Hey sorry I haven't updated in a while. Hope you like this chapter. I was actually going to make it longer but I decided it was long enough. Now have fun reading!

It had been hours of non-stop, sweat-breaking, building and working, and things were finally wrapping up…which brought more bad news. All was left now, was them. As Green Lantern looked back and forth between the new armored Watchtower and the now visible wall of warships lights in the distance, he didn't feel too confident that even all their hard work was going to work. But just as he had when the android came to destroy Earth, he was going to do all he could to stand in the gap between them and his home. He took in a deep breath and headed inside the tower.

John flew towards the Observatory Deck to meet up with the other seven original leaguers, and go over what they needed to have done before the aliens decided to finally show up. Batman had put a time limit on the operation of construction when J'onn had first spotted the large enemy from the distance. He took a look at the clock in the hallway and slowed down as he realized he was early. As he walked around the corner he stopped, at the sight in front of him. It was Shayera.

Shayera Hol stood at the windowsill of the large transparent window at the end of the hall staring out into the distance of space, at the oncoming Gordanians. She had her hands clenched tightly on the sill and her shoulders slumped. As a hand rested on her shoulder, she jumped a little and spun around to see John with a sincere, concerned face starring into her teary eyes. She quickly averted her attention back to what was beyond the window into space, sniffed, blinked the tears that had come to her eyes, and shrugged the hand off her shoulder. He didn't attempt to put it back in place.

"Shayera…Are you okay?" John asked her quietly. She quickly nodded.

"Yea, I'm fine, John." She replied as confidently as she could, he had caught her at a bad time. If it had been any other moment she would have actually believe her own words but now…was not that time. She sighed letting her shoulders sag again. John slowly but confidently placed his hand back on her shoulder softly. She decided to ignore it for the moment, but she wouldn't dare let that soft touch of warmth sink into her shoulder and relax her, she just couldn't do it anymore, after everything that they had said to each other in the past couple weeks…after the invasion. She leaned over resting her elbows on the windowsill and leaned her head over to message her forehead.

"I don't know how I fell right now. I…" She sighed. "But I know I shouldn't be feeling like this. I've fought Gordanians practically all my life, and there had always been wins and losses, that's just what happens…but," She turned to look him in the face. John saw the sadness, fear, and confidence in her eyes all mixing together in confusion. "This isn't a war, John, it's either win…or lose, and I just have this feeling…that it's not going to work out like we think it will."

John sighed softly and took his hand off her shoulder to cross his arms over the windowsill and lean against them. "I know, I feel the same way." He looked out at the warships and scowled. "But I know, speaking for both of us that, that'll never stop us. Whether we feel that way or not, there's another feeling that, at least for me I know, will always overpower any doubt I have. It's the way we feel for the Earth, my home…our home." He gave her a small smile, and she nodded and returned the gesture with a half smile of her own.

/JL\

The seven of them looked at the now completely black globe on the monitor screen. It was depressing really, the people of Earth all locked themselves inside their homes or in storm shelters, by the world's leaders' orders of course. Everything was in place, it was time to begin.

"Is everyone sure that everything was covered?" Batman asked the other six founding members staring at each of them until they gave him an answer. They nodded.

"We're ready." Green Lantern replied putting on his mask of emotions, leaving a straight non-emotional face behind.

"Then I suggest we get to our stations. Shayera, I know you wanted to be on the first group in space, but we think it would be better for your strengths if stay on the second group in the air on Earth with Green Lantern and Wonder Woman." She glared at J'onn for a couple seconds then softened.

"Fine." She replied curtly and straightened, their meeting was coming to an end, which meant the battle was coming to a start.

"Good then and just to go over the J'onn you'll be with me in space and, as you mentioned, John, Diana, and Shayera will be in the air, and Wally and Bruce will be on the ground, agreed?" Everyone again nodded.

"Now let's go over the plan again." Batman stated and everyone tuned in their ears to what he was about to say. Even Flash listened, normally he slept through rehearsal plans, but this time it was no joke. Batman began explaining their plan to avoid the end of the world.

/JL\

Superman and the Martian Manhunter with their army of heroes behind them, saw the enemy coming closer. The Gordanians were speeding up considerably. In fact they were getting so fast that Superman began to wonder if they would ram right through him and the others."

"J'onn their coming in pretty fast, do you think we'll be able to hold them?" Superman asked the Martian, who was on the other side of the large group, by using telepathy.

"I don't know. They have also reached us much earlier than I expected, but I guess we will just have to see what happens." He replied trying to make his voice sound calm inside Superman's mind. He didn't get a reply, which meant Superman had probably detected the worry in his voice.

The Gordanian fleet was very large. It stretched wider and farther than they could see. In the front of the formation there was what looked like a thin line of scout ships. On the far right and left behind that line were rows of intergalactic warships and on the inner right and left was a smaller group of some kind of transport ships and ground machines. But the most terrifying, was the large command ship in the center. It was half the size of the watchtower but it had enough weaponry on it alone to destroy an entire planet. All of this came towards the Justice League at a terrifying speed, but as they got closer and closer they began to slow down. Soon they were not very far from them at all. Just when Superman was about to give the order, they stopped abruptly right in front of Superman himself. The scout ships parted to let the command ship scoot forward to the front. Everything became silent. Not one person, creature, weapon, or machine moved. Finally the silence was broken by the last thing anyone expected.

