Fixations
I figured this website NEEDS more stories with this pairing. And because I love this pairing. (but not as much as Spitfire... :3)
And yes, it is kind of based off the video game, Zelda: Spirit Tracks. No, I don't own its rights or Young Justice's rights. I do own a copy of game though. :3
Chapter Summary: A mission to save a bunch of kidnapped girls doesn't end well for Zatanna— unless kidnapping is somehow a good thing. Who is this Malfin demon-thingy-guy, and why does he need Zatanna? And seriously— what is up with his accent?
Warnings: None, really. Unless you count the beating up of Wally.
Pairing(s): None yet.
"Kid Flash, Zatanna— you go free the captives. Artemis, Robin, Superboy— you take perimeter. Miss Martian and I will be watching from the air and the bishop."
Everyone nodded at Kaldur's orders. Artemis', Robin's and Superboy's drop zone approached first. They dropped out from the bioship, landing silently before darting off to hide in the foliage around the old and abandoned lumber factory. When they hovered over the building, Kid Flash and Zatanna dropped noiselessly onto the roof. The captives were being held on the second story of the three story factory.
Kid Flash and Zatanna found a hatch that led down into the building, but it was locked.
"Nepo," Zatanna whispered, causing the lock to open with a click. Kid Flash removed it and opened the hatch as quietly as he could, jumping down into hallway with Zatanna right behind him. They ran down the hallway to the stairs, footsteps barely audible— a result of their rigorous stealth training. On the second floor, a large fraction of the walls had been cleared away. A large metal cage took up a lot of the floor's space. A collection of young girls— ranging from nine to nineteen years old— were sitting in it, the older ones comforting the younger ones.
Their eyes lit up as they saw Kid Flash and Zatanna approach. The oldest one walked over to the door.
"I think there's some kind of magic on the lock," she whispered urgently, blue eyes shining with fear. "I tried to touch it, and it burned me." Zatanna nodded as she started chanting at the lock— words that no one could place or understand.
Within seconds, it was unlocked and on the ground, the cage door open.
"Kid Flash," Zatanna addressed, "Carry them up to the roof and alert Aqualad and Miss Martian." The red head nodded and gently took the two youngest in his arms. He turned around and came to face to face with a tall, impossibly pale and buff man with horns and sharp, monstrous teeth— glowering and scowling at them with pitch black eyes.
"Vell, vell, vhat do ve have here?" he asked in a thick Russian accent. "Zhis vill not be accepted by zhe master at all, no."
Kid Flash glared at the imposing man, gently placing down the young girls behind him protectively.
"Are you the one who kidnapped all these innocent girls?" he growled.
The large man only laughed— a hollow, humorless, patronizing bellow. "Is zhis," he spat, flippantly gesturing to Kid Flash, "zhe best zhe Justice League can zhrow at me? My master said zhat I might meet resistance, but zhis is pathetic."
Kid Flash stepped into a fighting stance. "They must not have mirrors where you come from, because then you'd see pathetic every day," he quipped as he charged at said pathetic man faster than anyone could blink. The man simply put a hand before him and Kid Flash hit an invisible wall. The man then grabbed Kid Flash by the throat.
"Pathetic," he spat. "You are no match for me, mortal, for I am Malfin, Demon of Chaos!"
"Zatanna," Kid Flash choked out. "Call... backup."
"They- they've been ambushed," she exclaimed, eyes widening as she reported the information. "By chaos spirits!"
The red head clawed desperately at the hand grasping at his throat.
Zatanna suddenly threw the heavy lock at Malfin's face, causing him to release Kid Flash, who instantly sped out of grabbing distance.
"Why are you kidnapping these girls?" Zatanna demanded, hoping to stall the demon. "What are you planning to do?"
"Zhese girls are of no use to my master anymore. I vas just about to dispose of zhem before you two children intervened."
"Yea, well who's your high and mighty master, huh? Sounds like a wimp if he isn't here himself!" Kid Flash yelled.
Malfin glared at the red head. "Zhe Lord of Chaos, my master, requires a vessel to stay on zhe earthly plane."
Kid Flash and Zatanna were silent, having a psychic conversation.
'Now?' Kid Flash thought. Zatanna nodded.
Malfin caught the minute action and instantly became suspicious. All of a sudden, Zatanna stepped forward, yelling, "Dlofdnilb!"
A white cloth appeared over Malfin's eyes and he began to struggle with pulling it off. When it was off, he saw Kid Flash, Zatanna, and the girls running off in the opposite direction toward the staircase. He followed them.
When he reached them, Zatanna was on the roof, pulling the girls up as Kid Flash lifted them through. Malfin fired a bolt of dark energy at Kid Flash as he lifted the last girl up. Zatanna was able to stop it, though, with a quick yell of, "Kcolb!"
She jumped back down into the building to help deal with Malfin as the girls waited up on the roof.
"Quick, Zatanna— maneuver 13," Kid Flash commanded, to which the magician nodded.
She produced a bright flash of light, and before it even cleared, Kid Flash was behind Malfin, roundhouse kicking the demon in the head and delivering a strong knife hand strike to his neck and a middle punch to his spine. When Malfin whirled around to strike Kid Flash, it was Zatanna's turn.
"Worht niflaM otni eht gniliec!"
The demon was thrown into the ceiling with a thud and when he fell back down, Kid Flash has a boot pinning him down and Zatanna had a hand ready to cast a spell at his face.
"Not so pathetic now, are we?" Kid Flash asked smugly. Malfin didn't answer, instead turning to Zatanna.
"It is you," he muttered to himself, eyes narrowed slightly.
Kid Flash frowned. "What did you s—?"
Malfin grabbed his leg and threw him aside into the wall, causing his vision to blur and the wind to be knocked out of him— possibly even breaking a few ribs. The demon then grabbed Zatanna by the neck, hard.
"Yes, I shall use zhis pure vessel to bring back my lord," he growled triumphantly.
Zatanna was choking, but she managed one word, "Esaeler."
Malfin was forced to drop her and she backpedaled against the dead end of the hallway, breathing hard.
"So she von't go peacefully?" he asked with a hint of bemusement. "So be it."
Malfin summoned a giant red bolt of energy and fired it at Zatanna.
She crossed her arms in front of herself in an X shape and shrieked, "Evas em!" desperate to save herself. Kid Flash looked away from the blinding flash of light, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw Zatanna lying— either dead or unconscious— on the floor before Malfin slung her over his shoulder and proceeded to carry her into a red portal he summoned in the wall.
"Zatanna," he croaked weakly, reaching a hand out at the retreating demon carrying her. His hand dropped as blackness consumed him and he fell unconscious.
Tell me what you think, peoples! I need feedback like living things need freaking OXYGEN.
On a (slightly) different topic, TEN MORE DAYS UNTIL YOUNG JUSTICE! Anyone else on the brink of insanity/going insane/insane since hiatus was announced?