Title:
Journey Of A Hero. A Warriors Farewell
Author: Cobra
summary:
The funeral for Guy Gardner. Warrior.
Disclaimer: I do not own any
characters related to DC, or BTVS. I
make no profit from this work
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Xander
held up his corner of the casket with unshed tears in his
eyes.
Superman walked beside him with Guys' old friend Buck behind
the
man of steel. Kyle Rayner walked behind Xander and the last two
men
were Superboy and Alan Scott. The casket didnt' have a body in
it.
No it had things that were meaningfull to the departed Warrior.
His
highschool lettermans jacket, a photo of his old love Ice, A
few
things the hero had gathered in his heroic exploits. All
material
things that signified something in his life. They were
being buried
to signify the end of it.
"You holding up
okay?" Superman asked his left arm in a sling.
"Yeah,
he went out like he always said he would." Xander said trying
to
draw comfort in the fact that one of his best friends, and a
former
mentor, had past on in a way that spoke of his name. He
looked up
and smiled slightly at the writing on the big statue Guy's
belongings
were going to be placed under.
"Here lies Guy Gardner,
Warrior, Hero, Pain in the Ass." Superman
and the other
pallbariers laughed slightly at the writing and all
had to agree
that it personified Guy. The walked into the structure
and sat the
casket on a raised table.
"Guess this is the end of the
line man. You were the best Warrior I
know." Superboy said
with a sad tone as he turned and walked out of
the statue into the
flash of reporters cameras and the sad sounds of
the crowd around
him.
"We butted heads alot Guy. But I was always glad you
were on our
side." Superman said then followed his young
friend out of the
structure.
"He annoyed me once and
awhile," Alan Scott said with a smile before
finishing., "But
he was a hell of a guy to have in your corner." The
Sentinel
turned and walked slowly from the casket.
"I'm gonna miss
ya buddy. Good luck in Val Halla." Buck said as he
turned and
walked out.
"You were one of my best friends Guy. You
taught me so much, I'll
never forget how you taught me to be a
hero. A Warrior." Xander said
as he turned and walked from
the room. His eyes tearing slightly
behind the green mask on his
face.
"You did good buddy. See you on the other side."
Kyle said as he
finally turned his eyes from the casket and walked
out. He sealed
the tomb behind him causing all the sunlight to
die. Darkness held
reign in the grave of the
Warrior.
The room in the back of Warriors had
very few people in it. Namely
two. Xander and Kyle.
"Why
am I even here?" Xander asked as a lawyer walked in with
a
briefcase.
"You are here, because the two of you are
the sole benificiaries of
Guy Gardner." Both men looked at
the lawyer with shocked looks. The
man continued., "To Kyle
Rayner. AKA. Pain in my Butt. I leave all
my books, (the few I
own), and the sum of two million dollars."
"Wh...what?"
Kyle ask in complete shock. The lawyer simply shrugs
and turns to
Xander.
"To Alexander Harris. AKA. Hemorroide. I leave my
chain of Warriors
and the sum of Two million dollars, plus all of
my little heroic
momento's. Stay well boys." The lawyer
smiled at them sadly then
walked from the room.
"I...
but... Huh?" Xander had the brain power to ask.
"Sounds
like Guy was more of a thinker than I thought." Kyle said.
He
looked down sadly.
"We better get back to the main room.
Everyone's waiting for us."
Xander said still not sure what
to think. Kyle nodded and the two
stood walking out of the office.
He saw Young Justice sitting at a
table toward the back and began
to walk toward them.
"Hold on Xan." Kyle said with a
smile., "There's some people here
that want to meet you."
Xander nodded and followed the young man to
the table the Justice
League sat at.
"Xander." Superman said with a small
smile and nod of his head.
"Hey Superman."
"Xander
I'd like to introduce you to the rest of the JLA. To my left
is
Wonder Woman, then Aquaman, followed my J'onnz The Martian
Man
Hunter, The Flash, and John Stewart." Xander nodded to
each.
"Nice to finally meet you. I'm gonna go talk to my
friends. I'll see
you at the next big battle." Xander said
with a small smile and the
others looked at him and
chuckled.
