The Watchtower
The sun crests over the curvature of the Earth, shining off the waters before bathing the Watchtower in the light as well.
In one of the areas meant to be an extension of Earth on the asteroid, a red bird with white accents flaps its wings rapidly before landing on a branch.
A flock flies behind it, and it takes off to follow.
Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman all watch as the light breaks across the area that looks so out of place when the curvature of the globe also stands before them.
"Times like these, one feels the very weight of the world upon us." Diana takes her hand off her hip and shifts her weight fully back to both her feet.
Footsteps from behind them catch their attention.
They turn and find Aquaman before them. "Everyone is here."
Inside the entirety of the Justice League stands in the room around a large U-shaped table that is about five steps down from where the four of them enter as the door slides closed behind them. The rest of the doors to the room slide closed as well.
"Our agenda is clear, what's at stake should not be underestimated." Aquaman starts.
"The decisions we make today will reverberate for years to come." Superman continues.
"And influence whether or not the world continues to put their trust in the Justice League." Wonder Woman states plainly.
"Please take your seats, we have worked to do." Batman requests.
All the members, all sixteen of them, are around the U shaped table in the middle of the room, only Martian Manhunter stands at his place.
"Another expansion of the League could generate another escalation of hostilities from our enemies." he states. "No one needs or wants another InJustice League."
"Point taken," Superman says from J'onn's left, "but the option remains to vote ＂no＂ on all candidates. So, I nominate Icon for League membership."
The image of Icon, a dark-skinned man with his hair closely shaven, wearing a domino over his eyes, with a red long-sleeve top and black pants and boots, with a golden O in the centre of his chest, secured by four black straps, and a dark green cape over it all.
"Why? Because you suspect Icon might be Kryptonian like you did with Captain Marvel?" Green Arrow teases from across the table. Captain Marvel perks up at Oliver's left.
"You thought I was Kryptonian? Cool!" Captain Marvel looks excited.
Clark shoots Billy a nervous look, while Diana only stares at the Marvel for a moment before turning to Kal El, placing a hand on his forearm.
"Icon interests me also." she assures. "As does his protége, Rocket."
A dark-skinned girl, probably about seventeen, compared to her mentor she is far more Punk in her look. Her hair cut short above her open cowl that negates the need for a mask, meshing perfectly into the bodysuit she wears under her coveralls- with the sleeves pushed up to ¾ length. Paired with knee pads and heavy-duty boots as well as heavy gloves the only splash of colour is her wide red belt with bright blue accents.
"Athena knows the league could use more female members." Diana says smugly.
"Agreed." Dinah says.
"Hear, hear." Hawkwoman agrees.
Billy glances down the row of men he's sitting with, Oliver looks a bit worried, Captain Atom's stern face looks the same, and Red Tornado is a faceless android.
Mount Justice
The entire mountain is covered in a layer of snow, and the Harbor is frozen a fair distance out.
"Gobble, gobble." Wally says before grabbing some of the pitted cranberries and eating them. "Oh, I love Thanksgiving!"
As he reaches for another helping the wooden spoon moves and hits his knuckles.
"Ow!" Wally yelps, M'gann stands in front of the stove, cooking.
"Heh, those are for dinner, Wally." M'gann reprimands good-naturedly.
"Yelsrap egas yramesor dna emyht." Zatanna incants as she grabs some seasoning and the magic takes over and covers the entire turkey in a perfect amount.
"There. Seasoned to perfection and ready for the oven." Zatanna says, brushing her hands off.
M'gann uses her telekinesis to bring it to the oven before turning back to the redhead.
"Wally, I thought you were eating with your family." M'gann asked,
"Oh, yeah. Dad will kill me if I'm late." then shoves a large handful of cranberries into his mouth before running off. "See ya!"
"Wally!" M'gann shouts after him with a chuckle.
She hears sniffling and turns, finding Zatanna with her back to her, rubbing her eye.
Realising she's been caught, Zatanna lets out a small "oh" before dropping her hand. "It's nothing. It's the onions."
M'gann steps up and places her hand on her shoulder.
"These are all the things I used to cook for…" she trails and M'gann pulls her into a hug.
"It's my first Thanksgiving without my dad." Zatanna spoke, hugging her back.
"At least she had a dad." Conner mutters to Wolf, leaning forward from where he's sitting on the couch to pet Wolf.
Suddenly a high-pitched whine has him biting back a yell, M'gann and Zatanna are completely unaffected and unaware then it turns to a buzz, and a voice cuts through. Conner takes his hands off his ears, leftover high-pitched whine-buzz under the words doesn't hurt, it's just annoying.
"*With Superman off-world only one thing alive with less than four legs can hear this frequency, Superboy and that's you. Meet me in Washington, D.C. East Potomac Park. Come alone. I promise, it'll be worth the trip.*" Luthor's voice is heard in Conner's ear.
He pouts a little, in thought, as it cuts out. Then suddenly standing up and heading out, Wolf on his heels.
M'gann notices this. "Conner?" she asks.
"Figure you don't want my help in the kitchen." Conner says over his shoulder, walking again. "Remember the last time?"
"Uh, yeah." M'gann says awkwardly. "But-"
"I'm just walking Wolf. No big deal" Conner assures, not even glancing back as he heads down the hall.
She doesn't say anything else, turning back to the food and letting him be as he goes for her phone. She waits until she hears a ring.
"BEEP Oh Bogla, forgive me for missing this important communications but I'm the busy and I will return you call as soon as I can…..oh is this the record functions what this one BEEEP" Starfire voice is heard through the voicemail, M'gann signs hearing her with Zatanna noticing.
"Everything ok M'gann?" Zatanna asked, seeing M'gann frown.
"I'm fine…just Starfire not coming," M'gann said with a tense smile.
"That a shame.."Zatanna spoke with M'gann looking down in guilt after attacking Starfire during the mission for seeing her true form, now Starfire ignores her, with some people noticing.
But M'gann doesn't know what to do
LINE
A hologram of a man, shrunken down, wearing a suit with a blue helmet down his red gloves and where the dark red meets in a triangle at a logo down to his blue boots. Accent by brighter red up to his torso, arms, and at the line of his boots as well as a blue belt with an atom symbol on it.
"Seriously? The Atom?" Captain Marvel asks with a bit of skepticism. "Well, how useful could he be at that size?"
"It's the size that makes him useful." Batman informs from Billy's left.
"Absolutely." Flash agrees. "Still, we could always use more raw power." tapping on his personal HoloScreen. "And Earth has a third Green Lantern," the image of the Atom is replaced by a white man with close-cut brown hair. His Lantern uniform is sleeveless and looks more like a vest and pants than the full-body suit the two present wear. "Guy Gardner".
"No." Both Green Lanterns say at the same time.
"But we could really-" Barry tries.
"No." John Stewart and Hal Jordan cut the scientist off.
The room is tensely quiet for a long moment.
LINE
Avenger's Hanger
"HOP! BOUNCE! BOMP! JUMP!" Ophanbox cheered as he bounces around the halls of the Avengers with a giggling Starfire floating behind him.
"Come back little Ophanball, hhihihihi" Starfire giggles chasing the New god ball child with Seer the Martian trying to stop them.
