Please Enjoy and I only own Nalah, Curse, Gwen, and the Grimoire also anything in italics is either a spell or in a different language. The opponent is an exisitng DC character.
Thank you to the guest for reviweing however no there is nothing between Superboy and nalah they have a brother and sister relationship.
Chapter 4: - Bloodlines
My stringy and tangled black hair hung around my head as my faded blue eyes stayed locked on the vital machinery beside me. A young boy of thirteen was crouched next to me, a pile of tools at his feet. Black soot fell down from the dark and forebodding sky.
He was a Caucasian teenager with a slim physical build, brown hair and green eyes. He wore a gray shirt with a green jacket over it, black gloves, blue pants and black shoes.
"Wrench," I stated and held out my pale slim-fingered hand. The boy placed the tool in my hand and I continued to tinker with the machine, footsteps could be heard walking up to us. I pulled out one of my tonfa and turned to the person only to see an ally. He was old, bald, and scarred, wearing a prison uniform and Inhibitor collar.
"How's it coming?" The man asked, wearily eyeing me and my weapon. I put the wooden object away and turned back to the machine.
"Almost finished," The boy informed the old man. He sighed as if regretting something… but then again he had a lot of regrets.
"I wish I could go along," The old man told us. I stood up and turned to him, a stoic expression on my face.
"The machine only fits two and I'm taking the only other person with powers," I spoke, my voice light and airy, but hiding the power that I held.
*Young Justice*
Mt. Justice
Feburary 28th 10:07 EST
My bones felt like they had turned to liquid as the vibrations were, finally, coming to an end. I gripped the young boy's hand tightly as we were each others only life line if the machine broke before landing. I felt the machine land signifying our arrival, and we nodded to each other before I kicked open the door.
"Ta-Da," The boy cried out as he leapt out of the machine, striking a pose as he did. Shaking my head I climbed out and stood next to him. He was wearing a white spandex suit, with a red line on the middle of his body, along with red gloves and boots. He wore a yellow visor with red rims and red gloves which had a small compartment in which he could store small items.
My own appearance had changed as well, my hair had more volume and life to it, but my eyes remained the same. I wore a knee length pale green dress with pale green knee-high boots.
Before us stood four people, three boys and one girl. The girl had rich black hair, cerulean eyes and pale skin. She wore a silver tunic-style shirt with sleeves that ended ¾ down her arms, a pair of pale grey leggings with a leather skirt that had a silver flower design sown on to it, along with pale grey, knee-high, heeled boots and a silver cloak that ended at her knees.
One of the boys was older than me and he was well-muscled, his hair ended just passed his ears. His costume was a black unitard, black shoulder pads, boots, gloves and a domino mask. The chest area of his uniform was emblazoned with a blue bird with its wings expanded and his abdomen area was coloured in a lighter grey. He wore a black utility belt and carried his stick weapons in a holster on the side of his right leg.
Another boy was my companions age with a muscular build and short black hair. His attire was a red and black suit with a stylized yellow "R" symbol on the left side of his chest also the sleeves covered his entire arm. He also wore black gloves and a black cape, with the inside being yellow and having a shape similar to a bat's wing. He also covered his eyes with a black domino mask.
The final boy had pale green skin with green eyes and dark green hair, he had a simian-like form, which had dark green fur and a prehensile monkey tail. He wore a red and white single piece uniform. All of them were ready to attack us.
"Inturder alert, intruder alert," An automated voice cried out. I saw the girl scowl as if the continous call annoyed her.
"Computer, lockdown cave," The muscular boy ordered.
"Well, I think we found our unknown energy impulse," The green boy stated, looking to the leader of the group.
"Impulse. That's so crash, catchy, dramatic, one word," The boy stated before speeding on over to the group. "Like Nightwing and Robin and Silver Sorceres and Beast Boy. Well the last two are two words. Blue Beetle's two words, is he here too? Nevermind, Impulse can find that out for himself," The boy, now calling himself Impulse, took of running into the mountain that we were currently in, laughing madly.
"You two take him down!" Nightwing ordered. Robin and Beast Boy, in cheetah form, took off after Impulse.
"They'll never stop him," I informed the two ravenettes. They turned to me, surprised to see me still present.
"Why's that?" Nightwing questioned, curiousity was clearly evident in his voice.
