Chapter 4: Stray Dog

Authors Note: Thank you for your review Tonycakes I thought the billion dollar joke was funny too when I wrote it.

Disclaimer: I do not own any DC characters just my oc's and Sarina belongs to Tonycakes.


All his life Shadow ever did was fight. He fought to protect himself, he fought to protect the innocent, and he fought to protect what was right. He gave up whatever remains of a normal life he thought he had, he gave up his soul and his body and mind. Bruce knew it and Shadow didn't listen but once you swear your life to this duty there is no going back.

Bruce didn't try to find love because he knew that he couldn't risk having anyone get hurt because of him. He didn't want a wife and child because he knew someone would eventually find out that he is Batman and that they would be used as weapons against him.

Shadow tried to follow his lead when he became the dark shadow of the night but that all changed when he met Breeze or at the time Ally. He gave her money to finish school he wanted her to get a good job and live her life but she would never leave Shadow alone. He just wanted what was best for her but she was just too stubborn to leave him.

She loved him she was the only person who gave a damn about him. If it wasn't for her he would have been lost to his dark side a long time ago. She was his savior and he knew it, he was the only one she wanted and no one else. From that point Shadow trained her to fight so that if anything should happen she would always be able to defend herself.

But now, now she was captured by the worst kind of evil this world has ever known and Shadow was now fighting half of Gotham's criminals to save her.

Bane charged at Robin with all his strength as Robin ran at him at the same speed. Robin pulled out a few batarangs from his belt and threw them right at Bane's head. They hit him in the eyes as he stumbled forward. Robin ran up the giants arm and stomped on his head. He used the momentum to launch himself over his shoulder and kicked one of the tubes loose from his tank. Green glowing liquid sprayed all over the place as Bane let out an angry roar.

Robin pulled his staff out and readied for another attack when Bane picked up a car and threw it at the boy wonder. Robin ran towards it and slid underneath it on his knees the car just missed his face as he got to his feet. He didn't see Bane running and was then struck by his massive fist sending him flying through the air. He hit a nearby building and fell to the ground trying his best not to show weakness. Batman's number one rule is to never show weakness or your enemy will come at you with everything they have.

"You have speed little bird," Bane taunted as he slowly walked over to him. "But even you're not fast enough to avoid my incredible strength forever." Robin just chuckled at his comment as he got to his feet.

"Well, you are strong I'll give you that," He snickered. "But when it comes to brains well…let's just say you took a few to many blows to the head from our batarangs."

Bane let out another roar as he charged at Robin. He raised his fist and brought it down on him but Robin rolled out of the way and smacked his staff across Bane's face. Bane spat on the ground as he turned his head and gave Robin a deadly glare. He spun around like a helicopter and swung his fist at Robin, but he jumped up in the air and brought his staff down on his fore head.

Robin jumped back as he pulled out a few smoke pellets and threw them at the base of Bane's feet. Smoked filled Bane's lungs and his eyes burned as he let out loud coughs. He heard something cutting through the wind as he cracked an eye open to see six red batarangs flying towards him. They whipped pass him and sliced up his remaining tubes spilling more TITAN. Bane felt his body become weak as Robin ran towards him and placed a round red object with a capital 'R' on the center of his chest.

Four metal pinchers popped out and clenched Bane's chest and sent an electric charge through his body. Bane let out a scream of pain and fell to his knees. Robin charged at Bane with his staff held high and with all his strength brought it down on Bane's head. Bane let out a groan as he slumped down on the ground unconscious. Robin tried to retract his staff only to see that the top part was bent.

"Great now I got to spend all day tomorrow fixing this." He grumbled as walked over to assist his friends.

Batgirl had no idea how the hell she got into this position. One minute she was running with Robin then before she could comprehend what had happened Killer Croc was chasing her around clawing and biting at her. She was a fast runner and more agile than Croc thanks to her small size but that wasn't enough to take down Croc.

As she was being sliced at for what she could imagine was the hundredth time she noticed she was running towards a wall. Using all her momentum she ran up the wall and jumped off doing a back flip over Croc who crashed into the wall. She landed perfectly on her feet and smirked at the giant human crocodile who was stumbling back.

When he regained what wits he had he glared violently at Batgirl with his yellow eyes and let out a growl. Batgirls smirk was now replaced with a frown.

"Oh crap!" She shrieked as she turned to run again.

