To All a Good Knight
By: Malaizjan P.J. Shultz and Reina Grayson
Chapter 2
Jason Blood had called in to Bruce to tell him about Meygan.
Bruce told the JLU and everyone at the Metro Tower.
Metro Tower was a bustle with everyone trying to figure out where Meygan was. She had disappeared after a while and was not answering her comm. Serenity was frantic and that was when a boom tube opened up. The sorceress was glad that her daughter was back…..but then fear struck as she saw a weak Brian carry a bloody backed Vincent.
"DICK…..MOLLY!" Serenity called out as she got to Brian just as he started to collapse.
"Aunt…..Serenity," Brian said as he fell, but Serenity was able to catch both of them.
"It's alright, I've got you." Serenity said as she held Brian up….while he struggled to keep a tight but gentle hold on his step brother.
The first one there wasn't Dick or Molly.
It was Wally.
Flash saw his son and step-son and all hell broke loose.
"Code Blue! CODE BLUE!" Wally screamed into his comm, and took Vincent from Brian carefully. "Can you hold Brian for a minute?"
Wally then rushed Vincent to the Infirmary before getting back and, taking his son from Serenity, took him to the Infirmary too.
There was a scream.
Artemis saw her son's back.
Serenity ran to the Infirmary to try and keep the peace.
Vincent groaned as Molly got to the Infirmary to assess the pair. Vincent had no skin on his back left. That was going to take time to fix. But Brian had an IV in him while eating a foot long roast beef sub. And he ate that with relish.
"Brian, what happened to you two?!" Artemis cried in a shrill voice.
"Zach."
"He's dead." Serenity commented. She levitated over the floor, ready to leave.
"Meygan's doing that right now. Meygan said that Vincent wasn't healing without their bond…..I think Zach broke her bond with Vincent. So she got pissed."
"Crap. Where was she, Brian?!" Wally asked.
"Ra's. We were at Ra's'."
"THAT DOES IT...I'm going after him!" A new voice remarked.
"Areina-Wait!" Dick cried.
Vincent moaned. "Get Meygan. Please get her out of there." he begged them. "He was...waiting for...her. He...set her up..."
"Don't worry little brother, I'll help save her." Areina said as Vincent was now able to focus on who had hollered about Ra's.
"I need everyone out of here except Uncle Wally, Aunt Artemis and Uncle Roy when he shows up." Molly said.
"Hey!" Areina cried.
"You can stay cuz. But everyone else-OUT."
Artemis, Wally and Areina stayed with Molly as she set out to heal Vincent.
Roy was rushing in-he had been training with Warhawk when the call came in. "My son! Where is he?!"
"The Infirmary. Molly's got him."
Roy took off to the Infirmary.
Wally ran out to get his son a shank ham and Brian ate it with relish as Molly focused on Vincent.
Artemis held her son's hand as he winced in pain. It tore at her heart to see him like that.
Areina looked ready to burn Ra's and Zach and whoever was dumb enough to try and stop her.
"Areina, calm down." Roy said as he was by his daughter's side as she watched Vincent wince at Molly's healing session.
"And I thought I was mad when Zach burned my wrists and magically put doubt in my mind. He's going to pay." Areina said, he voice calm, but everyone knew she and Serenity were anything but.
"Vincent...Brian said your bond with Meygan is broken." Molly spoke calmly.
"It is. Zach broke it. He did it to piss her off. What I felt before... it was gone… was rage. Anger..." Vincent flinched suddenly.
Molly was sympathetic. "Breathe Vincent..."
"These marks..." Artemis whispered.
"Bull Whip." Molly told her aunt.
"Vincent, I'm sorry but I better leave the room before everyone starts sweating...you going to be okay?" Areina asked.
Vincent shook his head.
Areina quickly left the Infirmary. She was extremely angry. And she needed to unleash that anger.
Roy joined his daughter a minute later, and Artemis and Wally walked out, holding each other.
"Just...how bad is it?" Vincent asked with pain in his voice.
"I got skin on your back again. But you need to sleep." Molly placed a hand on his head. "Breathe slowly."
Vincent felt the loll of sleep hit him before he went under.
Molly watched as he continued to glow and heal.
She then headed for Brian.
Outside of the Infirmary...
"I'm going after her." Areina told her father.
"N-O." Roy folded his arms. "You aren't going, Areina."
"Like HELL I'M NOT!"
"Young lady, you will not be burning your way into going."
"Meygan needs me! I can help!" Areina cried.
Mathen came jogging their way. "Clark and Uncle Conner are forming a task force. I'm going too. Areina, you up for it?"
"Do you even have to ask?" Areina said. "Sorry dad, but I have to...something's up with Meygan...not sure what, but I have to help." With that, Mathen and Areina headed out join the task force to bring Meygan back.
Roy sighed.
"She'll be ok." Artemis told Roy.
"But Zach won't be."
"After what he did to her brother, I'm surprised if he's even going to be alive after this run in with her." Artemis remarked.
"Dude, if he survives going up against her, then I take him out."
Roy shook his head.
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Meygan watched as the villains ate dinner as if they had all the time in the world. Ebon was the only one not there. And Meygan feared that he was after Dymond and David.
