As always all characters are fictional. Wyvern, Deus, & Reaver are my characters. All other characters/locations are copyright of DC Comics & their respective creators.

Author's Note: This is a re-editing of my Wyvern story already posted on my DA page. I didn't like that the whole thing looked like a giant run on sentence.

Across the Threshold: The Wyvern Arrives

It had been a quiet watch, a rare thing in these times. As Martian Manhunter finished scanning South America a curious alert flashed across the screen. "Inter-dimensional energies converging in North America?" Punching in a few commands he narrowed the sensor focus, then the computer triggered the alarm. J'onn grabbed his communicator & keyed it for all active duty members. "This is an Omega level alert, a dimensional breach is forming in the Mojave Desert! All available League members are to teleport to the following coordinates!" As he phased through the floor to get to the teleport pads as quickly as he could, he received a comm flash that several of the reservists were heading out in support.

In short order all those who had heard the alert had gathered, along with a large group of federal agents who had arrived in support of the JLA. "How soon do you think it'll be before we see anything?" Flash asked. "The energies are building even now," J'onn responded as he scanned the skies. "I feel we'll find out in short order."

"Superman," Black Canary spoke up. "can you see anything?"

"I can almost feel that something is coming, but, I can't tell from where. I wish we had either Batman, or Wonder Woman. We could use the help."

"You think this may be caused by tech or magic?" Superman asked.

"No, but, it would help to pin down what's coming & where." As if waiting for one to ask for a sign the ambient energies began condensing high in the afternoon sky. At the center of the growing nexus of energy a bright light was growing in both size & intensity. "Whatever it is, it's going to be massive." Green Lantern added. "Everyone get ready, anyone without powers, stay back." Canary ordered, "There's no telling what'll come through that." The light grew to a blinding level, then collapsed in upon itself in an explosion of released energy. "Do you hear screaming?" J'onn asked as a vein pulsed in his temple.

As all eyes were drawn towards the growing breach in the dimensional barriers they saw two craft exit, one a smaller & damaged ship, the next a sleek & menacing looking craft in close pursuit. As the damaged ship veered towards an open area of the desert they saw that the craft, initially believed to be a smaller transport was actually a large cruiser that had been picked apart by hostile fire. "What the hell?" Flash was confused as the much larger vessel seemed to shrink as it came in on it's approach. Once the transformation had finished the ship was about twice the size of the fleeing ship, black in color with silver lines across it's sleek hull. All eyes were pulled away from the undamaged craft as an explosion in one of the engines of the fleeing ship caused it to fall towards Earth much faster than the crippled craft could handle. Reacting on instinct Green Lantern caught the falling craft in an energy bubble & gently lowered it to the ground. "Stay back!" Superman was glad they had sent many of their members with the local law enforcement officers to make sure no civilians would wander into a potential battleground. The Federal agents that followed his order, they had armor & special weapons, but, they knew when they were potentially outclassed. "GL, J'onn with me, Kara, Karen you're the next line. Flash, Canary hang back."

Despite his not being the chairperson of the League, Superman's orders were followed when the situation could get out of hand in short order. As the door on one of the few undamaged areas of the ship slid open all the heroes tensed, ready for anything. To their surprise a humanoid figured stepped out onto the sand, he had on a blood red suit with light grey slashes running diagonally downward from the left side of his suit. There was areas around the chest that were obviously reinforced with armor inserts & he had a black weapons belt around his waist. A blood red cape & hood was about his shoulders & a grey domino mask covered his eyes. Behind him was a floating construct that appeared similar to a land speed craft, then thick pyramidal wings unfolded from it's main body & rotated down into place. The area in front that resembled a canopy came alive with a flurry of light pulses. "THE THRESHOLD EVENT WAS A SUCCESS. ALL READINGS INDICATE WE HAVE MANAGED TO ARRIVE RELATIVELY UNHARMED ON EARTH PRIME."

As the unknown costumed individual took in his surroundings his eyes fell upon the gathered heroes. "Superman, you must help me!" the stranger cried, "I'm being pursued by a monster, it destroys everything in it's path. I'm the last survivor of my world, please, you have to help me!" Superman seemed to pause, digesting what this newcomer had said when Supergirl, standing out of the stranger's line of sight, whispered. "Something about his seems wrong Kal, maybe we should hold off on attacking until we get the-"

"REAVER!" A deep growl echoed across the desert as a dark form fell from the sky. "Hey, where'd that other ship go?" Flash asked as he scanned the sky." His attention was torn from the sky as the dark form landed in a cloud of dust two meters in front of Superman. "You will answer for your crimes against Earth & the countless sentient races you committed genocide upon. MARK 1 power down your systems, Reaver will face justice for what he has done."

