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The smile instantly wiped off his face. "Mari", he greeted stepping out to embrace her. "What are you doing here", he asked closing the door slightly so she couldn't see into the apartment.

"Well I heard that you were off duty and I thought since I was in town", she trailed off seductively.

John laughed. "You were in Detroit", he teased.

She shrugged and was about to respond when she heard a baby cry from inside the apartment. "Was that a baby", she asked.

John smiled thinking about his angel. "Yeah…it is", he told her. She looked like she wanted more information but he wasn't really about to give it. "Look it's classified", he told her. "It's part of the reason the tower was evacuated the other day".

Mari was pissed. "Classified", she repeated. "How is a baby classified", she asked.

"Flash reporting for duty", stated Wally zooming in from nowhere. "Oh hi Mari….I'm just going to let myself in", he stated before zooming past the awkwardness and straight for his winged niece.

"Its league business until the rest of the Founding Fathers deem it's not but when we choose to share what's going on…you will be the first to know".

"Why can't you just tell me now…is it yours", she asked quietly. His silence told her more than words ever could.

"It's classified", he stated at last. "Look now is not a good time…we'll talk later", he promised. Right now he want to see Shayera and he honestly still didn't know how to tell her. Watching her leave in fumes he realized that he should have just told her. So why couldn't he? Maybe he just wasn't ready to share his new found joy just yet.

John sat staring at the love of his life. She barely looked like herself, she was so peaceful and serene. It was a complete opposite to the fiery woman that he knew she was. He couldn't believe it has only been a week since she crashed back into his life. A week since he found out that he had a daughter and he was now a father. Now he couldn't imagine life without her, especially now with Shay fighting for her life.

John only took missions that needed his care now and took a leave from Oa. He couldn't afford to be off world right now. Not with Shay in the state she was in and not with Sere being solely dependent on him. He was only able to come twice a day and he could never stay as long as he wanted because he didn't want to leave Sere. He grabbed her hand in his and kissed it. "You have to wake up", he pleaded. He was meet with silence. He rubbed her hand reassuringly. "Okay then…I'll tell all about me and Serene's time together then", he stated and proceeded to tell her about his day.

This was how a lot of visits went. He was more worried as time grew because he never known her to recover for this long. That's when J'onn told him that they put her into a induced coma so her body could heal more and it was just a matter of time before her alien blood over powered the modern medicine.

That took a full two weeks. John had just finished relaying his day when he heard her voice.

"John", Shayera croaked out so low John thought he was hearing things.

He looked up to her face and saw two green eyes looking back. He squeezed her hand with the biggest smile. "Hey beautiful", he greeted back moving some hair off her face and tucking it behind her ear.

She groaned and went to get up panicking. "John…Serenity…where is she….", she asked tiredly. Then she woke up a little more. "She's ours….I swear she's your daughter", she stated looking into his brown eyes.

John kissed her hand. "I know and she's beautiful…and Batman is currently spoiling her rotten", he stated grinning like a mad man. "How are you feeling", he asked.

"I wanna see her", she cried.

"You need to rest", he replied. "She needs you to rest", he stressed.

"No John. You don't know what she needs…she needs her mother", she yelled and instantly regretted it when she saw the hurt on his face. She went to apologize but he waved her off.

"Batman…this is GL. Do you copy", he asked still glaring at Shayera.

"I was so afraid when I laid the egg. I wouldn't have went with them if I knew. I just got back from being whipped and having my wings broken when I felt it. When it came I promised that I would find a way back to you. I knew that you'll help keep the egg safe…only she hatched before I could escape".

John eyes widened when she was talking about how their little one came to be. He was not going to look at an egg the same again but he tried to soften his face and not comment on the new information just yet. "I know…and I get it…I only just met her and she's my entire world already", he replied to her although he was still wrapping his head around the fact that his daughter was hatched instead of being delivered. He turned his attention to his communicator. "Batman I need you to bring the cargo back into the med wing", he stated smiling at Shayera who looked relieved. "You're both safe here…you're amongst family", he told Shay once he heard Batman's reply.

"I betrayed everyone John…I have no family here", she replied sadly. "I betrayed you".

John came back to her bed after trying to hide the wince at her reminder. "That's not true…you have me and we have Serenity and the Justice League's Founding Fathers", he told her. She looked doubtful so he amended his last statement. "Ok…at the very least Wally, but I'm here now and I won't let anything happen to you or Sere", he vowed.

She summed up that her daughter had a nickname; a weird human custom but she was too tired to fight about how silly it was.

Green eyes smiled at him. She was exhausted but she could still read John like an open book. His eyes were pained yet relieved. She saw that he wanted to let her in but he still didn't trust her. He was trying to through and her heart warmed at the thought. "Is it wrong of me to say I missed you John Stewart", she sighed tiredly.

Batman came in at the moment when John kissed Shayera's palm. "Well if it isn't Shayera Hol alive and well …breathing", he smirked. "Someone missed you and Alfred sends his wishes", he stated walking closer and handing her Serenity. "I'll leave you three", Bruce stated narrowing his eyes at John letting him know he heard a lot more then he thought the man heard.

Shayera narrowed her hawk eyes at the slight altercation between them. "What was that about", she asked after Bruce left. Serenity cooed providing the perfect distraction and the woman instantly only had eyes and ears for her daughter.

"You hungry", John asked after watching the mother-daughter bonding they had going on and being completely ignored for a couple of minutes. She looked up and smiled at him for a second before turning her full attention to her daughter. Said daughter cooed again and lifted a wing to touch her mother's nose. John smiled at them engraving the image to memory. "I'll be right back", he assured them but he might as well have been talking to a brick wall. He shook his head at his girls and left them to reconnect.

"This isn't over Lantern", she yelled after him causing the man in green to laugh letting him know that she still wanted to know what Batman was referring to.

She once again looked at her daughter. "So how was your time with your dad", she asked in her native tongue. Her little one giggled. Shayera knew that she had a lot to amend for. She had to gain people's trust back but as she played with her daughter she felt like she was truly forgiven.