Just A Traitor

All characters mentioned do not belong to me, unfortunately.

Thank you Artemis for the beta.

My name is Shayera Hol. A traitor without hope.

I am not Hawkgirl.

I will never know who Shayera Talak could have been. I have lost all hope in being Shayera Stewart…..ever.

So here I am in Dr. Fate's tower... Heh….fate….who believes in it? Not me, sure Diana used to say that they were real. I guess I really screwed up the "Fates" plans with my betrayal, not to the League but to my people; my former people.

I stay in the dark recesses of my mind, with no hope, no life, and no future. What future could there ever be for a traitor?

Wallowing in despair would never have crossed Lieutenant Shayera Hol's mind, but then again I am not Lieutenant anything. So I should be allowed this despair. I am however, Shayera the Traitor, I am allowed nothing...and I accept that.

My former self would never have accepted those sexist remarks from Aquaman, without a fight. …..my FORMER self.

Even I did not know who my former self was, Hawkgirl was duty, not reality. I felt like an alien, especially to myself.

An alien, living in an alien world, among aliens.

Anyone who is different from what others consider normal is always an alien. Maybe that's why I felt so comfortable in the League, because everyone was an alien to some extent.

But traitors are a different kind of alien, most aliens have the potential to correct their mistakes, but traitors can never have that potential. They just await their death, and prepare to be sent to the deepest circles of Hell.

Who am I? Not Lieutenant Shayera Hol, not Hawkgirl, not anything. Just a traitor.

Please PLEASE Review, those little comments mean the world to me. Constructive criticism is welcome.