Jonathan continues telling his friend about his life. Covers Season 2 Episodes 1 to 9. The story gets much longer than I expected. I wanted it to be a one-shot. But now I expect even 5 chapters. Enjoy!

Jonathan had no clue if this was not a bad idea. Or if he should have waited with the reveal until they arrived at Timmy's place. Or if it was not better to avoid a reveal. But after telling him everything, Jonathan felt so free. So light. And so relieved…

Timmy meanwhile was shocked. Extremely shocked…

"Morgan Edge is your uncle?! And you have an inter dimensional half-sister? Does she has powers?"

"No! She is human… On their Earth, my mom was married to her dad and they fought against my dad's evil doppelganger. The one I told you I saw in the footage from the van. And I still have nightmares. And everytime I think about it, I have to think about my grandfather's statement that I need to be afraid of my father and my brother and their powers."

"Many people are!" Timmy shrugged.

"And I try not to be… Everyone believed that Natalie died on her Earth. Everyone was shocked when she suddenly crashed with her pod on the farm. I tell you she was furious when she figured out that her mother's doppelganger was married to her killer's doppelganger and got even kids with him. She was so scared of me and Jordan. Today we have a good relationship. We have a good sibling-like relationship and get along very well."

Jonathan leaned back. He felt much better after letting everything out…

"For the next few months it was relatively calm. Just my mom was pretty upset about her 'new daughter'. She and her father moved in with us and everyone continued to live like nothing happened. Dad was busy taking Jordan to training in the fortress of Morgan Edge. Turned out, Morgan Edge had the crystal with the A.I. of my grandmother and they spend a lot of time toghether."

"And your father didn't introduce you to her, too?"

"No! The crystal with my grandfather got destroyed. I will never ever get the chance to meet him. I don't think he ever wanted to see me but I would feel much better to get it directly. And I had other issues to deal with… Aww… Remember when I told you about Tegan?"

"Your girlfriend from Central City, who moved with her mother back there after her father suffered a stroke in prison?"

"Yes… one day, shortly before we broke up, she introduced me to Candice."

"Dealer-Candice?"

"Don't call her that. Please!"

"Sorry… But, wasn't it her who… you know…"

"Yeah… your namesake, Timmy Ryan… the guy who tried to kidnapp you today and who was so scared of the woman from the child protection service, suddenly he became so much better. He was always a very lazy guy, who was a mediocre player and … awww… I was the only one who saw that he was a bit too good."

"Aww, don't worry… your so called coach already confessed that he knew about the doping."

"Yeah but… I was so mad. Sure Coach Gaines was blended by the fact that Timmy… ehm… your namesake Timmy, was able to to press 315 pounds but does nothing for it. My dad tried to appease me that the only reason that I don't get a chance was because of my two broken arms. But I saw that there was more behind that. But I didn't see any chance to talk about it. My father was still busy training Jordan, my mother tried to get my aunt out of the inverse-society and Jordan start to hide from me that he received Superhero-training from our grandfather, who thinks I am supposed to hide behind my superpowered brother and father who I am supposed to be afraid of."

"What? First he tells you to to be afraid and now he prefers Jordan, too?"

"Yeah, but before that I made the biggest misktake of my life!" Jonathan explained tired and rubbed his eyes. "It was… one day, during training. My father was still assistant coach and it was one of the rare occassions he really made it to the training. After Jordan left, he neglected that 'need', too. And that guy, the other Timmy, I confronted him about the doping and he not only confesssed it … he also said it was Candice, who sold him that stuff."

"Must have been hard to hear that."

"Yes, I was furious." Jonathan moaned. "We start to fight. My father jumped in to separate us and, well… I did with him what he did with me today."

"You knocked out your father?"

"No, I hit him yeah. But he only pretend to get knocked out. Thinking about it, he could had let himself drop on the ground a second earlier. Everyone who must have witnessed from distance must had seen that his fall was a fake. He took me to the locker room and then it became nasty… he… he yelled on me, threw my football helmet against a wending mashine and… his eyes start to glow. As if… he wanted to shot me with his laser-vision."

