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Black Hearts

Chapter 2- Jada

She winced at her, the fear shown clearly on her face. Never before had they seen someone so evil looking, so dark… Clear on her face was murder; anyone looking at her would be able to see the bloodthirsty killer within.

Jada smirked down at her cowering victim; she knew the aura of evil that surrounded her. The aura of pure darkness. Her humanity was ripped from her long ago, how long? She silently wondered. She watched as the girl cried and held her head. Just give in, it'll make it a lot easier, Jada wanted to tell her. Usually this made her so satisfied, but now all she wanted was it to hurry it up.

As a child, Jada always had this feeling there had to be something more in the world. She was always cocky and prideful, stubborn, too. These traits never left her even when she became a shadow. Unlike most shadows she wasn't always wallowing in self-pity. Also, unlike other followers her one goal wasn't to please the Atrox. Her one goal was to please herself. She was ruthless and clever, not letting anyone stand in her way, ever.

Perhaps it had something to do with the way she was turned. This was definitely an interesting tale…

Most shadows turned because they gave up hope, this was like an unwritten rule. But her, she was a special case. It started out with her parents divorce; her dad was a businessman, rich as hell. And her mom fell in love with her, doomed from the beginning. It was horrible when Jada walked in on her dad screwing some whore. She "had to" keep it a secret; she was only 13 at that time. When she was 15 her mom found out and divorced him, both desired custody. That's when the trials started. She never thought she would be able to relate that saying "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger" to her life until all that happened. She became cold and cruel even before becoming a shadow. It happened when she turned 17…

"Come on little girl don't you want to play?" two boys taunted her. One had shaggy black hair and 4 eyebrow piercings in his left brow. One sat in his nostril and one in his lip. The other had blond hair that looked as if it might have been died few times a tattoo sat on his right arm. The black haired one laughed richly, "Come on little girl". "You don't" Jada clinched her teeth, "Know…who…you're…dealing with!" She threw her bag down and jumped at him bringing him down hard. She did a punch hard on his nose than got on her feet in fighting stance. He stood up laughing; he whipped some blood off his lips. "Stupid girl, I'm beyond your mortal limits". She then saw his eyes they were abnormal, glowing! She didn't let her surprise show instead merely kept her guard up. The black haired one was cocky, stupid. But the blonde, his face showed determination, he didn't underestimate her. She wanted to know what they we're but wasn't about to take the time to ask. She was in a dark ally at night next to a garbage dumpster with not even the moon to guide her home. The black haired one laughed harder, "We are shadows". She couldn't conceal a gasp, he laughed harder and pointed to his head, "mind reader". "That's okay," Jada said, "'cause I have a few tricks of my own". With that she tilted here moon necklace to reflect the street light into his eyes followed by a flip on to dumpster in which she pulled and chunked a large piece of broken glass at him. The light distracted him and the glass hit him square in the forehead. He dropped to the ground.

She felt satisfaction that was immediately vanquished when he moved and stood shakily, the glass half way out. He smirked and pulled it out. "Well, well, hey Stanton, looks like we caught ourselves a daughter!". The blonde, who must've been Stanton, didn't budge. Jada had not idea what the hell they we're talking about and instead of trying to figure that out, she tried to figure out how he survived the glass attack. It seemed each time she attacked him he only became more powerful, so how could she beat him? I can help you, a voice coaxed. She didn't know who's or what's it was and usually she didn't trust mysterious voices in her head but somehow she knew, if she agreed, she'd be really strong. She listened. It instructed her to remove her 'amulet', which she insisted was her necklace, and let it fall. Before her eyes it erupted into a dull black clunk and also she felt herself change, into something, beyond, what she ever felt before. She was, strong. With ease she let her invisible force erupt into his mind and hit it hard, he stumbled backwards. He looked shocked and she felt a smile curl into her lips and she easily danced inside again and pushed again. She enjoyed this a lot. "Come on," Stanton said to her and held out his hand, "and welcome to becoming a shadow".

With that she became a shadow, which was why she was so different. Number one, she was a daughter of the moon, which she later found out was a protector of good and we're supposed to destroy the Atrox. Number two, she never gave up hope, merely wanted to win. And last, no matter who it was, she was willing to take them on, even the Atrox itself if it dared stand in her way.

Now, 20 years later, she watched the girl continue to cower in fear and then figured she'd end it. Instead of making it a long painful experience, she put the rest of her mind powers into it and the girl's whimpers hushed and the deadly silence filled her ears.