Has anyone else noticed that some sort of Superboy's chest is showing in almost every episode? Not that I mind, lol. Illcida gave me the idea for Shrink, so thank you. I love your feedback. Ideas are always welcome, and I will to the best of my ability write them.

Thanks again to my reviewers, and if you review, remember there's more of a chance that I'll update sooner ;)

Title: Belief

Rating: K

Pairing: None

When Wally was a kid, he wanted to believe in magic. He really did.

He wanted to believe the urban legends were real. That there was an obese man in the North Pole that gave away presents if you were 'nice.' That fairies do exists and have large bank accounts that give you money for something that happens naturally.

Wally remembers his first trip to Disneyland, the promises of magic and wonder sullied by costumes and cardboard.

(He told his parents he knew they were fake. They continued to lie.)

Was it too much to ask for something to believe in? Something real, with actual proof? Eventually, Wally found that thing. Science. It had the answers for everything, why the sky was blue, why it rained. Wally placed his belief in that.

But that was corrupted too. After his encounter with Dr. Fate, Wally was left spinning. Everything he knew had turned into lies, first magic then science then magic was turned into truth along with science. How could two things so different be so similar? So he tried to believe in both. Wally still studied science in his free time, and when something unexplainable came his way, he turned to magic.

That belief hasn't let him down yet.

Title: Shrink

Rating: K+

Pairing: None

Superman walked down the wide expanse of beach on Mount Justice. He contemplated going up to talk to Superboy, as he had originally planned, but decided to wait a little longer.

His clone had probably already heard him snooping around outside, anyway. Clark just... Wasn't ready yet. But it was either now, when Superboy's emotions and powers were (kind of) under control, or later, when they were completely crazy. Clark knew he needed to go in a talk to the kid but jeez, weren't dads usually given nine months to prepare for being a father? And weren't most children that came out infants?

All of a sudden, Superman's head was spinning and he had the vague sense that he was falling on the softer-than-concrete-but-not-quite-as-soft-as-his-bed sand.

The world faded to black.

X

"We have a problem."

Wally gaped. "You killed Superman?"

Superboy glared. "What would the point in that be?"

"I dunno, you're the one that came in here carrying over your shoulder like a sack of potatoes or something."

"You killed Superman?"

Robin, who just walked in was frozen in place. Wally could almost see his eyes darting from Wally to Superman to Superboy.

"No- God, why do people keeping asking me that?" He shook his head. "I heard him land about an hour ago and he started to walk. I went down to the beach when he stopped and found him unconscious."

"Oh my gosh!" Megan stood in the doorway, hands over her mouth. "What did you do to-?"

"I didn't do anything to him!" Superboy snapped. He dropped the unconscious Superman onto the couch. His head landed in Wally's lap. Wally winced and slowly pushed it off. "I found him this way-"

"Whoa!" Artemis, having just come out of the kitchen, looked over to Superboy. "I knew you'd crack one day!"

Superboy's eyes became wild, so Wally decided to step in. "Uh, how about we try to see what's wrong with Superman first, alright?"

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Robin asked.

"I can try to see what's wrong with him," Megan volunteered. Everyone looked at her and she raised her hands in an 'I surrender' motion. "No mind reading, I swear."

She walked over to Superman and moved her hands so that they hovered over his chest. They faintly glowed, and Megan squeaked after a moment.

"What's wrong?" Wally demanded, having already sped over to her.

"N-nothing," She sputtered. "It's just... What he has, it's not usually found here."

"Where is it usually found?" Kaldur asked.

Wally nearly peed his pants. "When did you get here?"

Kaldur blinked. "I have been here the whole time," He turned to Megan. "Please continue."

"Well... It's usually found on Mars."

X

Once they had gotten the fact that the disease is not life threatening, everyone calmed down a bit.

That is, until they were told what the next symptom was.

"How is that even possible?" Wally looked towards his friends, who were all frozen (all except for Megan).

"It's... Actually very common on Mars. For any other species to get it is rare," She frowned. "Luckily, there is an antidote."

"We should inform the League. Before that, I think we should figure out what might have caused this," Kaldur gave a pointed look towards Megan, and everyone else's glaze followed.

She winced. "I might've run into Superman at the base before I was vaccinated."

"Where can we get the antidote?" Artemis chimed in.

Megan's eyes lit up. "Hello Megan! Uncle Jon will be on his way home from his mission in a couple of hours and maybe he can go to Mars and get the antidote," She bounced happily. "I'll go contact him!"

Megan ran from the room, and Young Justice looked at each other.

"So... When do you think the second stage will start?" Wally asked for the conversation.

"I dunno but him just lying there is kinda creepy," Robin said, looking down at Superman's prone figure.

"It feels like he's gonna jump up, like at the end of a horror movie when you think the monster is dead," Artemis agreed.

All of a sudden, Superman's body twitched. Wally screamed.

"Stop- stop laughing!" Wally screeched, his voice raising a couple octaves as a blush rose to his face. Robin clutched his stomach, and Artemis rubbed at the tears trailing down her face from the force of her laughing. A smile tugged at Kaldur's lips.