"He's… unpredictable, to say the least," I replied, a litle bit of pride leaking into my voice. I saw out the corner of my eye that Silver Sorceress had walked over to the edge of the tunnel Impusle went down and cloak herself in rocks.
Nightwing tossed some marbles down the tunnel and then he took a couple of steps backwards. I raised an eyebrow curious as to what the two were planning. Impulse avoided the marbles by running on the ceiling before stopping in front of the entrance.
"Can't catch me that eas-," Impusle began to gloat, before Silver Sorceress slammed into him causing him to collaspe. The rocks fell away from her form as she looked down at the collapsed speeder. Nightwing then rushed over and hand cuffed his hands and feet.
"Now that was crash," The two stated to Impulse. I walked over and after pulling him up I smacked him on the head.
"For you maybe. For me I'm totally feeling the mode," Impulse replied, looking down hearted at being stopped.
"Idoit," I told him. Then two then lead us to a a couple of crates and we sat down on them. After the two younger heroes arrived, with Beast Boy being drenched, the questioning began with us explaining we were tourists.
"You two are tourists… from the future," Robin repeated, disbelief clearly evident on his masked face and in his voice.
"Why so surprised? Half the meat at Comic-Con are from my era," Impulse joked. I rolled my eyes but kept my poker face firm.
"Look, look, look guys. We should all be friends, we're really one of you. Part of the heroic legacy right. I'm Bart Allen, you know, grandson of Barry Allen, The flash and Gweny here is-," Bart began to explain before I punched him.
"Two things. One, I've told you before Gwendolyn or Gwen not Gweny. Two, if I want them to know who I am I'll tell them myself." I told the speedster. He nodded whilst holding his cheek.
"Noted. Not believed but noted," Beast Boy said, fear leaked into his voice. But I shook my head.
"Don't worry, I only hit him or my enemies, which would be your enemies," I told the shapeshifter. He nodded, but still looked uneasy.
"What's not to believe, I've clearly got Flash's speed, his amazing good looks. Frankly I can't wait to me him- ah you know back when he was in his prime," Bart rambled on, but quickly fixed the almost mistake he made.
"Well Bart, Gwen. Coming all the way from the future you two must have worked up quite the thirst," Nightwing stated as he and Silver walked in, each carrying a glass of water. Nightwing held his out to Bart who drank but I refused the one Silver offered me.
"Thanks," Bart readily accepted. He began to drink until he thought of something. "Oh, Ah. You're trying to get a DNA sample, you need my spit," Bart stated and spat into the water, "Hah, that's such a Dick Grayson move," Bart finished and I froze as did he once we both realised what he had said. The others had different expression, Beast Boy and Silver were confused, Robin was shocked whilst Nightwing was unresponsive.
"How did he-?" Robin asked, barely even finishing the sentence because of his shock.
"See, we know stuff only a future boy and girl would know," Impulse supplied an answer.
"Shut up," I hissed, to the young boy. I told him not to do this and he just went a spilled a secret they weren't meant to find out… at least not yet.
"Dick Grayson," Bart gestured to Nightwing, "Tim Drake," He gestured to Robin who froze in shock, "Nalah le Fay," He gestured to Silver who glared at him "And Garfield Logan," He finsihed with Beast Boy.
"Your name's Tim and your's is… Dick?" Garfield asked surprised. Nalah walked forward and seized Bart by the collar of his suit.
"How do you know my name?" Nalah asked, her tone was deadly cold. Her eyes began to glow silver as energy radiated off of her.
"We're from the future; he's telling the truth; we saw a journal that held all the Team's names, their real names," I answered. Nalah looked at me her eyes still glowing. She then lowered Bart who sighed in relief. Nightwing placed a hand on Nalah's shoulder.
"Oops spoilers," Bart apologised, realising his purposeful mistake "This secret identity thing's so retro. I mean you can call me Impulse or Bart, or Bart Allen or Bart Impulse Allen. It's all crash," Bart rambled. I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed.
"Forgive him, I think the chrono energies messed up his brainwaves. Anyway I'm Gwendolyn but you can call me Gwen or Priestess," I greeted the heroes of the past.
"Is it possible they might actually be telling the truth? Could they really be from the future?" Robin asked, still usnure weather to believe us or not.
"I could do a mind meld," Nalah offered to the three men.
"Probably best not to. We can't ruin the past and we also possess knowledge that you guys shouldn't have, until the right time… like secret identities," I rejected the idea and turned to pin Bart with a glare who squirmed underneath my gaze.
