Homplot Wake Up Post

[thethirdwonder]

Normally, Cassie wasn't one to spend a lot of time in bed. But lately, or really the last two days, it had taken everything she had to get out of bed in the morning. Someone people might have been excited to find out the king of the Greek gods was their father but for Cassie, it just made her miserable. The powers she'd felt she'd earned for her bravery now felt cheapened. It just...it just wasn't fair.

And because she'd spent more time in bed, she knew instantly when she woke up that she wasn't on the island. After the events in the Fire Nation the month before, Cassie woke up quickly and sat up at the ready, wanting to be prepared for wherever she'd found herself. It was with a small sigh of relief when she realized that she was asleep on the couch of Young Justice headquarters. She took a deep breath and made herself float for the first time in years. Even through her depression, she couldn't help a small smile.

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[not_the_s]

At first, Kon wasn't sure why there was something different. It was just the way things were. Then he noticed something a little weird. He didn't feel the pillow underneath his face. Didn't feel the bed underneath him at all. At the realization, he fell and landed hard on said bed. He'd been flying. Wait, flying?! His eyes flew open and he glanced around. He knew this place. The old Young Justice headquarters. He hadn't been here in...years.

Slowly, hesitantly, he tried to hover again above the bed. It was like that expression about riding a bike. Just because you hadn't done it in a while, didn't mean you forgot. And he could fly!

With a whoop, he headed into the main room, calling out for Bart, Tim, Cissie, Cassie. Anyone. He hadn't gone back to where he'd come from, but he was flying and so he didn't really care about particulars like that. He hadn't been flying, really flying, in years.

"Where is everyone?!" He didn't even realize he was wearing his old uniform.

[arrowette]

"Wow, I haven't seen that uniform in ages," Cissie remarked as she emerged from the kitchen with a drink in hand. She wasn't really sure yet how she felt about being home but at least Kon could fly here. She knew how much he had missed it - how he, Cassie and Bart had missed having their powers, actually.

"And I don't know. Bart's stuffing his face, Cassie took off and I'm not sure where Luke and Sam went off to."

[not_the_s]

Kon looked down and...whoa. "Oookay. That's funny. I mean, this is my uniform here, but I don't...I wore a different one when I was in the Titans." Weird. Weird that he was in this costume. Weird that they were here. Weird that… "Did you say Luke? The one that did that thing to Cassie that one time?"

He frowned. What, exactly, would he be doing here?

[arrowette]

"Yeah," Cissie scowled at the memory. At least if he tried anything, he'd be in for a pretty rude awakening. "It's not bad enough that we have to worry about being here, but we've got to worry about him too."

[not_the_s]

Kon snorted. "Don't worry. I'll keep him in line. No one gets to mess with my girls without going through me first."

[arrowette]

"My hero!" Cissie batted her eyelashes playfully at him and pretended to swoon a little. She knew he meant it and she was grateful for that, but it didn't mean she couldn't tease him a little.

[not_the_s]

"Dork," he said fondly, swatting her a little when he came near.

[arrowette]

She almost elbowed him back but remembered that was a bad idea. She'd hurt herself if she tried to do that here and he wouldn't even feel it.

"So," she said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Do you think this real or just a dream?"

[not_the_s]

Kon shrugged. "Dunno. If the theories about going back to the point we came from is right…" He looked down at the uniform he was in. "I'm in the wrong costume. And in the wrong place. I should be in the future, freaking out at Tim in my new uniform."

And they always did say you could fly in dreams. He's just never felt it so real before.

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

Walking into another room, I see yet another flying person. I'm used to strange things, so my eyes aren't popping out or anything. It's just that the flying ones are probably good friends with Cassie, Daughter of Zeus, and I'm not.

I lean Backbiter against a corner for a moment while I pop the top off a can of Coke. I take a sip and look at the other guy a moment. I'm not exactly sure if I should really talk to him or continue walking on by.

[not_the_s]

"Luke, right?" Kon wandered past Luke and headed for the kitchen. He needed a Zesti. He wasn't exactly thrilled by the guy, but everyone deserved a second chance and as long as there was no more talking of 'die, Cassie, die', he was perfectly willing to give the guy a second chance.

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

"Yep, that's me," I say.

