Well people, this is the end of the road, for now. Hope you'll all enjoy this last update for a long while. A long, long while :).

I'm just going to say this now, if by the end of the chapter, you still don't know who the third party is, I really suggest you do some research. Even if you're sure about it, research it!

Also, when I get back, should I post this story to Young Justice as well? Since I'm hoping their Season Three will introduce Raven? And since this has basically morphed from a Titan's story to the Young Justice Arc?


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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Till we Meet at the Gates of Hell


Wonder Woman's body was floating above a white cot, in the middle of the Watchtower's white healing chamber. A pulsing white light filled the whole room with it's healing energies. Piercing into everyone and everything inside of it.

Yet the comatose Wonder Woman showed no reaction to it. Acting as if she was completely dead to the world. The only inclination showing this wasn't true being the steady fall and rise of her chest.

Her body, after resting in the light of the chamber for three days, looked perfect. Even though she was still dressed in the same ancient Amazonian armor she was found in. Yet the fearsome warrior still showed no signs of waking up.

Superman, who was on the left side of the cot he had laid in just weeks before, let out a sigh. "Dinah, why won't she wake up?" He finally asked.

Black Canary, who was on the other side, let out a sigh as well. "I don't know Clark. There's no further signs of damage showing up on the scanners." She replied.

Superman stared at Wonder Woman for a moment more. "Did you check the scans over again?" He asked.

Black Canary rolled her eyes. "Yes, like three times."

Superman frowned. "Could you try checking them again?"

Black Canary shrugged, then pulled up a holoscreen in front of her. "Beats standing here and staring at my teammate like some random creep." She said as she activated the scanner again.

Slam!

Superman was about to defend himself, since the big blue boy scout would never dream of doing such a thing. When the doors slammed open, and a scowling Batman came in, his black cape flapping angrily behind him.

"It's been three days! How the hell is she still not up yet!?" Batman yelled at them in a demanding voice.

Superman, instead of defending himself, instead moved to calm down the Bat at seeing the amount of anger he was expressing. "Whoa Bruce. Take it easy." He said in a calming voice.

"I'll take it easy, when I know what the hell happened down there in Midway City! Since so far, we have diddly squat!" Batman yelled at Superman as he tried to push him out of the way.

Note, trying to push a Kryptonian without any Kryptonite on hand is like trying to move a mountain with a small thin stick. Utterly impossible.

"Bruce, please be reasonable." Superman said calmly down to Batman as he tried to push him.

"I am being reasonable Clark! If Diana doesn't wake up soon, then we'll never know how the demoness managed to level half a city! We need Diana awake to tell us what the demoness did so we can develop a way to keep that from happening in the future! And we need it now!" Batman said enragedly up to him.

"And you think that by throwing a temper tantrum in Diana's face that she'll just magically wake up?" Dinah called from her place.

Batman struggled for a moment more, trying to get past Superman. Yet every time he moved to the sides, Superman mirrored him, staying in front.

Batman then tried his grappling gun, aiming for a rafter up above. Superman's heat vision though cut right through the cable, and the end of the grappling hook fell down to the floor.

Batman let out a small growl of frustration, and he surveyed the area.

Batman then tried to jump over Superman using a cot, but Superman got in the way. Making Batman collide into his body in the air. Batman hit the ground with an oof, and Superman lowered in front of him.

"Bruce, I know you're frustrated. We all are. But getting all mad at us will get us nowhere." Superman said calmly down to him.

Batman breathed in and out angrily on the ground for a moment more, then he let out a sigh. "I'm sorry Clark. It's just… they got away again, and she's the only one that knows how they did it. We're lucky that with all that devastation, there wasn't a single civilian death. We can't risk our luck with that happening again another time though."

Superman nodded his head, and he bent down to pull Batman up. "Yes, we don't want that to happen again. However, we have to go about it in a reasonable manner. Wonder Woman is still showing no signs of waking up anytime soon. So for now, we need to go at this from another angle."

Batman nodded his head, as if he was waking up from a dream. "Alright, what do we know so far?" He asked in his signature low calm tone at last.

The scanner going over Wonder Woman's body let out a beep. "Well Bruce, about Diana's condition here, we know nothing. The scanners show nothing wrong again, and before you ask. Yes, this is the fourth time I've checked." She said to him.

Batman frowned slightly, yet didn't act out in anger at the news. "Alright, so we know nothing here, what about where the fight took place? Was there any other heroes we found in all the rubble that I didn't know about Clark?" Batman asked him.