"Stop bouncing around man, I didn't sign up for this" Seer spoke out, trying to chase the laughing xenos around the Avengers as others moved away from them or watched with amusement.
Michael chuckles seeing Starfire chase OphanBox, Ophanbox is a wonder to everyone, the research alone already is enough for both Scientists and Engineers to keep busy for the next few years. Sleez spoke about Ophanbox going the same as both Mother and Father boxes but not even he or Metron knows what else he can do.
Ophanbox helps with their New god tech, while ATLAS can take apart the weapons, remaking them is a challenge. But with Ophanbox there now can take apart and remake new weapons from the new gods.
"Got you" Seer spoke grabbing Ophanbox in a psionic hold with her Psionic Amp, Seer has learned a few psionic tricks from the Commander, she now uses an amp to increase her psionic power.
"WHAT? This feel weird? Are you holding me?!" Ophanbox spoke with excitement, feeling something holding him but not seeing anyone's hands on him.
"This is the power of the psionic Ophanball, the power of the mind" Starfire explains floating towards the glowing ball with wonder in her eyes.
"Psionics? Amazing! Can you hold me like this?" Ophanbox asked, his sphere-like body starting to turn and shape into a box. Seer let go of the now cube Ophanbox as Starfire caught him.
"Now you are the Box, ophanball that is now the box" Starfire spoke in awe, playing with the cube like New god box with a laughing voice of a child.
Ophanbox can change his sphere like body, becoming his parents like shape or becoming as bouncing at a rubber ball. Ophanbox can change his atomic stature however he likes.
LookOut floats over to Ophanbox, looking at the new god cube in the tamaranean.
"Ophanbox what did we say about changing into people hand" LookOut scowls with a patently tone, the Gatekeeper take to parent the New god.
"But LookOut, Starfire a Tamaranean, she is stronger compared to weak humans" Ophanbox complains like a child which LookOut pulls out one of her tentacle to point at him.
"That's no excuse young one I apologise Koriand'r" LookOut apologised but Starfire waved her hand holding the Ophanbox.
"It no concern LookOut, I enjoy playing with little Orphan" Starfire waves at her, throwing the cube up and down to the New god Sphere giggles. Seer groans at the two.
"Like how do you handle these two LookOut?" Seer asked with an exhausting sign running around chasing the two.
"I don't understand? handle?" LookOut asked while Michael walked towards them.
"LookOut's design to maintain powerful untamed psionic energy, nothing she's not used too" Michael said, getting everyone's attention as OphanBox hover over to him.
"Commander! Commander!"OphanBox cheered, floating around the Commander as Michael pats the floating ball.
"Ophanbox, have you been behaving?" Michael asked, playing with the New god box.
"Yes, LookOut taught me how to change form, bounce me" Ophanbox asked, dropping on Michael hand, Michael looks at LookOut who nods. Michael drops Ophanbox on the ground as he bounces in his hands.
"Impressive Ophanbox '' Michael praised, bouncing the Ophanbox on his hand as he looked at the others.
"Everything ok?" Michael asked, seeing an exhausted martian, smiling tamaranean and….he not sure about the Gatekeeper.
"I don't know why you put me in charge of that thing, man" Seer complains, ALTAS members spend some time interacting and talking to Ophanbox, despite having complete access to the internet and other worldly knowledge he still has the mind of a child.
So everyone keeps an eye out and looks after the ophanbox, few more eggar to it and others.
"Well the others either busy or on break" Michael spoke throwing Ophanbox to Starfire who catches him.
"Oh I love looking after Ophanbox, so fun and playful" Starfire cheered gleeful as she pushed and pull Ophanbox as his body shifts around like playdoo.
"Gees, never seen a machine do that before?" Seer spoke out, the Martian never seeing such technology move like that, except Martian tech but more of it was bioorganic.
"Technology at different levels, Seer, have any of you seen Medic?" Michael asked, the three shaking their heads.
"He's not in the lab?" Seer asked, remembering the crazy doctor, asking to dissect her.
"No but he hasn't left the Avenger '' Michael spoke, thinking about where the doctor who lost his medical licence is at. Ophanbox glows for a second.
"Why did you need to find him Commander?" LookOut asked him.
"An update to that new creature he seem happy to 'research'" Commander states while Ophanbox beep a few times.
"I know where he is" Ophanbox spoke out, getting their attention.
"Oh where oh tiny orphan of the box? '' Starfire asked, letting Ophanbox fly toward the Commander.
"I can do better, I'll teleport you" Ophanbox cheered as a boom sound under the Commander.
"Wait OphanNNNNN" Commander Thrawn fell down a Boomtube.
"BEST FRIEND MICHAEL" "MIKEY" "Ophanbox" the three called out to him.
Michael lands on his feet, looking up to see the boomtube closed.
"We need to talk about those boomtubes, where is this?" Michael said, still seeing the Avenger but he hasn't been in his room before.
"Wait, where did his room come from?" Michael asked, looking around to see a small room the size of a bedroom, looking forward to seeing a shocked Medic holding a glass container of unknown fluid.
"Oh….Kommandant…How did you find my secret lab?" The Medic spoke in a nervous tone and the Commander narrowed his eyes at him.
"Secret lab? you had a secret lab built next to our normal lab and what are you holding?!" Commander Thrawn commands, hearing another voice in the room.
"OHHHHH doc wherees the Juice babyyyy" A voice spoke, they turned to see a large chubby-looking man with large green pants with many straps around his shirtless chest, gloves made out of belts with green tubes around his arms and back. wearing a large metal colour and a pointy bone poking out of his head.
(Edgar Oinkie from Anarchy Reigns)
"Well Hellooo there mate. You here to try the juice too?" the fat man asked with a grin. the Commander glared at the Medic who looked sheepish.
LINE
Superboy lands the SuperCycle under an interstate bridge, unbothered by the light shower. Releasing the handles as he looks to the white limo that pulls up near him.
The front door opens and a woman- Mercy- walks out and around the car to the rear side door closest to Conner. Revealing Lex Luthor.
Only when Lex stands to get out does Conner get off of the SuperCycle.
Mercy closes the door and Wolf is quick to follow Conner.
"Superboy. My name is Lex Luthor. I'm the new chairman of the board for Project CADMUS." Lex greets, offering a hand. Wolf growls and Conner looks down at the hand skeptically.
"I know who you are, Luthor." Conner finally says, crossing his arm. Wolf's growling increases.
"And I want nothing to do with you or Cadmus."He turns to walk away so Luthor
"Cadmus has created a new Super-clone." Luthor spoke rather quickly.
It has the intended result.
Conner panics for a shocked moment before narrowing his eyes as he turns back.
A basic two-story building stands on the corner, the only thing minorly interesting about it is that it is grey and green.
Inside the building two guards charge forward, armed with large guns, and through the double doors to the roof.
Outside is Conner and Wolf, standing beside the SuperCycle. Conner is completely unphased. "Guardian, fast work on the rebuild." Conner says unphased. A security camera turns to him as he names the Hero. "Now escort me down the easy way,"
In the main office, Guardian sits in front of the computer, watching Conner on the screen. Dubbilex and a woman stand on the other side of his desk space.
"- or I escort myself down the hard way." Conner threatens.
