Chapter 12: New King

When Conner walked in his front door, he was surprised to see his mother and Caitlin. The pair quickly pounced on him to check if he was ok or had any injuries from the attack.

"We heard that HOMRA was attacked and the entire HQ is currently up in flames. There are estimated to be hundreds dead."

"Yeah. We were worried thinking that you may have gotten caught up in it all."

Conner smiled at both of them. It felt good knowing that he had people worrying about him, even if they knew that he was pretty much indestructible.

"Thanks for worry but I'm fine. I went there earlier to pick handle a small matter. Plus, I'm pretty much immune to fire anyway," Conner said in an attempt to calm them down

After talking to Debbie for another 10 minutes and getting a lecture about not looking at his phone, Caitlin and Conner were allowed to go up to his room. As soon as the door closed, Caitlin gave a look that said 'spill it.'

"It was nothing major. I was planning to restructure HOMRA but those that I thought I could trust before decided to rebel. This was the outcome of their actions," Conner said honestly

After ensuring that he was fine and nothing major would happen again for a while, only then did Caitlin feel reassured. The two were planning on spending some more time together but Eve came knocking on Conner's window.

"Robot just called. He says he has something important to tell us," Eve said as she looked at the two lovers.

Conner could already guess what Robot was going to say so he didn't try and stop them from leaving. The sooner this happened, the better. He did not like them being around Robot after knowing just how far he was willing to go.

And just like what he had thought, later that night Caitlin text him saying that the Teen Team would soon be breaking up. Robot had been invited to the Guardians of the Globe and was the sole financial backer of the Teen Team. Without being able to divert his attention and wealth to the team, they could no longer keep it running.

Conner listened to her complaints about hoping Robot rusted all over for almost an hour before she got off of his phone. But this advancement, Conner was positive that the story was still on track just like the original, even if he did do some major actions.

'Ugh. I am so I am smart enough to make counter plans such as this. But even with my knowledge of the future and other universes, I still might not be able to keep up with these true geniuses.'

Conner went back to his laptop and started making further plans. He would have to adjust a few things as several new ideas came to mind but for the first major arc of the story, Conner was confident he could handle it.

--- 1 week later ---

Conner pulled up outside of HOMRA HQ once again and saw that the building was back in its prime. But with all the death that had occurred the previous week, it had more malefic energy to it which would cause the faint of heart to be scared away.

Conner walked through the front door with determination in each step. None of the employees were there besides the security since it was a Saturday which meant that Conner did not have to give anyone a fake polite smile as he made his way up to the top floor.

When he arrived at the top floor, both Scotty and Richard were waiting for him in the office. As soon as Scotty saw him, he hurried over and wagged his imaginary tail at the sight of Conner.

"What do you think, Boss? Is this place impressive? Is it worth the 5 pounds?" Scotty asked. He wanted to get his hands on that vibranium as soon as he could

"Yes. This is very good. Scotty, you can go get the 5 pounds whenever you want," Conner said without a care

"Yes! Thank you, Boss!"

"As for you, Richard. I will be taking over other activities. You have shown what you're capable of and how you can run an entire country's division by yourself. I plan on keeping all of my shares but have you will replace me as the 'Red King'. How the company will run in the future, I will leave that up to you," Conner said his true thoughts to the pair

This was something neither of them had expected. He had just squashed a rebellion but he was willingly giving up his position without a fight to the person that joined his side.

"But... I thought..." Richard tried to start but didn't know how to explain himself

"You thought I killed all the others because they came for my position? Not at all. I killed them all because they were ungrateful and how they tried to come for the position," Conner explained his thought process

The two men nodded. This explained Conner's most inner thoughts that most people would not understand but these two truly understood it. This was the arrogance of a king. One could ask for something or be given something but no one could take away what was truly his.

"Then what will you be doing?" Richard asked

"I will be assisting you behind the scenes if you have any issues but my new role will be as our public hero. A hero sponsored by the company. I won't work for the company but I am more like a brand ambassador.

We need better publicity due to the recent 'attack' as well as our previous actions if we are going to move forward. And what better publicity is a genuine superhero?"

Conner continued to talk about suggestions and plans he had made. If Richard did everything he suggested, the company could start making a profit within the next year once again. Not only that, it would grow tremendously due to the amount of hidden wealth they had accumulated from the rebels.

By the end of the day, the HOMRA twitter which rarely released any information made a post. It was only a few words and an image. The symbol of Sentry's costume.

[When the world needs him most, he will appear]