Hey guys, it is time for another chapter of Young Justice! Now I've been gone for about three months I'd say and that was due to a combination of final exams that lasted about 2-3 weeks along with my boss giving me ridiculous hours after school. Plus, we extended our hours to ten at night so I'm getting home a lot later than earlier. But yeah that's about it so if you were worried that I stopped working on this worry no more! Please review or comment on the chapter and tell me what you think! Finally, thanks so much for reading and here is the chapter!

Ch. 3: The Magic of Doctor Fate

I was expecting something cool inside the castle like a pedestal of shining jewels or a large throne but all it was was a small room. What a bummer. Wally, next to me, began to brag about how magic wasn't so magnificent again before the door behind us made a sort of popping sound and disappeared. I jumped away from it and backed up until I heard an older man's voice right behind me. Okay, this is really starting to freak me out. Vanishing doors? Old men sneaking up behind me? Yeah, I'm officially creeped out now.

"Greetings," the voice said. I jumped again and ran behind Wally, peeking at the man speaking at us from behind his shoulder. He was my wall of protection for the time being. A very muscular, funny, handsome...what was I talking about again? Oh right! The man speaking to us! It wasn't a real man per say, just a hologram of one. It looked like it was pre-recorded.

"You got in with a key but the castle does not recognize any of you. Please state your reason for being here or punishment will be administered," he said. All of us looked at each other, waiting for one to give the elder an answer. I nudged Wally with my arm and he nodded with a smile. "Well we're in search for the uh...all magical Doctor Fate apparently...Though he's probably not magical because magic isn't real," he finished with a smirk. Oh God, why did he have to add that part in!? The older man didn't look satisfied either. With the snap of his fingers, the floor beneath us collapsed and we soon found ourselves falling. My heart dropped in pure shock as I looked down to see a fiery inferno just waiting to disintegrate us all. Judging by everything that has happened to us in the past, this isn't the least bit surprising. Doesn't hurt to scream for your life though!

"Ahhhh!"

I screamed loudly as we kept falling more and more. Wally grabbed my hand and gave me that look that said he was confident we were going to get through this but had no idea how. That's when I got the idea that would save all of us from imminent death. I formed a platform of light beneath us and all of us landed on it pretty roughly. But hey! We're alive! Artemis, once she recovered from the fall, shot daggers at Wally and pointed at him.

"You idiot! Why did you say that last part to him! You could've killed us! Thank you for saving us Scarlett by the way."

I nodded as Wally rolled his eyes.

"Oh come on magic is BS. All of it. He needs to know that! But we're alive so it doesn't really matter," he said, crossing his arms with a smirk. Yeah because I saved our asses…

"Whatever...How do we get out of here? We can't expect Scarlett to hold all of us for much longer," Artemis remarked. She was right. I was starting to feel my platform weakening with every second we stood on it. Wally laid his hand on my arm and grinned. "Scarlett can do anything since she's the most amazing girl on the entire planet."

"That's so sweet!" Megan said with sparkling eyes while Artemis rolled her eyes again. She does that a lot…

"Well, you could've just told him that Red Tornado sent us to look for Kent."

As soon as she said that the fire pit below us suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a metal platform much like my platform made of light. Seeing that, I decided to drop us down and we were now at the bottom of the large hole. Artemis gave Wally a demeaning look and he let out a curse or two at her. I'm not sure if I've said this but I think I remember telling them to be nice to each other. You would've thought they were brother and sister or something.

"Look. A hatch," Connor said quietly as he took a hold of the handle. Wally stopped cussing at Artemis and stepped forward.

"Wait! The fire will bounce up and-"

Connor opened the hatch and a breeze of freezing, cold air came rushing to us. A blink of the eye later and we were in a snowy landscape. I turned to Wally and gave him a small smile.

"It's okay Wally you can believe in magic now. We won't judge you."

