Agony of the Mystical Force
The chamber was silent, all but abandoned. At the centre of the chamber, a lone figure stood, a cat resting in his arms. He silently contemplated his may thoughts. Klarion stroked Teekl, the anchor that kept him upon the Earthly Plane. He could feel the winds shifting, the mystical force was in agony.
He watched the darkness dance about in the shadows, his hands gently brushing back the hair of his familiar. "Oh Teekl, what does this mean?" He questioned. He was concerned about the future, something powerful was trying to force their way through the mystical force and onto their plane of existence. He could only dread what being could wield such power.
The familiar merely yawned in response, a soft purr escaped her throat. Klarion raised an eyebrow with interest, watching Teekl closely as he continued to stroke her. "Oh, really now? And what dark threats would they be?"
Teekl leapt from his arms, landing upon the ground. She glanced up at her master, purring another response to his question. "Some far worse than a Lord of Chaos? What could be worse than me?" Klarion asked, slightly concerned that whatever it was that was trying to break through the mystical plane held greater power then he did.
Teekl purred as she started to walk away. Stopping once as she meowed, glancing up at her master. It seemed that she wanted Klarion to follow her. Klarion blinked. "You want me to follow you Teekl." He said, walking after the cat.
The two came to a stop inside another chamber, a surge of dark energy seemed to build up within the chamber, a dark energy that Klarion was unfamiliar with. He could feel the mystical forces at work, the pain of the mystical force was strong here.
With a flick of his hand, he lit the room up. machines littered the place, ancient artefacts and symbols of bats decorated the place. Carvings upon the walls depicted a story of war. "What is all this stuff?" Klarion wondered as he slowly made his way through the chamber.
Teekl purred as she leapt next to the carvings. Klarion glanced up at them, his eyes swept over the many images. Images of large bat like creatures stood tall, brawling against mighty hawk like beings. The images told a story, one that was incomplete.
As Klarion gazed over the images, his eyes fell upon the carvings of fifteen figures, seven of them resembled Batman in some shape or form. The remaining eight figures, they were unfamiliar to him. "Who are these people?" Klarion wondered. "Batmen?" He paused, his eyes falling upon a larger figure, a large bat like creature, massive wings and ears.
"I should inform The Light of this discovery. It could be used to our advantage." Klarion muttered, listening as Teekl purred in agreement with his conclusion. Though he couldn't help but be concern by the major focus on bats and hawks. With a click of his fingers, a red portal moved over them, taking them away.
Wayne Manor was silent as Zatanna stood overlooking the vast gardens that surrounded the Wayne household. Her eyes locked upon the many plants that formed the colourful yard. While she still had a home at Mount Justice, Wayne Manor was another home of hers ever since that fateful day.
But she was troubled by another issue, the mystical force cried out with agony. Almost as if someone was trying to force their way into their plane of existence by force. She was positive that Fate could feel that same agony. "You are troubled Miss Zatanna." Alfred said. The British voice of the Wayne Family butler cut through the air like a knife on butter.
Zatanna turned to see Alfred standing tall, a hand behind his back as he gazed out over the yard. "The mystical force cries out in agony, Alfred. Someone is trying to break through into our plane of existence." She replied.
Alfred smiled slightly. "Have you tried speaking with Master Bruce yet? He may be able to understand this better than I can. But if I might offer some advice, Miss Zatanna." He paused, watching as Zatanna's lips curled into a small smile.
"You may Alfred."
"Do not let the past hold you down. I suggest you look to a brighter future, one that might very well bring about a spark of joy that this world desperately needs." Alfred advised.
Zatanna nodded in response and understanding, she had always welcomed Alfred's wisdom, it had helped her greatly since first arriving at the Manor.
Bruce sat silently; his eyes locked upon the monitor of the Bat Computer. Numbers and elements rested upon the screen. Upon the table close by, several shards of metal rested. Tools spread out across the table around them.
"Bruce." Zatanna's voice echoed throughout the cave.
Bruce turned to face the origin of the voice; his gaze fell upon the orphaned girl walking towards him. "Zatanna." He greeted in response, turning back to his work as he analysed the information he'd gained from the metal so far.
"Would you be able to set up a meeting with Dr Fate?" Zatanna asked, coming to a stop as she glanced over the shards of metal. While she and Robin had been tasked with smaller missions regarding the shards, she was still curious why they were investigating them.
Bruce raised an eyebrow as he glanced back at Zatanna. "Why the sudden interest in Fate?" He questioned, picking up a shard of metal as he turned it over, his eyes narrowed in concentration as he analysed the shard closely.
Zatanna sighed in response. "The mystical force is screaming in agony, as if someone is trying to break in through the barriers between the planes of existence." She replied, hovering closer to Bruce as he picked up another shard of metal to examine.
"I'll see what I can do." Bruce answered, moving towards the Batcomputer. "In the meantime, I need you to head back to Mount Justice and round the others." He paused, placing the shard of metal upon the table. "There's something I need you all to do for me." Bruce finished, scanning the shard of metal.
Zatanna nodded in understanding, heading towards the Zeta Tube located within the Batcave. The tube was located on the far side of the vast drop off in the massive cavern system located below Wayne Manor. She passed by several points before arriving at her destination. She closed her eyes and stepped inside. "Recognised, Zatanna B-0-8"
"Hey Rob, you know when we're going to get a new mission?" Wally asked, racing into the central chamber of Mount Justice to greet his best friend, the massive holographic computer system spread out around the boy wonder. Images of metal, information and other things including a map of the world with red dots littered the screens.
