Okay well good news for you, bad news for me, I got my amazing chapter 11 done before Friday, the bad news for me is that I realize that I have no life. Lol just kidding that's not bad news. A tee hee, anyway enjoy the chapter, but I have to warn you, the out come is bad. BAD! I'm going to ruin it for you. Lol just kidding of course.
Chapter 11
And Now Our Feature Presentation
It had been a week since Shay left her daughter. A week of ruthlessly fighting the Gordainians from planet Xon, and in the meantime staying as far away from John as possible. Her life was getting more complicated than it was worth and she was just about to give up, and go home. Let the Xonian people deal with the invasion. She sighed as she hit the last ship of the invasion and it crumbled and fell to the brownish-grayish dirt of the plant.
She flew down to the Javelin which Superman, Batman and Lantern had taken, it was gigantic. To big to be a Javelin, to small to be a Watchtower, it was more like a big floating, space-traveling apartment building. It was where the league would be sheltered while on this planet. Once again Lantern was on the opposite side of the ship.
Shayera was starting to get annoyed with this. On one hand, she was grateful that she didn't have to see him or speak to him. But on the other hand she didn't like being treated as a child.
She walked inside to the monstrous ship and entered her doors lock. She walked into her room and flopped down on the bed. She stared at the ceiling remember that one of the let downs to being in the League is the lack of sleep. Another major one is knowing that the man you once loved, and secretly still do, was on the same ship you were, and you weren't allowed to see him.
In the other end of the Javelin John sat on his bed thinking about the woman he couldn't get out of his head. His Shayera was just a five minute walk away. In his mind he'd walk over there apologize and everything would be as it once was, perfect. But in his right mind he knew that it could never be as it once was, to much had changed. But he would give anything to have it back.
He decided right there and then what he was going to do. He would go to Shayera's room and have a civilized conversation with her about the events which took place five years ago. If Superman caught him than what was the worse he could do? Kick him out of the League? He'd still be able to talk to Shayera. She was what mattered the most.
With that said, he quietly exited his room. It was about 1 am, and everyone else was asleep, so as long as he avoided the major security cameras. He walked down the long, silent, metallic hallway and his light footsteps echoed. So he silently floated the rest of the way to Shay's room. He starred at the door pondering the consequences of knocking.
She was slightly awakened by the gentle knock at her door. She turned over with the intention of not answering it. Whoever it was it could wait until the morning. Her eyelids stuck together like to magnets as tiredness consumed them once again. Everything was quiet until there was another knock.
She got up slowly and swung her feet over the side of the bed and stood up. She looked down at what she was wearing, a tank top and sweat pants.
"Good enough for me," she thought as she walked to the door, "Good enough for Superman." But Superman wasn't the one responsible for the knocking.
He stood in the cold, metallic hallway. He was very tired but he wouldn't give up this moment for anything. Shay had opened the door angry in her pajamas. Staring at her face her remembered the first time he ever saw her without her mask. He would never forget it.
She looked shocked at him, as he stared at her back. She had no idea what to do. She had not been expecting him. Why was he here? What did he want? Why is he not speaking? She should just close the door on him and go back to sleep, they could pretend it never happened.
"Shay," he said quietly, "I need to tell you something." There was a short pause before he added, "May I come in."
She didn't know how to answer but before she knew what she was doing, she had already let John in the room.
The room looked exactly like one you would receive at a modest hotel. Shayera's bed was up a couple of stairs with nothing else except a nightstand. There was a table, chairs, a dresser, and a TV in consuming the rest of the room.
John and Shay sat in chairs which were ten feet across from each other. Shay in her mind had no clue what was going on, she didn't know whether to be relieved or frightened.
John finally started to explain, "Shay look I just came here to apologize. I know that is probably means nothing now, but I was so mean to you when we last saw each other. I know I was angry, but there were far better ways on venting it than what I did."
"You don't have to apologize," Shay voiced her opinion, "I deserved every mean word you said to me. I betrayed our team, I betrayed your trust. And I don't deserve to be forgiven."
John looked at her. She was curled up in the chair, her face gazing at the ground. John couldn't deny it anymore. She was still the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his entire life.
He walked over to her and took her cold hand in his, and lifted her chin to look her straight in the eye, "I want to apologize though."
