UPDATE: For those of you whom have not yet read Ice or Zealous, or have not read my profile page, I will be going on a pseudo-hiatus from here on out, until an unspecified point in time. I find that writing for Fanfiction is currently taking too much of my time. I'll still write for Fanfiction in my free time, but how I'm working right now, I make it seem like it's one of my priorities, but it isn't.
I am really sorry to say that I won't be uploading a new Doctor Fake chapter weekly anymore, I'll still update occasionally, but it will no longer be consistent. =( I really am sorry, but school comes first.
Notes: Again, a LARGE thank you to my beta, zotSOS! She's amazing~ I strongly urge you to read her posted works ^.^
Warnings: Slash
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice.
Magic
Wally and Christopher calmly walked out of Christopher's room with their fingers intertwined around the other's hands. "Just so you know, I'm still not buying into this magic nonsense," Wally told Christopher.
"Why?"
"If magic is real, then why don't we have world peace? Why are there still super villains and everything?" Wally asked.
Christopher offered a smile. "If technology and science works so well, then why isn't there a definite cure for Alzheimer's or cancer? Better yet, why can't we solve hereditary diseases even before conception through genetic epidemiology?"
Wally opened his mouth, but closed it when he realised his point was moot.
Christopher continued on, "Besides, even if you had one hundred of the world's most powerful sorcerers all wearing artefacts of power at once cast a spell to bring about world peace, the spell would probably only last about," Christopher counted his fingers and muttered to himself, "maybe five minutes, give or take."
Wally gaped sceptically. "How would you even calculate that?"
Christopher summoned a tome from his room. The book's leather cover was faded and coated in dust. "Read this." He handed the tome to Wally. "It includes all the calculations of Magic and the conversions of magical forces into scientific measurements like Joules."
Wally flipped through the pages for a second. "Do I have to?"
"No, you don't. Besides," the book glowed before flashing out of sight, "the Magic Counsel frowns upon using Magic to help those without the gift or, most notably, for the greater good of mankind."
"Then why are you..."
"Not everyone's the same. A few people, like Zatara and I, believe that we should help mankind. Still, we don't create quick fixes for society. Then, you have people like Wotan who choose to use Magic for person gain and profit. He's the type of person we oppose."
"Doesn't your high and mighty," Wally continues in his most sarcastic tone, "'Magic Counsel' do something about bad magicians?" Wally asked.
"I thought I just explained this," Christopher said. "The Counsel frowns upon their actions, but they don't actually do anything beyond what municipal police stations do." Christopher grimaced.
Wally decided it was too touchy of a subject for now to continue asking about. He changed the subject. "So, what kinds of limitations are there to your Magic?"
"What limitations are there in science?"
"None! The possibilities are endless," Wally replied.
"It's the same for Magic except we've already found most of the possibilities," Christopher said as he entered the kitchen. Christopher looked to his bowl of melted ice cream which was still on the countertop. "Eci maerc nruter ot ruoy suoiverp etats," he commanded. The melted dessert glowed white and became a frozen mound once more.
Wally grinned. "I think I can get used to that kind of magic," he exclaimed as he took out a spoon.
Before Wally could steal a bite, Christopher pulled the bowl away. "Hey! This is mine. I got it from this morning." In a falsely casual voice Christopher added, "Y'know, before that crowbar was jammed into my leg."
Wally kissed Christopher on the lips again. The same warm and pleasant feeling bubbled in both their stomachs. "Share?" Wally pleaded.
Christopher sighed and moved the bowl between them. "Uh, if we're trying to make Robin jealous, then why are we not flaunting our new love in front of his face?" he asked through a mouthful of dessert.
"Maybe because flaunting is tasteless. Absolutely tasteless. On the other hand, this ice cream," Wally finished the last bite, "is delicious."
Christopher smiled and licked Wally's cheek; Wally blushed when Christopher's warm tongue grazed his cheek. "You're a really messy eater," Christopher mused. "I don't know how you can get ice cream on your cheek when you're eating with a spoon."
"YEEESH! Get a room, you two." Artemis' voice was the perfect thing to ruin the moment.
Wally threw an arm around Christopher's shoulders again as they spun on their stools to face her. "And here I thought the kitchen was a room." Wally leaned closer to Christopher and pressed a kiss to his cheek.
"You're just jealous," Christopher quipped as he tried to pry Wally off him. It proofed quite the effort as, somehow, Wally had pulled Christopher onto his lap and was trying to force his tongue into Christopher's mouth.
Artemis smirked. "Yup. I'm totally jealous that you have a hyperactive, overly hormonal dog as your boyfriend."
