As always all characters are fictional. Wyvern, Deus, & Reaver are my characters. All other characters/locations are copyright of DC Comics & their respective creators.
Mayhem, Myths, & Magic Part 1: The Wyvern Arrives Part VI
"What do you mean he's in trouble? I haven't left to drag his ass back here yet." Kara was still seething about being lied to, well, maybe not being told the whole truth would be a better description.
"I can feel it, CJ's in trouble, there's something wrong." Diana seemed almost in pain as she spoke.
"How much trouble can he get into riding a bike?" Kara was trying to help get some answers from Diana as Bruce had already gone to the cave to see if he could use the information Kara had given them to track down their wayward son. He stopped reading for a brief second as he found himself surprised that he's though of CJ as exactly that: his & Diana's son. More than just the DNA, he saw far too much of himself in CJ. He'd have expected their son to be more like Diana in terms of temperament. The chiming of the computer drew him out of his introspection as he got the records he'd been looking for & quickly returned to the manor.
Wyvern hit the ground on his left shoulder, using a parkour roll to regain his feet in a tight crouch. His hand had flashed to his utility belt & three special batarangs were hurled at Hecate's pride. As he had predicted, Circe waived her hand, creating a magical barrier to stop the thrown weapons. A curse escaped her lips as she was taken by surprise at the blinding explosions against the barrier. She blinked her eyes, but, still saw spots dancing before them as a figure, seemingly formed from darkness itself, charged her. She dropped the barrier & loosed a bolt of destruction, but Wyvern had dodged & made his way towards the beach, searching for some path to return to Metropolis. A wall of solid rock appeared, forcing Wyvern to leap against it & spring backwards in a graceful aerial evasion, unfortunately his landing point was within arms reach of Circe. Her hand, encased in powerful magic, sent his helm flying away to ricochet off one of the stone columns. Circe gasped as her eyes fell onto Wyvern's face, she paused, thinking that he may have been the most perfect man she'd ever seen. Wyvern used the distraction to throw a smoke bomb & retrieve his helm, he then sought cover behind another column as he devised a plan to end this fight.
"This doesn't have to be this way young one." Circe called out, her voice practically sang.
"Though I bear a grudge against your mother, there is no need for you to pay for her crimes." She walked towards the columns he'd used for a momentary reprieve, a wicked plan forming in her mind.
"My fight is with the Amazon's & their goddesses, you have no reason to fear me, you're no Amazon." Her eyes lit up as Wyvern stepped from behind a column.
"We got off on the wrong foot," she motioned to a large couch & table laden with food & wine. "Come, let me make amends." Circe purred.
"He went to Metropolis Motorsports didn't he?" Kara saw the paper in Bruce's hand, but, answered anyway.
"Yes, that's were I ran into him. He left in a bit of a hurry, saying he had another appointment."
"Yes, I found that he'd next gone to a WayneTech outlet & bought a cell phone."
"Oh," Kara's eyes went wide for a moment, he'd told her the truth about that, why didn't he say he'd left the manor? 'Probably because he knew I'd try & talk him into going back.'
"He'd said he planned on that, I thought he was trying to make a get away." Kara ran her hand over the new helmet that CJ had gotten for her.
"When did you buy a new helmet?" Diana asked, trying to take her mind off the feeling of dread that was eating away at her.
"Um, CJ kind of… bought if for me." Kara shyly admitted, "As a present for a dear friend." Diana's face brightened.
"Those were his words?"
"Yes," She seemed, if possible, even more embarrassed. "He told me that just before I gave him my number."
"I will brook no attempts at harm against the land of my birth." Wyvern replied, his voice a low growl. "Any attack against my grandmother, or, her sisters will be met with equal force." Wyvern's eyes glowed as he stalked towards the sorceress.
"I see I'll have to break you of that, it'll be such a pleasure doing it." Circe lazily waived her hand firing off a series of less intense bolts, but, Wyvern was gone. She glanced about, trying to locate him, when a heavy metallic weight caught her just behind the ear. Wyvern had put on a burst of speed, stopping a step behind Circe, then fired his right elbow back, feeling her skull rebound from the swift & powerful strike. As Circe crumpled to the ground in a heap another voice had Wyvern dodging to the side.
"So, I see the rumors I'd heard my sister whispering were true." Aries spoke, pulling his axe out of the floor where Wyvern had been standing just a millisecond before. As he helped Circe to her feet she glared at Wyvern, her eyes almost dripping malice.
