Chapter 7

A/N: Ok apology time, First lack of time (self explanatory) then I had I fairly spectacular laptop failure resulting in losing everything. After eventually getting a new one and getting my internet life back I finally fell back across FF and to my surprise a couple of reviews asking for more (thank you) Due to the loss however I have been struggling to get my plot back together (pen and paper don't look so unappealing now) This Chapter will be more to prove im alive than anything, now enough rambling and on with the show. (again)

Revelations II

(Take place at literally the same time as when Rhian and Shayera had their conversation)

"Why, just why did you reveal yourself to the earth after everything we said…" The words blurred out of focus in Katars mind as the seventh round of the same questions from the increasingly infuriating Kryptonian continued.
Prehaps if you answered our calls…. He mused to himself as Superman continued his lecture, Whats the other person doing though he just sits there in silence staring at me, am I suppose to be intimidated, the rambling Kryptonian and the silent human, sounds like the beginnings of a bad pun Katar chuckled to himself at the thought, much to the annoyance of Superman.
"Im Sorry, are we boring you?" Came the sarcasm laced voice of Superman
"Well it's about time you asked a new question, but before that let me give you my answer the same answer as the last six time you asked me why I showed up…."
"I don't need to hear another we should've answered" retorted superman before Katar could elaborate.
"Then why continue to ask me the same damn questions, when you know the exact answers, wasting my time, wasting your time, and all the while the daughter I believed to be dead for nearly a decade lays in a hospital bed" Growled Katar as he slammed his fist down onto the table, heavily denting it before quickly mumbling "sorry" and sitting back down.
"No one knows how anyone on earth can trust you again" added Batman finally breaking his silence.
"Don't talk about it like that"
Batman narrowed his eyes at Katar before asking "What do you mean?"
"Don't keep mentioning the "invasion" and talking about it like it was our doing"
"But how can it not be, even Shayera believed you were Thanagarians before…" said Superman
"Well I'd like to talk to her about that myself, but having watched the footage you showed me of the invasion I saw orders that would be illegal and therefore impossible to order been issued, I saw ships with no identifying marks but worst of all this" as he pulled some pictures out that had been highlighted with dates and times.
Batman snapped them up studying them furiously fast, after a few seconds he popped is head up "The Thanagarians in the photos are from the invasion fleet, caught on camera by different media groups and eyewitnesses, nothing out of the ordinary untill you factor in the times, these are different locations all over the earth and the Thanagarians appear to be….."
"Clones" Finished Katar
"So what, we know your technology is thousands of years ahead of our own and we have some levels of cloning, surely your people would've perfected it, seems like a clever ruse to me incase it went wrong the first time" Cut in Superman
"No, Cloning cannot be perfected as it's a degenerate process, each generation of clones become weaker than its predecessor, it's how we ultimately overcame the Gordanians, Cloning technology was banned on Thanagar before it really begun"
"Well who else could clone a thanagarian?" asked a sceptical superman as Batman appeared to roll his eye a little at Supermans lack of basic science knowledge.
Katar also sighed a little to before continuing "well potentially anyone, including earth although highly unlikely, you would only need some DNA or better yet a live captive, also due to the degenerate process I mentioned earlier it is much more likely to involve advance robotics or even cybernetics, the best way I could answer this question is if I could examine a body"
"A body?" queried Superman
"Yes a body surely of the few invaders and the seven billion humans, surely at least one "thanagarian" was killed?"
"No" Batman simply answered
"But they must've been organic, J'onn broke one of their minds" added Superman
Katar perked up a bit at this "Really? What happened during this"
"J'onn got the information he needed and left the Thanagarian in some sort of mental state.
"Damn it" cursed Katar
"Whats wrong with that"
"A Thanagarian mind cannot be broken and read, in the very few instances were the natural defences of a Thanagarian mind was broken the person in question died as a result in every known circumstance"
"Perhaps J'onn had the capabilities to do it?"
"Perhaps you should ask J'onn just how much he knows of Shayera then if that's the case"
A silence fell after this
"Are we done here then? Can I see my daughter now?" asked a fairly exasperated Katar.
"Yes fine, but what are we going to do about this entire situation" asked superman
"Well as you said, you don't trust us I'll give you all the information we know at the moment, you and your leaders can make the decisions from there, but we have a right to avenge our fallen, everything that's happened is connected to the earth, were not leaving until we know were else to go but neither shall we step foot on the earth, that's a promise" Katar added as he left.

