Chapter 1: Rising Shadows

Authors note: Alright ladies and gentlemen welcome to the first chapter of my Arkham City story Shadows Of Arkham City. Thank you Srgt Surge for the 's gonna be a few things here and there changed but nothing to drastic. Also I'm having this story focus on both Shadow Catwoman and the man himself Batman. Shadow will be a part of the main story but he will have his own story as well. So I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Arkham City.

(Wayne-Tec R&D)

In a small office a young man had been typing in his computer going over documents for Wayne's campaign against Sharps Arkham City that was slowly being built. It had been a few months since Arkham Island and Sharp made a promise to Gotham that he would clean up the city of all super villains. Not just villains but anyone wearing a mask including Batman. The young adult rubbed his face in exhaustion as the phone next to his computer started to ring. Broken from his thoughts he picked it up.

"R&D department, Jayden Warney speaking." He answered in a depressed tone.

"Hey Jayden," A bright and chipper voice said on the other line. "Mr. Wayne said he's coming down to see you."

Jayden let out a sigh of annoyance as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Okay Thanks Ally, let him in." He said.

He clicked off his computer as Bruce Wayne waltz right in. Damn that was fast.

"Hello Jayden," He greeted. "How are you this fine day?"

Jayden looked up at Wayne and then out his window. He looked out into the distance to see cranes and bulldozers constructing a large wall just on the outskirts of town. He shook his head knowing that just on the other side the worst criminals known to man were on the other side.

"Fine if I didn't have that eyesore outside my window." Jayden grunted.

"Hey if we keep working we'll have that wall gone and the people back in their homes in no time." Bruce reassured.

"Fucking martial law, I am so not voting for Sharp next time." He said Bruce let out a chuckle as he sat down in one of the chairs in front of his desk.

"Aside from Mayor Sharp's personal prison, how are you?"

"Fine why do you ask?"

"Barbra said you were upset when you left her house last night. That's why I asked."

Jayden's day went from crap to shit at what he just said. He leaned back into his chair and let out a heavy sigh as he rubbed his temples.

"Yeah, I just tried to help her and she blew me off," He grunted. "Just like you."

"Jayden, your father did do wonderful things for me and this company," Bruce said. "But, this formula…what was it called again?"

"Adonis." He stated bluntly.

"Right, your Adonis formula, it just doesn't feel like the right thing to give people." Bruce defended.

"I know how it works my father spent his life trying to perfect it," Jayden grunted. He reached into his desk and pulled out a manila folder and threw it on the desk. "I've tested it out on sick and dying patients, I've given it to volunteer soldiers who were more than willing to risk their lives and they have had no trouble performing in the field. What more could you possibly need?"

"Well, for starters how about the notes on how to make the formula?" Bruce asked in a stern tone.

"You know I can't risk giving anyone that I don't even have notes it's all up here." He said as he tapped the left side of his head with his index finger. "Plus, with all the leaks in this company I wouldn't want my father's research getting into the hands of any known criminals or Batman."

"What does Batman have to do with this?" Bruce asked as Jayden gave him a toothy grin.

"Well I have a source that knows that he's your favorite customer," He said in a sly tone as he flipped a pen through his fingers. "Even though he's never once paid." Bruce narrowed his eyes at the young man.

"You're saying he's stolen from us?" He growled.

"Unless you're selling this stuff to him in a back ally, yes. And I'll sooner throw myself into open traffic before I let that thieving prick steal another thing that's important to me."

"Jayden…" Bruce sighed.

Jayden got up from his desk and grabbed his coat from his closet.

"I'm going home," He grunted as he slid his arms through the sleeves. "I felt like crap when I came in this morning but now thanks to you I feel like shit." He snarled as he stormed out of his office. "Ally, I'm going home if you want to stay go ahead if not then come with me."

"Jayden, wait I'll be right there." The red head said as she fumbled with her coat.