Guardian presses a button and the screen shuts off.
"You're letting Superboy down here?" she asks worriedly.
"Focus on the matter at hand, Dr. Spence. Another Genomorph has vanished." The Guardian says harshly.
"Every disappearance is being investigated." Dubbilex states.
"Not good enough, Dubbilex." Guardian says quickly, his eyes turning to the door as Superboy walks through.
"The new Super-clone. Where are you holding it?" Superboy demands, heading straight to the desk.
"Welcome home, Superboy." Guardian offers pleasantly. "Now, what are you talking about?"
"Brother, you are the only Super-clone in Cadmus." Dubbilex places his hand on Conner's shoulder.
"All cloning projects, human and Kryptonian, have been shut down since your escape." Dr. Spence informs.
"Since my liberation." Conner corrects with a glare. Dr. Spence clams up, looking away.
"As you say. Well, now I'm needed back in my lab." Dr. Spence said she turned to walk out.
Guardian stands up and sighs, taking his helmet off. Revealing close-cut ginger hair and some remarkably familiar features. "Sometimes, I hate this job."
Conner turns with a lifted eyebrow before looking shocked as he recognizes the face before him. "You- you look a lot like Red Arrow." is the only thing Conner can think to say.
"Not all that surprising. Red Arrow my nephew" Guardian informed with a soft smile
LINE
On the screen is a large man with blue skin and giant ivory horns coming out his head when Oliver speaks up. "If we're considering Blue Devil, then I nominate Red Arrow."
Roy appears in his new uniform on the Holo.
"Roy has more experience and he's no kid anymore. He's eighteen, a legal adult. He's ready." Oliver stands to convince his fellow Leaguers of his protege's prowess.
On his left Captain Marvel looks at him with a proud and happy smile.
"Is he?" King Orin questions. "Red Arrow has been uncooperative and disrespectful. If we reward that behaviour, what message does that send to the rest of the Team?" Arthur asked seriously.
LINE
Commander Thrawn only stands in silence as Medic looks sheepish with everyone in the real research labs, Miranda glares at Medic while ignoring the lustful stares of Edgar Oinkie who has been checked over by the Intern.
A few Atlas soldiers are in here ready for anything, with Seer glaring at the Medic while others point guns at him, Ophanbox is floating in the air like a balloon with Starfire poking him with a giggle.
"You have been working on illegal human experiments without ATLAS oversight!" Miranda calls out, glaring at the Medic, he holds his hands out.
"Nay Nay, it was part of the Kommanda orders here" Medic went over to a light green Overdrive spray, the normal Overdrive scrum is orange that increases mobility, strength and makes them immune to mind control.
It is made out of Mutos body sweat, aliens have weird effects on the human body.
"After doing over that work of Venom, I create this version with less addition and less damage as long as they follow the instructions' ' Medic shows the Vemondrive scrum to the Commander but Miranda grabs it.
"That is not what we asked! How did he get through the screening!" Miranda calls out while Edgar Oinkie laughs at the hot woman.
"OHHHWWeeeee baby, I love that sexy booty" Edgar grins at her about to touch Miranda's fine ass.
SMACK
But Miranda smacks his face, but it didn't stop Edgar grin.
"Ohhh baby, I love women with bite! Come on, hit me again!" Edgar asked Egger for another slap from the woman.
PUNCH
But another ATLAS soldier knocked him out with a hard fist to the skull.
"Thank you Brick" Miranda thanks the large man Lieutenant Brick, a large man with huge muscles looking for work in security and joining ATLAS.
(Brick from Borderlands)
"Anytime" Lieutenant Brick cracks his large knuckles, ready to knock out the fat guy.
"Intern explains what's happened to this one" Commander Thrawn asked the Intern working on the person, Medic looked offended.
"Kommand! do you not want to hear about my report" Medic asked but the Commander only stares at the Intern who looks at his report and at the Medic.
"Well Commander…from this report it looks like that blockbuster mixed with venom and some other…mutant stuff inside his body" Intern tried to say, everyone looks at the sleeping fat guy.
"Wait, doesn't a blockbuster make him a monster?" Miranda asks, seeing Edgar is still a human, which Medic stands up despite the guns pointing at him.
"The blockbuster formal is inactive, my new venom or the 'juice' has my experiment spoken, will be activated and became worthy" Medic spoke with pride while pointing to the venom like tube. Similar to Bane himself.
"How did he get through screening?" Seer asked, she was in charge of mind checking anyone who enters the Avenger but she never sees him.
"I report he has a resource item not another human" Medic points out an oversight on Atlas's parts, Michael notices as Edgar starts to wake up.
"OHHH AHH BACONNNNNN" Edgar shouted, started to turn grow as the vials on his body inject him, he grows bigger, green with scales, Edgar hands start to grow large claws and spikes as he roars, slashing his arm to knock Intern to the side as everyone get their guns.
Edgar turns into a green mutant monster.
Brick rushes forward to stop this monster but Mutant Edgar claws like a hand grab Brick fist, Brick tries to fight but Edgar laughs, throwing him to the other Atlas personnel.
"WEEEEEEEEHOOOOWOWWW" Edgar cheered, Seer phasing through Brick, grabbing her Amp and using it to focus on Edgar, trying to Mind Control him but Edgar laughs.
"THAT WON'T WORK HAAAHHAHAHA" Edgar giggles as Starfire charged down, blasting Starbolt in his face but he only giggles, Starfire growls punch Edgar with her infused Starbolts until Edgar punch her, sending her to Seer.
"You girls look sooooo delicious" Edgar licks his reptile like lips looking at the two hot alien babes, but holds his head in pain.
"AHHHHHHH GODDDD MUMMY THEEEE PAIIIIINNNNN" Edgar scream in pain as he slowly turns back to human.
"Enough" Commander Thrawn walks forward, avoiding the damage as he now puts Edgar in his place, turning to check on the others.
"Is everyone alright?" Commander Thrawn asked, checking on everyone.
"AS da can see, the subject shows greater strength and resistance to damages from the mind and body" Medic explains like it was another experiment while Miranda glares at him.
"The Hell is wrong with you" Miranda calls out pointing his gun at him, but Medic only smiles.
"I'm showing ATLAS new super soldier, better then whatever this light has' ' Medic brags as the Commander glares at him while lifting up Seer and Starfire.
"This isn't over " The Commander states, making him gasp hearing his name, looking at the others.
"Everyone else, help them to medical and get some rest" The Commander orders as he helps out the injured Atlas but Miranda looks at the knocked out Edgar.
"What about him?" Miranda asked Michael to pay attention, looking at him and Miranda.
"Keep him on a 24 hour watch, check his vitals and all the research that good doctor has done to him" The Commander orders glaring at the doctor.
"Lock him in the brig" Thrawn commanded as Atlas SPARK took the Medic without complaining, the Commander sign until he looked up.
"Orphanbox?" Michael called out, until he saw a balloon-like ball hiding in the corner.
"Is it safe?" Orphanbox is barely here, Michael nods.
"It safe Orphan" Michael states, the Orphanbox starts to shake and fly around like a leaking balloon, flying and swirling around the room until he lands in Michael's hand.
"That was scary Commander" Orphanbox spoke fear as Michael gave him a pat.
