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Chapter 16: Spawn meets the Shadow

The next day

It was morning, Alvin was just starting to wake up and he looked to his right to see Kara cuddling up to him. He smiled as he kissed her on her head which caused her to groan in her sleep. Then she turned over to her side as Alvin got out of bed and started to head out to handle that drug operation that Sean told him. Before he could leave, he grabbed a piece of paper and wrote it down for Kara to read when she woke up. Then he kissed her on her cheek before he teleported out of the house.

A few minutes later, Kara got up and let out a powerful yawn. She rubbed her eyes for a moment, and she looked over to see that Alvin wasn't in bed with her. She was looking around to find him and she used her x-ray vision to see through the walls. She was looking around the house to see Harley getting ready for work which she felt someone was watching him. She turned around to show Kara her naked body. Then she blew her a kiss which Kara blushed as she stopped using her x-ray vision.

"Okay, I did not want to see that." Kara said.

She looked to her left to see a letter was on the nightstand. She opened it up to see that Alvin had left to take care of something and she smiled as she placed the letter down as she hopped out of bed. She walked out of her room to get some breakfast in her belly. She was approached by Diana and Lois and they both were naked.

"Hey girls. What's up?" Kara said.

"We heard everything." Diana stated.

"What?" Kara asked.

"What Diana meant to say was that we overheard your and Alvin's conversation and we never knew that Justice League would think that highly of themselves." Lois said.

Kara nodded her head as she bit down on her thumbnail because she started to feel nervous because she had no idea what to tell Superman.

Meanwhile in Gotham

Spawn arrives at the location of the warehouse, and he looked around to see that there were no guards outside of the warehouse. He summoned his sword as he started to walk inside the warehouse. He is looking through the crates to see that it was some of the Joker's stuff.

"Hey, wait a minute, isn't this the same warehouse where I killed the Joker? Hmmm...I have been duped," Spawn said.

Then the door closed behind him as the lights came on. He readies his sword because he had walked into ambush. Then a group of black suited men confronted him, and they had swords on their backs. Spawn was looking at all of them because he could feel something was off.

"You are Spawn?"

"Yeah," Spawn answered.

"We want you to come with us to meet our master."

Although Spawn senses that their intentions are pure, he still doesn't know what exactly they want him for, so he did the next best thing. He tossed his sword up and the group looked up for a moment, but they didn't know that Spawn used his chains to grab them. He slammed them into each other and on the ground hard, though not too hard to kill them, but enough to leave them incapacitated.

Then some more assassins came out of the shadows with their swords in hand. They all started to attack Spawn, which Spawn put his training to good use against these people. He grabbed one of them who tried to take his head off with a sword, but he caught sword with his hands and did a sidekick which send them flying into several box of crates. After knocking out the last armed group, Spawn popped his neck to the side. Suddenly, there was a slow clap coming from the shadow, in which Spawn grabbed his sword and ready himself for another fight. He looked towards to only see two people walking out of the shadow. It was the same people that he met at the party.

"Henri? Miranda? What the hell are you two doing here?" Spawn demanded.

Henri smiled.

"'Henri' is one of many names in my centuries of long life." Ra's said. "And that is something you and I have in common, Albert Simmons Jr."

Spawn's green eyes widened at the fact that someone else knew his real name. He pointed his sword at Ra's.

"How the hell do you know who I am?!" Spawn asked.

"Your friend Sean was quite cooperative. And before you say anything else, he is unharmed. In fact, his goals to help the world align with mine, and he managed to impress me with the unveiling of Gaia." Ra's explained.

Spawn's expression changed from shocked to annoyed at the fact that he couldn't go one day without anyone knowing who he was under the mask nevertheless, his mask retracted to reveal his face.

"Talk." Alvin ordered.

"Right. I am Ra's al Ghul, the leader of the League of Shadows, and this is my daughter Talia." Ra's introduce himself and the woman next to him. "We've been received word on your activities ever since you killed your father's murderers', Jason Wynn and Jessica Priest, and then your sister's murderer, the joker, and finally your little visit to Arkham Asylum."

Spawn crossed his arms and looked at him.

"No doubt you did a background check on me." Alvin muttered.

"In fact, you remind me of one man who shares your pain. Jason Todd, formerly the second Robin, now the Red Hood. He too was murdered by the same man who would later kill you and your sister years later, but it was I who brought him back to life since he had potential before he escaped. He too sought vengeance on the joker, but his attempts were always thwarted by Batman. Until you finished the job that is, but something tells me your vengeance is unsatisfied." Ra's said.