"Ugh…"

"Suddenly… I had this picture of my mom's doppelganger in my head again. How my dad's doppelganger killed her ruthlessly and… I was never ever so much scared off my father. I thought about my grandfather's words again. He… it was like he got overloaded. He let out his heat-vision on his hands. Turned out the reason for my father beeing that mean was because his inverse doppelganger was affecting him. When Jordan asked him a few hours before if he is allowed to tell Sarah about his powers he reacted also very bad. And… later he apologized to both of us and asked how he can atone for it… oh my god…"

"What? Did he reject your demand?"

"No! Not that!" Jonathan moaned. "I… I think instead of asking for driving lessons… I should had insisted on him listening to me. I mean… if I had told him about Timmy's doping, maybe he would have helped me to find a prove."

Jonathan felt his heart drop. His stomach start to hurt again and a pinching pain suddenly appeared in his head like a migraine.

"But I couldn't. I was still in shock, I was still mad on everyone, and I feared to hurt Candice. My parents were more concerned about their problems and Jordan's powers. I already knew that they wouldn't bother my issues. Jordan and his wish to tell his ex-girlfriend about his powers was more important for them. As well as countless of other things they eighter didn't tell us, or I had to figure out by myself. Like the fact that a . And Jordan, as I said, kept his training with our grandpa a secret. So I felt like I have to deal with the mess alone. So, I went to Candice and asked her about it. And she confessed it."

"Why she sold it?" Timmy asked. I know, you once already told me the story, but… Why Candice didn't just said, no?"

"She was afraid! Her dealer was a dangerous thug and she and her dad were litterally starving. They lived in a trailer. They have nothing. Candice and her dead lived in a trailer… the bathroom of my parents is bigger than the whole trailer. And I… I was convinced that… that it was unfair… Everyone getting powers and having advantages. While I need to look to keep up with everything alone. And… I… I don't understand why but instead of telling her to stop it, I bought an inhaler from her."

"How was it?"

"What?"

"The X-K?"

"Don't even dare to try it! It is not worth it."

"It's impossible to get this stuff now. And I watched enough reports in TV to know that it is more dangerous than anything. Just… I am curious…"

"Aww… I used it during training a few days later. Suddenly I felt to strong. My senses were so clear… I've got telescopic vision. For the first time that year… Coach Gaines paid tribute to my hard work. But… the more time passed… I… tried to do it without the X-K. But suddenly everything went better. No… No, I can only advice everyone to not even dare to try it. It was… it was like I turn into a totally different person."

"In what way?"

"I… I became arrogant! Selfish! When I figured out about Jordan's training with my grandpa and that he kept that a secret from me… I… I was so mad. I mean… we… have no secrets from each other. We always told each other everything. Especially since his powers emerged. And grandpa… I… I thought he is against the fact that he has powers. He… used to go fishing with me in the past… I… thought he would offer me to train me a bit in self-defense or anything like that. I… I was so mad on both, for leaving me out… I… gosh, no I am so ashamed for it… I took a deep breath of X-K, went to their training, and fought my own brother. I… hit my own brother. And when Jordan was laying on the ground and looked at me, I only turned to my grandfather and told him angrily that he is training the wrong guy!"

"Ehm… honestly… for me it sounds like he is training the wrong guy. Don't understand me wrong but… your brother does get so much training and you need to defend yourself, too!"

"My grandfather is convinced that I need to hide behind my brother! I tried to not to believe it. Really! But my grandfather said it to me. Today! Right before I called you, he told me that I don't need to defend myself because I have a superpowered brother and father, I should hide behind. A few months ago, I didn't even have an own ELT!"

"Gosh, what an asshole!"

"Hey… Don't call my grandpa an asshole! My grandfather is a very honorable man. Leader of the DOD! Highly respected! But… Gosh, I was so mad. I am now so mad on him again. I… Aww… After that everything went slowly but steadily out of control. Jordan confronted me about it later and… and my eyes start to glow when I yelled on him! And Jordan immediately thought that I get powers. Suddenly, he was so happy. So excited! I… haven't seen him so happy for a very long time. Full of joy he wanted to celebrate it and tell it to our parents… and… I had to convince him to don't do it. I start to get entangled in lies! About… that my powers suddenly kicked in a while ago and I told him to not to tell our parents because they would put me out of the team and that!"

