Talia al Ghul watched as the second adoptive son of Bruce Wayne viciously struggled against his restraints. Talia had just dipped him into the Lazarus Pit after having unburied him and taken his body back to Nanda Parbat. She had waited several months to be sure that no one, not even Bruce, had discovered that there was an empty grave at the Gotham Memorial Cemetery. When she had learned about the brutal death of Robin by her spy in Gotham, she knew that Bruce would have been devastated, but he would never dare cross that line. Talia almost had it in her right mind to confront Bruce for allowing psychopaths like the Joker live, even after he had murdered his own son. She had a plan though formulating inside her head. Perhaps it might be too late for Bruce to avenge Jason Todd's death, but Jason Todd has the option now to pursue his revenge.

As Talia watched Jason struggle against his chains, she knew she had to help him control his urges. Jason Todd's skills actually showed real talent in the making. With Bruce's tutelage, the street boy had turned into a promising warrior. With just the right push and the right training, Jason Todd could become the ultimate assassin for the League… but first her father must be convinced. Jason Todd was in the middle of an arena where they normally held executions or had trials on rogue members. Her father wanted to test Jason's skills by having him fight through two mountain lions.

Talia signaled to one of the followers to open the cages. As the cage doors opened, the chains holding down Jason were released and the boy stood there as the starved Lions circled around him. One of the Lions jumped behind Jason but with one hand, he snapped the lion's neck with one squeeze. Talia and Ras al Ghul were shocked to see such a display of power and strength. Jason and the second lion were wrestling on the floor when Jason grabbed the lion's jaw and snapped it open before twisting its head to the side and killing it.

Talia watched her father as he stared with interest at the resurrected boy. She knew he was formulating a plan in his head but what it was, she did not know. Jason was cautiously approached by two of Talia's followers and was re-chained. Once the final lock was in place, Jason's eyes watered up and he gave a cry of grief before he attempted to fight his way through the chains. Despite his strength in defeating the Lions, Jason wouldn't be able to break through the titanium chains. Ras gestured to his daughter to follow him and they exited the arena.

"I may have been a bit brash in accusing you, daughter, of choosing to bring this young man's life back. He may prove to be of use to us." said Ras as they both walked towards his study.

"I'm glad to hear of it father." said Talia.

"I do have some concerns however regarding the boy." said Ras as he sat down in his chair in front of the fireplace.

"Oh? What concerns father?" asked Talia as she waited behind her father. He was silent for a while before he said, "The boy needs a maternal hand to guide him."

"M-Maternal? Are you suggesting that I-"

"No daughter, not you. I have other plans that I can only entrust you to succeed in and I won't allow you to be distracted by playing mother to the boy." said Ras.

"Then who?" asked Talia, wondering how her father planned to actually use maternal guidance on the resurrected Jason Todd.

"Someone with a firm hand but gentle. Someone we can easily misguide and manipulate to make sure she obeys our commands." explained Ras.

"Are you suggesting one of our fighters?" asked Talia.

"No," said Ras sharply, "they are killers and I have trained them firsthand to transcend pitiful emotions and desires such as motherhood, something I expect you to do as well daughter."

Talia blushed at his statement, knowing that he had expected her to be above frivolous matters such as motherhood. Talia walked in front of her father and asked, "Well then who? Do you want me to grab just any woman off the streets."

"No, it has to be someone with honor and already experiences in battle: a soldier." said Ras as he opened a hidden panel on his armchair and pressed one of the buttons. The wall above the fireplace moved to the side to reveal three TV screens. Ras turned the TV screens on and Talia was greeted with the sight of the Justice League walking about in hallways and into rooms.

"Is… Is this their headquarters?" asked Talia as she watched heroes such as Star Girl, Wildcat, Firestorm, and Red Tornado walk around in a hallway.

"Yes," confirmed Ras, "it's amazing how you can easily disguise a spy as an engineer underneath these bloody fools."

"They've had one with them for two years before they expanded." said Talia.

"Which brings me to my next point," said Ras as he grabbed a remote and began to play a video, "this was just two months ago."

Talia watched on the screen to see the Green Lantern and Hawkgirl talking in a hallway. Talia watched in fascination as she overheard the Lantern reveal his time travel adventures with her beloved, Bruce. The knowledge of the future in Talia's mind is both a blessing and a curse. It's handy to know what comes, but you never what actions led to it. As Talia watched, Lantern revealed that he had met their son. Talia watched as happiness and hope flew through the ex-traitor's face until the Lantern continued with his explanation at how he was to remain with his current woman and that he had no intentions of getting back together with her. The look of pain and shock spread across Hawkgirl's face. Talia could actually relate to the heroine's feelings. After all, how many times has Bruce always rejected her? Ras clicked another button on the remote and said, "These next few clips show her progressively getting more and more distant with the rest of the League. She has shown signs of wanting to leave, the Lantern has given us the perfect candidate."