"Don't worry Orphanbox, we are able to handle it. Michael said, comforting the newgod tech, but he was still shaking in his hands.
"Hey why not tell me what you did today?" Michael asked, hoping to detract Orphanbox.
"Well, I learned how to change my shape, then went flying around the Avenger ships after hearing a weird voice" Orphanbox remembers his day but that last part.
"Weird voice?" Michael asked, letting Orphanbox float to his head.
"Yeah this high frequency noise, hear I record it" Ophanbox spoke as Michael hears a familiar voice of Lex Luther.
"With Superman off-world only one thing alive with less than four legs can hear this frequency, Superboy and that's you. Meet me in Washington, D.C. East Potomac Park. Come alone. I promise, it'll be worth the trip" Lex's voice coming from Orphanbox as Michael thinks.
"Why would Lex want to speak with Superboy?" Michael asked, looking at Orphanbox who did a little robot shrug.
LINE
"Here's the four-one-one." Guardian explains as the elevator doors open. The room is brightly lit, with several scientists working at tables. "This is the new and improved Cadmus"
Genomorph Sprites carry small objects from place to place, Guardian leads him through the room.
"Dr. Spence and her team are doing truly worthwhile genetic medical research now." Guardian waves to women as they pass by, though Conner pauses for a moment.
"The Genomorphs are becoming more independent, more educated. Some even have names."
They pass by a G-dwarf working at a sink to clean dishes.
"Hey, Benny." Guardian greets. A G-elf sweeps the floor and they pause to let it walk past. "Erin."
"Someday, the work being done here will save millions of lives."
"Superboy, you may trust Guardian." Dubbilex's voice says in his head. "He keeps no secrets."
"Unlike , you still keep your psychic powers a secret." Conner quips back in his head. Dubbilex remains in the office that they left.
"Some secrets have their place." Dubbilex dodges the accusation before getting serious. "We were all created to be exploited as living weapons. You were designed to-"
Conner cuts him off. "To replace or destroy Superman. I know. What's your point?"
"That you should understand the plight of those left behind after I helped free you from Cadmus." Dubbilex spoke, Conner stops and looks around.
"The League liberated all Genomorphs." Conner spoke.
"Are we free to walk the surface as you do?Or has our role merely changed from weapons to menial labor?" Dubbilex questions.
"Look, it's complicated. But first things first." Conner finishes the mind conversation, turning back to where Guardian and Wolf stand at the next door.
"Guardian, could a Super-clone exist without you knowing?" Conner asked, while Lex Luthor watched the security camera footage from the back of his limo, watching the whole thing.
Guardian meets Superboy's anger with calmness, but also understanding his concern and trying not to undermine it.
"It's highly unlikely," he states with certainty.
"Tell me, brother. What would you do if you found this Super-Clone?" Dubbilex asks.
"If it exists, I'm freeing it. Just like Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash freed me." Conner informs, clenching his fist, accidentally forgetting to do so telepathically and Guardian can only look on with serious confusion.
"Then I will question our brothers. Nothing happens at Cadmus without a Genomorph knowing. If a Super-clone exists, we will find him." Dubbilex promises.
"Look," Guardian cuts in, pulling Conner's anger down and his attention back. "I have my own missing Genomorphs to locate. But you've got the run of the place." he heard through the open doorway. "I just doubt you'll find what you're looking for."
The door to Project Kr is still lit up and in place when Conner and Wolf walk past it. Inside there is only a reconstructed Pod in the centre, but nothing is in it.
Conner walks up to the front, looking into the Pod with a wariness that turns to annoyance the longer he looks.
Off to the side, Wolf sniffed at the wall, catching Conner's attention. Especially when he starts pawing at it and growling lightly.
With a determined frown, Conner heads to the wall, leaning against it. When he does, he hears a dull buzz behind it.
Ripping the synthetically organic wall off, Conner finds another door. This one is unlabeled, but shaped similarly.
He jams a hand between the hands of the door, making just enough of a gap to get his fingers in and pull them apart with a groan.
When the door opens Conner's breath is now visible, the chill permeates the room to such an extent that the door is frosted on the inside.
Worriedly, Conner walks in, his eyes wide as he sees he's in a far large chamber, on a platform to overlook it, with rows of pods, stacked two high that go back as far as he can see into the ill-lit cavern.
At the first break in the lines of pods is a larger one that snags his attention.
Conner jumps the guardrail and into the rows of pods, surrounded by what looks like parts of creatures, but his focus is only forwards.
Barely glancing back as Wolf joins him.
The larger pod is more frosted over than anything else in the room, but Conner steps up and wipes it away.
He jolts as he sees what looks like his own face looking back at him. Though asleep.
He wipes more frost off until he can see the S.
He staggers back to the control panel before pushing the button to defrost him.
The Pod open and Project Match is written at the bottom of the front-facing panel.
Everything is still for a moment before his fingers twitch. Forming a fist.
His eyes snap open and in an instant, the most noticeable thing is that his sclera is pitch black.
Yet, he doesn't move.
"It's okay. You're free now." Conner promises.
Match's eyes focus on the S on Conner's chest.
His gaze changes to a determined glare and that's enough to have Conner twitch back.
At that same moment, Match lets out a yell, his face morphing into something dark with unbridled rage. Charging forward.
Match gets grip around Conner's and knocks both of them to the ground, roll over each other, and land with a thud with Conner still under him.
As Match goes for a punch to Conner's face, Conner gets his legs up and kicks Match off of him, and through one of the other pods.
Match barely stays still for a moment after that hit, charging back at Conner and pushing him through a Pod on the opposite side of the aisle.
Crashing him against the base of one another aisle over.
Conner looks up at the still seething Match before he lifts him by the shirt off the ground.
"Stop! I'm on your side!" Conner shouts at him as he raises his hands in surrender.
Match stares for a long moment at the S that is now slightly distorted due to him holding the shirt before pulling Conner away from the Pod and throwing him.
Conner crashes through several pods on the second stack near the front of the cavern, then over the outlook, hitting the right door with a harsh clang that knocks it off the hinges before he crashes into the wall of the main area for Project Kr. Slumping down.
Wolf snarls at Match, charging at him, Match catches him by the front quarters before throwing him just as hard as he threw Conner.
Conner looks up just in time to see Wolf flying towards him. He catches the large Canis, ensuring he won't slam as hard into the wall before guiding him down.
Match follows, but his feet don't touch the ground. In fact, they barely skim it, and he files higher once he's outside the broken doorway. Conner stares dumbly.
"You can fly. Why can you fly?" Conner asks painfully.
Rather than responding, Match swoops down and socks Conner in the jaw. Knocking him away from Wolf.
Gritting his teeth Conner gets back to his feet, blocking the punches that Match is throwing wildly.
Until an uppercut slams into Conner's chin, knocking him back several feet and crashing to the floor shoulder's first.
It takes him a few moments to groan and push himself back up.
"I don't wanna do this!" Conner shouts. Match catches him by the shirt and hits him in the face again, this time, there's the distinct sound of ripping.
Conner slams into the outside wall of the Project Kr complex, Match's Suit's S in his hand, falling to the ground.
