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Chapter 45: Let Blood Rain
Location: Island Facility
'Helena was dead...Helena had died.' Those thoughts ran through Shayera's head as she held Helena's body.
"Shayera," Wally said, walking toward her.
"I want them all dead," Shayera said quietly.
"The mission-" Wally started.
"I don't care. Screw the mission," Shayera screamed, "Everything I care about is taken from me. My planet. My home. My family. My very way of life. And then just as I get a little piece back, life takes more and more. I don't care anymore."
"Then let blood rain on our enemies," Harley said, coming up to her, "Let her not die in vain, Shayera."
"I'm done trying to atone for sins undone," Shayera said.
"Shayera, it's-" John started towards Shayera but stopped at Shayera stare. It was hollow.
"Have I given enough to earn forgiveness," Shayera asked, and that seemed to freeze John in place. Talia came and knelt down beside Shayera, and laid her hand over Helena's eyes, closing them.
"Come on, we has a planet to save," Wally said.
"Why would I want to save the planet," Shayera asked, holding Helena
"Because I'm one of the idiots who lives in it, and so are you," Harley said, kneeling down on Shayera's other side.
"The one of the few people who every looked at me as only Shayera is dead," Shayera said, "This world should burn."
"I'm still here," Harley said, trying to reason with her.
"For how long," Shayera asked sadly.
"We need to move," Wally said, hating himself for the choice he was making.
"Go save your world. I'm tired…" Shayera said, as Talia and Harley rose up, but not before Talia kissed both Helena and Shayera on the forehead.
"What about that warrior spirit you always hold to," Oliver asker, grabbing his gear as well.
"Even a warrior must rest," Shayera said, looking down to Helena.
"Let's go," Wally asked, grabbing his gear and turning to his remaining soldiers.
"You can't leave her here...She'll be killed," Diana said.
"This is a war. I don't have the option to cuddle a soldier," Wally said, "I have to focus on the mission."
"That's Shayera, not a soldier," John said.
"We would have never-" Superman started.
"You don't make the decision anymore!" Wally yelled. "You weren't there when I had to make the hard choices of who the save and who not too. You weren't there to have to telling good men and women's family that their loved ones weren't coming home, because I choose to save someone else," Wally said, "So if want to change the way things are, then come with me and finish this damn mission." Wally finished in a yell and then walking away.
"You used to be a good man," Diana said, "Someone who would never leave someone behind. Now look at you. Wally, how can you call yourself a good man?"
"I call myself nothing, for there are only men," Wally said to her, stopping in his tracks, "men who love and live and fight…until they are dead."
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Island Facility-Underground Corridor
"What the hell was that," Bullseye said, as the last member of the group made it into the room. It looked to be a gym.
"Guess they figured out we were inside," Cheshire said, moving to guard the door at the back of the room.
"Just another roadblock," Harley said, trying to peak through the door crack.
RED ALERT…HOSTILES ARE IN THE COMPOUND.
I REPEAT…HOSTILES ARE IN THE COMPOUND.
ALL NONE SUBORDINATES MUST BE ELIMATED.
"Okay...Bigger roadblock," Harley said, after the announcement.
"Okay, need a proper plan," Wally said, looking at the group.
"Gotta draw their fire, give them a target," Harley said, looking at Talia and Cheshire. They all seemed to know what the other was thinking and knew what they had to do.
"Commander, we have a plan," Talia said, backing her gear bag down.
"We should point out at this moment it is a fairly terrible plan," Cheshire said.
"And almost certainly won't work," Harley said, fixing her ponytail.
"I would have been happy leaving it at 'fairly terrible'," Cheshire said, pulling over two guns from her gear and tossing them at Talia.
"Sorry, just thinking out loud," Harley said.
"What are you thinking," Wally order, knowing that whatever they were planning was dangerous and with Harley involved self-destructive.
"Be careful," Edward said, pulling Harley to the side as Talia spoke with Wally.
"Careful. Tried that once…It was so boring," Harley said, trying to make light of what was about to happen.
"Shout if you get in trouble and use this," Edward said, clipping a silver device to on her hip.
"Don't worry, I'm quite the screamer," Harley said, before walking back over to Wally and Talia, "Now that spoiler for you...and not even a coffee date first," She added with a laugh
"So, what's going on there," Ivy asked, coming up to him.
"Er... Nothing. She's just a friend," Edwards stuttered, going to check the back door.
"Yeah, so not true," Ivy said smirking.
"Don't die," Wally said to Talia.
"Same to you," Harley said, coming back into the conversation.
"How are you going-" Wally asked, but was stopped by Harley.
"You know how I sometimes have really brilliant ideas," Harley asked, smiling at him.
"Yes..." Cheshire said, not liking where this could be going.
"Sorry," Harley said, before running out of the doors. She was meet with a group of ten soldiers.
"Look at me, I'm a hostile," She yelled before turning around and taking off down the corridor. A moment later the soldiers were following after her.
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