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Notes: This is apart of my Ten Worlds AU. This takes place just after To Restore her father.

Temptation

“So how close did I get this time,” Superboy asked from behind her in the altered voice the suit he was wearing produced. She glanced up from the research she was doing and was once again struck by how imposing the Kryptonian stealth suit he was wearing was. The silver and black faceless monstrosity bore no emblems that marked it as Kryptonian for which she was glad. While it prevented sensors and camera’s from taking pictures an eye witness could still expose her and Superboy’s extra curricular activities.

“You got within ten feet before I heard you that’s pretty good,” She had been focusing on her work but that wasn’t unusual. “Your early I thought you were supposed to be having dinner with the family?”

“Clark, Lois and Chris had to ask for a rain check, Luthor tried to escape from prison again.” He pulled off the faceless helmet as he looked over her shoulder. “What exactly are you researching?” He was staring at the list with a curious look on his face.

“It looks like Wilson might have been killing heroes even before he recruited Deathwing to do it.” She hadn’t been happy to notice that some unsolved deaths now seemed to be linked to the Resurrected Ravager.

“I didn’t even know some of these people where dead.” He said looking sad then as he read the list. “I probably should do a better job of looking into how things changed now that I”ve been back for a while.”

“You’ve been busy the last few weeks,” She said calmly. “Burning the candle at both ends helping Superman with Chris and not to mention our activities ever since you captured Ravager for me.” She didn’t bring up the other elephant in the room.

“And burying Joseph when he got killed trying to save Luthor from being murdered by those Tamaranean clones. “ He sounded sad but also conflicted. “And then Luthor comes back resurrected by one of Kelex’s children with all of Superman’s powers and nearly wrecks Metropolis attacking him.” She was reminded again of what Superboy said to her after he pulled Ravager out of a Bialyan fortress in under three minutes about how much he and the rest of the Kryptonians held back to keep folks from panicking. She hadn’t really believed it until Luthor not holding back had shattered every piece of glass in Metropolis by hitting Superman as hard as he could. “And then the other one of Kelex’s kids showed up and stripped him of his powers leaving a wrecked city and him finally in jail like he belongs.” He shook himself, “Do you have the specs of that illegal weapons lab using stolen alien tech for me to take out?”

She nodded and brought up the plans as he memorized them quickly. She knew that unlike Superman or the late Bart Allen his memory wasn’t completely perfect but that he’d be able to remember for the few minutes it would take him to over whelm the base when he didn’t hold back. “Good luck.” She said as he pulled the helmet back on and left. She knew that they would have to stop this soon. There was already chatter in certain circles about the mysterious meta human who they estimated was more powerful than Superman causing trouble and ignoring international laws. She knew that once Bruce was fully back on his feet after Talia’s wonder cure that he would figure things out soon enough and put a stop to it.

“The boy is still holding back you know,” A voice said and she turned to see a man she’d been expecting for weeks standing there. She had known sooner or later he’d show up and try to manipulate her by offering to restore her legs. “He cuts loose more while playing dress up with you but he still holds back all of them do even Luthor after my upgrades wasn’t as strong as Kal El and Kon El fully unleashed since he only had about two weeks of bio-converted solar energy inside him.” He smiled then and it was unnerving. “But I’m not here to talk about how much you and the other humans should fear the Kryptonians, I’m here to talk about how unfair it is that Batman once again gets magical healing and gets saved from being crippled unlike you.”

“Go away I won’t make any deals with you not even to walk again,” She said with all the conviction she could muster. She had faced this temptation many times before there were forces out there that could have allowed her to walk again but she had always sworn not to use any method a normal person couldn’t use to recover. She had also sworn never to make a deal with a devil like the one in front of her.

“Who says I’d ever allow you to walk again, I stopped my dear sister from being able to ever heal you simply because your more useful in that chair,” He said with a sinister smile. “Just like I told Batman your of more use in saving Gotham from destruction in that chair than out of it.” She hadn’t been aware of that part of their conversation since Bruce had never shared it with her. She wasn’t surprised but it still hurt. “But I might reconsider enough to allow you to regain the use of your legs after the crisis has passed.” He produced a syringe then. “This shot will very slowly repair your spine it would take about a year and if you survive that long with all the trouble coming you’d wake up able to feel your legs and began rehabilitation and some day walk again.” His smile got even more sinister as he went on. “You see my dear once I’m gone and can no longer directly help my side I’d like to cost the good guys their Oracle and give them back an inferior Batgirl instead.”

“Just go away,” She said doing her best not to stare at the syringe in his hand. “I will never make any deals with you.” He just smiled and then there was a terrible wrenching sensation and a bright flash of light. “Where?” she asked as she realized she was standing again.

“Let me show you what you are really rejecting my dear not just the ability to walk again but the possibility of a truly happy ending for both your families.” She looked around and saw that they were quiet clearly in Wayne Manor though it was strangely full of people. “Comissioner, I’m glad you could get the night off,” Tim said and she was shocked to see that he was talking to what could only be her. Not only was Tim there instead of dead but her older self was walking.


“Unlike Bruce and Terry I know when to take time off Tim.” She said cheerfully and she noticed a little boy with a face similar to Dick’s running up to her calling for his grandma. “Excuse me Tim little Richard wants something.” She heard a noise then and saw an older Bruce emerging with a young dark haried man and then they were back in her clock tower.


“The boy is an interesting case in a lot of futures he becomes the new Batman, truly owning the identity in a way that no one aside from Bruce ever does,” The man said with a shrug. “Of course his back story changes often in some he’s just a stray who comes along, in others he’s Bruce’s son through the actions of either a shadowy government organization or Damian’s actions but in your current future he might not even be born.” He looked at her then. “You can have a chance at that future you glimpsed all you have to do is research the threats to Gotham I point you to and ignore all the rest and I will even give my sister permission to add a second Gotham vigilante to her batch of upcoming resurrections.”

She felt sick as she realized the temptation he was offering wasn’t just her legs but was Tim alive again and a happy future. It was hard to resist agreeing immediately and then she recalled him saying a chance at a happy future. Her training took over and she took what she knew about him and the sobering answer was instantly clear. “You’ll never allow that happy future to come true even if I take the deal that’s why you said chance.” He just frowned and she knew it. “Just get out of here I won’t take your deal.”

“I would try to stop it but you might would have won but I know when I’m not wanted.” He turned away then. “But just so you know you would have saved this city without Batman ever having to call on my aid again you just cost him a chance to avoid having to consider making a deal with me to save his Gotham.” The man was gone then leaving her alone with a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach she felt this wasn’t over for some reason.

The End.

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Cycles of Chaos
Cycle Three
Chapter Three of Six

“Welcome back,” Metron said as he opened his eyes inside a transparent metal tube. “Are you aware of what has taken place over the last two weeks since you were divided into four separate bodies?”

“I can remember sort of, it’s like four different dreams I had so it’s pretty jumbled,” he said and Metron nodded. He was relieved about one thing though his powers seemed to be back to normal no more freakish energy powers to deal with. “Can I get out of this tube now?”

“I would prefer to observe you for a longer time to make sure you are suffering no side effects from the integration,” Metron said and then produced a small band full of glowing lights. “However, I doubt you would enjoy such a precaution so as long as you wear this monitoring device I will allow you to leave the tube.”

“Sure, I’ll wear it,” He quickly consented. He just wanted out of that tube he needed to find Cassie and apologize for the actions of the yellow and blue versions of himself. As soon as the device was strapped to his wrist he took off relieved to fly normally again. He was about to take off and search for Cassie when he heard Secret calling his name. “Yeah what is it Secret?”

“Cassie, asked me to give you this when you got fixed,” She said holding a letter out towards him. He took it and skimmed it and found himself frowning. “What’s the matter?” She asked concern clear in her voice.

“She’s asked me to stay away from her for a few days so she can think about everything.” He couldn’t blame her but it still hurt not to get to speak with her. “I should go ask Rob if I should stay away or not.”

“No, he’s too busy you should go ask someone else.” Secret said way too quickly. “In fact why don’t you just go see Cassie I’m sure she’s over it now.” She was basically pushing him toward the direction he’d have to fly to reach Cassie’s house.

