Trying out a new muse.

[an_abomination]

Yeah, I'm sure there are going to be plenty of people who'd rather not see me around. Welcome to the story of my life. No one wants to tell me the truth and just about every girl I've met wants to kill me.

Maybe I should go back to setting Christmas trees on fire. People might have freaked out them but at least they didn't zoom away from me like I was the plague.

Who drops that kind of bomb on a guy and then leaves without answering a single question?

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[peektuttut]

--Setting Christmas trees on fire? Conner, what the hell?

[an_abomination]

It's not like they can't find another tree somewhere else. [Not really sure what to make of the whole Conner business. He-did- hit the guy really hard. Maybe it's messing with his memory.]

[Looks him over.] I'm glad you're okay. You were right, you guys didn't deserve any of that.

[peektuttut]

[Quickly heading toward chinscratch territory. Something is superbly off here, but this isn't what Tim would suspect of a Luthor!controlled Conner, and that would be his first guess.]

One, I'm always right. Two...what are you talking about?

[an_abomination]

Okay, wow. I think I hit you so hard I literally gave you amnesia. You don't remember anything about New Year's Eve?

[peektuttut]

Same old, same old. Except for you hitting me, I definitely don't remember the last time that happened. Are you feeling all right?

[an_abomination]

[Smirks.] If you had amnesia, you wouldn't.

I'm the one who should be asking you that. Have you seen the other [What was it they called themselves?] Teen Titans? Are they okay?

[peektuttut]

Pretty sure I don't have amnesia. I'm starting to think you do, though.

...If you mean have I seen our friends, then yes. Yes I have. You may recall that you were there, dude.

[an_abomination]

I'm getting real tired of people lying to me. [And suddenly he's glaring. Friends? Sure, he had thought about how if things were different they could have been friends. But he's pretty sure they all hate him after what he did. Is this some ploy to mess with his head?]

I was there and I almost killed all of you!

[peektuttut]

What? Conner, that was years ago. We talked about this, man. That wasn't you, that was Luthor. [He is really hoping this isn't a time travel thing.]

[an_abomination]

[Clenches his fist and studies him, looking for and using his super hearing to pick up on any physiological signs of lying. What he's saying doesn't make any sense, but his pupils are not becoming dilated nor is his pulse rate changing.]

Why do you keep on calling me Conner?

[Starting to think N.O.W.H.E.R.E got to him.]

[peektuttut]

[Oh God, it's a time travel thing. Or a parallel universe thing. He tenses up, just a little, because there's no way he's handing out a last name if this isn't really Conner. He remembers Superboy-Prime.]

What do you think your name is?

[an_abomination]

Superboy, it's the only name I have. [Pauses.] A lady in blue and red yelled Kon-El at me, but then she nailed me in the face. So, I'm thinking that's not a good thing.

[peektuttut]

[What is this. D: Tim narrows his eyes, just a little.]

Tell me what happened on New Year's.

[an_abomination]

I made...a mistake. N.O.W.H.E.R.E. sent me to capture Wonder Girl. I thought she was dangerous like these other psychopowered teenagers I met.

I almost killed all of you. I would have too if one of your friends hadn't told me about what happened to her. [He wanted to believe she was lying but he could tell he wasn't.]

I'm done being used by N.O.W.H.E.R.E., I'm not going to be their weapon or anyone else's.

[peektuttut]

[.......What. WHAT.] That's...that's good, Con-- Superboy. Look, uh - you probably haven't run into this before, but I'm starting to think we're from different worlds. Well, same world, but - a different universe. [So many Superboy-Prime warning bells going off in his head. SO MANY.]

What's N.O.W.H.E.R.E.?

[an_abomination]

[Points at him.] I'm warning you, if I answer this question and you try and pull any crap, you're going to regret it real fast.

[The last time he tried the earnest approach he ended up getting flung into outer space. Not that he thinks Red Robin is capable of doing such a thing, but the guy showed he could be very sneaky when he wants]

[peektuttut]

[Tim holds up both hands, a 'look I'm harmless' gesture.] Dude, you're Superboy. What am I going to pull? [A piece of Kryptonite, maybe, but he'd really rather not.]

[an_abomination]

I underestimated you once and you nailed me with a taser. Or at least the you I know. [He's already learned so many strange things since being released, that he's willing to give Tim's theory some credibility.]

Anyway, N.O.W.H.E.R.E apparently means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To me, they're a group of scientists who threw together a bunch of DNA to create me. They don't even know what's all inside of me.

I was told if I hunted down Wonder Girl and people like her, I'd be given my freedom. I thought I was doing the right thing because I've seen people like her hurt a lot of people but...[Shakes his head.]

Hurting all of you felt wrong.

[peektuttut]

[Hnnn he hopes other-him is taking down this group. They sound monstrous.] Where I'm from, Wonder Girl doesn't hurt people, she saves them. And so do you. And you were created in a lab at S.T.A.R., with genetic material from Superman and-- [No maybe he should keep that to himself.] someone else.

So...now that you've changed your mind, now what?

[an_abomination]

I'm getting answers. I'm done being lied to and I'm done being used as a pawn.

[peektuttut]

Good. The Superboy I know went through something similar.

He's a good friend of mine.

[an_abomination]

That must be nice. No matter what I do, I seem to piss someone off.

[peektuttut]

You might want to try not setting fire to Christmas trees.

[an_abomination]

I probably shouldn't tell you what I did to the carolers.

[peektuttut]

[OH GOD.]

...What did you do to the carolers?