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Chapter 18: Betrayal
Washington D.C
The League was currently staking out around the capitol of America looking for any sign of trouble. According to Batman, he's sources told him of a possible terrorist attack during a Peace Summons.
"The Delicate of Kaznia has just arrived," Batman informed the team. "Anyone see anything yet?"
"Nothing," said Wonder Woman, who was on the team searching from above.
"Me neither," said Kagome, who was on the team searching the grounds.
"Nada," said Flash as he stopped from running around the Washington Monument for the twelfth time.
J`onn phased from the ground and now stood next to Flash, "What if they're already inside?" suggested the Martian.
"Superman's already taking care of that," answered Batman.
Kagome chuckled to herself, 'Always two steps ahead.' At the corner of her eye she saw Hawkgirl flying above her.
The Thanigarian was soon joined by Green Lantern, both looking absolutely giddy to see each other.
Kagome smiled at both her friend's happiness. It was only a month and few weeks ago that both heroes got together.
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Flashback
Kagome and J`onn had a rare weekend off, they were enjoying it until they received a distress call from Hawkgirl saying that Green Lantern was seriously injured.
Kagome went to Watchtower alone, since they needed her healing powers, in her Javelin.
When she rounded the corner to enter the Medical Bay she paused to see both Hawkgirl and Green Lantern in a passionate kiss.
Since they didn't know Kagome was there, she simply backed away from the scene not wanting to ruin the moment.
"Is Green Lantern alright?" asked J`onn in her mind as she walked quietly down the hallway. He was at the Higurashi Shrine playing with Karin.
"I think so, but he's kind of busy right now for me to check," answered Kagome as she went to the workout room to kill some time.
"Busy?" J`onn asked confused. Kagome showed him a mental image of what she saw, "I see…it looks like you win the bet with Flash."
Kagome cheered inside her mind, "Yes, free iced mochas for a month!"
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End of Flashback: Back to the Present
Suddenly, an explosion in the sky broke Kagome out of her thoughts.
A giant alien ship emerged from the clouds.
Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman went to investigate the floating alien fortress.
"GL, report," said Batman through the com-link.
"Well, it's not a terrorist air ship I can tell you that," Green Lantern replied sarcastically.
Hawkgirl looked at the aircraft stunned, "That's a Gordanian Class 7 Cruiser," she said through the com-link.
"A what?" questioned Green Lantern, Kagome, and Flash.
"Watch out," warned Hawkgirl as the ship fired, hitting Wonder Woman and Green Lantern dead on.
Flash was able to save them from hitting the ground by using his super speed to make a mild cyclone.
The ship continued to fire, trying to hit Hawkgirl, only to miss and hit nearby buildings.
"Superman-san," Kagome said through the com-link, "We got an emergency here."
"I'm on my way," said the Man of Steel.
Together, Superman and J`onn arrived to aid Hawkgirl. The men tried to take out the engines of the ship, though Hawkgirl protested, and suddenly became electrocuted in the process. Hawkgirl managed to catch them before they hit the ground.
Everyone re-grouped in front of the Washington Monument, Kagome ran up to her injured teammates and began to heal them.
"Any other suggestions?" asked J`onn, as soon as Kagome was done healing him.
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Before anyone could answer, a laser shot from higher in the sky. It hit the Gordanian cruiser, causing it to crash and burn to the ground.
The Justice League looked up to see, not only a bigger alien ship, but an entire fleet as well.
"Oh great," said Kagome while drawing one of her arrows.
"Wait," Hawkgirl said stopping her. Kagome looked at the Thanigarian in question, and noticed that Hawkgirl didn't take her eyes off of the alien ships.
A cruiser emerged from the big alien ship, landing in front of the Justice League. The aliens emerged from it to reveal a man with wings that resembled Hawkgirls.
By this time, many civilians and politicians gathered around the ship and saw the hawk winged aliens emerge from the ship that landed.
"Do you know them?" asked Flash to Hawkgirl.
Hawkgirl smiled and nodded numerously before flying over to greet one of the Thanigarian men, "Welcome to Earth, Commander."
"Thank you, Lieutenant," replied the Commander.
"What is going on here?" asked a confused and annoyed Green Lantern.
Hawkgirl turned to team mates, "This is Commander Hro Talic," she introduced.
"I must speak with your World Leaders," interrupted Commander Talic. "The future of this planet might be at stake."
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Half an Hour Later
The League fulfilled the Commanders request and gathered the World Leaders to hear what the Thanigarions had to say. Luckily they were all present for the Peace Summons. The League kept watch in the balcony above the podium.