"Tell us something we don't know yet. When do I become leader of the team? when do I join the Justice League? When do I get my own reality series?" BB fired questions at us, but I stayed tight-lipped.
"Sorry BB, never was the best history student. Besides, we can't risk altering the time stream, if we do that we're all feeling the mode," Impusle answered the questions.
"And the mode would be bad," BB guessed saying it slowly. He didn't understand what he meant by the mode but he didn't need to.
"Very bad. It's better to crash the mode than feel it," I answered this time. BB accepted. Then the computer signalling that someone was arriving… meaning a door had opened. Impusle took the chance and vibrated his way out of the handcuffs, grabbed me bridal style and raced out of the mountain.
"You do realise I should punch you for what you did," I stated to the speedster whose shoulders I had a death grip on.
"Yeah, but you won't because then we'd both be feeling the mode," Impulse replied and continued to run. But because of the speed I couldn't tell where we were as everything was blurred.
"Where are you kidnapping me to?" I questioned my friend. He smiled at me in an excited way.
"Grandma and Grandad," He replied. I groaned in annyoence at what he was probably going to spill when we got there.
*Young Justice*
Central City
Feburary 28th 12:03 CST
"He says he's my what?" I heard Bart Allen question someone, when we arrived. Impusle darted in put me down, due to the speed I had to brace myself against the door.
"Your grandson. Bart Allen aka Impulse and I'm your grandson from the future. Pretty crash, huh," Bart declared to his grandfather. I took deep breaths so as to steady myself when I felt gentle hands on my arms. Looking up I saw Iris West-Allen guiding me in.
"You ok?" She asked me, but I noticed she was also watching Bart with a careful eye.
"I don't do high speeds," I answered causing a smile to appear on the reporter's face. Then Bart rushed over to us.
"Hey grandma. Love you too," Bart greeted and hugged her before rushing over to Jay and Joan Garrick "You must be the Garricks, which makes you like my honorary great-grandparents," Bart greeted and proceeded to hug them as well.
"Um… Barry something you've been meaning to tell us?" Jay asked completely confused. Which I suspected eveyone but me and Bart was.
"What? No! This kid is not my grandson from the future or any… when. Heck Iris and I don't even have kids," Barry protested. Then Iris walked up to her husband.
"Um Barry. I'm pregnant," Iris informed the older speedster, which competely shot down Barry's protest. This caused a small discussion about the pregancy… which ended when Impusle revealed that Iris was carrying twins. The door creaked open and I looked up to see Iris' nephew Wally West walk in.
"Careful kid. If you are what you say you are revealing to much could crash the whole time stream," Wally advised. This just ended with Impulse giving the other speedster a hug. I then felt a surge of energy.
"Incoming!" I called out. A swirling glowing portal opened and Nalah walked out and she wasn't happy.
"You know it's rude to run away from… Wally?" Nalah started to lecture before catching sight of her friend
"Nalah, is that you?" Wally asked, also in shock. The sorceress rushed around and hugged the speedster who returned the hug. Then Wally realised something and turned Nalah around.
"Oh. Aunt Iris, Uncle Barry, Jona and Jay, this is Nalah, a former teammate of mine," Wally introduced revealing Nalah's connection to him. They four elders greeted the magic-user.
Suddenly two sounds echoed, one was a mobile ringing, the other was a comm link. Nalah and Iris both answered, despite Impulse's protests. I knew what was happening and crouched down to Impusle's level.
"You take Neutron, I'll take Jade," I infromed him and passed him a small blue sphere. Impusle nodded but a worried look swirled in his eyes.
"They're evacuating down town. A new super powered lunatic has appeared and he's calling for blood. Your blood," Iris informed Barry.
"That's not the only problem. Gotham's being attacked and the Bats need someone who can distract her long enough for them to restrain her. Only problem is she launches energy constructs," Nalah told us.
"Mr Allen, you handle this one here, I'll head to Gotham and help the bats," Nalah reasoned. I swallowed, knowing what was coming.
"I'll go with," I offered. Everyone looked at me surprised "I need a break of him," I gestured to Impusle who smiled. Nalah sighed and motioned for me to follow her. She opened up another portal and we both went through.
*Young Justice*
Gotham City
Feburary 28th 13:10 CDT
We stepped out of the portal only to have to duck seconds later to avoid a green hammer which came flying at us. I glanced up to see a figure shrouded in glowing green light which rolled off in waves of energy.
