A Psychotic Boomerang

Chapter 22: Undue Stress

Captain Boomerang can feel his facial features crumple when she looks up at him with eyes filled with tears. He cannot stand the thought of his wife crying for any reason, especially if it is because of him. Why would she ever want to cry when she has everything she could ever dream of in this world? But then he comes to realize what she is offering to him and a single tear slips down his cheeks as he rests his face against her shoulder. His body heaves with silent tears as he holds Kara especially close to him.

He cannot seem to help the silent sobs that escape from his body and his very soul at the thought of being separated from his source of happiness in life. He could not bear the thought of being separated from Kara since that would mean that he would die in the process. He almost clutches at her when he realizes that he would truly wither away to nothing if he ever loses the woman he loves more than life itself. A single, soft sob escapes his lips at this thought as it makes its way through his mind.

He begins to sob even louder as he tries to think of someone who would be able to help him. Only one name comes to mind and he does not like the thought of going to her for any reason: Harley Quinn. She would surely know of someone in the darker world of crime that would be able to help him! But would the price of such help be worth the pain in the end? He knows that she now owes him one anyway since he killed her abuser earlier that day. This thought brightens his outlook considerably since he could easily call on that favor owed to him in order to get what he truly wants: an immortal life with the woman he loves.

At this point, Boomerang realizes that he has stopped sobbing with the thoughts still rolling around in his mind. He lifts his head enough to place the gentlest of kisses upon Kara's shoulder before he lifts his head completely. He nuzzles her cheek gently with his face before smiling at her lovingly with marked tenderness showing in his dark blue eyes. He nods his head in answer to her unasked question as he nuzzles her face once again.

"Harley Quinn now owes me a favor, beautiful. I could call on that favor to help find someone who would be able to do what is necessary to give me what you want. She would know someone in the crime world if anyone does. She has more connections than anyone else I know of since she has been in the crime world far longer than I have if my math is correct. I'll try contacting her later this evening after you are asleep so that you do not hear it. I don't want you to become duly upset, after all. We have a child to keep healthy and I don't want to be the cause of undue stress, darlin'."

Kara had not meant to make him cry as well and it broke her heart to see him in this much pain but suddenly he stopped and she was snuggling him once more. She nodded at his words and held him close. She knew that he and Harley had worked on some squad for the government a while back and that was how he knew her but Kara had no problems with him contacting Harley once more. She trusted Boomer in every sense of the matter and she wondered if he had thoughts of trying to be come immortal as well. She had the means possibly if it worked. If not, she would keep trying. She would not stop until she had him for good. 

"I will be fine and I trust you. I am sure that you will do it in a way that is best and I know that you will figure it out. Harley does know a lot of people in the crime world from what I heard."

She quieted down for a moment as she held him close to her heart. She honestly had no idea what the combination of the two substances would do to him nor did she know that it would give him the same super powers that she and Kal-El had. Or that in the aftermath that he would be immune to Kryptonite unlike her and her cousin, making him impossible to kill. She did know that if it worked she and Boomer could go on being happy and raising their family. She was not sure how many children they would have or if this would be their only one but she did know that he was hers to love on and hold and that this child was a product of her love. 

She kissed his cheek as she whispered about the bath again. She knew it would feel good to both of them after the long day that they had and she hoped that he would relax as well. She hated for him to worry and she also knew that she was kind of worried herself as she did not want the plan to backfire. If her cousin knew what she was planning, he would not be happy in the least and she knew that. She knew that he would be trying to find a way to convince her that she should not be with Boomer but she would not tell him anything and even if he tried to tell her what to do, she would not listen. 

But right now was not the time to focus on her cousin. She wanted to fully give Boomer her attention and she held him close to her as she wanted nothing more than to be in his arms. The bath would feel good and then they could go lay down on the bed. Neither of them was going to be able to stay awake much longer. The day had been stressful and she had Boomer to take care of. She knew it could wait a day or two if he felt like that was what he wanted but it sounded like he wanted to get the ball rolling so that they could spend the rest of  their lives together.