"Looks like you need a time out Wonder Brat!" As Aries attacked Circe cast a spell aiming for the only spot she thought Wyvern wouldn't go, & was slightly amazed when the spell worked.
"You gave him your number, are you dating?" Bruce asked.
"No, he told me we were friends, so, I told him not to be a stranger. I thought that, maybe, I could talk to him, as a friend."
"I doubt he'll call, he's trying to covertly find his own base of operations, I'll see if I can have the Batcave main computer keep an eye out for any purchases he may make to that end." As Bruce left to setup the search he hoped would lead to his son, Diana set her own contingency in motion.
"Kara please, if he calls you, don't tell him to come home, that has to be his decision. Please, just talk to him, be a friend to him. I know he'll listen." Kara was a little shocked that Diana was in Wayne Manor talking about bringing CJ 'home'.
"Why would he talk to me, doesn't he know of my relationship with you & Bruce?" Many knew she was working to improve her relationship with her cousin, but, she considered Bruce & Diana as surrogate parents. (A welcome comfort after the ordeals she'd been through.)
"I'll try, but, I'm still pretty pissed that he pulled that stunt with me." She admitted.
"Can my sister find him?"
"No," Circe rubbed the growing bump on her head, glaring at Aries for waiting so long to intervene. "as long as he's on this island he's outside their protection."
"I doubt that, Athena seemed VERY interested in speaking with this new arrival."
"Well, if he can escape his current predicament, we can question him." Circe smirked
"What predicament would that be?"
"Let's just say his actions & rejection of my offer… dug his own grave."
He returned from the cave to find Diana alone in front of the fireplace.
"Kara went home?" Bruce asked, more to break the silence than as an actual question.
"Yes, she's going to try & find out why he's so distant." Warm tears still streamed down her cheeks, she wanted so badly to go to her son & save him from whatever trouble he'd encountered.
"Do you know where he is?" Bruce asked, causing her to smile, as his instincts were matching hers.
"I wish I did, then we'd both be able to help our child." She turned away, quietly admitting that "I hate this. I wish to the gods I could take his pain away, but, he wont let me in to try." Diana was happy when Bruce gently embraced her. Leaning her head onto his shoulder she trembled slightly as she tried to get her tears under control.
"I'll make sure Alfred has a room prepared for you, no use trying to get back to your place at this ungodly hour." Diana smiled at the offer from Bruce, daring to hope that the future would be brighter & her son would come back home.
As he opened his eyes Wyvern found himself in total darkness. 'A coffin, hardly original, I wonder if they realize I can see in…' he paused, seeing paintings on the arched ceiling of the coffin. He fished a flashlight out of his utility belt to verify. As the light fell upon the markings his anger bubbled up, Circe had created paintings that showed the destruction of Themyscira & the enslaving of Diana & Hippolyta. The flashlight was returned to his belt as he waited & listened. He could hear the surf crashing against the beach, but, he couldn't hear Circe or Aries. He dialed in his comm unit to access the bug he'd planted on the column before he'd elbowed Circe.
'Static, no one is there. I would wager they will return in a few days to try either an interrogation, or, torture.' Air was somehow being produced, by magic he guessed, but didn't pause to contemplate. The coffin was cramped for his large frame, but, had a raised portion above him to accommodate Circe's idea of fine art. Wyvern fired his right hand & left foot at the roof of the coffin, putting all his strength behind the blows. Stone cracked & shattered & earth began to pour into the coffin's confines. With his left hand covering his mouth Wyvern bolted upwards into a standing position, his head burst out of the ground. As he climbed the rest of the way out of the ground he was surprised to feel cold air upon his lips, somehow he'd been transported back to the abandoned stretch of road outside of Metropolis. Brushing the last of the dirt from his gauntlets he held a hand to his ear.
"CJ, that you?" the question from Deus coming through he ear bud comm receiver clearly.
"Deus, are you still on the road?" In response to his question the loading ramp of the Moon Dragon lowered.
"I am coming out of the forest five meters to your southeast. Prime the engines for the return trip to the Lair." A few hours later Wyvern was out of his armor & showered, he was impressed with how precisely Deus had followed his instructions in setting up the place. He'd purchased the coastal mansion without using his real name or the alias he'd created so Batman would not be able to track him. As he entered the living room a soft female voice had him spinning & firing out a backfist. He stopped his fist before it was even halfway.
"Greetings Wyvern, we have much to discuss." Wyvern's eyes narrowed as he coldly addressed the speaker.
"What do you want Athena?"