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Chapter 14: Losing Faith
Location: Loft in New York City
Shayera had spent the night at Talia's penthouse, and was about to flying over to Midway City. She wanted to see how Hawkman was handled everything, when her communicator went off.
"Shayera, here," she said.
"Shayera, you need to get up here now…It's Cater," J'onn said.
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Watchtower-Infirmary
Shayera stood in the infirmary watching as they worked over Hawkman. She had been watch for twenty minutes, when the doctor came out. She was African American and 5'10" with medium-length black hair. Her green scrubs were strained with blood, which did nothing to calm Shayera's worry.
"How is he, Dr. Redwood," Shayera asked.
"He's stable, but he'll be out for a while," the doctor told Shayera, as they stood looking into the window of Carter's room in the infirmary.
"Can I go in," Shayera asked.
"Yes," the doctor said, and Shayera wasted no time getting to his side. The nurses cleared the room, so that it was only Shayera and the doctor inside the room with Carter's unconscious form.
"What are his injuries," Shayera asked.
"Broken collar bone, fractured ribs, dislocated shoulder, and his wing gear fused to his back from the laser blast-We had to surgery remove it from him. Also, after whoever shot him, they came a beat him 'til he was literally black and blue," the doctor said, "They was also some swelling in his brain, and fracturing about his skull."
"Will he be okay," Shayera asked, stroking Carter's bandaged forehead.
"He'll…he'll recover," the doctor said after a moment.
"Jacqueline, please don't lie to me," Shayera said.
"He probably won't be able to Hawkman any time soon...But he will recover, Shayera. It will be hard, but he will," Jacqueline said.
"This should not have happened," Shayera said, shaking her head. And Jacqueline completely agreed. She knew that the league was having some issues with the issues with the anti-Thanagarian groups, but this was something else.
"Promise me something," Jacqueline said after a moment.
"What," Shayera asked.
"Don't come here like this," Jacqueline said, "Some of the nurses-I heard that the only reason they treated him was because he was human." Jacqueline puts a hand on Shayera's shoulder, and looked her in the eyes. "Shayera, I'm only up here a few time a months; and after hearing some of the nurses talk, it will be even less now. If you come here like this, they'll let you die on that table...if not kill you themselves."
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Watchtower- Monitor Room
"Mr. J'onnz, the monitor is picking up something on the scanner," one of the techs said. J'onn walked up behind him and looked at the screen.
"Call the other original seven and have them meet me in the observation room," J'onn said, walking out of the room.
Before leaving, J'onn heard one of the techs say, "Looks like that hawk called in another invasion."
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