Chapter 21: New Magic
Raven:
I watch from above as Felix Faust uses his newfound power to shoot a beam of magic at a passing building. The building explodes, leaving a wide hole in the top floors. Meanwhile, Klarion is using his own magic to shoot red bolts of lightning everywhere. Laughing as he shoots, Klarion hits buildings, forgotten cars, and even the street.
"Be careful," I yell, using my telekinesis magic to pick up a stone and throw it at Klarion's head.
"Ouch," he cries, rubbing his sore spot as he turns to me.
"We're walking here," I say.
Klarion growls as he, along with Felix, Morgan le Fay, Mordru, and even Superman himself enter the forgotten Gotham City. Laying waste to anything and everything we see, our soldiers and tanks shake the abandoned streets as we walk.
Our tanks fire at the sky, turning it red and making it rain fire. The One Earth soldiers, with their dark-red goggles, aim their guns at the surrounding area.
"Anything," Superman asks, holding his fingers to his ears.
"Nothing, sir," one of the soldiers from below answers.
"Nothing," Cyborg answers, hidden in one of the buildings. "I don't see the man in the sunglasses or anyone from the Insurgency.
Superman then turns toward me.
"Anything," he asks again.
I close my eyes and press my fingers to my forehead.
"Nothing," I answer. "I don't sense--Wait!"
I open my eyes and lower my hand. Finally, I sense a very strong presence.
"He's here."
The Man:
Rapidly firing off a series of arrows, they all land in front of the One Earth soldiers and tanks. The arrows explode a few seconds later and stop the marching. The soldiers scream as they wave away the smoke. They scream again and raise their guns when they see me.
"I'm guessing the only reason you're attacking Gotham City is because you wanted to see me," I ask, reaching behind to grab some more arrows. "Well, I'm here. Now what?"
Superman steps forward and points at me.
"Men," he screams "Att--"
"Attack," Raven screams. She steps forward and points at me. "Everyone! Attack him!"
With the order given, all the One Earth soldiers and tanks move toward me. The magic users begin chanting and casting spells. In less than a minute, a barrage of bullets and magical bolts are all heading toward me.
Jumping back, I aim at the street and fire a smoke arrow. The arrow hits the street and unleashes a thick, black cloud of smoke. It quickly consume me before being hit by the barrage. A massive explosion happens within the cloud that sends shockwaves throughout, forcing all the soldiers and magic users back.
"There's no way it was that easy," Superman says. Jumping from the tank in front, he flies through the air and uses his super breath to blow all the smoke away. As he does, he reveals to himself and everyone else me, Kara, Captain Cold, Reverse-Flash, Poison Ivy.
"Howdy," I say, giving Superman a nod. I then pull back the bowstring. Lining up the shot, about to shoot an arrow at Superman, my bow starts to glow black and purple. I look to my side to see Raven hovering nearby. With her magic, she telekinesis grabs my bow and pulls both me and it toward her.
Supergirl:
"The Man," I shout, watching as he is thrown from us to Raven. About to fly after him, I stop when something shoots past me. Barely dodging in time, I look to the left and see a group of people I don't know at all.
In the group of people, I see a young boy with blue skin, a tall woman with golden armor, and an elderly man in a golden-lined black suit.
"Who are they," I ask.
"No clue," Captain Cold says, stepping forth, "But who cares! Supergirl, you fight your insane cousin! Ivy and I will handle the weirdos with glowing hands! Reverse-Flash, can you take down the soldiers and the tanks?"
"Yeah," Reverse-Flash says. One second later, Reverse-Flash runs toward the soldiers and tanks. He quickly disarms them before running around them and knocking them out. Meanwhile, Captain Cold and Poison Ivy work together to fight the, as Captain Cold said, "weirdos with glowing hands". That leaves only me and Superman.
I look up to see Superman flying through the sky. I quickly chase after him, following him as he flies past a bunch of buildings. He stops after a few minutes and turns around to face me.
"Here we are again," he says, hovering in mid-air. "Family fighting family."
"Don't call me family," I say. "You haven't been a family member to me since the day you threw me in that cell."
"I threw you into that cell," Superman says, "But I didn't transform you like I did Bruce, and do you want to know why? Because I wanted you to see with your own eyes what I was doing."
"I did see with my own eyes what you were doing," I yell back. "I saw with my own eyes what you did to Earth, and worst, what you did to Oa. You destroyed Oa!"
"That wasn't me," Superman yells, swinging his arm. "That was not me! I never wanted to destroy Oa!"
"You're lying," I say, shaking my head. "And now, because of you, hundred of green lanterns are gone."
I feel something building up inside of me. Whatever it is, it's making my arm shakes. I feel my fingers slowly fold in. I feel power gathers in my eyes. Looking at Superman, I scream as I fire laser visions at him.
Cyborg:
From the top floor of one of the buildings overlooking the marching party, I watch through the scoop as Raven fights the man in the sunglasses.
"Raven," I sigh, shaking my head. "What are you doing?"
Through the scoop, I can see Raven grabs the man in the sunglasses and throws him onto the street. He makes a crater as Raven throws him up and down repeatedly. After the 10th or 11th time, she turns, taking the man with her. This time, she throws him into a building and runs him against the wall.
"What the hell," I say, noticing something. As I keep watching, I start to notice something on Raven's chest. The golden cross, a symbol of power, given by the Lords of Order seems to be glowing brighter and brighter. As the cross glows brighter, lights start to come out from Raven's eyes and mouth.
"Raven," I say, putting my fingers against my ear. "Raven! Come in! What's going on? Are you okay?"
Raven doesn't answer me. I look through my scope again and see Raven using some new magic. She's using some sort of new spell I have never seen before.
I watch as Raven holds out both her hands. Her hands are glowing but not their usual black and purple colors. It looks more gold and white. As Raven holds out her hands, she also holds out the man in front of her. His arms and legs appear to be stuck to his sides.
Slowly, as Raven spreads out her hands, something starts to come out from the man.
"What the hell, "I repeat. The something, looking to be human-shaped, is peeling off the man's back. It looks like the man is trying to resist it but apparently, he's not strong enough. The human-shaped thing already had a whole upper body!
As Raven keeps pulling the thing off the man, a windstorm suddenly appears. I scream as I raise my arm to shield my face from flying pebbles. The situation only seems to get worst.
Besides the sudden windstorm, the ground starts to shake and the massive waves begin to form.
"What's going on?"