Superman shook his head. "I looked all over that sinkhole Bruce, down about five hundred feet. The only hero I found was Diana, and I was lucky that I found her so deep under the ground."

"Alright, then were there any civilians that maybe saw what happened?" Batman tried.

"The only thing we ever got was that they were going about their peaceful lives, when it felt like the ground was being torn apart beneath them. After that was pure chaos." Black Canary said this time.

Batman looked to Wonder Woman, then back to Superman. "Was there anything out of the ordinary in the area at least? Something that could hint at what the demoness could have used to put Wonder Woman in this condition and escape?" He asked.

He was met with a dead silence. Superman and Black Canary shared a look, one that showed concern.

"Well?" Batman asked.

Superman looked back to Batman, then pulled out something small from the pocket of his suit. He opened his hand, revealing a small red crystal the size of a pebble.

"We did find these spread out along the sinkhole. Some were about this size, while others were about as small as a fleck of dust. They didn't seem important to us at first, since we just mistook them for crystals. But Doctor Fate took one look at one, and gathered several from the area to study." Superman said.

Batman stared coldly at the stone. "And why does he think a pretty little rock did that much damage?" He asked.

"He hasn't confirmed it with anyone yet, but I think I heard him mumbling to himself that it looked like the rocks were interlaced with chaos energy." Superman said.

"You mean, he might think that the demoness got help from a lord of chaos?" Batman asked, slightly surprised.

Superman shook his head. "It's more likely that if these are interlaced with chaos energy, the Lord of Chaos was after the demoness. The two might have gotten in a fight, and unfortunately, Wonder Woman got caught in the crossfire. At least, that would be my best guess if Doctor Fate is right about these."

Batman looked back to Wonder Woman, a frown on his face. "If a Lord Of Chaos is interested in the demoness as much as we are…" An alert appeared on his wrist pad then, and he looked at it. He scowled to himself. "The Joker just escaped Arkham Asylum. I need to go to Gotham and handle this immediately. Let me know when Doctor Fate reaches a verdict on those stones. If a Lord of Chaos was involved, then capturing the demoness and her protector will become all the more important." Batman ordered, before he turned around and walked quickly out the door.

Superman looked to Black Canary, an odd look of concern on his face. "Has Bruce been acting differently lately Dinah?" He asked.

Black Canary shrugged to herself. "We all have been different since this started. It's been awhile since we had to hunt down a traitorous hero. And now we have two to deal with. I'm sure Bruce is just beating himself up over it for not seeing and stopping it in time. He'll calm down eventually Clark." Black Canary said calmly before going back to staring at Wonder Woman.

Superman looked back at the door one more time, then got opposite of Black Canary again. Ready to stand vigil until another hero took over for him.

"Yeah, maybe he'll calm down again soon." Superman said before he became silent once more.


In a room in the Cave

Zatanna let out a gasp at what she had seen. Outside the cave, she could hear activity going on as the Young Justice and members of the Teen Titans had regrouped in the Cave to discuss their next move with a couple members of the Justice League. Zatanna was currently standing in the corner of her old room. A bleak blue box with posters of her and her father Zatara doing magic tricks all around.

She had been going through the memories of those she controlled to see if anything popped up. Another part of the spell she had cast that she didn't fully understand, yet was very useful. Especially now with what she had just learned.

'Nabu! Nabu! Are you there!?' She called out in her mind.

'Yawn, what is it now? I'm a little busy at the moment.' A calm, yet slightly irritated voice spoke in her mind.

'I know! I just overheard Superman tell Batman that you were investigating those red rocks that we're in the sinkhole for chaos energy!' Zatanna thought loudly.

There was dead silence in her mind for a moment.

'What?' An almost hesitant reply came.

'Nabu, this is serious! Were those rocks infused with chaos energy or not!?'

'... Yes.' The voice of Nabu said hesitantly again.

'****! It's bad enough that I need the demoness to make you give up my father as a host! I'm having to blindside all the heroes of the world to keep them from stopping me from doing such an immoral act! I finally get a chance to rest and rethink my strategy! And now I have to deal with a Lord of Chaos going after the two!' Zatanna thought madly.

'Maybe you're overestimating it a little dearie. Maybe the chaos energy came from the demoness herself and not from such a being?' The voice of Nabu suggested.