Jayden ignored Bruce's calls out to him as he dragged Ally into the elevator by her arm. They went down to the parking garage and up to Jayden's Lamborghini. He opened the passenger side and pushed Ally in almost taking her foot off as he slammed the door. He walked over to the driver side and yanked the door open and climbed in slamming the door so hard that the window cracked from the force.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Alexandra yelled as Jayden just sat there staring at the steering wheel. "Jayden?" She asked, her anger slowly turned to concern as she saw a tear roll down her lover's cheek.

(Flashback)

Jayden stood in a living room in front of a young woman with red hair and was currently sitting in a wheel chair.

"I'm not trying to hurt your feelings." Jayden growled. "I'm just trying to help you."

"Funny, I'm not getting a good helping feeling from you just an 'I feel sorry for you feeling'." The woman stated as she sipped her tea.

"Barbra!" Jayden snapped in disgust. "How the hell could you say that? You're the strongest smartest woman I have ever known. I'm not saying I feel bad for you I'm saying I have the opportunity to help you."

"By taking some magic formula what if it doesn't work?" She asked. "Bruce said-"

"To hell with what Bruce said!" He yelled as he dug into his pocket and pulled out a metal syringe filled with amber liquid. "I made a promise to help you when I was young and I made this dose special for you now take it please!" He begged as he fell to his knees.

"Jayden…" She said as she pulled him over to her lap. He rested his head on her leg as she ran a hand through his thick black hair. "It's not that I don't believe in you it's just…this is who I am now. I'm not ashamed."

"I know, but every time I see you I think of…him!" He snarled.

"I know, but I just don't have the heart to do it…I'm sorry."

"So that's it?" He asked his voice muffled from her knee. "I'm so useless."

"Jayden," She said with a soft voice as she lifted his chin up so they could make eye contact. "Will you help me get to bed?"

He let out a small chuckle as he looked at her small smile.

"Only if I can push you." He said as she nodded.

"Okay,"

He got up and moved behind her and grabbed the handle bars on the back. He pulled her through her living room and toward the stairs. They came to a stop as Barbra tried to get out of the chair and onto the lift. Jayden shook his head in annoyance as he moved to her front and picked her up bridal style.

"Jayden!" She exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He shrugged his shoulders.

"My ways faster." He said as they made their way to the top. Jayden looked down the hall in confusion as he looked down at Barbra. "Which is your room?"

She let out a small laugh as she pointed at the door on their right. Jayden kicked it open and walked over to the side of the bed. He sat Barbra down on the soft mattress as he tried to pull the sheets over her.

"You know eleven years ago I was tucking you in." She said with a grin. "Am I gonna get a kiss goodnight?"

Jayden let out a small laugh and slowly placed his lips on Barbra's forehead. He lingered for a minute before Barbra wrapped his arms around him and pulled him down to her chest.

They stayed like this for a moment when Jayden got an idea in his head. He grinned as he started to nuzzle his face into her left breast. Barbra started to feel weird and looked down at Jayden who now had a stupid grin on his face.

"JAYDEN!" She yelled as she smacked his head. He went stumbling over as she covered her chest. "You little punk you haven't changed at all." She said as a small blush appeared on her face.

"What are you talking about?" He asked in a sarcastic tone as he rubbed his head. "I was just giving you a big hug."

"Yeah, just like when you were a kid and when you were being a 'gentleman' and danced with me at one of Bruce's events?"

"Hey I couldn't help it if I was at perfect height with your knockers." He snickered. "In my defense you have nice boobs." That earned him a tissue box thrown at his head. He let out another chuckle as she pulled the covers over her head.

"Just go away!" She yelled.

"Aww, don be like that." He said as he sat next to her on the floor. He waited a few minutes before she slowly started to pull the covers off. She gave him a nasty glare as he opened up his arms. "One more please." He asked in a sweet tone.

"No." She said bluntly.

"Aw, c'mon please?" He said as he stared at her with a dopey look on his face. She tried to suppress the smile but failed as she motioned for him to come forward. He wrapped his arms around her and this time rested his head on the crook of her neck. "I love you, ya mean old lady." He said in a childish tone.

"I love you too, ya little brat." She then pressed a small kiss to his head as she settled in her bed. "Please make sure to lock the door before you go."

