Valley of the Kings

November 16, 2015

Hawkman

Inside of the Tomb, Katar was having a grand old time. Some months ago he found history of Ancient Egyptian kings. A few carvings on the outside of pillars in Egypt depicted some figures that looked much like he did. The problem was there were two of them on the walls, SO he decided to go and do some digging. Quite literally. He had assumed a human persona, giving himself the name of Carter Hall, and gone looking for evidence of the figures who, for all he knew, were Ancient Thanagarians.

Right now, he and a team of other archaeologists were inside a new tomb. One that had been closed for thousands of years. He was looking for the tombs. The room was large. After walking through the front door, the walls were somewhere around 12 feet high. There was a center area, with gold and gems. Behind that there was a set of stairs that went up. Right now, Katar was looking at two of the most immaculate things he had ever seen. In front of him on the wall were two coffins. Both pained with massive and majestic Wings. One was opened.

"What on earth went on here?" he said to himself aloud. Walking up to the closed one however, he got a strange feeling. He pulled the coffin open.

BOOOOM! A portal opened. An array of colors like none he had ever seen opened. What could only be described as wind began to come out of the opening. Turning around, Katar had to yell to be heard.

"Get out of here, before the building collapses!" He yelled to the rest of his colleagues. They rushed out. He however needed to investigate. Taking off his clothes, he unhooked a harness he had for his wings. He pulled out a mace from his bag and put on his helmet. As he did, his armor began to form over him. His breastplate and his pauldrons. When they were on, Katar rushed into the portal.

Passing through was a quick manner. When he was there, he looked all around him and saw nothing but pure, unadulterated horror. The air smelled of brimstone and the sky was red. The ground was blackened with soot, and buildings were decimated. This was a horror show, and he could only think of one time he'd ever seen this. This was a war world.

Katar picked up a sound. It was much like gunfire. But at the same time it sounded like a… Flamethrower. He needed to investigate. He picked up a breeze and took off.

Looking over what he was seeing, it was something. Dozens of creatures, clad iin gold with wings were fighting a person in blue. And she too had wings. She was fighting for her life. Katar had to fly down and help.

Landing on top of the gold winged beast, Katar put his weight down on its spine, paralyzing it. Another one flew at him, and Katar swung his mace, crushing its face. He noticed very little blood and many cybernetics. A third grabbed him from behind. Katar reached back and pulled it face to face with him and cracked it with his mace, sending it flying. Turning to his right, he saw three more. He prepare himself, but suddenly a wave of bullets cut them down.

"Either get fighting of get out of here." She yelled at him. Katar noted to himself that this woman was beautiful, straight off the bat. She had on blue armor, her helmet was large in the back, making him think she might be an alien. Her wings had a blue tint to them as well. SHe held in her hands a pair of handguns both of which she was currently re-loading.

"Where are we?" He asked her and he kept fighting, smashing these things with his mace.

"What are you from a different planet or something?"

"Nhhhh." He grunted. "Yes, Thanagar."

"No chance. That's where I'm from."
"Well just tell me where we are, And we can talk in a second." He said. Looking up he saw another wave of the monsters coming in. He finished off the last one and turned to the woman.

"You ready?" He said, indicating towards the next wave.

"Are you?" She retorted, as she reloaded her weapons. "Come on. Let's go." And she took off. Katar took off after her.

The fight was brutal. Realizing this was similar to the White Martian invasion, he dropped his restraint of non-lethality. Now he was ripping these things in half, cracking their skulls with his mace and starting to lose his sense. Being on Earth had done some strange things to him. When he got into a fight, he had to hold back, because most times he risked going into a berserker rage. It was beneficial however, in situations where he could go off the deep end.

As the fight wound down, Katar dropped down to a roof. He was breathing hard. He was covered in black blood, but he was alive. And so was the other person, the woman, with Wings like his, who said she was from Thanagar, but accused him of lying when he said the same thing. Now it was time to figure out just what was going on. The woman landed on the roof.

"So… You mind explaining whats going on?" He asked. She sat down, and took of her helmet. Katar had to bit his tongue to stop from falling out of his mouth. Her hair was a beautiful shade of red, like at a sunset. And in general, her whole face, her attitude when she was fighting, just everything, was beautiful to him.

"Did you just wake up from under a rock or something fella?" She asked, as Katar focused back to the issue at hand. "You don't remember Apokalypse invading, the legions and legions of Parademons?"

"Parademons?" he asked.

"Ok, spill it. This invasion has been ongoing for the last three days. Who are you?" she asked him back. Katar removed his helmet, when he did, he noticed something on her face change, but he couldn't place it.

"My name is Katar Hol. I'm an explorer from Thanagar. I landed on earth about two years ago. Most of my friends call me Hawkman."

"Not a chance. 1st off, I'm from Thanagar, and I've never meet a Katar Hol. And second, there is no way you've been on Earth for two years, and nobody in the Justice Society has known about you."

"I think you might mean Justice League. You know, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman." Suddenly she lunged at him and knocked him over.

"Don't you EVER say those names. I will NOT have you sully their name. They died to save everyone. Now I'm gonna ask you one more time, who are you?!" She said, putting her gun to his head.

