"Tell me about my son."
Instead of going to her room, where she had spent far too much time in, she went to Batman's special computer room. The very same room where she learned more about Warhawk from the Dark Knight. She came into the room and sat down beside Batman.
"Have another tough day?"
Shayera smiled softly in a sad way. "Yes. John told me he loved me. And I ran." She looked towers Batman. "Please, tell me about Warhawk again."
Batman continued typing. "What more could I tell you. It's the same every time." Shayera said nothing, waiting him to go on. He sighed.
"When we went to the future we met a super hero. He had nth metal wings, metallic body armor. All silver. Enhanced strength and stamina. He had your fighting spirit. Later we learned his name was Rex Stewart. He had your green eyes and John's hair and nose." Shayera smile through her tears. "John was proud of him, even called him his kid. He even gave him advice. Rex Stewart is truly a hero." he finished.
Wiping her face, Shayera stood. "Thank you Batman." Right as she reached the door she heard his voice.
"Does John know how much you know about Warhawk?"
Shayera didn't turn around. "No." She said quietly, almost too quietly to hear. But since it was Batman, she knew that he heard her. The sound of fingers going over the computer keys gave her her cue to go.
As soon as the Thanagarian left, Batman leaped from his seat in search of the Green Lantern. He went to the cafeteria first. No sign of John. He looked everywhere. The last place he looked was right in front of Shayera's door. On the floor, there sat a man dressed in green and black.
"What are you doing Lantern?" John looked up to see Batman.
He shot up from the floor. "Where's Shayera? I've been sitting here for almost an hour."
Batman said nothing. He grabbed John and went to the transport area. "J'onn, two to the batcave." All they saw was a flash of blue and the. They were met with the dark abyss of the cave. "How much about Warhawk have you told Shayera?" Batman demanded.
"I only told her that we had a son. That was it. Why?" John looked at Batman waiting for an answer.
"Why do you string her along?" Choose one or the other. You can't have both." The Knight said. John was silent as he thought. He went over and sat in a chair. He leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands.
"I love Shayera. There's no doubt. But I just can't dump Mari. She was there for me when things were hard."
"Trying to have both of them in your life is harder." When John looked up, the Dark Knight was already gone. When he got back to the watchtower, there was a commotion near one of the javelins.
"We need help here!" He heard someone call out. John spotted Flash and went up to him.
"What happened?" He asked his friend. Flash looked up to him with sad eyes.
"Shayera was hurt. It's pretty bad John."
He couldn't breathe. "What? What happened? Where is she?" He looked around them. He saw the Med team put her on a stretcher and take her down to the Med bay. He flew after them. "Doc! Please how is she?"
The doctor barely looked at him. "She's unconscious. Her left wing was beat pretty badly. It wasn't totally healed after the Darkseid incident. Along with that, she was cut on her left side down to her hip. That cut was deep and it looks bad." The doctor quickly ran off to help the others. John just stood there. He was in shock.
He waited three hours. During that time the original members came and asked about her, besides Batman. And some others came too like Vigalante, Canary and Huntress. Mari came and sat with him too but left for she had a photo shoot. After almost 4 hours, a doctor came into the room.