Zatanna growled to herself. 'No, that damn demoness might be evil, but she's smart! She knows better than to deal with anything chaos related since she's read all about them and their manipulative ways in that damn library of hers! It's far more likely that a Lord of Chaos is after her, and he bit off more than he could chew and had to flee!'

'But a Lord of Chaos is powerful. They would be a hard foe to beat with just two. Besides, how could one benefit from such a thing? There aren't that many good dealings between them and demons in their history.'

'That doesn't matter Nabu! If this is true, then the heroes might question why such a powerful individual was after Raven! Which might lead them to question things! Then they might go and provide help to the two heroes! Then learn that I was the one responsible for all this! Then-' She was thinking in an increasingly frantic tone.

'Will you calm down! All that worrying is starting to hurt my soul over here! Nothing bad will happen!... Look, if it does end up being a Lord of Chaos, don't worry. He or she will probably step back once they see all the baggage the demoness has on her tail. If there's anything they hate, it would be risk. They don't like taking any chances unless they know the odds are in their favor.' Nabu suggested calmly.

Zatanna took a deep calming breath, then let her mind relax. 'Okay… I hope you're right about that Nabu. Because if a Lord of Chaos ends up nabbing those two before I can-'

'Dearie, when am I ever wrong?' Nabu said, before he cut off the connection.

Zatanna stood in her corner of the room for a moment more, looking at the corner. Then she let out a soft sigh, while rubbing her forehead with her thumbs. 'Oh father, how long will it be before I see you again. I thought this would have been so simple, yet everything feels like it's spiraling out of my control… what do I do?' She thought to herself.

She didn't get a response. How could she, when her father was the host of Nabu?

Zatanna sighed softly. 'I just want to finish this, before someone else gets hurt.' She thought to herself.

...

Zatanna suddenly straightened, her eyes going wide. She felt a vibration go through her soul. She instantly knew which spell it had come from.

'Wait, did they actually-, no there isn't that sense of direction that's supposed to come over me. They didn't cross over the line… but why did I feel a disturbance in the spell… I need to check it out!'

Without another thought, Zatanna took off out of her old room, and ran down the halls towards where the Zeta Tubes were. Her target…

Seattle.


We set our scene in a large massive cave. The walls of which were hundreds of feet apart, and the ceiling was lost in darkness. The underground cave was so big, that it would have collapsed long ago if not for the large stone pillars interspaced pillars had a covering of concrete and titanium over them, as well as balls of red light floating around them. Casting the area down below in a red undertone of evil.

The red light was intermixed with the blue light of technology on the floor below. From the many computer screens showing various places in the world. To the news anchors reporting everything going on in it. The floor of the cave was covered in titanium. With a few more complex looking machines here and there. Making for a maze of technology on the ground.

In the middle of it all was a small figure, hitting the ground beneath him with his hands over and over again in anger. The titanium beneath him was full of dents and craters, as if this hadn't been his first temper tantrum. Nor would it be the last.

"Damn it!"

Bam!

"Damn it!"

Bam!

"Damn damn damnnity damn it!"

Bam!

His hits came in sync every time he said the word damn.

"That was too damn close there! Way too close! Not only did I have to lose that traitorous damn daughter, but she almost blew my cover as well with her damn death! That's the last time I ever try to mix my damn DNA with that of some damn Earth brat! Damn it all!" The figure yelled angrily I'm Nabu's voice to the dark ceiling up above.

Hiss!

A hiss of anger and slight fear came from the figures right, and he stopped his beating on the floor immediately. He only realized then his anger had been shaking the whole cavern, and it was scaring his cat.

"Teekl. I'm sorry about that. Daddy let his anger get the best of him is all. Please come out." The figure said nicely.

Hiss!

All he got was another hiss in response.

"Okay then… I guess daddy deserves that... What if he got you…" His hands disappeared, only to reappear a moment later with a frightened mouse in his hands. "... a treat?!" He finished excitedly.

Mreow…

All he got was a still angry meow, and a flick of a brown tail behind a pillar. The figure groaned to himself as he threw the mouse away behind him.

"You can't stay mad at me forever Teelk! You need me just as much as I need you to stay in this dimension!" The figure shouted angrily at his cat.

Meooow…

The figure could almost understand what his familiar was saying.

**** you master.

The figure sighed to himself as he rubbed his forehead. "Great, so first, I have a possibility of being exposed. Then the demoness and that mate of hers escaped my trap back into the wilderness again. And now, my own familiar is pissed off at me. This day couldn't possibly get any worse." The figure muttered to himself.

