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.

Comments

[younghawks]

"If you weren't telepathic too, I'd ask how you manage to keep track of them all."

[slayers_desire]

"I was literally the mom with eyes in the back of her head."

[younghawks]

"I think I've only had siblings a couple of times. Usually brothers, sometimes a sister. I think I'm usually reborn in small families."

[slayers_desire]

"And this time. What kind of family were you born into?"

[younghawks]

"No siblings. My mom raised me by herself; I don't know who my father was."

[slayers_desire]

"A single-mother. Very admirable."

[younghawks]

"She did the best she could. It wasn't always great, but it could've been far worse."

[slayers_desire]

"I didn't have parents growing up. But I am glad you had a good life."

[younghawks]

"I think I've had lives like that before. Bad parents too, not often though."

[slayers_desire]

"I like to think we are good parents."

"Speaking of which... help me set the table?"

[younghawks]

He looks a bit surprised, but immediately nods. "Certainly." He's more polite than Carter was, by the time she knew him.

[slayers_desire]

There is a big kitchen table that will need setting. April sets out plates and cutley for him, while she checks on supper.

It won't be long before he gets the feeling of being watched.

[younghawks]

Even though it doesn't feel hostile, centuries of battle instinct makes the tiny hairs on the back of his neck stand up at the feeling, and he looks around, alert for whoever's staring at him.

[dru_kent]

There is a little girl watching him. Brown hair. Big eyes. She is peering around the corner, watching him set the table.

"Hello Dru." April says without even glancing over her shoulder. "We have a guest for supper. Did you want to get the other children down here please?"

[younghawks]

Kaidan relaxes slightly, now that he knows who and where she is, and he turns back to finishing setting the table. "Hello," he says, with a glance in her direction.

[dru_kent]

Dru smiles softly at his greeting. And shyly runs off, to get her siblings from upstairs.

[younghawks]

"Was it something I said?" Kaidan asks April.

[slayers_desire]

"No. That is just Dru for you. She hardly speaks to anyone."

[younghawks]

"Oh." Well... at least it wasn't something he did to scare her off. "Is she okay?"

((sorry for delay, was having a minor medical crisis))

[slayers_desire]

"She takes time to warm up to people. Before they were adopted, Drake and Dru were in a difficult situation."

((omg. Is everything okay?))

[younghawks]

"Say no more." It's her privacy, and he'll respect that. Not all children have good childhoods, especially those who end up adopted.

((for now anyway... not sure what the problem is but it isn't presenting itself right now. Could be kidney stones again but it feels different))

[dru_kent]

Dru returns to the kitchen, accompanied by a young man who shares similar characteristics to her. Drake greets Adrian with a salute.

Dru just shyly sits down. Waiting the arrival of her other siblings.

[younghawks]

Martha all but runs down the stairs, hopping up onto a chair. "Hi," she says boldly. "Who're you?"

"I'm Kaidan... a friend of your brother Jon."

[drake_kent]

"Jon is coming home for supper?" Drake asked. Dru looked up with a hopeful look.

"No sweetie. Just Aidan is here to join us for supper." April explained.

"Then why is he here?"

"Because I brought him." Laura replied. She sat down at her table.

[younghawks]

"But why?" Martha asks.

"Because she did," William says, giving her a gentle tap on the head as he passes on the way to his own chair. "Let the man have his privacy." He nods at Kaidan, who nods back.