Chapter 3: More Members

Authors Note: Okay thank you once again to all my faithful reviewers and letting me use your OC's it has been fun. I think I am going to add two more OC's to this chapter maybe three but no promises. If I don't write your oc in the right way please let me know. Ok let's get started then shall we.

Disclaimer: I do not own Batman just my oc's Shadow, Dusk and Breeze the rest well they know who owns them.

Jayden, Ally and Jason were currently sitting in the living room of their penthouse watching Sam eating Thai food. He had eaten almost every plate they had ordered for him and he showed no sign of stopping. He was currently eating a dish called Kaeng phet pet yang which meant roast duck in red curry as he looked at the three confused.

"What?" He asked with a mouthful of duck. "I'm hungry?"

"Yeah but, dude you ate like six plates of this stuff aren't you full yet?" Jason asked.

"I'm satisfied but I'm far from full this gourmet curry is the best," He said with glee. "I mean I like the over the counter family restaurant stuff but man this is the best I've ever had."

"Right so you were telling us about yourself." Jayden asked.

"Oh right, well I come from a broken home you know the type drunk parents who hate everything in the world including their own son," He said as he saw a faint expression of understanding across Ally and Jason's face. "Well, anyways they kicked me out when I was a boy and then from there I was sent to a crappy orphanage were they beat the crap out of me because of my gift for setting stuff on fire. Not on purpose of course but you get the idea they didn't see a child they saw a freak. So of course I ran away again. I hid in the sewers because I had heard that some men in suits were looking for me and I didn't want to end up some experiment."

His face dropped a little as he set his fork down in his empty bowl. Ally leaned over and placed his hand on his and he looked up at her smiling face which seemed to calm him down.

"Anyways, while I was hiding I had encountered a whole bunch of people who had some kind of power and we immediately became a family. We would go out and steal some snacks here and there or beat up a few robbers they were great times." He said with a smile. "But, then one day a whole team of mercs came in and started dragging people away." He mumbled as Ally felt him trembling. "They came in with tranquilizers, stun guns, nets and other kidnapping crap. They dragged them off one by one not caring if they were boy, girl, man, woman, young or elderly they just didn't care. As of course you imagined I vowed revenge but my power alone couldn't do it."

That's when Jayden had a look of realization.

"Those gauntlets," He exclaimed. "I knew they looked familiar those were the gauntlets of Vulcan the ones Wayne was gonna use for some type of new weapon. It was all over the news."

"Exactly, so we broke in on opening night and took them only it wasn't that easy." He mumbled again looking guilty. "My friends got caught and some got killed when we stole them but they told me to keep going so I did. When I was sure I had lost them I slipped on the gauntlets and then the markings and jewels started glowing and pumped fire in my veins. Seriously I was immune to fire and I never knew what burning felt like but damn that burned like hell. Afterwards I had passed out and I was in some sort of dream where Vulcan had dubbed me worthy of being the new demigod and as the new demigod I have to ensure that peace goes on and evil is put in its place. So after a few years of training Vulcan told me that I needed proper guidance and his voice led me here so…yeah that's about it."

The three sat there trying to understand everything this boy had just said. From the sound of it he lived a pretty harsh life but hey who hasn't it's that brutality that makes them strong it made them what they are.

"Well if your Demigod asked you to help us we'll take it." Jayden said. "Welcome to the Shadow Warriors."

"Thanks I promise I won't let you guys down." Sam said.

After dinner Ally showed Sam to his room while Jayden looked at the blacklisted candidates for the Justice League. They each had a small red beacon on their files that showed that they were in town but the question was where?

He let out a sigh of frustration and walked over to his room and went to bed himself.

The next morning Jayden and Ally went to work at his company which he named Warney Tech Industries providing for a safer tomorrow as the logo said. He used all his money his father left for him and used it to start up his company. He started off small making safety devices for weapons and security systems but went big with cars, bikes, jets and other inventions. Next to Bruce Wayne he's the richest most powerful man on the planet. Of course he would be nothing without his dear Alexandra, but then again Bruce Wayne and his entire company would be nothing without Lucius Fox.

