This came to mind during the Episode 18, and I'm surprised that no one has though of this yet.
Artemis and Zatanna were screwed. 'Harm' , is defending against Zatanna's magic attacks and is currently against Artemis one on one hand combat and, by the way things were looking, she wouldn't last much longer.
The only chance they have to beat Harm is to unsheathe this sword, but it wouldn't budge. I must have a pure heart,or... either good Zatanna thinks to herself as she a takes momentary glance at the combat next to her, a purely evil heart does that just as well. Since neither her, nor Artemis not purely good, that choice is out.
The saber is invulnerable to magic ,of course.
Maybe I should work on one step at a time. Zatanna thinks to herself, trying to formulate a plan. The sword is thrusted into the concrete of the ceiling of the building. "bath validus distraho."She closes close her eyes, and using her magical powers,the magician summoned some dissolving acid. She remembers learning this spell so she could dissolve the locks for the lockers at the school for a prank, but that is another story. She poured the acid to dissolve the concrete around the sword , and the sword is freed it from the stone,unscathed.
One part down, one much harder part to go.
Artemis won't last much longer. Zatanna was miffed, to say the least, I wish I could help her, but the sword won't cooperate! She takes a cursory look at the weapon, The sword is covered by a wood sculptured like a gargoyle's arm and the sheath is cold to the touch.
"Duh!"! She says out loud, almost doing an ' Hello Megan'. I'm going to make the sword cooperate even if it doesn't want to.
On Artemis' side of the problem she would probably wish that she had an idea right about now. Harm was blocking every attack she was throwing at him. Even though she wouldn't admit it herself. Harm has the advantage here of height and experience, and the sword has given him physical strength and power. She was running out of stamina, and her dodging is getting more sloppy.
As she was dodging her enemy, she feels cold air on her back, out of her peripheral vision, she checks and finds out that she is on the edge of the building. She can't take another blow, for obvious reasons, or she would go ker-splat.
"Looks like this is the end." Artemis worriedly mutters to herself. "Harm thinks that this is your end." The man retorts. The man's smirk turns into a dazed look as he tumbles onto the ground. As Artemis walks off the precarious ledge, she looks to see Zatanna holding the sword, sheath and all. " How did knock out Harm?" Artemis asks curiously
. " Simple." Zatanna replied. "Improvisation. I stopped thinking of using it as sword, and used it as a club instead. So I it him on the back of his head when he wasn't looking."
