Chapter 4

A/N Ah, Christmas time and FF I'll assume there will be fluff galore in the coming days, until then enjoy.

Lost

Thanagarian Capitol Ship: The Horizon

"General, we've narrowed down the source of the energy trail we followed. It is on their moon, not on the planet Sir" Informed one of the younger officers.
"Excellent work, someone bring me up a visual of the location" Ordered General Hol. Almost instantly on screen appeared a visual of the surface of the moon which had a visible scar "Operations, I want an imaging scan of that site"
"Right away sir" came an unseen reply
A 3-D image of the scar appeared on screen showing that the scar descended into the surface for almost half a mile with numerous different tunnels branching out all the way to the bottom.
After staring at the image for a few moments the General ordered "Commander Hol, Assign yourself a squadron together and I want you checking out that site within the next ten minutes…..and proceed fully armed, we are not detecting anything down there, but that is were the energy signature that matches the one that destroyed our planet originates from" as commander Hol passed him he barley whispered "and be careful, son"
A simple "yes sir" was the only reply
"Captain Monay your in command whilst I attempt to contact the league, I'll be in my quarters but I don't expect to be disturbed" finished General Hol

Watchtower
The single handed most important piece of equipment the league owned, the fridge, Wallys high energy "junk" according to Batman, Supermans self proclaimed hearty country goodness including a large quantity of eggs, sausage bacon and steaks, J'onns random collection of a little bit of everything from curries to stroganoffs, Dianas collection of various fruits and fish, Batmans "im better than you" health food and mineral water collection and second to bottom Johns collection of cold leftover takeaways and beers. John smirked to himself as he remembered Wallys face when everyone agreed he was allowed beer as it had no effect upon him due to the rings powers. Smiling as the memory of a drunk superman and wonder woman resurfaced one of the few times they "took a day off" when Shayera drank the two immortals under the table, the looks on both their faces as Shayera demanded her winnings at breakfast from the two very ill looking heroes. The smile disappeared as he remembered such times would never happen again, sighing to himself he grabbed a slice of cold pizza and turned to find himself yet again face to face with Batman.
Batman cocked his head to the left a little and widened one eye a little " care to explain this" casually asked Batman holding up Shayeras Journal.
Trying to maintain a sense of cool John ate a piece of the pizza before adding "Im not really into books, especially if it's in hieroglyphics, I think that's your department" whilst eating another piece of the slice.
"Really, oh so you have never seen this before" Batman casually continued
"Correct, now if you don't mind I have places to be" finished GL attempting to leave
"So how did I find it in your back pocket" the now smirking Batman asked
Crap "you went into my pocket" asked GL
"Those uniforms don't leave much to the imagination"
Realizing he was caught Gl tried a new approach "Look… Batman it's something personal to me, can I have it back" whilst holding out a hand.
"I don't get you John, when she left at the Cliffside you just let her go, then when she was here momentarily, your eyes screamed I love you, but you never said a word?"
"It's complicated" added John rather quickly
Batman didn't reply but just stared at John until the inevitable happened
"Fine, I love her, I Can't stop thinking and worrying about her, I want nothing more than to hold her again and just to talk. But at the same time, a little piece of me hates her and that little piece of me holds me back whenever I attempt to interact with her, I can't stand it and now I know of her past, I know why she was so reclusive and given what I've learned I know why she couldn't bring herself to tell me about Hro and her real mission here" blasted John small tears forming in his eyes.
"Why couldn't she say" asked Batman genuinely intrigued.
"She was ashamed" mumbled John barley audibly, seizing on Batmans genuine intrigue John used his ring to snatch the book back off Batman adding "if there is any human that could read thanagarian I guess it would be you, but for your own sake Batman, do not read this journal, it's devastating"
As he walked out Batman called "you're going to have to make a decision at some point or she'll make it for you"

Cave-Himalayas

Thanagarian life was never meant to be this way, though extremely hard and usually short lived due to the numerous wars it was pretty simple, your born, you get a few years of blissful ignorance until the day your parents tell you what your born for, usually whatever they do, her family were all military officers which by a lot of standards meant she was potentially in for a good life. Closing her eyes she remembers back to those days, there was always worry and a lingering sense of death, but despite this her childhood wasn't terrible, she envied the humans and their free will, but she spent most of her years surrounded by her family, Katar and Kendra her parents, Arwynn and Rhian her siblings she was always closest to her Brother. Arwynn was the eldest she left for officer training at the first availability and was barley ever heard from.

