FudoTwin17: Hey, guys!
Cat: She was about to update Bloody Angels when-
FudoTwin17: WHO SAW THE LAST EPISODE OF YOUNG JUSTICE: INVASION? OO Bro, KALDUR IS EVIL AND TULA IS DEAD! NO!
Dog # 1: She wasn't even going to update this story since she only got nine reviews, but with the last episode, she had to update. She-
FudoTwin17: THEY CAN'T DO THAT! NOT TO KAL! NO!
Dog # 1: She doesn't own Young Justice-
FudoTwin17: NO!
Cat: She's still freaking out. So on to the chapter before something bad happens.
Chapter 25
When Rux stumbled out of the room, the other women had to withhold their laughter. She was dressed in a puffy Cinderella type of dress. It wasn't pleasant watching her stumble out with the glittering dress that pooled around her. She looked in the mirror behind her and shuttered.
"Take me back inside." Rux stated, not wanting to look any longer at her female friends or herself looking so ridiculous.
"Yes, Queen Ruxandera." The Hungarian woman replied, taking the girl back.
So, naturally, when she came back, she looked even more ridiculous. The white dress was so tight that she had to wobble out and the look on her face was even more so. The other females didn't hold their laughter back this time.
So, naturally, none of the other dresses were any better.
Eventually, they ran out of dresses, too, and that was saying a lot.
Rux collapsed next to the other women. "This day can't get any worse." She stated.
Diana smiled at her. "Well, at least this makes things a bit harder on Joshua."
Rux sighed. None of them wanted it to happen, but they all could feel it drawing dearer and dearer. It was like the rising sun, only without the promise of a new day. It was like the lunar eclipse of the rising sun, realizing that it was an omen for a horrid thing that would change their lives completely.
It was right then that Rux looked at the door. Two brown eyes were staring at her curiously. Then, when they widened in realization that she was looking at them, disappeared. But not this time! Rux didn't want to lose them again. She wanted to know what was going on. She wanted to know who was watching her.
"I'll be right back." Rux said abruptly, all but running out the door with curious gazes on her back.
She ran down two halls without once seeing the person she was after, but she was sure she was on the trail of whomever had been staring at her. She could feel it.
Then, as if on cue, she found the eyes! They had turned around, shocked that she had found them.
She was a woman around eighteen, or at least she looked about eighteen. Her hair was like loose fire and her eyes were the same big, innocent, brown eyes that Rux had seen twice now. Her skin was smooth and perfect. The girl wore a small, white tiara on her crown with sparkling jewels and a pure white dress that was high, sleeveless, and had a train after it split in the front at two long legs. She wore high heels as well.
Rux blinked, realization setting in.
Her figure suddenly began to melt into darkness, trying to disappear.
"No! Wait, please!" Rux shouted, taking a step forward, arms raised to show she meant no harm. "Please, just talk to me." The last sentence was a whisper. Somehow, it seemed to stop the other woman in her tracks.
Her form solidified as she looked at the small figure of Ruxandera.
Rux took another step forward. "You're the Queen, right? The one before me?"
Her lip trembled as she looked at Rux, but she nodded all the same. "Yes. I am former Queen Abigail, wife to former King Johnathan."
Rux suddenly paled. "Abigail as in the girl that begged Orin the Dragon Slayer to take her on as an apprentice?"
Abigail let her jaw drop as a small gasp made it's way out of her mouth. Somehow, that must have scared her more than anything, even the idea that she was married to such a horrid man. Her form once again bled away to darkness and she faded into the shadows. Nothing Rux could have said would have stopped her.
Rux punched a nearby, stone wall, ignoring the pain in her hand. "Darn it!"
. . .
It wasn't very long until the next day came. Rux, once again, was clothed unlike how she wanted. It was a snowy white that was low cut, sleeveless, tighter than even the usual corsets, and ended above her knees. With it she wore knee high white boots. Her makeup was dark, but stayed in the grays. Her crown and ring were placed very coolly where she wished so much that they weren't. She was walking along the long halls when she saw him.
Kaldur was just sort of standing there, wearing the same outfit Wally had been, only a few exceptions so that his gills weren't unreasonably hurt. He was standing right at the center of a four way intersection where the hall divided into three other ways. He seemed to be basking in the sunlight of the skylight above him.