I'm waiting to see how this guy reacts. I fully expect Wonder Girl to have already turned everyone here against me. She can go have her fit and bring back Wonder Woman and whomever else she wants to. Except Zeus. That'd be really bad if she's on good terms with her dad.

[not_the_s]

Kon grabbed his soda and went back to stand in front of Luke, folding his arms across his chest. "So why do you have a problem with Cassie? I mean, if anything, she tends to be really supernice. Unless you piss her off. And then the bets are off."

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

"She caught me at a bad time?"

I shrug.

"She's not real interested in being supernice to me. I didn't like her comic, and I let out that her father is Zeus. So I guess all bets are off."

[not_the_s]

"Her father is...huh. Well, that makes sense, I guess. And I can see why she'd be pissed. She didn't know. And you're not going to find a lot of friends if you keep on blabbing about things you find out in comics. Or movies. Or books. Or anything else you might see here with people you know." He, luckily, knew better.

He thought of Tim.

Sometimes.

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

I hold up my hands in a gesture of innocence.

"Hey, I wasn't even talking to them. They ran into me. I didn't even realize Wonder Girl even existed besides in a comic book."

I lower my hands and sip my Coke then shrug.

"I'm not really looking for friends, anyway. I'm just doing my best to leave everyone alone and bide my time until Tabula Rasa is done with me. I would've left you guys alone and hit the streets on my own, but Cassie demanded that I stay around. I'm being cooperative here."

[not_the_s]

"Dude, all I know is that you upset her and it had something to do with her dad. And if you're biding your time, you're gonna have a loooong wait. I've been here for almost two and a half years now." Sure, there were plenty of people who left much earlier than that, but there were also a lot of people who had been here years longer than he had. "So it's going to be a lonely time if you're not looking to make friends."

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

Now he's hitting my main problem. It's a bit irritating that the guy's really right about my situation. But even though I can be friendly and all that when I want to be, I don't want friends. It's probably because most of the time I don't want to be my own friend.

"Yeah, I've noticed it's gonna be a long wait. Have fun with your friends. I'm going to go camp out by the video games for most of the day, alright?"

I stop leaning on the wall and pick up my sword with my free hand to take it with me. But the guy's standing right in front of me.

[not_the_s]

"Awesome," Kon said easily. "It's been a while since I got a chance to play any of these games."

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

Did he just say...?

As I walk by him and head back to the video games, I see he's following me. Gods. When I enter the game room, I sit back in the chair I had woken up in, set Backbiter next to me, and start loading up more games.

"When I said go have fun with your friends, I wasn't referring to me, you know. I don't even know your name."

Please tell me this guy is just security-minded and isn't the male version of Gabrielle. I'm just...NOT wanting to deal with sunshine right now. I take another sip of Coke as I scroll through my game options.

[not_the_s]

"Kon. Kon-El if you're going to go for my full name. And I wasn't talking about going out into the sunshine. I was talking about a video game. Come on. No one here is going to play with me." And tomorrow, hoping there was a tomorrow, he would go fly out home and figure out whether Clark was there or Ma and Pa Kent or what was going on. Today? Today he'd babysit for a little while. He owed Cassie that, if nothing else.

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

As I realize he's not going to leave me be, I let out a sigh as I decide to just go with it.

"Alright, fine."

I make the cursor scroll through a few more options, then I just pick something.

"Kon-El sounds a lot like a Krypton name. Wasn't Superman's name Cal-El or something?"

I am not a comic book expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I know a few things.

[not_the_s]

Kon snorted. "You really don't know how to talk to people, do you? It's a good thing Clark's not a secret or anything. Yeah, that's a Krypton name. I was named by Kal. You might not want to go spouting off something like that if and when we get back. There are plenty of people from books or television shows or something who don't know about it. They wouldn't take too nicely about being from one."

[luke-castellan.livejournal.com]

I know how to talk to people, but I just don't get why all of these superkids are so touchy. At this point, I'm really frustrated with this whole situation. I do have half a mind to stop playing nice and just get out of here whether they like it or not. I know they can't keep me prisoner here. But maybe I'll just give myself a chance to cool off.

I'm done with any talk of them and their powers, though. I give Kon and glance and go back to playing the game.

[not_the_s]

Kon just shrugged and joined him on the couch. When Luke was done playing this, he'd join in and maybe then they'd all figure out what was going on.