Now it made sense. Shade could control and manipulate shadows. That explained why the Guardians’ shadows suddenly betrayed them, which was still a weird thing to think about. It also made me marvel at Shade’s power. Even though I’d already seen her pull off some pretty amazing things with her powers, seeing her controlling the Guardians’ shadows like puppets was another thing entirely. With a power like that, I was glad she was on my side.
Overkill no longer seemed as shocked as before. He even lowered his g*n, perhaps knowing that there was no way he could possibly hope to beat Shade when all of his followers had been immobilized at once. Oddly, however, there was no fear in Overkill’s body language. He seemed more annoyed than anything, though perhaps he just didn’t want to show weakne