“Greta, can I borrow my younger self for a moment,” The older him said dropping out of the sky behind them. He saw Secret give his older self a dark glare and then fly off leaving him confused. “She really isn’t taking the revelation of the true nature of me and my Tim’s relationship well.” His older counterpart said watching her go.

“Is that what that was about?” He glanced at his future self. “Is she afraid if I go talk to Rob the two of us will start making our or something?” His future self nodded and he felt embarrassed. “No way that would just be weird.” He then remembered who he was talking to when the other man laughed. “So what did you want to talk about?”


“Nothing really, I just figured you needed rescuing from Secret before she freaked out on you out of jealousy.” His older self started to drift away and then turned back. “Also if you want to talk about how to deal with your outing to everyone before they all forget I’m available.”

“How did Cassie take it in your time?” He asked as it was the first question that came to him. He was sure things would be okay with the others but he wasn’t sure Cassie was going to get over it. “I mean it must have surprised her when you started dating Robin.”

“Not really she’d seen me with guys before that,” His older counterpart Connor he reminded himself said. “The first time she ever saw me with a guy was a different story though she didn’t take it well.” Connor looked thoughtful. “Though to be fair we hadn’t really got our friendship back on track from our break up yet.” His older self smiled then, “Tim’s former fiancee took it so much better.”

“So what should I do just avoid her until things reset again?” He asked and saw his future self frown. “What it would take care of the problem I mean only me and the folks from other worlds would remember and I can ask them not to say something.”

“I think you should take the time to talk things out with her in a few days,” Connor said giving him a hard look. “You should find a way to be honest with her because it could only help your odds of working out this time around.”

“Shouldn’t you be trying to set me up with Tim instead of helping me fix things with Cassie,” He asked and flinched at the dark look Connor gave him. He was getting really self conscious as Connor didn’t speak just kept glaring at him.

“That isn’t funny,” His older self said after an agonizing silence. “Regardless of who you end up with rather it’s Cassie, Tim or someone else you won’t turn into me,” he paused obviously thinking, “unless you forget everything with the final reset then maybe you’ll turn into me.” His older self began to lift off again. “I suggest you go think about things and decide what you are going to do.”

He nodded and Connor took off flying away. He took off back toward Hawaii he’d go visit Tana’s grave and think about things. He wished she was around to talk to at times like this because even after they’d broken up she’d always been a good friend.

_____

“So how many times did you have to insist you weren’t involved with your world’s Kon before Bruce believed you?” His older counterpart asked surprising him. He glanced back at him before turning back to the computer where he was still trying to locate the clone Kon and Bart. “Connor, told me all about Batman’s visit so I know he had to interrogate you just before he left.”

“He took my word for it after only one question,” He said not that he thought Bruce totally believed him. “It is weird that he never bothered to ask me if I ever was attracted to men or if it is a change brought about by that future event Metron mentioned.”

“Bruce, never cared if I dated a guy or a girl,” his older self said with a weak smile. “He didn’t particularly care for anyone I dated but he never really objected until Kon.” His older self shook his head. “Even seven years later the two really only get along for mine and Clark’s sake.”

“So Batman and Superman still have their unique relationship in your time?” He asked not really surprised though he occasionally wondered if it was ever going to collapse under the weight of their respective issues.

“Yes, they are still best friends and each other’s worst critic,” his older self said with a hint of a smile. “I don’t think the next generation is going to be as friendly though,” his older self was frowning. “Damian and Connor hate each other so I doubt the tradition will continue when Bruce and Clark step down even if Connor and I do somehow end up back home.”

“How do we get along with Bruce’s son I only saw the older version for a short time before the last restart?” He was curious how they would get along. He found the idea of Bruce having a kid out there slightly unnerving.

“We have learned to tolerate each other,” his older self said with a guarded look. He knew himself well enough to guess that his older self didn’t care for Bruce’s son much. “Our relationship got off to a rocky start.”

“That’s an understatement,” Connor said as he entered the room. “For a while I thought it was only a matter of time before you were going to snap and put the little creep in traction.” He saw his older self frown at Connor’s words. “Believe me if he’d stayed on the Titans any longer I’d have given into temptation and done so.”

“We have a problem,” Metron announced appearing before either he or his future self could react to Connor’s statement. He could tell that Metron was speaking primarily to Connor and he wondered why he seemed to be singling him out so much.

“What kind of problem,” his older self asked quickly. He noticed that the older version of himself also seemed to have noticed that Metron was speaking primarily to Connor. He thought back and noticed that Metron had payed more attention to Connor than anyone else since this whole thing began.

“I have learned that the two clones come from a level of hypertime between the one you and Nightwing come from and this one,” Metron said a hint of excitement in his voice. “I believe they found their way here by journeying through the hole the four of you made on your initial journey.”

“How is that a problem?” Connor asked before anyone else could. “Are they going to start causing problems like we do?” He wondered if Metron even heard Connor because he still had a look of excitement on his face. He wondered again not for the first time if they could even trust the new god.

“No they will not cause those types of problems,” Metron said finally. “The problem is they will attempt to return home soon and it will cause a shock wave that will affect everyone and everything on this Earth.”

“So we need to stop them,” Connor said as if it was that simple. He saw Metron shaking his head and a confused Connor asked, “Is there a reason we can’t stop them?” Metron seemed to stare off into space for a moment before he finally answered.

“If they don’t go through with this then the shockwave will be even worse than the one they will cause,” Metron said grimly. “I am informing you of this event because once again I must take my leave of this reality or risk losing everything I have gained.” Metron then looked straight at Connor. “Also my instruments predict that something alien to our sphere of existence will emerge into our hypertime as a result of this event and it must be contained.”

“What exactly will be coming through,” His older counterpart said, “and how can we contain it.” He noticed Metron was glancing at something on one of his screens and seemed to be ignoring his older counterpart’s question.

“It is a small chunk of unknown matter that will be contained by the Motherbox Nightwing is wearing,” Metron said finally. “He simply needs to be present when it emerges into this world.” He then turned toward them. “The motherbox will transport you to the location where the event is to occur a few seconds before it happens.” Metron then looked somber. “I will return after this drama has concluded.” Seconds later Metron was gone.

He turned toward his older counterpart and Connor only to see Connor vanishing into a boom tube. “It appears to be happening now,” His older counterpart said grimly. “We should try to warn the others.”

They had both just turned towards the door when a blast of white light enveloped everything. He felt himself shifting and changing and his mind flooded with images of strange worlds. He realized he was flashing back through every weird transformation he’d experienced in the previous two cycles but now their memories were coming with them. He tried to focus on his own memories but eventually the strain became too much and he lost himself in the confusion.

To be continued..

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Cycles of Chaos
Cycle Three
Chapter One of Six

“You look exhausted,” Barbara said as he slumped down on her couch in the clock tower. “I honestly wasn’t expecting you to drop by I could have emailed you the information; there hasn’t been any new sightings of the alternate Kon El and Bart Allen.”

“I know, I just needed a break from everything.” He said closing his eyes. “The last two weeks have been a nightmare.” He could still see the evil Kon and Bart taking off after Lara attacked them out of grief. “I don’t think we’ll be able to find them until bodies start showing up.”

“Are you certain they are that dangerous,” Barbara asked. “I know they attacked you all with a group containing Lex Luthor but isn’t it possible they were under mind control then?” He would have suspected that at first but during the few times he managed to speak with his older counterpart over the past two weeks that notion had been rejected.

“The older me says that’s not possible and that unless the rules have changed they aren’t even a future version of Superboy and Impulse.” He watched Barbara taking in what he’d said. “So far both times the dopplegangers of people who already exist disappear in the reset.” He looked down at one of the many computer screens not seeing what was written on it. “He said they are most likely clones created by that world’s Batman after they died.” He looked over at her. “And even though they have the same genetic make up they aren’t technically the same person.”

“That makes sense I suppose,” She said typing away at the keyboard. “Cloning dead super heroes doesn’t sound like something Bruce would do,” Barbara said zeroing in on what he didn’t want to admit but then again she had also been trained by Batman. “Who was Batman in that future that kid of his and Talia’s?”

