Shadow Ghost the Night Child

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice, only my OCs

Chapter Six

Laila's POV

The next few days in the cave were calm. M'gann, Superboy, and I made a type of schedule.

In the morning M'gann and I would make breakfast. Then after that I went to Superboy and tell him that I was going to practice my Shadow Spells, Ghost Powers and some martial arts, while he was doing other things that I did not know. When I came back I would look for him and both of us would see the static on TV. After a while I would go to my room and get a book and come back to Superboy and read for him. I would sometimes use a Shadow Spell so that he would see the character movements in the wall, but in shadows.

Sometimes the team would come or not. If they did we all conversed together, but I notice that Superboy still isn't as open as he is with me. If they didn't come we would just hang out, sometimes with M'gann, and talk. I also notice that he talks at least a little more with M'gann than with the rest of the team.

Pretty much the last couple of days were calm and I was waiting for some action.

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No One's POV

Somewhere in Bialya, there was a type of huge military tent HQ, hiding something from the world.

Inside of the HQ tent there was a man that had his brain showing from his head. This man is Psimon.

In front of him was a huge ice. Inside of the ice showed the image of a humanoid figure in the middle of the ice and had its arms crossed across the chest. The figure was Shadow Ghost, the trench coat's hood over her head seeing nothing of her face, but the purple glowing eyes.

Psimon was looking at her intensely until he was jerk backward, then he composed himself. "Hmm. . . Your mind has a very protective barrier that is very hard to penetrate. Yet you managed to be able to free the sidekicks in the state you are. How could you do this?! It's clear that you don't have telepathic powers." He said frustrated. "I have erased the others memories of the last six months, but I could have gone farther if it wasn't for your interference, and I still can't erase yours!"

He went to look at Shadow Ghost and try one more time to enter the depths of Shadow's mind.

Psimon entered Shadow's mind again, but he entered at the same place when he got in, a never ending stone wall with barbed wires on top of it. In the middle of the wall was a door but was heavily locked with many huge chains. In front of that door was Shadow Ghost herself guarding it.

"Psimon aren't you tired already of losing to a young girl that has defeated you every time that you have entered and tried, but fail to enter my mind and yet I don't possess telepathic powers." Shadow Ghost said in a mocking tone that sounded different from Laila's. This voice had a slight echo and had a more adult feminine voice.

"Shut it, girl!" Psimon said while creating some type of tornado with lightning bolts and hurling at Shadow.

"Think that puny thing could defeat me. Ha! I have been through much worst!" Again she mocked him and created her own tornado made of Shadows and was throwing ice stakes at him. The battle did not fazed Shadow Ghost, but for Psimon he was struggling. Without warning a huge ice stake was coming towards him and he had no choice but to get out of her mind.

Psimon jerked back again and glared at Shadow Ghost for defeating him. "You might have defeated me again once more, but you can't do anything for your so call 'teammates' now that you are inside of your own ice. One thing for certain is that the ice around you helps you for not letting telepaths like me to go in. Hmm . . . I wonder what would happen if I tried to break the ice so to say." He then left looking for something to help him destroy the ice.

Shadow Ghost could still hear and see what is happening around her, even though she is still inside of the ice.

Laila's POV

After Psimon left, I made my soul quickly leave my body and explore the place looking for the living sphere. I saw it in a type of cage being tortured. I wanted so badly to free it but I couldn't. My soul is a ghost to the world; I cannot move or touch things. I couldn't pull the controls, I just went through it.

I tried to comfort it, when the torture finished briefly for the sphere. I did not know for sure that it could sense me, but I felt the sphere calm down at least for a little.

I sense that Psimon was nearing my body and I quickly went in my body. I saw with my purple glowing eyes that he was in front a soldier guy that had a type of huge gun, pointing at me. "Shoot it at her." Psimon said from behind.

I quickly chanted a Shadow Spell in my mind. Shadows appeared from under the ice I was in and cover all in it. Later when all of the Shadows covered every millimeter of the ice it disappeared.

The soldier with a gun showed a bit of fear in his face; good he should be. "What are you waiting for?! Shoot it!" Psimon yell at him.

The soldier quickly took aim and red laser rays shot out of it. When the rays touched the ice all of them were deflected and the laser rays were shot at different places, but one of them was purposely aimed for Psimon. He dodges it just in time and jumped out of the way.