"Humans!" A loud booming voice came from the command ship's speaker. "Who is the leader of this guard?" It continued. Superman hesitated until J'onn gave him the 'okay' then he spoke.

"My name is Superman. I am the leader of this group here. Who are you and what are you doing here?" He said loudly, confidently and unwavering.

"I am the Gordanian commander of this fleet and I wish to speak with the so called Justice League and possibly some of the Earth's leaders. May only, my scouts and my command ship land on your planet? And if it makes you feel better," There was a loud droning and mechanical sound as all the ships weapons began to shut down and fall to the side, off of any target. "I will turn off all my weapons…is it a deal?"

"Give me a minute to decide." Superman replied calmly.

The Leaguers whispered and glanced at each other. Superman put his finger to his ear and turned on his comm. Link.

"What do you think should we let them pass?" He spoke to the seven, all of the Leaguers had heard the conversation from their comm. links, now it was time to make a decision.

"No I don't trust them, if anything we should just blast them now." Shayera replied curtly and furiously.

"We can't attack them first. We need to avoid any attack from them, but if we attack first then we're sure to start a war." Diana said and counteracted Shayera's suggestion.

"But we have to do something, we can't just stand here and wait for something to happen on it's own!" Green Lantern butted in.

"Wow, you should really listen to your own advice sometime…" Shayera mumbled but John heard her.

"What?" He replied confused.

"Never mind, John. J'onn what do you think about letting them in?" She said quickly getting the subject back on track.

"I'm not sure. They weapons are down and it's only the command ship and the scouts. If they decide to trick us and attack Superman and I will be ready." He said, not suggesting or even deciding on a choice just yet.

"Are you saying we should let them come and land on our planet! They already inked us, shouldn't that be considered the first shot!" Flash yelled agreeing completely with Shayera's idea of blasting them out of the universe.

"J'onn's right, their weapons are down, which means their in the weakest position possible. If we let the command ship through we will have closer access to the commander if he decides to attack. If he does one false move we can order our attack before their weapons have time to recharge." Batman said strongly and as if he hadn't heard Flash at all.

"I agree, then we let them through?" Superman asked and got a yes from J'onn, Diana, and Batman, making it the majority vote. Superman turned his head towards the humongous ship in front of him and shouted. "We have decided to let your command ship and your scouts pass through."

"Thank you Superman…I'll be looking forward to talking with these people."

/JL\

The extremely large ship landed on the large park in Metropolis while the scouts remained in the air. The streets were filled with crowds of people, who shouldn't have been there, watching the frightening seen, including all kinds of news. Mothers held their babies and couples held their loved ones.

Superman and the Martian Manhunter had escorted them to this spot and now stood next to their fellow teammates ready for the commander to step out. Batman gave a quick be ready to all League members and waited with his hands beneath his cape. That's when the door opened with steam and all. Out stepped one of the biggest Gordanians Shayera had ever seen in her life. He was twice as muscular and twice as tall as J'onn. He was clad in full body armor, everything include his head had some kind of armory except for his tail, a Gordanian's strongest defense. He walked out of the ship alone and stood in front of the seven.

"So, is this the Justice League I have heard so much about?" The commander spoke, and when he did his voice boomed deeply enough for everyone in the crowds around them to hear and there was a sort of reptilian hiss in his accent, but it was all some how warped in the helmet. Before they could respond they immediately noticed that Shayera had caught the Gordanian's eye and he walked up to her. So, she responded.

"Yes, we are." She said barely being able to hide the hatred in her voice. He nodded.

"Please, come inside, so that I may talk privately with you…if you know what I mean." He said gesturing towards all the people in crowds around the sight. They glanced at each other. Finally Superman nodded and started inside with the others behind him. Batman was last and just before he entered he gave Green Arrow a nod.

Once they all reached the inside they found themselves in a large room. The commander dismissed the others in the room and once the cost was clear he took off his helmet and set in on a small table. Once his helmet was off, the League was surprised to see how old he was. If they had asked Shayera, she would have simply explained that Gordanians get old very quickly yet live for almost the same age as a human, but of course now was not the time for interesting questions. He turned around to face them. Again he was drawn to the Thanagarian, she was standing right and front of him. She moved up a little and came closer. He looked down at her face and she looked up at his. She was small compared to this creature.

"Ah, so the rumors are true. The Justice League does have a…Thanagarian on their team." When he had said the word Thanagarian, he spoke it as if the word put a bad taste in his mouth as he said it. Shayera clenched her teeth.

"And who are you and what are you doing here?"

