HawkAngel XD:I will.
Tiger eyes: Thank you. As for Alexia, this is actually the sixth in a series, that while it started with Birdhunting, takes place chronologically in the order 'Of Magician's and Madmen, Birdhunting, Ladies night out, Mirror Images, and Mirror Images 2'. Alexia was introduced in LNO. She's the result of a Russian attempt to duplicate Flash. Her brother also drank the formula, but only she could control it. Flash was the only being fast enough to catch her brother, and stop him. He was cured, but she decided to stick around.
Oneredneckgoddess: I hoped you'd like that. Don't worry, I don't intend on leaving them dead.
WWLAOS: Don't worry about it dude. It's not as bad as it sounds.
:Children, come to the Study, there is something you need to see.: The voice rang in my mind with a certainty of exactly where she meant. I rose from my seat, wings folding under my arms around my chest. Though my outfit is more casual than mothers, was I still feel embarrassed in the presence of others, even though those around me know me better than anyone else. The dark locks of hair on my head, kept cut short, still manage to find their way into my face. I can remember mother telling me I would be beautiful. Being half-thangarian, means I remember everything, no matter my age. My heels clack on the floor as I walk the long hall from my room. I know that the twins, and J'nol enjoy flying within the tower, but it reminds me of my parents far too much. Songbird falls into line behind me, coming from the training hall no doubt. She has made it her personal goal to become a better archer than her father. I think it simply brings her closer to him in her own mind. The costume she wears is a monotone green, darker than her fathers, with heavy pants, and shorter heeled boots. The bow slung over her back cross ways from her quiver always chills me. Why she does it, I do not know and fear to ask. I can feel the mace hanging from my belt, mother's, banging off my leg. My costume is less aero dynamic than mothers, but covers more. Similar to shorts and T-shirt, molded to my form. I get a certain amount of teasing about that, but it's all in good fun. We reach the door, just as Alfred does, and he holds it open for us, in one of his shows of perfect manners. He wears a suit similar to his fathers, though, like his mother, without the cape. He doesn't need it to be scary, he's bad enough as it is. The emblem on his chest however, is Dr. Fate's ankh. Annia is waiting, wearing the lightning and stars costume, of her own design. Her form makes all of us jealous, the combination of a runners form, and the toned muscles of a supermodel, with a figure to match. J'nol enters behind her, coming straight through the wall. His form is the same as that of his father, though the face is different, exactly how, I do not know. Just that it is.
"Sorry we're late." Ace voices as he entered the door, followed by his sister. She is wearing an outfit identical to the one her mother wore, except the symbol on her ample chest is the seven spikes of her fathers house, with the S, and Ankh in the center. Ace wore the same symboless costume his father had worn, the blue t-shirt, jeans, and gloves. He also wore a denim jacket, over the top, this held the three symbols. The S on the left side, the Spikes on the back, and the ankh on the right. Both held that same, effortless muscular quality of their mother, and the ageless eyes from their father. Four blue orbs, staring intently at everything around them. J'nols green eyes do the same though not with the same intensity, but instead a sad, detached look. Annia's eyes are white, except for two concentric rings of black where the inner and outer edges of the iris should have been. Songbirds are black, a color not usually associated with eye colors. Mine? I have one green, one brown. Funny thing is, they seem to switch back and forth at will. I've been looking into the mirror when it happened and man, is it creepy. Inza enters from the rear door. The frame glows as she passes. It is one location we cannot go in the tower. She alone can pass the barrier, that seals the room from the tower. Thus, we are incredibly surprised when another passes through. Shorter, with long pointed ears, and white flowing hair, he floats through, triggering the frame. Ace's eyes narrow.
"It is alright my boy." Inza smiles. "This is Puk. A messenger, from the Island of Avalon. Introduce yourself if you please."
"I am Puk, child of Oberon, and his messenger on earth. I have brought a message. Obviously." He bowed low. Inza sighed.
"Show them if you please." She asked.
"But of course." He smiled, and pulled a white orb, similar to a snow globe and set it on the table. He muttered a few words, and light flickered upwards around them. The found themselves staring into Adam's face. He smiled.
"I greet you my children, and the successors to the legacy of the Justice League. I record this message without the approval of the rest of the remains of the league, because they would have you forget us. I cannot stand by and allow that to happen. Thus I give you this choice. Remain as you are, and live your lives as best you can under Akati's yoke, or help us, and change your fate." He took a breath. "If you decide to remain as you are, I cannot fault you for your choice. I beg only your forgiveness for dying. If you decide to change your destiny, then listen well." He paused again.
"I cannot for sure say who Akati is, that is why I travel to the island of Avalon, to ask to use it's eye, the massively powerful seeing globe, to attempt to find out the name. Puk, whom will have delivered this message, will know if I have succeeded. No matter the outcome, there is one possible way in which to defeat this threat. To stop him, you must go into the past, and seek out the Black Lance. Guard it from him, and stop him there. When he is defeated there, time will correct itself. Do not attempt to destroy the Black Lance itself. It is not possible. The only way into the past, lies with the sorceress Zatanna. She is your only hope. I must go, if I hope to reach the isle, before Akati reaches me. Fare well my children, and heirs to the power." He vanished in a shimmer of light. Puk returned the orb to his jacket, and settled into a chair that had not been there a moment before.
"He did reach the island, and the Lord and Lady gave him permission to stare into the eye." Puk chuckled nervously. "He didn't find out the name he was looking for, but did forsee two things. First, that if you do indeed find Zatanna, that one of you will not be able to return to the past. Second, that if the past is changed, one of you will never exist. The former concerned him not, because the fallen one would never have fallen once the change was finished. The latter however, did. The reasoning is simple. That means something else terrible was going to happen, and he didn't want to think about it." Puk stopped for a breath. "I give you warnings however. First, Akati's palace is guarded by powerful creatures, some formed of science, and some of magic. And then there are a few of both, and a few of neither. One thing all share, is that they are dangerous."
"We did not yet give our answer as to whether we would go." J'nol replied. Puk glared at him.
"I'm not finished." He shook his head. "Second, Zatanna's power will not be what it once was, and she will be closely guarded. Third, if Akati is near when you speak to Zatanna, he will know. Finally, he has shown but one weakness, and that is the sound of magic. Adam knew it, and tried to use it to kill him when he detonated. Akati was protected by the Lance. The one thing you can use against the Lance, is that it can not affect you physically. I have to leave now, before Akati traces me here, and puts you all in danger. We will meet again." There was a flare of brilliant white light, and he was gone.
"We didn't say yes." Rebecca noted pointedly. Ace stared at her for a moment.
"We also didn't say no." He replied.
"I suggest we take a step back, and think about it a bit, before answering. If we are to do this, we must be sure of what we are doing, and be sure of the consequences that could come of it." Alfred grunted. "Otherwise we might falter in the middle of the fight, and we'll be killed, and there will be no one left to take up the fight." From her chair, Inza smiled widely.
"An excellent suggestion." She spoke up, cutting off a tempermental reply that was about to burst from Songbird. Annia nodded.
"I agree. We must be sure." With that, she rose, and left the room. J'nol did so as well, passing back through the wall. Songbird walked out, closing the door quietly behind herself. Alfred moved away to the corner of the room opposite both doors, and settled into a chair. Ace and Rebecca leave, each going in different directions. I move away as well, smiling at Inza. She smiles back, rising slowly, and moving through the door to her room again. The frame glows once more.