Suddenly, the machine a few feet in front of had a message light up on the touchscreen.

Incoming holochat from L-1…

Accept, or Decline

"Oh great, I guess I spoke too soon, again. Ain't this my lucky day." The figure muttered sarcastically to himself, still in Nabu's voice, before he finally realized his voice was still off. The figure groaned again in irritation, and quickly uttered a quick spell under his breath as he reached towards the accept button on the touchscreen.

"There, now I won't sound like that old fart anymore either." The figure muttered in a lighter, more childish tone of voice, before his pale finger finally touched the accept button. The screen turned green, and the figure stepped back, waiting for the machine to finish.

Finally, the machine down below the screen hummed to life, and then a life sized hologram appeared above it.

It was the figure of a hulking, well dressed man. His size easily fit those of men from the Stone Age, yet his attire clearly spoke of that of a successful businessman. With a nice suit and tie on, combed back hair, well taken care of looks, among a few other things. The only thing really off about him was the three claw like scars across his face. From a saber toothed tiger the figure presumed, but no one really knew since it had happened so long ago.

"We just saw the news, looks like your latest scheme has gone down in shambles again L-7." Vandal Savage said to the figure.

The figure that had been portraying Nabu gritted his teeth. "It wasn't my fault that all happened! The scientists at Cadmus should have realized they weren't as thorough with their brainwashing of the clone as they thought! Not only did she break free of my programming, but she killed herself before I could retake any control!" The figure yelled angrily in his defense.

"And the explosion?" Vandal Savage questioned.

The figure squeezed his knuckles together nervously. "Well, I might have… forgotten to inform those scientists… that combining my DNA with the Earth girl… might have made her body a little… volatile? So when she died… all the processes that I had installed to keep her body stable… well…" The figure couldn't continue on. The sight of what had happened was easily seen on a news screen behind him depicting an aerial view of Midway City.

Vandal Savage shook his head in disappointment. "All I'm hearing is another excuse to another setback in your latest scheme Boy. The Light is becoming very impatient with your progress." He said.

"We're only a month into it though! How the hell can all the others be impatient already!" The figure yelled angrily.

"Do keep in mind we all agreed to let you do this as a filler before our next scheme comes to fruition because we thought it would take a week. Two at the most. Yet a month has passed, and you are no closer to controlling that horde than you were before." Vandal Savage said calmly, almost too calmly.

The figure's eyes turned fiery red at that in anger for a moment, but after a moment, he forced himself to calm down. The red faded, showing black pupiled eyes.

"We still have plenty of time though, that old scheme won't even begin Phase Two for another two years. Just think about it Savage. I might not be any closer to controlling the horde, but I have infiltrated the League through Zatanna. If I wanted, I could control the leaders of both the Justice League and the Teen Titans if I wanted to." The figure said in his defense.

"And if you do that, you doom the rest of your scheme into falling to shambles. The Justice League has made sure they can't be totally mind controlled without anyone knowing it. They have also taken measures to watch the younger generation for any mind control as well. Or did you forget about that one little fact Boy." Vandal Savage said in a demeaning manner.

The figure gritted his teeth, and his eyes flashed red. He fought though to keep his childish tone calm and persuasive. "Regardless, I have infiltrated the League. I have managed to put one of their top members under a spell that'll leave her unavailable until five full moons have passed. A spell not so easily spotted, much less, broken. And I have influenced several others with ancient manipulation techniques to track down the two I need to control the horde. Trick by trick, I am pulling the League apart from the inside. Trick by trick I am splitting the young heroes apart. Just think, if I continue at this rate, then when I finally do gain control over the horde, we won't even need the next scheme. We'll be able to have the whole universe bow down to the light with this one simple trick alone."

Vandal Savage remained silent, and the figure huddled in on himself. "I just need more time is all. Then I swear, the vast hordes of Trigon will be under our command. We will rule the world, just as we envisioned." The figure finished.

Vandal Savage looked down at the figure for one more moment, then turned away from the figure. He looked to be consulting with those around him not in the hologram. The figure stood in his spot, nervously twiddling his thin thumbs.

Vandal Savage turned around. "We, the council of the Light... have decided…"

"You will have five full moons from this day to capture the demoness Raven, and her green protector L-7. From which you will harness the power to control the massive demon horde for use against the heroes of the universe. Do this, and you will have all power over what to do with the demons of Trigon."

The figure bent down low, almost as if he was bowing. "Thank you, I swear-" He was starting to say.