"The new leader of Gordon and it's, uh,…" He smiled wickedly at her. "…spoils." A small growl escaped her throat and she clenched the mace in her right hand until her knuckles turned white. John and Wally exchanged glances and moved closer to her, John on her right and Wally on her left. He continued. "I see you heard that includes Thanagar. I guess that means you can call me your, mm, how would you say it in human…king?"

"I'm no longer part of the Thanagarian Empire." She barely got the words out of her mouth.

"Oh! So, it's true you are the little traitor herself, Shayera Hol. Well, it's very nice to meet such a great contribute to my kingdom. In fact, that was one of the few things I most wanted to see when I decided to come to Earth. I never thought anyone from such a traitorous race could become such a hero." He smiled wickedly again and now she couldn't take it any longer. She was about to hit him when John and Wally grabbed her arms and held them tightly. She could have easily shook them off but she instead tried to calm herself down. He laughed at the sight.

"I understand Gordanians have a dislike for Thanagarians, but can we get back to your business here?" Diana spoke up trying to change the subject so that Shayera wouldn't have time to blow up.

"I never said I disliked them…in fact I consider them good workers," The leader leaned downward closer towards Shayera's head. "Very good workers." He gave her one last wicked smile and there was a twinkle of joy in his eyes as he watched the warrior tense up ready to pounce. He then quickly straightened up, grasped his hands behind his back, and his face became flat. "But your right, we should be getting back to business. Ask away and I shall answer." Without the others knowledge he slipped his right hand just under the table where three small buttons were. He didn't attempt to push one just yet.

"First of all, why are you here?" Superman asked him, as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Just to come and make sure you wouldn't pose a threat to my kingdom." Then quickly, at seeing their expression, added in, "To make sure that you weren't going to attack, there are a lot of planets and galaxies against us. I wanted to know what side you were on." His fingers pushed the buttons but nothing seemed to be happening.

"So you plan to make a treaty?" Batman asked as he stepped forward closer to the creature. This all didn't sound right.

"Possibly, right after I finish one thing of business."

"And, what is that exactly?" J'onn asked him suspiciously, he of course couldn't read his mind and was wishing with every ounce of Martian blood in him that he could.

"…REVENGE!" Before anyone could respond he put his hand on Shayera's throat and yanked her right out of the grasp of her two companions. He held her in the air while he kept a tight grasp on her throat but not quite making the squeeze.

"Put her down now!" John said with rising anger in his voice as he pointed his Oa ring at the Gordanaian's head.

"Uh, uh, uh, if you shoot I squeeze." He said joyful and just to prove his point the tightened his grip around her throat. She could feel her wind pipe being slowly blocked and she gasped for air. John eyes portrayed his worry and he slowly lowered his arm. The Gordanian king loosed his grip only a little and she took in all the air she could get.

Batman tried to call Green Arrow and Superman tried to call Supergirl and Stripe, in space but none of their earpeices seemed to be working.

"Now back to business." He whipped his head around to face Shayera.

Shayera tried to yank off the hands that were obstructing her throat, but with the need to breath she was just to weak. She looked at the monster in front of her. "Why…me?" She said through gasps of air.

"You don't remember? You little excuse of a Thanagarian, Shayera. A disgrace to the Hol name." He had her back and wings pressed against her body so he could hold her still with one arm and choke her with the other. As he said these words a serpent like tongue tickled her cheek. Shayera's eyes went wide.

"Reolc." He laughed at the look of horror on her face when she had finally guessed his name.

"That's right, now it's time to finally pay up, you trash. After years of constant verses between my most hated enemy, I've finally gotten her in my grasp."

"You've…gotten there…before."

"True, but this isn't going to be like those times. This time I know the worse thing I could do to you."

"You're…going to…kill me…right?"

"Not this time, it would be too much of a privilege for you. After you've been stripped of your rank, considered a traitor among your people, and to even be exiled from your own family, and your poor mother." Shayera gasped more than just for air.

"What…did you…do to her?" She tried to shout angrily but it only came out hoarsely. But it was in no way less angry.

"Nothing…not yet anyway. Now back to what I was saying. You've been taken away from all these things and even considered untrustworthy among your friends. So, to end it all now would be to good for you. No, I'm going to wish you never crossed paths with me. I'm going to show you how it feels to loose people close to you, just like you did to me." He eyes became teary from the lack of air and from the pain of memories she had taken so long to run from.

"You…killed…mine, first." She said and a small almost unnoticeable tear ran down her cheek.

"Really, I didn't know." Reolc laughed then turned to the Justice League and a large screen of the people outside. "People of Earth, because of this Thanagarian, Shayera Hol, used to be known to you as Hawkgirl, I will attack your planet and rule it as mine. If I think it isn't pleasing enough to me then I will destroy it. But because she has decided to make this world her own and especially because she decided to stay after the Thanagarians invaded, I decided to come to Earth and kill you." Tears rose in Shayera's eyes, ready to spill over, as she looked at the Leaguers, at John. His face was in shock. On top of that all the people began running, she knew they had heard him. He laughed maniacally. Missiles and guns fired and there were screams all around as people rushed to get into hiding. Reolc shouted.

"It has begun!"

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