Alvin narrowed his eyes.

"My vengeance already ended with Wynn, Priest, and the Joker, but there are still other unspeakable monsters that need to be put down instead of being locked up in this endless cycle." Alvin stated.

"Indeed. Such people need to be wiped out for the world to be a better place. That's why I created the League of Shadows. The reason I wanted to meet with you, Spawn, was because I wanted to see how similar we were. I've been looking for years for a suitable replacement for me so that I may finally pass on and know that the world will be protected the way it should be. I had thought that I'd never find such a person. At one point, I thought I had a replacement, until he refused because of his misplaced sense of morality." Ra's explained.

Spawn gritted his teeth because he could paint a picture.

"Batman." Alvin growled.

"Several years ago, the man who would become the Bat came to me. Gotham was in a massive state of disarray back then, and he wanted to do something about it. He wanted to strike fear into those who would dare harm the innocent, and he spent years under my tutelage. When his final test came, which was to kill a man who had committed murder, he held back, claiming it was not in his place to decide who lives or dies, so he fled back to Gotham. When he returned and donned the cape and cowl for the first time, he utilized all that I had taught him and began spreading fear throughout the criminal underworld...for a while." Rs explained

"Let me guess, he never kills." Alvin guessed.

"Exactly. As the years went by in his war on crime, the criminals stopped fearing him because of his one weakness. Not to mention his misdirected compassion towards those who have caused too much suffering. Take the Joker and the Scarecrow for example. Such individuals take immense pleasure in torturing and murdering their victims, yet Batman still believes they could be saved when they have clearly proven that they could not, no matter how many lives are ruined. Likewise, the Justice League blindly follows his example while the world continues to beg for true justice to be brought, until now. You have what other so-called heroes do not. You seem to know what needs to be done. You know who needs to be stopped permanently, while holding compassion to those you deem worthy of redemption, like the surviving inmates from Arkham currently working for Mr. Kruger. That is why I want you to become the new leader of the League of Shadows, young Spawn." Ra's explained.

Truth to be told Alvin was a bit surprised. He thought the man wanted some sort of alliance. But this, this could work out better in the long run, though it couldn't be this easy for him. Spawn raised an eyebrow because he knew that there was more to this.

"I get the feeling that there's a 'but', somewhere. I doubt you're just going to hand over everything to me just like that." Alvin said.

"That's correct. I wish for my daughter Talia to join you for a few months. She will tell me how you handle the situations going on in the world and how you handle the Justice League. Once that's done, I will seek you out and hear your answer to my offer, and finally the League of Shadows will be you should you accept. What do you say?" Ra's asked.

"I've had a deal like this before, and it did not end well for the guy who offered it, but this one sounds a lot more...decent. Alright, but if you wish for your subordinates to be under my lead, then they do things my way." Alvin told him.

Ra's nodded his head.

"I look forward to it." Ra's said with a smile.

Then Talia extended her hand Alvin which he looked a little uncertain at first, but relented as he took Talia's hand which he shook it. Then his mask appeared once again. Then Alvin's cape surrounded the both of them and disappeared into thin air.

At Alvin's home

Spawn's cape unraveled around him and Talia, who are now in the front yard of the mansion. He looked at Talia for a moment to see that something was wrong with her. Then his suit started to retract as he reverted back to normal, and he cracked his body a few times.

"You know, if you wanted to come stays over, you could have said so yourself instead of having your old man saying it for you." Alvin said.

"Actually, I came with you to talk about something that has been bothering me." Talia spoke up.

Alvin raised an eyebrow.

"About what?" Alvin asked.

"Batman." Talia said.

Alvin narrows his eyes when she mentioned his name to him because he really couldn't stand him and the Justice League.

"I know he and the rest of the Justice League have been trying to catch you for the fast few days because of your...activities." She spoke.

"Yeah, it's doing nothing but damaging the reputation that he and the League value so much than the lives of the innocents that they're supposed to be protecting. If anything, I think I'm teaching them a lesson." Alvin said.

Talia narrowed her eyes towards his remark.

"It's not about that. I can sense that you two have something in common. He suffered as much as you did, with the loss of his family and the need to take the law into your own hands." Talia said.

Alvin scoffed.