She was torn between getting the Master and going to save Dymond and David from Ebon. But Rave made her decision then. The pair had been villains for years…they could handle themselves. She had bigger germs to fry.
The Master took the final bite of his roast and sipped his wine before standing.
"Is something wrong?" Ra's asked.
"Nothing...except we have a guest." the Master spoke.
"Yeah you do!" Meygan leaped from her perch to the table, sending the spreads of food everywhere and the villains scrambled away from the table.
"Get her!" Mordred cried.
The Master held up his hand "I will handle this. Ra's; set your plan into motion. I will handle the wannabe witch."
"Wannabe?! I'll show you who's the wannabe!" Meygan leaped at the Master and got him square in the chest with a kick.
The Master was only backed up a few steps. "Very well." He threw off his cloak.
"Zach." Meygan hissed.
"Shall we begin?"
Three Wing Dings came at him, exploding upon contact. Zach was thrown through the walls and Meygan flew out after him.
As soon as Meygan cleared the hole, glowing vines wrapped themselves around her, trapping her body in their grip. She was then pulled right to Zach and he tossed her behind him like she was trash.
She landed hard against a boulder as the glowing vines slithered away. She coughed up blood but leaped to avoid a wave of fire coming at her. She landed over to his left and threw smoke pellets at him, which went off and Zach coughed.
Meygan rushed him, hitting him as hard as she could in the chest, waist and his manhood.
Zach howled as he was struck where the sun didn't shine. He tried lashing out but Meygan ducked and swept his legs from him before hiding among the trees as the smoke cleared.
Zach was furious-so furious that embers sparked off his body, which reflected his mood. "You're going to die slowly, Meygan. I'll make sure of it." he vowed as his whole body became flame. A walking fire. He looked around him and decided to scorch the small forest. "Em-"
Meygan leaped out of the tree above him and punched him in the face as he looked up. Staggering back, he created a sword from fire itself.
Meygan pulled out a sword from a small pocket dimension and aimed it at him in an attack stance. "Swords? Not your strong suit."
"But it's yours? I've seen you practice. Pitiful." Zach taunted.
"And you're any better?" Meygan asked.
Zach rushed her, his sword raised. Meygan caught that sword with her own and countered. The pair went back and forth.
Back at the Metro Tower…
Clark, Areina, Conner, Mathen, and Jason were ready to head out to get Meygan, but Areina had a feeling her cousin was going to need some magical help, so she had already put on her amulet, but she had a question for her aunt. She had found her in the cafeteria and that's when Serenity felt the magical presence.
"What's wrong….." Serenity asked, not turning from her milkshake.
"Meygan may be in too much pain or trouble to do it herself, but I remember something Zach said when I went to Camelot. He said there was a way to take away pain with fire magic…..is it hard to learn, or do I just trust my instincts about it?"
"Areina...there's no such thing. If there was, it would have to be done slowly. But if it's fire, whether it's Meta or magic, you can absorb it. Think of it as gathering heat to yourself and it should follow, ok?"
"I've never tried with magic, but I have with meta. Thanks for the advice…you know, I wouldn't be surprised if secretly you were a dual wizard deep down. It's the way you manipulated the earth when Meygan buried Mathen."
Serenity smiled then got up and hugged her niece, and Areina turn to leave and join the team to head out to Ra's' place.
Before Areina left, she stopped and turned to her aunt. "Thanks, I guess he was just screwing around, even at age 19."
"I think he was corrupted by then." Serenity said sadly.
"Well, at least Merlin didn't let him try what he was talking about on Meygan." Areina stated.
"Like...?"
"Meygan's veins were threatening to pop out of her arms after she trained with Excalibur the first day we were there. Zach said something about relaxed arms might help and that he could do some healing heat magic."
"That would have required blistering her skin around the veins." Serenity was worried now.
"Merlin knew that then...I'm glad he stopped Zach from doing it. Your grandfather really knew his magic. I wish he could have survived the fall of Camelot. I'd better get going before the task force leaves without me."
"Yes. Areina, be careful. Zach is a Master of Fire and even with Mathen, it's a hard fight."
"We'll bring Meygan back, and with minimal injuries, to our side anyway." Areina said.
"Areina, you would have made a wonderful knight or even a powerful wizard had you grown up back then."
"To be honest, I think I like it here. I'm already a wonderful knight and with your tutelage in magic….along with Mathen's; I'm becoming a powerful wizard."
"Grandpa would be proud to hear you say that. Now go help your cousin come home safely."
Then Areina was gone and Serenity's worry grew.
Five Minutes Later
The pair had still been locked in their swordplay and neither was giving in. Zach knew he had to distract her, so he had a few taunts up his sleeve. "You know…" He started as he blocked another attack. "I wonder if Mordred is interested in your fire brat of a cousin. I'm sure she would be a nice addition to this harem he keeps talking about once he's king."
Meygan kept a lid on her anger. "He's never...going to be king." She pushed hard on his sword to back him off.
Zach could tell that he was getting to her, so he pushed even harder. "I wonder if little Molly would be to his liking...of course YOU would be his wife."