Wolf snarls as he charges forward again, but Match spins tight and fast, delivering a brutal backfist with a grunt that is almost more of a yell.
Wolf whimpers at the hit, as he goes flying back and skidding off the ground three times before coming to a stop.
"Enough!" Conner yells at Match's turned back, catching him in a headlock before he can turn around.
"I'm trying to help you." Conner grits out. Match yells wordlessly as he tries to fight against the hold. Before kicking off the ground and slamming Conner into the ceiling to make him let go.
While he's stunned, Match catches him by the neck and the right knee to slam him into it again. Hard enough to break the synthetically organic covering.
Then throwing him to the ground directly below them.
Conner hits with a harsh thud before Match drops down on his chest. Shattering the ground underneath them and kicking up enough dust to make seeing impossible without enhanced vision.
When the dust settles, Conner is unconscious and Match lets out a loud, though not seemingly victorious, yell.
His eyes once again narrow in on Conner's S.
Still breathing heavily, he turns to the reflective surface of the door.
Activating his HeatVision and burning a more basic form of the image into his chest. Though, due to the fact that it was done in a reflection, the S is now backwards.
"That's backwards handsome" A Mexican female voice spoke, Match looked around in confusion.
Suddenly he clutches his head and screams in pain.
The video very suddenly turns to static on the screen in Luthor's limo. Luthor is tense and glares at the now blank screen after watching the fight with Superboy and his Match.
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"No, Red Arrow may be eighteen, but the rest of the Team is too young." Clark states plainly. Billy frowns his words, tugging on his corded collar.
"We're not inducting children into the League." Clark continues.
"That seems myopic." Doctor Fate opposes. "I have been one with Aqualad." Aqualad Hologram appear. "He is ready."
"And what of Zatanna?" Wonder Woman asks curiously, as the image flips.
"Absolutely not!" Fate snaps.
"That sounded almost protective, doctor." Diana muses. "At least we know Zatara is still in that helmet somewhere."
Billy pushes himself up, standing from his chair.
"Why is Dr. Fate a member?" he asks seriously. "You coerced Zatara into giving up his life to you, or else lose his daughter instead. not cool."
The Hologram changes to Doctor Fate's newest visage. "Should such behaviour be condoned?"
"Zatara desires Dr. Fate to remain with the League." Nabu informs.
"Oh, please." Green Arrow huffs.
"It is true." Fate assures, though he crosses his arms and looks only straight ahead. "Zatara's trust in Nabu is… measured. He desires the League to maintain a close watch upon us however he also recommends another who can help" Fate press a few buttons.
Scotsman appeared in the hologram
"Who's Scotsman?" Flash asked, first time seeing his guy.
"Scotsman, one of the sorcerers that help the league against Klarion the Witchboy" , Red Tornado explains to those that don't know.
"He is a powerful Celtic sorcerer, Zatanna see his presents may be needed in future threats involving magic" states, seeing the League has few magic users.
"Another wizard for the league, something we should consider" Flash said, they could use more magic users.
"He has a loose record with law enforcement" John Stewart points out, reading Scotsman has a few issues with the law.
"And he works for one of the teams, as what a bouncer?" Hal Jorden asked, the man working someone under the team.
"Doesn't look like he cares to hide himself" Captain Atom said to the League, the league hides their true identity but Scotman is more of a nickname than anything.
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TAP TAP TAP
Conner groans hearing a tapping noise as his eyes open slowly. The bright light makes it hard, but when his eyes open fully, they snap wide realising where he is. A Pod.
"No, no, no!" Conner panics, not realizing he's now wearing another Solar Suit. Smashing his fists into the front glass of the Pod, causing it to shatter.
As he continues to rip the Pod's entire side off, Wolf howls and an alarm sounds.
Stumbling out of the Pod before falling to his knees on the ground.
The Project Kr door flashes red before turning green as it opens, Doctor Spence, Guardian, and Dubbilex run in.
"It's alright!" Spence shouts over the alarm as she doesn't even slow down before she's close to Conner.
"It's not alright." Conner growls, Spence comes to a stop and he pushes himself to his feet.
"You put me in a pod." Conner snaps pointing at her.
"It was the fastest way to heal your injuries." Spence informs plainly.
"She's another Cadmus mad scientist, picking up where Desmond left off." Conner shouts, stalking towards her. "Project Match is yours. Admit it!" he snarls, pointing his finger at her again.
"Believe what you want." Spence refutes, but still walks away from the angry teen quickly.
"Superboy, please." Guardian nearly begs, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"She was shocked to see the security camera footage of this… Match as I was." Guardian calms down the clone.
"Where's he now?" Conner demands.
"We don't know." Guardian admits. "He disappeared."
"What?" Conner shouts.
"All cameras went offline after your battle. By the time we arrived, Match was gone." Dubbilex informs.
"And he isn't the only Genomorph to disappear." Guardian then turns to head out. "We need to get to the bottom of this." Dubbilex follows him out. The door is closing behind them.
Conner turns back around to grab his clothes that are sitting on the console when Luthor suddenly appears on the screen. "So the truth wasn't that hard to find after all. I assume you suffered no permanent damage?"
"Like you care." Conner snaps.
"Tell me what you know about Project Match." Conner demands, but looks around hearing something.
"Very little. I know more about you. Kryptonian DNA is notoriously difficult for human science to read. When you were created, the gaps in the sequences were bridged with human DNA robbing you of your full Kryptonian powers. No flight, no HeatVision, et cetera." Luthor admits.
It takes a couple of seconds to settle in, what he's just been told, and he can only look down in shock.
"I'm part human?" Conner asks.
"Yes. Obviously, your twin was created with pure Kryptonian DNA. The missing sequences have apparently left Match unstable, insane. I'd advise you to get him back on-ice as soon as possible." Luthor instructs.
"Not gonna happen." Conner snaps darkly.
"Your call. Either way, you'll need help." Luthor spoke, a compartment opened up on the console, revealing a small case with Superman's S on it.
"Consider these a gift." Conner takes it cautiously and clicks it open. Revealing the outline of Superman's S in solid red, and there are three currently visible.
"I call them Shields. Stick one on your arm and it'll suppress your human DNA for about an hour allowing your Kryptonian powers to bloom. You will be as powerful as Match, as Superman." Luther explains. Conner's eyes snap up the second he hears that.
"I don't want anything from you." Conner snaps.
"Keep them anyway. You never know." Luthor muses, then the screen shuts off.
Conner stares at the screen for a moment before looking back down at the Shields in his hand, looking around, swearing he heard someone near him.
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"Plastic Man." Batman offers.
Captain Marvel barely covers his mouth fast enough to cover up his laugh.
"I don't know." Flash says slowly from the end of the row. "The guy's got a pretty substantial criminal record."
Billy finally loses it and flat out laughs, not bothering to cover it up.
"I'm sorry, sorry. The- the guy just cracks me up." Captain Marvel wipes a tear from his eye, then winces when he realises at least half of them are looking at him with uneasy or judgmental looks.
Flash sighs, and when Billy looks, everyone on his side of the table is looking down at him as well. "Maybe it's time we all talked about the elephant in the room. Should Captain Marvel stay a member now that we know he's really only ten years old?" Flash spoke as Captain Marvel's image appears on the Holo.