The ice didn't even have a scratch.

Psimon got mad, but kept an unsettling cool demeanor. "You are full of surprises." With that said he left.

I didn't know what to do. If I got out of I could be endangering the team. I had a tracker device in my right wrist. I tried to take it off, but it electro shocked me. Also what Psimon said was true. The ice that covers me, helps gets rid of creatures that want to enter my mind. Unfortunately he has a very strong mind. If I was out of the ice I could probably still defeat him, but during the battle someone could hurt my body while fighting him psychically and he has a chance to enter my mind to erase my memories. A chance that I did not want to take.

That's the reason I am in my own ice. I will not get frostbite if I spend a lot of time in it.

I created the ice around me when I sensed Psimon trying to get into my mind. I saw his astonished face when it was occurring. He then ignore me, which was a big mistake by his part, but I good opportunity for me.

I sensed that he was in the team's minds. They were all unconscious after we fought them. Using my powers I sent all the team to different parts of Bialya by Shadow Traveling them out of there. I made for sure that the trackers put on them were left in the tent and not with them. Also I had made sure that their items were with them.

When Psimon saw what happened he looked at me. I knew he saw my purple glowing eyes because he said, "You did this." After that he went into my mind and tried to erase my memories and put new ones in them. After a few battles that I won he has told me that he was able to erase everyone's minds of what happened six months ago. I was so mad that I pretty much beat him for good every time we fought.

I worried for the team, especially for Superboy. I knew that he wasn't created back then, after he told me about that he was a clone of Superman. If he didn't existed six months ago, then what will he do? I just hope that he doesn't get hurt or hurt the team.

I didn't know how long I was meditating, until I sensed Superboy coming in the tent. I saw that he was unconscious and he was put in some type of wall that had restraints on it so the Superboy's hands and feet were subdued and he was put on the wall. I was furious. The next time that I fight Psimon it won't be lovely at all and I'll make sure that he knows not to mess with me or my brother.

I think that Psimon saw what I was seeing. "Oh, you seeing this? Well you might be wondering what I'm going to do with him. You see I know that he is a weapon for Cadmus so we are planning to test on him like the experiment he is. We are going to do the same to him as we did with the alien sphere. Hope that you enjoy the show." He said with malice.

The only show of anger was that dangerous sharp ice spikes came out of the big ice I was in. He had a smirk and woke up Superboy. When he woke up he raged like a wild animal. Then he was being electrocuted by the scientists that right now I am not happy with.

They kept on doing this for a while and I sensed that the sphere was reacting to Superboy's pain. I heard the scientists and Psimon that it was an interesting behavior. They stopped for a moment of their torture on Superboy; now that he was again unconscious, thanks to Psimon and went to look out of the tent.

I was raging on the inside and was preparing to free myself from the ice while that Psimon was not paying attention to me.

The spikes were slowly disappearing, and then I also sensed that Miss Martian was here in camouflaged form. I saw that she was trying to free Superboy. That gave me relief, until I sensed that Psimon was near. I wanted to warn her but it was too late, they were in a telepathic battle.

I wasted no time as I was trying to get rid of the ice as fast as I could. When I was almost done I saw that Superboy was awake. He was raging again and tried to lunge for Miss Martian. The sphere then quickly spins it way out and breaks the cage that it was in and releases Superboy in the moment.

Superboy then lunged at Psimon but is pushed away by the psychic barrier and accidentally touch Miss Martian, making him go into their telepath battle.

I saw that some soldiers were going to attack Superboy. I quickly broke out of the ice and was about to attack them until the sphere beat me to it.

I floated down to be next to the sphere. I petted it's side. "Thank you for defending Superboy." I said still using my disguised adult woman echoing voice but in a nice tone. "I am going to into the telepathic battle and fight with them to defeat Psimon. Will you please help us and fight against the enemies that try to harm us. Will you do that?" I ask the sphere hoping that I will understand it's answer.

The sphere then nudged me towards Superboy. I take that the sphere will help us. "Thank you." I said to it and I touched Superboy's shoulder.

I was inside of Miss Martian's mind, I believe. In the distance I saw a bunch of Miss Martians fighting against a huge Psimon. I don't think that they took notice of me.