"However…" Savage cut him off. "... Failure to complete this in time, will mean your demotion from the Council, and the destruction of your familiar. Meaning your banishment from our dimension." Savage finished menacingly.

The figure paled. "No! Not my precious Teelk!" He yelled.

"You have your time now Boy. Judging on past incidents, it would be wise for you not to waste it." Savage said, before his hand came down in front of him.

The connection cut off.

"ARGH!"

The machine was torn up from the ground in a haze of black, and sent flying across the room.

"I swear! It's bad enough that I'm really under a true timestamp now! But damnit, why did I ever think of having boy in my name!? I am not a boy! That is not a cool supervillain name to add to a name! What the hell had I been thinking!" He yelled in a childish tantrum to the cavern around him.

Hiss!

"And go put a sock in it Teelk! I've had enough out of you for one damn day! Ungrateful little cat!" The figure said angrily before he angrily stormed off into the maze of machinery around him. Muttering to himself about cats and boys.


The Cave Command Center

"Our last location was in the Amazon jungle. You should begin your search there. Beast Boy, you know what must be done. I'm counting on you." The image of Mento looked around him for a quick second after that, before he bent over the probe he had just programmed.

The image disappeared.

All the heroes gathered heroes stood around the central computer in silence. All of them in various stages of shock at what they had just seen. A now recovered Superboy, flanked by Jaimes and Miss Martian, turned around from the computer. A frown was on their faces.

"As you saw, this was the reason why the changeling and demoness came to Midway City. It wasn't because they were seeking sanctuary. Rather, the changeling was responding to a distress signal from his old team." Superboy spoke to the crowd.

In the back of the group, Speedy chuckled. His right arm was still in a cast. "Sure, like you expect me and everyone else to believe that green wannabe went from beating me up, to wanting to save his old team. Rightttttt." He drawled out sarcastically.

A couple of the heroes around him murmured at that. Superboy's frown turned into a glare.

"Then explain to me why as soon as they entered his large, rather spacious old home. He went straight to the old command center, and pulled up this exact same file from thousands." He said with a tint of anger.

Speedy was about to retort to that, when his mouth failed to bring up any logic for his defense. Speedy gaped for a little bit, then grumbled to himself. "Alright, so maybe it had something to do with that." He said grudgingly.

"Why was this of the importance to show us though? When we should be the out there, hunting down the two traitors that destroyed Midway?" Starfire asked coldly, with Robin and Cyborg flanking her.

Superboy smirked. "Because think about it, the changeling's old team is in trouble. The team that raised him, helped him hone his powers, and were trusted with everything about him from him. If anyone would know about his weaknesses, it would be them. If anyone knew where he would go and hide, it would be them." He said confidently.

The gathered heroes spoke to themselves for a bit. Then Kaldur came forward from the group. "Your logic is sound Connor, but are you sure it's worth the risk. We'd have to send a whole squad to rescue the Doom Patrol from this, Brotherhood of Evil discreetly. Such an operation could take weeks, maybe a month." He said calmly.

Superboy nodded his head. "Of course, and even if they don't know his weaknesses, or where he hides, they could help us in bringing him and the demoness out of hiding. Lull them into a false sense of security. Then when they are least expecting it, that is when we would spring." Superboy finished.

The group of heroes were silent for a moment, then they nodded in agreement. Even Kaldur nodded his head at that. "Then it is settled. Superboy, you will be in charge of this mission since it was your idea. You can choose four heroes to take with you tomorrow." He turned to the rest of the group. "The rest of you, rest up. We have a busy day tomorrow. After we do one last round of cleanup for the city, we will be back on the trail for the two traitors." Kaldur said, before walking off towards the hallways on the right.

A lot of the other heroes followed him, heading towards rooms that hadn't seen much use as of late. A couple others went to the Commons area, where they socialized and watched the TV. Superboy stood in his spot, Blue Beetle and Miss Martian still by him. He was still smirking.

"Well, I'm happy to see that worked out nicely." Superboy said to himself.

"So little blue boy scout, who are you gonna choose for our rescue mission?" Jaimes teased beside him.

Superboy's smirk finally turned into a look of anger. "What did you call me?" He asked heatedly as he turned to him.

Jaimes instantly raised his hands up in defense, since he realized his armor wasn't adorning his skin. He knew it could come out in less than a second, but knowing how fast Superboy moved, he didn't want to take any chances.

"Whoa man, I was just kidding about the name. Take it easy." He said quickly.

