Kaldur's Pain

The Aftermath

The Team took him back to the Watchtower and he angrily limped to his room. He recieved a phone call from Manta, causing him to lock the door.

"Hello," he mentally prepared himself for the news.

"I know where he is."

"What is the location?" he reached for a pen and paper.

"I want something in return for my services."

"David-"

"Let me talk to your mother."

"That is not happening."

"How badly do you want to fin him?"

"You know this answer already."

"Then let me talk to her."

Kaldur sighed heavily , no longer having a choice. "Hold on," he left the room and quickly looked for his mother, finding her strolling down the hall. "Mother, I need a favor?"

"What is it my son?" She asked slightly worried.

"He wants to talk to you," he handed her the phone.

"Who is the 'he'?"

"Mother, it's him."

She sighed softly and took the phone into her hands. "Hello David. Why are you calling my son, asking to speak to me? Why would he-oh. That sounds like my son. He's more my son than yours. David, if you pull a trick on my son, so help me David, I will personally destroy you. Help my son find him," she gave Kaldur back the phone. "Here."

"Thank you mother," he hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek. "Now, you got what you asked for, where is he?" He walked down the hall briskly to his room.

"He is at an abandoned military base in Arizona. It should be familiar to you Kaldur'ahm.

"Why is that?"

"It is the same military base you were found in."

Kaldur froze as his body shuddered. He silently took a deep breath and found his voice to speak.

"Thank you," he hung up quickly and sat down on the bed with his throbbing head in his temple.

"Kaldur'ahm," Shalina knocked on the door and peaked her head. In the room.

"Yes mother," he looked up at her.

She walked into the room and kneels in front of him, holding him by his fore arm gently. "If you are going father hm, the man who abducted you, I beg of you, do not trust David."

"Mother, sometimes in life, we have to make a deal with the devil, but I know how far I can go with him."

"Be careful my son."

Kaldur gave his mother a kiss on the cheek, before taking off to the zeta beam. He knocked on the door and waited for a response. Roy shouted something that he couldn't make out, only to emerge in a jogging pants and a wife beater. Before Roy could even after a word, Kaldur said, "I need your help."

Roy ushered Kaldur into his home and Kaldur sat down on the couch. Roy sat in front of him, with a worried expression on his face.

"What's happening?"

"I need you to train me back into my original fighting form."

"Kal, you haven't trained in almost two years. It will be near impossible o get you back in full condition, especially in your current physical condition."