Injustice Dies In Daylight: The Complete Saga

Confession

Six Months Earlier
"If you don't want me to bash your face in you'd better stop!"
"You'll have to catch me first birdie."
Banshee chased Shae across the rooftops,closing the gap quickly. He leaped down into an alley and went into an old ramshackle apartment.
Not willing to be caught off guard,she swung into a window just above where he had gone in.
Only to be met with a staff striking her in the face.
I really need to start wearing my kit helmet.
"I hope that hurt worse than it looked."
She staggered back to her feet; retrieving her own staff from her side,and extending it to proper length.
Now Face to face with Michael.
"What a warm welcome. You always seem to find a way to keep me on the clock."
She snapped at him.
"I sure hope they're paying you overtime." He retorted
Roxanne couldn't help but give a half grin as she responded: "I'm being payed better for the two seconds you swung at me than you get payed all week."
"Oh I didn't know they started paying in six figures."
"Hey wait a minute,if you're getting six figures a week maybe vigilantism isn't so bad."
"You should've joined us a long time ago. You're too good to work as some soldier climbing ranks. It's a dead end,sweetheart."
Roxanne's smirk faded at the nickname.
"Don't call me that. Please don't call me that."
Her staff lowered slightly as a memory surfaced,the pain stabbed at her heart.
Taking this opportunity,he swung the staff into her side,knocking her off her feet and onto her side.
He would've struck again but she quickly blocked the attack with her own staff.
"You don't like that name? Maybe I could find a better,more suitable name if we'd spend some better time together."
"Why? Were all these encounters not enough? Or maybe you've forgotten all those years fighting side by side?"
He backed up slightly as she jumped back onto her feet.
"I haven't forgotten." He began to sound more agitated.
"Have you?"
"I think about those moments every day. I see your face wherever I go,I hear your voice in my mind; I can't escape you!" He sounded desperate,like he wanted to wish it all away. "Why couldn't you have just seen it the way I did? Why didn't you just take my hand,and come with me? No more lines to draw,no more fears in the lines of battle,no more concerns! Can't you see it? We would face anything without a care,together."

A single tear fell down his cheek.
It took a moment for Roxanne to realize there were a few streaming down her own face.
Every part of her wished she could've gone with him. A life where neither could be afraid of when the last time they left the base would be.
And most of all,to be able to tell him about his son.
Their son.

But reality always holds firm.
Her loyalty would lie with what she believed was right.
They could never be together.
Not in this lifetime.
"I wish-I wish I could have Mike. But above all else my duty to the people stands."
"My heart bleeds."
"You can't understand,can you?"
"Of course I can understand! But you had a loyalty to my father too didn't you? We see how well that worked out."
Her face began to grow hot. She wasn't sure if it was from anger or if she had just become flustered. He struck her staff with his own,locking them in a battle of strength that neither side was winning.
"Your family means everything to me!"
"The only one you give a dip about is Aaron! You don't care about me or anyone else in my family!"
"I CARE ABOUT YOU!"
"NO! IF YOU DID,YOU WOUKD BE WITH ME INSTEAD OF AGAINST ME!"
"IF I DIDN'T CARE I WOULDN'T BE PROTECTING YOUR SON!"
He froze and began to back up slowly,dropping the staff.
"My-What?"
She wished she could've taken it back. Bu it was too late.
"Months ago,Arrow Labs brought a child to me. A result of the Bloodline Project,I know you know about it."
"I do."
"Their experiment was successful. The kid is yours. Yours and mine."
"No..no..you're lying there's no way."
"I'm sorry I had to be the one to tell you."
"Why wasn't I told?!"
"Do you think they could even have FOUND you?!"

He fell silent staring at her with blank eyes.
"If it's true...does he know?"
"No I haven't told him. I'll tell him when he's ready.
"I see."
"Mike,come back with me,we can get everything cleared up. You could be the father he deserves."
He stared at the floor,conflicted.
"No,no I can't. There's too much at stake. Even if I knew for sure the kid was mine,I've got too many enemies to even think of trying to have a family. It's bad enough I have to worry about my little brother out there,I can't allow anyone else be on my conscience."
His voice sounded like it was cracking.
"Maybe it's too late to even say it. Bansh- Roxanne,I loved you. I know there's no way for us to be together,to live the way I wish we could.
But you've taken over my mind,I think about you every night,wondering if you're well. Anytime I've heard about a CCMF mission gone awry I pray you weren't a part of it. In truth,I worry for you every single second,of every day. I wish things had been different. To have had the chance to be with you,but it can't happen. Not in this lifetime." Tears once again welled his eyes. And Roxanne felt her own soak her face.
They now stood close,face to face.
Without thinking,Roxanne grabbed his face and began to kiss him.
He embraced it.
Finally she pulled away,her arms draped on his shoulders.

"I'm so sorry,for all of it. For every second I didn't tell you,every moment I let it eat at me. Every day I hoped and prayed you'd come back to me. I watched the gates wishing you'd walk through,back to me. Mike,I love you too."
"I know my love. One day,I will return."
"I'll wait for you."

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A/N: Suffer with me.
BTW They ain't gonna get together. Sorry. This ship sadly only half exists since they'll eventually have to coparent. I know,I hate me too. :)