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~My Light Of Life
Chapter 10 - Desperation
"Everyone have everything?" Megan asked Shadow and Conner.
"Yeah pretty much." Shadow picked up her skate board, her pack and a small suitcase.
Conner was putting his and Megan's luggage in the car. It was late afternoon, and the rest of the team was already on scouting missions.
"You've never been to Blüdhaven before, it was similar to the mountain but not quite as homey."Megan climbed into the drivers side while Conner took the passenger seat. The car was brand new, Clark wanted to make sure they had a reliable way to get around when looking for Richard. Shadow smiled and climbed into the back.
The drive was quiet in the beginning, no one wanted to talk, afraid of what subject might come up. Everyone was on edge.
"I heard you went to Australia, what for?" Megan asked finally breaking the silence.
"Heath had his bunker down there, it's in Balls Pyramid, an old part of a volcano."
"Did you find anything?"
"Knee caps." Superboy said.
"What!? That's absurd."
"Let me guess, there human?" He questioned.
"Yes, as a mater a fact I believe there Apollo's. Heath and him would always get into every so often and knowing them they probably killed each other a few times." Shadow sighed. "There's something carved into them, it looks German but it's to small to read."
"We will be able to read it with the super computer in the lab." Megan said.
"Good, it might lead us somewhere."
"I'm still curious about something, that riddle or what we found in Axel's laptop, if it had something about Heath is it possible that is says something about each of them?"
"Yes that's a possibility but, there was only four sentences. There was five of them."
"What riddle?" Magan had stopped, there was what seemed to be a wreck and traffic was backed up for miles.
" Two. The youngest is the best. The rejected comes to play. The prey come to coward. The forgotten is to remembered. Five." Shadow had memorized it.
" The oldest is the worst. The accepted comes to work. The hunter comes to triumph. The remembered is to forget." Superboy recited. "That's what it says, after we unscrambled it out."
"Do you know what it means?" Megan asked.
"Heath was the oldest, but I'm starting to think that he's not what the riddle is talking about. He was probably the best out of the five of them." Shadow laughed silently to herself.
The car behind them horn blared. Their car did the same as well as the rest of the cars on the road. There was an explosion, a fire started creating a giant smoke cloud.
"What the hell was that?" Superboy screamed over the horns.
"I don't know." Shadow waved her fingers around and everything went quiet. "We should check it out."
Miss Martian had transformed, while Shadow pulled her hood up and Superboy climbed out of the car. They all flew over to the smoke. The bridge had been destroyed. Cars were in the river their passengers still in them. People were screaming, and running away. Some were trying to scramble or hang on to the edge of the bridge.
"We need to get these people out of here!" Miss Martian yelled. Superboy dove into the river and pulled two cars out, placing them on the shore before going back for more.
Shadow and Miss Martian were helping people off the bridge."This isn't fast enough! The bridge won't hold much longer!"
Shadow nodded in agreement. She flew up a few feet and spread her arms, reciting a few words that Miss Martian didn't recognize. A portal opened, a few feet away from her. "Everyone into the portal it's faster the bridge is about give!" Shadow shouted.
The bystanders were skeptical but after seeing Superboy and Miss Martian they knew they were safe. They all began to enter, another portal opened on the other side of the bridge, the exit. Superboy had gotten all the cars and civilians out of the river.
"The bridge looks as if it's been eaten away. Look." Superboy pointed at a spot near a support beam and connector. The metal was denigrating before there eye's. One of the connectors snapped and part of the bridge was collapsing. Superboy caught it with a heavy grunt, holding it in place for the rest of the people.
"I've seen this before, the weapons used on my Coven looked similar. They we're eaten from the inside out, then combusted." Shadow realized something as the last few people went through the portal. "I think we should move!"
Shadow flew down and grabbed Superboy. "We need to get out of here, now!"
Miss Martian flew up and towards the crowd on land. Superboy landed next to her. "Where's Shadow?" She asked.
"She was right behind me."
The two looked up as a force field surrounded the bridge. It was clear and everyone could see inside. There was a small child that had managed to climb on top of a car. It was a young boy, screaming.
A woman screamed from the crowd. Superboy flew towards the force field but it was solid there was no way in. He looked up and found Shadow, her eye's looked black.
"SHADOW! There's a kid in there!"
Shadow glared at him from the corner of her eye. "You have five seconds until this thing blows, I can feel it."
The force field disappeared. Superboy flew in and grabbed the boy, flying back out towards Shadow. She bridge finally gave way. Shadow raced towards him, hovering in front of him as the bridge exploded. The force field was still down. Shadow spread her arms as Superboy turned protecting the child. The blast shot up and outward, coming straight at them. Shadow was absorbing the impact.