"Wallace," Zatara hissed as he entered the room, "keep your hands too yourself or I will turn you into a toad."
Wally jumped up from the stool, knocking Christopher the floor with a dull thud.
"Zatara! What are you doing here? And why did the computer not call out your name?" Wally asked quickly.
"That is none of your business. Now, we must follow Batman's orders. You three," Zatara pointed to Artemis, Wally, and Christopher, "to the mission room." Zatara pointed a wand at his throat and his next words were amplified in volume tenfold, "Miss Martian, Superboy, Aqualad, and Robin, report to the mission room."
Seven images of a cloak and an assortment of jewellery was displayed on the holographic computer screen when the heroes arrived in the mission room. Christopher gasped as he the images.
"Good, you're here," Zatara greeted them. "On screen are seven very powerful mystical artefacts." Wally audibly scoffed, but Zatara continued anyways, "Due to the recent tremors of mystic energy, the Justice League, or rather Batman, thinks it is prudent to make finding these artefacts a priority. However, all the Leaguers suddenly going off the radar without explanation would be suspicious. As such, Batman has asked me to guide this Team in search of these objects."
Christopher was practically fidgeting more than Wally was. "Are you joking? We actually get to find these artefacts?" he asked, elated.
Zatara nodded. "Yes."
"Might I ask, what's so special about these artefacts?" M'gann said.
Christopher started relaying information he'd memorized by heart before Zatara could respond. "These seven artefacts are known as the 'Seven Creators of Mankind'. Each one corresponds to a specific quality of Humans."
Christopher gestured to the sapphire encrusted silver bracelet. "There's the Wristlet of Creativity which inspires cleverness and innovation while the Ring of Power," he gestured to the image of a golden ring with a square ruby, "inspires the purely primal force which Humans possess."
Christopher looked to the monocle on the screen. "The Lorgnon of Insight stands for deep insight and accuracy. There's physical accuracy," he said with a nod to Artemis, "or accurate analyses." He smiled at Kaldur. Christopher hesitated as he looked to a yellow cloak. "This is the Cloak of Destiny," he offered. "Anyways, the Necklace of Emotion embodies—"
Wally noticed how the Cloak of Destiny had a striking resemblance to Doctor Fate's cloak. "Wait. What about the Cloak?" he asked.
Christopher paused. "It's about being able to change your own fate," Christopher said at last. His tone made Wally wonder if he'd had a bad run in with Fate. Chris shrugged before gesturing to the platinum chain with emeralds of varying sizes scattered across the chain. "The Necklace of Emotion embodies Humanity's amazing ability to either control, discipline, and shut down their emotions or to be ruled by them," he said plainly. Christopher seemed hesitant again. "The Amulet of Anubis. It not only hosts the souls of previous Helmet of Fate wearers, but also inspires the human's ability to…transcend the walls of death."
Listening to Christopher's description, the other teammates wondered if their friend was waiting for someone to transcend the walls of death. Wally looked over the circular, yellow jewel and realized it looked strikingly similar to the one Christopher adorned as Doctor Fate.
"Lastly," Christopher continued, "is the Helmet of Fate which inspires absolute purity in humanity." He summoned the artefact and held it in his hands before them. "The Helmet forces Man beyond the realms of possibilities. It stretches what can and cannot be done."
Zatara smiled while the others stared at Christopher in awe. "You've forgotten to mention what happens when they're together. Each of these artefacts give the wearer amazing abilities, as you've seen the Helmet of Fate do; however, when combined they do more than allow a Lord of Order to possess your body or increase your physical abilities. Together, they contain the power to destroy Mankind."
"So…the creators of mankind are also the destroyers of mankind?" Wally asked.
"Talk about counteractive," Conner quipped.
"You guys are missing the point!" Christopher moved to stand by Zatara. "These objects are all dangerous, but that's only in the wrong hands. As long as we got all of the artefacts first, then there will be no need to worry about the destruction of Mankind."
"So, then where are the artefacts?" Robin questioned. "I highly doubt that they'll just fly to our doorstep."
Zatara exchanged a disheartened look with his student. "Only the Helmet, Amulet, and Cloak have been seen in a very long time aside from the odd postcognition vision pertaining to them and the drawings in the ancient texts," Zatara replied mournfully.
Robin was incredulous. "You called us in here to say we're looking for things that have not been seen in millenniums."
"Simply keep an ear to the ground for anything that might be any of the magical artefacts," Zatara replied.
"Doesn't that mean it's pointless to look for them?" Artemis said. "If these artefacts are so powerful, undoubtedly generations of powerful witches and wizards," she ignored Wally's scoffing at her last words, "have dedicated their lives to searching already."
