Sorry for the late update, and no author's note on the last chapter. Thank you to the awesome people who reviewed and favorited (new awesome word)! I love you all!

Sorry if it isn't perfect, I finished it late at night and just really wanted to post it.

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North Gotham 20:43

Midnight Fox staggered as she tried to run in the pouring rain, tears streamed down her face and mixed with the rain roughly tapping her cheeks. Still in shock as to what she had just done, she hugged her dark duffle bag close to her as she slowed to a walk. Thinking that she might have made a huge mistake, she had no where to go…

Flashback

The young Shadows slouched back into the main Shadow HQ; everyone was staring at Midnight Fox with a death glare that would be able to kill even the almighty Man of Steel. But what hurt the most was Red Rose, quietly staring ahead as we ascended into the main base room.

Everyone strides into the room, everyone quickly overtaking Midnight Fox, as if they didn't want to be in they way. She glanced up confusingly and saw her mentor walking sharply towards her.

It didn't take a genius to figure out that Black Spider was NOT happy.

"Idiot!" He roared, and she felt the painful stinging sensation of his hand slapping her cheek. Someone must have told him about the 'Batman' incident over their radio COM.

"You should have killed him!" Another slap.

"You could have brought him HERE!" Another slap.

He gave a growl and slapped her once more for good measure. "Now go to your room!"

She spat blood out from her mouth, then wiping it on her black sleeve. But she stayed silent, which was rule number 2; right behind never show any sign of pain.

Midnight Fox's eyes narrowed as she looked up to send a death glare at her mentor, she didn't care about his stupid rules anymore.

She was tired of this.

She was tired of the killing.

She was tired of the torture, of the punishment.

She had decided.

"No." She whispered.

"What was that?" Black Spider spat, staring at her.

"NO!" She screamed with such a force no one believed she had in her. "No, I will not go to my excuse of a room! No, I don't want to help kill innocent people anymore!" She puffed, trying to catch her breath.

"In that case, be my guest! But think, you have nowhere to go, no one to take you in! Face it Fox, you can't leave!" He protested, but something had snapped in Midnight Fox. Something that couldn't be mended.

"Foxy, geez, you're just overreacting. Come on!" Red Rose just brushed off, obviously not grasping the content of this intense conversation.

"No, not anymore. I may not have anywhere to go, but anywhere sure looks a lot better then here!" Midnight Fox growled, before storming off into the direction of her small dorm she shared with Red Rose.

She started packing, just the few necessities. Like her toothbrush, a pair of clothes and shoes, a box of spare knives and arrows, and a small picture frame holding one of the only memories where she was actually happy. The frame held a picture of a young girl with light hazelnut coloured hair and dark blue eyes, smiling with two beaming parents on either side. Midnight felt the small drops of tears sprinkling her face, quickly wiping them away and stuffing the picture into her black duffle bag.

Just as she was ready to escape this hellhole, she saw someone at the door of her room.

"Hey Rose," She sighed.

"Hey… so you're really going?" Rose raises an eyebrow. "Seriously! You're just abandoning me?"

"Oh please, we all know that you defiantly won't be alone when I'm gone." Midnight Fox softly spoke.

"What does that mean!" Red Rose stamps her foot in anger, "You know maybe everyone's right, you don't belong here anymore," She smirks at Midnight Fox. "You've gone soft!"

It took all the strength Midnight Fox had to not slap her straight across the jaw herself; instead she kicked the window of their little room and jumped out in to the dark city of Gotham. Running blindly across random streets, not caring where she was going.

End Flashback

"Stupid Red Rose!" She screams into the dark deserted alleyway, "Stupid Black Spider!" She kicks her duffle bag across the grimy floor.

"Stupid me…" Once again the awareness that she was crying again annoyed her even further.

Suddenly a large dark figure dropped down from the tall fire escapes from above. Reacting quickly Midnight Fox grabs a knife tucked in her poncho, but just as quickly its knocked out of her hand. Batman, she confirms.

"Look, I'm just here to talk," He pleads unemotionally.

"Huh, you and your team said that earlier then you attacked us," She crosses her arms and rolls her eyes. "But go on, it's not like things can get any worse."

"I have a proposition for you…"