Kaldur beamed himself to the cave and walked in. He heard Wolf bark happily and nearly tackle him to the ground. Kaldur started laughing happily as he rubbed Wolf’s belly. He walked with Wolf to the kitchen and saw Megan looking at him in surprise and shock. He slowly began to cry in his hands. He thought he would never see her again. 

“Kaldur?” Megan asked as tears start to fall. 

“Hello Megan.” Kaldur said softly. 

“I don’t understand. How are you alive?” She asked through her tears. 

Kaldur was too happy to even speak. Kaldur looked up to see Conner looking at them. 

“Oh my god!” Conner shouted. 

Connor ran to Kaldur as Megan let him go. Kaldur opened his arms to Conner as he was picked up by Conner in a bone crushing hug. Conner honestly missed Kaldur the most. Kaldur didn’t fight him, he just squeezed Conner tightly. He finally put Kaldur down as the rest of the team came in. They all scream for joy as they all rush to hug Kaldur. After they all take turns hugging him, they let Kaldur breathe for a second. Kaldur wiped the tears from his eyes and tried to calm down. 

“Where have you been?” Robin asked. 

“How did you escape?” Wally asked.

“What happened to you?” Artemis asked. 

“Are you hurt?” Megan asked. 

“Who did this to you?” Connor asked. 

“Enough. I will answer your questions, I promise but I need to see Annex.” Kaldur said as he slowly made his way, with some help to the zeta beam.

The team took him to the Watchtower and took him to the meeting hall. In the meeting room, the League was working on a lead to find Kadlur. The room fell silent when Kaldur and the team stepped into the room.  Aquaman stood up quickly and nearly ran to his pro- his son.

“Kaldur, is it really you my son?” Aquaman asked as he kneeled in front of him, thinking he was in a dream.

Kaldur nodded slowly. His whole body began to shake. Aquaman pulled him to his body and squeezed him tightly in a hug. Kaldur wrapped his arms around his men- his father’s neck and squeezed him back just as tightly. They both used their full strength to hold each other. He began to sob into his father’s shoulder. Aquaman soon began to cry as well. He was so worried about him. He hasn’t slept in months. The only thought that ran through his mind was if his son, the child that Mera sadly couldn’t give him, was dead or alive. Kaldur clung to Aquaman as tightly as possible. He thought he would never seen him again. They part for a brief moment to look at each other. 

“Oh my son.” Aquaman said softly. 

Kaldur wiped away his own tears only to feel news ones coming. He grabbed Aquaman again and took a deep breath. He let his hand wander his father’s back. Trying to tell himself that he was really and he was free. 

“I missed you father.” Kaldur whispered in his native tongue. 

“I missed you as well my son. Part of me believes that his is dream.” Aquaman said also in his native tongue. 

“Father, I’m scared.” Kaldur whispered back to him. 

“It is alright now. I am here.” Aquaman said with another hug. 

Kaldur hugged back. He looked in the corner of his eyes to see a firgure of the man who kidnapped him. He knew that it was his mind paying tricks on him, since no one else made a sound, but he snuggled closer out of fear. He looked again to see that he was gone. He relaxed and let Aquaman go. 

“Annex, how is my mother?” Kaldur asked in english as a new found fear came on his face. 

“She is perfectly fine. Do you want to see her?” Aquaman asked also in english. 

“I can not. The man slashed my gills.” Kaldur said softly. 

Aquaman became angry. A small growl escapsed his lips. This made Kaldur remember something in the back of his mind. He let out in a tiny scream and jumped into his mentors arms again. Aquaman stopped instantly amd calmed him down. 

“Kaldur, you do not have to go back home. Turn around.” Aquaman said as his mother let out a gasp. 

Kaldur turned when he heard the gasp and saw his mother ,Shalina, standing there. He missed her so much. He ran to her and hugged her tightly. She began to cry on her shoulder. She rubbed his back as she too began to cry. She thought that Neptune took her baby away from her for good. She softly hummed a lullaby to sooth both of them.

“Oh mother.” Kaldur whispered.

“My little fish.” Shalina whispered back to him. 

Kaldur chuckled wettly at the name. He can’t believe that he actually mised being called that. He opened his eyes when the computer said:

“Red Arrow- B12” and saw Roy, looking relived. 

For the first time in a year, he felt happy. How long will it last is the real question.