Superman

I watched the boy being led off to the med lab. I had a bad feeling about this. The boy was always dark and creepy, but he seemed to be getting worse. I mean, he was on his way to having lunch with Batman every day. I sighed and walked over to the teleporter, where Danny's mother was due to come up at any moment. She arrived about an hour late. I couldn't see how the two of them could be related. Maddie Fenton was moderately tall, with red hair and green/blue eyes. She looked as if she had packed half of her house. There was a girl with her who looked just like her mother, who was spouting some sort of unimportant babble.

"Hello I am Maddie, and this is my daughter Jazz. How is Danny?" She seemed nervous that he was a superhero and not in a good way. She almost looked as if she was looking for a way to escape.

"He is down in the infirmary resting; J'honn say he should be fine after a few days." She relaxed.

"He is going to come home then?"

"When he gets better. Why?"

"Because he spent some time in my team, and she is afraid that he came to be among friends again." Robin had come up behind them while they were talking.

"So? We all need to work with other superheroes once in a while."

"It is a long story, Kal-El. I will show them to the infirmary." Robin motioned for the two women to follow him. They did, though it seemed a bit reluctantly.

Maddie

This whole thing was making me nervous. I know it isn't the fault of these people that Danny left, but I still can't look at them without being reminded of that. The young man leading us used to be Danny's team leader; she only knew that because of the last battle Danny had fought with the Teen Titans. He reminded her of the new Danny, calm reserved and silent, except Danny wore more black. I wonder how Danny is doing, Tucker said that he got beat up pretty bad, but I guess I am getting used to that happening. It makes me hate myself for not noticing sooner. Since we found out about his powers, we haven't know where we stand with him, and we have very little control over what he does, not that he took advantage of it, but it was frustrating. He would come home bleeding, unable to stand, yet act as nothing had happened. He was even more reserved than he was before he left. We followed him back to Amity Park the night he left the Titans. He laid down the law. He told us that he was a superhero first, our son next, and, if those two collided, his duties would override our parental control. I cried for a few hours. HE just stood there and looked at us waiting. We conceded, and our lives went on. I still cry at night, sometimes, and I know he hears me, and I hear him gasp in pain as he tries to sleep. It tears out my heart. We have finally gotten to the infirmary. A green man stood in the way of the door.

"Robin, your friend is resting. He shouldn't awaken for a while; the poison was removed from his system, but it took most of his strength to do so." The man was green like a ghost, but lacked the signature glow."

"Can I see my son?"

"When he wakes up, I will send for you." With that he walked into the infirmary and closed the door.

J'honn

The woman was distressed. That I could tell, but I still wasn't going to wake the boy. The boy seemed to spend most of his time asleep in a delta sleep (when one is aware of what is going one around him) and the slightest thing could jolt him out of it. He seemed to be reflecting as he slept, going over his mistakes in the battle he was injured in. I kept monitoring the boy telepathically, with permission of course. He was not what would be considered stable, but, for a superhero, he was pretty much the norm. Danny's eyes opened, and he observed me coolly.

"Your mother has arrived."

"I know."

"Should I send for her?"

"You had better, before she has a heart-attack." The same sarcasm he used earlier permeated his voice. J'honn chuckled.

"She did seem distraught."

"She always is now-a-days." Danny closed his eyes and sighed. I went to go get his mother.

She practically ran to the infirmary when I told her that Danny was awake. I made her slow down before entering the infirmary.

Danny

Mom walked in with Jazz, worry radiating out of their eyes. I smiled softly to put their hearts at ease. I know that the last few months have been hard on Maddie but I could only do so much to protect them from my life. They both gave me a light hug, careful to not disturb my injured shoulder and arm. J'honn just stood watching us.

"Danny, are you alright?" Jazz found her voice.

"As much as I usually am." I kept my voice flat to keep the exhausted quiver from it. "I need to rest a little bit more, though." They both nodded and left. I collapsed on the bed.