"Friends," said Commander Talic to the crowd of politicians, reporters and the League, "We come here on an important mission. About five years ago, we sent an agent to Earth to learn about your people and to study your defenses. That agent was Lieutenant Shayera Hol, you may be more familiar with her name, Hawkgirl."
The League's eyes widened at the information.
"She was here to spy on us," said a surprised Flash.
Kagome glanced at Green Lantern and saw his fist tighten at the information, 'None of us knew.'
"From what the Lieutenant has told us," continued Commander Talic, "Your defenses are highly lacking for what is coming." The Commander pulled out a holographic orb that showed a clip of humanoid reptilian aliens firing weapons at Thanigarions. "Our enemies, the Gordanian, have gone across the cosmos to attack countless planets. The Thanigarions, have fought against them for generations. Now, the Gordanians have set their sights on Earth and you won't stand a chance against them, unless you accept our help."
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The World Leaders talked amongst themselves, and a few members of the League, about the information they had heard.
"What do you think?" Kagome asked J`onn in his mind.
"I'm not sure," he replied to her honestly. Hawkgirl was their team mate and friend, 'But she lied to us.'
They both looked up to see Green Lantern and Hawkgirl a few feet away from them, arguing.
"Why didn't you tell me?" said an upset Green Lantern.
"I wanted to," admitted Hawkgirl, "There were so many times that I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't. You were a soldier you know how secrecy is important."
Green Lantern looked at her angry, "Is there anything else you've kept a secret?"
Hawkgirl looked down ashamed, "There is something," she began to say, but was interrupted by Commander Talic.
"Shayera," said Commander Talic before he kissed her with loving passion. Green Lantern could only stare stunned at the sight.
"Uh oh," said Kagome to J`onn's mind.
"My darling, I've missed you so," said Commander Talic as he pulled away. The Thanigarian turned to see Green Lantern watching, "Oh, I'm sorry, Hro Talic," he said holding out his hand in greeting.
Green Lantern kept a straight face and shook the Thanigarians hand, "John Stewart."
"I know," said Commander Talic, "Shayera has told me much about you."
Kagome and J`onn winced at that.
"Has she?" replied Green Lantern. "And you two are?"
Hawkgirl intervened, "Hro and I are promised to each other…it's like being engaged on Earth."
J`onn realized now was the time to go and grabbed Kagome's hand to lead her away. "That's our cue to go," he told her.
"No wait," she tried to pull back, "John-san might need back up when he starts to beat up the guy," J`onn already pulled them to the next corner.
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An hour later the World Leaders gathered in a private meeting with the League.
"Can we trust the Thanigarians?" asked one military leader.
"They risked their lives to warn and aid us," said Wonder Woman.
"It sounds a little too good to be true," said a weary Superman.
"But if Earth is in real danger, we can't ignore that," defended Wonder Woman.
Flash and Green Lantern were in the corner over hearing the conversation.
"Why are we still arguing about this?" said a confused Flash who was eating some doughnuts that were on the table. "Of course we're gonna let them help us."
Green Lantern didn't reply and exited the room. He didn't know what to think anymore. He loved Shayera and she had lied to him ever since the day they met.
"The most mysterious creatures in the universe," stated Batman who came down the hall.
"Who?" asked Green Lantern.
"Women," the Dark Knight answered, "It's okay, you know. You didn't know Hawkgirl was spoken for."
"Haven't you considered that maybe she doesn't want to be spoken for anymore," Kagome gave her opinion when she and J`onn came from the opposite end of the hall.
"I know it's painful," said J`onn to Green Lantern, "For two people who are involved to be," he was interrupted by Flash he super speed into the conversation.
"Who's involved?" asked Flash before he saw the look on Green Lantern's face, "Wait, you and Hawkgirl? When did this happen? Who else knew?"
Batman, Kagome, and J`onn raised their arms slightly. "Oh man," said Flash feeling out of the loop. "Now I owe Miko, iced mochas for a month…Hey why didn't you tell me?" he asked Kagome.
"Sorry," she told him without a hint of remorse, "But I couldn't resist seeing the look on your face when you finally find out on your own," she admitted before going back to the conversation they were having. "It must have been hard on Shayera Nee-chan," said Kagome.
J`onn nodded in agreement, "To be alone here for so long on an unfamiliar planet."
"Well maybe," said a slightly annoyed Green Lantern to J`onn, "You should have read her mind."
J`onn shook his head, "I never could."
Kagome looked at him surprised, "You never told me that."