"Superman, you have to help me, he doesn't want justice. He'll kill me unless you stop him!"

"I can discover the truth of this." J'onn spoke up as he approached the two adversaries. He stopped when he saw the eyes of the man in the onyx black armor. "Are you both human?"

"I am what you know as a meta-human." The armored newcomer confessed, the fact that his eyes had slit pupils in the bright afternoon sun was a bit of a giveaway. "What do we call you? From what you have said the man opposite you is called Reaver."

"I am The Wyvern." He glanced at J'onn, then turned his attention back to Reaver. "You are J'onn J'onzz also known as The Martian Manhunter. I am glad I encountered the Justice League first. The man before me is guilty of heinous crimes against an entire universe."

"He's lying!" Reaver cried, "He's the one that's done horrible things, kill him before he destroys this world too!"

"We don't kill people," Supergirl spoke up, moving to Superman's right side. "We also don't attack without knowing who's telling the truth."

"Kara." The lewd smile that dawned on Reaver's face made Kara think about attacking him at that moment. Wyvern's response was different, his entire body seemed to lose all tension as he turned toward her. As their eyes met Kara felt almost as if she knew him, something in his eyes made her take an involuntary step towards him. "Enough!" J'onn interrupted, "I'll see who is the one that is lying." Something seemed to snap Wyvern out of his surprised state as he quickly turned towards Manhunter. "J'onn wait!" as he took a step towards him J'onn cried out in sudden pain & dropped to his knees. Wyvern moved towards him, but, was prevented from reaching the injured Martian as Superman shoulder blocked him away. Wyvern's flight was aborted as his hands shot out, impacting on the packed Earth of the desert & propelling him into a fluid & graceful back handspring. As the balls of his feet touched down he surged back towards Superman. "Wait." J'onn spike through clenched teeth. "Wyvern is telling the truth, he isn't our enemy."

"What?" Superman turned fully towards J'onn, taking his eyes off Reaver & MARK 1. "He witnessed all of Reaver's crimes, the images were momentarily overwhelming." As he started to rise beam of green energy lanced from Reaver's left fist & slammed into Superman's lower back. "Damn, & here I thought I could make you fight him. Oh well, I'll just kill you here & now." A puff of smoke came from one of the wings on MARK 1 & J'onn suddenly burst into flames. His screams split the air as Wyvern altered his path. As he passed J'onn his right arm flinched & faint popping sounds could be heard. The flames surrounding Manhunter died as quickly as they appeared. "How?" Reaver's question was cut short as he saw Wyvern's left hand fly towards his face. Instinctively he raised his arms to block, but, Wyvern spun on his leading heel & fired out his right foot in a lightning fast reverse crescent kick that caught Reaver's blocking arms with enough force to send him flying towards the hull of his crippled ship.

By the time he impacted with a resounding crash, Wyvern had grabbed J'onn & thrown him to Power Girl. Wyvern's hand then moved to a pouch on his belt, concealed from a distance due to it's being a black as his armor, & pulled a palm sized box from it. "Hold on Superman, this will aid in your recovery." He handed him the small yellow sun generator then turned to face Reaver. "They would ask you to surrender Alfonse."

"You know I hate that name." Reaver snarled. "Then you should have chosen a better name to adopt. The fact that you have no name on record was one reason I never had any trust in you."

"You took her away, this is all your fault!" "I'm sorry, but, what the hell is he going on about?" Kara asked. "Kara please, just come with me. I'll explain everything. Please, just choose to be with."

"Save it psycho boy, I'm talking to Wyvern." The look that crossed Reaver's features proved to Kara that standing with Wyvern was the right decision. "Once this is over I will tell you the entirety of the tale."

"I'll hold you to that." Without thinking Kara clapped Wyvern on the shoulder. "Why?" Reaver was visibly shaking with rage. "Why is it always you?" Wyvern's eyes widened as his head snapped to his right, Kara had heard to noise too. Green Lantern was shielding the federal agents from the attacks of the hovering MARK 1, but several of them had been wounded. One brave agent ran towards Superman to try & help, but, she was caught by the throat as Reaver's arm telescoped out to capture her. "He's a meta too?"

