Chapter 2: Recruitment Drive

Authors Note: Wow thank you everyone for the reviews everyone. Danielwilks, Tonycakes, DigitalEmperor001, AgedZen-01 ,Spartan S-999 and JediMasterChris1 thank you for your reviews and oc's I hope I write them well. Anyways here's the next chapter I hope you all like it.

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Four years after the gothic nightclub incident Shadow and his friends have been somewhat notorious in Gotham. They started out small taking out some gang hide outs and illegal rackets and mob bosses. Jayden also known as Shadow along with his girlfriend Alexandra and his little brother Jason both known as Breeze and Dusk helped him against his fight against evil. There was only one problem they were not the Batman and they were not the justice league.

Though they did their best to help people the police issued warrants for their arrest. They always got away before they showed up those were the easy nights the difficult nights was when they were too busy with the thugs to escape in time and get surrounded by SWAT teams and helicopters. The hard nights were when the Batman showed up.

It was harder on Breeze and Dusk when Batman showed up not because he beat the crap out of them.

Which he did.

Not because he caught them.

Which again he did.

It was because every time Batman had shown up Shadow always went after him. Usually he was able to throw Batman off sometimes he had to have Breeze and Dusk drag him away.

But every time Batman showed up it always meant trouble for the three of them.

One night was bad when the three went out to stop Two-Face from robbing a bank. It was real simple break into his headquarters late at night, beat the crap out of his thugs and send the bastard back to Arkham where he belongs. It was a simple plan.

Only they weren't the only ones who had that plan.

Before they could break in Shadow had caught sight of Batman and let his damn pride get in the way. In short they had gotten their asses handed to them and alerted Two-Face. Batman chased after Harvey while Shadow and his crew slipped away defeated.

After that humiliating defeat they had to lay low for a while and hope to god the cops or Batman didn't follow them back to headquarters. Currently they were all lounging in their living room doing something to take their minds off their humiliating defeat.

Ally was sitting on the couch messing around on her computer, Jason was listening to his music and Jayden was playing video games. He knew that there was still tension between him and his friends after what had happened and it was killing him. After his character had died for the millionth time Jayden shouted at the T.V. and threw his controller on the floor smashing it to pieces as he turned to his friends.

"Dammit, how many times do I have to say I'm sorry!" He shot up as the two just sat there.

"We've forgiven you," Ally said. "We're just not ready to trust you."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Jayden scoffed.

"Dude, you've been so obsessed with trying to beat Batman that we don't think you're fit to be a leader anymore." Jason said causing Jayden to scowl at him. Jason raised his hands in defense as he tried to calm his brother down. "I don't mean you suck as a leader I mean you need to let your grudge with Batman go."

Jayden's expression softened a little as he sat back down. Ally clicked off her computer and sat next to him. She placed his hand on his as he looked up to her with his different colored eyes. Even though it pained her to see him so sad she always loved how innocently cute he looked.

"Why do you hate him so much?" She asked as he let out a heavy sigh.

"I told you he failed me." He said.

"I know you told us," She said. "He failed to save your parent so you spent your life turning yourself into the ultimate warrior to take him down. But why do you hate him, there's got to be more?"

Jayden took another breath and leaned back in his chair.

"When I was a boy and my father was killed he was a very dear friend to one Bruce Wayne." Jayden explained. "He adopted me after my father's funeral and took care of me ever since. While I lived with him I met another boy who was just like me."

"What was his name?" Jason asked.

"Jason Todd." He said as Jason's ears perked up. "When I found you in that alleyway you reminded me so much of him so I named you after him." Jason smiled at Jayden before his expression dropped.

"Wait, what happened to Jason?" He asked.

"Like I said I had met Jason but I also met a young woman name Barbra." He said.

"Aw, you're Aunt Barbra." Ally cooed.

"Yes anyways," Jayden grumbled which caused Ally to giggle. "I had met my Aunt Barbra and my brother Jason. They were my family and I loved them. Hell I loved them so much I had almost forgotten who my real family was. Anyways, when Jason and I got into trouble Barbra would be smacking our heads in. Those were good times. But like all my good times before they had to end with blood." His expression fell once again as Ally scooted closer to him. "It was around when I was fourteen when I burst through the hospital doors only to find my Aunt lying in a hospital bed and doctors telling me that she was crippled for life." His hands started gripping his pants tightly as he continued. "Someone put a bullet in her spine."

Ally and Jason remained silent as he continued.

