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~Laces

Chpt.6

"Who's the kid?" Flash questioned, the moment he saw Batman carrying the girl. Dark Shadow looked at the man with fear, and tightened her grip on Batman.

"It's alright." he whispered, only audible to her, then placed her on the ground, where she hid behind his leg, still weary.

"This is Dark Shadow." Batman said to Flash as he started walking to the Javelin bay, and the fastest man alive followed after.

"Hi Dark Shadow. My names Flash." he grinned kindly. She looked up at Batman for reassurance, and he nodded his head, telling her it was okay.

"Hello." she whispered. As they rounded the corner, the sun could be seen shining down on earth.

"Ah!" yelped the girl as her skin seemed to start to burn, and she ran back to where she couldn't see the sun. Flash and Batman ran to her, and luckily she wasn't burned badly.

"What are you? Some sort of vampire?" Flash questioned. Batman scowled at him, and Dark Shadow looked at Flash perplexed.

"But… but I don't sparkle." Batman sighed. Of course Waller would have her read that book.

Flash laughed at the respond.

"Oh Edward." he sighed, shaking his head, but then remembered the situation.

"Hey Bats, if you want I could run her across to the Javelin bay so she wouldn't have to worry about the sun." he suggested. Batman nodded his head, and in one swoop, Flash had Dark Shadow in his arms. One moment she was looking back at Batman, and then next she was in the Javelin bay.

"How'd you do that?" she said in awe, looking up at Flash. He put her down, and shrugged,

"I could always run fast."

"Flash, why did you bring a child here?" inquired a voice. Striding into the area was Shayera.

"She's not mine, she's Bat's." answered Flash. Instead of being timid like she usually was, Dark Shadow looked up at Shayera and smiled.

"You're very pretty. Are you an Angel?" she inquired. Shayera chuckled softy, but shook her head.

"No. I'm a Thanagarian." she answered. Dark Shadow didn't know what that was, but she didn't mind.

"I'm a human… I think… my name's Dark Shadow." she grinned. "What's yours?"

"My name is Shayera." answered the woman. Batman walked into the room to see his two team mates and Dark Shadow.

"Batman!" exclaimed the girl gleefully, as she ran up to him and hugged his leg.

"Aww." Flash smiled, but quickly was quiet when Batman shot him the Bat-glare.

"Dark Shadow, I'm going to have you stay with a friend of mine for a moment while I explain something to Flash and Shayera, alright?" The girl nodded, and then saw Batman's friend.

"Ah!" she screamed, and hid behind Batman. "He's gonna kill me!" Batman looked down at her puzzled, and her eyes were wide with fear.

"He won't hurt you. He's my friend." Batman stated, and Superman smiled a friendly smile at the hiding girl.

"But.. But he'll try to kill me. He wants me dead. He wants all of us dead. She told me the moment he'd see me, he'd try to kill me and that I couldn't save myself." she explained quickly.

"Who told you such lies?" Shayera questioned.

"The fat lady. She said that he'd hurt us." she whispered.

"Dark Shadow, the woman was lying to you. This man… Superman, he is very nice and will not hurt you. You trust me, right?" Batman questioned. She nodded her head, but still seemed timid.

She slowly walked over to where Superman was, and stood in front of him, waiting to see what he would do next.

He knelt in front of her, and smiled,

"Hello Dark Shadow. I'm Superman." he extended his hand to shake, and his jester made her smile broadly. She wrapped her small hand around his and instead of shaking it, she brought his hand to bump her shoulder, then she pushed it forwards to lightly bump his shoulder, and then she let go of his hand and hugged him.

"You're like Peter." she smiled. Superman obviously didn't know what to say, so he just nodded his head.

"Can you fly like Peter too?" she inquired, and Superman rose off the ground, however, he was still confused about what she was talking about.

"You are like Peter! Except you can walk." she added.

Batman could see that Dark Shadow was going to be okay with Superman, so he walked into a room where he, Flash, and Shayera could talk in privet.

"Listen. We're going on a mission to rescue some kids, like Dark Shadow from an island." he stated.

"Rescue?" Flash questioned.

"From what I gathered there are some unwanted guests on this island who are trying to take Dark Shadow and her… family."

"Family?" Flash inquired.

"Dark Shadow was part of an experimental group of kids that Cadmus was part of. They were all failures and Waller wanted them killed. However, Dr. Milo didn't. These kids were given an education, but as you can see from her experience with Superman, I don't know how good that education was. She thought I was going to beat her because she cried." Batman explained.

"Brave girl. On Thanagar, crying was considered a weakness, and was frowned upon in society. If one could show control over their emotions, it showed how brave and powerful they were." Shayera informed.

"Yes, but did people on Thanagar ever beat children for crying." Shayera shook her head.

"No." Shayera sighed. "Poor child."

"So you say that we're going on a mission to save these kids?" Flash questioned, and Batman nodded his head.

"Lets do it then." he smiled, and ran to the Javelin Bay.