"What? Lori what is going on over there?" Conner says as he turns around and kisses Cassie on her neck.
"Your father is running low on his blood thinners, and the pharmacy can't be bothered to deliver." Lori says to him.
"Are you calling to ask me if I will pick up dad's prescription?" Conner asks her as he kisses Cassie's stomach as she lays down on her back, running her fingers on his hair.
"Well, I can't leave the house, or chaos will ensue."
"You're calling to imply that you would like to ask me to pick up dad's prescription?"
"It's a pharmacy at the corner of Walden and Hasbrook lane." Lori hangs up.
"Okay I'll-" he starts then hears the dial tone. "Hello? No, it's no problem at all. I'd be happy to. It's just nice to be appreciated. By the way, Cassie and I are getting married. Bye."
"You told her?" Cassie asks him.
"No she hanged up."
"You have to tell them."
"I'll tell them when you tell your mom."
"That's not fair."
"I gotta go." Conner says to her gives her a last kiss.
"But we were in the middle of something." Cassie says to him as she pulls him to her.
"I'm sorry." He gets up. "I should shower first."
Cassie laughs. "Want me to shower with you?"
He looks at her on the bed, naked. "No." he says and walks off to shower.
She laughs.
...Luthor Mansion
"Its Miso uncle, it's good for you." Lori says to him, as they eat.
"Soup." Lex says to her. "Stephan, Stephan!" he yells out for the chef. "Soup is not a meal, nor is a salad. Soup and salad are either precursors to a meal or addenda." He says to Lori.
"Uncle please." She says to him, the doorbell rings.
"Soup and salad is not a meal." Lex says to her, the chef-Stephan walks out of the kitchen.
"We have Salmon if you want Salmon." Lori says to him.
"I don't want salmon, for heaven's sakes I don't want Salmon, what I would like is a proper meal." Lex says to her.
The doorbell rings again. "Aurora the door!" Lori yells out for the maid.
"I was given certain dietary parameters." Stephan says to him as he stands next to him.
"I know that, I'm not stupid, I know what the situation is here." Lex says to him angry.
"I just don't know if I can-" Stephan starts, the doorbell rings.
"Francette, Aurora!" she yells out. "Either of you, both of you will someone answer the door!" she yells out. "I'm sure Stephan is interested in your input uncle." She says to him.
"Well here is my input, this food is in eatable." Lex says to him, the doorbell rings again.
"Fine I'll get it myself, not that is my job." Lori says as she gets up and walks over to the door.
"Suggestion, maybe you would prefer some light sandwiches." Stephan says to Lex.
"Sandwiches!" Lex yells at him.
Lori opens the door. "Hi come bearing drugs." Conner says to her as he walks in.
"Please don't bellow that." Lori says tired.
"Bellow what?" he asks her. "Drugs?!" he yells out.
"Conner." She says tired.
"How's dad doing Lori?" he asks her.
"He's just fine."
"I swear you can get better food in an airplane, I haven't been in a submarine but I'd wager the food is better there too." They over here, Lex saying.
Conner looks at her. "It's an adjustment." Lori says to him.
"Hmm." Conner says to her.
They walk over to the dinning room.
"Let me offer one more suggestion." Stephan says to Lex.
"What tacos?!" Lex yells out angry.
"No I quit!" Stephan says angry.
"Fine." Lex says to him.
"Stephan no." Lori says to him.
"I'll tell you something, I have worked in so many four-star restaurants I could have my own constellation. And yet I'm treated like this, I'm sorry but I have too much self-respect to work for this terror." Stephan says to her and throws his apron on the floor and storms out.
"How things going around here?" Conner asks them.
"Fine." Lori and Lex say irritated to him.
"Feeling okay dad?" Conner asks him.
"I'm fine, now if you'll excuse me I thing I'm gonna go watch Bob Tway vanquish Greg Norman in the 86' PGA championship."
"Oh before you go did you manage to call Rod Mandel's office." Lori says to him.
"No." Lex says to her as he gets up.
"But Mercy called three times this morning." Lori says to him.
"Bully for her, I'm sorry I have golf to watch." He says leaving.
"But uncle you didn't eat a thing." She says to him. "He didn't eat a thing." She says to Conner.
"Well send something up to him." Conner says to her.
"Send what you just saw yourself Stephan just quit."
"Well you could make him something-" Conner says to her then stops when Lori gives him a look. "I mean the maid could, what is her name?"
"Oh I don't know, Aurora I think. I don't know anyway she's hiding apparently…" she turns and looking. "Aurora? Aurora? Where are you?" she quietly.
"The maid is hiding?" Conner asks her.
"According to the nurse, but she's useless because she won't do anything that doesn't involve a stethoscope."
"I can make something for dad."
"Doesn't matter, he won't eat it, anyway. He'll just snap at me, snapping at everyone in sight. The poor maid quivers every time he comes near her. She just quivers." She says shaking.
"Oh that terrible." He says with a smile.
"And his accountant's office keeps calling because he's supposed to be filing an 1120, freaking federal tax form. Aurora!" she yells out, looking around the house. "Well he won't call them back. All he wants to do is watch golf." She tells Conner.
