I was in an angsty-fluffy mood so have some angst and fluff!

Also, Obiwan1022 gets many cookies and love and happiness, and hugs because she/he got the question right!

Question sung the song in Justice League Unlimited (a huge part of my childhood) Seriously, everyone should go onto youtube, type in Question singing and listen to the awesomeness/ridiculousness of the song! :D

Please enjoy and tell me what you think :)

L.L.A.P

~Laces

P.S. Also, if you have any prompts for me, can they please take place around Athena's age right now, because i plan for the sequel to be set in the future when she's a teen :) Thank you :)

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Conner wished he could say that he wasn't used to hearing Athena crying in her dreams. He wished that he could say that he never heard the girl scream in terror in her sleep, causing her to wake up. He wished he could say that the worst nightmare Athena ever had was that there was a monster under her bed.

Conner wished he could say all those things, but he couldn't. Athena's nightmares were always vivid and intense, and Conner figured that it was some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder.

He honestly wasn't surprised that she was so skittish and scared at times. No one could simply be able to walk away from what she had experienced when she was younger.

One day Conner decided to take Athena to metropolis to meet up with Clark. However, the two reached the city a little late, so Conner paid for a hotel room for them to stay the night.

Conner gently tucked the girl into the giant hotel bed. All the pillows looked like they were eating Athena alive, but the girl didn't seem to mind.

In the girl's hand was Ralph, and Conner made sure the blanket was snug around her.

"Good night, Athena." he whispered as he softly kissed the girl on the head, then went to turn off the lights.

"Good night, Conner." Athena yawned, then quickly dozed off.

Conner laid in the bed next to hers and rested his head on the pillow, falling to sleep easily.

"NO!" there was a loud shriek, and Conner jumped, startled from his sleep. He almost instantly registered the voice as Athena's, and he turned on the lights, then placed a hand on the girl's shoulder.

She was sobbing and mumbling words that were unclear to Conner, but she had yet to wake up. She was still asleep, and by the way her face was contorting like she was in pain, Conner knew she was having a nightmare.

"Athena." he whispered, gently stroking the girl's cheek. However, Athena was oblivious to the soothing gesture, and her nightmare seemed to get worse.

Athena's body slowly started to rise off of the bed, and objects in the room started shaking due to her telekinesis.

"Athena, wake up." Conner said in an urgent tone, but Athena was still asleep. Conner shook her slightly, but the girl still didn't wake.

Conner sighed. He hated having to wake her up by yelling, but he knew that if he didn't he'd have to explain why several of the objects in the hotel room were broken, and he also hated to see Athena so terrified.

"Athena wake up!" he exclaimed, and the girl's eyes flickered open, and her eyes moved rapidly across the room in confusion.

She was shaking and breathing heavily, and her powers didn't let up. Her mind was still trying to process whether she was still dreaming or if she was in reality.

Conner grasped Athena's hand and slowly pulled her down from the air, while whispering,

"Shhh, it's okay, Athena. It's okay. Shhh, it was only a bad dream. Shhh, you're okay." The objects in the room stopped shaking, but Athena didn't.

Conner held her in a strong hug, and Athena buried her face in his chest, sobbing.

"I k-killed them." She cried. "I killed them all."

"You didn't kill anyone Athena. It was just a bad dream." He informed in a soft voice as he rubbed her back in soothing circles, trying to calm the girl down.

No doubt he'd have bruises the next day from how tight Athena was squeezing his arm.

I killed them. Athena thought to herself. And I liked it. That was the part that scared her the most.

Milo had me strapped down, about to shoot my arm with his gun, and I tore through my bonds and snapped his neck with my fingers. She thought. And same went for the guards who would stand by and smirk at my pain. As if my purpose was entertaining them by screaming in agony. I killed them all like it was nothing, smiling while doing so. They smiled when I got hurt, why not smile when I felt their bones snap between my fingers? Athena sobbed harder into Conner's chest when she thought about that.

No! That's wrong! A good person doesn't think like that! She thought, but then her mind went back to her nightmare.

Then the league was standing there. They all saw me kill the men. Conner was there too and he looked at me with such disgust, such… hatred. Athena shook even more at that. Conner hated me. she let out a loud sob, then continued to recall herdream.

They turned their backs on me, refusing to look after a killer. I then had no choice. Athena shook harder, grasping tighter onto Conner.

Ra's Al Ghul took me in. He wasn't lying when he said that his doors were always open for me. But… his eyes. They taunted me. He taunted me. He smiled wickedly at my misfortune while acting like he cared.

Ra's Al Ghul scared Athena. She never wanted to see the man again. He could turn anything into a weapon, even his words, and that scared Athena the most. He could get to her without even striking.

What scared Athena more than Ra's was the possibility of her killing another person. She enjoyed hurting Milo, and to be honest, she most likely would have enjoyed killing him as well. But she didn't like those thoughts running around in her head. It made her feel like some sort of monster, and she didn't want to be a monster. She wanted to be a person.

"C-Conner, I don't feel good." She whispered.

"It's okay, Athena." he whispered, kissing her forehead and continuing to rub her back. "Do you want some saltine crackers?" he inquired, knowing that the food usually made the girl feel better. It was something plain that eased her stomach.

The girl nodded, and Conner carried her to the bag where he packed the crackers, just in case an occasion like this occurred. Because it occurred quite often, unfortunately.

Conner handed the girl a roll of crackers and she nibbled lightly on one, making sure not to get crumbs everywhere.

Conner then carried the girl back to the bed, and questioned,

"Do you want to talk about it?" Athena knew he was referring to the dream.

Usually when Athena had a bad dream, Conner calmed her down and then once she seemed calm enough he asked her if she wanted to talk about it. Sometimes she'd say no. Other times she'd say yes. This time was no different.

She shook her head, no.

Whenever she answered no, Conner would respect that, but would try to get more information from her to make her feel better.

"Alright, Athena. Are you still scared?" he inquired, and she nodded, continuing to nibble on her cracker.

"Of Ra's Al Ghul." She whispered. "And me killing people, and you…" she was quiet again. She didn't want to say it. She didn't even want to think about it, because to her it was too awful.

Conner raised an eyebrow.

"Me what, Athena?" he inquired in a gentle voice. He knew that when he tried to demand answers she only got more scared.

"You hating me." she answered, tearing up just remembering his disgusted face. Conner's eyes widened and he hugged the girl again.

"I would never hate you." He whispered, kissing the top of her head. "I could never bring myself to."

"You promise?" Athena inquired, and Conner nodded his head.

"I promise." He said firmly, wiping the tears away from her eyes.

Conner handed Athena Ralph and questioned,

"Do you want me to sleep in your bed with you?" he wasn't surprised when the girl nodded, yes.

Conner turned off the light, briefly looking at the clock and noticing it was three in the morning, then laid next to Athena in the hotel bed.

Athena was quickly against him, her head resting on his arm like a pillow and her forehead rested lightly on the side of his chest. She was asleep quickly.

Conner wished that he could make her nightmares disappear. He wish that he could make her less uneasy. However, even though she was away from Cadmus, how she was treated there left a long lasting mark on her.

Conner could only hope that Athena would get better with age.