Eveything Changes but Some Things Don't
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Chapter 32
Chapter 32: the 31st century
AN: just ignore the music links they dont work I just added them to my comp's version so i could test out how they might sound in the scenes i was using them for.
~....MusicChristophe BeckBuffy the Vampire Slayer - The Score29 - Sacrifice (alternate version from The Gift).mp3 The entrance to Sacrifice by Christophe Beck from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Score soundtrack starts to play ~
Three and a half years later in the year 3005 found Ariel Moira Kent aka The Fírinne, superhero of the Legion of Superheroes, walking into her apartment that she had been sharing with her civilian boyfriend Logan McCain for the past year and a half late at night. She quickly got undressed, took a hot shower to wash the day off her and got redressed in silk pj’s. As she was brushing her hair sitting on the bed she heard Logan entering the apartment.
Her face scrunched in a confused look because she could hear the unsteady rhythm of Logan’s heartbeat. She didn’t want to freak prematurely so she would wait until he joined her in the room to ask what was up. When he didn’t join her in his normal hour and she could still hear the water going in the shower. She rose and walked to the door, knocking softly.
“I’ll be out in a few, Ariel.” Logan’s weary voice stated from the other side of the door.
“You okay? I could get you something if you need?”
“I’m fine. Just tired.”
“Okay,” and with a worried look in her eyes she walked back out to the living room and began a nice, cozy fire so both could relax on the couch together in front of it in the dark with just the fire for light.
Ten minutes later Logan left the bathroom in a towel and went to the bedroom and in another ten minutes found a partially dried hair, dressed in pajama pants Logan stepping out of the bedroom. He looked over at Ariel with a serious look but headed to the kitchen. Ariel was confused but didn’t say anything. She did listen to him as he moved around the kitchen making hot cocoa and taking out their secret stash of double chocolate chip cookies and put both on a tray. When he was done with this she deactivated her hearing and sat with her feet under her on the couch watching the fire.
~the actual song starts now ~
“Here ya’ go Baby,” Logan said handing her a cup of cocoa and a little plate of cookies and then he put the tray down on the coffee table in front of the couch between the couch and fire and took his own cup of cocoa and cookie plate.
“Logan what’s wrong and don’t tell me nothing. I know. I can hear your heart, the beat’s unsteady. Are you sick? Mad? What?” Ariel said looking into her cup of cocoa.
“I’m not sick or mad,” Logan replied watching the fire while holding his cup with both hands and sitting back on the couch a few feet away from her.
“Then what’s wrong?” Ariel said turning her body slightly to him.
“I saw The Fírinne and the Legion saved a planet from nuclear war congratulations,” Logan said watching the fire even more closely than before if that was possible.
“Thank you, but don’t try to change the subject Logan. What’s wrong?”
“I didn’t change the subject. That is what’s wrong. Don’t get me wrong I love that you’re the Fírinne, that you save so many lives every day and ask nothing in return…” Logan said looking at her with that serious look he had before.
“But…” Ariel said having an idea what was coming and not wanting it to.
“But…I thought I would be okay with sharing you with the world. That I’d be okay with having a superhero for a girlfriend, but I’m not. I’m a selfish guy I want you to myself but you’re not mine to demand. You’re the world’s, the universe’s and I hate seeing you on the news everyday risking your life thinking to myself ‘is this the day I lose her’…”
Ariel had a feeling what was happening and could feel her heart breaking inside her chest and the tears building but not yet falling and wanted to say something to stop what was apparently inevitable.
Logan could see Ariel opening her mouth to say something but motioned that he wasn’t done yet and went on, “I would never ask you to give up being a hero it’s what you are, who you are, but I can’t live like this. With the fear of losing you or with the guilt that I made you choose between me and the world. I think we…” but he didn’t have to finish his sentence she did it for him.
“Should break up,” Ariel finished for him in a cool voice.
