After a little bit of stay on Dick Grayson's apartment, Tim Drake marched in to Stephanie's apartment directly. Nervous breakdowns could be expected. Tons of mouths open will be formed, and Stephanie is going to shriek her lungs out in happiness. That, or she's going to slap him in the face and ask him where he had been.
He was glad that the second one was not even an option.
As soon as the doorbell rang, Stephanie opened the door. To Tim's astonishment, she looked about just as beautiful as she was before. Her devastating blue eyes, her long blonde hair, and a smile that only she could make, had turned completely into nothing but shock and horror. Like Barbara, she covered up her mouth that was trying to hold up a gasp, but she couldn't.
Tim didn't waste any more time on the sight. She put both of her hands away from her mouth and straight up kissed her. For them, nothing else mattered for just a few seconds. The sensation that came from their lips touching each other was the one that mattered. After a few moments of enjoying themselves, they went out of their kiss and glanced at each other's eyes, returning a smile that could only happen for once in a lifetime, but something shocking was right behind the back.
A boy, wearing nothing but a dark blue jeans and a straight emo haircut looking scarily familiar was just right behind her. He thought that he could be more astonished other than seeing his girlfriend again, but this one really put him out of the left field. Devastating was an understatement. The fact that he had seen the face of an alien visitor who was banging his girlfriend was nothing but a straight punch in the heart.
"Oh my god."
"What?"
##
Stephanie looked in the back and realized what he had just seen. It was Conner Kent without his shirt off. As soon as she got a sight on him, Tim immediately disappeared. Jealousy and hatred must have filled his heart out the moment he got a sight on him, but Stephanie would not give it up just to see her long lost lover once again. She ran up into the nearest corridor to find Tim, but he wasn't even there. The next one on the opposite direction and he wasn't there as well.
"Fuck!" Stephanie shouted. "Oh my god... oh my god... oh my god... oh my god..."
"What's going on, Stephanie?"
Conner's voice attempting to inquire whatever the hell was going on could only reveal Stephanie's anger. Even he was startled by that sight.
"Get out."
"What?"
"I SAID GET OUT!" Stephanie shouted.
"Stephanie, I'm sorry."
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE NOW!"
Stephanie took his stupid dark t-shirt with the weird S symbol on it and threw it on with him. She pushed him outside and he complied easily. After all of that, Stephanie locked on the doors, not even letting him to get pass in. Clearly, he didn't do nothing wrong and she just couldn't handle the shock, but Conner went on to apologize to her regardless.
"Stephanie..." Conner said. "I'm sorry. Whatever I did to you, I'm so sorry. I'll leave you now."
After that, steps can be heard out of him. He was stepping out of her apartment, which gave her a good time to take her phone and ask for an explanation.
##
Tim went straight into the ARGUS headquarters. Knowing that there are going to be a few guards inside, he didn't even give a single damn. Guards came into him with a warning, but Tim downright punched the guy in the face in a speed that was enough to knock him out.
One guard noticed him punching the man, but Tim took the guard's baton and threw it into his head. The baton bounced back up and Tim ran towards the guard, put his legs on his shoulders, and jumped to get the baton back. At the same time, he also jumped up off of the metal scanners. Three guards were right in front of him. One charged him first with a stun baton, but Tim dodged it easily by ducking. He also dodged the other guy's baton and the two started attacking him simultaneously, but Tim was able to recognize their patterns and slammed one man in the chin with his baton and the other man by grabbing him in the head and kneeing it out.
One man attempted to jump and kick him out in the air, but Tim was fast enough to grab him and to slam his entire body into the metal scanner. Tim knocked him out by swinging the baton into his face downwards in just a matter of half a second.
And just when he could proceed even further, there she is standing among the knocked out body. Tim went on to charge and pinned her down the wall.
"You fucking bitch!"
"Tell me why."
"You know why." Tim said. "You know that this alien has been banging my girlfriend so you're going to make me to accept this mission no matter what."
"That's your fault for coming to me." Waller said. "The best thing that you should've done is to go back home and tell her to stay away from him, and yet here you are."
Defeated, Tim released Waller out of the custody. He just noticed that the rest of the ARGUS men already got their guns over pointed up to him.
"Drop the guns, boys." Waller said. "We have ourselves a volunteer."
##
"Hello?" Stephanie began her call.
"Hey uh... Steph." Barbara answered. "What's going on?"
"Babs, you're not going to believe this." Stephanie said. "Tim Drake is alive. He's alive."
"Uh... yeah we know."
"What?" Stephanie said. "And you didn't even try to tell me?"
"What, you expect me to ruin it for you?" Barbara said. "Did he come to you?"
"He comes in a really bad time." Stephanie said. "I was... I was with this... guy. And... I don't know he got real jealous and he left. I don't know where he is now."