Talia watched through the clips carefully and said, "How do we convince her then? I have seen her before and she is no one that we can manipulate easily."

"No," agreed her father, "but she wants her son. I have already planned her death, my daughter, and I want you to bring her body back here. We will dip her body along with the boy in the Lazarus Pit."

"The both at the same time? Won't there be side effects?" asked Talia.

"The boy will share her blood and she will be more in tune with him mentally," said Ras.

"You've been planning on this for while, haven't you father? Taking the alien into our fold?" asked Talia. After all, Ras only knew about Jason two days ago.

"I have indeed, my daughter. She has proven to be capable of performing duties that can extend beyond human limits. It's just an added bonus that we can have her keep the boy in check." said Ras.

"Then how do you plan to kill her?" asked Talia.

"Quite easily my child. A burning chemical laboratory is the perfect place to set up the trap and have our hero." said Ras.

4 Months Later

Shayera Hol choked on the smoke as she tried to lift the ceiling off of her. Shayera made another attempt to reach for her mace but it was just out of reach and Shayera was sure that a pipe had impaled her leg, prohibiting her from moving forward. She can't feel the pain now, but Shayera was sure that once she is in a hospital it will hurt like there was no tomorrow. Shayera had been helping Mari help the scientists escape when an explosion caught them. Mari was knocked unconscious and trapped under the wall, leaving Shayera conscious and trapped as well. John and Terrific were somewhere else in the building. John had been on two other missions before he was sent with this team, meaning his power ring was low on fuel, making Shayera hope that he will leave the building to be safe. Shayera tried to lift the ceiling but nothing and that was when she saw John burst through the flames. His light was flickering and Shayera worried that he might be trapped with them if he didn't act soon.

John used the little power he had left to lift the debris. Shayera watched and looked at her mace and she quickly called out, "JOHN! MY MACE!"

He didn't react and Shayera attempted to call out again when John grabbed Mari and left, using the last of his power to escape. Shayera was shocked but she was mostly hurting. Tears filled her vision and Shayera tried to ignore that John ignored her. Shayera made one last effort to reach for her mace when a loud explosion was heard above her and everything faded into black.

John flew out of the building as quickly as he can with the unconscious Mari. He pushed her onto Terrific's arms and quickly spun around to get Shayera. He had heard her in the building, calling out to him for her mace but he had no time to search for her mace and instead decided to get Mari out first before he got Shayera out. His light flickered however and he was soon left powerless.

"NO!" he cried out and attempted to run back into the building when a series of explosions happened. John backed away from the deadly kinetic energy and watched in horror as the building collapsed.

"SHAYERA!" he yelled. He was vaguely aware of Terrific holding him back as the fire continued to rage. It would be hours later when the fire was contained. Mari had already awakened, but John was unaware of it. He was currently attempting to remove all debris in an effort to reach Shayera.

"Don't be dead, you stubborn hawk," he muttered, "Rex. Think of Rex. We're supposed… supposed to be together."

As soon as John removed one final piece of debris, he saw her lifeless hand. His heart stopped beating. He reached out for her, removing the rest of the debris. She was… no, she can't be. John saw something shining close to her hand and to his horror saw her mace. That's why she yelled at him for it. She wasn't calling out to him to find her mace, just to help her reach it. Ringing entered his hearing as all other sounds began to blur and all John could see was the mace. It… it was his fault. She's dead because of him. She's dead. Because of him.

Talia al Ghul watched from a distance and almost pitied the Lantern, but she quickly ordered her team to move. They had two weeks to perform this perfectly and she needed to have all her tracks covered. It was only a week when a funeral was held for the fallen hero. It drew a crowd of mourners and sympathizers, surprisingly but Talia was focused on the location of the grave. It was in the Midway National Forest where the hero apparently spent most of her time. She could detect several placed cameras around the memorial and knew her beloved had a hand in it. Perhaps to stop anybody from grave robbing or vandalizing the memorial.

It was a beautiful memorial depicting the likeness of the fallen hero holding her mace and a shield in her hands, her arms held out as though she was stepping into battle. She wore a greek tunic and Talia narrowed her eyes as she recognized the Amazon's handiwork in it. Idiotic woman, a traditional shield-maiden's armor would have been better suited, after all most of the world knew that Hawkgirl was the type to smash first and ask later. A plaque was on the bottom of the pedestal that read "Shayera Hol: Unwavering Friend and Hero." Talia wanted to scoff. It was only after she died that the world had recognized her part in sparing the world. Bruce had told her the whole story and she had been the one to suggest in getting her back in the team to help the world show that the League had forgiven her and to help get most of the hate off of her. He didn't listen to her and instead a year had passed before the hawk was brought back in the fold.

The funeral passed but Talia waited until three days passed before she and her team began to dig around a mile away from the grave in order to avoid the cameras and get the body from underneath. Hours passed but they managed it and took the coffin. Talia opened it to show the body of the hero and her mace by her side. She ordered her team to seal the tunnel and they made their trip back home.