"Then a few months later that same person who crippled my aunt," He paused as he started panting and trembling. "Killed my brother!"

He was breathing heavily trying to control his temper as Ally rubbed his back and Jason didn't know what to do. He wanted to help him but he just couldn't.

"When, I found out Batman still didn't do anything to save him I decided to take matters into my own hands. I spent nights looking for him until one night I finally found him. I failed, he put a bullet in my head and I spent two years in a coma."

"Jesus Jayden," Ally shrieked. "He shot you in the head!"

"Yeah, I wasn't as skilled as I am now but after a shit ton of physical therapy I was able to finally go back to normal." Jayden said.

"I'm sorry I know this is all horrible and I do feel for you, but I am having trouble connecting this to Batman. Shouldn't you be mad at the guy who tried to kill you?"

"Hear me out, when I awoke from my coma I had heard that Batman had caught the guy who did me in but he didn't finish him." Jayden chuckled. "Can you believe that? The guy crippled my aunt, killed my brother and put a bullet in my head and he was still running and gunning and he still is to this day."

"What do you mean, who is he?" Jason asked causing Jayden to chuckle.

"The Joker." Both Jason and Ally froze as Jayden started to laugh. "Can you believe it after all that blood and all that torment he still couldn't take that freak out!"

"Jayden, I'm so sorry." Ally said in a nurturing tone.

"Yeah, me too," Jayden said. "Anyways, once I was fully healed I spent a year training myself and designing my father's project in order to take him out. Look I'm sorry I failed you as a leader but I promise from now on I will not,"

He was cut off when an alarm on his computer started going off. Ally rushed over and started clicking buttons rapidly.

"It's Two-Face again, he's robbing another bank." She explained.

"I'm going after him you two can either come with or stay here." He explained as he ran over to a hidden wall revealing his outfit. "Either way I am done hiding."

"Please, like we would let you go alone." Jason scoffed.

"Some leader." Ally joked.

"F' the both of you." Jayden grumbled as he pulled his clipped his mask on.

Meanwhile at the bank Two-Face and his crew were gathering up all the money as some of his thugs rounded up all the hostages. They were armed with high powered assault rifles and wore mask which one half was white and the other was black.

"Alright people," Harvey said. "You have been co-operative so I have no reason to harm any of you. So let's keep it that way."

"Bullshit, kill all of them and leave them one to show we are to be feared." Two-Face growled.

"No, we must have them think we are rational otherwise we will lose our supporters who still believe we have a mental disorder and they will have us killed." Harvey explained.

This went on for a few minutes when a random thug saw something move in the shadows.

"Boss, I think someone else is here." He said in a shaky voice.

"Spread out, I want whoever he is found and brought to me alive." Harvey ordered.

Just then the power went out and everyone started to panic. Harvey let out a growl of frustration as he went to order his men, but before he could he heard a shout and then silence. One by one all his men were disappearing until there was one left. He started panicking as he fumbled with the light on his gun he got it on but it mattered not as he disappeared into the shadows. Two-Face let out another growl as he walked over to the assault rifle that was still lit. He picked it up and walked over to his group of hostages.

"Hey, I don't know if your Batman or not," He panicked. "But unless you don't want to mop up the remains of theses hostages I suggest-" He stop talking as he shined his light to an empty area where his hostages used to be. "NO!"

Just then he started firing at random all around the room. He coated the entire room in bullets until he ran out of ammo. He tried to load another clip but then a shot rang out through the room and Harvey's gun went flying out of his hands. Harvey looked over to see Shadow pointing a .44 magnum at him.

"You know it's times like these I wish I never voted for you," Shadow joked. "I only did it because Bruce was your friend."

"Bruce…That's a name I haven't thought of in a while." Harvey said. "That's the name of a traitor! Anyways, I had thought you and your friends had quit when Batman had kicked your ass."

Shadow smirked as he pulled the trigger and planted a round into Two-Face's shoulder. He fell to the ground as Breeze and Dusk ran up behind him.

"Great job escorting the hostages out Breeze," Shadow said. "Who taught you to be so sneaky?"

"Catwoman." She swooned. "She's so…strong and beautiful and,"

"We get it." Shadow and Dusk said in unionization.

"So, we should get going and let the cops take care of Harvey." Dusk said.

Shadow nodded when he started to hear something sloshing around. He turned around and frowned under his mask as he stood between his friends and Harvey.

"Get behind me guys." Shadow said as he drew his sword.