Croc chased after her twice as fast and even angrier then he was before. Batgirl could feel Croc foul breath mere inches from her neck as she turned around and pulled out a freeze bomb from her belt. She threw it into Crocs mouth and it went off freezing his mouth shut. Croc swung his arms around wildly as he tried to pry his mouth open while Batgirl snuck away.

She wandered over to a nearby construction site as she tried to figure out how to take down Croc. She was torn from her thoughts as she heard a loud roar that was filled with anger and pain. As quickly as she could she hid in the shadows as Croc stomped into the site.

He looked around taking strong whiffs trying to get a lock on her scent. He lurked around the half built structures looking for her as he ran his claws along the walls trying to scare her out. He was craving for blood as a trail of drool followed his every step.

As his patience ran thin he heard a whistle from across the site. He whipped his head around and snarled as he saw a Batgirl with a smirk across her face.

"I will peel the flesh from your bones very slowly," He snarled as he stomped forward. "I will bask in the sound of your screams as I lick the blood off your face and then break your bones and swallow you whole!"

Batgirl tried to keep her brave composure as she suppressed the shiver that ran through her body.

"Y-Yeah, well you have to catch me first Croc old boy!" She shouted as brave as she could.

Croc roared so loud that the ground beneath Batgirl shook. He ran towards her as the ground shook beneath him with every step.

"God, please let this work." She thought as she held something behind her back.

As Croc got close enough she made her move. She pointed her batclaw in the air and fired it at a nearby ledge. She flew up in the air and threw another ice bomb down in front of Crocs feet. Croc slipped on the ice and crashed into a pile of cinderblocks as Batgirl past a pile of wreckage that was hanging up above on a crane. She pulled out a batarang and threw it at the wire holding the garbage cutting it and dropping it down on Croc.

When she landed on the ledge she looked down to see the mutant crocodile buried underneath rubble and scrap metal. She took a deep breath and tried her best to shake off the fear.

"Never, ever, ever again!" She yelled as she slumped down on the ground.

Theodosia and Superboy were flying through the air and crashing into buildings trying to over one another. Theda landed a punch across his face and then moved around his back, she placed her feet on his back and kicked him down to the ground.

Superboy crashed into the ground leaving a small crater as Theodosia landed on the ledge. Superboy looked up and growled as the mindless clone stared at him with a blank expression.

"So, you would just let Luthor use you?" Superboy scoffed. "I used to be like you, until I escaped him and found a different path. You though you don't have a thought in your head do you?"

Theodosia just stood there with a blank expression on her face as Superboy shook his head in frustration.

"Then I guess there is no reasoning then is there." He said as he held up his fist.

The two clones flew at each other landing heavy blow after heavy blow. Superboy tried to land a punch to Theodosia's face but she grabbed him by his wrist and gave it a nasty twist. Superboy let out a grunt as he was then thrown into a wall. He crashed through it as Theodosia flew in after him she then picked him up when she suddenly felt weak.

She looked over to see Robin holding Shadow's kryptonite shard. She dropped Superboy as the two of them twitched on the ground. Robin then held up a fist and landed it into her face knocking her out cold. He quickly put the rock away and helped his partner get to his feet.

"Are you okay?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, that Kryptonite crap really hurts." Superboy groaned.

"Yeah, sorry about that." Robin said sheepishly.

"Don't worry about it." He said as he walked over to Theodosia. "She's just like me."

"Yeah, she sure is." He said as Superboy restrained her.

Across the district Jason Todd also known as Red Hood was fighting Dusk also known as Jason Warney. The two brothers of Shadow were engaging in battle as Hood swung at Dusk while he deflected with his tonfas.

Dusk held his tonfas in an X formation as Hood brought his sword down the middle. The two locked weapons as they stared at each other with anger and hate.

"Looks like you learned a few things since we last met," Hood snickered. "I remember back at Arkham City you couldn't even last three minutes against me with Robins help." Dusk growled as he struggled against Hood.

"Yeah, Shadow taught me some moves," He shot back. "Plus, I realized I've grown too dependent on Shadow so I left to get stronger on my own."

"Oh, so you did join those jr heroes, great job ditching the only person who gave a damn about you." Hood said.

"Shut up!" Dusk yelled.

He charged up his own Adonis power and enhanced his strength overpowering Hood. He pushed Hood back as he swung his tonfas blindly at him. Hood blocked some of the hits but took a hit to the knee and across his helmet.