"Sure thing."

He got up and slowly walked over to the door. He took one last look at her as she turned over and fell to sleep and walked out of her room.

(End Flashback)

Jayden sat there with tears streaming down his cheeks as he and Ally sat there in the car. Ally reached over and wiped a tear off his face with her index finger. He looked over at her and she gave him a kind caring look. He gave her a small smile as he looked down at the steering wheel.

"Sorry." He whispered as he started his car. She reached over and wrapped her arms around his neck and brought his head down to the crook of her neck and planted a small kiss on her soft skin.

"It's alright." She said.

They broke off after they kissed each other again as Jayden started to pull out of the parking garage and into the city.

Jayden sat on his couch watching stupid political bullshit between Sharp and Wayne about shutting down Arkham City. Sharp bitched about how the Titan thugs almost killed him at a ceremony a few months back and the criminals should be locked away forever and hopefully kill each other. Bruce countered with how homelessness is now a major problem and how sick it was to leave the criminals out in the open.

Jayden couldn't stand this crap anymore and turned the TV off. He got up from his spot on the couch and was about to go to bed when his path was blocked by his partner in crime. Who was dressed in his Dusk outfit.

"Hey Jason," Jayden said his voice sounded so bleak and emotionless. "What are you doing?"

"C'mon get your gear on," He ordered. "We're gonna patrol the town."

Jayden gave him an irritated look as he pushed past him.

"Did you forget about marshal law?" He snapped.

"Did you forget we're heroes?" He snapped back. "You haven't touched your armor since that night in Arkham." He gave his older brother a confused look. "What did Batman scare you after he kicked your ass?"

"HEY!" He yelled causing Jason to jump. "Batman didn't do a damn thing to me." He yelled as he started to back Jason into the wall. "I've just haven't been Shadow in a while because I'm concerned for you and-"

"Me."

Jayden and Jason turned at the door way to see Ally in her Breeze uniform.

"Ally…" He whispered as she walked down and handed him his mask and sunglasses.

"Shadow, when you found us all those years ago you said that we would look after each other," She said as she started to help him out of his business suite. "You said we would be heroes but still have our fun."

"You said it yourself 'we're only young once' so why waste our life doing shit work at Wayne-Tec when we could go down to Maroni's drop off point and steal two million of his hard earned money?" Jason argued as he pulled out his tonfa's. Ally pulled out her staff and lifted her hood up to cover her hair and smirked to Jayden.

He looked down at his mask and back at his brother and girlfriend. He gave them a grin as he ran to his room.

(Crow City Of Angels: Jurassitol)

Jayden pulled off his business pants and walked over to a nearby wall. He pressed his thumb to the wall and a hidden door opened revealing everything that was The Shadow Knight.

He pulled out his black cargo pants and snapped his utility belt on which still had the kanji symbol representing shadow on it.

Then he pulled on his black combat boots with steel toes and fastened the straps tightly.

His newest feature was a black long-sleeved nomex survival suite. He slipped his arms through the sleeves and into the gloves attached to the sleeves and flexed his fingers out.

He did the same thing with his coat which was also new and slipped his arms through the sleeves. His coat was a thick black leather coat with light amber designs across the back that shaped the image of a wolf's head.

He reached in and pulled on his new sword which he had designed almost the day after Arkham. It was a razor sharp straight sword with no hand guard and a red ribbon tied to the butt of the sword. He pulled down his mask and put on his sunglasses as he walked out of his room and down to the lower levels he had reserved for himself as Breeze and Dusk followed shortly after.

The three of them got onto their respected motorcycles and took off out of a secret passage and down the streets.

(Music End)

Maroni's men were in the back room of one of their nightclubs and were counting their cash. Ever since marshal law the Falcone and Maroni families were picking up all their money and leaving Gotham. They couldn't reach most of their money since some of it was hidden in Arkham City.

Maroni's men were putting the money through counters and into metal suitcases as they quickly loaded them into a moving truck.

"C'mon hurry up," One thug grunted. "I don't want Tyger or Batman coming down on us."

