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This wasn’t the first time Kon felt eyes on him.
He felt it every time he passed by Clark in the space station or walked through the halls of his school. Apparently, a lot of people haven’t 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 offered 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. 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 needed 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, burning a hole in his back. Kon’s neck must’ve snapped with how fast he turned. Robin also seemed to notice their audience as he followed Kon’s gaze.
A kid was not what he was expecting.
If Kon had to guess, this kid would have 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 on its chest, and what looked like a black hoodie too large for his frame.
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 it 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 at 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 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, so why watch him that closely?
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 not to 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 worst! 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-year-old or something year old.
It wouldn’t have been so weird if he had 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! The 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 which 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 because 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 with. 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 mumbled as he joined the line of 3 people, each looking down at him with questioning eyes.
“What? I just want a toy,” he said with a bite. That was all it took to make wandering eyes hurry to face forward.
The line didn’t take long, and Danny had to cheat and float up a bit to place his order with 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. You’d think she was having a heart attack with how she clutched her pearls.
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 a “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 liked him because they’re 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 accentuated his anger.