To All a Good Knight

By: Malaizjan P.J. Shultz and Reina Grayson

Chapter 1

The heroes couldn't believe it…..

The Master was Zacharius himself. All this time, the attacks on Meygan and Areina were perpetrated by a family member.

No one took this harder than Serenity. Her distraught had her locked away in her spell room in her own home. Weeping could be heard from her within the room but not even her husband, kids nor grandkids could get her to open the door.

Dick did his best with his three youngest -Marik, Reiena and Brie- but he wanted to help his wife. The others had tried to get her to open the door-since a spell had it locked.

Cassidee had moved into the Greyson home-the home she had shared with her traitorous father was being bulldozed. Cassidee sat on the outside of the door of that spell room, trying to talk to her aunt. She felt so guilty for everything that happened to all of the heroes. She was the daughter of evil wizards. And yet, she chose her aunt over her own father. She needed her aunt's guidance now.

But Serenity was grieving.

Meygan had been practicing her magic, all of it, in the mountains with both Red Hood and Robin, Damian Wayne. The two knew that Meygan was looking to end her evil uncle. And although they tried to talk her out of it, she threatened to freeze-burn them from the inside out if they tried to talk her out of going after him.

In Blüdhaven, Dick had sent everyone out of the house for the night. No one blamed Cassidee for what happened, but Serenity had to be comforted. And he was planning to get spelled. Dick knocked on the door again.

"GO AWAY!" she screamed in anguish.

"I won't! Ser, let me in! Right now!" Dick yelled through the door.

"Go fling yourself into a VOLCANO!" she yelled.

"I'm not going anywhere, we need you, but none more so that Cass!" Dick said; his voice staying firm.

"Go away! I want to be ALONE!" Serenity yelled through the door.

"There has to be some way to break this door, and I'm going to if you won't open it."

"You break that door and I'll make you a permanent leprechaun!"

"Serenity, we're all worried. Please come out." Dick sighed. Dick tried to open the door and it ACTUALLY opened. He cautiously stepped into the spell room and Serenity was in the far corner of the room, crying and sniffling.

She held a framed photo-painting of her family; when her younger siblings and parents were still alive. She stood out holding her mother's hand in her yellow-gold gown and red-blonde pigtails.

Dick held Serenity to him. "I'm so sorry." he whispered.

Serenity wiped at her eyes. They were red and tears tracks were on her face.

"I should have listened to Jason and Damian." Dick said as he sat beside her.

"What...what do...you mean?"

Dick sighed. "Jason suspected Zach from day one, and after Damian came back, so did he."

"And...you kept that to yourself?" she asked softly.

"You were so happy that he was alive...I told them not to say anything until they had proof."

"And he's been attacking our daughter, granddaughter and our niece. He tricked me! He lied to me! How...how could he marry that witch!?"

"I guess for the same reason we married...he loved her." Dick said "Besides, we wouldn't have Cassidee on our side if they didn't get together."

"She killed our brothers, our sister and our parents! How could he side with her?!"

"Ser, I know you hate to think about this...but could it be possible that HE killed them?" Dick asked, regret in his voice for even thinking it.

"I think he did," she said, quietly admitting it after several minutes. "To prove his love to her…The way Jason Blood proved his love to Morgan by betraying Camelot."

"At least Blood saw his mistake and took to Merlin's side." Dick said.

"Dick...I can't deal with this." she admitted to him.

Dick scoffed a bit. "I know how you feel about the betrayal of a brother..."

"Jason?" she asked, taking one of his hands into her own.

"Yeah. It was hard for me, Rei and Bruce to deal with the fact that after he came back he was a killer, but thanks to our older daughters, he's back with us. Ser, I love you. I don't want you to lose sight of that, ok?"

Serenity smiled a little. "Ok."

Dick held his wife and stared at the photo she had. "I've never seen this one."

"It was preserved by Etrigan. He gave it to me some time ago." she whispered.

"You look so much like your mom."

That made Serenity smile a little more.

"We will get Zach, Ser. I promise you." Dick told his wife.

Serenity was quiet.

"Ser?" Dick whispered.

"Just hold me," she told him.

And Dick did just that.

The next morning...

Serenity woke up to an empty bed. She stretched her body and then dressed in his boxers and a sleep tee as she went outside to the back yard to see her husband working on his katas.

Shirtless.

Serenity moaned to herself as he worked on his kicks and punches, fighting an invisible enemy as sweat rolled down his firm abs and into his gi pants. She sat on the back bottom step to watch him intently.

