Jayden got off the bike with a sigh, feeling the speed force flowing through him, he changed the biker suit into a Black and Red tuxedo with glasses.
"Kalex, send the phantom bike back to the fortress, update it's data and pair it with the Vanguard"
[Affirmative Creator, but aren't you forgetting something?]
"Nothing comes to mind"
[Flowers!!! Creator Flowers!!!, Women find small gestures romantic you might even get a date!!!]
"Who's teaching you these things, just follow the order"
Jayden sighed in silence as he saw the phantom bike disappear, without wasting any more time he entered the Hall of Justice.
'Wow this place is packed '
The hall of justice had multiple people inside, from Street tier heroes to higher tier heroes that Jayden didn't recognise.
"Jayden!!! Why didn't you tell me about your arrival"
Jayden turned his head around as looked for the origin of the voice, he sighed as he noticed Donna approaching.
'Why did it have to be her!!! '
Ever since Diana told Donna that she was Jayden's Grand aunt, the woman revealed her dotting side.
"Hi, Donna what.."
Jayden immediately cleared his throat as he noticed Donna shaking her head.
"Address me properly?!"
Jayden's eyes twitched as he calmed himself down, the woman demanded him to use honorifics and he couldn't refuse because she pampered him with various materials including nth-metal and promethium.
"Aunt Donna, what are you doing here I thought you were at Themyscira fixing the lasso of persuasion?"
"Yes I was but I received an urgent summoning, anyways how are you progressing with that matter" Donna whispered with a wink.
"I don't know what you're talking" Jayden quickly replied with a tone filled with dismissal, although he attempted to leave he felt Donna's grip on his hand.
' Why was it her who caught me!!!'
"Really~ if my memory serves me well i remember you sneaking into Raven's room late at night, it's not like I prevented you from doing something naughty...oh wait I did~"
"...."
Jayden's lips quivered repeatedly as he listened to Donna, her exaggeration towards his actions caused a rift between him and Raven.
Due to her fear of feelings, Raven had been avoiding him through shadows.
Donna's grin widened even more as she saw Jayden's deadpan expression, leaving him speechless brought her joy.
"Don't look at me like that, you know I am a shipper of you two ,so I wouldn't sabotage you on purpose... I think"
"..."
"Good bye, Donna "
"Wait!! I'll stop it with the tease!"
The two of them left the entrance hall and headed towards the command centre, using their ID cards they activated the Zeta beam and appeared on the Watchtower.
"Ohh, so this is space?"
The interior of the Watchtower was indeed grand, but what fascinated Jayden the most was the observation deck.
He began to levitate as he flew towards the deck, he could see both the earth and the moon in their majesty.
'It all feels... meaningless'
As he looked at the Earth, he felt nothing but silence.
The petty wars, crime, everything seemed meaningless. From this vantage point, the planet looked so fragile, so quiet almost undeserving of the chaos it nurtured below.
Jayden used his hearing as he listened to the voices from Earth, he sighed as he heard the earthquake happening in Coast city.
'They arrest the villains but they get released in the end and cause more harm... isn't there a better way'
The number of people crying as the event happened, Jayden heard them all but he was glad that someone defended Cost city.
"Beautiful isn't?, it's been a while...you have grown taller"
He turned his head around as he heard Jonathan's voice, when their gazes connected he felt like he was starring at the mirror.
"Oh! Hello Brother or Jonathan... we rarely talk so I don't know how to address you...no offence"
"None taken," Jonathan replied, a confident, almost condescending smile playing on his lips. "I heard that you got your powers. I am stronger, faster, older, more experienced... I can teach you a thing or two."
Jayden's eyes twitched and his fingers curled slightly, but he forced a polite smile.
"My cells don't just absorb solar radiation; they bind and store it with an aggressive metabolic throughput you can't comprehend.
I absorb solar energy faster, store it more densely, and convert it more efficiently. It took me a few weeks to achieve the strength level that took you years to develop."
He then paused for a brief moment and continued as he said:
"Let's not forget that the speed force courses through my veins and my weakness is not a green rock, that is said to be rare yet you can almost find it everywhere... even on thugs on the street
But that's not the point, how are you brother"
The air between them grew heavy, Jonathan sighed as he realised that Jayden was keeping him at arms length.
"I started it but using Kryptonite as a comeback was a low blow, anyways how have you been?"
"I've been the same??, your question is to random, what do you want?"
The tension between them grew with each passing second and Jonathan didn't like it, the two of them used to talk about almost anything and that had changed.
"Well, Mom is worried about you man. You don't call or reply her texts and dad is... worried too"
"Jonathan, when your abilities began to manifest Lois and Clark took you away and left me behind" He paused as he took a deep breath and continued as he said:
" I can't blame them for that but when I got my abilities, Clark didn't visit me...deep down I hoped i would see him but I never did
It's Either Lois, you or the world that comes first, i am not his priority... so i stopped trying"
Jonathan kept quiet as he listened, he wanted to tell Jayden that he understood his feelings but he couldn't relate and that made him feel guilty.
"I mean you're following his footsteps, you're wearing the house of EL symbol as you save the world and..."
"Jonathan, I chose the name Prime because I didn't want to be called Superboy.
I wear this symbol because it is my birthright, not inheritance
I wear black and red without a cape, because i want to forge my own legacy...I am not walking in our father's footsteps"
Jonathan's eyebrows twisted as realisation hit him, Jayden didn't hate their father rather he subconsciously began to reject his identity as Clark's son.
'I have to fix this!'
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