"He does possess an adult body and the Wisdom of Solomon." Red Tornado points out.
"Wisdom does not equal maturity." Arthur states plainly.
"Hey, I'm sitting right here." Billy points out, offended.
"Then, Billy, maybe you should leave until we've hash this out." Dinah offers, leaning forward on her elbows, as gently as she can.
"No," Bruce nips that one out at the bud, "Captain Marvel is a member and is entitled to participate until or unless he's voted out."
Billy looks at him with a worried but surprised look.
"It's not just his age." Diana speaks up, catching both of their attentions. "It's the fact that he lied about it."
"I didn't lie, exactly." Billy defends, realizing how poor of an excuse that is only as it's leaving his mouth. "I just left out the part about being a kid." he offers with a shrug and a smile.
"A lie of omission is still a lie." Wonder Woman states. "You kept an important secret from us. No one in the League knew the truth."
Billy half pouts, half frowns at her, but doesn't speak.
"I did." Batman interjects, Billy jumps and looks at the Dark Knight with shock.
"I shouldn't be surprised since you indoctrinated Robin into crime-fighting at the ripe old age of nine." Wonder Woman tenses, Robin's image is on the Holo.
"Robin needed to help bring the men who murdered his family to justice." Batman speaks
"So he could turn out like you?" Wonder Woman questions.
"So that he wouldn't." Bruce intones slowly.
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Conner, back in his normal clothes, sighs as he looks at the three capsules that are all knocked over, the fronts' glass broken out, and the spheres at the bottom broken as well.
"Well at least these are empty." Conner spoke out, thinking for a second.
"Okay, Dubbilex, spill." Conner projects, knowing Dubbilex still hears him.
"When I accused Spence, I could hear your heart rate increase. Stress. You're hiding something." Conner spoke about it before.
"From them, not you." Dubbilex states. "I have questioned the oldest Genomorphs. They tell me Match is not your younger brother. He was Cadmus' first attempt to clone Superman. His Kryptonian DNA rendered him uncontrollable so they froze him and tried again."
"Who are ＂they＂? Desmond? Spence?" Conner's eyes narrow
"Desmond, yes. And his superior and Cadmus' founder, Lex Luthor." Dubbilex states, Conner's eyes go wide in shock.
He yells out a harsh "No!" as he delivers a harsh punch to one of the Pod's containment bases.
"So Luthor took Match." Conner growls.
"Actually, brother, I did that." Dubbilex informs. Conner's eyes go wide again.
The doors slide open, and a security camera watches as Conner and Wolf bolt out of the room and down the hall.
Luthor watches with annoyance as the video feed cuts out again, from his limo.
Another giggle in the halls as she too watched as the video feeds cut as well.
"Ehh poor rich man, crying in su limusina" A Spanish voice spoke, a shifting figure start to vibrate in the halls, the shape started to change as a beauty young latina woman with half her hair to her right with purple tips, wearing a purple body armour with black leather jacket with purple lines.
(Sombra from Overwatch 1)
This is Sombra, a hacker from Mexico hired by Michael to steal files from Cadmus.
"Then again, handsome clon número dos looking for those missing genomorphs, wait till the boss hears about this" Sombra spoke out, taking advantage of the camera not working, running down the halls as she enters the door Superboy enters before.
Slowly her suit start to shimmer as she slowly disappears from the eye, Sombra wears the Phantom suit, a fusion of the old Ghost armour, integrating a stealth field based on the phase-shifts observed in the hyperwave beacon, this suit makes it extremely difficult for the wearer to be detected in the field. And the Wraith suit that not only boosts the soldiers' reflexes and speed, it also incorporates experimental warp technology, permitting the wearer to briefly change dimensional phase and effortlessly pass right through obstacles.
Together it makes an invisible phantom that can phase through walls. Sombra walks through another wall with a giggle as she finds another computer.
"Here we go, another verificar from Atlas" Sombra brags as she opens her hands on another device on her gauntlet, aiming it forward Sombra releases a purple fog that floats out. The purple fog separated into every electronic device in the room, from the camera to computer hard drives.
Sombra has the small batch of the Nanobots FOG in the gauntlet; The Haze gauntlet contains and controls the fog to hack any devices. However, they still need a hacker to control them.
Which Sombra is as she appears knowing the cameras aren't showing her image and she begins hacking into another computer with the help of the FOG.
"Too easy, let's call papa" Sombra chuckles, hacking into the files while giving a call to the CEO of ATLAS.
"Phantom" Michael answers while Sombra frowns at that name.
"Eecome Jeje, that phantom name is so borring, call me by my own '' Sombra complains while watching the computer log in.
"Not while you wear the Phantom armor, how's your mission?" Michael asked, not willing to call her by her own name while Sombra chuckles.
"Oh you gonna like this boss, new data on those genomorph and some action from that handsome super clone" Sombra updates, showing her data stills and having info on Superboy.
"So Superboy went to Cadmus, Luthor is one of their leaders after all" Michael spoke, now aware of where Superboy went. Sambra smiles while downloading a video of the new super clone.
"And another one of interest worth more than you paying, if you kind I may let you see a little skin" Sombra flirts as she sweetens the deal they made.
Sombra is an incredible hacker, able to hack almost anything. She was able to hack into the FBI, CIA and even the big corporations like Luther and Wayne. She even hacked the new company ATLAS.
That was her mistake because somehow they tracked her down and captured her.
"If I wanted a whore I would pay for Onlyfans" Michael states as Sombra scoffs at that.
"Can an onlyfans girl get corporate secrets only the CEO can access" Sombra brags to him.
"Depends if said CEO paid for one" Michael debunks as Sombra frowns at him.
"But without showing any skin" Sombra spoke with pride of her skills.
"That speak more on the CEO then the whore" Michael spoke back, if the CEO is giving away company secrets for a little skin he shouldn't be CEO.
"Well after this you're going to want me on a permanent base" Sombra brags about getting the files on her gauntlet, Sombra made a deal with Michael after he captured her, she steals what files he wants and she works for him full time.
"I only hired you cause my current one is busy, you're only on contract for now" Michael clarified, after Sombra hacks the ATLAS system they were able to track down Sombra, after capturing her Michael was going to erase her memory of what she saw.
Until she offers to help him out, look at their system and make it harder to hack, she admits ATLAS had the hardest servers to hack. The Commander let her take a look while pointing a gun at her head just in chase.
After improving the system Sombra offers to get more files to prove herself, Michael figures it good to have another Hacker so he gives her a chance to steal some files.
"Trust me after this you never want me to leave your side" Sombra spoke, completing the download as she takes her leave.
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Conner runs down unfamiliar halls as Dubbilex gives him directions. "Turn left, brother."
He and Wolf make the turn, but skid to a stop as the hall comes to a sudden end.
Yet, as they stop, the hall opens up, the large stone lifting up and revealing a stone staircase.
They make their way down the stairs, through a doorway, and into a larger space.
As Conner lifts his gaze, he can only stare, stunned.
At the top of the massive cavern, some G-sprites hang from stalactites, glowing and casting light.
A G-troll carries a large stone across the massive space before setting it overtop the G-elves who mingle in what looks like a doorway but now is recognizably a house, and G-gnomes dig into small dirt piles.