Dick didn't notice her as he flipped over the small slide of the kids' swing set and leaped into a mid-air split before landed with a one-two punch combo at the air.

Serenity licked her lips.

He then bent over to get his eskrima sticks to train with them and the gi pants hugged his backside.

Serenity was getting hot and bothered.

He attacked the air with vaulting moves, swinging an eskrima stick as if he was batting for a baseball team and alternating punches with the weapon.

Serenity stood up. She wanted to kiss her husband at that moment. She marched over as his back was turned.

He turned suddenly to deliver a punch and Serenity caught it. She then lowered that arm and kissed her husband soundly on the lips.

He hauled her to him and kissed her back.

They parted, panting as they stared at each other.

"Morning, Ser." Dick said, panting.

"Morning..." she said, licking her lips.

"You ok today?" Dick asked, dropping his eskrima sticks to hold her closer to him.

"I am. Thank you for getting me to bed."

"You were exhausted. You needed rest."

There was a comfortable silence between them.

Then Serenity found her voice. "Will you call a meeting?"

"This afternoon. Right now, my wife needs tending to." Grinning, he picked up his wife and walked back inside their house.

Serenity giggled.

At that same moment, in the sleepy community of San Orango…

The fight had been hard, but the step-brother heroes were really giving it to Speed Racer and Meryln (Hey, Merlyn started it so Archeron was going to finish it). It was then that the two villains split up and so the brothers knew they had to as well. Kid Flash II went after Speed Racer and the two speedsters wound up in a warehouse in Keystone City's abandoned district.

"Catch me if you can, Slowpoke!" Speed Racer said as he ran toward the wall.

"Oh I will." Kid Flash II said as he was right beside the villainous speedster in the blink of an eye.

Speed Racer activated his tech and was going faster; then did a quick turn and ran along the wall. Kid couldn't make that sharp of a turn...so he thought he'd just vibrate his molecules right through the wall then get back on Speed Racer's trail.

As he hit the wall, Kid knew something was wrong as he tried to vibrate his molecules through, but nothing was working.

Speed Racer soon came back around and was smiling as Kid saw him out of his left eye.

"Like? A gift from Zoom; said he used it on your great uncle way back when, so I thought I'd use it on you." Speed said as he got closer.

Kid couldn't move at all, but he could still talk, so he wanted answers. "What is this?"

"A solvent that can keep even a speedster like you trapped and you can't get out of it…not even by vibrating your molecules. Zoom liked it so much, even after using it on the second Flash that he always kept it around before he returned to the 25th century." Speed Racer said. "Now, once Merlyn captures that wannabe archer, we will have some fun."

"Not in your life." Kid said, but soon enough Speed Racer was beside him and had a syringe in his hand.

"Night night, Brian." Speed Racer said, and plunged the syringe into Kid's neck. Soon enough the contents were emptied and Kid was knocked out.

Five Minutes Later

Speed Racer had finished dissolving the gunk that held Kid Flash II down, and just as the heroic young speedster fell from the wall, Merlyn came up to the villain and was smiling as he dragged a tied up and unconscious Archeron behind him.

"So got yours too huh?" Merlyn asked with a drip of pure evil in his voice.

"I wonder what the Master wants with them?" Speed Racer asked.

"Who cares, at least I got the better of Red's son this time. Let's go." Merlyn said and he turned and dragged Vincent behind him. Speed Racer picked up Brian and slung him over his shoulder then took off.

At Wayne Manor Three Days Later...

Bruce was sitting in his favorite chair as the original covert team sat with him, with Terry, Damian and Jason sitting in on the meeting too. Their kids and grandkids were outside playing. Speed Racer had been caught about 12 hours ago, but Merlyn was still at large.

"Has anyone located Merlyn yet?" Bruce asked Dick.

"Got a few leads." he answered tightly.

"I reached out to Onyx to contact Dymond and David." Static added.

"Wally, sit still." Bruce told the hyper speedster who was 'quickly' pacing.

"I can run and find them both." he told the original Batman.

"But we don't know if you're the target. We can't risk losing you too." Terry said trying to calm down Wally.

"Don't patronize me. That my son and step-son the Light has!"

"Wally..." Artemis took his hand and it calmed him somewhat.

"Until we know who took them and why, we can't go after anyone." Bruce told the group.

"I'm sorry Father but we should. Speed Racer is in custody-I say someone interrogates him. Red Arrow can track down Merlyn."

Bruce's mouth was set in a firm line at Damian's words.

"I'll go after Speed Racer!" Wally announced.

"And I'll go with Roy to find Merlyn." Artemis added.