"Ouch."
"Don't just 'ouch' me, Babs! If you know where he is, you should've told me."
"Alright." Barbara said. "I don't really have his number, but he left pretty quickly that we forgot to ask. He did tell me that Damian has his number."
"So Damian has his number?" Stephanie said. "You're not really helping much, you know?"
"I know."
##
"This 'alien' has named himself Kon-El." Waller said. "He caught our attention the moment we see him fall down spectacularly near Central City."
"How do you know that he's an alien?"
"No human is able to survive a fall from the height of the stratosphere." Waller said. "We have calculated the trajectory and the impact analysis suggested that he might have come from the outer space."
"So he's literally a meteor and he falls down into the ground just like that?" Tim said. "How the hell is that even possible? How can someone not notice it?"
"We have asked that question so many times throughout this journey." Waller said. "We know that he's an alien the moment we examine him with our x-ray. His bone structure was significantly different. We tried to inject syringes to him, but it's no use. He's indestructible. So we put him into our strongest cage and we questioned him about everything."
"And he somehow knows your language?"
"Thankfully he does." Waller said. "He reveals that he's from planet Krypton light years away from Earth. When we wanted to inquire even further about it, he decides to not tell us about it and gets out of the cage."
"That's where you got all of those destruction from."
"There were lots of injuries, but no deaths." Waller said. "If you ask me personally, I think he was trying to protect us from some confidential information."
"What kind of confidential information?"
"The kind that might bring death and destruction upon our world." Waller said. "The kind that he doesn't want to tell us because it might be destructive."
"So you want me to find out what it is?" Tim said. "You want me to find out who he is and what he wants?"
"Yes."
"And you choose me because he's very close to my girlfriend?"
"It's a great advantage."
"And... you only choose me?"
"Don't be foolish." Waller said. "Of course I assigned some other peoples to find it. You just happen to be quite the extra hand. So, what do you think?"
Tim's phone vibrated. He picked up the phone to find an unknown number. Answering it would reveal nobody but Stephanie Brown, so he did.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Tim." Stephanie began her words. "It's me, Stephanie."
"Yeah, I know."
"I..." Stephanie said. "I'm so sorry that you got... surprised by that. I mean can you-"
"Save it." Tim said. "I need to know where did you find your new boyfriend."
"I... well..." Stephanie began. "I found him around the streets of Gotham. He's an amnesiac war veteran, so I think the best way to get to him is just to give him comfort."
"You should stay away from him, Stephanie." Tim said. "He's dangerous."
"What makes you think that?"
"I'm currently in a room with Amanda Waller who briefs me everything about the guy." Tim turned on loudspeakers. "Meet me at Wayne Manor next morning."
"What?"
"Just do it." Tim said, also signaling Waller who was about to protest. "I'll talk about more of it with you."
"Okay, whatever you say." Stephanie said. "Tim I..."
"I know." Tim said. "I love you too."
Tim closed the phone off, leaving Waller to say on her words. "You're going to bring him in?"
"I can't do this alone." Tim said. "If you want my help on capturing this alien, she is the only way to get to him and we should involve Wayne on this, whether you like it or not."
Waller had no choice but to comply to him. He made a good point, and there was no arguing with Red Robin.
##
What Conner needed to do right now is to find the rest of the Kryptonian crews. He did so by getting out of Gotham and jumping from one water into the other. He didn't have to swim. All he needed was to jump as high as possible and the moment he hit the water surface, launch himself into the air.
Later, he landed into an island in god knows where. If his calculations were correct and he did fall off in Central City, then the rest of the crew should fall down exactly here on this island. Either that or they managed to survive underwater. Whatever the case, he should find them right around here. However, he was not alone.
"Wow."
Someone just uttered those words in his left, but he couldn't find the person. The only creature that he could find was what the Earthlings called a parrot, who had the tendency to do talk like humans. The green bird was harmlessly wandering around the beach, and uttered the word once again.
Just as Conner sighed, there was another word, or more accurately another sentence coming out of the parrot's mouth.
"I thought I was the only one."
The green parrot said, but this one with a voice that was a lot more human than it was a parrot. Conner examined the parrot at close, only to get the parrot to jump into him and blinding him out.
"Ow!" Conner grunted. "Hey! Get off!"
Conner threw the parrot out of the way. He was a bit blinded temporarily, but when the parrot was away, it completely disappeared. The parrot probably flied off. Well, that was a bit distracting, but at least it didn't bother him that much.
He made a turn to his left to see nobody in there. He made a turn to another left and nobody was in there. That is until he made a turn to another left where as soon as the creature caught on his sight, every single part of his face stretched out like a rubber band in the hands of a toddler.