"It never came up," he admitted. "In fact, I can't read any of the Thanigarian's minds."
Kagome took one look at Batman's face and knew right then that that from this point forward, he was going to be in detective mode for as long as the Thanigarians were here.
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After some time, the World Leaders finally agreed to accept help from the Thanigarians.
They explained how the best way to protect the planet was to create a generator that will create a force filed around the planet to shield it from any sudden Gordanian attack.
Green Lantern, Superman, J`onn, and Hawkgirl were all present in the middle of an African desert to help the Thanigarians create the generators.
Meanwhile, Flash and Kagome helped the Thanigarians below. Flash did what he could with his super speed and Kagome helped care for those who were straining themselves from working.
Hawkgirl looked up at Commander Talic with admiration as he talked to Superman. Shayera's heart began to conflict between her fiancé and her love for John, ever since this whole thing started. 'What do I do?' she thought to herself.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Flash ran over to Hawkgirl, "I don't see what you see in that guy," he told Shayera refering to Ro. Kagome walked up to them during Flash's rant, "I mean yea he's big and strong, and…good looking I guess, but that doesn't make him a hero."
Flash was proven incorrect when Commander Talic saved an innocent lamb from being crushed by a bulldozer moments later. The Commander flew to the trio and handed the lamb to Flash, "Look after this little one," he ordered before flying off.
Both women chuckled at the annoyed look on Flash's face, "Fine…But I still don't like him," he said before he sped off to get the lamb back to its group.
When Kagome stopped laughing she looked to her Thanigarian friend, "Nee-chan," she began to say.
"I know, I know, you want me to stay with John," guessed Hawkgirl.
Kagome shook her head, "No, I won't tell you what to do with your love life," she grabbed Shayera's hand and looked at her, "Whatever you decide, just be happy, Nee-chan," she said the last part while giving a supporting smile, before she left to attend to those who were injured.
Shayera watched as the young miko walked away, giving her a lot more to think about, 'Who makes me happy?'
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Meanwhile
"What exactly are you looking for?" Wonder Woman asked Batman, who was dissecting a dead Gordanian soldier. "You don't even know anything about this type of physiology."
"No," admitted Batman, "But I do know frozen tissue when I see it." He gave a chance for Diana to look at the microscope to see that the Gordanian soldier's liver was indeed frozen.
"So, they were already dead in their ship," concluded Wonder Woman.
Batman nodded, "We're being played."
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Later That Day
"Easy," said the Thanigarian, Paran Dul, to J`onn and Superman who were flying and carrying a heavy piece of machinery, "Connect the absorbing plate to the unit."
Once J`onn was finished with his task he flew down to Paran Dul, "Your technology is amazing," he complimented, "How does it work?"
Paran Dul showed him the pad expecting that the Martian Manhunter wouldn't comprehend it, "The circuits utilize anth metal and elements with properties you can't understand."
J`onn kept his face collected, "What wouldn't I understand, the Hypor-condictivity or the Masson Gravitation Conversions." (AN: Actual dialogue but I have no idea if I'm spelling or writing this correctly, so humor me here.)
Paran Dul looked at the Martian in shook and then glared him for his smugness.
"J`onn, behave yourself please," Kagome urged in J`onn's mind when she witnessed the exchange from below. "The last thing we need is to cause conflict."
Without any warning to the Thanigarian, J`onn went back to aiding Superman.
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Fifteen minutes later the League got an urgent message on their com-links, minus Hawkgirls.
"Watchtower to Justice League," said an urgent Wonder Woman, "The Thanigarians are lying, and the Gordainians are not coming to Earth. They have captured Batman and…Great Hera they're attacking the Watchtower," she said the last part after an explosion was heard.
"Javelin now," ordered Superman to his team mates.
The Justice League members rushed to their trusted aircraft. Paran Dul saw this and shot one of her laser weapons at the Javelin causing it to explode. Every League member who was close was thrown back from the force of the explosion. Kagome and Green Lantern created a barrier to protect their team mates from the blast.
Hawkgirl saw the attack and punched the Paran Dul in the face, "What are you doing?"
Commander Talic hovered above them, "We can't let them destroy all that we have achieved in this mission," he explained to his fiancé.
With that being said, Commander Talic ordered his Thanigarian soldiers to attack the Justice League.
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The Earth's heroes began to defend themselves against the hawk winged aliens.
The militaries of the World Leaders, who were present at the generator site, began to attack the Thanigarians and their ships with tanks, jets, missiles, and none of them succeeded. The Thanigarians simply disabled all military weapons with practiced ease.
