Chapter Eleven – The return, part I
Sorry for the delay, but I was kind of ... busy ...
But I promise the last chapter won't be long.
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Shayera and Wally had breakfast in bed. They woke up less than an hour and had morning off. None of them had any desire to leave that room. Shayera pulled him into a kiss, but then the police radio started ringing.
"Central, we have a robbery in progress ..."
More than quickly, she got out of bed and hurried to catch up. Wally came right behind her, pulling on his pants.
The dream was too good to go on much longer.
"I'm sorry, Wally, but I have work to do "She kissed him. "Without Hawkgirl, we would never have met."
"Go there ..."
Shayera wrapped her arms around his neck, and it was hard to pull away. Now that she knew how the two worked together, she did not want to stay away from him for long.
"I know, I know ... I'm going ..."
The alarm sounded when Hawkgirl arrived. The jewelery was invaded, however, she saw no one. A shadow moved around and took on the shape of a man. He bowed to her.
"Remember me, bitch?"
"You ?!"
The Shadow Thief advanced against her and punched her hard. Shayera did not wait, and fell back in surprise at the meet. The villain disappears, taking with him the jewels.
"Shit!" She shouted.
"Shayera ?!"
That voice. She thought she would never hear him again. And at the moment, she wished he was not real. Shayera froze, seeing the figure of Carter in front of her. Alive.
"It's impossible! How?"
"Can we talk?"
Shayera took Carter to a diner. She did not take her eyes off her husband as he took a sip of his coffee.
"You've aged." She said.
Carter looked up from his coffee to stare at his beloved wife. Her gaze was not the same. It was hard, as if her existence had become hard after these years. And knowing what she does is likely to have.
"You too, my baby."
"Don't call me baby! You have no right."
He nodded.
"All right, and I think I owe some answers."
"I saw you die. How can you be alive?"
"I'm not sure. My last memory was that we were attacked by that thing, and then I woke up in a pyramid chamber."
"How long?"
"Almost three years."
Shayera raised her eyebrows, but decided to keep a certain coolness in her voice. She knew how to control herself.
"And why did you just come back now? Why not before? Or why did you come back?"
He shrugged.
"I thought I should go on with your life, but I felt you needed me."
"It's funny how the Shadow Thief and you appear the same day."
"I have nothing to do with that thing."
Shayera knew Carter was telling the truth, and decided not to elaborate. But then the embarrassing silence settled between them and forced her to look out for the people passing by on the street. Even Carter's voice wakes her back to reality.
"Who was the one I saw coming out of our… your apartment in the morning?"
"Wally." She replied simply.
"And ... do you love him?"
"Yeah."
That statement infuriated Carter in a way he could not control.
"It's not fair, Shayera. I..."
She laughed.
"Really, it's not fair. You go away for almost three years, and when I finally let somebody into my life, you reappear and want to pretend nothing happened? The Carter I loved wouldn't do this to me."
"You've changed a lot these years. I barely recognize you now."
Shayera stood up.
"I was just like that, you who saw me differently."
She get up and left. Carter stared at the empty spot left by his now ex-wife.
"If you only knew, Shayera ..."
Wally looked up to find Shayera there. He smiled at her as she approached.
"What is it, Shay?"
"Do you remember the robbery this morning?" He nodded. "Something happened and I think you deserve to know before everyone else ..."
Shayera was sincere and told him the truth. At least he told what he knew.
"I suppose you want to go back to him?"
"Never Wally, ever. I want to be with you. Carter is part of my past now."
"You sure?"
She nodded. They were about to kiss when the laughter echoed around. Shayera rose to her feet as the Shadow Thief began to take shape.
"How sweet!" He sneered. "I guess now that you're trying to get me."
Shayera lunged at the villain, but she simply crossed his body. The thief punched her hard, knocking her down.
" I'm only solid when I want."
Wally broke a chair on his back, without effect. The thief threw the redhead against one of the walls. He just stayed there. Shayera tried to strike him again, but the darkness enveloped her, and she forgot where she was.
The shadow thief observed the fallen couple, before taking them with him ...
to be continued...
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