Super boy slammed the door hard as he exited the vice principals office. He was furious, completely and utterly furious, but that really wasn`t anything new, he was always angry after all. The clone always despised Lex but this time he was really getting on his nerves. He couldn`t believe the bald headed freak had the guts to insult Superman right in his face. Luthor was pretty lucky, considering the Man of Steel himself had enough self control to keep from melting him into a puddle. But Super boy barely had any self control, as soon as he heard what Luthor had said, he couldn`t stop himself from tackling the man through a wall.

It probably wasn`t a good idea considering Luthors armor was portable and equipped in a matter of seconds. In fact, Super boys stomach still felt sore from the punishment inflicted by his adversary. To make it even better vice principal Red Tornado gave Super boy detention and allowed Lex to go back to class without a single word of disapproval. That wasn't the worst part though, the worst part would be the lecture awaiting him from Superman and the looks of condemnation from Super girl and Power girl.

He had been in the office for forty minutes while Red Tornado ranted on about the schools rules and guidelines, and it was now almost the end of third period. In six minutes it would be time for lunch, and the frustrated teenager had no intentions of returning for those six minutes. Instead he began heading towards the cafeteria, planning to chill at his usual table until the bell rang. Besides, he could use a few extra minutes to calm himself down.

There were two cafeterias in the school, separating heroes and villains. There used to be one big cafeteria for everyone, but there was so much fighting and violence that the vice principal decided it would be a lot easier to just have two cafeterias. After a short walk down the halls, Super boy arrived at the heroes cafeteria, clenching and unclenching his fists as he took his seat at the center table. This was his usual spot, he`d sit here almost every day with the 'superman family'. That`s actually how the lunch room was divided: by 'families'. Off course you can sit wherever you want but most of them stuck to those they knew best.

Suddenly the bell rang and Super boy glanced behind himself and watched the entrance to the cafeteria. As he expected, Flash was the first one to sprint in, grabbing a tray full of food and already half done as kid flash followed up. The next person to enter the cafeteria was Superman, instantly causing Super boy to turn his gaze away and focus on the table under him. He knew the man of steel was walking around the table and knew he sat across from him with his hands clasped and a serious look on his face, but Super boy didn`t meet his eyes.

"Connor..." Superman began.

"I know." the clone interrupted, clenching his fists on the table "I know what you`re going to say, but don`t. I did what I did for our name, he was insulting you to your face, and I know you couldn`t do anything to him, but I could, I had to..."

"Connor..."

"No I`m not done." the teenager stood up this time "I know you`re still mad but what did you expect? I know I`ve got a lot to learn, but you just started accepting me, much less teaching me anything. And I get that I`m a bit... unsettling for you to be around, but I-"

"Connor."

"What?!"

"Thank you."

Super boy just stared at the man of steel for a few moments. They had grown a bit closer since Superman started accepting his existence, but this was a nice surprise. Feeling a bit embarrassed now, Super boy ran a hand through his hair and turned his gaze away from the man he considered a somewhat brother.

"Whatever..." he muttered unsurely.

"You know you can have a civilized argument while eating right?" Super girl said, placing food trays in front of the two Kryptonians.

"You know you can have a heart attack while eating too." Power girl added, as she took the remaining seat on the table "So Connor, must have been embarrassing how easily Lex took you down."

"I was only getting warmed up." Super boy retorted "I would`ve been fine if someone wasn`t holding me back."

"I only held you back because Tornado showed up." she rolled her eyes.

"Anyways..." Super girl glared at Power girl for a second "Are you alright? There were some rumors going around about it, I heard you were coughing up blood."

"I wasn`t!" the clone sneered, his anger returning to him as he heard how misinformed everyone was "Who told you that?"

"Star Sapphire told me about it, I think she heard it from Green Lantern, who heard it from someone who saw." the daughter of Krypton explained "I guessed it wasn`t all true though, she said you begged Lex to stop, and I know you`d rather die than beg."

"People think I was begging?!" Super boy slammed his fist down on the table, denting the metal and earning an uneasy look from the others.

"Just calm down Conner." Superman advised "Rumors like these spread all the time, it`ll blow over sooner or later."

