Guardian Angel In Disguise
Alternate Universe, Guardian Angel AU, TimKon, Angel Kon, Developing Relationship, Slow Burn.
Summary: With the threats of being removed as Tim’s Guardian Angel, Kon has one final chance to redeem himself worthy of being Tim’s protector.
Taking things to the next level, Kon becomes human to physically be by Tim’s side in hopes he can protect him more so than before. However because Tim is a vigilante Kon’s job is more difficult as Tim constantly puts himself at risk, he’s always running headfirst into danger and is always willing to sacrifice his life for others.
A/N: This story is follow up to "It's my job to protect you." A lot of people showed interest in wanting to see that story developed further so this is the result of that!
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Enjoy! :D
Once a human vessel had been created for him, Kon accepted it graciously. After adjusting to being in a physical form for the first time, Kal sent him down to Earth to start his self-proclaimed mission of looking after his human.
Kal sent him to an apartment, stating that’s where he’ll be based for the duration of the mission, it’s also where he’ll keep in contact with the superiors by keeping them updated with regular check-ins. Kal also mentioned that there will be a briefing document waiting for him in the apartment once he arrives, Kon is to read the said document so he can gain further understanding of the details of his mission and to get an idea of what capabilities his vessel has.
As crazy as it sounds Kon needs to learn how to be “human”. Having a human vessel is only a minor part of the job, it simply allows him to look like one. It’ll be down to him to act and blend in with the human population.
Kon already has an idea on how to act human, he’s been around them long enough to pick up their various of mannerisms, how some of them speak and how they act towards one another. He’s been around them enough to know what most agree with and what they don’t, what they class as right and wrong. He’s got the general idea and now it’s about putting that knowledge into practice.
As a Guardian Angel (GA) it’s Kon’s job to protect his assigned human to the best of his abilities. He has to make sure his human is getting through their life as safe as possible and is making the most of it.
Most of the human population are assigned a Guardian Angel, not everyone gets one but most do. A Guardian Angel is assigned to a human from their 10th birthday and the angel stays with them until they reach early adulthood of the age of 25. Only with special circumstances does the angel stay with their human after they turn 25.
Depending on the rank of the Guardian Angel depends on how many humans they are assigned to at a time. Lower rank GA’s get assigned one human at the time while higher ranked GA’s are assigned multiple at a time.
Humans do not know Guardian Angels exist. Some believe in them of course, where human religion comes into play and where they may prey and give offerings to the angels, but the angels never give physical evidence to the fact that they do exist in the world. They let the humans believe what they want. On the other hand some humans are just completely oblivious to their presence altogether.
Kon’s mission starts from the very moment he arrives at the apartment set up for him. He’s stationed in the city of San Francisco as that’s where his human happens to be frequenting the most recently. It’s a reasonable sized apartment with many different rooms for various of functions, it’s clean and tidy, rather bare as it has no personal touches to it and it’s hidden away in the city, providing perfect privacy as its easily blended in with all the other apartments around the block.
He takes a moment to get familiar with his surroundings, learning what room is where and where certain things can be found. Of course everything inside the apartment is to accommodate a human, Kon won’t need a majority of this stuff because of what he is. Unlike humans, Kon doesn’t need to eat or sleep or go to the bathroom. Everything here is just for show.
When he enters the living room he finds the briefing document lying there on the coffee table unopened and waiting to be read. Next to the document is a human device, Kon believes it’s called a mobile phone. He recognises it of course, he always sees the humans carry one around with them, each one if different and comes in different colours. His own human has one himself, though he often changes it every couple of months.
Settling down on the sofa, Kon picks up the document. He doesn’t necessarily want to read it but he knows he has too, it’s too important to ignore. The document contains information about his mission and details about his vessel.
Kon is in a peculiar situation. Normally GA’s don’t have human vessels, they are free spirits with no physical ties to Earth and its only in rare and special occasions where they may take up a human vessel and have a presence on Earth.
The reason Kon has a vessel is because he’s on a thin line with his superiors as he’s been failing his job of protecting his assigned human. His human has been hurt multiple times in the last few months and with how frequent his injuries have been Kon’s superiors have taken notice. In result of that his main superior, Kal-El, had threatened to remove Kon as his assigned human’s GA. Not agreeing with the idea, Kon retaliated, exclaiming that he would have better chance of keeping his human safe if he were physically with him, but because of the rules that isn’t allowed. Kal considered the situation and in the end made a deal with Kon.
Kon is to spend 12 weeks on Earth to keep his human from being drastically injured or killed. If Kon manages to keep his human safe in that time then he will be kept as his Guardian Angel, however if something happens in that time then Kon fails and he loses his position as his human’s GA.
So all in all, his mission for the next 12 weeks is to keep his human safe from harm.
One would think that’s relatively easy right? Well wrong. Because Kon isn’t assigned an ordinary human, no, he’s assigned a human who works as something called a vigilante. His human, Timothy – Tim – Drake is known as the vigilante Robin. As much as he admires his human it frustrates him to no ends. Without meaning too this asshole makes Kon’s job so much harder than it needs to be because he constantly puts himself in danger. He’s always running headfirst into danger and is always willing to sacrifice his life for others.
