Chapter 31
Superboy turned to Batgirl his eyes glowing red. The ground started to shake, suddenly a spinning tower of water burst from every manhole and combined. It launched at him, Superboy inhaled and blew creating a large wind that froze the water.
"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT" He aimed his heat vision at Aquagirl, Tempest tackled her both dodging the hit. Aqualad put Conner in a choke hold and let electricity course through them both.
"GUAH!" Superboy screamed throwing Kaldur into the sky, Wondergirl caught him.
"Thank you" He applaud the amazon.
"What do we do now nothing we're doing is phasing him" She asked staring concern. Suddenly a glass shattering screech struck Conner causing him to fall to his knees holding his ears.
"What the" He growled vision become foggy, Captain Marvel flew down at accelerated speeds and grabbed Conner tossing him into the air.
"Sorry about this Superboy" He closed his eyes and let magical lightning cover his hand. He punched Superboy hard in the back. The kryptonian hybrid let out a pain filled shriek. A blue bubble formed over him as be crashed back into the ground.
"Someone wanna do something? I don't wanna hold him forever" Rocket said focusing.
"NOW Z!" Captain Marvel screamed.
" Evomer nixot morf yobrepus" Zatanna chanted her voice echoing. Superboy was roaring repeatedly punching the force field bubble. Glowing red veins formed on his face, his blue eyes turned a bright red color. He fell to his knees coughing roughly.
"Lower the shield" Nightwing instructed Rocket. She followed his orders. They all watched as Conner's coughs let out red smoke, soon his eyes turned back to a bright blue. He collapsed onto falling unconscious.
"Is he okay?" Artemis asked Nightwing.
"He will be, he's just gonna be out for a while" They both turned to see Wally exit the shop, M'gann barely conscious in his arms. Nightwing noticed the people starting to form around the scene.
"We should get out of here now" Kaldur instructed everyone.
MOUNT JUSTICE
Garfield hugged M'gann tightly, she kissed her little brother's head.
"I was worried about you" Gar pouted.
"I'm okay Gar no worries, but Conner" She stared at his sleeping form in the medical wing
Nightwing was checking his vitals.
"Everything seems to be stabilizing nicely, it's good we got the suit off him too" Nightwing looked at the screen.
"How do you act so calm after what just happened?" Wally smirked at Dick. The brunette smiled back at his boyfriend.
"One of my many talents" He leaned down capturing Wally's lips in a brief but passionate kiss.
"Man I love you" Wally started grinning to himself.
"Diana told me how dangerous things get but I never expected one of our own could get so out of control" Donna crossed her arms.
"Hey it's the life we chose sometimes things happen can't control it, it's inevitable" Robin wrapped in arm around her.
"Even so promise me you'll never do something stupid enough to get yourself hurt" Donna stared into Jason's shielded eyes.
"Never cause than I'd never get a chance to do this" He leaned into her capturing her lips into a kiss. Unknown to them Dick and Wally we're witnessing the moment.
[2 years later 2014]
Batman ran into the fiery remains of the building destroyed by the explosives Joker planted. He searched the remains desperately, he ignored the ringing in his ears. He dug through the debris until he saw an R symbol.
"No" his voice broke as he continued to dig, he pulled back the rubble seeing Jason's burnt,swollen and bloody face.
"No" the only word he could speak, he placed two fingers on Jason's neck feeling for a pulse he knew he would no longer find. Batman held his son in his arms feeling how old his skin was against his face. A tear fell from under his cowl.
"Jason" He whispered quietly sobbing.