"But unlike him, I saw the grey in the world while he saw it, and still sees it, in black and white, as do the rest of the League. They'll always stick to their old school ideals without knowing how much conflict that they're getting from the people who want them to get with the times." Alvin said

"I know that, but it's much more complex than that. He was always wary of the way people like you do things, and his distrust towards others only caused more pain to the ones close to him without knowing it. I always worry for him because of that." Talia explained.

Alvin sighed because he knew that she couldn't be convinced.

"Look. You two had something for each other, didn't you?" Alvin asked.

"We did, once. When I first saw him, he was everything I wanted in a man. Strong, intelligent, fearless, and a cunning warrior in the heat of battle. He would have been the perfect heir to my father's empire if not for the flaws my father mentioned. I already made peace with the fact that we'll never commit to each other, but I don't want him to be alone without someone to share his burden." Talia said.

"And by that you mean you moved on, but you want to be with another woman who understands him better." Alvin said.

Talia nodded her head.

"Exactly, but he's becoming too obsessed with trying to capture you that he'll never find that peace. I don't want him to be hurt should he try again, but I want you to show him the error of his ways, and how much suffering it has caused others, and only then will he leave you alone." Talia said.

She put her hand on Alvin's shoulder. Alvin looked up at her for a moment, but he sighed. As much as he hated to admit it, but from what he had just heard, both him and Batman do have some kind of connection. The only difference is that Alvin has people to share his pain with, while Batman has no one beside the Justice League. Still, Alvin knew that he had to swallow his pride and hatred towards Batman and tried to make peace. Though, he just wants the rest of the League off his back.

"I'll do it. But one condition, if he tries to capture me or my friend, I will end him." Alvin said.

Talia smiled.

"Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to me. I just hope you know what you're doing with your plan?" Talia said.

Alvin smiled back.

"Anything for you." Alvin said.

Talia blushed a bit as Alvin opened the door to the house before they both entered.

Meanwhile in the Batcave

Bruce was sitting in front of the computer with his cowl off looking at last night's footage of Spawn's fight with Livewire in Metropolis and was shocked to see Supergirl with him. He had to speak with Superman about this later. He looked at the footage of Spawn chaining up Livewire and teleporting somewhere else, just as Alred walked next to Bruce.

"It seems your competition is getting bolder. And no acts of bloodshed this time." Alfred said.

"He may be sparing some criminals, but he's still a murderer. He needs to be stopped before someone else gets hurt." Bruce said.

Then Alfred's expression turned serious.

"Sir, I think it would be best if we look over the facts for a moment. Crime in Gotham has gone down ever since the deaths of the Joker and the inmates over at Arkham Asylum thanks to Spawn, not to mention he spared a few inmates and delivered them to Global Tech to be cured. Isn't that what you always wanted for them." Alfred asked.

"That may be true, but we can't let Global Tech get away with allowing a murderer to run around killing whoever he pleases, even if his victims are criminals." Bruce said.

Alfred sighed in defeat.

"Then you should at least find some way to settle your feud without causing more tension within the public than it already has." Alfred said.

He was making his way to the elevator leading back up to the Manor. As soon as Alfred left the cave, Bruce continued to look at the footage of Spawn when he left his head ringing. He clutched his head in order to ease the pain, only for it to rise, causing him to grunt as he stood from his seat. He could feel the pain slightly decreasing, and he began to calm down a bit before opening his eyes...but his heart stopped the moment he did what he saw. His parents, Thomas and Martha, looking just as they did that fateful night, with bullet wounds on their chest and blood staining their clothes.

"What are you afraid of Bruce?" they asked.

"Mom... Dad?" Bruce asked.

"What are you afraid of?" Martha and Thomas asked.

Then Bruce blinked as they disappeared. He stood there frozen for a minute or two before snapping out his stupor and returned his attention to the computer, ignoring the fact that his hands were shaking from the ordeal.

Meanwhile at (B.P.R.D) in Newark, New Jersey

The small platform slowly lowered as the Bureau's top agent stood patiently on it until he finally reached the bottom. Hellboy let out a yawn as he stretches his arms for a bit.

"Home sweet home." Hellboy mused.

He smirked as he saw a few people waiting for him in front of the platform. One was an elderly balding man with round glasses and a cane, the other was a woman with brunette hair, dressed primarily in black and the last was a man of Japanese American descent with short black hair, dressed in a black west with a silver shirt, green cargo pants and boots.