"Damian, you go with Wally."

"Olivia needs to be protected. Merlyn could try for her next." Jason brought up. "I'll stay and watch over her."

"I'll help you. Dana can get to know Olivia better." Terry added.

Static's phone rang and he looked at it before holding up a hand to get everyone to quiet down. He answered it. "Da'Shaun?"

"Static? It's me. Ro and David just got back from house hunting. I told them what you told me. Ro wants to talk to you about it. Put her on speaker."

"Sure. I owe you." Virgil Sr. told the ex-villain.

"No you don't."

There was a rustling sound, and then they heard Robecca's voice. "Static?"

"Hey Ro. Can you help us?" Static asked her.

"I can. In fact, I had recorded the Light many times without them knowing. You can come get them now. I kept them at my grandfather's place for safe keeping."

Bruce nodded at Static.

"Gear and I are on our way."

Back in Blüdhaven…Half an Hour Later

Olivia rubbed her belly as she watched TV.

She grew worried as Merlyn was still out there.

She felt like she was next. So she kept her crossbow next to her. Just in case.

Jason (after he told Meygan he was taking a break from all of the spells) and Terry had arrived about 10 minutes earlier and were watching over her from outside as Dana walked into the living room with a tray and fresh pink lemonade. "Here you go."

Olivia grabbed her glass and took a sip. "This is good."

"I do know my way around a kitchen."

"Thanks for keeping me company...with Mathen worried about Vincent and Brian not being back yet, he'd be too distracted." Olivia said.

"I don't mind. Besides, someone has to keep Terry on his toes." Dana took a drink from her glass.

"So, when are you and he going to get married?" Olivia asked with a smile. "I mean since all of us are and all."

"Not right now."

"I was expecting everyone to be overprotective of me but at least they're giving me some space."

"It's not just because you're pregnant. Dick idolized your dad and so did the rest of his team. They want you safe for Oliver's sake...and your mom's."

"I know. My mom wanted me safe and protected...and I know she's finally ok with me being out in the open..." Olivia poured herself another glass of pink lemonade.

"The boys will be found, I trust the team. Maybe something is interfering with their comm links," Dana remarked as she took another sip.

"Oh I don't have doubts about that. I worry about Merlyn. What if he gets by Roy and Artemis?" She knew the pair had started hunting for Merlyn, in hopes of catching him.

"They trained under your dad...from what I've read, and he was the best. Don't worry about them...besides, if Roy gets hurt, Areina will go all wild fire on Merlyn."

Olivia laughed. "I know...I kinda wish my dad was here...Roy, Artemis and my mom have this archer war under control, but I have no idea why it started."

"Bruce allowed me access to the bat computer. I know some of the reason." Dana stated.

"Really? What do you remember?" Olivia asked eagerly.

"The original Merlyn...back in your dad's day….was the best archer for the League of Assassins. He and Oliver butted heads all the time, and when Oliver started training partners to carry on the way of the archer, Merlyn wasn't happy about it, so he vowed to kill all the archers...that way HE'D be the best there was." Dana said.

"That's insane..." Olivia whispered in shock.

"Yea, but this new one...Gray Arrow...from what I read, he's a clone of Roy...well the one that was Arsenal." Dana said.

"That I figured out when I first met him. The jerk..."

"Yea...I heard what happened, but you're safe now...thanks to your quick thinking about distracting him."

"Mom's training..."

"She was our trainer back in the day too." a voice said and the girls turned to see Wally standing there. "And believe me, she was unrelenting."

"That I DO know. So any luck?" Olivia asked.

"No..." Wally said and his worry was evident in his voice.

"Brian and Vincent are resourceful. They're ok." Dana said; trying to assure Flash.

"I know...but now Meygan's missing from the mountain." Wally remarked. "Damian called in to tell us."

"What?!" Olivia got to her feet. "Where did she go?"

"Probably to find the boys...she does that."

"Great; as if you guys didn't have a hard job at the moment."

Olivia held her belly with one hand and grabbed her crossbow. "I'll find her."

"NO!" Wally said.

"I can still fight from a distance!" Olivia protested.

"Roy will rip my balls off if I let you go."

"Ew! GROSS!" Dana cried at Wally's choice of words.

"More like I'd shoot them off." A new voice remarked.

"Dude! I want more kids!" Wally cried.

Olivia and Dana laughed at the antics as two 'brothers' were showing off. "Alright, Roy...I'll stay safe."

"That's what I thought." Roy folded his arms. "You need to keep your baby safe. Not go after Meygan."

