Chapter 2 Flight
Outside Shayeras Ship
"Shayera! thud thud thud Open Up!" Almost screamed Superman knocking the ship back a few feet from the force of his knock, hissing with pain as he looked at his knuckles that had somehow had a fair chunk of skin ripped off them.
"Another benefit of Nth metal….it really is indestructible, feel free to knock yourself out" came Shayera voice over some sort of intercom.
Inside the Ship
Scanning through the frequencies attempting to glean some information from the approaching fleet "Damn it, come on who are you" she muttered as she continued to flick through the frequencies.
"come on"
Still nothing
"Come on" she snarled
Still no signal at all
"that's it…that's all the channels….except"
Flicking to the only channels she had avoided, the ship was suddenly inundated with thousands of signals.
"Oh…this is so messed up" moaned Shayera burying her head into her hands
Outside the ship
"How did she get on board the watchtower" moaned Superman
"Seriously Clark get a grip….their technology is thousands of years above anything we have, she probably didn't even notice any of the safe guards we have in place….Flash…phase through the ship"
"Aww man, this is a new flash suit" sighed Wally, upon noticing everyone's angry face he went "Haha yeah…ill be right back" he said as he phased through the ships entrance.
Inside the Ship
A world of unfamiliar sounds greeted flash as he slowed himself to normal speed; he quickly made his way forward to were he assumed the cockpit must be, as he made his way further into the ship he noticed Shayera slumped forward over the controls with her head in her hands.
"I know your there Flash, your lucky I turned of the electrical field around the ship or you'd have been fried when you pulled your little stunt back there" grumbled Shayera
"What's the matter Shayera, what's going on" pleaded Wally
"I don't know Wally, for once I just have absolutely no idea what's going on" muttered Shayera
"Do you know how long those Gordanians are going to take to get here?"
"Their not Gordanians" she groaned
"What?"
"Their not Gordanians….their….their Thanagarians"
"Wha…but the Gordanians….How?" stuttered Wally.
" just told you Flash…I don't know…I brought up an image of Thanagar and it was destroyed…I assumed it was the Gordanians, so out of curiosity I brought up an image of Gordan and it too was destroyed"
"I..I better tell the others" said flash zipping out of the ship
"Yeah you better" muttered Shayera punching in some commands to the console
Outside the ship
"Guys…guys! It's not the Gordanians their planet is destroyed too, it's the Thanagarians" shouted Wally to the rest of the startled league as he phased back through the ship.
"So their back to finish the job, Diana alert thermiscyra, J'onn alert the UN and John call the Corps and see what they say, I'll get in contact with new genesis and see if they'll help at all, Wally go back through the ship at incapacitate Shayera will you" panicked Superman
"Sit down and shut it Clark, they took down all the Earths defences in a few hours, now the force their sending is larger than all the earths militaries put together and hundreds of years more advanced, if the Gordanians are destroyed and Thanagar is destroyed yet the military still exists then the original invasion was for motives that apparently don't exist" explained Batman
"Then it was just a cover up to take our planet" returned Clark
"If they came for the planet, then why did they leave?"
Clark had no reply for that so simply sat there in silence. Before anyone else could say anything a deep rumbling sound alerted them all to the ship that was taking off behind them.
"Were is she going….ill stop it" said superman as he flew in front of the ship and held it at bay.
"You know Clark if I wanted you off this ship, I could do it you know" threatened Shayera over the intercom
"Oh yeah do it then" replied Superman instantly
"…..alright, fine we'll do it your way" sighed Shayera landing the ship rather abruptly and flipping down the entrance. Everyone else just stood there expecting her to exit the ship "Well come on in, I've got places to be you know" came Shayeras voice.
As everyone entered the ship Shayeras rather erratic voice came over the intercom again "you know despite everything, your all still too trusting I could've incapacitated you all just now….well come on no point dwelling on it now, come on"
"Err, does anyone else think Shayera may have lost it slightly here" asked Wally
"You know Wally, your lucky I actually like you, most people that have annoyed me as much as you have, are dead" laughed Shayera over the intercom.
"Okay she has definitely lost it" muttered Wally
"Hurry up would you, I've got to get out of here and try and drag them away from here" came Shayeras voice sounding slightly panicked now.
"Damn she is really freaking out about this, you getting anything from her J'onn" asked Superman
"Surprisingly yes, her mental shield seems to have taken some kind of battering and im able to read pieces of her" replied J'onn stoically.
"And?" asked Diana
"It's a dark place to be, im actually blocking her mind from me at the moment because…..actually I can't sense her now, I've lost her, and we must hurry" added J'onn.
Bursting into the cockpit they found Shayera collapsed on the floor beside the chair and on the control panel, one of the monitors was displaying an image of a seemingly equally stunned Thanagarian.