"Later kid." Kyle said as he to walked off
to talk with his own
friends. Xander walked over to the Young
Justice table were the
Scoobies were getting the older stories
from Kon and Cassie.
"So then Xander looked at the blob
and says."
"I say nothing." Xander interupted
quickly not wanting them to get
through with the story. Because he
knew Tim would tell the next one.
The very very bad one.
"How
you holding up?" Buffy asked with a caring voice. Xander
smiled
sadly.
"Not bad. I've gotta go make a speech
now. I'll talk to you guys
after." The group nodded and
Xander walked up to the mic stand on
the large stage.
"Excuse
me." Xander said into the mic and immediatly the entire
crowd
hushed. Xander took a moment to look over the crowd then to a
deep
breath. "Most of you don't know me. Just as I don't know all
of
you. I've only been doing this for a few months, haven't faced
half
the stuff any one of you has already walked away from. I
really
don't deserve to be the one making this speech. But Guy
deserves it.
I spent more than a few nights in this bar, training,
talking. But
the main lesson Guy taught me. The one I will always
remember. Is
when I first walked through that door. I looked at
guy behind the
bar.......
FLASHBACK
"I'm
looking for Guy Gardner." Xander said to the muscular man
behind
the bar. He noticed how the man was on constant alert. Guy
noticed
the ring on the young man's finger and let out an almost
silent
curse.
"Your lookin at him kid. What's your name?"
Xander walked up to the
bar and shook Guy's hand before
speaking.
"Xander Harris." Guy nodded and looked at
the ring again with a
grimace.
"You have no idea what
you've been forced into kid. I can tell you
from experience the
bad times outnumber the good." Guy seemed to
think for a
second before he spoke again.
"But it felt good to crack
some skulls." The smile on the Warriors
face made Xander a
little nervous. Finally Xander laughed and sat
down at the
bar.
"I don't have a fuckin clue about what I'm doing."
Xander said after
a second of silence. Guy shrugged his shoulders
and leaned on the
bar.
"I still don't kid. None of us
do. Hell even Supes has days where he
doesn't know if what he's
doing is what he should be." Xander didn't
feel right. He
knew he wasn't in the league of any known superheroes
in the
universe. Hell he was a rookie, and amateur. He'd beaten four
vamps.
Not a supervillian like Sinestro.
"All of us think that
we're not good enough kid. Hell even I think
that. If you don't
think that chances are your going to die, and
take a lot of
innocent people with you." Guy continued with
conviction. The
kid needed a speech, needed to have some confidence.
Just not to
much. Xander only nodded at the man's words.
"Where ya
stayin kid?" Guy asked. Xander pulled a key from
his
pocket.
"Kyle left me his apartment key before he
left. Found it on my
dresser." Guy nodded thinking of what
Xander was going to find. He
tried to hide the smile. Xander
didn't notice.
"I guess I could close up and take you
there. It's only a few miles
from here." Xander nodded his
thanks and waited as Guy locked up the
bar/gym/nightclub.
"Your
going to do fine kid." Was the Warriors words as they began
to
walk toward Kyle's apartment.
END FLASHBACK
"I
had no idea at the time that Guy would take me under his wing,
that
he would teach me to be the hero I've always dreamed of
being.
Without Guy, I wouldn't be here right now. He's saved my
life, just
like he's saved a few of yours over the years. Since I
first met The
Green Lantern. To now, I've fought side by side with
the best
friends a guy could have. Done things no one would
believe. Through
it all Guy had my back. And I know that where
ever he is now. He's
watching us. Waiting for chance to bust some
heads." Xander smiled
as most of the crowd chuckled in
remembrance of Guy's favorite
saying., "Also," Xander
continued., "For those of you who don't know
me. I'm A Green
Lantern. But, you can all call me Warrior.
In a
higher plan the human form of Guy Gardner smiled as he stood
beside
the Spectre Hal Jordan.
"The kids gonna be great."
Guy said his smile growing more.
"Yes he will," Hal
Jordan said with a smile., "And you will be
again."
END