Special || Batfamily

CHAPTER VII

When the alert from Project Cadmus came in, Tim wasn't quite sure he wanted to go with the other Young Justice members. The League told them to stay, and there were too few of them to offer any assistance. However, Jason talked them into it. Bart agreed full on, but Tim knew that a quick glance from Cassie that she thought along the same lines as him. Nevertheless, the two followed Jason and Bart, partly to make sure nothing bad would happen. Moments before they were about to leave, Jason glanced back at Tim.

"You know, maybe you should stay behind, Phen," he said, looking uneasy.

At this, Tim frowned. "I can handle myself, Jay."

"You're kind of young," Bluejay said as they made their way to the Cadmus facility. "Dad would be pissed off if anything happened."

"I know what I'm doing," Tim said with a glare. "Besides, Bart is younger than me, and I'm not letting you do this by yourself. Your my brother, remember?"

"Fine," Jay sighed, squeezing Tim's shoulder. "Just... be careful, okay?"

Tim just smiled, and hugged his brother. Bluejay could never deny him anything, it seemed. Tim abused that privilege every chance he got

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Tim was staring. He couldn't help it. The shock of finding out that Cadmus had created a clone of Superman was nothing compared to the shock of actually finding him. He was so young. He looked no older than fifteen.

Superboy seemed like a more appropriate term to give.

Tim placed his hand against the glass of the clone's pod, ignoring the bickering from his brother and two friends. They were debating on whether or not they should wake him up. Bluejay was firmly against it, feeling that anything whipped up by Cadmus couldn't be good.

But when Tim heard his brother say that they should just destroy the pod, he took that moment to speak. "Set him free."

All heads turned towards him, displaying looks of surprise. Jason stepped forward. "Tim-"

"This is wrong," Tim said, facing the other three. "We can't leave him like this. He's less than a few weeks old. We can't let him become Cadmus' mindless puppet. He deserves a chance."

Jason looked conflicted, and glanced between his brother's pleading eyes and the teen sleeping in the pod. He glanced over at Bart and Cassie.

"It's worth a shot," Cassie said with a shrug.

"Yeah!" Bart chirped. "What's the worst that could happen."

Jason looked back at Tim, who gave one last please, before Jason sighed.

"Let him out."

Cassie nodded, typing a few commands on the controls. The four young heroes watched as the pod hissed, steam flowing out as it slowly opened. Tim, ignoring Jason's demands to stay back, walked up to the clone curiously until they were only a few feet apart. The clone suddenly flinched, his hand clenching into a fist and his knuckles popping.

His eyes opened, and Tim's breath hitched. They were a really bright blue, just like Superman's. The clone blinked, cocking his head slightly as his vision slowly came to him. The first thing he saw was another pair of blue eyes, then a domino mask, then a hood. Then Tim.