Hello FF readers, this is my first story that I've decided to show the world! Hope you enjoy!

DISCLAIMER- I DO NOT OWN YOUNG JUSTICE! IF I DID THE SHOW WOULD BE COMING OUT WITH A THIRD SEASON!

I ONLY OWN THIS STORY.

~My Light of Life


Chapter 1 - Do Not Dwell On The Past

The building exploded behind her. She fell from her skateboard, and ducked behind a trashcan. She knew they would find her here, they always found her, one way or another. She was so tired of running, hiding from everyone she met, her friends and family; although most of her family was gone, she was tired of fighting.

She sensed something coming towards her. It was blue with what looked like wings.

"Are you alright?" It asked. It was a young man. She could feel power flowing off him. She turned to face him, he held out a hand to help her up.

"Yes. I am fine. Thank you." This attack had taken her off guard, thinking she had at least another week or so before they came. She turned to look beyond the man in front of her seeing another boy who was green and kept changing into different animals. Looking up she saw a man flying with a black t-shirt with a 'S' in the center. She was disappointed that he did not show up, they had not seen each other in a while.

The men had contained the now dying fire as the trucks arrived with water and the police were coming to keep the late nighters back.

"There's no one here Blue, I don't get it." The one in the black t-shirt came down, landing next to Blue. He had dark hair and bright blue eyes. He reminded her so much of Clark.

"Is she alright?" He asked. She looked back and forth at both boys that stood before her. Not knowing whether to ask about him or take off running as she always did.

No, no more running. She thought to herself.

"I would like to speak with Nightwing, if I may." The girl had a strange accent almost a combination of what sounded like Russian and some kind of European. The now three men standing in front of her thought she was nuts. No one had every asked them anything like that.

"It is important, I must meet with him." She begged. "Please"

"Look we admire your dedication to the League, but that's impossible". The man in black turned to walk away, when the girl began to speak again.

"Conner Kent, Garfield Logan, Jaime Reyes." She spoke it quietly so only, the four of them could hear it. All three men stood there unsure of what to do or say. She had thought that might convince them to take her to Nightwing. The one with the t-shirt walked over and grabbed her by the collar pulling her toward his face. She had not realized just how tall he was.

"Who are you and how do you know our names. Huh? You think you're so smart planting an explosive, we come for it then what, kill us!?" He yelled at her. She put her small hands over his, held on tight, felt his source of power flow into her; it was a rush, a type of high. She twisted his hands with a strength that was unnaturally strong, which put him on his back.

The other two boys stood there unsure of what just happened. The girl's eyes were stricken with fear. "I'm sorry I did not realize you were so strong." She held out her hand, which he pushed away.

"How do you know our names?" The green one asked. She was backing away from the crowd that had continued to gather around the now fallen building. The boys turned to look one last time at the crowd before following the girl towards an empty lot behind another building across the street.

"I am a telepath, among other things as well." She stated it almost as if she were scared of herself. Scared of the power that she had. "I am truly sorry I did not mean to cause you harm or anger you, I did not intend on them finding me here this early."

The boys were contemplating their current situation. "I am part of the League, if that would make a difference."

" Wait, what?" The young green boy looked confused for a moment. "What is your name anyway?"

" Shadow." A male voice said from the far end of the dark lot. He was finally here. She would have recognized his voice anywhere. She turned to face a handsome man wearing a blue and black leotard with a mask forever covering his eyes.

"What the hell? Nightwing?" Conner questioned. "I thought Shadow was dead."

" Shadow has died many times before." She said looking down at her feet. Shadow had learned not to think about her past, it hurt too much.

"But she always finds her way home, to friends." Shadow gave a small faint smile, as she looked him in the eyes. "Guys this is Shadow, Shadow; Super Boy, Beast Boy and Blue Beetle." Nightwing pointed to each of them. "Shadow specializes in keeping tabs on everyone and everything. Her team has infiltrated many bureaucrats of most wanted criminals, on many worlds." At the mention of her team, Shadow slammed her fist into the brick wall next to her.

"They are all gone, all of them, every single one. I could not do anything. Blood, there was so much blood."

At this Nightwing wrapped an arm around her and pulled her into a tight hug. The rest of the guys stood dumbfounded at what they were witnessing. Nightwing had never done anything like that before.

The two of them stayed like that for a few moments before Nightwing let go. "Do you know who is after you? Was it the same group that took out your te...?"

" Yes." Shadow said as she cut him off. "I have a few theories as to what type of weapons they use."

"Wait; hold up a second, how do you know her, and what the hell is she talking about? Nightwing what is going on?" Blue Beetle had been quiet along with Beast Boy. " I don't even know who Shadow is and what do you mean by 'she has died many times' this makes no sense."

" Uh yeah I'm with Blue on this one." Beast Boy said.

"Shadow is the original Justice League." Super Boy shrugged his shoulders not caring what Nightwing told the team.

"Shadow is known as an entity, the first Shadow was born 1416, and she was born with the ability to create different genes other than her own DNA code. However, of course no one knew this until hundreds of years later. Shadow has the ability to absorb powers and then mimic those powers."

" So how does that make her an entity?" Beast Boy asked.

"This Shadow in front of us is her own person, but she has memories of every Shadow that has existed before her." Nightwing explained." She is a reincarnation."

" So, she's had these powers for 600 years, and she still can't control them?" Beast Boy said doing the math on his fingers.

"I was taken by surprise this time, I panicked. I did not realize how strong Super Boy was and I took too much of his..."

"Whoa wait hold the phone, amigo. She can take powers just by touching people?" Blue Beetle said as Shadow changed from a young girl to Blue Beetle." Maldito! So you can use my powers now?"