"Listen Lady, it's been a crazy day. I was in egypt, just exploring some tombs, and a portal opened up…" He said as he was cut off by the woman. She took a step back, and she dropped her guns.

"The tomb of the Forgotten Pharaohs?"

"Yes. Why?"

"Was the tomb on the left opened?"

"Yes. What is going on?" He asked, getting more annoyed. Suddenly she lunged at him again, but before he could react, she was hugging him.

"I'm so sorry. My name is Shayera Thal. Let me try to explain. A few months ago, I was looking in the same tomb. And the left one was opened."

"How? My team and I were the first in the tomb in millenia."

"Katar, do you remember the classes of science and space travel? In particular the theory of a multiverse?"

"You don't mean?"

"Katar, you and I are the first two people to encounter each other from across the Multiverse. You are the first being to travel outside of your native universe."

The two talked for a while. About the History of what was going on here. Apparently, around ten years ago, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman died to drive off an invasion force. In their place, new heroes arose. The Flash, Green Lantern, Hourman, Dr. Fate, The Spectre, The Atom and Dr. Mid-Nite had formed a new team, the Justice Society. He learnt that this is where Jay Garrick, the Flash who he had meet the other year and who fought against his Earths Flash was from, and when the battle in Russia was over, where he landed. The Justice Society was apparently massive on this earth, much larger than the Justice League. He also explained his Earths History. The Justice Leagues, the Trinity War. The Fight with the Legion of Doom.

"So that explains why We didn't recognize each other. But what I don't get is why I am here."

"Did you get a chance to read the walls in the tomb?" She asked him.

"No, not really."

"Well from what I gathered, There was a curse. Thousands of years ago, a jealous priest cursed the two of them to live a thousand lives."
"I feel a but coming."

"But what he didn't get was how they would live those lives."

"And you think that maybe…" He lead her on.

"Maybe that's us." She finished. They sat there for a minute. Katar spoke first.

"I felt something when I saw you. Something strange."

"As did I." She put her hand up, and for a reason he couldn't exactly place, he reacted and put his hand up.

When they touched, Katar's mind raced. He saw what Shayera had explained. The Two Pharaohs with the wings, being cursed. And their souls passing through life. But time and time again, they found each other. A doctor and a nurse, a pair of archaeologists, a soldier and bartender, and then… And then them. The way they were now. Two Thanagarians from two different universes.

When the vision was over Katar was breathing heavily, Shayera was too.

"Katar?" She asked.

"Shayera." He said. And they both embraced with a kiss. It felt right, it felt like he had known her for a thousand years. It felt good.

At the same time, a portal opened once more. It was the same as the one he had gone through to get here. But now it was pulling him. It was like getting hit by a train, he couldn't fight it. But he tried. With all his strength, Katar reached for anything to hold on to. His armor began to peel off, slowly but surely. He looked up to see Shayera.

"Katar! Hold on!"

"It's ok Shayera. I'll find a way to get back to you. Nothing will keep me from you."

What happened next shocked him. Shayera ran at him. She tackled him through the portal. He held onto her. And as they landed back on the other side of the portal, Katar noticed his armor was back on him. Looking around he noticed that he was back in the tomb. Shayera was here, but she looked confused.

"Why did you do that?" He asked her.

"I-I don't know. I just had to act."

"Shayera that was foolish of you. We don't know how to get back to your earth."

"I-I. I didn't want to lose you." Katar wasn't sure what to say. "I saw you slipping, and I couldn't let it stand. When we touched, I felt… I felt complete. My whole life I have been walking around with this empty feeling. So I acted." Katar got up and walked over to her, helping her stand.

"Shayera. I feel the same way. I can't thank you enough for the sacrifice you just made. I promise, I will find a way for you to get back home."

"Katar…" and he cut her off with a hug. Despite having just met her an hour ago, the feeling that he got from her was special. They had bonded over fighting, they had similar interests. This entire situation was remarkable.

"Come on." He said.

"Where are we going."

"It's been a long day. Were going to go back to the camp I was staying at while I was working on this site."

"Katar I meant where are we going?" She said. He understood her this time.

"I'm not sure Shayera, but as long as we're together, It will be ok." He said as he smiled at her. She returned. They went outside and took off as the sun set. The future uncertain, but at the same time hopeful.

"By the way." She said to him as they were flying. "If it's not too much to ask. I'd like to meet your worlds Heroes. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman. I remember when Jay got back from your Earth, he wouldn't shut up about your Flash, and how you had two Green Lanterns."

"You know it's funny you ask." He grinned. "The Justice League is looking for members."

-AN-

Hey everyone. SO when I was writing this, I remembered that Hawkman and Hawkwoman have a nightmare of a history. So I'm taking the version of star crossed lovers destined to reincarnate forever and they don't always have to be thanagarian. They just always find each other. Hawkman and Hawkwoman are in their new 52 armor. I'm pretty sure almost everyone in this universe is actually. Thats one thing I think was pretty good in the New 52, the designs. Some sucked (Shazam) but for the most part, they were good.

Any comments or questions or anything of the sort, shoot me a message. Thanks for Reading, Have a Great Day!