November 5

"Did you get everything?" The Dark Knight asks us, as we exit the Bioship, returning from a long day of shopping for the Cave.

"Everything on your list, Batman. Plus groceries," M'gann responds, floating a few boxes out of the Bioship, and I carry three large boxes over my head. Two in my arms, and one on top of those, making me look similar to a pyramid.

"Cookie fixin's?" Wally asks, spotting a few supplies in one of her boxes.

"Snickerdoodles!" M'gann replies.

"Babe... You rock my world," Wally's mouth waters.

"Hey hey!" I hear Nash exclaim, using his ring to lift the boxes out of my arms. "What did Bat's say about you lifting heavy objects for the next few days?"

"Nash, I have super-strength. It's hardly anything to me!" I defend.

"I see your point, but even I have to agree with the Green Giant," Haneul replies, using his magic to lift more boxes out of the Bioship.

Since the events that happened a few days ago, the team agreed/was forced into taking in Haneul. Not as a team member (Merciful Minerva, no) They took him in to show him, and I quote, 'the ways of a hero".

He hasn't done horribly, but he still has some work to do if he's to become greater than his adoptive brother Klarion, in every form of the word.

"Glad you're back, Zatanna. Does this mean you're officially joining the team?" I hear Artemis ask the black haired girl, as they exit the elevator.

Zatanna had been banned from visiting the Cave after the Red Tornado fiasco, but once in awhile, she'll come around for a few minutes with her father, Zatara.

"I don't know Zatara's so overprotective I mean, just getting him let me visit takes a full day wheedling. I wish he'd just give me a little space!"

Zatara cast a spell on the crates, beginning to move them, and Tornado created a mini-tornado around more crates to do the same, when Batman, Red Tornado, and Zatara disappeared.

"Dad!"

"Great Hera!" I exclaim. "Where have they gone?"


Gateway City

"We've set a refugee center at the high school gym. Any luck with -" I hear K.F ask in my comm. device.

"No! Can't raise the Batcave, the Hall of Justice or the Watch …or any adult hero. Even Red Arrow," Robin replies from the Cave.

"Paradise Island is a negative as well. My grandmother will usually answer my prayers, or I'll feel her slight presence, but I feel nothing…" I report to both of them through the comms. "I'm with Scarlet Magician now. We're going around the city, and gathering children in the theater down the way."

"Guess we're on our own. Kid Flash, out," Wally signs off.

"I'll try and see if I can't get someone to go help out Kid Lantern while Magician and I round up everyone on this end," I state.

"I think K.F is on his way there now," Robin states, as I throw my lasso around a few kids attempting to break-an-entry. "He just tied everything up in Happy Harbour, making sure they have a plan for now. He's on his way to pick you up. We need you two back at the cave for right now. We need to make an announcement to the kids still here."

"Copy that," I state. "Robin… have you checked in with Jay-bird? Is he okay?"

"He's fine for right now. I told him not to panic," Robin says.

"Robin, don't you think that you should be there for him right now?" I ask, tossing the boys back into a wall, turning my back to them to focus on Robin's answer.

"I said he's fine, Addie," Robin snaps.

"A-alright…" I stutter after a moment of radio silence. "Wonderbat out."

I turn back around, and give the kids a stern look.

"Now, just because your parents are gone, doesn't mean that you have permission to commit crimes," I state, placing my fists on my hips. "Why don't you both do something beneficial to the community instead? We could use a few people to help out."

They both glare at me.

I glare back.

They shiver.

'Man, it's good to be scary,' I think to myself as I show them where they are needed.

"Wonderbat," I hear Haneul call me over the comms. "Go to the Cave now. I can handle things here."

"But there's only one of you, and hundreds of them?" I point out.

"I can create doubles. You can't," He reverses. "They require your assistance at the Cave. Go."

"Try not to kill the small ones…" I advise satirically. "I'll see you in a bit."