" In a sense yes, your powers are very different them many I have encountered before. There is something that seems to be controlling it, I could feel it when you helped me up. I can use your powers as you would but only use the weapons that you have created in the past nothing new that you will create." Shadow turned back into herself. She was average height for her age, standing at a total of 5'6" at the age of 17. She looked down at herself, then back at the men in front of her. "Nightwing?"

" Yes?"

" Why do I never have a uniform to wear?" She asked him.

"I'm not sure, most of the League has only heard rumors of you and no one really sees you as well you." Nightwing rubbed the back of his neck unsure of what to tell her. It had been ten years since he had last seen her. It had been ten years since...the accident. "Why do you ask?"

" No reason." Shadow had never truly been alone until now, she just wanted to fit in, feel a sense of belonging.

"Uh, can we get back to the people that just try to blow you up?" Super Boy said with an annoyed look on his face.

"Yeah but we should finish this conversation at the Kent's place." Beast Boy said as the group looked over at what was left of the building, which ended up being a small convenience store. Beast Boy and Blue Beetle took off heading in the direction of the house.

"Nightwing, why didn't you tell the team about her? She put innocent people in danger tonight. You're lucky they had just closed up. We should let Batman know that she's her with us." Super Boy said.

"She is part of the League I'm sure Batman already knows that she's here. She probably told him she was coming." Nightwing shot back.

Shadow cleared her throat. "Well, 'she' is standing right here. Look, you two have no reason to trust me on this and Batman has no idea that I am here. I have not talked to him for three years."

" Super Boy listen let's just get back to the house and we'll figure something out."

" Fine and how are you planning to get there. How did you find us anyway? We were out getting dinner when we heard the explosion." Super Boy asked.

"I already knew that Shadow was here. The computer picked up something coming into the atmosphere last week. "

"How did you know it was me?" Shadow was sure she remembered to cover her tracks.

"The way you cover your tracks or at least your attempt at covering them. Earth technology has changed since you were last here." Nightwing looked at Shadow and frowned, she looked down at her feet again. She always did that when she felt threatened or ashamed.

"Great, she has to work on her powers. Can we go now?" Super Boy said as he flew off.

Shadow walked over to Nightwing and placed a hand on his cheek Nightwing looked at her and smiled. "Come on lets go" He said and she teleported them to the Kent's house.


AT THE KENT'S HOUSE

Nightwing and Shadow walked through the front door and met the faces of, Beast Boy, Blue Beetle, Miss Martian, and Kid Flash. They were all in casual clothing waiting for dinner that finally arrived. "Yo, Shadow glad to finally meet you" Wally wrapped an arm around her with a tight squeeze.

"How do you two know each other?" Miss Martian asked excited to have another girl in the house.

"OH you know, Dick here told me all about her, there let's say, old friends." Wally grinned.

"We can talk about that later. Right now, we should tell Batman and Superman that you're here. I'm sure he'll want to talk to you." Nightwing said.

" Yes we'll let the big guys know, but first let's get you settled in." Miss Martian said as she led Shadow up the stairs toward the bedrooms.

Shadow was shown to her room, she teleported the rest of her stuff from the shitty hotel a few miles away. She looked at herself in the mirror, her ratty old beat up shoes, which were covered in duct tape. She smelled, her black skinny jeans had multiple holes in them, and her ACDC sweatshirt had long since faded. She attempted to comb through her long auburn hair, with her fingers.


Shadow walked down the hallway looking at the pictures on the walls, of Superman when he was little all the way up to a few years ago.

"What are you really doing here?" Super boy walked up from the other end of the hall. "You've been on your own for 600 years and you come back for help? Something's not right about this."

" I know you do not like me, many people do not." Shadow said not looking at him.

"Whatever, and don't screw around with Nightwing he has enough to deal with." Super Boy knew how she felt. He was in her position only a few year ago, no friends, and unknown limitations. "Look I know how you feel I..."

"I know you do, can we not talk about it. Please." Shadow knew what he had been through she had just relived it not an hour ago.

"So how do you know Nightwing, you two do a mission together or something?"

" No"

"You care to elaborate on that?"

" Nightwing and I knew each other when we were little. The mission you went on about five or so years ago, the one with the circus that's where we met.

"Wait, you were there?"

" No, no let me rephrase that, I was brought up in that circus. Nightwing's whole family took me in. I was almost six when Batman found him. His parents...um...well...they had an accident."

" What kind?

"I really should not be telling you this; it is not my place to."

Super Boy knew that Nightwing had always kept secrets. However, if this one had to deal with Shadow he had to know. He had heard all the rumors about Shadow, how she could be anywhere, and nowhere all at the same time, and her team was strictly picked and trained.

"He has never forgiven me, he hates me for it. Even if he does not show it, I can feel it eating away at him."

Super Boy looked at her shocked. "Why do you think that?"

Shadow took a deep breath, and then looked Super Boy in the eyes. "I let his parents die."


" Her whole teams gone. I'm not sure how she doesn't seem to want to talk about it."

" Dick, I can understand why you want to help her, but Shadow has always figured her problems out, without the least bit of help from the League."

" But she's always had her team to back her up, why can't she work with us?" Nightwing was pissed. He could not believe Bruce.

"You're in charge of this team if you want her on it, then ask her, if she stays then so be it. If she says no then let her leave."

" You're going to let me decide on this. You mean she can stay?!" Nightwing was ecstatic. "Wait, you never let me make big decisions like this, what's the catch?"


There are two cliffhangers! WOO! Kid Flash is just here as comic relief for awhile. I'm not going to give away any spoilers just yet. Ages of everyone will be in the beginning of chapter two. OH and Blue Beetle is in control of his scarab.

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~My Light of Life