There were two other people, but they stood out more from the other three. One was a man who wore a suit that had a glass dome where the head should be with a white mist underneath it. The other...well, he was really, really blue. He wore a skintight black body suit that covered everything except his head, neck, and hands. On the side of his head were a clear set of gills, big bluish black eyes resembling a mixture of a fish, lizard and amphibian with two holes for nostrils and markings around his eyes. The group stood patiently as their friend returned from his mission.

"Welcome back, Hellboy." Professor Trevor Brute Enholm greeted. "How was your mission to New Mexico?"

"The ugly sucker was too dann stubborn to die at first, but the civilians can sleep easy now." Hellboy said. "How are things going around here while I was out?"

"Nothing too crazy on the city-wide scale." Benjamin said. "Well, except for a new case that's been up for about a few hours before you came back."

"Really? What'd I miss?" Hellboy asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, this is not the usual Bigfoot Sighting, nor a haunting for that matter. It's more of a vigilante case that's been going around for about a week now." Aberaham explained.

"Huh. First monster, now superheroes." Hellboy asked.

He dealt with monsters, demons, cults, and other apparitions, but a vigilante? This was new for him.

"Yeah. Just another one of those dark superheroes that shed blood all the time. People have been going crazy about this guy. They say he's handling crime way better than all the other goody two-shoes out there." Liz said.

"Zey says his name is Spawn. He's not exactly a hero, per say, since he's using an excessive amount of deadly force on criminals." Johann said with a German accent. "Plus, he vields great power that is beyond anything supernatural. Manning vill explain more vhen ve get to ze briefing."

"Goodie, another mission. Just when I needed a vacation." Hellboy muttered.

He and the others began walking to the debriefing room. This was going to be another long day for him.

Later

"Lemme get this straight. You want us to go investigate some kind of dark and brooding superhero with some crazy mumbo jumbo that's not afraid to get his hands dirty?" Hellboy said.

He and the others sat down while the director named Tom Manning held out a folder.

"I've been hoping we'd be going for a different approach for this case, but yes." Manning said.

He took out some pictures from the folder and handed one to each member. The pictures themselves depicted Spawn in action. Liz was looking at a picture of Spawn using his chains to avoid being eaten. Hellboy was looking at a picture of Spawn using his sword to cut down three demons.

"Anyway, this is our guy, Spawn. A week ago, he was first sighed at a party at Global Tech when he foiled an assassination attempt on its CEO, Sean Ashburn Kruger. The masterminds, Jason Wynn, former head of A6 turned weapons dealer revealed to be responsible for the murder of Al Simmons in South Korea, and his top assassin Jessica Priest, were both killed by him." Manning said.

He shows them a picture of both Jason and Jessica when they were alive and another picture of them dead.

"Two days later, Spawn made his official public debut after taking down one of Metropolis' big hitters, Metallo, then the next day he's earned himself some fans when he publicly executed the joker." Manning continued.

Then he dropped more pictures of the machine Metallo and a headless Joker. Hellboy was just smiled at the handy work.

"And two days later his popularity skyrocketed when he raided Arkham Asylum and slaughtered a few guards and inmates." Manning finished.

He showed then a video that was caught on the security cameras inside of Arkham where it shows Spawn killing some of the inmates and guards. Liz was looking at the video carefully to see that Spawn stabbed an inmate in the chest before Manning stopped the video.

"About damn time someone took out the trash of society." Helboy muttered.

He heard several stories of the atrocities the Joker and the crazies from Gotham had committed, and was displeased that nobody, not even Batman, did anything about it until now.

"Not to mention he helped expose and shut down the facility and freed those other inmates. It's good to see they found a way out of their pain." Abe added.

"Is zere anything else special about zis man?" Krauss asked.

Then Manning presses a button on the table to show a holographic of Spawn.

"Well, witnesses have described his abilities as being about to summon chains, a giant flowing red cape that moves on its own, and having some sort of armor that makes weapons and rebuilds itself. Hell, on the night of the Joker's death, they even said they saw him turn a car into a tricked-out tank!" Manning said with a chuckle.

He set down other pictures of the tank while the Hologram of Spawn displaying his powers. Professor Broom stared at the images in deep thought.

"If he's able to conjure up such abilities, then he must have gotten them from some dark place beyond this world." Broom said.

"But here's the strange part. Right after the Joker's untimely demise, there's been sightings of ugly looking demons that have been targeting Spawn for unknown reasons, and the most recent one being a big one that attacked Global Tech during a party when their newest project unveiled two days ago, but Spawn was able to take them all down by himself." Manning explained.

