"Hawkgirl"
Shayera is a lost soldier. Hero on Earth, deserter from Thanagar, Shayera/Hawkgirl ventures back to her home planet in the middle of a war between two planets. Her former allies have either turned her away or turned her into a weapon, and with John Stewart-The Green Lantern of Earth-as all she has to help her fight back her warrior urges. Armies destroyed, worlds at threat, and in the middle of it all is a shifting shadow, a bird of prey, a shining light, and Hawkgirl the lost soldier.
Shayera and John Stewart prepare to leave on a spaceship to Thanagar as Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman bid them farewell. Flash even stocking the ship with food and giving them both hugs before they set out. The trip is long and when Shayera sleeps she recalls the years before her kidnapping by Brainiac. Shayera was a soldier of Thanagar, taught to use her large wings in unison with Thanagar's ancient Nth Metal, which could negate the effects of gravity. She was taught combat-armed and unarmed-alongside her loyal friends Katar Hol and Hath Set. She remembers falling in love with Katar, promising to marry him, and being abducted by Brainiac.
The sight of the villain shocks Shayera awake as she and GL arrive on planet Thanagar. In the main war hall, Katar is explaining the next plan of attack on Planet Rann, but the meeting is interrupted by Shayera and John. Katar is astounded his love is still alive, but for some reason always knew she'd return. He and John butt heads, but Shayera privately convinces her partner/lover John to investigate Rann while she gains Katar's trust. He agrees and flies off to Rann. Hath Set witnesses all this from afar.
As Katar and Shayera explore Thanagar's main city, Shayera finds many of her own people to look upon her shame. Katar explains that after her disappearance, Shayera was labeled a dissenter. When Shayera questions why Katar held hope, he takes her to a temple in the deserts on Thanagar. There Shayera meets an elderly man named Carter Hall. Carter is a human who explains that two Thanagarians visited Earth a millennia ago and inspired the ancient Egyptian mythologies. These two were Pharaohs who were killed by a loyal follower, but were forever promised to reunite in their reincarnations. After Shayera went missing, Katar had travelled to Earth to research these two Thanagarians and was pleased to find out he and Shayera were truly the reincarnations of them. Katar found Carter Hall-who had spend half his life researching these legends-and promised him safe living on Thanagar in return for his knowledge. So, Carter Hall was brought to Thanagar as a type of elderly advisor to Katar, who had new responsibilities and command as the years went on.
Hath Set sits in his secret armory, listening to this conversation through a bug he placed on Katar. Hath grows a resentment for both Thanagarians, jealous of their legacy. Hath tries to drain energy from the living shadow bred by the villain Starbreaker (see "Mystery in Space") and is attacked by it.
Katar uses hieroglyphics in Carter's shack to show the link between this ancestor and himself. Battles between his ancestor and legendary monsters link up with Katar's previous battles with lion-like men and metal giants. Shaken up by this revelation, Shayera calls John to see how he is doing. We see John with Adam Strange, Sardath, Alanna and Red Tornado chatting about their willingness to strike a peace treaty. When Shayera tries to explain this to Katar, there is an alert in the capital city.
After fighting a massive shadow monster, Katar and Shayera are met by Hath Set who believes this creature to be sent by Rann, as it has remnants of Starbreaker's power. In the capital base, Katar wants to push the war, but Shayera tries to talk him out of it. Shayera and Katar sleep with each other and Hath Set mysteriously appears, gets a recording, and leaves. On Rann, John is visited in his bedroom by the shadows of Katar and Shayera. They reveal to John that Thanagar will conduct war on Rann at a certain time tomorrow and that Shayera has joined Thanagar's army. When he doesn't believe this, John is left a piece of black glass. The shadows disappear laughing and John sees on the black glass a recording of Katar and Shayera's consummation. John wakes Adam and Alanna and tells them to get ready for war.
Shayera stands on a balcony in the morning, hating herself for betraying John. Katar tells her it was simply fate pulling them together again. Katar sympathizes with Shayera and tells her that if she wishes to go back to Earth as Hawkgirl, he will always follow her as Hawkman. They are interrupted by Hath Set who shows them the destruction of Thanagarian homes last night, with recordings of shadowy figures wrecking the buildings and killing civilians. Footprints from the wreckage lead into the desert, and Katar finds Carter Hall dead and his shack of mythology desecrated.
Now waging a full war, Red Tornado and Adam Strange defend Rann from Thanagarian troops as John Stewart breaks into Thanagar's war hall. Shayera is told by Hath Set that John Stewart was seen by Thanagar's forests and she flies off alone to confront him. In the war hall, Katar runs into John and they fight it out throughout the building. Destroying structures, striking with green light constructs and Nth Metal war tools. Meanwhile, Shayera explores the forest and finds a shadow of John, but it is revealed to be an entity called The Shadow Thief. As they fight, Shayera finds out the Shadow Thief is Hath Set, who embraced his part in the Hawk Legacy as the betrayer and fused with the shadow left from Starbreaker. Katar and John's fight is so savage, they begin fighting in the midst of Rann/Thanagar firefights. John is able to strip Katar of all his armor and weapons by making super magnets, John then gets Katar in a hold, but Katar savagely bites off the finger John's power ring was on. Unarmed, Katar and John fight on mortal terms. Shayera can't seem to even hit Hath Set because of his shadowy body, she is even striped off her Nth Metal and almost gets her wings ripped off.
Alanna-Sardath's daughter and Adam's lover-shows up to help Shayera. Together, they strip Hath Set of the shadow and the shadow evaporates without its host. A warhead is being set to launch at Rann as Katar and John burst into the launch room. Shayera and Alanna appear with Hath Set, revealing all of this to be his doing. Shayera, John (who recovers his ring) and Katar fly after the warhead once it's launched and the Nth Metal is too powerful to break through. John uses his magnet trick again and drags the warhead into space, seemingly dying with the explosion. Katar and Shayera search the empty space and Shayera is pleased to see Katar carrying the surviving John back to Thanagar.
Katar Hol and Rann Prime General Aleea agree to strike a peace treaty and donate resources and workers to each others planets to help recover. Katar personally takes Hath Set to a prison cell, heartbroken about his betrayal. Hath's evil is confirmed further when he brags about Shayera never coming back to Katar. On Rann, Sardath uses synthetic technology to produce and attach a cloned finger for John. John, Katar and Shayera meet on Rann and all agree they will continue to help the planets recover. Shayera is asked by both men who she truly loves, and Shayera chooses John, claiming fate and pressure drove her into Katar's arms. While John feels betrayed, he is thinks all three of them deserve a second chance. The film ends with Shayera monologuing about her fate, saying it does not matter who she flies by or who she flies with, as long as she continues to fly.
After the credits, Apollo-the former sun god-brings some files to the table of a hidden villain. The files show pictures of all of the Justice League members. Vandal Savage turns around in his chair and looks over the files. He then commands Apollo to "begin the recruiting process".
Thank you for reading.
Up next, the Justice League face their greatest enemy....themselves, in "Justice League: Tower of Babel".
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