“I do love you, Ariel. So much but I can’t do this. I think this is best for both of us,” Logan said trying to help her see this was for the best.
“Okay. Just promise me one thing,” Ariel said calmly now sitting with her back to her side of the couch’s arm and her untouched cocoa in both hands on top of her knees looking at him.
“Anything.”
“Let’s still be friends…we do have to work together and I’d still like to count you as a friend,” she said softly, giving him a small smile trying to show him she was okay.
“Of course, but it may be a while before that actually happens, are you okay with that?” he replied turning to face her for the first time.
“Yeah, I understand.”
“So…” Logan started but went quiet and looked to the fire.
“So….” Ariel said in reply watching the fire too.
“I’ll move my stuff back to my dad’s place starting tomorrow, okay.” Logan said calmly but quietly.
“Okay.” Ariel replied to his comment with a serene air around her.
“Ariel, do you…want me to…sleep out here tonight? I’ll understand if you do,” Logan said softly watching Ariel for any emotion at the moment. She had been almost emotionless since he had said they needed to break it off.
“No, we’re old enough to control ourselves. I think we can share a bed for one more night, don’t you?” Ariel said calmly standing up, putting her cocoa and untouched cookie plate back on the tray, walking behind her side of the couch’s arm and looking down at him.
“Yeah…okay…” he replied putting his cookie plate and untouched cocoa back on the tray too.
~song ends~
~....MusicChristophe BeckBuffy the Vampire Slayer - The Score11 - Slayer's Elegy (from The Wish).mp3 The song Slayer’s Elegy by Christophe Beck from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Score soundtrack starts to play ~
As Ariel slowly walked to the bedroom Logan put the fire out, took the tray to the kitchen, put the dishes in the dishwasher after dumping the cocoa out in the sink and putting the cookies away. As he turned whatever lights were still on off he kept telling himself he didn’t want to do this but he had to, for both of them.
When he entered the bedroom he found it pitch black with only a little light coming from the moon outside. Ariel was on her side of the bed on her side facing the window, she didn’t move even a bit as he came in and sat on his side of the bed getting ready to lay down so he assumed she was already asleep. So he laid down on his side on his side of the bed facing the wall closet and sighed heavily before he closed his eyes to sleep. Little did he know that Ariel was awake but holding herself together by sheer will power, because her strength seemed to have disappeared the moment she entered the bedroom. She was laying on her side on her side of the bed just listening to his heartbeat as it evened out in sleep and then let herself slowly fall to sleep with silent tears roll down her face as she finally drifted off to sleep.
~song ends~
A week later found The Fírinne and Cosmic Boy with Jazmin arriving back from saving a small village from a forest fire that got out of hand in China. As they walked to the base’s sleep bay Cosmic Boy asked The Fírinne, “So Ariel what have you and that boyfriend of yours been up to lately, you’ve been AWOL recently.”
“We haven’t been up to anything Rokk because we’re not together anymore. I’ve been AWOL because I’ve been helping him move his stuff to his dad’s.”
“What?! Whoa! What happened? He couldn’t handle his girl being tougher than him? Should I go beat him up for you?” Rokk tried to joke sensing Ariel’s tenseness.
“No, there’s nothing to punish. It was a mutual decision. He just couldn’t handle all the worry that came along with being my guy and he wasn’t about to make me choose between him and the world. He knows who I am and wouldn’t want me to have to give that up,” Ariel stated as the small group came to her door.
“And who are you, Fírinne?” Jazmin asked softly.
“The Fírinne. Superman’s daughter. Superhero to the universe. A symbol for all to look up to, of course,” Ariel said trying to joke to reassure the two.
Then she went on saying, “Go, you two. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine. I am fine, really. It’s kind of early, why don’t you two go have dinner at some nice restaurant and relax before settling down for the night?”
“You sure you’re okay Ariel?” Rokk asked seeing the light in her eyes dim a bit.