The flight back home was uneventful up until Talia went to deliver the news to her father. He was in the arena watching as Jason slaughtered enemies after enemies. Ras was enjoying it and turned to see his daughter behind him.

"He'll make an excellent assassin," proclaimed Ras, "I trust you have brought the next piece."

"Yes father, we have already set her body up in the chamber." said Talia.

"Excellent," said Ras and he gestured to his archers to sedate Jason. When that was done they tied Jason next to the dead hero and proceeded with the resurrection ritual. Talia watched as the two bodies were dipped and held under for a while until the chains began to shake. Talia watched as the resurrected hero emerged screaming while Jason merely surfaced with a surprised look on his face. Talia and a few others quickly contained the screaming hero while Jason merely crawled out of the pit. As Hawkgirl raged and fought against the chains that were holding her down, Talia noticed the look on Jason's face. He approached the screaming hero cautiously and looked at her in the eye. Hawkgirl calmed down and looked back at Jason. Talia felt a presence behind her and turned to see her father look at the interaction with interest.

Jason approached the restrained hero and quietly whispered, "Momma?"

"J'hari?" questioned the hero in her own language. Talia noticed that Jason now hold physical features to Hawkgirl, such as a more lean figure now and his hair turned from black to red. The two now sport a white streak in their hair, a side effect of the Lazarus Pit.

"Welcome back, Bazer'Razmik." said Ras. He approached the confused hero and said, "You have been chosen, along with your son, to help us spread peace in this world. To rid corruption and bring in a new age."

"What… How did we get here?" asked Hawkgirl, "My name is Shayera."

"Your old name," dismissed Ras, "Your new birth name is Bazer'Azmik. Your son's new name is Aikh'Tier."

"What do you want from us." asked Shayera.

"Your cooperation." was all Ras said as he led the League of Shadows away from the pit. Talia was left and watched as Jason untied his 'mother'.

"You're… not my mother." he said.

"And you're not my son… but we're… connected." said Shayera as she reached her hand out and placed it on her 'son's' cheek. He leaned into the hand and closed his eyes, loving the new feelings in him.

"You were both dipped into the Lazarus Pit and Jason here has inherited some qualities of you to make him half human." explained Talia.

"Jason? Jason who?" asked Shayera.

"Jason Todd." said Jason holding his new mother's hand to his cheek. It has been years since he had felt a mother's comfort.

"Jason," breathed Shayera, "I like it… why have we been dipped in the pit?"

"You both died." explained Talia, watching as shock spread across their faces, "What was the last thing you remembered?"

"Fire. The building… John… I died in the chemistry laboratory didn't I?" asked Shayera. Talia nodded in confirmation and looked to Jason.

"I remember pain… and laughing. A hideous laugh... The Joker." shivered Jason. Shayera furled her wing around him and brought him into a hug. It was something she never would have thought to do, but some buried instinct told her to comfort him now that they had a connection, a blood connection. Jason leaned into the hug and rested his head on her shoulders. The thirteen year old would be lying if he didn't say that he wasn't enjoying the hug. Shayera was feeling the same way. She had a son now. Someone to look after. A son that she'll fight to death for. Her chances for Rex were gone, but here she had a son now.

"Why did you resurrect us?" asked Shayera. Talia walked in front of the new family and said, "My father wishes to use you both as assassins."

"What if we refuse?" said Jason defiantly.

"Then my father will no doubt hunt down every single one that you love in effort to punish you. Why do you think he handpicked you, Hawkgirl?" said Talia. The anger washed over them like a blanket and Talia almost feared them if they hadn't reigned it in. Jason might be half-human regarding his strength now but Shayera was full alien and a military one at that. Who knows the type of training she had received.

"Picked me?" asked Shayera, an unnatural rage swelling within her, "how? Why me?"

"We needed someone to help us train Jason." explained Talia, going for the half-truth, "The circumstances revolving Jason's death was that he was attempting to rescue his birth mother. The Joker however had already killed her before he got there."

Shayera felt Jason shiver in her arms and held him tighter as Talia continued to explain, "When the Joker killed Jason, Jason was resurrected with his last instincts intact the same as you. You, Shayera, died with trying to fight to stay alive or die trying. Jason died defiant to the end. You both awoke with a need to fight but you are both connected now and you both have found something that each of you can fill that had been empty before."

Shayera and Jason both looked at each other and smiled a bit. It would be a little cheesy to be said between the two, but they both were now a small family. A strange one yes, but Shayera and Jason didn't care. Talia sensed the new bond forming between the two and said, "You two have been given a chance to change the world. Please don't waste it by pretending to be heroes."

Shayera was shocked at her words and asked, "What do you mean by 'pretending' al Ghul?"

Hey readers, like the new story? I hope you did. Leave reviews please so I know if it's a good story. I'm also in need of a poll. THere is another story I want to write but should I finish at least two stories before I start it?