"No this is just...just...the string theory. It all science. Trust me babe, when this is all over I'll be able to debunk any magic trick we encounter from here on out...What is that?" He asked, focusing on something in front of him. I turned back around and saw a floating staff a few feet from us. I would question it but that just seems like a lot of work. I mean, what's the point? This mission is so random. The ginger went to grab the staff as I was grabbing it and our hands connected. Even in cold weather his hands were so warm and inviting. I looked into his eyes and he flashed me that big smile of it. Unfortunately, that smile went down when we started glowing a bright light. My body, as well as his, began to evaporate like water vapor and it was like the air was passing through us more and more. Artemis, Connor, Megan, and Kaldur watched us with widened eyes as we left them. Everything was black for a minute before we were in a room filled with staircases.

"Would you look at that."

I looked up at the sound of that voice and recognized who was talking to us. It was an old man with a suit on. That was Kent I'm pretty sure! Behind him were two men who looked really weird. The one on the right had a sinister look on his face and he was as pale as a vampire. He had a stupid hairstyle...The one on the left was a tall, dark man who looked stunned to see us.

"I'll be right there!" The old man said as he floated up from the ground and flew at us like a jet. Wally and I were thinking the same thing because we both yelled, "what the hell!?"

The old man didn't care though as he took the staff from us and formed a magical elevator in the wall beside us.

"Hurry! Get inside," he told us, pushing us in with him. The two men who were with this man were screaming at us when the elevator doors closed. I'm gonna bet they were the bad guys. Just a feeling I've got. In the elevator, the three of us were silent as it went up and up. I looked at Wally and he gave me an uncertain look back. The old man turned to us and smiled, "I'm Kent Nelson by the way."

I KNEW IT! I'm just a genius okay.

"I'm Scarlett and this is Wally," I told him, not bothering to use our superhero names.

"Nice to meet you young ones. Are you here to help me fight these men?" He asked. We both nodded and he cleared his throat. "...well thank you, I do appreciate it. We're up against some pretty bad enemies. Those two men that you saw? They've been pushing me around for the last few hours. And now I have a backache...Anyway, one of them, the kid with the stupid haircut, is an actual lord of chaos. In case you didn't know, that's a bad thing. A lord of chaos is the ultimate enemy of a lord of order such as Dr. Fate. I myself am not a lord of order but just an old coat Fate used to put on. That was until my wife convinced me that there was more to life than just that," he said, bringing out a watch with her picture on it. She was quite pretty for someone from the old 1900s. I'm not trying to be mean, but I've kind of noticed a trend that as time goes on people become more "pretty". Sometimes it skips a generation though so hopefully it didn't skip my generation...

"She could really go downtown on me..." he finished. I blushed and Wally chuckled a bit. It's so weird hearing old people talk dirty!

"Anywho, they're both after the helmet of Dr. Fate. If they get their hands on it the world goes to waste in a sense. So essentially we cannot let that happen," he said as the elevator stopped moving and the doors opened. Have we been going up that whole time? We walked out onto another room filled with staircases, only this time there was a huge bell in front of us.

"Ow!"

We turned to our right to see Kaldur, Conner, and Megan all laying on the floor. I guess they just fell from the ceiling somehow.

"How did you guys get here!?" I questioned, walking over to them. "You don't want to know," Connor said through gritted teeth. Megan smiled at me, looking like she was just about to tell me, but gasped suddenly.

"Wally!" She yelled. I turned around to see him and Kent gone. I did manage to see them go through a magical portal so at least they were safe for now. Now me? Not so much. I don't know how, but those two bad guys made it all the way up here. They probably used their own magical elevator.

"Get back here!" The pale boy said, running into a portal he created and disappearing. That left us with just the dark-skinned man. He lifted his hand up and each finger glowed brightly.

"Oh boy..." Artemis muttered before the man shot a ray of bluish light our way. First of all, light was my thing! Second of all, holy crap! I jumped out of way, landing on my stomach while the others did the same. I formed a small dagger of light in my hand threw it at him, only to have it deflected by another one of his attacks. It was like he had a machine gun at how fast he was putting out attacks. One hit Conner and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain.