“Yeah, I’m fine just a bit tired from all the flying and saving. I think I’ll sleep in a bit tomorrow can you tell Saturn Girl to reschedule my meeting with the Overlord of Konania?”
“Sure. Good night Ariel.”
“Good night Fírinne.”
“Good night Rokk, Kid Quantum.” Ariel said as she opened her door and shut it behind her as she entered her room.
~....MusicSoundtrackBatmaniaBatmania5 - Batman Begins Corynorhinus.mp3 the song Corynorhinus from the Batmania collection played by The Global Stage Orchestra by Hans Zimmerman from the Dark Knight soundtrack starts to play in background of the scene~
Ariel stood against her closed door listening as Rokk and Jazmin walked away and when she knew they were far enough away she let herself slowly slide to the floor. She let herself cry for the first time since the night her and Logan broke up and slept in their bed on opposite sides, not touching at all. She had to make herself get rid of that bed, it took her the whole 5 days of moving Logan out and fighting with herself to do it, but finally she had. Now she had a smaller bed, a full size bed instead of their queen.
She knew the pain would go away but she didn’t know when and it was killing her to go on like nothing was wrong at the moment but she had to. Not only the worlds of the universe looked to her as a guide but so did her fellow superheroes. She was the silent leader of the Legion of Superheroes. As she had been the leader of the Justice League Unlimited at such a young age after her father died and then the newly renamed Universal Justice League for a while. All these heroes were looking to her for answers and at the moment she had none but had to act like it.
Finally after crying into her knees for what seemed forever she slowly stood up, walked to her bathroom and splashed her face with water. Unlike all the other heroes whom only had a room with a closet, dresser, bed, desk and some floor space that had to share the kitchen, laundry, living area and bathroom facilities The Fírinne had her own little apartment for her ‘allotted’ room.
After splashing her face she took a hot bath to wash away the day, sadness and stress. Then she took her time getting ready for bed and finally went to bed, wishing for tonight only she would have a dreamless sleep.
~song ends~
AN: just ignore the music links they dont work I just added them to my comp's version so i could test out how they might sound in the scenes i was using them for.
~....MusicChristophe BeckBuffy the Vampire Slayer - The Score29 - Sacrifice (alternate version from The Gift).mp3 The entrance to Sacrifice by Christophe Beck from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Score soundtrack starts to play ~
Three and a half years later in the year 3005 found Ariel Moira Kent aka The Fírinne, superhero of the Legion of Superheroes, walking into her apartment that she had been sharing with her civilian boyfriend Logan McCain for the past year and a half late at night. She quickly got undressed, took a hot shower to wash the day off her and got redressed in silk pj’s. As she was brushing her hair sitting on the bed she heard Logan entering the apartment.
Her face scrunched in a confused look because she could hear the unsteady rhythm of Logan’s heartbeat. She didn’t want to freak prematurely so she would wait until he joined her in the room to ask what was up. When he didn’t join her in his normal hour and she could still hear the water going in the shower. She rose and walked to the door, knocking softly.
“I’ll be out in a few, Ariel.” Logan’s weary voice stated from the other side of the door.
“You okay? I could get you something if you need?”
“I’m fine. Just tired.”
“Okay,” and with a worried look in her eyes she walked back out to the living room and began a nice, cozy fire so both could relax on the couch together in front of it in the dark with just the fire for light.
Ten minutes later Logan left the bathroom in a towel and went to the bedroom and in another ten minutes found a partially dried hair, dressed in pajama pants Logan stepping out of the bedroom. He looked over at Ariel with a serious look but headed to the kitchen. Ariel was confused but didn’t say anything. She did listen to him as he moved around the kitchen making hot cocoa and taking out their secret stash of double chocolate chip cookies and put both on a tray. When he was done with this she deactivated her hearing and sat with her feet under her on the couch watching the fire.
