Angelic Temptress: I couldn't get it to recognize anything else.
DS: That's why I wrote this.
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Even I get tired of repetitive jokes, but this thing with the walls, was really ridiculous. The only problem, was that this time, I wasn't flying towards the wall, it was flying towards me. Where they'd dug this neanderthal up, was really beyond me, but J'onn had said stop him, so... The wall hit me like a ton of bricks. Which is what it was. I focused my mind, and called forth my powers. Being a member, of what the Justice League jokingly referred to as it's wizard corp, I am able to use magic. Unlike Zatanna, and Dr. Fate, I don't need any incantations to control, and focus the power. I simply require my will. The wall hit me, and I hit it back. The dust settled, as Killer Croc charged. I met him half way, with a flying chunk of the wall, and slammed him against another one. He reached out the sides, and smashed the wall, so that he and the piece I hit him with flew through the crumbled wall. A couch came flying out of the room, but I raised my hand, and swept it aside, with a crosswind. A movement caught my eye, and Flash slid to a stop. He grinned. Behind him, a hole appeared in the air, from which stepped someone I recognized. The Teen Titan, Raven.
"What's she doing here?" I snapped. She glared at me.
"I could ask the same about him." Came the sardonic reply. Flash waved his hands, but neither of us was really paying attention.
"I'm here, because I'm a member of the Justice League not the kiddy pool." I snarled.
"Oh really, they let you out of your play pen?" She retorted. Flash bolted into motion. First grabbing Raven's belt, then my collar,as the building overhead began to collapse ontop of us. He stopped just short of the rubble.
"Can you two please just can it for the time being please?" He asked, then turned, and raced back towards Killer Croc. I glanced at Raven.
"Where's the fun in that?" She glared, and lifted her arm, breaking off a streetlight. I know for a fact she flew it through where I was standing on purpose. She wrapped it around Killer Croc, but he snapped it. He picked up the pieces and threw them, tripping Flash. He tumbled into a nearby building, and I stepped in. Energy formed in the air, and then swirled around Killer Croc, slowly creeping up his limbs, as he fought to break free. It moved with him as he tried, until he was completely covered, except his nose. With a twist of my wrists, I solidified it, drawing dust and debris around him, leaving him only able to breath for the moment. Draining as it was I dropped straight to my knees. Killer Croc didn't move though. The police arrived a moment later and stared, laughing.
"I think we'll need a wrecker." One remarked. Flash laughed, rubbing his head. As he helped me to my feet, I noticed Raven was gone.
"How about dinner? My treat?" He answered my grin with one of his own.
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John Stewart, the Green Lantern, dropped to the ground, and sighed. He needed to remember to thank Superman for the use of his fortress. It was a useful place to think, since he was one of the few capable of entering on his own. He was fairly sure Batman could, and knew Wonderwoman, and Supergirl could, but the rest had their own homes, and those that didn't usually stayed on the New Watchtower complex. In either case, since Superman was assisting in clean up efforts from an earthquake, John was alone with his thoughts. After a moment, he stood up, since the floor was made of ice, and therefore, rather chilly. As he walked, he thought back, over his adventures with Hawkgirl. What stood out in his mind in particular, was aboard the watchtower, while he was injured. The kiss was the beginning of their romance. Admittedly, it hadn't gone terribly much farther before the Thanagarians arrived, and certain, problems arose. One of which, had been involving the fact that they were different species, but according to Hawkgirl, that was only a psychological problem. Of his. Of course that she was a traitor, or was she, against earth, was part of it. That was something he was torn on. She seemed loyal to both the Thanagar, and Earth, but when the interests conflicted, she sided with Earth. That gave her points in his eyes, though most of the others hadn't been able to see past her betrayal. He sighed. In his eyes, she'd never betrayed anyone, except her own race. As for her planet, well, as far as he was concerned, she could consider Earth her home. He didn't know how the others would feel about it, but he would fight for her, and knew she would fight for herself. With that out of the way, only his feelings, finding her, and Adam's premonitions stood in his way. The first was the most complicated, but something he couldn't sort out until he found her. The second was only slightly problematic, since he could find her if he wanted. The third, was something to consider. Most of the other magic users he knew, considered Adam to be a very odd person, to the point that Batman wouldn't even talk with him. The problem was, that he was usually right. He once predicted, that Flash would come around a corner, trip on the floor, crash into Wonder Woman, and then Superman. At the time, the corridor was empty. A few seconds later, Diana had stepped around a corner, Superman out of a room, and Flash had barreled around the corner, slid on a patch of over-waxed floor, bounced off a wall, Wonder Woman, and ended up in Superman's lap. John had made it a point to take him seriously after that.