Ra's' Home…

Vincent woke up hanging by his arms with chains. His legs were chained as well and weighted to stand down. Vincent shook his head, and looked around him. The past three days he had been in and out of consciousness but now he had a feeling something bad was about to happen. He saw that he was sharing a dank stone cell with Brian, who was chained to the wall well. The chains were thick as they lay crisscrossed at his chest, hips and all down his legs. There were also IVs in his arms, and the young archer was worried.

Both were in costume, but Vincent was shirtless and his bow and arrows were over by Brian. A glass wall kept the room split. Vincent looked up and saw the window shape and KNEW where he was.

The door to his cell opened and the Master walked in. His cloak hid him well but Vincent narrowed his eyes. "I see you're awake."

"I see that you still know how to state the obvious, Zach." Vincent retorted.

"Brat."

"Asshole." Archeron countered.

"So you and Areina are Arthur's descendants..." The Master stated.

Vincent was confused but he got it in a second. And he would keep the secret. "Yeah. So?"

Something uncoiled from the Master's cloaked arm and Vincent was worried.

But he kept up the brave front.

"You lack discipline." The Master made his way to behind Vincent and readied the bull whip.

Vincent closed his eyes. 'This is going to hurt.' he thought to himself.

The Master smacked the bullwhip into Vincent's back.

Vincent swallowed his cry of pain.

"Maybe you'll be more cooperative if you see your precious step brother die before your eyes." Zach said, and with that he pressed a button and the IV bag started to empty into Brian's body.

Back at the Greyson compound...

Meygan was all alone in her house, she disappeared for some rest from her magic training. Delta, Alpha, the rest of Omega and their parents were all at Wayne Manor, to form a plan of attack against the Light…and to start searching for Brian and Vincent. Speed Racer was in jail but he wasn't talking to them.

She was heading upstairs for a nap when she felt a sudden pain in her back.

She went down swearing. She felt each blow as she stayed on her hands and knees. As soon as it stopped, she reached out to Vincent and he told here where he thought he was.

Then he was cut off and Meygan heard the Master say, 'That's cheating, Rave.'

'Screw you!' She retorted.

'Then come and save your precious teammates…or are you still retired?' The Master teased.

'You're dead, Zach! Do you hear me; DEAD!'

'I hear you, brat…and just so this chase is more interesting...'

There was a pop in Meygan's head and Vincent and the Master were gone from her mind.

She tried again to reach out to Vincent, but she couldn't feel him at all.

The Master had broken their blood-bond.

Now Meygan was pissed.

Ten Minutes Later

Meygan braided her hair and pinned it against her head, then pulled on her wig. She knew where to find Vincent. And this time, her uncle wasn't going to walk away.

She took a tube to London to get a potion from Jason Blood. After that, she was going to the ruins of Camelot to get something hidden within the secret vault.

Then she was going to Ra's home.

Three Minutes Later

Meygan appeared not far from her destination in an alley and went to see the disgraced knight of Camelot, Jason Blood in the early afternoon. She was in full Rave gear, using the costume that Brainy had sent back to her and her wig. She carried a small satchel with her and she knocked on his door, not caring if she got busted. She had to save Brian and Vincent, and put an end to her uncle once and for all.

Jason answered it and his shock was apparent as Meygan barged in past him. "Meygan?"

"I need a potion-fast." She then activated Jason's secret alcove, where he hid all of Merlin's books. She looked into his massive book on potions, and she seemed to be determined.

"Princess…what are you looking for?"

"The Emok Potion." She never looked up from the book she turned the pages too, skimming them fast but carefully.

"Princess…that potion can be very dangerous. What evil are you trying to expel?"

"The Master's. I know who it is."

Jason sighed. "Why now?" he asked.

"Vincent and Brain are in trouble. Brian will be dead by nightfall if I don't rescue them." she explained, a sense of urgency in her calm voice.

Jason then went to a side room off his library and came back with a small bottle, a green liquid inside of it. "Here. I had already made it."

Meygan looked relieved as she walked away from the alcove, closed it and went to snatch the Emok potion from Jason. She quickly put it in her satchel. "Thank you. Promise me you'll protect Areina, ok?"

"Princess?" Jason asked, now concerned.

"Just…help Areina…and Cassidee when the time comes." Meygan then left and Jason swore he saw tears in her eyes. Jason immediately went to his phone and called Bruce. Meygan wasn't planning on returning and someone had to stop her.