“I was that Batman,” He admitted though it would be easy to blame it on Ibin. “Apparently in that future the death of Kon and Bart is enough to push me over the edge and I spend years trying to clone them until I finally succeed.”

“That doesn’t really mean anything Tim,” Barbara said gently. “I’m sure there are worlds were I become a fascist dictator.” He knew she was trying to comfort him and after everything else he’d seen she was probably right there probably was a world where she was a dictator. That didn’t really make him feel any better. “So about those four Super boys any luck on finding a way to put them back together.”

“No,” He said grateful she had changed the topic. “Cassie doesn’t like coming to the hotel anymore since the one with the yellow energy form follows her around begging her to go out with him.” He saw Barbara smile. “All four of them seem to be different portions of Kon’s normal personality.”

“So the yellow one is his romantic side?” Barbara asked still grinning. “What about the Green Blue and Red ones?” He could understand her curiosity but the situation had stopped being interesting and started being disturbing about the time the yellow one started begging for a spy cam to put in Cassie’s bedroom.

“I wouldn’t call the Yellow Kon romantic,” He said. “He’s obsessed with Cassie and I’m worried it might turn dangerous he is lacking what little social understanding the complete Kon El has.” He saw her eyes widen. “The other three aren’t much better the Green Kon is determined to be a hero but completely ignores everything else I only know where he is by keeping track of the media coverage of his exploits.” He supposed that one was probably the least worrying since he was actually doing some good for the world. “The blue one is I think Kon’s seldom used intellect and he’s managed to master his energy powers in two weeks but has almost no drive to do anything that isn’t learning even more about them.”

“And the Red one that is currently causing trouble all over the place with one of the other visitors from another time line?” Barbara asked as she brought up an image of the Red Kon and Barry West laughing surrounded by girls on a beach somewhere.

“The Red one seems to be all of Kon’s irresponsible behaviors rolled into one.” He said looking away from the screen. “We need to find a way to merge them back together as soon as possible the longer they are apart the worse their differences seem to be getting.” As soon as he finished talking an alarm sounded. “Where’s the trouble?”

“At the Young Justice base,” She said pulling up a video feed. “Looks like you were right to be worried about the yellow one.” He frowned as he saw the Yellow and white Energy Kon fighting with the Ray.

“I need you to send me there immediately you have hacked the Justice League teleporter haven’t you?” She nodded. “Good maybe I can do something to calm this situation down before it gets even further out of control.” He walked back a ways. “Send me there now.”

“I don’t think it’s necessary anymore,” She said and he looked at the video feed. Metron had shown up and somehow disabled the Yellow Kon who was lying on the ground in his human form. “Do you still need to go?”

“Yes, Metron hasn’t been seen for two weeks I need answers about what’s going on and he can give them to me.” She nodded and soon enough the transport had begun. He was running threw the possibilities of what could have started the fight as the transport finished and he found himself outside the hotel.

Metron was in the process of placing the Yellow Kon in a tube like device. “What happened,” He asked as soon as he saw the others. He saw Cassie helping the Ray up while shooting a dark glare at the Yellow Kon. “He didn’t attack you Cassie did he?”

“No, I was just talking with the Ray and he snapped,” She said looking back at him. “He started screaming about how I was his and he wouldn’t let the Ray steal me because I belonged to him.” She turned away. “I never imagined any part of Kon could be like that.”

“Do not judge him too harshly Wonder girl,” Metron said as he finished encasing the Yellow Kon in the tube. “He is made up of the smallest fraction of Kon El and basically only exist as Kon El’s feelings for you without any balancing traits.” The new god turned toward them and looked over at the blue Kon who was standing back watching. “We need to merge you and your three counterparts back together as soon as possible otherwise the complete Kon El’s own mental health could be affected.” Metron then turned away. “I will return to assist in the merging once I have completed one other necessary act.”

“Wait,” He yelled but it was too late Metron faded out again. “We aren’t going to have trouble getting you to agree to be merged with the other three again are we?” He asked the Blue Kon who had lowered himself down to stand with them.

“I will not be the problem, I am looking forward to reintegration,” The Blue Kon said which surprised him. “However, none of my brothers share that desire and I imagine they will have to be forced to reintegrate.”

“Why are you willing then,” Cassie asked before anyone else said anything. “How do we know you aren’t just playing along and planning to take off first chance you get?” He could understand her suspicion but this Kon hadn’t shown much drive to do anything after basically mastering his powers.

“Because I feel unnatural,” The Blue Kon said looking right at her. “I look at all of you and I feel nothing I know from my memories that I am supposed to care about all of you but I don’t.” The blue and white energy being kept staring at Cassie who turned away. “At the very least the reintegration will be a fascinating new experience one of the few things I can look forward to.” He began to lift off the ground. “I will go locate and contact my heroic counterpart to lure him back here.” He disappeared into the electrical wires after saying that.

“I still don’t think we should trust him,” Cassie said and he privately agreed. “Tim can you track down the Green Kon for us?” He nodded and headed inside toward the computer set up. He settled down and was just beginning a search for media reports on the Green Kon’s activities when the Blue Kon returned out of the power socket.

“I have spoken with him and told him that his assistance was needed to restore sanity to the Yellow Kon,” He said looking around. “I told him he could finish his list of emergencies he intends to intervene in before coming since the more he weakens himself the easier he’ll be to force to integrate.”

“How did you find him so quickly,” Cassie said staring at him. “Robin was just beginning a computer search I can’t believe you fond him quicker than he could.” He had a pretty good idea how the Blue Kon had done it but he was curious if his guess was correct.

“Robin was using the internet I was inside it,” The Blue Kon said simply. “I could find any information I wanted at the speed of thought without having to bother typing into a keyboard.” He’d guessed correctly and took a moment to appreciate exactly how powerful that made Kon. He’d never considered how powerful Superman was during his brief stint in a similar form because his power was so much less physically impressive. He would have to remember not to make that mistake in the future.

“That just leaves the Red Kon,” Ray said from where he was standing behind Cassie. “I know last time I saw him he was with that Barry West from another world.” He glanced up at the blue Kon who seemed unconcerned. “Shouldn’t you go find him.”

“I already know where he is,” the Blue Kon said and turned toward the screen. “He’s in the hotel and very busy so I doubt he’ll be going anywhere.” He saw it then a strange sort of detached expression of curiosity on the blue Kon’s face. “See for yourself.” The security feed started before he could stop it.

He heard a gasp as the image of the Red Kon in human form having sex with Barry West appeared on the screen. He managed to kill the feed in seconds but everyone present had seen enough to know what was going on. “That has to be fake,” Cassie said clearly in shock.

“It is not,” The Blue Kon said before anyone else. “There is security footage from several other incidents over the last two weeks if you need to see more to believe it.” He was watching the blue Kon’s face and realized that he was enjoying watching the reaction of everyone else he was treating it like an experiment. “I take it that other than Robin none of you were aware that Kon El is bisexual?”

All eyes turned toward him and he vowed to keep a close watch on the blue Kon until the Kon’s were recombined. There was something disturbingly familiar about the blue Kon’s approach to things.

_____

He emerged from the tank feeling wet and dizzy. He tried to remember how he got here but couldn’t. “Easy,” Tim’s voice said as the other man approached and began to dry him off with a towel. “Your lucky to be alive that bullet should have killed you.”

“Then how did I survive?” He asked as he looked around and realized he was at the Fortress he thought it looked a bit different than the fortress he remembered. He could tell by how methodical Tim was being that he was in full Red Robin mode to deal with the stress.

“This is how you survived sir,” One of the Fortress Robots said as it approached carrying his uniform and the mother box. “This piece of New god technology placed you into a state of stasis that maintained your life force during treatment.”

“Thanks MB,” he said and the thing pinged almost happily in response. “How long was I out?” He asked Tim hoping to coax him back to being Tim and not Red Robin. He could tell it was going to be difficult as Tim looked up at him with the mask firmly in place.

“About two weeks,” Tim said after a moment as he stepped back to allow him to pull on his repaired costume. “Once you are back on your feet we need to rejoin the others at the hotel the situation has changed for the worse.”

“Tim, relax a little I’m okay,” He said as he finished pulling on his costume. “Don’t turn into Bruce the second on me now.” Tim turned back toward him and he thought he saw a bit of emotion but before anything could happen Metron appeared.