"Yeah, what's with all the golf?" Conner asks her as he follows her and looks under the couch.
"I have no idea. He just lies there in bed, staring at the TV like a zombie. Everything is falling apart everything is chaotic." Lori says in a panic. "Aurora!" she yells out.
"Lori, please, sit down." He says as he sits her down on the couch. "I'm gonna make you a delicious Mocktail, huh?" he walks over to the alcohol tray and pours the drink. "And then you enjoy that and relax and I'll take care of the food and I'll make sure that dad takes his medicine so you don't have to worry. Here." He gives her the drink.
"Thank you. But I'm going to call Mercy and tell her about the 1120." She says getting up and leaves.
Conner sighs. "I'll find Aurora." He says to her as she leaves, he smiles. "Aurora!" he yells.
…Conner's apartment
They were in the living room on the couch with blankets over them feet on the coffee table, watching an infomercial. "The poor maid was hiding in a closet, the whole time." He says chuckling, she smiles at him. "What?" he asks her.
"I wanna get married." Cassie says to him.
"Yeah that's why you have the ring." He says to her as he grabs her hand and kisses it.
"I wanna go to Las Vegas." She asks him.
"Well I am good at counting cards. We'll have to wear disguise in case we get caught." He says sarcastically.
"I wanna get married in Vegas."
"Ok…when?" he says not believe her, thinking she was just playing around.
"Now."
"Now?"
"Yeah now."
"You're not kidding?"
"No, I already packed for us."
"You did?" he asks a little scared.
"Yeah, we can go right now, right now, let's get married."
"But flowers, dress, our parents, friends-" Conner says to her.
"We can throw a party after." She says to him.
He looks at her shocked. "Are you sure?" he asks her.
"We can zeta there." She says to him.
"Ok." Conner says to her.
"Ok?" Cassie asks him.
"Yeah." He says to her, he sits up looking at her. "We'll shower first, buy you a nice dress." He says to her smiling.
"OK yeah a dress, OH what are those things, something blue something-something."
"Oh yeah um Something old, something new, Something borrowed, something blue, And a silver sixpence in her shoe." he says to her in a rhyme.
"It is so weird you know that."
"You're the one that's going to marry me." Conner says to her.
"You are weird, and I love it." Cassie says to him.
…Kent house
"The food was amazing." Cassie says to Martha as they clear the table.
"Thank you Cassie." Martha says to her.
"So what did you guys want to tell us?" Clark asks him.
Cassie and Conner look at each other. Cassie goes into her jeans pocket and pulls out a ring putting it on. Martha and Clark looked shocked.
"You're engaged." Martha says happy and hugs them. Clark looked shocked. Cassie smiles and so does Conner. She lets them go. "OK we're you going to do it, what flowers, I can cook, oh pa would be so proud of you."
"Um no, we're married." Conner says to her.
"Oh…my…god." Clark says and sits down on the chair.
"Wow, you're…really?" Martha stammers a little. They nod. "wow."
"We told you first." Conner says to her trying to make her feel better.
"Really?"
"I already told my mom, the Luthor's are next." Cassie says to her.
"Oh right…go. Tell them." Martha says to her.
"We're gonna have a party." Cassie says to her.
"You are?"
"Do you wanna throw it for us?" Conner asks her.
"Or we could do it ourselves." Cassie says to her. "We don't want to bother you."
"No, I'll throw it, wait wouldn't your mom want to throw the party?" Martha says to Cassie.
"She's not really a party maker person."
"Clark are you breathing?" Conner asks him as he puts his hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah I'm good, have you told the Luthors?" Clark asks him.
Conner looks at him. "No, they're our next stop." He says to him, he had already told them that.
"Go, I'll call people, flowers, tables, and I'll need a list of guests." Martha says to them.
"No, it's ok, I'll stay here and help." Cassie says to her.
"Ok." Conner says to her, and starts to leave.
"Kiss." She says to him he goes back and kisses her. "Good luck." She says to him.
"Breath Clark." He says to him as he pats him in the back and he leaves.
"I have a daughter." Martha says to her and hugs her. "I always wanted a daughter, and your kids are going to be beautiful."
"Kids?" Cassie asks her slightly shocked, her heart practically stopped when she said it.
"Yes, but I understand you're young now but you should still think about it."
"I guess Conner didn't tell you." Cassie says to her and pauses wondering if she should tell them or wait until Conner got back.
Clark looks up at her. "Conner didn't tell us what?" he asks her.
"Um we can't have kids." She says to them. "I'm sorry." She adds for some reason.
"Oh sweetie-"
"It's no big deal." Cassie adds quickly. "We're happy together, that's all that matter."
"Oh of course, me and Jonathan were devastated at first when the doctor told us we couldn't have children but we moved on and we got Clark."
"Yeah." Cassie says smiling. "Maybe we'll adopt…a dog first, I don't think I'm ready for a kid."
"Take your time."
"Clark are you alright?" Cassie asks him.
"Yeah, I gotta go, I need…something."
"Are you mad?" Cassie asks him. "Because we didn't tell anyone we were getting married."