The Cave

"Attention, children and teenagers of Earth. I am Aqualad. These are my friends, Robin, Wonderbat, and Kid Flash," Aqualad introduces us, talking to the camera broadcasting the message everywhere.

"We are using the Justice League's tech to cast and stream to every TV, radio, computer and smartphone on the planet," Robin explains.

"We know you must be scared and angry. We know with your parents missing, there's a temptation to run wild. But please stay calm," Kid Flash states.

"We urge you to keep your heads," I begin. "This is a temporary issue, I assure you. We will find whoever may be responsible for this, and we will find our parents."

"We will find a way to bring the adults back. But for now, the oldest among you must step up. Take care of your younger siblings. Take care of kids who have no one.

"Protect them. Protègez-les. Baohù tāmen," Wally translates in a few other languages.

"It is up to you. Please. Help in any way you can," Aqualad ends.

"I pray to Hera that they are alright…" I say, as Kaldur places his hand on my shoulder.

"We will find them," He swears.

"I know," I sigh. "Right now, I think you need to try and contact anyone in Atlantis. You may hold up a straight face, Kaldur, but I know you're worried."

He stares into my eyes, then smiles softly.

"You are right…"

"Of course I am," I state in attempt to lighten the mood.


Mission Room

We all stand behind Robin in our uniforms, as he pulls up a holo-screen of the Earth.

Zatanna, now in the outfit I met her in, Holds out her hands, her left donning a wand.

She begins to use the incantation that her father used a while back.

A red dot appears on the globe right next to North Carolina.

"Coordinates locked! Roanoke Island," Robin states. "You did it."


The Cave: Adult-verse

Bruce Wayne P.O.V

I just got off of the comms. with Diana. She's worried about Adeline. I tried to assure her that we are going to get them all back, but I'll admit it to myself: I'm worried about her. And Dick. And Jason.

But mostly Adeline.

She is the only one of the three who I have not personally trained. Not that her training with the Amazons isn't effective. But because she doesn't have the things I had Luscious fit her fo-

"So... how desperate are we?" Zatara asks me, as I enter the room, him staring at The Helmet of Fate.

"I informed the Watchtower you located the focal point at Roanoke. But the rest of the League is deployed to avert the chaos," I report. "Tornado, you and I are on our own."

"I would do anything to get my daughter back," Zatanna states, a sad, but determined gleam in his eyes.

"Yes. But we both know there are many ways for you to lose her," I point out, speaking from personal experience.

Not that he needs to know that.

"So... not that desperate. Not yet…" He agrees. "The entire League is unavailable?"

"Except, perhaps, for Captain Marvel. He's missing," I inform him.

'Adeline… don't make me regret regretting you…' I silently pray to whichever deity might be listening.


The Cave: Kid-verse

We are all gathered around the holo-screens, working out a plan.

"Klarion is behind this," Haneul states. "There is no question about it. But even as strong as his magic may be, He is nowhere near as strong enough to take on this spell. He would require help."

"Who do you suggest that might be?" Kaldur asks.

Granted, the team doesn't trust him, and he still has much to prove to them, he still knows more than Zatanna does about the Wizarding world, and about Witches. And Kaldur might still be skeptical of Haneul, but at least he gives him the chance to prove himself to the team.

"There are a few, but it is hard to tell… Wotan is on the list, and obviously Klarion is as well. But otherwise? It could be anyone from the Dimension Klarion and I come from, or any sorcerer from this dimension," He explains.

"Because that helps us a lot," K.F huffs, nudging K.L with his elbow.

"I'll vouch for him," I growl at Wally. "I've yet to be tricked by him. If he does it now, then place the blame on me."

The sound of thunder is heard throughout the room.

"It works!" A boy's voice replies from behind us.

We all snap around to face a small child, about ten years old. He wears a red sweater, and dark blue jeans. He also has electric blue eyes, and black hair. Almost like Robin's.

"Where did you come from? Who are you?" Aqualad shoots at the kid.

"M'gann! Read my mind!" He says. Her eyes start to glow as she does what the child asks her to.