Superboy scowled. "Don't call me that again." He growled out.

Jaimes nodded his head in reply. "Yessir! I totally understand you man! Not mentioning it again sir!" He said with a salute.

Superboy let out a sigh, and rubbed his forehead. "Alright, c'mon. We have some heroes to gather." He said as he walked towards the hallways were he saw his picks go. Jaimes came right up behind him, as did a rather skeptical looking Miss Martian.

'Connor, I sense there is more to your wanting to save the Doom Patrol. Am I right?' Miss Martian asked telepathically.

'No, that's all there is to it Megan. If they can give us an advantage over the two, then we should take the chance. Plain and simple.' Superboy replied back.

Miss Martian was still skeptical, and she tried to gently probe into her boyfriend's mind on the matter. She was met with a steel wall. Superboy turned back to frown at her.

'What have I told you about peering into my mind without permission Megan?' He questioned her a little angrily.

'I'm just trying to find what you're hiding from me Connor.' She frowned as she responded back.

Superboy's frown deepened. "Do you not trust me Megan?" He asked her. Jaimes looked at the two of them confused, but shrugged to himself and kept on walking.

Miss Martian stared calmly back at Superboy. "I just feel like you're hiding something from me Connor. Something that you don't want the rest of us to know about." She said as calmly as she could.

"And I'm telling you that there's nothing." Superboy said as calmly as he could back.

"Then why do I feel like you're lying to me and the rest of us?!" She questioned.

"I'm not Megan. I told the truth to everyone out there." He said again, starting to feel a little irritated.

"Then why do I feel you're hiding something?" She again questioned.

Superboy scowled, then turned away. "Like I said, it's nothing. Plain nothing. Please stop asking me about it now." Superboy told her, before he started to walk off again.

"But Connor-" Miss Martian was saying.

"I said drop it Megan! It's nothing!" Superboy yelled over his shoulder angrily, before disappearing down a hallway after Jaimes.

Miss Martian stood in her spot a moment more, then let out a sigh before she walked back to the Commons. 'What is he hiding from me? I thought we trusted one another? Is this the part in our relationship where we start to lose that trust?' She thought sadly to herself as her arms crossed in front of her.

Around the corner, Superboy caught up to Jaimes. He was still frowning and irritative after his own girlfriend questioned him.

"She's right you know." Jaimes said to him.

"What?" Superboy asked.

"You are hiding something important from her, and the rest of the team." Jaimes said.

Superboy let out a sigh, and rubbed his forehead. "I know, I know. She just can't know the real reason why we're going on this rescue op." He said to him.

"You know, you haven't really told me yourself man. I know we aren't going to try and capture the two anymore, so what is the real reason in saving the Doom Patrol?" Jaimes asked.

"Let's just say… I'm hoping that they'll be able to help out those two where we can't. And leave it at that." Superboy said, before he saw the first person he wanted outside of Jaimes for the rescue op. "Hey, Cassie, I need to talk to you for a moment." Superboy called out to her.

Jaimes gave an inward sigh. 'Great, I get to go on a rescue op with Wondergirl. Just my luck.'

'I still think it would be better if we just blew the whole place up. Take out all the threats in one sweep.' The scarab said to his mind.

"We are not blowing anything up!" Jaimes yelled angrily to himself, before he walked back down the hallway.

Superboy and Wondergirl gave him an odd look, then shrugged as they continued to speak to each other.


It was a clear day as the figure emerged from the forest, and onto the beach. Her hand was outreached in front of her towards the calm Pacific Ocean. Reaching out for something invisible.

'I felt the disturbance in the spell here… but I still don't feel anything wrong…' Zatanna thought to herself.

With her mind's eye, she was able to see the curtain of energy running underneath the ocean. The energy just a little dimmer, but bright as ever to herself. She also saw the spell in the middle of it, still running smoothly all along it. There wasn't any sign of tampering or anything, though the spell she cast was immune to such things.

Zatanna reached the water's edge, yet nothing was still showing up that was wrong. A frown came onto her face. 'This doesn't make any sense. Did I waste my time in coming out here?' She thought to herself as she finally opened her eyes.

All she saw was the ocean. The beautiful vast ocean. Her frown deepened, and she turned around.

"Great, now I must be going crazy-" She was muttering to herself, when she stopped.

Sticking out of the beach, in front of her feet, was an open root beer bottle. The inside of which was empty, with the exception of a piece of folded up paper. Zatanna lifted the bottle to her face, and closely examined it, checking for any traps it could hold. Finding none, she lifted her hand above the opening.

