The Things We Have to Do

Summary: Sometimes you have to do what's best for you and your life, not what's best for everybody else.

AN: This is just a little something that's been in my head for a while.

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice

Dear everyone,

I'm sorry, I just need to say that first, I'm sorry for putting you all through this and I know that some of you will blame yourselves, but this was my decision. This was nobody's fault, I made this decision for myself, not because of Superman or anyone else, but me. I need to find out who I am, I need to figure out what my purpose is. Kaldur, Wally, Robin I will always be grateful to you for liberating me, but the fact of the matter is I am just as much a prisoner now as I was then, the difference being that in this cage I am allowed to think for myself.

And I think that's what freedom is really all about; to be free is to have the courage to think for yourself. Freedom is taking the responsibility to make your own decisions, to be able to be who you want to be, do what you want to do, go wherever you want to go; freedom is the ability to leave everything you know behind and begin something new.

Canary, you once told me that if a situation is bad for you, leave it, and I'm sorry, but that's just what I have to do. This is my choice, this is what I want, and I'm sorry if my decision hurts any of you, but this is what I feel I have to do.

Maybe someday we'll meet again, and I hope that when that day comes we can greet each other as old friends, but if you can't forgive me for leaving I'll understand that too.

I was created to be a weapon, I was liberated by justice, I became friends with vigilantes, but now I need to figure out my next step. I was given freedom on that July night, now I'm using that freedom to walk away.

I'm sorry for hurting all of you, but I won't apologize for leaving, because I'm not sorry. With every ending comes a new beginning, and this is the beginning of my life.

I wish you all luck,

Superboy

Superboy breathed a sigh of relief as he wrote that last word. He carefully folded the letter and placed it on his bed, and then he grabbed the duffel bag that was sitting by his door and left the room that he had called his for the last time. As soon as he had left the base, after taking time to say goodbye to all of the rooms and corridors, he felt a weight lift from his shoulders. He knew right then that he was doing the right thing.

It has been said that the hardest thing to do is walk away from everything you have ever known, but that doesn't change the fact that it is simply something we have to do.

With that final thought he said farewell to Superboy, to the fatherless clone who was born in darkness then brought into the sun, and he said hello to Conner Kent, for this was the first day of his life.