Zephyr: A Young Justice OC fanfiction

Chapter 47: Admitting

"Tell me if this sounds familiar." Batman said gruffly back at the cave. "You hacked League systems, disobeyed protocol, and endangered your lives. And your initiative resulted in the captors of three escaped felons, proving Warden Strange runs Belle Reve as a cover of criminal activity. Well done."

And for the first time ever: I saw Batman smile. Like, actually smile. Well...I mean it looked more like smirk, but still: he showed emotion! Maybe there was hope for him after all.

"And then there's this." Batman stepped forward, motioning to the attaché case we had successfully acquired that we discovered was full of...weird, glowing chip-thingies. "Energy integrated with some sort of nano-circuitry."

"Though I am familiar with the species, the bio-component is obviously not from Earth." Icon explained.

So he's a scientist of sorts? Seriously, who is this guy?!

"We'll take it to the Watchtower for further studied." Batman announced as he, Red, Dinah, and Icon made their way to the zeta-tubes. In the last minute, Rocket flew over to her mentor.

"Congratulations on the League-thing...sorry I skipped out." Rocket said.

"Yes, well we both seem to have found teams that suit us." Icon said simply before he and Dinah zeta-ed away.

"You realize we were set up." Robin said the moment all leaguers were out of the room.

"Yes, Cheshire and Riddler were tipped and ready for us." Kaldur agreed.

"Not the mole-thing again!" Artemis groaned.

"Mole-thing? Again?" Rocket asked, obviously confused.

"We had intel there was a mole on the team." Wally explained.

"Namely Artemis, M'gann or me!" Conner growled.

That's right...Roy was being...temperamental during Robin's secret mission on Christmas eve...suspecting Artemis, Megan and Conner of being the mole that almost separated us during the India mission...

"It is more complicated then that." Kaldur said, placing a hand on Conner's shoulder, which Conner just shrugged off before the Kryptonian began to storm away. "But your recent behaviour does concern me. Your attack on Mammoth got Lina concussed and nearly got Artemis killed."

My concussion was my own fault...

As Conner walked away, he suddenly halted: covering his ear and slouching like he was in pain. But a moment later, he seemed alright again.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"There's something I need to do." Conner announced. "Something I need to tell you. Last month, on Thanksgiving, I went back to Cadmus: found a few things out. When I was cloned, only half the DNA was Superman's. The other half was human, that's why I don't have-will never have-full Kryptonian powers."

"You sure? Cause you sure seemed to have them today." Robin stated.

"I've been using these." Conner rolled up his sleeve to reveal a black sticker on his arm, the same shape as Superman's S shield. "They're called Shields, they supress my human DNA. I get the flight, the heat vision...but I think I also get angry, well, angrier. I'm sorry."

"Where did you get those?" Kaldur asked.

"From my human father, Lex Luther." Conner said, lowering his head as he pulled out a metal container this the shield design. This seemed to shock the team.

"Lex Luther...is you dad?" Robin asked.

"He's summoned me to Santa Prisca." Conner explained. A moment later, I stepped in.