Batman immediately stalked over to the monitor and demanded "What have done to Shayera and what are you doing back here"
The Thanagarian on screen looked visibly bewildered and obviously had no idea what Batman had just said. The Thanagarian on screen then removed his helmet very quickly and just as quickly attached another stranger looking black helmet, a flash of pain appeared briefly across the Thanagarians face and he gasped out in pain before quickly ripping of the black helmet, throwing the silver one back on and clutching his face in obvious pain. Composing himself quickly he attempted "d-d-do you have any I-idea how much learn-learning a new language instantly hurts, ah by the hells that hurt" grumbled the Thanagarian.
Superman and the Thanagarian then both began to accuse each other of various crimes at the exact same time, with both of them practically screaming at each other Batman decided to intervene "ENOUGH!, this is getting us nowhere" at this both Superman and the Thanagarian silenced before Batman continued "Well apparently you have some accusations you wish to make against earth, would you care to inform us what these accusations are?" asked Batman maintaining a neutral monotone voice.
Visibly both extremely angry and slightly upset at the same time the Thanagarian said "We have no idea how, or why you did it, but we traced the energy signature of the weapon that destroyed Thanagar and found the origins of the trace to end in this sector of space. In this sector of space the only populated planet for light years is the planet known as earth. So we have come to find answers and justice for the fifteen billion Thanagarians who were destroyed without a warning what so ever. Well I have said what I needed to say, so go on what are your accusations" the Thanagarian the turned away from the monitor and shouted "Commander Hol, give the signal to halt the fleet" before returning to face the monitor.
"Hol?" exclaimed the Flash surprising the rest of the leaguers by been the first to notice something important for once.
"What" grumbled the now obviously annoyed Thanagarian
"Wait, you're a Hol too, or is that some kind of title" asked Wonder Woman
"No it is a family name, now I thought you had some accusations, now your asking me about my name" said the Thanagarian with obvious annoyance and desire to hurry the situation up.
"Im sorry, but do you by any chance know a, Shayera Hol?" asked Superman
"Yes, that was the name of my Daughter" sighed the Thanagarian with a now distant look in his eyes.
Everyone looked at each other with obviously shocked expressions, except Batman who asked "Was? You mean she was your daughter before she became a traitor?"
The Thanagarian now looked both extremely confused and angry "Thanagarians don't do betrayal to well. She was my daughter before she died, now can we drop the small talk, there are rather important matters you need to attempt to explain" the Thanagarian finished looking rather smug.
As Batman was about to reply he was cut short by the Flash "erm, guys? Did anyone notice Shayera leave?" Batman turned and instantly spotted a crumpled piece of paper that wasn't there when he entered, unfolding it, it read I'm sorry for breaking into the Watchtower but I decided to unlock the ship and de-power its defences when I heard you were trying to reverse engineer it, I wasn't really unconscious (obviously) you may have noticed the controls have been translated to English and the passwords deleted, you now have access to all my records and entries from my time on earth, I know you'll find them useful Batman also your right I cant sit and drink till I die, I have far to long left to live for that, but neither can I be a part of this team, I don't know were I'll go from here but ill be making sure I wont be coming into contact with any of you again, even you wont find me Batman, Once again im sorry….for everything.
Batman quickly showed everyone the note and faintly heard John mutter "so Katma was right" as he read it.
Batman noticed Superman beginning to get agitated about the note, so before things got out of hand he siply stated "we have more important issues to deal with right now" turning his and the rest of the leagues attention back to the Thanagarian
Going in to confirm one of his suspicions Batman asked "You haven't been in charge long, have you"
The Thanagarian closed his eyes and bowed his head momentarily before adding reluctantly "No we are ruled by an elder council and the military high command, both of which were destroyed along with the rest of Thanagar. I am the highest ranking person left aboard this armada, so the duty falls to me"
Batman then informs the Thanagarian of the invasion that took place but decided to keep Shayeras part in the story out for now.
"Commander Hro Talak, you say"
"Yes"
"….I will investigate this myself, the fleet will hold position here for the meantime and we will inform you of the result, oh and by the way for future knowledge the names Katar Hol" sighed the Thanagarian before the screen went black shortly afterwards.
"Erm guys, we have a serious problem" stated the flash bringing the leagues attention to another monitor.
"breaking news just in, the Thanagarian traitor known as Hawkgirl was just spotted entering the top floor of the LexCorp tower in metropolis, were we currently believe her to be holding billionaire and known "alien hater" Lex Luthor hostage….we'll bring more on this story as it develops, in other news-"
"We need to stop her now!" now shouted Batman as everyone ran to the Javelin
A/N Will she? Wont she? That is the question I ask.
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