Chapter 5: The Collision of Two Worlds

Author's note: Ok, I know these chapters are coming out slower than I would like, but I've been REALLY busy lately. Thanks to SilverMoonNymph for reviewing and to STicker55 for following! That's two more chapters I owe you, so the total is now up to three after this one! There are now 8 slots for reviews, 8 for follows and 7 for favorites! Keep it up! More you fill the slots, faster I update! And I was serious about needing ideas for how this story should go.

Disclaimer: I tried to talk Dawn into stealing ownership for me, but I don't speak very good Blüdhaven. I'm pretty sure she said she wasn't a thief though, and called me some nasty names.

Dawn's POV

'Oh crap oh crap oh crap' was the only thing running through my head when my hood got knocked down. I wasn't scared of the government, I'd disappeared seven and a half years ago, and so I was legally dead about six months ago. Not to mention, because I traveled so much in my youth, pretty much all the information on me had been paper, and was obliterated in the destruction that had claimed my family. Meaning, the Gov. had no info on me, there was no place of residence because I was homeless, and no one would search the slums for any reason, especially not me. No, what I was worried about were the villains I'd pissed off as Armageddon. The crime bosses who'd escaped from jail, the lackeys I beat up, even the homeless people I knew. Any of them could find me now; I wasn't exactly indistinguishable what with the purple eyes and new scar. Damn that knife fighter for giving me this. I tried to play it cool though; I could worry about my secret I.D. later. It wasn't like I had that much to lose anyways, or any one the close to me the villains could target. I stood up, I'd have to fight the devil himself now, I prayed, but not for my life, or even for victory. No, I prayed that I would be able to take down this monster with me, without use of my curse.

Robin's POV

Once we got over the shock of finding out Armageddon was a girl, well, except Time Turner, she didn't seem surprised at all, Batman came in.

"Let's get going team. We need to get to Blüdhaven." He told us in a monotone.

"Why?" Wally asked, "Armageddon seems to have it under control." I rolled my eyes,

"She's injured dude." I told him.

"Really? How can you tell?" he asked, confused. I rolled my eyes again.

"She's limping and there are bloodstains on her right pant leg, the one she's favoring. Her arm is splinted and she's avoiding using it and she winces slowly every time she shifts her other shoulder. Not to mention she's out of breath and already on the defensive. I'm pretty sure her injuries are bad enough that any of us would be on bed rest. She also doesn't have shoes, and from what I can see, clean bandages either. Her feet must be terribly cut up, if surprised she can even walk." Robin told him. The rest of the team was slack jawed.

"And she's fighting Joker?" Artemis squeaked.

"We have to help her!" M'gann was going into over protective mode. I turned back to the screen just in time to see Joker swipe his knife across her neck. She jumped back, the wound obviously wasn't too deep, but it was bleeding heavily.

"And we have to hurry." I told them grimly.

Dawn's POV

When Joker sliced my neck, I thought it was over. I jumped away and brought my hand to my neck. The wound wasn't deep, it hadn't reached my windpipe, for which I was thankful, but it was bleeding heavily. I had to wrap this up before blood loss made me useless. I didn't even have time to bandage it. The faintest glimmer of an idea started up in my head. I looked it over and felt kind of sorry for whoever would have to clean it up. I walked forward slowly, trying to drive Joker closer to the edge of the building. From the corner of my eye, I saw a shimmer in the air, as if something was distorting the light. I shook it off as a blood loss induced hallucination. God knows I've had enough of those. I attacked, driving him backwards. I landed a punch with my nailed hand to his shoulder, driving in the weapons deep. I heard the crack of bone and smiled to myself. Until I realized the nails were stuck and wouldn't come out. With the bullet in my shoulder and the lack of blood, I couldn't muster the strength to yank the nails out! I let go of them and skipped back quickly, but my hesitation gave Joker the opening he needed. He struck hard and I skidded backwards, right into a broken pipe! The sharp edge cut into my throat, forming a bloody upside down crescent the attached to the slash Joker had already given me, right over where the Adams apple would be on a boy. I screamed in pain, which was a mistake, because it made the blood flow faster and my neck burn even worse. It felt like I'd swallowed Hell and the fire had lodged in my windpipe. The edges of my vision darkened and spots appeared in front of my eyes as I staggered to my feet, blood staining the front of my hoodie crimson. I charged the Joker, grabbing him around the middle and hurling myself off the building, pulling him with me, barley noticing the knife he'd buried in my gut. As I plummeted to my death, taking the Devil with me, the last thing I felt before the darkness took me was an upwards jerk, as if something had caught me. But that was impossible; nothing was there after all…

Robin's POV

In the Bio ship we got there just in time to see Armageddon burry the nails clenched in her fist into Jokers shoulder. We watched in horror as she was forced to let go of them and was sent flying backwards, into the razor sharp edge of a broken pipe. She screamed, and I felt relieved she was still alive, that girl had some luck. Two blows directly over her windpipe with sharp objects and still breathing. She staggered to her feet as we landed in cameo mode, about to join the fight. Time Turner stiffened,

"M'gann." She whispered. M'gann looked at her questioningly, "get ready to fly. And fast." Was all she would say. The team turned back to the fight just in time to see Armageddon sprint forward, hurling herself into the Joker and impaling herself on the knife he thrust into her stomach. Not even slowing down she dragged him over the edge of the building with her, both plummeting down the ninety-eight floors to certain doom. M'gann took off after them, I ran over to the edge they'd fallen from. I had just seen a girl who looked about my age throw herself off a building with most likely fatal injuries to take down a man who had threatened her city. It made what I did every day pale in comparison. I breathed a sigh of relief as M'gann dragged both Armageddon and the Joker up onto the roof. I quickly handcuffed Joker as M'gann lay Armageddon down on the roof. She was unconscious, not that I could blame her.

"Get her in the Bio ship." I ordered, "She'll need medical attention immediately." Time turner sprinted over, and Super Boy lifted her into the ship. When she was lying down, Time turner started bandaging her injuries to halt the blood flow.

"Hurry." She told M'gann grimly, "Or she won't make it."