“Where have you been for the last two weeks,” Tim said snapping back into Red Robin mode and glaring up at Metron. He suppressed a sigh and grabbed MB to strap her back on his arm. He could tell Tim was getting ready to lose it at Metron.

“There was no need for me to return until I found a way to safely reintegrate the divided younger Kon El,” Metron said and he glanced Tim who gave him a nod clearly meant to say I’ll tell you later. “There is also a potential problem I did not foresee until now.” Metron looked down at them. “Red Robin your shield will begin to fail within the next three weeks and a few days later Night wing’s will also begin to fail.” Metron looked worried. “There is no way to predict what will happen with both of you generating temporal shock waves at the same time, especially after the damage caused by Wonder woman’s actions.”

“What do you mean by that,” He snapped before Tim could say anything. “Are you saying what happened with those evil time traveling Titans was somehow Cassie’s fault?” He felt Tim’s arm on his shoulder and did his best to calm down.

“No but she didn’t heed my warnings and confronted them,” Metron said gravely. “The result was her shield failed prematurely but reality did not completely reset the past Kon El was split into four separate energy beings, Doomsboy vanished, Bart Allen remains missing and two of the dangerous Titans remain loose on this world.”

He really needed someone to catch him up. “All right so how do we fix things?” Tim asked and then suddenly they weren’t in the Fortress anymore. They were standing outside the hotel where a blue and white verison of his younger self had two others trapped in a cage of electricity.

“Metron, can you supply containment for my brothers?” The blue and white energy being asked and two tubes appeared. “Thank you.” He watched as the red and white energy being along with the green and white one were dropped into the tubes. “May I ask how you intend to merge us Metron?”

“With this machine,” Metron said as a floating cube appeared. “It will recombine your energies and reconstitute the original Kon El.” He looked around and saw there was a yellow and white energy Kon also in a tube. “Now if you will consent to being put in a tube the reintegration can begin.”


“That won’t be happening,” The Blue Kon said and then lashed out with a blast of electric energy clearly aimed at the machine. The only one who didn’t appear shocked was the young Tim who was already moving throwing one of his many toys at the energy Kon. It never made it as the device instead of being destroyed simply sucked up the blue Kon before moving to an empty tube that appeared and somehow depositing the blue Kon inside it.

“Now we can begin,” Metron said completely unfazed by what had happened. “It will take some time to set up the proper apparatus and make the final calculations.” Metron casually began to summon equipment form where ever he had been getting it all along.

“You knew he was going to double cross you,” the younger Tim said staring at Metron with suspicious glare. “How did you know he would do that?” He was just as curious himself and he knew his Tim had to be as well.

“Because I knew which parts of Kon El he was made from,” Metron said looking around. “He was not Kon El’s intellect as you surmised but instead his arrogance.” Metron smiled slightly. “Free from other distractions and emotions the blue Kon could easily make use of his innate intelligence to it’s full and dangerous potential.”

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Notes: This is apart of my Ten Worlds AU. It takes place after After the Tragedy

Contains: Violence, injury and an attempt at a sadistic choice situation. Character death.

Choice
Part One of Two

He opened his eyes to find himself bound and gagged in a chair. A glance to the left saw Alfred and Damian also tied up and then he glanced to the right and saw Batman tied up and Deathwing standing next to him. “Good your awake so now Brucie can make his choice,” Deathwing said with a smile. He noticed there was a large crack in the armor he was wearing. He had no idea how he’d got grabbed but that could wait until he got loose. Unfortunately it seemed Deathwing was very good at tying them down. “As you can see Batman tracked me down and damaged my armor so that means he has to pay for it.” The mask lifted to show his own face. “So he has to choose who dies one of his sons or his surrogate daddy.” The smile that twisted his reflections face was horrifying. “If he doesn’t choose all three of you die and he’s left crippled and alone.”

“Perhaps I can make you reconsider,” a voice said. He immediately recognized the man from the description Superman and Batman had given the league. “Your Employer might have told you about me my armored friend I am Mr. K.”

“He mentioned you brought him back to life,” Deathwing said and he saw Batman’s jaw clinch in anger. “Which I could care less about just leave unless you want to die.” A huge blade extended from the armor then.

“You haven’t the power to kill me boy and it is in your best interest to listen to me unless you want to die when your employer is done with you since I’m the only one who can remove that bomb from your brain.” Mr. K said stepping forward. “By the way the son of the bat is nearly free you might want to tighten the bindings on his left wrist.” He glanced over to see that Damian had nearly gotten his arm free. “Oh I’ll handle it.” Mr. K said and walked over and actually secured the arm. “Stay still boy the adults are talking.”

He turned to watch Deathwing again and saw he was staring at Mr. K with a dark look. “What bomb in my brain?” He could tell the statement had bothered him. “And what deal could you possibly offer?”

“The bomb your employer put in so you wouldn’t betray them,” Mr. K said glancing over at him and winking. “It is keyed to your armor, if you fail in your mission or turn on them they will shut down your armor and your head goes kersplat.” Mr. K then smiled. “But I can remove it and even fix your nerve damage so you don’t need that suit of armor to move all I ask in return is that you let the boy and the man you are cloned from live the other two you can kill.” The man in the suit just smiled with a shrug. “I’d even settle for just sparing the boy considering his Grandfather and Mother he’s very likely to grow up to be a champion for my side.” Mr. K then looked at Alfred. “But you know it really isn’t worth it to kill the old bag of bones and you’ve already crippled Batman for the rest of his life so not worth it to kill him either.” He glanced at Bruce who looked tense and didn’t seem to be even trying to get loose which bothered him.

“Your lying, your just stalling for some reason,” Deathwing said and then turned to Batman. “Time to make your choice or all three of them die.” He watched as the gag was removed form Batman’s mouth but before he could say anything a surge of energy shot out of the wall and struck Deathwing squarely in the crack in his armor. He was surprised to see him going down and then seconds later the energy shot back out and formed into Striker one of the Connors.

“Well done Joseph my boy just like my sister planned when she gave you a heads up and that cryptic hint,” Mr. K said smiling broadly. “Oh and Deathwing I wasn’t lying about the bomb.” He glanced back and saw Deathwing’s horrified expression as suddenly his head split open with a loud bang. “Now Sparky head back to where you were and tell my dear sister that I’ll let her get away bending the rules this time but never again.” He reached over and touched Striker and suddenly he was gone. “Now let me just untie you all.” He snapped his fingers and he was free. “You might want to help Bruce up the nano machines Deathwing injected him with have damaged his nerves so badly that he’ll never walk without help again.”

“That can wait,” Batman said glaring at Mr. K. “He said that you brought his employer back to life?” Mr. K nodded completely at ease. “Who was it?” There was a dark edge to Bruce’s question that made it clear he expected an answer.

“I’m afraid that stays my little secret Brucie,” Mr. K said as he turned and approached Damian who was glaring at him. “By the way boy you should contact your mother and check on her the League of Assassins took quiet a beating at the hands of my sister before they surrendered and agreed to her demands.” The man turned back toward him. “And you Mr. Grayson should dust off your Batman outfit because there has to be a Batman and Bruce cannot be it anymore.” The man was gone then leaving more questions than answers.

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After the Tragedy
Part Three of Four

“How do you feel, Ken,” Joseph asked as he leaned over him with a sad smile. He hurt all over and felt like his skin had healed wrong. “Can you change back to your normal form it would really help the doctors out your taking up a very high duty bed.”

“Think so,” he said and concentrated feeling himself shrinking back down. “Did the rest of the team get the bastard that blew up the tower.” He saw Joseph start and heard a movement and the saw Connor there looking grim. “Who died?” He asked there was no way Connor would be looking like that if the team had gotten them.

“All of them the whole team,” Connor said sadly and he felt like he was going to be sick. Tim, Bart, Rose, Slo-bo, Victor and even Eddie just back on the team gone. He wanted revenge but one look at Connor’s face made it clear there was more bad news to come. “We haven’t found out who did it yet all the footage from the Tower’s security system is gone even the back ups on the JLA servers.” Connor was looking at him directly as he asked. “Can you tell me what happened?”