Before the clone could vent out anymore of his anger, Robin and Blue Beetle rushed towards him.

"Conner are you okay?!" Robin asked, glancing at his friend worriedly, while Blue Beetle seemed suddenly uncomfortable with the gazes of all four supers on him.

"I`m fine." Super boy grunted.

"We heard-"

"Shut up!" this time he pushed past the two and started heading towards the exit "I don`t wanna hear another lie."

"What`s his problem?" Beetle mumbled "We just wanted to tell him: we heard the cafeteria had Boston cream cake for dessert."

Super boy dug his hands into his pockets as he walked outside of the school and started strolling through the surrounding courtyard with his usual sad expression. It was a large yard, mostly meant for decoration and filled with flowerbeds fountains and surrounded by a giant stone wall. There was a nice breeze flowing by, stirring up the multi coloured leaves that fell to the ground. It was nice weather, the type you`d purposely go outside to enjoy. In fact, the clone could see Nightwing and Zatanna laughing and talking together, while across the courtyard: Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn gossiped, and even further away he could see Sinestro and Green Lantern fighting with giant machine gun constructs.

Suddenly something clicked in Super boys mind. Someone had turned what happened between him into an exaggerated rumor that pins him as a weak coward and Lex the superior victor. He couldn`t let that stand, and everyone in DC high knew most rumors are started and spread by none other than Catwoman, Ivy and Harley. He felt more than ready to leap into battle and teach the three villainesses a thing or two, but something stopped him. Sure Superman was a bit grateful that he had Super boy to step in and defend his name, but if he exacted revenge on those three, it wouldn`t be in defense.

Superman would definitely be disappointed, and that was something the clone couldn`t bare. All his life he`d been trying to live up to the Superman name, he was 'Super' boy for a reason after all. It was never easy living the shadow of someone everyone loves and adores, but knowing that you represent the same things as them makes it all seem better. Well most of the time at least.

"Hey kid."

Super boy turned around instantly, his fists clenched and ready to defend himself, but he stopped abruptly when he realized it was Catwoman. The feline fatale was standing poised on top of the stone wall, her hands on her hips and a menacing look in her eyes. It was a little stunning how fast she got from across the courtyard to in front of him without making a sound.

"What do you want?" the clone asked, his voice quiet but angry.

"Saw you glaring at us a moment ago darling." she replied, her voice silky but ominous "Is there a problem?"

"Yeah actually!" the boy tightened his fists again, completely prepared to give her a piece of his mind and perhaps a punch or two as well "I know you three were spreading rumors."

"And let's say... I was." she winked, and took a seat on the edge of the wall "What would you do?"

He didn`t answer. He wanted revenge on her making him seem like a fool, but he knew it wasn`t worth it, and he knew Superman would be extremely disappointed. Even if she did tell lies, she technically wasn`t breaking any rules or laws, he didn`t have a good reason to do anything to her. He hated it, but it was true, so with a sturdy sigh he turned away and prepared to walk back inside when the cat burglar placed a hand on his arm to stop him.

"What?" the boy muttered, turning to glare at her again.

"I know you can`t do anything to me." she began "But be honest with yourself, am I really the one you want to get at? You and I both know the one you really wanna hurt is Luthor."

"It doesn`t matter anymore." he grunted, pulling his arm away from her "What`s done is... done. I don`t care anymore."

"Yes you do, and I know exactly how you can hurt him. Without Superman knowing of course."

"What are you talking about?"

"Challenge him to an Arena fight tonight."

Super boy went still for a moment. The Arena was an underground cavern that the Penguin and his gang had set up as a stadium. A lot of fights between students happened there in secrets. You`d have to pay to get in and watch the fights, most of them ending horribly, but none of the teachers knew and Penguin would always cover it up if someone tried to tell them. Most of the fights happen between villains and the heroes usually stay far away from the Arena, of course now and then a few heroes would fight there or watch, but there was no chance Superman would be there.

Of course that`s what made it perfect. If he challenged Luthor to a fight in the Arena, there was no way Superman would find out. And on the plus side, Luthor would probably jump at the chance to settle things between the two. But that lead to another problem, one that Super boy would rather die than admit: he wasn`t sure he could beat Luthor in a fight.

