Father's Love
Chapter 4: Family
"Clark, I'm glad you could make it," Bruce said, letting the reporter into his mansion.
"Cut the pleasantries, Bruce. Who exactly was that young man claiming to be Luthor's son?" Clark asked, as they continued to walk towards to Bruce's private study.
"I have no idea as of right now. All of the boy's paper work is real and accurate," Bruce replied.
"How can a multimillionaire have a son all of a sudden," Clark yelled, glaring at Bruce.
"Clark, calm down. Yelling will not help our situation," Bruce told him, as he gave him his own Bat Glare.
"Fine! We will try to get more information out of the kid at the next party Luthor is hosting, which is in about a month," Clark informed Bruce as he simply just nodded his head.
"That is fine, but how about you attempt to spend time with Connor while you are at Mt. Justice," Bruce told him.
"Why would Luthor's son be at Mt. Justice?" Clark asked, confused.
"Not Luthor's son Connor, your son as in Connor Kent aka Superboy." Bruce said, sighing loudly. Clark shot him a dark look before storming out of the mansion.
"Why was Boy Scout so angry Bats?" Richard asked his father as he came into view.
"I told him Superboy's real name and he's being a prick about it," Bruce replied. Richard nodded his head and headed back upstairs, out of the Batcave.
Change Scene
Mt. Justice
"Hey Sups, where did you go last night?" Kid Flash asked. Everyone turned to face Superboy, who had just woken up.
"I went out for a walk and came back pretty late," Superboy replied, not bothering to look up at his teammates.
"Where did you go?" Megan asked siting down next to her new boyfriend.
"Come on, guys, leave Superboy alone. He'll tell us when he's ready," Zatanna commented as everyone went back to doing their usual things. Aqualad went to go train underwater. Kid Flash was raiding the kitchen while Artemis tried to get him out of the kitchen. Zatanna went on practicing some new spells and Megan and Superboy sat at the couch, cuddled up next to each other.
That's when Superman entered through the Zeta platforms and it went quiet. "Hello, everyone," Superman said, smiling at everyone.
"Hello, Superman," everyone beside Connor replied.
The low sky grieves with a face that's about to cry
Without ever doing so, it shaves off a moment
Swallowing the thoughts with no place to be vomited
I spit them out, mixed with my irritation
At the sudden sound of the music starting to play, everyone jumped. Connor heard the music coming from his jacket that he wore over to Luthor's house. He got up and started to walk to the the closet.
Fearing a tomorrow where I embrace the anxiety that everything's about to shatter
And looking only at the day after tomorrow won't bring me an answer-I know that
Connor opened the door, pulled out his jacket and found a phone inside. He grabbed the phone out of the pocket and put his jacket back inside the closet. He read the Caller ID. It read A.J.L, which stood for Alexander Julian Luthor aka Lex Luthor.
What will I draw on the tomorrow that spreads infinitely, pure white?
What will I draw on the tomorrow that reality stained pure black?
I struggle and shine
"Sorry, guys. I have to take this. I'll be back later," Connor said, before he walked to the zeta platforms, brushing passed Superman. Once he was gone everyone started to talk loudly.
"When did Sups get a cellphone?"Kid Flash asked.
"Who would be calling him?" Megan questioned.
"I wonder if the person who gave him the phone is the same person he hung out with last night," Artemis said.
"Come on, guys. If Superboy wanted us to know he would have told us," Zatanna told them as she let out a sigh. That's when Robin and Aqualad came into the room.
"Hey guys," Robin greeted them.
"Where is Superboy?" Aqualad asked, looking around the room.
"He left." Zatanna replied.
"Where did he go?" Robin asked next.
"We don't know, Robin." Artemis said.
"Did he say anything to him?" Robin said, sticking his thumb over at Superman, who was in the kitchen.
"No, the weird thing is, Superboy got a phone call through a cell phone," Megan told Robin. Robin looked at them, shocked, as well Aqualad.