On the sand it showed Superboy watching the fight, but is held back by different regular size Psimons. I quickly flew there and started to fight the other Psimons and defeated them quickly.

I turned to Superboy. "Are you alright? Do you have all of your memories?" I asked him with worry in my disguised voice.

I was waiting for some answer from him. Superboy then sprinted at me, lifted me to his height, and gave me a hug. "I am fine, but how are you? Did you got hurt? What happen in the tent?" He asked me as he put me on the ground again.

"I am fine also, but I will explain things later. Right now we need to help Miss Martian. And I have a plan to defeat Psimon, are you in?" I told Superboy, feeling relief that he is himself again.

I saw that he nodded and I quietly said to him, "I know that both Psimon and Miss Martian don't know that I am here, so I am going to be the surprise attack. You go help her anyway you can while I sneak up on Psimon and defeat him. Are you ready?"

"Ready." After that he jumped all the way where she was, while I made myself invisible and snuck behind Psimon. I know that when he is concentrating on fighting the other psychically he won't be able to detect another being.

I saw in the corner in my eye that Superboy and Miss Martian were holding hands, joining forces, and they attacked Psimon making him stagger back but he regained himself.

"Think that will stop me!" Psimon yelled at them.

"Maybe, but for sure I will Psimon!" I yelled back at him preparing long Shadow Whips. He turned back and saw me. He backed away for a little, with fear in his eyes. "Psimon you will regret your actions!" I furiously yelled at him and attacked him with the Shadow Whips.

I repeated hit him quickly and he was slowly going back in his regular size. I got rid of the whips and started a Shadow Tornado behind me. I levitated him a few feet so that he was looking at me. "Don't you ever dare mess with me without paying the consequences." I promised to him, since I don't do threats. With that I threw him in the now gigantic Shadow Tornado.

When I looked over to the guys I saw a white creature standing behind M'gann. After a while I felt myself being transported back into my own mind.

After a while of regaining all of my senses, saw that Psimon was engulfed by my Shadow Tornado and being sent away from the tent. I felt glad that it happen to him.

I was searching for Superboy and M'gann. I saw them in an almost kissing position, until that the sphere interrupted them. I chuckled at them. I knew that both of them had a thing for each other.

I floated towards them in my invisible form. "So what were you two about to do?" I taunted question them as I appeared before them. They both jumped a little and M'gann had a blush across her face.

"Umm. . . I just, I mean-" M'gann stuttered.

I gave a short chuckle. "I was just teasing guys." Then the sphere came next to Superboy.

"Do you think that they will allow me to keep it?" He asked to both of us.

"I don't know, but we have to tell the team about it." I told him.

"Oh the team! Hello, M'gann! Guys we have to go back quickly. We found Aqualad in a dehydrated state." M'gann quickly said in a worried voice that made me worry.

"Where are they? I can treat him quickly." I hurriedly asked M'gann.

She went outside the tent and showed me the direction. In the horizon I saw the sun barely going to rise.

"I will go up ahead. I will meet you guys in the Bioship." I told them. I was about to go away flying until I felt a strong grip in my left wrist. I looked for it's owner and it was Superboy.

"Be careful with the sun." He told me with a hint of worry in his voice.

"I will." He then let go of my wrist and I quickly flied away. I was flying about 85 mph and I saw the Bioship. I made a quick descent and used my Powers and went through the roof and landed on the inside of the Bioship.

"How is Aqualad?" I told to the rest of the team.

"He is in a delirious state. He needs to hydrate faster." Robin told me as I was walking towards Aqualad. I saw that Artemis was nursing him.

"Artemis let me nurse him now. I know how to quickly hydrate him." I told her and she quickly stood back as I went to stand next to Kaldur who was saying things in his state.

I closed my eyes and quickly concentrated on what I was about to do. My eyes beginning to glow purple as I was focusing on to melt my ice as I put some in his bloodstream so that his cells would he hydrated back to normal. I was doing this for a while, sensing that he was getting better, by the way he was slowly stop talking.

When I sensed that he was well, I stopped. I looked around and saw that M'gann and Superboy were here. "He is hydrated now and in good health." I told to the rest of the team. They all had relief looks on their faces.

I looked back at Kaldur and saw that he was fluttering his eyes. He stood up and was speaking in Atlantian.