Just then Harvey's appearance started to change from a person to a giant brown puddle of mud. The mud moved around until it started to rise and then formed a giant being.

"Clayface?" Dusk asked. "I thought he was in Arkham?"

"He must have done that clone double again," Breeze said. "He has always been a good actor."

"I did think it was strange that Two-Face wasn't playing with his coin." Shadow commented casually as Clayface's monstrous form towered over him.

"That lunatic wouldn't let me have it," He said in a gravelly voice. "He said 'It would upset the equilibrium of his judgment' he hired me to trick you and kill the Bat."

"Yeah, well he's not here so I'll give you one chance to walk your ugly ass out of here and back to Arkham." Shadow grunted.

The cops outside were tending to the hostages and ordering SWAT teams to go in. Just before they could enter Shadow was sent crashing through the walls of the bank and onto the ground. He staggered to his feet but then fell back down when Breeze and Dusk crashed down on him.

"I think he took the latter of the two choices Shadow." Dusk grunted as he got up.

"Yeah no shit." Shadow said as Breeze got off him. "Damn your heavy."

"What was that?" Breeze snapped.

"Nothing." Shadow quipped.

Clayface then stomped out of the bank leaving trails of mud behind with every step. He let out a dark chuckle as his left hand turned into a sledge hammer and his right hand into a cleaver.

"You little punks can't stop me," His gravelly voice roared. "I'm invincible."

The three stood their ground and drew their respective weapons. Breeze drew her fighting staff, Dusk pulled out his tonfa's and Shadow pulled his black sword out from his scabbard.

"Nothing is invincible." Shadow said in a dark voice.

The three then broke off and attacked Clayface.

Breeze took off to the left, Dusk took the right and Shadow charged right down the middle. Shadow jumped at Clayface with his sword held high but was easily swatted away by his sledge hammer fist.

Dusk took the opportunity to attack and jammed his tonfa's into Clayface's muddy neck. Dusk pushed a button on the handle and injected something into his body. He was also swatted away like a fly by Clayface and Breeze took this opportunity to attack. She twirled her staff around and pointed the end at him. The end opened up and she fired multiple darts at him. They scattered all over his body and he sucked them all up.

"Did you really think that would stop me?" He growled as he fired a blast of mud at her.

She quickly got out of the way and dodged the muddy attack. Shadow then jumped him from behind and stuck a mine to his head. The three then took their previous stance in front of Clayface.

"Great attack," Clayface growled. "You did nothing but piss me off!"

He raised his arms ready to attack when he noticed the three of them each had a detonator. The three grinned as Clayface started to freak out as they each pressed their buttons. Explosions erupted inside of Clayface as he started to turn blue and freeze in where he stood. The three let out a sigh of relief as they defeated the mud man.

"Whew, that was…actually that was pretty easy." Shadow gloated. "Good teamwork guys."

"Yeah that was," Breeze was cut off as she pushed Shadow out of the way of an oncoming mud spike. "What the hell?"

The three looked up to see that Clayface was still moving but now covered in ice shards.

"It'll take more than that to take me down." He roared.

"Dammit, looks like I have no choice." Jayden said as he stood up and closed his eyes. His veins glowed red as he opened his eyes again. He looked around and saw a dumpster and rushed over to pick it up. He grabbed the bottom of the dumpster and picked it up over his head and hurled it at Clayface. Thanks to the nitrogen bombs they made Clayface harder and venerable to physical attacks. The dumpster hit him and he fell back onto the ground.

Clayface threw the dumpster to the side and got to his feet. He then formed his right fist into a spike ball and slowly crept towards them when something had hit Clayface right in the head and exploded all over the place.

"What the hell was that?" Dusk asked as the three looked over to where the shot was fired.

There stood a young man wearing a red hoodie, black jeans a pair of leather boots and black motorcycle goggles. His most unusual feature was a pair of medieval knight gauntlets with a silver body and gold rims. The palms of his hands had a circle in the center of each hand with small gems around the wrists. He aimed a magnum at Clayface and his gauntlet patterns started to glow orange as he fired another round. It hit Clayface in the chest and blew up upon impact. Clayface stumbled into the middle of the streets and started melting.

The three looked over at the young man as he holstered his gun and pointed his hands at Clayface. The circles in his hands started to glow orange as fire slowly manifested in front of his palms. He thrust his hands out and fired two streams of fire at the mud monster. Clayface started melting as the boy let out a few short breathes.