"They allowed Jordan to play with powers! Maybe they would have let you play?"

"I am not Jordan, Timmy!" Jonathan moaned. "I… I was so stupid. I made Jordan so happy for something that wasn't true! The next day, he came to my room. Suddenly he began to talk about me joining him and grandpa in their training now that I have powers. First keeping it a secret from me and then urgently wanting me in it. And I came up with stupid answers. Then… he found my empty inhaler! And I told him the next lie. I told him that Candice has asthma and that it is her inhaler. But Jordan continued to be happy about my powers and everything. I only wanted to get the game behind me. Timmy… ehm, I mean your namesake, he got sick! He took an overdose, I think. Or it made him sick otherwise. I don't know exactly. But Coach Gaines finally let me play. Suddenly my dad recognized me! He… gave me attention. Told me that he is proud on me. I haven't heard that he is proud on me for so long… I only wanted to be special in one thing, too. It was like a state of euphoria. Not the X-K! The fact that finally someone mentioned me. My father came to my game and told me how proud he is on me!"

"How did you get caught?"

"Jordan figured out about Timmy Ryan's X-K abuse from a friend! He counted two and two together and realized that I took it. After we won the game, he confronted me in the locker room. We had a terrible fight. The worst ever, I guess! He… he was so mad on me. So disappointed! And I realized what I became: An asshole! A dirty jock! I am not made for powers! I never wanted them! And now they turned me into something, I never wanted to become. I threw away my remaining inhaler and decided to never ever touch that stuff! Later that evening I went to Jordan's room to apologize to him. He didn't even want to look at me, so mad was he!"

"Did he tell your parents?"

"No! After I promised to him to stop, he didn't tell them. And he told me that Timmy Ryan's mom found an inhaler in his room and called the police! He didn't say more. He was still so mad on me. Or disappointed. I don't know… The next day, I met Candice in school and told her that I am done with taking it. She wanted to sell me more, but I refused. Telling her that I won't buy anymore of it…" Jonathan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "…suddenly the police arrived. With the principal and a drug-sniffing-dog! Candice… she was so scared… my mind went black… she feared to get caught. I… I just took her bag with her stock to hide it in my locker. Saying 'I am a good guy; they won't control me'. But… it was too late! I got caught with her bag and twenty inhalers and then I was officially the town's pariah…"

Tears ran down Jonathan's face when he thought about the following hours in the principal's office with the police and with his family.

"The present officers believed me that it was not my stuff and that I don't deal with it. And I confessed that I took it for a few weeks. But everyone seemed to be convinced that I am a dealer who is not doing anything else than drugging himself. My mom was so furious. I tried to explain but she didn't want to hear it. She said, she got enough disappointment for that day and send me to my room. Several hours later, she came to my room and asked me why I took it. And I told her how I felt! That I wanted to be special in something, too. Like everyone in my family. My father Superman, my mother a world-famous Pulitzer-price-winning journalist and Jordan being Superboy… and I am only the human-one nobody cares about. But I told her that not that detailed. She promised me to help me deal with being the extraordinary humans in the family. And I wanted to be a extraordinary human. And not a fake Kryptonian!"

"Aren't you Kryptonian, from birth?"

"Timmy! Not the K-word! Please!" Jon hissed angrily. He needed a moment to calm down before he continued. "She asked me for dealer again. And I only thought about Candice and how she would suffer if she got thought. She… was kind of the only person who cared for my problems, and I felt like I must protect her. My mom was furious again and left. Later that evening, my dad came home. And he was even madder."

"I thought your father is an open and understanding person?"

"I thought that, too!" Jonathan began to cry. "But when he came into my room, he didn't even want to listen to me! Telling me to never dare to disgrace the family again. It… it was like I was not allowed to say a word again. I wanted to apologize and explain him, but he just told me to apologize to the coach, the principal, and the team. He was so… I… I never ever saw him so mad. It was like they changed him completely while they hold him captive!"

"Captive?"

Jonathan took a deep breath again. "The day I got caught with Candice's inhalers… was the day my dad was arrested by the DOD!"

"I remember that day!" Timmy said shocked. "It was a huge scandal! All over in the news! And the DOD was humiliated!"

