"I've realized something." Jason whispered to Megan as they walked behind the other junior heroes down the hall of the Mount Justice base, having just gotten back from a mission.
"What's that?" Megan whispered back.
"I can't stand this." Jason growled and the girl looked at him in surprise. "I never realized how much I'd hate doing this hero stuff until I actually had to do it. If I had no desire to be a hero before, then I definitely don't want to be one now."
Megan, still feeling surprised, tilted her head. "You don't? Really?"
"I just want to live my life the way I want to. It's the reason my parents let me move in with my sister. Sure, I still have to call them and go to school, but they just want me to be happy." Jason replied.
Megan nodded before she heard what else he said. "You and Conner have a sister?"
"An older sister, and just like me, she doesn't want to be a hero either." Jason replied. "Mostly because she kinda hates humans and doesn't want to help them." He said shrugging.
"She sounds…kind of scary." Megan said tentatively as she didn't want to offend the boy.
Jason smirked. "Oh, she is."
"Superboy!"
Jason froze and wanted nothing more than to keep on walking, but he knew that it would garner too much suspicion if he just ignored the man. That still didn't mean he needed to talk though. "Go on." He assured Megan as he saw her expression waver, but she nodded and kept on walking. Jason took a deep breath before he turned back to face his father. "Yes?"
"Am I to believe that you've spoken to Lois Lane?" Superman questioned crossing his arms.
"Lois White, she's married." Jason retorted and the man grimaced. "And yes, I've met her, she wanted an interview but I said I'd get back to her." He lied smoothly. Or at least, it was only sort of a lie.
The man let out a sigh. "Superboy-"
"Conner." Jason bit out. "My name is Conner; Mrs. White was kind enough to use my name."
Granted, his mom called him Jason, but the thought was still the same, as he knew damn well that his own mother wouldn't call him something so clinical like a codename all the time. He never realized until now just how much worse off Conner was than both him and Alice. At least they have names.
"It would be best, if you didn't see Miss La-Mrs. White again." Superman grimaced over the slip before walking away.
Jason stood where he was for a moment before turning on his heel and meeting back up with Megan. "Hi."
"How did it go?" The girl asked.
"Not…great." Jason said flatly. "But now I wonder who it was he saw when Robin, Aqualad, and KF rescued Conner, himself…or me." He said darkly.
"Well, you do bear an awfully close resemblance to your father and Conner." Megan replied.
Jason nodded as the thought though depressed him. "He looked right at me and didn't see his own son. Either son."
"So this Skywarp isn't going to go back and ruin everything?" Conner questioned as Kara finished explaining how she had to tell Skywarp about the swap.
Kara shook her head. "No, he said he wouldn't do that to Jason."
"I didn't know that Jason was friends with Decepticons." Conner pointed out.
Kara shrugged. "Mostly Alice told me he only did it because he wanted to tick off the Autobots, but he gained some really loyal friends. They won't change their faction choice for him of course, but they don't have to worry about associating themselves with something they view as beneath them because Jason can hurt them more easily than they can hurt him." she said darkly.
"I've been wondering; why has Alice never become a hero yet?" Conner questioned.
"She doesn't like people." Kara answered bluntly. "To be quite honest, neither did I when I first got here. I saw them as inferior to the life I had back on Krypton… but I learned to tolerate them. Alice can't because she sees them as the reason their father never spent any time with her when she was young." She said sadly. "It took me several years to get Alice to stop hating humans enough to be willing to even go to school with them."
"They're allowed to go to school?" Conner asked in surprise.
Kara nodded, her eyes thought darkened at the surprised tone in the boy's voice. "Yes, they were allowed because all that was asked of them was to behave and stay out of trouble. You could go if you want…" she suggested tentatively. "I'm sure Jason would like to attend school with his brother around."
Conner looked thought at that. "What will anyone else say?"
"Screw what they think." Kara said flippantly. "All we need is a piece of paper I can have here in the next day to legally state that you're Conner Kent, son of Kara Kent. And as such with being my son, you can decided whether you want to go to school or not." Her expression turned sheepish at the end of her rant. "But we'd still have to get your powers under control first."
Conner nodded. "I understand."
"Good, now how goes it with the pumpkin?"
"…"
