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Bitey Says Hello [closed]

Superboy has a dog now, one of the dogs rescued from Zokez. It is a happy dog, that is taken care of it and very much loved on by its new owner, who snuggles it in secret and pretends he's not a giant softy when he really is.

This dog's name is Bitey. Because...he's bitey.

Now that he's taken care of, he's a little less bitey than before, but he's still not necessarily a good dog. This is because Bitey likes to run away a lot, but only to explore.

Today, Bitey the blue alien dog is exploring the bar. There are lots of interesting smells! Oh, he must show his new boy this place. Surely he will find it equally interesting.

But first, he must sniff at the man here with the bald head, who smells very interesting and a little bit like his boy. Hello, bald man! You smell interesting! You smell a little bit like his boy! Where is your hair?

As Superboy is about to learn, curiosity and house pets don't usually mix well.

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Lex looked down at the little dog, and actually smiled a little. He bent down a little to pet the dog.

"Hello there. And who might you be?"

Hello! Hello! Nice man! Nice man! Hello! Pet me! Pet me!

I am a dog!

That's what Bitey would have said if he could talk, but he can't.

"Get the hell away from my dog," is what Kon says, however, when he pauses in the doorway, and sees the dog in the bar with Lex. He'd been searching for him.

The last place he wanted him to be is here.

Edited 2010-07-11 07:58 (UTC)

Somehow, Lex's smile seemed more sinister as he heard Kon's voice. He also didn't back away from the dog. Instead, he did pet the dog... and somehow, in the process, made it look like he could snap the dog's neck at any moment he chose.

"Well, aren't you a cute little fella? Would you like a treat?"

Yes, bald man! Treat! Treeeeat!

Kon stands there, frozen. Even he can't move fast enough to grab the dog if Luthor wants to hurt it and the speed he'd grab it at would hurt it, too.

"Bitey, now would be a really good time to act your namesake."

"Aren't you a good boy?" Not that Lex keeps dog treats behind the bar, that would be weird. But there were a few scraps that he held out for the dog.

"Now sit," he commanded.

The dog sits there, still barking, and snarfing scraps. He's not quite trained yet, so maybe it's coincidence, the sitting, but he still sits.

"Bad dog. Don't listen to him."

"I wasn't talking to the dog," he corrected, still not bothering to look at Kon. "Though apparently you still need more training that he does."

He set down a plate of scraps for the dog to enjoy. "Yes, you are a good dog, aren't you?"

"Sorry, I know you're used to talking to your subordinates that way--and that to you, everyone is a subordinate--but I don't have to listen to a damn thing you say."

"My bar, my rules." Lex did run the Lounge, despite it being a more or less public area. "And if you don't like it, you're free to leave."

And leave Lex alone. With the dog.

Kon stands there, just staring at him, staring at the dog, breathing in and out, every breath angry.

Finally, wordlessly, he takes a seat, across from Lex, with Bitey still in sight.

"Gooood boy," he finally says, in an overly sugary sweet voice. It's unclear if he's talking to the dog or Kon.

"You've certainly gone out of your way to avoid me until now."

Kon grit his teeth, and his hands leave indents on the table.

"Well, I don't know, you hate me, I definitely hate you--avoiding you seemed to make a lot of sense."

"And yet, here you are. First you break into my home, and try to steal some of my things. Now, what? Hoped to send the mutt in here as a distraction for something else?"

And speaking of said Mutt, who was now finished with the plate, Lex decided to put up the dog, and hold him in one arm.

"He wandered off on his own. Why he was interested in you I don't know. Maybe you just smell like bacon."

"A likely story." Lex lightly pet the dog with his free hand, still managing to make himself look harmless, while also making himself look like the animal's life was in his hands and he could take it any moment.

"So what personal effect of mine were you after this time?"

"Nothing. I told you, he wandered this way on his own."

Kon adds with a dark look:

"Besides, I found out everything I wanted to know the last time."

That got a minor eyebrow raise.

"And what, precisely, was that?"

"That even evil jerks gotta come from somewhere."

"Did you think I was grown in a test tube?"

That gets an odd look, and then Kon simply looks away.

"When someone's done something to mess you up, you want to know why. What could make them that way. I know--I know you aren't him. But I wanted to know why he was--what made him that way. And I thought--" He shakes his head. "--I thought maybe you had common enough pasts that maybe I'd figure out--"

What made a monster.

"I wanted to figure out why he did what he did to me. It's easier to deal with stuff when there's reasons. Some sordid upbringing, some dark past, I don't know..."

Oddly, the tone of this conversation was getting more and more conversational and less riddled with fear.

"And what I found out was...nothing. As far as I can tell, you had, I don't know, some rich kid upbringing, your mom seemed nice, and I guess that just means you're different from him."

Just...not different enough.

"And I still don't have my reason."

"Yes, and far be it for you to have ever bothered asking." Like he was doing. While holding your dog hostage.

"'Hey, so what was your childhood like? Any abuse? Were you raised by psychotics? Set any animals on fire as a child by any chance'? Yeah, that would've gone well. For all I knew, you were the same guy, and would've spat lies in my face."

He shakes his head.

"I know a little bit about his childhood though, and it took poking around to realize you weren't just a younger version or something. And since then, I've tried to stay out of your business, okay?"

Now give him his damn dog back.

Edited 2010-07-15 05:47 (UTC)

"I don't need to lie." Lex was one of the few people who realized how mailable the truth actually was, and took full advantage of it.

"And I suggest you remain out of my business." Far easier for him to keep his agreement with the Major that way. "They say curiosity killed the cat. I'd imagine it could be quite harmful to a number of other creatures as well."

Lex released released Bitey, placing him gently down on the ground. "Now get out of here... and take the boy with you," he told the dog.

There was one last glare from Kon, and he picked up the barking dog and held it gently in his arms as it barked away and licked his face.

"What's that, Bitey? Why yes, he is spectacularly bald. I noticed it, too. Kinda hard not to--the glare, I know. I knooow. Hard on the eyes."

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