At Ra's Home an hour later…

Meygan could hear the snap of the whip hitting skin from her perch. She wanted to jump down and knock the jerk into the next century-but there were way too many people in the dungeon area. She eyed a deep cut on her upper leg that she got from Robin while sparing in the mountains. It was starting to bother her. But she ignored it.

The whip cracked again on skin and Meygan had tears in her eyes. With the severing of her blood-bond with Vincent, she couldn't help him at all. And it was tearing her up inside.

"The codes for the Metro Tower…I want them." The Master said.

"I want…you…to shut…up…but I…can't get that…now can I?" Vincent countered.

The whip snapped at his back again.

Meygan winced in sympathy.

"Fine. If you think your speedster is waking up, you're mistaken. He should be dead in a few more hours…" The Master dropped the whip and headed out. He was hungry and wanted to eat before going back to work on the archer.

As soon as the Master left, Vincent sagged in his chains. He didn't know how much more he could take. His back was on fire and he felt the blood trickle down his back and pants legs. He looked over at Brian. The IV continued to pump him full of sleeping drugs. He hadn't eaten in days and Vincent knew that his brother had to eat or his body would die out. He already saw that Brian's body was thinner than it should've been-and that was a bad sign.

Meygan saw her chance and scaled down the walls to get to Vincent. She did it quickly and without her powers, for she wasn't sure if the dungeon was booby-trapped or not. She then got within view of Vincent.

Vincent was relieved when he saw Meygan. She leaped silently to the floor and went to untie him, picking the locks. "Meygs…" he whispered.

"He broke our bond. I've got to get you two out of here." Meygan then unwound the chains from him and Vincent dropped toward the floor. Meygan caught him and eased him down. She then went to the glass wall and placed a hand on it. She felt the ice come forth and the glass was ice-covered in seconds. She then tapped it and the glass shattered so eerily quiet, falling like snowflakes. She then ran to the unconscious Brian and pulled the IV from his arms. She watched as the tiny holes left behind heal on their own. She then undid his shackles and carried him over her shoulder back to Vincent. Brian moaned softly and Meygan pulled out a couple of energy bars. She gave one to Vincent and the other she unwrapped and waved it under Kid's nose. "C'mon, Bri. I know you want it." she whispered.

Brian moaned again. His mouth started to move so she aimed the energy bar at his mouth. He then took a bite and chewed it before taking another. He then opened his eyes, which were so pale; his blue iris' were faded to nearly gray-white.

"Eat, Bri. I got you." She looked over to Vincent. He looked ready to faint. Brian was his best chance to getting out of there and to the Metro Tower, but Brian was still weak. "Vincent, don't roll unto your back yet."

"I…can't…even if I…wanted to…" he whispered. He was in pain and Meygan couldn't take it from him.

Meygan found that Brian had eaten the energy bar and pulled out another for him to eat. This time, it didn't take him a full minute to eat it all. After the third one, he sat up but he still didn't have full color back in his face nor eyes. "Bri?"

"Meygs…I don't feel so good…" Brian said quietly.

Meygan handed Brian her last two energy bars. "Eat those. I have to patch Vincent up, without our bond he's not going to heal. Then you need to run him about 50 miles due west from here, then use my Mother Box and get to the Metro Tower. I got the Master."

"You…you can't…" both step-brothers told her weakly.

"Bite me, both of you." Meygan pulled out her small med kit and went to Vincent. When she saw his back, she nearly lost it. Tears sprung to her eyes as she saw that he barely had any skin left. It was all torn up, from waist to shoulders, and everything in between. She unfolded a large gauze-looking bandage and she set it onto his back, and he arched away in pain. "This won't wick your back." She looked to the door. "You better hurry, Brian."

Brian got to his feet but he was shaky.

She went to her utility belt and pulled out her stash of energy bars-only 3- but Brian needed them. She handed them over and he ate them with relish. "You good?"

"Yeah. But you can't stay and fight. Come with us. In case I crash."

"You never crash," she told Brian confidently. She then helped Vincent to his feet and Brian carried him over his shoulder.

"This…is…embarrassing…" Vincent whispered.

"I promise not to fart," Brian told him.

"What!?" Vincent said with a little more energy.

"Get going. Both of you." Meygan ordered. She created an ice ramp to take him out of the dungeon through the window and out to about 50 yards away so they could get a head start from the guards.

"Meygs…just be careful. Come back." Brian told her.

She just blew a kiss at her teammate and Brian took off, not at his top speed but fast enough to get away. She then sighed as her ice ramp was melting. "I wish I could…" She then went to the door of the dungeon and steeled herself for the next phase of her half-baked plan: Piss off the Light and the Master.