“I don’t remember much just a loud noise that really hurt I started to change form when the noise hit and then there was an explosion.” He winced at the memory of that sound it had hurt worse than anything. He heard a noise then and Batman came into the room glaring at Connor.

“I let you play nurse maid because you said you’d call when he woke up,” Batman said sounding unhinged. “Now get out I need to question him so I can find out who killed Robin.” There was something really off about Batman now.

“He doesn’t remember anything but a sharp noise,” Connor said stepping forward. “So there’s no point in you harassing him we just need to get J’onn in here to see if he can pull out any deeper buried memories now that Ken is awake.” He realized Joseph had edged closer to a socket as if he was prepared to run if Batman got violent. He wondered what on Earth had been going on in the days he was out.

“Get out of the way clone I can make the other clone remember,” Batman said advancing on Connor menacingly. He wondered if a fight was about to break out when Superman showed up and took Batman by the shoulder. “Let go of me I have to find out what he knows.”

“We will but we will do it the right way you yelling at Superboy and Doomsboy won’t accomplish anything.” Superman said with a great deal of patience. “Go wait out side J’onn is on his way.” Batman looked like he was going to argue and then he was gone out of the room. “I need to go watch him.” Superman said and Connor nodded.

“Batman is taking Tim’s death especially hard,” Connor said and he knew his own voice well enough to recognize the heavy sadness in the man he was cloned form. “He’s come close to killing several of his rogue’s gallery as a result they don’t even know if Scarecrow will ever walk again.” Connor looked grim. “He’s also pretty clear that he blames the Titans since if Tim had been in Gotham being his good little soldier Tim wouldn’t have died.”

“I should be going there is something I need to look into,” Joseph said suddenly and then he was energy and gone from the room. He saw Connor frowning over at where he had been. He thought about his memories of Tim that were really Connor’s none of them had gotten very Close to Tim over the year they were here and Connor wasn’t but they all remembered him. He knew this had to be tearing Connor up inside too. “Do you need to talk about how you feel about Tim being gone?”

“No I need to find out who did it so I can deal with them,” Connor said darkly. “Then I can allow myself to fall apart because my best friend and the others are gone.” He then seemed to think about things. “I’m sorry about Slo-bo and the rest of your team I know you..” He held up a hand he wasn’t going to go there.

“I have to stay in control Connor,” He said honestly. “If I change back into my full powered form I might loose it and hurt someone.” He looked over at where Joseph had been. “That’s why Joseph had me power down first thing.”

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Contains: Character death, angst, characters breaking down.

After the Tragedy
Part One of Four

He was just about to head out into the cave with a meal that he knew Bruce wouldn’t touch when he heard the voices so he stopped to listen. “Really, Bruce you called me here for that to ask who killed the Titans you’re the detective figure it out yourself.”

He stepped to the edge and peered around to see a man he recognized from Bruce’s descriptions. “Mr. K you claimed to want to help me save Gotham, avenging a good soldier is part of that.” He could hear the desperation in the man he’d raised voice and felt a chill. This was not right Bruce should not be going to that thing for help.

“No, I want to save Gotham helping you was simply a means to an end and the one who attacked the Titans is not connected to the threat to the city so who they are is beneath my notice.” The man said as he turned back toward Bruce. “I must say when you actually called out my name and asked me to appear I was shocked but now I see why you did it.” The man walked toward the Batman with an easy smile. “You have lost it you are not Batman anymore just pathetic lost little boy wanting mommy, daddy, and little Timmy back.” He was so furious he was routed to the spot unable to move. “You are pathetic become Batman again and maybe I’ll help do whatever it takes to pull yourself out of this pit of self despair and I’ll tell you who killed Timmy or hell become a better Batman and I might even bring him back to life for you.”

“You can bring him back?” Once again Bruce spoke though he sounded all wrong this was not the man he raised and loved like his own son. “You can really bring him back?” He saw the smile on the mans face and knew that what he would say next would destroy his son but he couldn’t force himself to act.

“Well I’m not as good with resurections as my sister but since she’s not able to help you I might be persuaded to do it,” the cruel thing said to him. “Of course looking at you now I don’t think its very likely do you.” He saw Bruce reach for him and then to his shock the man grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground. He tried to move to help and found he couldn’t some force was holding him in place. “Listen carefully you sad little man there is nothing you can do to make me help you, not begging, not threatening nothing I have all the power and your just a pathetic little man.” The cruel man laughed as Batman hung there limply. “So if you need a Robin call up the girl, or use the son who’s chomping at the bit to fight side by side with daddy.” The man then paused. “Or go get another lonely orphan who dreams of fighting beside the Batman hell this city is full of them.” He then threw Bruce through Jason’s memorial case and walked toward him. “Just be Batman again or I’ll find someone else who can be and give them my help.” The man was gone then leaving Bruce crying on the floor it was a truly awful sight.

“The death of the boy really broke him such a shame he was so magnificent,” He turned and the man was standing behind him. “A simple warning old man I am not an enemy you want.” He was gone then leaving him alone. He silently began to go back up the stairs he knew that Bruce would never forgive him for intruding on such a personal moment. He was worried for the first time that this would be the death that broke Batman once and for all.

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Ten Worlds: The Return
Chapter Ten of Ten

“Come on Tim, I’m sorry I even said anything can’t you let it go,” He asked as he dropped down behind Robin on a roof in Gotham. “I came all the way here risking the wrath of the Bat you can at least tell me why it pissed you off so much?” He had been trying to figure out why what he said had set Tim off.

“Why did you even tell me?” Tim finally said turning back toward him. “There wasn’t any reason for you to even bring it up and you did anyway.” Tim was right about that he hadn’t needed to bring it up but he’d done it.

“I thought you should know I don’t like keeping things secret,” He looked away then. “I don’t like knowing things that others don’t I’m just not cut out for it.” He had never been good at keeping secrets his first year of life had really brought that point home.

“I know your not,” Tim said and dove off the room. He walked to the edge and watched Tim beating the snot out of a few crooks. He sat down to wait for Tim to be finished as there wasn’t much point in him getting involved. In less than time than you would have thought Tim was back on the room not even out of breath. “I didn’t like hearing about it because I was attracted to you back during the Young Justice days you were the first guy I was ever attracted to.” Tim said surprising him. “Then we became best friends and any thought about that was gone until you were dead and I lost my way I tried to clone you several times.” Tim looked away then. “I don’t like the person I was becoming in my grief and if Cassie hadn’t shaken me out of it I might have done something I’d regret.” Tim looked grim. “You casually mentioning being involved with alternate versions of me bothers me for a bunch of reasons I don’t want to get into.”

“I didn’t know any of that,” He said shocked that Tim had taken his death so hard. “If you need time to deal with things I can make my self scarce not stop by the tower as much.” He had waited a year to see his friends again he could wait a few more days if Tim needed it.

“Just give me a few days Connor,” Tim said. “Things will be back to normal soon enough.” That was a terrible lie on Tim’s part but he nodded and took of leaving Gotham behind. He’d give Tim some space while he tried to figure out how to fix this.

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Tim still hadn’t called about Star labs so she was getting nervous that he’d forgotten. “Hello Cassandra,” a voice said and she turned to see a blond woman there. “I am Angel K and I am here to answer your questions.” So this was the woman left behind by Kelex to help heroes. “The answer to the main question bothering you is yes you are pregnant.”


“I knew it,” She said and then glanced at the woman. “If I choose to abort can I?” She still was worried that because of who her father was and who this baby’s father was that she wouldn’t be able to do so.

“You can if you choose to do so,” Angel K said with a sad shrug. “Though I must warn you this is not a natural pregnancy and the one responsible might have his remaining followers attempt to thwart an attempt to abort.” Angel K looked grim. “Aeries has arranged for the birth of this child because he intends to steal it from you and use it as his new body after Wonder woman killed him.” Of course it couldn’t be a happy occasion it had to be a horror story just as the rest of her life was going.

“So I have no choice but to abort and make sure I do it without letting anyone know,” she would make an appointment at a clinic as soon as possible. “This isn’t fair, this should be my choice not a necessity because Aeries plans to use me.”