"Welcome, brother, to Genomorph City." Dubbilex says behind him, as Conner starts to follow him around with Wolf. G-trolls are building houses that are about G-elf sized.
"So you're responsible for the missing Genomorphs?" Conner asks
"I am. One by one, I have liberated them and brought them here to a new life where all our brothers can be free." Dubbilex says. "Of course, I have a dream that one day the world you live in will accept us. But for now, no one must know Genomorph City exists." they come to a T intersection and stop. "Which is why I brought our brother here." he gestures to the right where a column with three G-gnomes with glowing horns sits atop.
At the bottom, Match is chained to the bottom of the pillar, his body slack, but his eyes open and distant.
"What have you done to him?" Conner demands, moving towards the other Clone.
"He is safe." Dubbilex assures, placing a hand on Conner's shoulder. "The G-gnomes keep him docile with their psychic abilities."
"And the chains?" Conner snarls. seeing his fellow clone in chains.
"Should he escape in his current condition he could set back the Genomorph cause by decades." Dubbilex points out.
"So you hold him prisoner like Cadmus held me? You might as well put him in a pod!" Conner snaps, catching Match's attention with his loud voice, crossing his arms.
"Our goal is rehabilitation." Dubbilex's voice is foggy and Match's vision has trouble settling under the G-gnomes. "We will release him when he is ready."
"That's not your call!" Conner snaps, uncrosses his arms.
Match's eyes settle on the familiar S, his focus returning.
Match yells as he strains against the chains before they suddenly give way and he charges at the surprised Conner.
Catching him off-guard gives Match the chance to get Conner around the chest and fly him into one of the large mountain-sized stalagmites.
Nearly burying Conner in large rocks, as the dust settles, he stands and screams.
Wolf snarls and charges at Match, catching his arm in his jaws.
Match delivers a devastating cross to Wolf's face, sending the Canis careening into another monstrous stalagmite.
Dubbilex approaches carefully, his horns glowing. Match charges forward with a cry, but Dubbilex simply says "Be calm."
It doesn't even slow him down, Dubbilex backing up only makes sure that Match hits the ground in front of him instead of him directly.
Knocking the Genomorph back towards the growing group of other Genomorphs, as he hits hard twice, landing on his stomach and not moving.
Conner pushes one of the larger pieces of rubble off of him, clutching his head, but getting hit by Match's Heat Vision right in the chest before he could get reorientated.
The shot leaves no visible mark on Conner, though it does destroy his shirt, and Match flies in knocking Conner back into the crack of the stalagmite with a harsh cry and a devastating thud.
From the large plume of dust, Conner gets thrown from it, hitting the ground and rolling with several grunts.
He comes to a stop, on his knees and elbows, but Match is already flying in to deliver another devastating punch right to Conner's face. Throwing him into a large column that snaps clean and topples over.
Leaving Conner on his back, only just opening his eyes when Match drops onto his chest feet first. Kicking up another massive dust plume.
Match grabs Conner by the neck, with a grunt before delivering an uppercut that knocks Conner into the high open space over the cavern.
Match takes flight and follows an unconscious Conner, slamming a double fist to knock him back into the stone floor.
The hit sends G-elves scattering and the ground cracks and kicks up dust.
Conner pushes the rubble off of himself, pulling Luthor's case of Shields, debating.
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Back in the watchtower, Martian Manhunter stands up from beside Superman.
"You seem to have reached a consensus that eighteen years is a suitable minimum age for joining the League, yet what of Miss Martian?" Manhunter's niece Hero image shows up on the Holo. "Though she is a biological adolescent by Martian standards she was born forty-eight Earth years ago." he points outs
"So, what is the deciding factor, chronology or biology?" Red Tornado asks. The Holo Image changes from M'gann to Conner. "Take Superboy."
"Exactly." Black Canary agrees. "He's less than a year old. Does he have to wait seventeen more to stand beside us?"
Diana sends a look towards Clark out of the corner of her eye. Superman, with his arms still crossed, looks away from her.
"If there is no deciding factor, I would like to nominate Cold-Blood," states Red Tornado, Cold-Blood hologram appears, this surprises many members of the League. Red Tornado has never nominated anyone, merely points out logical arguments on why a person should or should not be inducted into the League.
"I have watched over the team since it was first formed. There was a short period that I was not there, but in my time with the team the one individual that stands above his peers is Cold-Blood" Red Tornado states, Hawkman looks at him.
"The Australian white snake, why does he have more names?" Hawkman asked why more names under Cold-blood, Batman pulls out other image of Michael's suits
"Because he has other names, Cold-Blood, Outrider, Skirmisher, Icarus and more" Batman shows each of the suits to the League.
"Why the many suits?" Captain Atom asked, seeing one young hero in all the suits.
"Because it was not just him, Cold-Blood was seen in both Australia and in Roanoke Islands" Batman spoke about more heroes under Cold-Blood.
"So we're recruiting 4 in 1 hero ?" Green Arrow asked, confused.
"Were recruiting the one holding the suits, Cold-Blood has started a business recruiting others to wear these suits, some with criminal background" Batman points out, showing images of Starfire, Red Electro and Scotman next to Cold-Blood
"Isn't that a good thing, Cold-Blood giving people a second chance, have they done any criminal actions?" Superman asked, Batman only stays silent.
"Could help with another investor" Green Arrow points out to Batman, both he and Batman help finance the League, along with other investors.
"In terms of skill, work ethic, and raw power; Cold-Blood is far above any other member on the team. The successes of several missions were only possible due to his foresight," Red Tornado points out.
"There has been growing pressure to have heroes from other countries join the League. This could help quiet down the issue," Hal Jordan says, this could work for the league internationally.
"Out of all the teams, Michael has the highest maturity, better than a few adults actually." Canary voices her opinion, looking at a few people in the room.
"Young or not, he has fought against villains that have given us trouble. I believe he is the only one on the team to do so." Hawkwoman gives a vote of support to Cold-Blood in the League.
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Conner opens the case, pulling out a Shield and placing it on his arm. Where it almost seems to glow red into his skin.
Conner's heart beats in his ears as he waits. Then he cringes in what looks like pain before his pupils shrink as his eyes go far wider than normal and his fist clenches.
Match flies in, pushing Conner back into one of the low walls, rearing back for a punch. As he goes to deliver, though, it gets caught and joints crack under the pressure.
He looks surprised. Conner moves the fist out of the way of his face.
"My turn." Conner snarls. With a harsh yell, he delivers an uppercut to Match's chin, throwing him back and high.
He catches himself with his Flight ability. Looking down at Conner before rocketing back towards Conner.
Conner charges at him too.
The two end up crashing into each other and knocking the other away.
Conner tumbles back, catching himself from crashing into the floor with his now unlocked Flight.
His unsureness with the ability is obvious as he tries to figure out his balance as Match shakes off the hit.
Match turns his Heat Vision to one of the stalactites, taking it off with ease and catching it against his chest as it falls.
Conner takes flight and tries to use his own Heat Vision but knocks himself off course with a groan.
He manages to hit the rock Match is holding but his Heat Vision persists, cutting to the ceiling.
He awkwardly catches himself with his Flight, looking towards Match.
