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The Phoenix Project Chapter 5

Shayera ran madly through the halls of the watch tower. How could Jaya do this to her? After she just fought for her acceptance, how inconsiderate. She froze when she saw her target in the gym sparring with none other than Vixen.

"Oh, god." She stammered.

Jaya and Mari fought furiously; surprisingly the younger girl was actually fighting well. Shayera burst into the gym and glared at the young girl who had defied her.

"Jaya, come here." She hissed.

"Hi Shay, how are you?" she asked innocently.

"I'm fine, but in a minute you won't be…"

"Hey, Shayera you aren't going to take away my sparring partner are you? She's one of the best little warriors I've seen in a long time. Actually was a bit of a challenge." Mari said smiling at Jaya.

"Yes, she does have a lot of spunk I'll give her that much. Unfortunately though she still needs to master the art of following directions." She said glaring at Jaya. After talking with Mari for awhile Shayera dragged Jaya back to the meeting room.

"Why did you disobey me? I just risked my butt for you in that room." She said as they walked.

"You know I got to thinking that since neither of us is in the military anymore the use of ranks no longer alpys. So you aren't my superior officer." Jaya replied smugly.

"But I am your elder, you should obey me. Its common courtesy Jaya, I know you know that." Shayera whispered. Jaya hung her head and focused on the floor for awhile.

"What are they going to do to me?" she asked quietly.

"J'onn's going to probe your mind…"

"What! I don't want to end up like Kragger!"

"Don't worry, the only reason that he ended up like that was because he resisted. If you don't struggle you'll be just fine. Plus what do you have to hide?" Shayera asked curiously.

"Nothing, I just don't want to lose my mind like that kiss up."

Shayera had to chuckle at Jaya's take on Kragger, it was so true. As they entered the room the founding members of the League looked at Jaya with judgmental stares.

"Jaya I'm..."

"The Martian Manhunter, sorry." She apologized not wanting to sound like a smart alick.

"Quite alright. Now all I'm going to do is scan your mind for anything you may be keeping from us. I'll go through your memories, if you keep an open mind I will do no harm." He explained. Jaya nodded in agreement.

With that J'onn placed his hands on either side of her head, the girl closed her eyes. Shayera fidgeted nervously from her spot in the corner. Green Lantern noticed this grasped her hand comfortingly. Shayera looked at him surprised but instead of pulling away she squeezed his hand.

"It's going to be ok." He whispered. She didn't reply, but held his hand tighter.

J'onn saw visions of Jaya's life flash before his eyes. A girl of age 7 with blonde curly hair ran to catch up with younger versions of Shayera and Paran. A 10 year old girl sat huddled in a corner when as her father yelled at her for getting a B in survival class. A 12 year old girl with her blonde hair in a pony tail sobbed as she dressed in a uniform for the
Thanagarian military school. Her father scolded her and told her to be proud and not to destroy her proud bloodlines. The next memory tore J'onn up inside. Jaya now age 13 was running from a group of boys. They chased her into an alley way and jammed her against the wall. They called her weakling, whore, and other terrible names. Once they left Jaya slumped to the floor crying. The next memory was of Jaya at her current age, her last few moments with Paran. Suddenly Jaya was now in Cadmus, she fought two guards that helped her down before injecting her with something. Jaya seemed weak during this memory, but shortly after she was strong again as though it never happened. J'onn had seen enough, and left the young Thanagarian's mind undamaged. Jaya's eyes snapped open when the Martian's presence left.

The Leaguers looked at him expectantly, Jaya's face was blank.

"I found nothing with in her that serves as a threat." He answered.

"Jaya Dul welcome to the Justice League." Superman said smiling at her as he extended his hand. Jaya took it smiled at the man of steel. The rest of the League introduced themselves.

"So, Jaya you want the grand tour?" Flash asked her.

"That would be great. I'll meet you outside." She answered. The speedster smiled before dashing outside.

"You going to be ok?" Shayera asked her before turning to go.

"I'm a big girl Shay. I don't need you to babysit me." She teased. Shayera nodded and left, the only two people in the room were J'onn and Jaya.

"What did you see?" she asked quietly not looking into J'onn's orb like eyes.

"Everything."

"So you know about…."

"Yes, Jaya I know your secret. Don't worry I won't tell."

Jaya was silent.

"You can trust me. I understand." He said placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Thank you, for everything." She replied before joining Flash outside.

Jaya's got a secret. Wonder what it is? Coming up next chapter:

Jaya meets some more members of the league. P.S any body who has some ideas on who she should run into let me know this is open to the public.

Shayera and John have a little moment

Jaya gets training from an unlikely source.