“There is another option though it is risky for you,” Angel K said looking grim. “Aeries can only posses the child if it is born on his time table when the right mystical alignments are in place I can accelerate the gestation of this child so you have it in a few weeks instead of a few months.” Angel K looked at her. “This is unfortunately the only chance you and David will have for a naturally born child I suggest you think carefully and make your decision.” So she could have the baby if she wanted to just with even less time to prepare. “I will return in three days for your decision if you wish to have the child I will accelerate the pregnancy if you do not I will terminate it for you so Aeries followers will have no chance to prevent it.” The woman was gone then leaving her alone with a lot to think about.

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He found Connor and Kara in the Fortress sitting playing a Kryptonian game that he didn’t recognize. “I’m surprised you’re here at the Fortress?” He was reminded of Chess though the pieces were strange.

“I needed a place to think without interuptions,” Connor said as he moved one of the pieces. “Then Kara showed up and we got busy with a game.” The younger man glanced over at him and smiled. “If you need to be alone we can clear out.”

Kara nodded her head in agreement and then frowned as the board they were playing vanished. “I can’t believe you beat me and you’ve only been playing for a year.” Kara said without a hint of real anger. “Of course I am out of practice since no one else here understands the rules.”

“By the way Clark have you told Lois about the information the alternate version of your dad sent that would make it possible for the two of you to have a child?” Connor asked and he saw Kara’s eyes widen. “The information is meant for you too Kara if you ever meet a human man and want to have a family.”

“I’ve mentioned it,” he said though Lois was unsure if she was ready for kids yet or not she was glad for the option. “Can the process work for you Connor aswell if you decide you want kids some day?”

“Yeah, it should work for me, Match and Amanda,” he seemed thoughtful after a moment. “And it can probably be adapted to work for the Connors and even possibly any other human slash alien pairing without too much difficulty.”

“So something of Krypton will survive even after we are gone,” Kara said with a smile. “I think that is a good thing don’t you Clark?” He nodded even though he had his reservations about it. “I think I need to be heading home Micheal could probably use the help fixing supper.” Kara said her goodbyes and left them alone.

He noticed Connor seemed down once Kara was gone. “Is everything al right?” He could tell his question startled Connor who looked up in surprise. “You seem bothered by something do you want to talk?”

“It is just coming back after years away makes things complicated,” Connor said with a sad smile. “I have screwed things up with my best friend and now I need to figure out how to fix it.” Connor got up then. “But I’m still glad to be back.”

“I can’t imagine what your going through I was only gone for a few weeks and it was hard to get my life back on track.” He said honestly. “Though we do have the coming back to similar people thing in common though you have handled it much better than I did.”

“To be fair none of mine have turned out to be villians yet,” Connor said with a weak laugh. “Though I am unsure about one of them to be honest.” He could hear real worry in Connor’s voice. “But all we can do is wait and watch.”

“That’s the hardest part some times,” He said and saw Connor nod. “I should be getting back to Metropolis feel free to stay here as long as you need to.” He saw Connor nod as he turned and prepared to head back to Metropolis. He turned back before he left. “Don’t worry Connor now that your back things will get back to normal it will just take time.”

“I know Clark,” Connor said with the first genuine smile he’d seen from him all day. “Say hi to Lois for me and tell her I’m sure the two of you will make great parents when your ready.” He nodded and made his way to the exit.

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Ten Worlds: The Return
Chapter Eight of Ten

“You seem distracted,” David said from where he was sitting on the couch. She glanced back at the tv where folks were still discussing Conner coming out to the whole world. “Does it bother you that much that he outed himself and us?”

“It shouldn’t but it does a bit,” She admitted which brought up the elephant in the room. “During the first few months when we didn’t talk much did you sleep with any guys?” She knew there had been girls but she’d never asked about guys before. She wasn’t sure she wanted to know but at the same time she kept thinking about it.

“Yes, does that bother you?” He asked and she hated to admit it but it did. She had never had any problem with gay people but the idea of her boyfriend having once been with men bothered her. “Why does it bother you so much?”

“I’m not sure, maybe because when I found out about Connor is when everything in my life fell apart.” She knew that wasn’t completely it but it was part of it. “I’ll get over it but with all this in the news it just brings it all back up.” She could tell that hurt him and brought up the other elephant in the room the one they tried not to think about his origins.

“I think...” he stopped as his phone rang and she noticed he looked slightly relieved as he got up and grabbed it. “Hello, what Jeff calm down I’ll be there soon.” He hung up and turned to look at her. “I need to go Jeff is freaking out over something and asked me to come to Hawaii.” She wondered if he’d actually asked or if David had just volunteered to go there to get away from her. “We’ll talk when I get back.” She nodded and he walked forward and gave her a kiss goodbye before leaving. She glanced at the TV and wished once again that Connor had never opened this can of worms in her life.

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He was sitting on the roof of the Tower with Tim looking out over the night sky. “So did you know Doomsboy was sleeping with Slo-bo and going out to get beat up in Metahuman fight clubs?” He saw Tim nod and was both relieved and unnerved to learn Tim knew. “Did you also know that Joseph is stalking his brothers and now me?”

“I suspected,” Tim said grimly. “His powers make it a lot harder to keep tabs on him he can sense any surveillance device.” He wondered how many of them Tim and the other bats had planted on him. “All five of them have had their troubling moments.”

“So let me guess you and the rest of the Bats have been tracking number five all along.” He was disappointed when Tim’s face made it clear that they hadn’t. “You mean he actually gave you guys the slip that is frightening.”

“Kon, you know as good as we all are no one is infallible and his powers make it impossible to track him.” Tim looked out at the sea. “He can fly anywhere he wishes so no travel log, he can alter his appearance well enough to fool even the most advanced of scanners and he can turn invisible plus your not an idiot despite how you act so yes he has stayed hidden from all of us.”

“Do you think I need to worry about the five of them?” He asked ignore the slightly back handed compliment Tim had given him. “I mean you’ve observed four of them for a year do you think there will be trouble with them now that I’m back?”

“Not from Jeff he’s happy in his little niche and David is unlikely as well though your being back might cause problems for him and Cassie.” Tim was being very talkative today it kind of surprised him. “Ken could go either way and when it comes to Joseph I just don’t know.” That was another surprise Tim saying he didn’t know. “Is there anything you haven’t told folks about those three hundred and twenty worlds?” That came out of left field. “Batman, still thinks your lying about not remembering he says your too accepting of that fact.”

“I’m not lying about not remembering.” He said seeing the knowing look in Tim’s eyes. “But I do know more than I told the league the Nightwing Entity would let slip little tidbits some times while we were bonded.” He looked out at the city. “Cassie, and I were together in three worlds twice just the two of us and once with another guy in a three way relationship.” He glanced over at Tim to see he was curious but wasn’t going to ask. “According to the Nightwing ending up with the same soul more than once showed a strong affinity out of hundreds of worlds there were only a few people that I was with two or three times.” He knew he was opening a big can of worms but life was short. “The only person I was with more than three times was a guy who I was with six times twice in a three way relationship and four times just the two of us.” He looked over at Tim and wasn’t surprised that the bastard seemed to guess where this was going. “You’ve already figured out it was you haven’t you?”

Tim turned to look out over the city. “Is there are a reason you decided to share that?” He knew that tone it was the I’m upset but I will not talk about it. He wondered if Tim was jealous of the other Tims or afraid he was hinting at wanting to hook up.

“I thought you should know,” he said honestly. “I have no idea what it means that we have an affinity except that it explains why I was so fascinated by you at the same time I was irritated by your refusal to tell me who you really were.” The awkward silence that followed was interrupted by the door to the roof opening.

“Sorry to interrupt but Jeff just called he and Tana want to see us both now,” Ken said pointing toward him. “And since I can’t run to Hawaii I need you to give me a lift.” He wondered if that meant that he couldn’t do that run on water trick of Bart and the other flashes.

“I should be getting back to Gotham to help search for the Red hood.” Tim said clearly grabbing the nearest escape. “We will talk later Superboy.” He knew that the codename meant there was no way in hell they were talking about this again any time soon.

Once he was flying out over the pacific Ken looked up at him and asked, “So what did you say that pissed Robin off so much?” He nearly dropped him in shock. “Don’t you dare drop me.” He glanced down at him.