Shayera stood up abruptly, John followed.
"John maybe you should..." she started.
"Just please hear me out. I've felt so bad since I said all those awful things to you. I thought I could never love you again. But the truth is I never stopped loving you. You were always what I thought about when I first got up, and right before I fell asleep. I want my future to be with you Shay, and if it's not, then I don't want to have one at all."
"John, I..." she began but was cut off when John kissed her. It was a passionate and meaningful kiss, but neither of them resisted deepening it.
The next morning was a quiet one. No Grodainians had attacked yet, but it was only eight o'clock.
"Good morning Flash, how did you sleep last night?" Superman asked cheerfully as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Not to bad, but I'm still a little drained," he explained emptying the sugar bowl into the coffeepot.
"So I noticed," Superman muttered then decided to change the subject, "Has anyone see green Lantern this morning?"
"I don't know he usually patrols the area in the morning doesn't he?" Flash asked as he downed his coffee in one gulp.
Shayera opened her eyes slightly. The morning light from the planet shot through the window and lit the room up. Shayera turned over and found John already dressed and getting ready to leave.
When he saw that she was awake he immediately stopped and walked over to her, "Good morning sleepy head," he said as he kissed the top of her head.
"Where are you going?" she smiled back.
"I have to patrol the area," he said doing up his shirt.
"While wait awhile I'll go with you," she said.
John complied and while Shay got dressed, he took a quick look outside for any Gordainians.
She came back in costume, minus the mask which she'd discarded many years ago. He walked over to her and to her in his broad arms.
"Oh Shay, I've missed you so much."
They started to kiss as Wally opened the door, "Hey Feathers are you, Oh God I'm sorry!" he screamed and then shut the door.
"It's okay Wally," Shay giggled, "Everything's covered."
Wally opened the door, "Wait does this mean you guys are back together?"
"Mmmm Hmmm," Shay replied with a smile.
"And you guys forgave each other?" he asked.
"Mmmm Hmmm," John replied.
A sudden thought just blast into Shay's head. John didn't know about Ira. Wally didn't know that John didn't know about Ira! Oh Shit!
"So you know about Ira then?" Wally asked.
"No?" John replied confused as he let go of Shay, "Who is Ira?"
"Oh Shit!" said Wally.
"Shayera, who is Ira?" John asked once again loosing his temper.
Just then the intercom beeped. Shayera walked over and pressed the button.
"Hi Hawkgirl, I got some good news for you, a video message from Ira has arrived and I sent it to your room, you can play it on your TV now."
"Thanks, ever so much," Shay answered sarcastically.
"Well?" John asked his hands crossed over his chest, "What are you waiting for. I'd love to see this Ira."
Shay sighed and turned her TV on, and clicked on the new message button
"Hi Mommy," Ira started, "Aunt DiDi said I could make a video to send you to keep you happy while you were away fighting bad guys. I'm okay, but Ethanials being mean. Aunt DiDi's holding him back right now..."
Suddenly Ethanial broke loose and all you could see was Wonder Woman chasing her child around in the background while using a few uncouth words.
John looked at Shayera. His face filled with rage, "You had a child all along," He said calmly through gritted teeth, "You didn't tell me? How many other people knew other than Flash and Superman and Wonder Woman?"
"Everyone in the League except you knew," she said quietly.
"And you didn't have the curtsey to tell me, that you had a child?!" He demanded as his rage started to show.
Shay turned to leave but John grabbed her by the wrist hard. She had forgotten how strong he could be. She struggled to get away but it was useless.
Luckily Wally hadn't left, so naturally he zipped over to help.
"John come on, why don't you for a walk to cool off."
"Wally, why don't you leave because this doesn't concern you!" John started to yell.
"The hell it doesn't. I've been there for Shay when she knew you wouldn't! Why do you think she never told you about Ira? She's terrified you'll hurt her or Ira!"
After Flash's retort, John let go of Shayera's wrist, he walked towards the exit of the room, but before he did he spoke some last words.
"The least you could've done was tell me you can Katar had a child together." Then John walked through the doors which closed with a 'swoosh' behind him.
Shay held her wrist and looked up at Wally with tears in her eyes. He put his arms around her and comforted her and she wept silently.
"God, this is becoming one big soap opera."