"Hello, M'gann. I knew that I forgot to bring back someone else's memories." M'gann said and quickly made Kaldur to remember everything.

"I forgot I bring a souvenir." Kid Flash complained.

"I think that we took care of it." I told him in my regular voice as sphere rolls up into the Bioship.

"Wow is the sphere that the scientists back in the tent were holding?" Wally asked.

"Yes and now it's free." I told him and the others.

"Could I keep it?" Superboy asked to Kaldur.

Kaldur had a thinking pose. "I agree with you keeping it, but it's all Batman's decision." He stated finally.

"I think that Batman will allow it. Don't you worry, Superboy." I told him as a put a hand on his shoulder while floating to his height. I gave a gentle squeeze and floated back down. I was greeted by the sphere itself. It was nudging on me. I gave it a gentle rub on the side.

"Laila what's on your right wrist?" Artemis asked as I was rubbing the sphere.

I looked at my mention wrist and without thinking I tried to take it out with force, but it resulted of me getting electro shocked so bad that you could see the sparks coming out of my body. I think I let out a hiss and I fell down to my knees.

"Laila, what's happening?" Superboy said at me as he kneeled down next to me. Worry in his voice.

"Uhh. . . I forgot about this thing. Please someone take it out or deactivate it. It's a tracker." I told them.

Superboy then grabbed my wrist and carefully crushed the tracker without hurting me. The pieces fell to the ground. I collected the pieces and told M'gann to open a hole on the floor on the Bioship. The hole was in front of me and I threw the pieces on the desert floor.

"Guys we have to get out of here. I don't think that we should take our chances of being found." I told them. M'gann quickly prepared the Bioship into takeoff.

Everything was quiet until M'gann asked, "Laila, why didn't you have your memories erased like the others." Everyone looked at me from their seats except M'gann who was driving the Bioship.

"Wait you didn't have your memories erased? Why?" Wally asked.

I was the closest to Superboy and he looked at me expecting an answer. "Well Psimon tried to, but he failed to do so." I told everyone.

"What happen when you were there?" Superboy asked.

I took a deep breath. "When we were all defeated and unconscious, Psimon tried to erase my memories first. In my training with Master I was taught to create my own mind barrier that is almost impossible to break in and also to be able to detect if someone or something tried to get in."

"Why would you be taught that?" M'gann asked.

"Some of the creatures that we fight against read minds, more specifically one's fear and use it against it. That's why I have a mind barrier. But I can also sense if someone is trying to go in without my permission. That is why Psimon couldn't erase my memories. He couldn't go against me in my own mind."

"That's why you defeated Psimon." M'gann said with awe.

"Hold on a sec. Laila you defeated Psimon in a telepathic battle." Wally asked.

"Yes. But to tell the truth he tried to fight against me many times while I was captured in the tent I was in. To make sure that he didn't try to harm me physically while battling him psychically, I covered myself with ice so that my body won't be harm and also it helps me to defeat him more easily."

"He tried to harm you." Superboy growled under his breath.

"Yes, he did try but it was until I last fought him by myself after defeated him after the thirty-third time. I think I pissed him off after I taunted him that he was defeated by a girl of my age. He then fetched for a soldier guy with a huge red laser gun thing. I knew that he was going to shoot at me so I covered the ice with my Shadows and chanting a Shadow Spell in my mind so that anything that gets hit at my ice gets reflected back. When my Shadows dispersed Psimon ordered at the soldier to shoot at me. He pulled the trigger and many laser rays touched my ice but all of them reflected back and one purposely aimed at Psimon, but he dodged it. He was mad at me I know that, but he said something cocky and that made me worry. I didn't know what was about to happen so I mediated and trying to recharge my Powers and Spells so I will be ready."

"Laila, I want you to know that you are cool, but how come we all lost six months of memories and ended up in different places?" Wally asked.

"While I was covering myself in ice, he was erasing your guys' memories. When I found out what he was doing, I used a Shadow Spell to transport you guys out of there with your things. Also I made sure that the trackers, like the one I just had, were not with you and left behind. I did not know where all of you were exactly, but I knew you were near or in Bialya. After that Psimon started to try getting my memories erased. After a few battles I found out that all of you have at least six months of memory lost. He said if it wasn't for my interference, he would have erased all of your memories and replace them with different ones so that you would be serving for The Light, I think that is what he said." I told them seriously.

