Sorry it's taking me so long to update. But I'll try to keep posting at least once every 15 days so it's not that bad. Life is getting pretty hard on me these days.

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Chapter 2 – Welcome to Happy Harbor

It was Friday, and they got together after lunch, waiting for a mission. Red Tornado had appeared, bearing the news that they 'would be tested soon enough', and that was it. It made them all pretty unhappy. Tornado told them to do some 'bonding activities', to know each other a little bit more.

They didn't have anything better to do. Megan (M'gann's Earth name, according to her) suggested a tour in the base, since she was living there. She was very thorough, going from the front door to the back door, giving all the detais she heard her Uncle saying to her. Robin said a few things too, which made them all remember that he was in this hero thing longer than everyone there.

After the tour, they went to the kitchen. Megan had made some cookies, but they got burned because she was distracted. Wally (Kid Flash's name. They were on first-name basis now) didn't seemed to mind, as he ate them all, saying he had a 'weird metabolism'. Whatever this was.

After Wally's name revelation, they exchanged names. Aqualad's name (Kaldur'ahm, but call me Kaldur, he said) was kind of weird, being from Atlantis, and Robin couldn't give them his name.

"Batman forbid him to give anyone his name." Wally joked, teasing the boy with very dark shades. Conner wished he had x-ray vision, but he understood the reason behind the secret.

"He's just being careful." he murmured, which didn't passed by Robin, who gave him a smile.

"Exactly. Kid Mouth over here is just like his uncle: talks too much." he had a wicked grin on his lips, which made Conner smile back, glad he was part of the teasing.

Wally complained, and they laughed at his expense.

"What about you, Superboy?" Megan asked. "Do you have a name?"

Conner was surprised he hadn't shared his name with them yet. Looking at his friends – his first ones, the ones who freed him – he smiled.

"Yeah. I'm Conner."

Robin smiled widely, Wally and Kaldur doing the same.

"Who gave you the name?"

He bit his lip, not wanting to tell it was Claire, but he didn't want to lie either...

"Superman, duh." Robin said. "Who else?"

He looked at Robin and mouthed a 'thank you' when no one else was looking. Robin just smiled. It was nice that he had someone to trust with that secret. Someone who knew.

After they exchanged names, they got bored pretty fast. There was nothing on TV, and they didn't have a mission. About that, they asked Tornado again, and he said – again – that Batman would give them something soon enough.

Robin was getting impatient and mad. Kid Flash was just goofy, enjoying all the food the fridge had. Megan was anxious. Aqualad was just as calm as ever, altough disappointed that they weren't getting missions just yet.

Conner was just trying to enjoy the little things, like Claire had suggested when he first said his frustration of not going out yet to her, three days after the team was formed.

Soon Megan gave them an idea, and they went out on her bioship – a very nice and crazy thing – and started to have a tour of the place. Happy Harbor was a small city, but very alive in days like these. They could see the people walking around, doing their jobs, everyone trying to finish their errands so they could enjoy the weekend. It was nice to see.

And then they saw the fire. And heard the screams. And saw the smoke, coming from the public school. They went straight there, and got surprised with a small twister coming out of nowhere.

The first thing that passed their minds in that moment: well, there was the mission they were looking for.

~.~

"And then," Conner said, excitedly, during dinner. "M'gann just throws a rock above him. We didn't know how to react then."

"She killed the guy?" Claire was confused.

"Robin screamed that on Earth we didn't kill and such, and then she said we trusted her. So she lifted the rock and we saw the guy was actually another android. It wasn't a human controlling Mr. Twister."

"Wow. So she knew?"

"Yes. She couldn't read his mind, and then she remembered that she couldn't read Tornado's mind either. Because an android doesn't exactly have a mind. A brain, yes, but it's different. Or so she said."

"Nice. And after that?"

"Well... Tornado congratulated us, altough he did point out that we should've warned him when he got out."

"And Batman? Does he know about this?"

"He probably knows now. Robin was babbling about telling him everything when they went out tonight."

Claire laughed. "Knowing Robin, he won't stop talking about that."

They laughed a little bit more.

Clark was late. Again. Conner was dining alone with Claire; like he had on three of the five days of the week. He came to learn this was a normal occurence. With the Daily Planet, the patrols he ran around Metropolis after his shift, and the Justice League, his father was a busy man.

Conner thought at first it was him. And then Claire tranquilized him. She was used to her father's crazy schedule, so she explained that Clark would be there. Eventually. Which was kind of bad, because Conner wanted to tell him about Twister and the Team's first mission. Well, first outing.

At least he had his sister.

"You never told me how you and Robin met each other." he said when they finished cleaning the kitchen. "I never got to ask him either."

She smiled, and they got to sit on the couch when she started the story.

"Well... You know Batman's my godfather, right?"

"I think your dad mentioned it once..."

She smirked. "I was already around when dad met him. They were on the early stages of their friendship, very far from forming the League. Dad didn't knew who Batman was at the time. Batman was trying to find out who dad was, and being the World's Greatest Detective, of course he did."

"What did dad do?"

"Well... Bats showed up here one day, when dad got back from patrol. I was sleeping, it was late. I was about four. Dad got home and Batman was waiting for him in the living room. They talked, and dad was mad saying Batman had no right and such, and Batman was stoic as ever. You think he's bad now? You haven't met him before Robin." she smiled. "Anyway, I woke up with the voices and went straight there. I almost didn't see Batman, he was very close to the curtains, the shadows were making it hard for me to see him. But when I got there and called for dad, the talking stopped. Only after I realized that Batman was surprised. Very surprised. Dad convinced me to go to my room after a while, even if I wasn't afraid of Batman."

"You weren't?" Conner was surprised.

"No." she shrugged. "I figured if I had to be scared, dad wouldn't let him stay on the house. So if he was there..."

"Oh, I see. You trusted dad's judgement of the situation." he smiled.

"Exactly. Well, dad convinced me to go to my room, and a few minutes later, he showed up and tucked me in. The next day he said who the guy on a bat costume was. After seeing me, Batman realized that dad couldn't be bad. He saw the way dad treated me and gave dad the benefit of the doubt. They ended up teaming up against a few villains some times, and their friendship evolved. When I was 6, they were very good friends, and I started to play with the fact that he should be my godfather. He never refused, but since I'm already christened... It's only by heart."

"I see."

"So, when he adopted Robin, I met him. I used to go a lot to his place before. But then I grew up, started a few more activities here. I haven't seen them in a while."

"Wait... Batman adopted Robin?" that was new.

"Well... Kinda. Robin's parents died, Batman took him in. He's his guardian. But I think he'll adopt him officially sometime. They already are like father and son, even if they don't call themselves that."

"It's... kind of hard to imagine."

"Batman as a dad?"

"Yes."

Claire laughed.

"Everyone thinks that. But he's actually a pretty decent father. Not very good at showing emotions, true. But he's very protective and caring. On his own way. He loves Robin as if he was his own."

Conner nodded, figuring he would start to see Batman with a whole new light now.

That's it for today. What did you think?

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