It was a rare moment when the League and the Team were able to relax and enjoy themselves. It was the 4th of July weekend and the Team had put together a beach party to celebrate. It was the first time ever they had seen so many heroes in there civilian identities.

Clark stood talking with some Ollie, Bruce, and the mentors while the teens took over Conner. He had grown use to the Team dominating Conner's time when every he brought him over. Aside from the weekly check ups and the nights they were the ones babysitting him they really didn't get to see him as much anymore. So when ever they did have him around they would take him for a few hours. They all stood and watch as their kids worked together to help build a sand castle.

"So Clark how does it feel to be a dad," Barry asked seeing the smile on Clark's face as he watched with amusement Conner play in the sand.

"Its different," Clark said as he thought over the last two months "never though I would be a dad but spending time with Conner..." he let himself trail off thinking of all the time he had with Conner so far. He couldn't quite find the words to describe how spending time with his son had change him. The other mentors seemed to pick up on this and just smiled. It was nice to know Clark had grown attached to the boy. Ever since Conner had been discovered at Cadmus they had been trying to get the two together in their own way. If they had known this is what it had taken to get Clark to accept Conner then maybe they should have turn him into a toddler sooner.

"So how is he doing," this time it was Ollie who spoke breaking what ever silence had formed over the group. Clark thought a moment.

"He seems to be doing well. Though I think that has to do more with him not remember a lot than any thing."

"So he still has not regained any of the memories prior to the incident," J'onn asked. He had heard little of Conner as a toddler beyond the report Batman had made afterwards and the thing he did with the Team when they were asked to babysit. Clark shook his head.

"Aside from recognizing faces and names he has no memory. About has far as he can remember is if something or someone is good or bad. Like when he is around the Team and League he knows that they are good and he can trust them but he doesn't know why. When see villains on the news he gets scared and tries to hide..." Clark trailed off again as he recalled such a time.

~~~~~~~~Flash back begins~~~~~~~~~

Clark stood in the cooking dinner for the two of them. He had the news on the tv. Conner was in the living room coloring. Clark hadn't been pay that much attention until he had heard Conner screaming. He looked up in time to see Conner come running into the kitchen crying and hiding behind his legs. He looking down in alarm at the crying child he gathered him in his arms.

"Whats the matter," he asked as his son sobbed into his shoulder. He held on to Conner tightly only to realize that he was trembling.

"B..ad...man..," Conner cried even louder as he pointed to the television. Clark look and his eyes widen. There on the screen was a reporter talking with none other than Lex Luthor.

"Shhh...its ok...shhh...nothing is going to hurt you," Clark said as he tried to calm his son. He couldn't help but to feel his heart breaking. Even if Conner no longer had specific memories of the people he had met and dealt with, he did remember enough to know that people like Luthor were evil. What was worse was Conner didn't understand why he was terrified so badly of them. As he held on to Conner Clark reached for the remote to turn the tv off all the while reassuring his son that he was safe.

Later that night Clark was awoken by his son's screams. He tore off his cover and race to Conner's room. He found Conner tossing and turning screaming in his sleep. It was clear to him that he was having a nightmare.

"Conner wake up buddy," Clark said as he gently tried to shake him awake. Instead of waking him he only succeed in causing the toddler to cry out louder. Whatever he was dreaming of was terrifying him. Now he could make out soft pleads in between each cry "Conner wake up, it daddy your safe now," this time speaking louder to try while still shaking him gently. A moment later Conner's eyes snapped open, and Clark heart broke as he saw the fear and terror in his son's eyes. It took Conner several moments to realize he was in his room with his dad. When he realized Clark was there he climb into his arms. He clung to him as if there in that moment was the only safe place in the world.

"Its alright now buddy. Nothing is going to hurt you," Clark said softly as he rubbed small circles on his back trying to calm his son's fears.

"Bu the bad men were hurting me," Conner whimpered. He was still trembling from his nightmare.

"Who was hurting you Conner," Clark asked softly trying understand what had terrified his son so badly.

"The man from the twe, Cadus." Clark froze when Conner mentioned Cadmus. He realize that seeing Luthor's face had triggered laden memories that his mind had repressed.

"Don't worry buddy, that man will never hurt you ever," god he wish he could take those memories and banish them from his mind. He never wanted to see his son so terrified again "hey why don't you come sleep with me tonight," Clark asked when Conner finally calmed down. He felt him nod his head yes, but didn't look up as snuggled in closer. With that Clark stood still holding on to the toddler as he cared him with him back to his room.

~~~~~~~Flash back end~~~~~~~

He recalled that Conner had no memory of the nightmare the next morning. After seeing how terrified Conner had been Clark couldn't have been more thankful that he couldn't remember something than he had been then.

"Earth to Clark," Barry voice said breaking through his thoughts. He looked up to see Barry waving his hand in front of his face.

"Huh, what," Clark asked realizing that they were talking to him.

"I said do you think he will ever remember," Barry asked.

"Don't know but to be honest I have a feeling that some of those memories are better left forgotten," he said releasing a sigh. They wanted to ask more but were cut off by the voice of a very happy child.

"Daddy come and swe the sand'aslte," Conner shouted as ran up to Clark and started to pull him in the direction of the sandcastle he had been working on with the Team. The rest of the mentors just awwed and snickered as they watched him being pulled away by the eager toddler. Canary had the bright idea to snap a picture of the whole thing. It was defiantly one for the scrapbook.

Superman walked in to the entertainment room of Mount Justice. It had been along day for both Clark Kent and Superman. The last thing he had to do before he could call it a night was pick up Conner from the team. They had fortunately agree to watch him for the day.

The sight he was met with brought a smile to his face. There on the couch was the whole team sound a sleep with Conner laid across both Robin's and Artemis's lap. The room was litter with toys and children books that they had accumulated over the course of the past couple of months. As of now they were somewhere in the middle of month three.

"Superman," a voice called from the shadows. He turned to see Batman emerge from the shadows.

"What is it," Superman asked.

"I have the Conner's latest test results," Batman stated in his usual flat monotone voice. He took this as his cue to follow him to the lab.

"Well," Superman asked when they were finally in the lab. He made no attempt to hide the weariness in his voice.

"Just to be clear I ran to test several times to be sure the results were accurate. What I found was early signs of molecular degeneration." Superman seemed to freeze at Batman's words.

"Are you sure," Superman asked when he was finally able to find his voice. Batman nodded in response to the question.

"There is no denying it," Batman said still keeping his voice flat "at the moment the degeneration is still in the early stages, and it will only continue to get worse unless we can stabilize it. Unfortunately after running several test with the stabilizing agent that was originally used on Conner it has proven to be ineffective. Captain Atom and myself are trying to find a new stabilizing agent now."

"Is there anything else that can be done to help," Superman asked as he felt the fear of losing his only son began to flood through him.

"At the moment the only thing that we can do is keep an eye on him," as Batman spoke he allow the concern his own voice to be heard "at the moment the degeneration is still so early that had we not been monitoring him already we would still be unaware of it. With any luck we will be able to find a way to stabilize him before there it get too bad. There is however one more thing you should be aware of," he waited until he Superman looked up at him "when we do find a way stabilize him it will cause the effects of the beam to become permanent meaning he'll have to grow up like a normal child." Superman took in the Dark Knights word carefully. He felt like his world was starting to crash in around if they could find away to help Conner then he would lose his little boy. No he think that way they would find a way to help him, and when they did there would a life time for them to make more memories as a family. They who save him they just had to.

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