"Fuck off!" Meygan kicked him back, and then punched his jaw hard.
"And then there's your mother...I'm sure I could use her as a slave...you know, until I'm ready to kill her." Zach said, knowing that Meygan was almost over the edge.
"Mih nword!" Meygan screamed at him.
A tsunami of water rushed at Zach.
He held it back with a raised hand.
Zach just smiled. "You think you can stop me with those puny spells...I thought you were a higher tier wizard than that."
Meygan was mad…really mad. "Mih wollaws htrae!"
The ground under him opened up and buried him under.
For about a minute, Meygan thought he was done. Then, the ground shook.
And shook more.
The sky became overcast. Then the clouds darkened.
Lighting fell and one bolt hit Meygan.
She cried out and backed away as he broke through the ground.
Meygan was then struck again.
He grinned as he sent a fireball at Meygan, which hit her as the lighting stopped its effect. Her arms blistered under her suit then the lightning resumed.
Meygan ignored the pain and barked,"eerf eb yam I os ymene ym ekirts dna llac ym deeh, seralf lufrewop s'nus."
A series of solar flares smacked Zach around like a rag doll.
The lighting stopped hitting Meygan.
Zach was slammed against the ground and didn't move. Meygan lowered her sword cautiously as she stepped forward, for the tell-tale sign of breathing couldn't be seen.
'Did I just kill him?' she asked herself.
Zach waited for the right moment…for Meygan to get too close. He was weakened by the solar flares but he wasn't out of this fight just yet. When she stopped moving, he knew he had to risk it. He lashed out with a flaming hand and it caught her around the throat, choking and burning her at the same time.
Meygan choked on a scream as she called forth some water from her body.
The hiss of the fire meeting water had Zach shouting and he let go.
Meygan stayed on her feet but she was dehydrated and she knew she might be in trouble.
Zach stood there holding his hand, glaring hard at Meygan with pure malice in his expression. "You will die. You killed my wife."
"Your wife was Morgan La Fay, you jerk! She killed Grandpa Merlin!"
"I let her take down Camelot." Zach grinned as he kept weaving his fingers so nonchalantly, that it wasn't picked up by Meygan at all. "But your mother just HAD to be...difficult..."
Meygan raised her sword as Zach had done the same. "My mother is the only reason Camelot will rise again." Meygan retorted.
"Not in my lifetime, brat. NEVER in my lifetime..."
Meygan sent a tree at Zach without a single pause.
Zach ducked the tree but it paused in mid-air and as he stood up, it slammed into his back and he fell forward.
"You ready for more...TRAITOR." Meygan hollered as Zach started to stand back up.
Meygan waved her hand and the tree broke apart and then the splintered tree attacked him.
Mordred ran up on them, sword raised and Meygan raised her sword to stop his attack.
Zach forgotten, Meygan and Mordred exchanged parry and strike blows with their swords as Zach pulled splinters from his body.
"You're mine." Mordred declared, licking his lips.
"You wish!" Meygan jump-kicked Mordred in the jaw.
As Mordred staggered back, Zach looked to the sky as stormy rainclouds rolled overhead.
Meygan looked up then at Zach.
His body burst into flames and came at Meygan to attack her with a flaming sword.
She changed her body to water, wanting to hide her ice fire magic. Her sword was watered over as she caught the fiery sword.
"You're going to die slowly Meygan. And I'm going to watch." Zach declared.
"NO, she will be my wife...AFTER she suffers." Mordred screamed to his master.
Meygan sent water at Mordred, and more at Zach.
He in turn sent waves of fire at Meygan and it surrounded her, and closed in on her all at once.
Meygan felt the heat right away and she fell to her knees as the heat overtook her.
She summoned water to her but the steam did nothing to stop the flames.
"Nair fo sdoulc...reh no dica nair..." Zach called.
The storm clouds opened up and rain began.
As the drops fell on Meygan, it burned.
After a few minutes of steady rain, her costume was being eaten away and her skin was turning red from the drops.
"Ready to die, dear niece?" Zach asked with a smile on his face.
The heat and burning rose Meygan's body temp, and she fainted to the ground, and she was still surrounded by magical flames and rained on by acid rain.
"She's mine!" Mordred cried as he looked to stop the fire and rain.
But Zach sent out a whirlwind at him, holding him still. "YOU don't have any say. I'm the one you obey, and her death will open the path to world domination."
"You may have been my Mother's husband, but I'm her son! You must obey me!" Mordred cried.
Zach's eyes went red with anger and he pulled Mordred to him with the whirlwind.
"You don't order ME boy. Your mother was a true beauty, and her death was a travesty. If you push me, so help me you will join her. UNDERSTAND!?"
Mordred gulped. "Yes...Master."
Zach dropped him. He looked over at Meygan's prone body and added more flames to the circle already around her and the acid had started to eat her skin. The epidermis layer of her exposed skin was nearly gone.
"Now we go. If she survives this, then she is yours Mordred. If she doesn't...well...there is Areina. And I can drain her meta fire so that she isn't a threat."
Mordred nodded. He followed his step-father as Zach walked away.