"Shut up!" Superboy snapped. "He's shrinking."

They all watched with wide eyes as Superman grew smaller and smaller until he was six inches tall. Wally was the first to move, slowly pushing his index finger to poke Superman. His hand was shoved back.

Wally held his hand to his chest. "What the-"

"He's awake," Superboy announced. "He's asking where he is."

"Why can't we hear him?" Robin asked, coming in for a closer look.

"His voice shrunk along with him," Superboy explained. "It would be impossible for your hearing to pick up the noises he's making."

"He still has super strength," Wally muttered, looking down at his hand.

"Oh, man up," Artemis snapped. "We're all at Mount Justice. Do you remember coming here?"

"He does," Superboy looked down at the miniature version of the man he was cloned after. "He doesn't remember anything after that, though."

"Good news, guys!" Megan grinned as she came into the room. "Uncle Jon can get the antidote! He says he'll be back in a couple hours!"

"Great, now he can hurt me more..." Wally grumbled.

"He says he heard that," Superboy droned.

"Are you hungry, Superman?" Megan prodded, smiling at the small figure. Superboy reported that he would, and Megan went off to the kitchen. She returned with a bite sized piece of chicken breast on a napkin and placed in front of Superman on the couch. The team watched a Superman downed the chicken piece by piece and when he was finished, everything was silent.

Kaldur stood. "I'll go report this to rest of the League."

Wally wished he would have thought of that to get out of the awkward situation.

"...how about we watch some TV?" Robin suggested awkwardly, sitting as far away from Superman and turning on the television. Artemis sat next to Robin, and Wally got the pleasure of sitting next to Superman.

Superboy shifted awkwardly, before he turned to leave the room. He was almost out before he froze and they all watched as Superman slowly flew out after him. When the two left the room, the rest of the team relaxed. At least the 'father and son' wound finally talk.

X

Superboy walked towards his room with Superman flying beside him. He was probably flying as fast as he could, and Superboy inwardly smirked as to how much the hero had fallen.

A Martian disease decided to pray on The Man of Steel and won? This was too good to be true.

Superboy walked into his room. It was devoid of any real possessions that made a room look like it belonged to someone. He sat on his bed. Superman sat beside him, near his hand.

He heard Superman sigh. "I came here today to apologize for my actions."

Superboy blinked down at Superman. He really wasn't expecting that.

"I shouldn't have denied for so long you're my... My son," He looked up into eyes so much like his own. "I hope you can forgive me."

Superboy's face was blank, so Clark supposed that he didn't want to talk anymore. He rose from his position.

"I forgive you."

Clark smiled and opened his mouth to speak, but he was cut off.

"But... It was bad. Being rejected, I mean," Superboy was calm as he looked down at his father. "It might take a while for me to fully forgive you."

"That's-that's okay," Superman said, amazed. This kid was great. "And- hey, to get closer to you forgive me, how about we give you a name?"

"A name?" Superboy raised his eyebrow.

"Well yeah. We can't just go around calling you Superboy for the rest of your life."

"I haven't really thought of anything," Superboy stated truthfully.

"I've always liked the name Conner," Superboy looked down at him and Clark flushed. "If it's okay with you."

Superboy smiled. "Conner."

Clark nodded. "Conner Kent."

X

Jon arrived three hours later with the antidote and a scolding for Megan. Most of the team relaxed at the hero's leaving, but Superboy seemed disappointed.

"I'll see you soon, Conner," Superman promised with a smile and a ruffle of his hair.

Everyone looked around. "Who's Conner?"

Title: An Oddity

Rating: K+

Pairing: None

Kaldur never felt comfortable with the land people. He felt like his gills were unnatural, his eyes bleached silver and the fins on his hands just plain odd.

Don't get him wrong, he felt comfortable around Robin and Artemis and Wally, but they were all odd in their own way. Whenever he went out in public on land he felt as if everyone's eyes were on him, watching and waiting to see if he was different.

Kaldur was taller than most land women and some men. He always feels like he stuck out in all the wrong ways.

His hair, cut short like every standard Atlantian warrior, was white. Just white. From Kaldur's understanding, it was not normal for someone of his coloring and age on land to have white hair.

Their language – odd. The way they spoke it was all together went against the rules of the language.

Robin broke the rules the most with his made up words and Wally came after that with his 'dudes.' The more Superboy talked to Robin the worse his speech became, and Artemis had some problems, but they were bearable. Megan's language was almost perfect, thank mermaid.

When he conversed with civilians while off the job, they always seemed nervous around him, like they knew he wasn't from here.

Once, while speaking to his team, he tried to speak like them. Robin and Wally began to laugh, Artemis joining soon after. Megan's lips twitched upwards into a smile and Superboy looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

As Young Justice laughed at his expense, Kaldur smiled.

He may not fit in with the land people, but he fit in here.

Kaldur wasn't an oddity while he was with his friends.