Tiredness threatened to engulf him, so often now he found himself yawning, stretching and then falling asleep. He'd almost fallen asleep during a meeting with the Prime Minister, that fool who'd held her job because Jonathan needed more proof to remove her. He'd fallen asleep whilst on a date with Caitlin and he'd been completely embarrassed by that, by some miracle she'd understood. And well, now here they were. The doctors had looked at him and declared he simply needed more rest. He'd laughed and said that wouldn't be incredibly likely, not with how things were going. He ran a hand through his hair and fiddled with the crown.

"Do you think that Sinestro is working for my father honestly? Or do you think he's trying to get something out of it?" Jonathan asked, he'd been thinking over it, and such a monster siding with his father, not only handed Bruce a PR victory-and as much as he hated to acknowledge this, they were at war- it also made some of their own team question things. "After all, since Diana was knocked out, and Sinestro's come in, he's been the one advising my dad on a lot of things. And as a result policies have gotten harsher. I've tried getting things through to my dad, but I don't know." It was a real worry for him, they were trying to make the world better, not a tyranny.

Caitlin sat next to him on the sofa, her voice soft. "I think that Sinestro is doing what he's always done. He's working for himself and no one else. Didn't you hear him talking to someone?"

Jonathan looked at Caitlin, and nodded. "I did. Someone who sounded like they were quite grim and important. More important than Sinestro anyway. And he seemed scared of them. His heartbeat was racing throughout." He'd been walking down the hallway in the Watchtower, preparing to give some documents to his father, when he'd heard the whole thing. He'd stopped and listened and what he'd heard had unnerved him.

"Who do you think it could be?" Caitlin asked. "Darkseid?"

Jonathan shook his head. "I don't think so. From what I've read, the Yellow Lantern Corps doesn't approve of plans to take over the whole universe, they just want to control their own planet. Rule through fear. And as such if Sinestro is here, and working for my dad, he must want to try and bring that mentality to Earth. After all Dad helped Hal beat him several times. Maybe he wants to discredit Superman?"

"Maybe, but then who would that other voice be at the end of the conversation? You said that Sinestro had spoken about killing Wonder Woman, and also that he'd been responsible for the ring coming to help you?" Caitlin added. Jonathan tensed slightly, the ring and that whole fight had been things he'd wanted to forget. Clearly his memory wouldn't let him forget.

"I'm not sure. The only other being I can think of it being is Parallax and Hal told me Sinestro hated that monster as much as he did." Jonathan said.

"But can Hal be believed on that? With how quickly he's believed Sinestro?" Caitlin asked.

Jonathan looked at her surprised. "You don't think that Hal's lying, do you? I mean yes I get that Sinestro did help him save his girlfriend, but at the same time, Hal's usually a good judge of character. He called it early that John wouldn't be amongst the Green Lanterns who recognised Dad as their new sovereign. So, what does that mean? Should I follow through with my suspicions?"

Caitlin nodded. "I think you need to do some investigation or get Jaime to do it. you know he's been waiting for you to give him something to do. And I think you need to try and tell your dad your suspicions."

"Alright." Jonathan said running a hand through his hair. He placed the crown on a table and sighed. "You know, that feeling of getting a holiday is increasing everyday, sometimes I wish I could give this all up."

Caitlin raised an eyebrow. "Do you really?

Jonathan laughed. "I'm not really sure anymore. I think there are somethings I love about being King, and there are somethings that I don't. truth be told I sort of wish mum was still here. Maybe then Dad wouldn't be so inclined to listen to that pink faced fuck." As he said that an idea came to him. "Caitlin, you know how you possess the life equation?" his girlfriend raised an eyebrow. "Do you think it could, you know bring people back?"

Caitlin bit her lip. "I'm not sure. Nothing I've read about it suggests that it could, but by its very name I suppose that it could. Why? Who are you wanting to bring back?"

Jonathan thought for a moment, then hating how small his voice sounded he said. "My mum. I think that she would be able to help dad, much better than I could. And I also think that well," here he played with his fingers. "I miss her, and so does dad. I think, I think it would better if she was back here with us."

Caitlin took his hand in hers and she looked at him sincerely. "Jon, I know you miss your mum, and I know that you think she might be able to make a difference, but she's been dead for three years now. If she were brought back, she'd be different, she might not recognise you, and she'd not recognise anything. Would you really want to go through that?"

Jonathan looked at Caitlin and though he wanted with all his heart to answer yes, to say that yes he would want that. He'd go through hell to bring his mum back, he knew somewhere deep down that he didn't want a shadow of his mum, he wanted her back whole and healthy and smiling. He fought back tears as he shook his head. "I don't know." In that moment he hated himself, and he felt the tears slipping down his face. Caitlin opened her arms and he hugged her, burying his head into her neck.