"He's Captain Marvel!" M'gann says in surprise.

'What? This child is the Captain?' I ask myself.

"Yeah, and I'm Speedy Gonzales. Look, just because he believes he's Cap-" Wally replies sarcastically.

"Gee, Wally, do I really have to bring you nachos and pineapple juice to get on your good side?" The kid replies.

"Perhaps I am not the only one confused about your current state, Captain," I suggest.

"That's… kind of a long story…" He says, rubbing the back of his neck. "Long story short, There are two dimensions, and I can travel between them. Batman and Zatara are in the Cave right now!"

"Which means communication is possible between our two worlds," Kaldur concludes. "Go back. Tell them we are ready to receive our orders, and create a plan."

"SHAZAM!" He yells, a flash of lightning coming from nowhere.

"He's gone…" Nash says in awe. "That's kinda awesome…"

"Batman says there will be threats in both dimensions, and we may not be familiar with our opponents," The child states, returning from the other dimension.

"But the key to this mission is a coordinated simultaneous attack," Kaldur responds to Batman.

"He agreed. He says that our best chance against sorcery is to strike fast, disrupting their efforts," The small Captain replies.

"And hope the two dimensions merge naturally back into one," Kaldur concludes.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Haneul asks. "Let us go this moment."

"There's something we can agree on," K.F states.

"Roanoke Island, be prepared," I join in, jogging to catch up to them.

"Not for you," K.L replies, stopping me in my path.

"Nash, let me pass!" I say, placing my fists on my hips.

"You're still recovering!" He tries. "No heavy lifting!"

"Oh, please!" I exasperate. "I've seen Klarion. I can snap him like a brittle twig."

"This is magic we're dealing with. Not hand-to-hand combat!" He argues.

"And you're under the impression that I require your protection from the mystic arts?" I shoot back at him.

"Adeline!" Nash yells at me.

"Nash, I don't need you to protect me from every little thing! Great Hera! You'd think that you're afraid of me dying from a bug bite!" I argue back. "I'm not afraid, Nash. You shouldn't be either."

I storm past him, and to the top of the Bioship, Sko going inside.

'Tell me to stay behind… Just who does he think he is?' I yell at him in my head as we begin to take off.


Roanoke Island

We all get in place as Robin and Artemis try to surprise Klarion by throwing Bird-arangs, and arrows at his back.

"That's the best you can do?" Klarion taunts. He stretches out his arm, and a bolt of red lightning goes to hit Robin and Artemis.

Haneul Appears right below them and blocks the bolt with a red shield.

"Since when does my baby brother defend the weaklings?" Klarion asks sickly.

"I'm not your brother!" Haneul shouts shooting Klarion with an unstable looking bolt of lightning.

Klarion easily dodges it.

Aqualad with his water bearers, Superboy with his fists, and me with my lasso, charge at Klarion from three sides of the crossroad, only to be shot back by the red barrier brought up by him around the red, glowing pentagram.

As we hit the ground, I hear Zatanna use a spell on the barrier, but it barely ripples.

"It's but baby magic," Klarion laughs. He recites a backwards spell like Zatanna's, and she's thrown back a few hundred yards.

She screams in terror, but Superboy thinks quickly enough, and catches her before she hits the ground.

I get up, and begin to use my strength to try and break through the force field, attempting to help Miss.M as she throws boulders at it, and Kid Lantern as he uses his ring to make large, heavy objects to toss at it.

Klarion takes a breath, and shoots fire out of his mouth, Miss.M barely getting chance to dodge it.

"Listen, when Nabu possessed my body, he defeated Klarion by attacking the cat!" I hear Wally inform Artemis.

"Good! Not a big cat fan, anyway!" Artemis says, launching an arrow at the tabby.

Klarion just turns the arrow into a ball of yarn and it falls at the demon cats' feet.

"Show 'em what a familiar to a Lord of Chaos can do, Teekl," Klarion's face turns sinister as his eyes disappear, and red beads take their place, and his silhouette becomes sharper, and creepier.