Robin glanced away from his work, turning to face Wally. "I don't know Wally, Batman's got Zee and I working on something pretty important at the moment." He replied, bringing up another screen as he got to work on another source of information.
"Recognised Zatanna B-0-8"
The two turned to face Zatanna. "Wally, Batman needs the team gathered. Says he has something we need to do for him." She said, coming to stand beside Robin, watching as the speedster vanished around the corner.
"What does he want now? Another shard of metal?" Robin questioned. Zatanna turned to face her boyfriend.
Zatanna shrugged her shoulders in response. "No idea, I assume so." She paused, glancing over the many panels of information Robin had open. "But, something's just not right about all this. There's something bigger going on. It's tearing away at the mystical force, causing it agony."
Robin turned from his work, his whole body facing her. "Perhaps Fate might be able to identify the issue." He said, stepping towards her.
Zatanna sighed as she as her gaze rested upon the Zeta Tubes. "I don't know. Batman said he'd set up a meeting, but something just doesn't feel right."
Robin nodded, extending out his arm as a hand rested upon Zatanna's shoulder. "If it continues to bother you. I'll do my best to help ease the pain it causes." He said.
Zatanna nodded as Wally raced into the room, the rest of the team following from behind. "Wally said Batman had need of us." Aqualad said, coming to stand before the couple.
Zatanna nodded in confirmation, her gaze sweeping the team. "I'm not sure when he'll show up. But he needs us for something."
"I assume it's related to what you and Robin have been working on for the past few weeks now." Aqualad guessed, watching the two exchange a glance between one another.
"We think so. But knowing Batman, it could be anything." Robin replied, stepping forward as he glanced towards the Zeta Tubes.
"Recognised Batman 0-2"
Batman marched forward, coming to a stop before the large screens, his eyes sweeping them slowly. "Intriguing." He muttered, turning to face the team.
"You called for us Batman." Aqualad said, walking towards the League member.
Batman nodded. "I want you to investigate a burst of energy at these coordinates." He paused, turning to face Zatanna and Robin. "Zatanna, Robin, I want you two to head to the Watchtower, the specifics of your mission will be explained shortly."
Aqualad glanced over the team, being split like this was something else. "Does the League know the cause of the energy burst?" He asked.
Batman narrowed his eyes. "This mission is strictly off the grid. The League shall never find out about it." He replied, walking forward. "Your mission is to gather anything that may related to this energy burst." He said.
Aqualad nodded, turning to face the team. "We better gather our things and be ready to head out. Miss Martian, prep the Bio-ship for flight." He commanded, turning to face Batman. "I trust you will deal with the League if they discover this mission."
Batman nodded, watching as he vanished. He turned to face Robin and Zatanna, the two stood, watching the dark knight closely. "Robin, Zatanna. For this mission, I want you to speak with Dr Fate, inform Superman and Wonder Woman that I wish to speak with them and gather a few items from storage." He said.
Robin nodded. "Anything you want to add to the list while we're at it?" He asked.
Batman shook his head. "Nothing, pay no mind to the other Leaguers, get the job done and be back at the Batcave before anything happens."
Zatanna took a deep breath. "Well, we best be going."
"This news is does indeed concern us greatly. This dark energy, the agony in the mystical force. It appears that something is coming." Savage said, his gaze focused upon Klarion and Teekl.
Ra's Al Ghul glanced up at the group. "Would it not be wise to investigate this source, gather things to study and determine the threat this impending threat holds?"
Luthor nodded. "True, I can have my facilities ready to analyse anything we can muster up from this sight."
"Assuming the Justice League hasn't gotten to the place first." Ocean Master stated.
Queen Bee raised an eyebrow. "As far as I'm aware, the Justice League has remained unaware of this dark energy."
Savage nodded. "It is true that the League haven't noticed it yet. It is only a matter of time till the young heroes are deployed to investigate. Have Sportsmaster and a detachment of assassins procure several objects from this location."
Within the darkness of an empty void, voices rang out. A deep laughter echoed about the place, maniacal in origin. "The plans near completion master. The Grey Knights await the chance to enter the positive plane of existence and open the portal to allow our arrival so that we may pave the way for your entrance." It was Joker like, the voice chuckled again.
Another voice soon echoed about, a deep commanding voice. Ancient and dark in origin. "The end of the multiverse begins." The voice said. It crackled in dark energy. "The positive universes will have no idea what comes their way." It finished.
Been awhile since I've written anything related to DC. But I'm back, I have plans to continue Nightwing: Shadows of the Past, Present and Future, Nightwing and Supergirl: Crime Unbound and Phoenix, Son of Wonder Woman. But in the meantime, enjoy this current project. My goal here is to adapt The Dark Multiverse into the Earth-16 universe.
Before I even started this project, I rewatched the show, researched everything I could about the Dark Multiverse, even going as far as to read the entire arc several times. However, I did also want to give The Team a majority of the spotlight. Thus came the creation of The Grey Knights, eight dark versions of Dick designed to counter the first eight members of The Team, excluding Red Arrow
I also wanted to mess around with Klarion, I plan on him being a main character with the idea of a team up between Zatanna and him against one of The Grey Knights. As for the timeline of this story, it slots in shortly after the end of Season 1 but before Ocean Master was expelled from The Light.
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