Who once he's balanced takes off again immediately.
Conner flies at him, arm pulled back, with a cry.
The two crash and circle each other in the air twice before Match manages to send Conner closer to the ground.
Coming in to deliver a hook punch to his face.
It has less effect than it used to, but it gives Match the chance to send a small blip of his lasers into Conner's eyes.
Sending him reeling back with a pained cry, pressing his hands to his eyelids.
As Match tries to use this to his advantage, Conner squeezes his eyes closed. Grabbing Match by the suit, flying up higher and spinning Match around to build enough momentum to slam the elder into the ground.
Match hits with a harsh thud and rolls high enough that he doesn't skid but rather bounces to a stop.
As Match pushes himself to his feet, Conner flies in, grabs Match by the chest, and slams him back to the ground. This time, he stays on top of him.
Delivering punch after punch to the other's face, not even looking as he does it.
"Superboy, enough!" Guardian yells panicked.
Conner's eyes snap open and he looks towards the source. Finding Guardian, Mercy, and several SWAT members charging into the Genomorph City.
"He's down. You won." Guardian states, looking around.
Dubbilex closes his eyes and sadly drops his head.
Conner looks at Guardian for a moment before he drops his fist and looks at Match.
Match is a bit scuffed up- and with his self-inflicted burn still in the centre of his chest- as they seal his Pod, but otherwise simply unconscious. The freezing process on the large Project Kr pod is fast and only takes mere moments.
Conner stands before him, while Spence stands at the console and Guardian stands at Conner's side.
"It has to be this way." he tells the teen, but Conner only narrows his eyes before looking away, none of them see a device under Project matches pod.
LINE
Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman stand at the split head of the table.
"No other ideas?" Superman checks when no one responds he continues.
"Then here are our candidates for new or continued membership." Superman continues the raised level of the room filled with life-sized Holos of several members of the Team, and the Justice League, as the new Heroes discussed.
"We've debated origin, gender, size, experience, age, temperament, and background." some of the League looks around the room, checking the Heroes available to them.
"But which is the fundamental criterion for membership? " Batman said to them
"When all is said and done," Wonder Woman picks up where the Dark Knight left off, stepping forward
"The question must be: Whom do we trust? Trust to fight beside us. Trust to have our backs. Trust to uphold the high standard and ideals of the Justice League." Wonder Woman finished before every member of the League still at the table, their HoloScreens reappear one by one
"Time to vote." Batman says.
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Conner jumps out of the SuperCycle, now on a frontage road next to the underpass he met Luthor at. The setting sun turns the sky's blues into purples and the clouds from earlier have broken apart.
"There was a tracker in that tin box you gave me." Conner snarls.
"Yes. I assume you discovered it with your X-ray Vision?" Luthor confirms easily.
"You initiated the cloning projects." Conner accuses.
"I wanted Superman to meet his Match." Luthor offers easily, still leaning against the Limo.
"And you used both of us to locate the missing Genomorphs." Conner continues, just as angry.
"A good businessman has to keep track of his assets." Finally, he stands up straight. "But none of that is what really bothers you. Half your DNA is human. Haven't you wondered who the donor was? Or have you just been afraid to acknowledge the obvious?" Luther asked, Conner says nothing, only continues glaring.
"Face it, son, you have much more in common with then Superman."
"That's a lie!" Conner snaps, getting his face.
"What has he given you? Nothing." Luthor huffs and crosses his arms, uncaring of the saddened look on Conner's face.
"Not even affection. And why? Because Big Boy Blue lives in a world of black and white." Conner turns away from Luthor, but the man keeps talking.
"You were created by the bad guys, so there must be something wrong with you." Luthor tries to get in Conner's line of sight again, but Conner simply turns away again.
"But we both know life isn't that clear-cut. The real world is full of grays. Weren't you determined to free Match at all costs? Yet, ultimately, you wisely agreed to my suggestion to refreeze him for the greater good of all." Luthor reaches forward and rips the Shield off of Conner's arm.
"And though you think of me a villain, you still accepted my Shields." Conner glares in Luthor's direction out of the corner of his eye.
"We're more alike than you care to admit."
Conner straightens up, stiff, at that, rounding Luthor. Pulling the case out of his pocket.
"Take them back." But Luthor raises an easy hand, in a readable "stop" motion but doesn't touch Conner.
"They're a gift," then gestures to himself, "from a father to his son." to Conner.
Enraged Conner marches forward and grabs Lex by the tie. "I won't need 'em for this."
Luthor narrows his gaze. "Red Sun."
Conner's eyes go wide, yet dull, Luther shakes his head after undoing his tie and gives it to Superboy.
"Another souvenir" Luthor laughs before leaving him with his tie.
Superboy is standing there with the wind blowing, not seeing the movement around him.
"Worth the payment Boss" Sombra spoke appearing in front of a frozen Superboy with a tie.
"So Superboy still has mental commands" Michael spoke watching the whole thing on Sombra phone, Sombra poking and probing the clone.
"Hello, handsome clone…wouldn't mind having a man under me" Sombra spoke while feeling up the impressive muscles of the clone.
"Keep your hands to yourself Phantom" Michael stops her as Sombra groans.
"No fun boss…can I have the other one?" Sombra asked, thinking about the stronger clone Match.
"In time will see about this Match" Michael spoke looking into their data Sombra got on Match, the older full-blooded clone of Superman, but Michael turns to Sombra.
"Tell me Olivia" Michael asked the shocked Sombra's real name.
"You could have joined any company with your skills alone ... .the rich would kill to have the secrets you can get….so why work for me?" Michael asks her, he knows he is taking a risk with Sombra by letting her leave with her data and suit but wants to know why she chose to follow.
Sombra only smirks looking at her armor suit and the frozen clone.
"You can say I'm an investor…while all these other companies have a famous name or connection to the government…you on the other hand are starting something else…and I want a piece of it" Sombra smirks at hearing Michael.
"You are still on contract" Michael points out, while he knows she is dangerous, but the suit she is wearing has a tracker, stunning and even a kill switch in case she turns against him.
"I'm sure Atlas would like help with other parts of the world…political secrets are cheaper than inducements" Sombra offers to him, the CEO of ATLAS thinks for a moment.
"Well see" Michael states as Sombra smirks, she turns to give the clone a quick kiss then pointing his nose.
"Bop" Sombra smiled before disappearing.
Superboy blinks as he's back to himself, the sun has completely set, the stars out and all he's holding is Luthor's undone tie. The tie slips from his hand as he comes back to himself and his hand eases out of the fist he'd been holding. Looking around, confused. Before bringing his hand to his forehead
"Two words and he shut me down." Superboy groans. "What else can he make me do?" he looks down at the Shields still in his hand. Worried before his anger comes to the surface again.
Conner feels something weird on his lips and nose but shakes his head. He readies to throw them into the river, but can't make himself do it, instead he slides them back into his pocket. Walking back towards the SuperCycle and Wolf.
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"All those in favor of ratifying the results?" Batman asks, standing at the round head of the U-shaped table once again.
"Aye." Every member agrees, a few even raising their hands.
"All opposed?" Batman checks.
No one speaks up, everyone is still as he checks them over.
"Then we adjourned."