“Weren’t you listening in on our conversation?” He still didn’t know exactly how many powers Ken had. He had assumed he had to have some kind of super senses to be able to run as fast as he did without just plowing through things.

“Robin had the walls of the roof sound proofed even you couldn’t hear anything being said up there when your inside.” He guessed that was why Tim had wanted to talk on the roof then. “He had it done shortly after I joined the team so he and Cassie could talk up there away from me when ever she stopped by.” He could hear the anger buried under that statement. “Do you think it is weird that three of us are sleeping with someone who you have memories of sleeping with?”

“I was trying not to think about that actually,” He admitted glad that the subject of Tim and why he was mad at him was closed. “I mean I only vaguely remember what Slo-bo was like in bed thanks to Kelex guided tour through the ten worlds. “Tana was a long time ago and Cassie well that didn’t end well for either of us.” He was relieved when Ken said nothing and they flew on in silence.

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She sat there with her husband watching his three brothers and the kid attempt to arrange themselves in their living room. “We just got some news and well I think you four should be the first to know.” She could tell they were all curious. “I’m pregnant your all going to be uncles.” She could see the shock.

“That’s impossible we can’t have kids,” Ken said clearly shocked and the look he gave her pissed her off. She could tell that he was thinking she’d cheated on her husband. She saw her husband’s eyes getting red as he got the implications.

“Who ever said it was impossible?” Joseph said speaking up drawing their attention. “It is impossible for Kon El to have a child with a normal human woman but Tana isn’t human she’s been part Kryptonian ever since Kelex resurrected her just like Jeff.” She saw the others staring. “Plus, really all of us are different than him genetically so some of the rest of us might be able to have kids take David he’s only got as much kryptonian DNA as Tana so maybe he and Cassie can have kids.”

She could easily see that Joseph’s statements were derailing the conversation so she was glad when the kid stepped in. “Congratulations Tana, Jeff.” He said smiling as he shook her husbands hand and then pulled her into a hug. She felt better as his smile looked genuine she had still been worried that he’d be jealous of her and Jeff but this went a long way to proving he wasn’t.

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Ten Worlds: The Return
Chapter Six of Ten

“Here are the results of the Fortress examination of your blood,” He said handing Bruce the read outs. He knew that even the though the Fortress had cleared him of any Kryptonian influences and his own connections would do the same Bruce would still have his doubts.

“You are wasting your time Kal El even though my sister did nothing to him Batman will look on her actions with suspicion.” A voice said and he turned to see a man in a business suit standing at the back of the cave. He noticed immediately that the couldn’t hear any breath or a heart beat which after Batman’s battarang went through him to embedded in the wall behind him made it clear he wasn’t actually present. “This is just a projection I have no desire to end up with one of those in my head.” He gestured toward the battarang.

“Why are you here?” He asked glancing aside at Bruce at Super speed showed he was scowling and staring at the image of the man. He wondered which of Angel K’s supposed brothers this was. “And which brother are you?”

“I’m Mr. K, that’s right the one meant to help the dark side.” He said with a smirk. “Which really doesn’t mean anything since unlike my sister I’m pragmatic enough to know that helping the other side sometimes also helps mine.” The projection looked right at Batman then. “And that’s why I’m going to help you save Gotham from destruction because without this city a veritable sink whole of corruption and amorality my side will be diminished.”

“Say what you have to say and then get out,” Batman said darkly as he walked up to stand next to him. He saw the Projection smile then and he knew Bruce was resisting the urge to throw another battarang.

“Very well Batman, Superman but the two you need to know that my dear sister left some things out when she talked to you.” The projection reminded him quiet a bit of Luthor at his most smug then. “She neglected to mention that saving Batman and giving his body a refurbishing was her last free action; she can’t act unilaterally again she needs permission to act.” He was looking at Batman then. “So when she shows up tomorrow night to ask you which of your psychotic foes to save she’s really asking for permission if you choose then she can act if you say nothing she can’t.”

He wasn’t surprised that Batman had left something out of his report to the league about Angel K’s actions. He also knew that now wasn’t the time to ask about it. “Can you explain about the free actions?” If Batman wasn’t going to ask he was.

“Of course Kal El you see when Kelex created us, he let us choose our own special gift.” The projection said smugly. “My sister chose the power to reshape flesh, for example that refurbishing she gave you Batman only took her a few minutes and then you slept while your body adjusted to the changes.” He saw Batman’s scowl get even deeper. “Personally I think she chose poorly since I could have done the same thing for you it just would have involved a lot of high tech equipment and 72 hours in an isolation tank.” The projection then smiled. “It does have some perks though like the ability to alter her own body as long as she ingest fresh meta genetic material regularly since ever time she uses her ability on others it resets her own body to default.” The image shrugged then. “Of course since that power is so great she was given the least free actions a set number or times she could intervene in the world without permission of the person she was helping or the one responsible for them in the case of those who cannot consent.”

“And what is your ability?” Batman asked then before he could. “And are there any other rules that Kelex gave you that we should know about?” He watched as the projection honestly seemed to be taking the time to think of an answer.

“We will be on this world for three years, two of those years have already passed.” The projection said with a small frown. “The first year we observed, the second year we worked in secret and during this the third year we are free to act openly.” The Projection began to smile. “When our time is up we return to Kelex and the only other rule you should be concerned about is that we cannot directly lie, we can omit or imply but not outright lie.” He immediately doubted that and was sure Batman did as well. “As to my power Batman it is complicated and known as Hyper-time Aware Precognitive Calculation.” The projection once more looked arrogant. “It means I can see thousands of possible futures and then calculate the odds of a given out come from them.” He looked around then. “Before my sister saved you for instance the odds of Gotham being destroyed before we left was ninety nine point ninety nine percent and after the odds dropped by five percent.” He was looking at Batman with an appraising eye then. “That is an incredibly shift your very presence gives the city a five percent chance of being saved and that is enough for me to help you.” The projection then looked over at him. “I’ll be back at some later date to tell you more when the big blue boy scout isn’t here since Kal El does not need to be involved in if Gotham lives or dies it should be by your decision alone I think.”

He knew that on some level Batman agreed with that even though he’d never admit it. “So your leaving then?” He asked before Batman could say anything the projection nodded. “Before you go can you tell us the power of your other sibling Adam K?”

“He took the power to have his mind closed to Angel K and myself as it was the simplest power it gives him the most free actions.” The projection said. “My sister and I are aware of whatever each other does though we cannot reveal each others secrets.” The projection started to fade out and then solidified again. “But there is something you should know Batman if you by chance give into the small part of you that wants to ask my dear sister to save your fallen son from his madness.” He saw Bruce stiffen visibly which was a clear indicator how much it disturbed him. “My sister can cure the physical elements contributing to his condition, the tainted Lazarus, mental trauma and other contributing physical factors.” The projection paused then. “But that is only part of the equation and in the futures I see things go one of two ways in some he comes back to you in others.” The Projectionss smile was dark then. “He simply stays on my side but is freed of his obsession with you; freeing him to act without trying to make it all about proving you wrong and his first act would be to finish off the Joker since he no longer needs you to agree that it needs to be done.” On that haunting statement the projection faded completely from view.

The silence that followed was broken when he started to reach for his friend. “Get out,” Bruce said clearly shaken. He knew enough about Bruce to know now wasn’t the time to push. He turned and left he’d come back in a few days after Bruce had time to get back to his normal self. In the mean time he would inform the League most of what the Projection of Mr. K had said. He would leave out some things for Bruce’s sake.

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She headed up stairs after saying hello to Ma and Pa Kent and gently knocked on Connors door. “Come on in Kara,” he said calmly and she let herself in. “I figured you’d be stopping by sooner or later since I’ve already been visited by Clark about the interview.”

She noticed he had several text books scattered around. “Going back to school?” She hadn’t had much luck at her own attempts at schooling though Michael and even Amanda had better luck than she did.

“Correspondence course,” He said with a shrug. “Actually physically going back to school would raise too many questions since I disappeared for two years.” He said with a shrug. “Plus I really don’t want to be in a public school hearing everyone talk about Superboy turning out to be a fag.” He looked angry. “Sometimes having super hearing sucks.”