Rux didn't want to face him. Not in this situation.
He hadn't seen her yet, though. She could just turn around-
"Rux!" Kaldur called, spotting her for the first time.
She sighed, walking forward. No chance of running anymore. "Hey, Kal."
They met in the center and, looking around, Rux found an empty room for them to speak in private. After she locked it, she searched the room, not finding any bugs or security cameras. She sighed, turning back around to look at him.
Then an awkward silence filled the air. It was heavy like mist, but clearer than glass.
"Ruxandera." Kaldur whispered her name, interrupting the silence to stand by her and place a gentle hand on her cheek.
At that point, she just couldn't hold it in anymore. She just cried, tackling him in a hug. He held her gently. Even the boy wonder had a breaking point and this must have been horribly stressful. They slid to the floor, Kaldur holding her and Rux clinging to him for dear life.
"It's okay." He whispered, a knot in his throat. "We'll get through this."
She looked up at him, trying to ignore the tears. "How? He beat the League, Kal! He's winning!"
He let a hand move through her hair gently as he adjusted her position on his lap. "By having hope."
She leaned on his chest, closing her eyes and listening to his heartbeat. His arms were gentle around her her, but warm and safe. She never wanted him to let go. As his hand gently continued through her hair, she almost forgot that she was being forced to marry Joshua. She almost forgot they were trapped in a castle. She almost forgot that any of Joshua's people could easily kill her last bit of family.
All she knew was Kaldur and that that room, silent and empty.
Except for them.
. . .
Cathy Cane looked into the camera very grimly. She was not delivering good news that day. "It has been four days total since the League went missing besides Zatanna, who is in connection with Zatarra. No superhero or sidekick in connection with the League has been seen in this amount of time and Robin, partner of Batman, hasn't been seen for even longer than this. As well as this, many cities such as Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, Algerian cities, Chad, and even a few American and European cites have experienced the beginning of a world-wide domination. Here's some footage of Miami, Florida, where this is happening right now. Over to you, Josh."
The screen quickly changed to footage of the area. It was of a blond man who was standing on a tall building over looking the city. But instead of the city loved and known by many Americans, what was shown was monsters and buildings ruined. Panic was widespread with the screams of the people and the screeches of the monsters. "Thanks, Cathy. As you can see, these monsters have taken over the entire city. Buildings have collapsed. It is still in the middle of the catastrophe, but three thousand have been pegged dead and four billion are missing. We and many other survivors are being evacuated as we speak." He started waving his hands as a helicopter lowered itself down and let them in. As they rose, the helicopter began circling the city, searching for more survivors.
"And as well as the dam-it's Zatanna!" They all stared out of the window, watching as the girl fought for the city, floating in the air.
"Worht eht sub ta ti!" As it rang from her lips, an empty bus threw itself at one of the monsters in front of her.
The monster, a winged reptile, the dragon of great stories, blew fire and exploded the bus then and there. However, the fire didn't just hit it. The fire wrapped itself around Zatanna until she could no longer float and the air flew from her lungs. Another monster caught her and as the rest of the creatures went back to their path of destruction and murder, it flew away with her in it's grasp.
"In a new twist, it-it seems that the heroes that ar-are left are being kidnapped." Exclaimed Josh sickly, his hands shaking and eyes blotted with pain and horror that he was trying to erase from his memories. "And-"
An earsplitting scream cut him off as an eye peered through a window. It was huge and blinked sideways as if realizing there were living things on board. Suddenly, the metal door opened and three claws screeched through the metal wall of the plane.
The video cut off, returning to Cathy who was standing, horrified.
As she was cued, she turned back to the camera, her lip trembling. "An-And they are kidnapping the remaining heroes. We fear that in a month, the entire rest of the world will have been taken over. We must rely on our military now. We have no other choice."
We have no other choice.
FudoTwin17: NJAJKVD;LAJKJEK!
Kaldur: What is up with her?
Robin: Don't ask.
Cat: Anyway, that was her protest to Kaldur'ahm turning evil. Bye. And review.
Kaldur: What?