Sorry for not updating for so long, you know exams and summative falling out my wasoo. Anywhoo it's a short chapter but it'll have to tide you over until Monday when I'm officially finished school. Then I can write 24-7 Baby. PS thanks for the reviews, as always they are appreciated.
Chapter 8
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Stupidman!
John sat in the Watchtower, starring at the Earth slowly rotating below. He sighed deeply while watching the Earth something touched him, made him want to cry. He then focused on his reflection in the window and became angered. He stood up quickly.
"It's been almost five years!" he screamed violently, "How in the world can you still love her?! She betrayed you, sold you out, and humiliated you. How can you still think of her every morning when you wake up and every night before you go to sleep?" He yelled at himself.
John then walked over to his bed and sat down. The Watchtower had changed so much over the years. First Hawkgirl was gone and everything became eerily silent, then just when he was getting used to the silence, Bruce and Diana had to happen.
They're little son, Ethanial was now three, and since the moment he opened his eyes the kid was a pain. Always screaming for attention. You see Ethanial had ADD, but when he agreed to take his medication, that kid could outsmart his dad if he wanted to. But that was very seldom.
Diana and Bruce loved their son more than anyone ever could. He was spoiled rotten, and was brought up to the Watchtower whenever his parents came up, (which was nearly every day). John didn't really care for the kid; he hadn't spent much time with him. But Flash, for some odd reason, Wally hated that kid and refused to be called Uncle Wally.
Suddenly there was a giant crash outside in the hallway. John got up and cautiously opened the door. Ethaniel ran by quickly, followed by mom screaming curse words as she literally flew after her son, than by dad who was screaming at Diana not to hurt his boy.
John sighed at this and closed the door. Even though Ethaniel was annoying, Bruce and Diana still did their best to be a family and it worked out because when it came down to the point, Diana and Bruce loved each other.
John's eyes filled with tears at this thought, because he could vividly remember the conversation he and Shayera had, had about children. How they both wanted them, but wanted it to happen naturally. Since Shay was from a different planet, if it couldn't happen, it couldn't happen.
He walked over and flopped down on the edge of his bed with his head in his hands.
"You still love her..."
"Momma?" a tiny voice asked as it pulled on Shay's blue jeans.
Shayera looked down at her near four year old daughter and smiled, "Yes Ira?"
"When is Uncle Wally coming back?" Ira asked for the fifth time that day.
"I told you Sweetie, Uncle Wally is in space for this week, he'll be back on Monday."
"When's that?" Ira whined.
"In three days," Shay answered.
"Why can't he come home before then?"
"Because he's in space sweetie, doing his job. And he doesn't get to come home before Monday. Believe me, I know you're Uncle Wally, he wants to come home early."
"Well I'll go see Uncle Wally then to make him happy," Ira replied with a little smile.
Shayera laughed, "Oh really and how do you expect to get up in space, little missy?"
"I'll fly," she answered smiling.
"I don't think that your wings are strong enough yet."
"Then you can fly."
"No mommy has other things to do, like fold clothes, clean up the apartment, make supper, and think of things for your birthday."
"Is Uncle Wally going to be home for my birthday?"
"Is your birthday after next Monday?"
"I don't know," Ira said with a questioning look on her face.
"Well then let's go look at the calendar," suggested Shay as she picked up Ira and walked over to the calendar on the wall. "Okay we are here," she stated pointing to Friday April the 18th. "Uncle Wally left here," she explained pointing to Monday the 14th, which held a little sad Flash face on the date. "And he comes back here. Now your birthday is right here. May 10th."
"Uncle Wally's gonna be back?"
"Yep."
"Then what about..." Ira started to ask, but she was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Maybe that's Uncle Wally."
"I don't think so Sweetie. Here," she set Ira down, "Why don't you go watch Sesame Street, while Mommy gets the door."
Shay walked over to the door, and had instant déja vu. She opened the door and Ira gasped.
"Mommy, mommy, mommy, it's the man from TV, ummm Stupidman," Ira screeched excitedly.
Shay let out a laugh, but their visitor didn't look to happy.
"No Sweetie, it's Superman."
"Yeah Superman, he flies. Can he take us to do see Uncle Wally?"
"I don't think so Ira, go watch cartoons, why Superman and I talk."
Ira sat in front of TV watching cartoons, with the little angel doll that Wally had given her cradled in her arm, while Shay and Clark talked in the kitchen.
"She's gotten so big since I last saw her," Clark commented.
"Well it has been three years," Shay explained as she poured Clark some coffee. She then sat down and asked, "So, what's up?"
"Well the League needs your help again with the Gordainians."
"I thought you took care of them?"
"Well we did, but then we received a call from another planet called Xon, pleading for our help," he said grimly.
"Well I told you everything I know..." She began.
"I know you did, but we actually need you to fight this battle, we'll be one leaguer short."