Chapter 12 coming soon, big, Big, BIG! Surprise! Huge! MAJOR! Something that no one will ever expect. And if you do guess it than Bravo!
Chapter 11
And Now Our Feature Presentation
It had been a week since Shay left her daughter. A week of ruthlessly fighting the Gordainians from planet Xon, and in the meantime staying as far away from John as possible. Her life was getting more complicated than it was worth and she was just about to give up, and go home. Let the Xonian people deal with the invasion. She sighed as she hit the last ship of the invasion and it crumbled and fell to the brownish-grayish dirt of the plant.
She flew down to the Javelin which Superman, Batman and Lantern had taken, it was gigantic. To big to be a Javelin, to small to be a Watchtower, it was more like a big floating, space-traveling apartment building. It was where the league would be sheltered while on this planet. Once again Lantern was on the opposite side of the ship.
Shayera was starting to get annoyed with this. On one hand, she was grateful that she didn't have to see him or speak to him. But on the other hand she didn't like being treated as a child.
She walked inside to the monstrous ship and entered her doors lock. She walked into her room and flopped down on the bed. She stared at the ceiling remember that one of the let downs to being in the League is the lack of sleep. Another major one is knowing that the man you once loved, and secretly still do, was on the same ship you were, and you weren't allowed to see him.
In the other end of the Javelin John sat on his bed thinking about the woman he couldn't get out of his head. His Shayera was just a five minute walk away. In his mind he'd walk over there apologize and everything would be as it once was, perfect. But in his right mind he knew that it could never be as it once was, to much had changed. But he would give anything to have it back.
He decided right there and then what he was going to do. He would go to Shayera's room and have a civilized conversation with her about the events which took place five years ago. If Superman caught him than what was the worse he could do? Kick him out of the League? He'd still be able to talk to Shayera. She was what mattered the most.
With that said, he quietly exited his room. It was about 1 am, and everyone else was asleep, so as long as he avoided the major security cameras. He walked down the long, silent, metallic hallway and his light footsteps echoed. So he silently floated the rest of the way to Shay's room. He starred at the door pondering the consequences of knocking.
She was slightly awakened by the gentle knock at her door. She turned over with the intention of not answering it. Whoever it was it could wait until the morning. Her eyelids stuck together like to magnets as tiredness consumed them once again. Everything was quiet until there was another knock.
She got up slowly and swung her feet over the side of the bed and stood up. She looked down at what she was wearing, a tank top and sweat pants.
"Good enough for me," she thought as she walked to the door, "Good enough for Superman." But Superman wasn't the one responsible for the knocking.
He stood in the cold, metallic hallway. He was very tired but he wouldn't give up this moment for anything. Shay had opened the door angry in her pajamas. Staring at her face her remembered the first time he ever saw her without her mask. He would never forget it.
She looked shocked at him, as he stared at her back. She had no idea what to do. She had not been expecting him. Why was he here? What did he want? Why is he not speaking? She should just close the door on him and go back to sleep, they could pretend it never happened.
"Shay," he said quietly, "I need to tell you something." There was a short pause before he added, "May I come in."
She didn't know how to answer but before she knew what she was doing, she had already let John in the room.
The room looked exactly like one you would receive at a modest hotel. Shayera's bed was up a couple of stairs with nothing else except a nightstand. There was a table, chairs, a dresser, and a TV in consuming the rest of the room.
John and Shay sat in chairs which were ten feet across from each other. Shay in her mind had no clue what was going on, she didn't know whether to be relieved or frightened.
John finally started to explain, "Shay look I just came here to apologize. I know that is probably means nothing now, but I was so mean to you when we last saw each other. I know I was angry, but there were far better ways on venting it than what I did."
"You don't have to apologize," Shay voiced her opinion, "I deserved every mean word you said to me. I betrayed our team, I betrayed your trust. And I don't deserve to be forgiven."
John looked at her. She was curled up in the chair, her face gazing at the ground. John couldn't deny it anymore. She was still the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his entire life.
He walked over to her and took her cold hand in his, and lifted her chin to look her straight in the eye, "I want to apologize though."
Shayera stood up abruptly, John followed.
"John maybe you should..." she started.
