Thanks for all the comments! By the way I did see Salvage! It was great but one word sums it up for me : Lian. By the way I'd like a vote : All in favor of the baby being a boy and those who want a girl (I can't decide)
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The board of the Light was assembled together in a meeting room. Vandal Savage was rather content with how the experiment had gone, of course only time would tell... The only problem had been Kaldur'ahm interference, it may now be slightly more difficult to retrieve the child and certainly Raquel Ervin. Of course, they could overpower him easily but that would create the problem of where exactly Black Manta and his men's loyalties would then lie. Without a doubt now the boy already knew that the child was his and something told the immortal that he would not be pleased when he discovered just what they had done.
Sure enough, a few moments later the doors opened. Kaldur marched in, seemingly very calm. He stood in the middle of the hall. Looking at the various members of the Light looking at him from their positions around the table.
"We are going to make this simple. I am going to ask questions and you are going to tell the truth." Kaldur declared "What did you do to Raquel?"
"We made a few improvements..." Said Lex Luthor
"Do not mix words! What exactly did you do?" Kaldur raised his voice slightly
"We injected her with several chemical solutions which will act on the child that she carries." Said the Brain
"What effect will that have on the child?" Asked Kaldur
"In theory, prevent diseases, increase mental and physical capacities..."
"You would have the child on steroids before it is even born?" Asked Kaldur angered even further "What of Klairon?"
"Ah... I just made sure the brat and it's mom didn't croak... Oh and I added a little hocus pocus..." Said Klairon stroking Teekle
Kaldur fixed each of the villains around the table with a look of pure hatred. Then rather nonchalantly, he took a few steps forwards and brought his fist down on the oak table shattering it in half. The villains looked unimpressed, Kaldur had just wanted to get their attention and remind them just how powerful he actually was. Lex Luthor looked over to the Atlantean.
"That was an antique..." He said
"You can get another..." Said Kaldur narrowing his eyes "You did all this to the child. Why?"
"Call it an experiment... We hoped to create a new soldier for the light one modified even before it's birth." Said Savage "No illness, intelligence and strength far beyond those of a normal human and indoctrined in the Light's ways from the day it was born."
"Why Raquel's child? Why not have your own?" Asked Kaldur
"Oh, we tried it on others but in all cases both mother and child were too weak to survive the proces."
Kaldur looked at his feet and closed his eyes. He imagined other women in the same pain as Raquel had been, the same pain which would eventually take their lives. He had known that the Light was a force to be reckoned with but he'd never imagined that they would be so cruel as to preform such experiments on a mother and child.
"Then finally, we learned of miss. Ervin's pregnancy... She was carrying the exact thing we'd been waiting for..." Said Savage "A child strong enough to resist the process."
"You- You knew the child was mine..." Kaldur realised before yelling "YOU KNEW!"
He rushed over to Savage and slammed him against the wall. The villain was unsurprised by Kaldur's sudden aggression indeed he had suspected that the father would react like this when he found out. He tried to push the Atlantean back but failed. He'd underestimated the boy's strength, he made a mental note not to do it again. Kaldur's eyes were burning with an intense anger that he'd never seen before.
"I will tare you limb from limb Savage!" Kaldur declared
"You really need to get that temper under control..." Vandal replied
"It is under control..."
"You should be pleased." Said Queen Bee "Your child is going to greatly aid the light in it's plans..."
"I did not give permission for my child to be used and neither did Raquel!"
"Relax... Once the brat's born we'll take it away and you can do whatever you want with the girly!" Said Klairon
As a response, Kaldur dropped Savage who tried to hide his relief and lunged at Klairon. The witch boy managed to get out of the way but he was not the Atlantean's target. Instead he grabbed the cat round the neck hard enough to almost chock it. The animal clawed ferociously at the young man's hand but he was to angry to feel the pain or take notice of the bleeding cuts. Klairon prepared to use his powers to attack but was stopped by Savage.
"Do you really think that you can take on all of us boy?" Asked Savage
"Yes." Kaldur simply replied "You should not of come near my family!"
"Consider yourself fortunate that we did not eliminate your lover from the moment we learned about her." Ra's Al Ghul said "Such relationships are often... Problematic..."
"Indeed, fortunately we saw the potential in your little blunder." Said Queen Bee
"What of us now?" Asked Kaldur "What are you planning?"
"Once your child is born, it shall be taken away from it's mother. You may raise it if you want but under our strict surveillance." Savage declared "And as a reward for all your various services you can keep miss Ervin for... Amusement."
Kaldur clenched his fists in anger. They thought that he wanted that kind of relationship with Raquel? How could they be deluded enough to believe that he would want his child to grown up under their influence? He was ready to fight, he felt his grip tighten around Teekle's neck. Savage frowned.
"I think you'll find that this is the best solution for all of you." He declared "Otherwise we will take the child by force, you will never see it again and as for miss Ervin... Well let's just say she'll be wishing that you had chosen the first option."
There was something about Savage's grin which awoke the same instinct he had initially felt back when he had first leant of Raquel's pregnancy. He was filled with such anger that he could barely control himself. He let out a roar of anger and charged Savage. The man was slightly more prepared this time and succeeded in blocking the fist and swung a blow in return. Kaldur dodged and succeeded in hitting him hard in the jaw.
He was about to do the same when he felt a presence begin to mess around with his mind. He stumbled backwards and managed to glare at Queen Bee, she was stopping him from attacking. He could feel her try to suppress his urge to fight and keep him in check. He had to fight it! He filled his mind with Raquel and thought of nothing else. It was enough to stop her from taking complete control.
Something connected with his eye making him fall backwards. He reacted by using his water bearers to send some water crashing into Queen Bee knocking her back. He stood back up just in time to receive another bashing in the face followed by another. He opened his eyes to see Vandal Savage hitting him as hard as he could in the face. Using some of his old training, Kaldur was able to kick him and put some distance in between them. He drew his swords ready to fight, his eyes surveilled the villains daring them to move.
"Enough Kaldur'ahm! Return to her or else I will have them get the child now and believe me we are capable of growing the child without a mother's womb." Vandal declared wiping some blood away from the corner of his mouth
"This is not over..." Declared Kaldur
He turned his back and left the room. Limping slightly due to landing badly on his fin, Kaldur managed his way through the corridors back to his room. As he continued his journey, he felt more and more tired and his limp became more and more pronounced. He must have been hit harder than he had initially thought. Finally he reached his room, only just managing to open the door. He staggered over to the bed where Raquel was looking at him with a worried expression on her face along with Roy, Lian and his father. He collapsed resting his head on the bed.
"Kal!" Yelled Raquel worried
"You've got a concussion!" Said Manta making a quick diagnosis "What did you do?"
"We are leaving, tonight!" Kaldur declared
"Sure..." Said Rocket "How exactly? There are guards everywhere!"
"I have a plan..." Said Kaldur "But... You are not going to like it..."