Chapter 14: A New Day

Authors Note: Okay this chapter is gonna be short it's gonna wrap up Sarina's story. From now on I'm gonna do separate story arcs. Next arc will be Shadows, then Gauntlet then Phoenix and so on each story will reveal a little bit more of the characters and the plot. I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Batman.

The Warriors were back at their compound recovering from tonight's actions. Ally was currently dabbing rubbing alcohol on Jayden's swollen eye courtesy of Sarina's batarang. Blaze and Jason retired for the night while Thomas and Ronin went to the meditation room to meditate. Sam was relaxing on the couch of the living quarters while Flynn, Marcas and Hilary checked their weapons.

"Ow," Jayden snapped. "Could you please be careful?"

"Sure," Ally whispered. "Big baby."

"She sure did leave a mark on you though." Sam chuckled.

"She has quite the aim for a girl with no training." Marcas said as he cleaned his desert eagle.

"Okay, enough the girl can throw a batarang yippee!" Jayden snapped sarcastically.

Everyone including Flynn and Marcas laughed at their leader's small misfortune as they went back to doing what they were doing.

"So, Slade is the one who's been pulling the strings behind Two-Face and Joker?" Jayden asked.

"Yeah, and he sure as shit is ready for war." Hilary said as she checked her .45s.

"He had more of those battle suits," Flynn said. "They were lower tech than Tommy's suit but it'll take some heavy fire power to take them out."

"According to Thomas, the users of suits were former test subjects." Marcas said. "Also Slade had used the Clown and Dent to figure out our weaknesses and fighting styles."

"He also said he was preparing for us." Reaper deadpanned.

"So meaning Dent and Joker were just pawns for us." Jayden mused.

"Yes." Marcas said.

"That's bullshit." He stated plainly. "He wasn't preparing for us he was gonna do all this crap with or without us."

"What do you mean?" Sam asked as everyone else leaned in.

"He said that he was preparing for us from the start." Jayden started. "But from the start it was just me, Ally and Jason. We weren't the Shadow Warriors we were just a bunch of riff raft. Then we encounter Clayface disguised as Two-Face where we first met Sam." He said nodding at Sam. "Then a day later Deadshot comes along saying someone paid him to kill us while Blaze is burning down a secret biology lab. Then we run into Marcas who beats the world's greatest assassin in the world in matter of seconds. Then another day later we run into Thanatos and Ronin who take out a shit ton of Dents men who try to rob some battle suits that were going to Lex Luther. Then a few more days later we run into Reaper and Hitgirl who had just stopped killer croc from planting bombs all over the city."

"Boss, what is the point?" Marcas said.

"My point is that whenever something went wrong we were there to stop it, which means that someone set it up for us to meet. Then that same someone organized us to take out Two-Face even giving some of his men to guard him."

The wheels started turning in everyone's heads as Sam spoke up.

"Or whoever trained those men to 'guard' him actually sent them there to watch us and report our every flaw." Sam said as Jayden nodded at him.

"I also noticed that Batman is never at crimes until recently, why is that?" Marcas asked.

"Because the first few dozen crimes were just to figure out your moves and weaknesses," Jayden said. "I think he wanted to see how we did on our own. Then he tricked the Joker to lure Batman to us to see how we handled him, but I think there is one real reason he wanted Batman this time. You said he knew all your weaknesses right?" Everyone nodded. "Well some of our weaknesses involve lights, mercury, or our own physical capabilities but my weakness isn't only my limit but Batman's suppressant. When Joker blew the floor beneath us Batman was unconscious near me and when we fought he reached for his syringe to take away my power but couldn't find it."

"Meaning someone stole it from him." Flynn said.

"Exactly." Jayden grinned.

"Why would Slade work with Joker, involve the Batman and ruin a poor girl's life just for a syringe." Ally said.

"I don't think Slade is the one behind this," Jayden said as everyone looked at him. "What if someone hired Slade to be the fall guy? He said he was preparing for us but we've only been a team for a couple months. As much as I hate to admit it but have our crew is a bunch of kids the only adult we have is Marcas so why would Slade even bother with us?"

"Because someone else is looking to recruit." Hilary said.

"So…Slade is just a pawn?" Sam asked confused.