"No, his limbs are artificial."

"You know the drill, don't move & she may live." Reaver chided. "Take down that damn shield, I want this over with now!" Kara was torn between trying to rescue the agent & trying to help the rest of the League. "Deus, intervene." MARK 1 ceased it's attack & banked sharply away as Wyvern's ship streaked in & tried for a missile lock. "Release the agent Reaver. There is no possibility of victory for you." As Wyvern's gaze met the eyes of the captured agent she reached a hand out. "Help me please, my family's"

"Why do they always choose you CJ? I can't tell who's more inhuman, you or MARK 1." He reached up with his off hand & grabbed the struggling agent's chin. "NO!" Wyvern shot forth in a cloud of dust trying to reach Reaver, but, it was too late. The agent's neck was broken with a resounding snap that seemed to echo endlessly across the barren desert.

As Reaver dropped the agent's lifeless body he aimed his left hand at Kara & fired another energy blast, this one gold. Before Kara could react a dark form appeared in front of her, Wyvern had jumped in front of the blast. "Wonderful, you cripple yourself, you've always followed that stupid heroic code haven't you."

"When I give the signal you go high." Kara responded with an imperceptible nod. "Now." Wyvern dropped to a knee & threw a razor-rang at Reaver. Kara flew towards Reaver at top speed while his attention was on the projectile, & his shock at it separating into two separate projectiles when he tried to shoot it from the air. The razor-rangs took him mid-shin, taking him off balance as Kara's punch put him through the hull of his downed ship. As she glanced back she saw Wyvern kneeling by the body of the dead agent. She saw him gently lay an armored hand over her eyes & close them. As he rose & turned back toward where Reaver was struggling to rise she could have sworn she saw his eyes glowing. Dismissing that as a trick of the setting sun she turned back to Reaver. "You're now guilty of killing a federal agent in cold blood. Surrender now." A rush of air at her side told her that Wyvern had broken into a sprint towards Reaver. "Wyvern?" As she looked to the sound coming from the sky she found the reason for his rushing after his enemy, MARK 1 was circling back to retrieve Reaver & retreat. Before she could move to help pursue him MARK 1 fired on the downed ship that had brought them to Earth.

Wyvern was nearing the ship, thinking to jump over it to cut off MARK 1's route to Reaver. He was less than a meter away when the ship detonated, sending him flying back in a ballistic arc, everyone else was taken off their feet by the force of the massive explosion. Supergirl got back to her feet & scanned the sky, quickly spotting what she sought. "Wyvern!" Only Black Canary was left behind as she could not move fast to cover the distance. Despite their powers the explosion had delayed them for the few seconds needed, Reaver escaped as Wyvern plummeted to the ground two kilometers from the explosion. The crater he had made was a dozen feet in diameter & nearly half that in depth. As Flash used his powers to disperse the cloud generated by his impact all were amazed to see Wyvern in the process of getting to his feet. "Damn, that's some strong armor." Flash commented. All joking ceased as Wyvern swayed as he tried to walk out of the crater. As Superman moved to help the possibly injured hero another craft was arriving on scene. After they had flown back to where Canary was helping the agents gather the body of their fallen colleague & their wounded Wyvern spoke up. "What was her name?"

"What?" Supergirl was taken off guard at the question. "The murdered agent, what was her name?"

"I don't know." She was surprised as Wyvern's gaze fell to the desert floor. "I failed to protect an innocent. I should have been able to stop him."

"This isn't your fault. Guys like him kill on whim if it'll help him." "She had a family." "I heard her say-"

"She had a family, now, because I could not prevent her capture, a family is without a mother."

The new arrival to the aftermath had heard the exchange & approached from behind the newcomer. "Your respect & value of human life is admirable." Batman spoke for the first time since he arrived. "Supergirl's right though, sometimes you just cannot stop these things."

"Wyvern, are you okay?" Supergirl was concerned, Wyvern had bolted to his feet & slowly turned towards Batman. "Someone grab him!" J'onn shouted. "He's going into shock!"

"Bat… you… how?" Wyvern had tried to take a few steps towards Batman, but, his equilibrium was to greatly impeded. Wyvern's hand fell to his side as the last ebbs on consciousness fled. "Dad…" Wyvern gasped before he collapsed, leaving Batman with more questions than he had answers.