Thanks to Shayera, all that the Earth could attack with, the Thanigarians already knew about and knew how to counter them.
That included all the members of the Justice League.
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"Take them out fast and hard," ordered Green Lantern to his team mates.
The League members fought against the Thanigarians both in the air and the ground.
Meanwhile, Hawkgirl stared at both her families and agonized over what to do. Does she aid her people and her fiancé or her Earth family and her love?
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J`onn fought against multiple Thanigarian soldiers and managed to subdue most of them.
"You wanted to know about our technology," J`onn heard the taunting voice of Paran Dul, right before she electrocuted him with a weapon specialized on subduing him.
J`onn's screams of agony made Kagome look in his direction just in time to see him fall unconscious to the ground, "J`onn!" she cried while she held off a Thaniagarion with her sword. With strength she didn't know she possessed, she pushed the Thanigoran soldiers off of her and ran to help her husband.
Kagome didn't see a Thanigarian weapon aimed straight at her back and hit her dead in the shoulder. The pain was excruciating and she had to summon her healing powers to take care of her shoulder.
However, her holy energy didn't emerge. She tried again, trying to concentrate with all the chaos around her, but still nothing happened.
"What the hell?" the miko said out loud. Before Kagome could question any further, a Thanigarion soldier came up behind her and hit her in the back of the head with his weapon, and knocked the young miko unconscious.
One by one, each League member was taken down with special weapons that aimed for the weakness of every League member.
Green Lantern was the last to be taken down but not before he spoke to Shayera.
"Don't fight this John," she pleaded to him.
"More lies," yelled Green Lantern in denial, "Whose side are you on?" he asked aiming his ring at her ready to shoot.
Shayera gave him a saddened face, "Don't you know."
John looked into the woman he loves eyes and lowered his ring. Only to have Shayera hit him in the face with her trusted mace. With his last attempt to stay conscious, he swore he heard her say, "I'm sorry."
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Tokyo, Japan: Two Hours Later
"Breaking news," said the reporter on the television in Seshomaru's home, where Sesshomaru, Kouga, Ayame, Shippo, Rin and their daughter Hitomi were present.
Karin was playing with their children around the house. Kirara, Ginta, Hakakku, and Jaken were guarding them just in case the Thanigarians decided to attack.
"Officials say that the rumors are true, the Thanigarians are invading the Earth and the Justice League," the feed was cut off to show one of the Thanigarian aliens. The group of yōkai were unfazed by the change, while Rin and Hitomi gasped in surprise.
"This is Commander Hro Talic," he said on the television, "I am the authority of the Thanigarians. We here by claim your planet as a military base and have established marshal law. Your world faces a crisis, and only 'we' can defend you from it."
"Well that's a bunch of crap," said Kouga to the others who nodded in agreement. Excluding Hitomi, the yōkai and Rin have seen many wars in their lifetimes, and they knew that if a military base was being formed, that it meant only one thing: innocent bystanders will die.
"We will act and rule without interference," continued Commander Talic, "If you stand down, our stay will be brief and without incident. If you stand against us, then you will face our wrath."
The television feed was cut off.
Outside the walls the Thanigarians continued to fly over them.
Sesshomaru growled at the stench of the filthy birds even flying over his home, "Foolish creatures," he stated at their arrogance.
"Where are Kagome Obaa-san and the Justice League?" questioned Hitomi, hoping the worse hasn't happened.
"If this is going on and there's no news of them even attempting to stop it. It can only mean one of two things," said Ayame, "They've been captured or they're dead."
Kouga shook his head, "No, if they were put to death those bird brains would have mentioned that."
Sesshomaru nodded in agreement.
"Then they've been captured by these Thanigarians then," said Sesshomaru as he sat at his home office desk. "Perhaps it is time to reveal are selves to the humans."
Rin shook her head in disagreement, "With all due respect My Lord, there is an alien invasion going on, I think human minds are pretty much at the brink of what they can comprehend, right now."
Sesshomaru contemplated on what his adoptive daughter was saying, "You may have a point. Then what do you suggest to this Sesshomaru?"
Everyone paced to come up with an idea.
Shippo was the first to suggest something, "Well, it's obvious these Thanigarians don't know about yōkai, otherwise they would have gone after us by now," everyone nodded agreeing. Shippo gave a devilish kitsune smile, "And maybe that will be our advantage."
The end of season two is near, and both the League and the yōkai will be out for blood. So tell me what you think? Next time: The conclusion of the Thanigarian invasion and season two.
Till then my readers