"I'd like to, but I can't get anyone to watch Ira remember. She only knows me and her Uncle Wally. We'll both be busy hacking up Gordainians to watch her."
"Well that's the thing; you can leave her with Diana."
"Yeah I heard Diana had a kid, but the thing is Ira's never met her before, and she won't trust her. I couldn't just abandon her with Diana," Shay said feeling guilty already.
"But Diana's staying back, you could come up today and get Ira acquainted with her before we leave on Monday."
"So Wally's not coming home then?" she queried.
"No, I'm afraid we'll need him to help with the fight."
"Why does Diana get to stay back anyway, I mean I could watch her son, and Ira."
"Yeah, but Diana's expecting again," Superman explained.
"Oh," Shay said bleakly, "So she'll be staying in the Watchtower with her son and Ira, while we're galaxies away?"
Clark nodded.
Shay put her chin in her hands and sighed, "What about John?"
"That's not a problem; we'll be in to different battalions, You, Wally and J'onn, and Me, Bruce, and John."
"We'd have to come up today? What if he saw us?"
"We told him you we're coming up, so we set up a room for you in the opposite side of the tower by Wally."
"Okay, but I'll have to ask Ira."
Shay got up and crossed her arms as they walked to the living room where Ira sat in front of the TV watching the news. Superman was on lifting a car, and hurling it at a bad guy.
"Look Stupidman," Ira said ecstatically, "You're on TV!"
Superman looked at Shay, who in returned stopped giggling and mouthed the word 'sorry'.
She then cleared her throat, "Ira honey Mommy has to ask you a question."
Ira got up from her seat and walked to her mom dragging her doll along the ground as she did.
Shay bent down to be at the same eyelevel as she spoke to her daughter, "Superman wants Mommy to go up in space with him to Uncle Wally. You can come to, but once we're up there, on the Monday when Uncle Wally was supposed to go, him and mommy are going to go away for a little while."
"How long?" asked Ira.
"Two or three weeks," Superman replied.
"Are you gonna be back for my birthday?"
"Yes Sweetie, I promise you I will."
"Who's gonna be with me?"
"Mommy's friend ummm..."
"Aunt DiDi," Superman answered.
She glared at him
"What?"
"But I'll get to see Uncle Wally right?"
"Yes."
"Okay let's go see Uncle Wally," Ira instantly agreed.
"Let's get going then," Clark suggested.
PS- I didn't know how old a four year old would be, but I was in Kindergarten when I was for so...
Quick thanks to Elizabeth (bless her stupid soul), for coming up with the name Ethanial, even though it isn't a name.
Chapter 8
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Stupidman!
John sat in the Watchtower, starring at the Earth slowly rotating below. He sighed deeply while watching the Earth something touched him, made him want to cry. He then focused on his reflection in the window and became angered. He stood up quickly.
"It's been almost five years!" he screamed violently, "How in the world can you still love her?! She betrayed you, sold you out, and humiliated you. How can you still think of her every morning when you wake up and every night before you go to sleep?" He yelled at himself.
John then walked over to his bed and sat down. The Watchtower had changed so much over the years. First Hawkgirl was gone and everything became eerily silent, then just when he was getting used to the silence, Bruce and Diana had to happen.
They're little son, Ethanial was now three, and since the moment he opened his eyes the kid was a pain. Always screaming for attention. You see Ethanial had ADD, but when he agreed to take his medication, that kid could outsmart his dad if he wanted to. But that was very seldom.
Diana and Bruce loved their son more than anyone ever could. He was spoiled rotten, and was brought up to the Watchtower whenever his parents came up, (which was nearly every day). John didn't really care for the kid; he hadn't spent much time with him. But Flash, for some odd reason, Wally hated that kid and refused to be called Uncle Wally.
Suddenly there was a giant crash outside in the hallway. John got up and cautiously opened the door. Ethaniel ran by quickly, followed by mom screaming curse words as she literally flew after her son, than by dad who was screaming at Diana not to hurt his boy.
John sighed at this and closed the door. Even though Ethaniel was annoying, Bruce and Diana still did their best to be a family and it worked out because when it came down to the point, Diana and Bruce loved each other.
John's eyes filled with tears at this thought, because he could vividly remember the conversation he and Shayera had, had about children. How they both wanted them, but wanted it to happen naturally. Since Shay was from a different planet, if it couldn't happen, it couldn't happen.
He walked over and flopped down on the edge of his bed with his head in his hands.
"You still love her..."
"Momma?" a tiny voice asked as it pulled on Shay's blue jeans.
Shayera looked down at her near four year old daughter and smiled, "Yes Ira?"
"When is Uncle Wally coming back?" Ira asked for the fifth time that day.
"I told you Sweetie, Uncle Wally is in space for this week, he'll be back on Monday."
"When's that?" Ira whined.
"In three days," Shay answered.
"Why can't he come home before then?"