The bat family was dodging energy constructs left, right and centre, barely being able to launch a counter assualt. Nalah stood up and summoned flames to her hand and threw it at the person. The figure caught the fireball and turned towards us, before screaming in outrage… or pain.
"You got here… with Gwen," Robin greeted, surprised to see me. I ignored him and turned back to Jade.
"We should deal with that before things get worse," I advised. Jade looked at us and then launched a green energy stream at us. I cartwheeled out the way, whislt Robin jumped back and Nalah flew up into the air. Landing down I took out my tonfa and charged towards my opponent.
"Get out of there!" Batgirl called out. I ignored her and slammed my tonfa into her, only to be repelled. I flew back but I managed to land on my feet, the other rushed up to me as Jade staggered back and cluthced her stomach.
"Direct assualts don't wor… why is she in pain?" Batgirl questioned as everyone realised that the energy-constructing lunatic was struggling to breath. I stood up and held up my tonfa which was glowing with green energy.
"Magic does that," I stated. Everyone looked shocked at my abilities.
"That's Pagan magic," Nalah whisepred as she identified the magic I was using. I nodded but gave no answer.
"We'll figure this out later. For now let's stop that person," Nightwing ordered, snapping everyone out of their reviere. Jade had also recovered and threw more energy blasts at us, Nalah blocked them before returning the attack with silver bolts.
"I'll hold her, you guys attack when her guard's down," Nalah told as she launched a stream of mana at the woman who responded with a stream of energy. The two streams connected and began to push against one another. I rushed around and launched a few green bolts which weakened the green shield that cloaked her.
Suddenly plants laucnhed out and attcked me, I thrust my hand up turning the plants in another direction befre plunging it into the concrete around me. Robin threw a few birdarangs at the woman, they stuck for a few seconds before being pushed out.
The struggle of magic against energy continued, until eventually I spotted that the shield around her was beginning to fade. Batgirl also spotted the weakening and she launched a batarang at her, however just as it was about to hit, I threw a mana blast which 'accidentaly' hit the batarang which blasted it away, just as the shield erected before collapsing again, as Jade fell to her knee and Nalah stumbled back.
"Why the hell did you do that?" Robin demanded a answer from me. I looked at the collasped meta-human not bothering to answer.
"Because if she hadn't the batarang would have bounced off the shield and killed me," Batgirl answered instead. I walked over to the woman and I cracked open a black sphere which unleashed black dust over her. I stood up and stepped back from Jade.
"Nalah, what's wrong?" I heard Nightwing ask. I glanced over, only to see that Nalah was being engulfed in black smoke and she was in pain. The black smoke faded only to reveal a different person. The girl had platinum blonde and instead of gentle cerulean blue eyes they were a cruel blood red colour. Her outfit had changed into a black knee-length cocktail dress with no sleeves and a sweetheart neckline, red roses lined the neckline and bottom of the dress, she wore black heels with straps that criss-crossed across my feet and a black and red reversible cloak that ended at her ankles.
The girl began to chuckle as if she found something hilarious, she raked a pale hand through her hair and looked around, almost as if she couldn't believe she was here.
"Curse," Nightwing stated. The girl, Curse, snapped her head in his direction and a scowl marred her face as she turned completely to face him.
"Lovely. Now I get to tear you apart," Curse giggled as she clapped her hands in joy at the idea of hurting him. Nightwing said nothing but he pulled out his Eskima sticks and went to attack her, Curse summoned a sword and blocked the assault beofre pushing him back.
"I'm not gentle like Nalah, I going to cut you into tiny little pieces," Curse informed the dark hero. He kept a stoic face but I could tell he was worried for Nalah and everyone else.
"Nightwing don't hold back, I have a plan," I called out. He glanced at me before nodding. He charged at the crazy witch and began to engage her, I crouched down and opened a box that I carried with me. Inside of it was a book with a white cover with silver grey runes and in the centre was a glittering diamond, a golden latch held the covers closed with another rune etched into it. I flipped to the page I needed and began to gather my magic.
"Ancient spirits of time and space, push the darkness from this place. Grant the light your power and might and deliever her your eternal strength," I chanted, my hand placed firmly on the book. Light began to pool of the book in radiating waves as it spilled of and coursed over to Curse. The light began to wrap around her, pulling her back, she began to struggle and hiss in anger and frustration.