"Just please hear me out. I've felt so bad since I said all those awful things to you. I thought I could never love you again. But the truth is I never stopped loving you. You were always what I thought about when I first got up, and right before I fell asleep. I want my future to be with you Shay, and if it's not, then I don't want to have one at all."
"John, I..." she began but was cut off when John kissed her. It was a passionate and meaningful kiss, but neither of them resisted deepening it.
The next morning was a quiet one. No Grodainians had attacked yet, but it was only eight o'clock.
"Good morning Flash, how did you sleep last night?" Superman asked cheerfully as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Not to bad, but I'm still a little drained," he explained emptying the sugar bowl into the coffeepot.
"So I noticed," Superman muttered then decided to change the subject, "Has anyone see green Lantern this morning?"
"I don't know he usually patrols the area in the morning doesn't he?" Flash asked as he downed his coffee in one gulp.
Shayera opened her eyes slightly. The morning light from the planet shot through the window and lit the room up. Shayera turned over and found John already dressed and getting ready to leave.
When he saw that she was awake he immediately stopped and walked over to her, "Good morning sleepy head," he said as he kissed the top of her head.
"Where are you going?" she smiled back.
"I have to patrol the area," he said doing up his shirt.
"While wait awhile I'll go with you," she said.
John complied and while Shay got dressed, he took a quick look outside for any Gordainians.
She came back in costume, minus the mask which she'd discarded many years ago. He walked over to her and to her in his broad arms.
"Oh Shay, I've missed you so much."
They started to kiss as Wally opened the door, "Hey Feathers are you, Oh God I'm sorry!" he screamed and then shut the door.
"It's okay Wally," Shay giggled, "Everything's covered."
Wally opened the door, "Wait does this mean you guys are back together?"
"Mmmm Hmmm," Shay replied with a smile.
"And you guys forgave each other?" he asked.
"Mmmm Hmmm," John replied.
A sudden thought just blast into Shay's head. John didn't know about Ira. Wally didn't know that John didn't know about Ira! Oh Shit!
"So you know about Ira then?" Wally asked.
"No?" John replied confused as he let go of Shay, "Who is Ira?"
"Oh Shit!" said Wally.
"Shayera, who is Ira?" John asked once again loosing his temper.
Just then the intercom beeped. Shayera walked over and pressed the button.
"Hi Hawkgirl, I got some good news for you, a video message from Ira has arrived and I sent it to your room, you can play it on your TV now."
"Thanks, ever so much," Shay answered sarcastically.
"Well?" John asked his hands crossed over his chest, "What are you waiting for. I'd love to see this Ira."
Shay sighed and turned her TV on, and clicked on the new message button
"Hi Mommy," Ira started, "Aunt DiDi said I could make a video to send you to keep you happy while you were away fighting bad guys. I'm okay, but Ethanials being mean. Aunt DiDi's holding him back right now..."
Suddenly Ethanial broke loose and all you could see was Wonder Woman chasing her child around in the background while using a few uncouth words.
John looked at Shayera. His face filled with rage, "You had a child all along," He said calmly through gritted teeth, "You didn't tell me? How many other people knew other than Flash and Superman and Wonder Woman?"
"Everyone in the League except you knew," she said quietly.
"And you didn't have the curtsey to tell me, that you had a child?!" He demanded as his rage started to show.
Shay turned to leave but John grabbed her by the wrist hard. She had forgotten how strong he could be. She struggled to get away but it was useless.
Luckily Wally hadn't left, so naturally he zipped over to help.
"John come on, why don't you for a walk to cool off."
"Wally, why don't you leave because this doesn't concern you!" John started to yell.
"The hell it doesn't. I've been there for Shay when she knew you wouldn't! Why do you think she never told you about Ira? She's terrified you'll hurt her or Ira!"
After Flash's retort, John let go of Shayera's wrist, he walked towards the exit of the room, but before he did he spoke some last words.
"The least you could've done was tell me you can Katar had a child together." Then John walked through the doors which closed with a 'swoosh' behind him.
Shay held her wrist and looked up at Wally with tears in her eyes. He put his arms around her and comforted her and she wept silently.
"God, this is becoming one big soap opera."
Chapter 12 coming soon, big, Big, BIG! Surprise! Huge! MAJOR! Something that no one will ever expect. And if you do guess it than Bravo!