It was a quiet beautiful morning at mount justice. The rays of golden sun hit the mountain causing a shadow to fall over the lone figure sitting on the beach. His blue eyes scanned the endless horizon and his jet-black hair swayed slightly in the breeze. He sighed deeply and stretched his back against the sand, his fingers grabbing fistfuls of grainy sand. The tide reached his bare toes and his body shivered with the frigid touch of the water.
He had learned how to talk, write, read, speak, and walk and many other necessities. He had seen many pictures of places around the world but NOTHING, nothing could compare to the feel of this right now. A wave of gratitude came over him to the three young heroes who had rescued him. They'd shown him the light, a way out. He wasn't a weapon, he was a boy. A boy, who lived, breathed and occasionally laughed. But they'd also shown him his "father". Superman.
He remembered how he looked at him with that look of utter disgust and confusion. He had completely ignored him. His own damn son!
For Christ sake couldn't he have at least smiled!
Superboy's teeth ground together and he abruptly sat up, his body trembling with rage.
Was it him? He must have been a disappointment to the almighty superman. I mean it would have been a surprise and all to find out that you had a son... Or a clone, but that was months ago and he should at least have acknowledged him by now! superman never talked to him or make eye contact with him. Superboy knew that some of the league members had been pestering superman about not stepping up helping the boy but he completely denies them!
Superboy tried to make it seem like it didn't bother him, but really it did. He was consumed with jealousy whenever the other mentors came to visit.
Martian man hunter smiling at his niece, kid flash and flash joking with each other, aqualad and aquaman completely understanding each other with a trusting bond, Artemis and green arrow happily chatting and making fun of each other like best friends and even robin and batman. Most thought that they had a rather un fatherly and son relationship but Superboy could see that batmans eyes filled with pride, joy and love when around robin, and he would probably be lost without that little boy. Superboy longed for a fatherly figure in his life, someone to teach and care for him. But the person that was supposed to be now loathed him. He could never be even close to what superman was and that impossibly dark shadow would leer over him forever.
Superboy would never give up trying, there had to be someway he could make superman see that he was his son now and it was both extremely strange for both of them. But this was nearly impossible since he was so full of himself to even give him a chance, afterall kryptonians do have hard heads…
Superboy smiled, the man who he thought would probably the never reach out at him did. Batman had show him a bit of fatherly support and black canary was teaching him how to be better, maybe he didn't need superman for now.
superboys periwinkle eyes narrowed as he spotted a dark figure gliding through the water.
Superboy hastily stood up wiping his hands on his dark jeans. Kaldur emerged from the salty shallow waters and sauntered onto the beach, smiling at Superboy.
"It's a little early to be here on a Tuesday morning don't you think?" Superboy asked.
Kaldur raced up to him, "we were just called for a mission!, didn't you hear? Come on hurry!".
Kaldur ran to mt justice with Superboy close after.
Now this is what Superboy cared about. He was protecting the world with his best friends, no his family.
There was Kaldur the strong, confident leader of the team. Wally the comedian and speedster, Megan the "mother" of the team. Artemis who was the sassy sharp shooter and robin, the smart, adorable, mysterious little brother of the team.
They were all one slightly dysfunctional family who happened to save the world
every other day.
Superboy smiled and continued following aqualad who was almost out of sight. He ran faster to catch up with him and was about to leap into the air when a searing pain overwhelmed his mind.
Superboy kneeled down clutching his head.
"Aghhhh!" he yelled
The pain had to STOP!
" please somebody help me!'' he yelled but it only came out as a trembling whisper.
What the hell was happening! He struggled to run to mount justice but he was too focused on the pain.
A ringing noise numbed his ears, and the edges of his eyes were blurred .
The world spun around him making his stomach drop.
His body gave up and thumped onto the ground. Spots blurred his vision and everything began to darken.
His entire body numbed except for the pain in his head. It intensified and Superboy gasped for air as darkness blurred his vision and it covered his eyes completely, then like a balloon releasing air the pain and pressure stopped and everything turned to a blissful white.