Watchtower Med Bay

As quickly as John entered the room, he quickly found himself leaning against the door he just entered suddenly unsure what to do. As desperate as he was to see her and make sure she was okay, Rhian had just left and J'onn was calm so surely everything was fine. John quickly realised this was the point of no return, he could either fight for them not knowing what could happen and opening up again or he could check as a old friend that she was okay and then informing her that they could never be.
A wealth of painful memories flooded his mind, "look he's pathetic without his toy" his time imprisoned aboard the thanagarian ship unable to do anything, having to walk away as the Thanagarians hurt the people he swore to protect so that he didn't get caught himself, his ransacked apartment after they tried to find his power battery and when the watchtower and for a moment Batman crashed down to the earth.
The memories faded however as the good won out silly memories also, Shay chasing flash round the watchtower with flash generally scared for his health, Winning 3-0 against Batman at chess, Drinking Supes and Di under the table, her embarrassment when it was revealed she couldn't cook when press ganged to cook a dinner for once on the watchtower, Vegas and the night she finally opened up and removed the mask.
Taking steps forward at last with the memories still rampaging through his mind, both sides trying to land a winning blow, however it was the sight of Shayera that won over, she was standing back to him wings spread out as she was busy removing the bandage from around her lower back, he could spot a small scar were she'd been impaled but otherwise looked about a million times better than J'onn had said.
"Feeling better?" asked John
"John?" replied Shayera, John could swear there was a hint of fear in the reply, he noticed her stiffen, her wings folded in and she pulled down her top covering up the scar, before turning round and sitting on the bed "Rhian gave me a little bit of medicine from Thanagar, I'll be fine" She added almost monotone
Silence permeated the air as neither could think of anything to say to the other, John grabbed a chair and sat himself opposite Shayera "I might not have known everything about you Shay, but I know your not fine"
Shay sighed before saying "I don't know anymore"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know who to trust, I don't know if I can trust myself, I don't know if were been tricked a second time" then mumbled but john just managed to catch "I don't know about us"
John was silent for a moment "I don't know either Shay, part of me hates you"
Shay dropped her gaze at this
"But part of me can't live without you either"
"I can't"
"Why not?"
"I, I don't want hurt anyone again" she added straightening up and composing her face.
John though knew how to press her buttons "That's life Shay it's full of ups and downs aiming for perfection is stupid and that's were I went wrong with you"
Shays forehead creased at this "You went wrong?"
"Yes, I imagined you as this person who could do no wrong, I imagined you as perfection, I was a fool, after all true perfection has to be imperfect. I put you on a pedestal above all of us and you got knocked down but now your more real than ever before" John added
Shay couldn't help but smile at the song reference "then you're a fool, you'd be smarter letting me go john"
"Is that what you want, I'd rather be a fool than smart loner"
"I think it'd be best if we just went our separate ways john" whispered Shay
Those words hit john like a hammer blow, it was lucky his was already sitting down "Look me in the eyes and tell me, don't whisper it, tell me that's what you want"
Tired green met longing brown "I think it'd. be best. If…" Shayera dropped her gaze and sighed "I can't"
Johns heart leapt at this, for the first time in months he had something to strive for again. Despite this another silence descended as John realised that despite hearing what he needed to, he was still unsure of where to go from there. Before John could say anything else however J'onns voice rang through his head "John you may want to wrap things up, you've been in there around half an hour and now her father is on his way"
"Half an hour? Already? Wow sorry J'onn, I best get moving. Oh and she's a lot better Rhian…..
"Gave her some medicine from home, I have been speaking to him too. Oh and well done for the way you handled things in there John" added J'onn
"Shay, apparently your father is about to get here, probably best if we had some time to think as well, I'll see you later?" asked John
"Yeah probably best and im sure we will" added Shayera with a faint smile
"See you later Shay"
"John?" asked shay a little nervously
"Shay? Responed John spinning back round
"…Thanks" was the barely audible answer
John simply responded with a smile before leaving the med bay, just in time to as who he assumed to be Katar went storming past him and through the doors.

Katar stormed into the med bay with a sense of urgency and desperation he hadn't felt in years. "Shayera?" whispered Katar almost afraid that she might not be.
"….Hi..Dad" replied an equally scared Shayera
"It's you, it's really you. Shayera, I am so sorry, for everything. I-I-I've been a fool, I was wrong to-"
"Dad, pull yourself together, im alive, your alive and Rhians alive, that's all that matters at the end of the day. I know why you cast us out, I understand now, I know what it's like to lose someone, I don't blame you anymore"
Katar had drastically calmed at this "Well thank luck, you got your mothers intelligence and not mine, but that still doesn't-" He was cut of from a beeping coming from the communicator on his wrist , giving an a deeply apologetic look and a very exasperated sigh Shayeras way before reverting to thanagarian "This had best be damned important captain"
"Sorry Sir, a scouting force from Apokolips was heading for earth, now we've always had a neutrality with Apokolips so we brought the fleet back out of stealth, apparently however they didn't agree with this and for some reason engaged us"
"Casualties?"
"None sir, some minor damage to some smaller ships, should only require a few hours of repairs"
"any idea why they engaged us, could it be linked to the destruction of Thanagar?"
"Possibly sir but it's also possible that we simply scared the hell out of them, in any case we destroyed the group before they could send any information or alarms to apocalypse, but unfortunately to quickly to take any information" explained the captain "Oh wait a minute sir, we just received some information from a Batman?"
"Yes I passed on the information to him from the team we sent to their moon, what is he saying"
"Apparently this Omega symbol is the symbol used by Darkseid"
"So it was Apokolips"
"It would appear so, sir"
"We always knew he would eventually be a problem, yet chose to "respect him" guess we paid the price for our foolishness on that one"
"Sir? Orders?"
"He took our planet and lured us here to take care of the earth for him. Are you sure no message made it from the scout party to Apokolips"
"Absolutely sir"
"Then lets send our own message, remind that fool why he left us well alone till now. Begin charging the Neutron Array, Darkseid can watch his world burn, the same way we had to watch ours burn" ordered Katar
"Sir? The neutron array, we've never fired that before-"
"And that has resulted in our demise, everyone feared that weapon so much, but after years of posturing most believed we would never fire it and in Darkseid case probably believed it to be some sort of myth, we'll send a harsh reminder of why he never crossed blades with us before now"
"right away, Sir"
"So it begins"

A/N Ugh! That actually hurt, four months basically, anyway im back, im not overly happy with this chapter despite liking to read HGGL it's a pain to try and write, anyway if I didn't post something soon I'd have given up. Hoping to post at least every other Tuesday or every Tuesday if I can, might be nice a give a double posting this week for been so late.
Special thanks to my last two reviewers asking for more and giving me the kick up the you know were I needed.

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