Hood let out a dark chuckle as he drew his glock and fired it at Dusk. Dusk ducked behind some cover and threw one of his tonfas at his hand. Hood dropped the gun and let out a grunt as Dusk charged at Hood letting out a loud roar.

The two parried with their weapons when Hood landed a cut across Dusk's arm. Dusk growled as he charged up his power and fired an energy wave at Hood. He was sent flying back into a wall and landed on his stomach. Dusk rushed over at Hood with as fast as he could when Hood threw something on the ground. Smoke clouded Dusk vision and he started to let out coughs. When the smoke cleared Dusk's eyes widened when he saw that Hood had disappeared.

"Where are you, you coward!" Dusk shouted.

Finally, with all the heroes and villains fights coming to a close there were only two warriors left.

Cyrus and Jayden.

The two had their respected blades drawn as the two stared into each other's eyes not out of anger or hate but to understand each other. Cyrus smirked as he started to pace back and forth.

"You know, when I had heard from our master that you were the son of Batman I had no idea what to think," He said as he looked down at his sword. "To think that our master's daughter and the dark knight had a child together one half assassin and the other a knight."

"Why do you keep calling him our master?" Shadow asked. "And why the hell do you want me alive?" Cyrus let out a laugh as stood his ground and held his sword down.

"Deny it all you want but Ra's Al Ghul is your master and you are nothing but his dog," He said as started walking towards him. "He fed you, he trained you and he owns you and you have the nerve to turn tail and abandon all his kindness. Unacceptable, stray dogs don't runaway they get put down." Shadow laughed at that dog comment.

"So what, he sent you here to bring me back to him so he could put me down himself?" He asked in a teasing voice.

"Something like that." Cyrus said as Shadow raised an eyebrow. "But I think we've talked enough."

"My thoughts exactly!" Shadow shouted.

Shadow made a dash towards Cyrus and brought his sword down on him. Cyrus blocked his sword with his own and landed a punch to Shadow's nose. Shadow stumbled back a bit as Cyrus started running towards Shadow. He was as fast as a wasp as he flew in and attacked ferociously with his short sword. Shadow could barely see his attacks as he swatted away his sword with his own blade.

They locked blades for a few seconds when Shadow held his head back and crashed it into Cyrus's face. Cyrus let out a snarl but he didn't have time to worry about his wound when Shadow landed a hard kick to his stomach. Cyrus went back a few feet as Shadow came down on him with his sword again landing a cut across his chest.

Cyrus let out a hiss of pain while pressing his hands to his bleeding chest to try and put pressure on it. His eyes burned holes into Shadow as he let out a roar of anger and pain. He pulled out some throwing knives and threw them at Shadow.

Shadow deflected them one after another with his sword but when he deflected the last knife he failed to block Cyrus's cut to his chest. Shadow fell back in shock and pain as Cyrus towered over him pointing his sword down at him. Shadow looked up and growled at the assassin as he brought his foot up and kicked Cyrus's hand.

Cyrus had spun around as Shadow jumped back to his feet. He swung his sword across Cyrus but he blocked at the last second and kicked Shadow in his chest. Cyrus did a few twirls with his sword as he approached Shadow. Shadow took a few swings at Cyrus as the two parried for a little bit, Shadow eventually got the upper hand and landed a kick to his chest and a punch to the center of his face. Cyrus went down on the ground as Shadow stomped over to him.

Shadow cracked his neck as he readied for the killing blow.

He raised his sword and brought it down upon Cyrus but in an instant he raised his blade and blocked Shadow's attack. With a swipe of his sword Shadow's blade went flying out of his hands as Cyrus started to attack him.

Shadow dodged his attacks and landed a few punches to Cyrus's face and chest but Cyrus landed a cut across his cheek and kicked him to the ground.

"Did you really think you could be a match of The Great Ra's Al Ghuls teachings?" Cyrus asked in smug disbelief.

"No," Shadow said as his fist started cackling. He then fired two bolts of red electricity at him as he fell limp to the ground. "That's why I'm cheating."

He then fired another bolt causing Cyrus to scream in pain.

"I'm done fucking around tell me where Breeze is or I fry your punk ass!" He shouted.