She winced. "Get...out...of here! NOW!"
Superboy placed the child down with his mother.
"What is she doing?" Superboy asked.
"I'm not sure, she's absorbing all the energy." Miss Martian said. "One person can't contain that much power, let alone control it. She'll have to release someway or another or she will die."
"How do you know that? Does she know?"
"Yes, she is the one telling me right now."
The bridge fell into the river, the smoke cleared and a limp body fell from the sky. Superboy shot up and caught her.
"Go...up." Shadow grunted out.
Superboy did as he was told. The air became thin, Superboy and Shadow were having trouble breathing.
"Throw me."
"What?"
"Just...mghgrrm." Shadow held her chest. "DO IT!"
He did. Shadow disappeared out of view. He waited a moment, nothing. One minute. Five minutes. Still nothing.
A sonic boom was heard. The whole crowd looked up. And there was Shadow. A weak smile on her face. She came to a soft landing on her knee as the people made a hole.
"That was totally awesome!" The boy she rescued screamed.
Shadow rose up with her head held high. Then her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell.
"Shadow." Miss Martian and Superboy said in unison. They both rushed over to her.
"Are you guys okay." Shadow said meekly.
"Us? We're more worried about you." Miss Martian smiled as Shadow closed her eyes.
Superboy picked her up and flew back to the car. Miss Martian followed. They placed her in the back seat.
"She told you to do that, didn't she?"
"Yes."
Neither hero said a word until they reached Blüdhaven. Superboy took Shadow to her room. Miss Martian gathered their things from the car.
They met up in the main room when they had an incoming call, it was Batman.
"We took control of the situation on the bridge. You did well. But be careful, and watch out for her she's a loose cannon."
"Yes, we'll be careful. Superboy out." Conner waved the screen away. "We should think of a plan. Did you find the knee caps?"
"Yes, I just put them in the scanner. We should have the results soon. Do you trust her? I mean if these people have been after her for so long why tell us now?" Megan sat down in a chair sighing.
"I think she means well. But no I don't completely trust her. Dick might but that doesn't mean we have to."
"I do."
"What?"
"When she told me what she had to do in order for those people to stay safe. She knew exactly what it could have done to her, but she still did it anyway. I'm not sure she knew but she let me in, for those few brief moments. I saw the real Shadow, the one Dick has come to know, the one I would like to know."
"He needs her now more then ever."
"He just lost his best friend, they created this team, let me join and found you." Megan stood in front of Conner. "They need each other."
Conner placed his hand on her face, trailing it down to her chin and tilted it up towards his. He smiled. "I've missed you."
Megan wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned closer. Their lips collided. Passionate lust went through the both of them, all that time they were apart came flooding back. Conner deepened the kiss. Megan letting him inside, she moaned in pleasure.
They separated, gasping for air. "I'm not going anywhere, I promise." Megan traced his face.
Sounds were heard from the bedrooms. Loud thumping noises. Then a scream. The door flung open and Shadow was flung out hitting and sliding down the opposite wall. She screamed. She was looking as if someone were standing in front of her. "NO!" Get away. You can't kill me."
"Shadow! What are you doing." Conner walked over to her.
He was stopped by an invisible wall. "St...stay back. I will kill you if you come any closer."
"She's not consciously doing this. She's sleep walking. We have to wake her up."
"WAKE UP!" Conner tried.
"You're suppose to be dead, y...you died. I saw it. All of you died. Your not real this can't be happening. I...we trusted you! Why!?" Shadow was on her knees looking up at the no existing person." WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!" She was crying uncontrollably.
Megan walked over and jerked her up slapping her across the face. Shadow fell back into the wall.
"We'll that's one way to do it." Conner said.
She blinked a few times, and stood rubbing her cheek. "What the hell?"
"You we're sleep walking and talking about someone being dead and killing you. Do you remember any of it?"
"No." Shadow looked away. "What time is it we should get to work."
"Its about 8, but I don't think investigating tonight will do much good. The League took care of it for now. We should look at what you found, the scan should be done by now."
They walked into the next room. The knee caps lay on the table with the scanner light hovering over it. Conner waved a screen up in front of them. "It looks like more code."
"That's German. Wait, it has the riddle again the same one we found on Axel's laptop. What does the second one say?"
"Its." Conner zoomed in. " more German."
"It looks like a letter, but whose Emrick?" Megan stepped closer to look.
"I am."
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~My Light Of Life