He made his steps back away, but the creature was breathing. Every breath coming out of it was louder than the last. His incredibly large green furry physique and his sharp teeth were the ones that truly caught his attention. Those things could get into any part of his body at any given time. Despite him being a superhuman, this was way beyond superhuman, and there was a good chance that he could annihilate him in seconds.
"What... are you?" Conner asked.
It was a sudden change of event. The creature who was once a monster from an unexplored dimension slowly transitioned. The furs shrunk into his skin, and when he was smudged with a lot of green before, now turned into a normal human with a white skin and even a yellow blonde hair. Surprisingly, despite his large physique, he was still able to have his pants on.
"I'm a guy." he muttered as he glanced down his bottom parts that only had his boxers. "And... yeah, it's hard to find more flexible pants."
"You..." Conner said.
"Garfield Logan. Beast Boy. Anything works. Nice to see you here, Superboy."
"Super... boy?"
"Yeah, it's the only thing that got to my head when I see the S on your shirt." Garfield said. "Are you really a superhero?"
"I... no, I'm not." Conner said. "And I'm not 'Superboy'. Back off."
"Dude, you jumped like ten meters up by stepping on water." Garfield said. "You are super."
"I'm not exactly a boy."
"So you're a superm-"
"What do you want?"
"Me?" Garfield said. "I want to know if I'm like the only guy who got powers like you."
"Well, you're not going to get an answer if you stay on this island."
"You're right." Garfield said. "But do you know how long for me to control this?"
"Control?"
"Yeah, control." Garfield said. "You have no idea how hard it is to control this. I couldn't even turn into a normal guy. I stayed green for like a long time."
"So you're staying here to control this power?"
"I can't get out of here until I can."
"And now you can." Conner said. "Okay um... I know this is going to be weird, but... try to punch me."
"What?"
"Punch me in the face."
"What? Why would I do that?"
"Just do it." Conner said. "And don't fake it out. Mean it."
"Okay, dude."
Garfield pulled his arm back. In an instant, he got his best hook possible. The hook was able to harm Conner, causing him to bleed out. However, that also caused quite the harm on Garfield's hands.
"Oww!" Garfield grunted, grabbing his hand. "Wow, you're tough."
"Urggh..." Conner also grunted. "Is that your best?"
"No, not really." Garfield said. "You want me to turn into a werewolf again?"
"No, god no." Conner said. "Are you sure that's not your best?"
"I can make it ten times stronger if you want." Garfield said. "What's the matter?"
"Listen," Conner said. "You're not going to believe me here, but I'm an alien from outer space."
"I believe you, dude." Garfield said.
Conner raised his eyebrows. "Well, that was easy. Anyway, I need you to do something for me."
"Do... what exactly?"
"I'm a Kryptonian." Conner said. "I'm not the only one who dropped on this planet. And unlike the other Kryptonians who come in here, I come here in peace."
"So... you're not evil, but your other peoples are." Garfield said.
"I... well yeah." Conner said. "If they know that they have the power that I have, it's going to be the like Tamaran again."
"Wait, you've invaded a planet before?"
"Yes, and it didn't end well." Conner said. "I don't know how and I don't think I will ever know why, but your planet is in danger and you're going to need to gather up your most powerful humans or it will fall. They're hell bent on destroying the world of everyone and anyone. We have a very bad track record of just leaving everyone in their business. So if you love your world, you'll either going to stay on this island and let it die or do something about it."
"Jesus, dude. Are you threatening me?"
"I'm not threatening you. I'm warning you." Conner said. "Go and find some help."
"Well, go ask the President for it. He'll believe you."
"No, I can't."
"Why?"
"Because they're going to think I'm crazy."
"Why?" Garfield said. "You just jumped off of a water into another. That's some real impressive crap right there."
"If they know that I'm an alien who is going to invade this Earth, then I'm going to be captured somewhere and jailed." Conner said. "If you're going to fight this alien, you're going to need my help."
"I... okay, okay. I get it." Garfield said. "But why would you fight against your own?"
"I'm done with them." Conner said. "They asked me to kill a lot of peoples in this place called Tamaran. I've seen death and destruction and I can't get out of it. This is the place where I can get peace. This is the place where I can get away from it. If they'll come and destroy it, I won't be covert about it."
"Alright, dude. Whatever you say." Garfield said. "Just... I need a guarantee that you're honest with me."
"I asked you to save this world." Conner said. "What more do you need?"
"Fair enough. "Garfield said. "I'll go and find some. Just make sure that you're ready."
Without even a speck of warning, Garfield had wings grown on his back, causing Conner to stumble back just like he did last time. Garfield went fly off into the distance to gather up some form of a superhuman team to take the big alien down. Let's hope that he made it.