"Because he's in space sweetie, doing his job. And he doesn't get to come home before Monday. Believe me, I know you're Uncle Wally, he wants to come home early."
"Well I'll go see Uncle Wally then to make him happy," Ira replied with a little smile.
Shayera laughed, "Oh really and how do you expect to get up in space, little missy?"
"I'll fly," she answered smiling.
"I don't think that your wings are strong enough yet."
"Then you can fly."
"No mommy has other things to do, like fold clothes, clean up the apartment, make supper, and think of things for your birthday."
"Is Uncle Wally going to be home for my birthday?"
"Is your birthday after next Monday?"
"I don't know," Ira said with a questioning look on her face.
"Well then let's go look at the calendar," suggested Shay as she picked up Ira and walked over to the calendar on the wall. "Okay we are here," she stated pointing to Friday April the 18th. "Uncle Wally left here," she explained pointing to Monday the 14th, which held a little sad Flash face on the date. "And he comes back here. Now your birthday is right here. May 10th."
"Uncle Wally's gonna be back?"
"Yep."
"Then what about..." Ira started to ask, but she was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Maybe that's Uncle Wally."
"I don't think so Sweetie. Here," she set Ira down, "Why don't you go watch Sesame Street, while Mommy gets the door."
Shay walked over to the door, and had instant déja vu. She opened the door and Ira gasped.
"Mommy, mommy, mommy, it's the man from TV, ummm Stupidman," Ira screeched excitedly.
Shay let out a laugh, but their visitor didn't look to happy.
"No Sweetie, it's Superman."
"Yeah Superman, he flies. Can he take us to do see Uncle Wally?"
"I don't think so Ira, go watch cartoons, why Superman and I talk."
Ira sat in front of TV watching cartoons, with the little angel doll that Wally had given her cradled in her arm, while Shay and Clark talked in the kitchen.
"She's gotten so big since I last saw her," Clark commented.
"Well it has been three years," Shay explained as she poured Clark some coffee. She then sat down and asked, "So, what's up?"
"Well the League needs your help again with the Gordainians."
"I thought you took care of them?"
"Well we did, but then we received a call from another planet called Xon, pleading for our help," he said grimly.
"Well I told you everything I know..." She began.
"I know you did, but we actually need you to fight this battle, we'll be one leaguer short."
"I'd like to, but I can't get anyone to watch Ira remember. She only knows me and her Uncle Wally. We'll both be busy hacking up Gordainians to watch her."
"Well that's the thing; you can leave her with Diana."
"Yeah I heard Diana had a kid, but the thing is Ira's never met her before, and she won't trust her. I couldn't just abandon her with Diana," Shay said feeling guilty already.
"But Diana's staying back, you could come up today and get Ira acquainted with her before we leave on Monday."
"So Wally's not coming home then?" she queried.
"No, I'm afraid we'll need him to help with the fight."
"Why does Diana get to stay back anyway, I mean I could watch her son, and Ira."
"Yeah, but Diana's expecting again," Superman explained.
"Oh," Shay said bleakly, "So she'll be staying in the Watchtower with her son and Ira, while we're galaxies away?"
Clark nodded.
Shay put her chin in her hands and sighed, "What about John?"
"That's not a problem; we'll be in to different battalions, You, Wally and J'onn, and Me, Bruce, and John."
"We'd have to come up today? What if he saw us?"
"We told him you we're coming up, so we set up a room for you in the opposite side of the tower by Wally."
"Okay, but I'll have to ask Ira."
Shay got up and crossed her arms as they walked to the living room where Ira sat in front of the TV watching the news. Superman was on lifting a car, and hurling it at a bad guy.
"Look Stupidman," Ira said ecstatically, "You're on TV!"
Superman looked at Shay, who in returned stopped giggling and mouthed the word 'sorry'.
She then cleared her throat, "Ira honey Mommy has to ask you a question."
Ira got up from her seat and walked to her mom dragging her doll along the ground as she did.
Shay bent down to be at the same eyelevel as she spoke to her daughter, "Superman wants Mommy to go up in space with him to Uncle Wally. You can come to, but once we're up there, on the Monday when Uncle Wally was supposed to go, him and mommy are going to go away for a little while."
"How long?" asked Ira.
"Two or three weeks," Superman replied.
"Are you gonna be back for my birthday?"
"Yes Sweetie, I promise you I will."
"Who's gonna be with me?"
"Mommy's friend ummm..."
"Aunt DiDi," Superman answered.
She glared at him
"What?"
"But I'll get to see Uncle Wally right?"
"Yes."
"Okay let's go see Uncle Wally," Ira instantly agreed.
"Let's get going then," Clark suggested.
PS- I didn't know how old a four year old would be, but I was in Kindergarten when I was for so...
Quick thanks to Elizabeth (bless her stupid soul), for coming up with the name Ethanial, even though it isn't a name.