Jayden sat at his redwood desk in his comfy leather chair as his phone started to ring. He casually pressed the button on his phone for the speaker phone.

"Yes Ally?" He asked.

"Bruce Wayne is on the phone, are you available?" She asked.

"Bruce, why the hell would he call me?" Jayden whispered to himself. "Um, yeah sure."

He then turned off his speakerphone and picked up his earpiece and clicked it on.

"Bruce?" Jayden asked.

"Expecting Batman?" He asked sarcastically.

"Hey, you never know." Jayden joked. "Anyways what's up?"

"I'm actually here to talk to you about a lost relic of mine perhaps you've heard of them. The Gauntlets of Vulcan." Bruce asked in his slick tone.

Jayden's blood froze at what he had just said. 'How the hell could he know about Gauntlet?' he thought.

"Yeah, didn't you lose them at some auction or something?" Jayden asked in false curiosity.

"No, they were stolen from my museum," He grounded out. "Some hoodlums came in and stole them and a few private guards who I didn't know killed some of them but one of them got away with the gauntlets."

"Tough luck," Jayden deadpanned. "And what does this have to do with me?"

"Well as you must know your bank was robbed last night by Clayface and almost got away when Shadow and his team arrived at the scene but they weren't the only ones there. A young man was also there and he was shooting fifty foot flames from his hands only they weren't from his hands they were from a pair of gloves."

"How do you know, were you there last night?" Jayden snapped worriedly when in fact he was really angry at Bruce's unknown information.

"Jayden, it's all over the news," Bruce said in a deadpanned tone. "There footage of it all over the place, anyways I had Fox look into it and they match the same as the gauntlets that were stolen from me two years ago?"

Bruce finished explaining as the phone went silent for a few minutes. Jayden eagerly tapped his finger against his desk as the silence continued.

"And?" He snapped.

"And I want to know where they are they are after all my property." Bruce said.

"First of all I have no idea, second if you recall there were a lot of scholars who hated the fact that playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne was buying a priceless artifact as if he were shopping for a new suit and third how the hell would I know?"

"Because I know you," Bruce said with superiority. Jayden started gritting his teeth as he could practically see the bastard grinning on the other line. "I know you want to try and upstage me but, I'm telling you this as a friend, please give me the gauntlets back. I know they are dangerous but that's why I bought them I wanted to keep them out of enemy hands"

"Believe it or not I'm actually looking at the contract in which you used to buy the gauntlets." Jayden said. "And they said you were planning on making weapons out of them."

"They were lies Jayden." Bruce growled.

"Well, whatever the case is I don't have them so on behalf of Warney-Tech I bid you farewell." Jayden snapped sarcastically.

"Ja-Call disconnected." The line went dead as Bruce sat in his office chair.

"He didn't listen did he?" Barbra asked.

"No, dammit those Gauntlets are unstable in Jackson's hands." Bruce grunted. "If Shadow doesn't do something then I'm gonna have too."

"Want me to go talk to him?" Barbra asked.

"No," Bruce said as he got up and opened a hidden bookcase revealing his Bat suit. "I'll try again tonight."

Later that night Shadow and his team went patrolling near a research lab near the docks that was currently under attack. Not knowing what to expect they had brought Gauntlet along with them just in case. When they had arrived at the lab they were shocked to see multiple fires scattered all over the field.

"Please, I don't know anything!" A voice shrieked.

The four heroes quickly ran over to one of the cargo bay doors to see a cowering scientist back against the wall. Standing in front of him was a small boy who wore a black leather biker jacket with a red shirt underneath, black pants and blue running shoes. He raised his right hand that had a skull ring on his ring finger and surprised everyone when a ball of fire manifested into his hands.

Shadow acting on instinct charged up his Adonis power and fired a bolt of electricity at the boy. He turned only to have the bolt strike him and send him flying against the wall. Red sparks cackled around his body as Breeze tended to the scientist.

"Breeze, Dusk get him out of here!" Shadow ordered as the two secured the doc and ran out of the warehouse. Shadow and Gauntlet then turned their attention to the newcomer who had gotten to his feet. He flexed his arms out as flames engulfed his hands up to his shoulders.