"How? No one but one of blood can do this and you aren't strong enough… How do you posses that?" Curse continued her struggle as her eyes locked on my form, I snapped the book closed and placed it in the box before anyone else saw. Curse was encased in the light before it disappeared and Nalah was in Curse's place.
"Nalah!" Nightwing cried out and rushed over to the Sorceress. He picked her up as everyone else rushed over. Nalah groaned as she pulled her eyes open, she looked around confused, until she seemed to understand what had happened.
"Ah, great," Nalah exclaimed in annoyance as she attempted to sit up, but her body was weak from the mana drain and she collapsed back down into Nightwing. I pulled out a vial and handed it to Nalah, she looked at it and realised it was an elixir, then she drank it and her face turned sour.
"Goddess, they're still as vile as centuries ago," Nalah complained after she finished the elixir. Nightwing chuckled then he picked Nalah up and me, Nightwing and Nalah headed for the nearest Zeta-tube whislt Batirl and Robin dealt with Jade.
*Young Justice*
Mt. Justice
Feburary 28th 19:13 EST
We stepped out of the Zeta-tube and Nalah leapt out of Nightwing's arms; I looked around to see Mal Duncan, Kid Flash, Jay Garrick, Flash and Impulse. Swiftly I walked over and pulled Impusle back and I knealt down to his height.
"How did it go?" I asked my friend.
"Neutron's been crashed and Flash lives.You?" Impulse replied.
"Jade's been crashed and Batgirl lives," I answered. "Impusle, I don't want anyone to know who I am. Especially my parents," I told the young boy, as my eyes drifted over to Nalah and Nightwing. He nodded then I stood up and we went back to the group. I noticed that Nightwing was running a DNA test. It confirmed that Impulse's DNA matched both Barry's and Iris's DNA.
"And this… thing is giving off zeta and chronotron radiation," Nightwing informed the others.
"Which is, based on pure theory, what you'd expect to find radiating off a time machine," Kid explained.
"Which means you're both exactly who you say you are," Flash accepted. Impulse teased him by saying an oh so old and commonly used line. We said our goodbyes and climbed into the time machine. However when I flipped it on nothing happened. I slammed my foot into the door and it fell open.
"Crash! The cirucuits must be shot!" I cried out as I moved around to the power area and saw that the circuits were indeed dead. "Curse the Crone and her damned sense of humour. Impusle we're stuck," I told my friend, who immediately shot out.
"Can you fix it?" Flash asked. I whirled around to him a glare set on my normally calm face.
"I'm a sorceress not a mechanic and none of these parts will be made for at least another 35 years by any race," I told the older speedster.
"Look at us, we're stuck in this stupid past, I'm so moded," Impusle complained. I patted his shoulder in reassurence… or at least to others. But to us it was a sign of accomplishment.
*Young Justice*
Mt. Justice
Feburary 28th 10:05
Forty Years Later
Footsteps could be heard walking up to us. I pulled out one of my tonfa and turn to the person only to see an ally. He was old, bald, and scarred, wearing a prison uniform and Inhibitor collar.
"How's it coming?" The man asked, wearily eyeing me and my weapon. I put the wooden object away and turned back to the machine.
"Almost finished," The boy informed the old man. He sighed as if regretting something… but then again he had a lot of regrets.
"I wish I could go along," The old man told us. I stood up and turned to him, a stoic expression on my face.
"The machine only fits two and I'm taking the only other person with powers," I spoke, my voice light and airy, hiding the power that I held.
"You understand the trip to the past will fry the machine's circuirity. This is a one way trip," The old man explained. We turned back to him and glared.
"Does this look like a future worth returning to?" We asked in unison. After I finished tinkering me and Bart headed to get into 'character'… well he did but I decided to remain the same. We went to get ready and whilst Bart used his speed to change fast into his costume, I took a little longer.
Using glamour, I changed my appearance, my hair grained more volume and life, whilst my shruken cheeks became fuller.
"Almighty goddess hear my cry, transform me and unleash the power of your last Priestess," I chanted. A light engulfed me and my black dress had turned into a knee length pale green dress with pale green knee-high boots. I walked back to the two boys. The man behind us, Neutron, advised us to cure him and his friend Jade who couldn't come as it may undo the apocolypitic future that we were abandoning.
After receiving the two spheres, we climbed in the time machine and left, hopefully to change the future… even thought we would never see it.