Clayface was reduced to a muddy puddle as Shadow took this opportunity to attack. His veins went from red to blue as he fired two burst of ice streams at him. He let out a scream of pain as he formed a hand dramatically reaching out to the sky before freezing him to the ground.

"Bit over the top even for you ay Karlo?" Dusk asked sarcastically.

The three looked over at the fire bender as he turned to them and grinned.

"It's about time I found you!" He exclaimed as he rushed over to the three.

"Um…who the hell are you?" Shadow asked.

"So sorry didn't mean to be rude, my names Gauntlet," He said as he extended a hand out. The three backed away cautiously as Gauntlet looked at them confused as he looked between them and his hand. "Oh, don't worry you won't get burned unless I demand it."

"Okay, um what do you mean by you found us?" Shadow asked as he motioned to Breeze.

"I mean I've been looking for you for a week," He explained. "You see I kind of been told to well…can I join you guys?"

The three looked at the boy with wide eyes as they tried to comprehend what he had just asked. He wanted to join their group. They were just a bunch of young punks taking their revenge on the world. Why would he want to join them, in fact how did he even know about them?

"I've never seen you before in town," Shadow started. "Who told you about us?"

Gauntlet rubbed the back of his head and let out a light chuckle as he looked up at Jayden.

"Well, here's the thing," He started. "You see these gauntlets used to belong to Vulcan the roman god of volcanoes. Anyways, when he died he transferred his powers into these gauntlets along with his form. He told me that I was a bloodline and was worthy of his power and named me the new demigod of fire, but in order to keep this power I need to use this power for peace not destruction. His voice led me here and told me to find the warrior known as Shadow. I take it from your dark attire that you're Shadow and well…yeah that's pretty much it I was hoping you would let me join."

"Breeze." Shadow barked.

On cue Breeze pulled out her portable computer and a holographic screen came up scrolling through multiple files. She nodded a few times and pulled down her screen.

"It's all true," She said. "His powers, his gauntlets even the whole demigod thing, but get this. The file we have on him came off the blacklist from the Justice League."

"The Justice League!" Shadow, Dusk and Gauntlet shouted. "You hacked into their files off a small portable computer?"

"Of course I'm the best!" She gloated. "According to the list he really burned the hell out of most of his victims placing them in comas. Most of them came out mumbling and twitching twenty four seven and others…didn't come out at all."

The group remained silent as they looked at the kid.

"Look, I didn't mean it alright. It was an accident." He said.

"Files said you did it on purpose." Breeze quipped.

"Alright, but they were terrorist, killers fucking kidnappers they wanted to take me away and experiment on me make more fire troops." He snapped.

They all remained silent as Shadow turned over to Breeze and she pulled up the file again.

"Yeah, they were some shady sort," She said. "Mercenaries, scientist you name it they were sick and twisted."

"Okay, so what's your real name kid?" Shadow asked.

"Sam Jackson." He said as the two shook hands.

"I'm Jayden known as Shadow, she's Breeze known as Alexandra or Ally and that's Dusk known as Jason. Welcome I guess."

"Really thanks I promise I won't let you down." He said as Dusk led him to his bike. Shadow went to follow him when Breeze stopped him.

"What is it?" He asked.

"He wasn't the only one on the list I got a few more and they each have an indicator that shows that they are in town." Breeze explained.

Shadow soaked in what she said as he grinned underneath his mask. If they were all blacklisted by the Justice League then that means they don't want them and if they don't want them Shadow does.

"Breeze my dear, I think it's time for a little recruitment drive." Shadow smirked.

And there we go ya Happy Daniel your character Gauntlet. There you asked and asked and now he's up. NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!

Sorry, sorry, sorry just a little stressed out I wanted to get this out earlier but work has been kicking my ass. Okay a quick bio.

Name: Sam Jackson A.K.A Gauntlet

age: 17

Power:Can summon fire and encase himself in fire at times. Is impervious to it and can absorb fire to increase his attack power and such. Also uses a magnum and a chain whip as a conductor for his powers.

Dark Past: Childhood with Drunk parents, ran away with Girlfriend, sacrificed his one true friend, and getting picked on at the Orphan home.

Like I said small portion more will be explained next chapter everyone thank Daniel Wilks this was his character but not the only one more will be introduced later. Thanks again Danny Boy hope I wrote him right. Please read and review.

I liked to thank everyone for your support and oc ideas they are really good and I have enough male oc's but can I get a few girl oc's the only girls I have on my team are my oc Breeze and Tonycakes Oc sarina. just a little help kay thanks bye.