"I don`t know if that`s a good idea." he began but was cut off as Catwoman leaped down and smirked at him.

"I`m not done talking." she continued "Before the fight, I`ll sabotage his battle suit, when he goes into the Arena to fight, you`ll have the upper hand. It`s an easy win for you, so what do you say?"

"That doesn`t sound... very heroic." the clone said unsurely.

"Come on Super boy." she rolled her eyes "Don`t you wanna get back at him for humiliating you? Don`t you wanna prove to him that you`re stronger and better then he could have ever imagined?"

"Fine. I`m in. But why are you helping me?"

"Don`t worry about that kid, but trust me when I tell you: I`m not doing this for you. You just don`t see the bigger picture."

Super boy only rolled his eyes, he was kind of used to being kept in the dark.

"How are you going to sabotage his suit?"

"Augh so many questions." Catwoman sighed and began to turn away "You know what don`t even worry about challenging him. Just show up at the Arena tonight, I`ll take care of the rest."

The clone had a few more questions, but he didn`t say anything, instead he began walking back inside, smiling to himself as he thought of his upcoming victory.

Super boy had never felt so nervous and excited at the same time before, the thought of going up against Luthor with a hundred villains watching was a bit unsettling, but the thought that he was going to win filled him up with excitement.

In fact the clone couldn`t help but shudder a bit as the Arenas bell rang, signalling the start of the fight. The stadium was large and circular, there was a pit in the center where the fighting was done and bleachers and benches all around and filled with people. It looked sort of like a baseball stadium but with very low lighting, since there were only a few stray lamps hanging from the caves ceiling.

The whole place was filled with noise as the crowd cheered, clapped and booed as Super boy walked into the pit, all the way across from him was Luthor, looking completely composed and a bit bored. Super boy felt more than ready to show Lex what Kryptonians can do.

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen!" Penguin began announcing from his seat at the top of the stadium "To the Arena! Tonight we`ll be settling a dispute between two people who seriously hate each other. So give it up for Lex Luthor and Super boy!"

Once again the crowd was a mixture of cheering and booing.

"Now remember folks!" the Penguin continued "The Arena is not responsible for any belongings stolen or destroyed. If someone is bothering you: it is not my problem. If someone is hurting you: it is not my problem. If someone is hassling you: it is not my problem. If someone is stealing from you: it is not my problem. If someone has killed you or has killed a friend: it is not my problem. Now let the fight begin!"

As soon as the bell rang, Super boy hesitantly glanced at his opponent. Lex was already wearing his battle suit, but the clone wasn`t too worried. Catwoman had probably messed up some of its inner wiring or something, it was bound not to work. Feeling confident and a bit smug now, the clone began closing the distance between him and Lex, keeping his fists up and his movements swift.

Before he could get close enough to land a hit, Luthor raised his arm and a bright green laser shot out of it, throwing the boy into a wall. Everything felt blurry and it felt as if the world was spinning around Super boy, but before he could even get back onto his feet, Luthors suit jetted him across the arena, allowing him to punch Super boy straight in the stomach.

Angry as ever, the boy tried to retaliate by grabbing the suits shoulders and tossing Luthor across the room, but the armored man landed straight on his feet and once again fired lasers. In a matter of a few minutes Super boy was lying on the ground, feeling broken and out of breath as his vision slowly began to blur. He wasn`t sure what exactly had happened, but one thing he did now. Catwoman used him.

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Hey guys!

Finally finished up with chapter two, and you can expect the third one pretty soon. Now thing is I got like a lot of readers already, which is great and I`m really grateful, but like out of all those people I only got one review :c So come on guys please review, it really matters to me what you think. If your too busy I get it and that's alright, but if you have the time I`d really appreciate a review :D so thanks.

Anyways I was originally planning on everything going well for Super boy in the end but then I just felt that it was too obvious, so turns out Catwoman isn`t so nice :3 But that actually works for me since it fits in with my plot line, by the way next chapters Catwomans point of view.

Oh speaking of point of views, remember if you have any requests for characters let me know in the review o-o. Well yup, thanks for reading, I hope you like it and review XD or not, up to you. K bye.