A dark shadow lurked over the window on the roof as the men inside started moving faster.

"Don't worry," Another thug said this one having a cheesy Italian accent. "Batman's probably locked up in Arkham City right now." He snickered.

Just then the window above their heads shattered into hundreds of pieces. Shards flew into their faces blinded the thugs as they covered their eyes.

"It's Batman!" A thug yelled as he pulled out his gun.

"Wait, no it's…who the hell is that?" The other thug yelled.

"Evening ladies," Dusk said as he pulled out his tonfa's and spun them around. "Sorry, but your credit isn't good enough for Batman."

Just then three thugs went flying across the room as a young woman clad in a dark blue leather coat and pants with a darker shaded hood covering her head. She spun her staff around her shoulders and held it in front of her.

"But we'll take your money all the same." Breeze said.

And last a warrior cladded in a black coat and wielded a black sword walked in front of the long table.

"So tell Maroni that if he wants money he should get his lazy ass a job." Shadow said as he pointed his sword at the thug down the table.

"Kill them!" He shouted as he fired at Shadow. He ducked out of the way as Dusk leaped forward and landed his tonfa on the thug's bald head. He landed behind him as two thugs covered both his sides. One thug tried to punch him as the other swung a bat down on him. He lowered himself and dodged the first thugs punch and smacked his knees with his tonfa. He broke his leg and then landed an upper cut to the other thugs chin knocking him back.

Breeze smacked her staff across one thugs face and then into another ones knee and then spun around smacking it across his head. She blocked an oncoming thug's crowbar attack as two thugs came up from behind her. She ducked under staff and landed an upper cut with her heel and then dropped her staff to the floor and kicked it at the two thugs from behind her. It bounced off their faces and knocked them back as caught her staff and swiped it across their faces.

Shadow's sword cut down the middle of one thug's gun as he landed a kick to his face. Three more thugs came up from behind him with knives and baseball bats. He quickly ducked down and swiped his sword across all three of the thug's stomachs. Their blood painted the walls as they all fell to the ground. They lay there groaning in pain as he looked over to the table to see money lying all over the wooden surface.

"Time to collect kids." He said as he and his partners walked over and started piling the cash into the metal cases. Ally looked over at the thugs who were bleeding on the floor and looked over at Jayden.

"Are they dead?" She asked in a concerned tone. Shadow shook his head.

"No, don't worry I can hear Tyger coming they'll be here in a few minutes and take them to a hospital before taking them to Arkham City."

"Hey guys," Dusk asked as pulled up his sleeve showing a golden Rolex. "Like my new watch?"

Shadow and Breeze shook their heads in annoyance as they could see Dusk's toothy grin through his mask. Tyger guards broke down the door and yelled warnings throughout the room to see broken thugs lying around the room.

And no one else.

The three sat on the balcony of their penthouse still in their uniforms drinking champagne. They laughed and drank celebrating their victory as Ally and Jason looked over at Jayden. They both gave him teasing grins as he gave them a confused look.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Are we back?" Ally asked. He then quirked an eyebrow as he reached into his coat and pulled out his phone. He typed into it and smirked as a ping sound came from it.

"Now we're back." He said as the three of them raised their glasses and clanged them together.

The next morning Bruce Wayne was checking his emails casually clicking them away one by one. Some were either death threats from crooked employees he fired or messages supporting his campaign against shutting down Arkham City but one email caught his eye.

From Jayden Warney.

Bruce shook of his boredom as he clicked on his message.

Dear Bruce I thank you for giving me and my friend's jobs but…We quit .

Thanks from Jayden, Alexandra and Jason.

Bruce shook his head and gave out a small chuckle.

"Moron's" He said as he clicked off his computer.

He stood up and looked out at the city eyeing the penthouse which he knew Jayden and his friends were still asleep. He smiled knowing that Jayden was back to his normal self.


Okay first chapter some questions will be answered next chapter but this was a starter. Also for some of my previous readers some things will change with Jayden. For starters his Adonis power will be limited, he will be struggling with his destiny as Shadow and some secrets will be revealed. So till next chapter please read and review.