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Clark suppressed a smile as he spotted Jimmy Olsen amongst the crowd. That boy had a knack for finding himself in the right place at the right time. There was a starry look in his eyes as Superman looked in his direction that Clark recognized – Superman in Captain America in one place at the same time was Olsen’s dream come true. Come to think of it, it was a [i]lot[/i] of people’s dreams come true. Clark’s brief partnership with the Justice Leaguers sat far less comfortably with him than he showed and it was clear from the look on Clint’s face that he had no intention of making nice. Between his bruised pride at having nearly handed Creel enough power to short out the city and the fact Superman and Zatanna worked for Lex, Clint leant on his bow churlishly avoiding Zatanna’s smile.

Clark looked to the pair of Justice Leaguers pensively.

[b][color=steelblue]“I thought the Justice League was in Coast City fighting the Brotherhood?”[/color][/b]

Barton let out a derisive chuckle.

[b][color=mediumpurple]“Yeah, well, they need [i]something[/i] to do when they’re not chasing mutants around.”[/color][/b]

Superman shot Clint a disapproving look and Barton merely shrugged his shoulders unrepentantly at him. Clark had his differences with the Justice League but he knew that for the most part they were good people. Together the League had had foiled more terrorist attacks and rescued more people from natural disasters than they ever could have alone. It wasn’t their fault that Lex Luthor financed the team and Clark was determined not to let that colour his image of Captain America and Zatanna. Not least because his source on the inside of the Justice League had vouched for the both of them.

As much as Clark might not have liked it, the Mutant Registration Act had been passed by Congress with bipartisan support and barring something [i]major[/i] happening it was likely never going to be overturned. He took a more active role than most in protecting mutants, ushering those he could to Charles Xavier’s Institute in Westchester, and helping them avoid persecution. It hadn’t made the Kryptonian very popular with the growing anti-mutant lobby that seemed to dominate the airways. Given the Justice League worked so closely with the government and SHIELD they were all but obliged to defer to them on mutant issues from time to time.

Yet it wasn’t [i]all[/i] bad. Captain America and Zatanna seemed like a well-oiled machine. It was clear the pair of them had worked in the field countless times before, they seemed well drilled and well prepared – the credit for which Kent gave solely to Captain America. 

Clark smiled politely at the pair of them as he attempted to make amends for Clint’s shortness.

[b][color=steelblue]“If Hawkeye and I had known the two of you were on the scene we would have left Creel to you. From the looks of it, we only slowed the pair of you down. Maybe there [i]is[/i] something to be said for this team thing after all.”[/color][/b]