~the actual song starts now ~
“Here ya’ go Baby,” Logan said handing her a cup of cocoa and a little plate of cookies and then he put the tray down on the coffee table in front of the couch between the couch and fire and took his own cup of cocoa and cookie plate.
“Logan what’s wrong and don’t tell me nothing. I know. I can hear your heart, the beat’s unsteady. Are you sick? Mad? What?” Ariel said looking into her cup of cocoa.
“I’m not sick or mad,” Logan replied watching the fire while holding his cup with both hands and sitting back on the couch a few feet away from her.
“Then what’s wrong?” Ariel said turning her body slightly to him.
“I saw The Fírinne and the Legion saved a planet from nuclear war congratulations,” Logan said watching the fire even more closely than before if that was possible.
“Thank you, but don’t try to change the subject Logan. What’s wrong?”
“I didn’t change the subject. That is what’s wrong. Don’t get me wrong I love that you’re the Fírinne, that you save so many lives every day and ask nothing in return…” Logan said looking at her with that serious look he had before.
“But…” Ariel said having an idea what was coming and not wanting it to.
“But…I thought I would be okay with sharing you with the world. That I’d be okay with having a superhero for a girlfriend, but I’m not. I’m a selfish guy I want you to myself but you’re not mine to demand. You’re the world’s, the universe’s and I hate seeing you on the news everyday risking your life thinking to myself ‘is this the day I lose her’…”
Ariel had a feeling what was happening and could feel her heart breaking inside her chest and the tears building but not yet falling and wanted to say something to stop what was apparently inevitable.
Logan could see Ariel opening her mouth to say something but motioned that he wasn’t done yet and went on, “I would never ask you to give up being a hero it’s what you are, who you are, but I can’t live like this. With the fear of losing you or with the guilt that I made you choose between me and the world. I think we…” but he didn’t have to finish his sentence she did it for him.
“Should break up,” Ariel finished for him in a cool voice.
“I do love you, Ariel. So much but I can’t do this. I think this is best for both of us,” Logan said trying to help her see this was for the best.
“Okay. Just promise me one thing,” Ariel said calmly now sitting with her back to her side of the couch’s arm and her untouched cocoa in both hands on top of her knees looking at him.
“Anything.”
“Let’s still be friends…we do have to work together and I’d still like to count you as a friend,” she said softly, giving him a small smile trying to show him she was okay.
“Of course, but it may be a while before that actually happens, are you okay with that?” he replied turning to face her for the first time.
“Yeah, I understand.”
“So…” Logan started but went quiet and looked to the fire.
“So….” Ariel said in reply watching the fire too.
“I’ll move my stuff back to my dad’s place starting tomorrow, okay.” Logan said calmly but quietly.
“Okay.” Ariel replied to his comment with a serene air around her.
“Ariel, do you…want me to…sleep out here tonight? I’ll understand if you do,” Logan said softly watching Ariel for any emotion at the moment. She had been almost emotionless since he had said they needed to break it off.
“No, we’re old enough to control ourselves. I think we can share a bed for one more night, don’t you?” Ariel said calmly standing up, putting her cocoa and untouched cookie plate back on the tray, walking behind her side of the couch’s arm and looking down at him.
“Yeah…okay…” he replied putting his cookie plate and untouched cocoa back on the tray too.
~song ends~
~....MusicChristophe BeckBuffy the Vampire Slayer - The Score11 - Slayer's Elegy (from The Wish).mp3 The song Slayer’s Elegy by Christophe Beck from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Score soundtrack starts to play ~
As Ariel slowly walked to the bedroom Logan put the fire out, took the tray to the kitchen, put the dishes in the dishwasher after dumping the cocoa out in the sink and putting the cookies away. As he turned whatever lights were still on off he kept telling himself he didn’t want to do this but he had to, for both of them.