"We have to ask him about it when he gets back, then," Aqualad said.
"But what if he doesn't want us to know. It's not like he a prisoner here. He can come an go as he pleases. We're invading his privacy," Zatanna screamed, before she stormed away.
"Why was she so angry?" Kid Flash asked, confused.
"It's probably because we haven't actually been trying to give Superboy a chance to venture off on his own. The only time he gets to leave Mt. Justice is when we go on a mission or he takes Wolf out for a walk at night," Robin explained.
"You're absolutely right, Robin, when Superboy gets back we'll all head out somewhere together," Aqualad told everyone.
"I know just the place to take him to," Robin said, smiling an all knowing grin.
"Then it's settled. We're taking Superboy somewhere," Artemis finalized as everyone headed to the training ground to practice.
Change Scene
With Superboy
"Hello?" Superboy said answering the phone.
"Connor, are you coming over today?" Lex Luthor asked his son over the phone.
"Yeah, I'm on my way over there now," Connor said. Luckily, he had the ring inside his pocket.
"Good, I wish to show you a few things while you are over here." Lex told him.
"Alright, I be there as quick as I can," Connor said.
"I'll be waiting," Lex Luthor replied before hanging up.
Connor hopped from building to building until he came close to Luthor manor. He went into a back alley and slipped on the ring and started heading towards the front entrance where a whole bunch of reporters where waiting. "Excuse me, I can't get through," Connor said, surprising them. They all stepped out of his way and he went inside the mansion.
Once he was inside he was greeted with a hug from his human father. "Welcome back, Connor," Lex Luthor said softly as he let Connor out of his hug. Connor awkwardly returned the hug.
"Hello, Father," Connor said.
"Come, Connor. There is someone I want you to meet," Luthor said, leading Connor over to a door in the east wing. They came across a mahogany door, where Luthor knocked on the door. "Christopher, can you open the door?" Lex Luthor asked.
"Coming," a voice said from behind the door.
Once the door was open Connor found himself face to face with Project Kr2. "What is he doing here?" Connor asked, looking over at Luthor confusedly.
"He is not my genetic son but he is your brother," Luthor replied.
"But I thought he was unstable," Connor said.
"He was, he just needed some motivation to calm down," Lex told his son.
"It's finally nice to meet my younger brother properly," Christopher told Connor as he had a small smile on his face.
"It's nice to meet you, too, Chris," Connor said, returning the smile.
"Come, both of you, I must show you one other thing before Connor must return home," Luthor told them, they continued to walk through the east wing to another door that was branded 'Family Room'. They all went inside to see pictures of Connor at school and on missions. As well as some of Christopher while he was here at the mansion and some of Lex Luthor of all ages, young, teen, and now pictures.
"What is this room for?" Christopher asked, confused.
"For our memories," Luthor said, smiling at them. "Come on, Connor. We have to get you home," Luthor said as he tossed Christopher a image ring and he put one on as well as Christopher. "We will drop you off," Lex Luthor said, as the image inducer made him have short blond hair and green eyes. It was same with Chris.
"Ok," Connor said, taking off his ring as they went to go get inside of their father's 2012 Porsche.
They drove away from Luthor mansion, heading for Happy Harbor. Once he got there, everyone was waiting for Connor on the beach in civilian clothes. "Bye, Connor," Christopher said, pulling Connor into a hug and kissing him on the cheek.
"Bye, Connor," Luthor said, waving goodbye to him.
"Bye, Chris, Micheal," Connor said. They drove away and Connor started to walk over to his friends.
"Welcome back, Connor," Megan said, giving her boyfriend a hug.
"I'm back, Megan," Connor said, returning the hug.
"Hey, Connor, do you want to go somewhere with us tomorrow?" Robin asked, looking over at him.
"Yeah," Connor said.
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter sorry for the long wait. Please leave Comments, Questions or rants.