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It wasn’t the first time Kon has felt eyes on his back.
He felt it every time he has to pass by Clark in the space station, or when he has to walk between classes. Apparently, a lot of people have never seen a clone with dark black hair and blue eyes but it wasn’t his fault they didn’t get out much.
The team was currently out on a bonding trip, it was M’gann’s turn to choose what they did, and she decided she wanted to experience the old teenage tradition of going on a shopping spree at the local mall. Robin had agreed wholeheartedly and even agreed to pay for everything, how he has so much money Kon has no idea. He’s been trying to work on leaning on his teammates so he agreed to allow Robin to spend money on him, however, this may not be what Canary meant by working on his teamwork skills.
They were in a clothing store; Wally was with M’gann and Zatanna in the Men’s section. Apparently, Wally needs a complete upgrade in his clothing if he’s going to impress anyone, let alone Artemis. Kon was currently with Robin, Kaldur, and Artemis looking for more comfortable clothes for him. He noticed he wore a lot of superman branded merchandise and didn’t have a lot of clothes that suited his newly forming tastes.
That was when he felt it. Eyes staring him down, through his back. Kon’s head must’ve looked like it was snapped with how fast he turned, out of the corner of his eye Robin seemed to notice their audience.
A kid was not what he was expecting. If Kon had to guess, this kid had to be about 3 to 5 years old. He had black hair, worn-out jean shorts that seemed a bit long on him, a shirt with a planet at its chest, and what looked like a black hoodie too large for this small child.
What caught Kon off guard was the kid’s eyes. They were the brightest green he’d ever seen in his life, the only thing he could compare them to was Kryptonite.
Kon must’ve been staring for a while as he was startled by Robin asking, “Friend of yours Kon?”
“What?” He quickly looked to his friend before looking back at the kid, “No, I’ve never-wait where did he go?” The group all looked to the empty spot that the child once occupied. There was nothing to suggest that there was even a child there in the first place.
“Maybe his parents called him back?” Artemis supplied in an awkward attempt to fill the air, but it made sense. Kaldur agreed as he said, “It’s possible he confused Kon for someone he was familiar with, you did share some similarities.” Kon couldn’t help but nod along with his leader, that had to be the truth, it didn’t help that there was something at the back of his head nagging him. It didn’t feel right, why would the kid chance it? He could’ve been dangerous or something, why watch him so carefully?
He didn’t have the chance to continue that thought process as his attention was caught by M’gann’s laughter. He looked up to see Wally in the most ridiculous suit that could ever be designed. It took all his concentration to not join M’gann, but it was a fight that he wasn’t going to win as he joined the laughter of M’gann, Robin, and Zatanna. Kaldur chuckled as Wally shouted, “You all are the worse! I disown you all!” His cries were only answered by the thuds of his friends falling to the ground.
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Danny had no idea what he was doing. Why did he just stare at that kid? It must’ve been so weird for a 4-year-old to be just staring at this 16 or something-year-old. It wouldn’t have been so weird if he understood why he was put into such a small body!
Okay maybe it still would’ve been weird, but it wasn’t his fault he was in this situation.
He didn’t even remember how he got here! All he remembered was Clockwork telling him that he needed to take a break! Next thing he knew, he was 4 years old in a big city that he didn’t recognize at all.
“Next time I see him, I’m putting him in ghost time out”, the child mumbled as he continued his trek to the food court, the reason he was at the mall in the first place. He struggled to pick out what stand to buy from, none of them looked like they could even compare to Nasty Burger. A pout came onto his face as he begrudgingly walked over to the Bat Burger, if he couldn’t have his favorite burger, he was going to have a new toy to mess with.
Danny looked at the little wallet he had woken up to, apparently, it would spawn the exact amount of money that he needed according to the sticky note that was attached to it. “If this doesn’t work, I will debate on if I can fight a god.” Danny joined the line of 3 people each looking at him with questions in his eyes, “What? I just want a toy,” he said with a bite. That was all it took to make wandering eyes go back into their heads.
The line didn’t take long and Danny had to cheat and float up a bit to give his order to the cashier who cooed at his cuteness. “Aww, hey kiddo! What’re we having today?”
“Can I have a Bat Burger please?” Even in his hunger, Danny was trying his best to remember his manners, and apparently, he was the only 4-year-old with manners the cashier had seen as she held a hand over her chest as if she had been having a heart attack. What? Was she expecting him to be a brat? Danny was a little offended but tried to shrug it off and get his food.
The Cashier, Marsha according to her name tag, smiled as she typed in his order and continued with “What toy are we looking for?” “Well, what do you have?” Marsha motioned to a clear box behind her, a row of what looked like heroes in a little plastic prison.
The little boy king pointed out the toy and Marsha smiled, “Oh! I should’ve guessed that you were a Super Boy fan!”
“Super Boy?” Marsha nodded as she got the toy and handed it over to Danny, he looked over the toy quizzically. He could see the resemblance between him and the toy, maybe she assumed he likes him because they were similar. He shrugged as he paid for his food and picked up his food bag.
“I guess it works…now if his summoning circle would work that would be fantastic.” The dramatic bite on his fry only accented his anger.