future!verse: the return of Hawkman

[slayers_desire]

After years of waiting for the return of a lost friend, Prince Khufu was back. He did not have all of his memories back, but they were returning. And he remembered saving April.

He had first met with Laura in the Nexus. April was able to confirm that Kaidan Hill was the new incarnation of Hawkman. Of Prince Khufu.

There was a lot of information to share with Kaidan. And April felt it was best at the farm house. And so took him, and her daughter back to the farm with her.

She carefully watches Kaiden. The last time he was at the farm, he was Carter and he had fought to the death to save her life.

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[slayers_desire]

"I am not sure what kind of magic... but you and your wife were cursed thousands of years ago by one of your enemies, so that you would live to see each other die, forever."

[younghawks]

"My wife?" He's too young to be married, he thinks, but sometimes he feels far older than he thought he should. And he does have a girlfriend...

"So I'm not the only one?"

[slayers_desire]

"No. From what I understand you and your wife always run into each other. Love each other. The love is strong enough to attempt to break the curse."

[younghawks]

"How will I know it's her? I mean... I can't just tell any girlfriend I have that I'm really thousands of years old and hope that she says 'me too.'"

[slayers_desire]

"You could just ask if she is having strange dreams. Open the conversation from there."

"Or bring her here once. I never met your wife in her former life. But I could sense the connection."

[younghawks]

He gives her a sort of sideways look, like he knows that sounds familiar, and he's sorting through the odd tangle of ancient memories to come up with the right one. "You can... see auras."

[slayers_desire]

"Yes. I can. I am also telepathic. I have prophetic visions."

[younghawks]

"Did you know? That I was your old... friend, I mean. Before I started having the dreams."

[slayers_desire]

"No. Your aura changed when the dreams started."

[younghawks]

That doesn't make sense to him. "Why?"

[slayers_desire]

"The memories are linked to how ancient your soul is. Your aura was blocked... like it didn't know either. Until now."

[younghawks]

"I guess I should be glad that it waits until I'm older to bring my memories back. Growing up with some of these... it'd screw a kid up for life."

[slayers_desire]

"We had to be careful talking to the kids about their abilities. And heritage. So I can understand that."

[younghawks]

Another pause, processing old memories, trying to dig up the right ones. "Aliens and vampires."

[slayers_desire]

"Yes. Clark is an alien. Jon and Laura have inherited some of his abilities. I am a vampire. William has inherited mine."

"We also have three adopted children. We are all comfortable talking about our abilities around any of them."

[younghawks]

"So me being a thousand-year-old guy won't weird them out?" That explains why Laura took that in stride, he supposes.

[slayers_desire]

"No. In fact I think they would like having a friend who they don't have to pretend being human."

[younghawks]

He smiles slightly. "I'll have to talk to Jon, next time I see him. If I can figure out how to say it."

[slayers_desire]

"Don't be afraid. Jon is a very understanding young man." April is obviously very proud of her eldest son.

"You could start by saying... hey I saved your life once."

[younghawks]

"Does he even know about that?"

[slayers_desire]

"About Hawkman's sacrifice? Yes. I have told him stories."

[younghawks]

Hawkman. The name sounds good on him, setting off a whole new cascade of memories, the centuries he's held the name, and he closes his eyes for a moment to deal with them all.

[slayers_desire]

April knows that this is a lot of information for him to deal with. She lets him take a moment to think about it.

"Stay for supper tonight."

[younghawks]

He looks up at her, a bit startled. "I don't want to impose."

[slayers_desire]

"No imposition. I enjoy cooking."