Cyrus let out a small chuckle as he pointed behind Shadow. Shadow pressed his boot to his chest pinning him to the ground as he looked behind him. His eyes widened as he saw Lex Luthor standing next to a helicopter holding a handgun to Ally's head.

He was hurt to see a gun to her head but was relieved to see that she was alright. Though alright might have been used a little loosely. Physically she looked fine but the stress from the situation took its toll on her. Her skin was very pale her eyes were red she just looked so dead and exhausted.

"Breeze!" Shadow yelled.

He was so distracted by her presence that he failed to see Cyrus make his move. He grabbed him by his ankle and flipped him on the ground. When Shadow was down he quickly made his way to the helicopter.

Dusk and Batgirl tried to stop him as Batgirl took a swung at him only to get a knee to her stomach and an elbow to the back of her head. She went down instantly as Dusk moved in and took a few swings at him with his tonfa's but they were deflected by Cyrus's sword. Cyrus pushed Dusk back and landed a kick to his face sending the young hero back onto the ground. Cyrus scaled the building and made his way to the helicopter.

Robin and Superboy were about to lend a hand when Red Hood jumped out from nowhere and easily defeated Robin. Superboy was ready to rip him to shreds when Hood pulled the clump of Kryptonite from the Boy Wonders belt and held it towards Superboy. He let out a painful grunt as he started to fall back but not before Hood landed the butt of his gun to the center of his head knocking him out and freeing Theodosia.

Ally was forcibly dragged to the helicopter as she frantically looked back down at Shadow. He looked up to see tears filling her eyes as she tried to say his name.

"Ally, hang on!" He yelled.

He ran towards the building as fast as he could but was stopped by his former brother. Hood was about to say something smart when he was surprised to see that Shadow was still running. Shadow brought his sword down upon Hood as the force of his strike sent vibrations through his body. He deflected as best as he could before Shadow had him pressed against the wall.

With one powerful strike thanks to his anger and Adonis strength he chopped through Hood's sword. Shadow stabbed his sword into the ground and charged up his super strength and proceeded to land multiple punches to Hoods chest.

Shadow's rage had consumed him as he landed punch after punch after punch. He was angry, angry that he failed to protect Ally, angry that those pigs had their hands on her angry that Cyrus had called him a dog and angry that these scumbags were in his way.

He didn't care who was in his way he would beat, stab, shoot or even kill anyone who got in his way. Even his own brother.

He landed one last punch to Hood's chest and grabbed the Kryptonite from his jacket before grabbing him by the head and throwing him to the ground.

He secretly had hoped that he killed Hood that time.

He looked up to see that the helicopter was already so high. He quickly pulled out his disk and pumped some electricity into it turning it into his flying saucer. He flew after them faster than Superman as his body glowed blood red even through his suit.

He was mere inches from the helicopter until Lex's clone got in his way. His feet disconnected with the saucer as Theda wrapped her arms around his waist. Shadow was snarling and growling so bad that foam was practically oozing through his mask.

"Get off me you fucking failure!" He shouted.

Theda a mindless clone who supposedly never took anything to heart looked slightly hurt before her eyes hardened and her grip tightened around Shadow waist. Shadow let out a gasp as he felt his spine being crushed.

With what little strength his body could muster together he reached into his belt and pulled out the kryptonite rock. He yanked his arm through Theda's strong grip and shoved the green rock into her mouth. Her eyes widened as her grip loosened, Shadow pulled his coat off and wrapped it around her head blinding her for good measure.

He saw that the helicopter was about a mile and a half away. His power was depleting due to the anger and stress and overuse that he knew he had to make this one count. He broke free of Theda and placed his boot on her face, using her as leverage he jumped off her and towards the opening of the helicopter. He flew towards it and saw Ally break free from Lex's grip reaching a hand out towards him.

He reached his hand out to her as well as he was only a few inches from her.

A loud shot pierced through the night as Ally held a look of horror on her face. Shadow felt pain in the center of his chest as he looked down to see a bullet hole through his suit. Blood oozed out as he looked over to see Cyrus holding a Dessert Eagle in his right hand and a sick smirk on his face.

"Jadyen, no!" Ally screamed.

He tried to grab her but only ended up grabbing a silver bracelet around her wrist. Shadow fell from the sky as he pulled out his .44 magnum. With his last ounce of strength he fired a single round. Before his vision went black he saw a small spark hit the bottom of the helicopter.

Ally's screams echoed through his head as he succumbed to the darkness.