"Laila you did a great job for being your first mission and it was successful. Thank you for helping us. I don't know what would have happen if you didn't come with us. Thank you." Kaldur said to me with his friendly smile showing his gratefulness.

"It was nothing, really. All I care is the well-being of all of you. I am part of this team, am I not? We have each other's backs." I told them sincerely.

"It was nothing! You saved all of us, Laila." Robin said to me.

"You guys would have done the same if you had the power to do so." I stated at them.

"True, but we didn't back there, and I want to thank you Laila." Artemis said with a nod of her head which I returned.

"I feel flattered with all of you guys thanking me and all, but you don't need to do that. Your well-being is enough for me." I told them. I tried to change the subject. "Kaldur what are you going to report to Batman once we return."

"Everything." He said. After that we were all quiet waiting for our destination.

I look out of the window and saw the ocean and to the east I saw the sun rising. It was a beautiful view. I kept staring at it wondering what a sunrise looks like. Before I knew it I saw Mt. Justice and we were landing.

Everyone got out and went to the huge computer room where our missions are assigned to us. Batman was there waiting. Kaldur was in front of us and was heading towards Batman. The sphere was next to Superboy and I know that Batman sees it but for now ignored it.

"How was the mission and why is there a huge sphere with all of you?" Batman said.

Kaldur started explaining everything to what happened to us. I stood next to him just in case he needed my help. Batman had his face stoic all the time.

When he finished explaining I asked Batman if Superboy could keep the sphere.

He still had his stoic face and answered, "Yes, he can keep it, but he will take all responsibility of it."

I turned to Superboy and gave him a smile. I saw that he responded with his own small one that I saw.

"Laila." Batman said to me.

I turned and walked towards him. "Yes, Batman." I respectively said to him.

"Good job." With that he left for the zeta-tubes. I only smiled at his compliment.

"Wow, the Batman just said 'good job' to you. Congrats." Wally said as I face the team.

"Yeah, Laila, though you deserved it." Robin said. Then after a while later, Robin, Artemis, and Wally left to their respective homes. Kaldur didn't leave because he officially lives in the cave.

Now both Kaldur and M'gann left to their rooms to go rest. It was only Superboy and I in the living room.

"So Superboy what are you going to name him?" I asked him as the sphere rolled in between our standing forms.

"Sphere." He replied and he was petting the now named, Sphere.

"Nice." I said as I petting Sphere also.

It was moment of silence until Superboy spoke, "Laila I am glad that you are alright. After I regained my memories, I was worried about you because I didn't see you in the desert and in the tent. I was going to look for you, but when you appeared I was relieved."

"I was also worried about you too. I didn't know where I sent you and what would you do to yourself or others when you didn't had memory of six months ago since you weren't created by then. When I saw you I was also relieved that you fine, but I got angry when the scientists were electrocuting you. I was trying to get free of my ice so that I could stop your pain and free you. I felt hopeless." I told him as I looked down at my feet, feeling ashamed that I couldn't help him.

"Laila, it is not your fault. You help me in the end didn't you? Don't you worry about it. If anyone felt hopeless it was me." He said to me.

I looked up at him. "Why would you feel hopeless?" I asked him wondering.

"When you told us what happen, I felt hopeless. I didn't protect or help you as I promised to you. That's why." He said and he looked down.

I put a hand on his cheek so that he would look at me. "Superboy, we both promised to help each other and that's what happened. In this occasion I help you, but in a different situation, I might need your help, vice versa. You okay with it?" I softly told him.

He only smiled and nodded. I returned the smile at him. I was starting to lower my eye lids.

"We need to sleep, Laila. Come on lets go." We both left the living room and went to our respective rooms. We told each other that we will see each other in a few hours and went to our rooms.

I quickly flew to my bed. My last thoughts were of the hint of the beautiful sunrise I got see and the success of the mission before I went to sleep.

AN: This is the episode Bereft, if you didn't know. I really don't know all of the episode's lines as well of the other episodes, but I tried my best and changed of the events so it would be more original. Just to clarify I am going to mixed the plot with some of the YJ episodes but I will also add my own ideas for the story that I have planned out. Please review and comment -MSM