A Future Sooner than Tomorrow

Ignoring the Past

Kal and the boys head to the Zeta room and meet up with Hawkgirl and Green Lantern first - Kal had insisted because he had wanted to make sure Hawkgirl and Lantern knew everything was okay.

Lantern gave Robin and Kid Flash a curious look but smiled nonetheless. Hawkgirl had smirked for some reason - Kal had a feeling that she had thought he was overreacting earlier.

After that, they had all gone together to the meeting room.

When they had gotten there, Nightwing and Red Hood - once again, not wearing his helmet - were there already.

On the table were bowls, spoons, two jugs of milk, several boxes of cereal and paperwork.

The stranglers sat themselves down and the meeting had begun...

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Nightwing, Red Hood, Robin, Kid Flash and Kon all sit on one side. The Justice League sit on the other.

Kal decides to start the conversation with the most pressing matter. "So, liquified kryptonite..." he starts.

"Of course, that's what we're starting with," Red Hood groans and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Is there an issue with that?" Lantern huffs.

"No, just that it's not all that complicated. It's kryptonite, it's in a liquid form, what more do you need to know?" Hood gestures widely before leaning his chin against his palm.

"A lot!"

"Aqueous," Robin says quietly.

"What?" Hawkgirl asks.

"It's not liquified exactly. It's aqueous - mixed with something other than itself," Robin says as he grabs a bowl and a box of cereal.

"And you know this how..?" Hawkgirl mirrors Robin's movements. Despite the question being directed at Robin, it's Nightwing who answers.

"I went back to the building, got a sample and tested it in the cave. It's part oil, a fifty-fifty split."

"So, it's part oil - who cares?" Lantern waves a hand to the side and fills a bowl with a sugary cereal he doesn't recognise.

"I care. And you should too because it means that the kryptonite wasn't for the purpose of attack or injury - it was to make the machine work," Nightwing crosses his arms.

"It could have worked with just pure oil," Batman states. He grabs a box that has already been opened and pours the contents out into two bowls.

"But could it have nabbed Superman with just pure oil?" Red Hood asks before turning to Kal. "How did you feel just before being sent here, Superman?"

"Nauseous, heavy, a bit of an ache, I guess?" Kal pours some milk into the bowl and then some crispy cereal.

"Like how you feel around kryptonite?" Robin says knowingly as he takes the jug from Kal and puts some into his own bowl.

"Lessened slightly but... yeah, exactly how I feel around kryptonite."

"Wait, we thought it was sensory overload because of an overlap in times," Flash is already eating out of one of the ceramic bowls - Kal isn't sure when the man had filled his bowl - waving around a spoon questioningly.

"Did you hear anything, Supes? Was it loud?" Kid Flash - extremely like Flash it seems - has a bowl full of cereal in front of him and fidgets with his spoon while talking.

Kal shakes his head.

"No further questions needed. If that isn't damning evidence I don't know what is," Red Hood grins.