He took out more pictures from the folder, these ones showed images of the demons and Hami at the sites of their attacks.

"Not just that, there have been sightings of two more Spawns, from what witnesses have described as a psycho female Spawn armed with a whip that attacked a restaurant three days ago. Then the next day, just a few hours before the Arkham Massacr, and right after Spawn took down a giant Spider, there was an ugly looking Spawn dressed in white that had serious dental issues." Manning mentioned.

He took out two more pictures from the folder, these one depictiing Fury and Plague at the sites of their attacks.

"Great. Two fucking psycho Spawns and a horde of demons. Guess we're all after the same thing." Hellboy muttered.

"If these creatures have their sights set on him, then I have a feeling he's going to need our help." Broom suggested.

Manning pulled out more files which show everyone members of the Justice League.

"That's not the only thing we should be worried about. The Justice League has been on his trail ever since he killed Wynn, Priest and the Joker, and his little visit to Arkham, with their recent attempt being when they crashed the party at Global Tech until that big angry mama showed up. All attempts have failed so far, and all they did was cause more damage to their public image." Manning explained.

Liz scoffed.

"That's typical." Liz muttered as the others nodded.

She too didn't like the way the Justice League treated the methods of the vigilantes like Spawn, even when they saved lives in the process. Daimio realized that they would have a hard time finding Spawn.

"How do you think we'll track down a vigilante that's on the Justice League's blacklist?" Daimio asked.

"That won't be a problem at all." Manning said.

He set down a picture of the Global Tech building,

"He's mostly sighted at Global Tech ever since he showed up and has been protected from both the law and the League. Just last night, he took down another one of Metropolis' big hitters, Leslie Willis, aka Livewire, who is now among the few cured and rehabilitated criminals. If we help both Spawn and Kruger, then there's a chance we'll double our resources to take down whatever these other Spawns have planned." Manning mentioned.

Hellboy let out a yawn because he was getting bored because he is the type of person to do things than sitting around planning.

"So, you want us to go find and talk with Spawn and Kruger, bring them here and offer some more fire power to take these suckers down?" Hellboy asked.

He shrugged his shoulder after a moment of silence.

"Easier said than done." Hellboy said.

"Very well. Our chopper will be waiting for you in about an hour. Best you get ready." Manning said.

The team stood up from their seats.

"Good Luck, everyone. Even you, son." Broom said with a smile.

Hellboy smiled back before he, Liz, Abe, Krauss, and Daimio walked out of the room to prepare for yet another mission.

Meanwhile at the Church

Cagliostro was reading in his study he was about to finish up the chapter until suddenly he heard a crash from outside. He got up and went outside and he was looking at the car crash, but he saw a young girl standing in the middle of the road. The drivers were honking their horns at the poor girl. Then she collapsed to the ground which Cagliostro ran towards her and he placed his hand on her forehead to see that she had a fever.

"let's get inside, my dear." Cagliostro said.

He picked her up and carried her into the church. He took her to one of the spare rooms. He placed in bed which he saw that the young girl was covered in cuts and blood as well. He knew that he had to tend to these wounds of hers. He used his magic to float over his medical kit. He started to clean the poor girl up and he began to wrap her up with bandages. Then he wetted a washcloth with cold water before he placed it on her forehead.

He went to the next room where he was making something for her to drink. He was crushing herbs and placed them in hot water. Then the water started to change color. He poured it into a small cup, and he walked back to the room. He lifted the young girl's head up to help her to drink.

"Here, this tea will help you get well, my dear." Cagliostro said.

The young girl started to drink some of the tea, and she went to sleep. He wiped her lips which a dry cloth. Then suddenly, there was a thunder sound which Cagliostro looked at the window to see that it was raining. He let out a sigh because he knew that something was off about the weather.

"When it rains like this, it's a sign that the upcoming storming is on its way. What are you going to do, Spawn? Would you face this storm or walk away from it?" Cagliostro muttered.

Meanwhile at Alvin's house

Alvin was sitting on the roof of his house as he was getting rained on. His cape was flapping into the wind as he looked out into the rain. He narrowed his eyes as they changed into bright green.

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Next time: Spawn meet Hellboy

A/n: Hey guys and gals. I am glad that you all enjoying this. I have a question that you can leave a Review or PM me. Who are the owners of the Hellspawn Guardian and wanted him to be paired up with Booster Gold and Hellspawn Pride and wanted him to be pair up with Knockout.