When he entered the bedroom he found it pitch black with only a little light coming from the moon outside. Ariel was on her side of the bed on her side facing the window, she didn’t move even a bit as he came in and sat on his side of the bed getting ready to lay down so he assumed she was already asleep. So he laid down on his side on his side of the bed facing the wall closet and sighed heavily before he closed his eyes to sleep. Little did he know that Ariel was awake but holding herself together by sheer will power, because her strength seemed to have disappeared the moment she entered the bedroom. She was laying on her side on her side of the bed just listening to his heartbeat as it evened out in sleep and then let herself slowly fall to sleep with silent tears roll down her face as she finally drifted off to sleep.
~song ends~
A week later found The Fírinne and Cosmic Boy with Jazmin arriving back from saving a small village from a forest fire that got out of hand in China. As they walked to the base’s sleep bay Cosmic Boy asked The Fírinne, “So Ariel what have you and that boyfriend of yours been up to lately, you’ve been AWOL recently.”
“We haven’t been up to anything Rokk because we’re not together anymore. I’ve been AWOL because I’ve been helping him move his stuff to his dad’s.”
“What?! Whoa! What happened? He couldn’t handle his girl being tougher than him? Should I go beat him up for you?” Rokk tried to joke sensing Ariel’s tenseness.
“No, there’s nothing to punish. It was a mutual decision. He just couldn’t handle all the worry that came along with being my guy and he wasn’t about to make me choose between him and the world. He knows who I am and wouldn’t want me to have to give that up,” Ariel stated as the small group came to her door.
“And who are you, Fírinne?” Jazmin asked softly.
“The Fírinne. Superman’s daughter. Superhero to the universe. A symbol for all to look up to, of course,” Ariel said trying to joke to reassure the two.
Then she went on saying, “Go, you two. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine. I am fine, really. It’s kind of early, why don’t you two go have dinner at some nice restaurant and relax before settling down for the night?”
“You sure you’re okay Ariel?” Rokk asked seeing the light in her eyes dim a bit.
“Yeah, I’m fine just a bit tired from all the flying and saving. I think I’ll sleep in a bit tomorrow can you tell Saturn Girl to reschedule my meeting with the Overlord of Konania?”
“Sure. Good night Ariel.”
“Good night Fírinne.”
“Good night Rokk, Kid Quantum.” Ariel said as she opened her door and shut it behind her as she entered her room.
~....MusicSoundtrackBatmaniaBatmania5 - Batman Begins Corynorhinus.mp3 the song Corynorhinus from the Batmania collection played by The Global Stage Orchestra by Hans Zimmerman from the Dark Knight soundtrack starts to play in background of the scene~
Ariel stood against her closed door listening as Rokk and Jazmin walked away and when she knew they were far enough away she let herself slowly slide to the floor. She let herself cry for the first time since the night her and Logan broke up and slept in their bed on opposite sides, not touching at all. She had to make herself get rid of that bed, it took her the whole 5 days of moving Logan out and fighting with herself to do it, but finally she had. Now she had a smaller bed, a full size bed instead of their queen.
She knew the pain would go away but she didn’t know when and it was killing her to go on like nothing was wrong at the moment but she had to. Not only the worlds of the universe looked to her as a guide but so did her fellow superheroes. She was the silent leader of the Legion of Superheroes. As she had been the leader of the Justice League Unlimited at such a young age after her father died and then the newly renamed Universal Justice League for a while. All these heroes were looking to her for answers and at the moment she had none but had to act like it.
Finally after crying into her knees for what seemed forever she slowly stood up, walked to her bathroom and splashed her face with water. Unlike all the other heroes whom only had a room with a closet, dresser, bed, desk and some floor space that had to share the kitchen, laundry, living area and bathroom facilities The Fírinne had her own little apartment for her ‘allotted’ room.
After splashing her face she took a hot bath to wash away the day, sadness and stress. Then she took her time getting ready for bed and finally went to bed, wishing for tonight only she would have a dreamless sleep.
~song ends~