Author's note: This is my first story. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Justice League or any recognizable characters. Faith, Melinda and the thugs are mine.

Chapter 1- Nowhere to Go

Faith Holzer hurried down the quiet street. It always creeped her out to be out late at night. As she walked, she replayed the day's events in her mind.

"I told you! I don't want you in my house!" her stepmother screamed.

Faith's eyes filled with tears and she bit her lip to keep from breaking down, "But where will

I go?" she pleaded.

"I don't know and I don't care!" the angry woman cried, "Go to someone who cares!"

Faith could no longer hold back the tears and her stepmother slapped her.

"Get out of my house!" she growled.

Faith felt the tears stinging her eyes, but quickly wiped them away. It was no use crying out here. Moments after she'd left the house with only the clothes on her back and the contents of her purse, she called Ollie- most commonly known as the Green Arrow.

He had been a good friend of her father's, and had always watched out for her even after his death. This time was no different.

"Ollie?" Faith spoke inter her cell phone with a sniffle.

"Faith? What's wrong? You sound upset."

"My stepmom kicked me out. I don't have anywhere to go. I don't know what to do!" she

sobbed.

"Hush now, Faith." he answered in that comforting tone he'd always used to calm her down,

"Dinah, GL, and I are on a mission right now but I'll meet you at 7th and 5th at nine,

okay?"

"Okay." she answered and clicked off the phone.

Faith took out her cell phone and read the digital clock.

"8:50. Only ten more minutes in this dump." she shuddered. Looking up she saw the small sign that indicated the street corner where she was to meet them.

"I only have to make it across this last street." Faith quickened her pace and was almost there when three thugs walked out of an alley.

Taken by surprise, Faith turned and crossed the street to continue her journey, she did not want to be near those guys.

She had just reached the street sign when something grabbed her wrist. Faith spun around to see the three guys standing behind her, the closest one with a firm grip on her wrist.

She quickly assessed the situation, the guys looked pretty strong and she did not want to mess with them.

Well, isn't this just my day.

"Hello, Miss." the guy holding her wrist said with a smile that was less than friendly, "My friends and I won't give you any trouble if you just hand over the purse." He reached for it, but Faith stepped back.

The man's smile faded, "Look's like she's gonna try to fight." With that the other men stepped forward menacingly.

Faith twisted her wrist to loosen the man's grip and pulled free. Immediately, she shot up in to the air, but just as she thought she was free- one of the men grabbed her ankle.

"Looks like we got one with powers, boys." He pulled her down and the other two men both grabbed an arm.

It was no use, she couldn't get free. The apparent leader of the group, the one who'd previously had her by the wrist, pulled back and punched her in the stomach- hard! Faith doubled over for a moment, then lifted her head in time to receive a blow to the eye.

Faith crumpled to the ground as one of the men kicked her in the stomach. She curled into a ball as everything around her started fading.

Another kick went to her forehead and everything went black.