"Conner!" I screamed. I tried to run over to him but before I could help him up a blue webbing burst out over the teen's body.

"What the?"

"Scarlett! Get away from there," Megan told me desperately. Another blue light was coming at me fast so I dashed backward and joined Megan where she was.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I think so...Got any idea where Wally went?"

"No but I'm going to try to talk to him telepathically," she said, putting her hand to her temple and closing her eyes. Her soothing voice talked calmly in our ears.

'Wally, we're in trouble. You need to find a way back here!'

"Ah!"

As soon as she finished the man was able to hit her directly and she too was in the web now. I heard another yell and Kaldur was on the ground holding his stomach.

"Crap! Crap! Crap!" Artemis shouted before getting hit too. I bit my lip, knowing I was the only one left. The tall man smirked at me and put up both of his hands. Fighting back wasn't an option anymore so I quickly formed a shield of light around me and hoped for the best. The man began shooting his electric webbing at me with both hands and as soon as they hit I immediately felt the impact of them on my shield. It felt like someone was constantly beating you down every time you got up. I grunted and gritted my teeth at each shot he gave me. After the fifth shot or so I fell to one knee from the pressure and my shield cracked. The man laughed loudly because he knew he was eventually going to trap me inside one his webs like the others.

"W-Wally...Please help…" I managed to whisper before my shield finally broke. I fell to the floor, completely exhausted as the man walked over to me.

"Nice try but this is it for you," he said, holding up his hand. I closed my eyes, waiting for the inevitable, but opened them back again when nothing happened to me. I saw the man, yeah, but he was naked! Why was he naked!? He wasn't going to rape me, was he!?

"What the!?" He yelled. I tilted my head in confusion before I saw the golden relic-shaped light behind him. That's the symbol of Dr. Fate I think! Which means...Hell yeah, we're going to win! All of the webs over the others disappeared in a flash and Conner was up quick to punch the man in the face. He fell to the floor unconscious and laid there motionless. That's what he gets for hurting all of us. Artemis helped me up and I thanked her.

"Thanks...Was that attack from Dr. Fate?" I asked. She nodded.

"I believe so. Whatever it was, it definitely saved us."

Megan smiled and brought us all together. "I think we can go home now guys. I have a feeling this mission is complete. We just need to find Wally. Come on, let's all go to the roof, I bet he's up there."

We all walked up the stairs all the way to the top and we found Wally standing there with a golden helmet in his hands. He was all alone and the old man was nowhere to be seen. Running to him, I wrapped my arms around him and nuzzled my cheek to his. He gave me a sad smile and hugged me back.

"Wally! Thank god you're okay! Where's Mr. Nelson?"

He frowned and sighed.

"He's gone now. He gave up his life to save mine," he answered.

"O-Oh...He was so sweet...W-Well he did a brave thing and I'm so grateful he did. Did he go peacefully?"

He nodded and I smiled.

"At least he did that. He's in a better place now," I said, leaning my head on his shoulder. He smiled again and looked down at the helmet in his hands.

"Yeah, I guess he is...Scarlett let's go home."

"Okay," I said as we both walked back to the group. Megan called the bioship to pick us up and we were heading home in no time. Wally still had that golden helmet in his hands so knowing him it would probably be a souvenir. But that was okay. It would be a good reminder of what Mr. Nelson did for us. I hope that in the future we can meet with more people just like him...

And that is the end of the chapter! Okay, this was supposed to come out WAY earlier but I got sidetracked but it's all good now! I'm sorry guys! I know you hate me for it. So I've changed my update timetable for this story. It won't take as long as this chapter did but just expect an update whenever. I'll try my best to be quick about it! Please review or comment on the story! Finally, thanks so much for reading and I will see you guys next time! P.S. the next chapter will probably be a lot better than this one! XD