Teekl turns into a larger cat, much like a Saber tooth tiger.

"Merciful Minerva!" I exclaim as it hits away Superboy, and begins to brawl with the super-human.

I begin to wind up my lasso, only to have Skotádi jump in front of me and transform his little self into a Lion sized space dragon.

"Skotádi?" I question as he launches himself at Teekl, starting the beginning of a bloody brawl between two powered creatures.

"I told you he'd grow into a lion sized-"

"Quiet you!" I shout at Haneul as he uses his powers to slowly break down the shield. He reaches the inside on one hit, shooting Klarion in the spine.

Klarion cries out in pain, and whirls around to spot Haneul.

"We may not be brothers, but our magic is one in the same!"Haneul states, shooting more bolts at the Witchboy.

In this moment, the yellow gem in the center begins to glow and spark.

"So... you teamed up with the grown-ups?" Klarion notes, still attempting to shoot back at Haneul.

"What can we say? We're just full of surprises!" Kid Lantern states, dropping a tank on the red force field.

"Don't shout, Billy. I've linked you telepathically to the others," M'gann explains in our heads.

"That is so cool! I mean… it's the gem! At the center of the pentagram! Destroy it and we win!" Billy states.

"That would explain why it was sparking," I notice.

"Any plans as to how we remove it?" Haneul asks us.

"We could dig under?" I suggest. "See if the force field reaches under ground, and all the way around?"

"Zatanna!" I hear Aqualad shout as Klarion uses his magic to keep Aqualad down with continuous lightning.

I whip around to see Zatanna holding the Helmet of Fate above her head.

"Stop!" K.F yells.

"Zatanna, stop!" I exclaim reaching out for her, but we are too late.

Zatanna places the helm on her head, and she is transformed into Doctor Fate.

"Klarion! This ends now!" Fate states in a mixture of Zatanna, and a deeper voice.

"Go, Kids'!" Aqualad orders the two.

As the battle between Fate and Chaos begins, we can all visibly see that the Helmet is dissolving, and returning onto Zatanna's body. Almost like it has a bad signal.

"Ha! There, see? When the world's divided, the helmet split too." Klarion laughs in victory. "You're not all here, Nabu! And you are losing in whole, and that poor, soon-to-be-dead girl? She gave herself for nothing."

"Say that again! See what happens!" I shout flying at, and hitting the dome with all of my strength just behind where he stands inside.

"No, Witchboy! Her degree of sacrifice will not be in vain!" Fate/Zatanna's voice replies, shooting fireballs at the shield.

"No No, no, no, no, no! No!" Klarion pouts as his shield is deactivated, and as Fate locks Klarion in a golden ankh.

"Now, Kid!"

K.F speeds in to take the gem from the center of the pentagram.

"Doc! Catch!" K.F shouts, throwing it back up to Fate.

Fate catches the gem, and recites an incantation.

Not even seconds later, the adults reappear in our world. The Justice League surrounding us, and the adult sorcerers in the pentagram.

"They sure don't make evil immortal sorcerers like they used to…" Klarion pouts. He waves his hand, and the restrains disappear slowly as Klarion also opens a portal with a wave of his hand. "Oh, well! Fun as it lasted. Teekl! See you later, armadillos! Unless I see you first!"

And with that, the portal closes, and Klarion is gone.

"Get back here you coward!" Haneul yells at the air, attempting to open his own portal, but he soon collapses on the ground.

"He's gone, Haneul…" I say, helping him up onto Skotádi, who hasn't gotten any smaller.

"Aren't you gonna stop him?" K.F asks, pointing at the portal Klarion had just escaped from.

"To what end? Klarion is Chaos personified. He cannot be contained," Fate explains.

"For once, I can agree with Fate," Haneul agrees, a bit defeatedly. "He is of a Witching World. We are taught many things, including how to free ourselves of any prison. Any form of containment. No matter what the cost. The Sorcerer Supreme is correct."

"Did we win?" Robin groans as I help him stand up.