"What do you freaks want?" He growled.

"Relax kid we're not here to hurt you," Shadow reassured as he walked over to the boy. "We just want to help."

"Help…help! Sorry buddy but I don't need your help!" He screamed.

"Obviously you do if you're just running around burning down buildings and killing innocent people." Gauntlet said.

"You don't know!" He said as he fired two flame streams at Gauntlet. Gauntlet easily held his hands up and absorbed the flames before they could even touch him. The boy stared wide eyed at Gauntlet and he flexed his arms out.

"You're gonna have to do better than that kid." Gantlet gloated.

"Oh, I'll show you better do you know who I am?" He smirked. "I'm Phoenix, the god of flames!"

"Sure you are." Gauntlet said sarcastically.

The two then engaged each other in battle as flames spilled out all over the place. Phoenix formed a ball of fire and threw it at Gauntlet who simply smirked and let the ball hit him. Phoenix enraged that his attack did nothing to hurt him charged at him with his fist.

Phoenix landed a punch across Gauntlets face and swiped his legs out from under him. He fell as Phoenix started stomping on his chest. Shadow then took the opportunity to jump kick him in the chest and send him to the ground.

"Enough kid what are you hoping to accomplish?" Shadow asked as Phoenix started chuckling.

"Revenge." He whispered in a dark tone.

He then fired two streams of fire at Shadow who quickly got out of the way and threw a couple of nitrogen bombs at him. They exploded at the base of his feet encasing him in ice up to his neck.

"Enough." A voice said.

Everyone looked up as a dark shadowy figure glided down onto the ground. Phoenix started to panic as Gauntlet stood his ground and Shadow started chuckling.

"What brings you here Batman?" Shadow asked playfully.

"You know what I want," He snarled. "I want the gauntlets back and these two boys in custody."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Gauntlet snapped. "I didn't do a damn thing!"

"You stole those gauntlets two years ago they are priceless and dangerous they don't belong in your hands and this one has been burning down random labs for the past five years." He said referring to Phoenix.

"Five years?" Shadow asked in disbelief. "The kid looks about fifteen."

"That's because he is and he is highly dangerous." Batman said.

"I'm not going anywhere with you freak!" Phoenix snarled.

Me either and the god who once owned these gauntlets begs to differ." Gauntlet grinned. "You see these gauntlets are mine I own them and if you think about to let some psycho in a cape take them back to air head Bruce. Well world's greatest detective I only have two words for you." He said calmly as he manifested some fire in his hands. "You're fired."

With that he fired two streams of fire at Batman encasing him in flames. Gauntlet grinned for a moment only to have it replaced with shock as the dark knight leaped out of the fired completely unscathed and tackled him to the ground. Gauntlet quickly placed his boot to his chest and kicked him off as he pulled out his chain whip. He swiped his hand along the bottom edge causing the whole chain to glow brimstone orange. He swung the whip around and snapped it at Batman who dodged the hit leaving a bright orange scratch mark on the ground.

He then swiped the whip at him again and again only to hit the ground again and only take a small portion of his cape. Batman as quickly as he could pulled out three batarangs and threw them at Gauntlet. They flew halfway towards him when Gauntlet swiped his whip down and sliced through them like a hot knife through butter. He thought he had the upper hand until he saw Batman rush towards him and land a kick to the center of his face. He went stumbling back as he charged at Batman again.

Shadow dived behind another wall avoiding Phoenix's flames as he charged up his ice powers. He stepped out from behind the wall as he fired a stream of ice at him. He grazed his shoulder but quickly melted it off as he fired another wave of fire.

"Dammit, this kids tougher than I thought." He grumbled.

"I won't let you take me away again!" He yelled as he fired again blindly.

Shadow knew this kid was hurting bad that's why he had to get him the hell away from Batman. He had to try and talk some sense into him. That's when he switched his powers over to electricity and waited for the kid to stop shooting. The second the flames dimmed down Shadow stepped out and fired two bolts at the child.

