-1Please forgive me. I know I have not been on in months, but some very urgent business had taken me. I will not bore you with the details, but I will say thank you for waiting. I haven't much to say so please enjoy the story. -

The fire burned brightly that night. Its dim glow reached the far ends of the village. Near The Shamans tent sat the little one, who's name was Mica. The Shaman came to sit beside Her. After a long moment of silence He glanced over and his voice carried to her ears.

"what bothers you little one?" she started at the noise and glanced over to him. Her gaze returned to the fire as her thoughts began to plague her. The other children wouldn't play with her. The adults looked at her almost fearfully. Things had changed so suddenly since The Beast had saved her. She sighed almost silently before his voice caught her attention again." afraid of how things will be?" he asked slowly. She nodded slowly." being a Shaman like they wish of you will be hard. You will learn much that they don't know. They will trust you… but they will fear you. As a Shaman such is to be expected. "

"why though? I have not changed have I?" she asked slowly and he smiled. His eyes cast their gaze into the fire." no you have not my young student. They're perception of you has. They know anyone can be a Shaman but they fear it because it's unknown to them. " she sniffed slowly and her gaze slide to the ground sadly. He reached over and patted her shoulder.

"do not hate them or regret this. Your fate is intertwined with the Beast now. Your meant for a much greater purpose." she hit the ground almost viciously. He stood quickly, that same fierce glow in his eye." calm yourself!" she froze and looked up at him." this burden is heavy I know." he said, his tone dropping back to The Shamans normal tone of voice." it took me eighteen years to accept my burden." her look became quizzical. Not many alive today knew of the old mans history, all those that did had died by now. Her mouth opened to ask more of him but the most unexpected thing happened. At least to them it was unexpected, to anyone who was on the outside, they did know. The hunt had resumed. Three came forward. As The Shaman looked each of them over he sighed inwardly. One was dark, hidden beneath the shadows of his uniform, One who stood out among the others, and one who wore a green ring on His finger, as well as the symbol on his chest. The girl looked at them before the Shaman nudged her to his tent. She skittered inside, but forgot to close the tent flap. their words drifted inside as she listened.

"where is he?"

"who?"

"Beast Boy, stop hiding him." she didn't recognize most of the words they spoke but the Beast's name came up. And for an instant cold fear took to freezing her stomach.

"I do not know of a Beast boy." The Shaman said.

"stop hiding him or we will take you in too, he is a potential threat." the girl shivered before grabbing her leopard skin and wrapping it around herself. She worked the back of the tent until it rose enough for her to sneak out. She had to warn The Beast.

Back at the fire the dark one glared at him.

" I will not help you hunt our guardian!" Batman stepped forward threateningly, but superman put a hand on his shoulder." calm down. We know he is in the forest. Hopefully he does not know we are coming. Green lantern, stay here. Batman and I will go into the forest and track him down." Green lantern nodded and the other two left. The Shaman sighed and went into his tent." young one…" his watchful eyes searched the tent before he gasped. She was gone.

In the forest she made her way threw. She did not know of what the strangers wanted, but knew deep down that they wanted to get to The Beast. As she made her way threw she began calling out its name. one of the warriors spoke of a way to reach the lair, only now did she realize she couldn't remember. underbrush crunched as she made her way thru the forest. She stumbled and fell to her knee's, but as she worked her way to her feet a his reached her ears. she looked up only to see a shadow. Movement caught her eye and the Python lunged. The Beast broke the cover and grabbed it, his claws sinking in and almost completely severing its head from its neck. he threw it to the side and turned to see who else would fight in his territory. Lo and Behold it was the girl. He sniffed for a moment. And confusion clouded him. She smelled distantly of firewood, and The Shaman. But the almost overwhelming scent was fear. He stepped forward and she seemed to find her voice.

"Beast, they come for you!" he tilted his head wondering why she said that. And she kept repeating the warning. Her hand took his arm meekly and tried to drag him away from the direction of the village. Then it came to him. Birds flapped. The small dots of the sky screamed as they passed overhead. But this sound… it was almost like the air wobbled. Like something was cutting threw it. His eyes searched the sky as a growl emitted. Then the second sound came. This one was subtle, so subtle he almost completely missed it. It was running. But it was quiet, almost non existent. He took the girl in his arms and ran. They were familiar, so familiar. He could not remember, only that those sounds were bad. He clutched him and a sense of relief took her. This being had saved her twice. He continued to run.

Above superman heard batman yell, he adjusted himself so that he was flying to the ground. Batman pointed." I see him!" he said as he pulled out a batarang bomb. He jumped high and his hand shot forward. The bomb flew from his hand. The Beast hooked around a tree and went to jump across a river, but the bomb caught his left leg, a howl ripped from his lips and he collapsed. The girl flew from his hands because of the impact. he scrambled to get up, but a net collapsed on him. He fought with it, tore at it, gnawed at the lashes of rope, but they held fast. Panic ripped threw him such as he, The Beast, had never known. The girl was swept away faster then anyone could see. He struggled on though, he had to save her! The lashes tightened just as the reporter walked up chuckling.

" it seems I have caught a creature." he said. Superman came up and looked at him. Wondering why he struggled. He went to pick up the net, thankful that at least the creature was detained. But The Beast twisted and jumped, hitting him hard and knocking him back. Batman walked up and stabbed a tranquilizer in his shoulder. Just as he began to slip away he could have sworn he heard The girl coughing for help. One last meager grunt escaped his lips as he fell into darkness his last thought screaming at him to save her…

His muscles rippled as blood escaped the wound left by the bomb. Batman glared at the reporter as superman picked up the net.

"oh how refreshing, what are you doing here." batman sneered. " why would the justice league want to be here?" superman sighed. A warrior broke threw the trees as he was looking around. He began hailing the others as he searched. The Shaman broke the tree line and searched franticly.

"where is she?!" he screamed. Superman looked at him confused." where is the girl?! She came to warn him, where is she?!" the man of steel fell a sinking feeling before rocketing off. His vision vibrated as it began to scan the water, the ability to see thru things piercing the murky water. The water arced around his trail…

They never found the girl, only the leopard skin that had been made for her. He brought it back slowly and dropped it. The Shaman cried out. Grieving for the loss of the next Shaman. Batman called green lantern to come get picked up. Superman turned the Shaman.

" if there is anything we can do…"

" NO! you have done enough already.. Your monsters… all of you are monsters, and when something good came along you turned it into a monster. Leave…" and so they left.

Somewhere else, the Titans landed. Raven had broken away from the group and robin turned to the others.

"ok split up, we need to get to Beast Boy before the other…." His eyes caught the green glow and He thought quickly. " ok team… looks like we are going to Justice League Headquarters… we are getting Beast Boy back. that's when raven came back with a young girl in Her hands."

"robin!"

He turned to see Her and thought quickly." Cyborg, take Her to the tower." He said slowly. He knew that glint, She knew the girl somehow, but She wouldn't give up chase. Cyborg nodded.

" alright, I got this one." He said as He loaded Her into the pod of the T sub. " I've set it so four of the pods will take flight. Good luck guys. Bring him home." He said as He got in and broke off. The others took off for space. If they got in quick enough, maybe they could sneak in and get Beast Boy back.

- once again thank you. Please forgive any typos, I did work hard to catch them. Also I am sorry for delaying the meeting. I CAN say however that I WILL NOT give up on the story. However TNaF is still hiatus, but that is something else I wont give up on.