She had heard many of the same things and agreed with him. “It will pass now that Clark has made a statement folks will start wondering why Superman approves.” The weirdest thing was she wasn’t just saying that. She had already noticed a swing in sentiment from discussing Connor’s interview to talking about Superman’s views on sexuality. She was amazed sometimes at how popular Clark was with the general public. “Anyway I came over to tell you that if you want to talk about what things were like on that Krypton I’m willing to listen no one else will understand exactly what things were like.”

“Even you won’t understand completely,” Connor said giving her a sharp look. “Your Krypton may have had its flaws but it wasn’t the same as this other Krypton.” He seemed to be thinking. “If your Krypton was Metropolis then the one I went to would be Gotham City.” She thought of the differences between those two cities and felt a shudder thinking of any version of her home like that. “Also I’ve already been over everything with Clark and I don’t want to do it again not yet.” She could understand that she supposed.

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This Chapter contains: Character Ressurection and Re-empowerment,

Ten Worlds: The Return
Chapter Four of Ten

“I hope you don’t mind but I have to ask how did you get a Tattoo in one night.” He said as he landed where a shirtless Connor was working in the field. He had seen him last night briefly in Metropolis when he stopped by to ask Lois what she knew about the woman who was scheduled to interview him this afternoon.

Connor glanced down at the generic banded tattoo on his left bicep that hundreds of thousands of other young men sported. “Oh this is a souvenir from krypton it is basically a nanobot infused ink that is one of the few things that can tattoo us.” He said and then shrugged. “I just wanted something to set me apart from the other six guys with my face and remembered I had this stuff with me.” Connor must have seen the direction his thoughts were going because he went on. “Don’t worry about secret identities when I’m in character as Superboy it will look like this.” He said and then to his surprise the ink moved and ran forming into a large S shield that reached to his shoulder. “The ink is movable with a control or with my TK.” The design returned to the generic tattoo again. “So what are you doing here Clark?”

“I just stopped by to make sure you were really sure about this interview today.” He personally thought it was a little soon for Connor to be going on TV and talking about things. “It won’t kill the press to wait a few more days.”

“I just want it over with Clark, so I can start to get back on with my life without folks constantly asking me about things.” Connor said sounding tired. “Just the other day on my way to see Tana and her husband I stopped a bank robbery and all folks kept asking about was where I’d been.” He recalled seeing Connor angrily tell the reporters to wait for the interview before flying off.

“You haven’t spoken with anyone else about what happened on that alternate Krypton.” He knew that everyone had noticed how reluctant Connor was to talk about it. “What will you do if she asks a question that you don’t want to answer?”

“I’ll politely refuse and as long as she gets the message then things will be fine.” Connor said with a shrug. “I will only get up and walk out if they keep going like Krypto with that bone you gave him from that mutated alien dinosaur thing.” Connor then smiled. “You really have got to tell me about that one some day.” He then got very quiet and almost sad again. “I should finish this up so I can go take a shower and get to the studio a bit early.”

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She let herself into their home quickly wishing she’d made it back in time for the start of the interview. She hadn’t expected to get caught up in that bit of trouble with the armored soldiers robbing a bank She found Amanda sitting there in her Ultragirl persona which wasn’t surprising unless they had company her sister never wore her civilian disguise. “Where’s Micheal?”

“He said he was going to watch it up stairs in his room,” Amanda said with a shrug. “It has been really boring so far just the usual generic questions, the only interesting moment was when the reporter asked about the rumors Wondergirl dating Ultraboy.” Amanda shrugged. “I’ll have to find out how he got a tattoo though I have been wanting one.”

“How did Kon El handle the question about the rumors?” She asked glancing at the tv where he was currently telling her a generic story about life on the alternate Krypton. She could tell the interviewer was getting annoyed at Kon for being so evasive about details.

“He did alright I guess he just said that it wasn’t any of his business and that if they were dating he wished them well.” Amanda said and then brighted up. “Oh look at her face she’s really annoyed at him I wonder what she’s going to ask now.”

She glanced back at the screen as the interviewer asked him if leaving that other world had been difficult. “Of course there were things that made it hard to leave,” Kon said calmly. “I had gotten close to people and knowing I’d never see them again made it difficult.”

“You mention getting close to people,” The interviewer said almost smiling for the first time since she’d started watching. “I have to ask does that mean you were romantically involved with someone on that world?”

“I was, he was killed during the battle against the threat I was sent there to stop.” Kon said casually as he leaned back. She could tell that it took a few seconds for the interviewer to catch what he’d said and she glanced over at Amanda to see a look of pure glee on her face.

“I take it that you were involved with a man then?” The flustered interviewer asked and when Kon nodded she looked like she could barely keep form smiling. “So your saying that your gay?” She really hoped Kon wasn’t about to mention pheromones on national tv.

“No bisexual, I just never saw any need to discuss it with anyone other than the people I’m close to before now.” She once again hoped that Kon wasn’t going to bring up the pheromone thing on television. She wasn’t surprised that in response to that the interview called for a brief commercial break.

“Oh boy the Connors are going to be pissed he just outed them all.” Amanda said with a big smile. “I mean no one is going to forget that Black Zero revealed they all started form the same place mentally as Superboy at the time of his death.” She then looked thoughtful. “I wonder if they’ll connect the dots to the Kryptonian thing if they start thinking about the rumors about me.” She had forgotten all about how often her sister was in the tabliod with wild rumors that were often true being printed. “So how long do you think it will take before they ask if Superman knows?”

“Probably as soon as the commercial break is over,” Micheal said from behind them as he entered the room and settled on the couch. She didn’t know why he’d decided to come join them but she was glad that he had.

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He opened his eyes as he climbed out of a pod and collapsed on the ground. He had his tail back he could feel and looking down at his hands they were red again. “How in the hell?” The last thing he remembered had been going to confront that radioactive man.

“Hell had nothing to do with this,” a female voice said and he turned to see a beutiful blond woman standing there. “Hello Red Devil you may call me Angel K and I am the one who saved you form death and restored your powers.” She walked over and touched him. “I used Caulder’s data to alter your dormant meta-gene to give you an approximation of your original powers so your soul is in no danger.” He was still staring at her. “I require your assistance now you must take us to Gotham to the place I will show you.” She put her hands on him and images of an alley began to appear and he found they were teleporting she’d hijacked his powers.

He dropped to the ground as they emerged he felt incredibly weak. “It will be some time before you are up to teleporting this distance regularly.” She said leaning down. “Rest now while I save the one I came here to save.” He heard it then grunting and to his shock Batman crashe down near them. He could see blood leaking from his nose and mouth.

“Look at this guys this fool is human just like I said.” A man with what looked like rock for skin said as he came around. “I told you boys work for me and I’ll take care of the big bad Bat.” He tried to get up again but he still couldn’t move when he noticed that the woman Angel K had put herself between Batman and the rock guy.

“Back away new Meta Human or I will be forced to take action the Batman is under the protection of Angel K.” She said as huge white wings exploded out of her back. “Now leave I am not allowed to kill but there are things I can do to you.”

“Listen to this chick, sorry lady but unlike you I do kill.” He tried to get to his feet to help her but suddenly she had a grip on the guys face. “Let me go,” the man said and then screamed as light poured out of him. She dropped him then and he stepped backwards looking like a normal human. “What did you do to me?”

“I cured you,” She said and glanced over towards where he was watching. “I can give and take Metahuman powers so while I cannot kill I can cure.” She then smiled. “Now do like your gang and leave or learn what else I can do that doesn’t kill you.” The man turned and ran then and she turned toward Batman who was still laying there. “Have you recovered enough to get to your feet yet Eddie?” She asked.

He tried again and managed to get back to his feet. “We should get him some help.” He said even though he had a lot of questions about how she’d done all this. “I can probably manage a short hop to where he can get some help.”


“That will not be necessary Eddie after absorbing that cretin’s metagene I can power my own teleportation.” She said leaning down. “Call this number and tell them that Batman is with Angel K.” She threw a card to him and then she was gone. He picked up the slip of paper and stared at it. He had no money and he was in the middle of Gotham. He had no idea how he was going to get to a phone let alone how to call anyone.

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