"If he's right, then either she's going to betray us, or she already has." John stood, and the aura surrounded him. "Even if not, I still have to find her. But I'm not going alone." He rose from the floor, turned, and flew out.
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"Please, if you leave, we are doomed, we have been cursed." The old man pleaded. Hawkgirl grunted, as she stuffed her clothes into a bag, and zipped it. As she turned to retrieve a carving, she bumped into one of the old men. She found herself blocked from the door.
"Listen very carefully." She said, grabbing her mace. "Either you get out of my way, or I'm going to use my tree feller on you." She hefted the mace, brandishing it at an empty room. With a slight smile, she reached for the carving, whistling. Oddly, her arm was stopped. For a moment, she thought she'd missed one of the elders and turned to give him a piece of her mind. She found herself face to face with Nrusa. :Chi's younger brother.: She thought, putting a name to the face.
"What?" She asked. She wasn't sure she'd get an answer, since he was almost always tongue tied around her. She was therefore surprised, and mystified when he leaned forwards and kissed her. It was very quick, and nothing like those she had gratefully shared with Green Lantern, but like those, it inspired something deep inside her to react. Nrusa flew through the air, with sufficient force to break the wall, and send both flying into the stream that ran through the village. Hawkgirl stuck her head out the new window. "Next time, ask!" She called as he floated down stream. She turned back to the room.
"You didn't have to send him flying you know. He only wanted to convince you to stay." Chi said with a smile. The young tribesman laughed. "He flys well though, doesn't he?"
"Yes, he does. What is this about curses?" She asked, finally managing to pick up the carving. She set it in her suitcase, she'd brought the suit case containing clothes, this time it was reserved for the fragile things she carried.
"I told the council that when you left, so will I. I told them they are damned, and that they, and this tribe will be destroyed, and it will be upon them that it happened. They obviously believed it, because they came to plead for you to stay." He replied.
"Remove the curse, it was time for me to move on anyway, I was delaying it, and they simply helped me to move it along. They should not suffer for aiding me, even if aid was not their intention." She smiled, and laid the back of her hand on his cheek, then turned, and zipped her suitcase. She put her bag on her back, nestled between her wings, hefted her suitcase in her left hand, and her mace in her right. "Thank you for your kindness." She smiled, bowed, and leapt out the wall, his brother had flown through. She swept around once, then winged away east. Chi sighed. He reached around the corner for his bags, and then swept out as wind, heading north.
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"Is that orchid ready to be grown?" Ivy asked. Savage nodded, as Harley set a pot, and the soil Ivy had brought, down. He passed her the seeds, and she planted them. Then she watered them. "Grow for me." She whispered. Harley grinned, she never tired of watching this. Savage was anxious was to be able see her powers in person. The plant poked out of the ground, and he watched in fascination as it grew to maturity. The injected material had given the orchid, which was originally white, a deep blood red color. Savage smiled.
"Perfect, it will blend into the surroundings, but attract her." He smiled. "Now, we need only find her."
"I'll do it." Harley volunteered. "I'll get Olsen to tell me where he saw here going." Savage nodded.
"Take Bane. He should prove, useful. Mrs. Ivy, and I have, business to discuss." The Harley stared at them for a moment, giggled, and led Bane out. Savage turned to Ivy. "Now my dear, let us discuss, our business." He kissed the back of her hand. She smiled, and returned the kiss.