The Lone Hero
Chapter 9:
"Why, hello, Magic Mistress," said Wotan "I haven't seen you since you tried to drain my power,"
Magic Mistress got up and tried to run but she began experiencing vertigo and collapsed. The Injustice League laughed at her. Poison Ivy wrapped a vine around the magician's leg and pulled her back, hanging her upside down. The villains laughed at her again. Poison Ivy wrapped the vine around her, tying her up.
"Such a pretty face," said Count Vertigo, looking at her as Magic Mistress tried to break free "Pity we have to kill you, you really have become something more than that pitiful girl who lost her father,"
Magic Mistress spat in his face.
"Go ahead and kill me!" she shouted "I don't care anymore..."
Count Vertigo wiped her spit off his cheek and slapped her but Magic Mistress barely flinched.
"What? So you can be with Renegade again? You're true love?" Count Vertigo asked.
Magic Mistress stared at him with hurt eyes. She wasn't suicidal but she didn't want to live, to be honest she was looking for a good way to die for a good reason (such as saving the world).
"You shut-up about Renegade," she hissed at him.
"Little one, you are a fool in love," Count Vertigo said "Kill her,"
The vines around Magic Mistress tightened and began squeezing the air out of her.
"Es-esa-esaele-r," she gasped, feeling her ribs crack "em!" she gasped.
The vines untangled and she fell to the ground. She got to her feet and looked at Count Vertigo with a dark expression. Magic Mistress cracked her knuckles.
"You. Shouldn't. Have mentioned. Renegade," she hissed.
In an instant, Magic Mistress was beating Count Vertigo senseless. Before the Injustice League could help their comrade, members of the past JLA attacked.
Magic Mistress magic-punched Count Vartigo's headset and he lost his abilities to inflict vertigo. She continued to pound him, breaking his nose and causing him to bleed.
The JLA took down the other Injustice Leaguers and knocked them out to be taken to Belle Reve until further notice. But Magic Mistress continued to beat Count Vertigo. Her vision was red with anger.
"Never. Ever. Talk. To me. About. Renegade. Again," she hissed.
The other superheroes crowded behind her. Magic Mistress lifted the beaten Count up by her shirt. He weakly lifted his head and looked at her in the eye.
"Your little boyfriend," he said, his voice loud enough for the heroes to hear "was pathetic," he spat out his own blood "I can't believe Renegade even lived long enough to be 17!"
The heroes were surprised to learn that Magic Mistress's dead boyfriend and Renegade were one in the same. Both Robin and Zatanna tried to figure out a way to get out of the awkward questions Kid Flash was probably gonna ask.
Magic Mistress's anger consumed her and she even began glowing with red chaotic energy (her usually light energy was being tainted by her anger). Her hair flickered around her as if there was a strong wind and her eyes glowed red.
Zatanna stared at her future self in terror of the thought of feeling so angry her powers could become evil.
Magic Mistress punched Count Vertigo so hard, he bled through his ears, mouth, nostrils and even his eyes. The punch created a crater beneath Count Vertigo. Magic Mistress stepped away from him, her hands dripping from his blood and from where her knuckles had split. She collapsed onto her knees and put her hands on her head. She bent down and she even seemed to be crying. Batman got on one knee and put 2 fingers to Count Vertigo's neck.
"He's dead," said Batman.
They all looked at Magic Mistress as she wept.