Red electricity surged through him as he let out a scream of pain. Shadow continued firing as he walked closer and closer to him. When he was within arm's reach of the boy he stopped firing and landed a hard punch to his stomach. The boy slumped forward unconscious as Shadow lifted him over his shoulder.

Meanwhile Batman had a beaten Gauntlet on the ground as he tried to take the gauntlets off. Not only could he not get them off they were molded into his skin.

"I told you," He hissed through his broken jaw. "The Gauntlets are mine and you can never have them." He then slowly got to his feet as Batman readied himself. "How does it feel knowing that you will never be able to take away my power? Does it make you feel human, the great big Batman crushed by a teenage boy."

"You can't wield that power it's too unstable." He explained. "It will consume you."

"Says who, the guys dressed like a bat who thinks he knows everything?" Gauntlet chuckled. "These gauntlets and this power is mine why? Because I'm the only one who can control them I am the decedent of Vulcan not you and I am the god of flames."

Before Batman could say anything else he was struck by two bolts of red lightning and sent flying into a nearby wall. Shadow dashed forward and switched his powers to ice and fired two streams of ice at him. Batman quickly held his cape up as the ice tore at him like glass. When Shadow was sure he wasn't going anywhere he stopped and let out a heavy sigh.

"Damn, how the hell did you let him get the better of you, demigod?" Shadow asked sarcastically.

"Ha ha, your one to talk," He grunted. "Like you my power is great but my heart is still human I overshot my limit and burned myself out, see." He said as he held up an open palm which the circle in the center was glowing dark red. "If I push too hard I'll die."

"Yeah, same here," Shadow panted. "It takes its toll on my heart I could go seize uncontrollably or have a heart attack and drop dead on the spot. Anyways, we can relax at dinner let's get this kid the hell outta here." He said as he lifted the boy over his shoulder and ran away from Batman.

"You'll get no complaints here buddy." Gauntlet said as the two followed Breeze and Dusk.

They put as much distance between them and Batman as they could when they spotted something on the ground. They picked up the speed and as they got closer they recognized him to be the doctor from before only now he had a bullet hole right between his eyes.

"Oh, no," Shadow gasped as he started to worry about his teammates.

"Take it easy they are still alive." Gauntlet reassured.

They kept running until they had finally found Breeze and Dusk slumped against the wall with a tall blonde haired man standing over them with a sniper rifle in his hands. Shadow wasted no time charging at the man.

The man wore a black urban army camouflage uniform with a black combat vest, matching bandana, fingerless gloves with spike plates and a black pair of combat boots. Before he could comprehend what had happened Shadow had tackled him to the ground. Shadow was then thrown off as the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a black handle. With a flick of his wrist a long black sickle flew out as Shadow pulled out his sword. He examined the sickle closely to see that it looked just like the one on the Russian flag.

The two attacked each other with their blades as sparks flew upon each impact. The two locked blades as Shadow looked into his eyes he saw that his areola was replaced by red crosshairs. The thing that helps you picks a target when looking down the scope of a sniper rifle.

His eyes weren't the only unusual feature as his strength was overpowering him in a super human rate. Shadows eyes went wide as the man pushed him back twenty feet across the ground. Shadow activated his own strength when Dusk had come between the two of them.

"Shadow, stop," He shouted. "He saved our lives!"

Shadow had slowly walked over to the two as he looked closely at the man. He gave him a cautious stare as he looked back at Dusk.

"How?"

(Ten minutes earlier)

Breeze and Dusk were running with the doctor trying to get to their bikes as the doctor tried his best to follow. He was winded from this whole experience and who could blame him when you've got a kid shooting fifty foot flames at you.

"Why was he after you?" Breeze asked.

"I don't know he said it was payback for what we've done to him," He said in and exhausted tone. "I didn't know what he was talking about if you ask me the kids out of his m-"

He was cut off when the front of his head exploded blood all over the place. He fell to the ground as Dusk pushed Breeze behind some garbage cans.

On top of a roof a few yards away Deadshot self-proclaimed number one marksmen stood at the edge of a roof with an M40 bolt action rifle on a tripod aiming at the two heroes. Two-Face gave him the job and was paying him twenty grand for each hit. As long as he paid Deadshot would deliver.