Zatara seemed to ponder it a bit. "Well, yes. I suppose so."
"Wally, you can't do that!" Christopher scolded Wally when they left the mission room.
"Why can't I?" Wally was indignant. "Wait, what can't I do?"
"I know you don't believe in Magic, but when you scoff and stuff like that just at the mention of it, Zatara has to bite his tongue and so does everyone else!"
"You…probably want to break up with me, and after 20 minutes!" Wally fell against the wall with his face in his hands.
Christopher smiled. "Wally, how close minded do you think I am?"
Wally looked up. "When was this about being close minded?"
"My question came first."
"Touché," Wally admitted. "I don't think you're very close minded."
"Then why would you think I'd break up with you because of our differing opinions?" Chris questioned.
"You're really going to ask another question instead of answering mine? Double touché." Wally leaned up for a kiss. "You know, we just leaped over our first obstacle as a couple."
"I thought we were doing this so you could get into Robin's pants," Christopher said with a raised eyebrow.
"Now, now, I said we'd make Robin see who he really belongs with. I never said it'd be with me," Wally said mischievously, ruffling Christopher's hair.
Christopher swatted Wally's hand away and fixed his hair. "Who in their right mind would try to make somebody jealous of someone else without gaining anything in return?"
"And who said I was gaining nothing?"
"Touché," Christopher replied, kissing Wally on the lips. He cried out in agony when a sharp pain ran through his head. He felt as though he was ascending, yet he knew he wasn't moving.
Christopher, Robin, and Artemis walked through a passageway made of stone. The sloshing of their feet against the shallow water was the only noise. Artemis ran up to a stone altar at the end of the passageway and picked something up from it.
"I think we've found it!" Artemis' voice reverberated throughout the cave as she stared inquisitively at the item in her hand.
The faint rush of water was audible in the background and the cave was illuminated by both Christopher's magic and Robin's flashlight. "Great, we've got the Lorgnon of Insight. Now we need to leave before a bad Indiana Jones reference is made," Robin said.
"I'll be taking that!"
Artemis, Robin, and Christopher spun around.
Klarion the Witch-boy stood behind them. Miss Martian, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Superboy were confined in magical cages of a ghostly fire.
Kaldur took command. "Artemis aim for—"
With a jolt, Christopher found himself falling back into the present; Wally was violently shaking him. Christopher gasped as he returned to the Earthly plane. "I think I've found one of the items."
"How?" Wally asked with concern.
Christopher smiled as he answered. "Magic."
"I was walking through a cave with Artemis and Robin. There was the sound of rushing water in the background so I think it was an underground cave…or maybe even a sea cave. The floor was rising with water. That should narrow it down to a sea cave. Sea caves can sometimes be empty at low tide and fill up again at high tide," Christopher explained to Zatara and the Team.
"Where were the rest of us?" Conner asked. He gesturing to himself and then to M'gann, Wally, and Kaldur.
Christopher made a split second decision. "I don't know. No one else appeared in my vision. No one at all."
-Sigh- I feel like a failure with this chapter.
No matter how much I say it, you'll never know how truly sorry I am that I'm going on hiatus =( (School. Not only does it take up 30 hours a week just to attend it, it also takes time for homework, studying, lab preps etc.)
Anyways, please do review and tell me if you think something can be done better (even better if you can tell me how it can be done better).
Since I won't update in a while I'll respond to a few reviews and stuff here:
THANK YOU to all people whom read and review/story alert/story favourite
KafeiDetour: I honestly hope I didn't disappoint with this chapter, since you think my story was an excellent read up until that point ^.^ (though as stated earlier, I feel like a failure with this chapter...) A belated "Thank you" for the Story Favourite and Alert =D
PennyTough Girl: I feel terrible, 'cause I know you like quick updates, yet I'm going on hiatus...anyways~ I hope this chapter was good enough until my next update =D Oh yes, we all can't wait to see if Wally's daft plans go well for once~ A belated thanks for the Story Alert ^.^
ThatOneBassoonist: Well~ The show has a lot of connections within itself, making it enjoyable to watch week after week (but confusing if you missed one episode); and I hope I'm replicating that alright~ KF and Chris are dating, eventually KF and Rob or Chris and Rob will begin dating, as I have plans for KF/Chris, evil plans ^.^ And now I feel a little bit more terrible, since I just revealed something that will happen in the future, but that future won't be for a while =(
MyLittleBird: Honestly, I'd love to do that (It'd be soo hot) but I don't think the government enjoys "open marriages" or something of the sort LOL A belated "Thank you" for the story favourite and reviewing every chapter~ ^.^
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