"No." Clark says to her, he smiles at her and hugs her. "I'm glad you and Conner got married and I'll come back celebrate, maybe get some of the leaguers to come." He says to her.
"Ok, but not to many of them just close-"
"Yeah don't worry, Zatanna, Barry, Diana-"
"OH my HERA Diana, I haven't told her."
"I won't tell Diana."
"Thank you."
"I have an idea, how about you gather all your friends in that Cave, tell them, then we can do the party here. And no need to mail invitations." Martha says to her.
"That'd be perfect." Cassie says to her.
"I have to go, you two go have fun with the party planning." Clark says to her.
"Ok." Cassie says to him.
"Bye." Clark says to them and leaves.
…Luthor mansion
"Hello?" Conner asks as he opens the door, and walks in. "Dad? Lori?" he walks all the way in. "Any one home?" he asks as he walks in. "Huh?" he takes his phone out and calls Lori. He all of sudden feels weak and falls on his knees panting heavily. He falls down completely.
Kryptonite.
Conner turns around on his back. "Dad?" he asks as he sees him, and Mercy with a giant kryptonite rock.
"Shocking isn't it?" Lex asks him with a smile.
…Mount Justice
"Come on Cassie, just tell us." Dick says to her.
"Not yet." Cassie says to him.
"Please, please, please, tell us." Wally whines.
"No, not yet." Cassie says to them. "Just a little more."
"Let's just keep calm." Kaldur says to them.
"Conner's never getting here." Artemis says, rolling her eyes.
"Come on guys I-" Cassie starts.
"We are going to die before we even here any news." Dick says with a sigh.
"Start to decompose." Wally says.
"Become a strange smell in the cave." Megan says smiling.
"And then the league will have to replace us with better looking protégés." Artemis says.
"New sidekicks?" Aqualad asks.
"Suck up sidekicks." Dick says shaking his head.
Superboy B-0-4
"Damn, I was really getting into it." Artemis says, slightly pouting.
"Conner, we were going to start to decompose." Wally says to him, they giggle.
"Great you're here we can tell them." Cassie says smiling.
Conner walks up to her and punches her in the face she falls back. He turns and uses heat vision on Megan-too shocked to do anything froze and got direct hit, she screams out in pain. He ducks down as 4 flying disc that Dick, Babs throw at him he sweeps his leg under Wally falls down before he even tries to superspeed. He runs up and kicks Kaldur on the stomach knocking him back on the caves wall. Conner superspeeds and grabs Artemis by the throat slamming her down on the floor, she yells out and passes out.
Dick clicks his com. "Nightwing to Watchtower, we need some-" Conner punches him in the stomach he grabs it and falls on his knees, Conner then kicks out behind him, Babs jumps up then kicks him, he grabs her ankle throwing her down hard. She screams out in pain.
"Conner stop!" Cassie yells out getting up bleeding from her mouth.
Conner stomps down on Babs's stomach, she screams out and spits out blood. Cassie runs up to him, she punches, he blocks, she kicks, he blocks, he punches and punches and kicks, and she gets hit over and over. Kaldur gets up and tries to hit him, he ducks and punches his stomach, then elbows Cassie in the head then grabs Kaldur's head and slams it down on his knee, Cassie tries to kick him, he blocks and punches her.
He grabs her neck with both hands and squeezes. "Conner…please…stop…" she says quietly putting her hands on his pulling at them, scratching. "can't…breath…" blood on his arms as she scratches at them.
Kaldur kicks him on his side, Conner let's Cassie go and she passes out on the floor. Kaldur puts on arms around Conner and electrocutes him. Conner throws his head back breaking his nose then kicks him and uses heat vision burning him.
Superman and Wonderwoman both grab him slamming him down, Martian Manhunter puts his hands on his head and his eyes glow red and puts him to sleep.
"Dick, Barbara?" Batman goes up to them and checks their pulses, they were alive-hurt but alive. "We need to get them to the infirmary. NOW!" Flash run up and picks Barbara up taking her to the infirmary. Batman picks up Dick and Captain Atom picks up Kaldur taking them to the infirmary.
'M'gann?' Martian Manhunter calls out in a mindlink.
'Uncle…it hurts.' M'gann answers back in pain.
"Cassie?" Wonderwoman say as she picks her up, seeing the already formed bruises on her neck and starts walking to the infirmary.
"Artemis?" Zatanna asks as she shakes her a little.
She groans siting up. "I'm ok-ish. Wally is he-?" she puts a hand behind her head.
"I'm ok." Wally says to her as he walks up to her. "Are you-?" she pulls out her hand, full of blood. "Artemis?" she falls back fainting. "Artemis!" he yells out in a panic.
"Take her to the infirmary." Zatanna says to him. Wally picks her up and runs to the infirmary.
"Dr. Atom-" Batman starts.
"I'll do what I can." Atom says to him. "I'll need assistance, call Black Canary and Tornado." He says to them and walks off to the infirmary.
"J'onn, you think you can help him?" Superman asks him looking down at Superboy.
"Yes."
"Luthor's going to pay." Superman says angry.
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