Kon knows he can’t stop Tim from doing his job. At the end of the day Kon has seen him grow into the role he has now, he’s seen how hard his human has worked for it and despite the injures he receives Tim is brilliant at what he does and Kon doesn’t particularly want to stop him from doing it. He just wants to make sure Tim is as safe as he can be while doing it.
Kon’s best bet is to join his human on his crusade, to get close to him and offer physical protection and watch his back that way. What he needs to work out now is how he’s going to get close to Tim.
As a vigilante Tim is naturally more suspicious, he’s very paranoid of things, is well guarded and cautious. His life outside of vigilantism is just as hardcore, he’s the adopted son of the famous Bruce Wayne, that alone makes Tim a target for more reasons than one. The Wayne family is very close and very private.
If Kon has any hope in getting close to Tim he feels like trying to reach out to Tim as Robin would be the best approach. Perhaps he could form a working relationship with his human and make connections with his team, the Teen Titans.
As Kon thinks through his tactics he continues reading through the document seeing what else it says. It makes it very clear that Kon cannot give away what he is and the real reason why he’s there. If Kon fails to hide this then he also fails the mission and will be removed as Tim's GA. This rule certainly makes his mission harder but Kon understands it.
Kon reaches the section about his vessel in the document. He studies the section with a keen interest. It’s important he understands his vessel early on, he’s never had a physical form before so there are things he needs to learn and be mindful of.
Thankfully when Kal made this vessel he allowed Kon to keep some of his powers and according to the document he even has some additional ones. Kon has the power of flight, telekinesis, he’s got super strength, super speed and super hearing, he’s got x-ray vision, heat vision and apparently he’s invulnerable.
That all sounds great, it makes him sound almost unstoppable, but the document states he does have a weakness. If he's ever exposed to something called kryptonite, then Kon will become weak, he’ll get nauseous if he’s near it and if he’s exposed to it for too long then he could even pass out from pain. Kon’s never heard of kryptonite but he really hopes he never crosses paths with it.
As well as kryptonite, Kon can exhaust his vessel if he uses too much power. He needs to rest regularly, not necessarily sleep, but rest and recuperate when he can. That being said the document brings up that he won’t need to eat, sleep or go to the bathroom, these being his GA abilities that’s transferred over to the vessel. Kon already knew this but it is good to see it confirmed. On the other hand, it also mentions that he will have to pretend to do these things to keep up the façade of being a human. Apparently if he does end up eating anything it won’t actually hurt him in anyway.
Kon reaches the end of the document and chucks it back down onto the coffee table. He sighs and leans back into the sofa thinking about what he needs to do.
He has 12 weeks to make sure Tim stays safe. At the moment he knows his human is currently laid up on an infirmary bed suffering from a few injuries from a recent mission that went sideways. After all that’s what’s gotten Kon into this situation to begin with. Tim won’t be leaving the medical bay in that Tower for another couple of days and he won’t be going out on any missions for a good three weeks, that at least gives Kon some time to plan and come up with something for when Tim does go back out into the field. Realistically Tim shouldn’t be doing any vigilante work for a good six to eight weeks but Kon knows how stubborn Tim can be.
Kon needs to come up with a way for how he's going to get close to Tim. His human will be suspicious of him at first and Kon needs to show him that he's a friendly face with no ulterior motives, even though that’s exactly what he is.
Kon sighs and runs his hands over his face. This is so frustrating! He really didn’t think this through fully when Kal presented the opportunity of having a vessel, now he's stuck here with no clue on how to proceed with his mission and it’s only just started!
A high pitched noise gets his attention. He pulls his hands away from his face and frowns trying to work out what it was. Was he hearing things or did that sound actually happen? When it happens a second time Kon jumps off his sofa and starts searching the apartment for the source of the noise, at least that is until movement outside the window gets his attention.
Kon moves over to the living room window and looks out of it. At first all he sees is the busy streets of the city and the sunshine of the day. Just as he’s about to shake it off as his imagination a blur passes his window. Kon blinks and looks down the street trying to focus on what it had been. It’s too fast for the human eye to notice it but when he focuses his attention on it, using his abilities, he finds that it’s a girl flying through the air heading downtown. Kon blinks again when he sees another blur race through the streets on the ground, this time it being someone running at high speeds.
It takes a moment but he soon realises that they are members of the Titan’s. He recognises them as part of Tim’s team!
Now his attention is on the city he finally notices how there seems to be some sort of battle happening. Some kind of creatures were coming out of magical swirls that appear randomly down on the streets below. The high pitched noises he had heard were coming from humans on the street who were running away from the strange creatures that kept appearing. Kon’s never seen anything like that before and sure enough he’s seen some weird things in his time and especially recently since he’s been Tim’s GA.
Downtown he sees the Titan’s tackling the creatures as they jump out of the glowing portals, they knock them down before they could make it further into the city but they kept coming, seeming to never stop.
Kon takes a deep breath. Well when the opportunity presents itself, he has to go after it right? This could be his way into getting close to Tim. He could fight alongside the Titan’s, gain their trust, introduce himself as someone new and go from there? He’s got the powers to do it so he may as well go for it.
With that in mind Kon rushes to the front door of his apartment and starts making his way downtown to join the battle. He’ll just have to work out everything else along the way and hope for the best.