"At a cost," Kaldur replies sadly.

"Fate!" Zatara yells up at the figure. "Great Nabu, release my daughter."

"No. Hear what the helmet wants in these last few hours…" Fate begins. "The world needs Doctor Fate, and the girl's natural affinities for the mystic arts make her the perfect candidate."

"You can't do that!" Robin shouts.

"She has her own life to live!" Artemis agrees.

"How can you claim this to be Justice?!" I shout at the figure.

"Kent would never allow you-" Wally begins.

"Kent Nelson did object, strenuously, so I released his spirit to the afterlife. He is gone," Fate explains.

"Take me, instead... My skills are already at their peak. My body is physically stronger, better able to withstand the strength of your power!" Zatara argues.

"All true. But if I remove the helmet, what guarantee have I that you will dawn it?" He/she asks.

"My word," Zatara begs.

There is a long pause.

We all wait to see what Fate does.

Then, Fate lands softly on the ground,and removes the helmet, revealing a distraught Zatanna.

"Dad!" She shouts running into her father's arms.

"Zatanna! Remember: I love you. " He turns to us. Mostly to Robin. "Take care of my girl."

"You have my word," Batman states, stepping closer to Robin and I.

"No, please! This was my fault! Dad, don't! Dad!" Zatanna yells. But she can't change the Wizards' mind.

The Leaguer places the Helm over his head, and he is transformed into Doctor Fate.

"Leave these to the Fate," Zatara/Fate's voice replies, taking the adult sorcerers away.

He flashes away in the sky, leaving Zatanna to fall to her knees. Robin, K.F, Artemis, and K.L are by her side in seconds.

Zatanna is unable to remove her gaze from the sky where Fate hijacked her father's mind, and body.

The rest of us are left standing in a circle on the crossroads.

Ironic, isn't it?

It seems as though all deals are made at a crossroad.

And all deals have a catch.


Gateway City

I run into the apartment, Skotádi following right behind me.

I throw the door open, and I see Diana sitting on the couch, her face etched in worry. She has her thumb nail in between her teeth as she watches the news for any sign of me.

As I throw the door open, she stands up faster than the Flash, and she embraces me in a large hug, just as I do.

"MOM!" I cry into her chest.

"It's alright, my little love," she says, brushing my hair with her fingers. "I'm right here…"

So we stand there embracing one another.

Both worried about the other, and both still in our work clothes.


At the Cave: Many days later

With no one else to stay with, Batman, Kaldur, and Red Tornado all agreed that it is in Zatanna's best interest if she stays with Conner, M'gann and Haneul in the Cave.

We all pitch in with helping her move.

M'gann, Artemis and I help her pack up her room, then Robin, Conner and Nash helped to load up the Bioship, and we all helped her move her things into her new room.

Setting down the last few boxes in her room, M'gann attempts to soothe the girl's emotional distress by giving her a verbal tour of the Cave. Telling Zatanna that she'll get the real tour later on.

"-And my room is right next door, if you need anything," M'gann says.

"Thanks. I …could use a little alone time. Okay?" Zatanna asks.

"Of course," M'gann agrees as we file out of her room.

"Zatanna?" I call just before I exit the room. "We mean it. Anything. Even if you just need someone to be here with you."

"I-I know… Thanks Addie…" She says softly.

"We can't imagine what you're going through, I know that," I begin again, this time moving towards her. "But please know that we want to help in any way we can. We will be there for you in any way we can. And if you want to talk, here's Robin's number. I only have a home phone, and Wonder Woman doesn't want me to start giving it out… but Robin knows it. So if you want to talk, call him, and he'll call me, and I'll be here faster than Wally. Alright?"

I hand her a piece of paper with Robin's number on it.

"Y-yeah… thanks again… Addie…" She says beginning to cry.

"It's not a problem," I smile softly. "Well, I'll leave you for now. But don't forget. Alright?"

She nodds, and I leave the room.

'That poor, poor girl…'


THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

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