"Let's see," He pondered as he zoomed in on his scope. "Two plastic garbage cans exterior two inches thick I can shoot through that. They are possibly crouched too so all I have to do is aim low."

Dusk the fired a glock at nothing as Deadshot smirked. He had just given away his position. He aimed the rifle at the middle of the trash can and could practically see Dusk's head on the other side. The second his crosshairs were aligned he squeezed the trigger. The rifle roared through the night as he loaded another bullet into the chamber but then frowned when he looked through the scope.

The bullet had never even hit the can.

"I missed," He gasped in disbelief. "I never miss!"

He then took aim again and fired only for the can to still be intact. What was going on?

He checked his clip to see that his ammunition was live and he had checked his rifle five times so he knew it was clean. Someone was messing with his shots. But in order to do that you would have to shoot the bullet in midair and no one was that good.

Just then his rifle was shot and then so was he. Deadshot fell back as he readied his gun gauntlets incase his oncoming attacker came to finish the job. He waited a few minutes and heard someone approaching as he aimed his gauntlets across the roof. Just then a pair of massive hands grabbed him by the wrist and crushed his gauntlets to pieces. He looked up to see a blonde man with ripped muscles and red eyes in the shape of crosshairs standing over him.

"Who the hell are you?" Deadshot grunted.

"No one," He replied coldly in a Russian tone.

(Back with Shadow)

"Wait so where is he?" Shadow asked.

"I left him tied on top of roof." He said in his monotone voice. "Your Batman can have him."

"Well what do you want?" Shadow asked again.

"Wait why do we have the kid?" Breeze asked.

"He's hurt we need to get him out of here." Shadow said.

"You're not serious are you?" Dusk asked.

"Someone did this to him and from the sound of it, it ruined him pretty badly." Shadow defended. "Besides he's just a kid, don't forget you were like him when I found you and look how you turned out."

Dusk said nothing as he knew he was right. When he first met Jayden all those years ago he didn't want anything to do with him now he couldn't picture life without him.

"Okay, I'll carry him." Dusk said as he lifted Phoenix over his shoulder.

"Okay great," Breeze said as she looked back at the Russian. "What about him?"

"What about him?" Shadow asked as he got on his bike.

Breeze didn't know what to do as she looked between him and Shadow.

"Will you come with us?" She asked.

He remained silent as he walked away from her. Her expression dropped as she then suddenly hears an engine revving. She looked over to the darkness to see the Russian fly out in a bright red Ferrari.

"I love your American cars." He said as the engine purred.

"It's Italian." Breeze giggled as she got on her bike.

"Come on let's go!" Shadow ordered as the sirens from the distance got louder and louder.

Gauntlet hopped on the back behind Shadow as he pulled out, Dusk kept Phoenix secured on his bike as he pulled out and Breeze finally pulled out as the Russian followed closely behind them.

The cops and fire department came as the warriors of dark fled into the night.

Whew long chapter long chapter.

Okay we got two more heroes today so why don't I introduce them.

DigiatlEmperor001

Name: Blaze Zephyr A.K.A Phoenix
Age: 15
Bio: Born December 12. Brown eyes. Black hair. Height is 5 feet 7 inches. Male. Orphan.
Personality: Mistrusting to strangers, loyal to friends.
Power: Fire Manipulation.

The Illusive Mann

Name: Marcas Valitov/AKA Red Crosshairs.
Age:27. Bio: 6'2, 224 IBS, blonde hair with brown eyes.
Personality: When not using his power:kind, calm, reserved. When using his powers: ruthless, tactical.
Power: when he is threatened, or when one of his friends is his eyes form bloody crosshairs, enhancing his vision, and his precision with firearms and other sorts of weapons. His strength also increases while his powers are ability is that his brain unlocks itself to him, giving him almost 99 percent access to the organ.

I hope I wrote them right if not give a jingle. As for my reviewers thank you soooo...much for your support it is very much appreciated. I hope to hear from you again soon.