"The timing couldn't have been worse! He never told me what happened while he was locked up with Morgan Edge! Nobody ever did! I can only imagine that it had to be something terrible. Maybe it was something with X-K involved… But he was too furious to even look at me. He stormed out and I asked myself what I am doing? Is Candice worth it? Wouldn't it be better to explain them? But I already knew they never listened to me! I was just scared… I… I had to think about all the times I needed them and they didn't mention that I do. I burst out in tears and spend the whole night thinking about my life. What I supposed to be, what to do, what to expect from it…"

"Superman stands for sympathy and that stuff. I would have guessed that he at least listens to you!" Timmy said shocked and shacked his head.

"I had to think about his words. And… I think he was right! I brought shame over the family!" Jonathan burst out in tears again. "My… my grandma was the most respected and most committed woman in this town. There is a bench at main street dedicated to her. And I am sure they will sooner or later name a street after her. My grandfather was highly respected. And I… because of me the football-season got cancelled. Football is the only thing the town still have."

"That was not your fault! If they hadn't caught you, they would have caught the other Timmy and he would had been blamed."

"I was thinking about it, too! Yeah… I think if I hadn't grabbled Candice's bag… and they would have caught her, they would had cancelled the season anyway. Timmy would have been the one who got suspended, thrown out of the team, and being blamed for the season being cancelled."

"You did it again, right? You always step in for others? You always take the burden of others. Why don't you allow yourself to get a break instead of trying to get the weight of the whole world on your shoulders?"

Jonathan shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe I have this attribute from dad?"

"Well, it would be plausible!"

Jonathan moaned again. "I just couldn't do it! I couldn't destroy her life. So I continued keeping it for myself. My parents were so mad on me. The following week, I felt more and more like they hate me for what I did. And the people in town didn't hesitate to show me their hate. I got suspended and was put into online-classes by the schoolboard. And my parents organized me a job in town to learn something about responsibility. The job is okay, yeah. Denise is very kind and Mr. Olowe is a good boss. At work I felt much better than at home. One day, Jordan figured out that Candice was my dealer. He didn't understand my motives. And later that evening… Candice showed up at the store. I was walking her home because it was late… and we got attacked… by her dealer!"

"Oh!"

"Yeah… he demanded the money for the confiscated inhalers. He tried to kidnap her, and I tried to help her but, that guy took a breath of X-K to overpower me and then he tried to beat me up while on X-K. I… I would be dead if Jordan didn't suddenly got superspeed and saved me and Candice, that evening. After the guy was dealt with, I brought Candice home and went home by myself. Just to get scolded my dad for being late."

"Did you tell him about the attack?"

"No! I just said that I walked Candice home! And he just insisted that the only places I am allowed to be are the farm or the store! My whole body was aching from the attack, I had bruises all over and the only thing he cared about was that I was ten minutes late and I am not allowed to be in touch with the only person in town that wasn't mad on me!" Jonathan wailed and used a tissue he found in the glove-compartment to dry his face. "He… he just didn't care. For my parents… I was already dead! And they didn't let out any chance to show me that. I went to Jordan to thank him for saving me. But he was mad because he was not able to go to his date/ clarifying conversation with his girlfriend and the girl she… no I can't tell you that! That's Jordan's personal stuff."

"And the girl she what?" Timmy asked.

"You must ask that Jordan by yourself. I am not approved to tell you that!" Jonathan blushed.

"Oh…" a lot of thoughts ran through Timmy's head now.

"I went to my room and spend the whole night with brooding again. I… I thought it would be better to tell them about the attack… the next morning…" Jonathan began to stutter. "…aww… the next morning I went down the stairs, willing to face my father and insist on him listening to me… but before I even got the chance to, I heard my mom yelling something about my aunt Lucy and Ally Allston and my dad speeded out and pushed me out of his way while leaving. I… He just pushed me out of his way and didn't even bother. That was the last time I saw him for 33 days. 33 days I thought I will never ever see him again and the last thing he did with me was pushing me out of his flightpath!"

Jonathan burst out in tears again. Timmy looked on his friend, not knowing what to say or how to comfort him.

"That was the first time I thought about giving up…"

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Next chapter will cover the rest of season 2 and Jonathan's time at the fortress.