"Repap ylf tuo!" She commanded.

The piece of paper inside came flying out, and Zatanna caught it. She dropped the bottle back onto the beach, one of many cases of littering, and opened up the paper. Had this been why the line had been disturbed? Had this been someone's way of grabbing her attention?

She was about to find out.

Zatanna

I'm going to be blunt. We know about the vivi vestigium line you and Doctor Fate created.

Well, that didn't start out good in her mind.

It was a very nice try I might say. Had me and Gar not known about it, we might have accidentally flown over it or something. Bring this whole ****show to an end sooner rather than later in a bad way.

Really, I applaud you for just how well hidden and devious it was. Though I should expect nothing less from an egotistical witch like yourself.

Zatanna continued to read the note, suddenly having a feeling at who had wrote it even though she hadn't gotten to the end.

Now, I don't know why you turned the JL and my old friends against me. Whether It's because you still doubt me for my heritage, or if it was because you've finally lost your humanity. But this was my way of letting you know that I know what you're doing.

I know that you've taken control of my friends, or turned them all against me with your lies. Just know that as a hero, I won't stand for this. Ever since I came to this dimension for help, you have been turning people against me. But now you have gone too far.

I was the one who banished Trigon. I am the one who saved the universe from forever being devoured up in his endless greed and gluttony. Yet you still stand opposed to me, calling me a demon.

Watch your back Zatanna, because I know all your little house tricks now. You think yourself in a manor, but because of your actions, you have surrounded yourself in a little glass house. And when you're least expecting it, I will break that glass. And send the waves of reality crashing into you and the rest of the JL. Then, will they finally see you for who you really are.

A cold hearted bitch, who is more evil than the cold hearted overlord of Perdition. I should know, since my father was the very same till I laid him low.

Till we meet at the gates of hell...

Bitch.

Raven

Zatanna absorbed the rest of the message, her eyes widening with each sentence. 'She knows! But… how could she! I was so careful!...'

"AAUUGGHH!" Zatanna let out a scream of anger. "I DON'T CARE DEMONESS! YOU HEAR ME! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY! I WILL KEEP THIS LINE MAINTAINED SO YOU WILL BE FOREVER TRAPPED TO THIS CONTINENT! AND ONE OF THESE DAYS, I WILL CATCH YOU! THEN I WILL BRING MY OWN FATHER BACK, AND END THE EVIL OF YOUR BLOODLINE IN THIS DIMENSION ONCE AND FOR ALL!" She swore to the sea.

She crumpled up the piece of paper, and then threw it into the sea. Another shameful act of littering. The blue ink of Raven's careful handwriting slowly mixed with the water, as the paper crumbled together in the salty water. Zatanna turned around, and huffed as she walked back into the jungle.

"No matter what. You won't get away with this. I will win." She said coldly.


Just ten miles away in Seattle

On an empty tarmac, where the plane that was supposed to land next had reported in a delay, nobody saw the currently stealthed jet speed off down the unused runway. All the Control Tower and the people working on the ground outside were focused on was trying to resolve the hectic schedule the delayed plane made for them and all the other planes. So even if the jet hadn't been stealthed, no one would have likely taken note of it. Except for the few planes waiting in line to take off from the busy airport.

The jet reached speeds above one hundred within a few seconds, and within moments, it was airborne. The jet quickly raised its wheels to avoid suspicion in the clear skies, and within another moment, it had reached several thousand feet.

Only a couple minutes after take off, it veered off towards the mainland, heading away from the great ocean, and headed south.

In his pilot seat, Beast Boy finally allowed himself to relax. 'Okay dude, at least that went slightly better than last time.' He thought to himself.

'I guess it helps that we weren't fleeing for our lives for once.' The Beast said to Beast Boy inside his mind.

Beast Boy chuckled to himself. 'Yeah… and I still can't believe that Raven managed to teleport this whole thing all the way to the airport. The runway really helped in taking off.' Beast Boy thought in awe.

'I still can't believe you almost forgot to fill this thing up with the remains of ancient animals before we started flying.' The Beast thought in disbelief.

'Hey, we were barely at three quarters of a tank! I think we would have been just fine!' Beast Boy thought in anger to himself. Though on the outside, he was calm as ever while he directed the plane on a smooth course southeast.

Raven, meanwhile, was still in the lotus position above the bed in the back. Despite the jet having just taken off. She was focusing inward on herself, trying to calm her troubled mind for the first time in a while.

