I know this is a really, really short chapter, but I wanted you guys to finally know this. have fun readin' and thanks for the reviews!

DON'T OWN IT!

John Stewart, after finishing up his duties and getting the 'okay' from the doctors, walked slowly and heavy hearted towards his room. His ribs and stomach were taped up which made his body stiff, but his shoulders slumped in realization that Shayera was gone. Gone…, John shook his head. No…, When she had left the League, that was gone, this was . . . This was worse than gone, this was Dead…

The rest of the League had been keeping an eye on him and he knew it. He was worse than when she had left. He had barely eaten or talked in the past week since she had been announced dead. Things were just so different, and they were getting worse. More heroes were going missing when they went out on their supply duties, people were getting tired of being trapped in this whole, and it seemed as though everyone had lost all hope in winning. Then there was his relationship with Mari, that was also troubling him. He could remember their conversation just the other day.

John had just returned from a meeting with the Justice League and ran into Mari at the end of the hall. He was so downtrodden by Shayera's death that he had hardly noticed her and almost walked right by, until she stopped him.

"John?" Mari said staring at him waiting for an answer. She had been uncharacteristically quiet lately and John wondered why she had stopped him. He turned to look at her, but didn't make a sound. He always kept a straight face, but the distant look in his eyes told everyone his true feelings.

"John, are you okay? You haven't been acting yourself lately." She said and he looked at her for a moment like she was stupid. Of course he wasn't okay, and she knew why, but, of course, he answered differently.

"I'm fine."

She looked at him for a moment. He knew that she felt bad for him, but at the moment he was more concerned about where this conversation was going than what she felt.

"I know this is a tough time for you John, that's why I was thinking that we could spend some time together tomorrow. Just dinner at the cafeteria would be fine with me?"

He looked at her liked she was crazy. Was she seriously trying to start up their relationship again, just because Shayera had died instead of lived? Even if it was just because she felt bad for him, how could he say yes to that?

"No . . ." Then as an after thought he added. "I'm still recovering, I think I'm just going to get some rest." He quickly walked away, not wanting to see her expression. If he did there was no telling how it would make him feel, he still loved her of course.

"Ok, but if you change your mind I'll be there." He heard her yell out to him. But at the moment he just wanted to get away, get away from all of that.

John sighed. Maybe he had made a mistake in choosing not to start up another relationship with Mari. He felt so empty since Shayera's death that he didn't know if he could bare it. He stopped and looked at the clock on hall's wall. 7:30, they're still serving dinner, I'm sure it's not to late to join her. He shook his head. No. The whole reason why I lost my chance was because I wouldn't give up Mari and now I'm paying for it.

He needed to think. He turned to the right towards the new docking bay. In the watchtower, John had always gone there in the night just to think. It was the perfect place because only authorized personnel could enter and the original seven had all access to it. It was quiet, dark and there was a very little chance of anyone walking in on you. This particular one was underground which meant even more secrecy.

As he opened the door and walked into the room, he knew that he could finally be away from it all. He walked about a couple steps when he heard a noise to his right. He immediately began to glow from the Green Lantern ring. He looked over to the right where a few new-style Javelins had been made. John walked quietly in between the rows of the dark and quiet room. He knew he had heard something and he wasn't about to let it go. That's when he heard a small groan farther to his right near the wall. He quickly flew over to it, passing by a couple Javelins. Once he had gotten in line of sight with the maker of the noise he stopped and took in a sharp breath.

It can't be!

There in front of him stood the shadow of a hawk. And not just any hawk, a hawk he knew.

Holding his breath, he quickly turned the light switch on the wall bringing to life the hanging lights above. It was now as bright as day who was standing in front of him. Her eyes grew wide as they met his. She tried to fly up and escape but fell to the ground groaning and grasping her side. Still shocked, all John could say was one word.

"Shayera!"

so there it is . . . but I'm not explaning anything until the next chapter so start giving me your reviews and thoughts! thanks to all of you who are still reading this, keep it up!