Then there was her mother, looking to the mace that use to be hers, she remembers that day, her mother was a fighter pilot and one of the best, her squadron was ambushed and destroyed, another lesser known reason for why every Thanagarian carried Nth metal weapons usually that would be all that remains in those sort of circumstances. She loved her father but her death changed him, he put her behind him by concentrating on his work, rarely ever coming home and when he did there was always an air of silence and emptiness.

She remembers how close she became to Rhian through all this they were the same age they went to the same academy for basic training, then came the unfortunate day in every Thanagarians life, the day their career is assigned to them, they decided Rhian would be sent to an elite infiltration unit and she was sent to the espionage wing. Of course any thanagarian can be sent to any battle their basic training covered that, but she only saw him a few times a year after that.

She wondered to herself what they would think of her or if they were even alive, deep down she held resentment to the justice league and the humans, do the right thing they said, the decision should have been easy they said. I'D love to see any of them kill their own families for the sake of another planet she thought. She however had to concede they were right, earth and humanity had changed her, then there was John, of all the things she had prepared herself for when Thanagar kicked her here out of the way, she never expected to find love, Hro was never love it was simply expected and easy they were in the same division, she cared for Hro they were best friends and more, but love, no John showed her what real love was, it was more than a necessity, with John she felt comfortable and secure, she felt as if she cold be herself again and finally open up for the first time in years. I just couldn't tell him the truth though and now I've ruined everything, my planet, my family, my "promised" and John all in one moment.

She remembered laughing at the term heartbroken, but now she felt it, as if a piece of her was gone and was replaced with nothing other than a dull yet never ending ache in her chest. Despite everything that had happened she even felt a little sorry for Hro, he had never hurt her and had always been there for her, a part of her still refused to believe the monster he had become. Now somehow Thanagar was back, the planet may be gone but the great Armada had survived somehow. Gordan was gone too and this confused matters even more Thanagar was supposedly destroyed by the Gordanians so what destroyed Gordan. Becoming lost and overwhelmed as her usual emotional shield faltered she done something she hadn't done in years, she buried her head in her arms, wrapped her wings close round her body and let the tears flow.

The Horizon

"General Sir" called Captain Monay
"This had better be important, Captain" replied Katar as he left his quarters
"Apparently commander Hols team have found something you need to see, any contact with the league" asked the Captain
"Nothing from the league, again. Patch me through to the commander" informed Katar as a communication channel was opened anyway "what have you found"
"We were literally about to give up, there is no sign of anything ever been here, biological or mechanical, that was until one of my men stumbled across this small symbol burned into the wall of one of the caves" Informed the commander as the image of the symbol appeared on the monitors.
"Anything on our systems regarding what that could mean or stand for" asked the General
"Not even a remote match sir, no language we've ever come across"
Looking out the window to the earth in the distance he sighed in annoyance, he then noticed one of the numerous Satellites orbiting the planet when an idea struck. "Communications, those satellites, can we access them?"
"Easily and undetectable sir, very primitive security aboard all of the satellites" came the response
"Begin extracting information, see if it matches anything on their records" ordered the General.
A few minutes passed before an answer was given "sir we have a potential match, the language of the Greeks, just a letter of their language called Omega"
"Try getting hold of the league again" sighed the General
After a few attempts "no response sir"
Gripping the edge of the console in front a lot tighter in frustration "that's it then, we've sat here for days now with no contact from anyone, now we do it my way, Commander, Guards with me and Captain bring the fleet out of stealth, but remain outside of visible range, I want them to be able to detect us, but not to cause a mass panic to the general population…who is it I need to speak to, I need an answer here"
"A bit of luck sir, their most influential world leaders are currently at a G8 meeting located in the city of Metropolis, the coordinates have been uploaded to your ship, sir"
"Leaders? Plural? Great, now you all have your orders, good luck" finished the General as he, the Guard unit and Commander Hol made their way to the ship

Cave Himalayas

The pain was replaced by raw anger as the warning light flash, signifying that a Thanagarian ship had entered the atmosphere. Quickly boarding the ship and powering up for take off she looked to the map, "Metropolis? Bad choice Thanagar really bad choice" she muttered as she looked through city events scheduled "a G8 meeting…..not again, hell, over my dead body" she snarled as she blasted out of the cave.
A/N: Can't believe it took so long to write this, overtime+flu=lack of writing sort of realised I had the Thanagarians just floating around up there not doing anything, rather big moment next chapter, still don't know how it's gonna go down got a million ideas formed for it (can I write it like multiple choice?) Anyway shouldn't be long…. If anyones interested :) Don't forget I crave your reviews, even if it's one word (actually don't bother with one words thank you)

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