Chapter Seven

Conner was feeling angry. Angry at their situation, angry that Artemis had been captured, and totally and utterly pissed that he was stuck in a bunch of vines. While he worked to get himself untangled, mostly by just writhing, he heard a crack from above, and suddenly, he was falling. Superboy sighed as he hit the ground."Ow."He halfheartedly complained, and stood. He began to walk away, and felt only a tug on his leg before the earth rushed up to meet him. He growled a little, and pushed himself up, severing the pesky vine on his leg.

Making sure that there was nothing to trip him, Conner began to walk again. Above him, clouds rumbled, and it began to pout,pour, making his misery escalate as he got soaked. He grumbled a few obseneties, but kept walking. He sensed something flash by him, and blinked, turning quick.

Nothing moved in the vegetation but the rain, pounding on the green. Superboy growled, and slipped on some mud, starting his side down a steep decline. An alarmed yell was all that came out of his mouth as the young man slipped and slid down the path, leaves catching in his hair and roots ripping at his clothes. By the time he had reached the bottom of the hill, Superboy had very ripped clothing, twigs and leaves in his hair that refused to come out, and mud everywhere. Basically, he looked like hell.

Superboy stood, wincing as his knee cracked. He began to attempt and pull the plants out of his hair, and murmured, "Well, at least there are no monkeys with me here."He kept up his walking, tugging at him black locks in effort to pull the stuff out.

The cracking of a twin behind him was what first alerted Connor of his company. He turned, and saw a little baby monkey. He was torn between going on his way, or helping it. He settled on choice B, because the little thing was shivering and soaking.

Gently, Conner picked the small animal up, and it immediately huddled closer to him. It was a tan orangey color, and actually kind of cute. He smiled a little, and it seemed to him that the little monkey smiled back.

This cute moment was, unfortunately, interrupted by a huge roar from above. A quick glance upwards gave him an idea of what he was facing, aA whole family of monkeys, similar to the cute little thing in his arms, except grown up, and pissed off that he had taken their kid.

Supey gulped quietly. If he beat up the monkeys, he could already imagine the berating M'gann would give him. So he took the safer route, and instead ran, slipping and sliding a little, but staying on his feet. As he dashed off, a cheery, mocking voice announced from above, "Thirty-five minutes!"