"Yeah, but for who and why?" Jayden asked as it started to thunder storm. "Something wicked this way comes and we better be prepared for it."

"Hey guys check this out." Sam said as everyone turned to the T.V.

They were currently watching a news channel displaying Sarina's burned down house. The warriors let out sighs of disappointment as Jayden made his way to the door.

"Where are you going?" Ally asked.

"I'm gonna go see if she needs help." He said.

"You don't have to." She said.

Jayden looked at her confused before looking at the T.V. to see her being escorted out of the hospital and into his limo. Jayden let out a grunt as Ally chuckled.

"Dammit Bruce." Jayden grunted.

(One month later)

Shadow was currently towering over a thug as he whimpered in fear. He held his sword out threateningly as he slowly stepped towards him. Just then a batarang flew out of nowhere and smacked into his knuckles. He let out a grunt of pain as he dropped his sword and looked over and growled even louder than before when he saw his second pain in the ass.

"Batgirl!" He snarled as the young crusader flipped down on the ground.

"Hey Shadow, how are you?" She asked playfully.

"Pissed, why did you just attack me?" He snarled.

"You were gonna kill him, so I stopped you." She said matter-o-factly.

"I was just gonna scare him," He said. "He's just a purse snatcher why would you think I would kill him?"

"Well, you did threaten to shove your sword up his ass." She stated.

"Hey you have your Halloween costume and I have my sword." Shadow snapped.

"Aw…don't be mad that kicked your butt." She teased.

"You threw a Batarang at my hand," He grunted. "Unless you actually fight me and beat me you're still no match for me."

"Well, don't forget I have B-Man on my side." She gloated. "You remember the guy who kicked you ass."

"That's it!" He yelled as he sprinted off after her.

Meanwhile the purse snatcher still sat on the ground as he started dumbfounded at the sky.

"So…I'm I good can I go?" He asked as a dark shadow hovered behind him.

"No."

The thief froze as he turned to see Batman behind him.

"Crap…" He whimpered.

(Next Night)

Jayden and his friends were sipping champagne in Wayne's ballroom as they waited for Sarina. It was her birthday and she had invited every one of his friends to the party. He looked around and saw a lot of her friends as well she was a very sociable girl. Jayden looked over to see Thomas talking to Sarina's friend Christina and her father Hoenhiem.

He would have to ask him about that later to see what he was trying to do. He also saw Sam talking to Kris and shook his head as he saw him trying to win the approval of her stepfather.

"You okay?" Ally asked as he nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He reassured.

Just then everyone started singing happy birthday as Jayden and Ally looked to see Tim and Sarina walked. Sarina looked surprised as she was greeted by her friends. Jayden and Ally walked over to her and she greeted them as well.

"Thanks for coming guys." She said.

"Ah, don't mention it kid." He said as she hugged Ally. She then raised an eyebrow as she looked into his eyes.

"What happed to your face?" She asked looking at his swollen black eye.

Jayden let out a heavy sigh as he recalled his encounter with Batgirl. He was dead on her heels when she threw a batarang ahead of her and flew back and hit him square in the eye.

"I take karate me and my brother Jason went a little too far." He said. "No biggie."

"Oh, well I'm glad you're okay." She said.

As she turned to greet the rest of her friends Jayden could have sworn he saw a cocky grin on her face.

The exact same as Batgirl's.

"I'm surprised you came." Another voice said as Jayden turned to see that it was Bruce.

"Ally dragged me here and Barbra said I should." Jayden grunted. "Why did you do it, why did you really take her in?"

"Mostly because she reminds me a lot about you." He smirked. "You both have that potential to do something great."

Jayden didn't say anything as he watched the girl mingle with her friends. He didn't see anything about him in her. Who knows maybe she is a good person but that doesn't change the fact that Joker would be after her. He would do whatever he could to break her and turn her into his legacy.

But Shadow would never allow that to happen.

He was broken from his thoughts as Ally dragged him onto the dance floor along with Sam and Kris and Thomas and Christina and Sarina and Tim. The DJ started to play some music and the party really started to come alive. He looked over and saw Sarina smiling and dancing with Tim admiring her innocence. He wished he could let go of his entire burden like that.

But hey tomorrows a better day.