'I don't get it, I felt that leaving Zatanna that message would make me feel better… yet I still can't help but think I did the wrong thing.' She thought to herself.

'I was perfectly fine with it leader bitch. Hell, I personally liked that one word you added at the end so it didn't seem so formal.' Rude said inside her mind.

'Yeah! That bitch had all that and more coming her way for a while now!' Rage bellowed angrily.

'Though it was risky to hit the energy with our own to grab her attention, I don't think we hit it hard enough to activate the effects of the line on us. So we did nothing wrong there.' Wisdom said last.

Raven at last floated back onto the mattress, and let out a sigh. 'No, I don't feel wrong about that… that made me feel better than almost everything else in a long time… I just mean that for the past three days, I've been thinking about that note. Yet I wasn't thinking of anything beyond lifting off.'

Beast Boy turned on the autopilot then, set it to a random location, and got out of the seat to face her. He moved over to her and sat down next to her. "You doing okay Rae?" He asked.

She nodded her head. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said, before looking away again.

"Good." Beast Boy said, before facing the other way too.

'So… What should we do now?' The two thought in sync.

'Well Raven, that is…' '...up to you to decide master.' Knowledge and Beast said at the same time.

'What do you mean?' The two again thought at once.

'We've been trying to guide you Raven. Yet honestly…' '... you're the one who makes the choices in the end master.' Wisdom and the Beast spoke at the same time.

'I know that Wisdom 'Beast', but now I honestly don't know.' The two again thought in sync. Then paused. 'What would you suggest?' The two finished.

'Lay low for a while.' Rude said.

'Give us a nice long break.' Sloth yawned sleepily.

'Go somewhere isolated, yet connected to the world. And stay there as long as possible.' The Beast said.

'Go somewhere where we could blend in for a bit, but move on if necessary.' Knowledge added.

'We've been on the run for so long, that maybe we just need a…' '... Den where we can figure out our next steps.' Rage and the Beast said at once.

The two nodded their heads. Seeming satisfied with the logic. 'Thanks for the advice.' The two thought, before they then looked to each other, and locked eyes. The two were almost surprised to look at each other at the same time.

"Um… what did you want to do Gar?" Raven asked a little nervously.

Beast Boy smiled at her, melting the nervousness away. "Whatever you wanted to do Rae. We're in this together, and I've been the one choosing as of late. So whatever you want, I'll do." He said honestly to her.

Raven gave him a small smile back. "As long as it doesn't have your string of bad luck with the JL attached. I'll be fine with that." Raven said sarcastically.

Beast Boy was confused for a sec, then he pouted. "Hey!" He yelled indignantly.

Raven gave a soft chuckle at that. And Beast Boy honestly felt like they were finally having another moment…

'Now with that out of the way, let's kiss him!' Lust yelled enthusiastically.

'Oh, and make sure to stop for condoms wherever we go. Just in case…' The Beast said with a suggestive tone.

The two poor souls had to look away, as blushes traveled up their different colored faces.

'LUST!'

'BEAST!'

The jet continued to fly through the clear blue sky, carrying it's now embarrassed passengers off into the unknown.

What would await our two, awkward little heroes now...


Author's Notes:

Well, here it is folks. The last chapter you will all see for at least two years. I hoped I covered all the bases in this one. And I also hope the ending to this for now is satisfactory.

So you guys can get an estimate on it, I report into the MTC (Missionary Training Center) in Provo, Utah on January 25, 2017. I will stay here for three weeks, then I get to go to my mission area. Lansing, Michigan. Look it up if you want.

I'll be wearing a name tag, but for safety purposes, I won't reveal my real name. I will go by the nickname Elder Al. Foamy has my email address, so I'll still be able to talk to him once a week.

Lastly, as I've repeated before, I will have no access to this site. At all. As in any PM's, questions, or whatever you may all have. You'll have to ask Foamy for me. Otherwise, expect at most two years before you get any replies. :)

Now, just because I'll be gone for a while, I don't want to see this story just die. I want you people to show me you're interested in it. Comment on the good stuff, or the bad stuff I need/should work on when I get back. Plus… it would be shocking in my opinion if I came back, and found this story with over 500 reviews, or 200 more favorites and follows… is that asking a little too much? Maybe one hundred… lol, jk! I'm just teasing you all by this point!

Have a great two years fanfiction readers!

Until Next Time

(Elder) Allen (Do you all like that? I like it!)