Title: Seraphina

Chapter: 7/7

Author: MrGrayson24

Rating: T

Author's Note: Thank you so much to everyone who has read this far! And a special thank you to those who commented! Feedback is so hard to get and I appreciate it so much, one day I'll stop over thanking but until that time, thank you! I hope you enjoy!

-x-

Dick didn't know how long he sat there after Seraphina left. He couldn't slow the images she'd left in his mind. One after another, they played on a loop. The pain she would cause, the death of his friends, the new world she wanted to create. It wouldn't stop, until he heard commotion outside the tent.

Silently, he slipped to the entrance and peered through, but as he pulled back the flap, someone dashed inside.

"Wally!" Dick jumped on him. "I'm so, so, so sorry."

Wally sighed and hugged Dick back. "I still hate you but I'm glad you're okay."

"I'll take it." Dick checked him for injuries. "Are you alone?"

"No, I brought-"

Kaldur stormed into the tent. "We're here to save- oh."

"A little late, dude." Wally rolled his eyes. "Jason and I got this covered."

Dick looked between them. "Where is Jason?"

"He was on distraction duty." They glanced out to the camp to see several tents on fire.

"And Conner is getting Megan." Kaldur added. "We saw her escorted from the tent."

"Wow! This worked out better than it usually does!" Dick heaved a sigh of relief. "Let's grab Artemis and get out of here!"

-x-

"What do you mean you left Jason behind?!"

Conner threw his arms up with Megan's broken collar in his fist. "I didn't even know he was in the camp!"

"Hey!" Wally interjected. "I feel like six out of seven isn't that bad!"

Dick sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I swear you guys, next mission, we're implementing a buddy system. No exceptions."

He took a deep breath and addressed the group. "We need to go back and get him. Seraphina is more powerful than anyone we've come up against. I saw what she's capable of and what she wants to do. She's going to drain this world of all the good, and love... and everything else we try to protect. And she just needs one of us to do it."

"But why Jason?" Kaldur looked between them. "Could a human handle being a vessel like that?"

"She chose us the moment we set foot on the island. But since she only has Jason…" He paused. "Wait a minute… when they took us, they didn't want Wally." Dick smiled. "She must not be able to drain meta-humans! At least not in her current state!" Dick turned. "Megan? If we got you close enough, do you think you make a telepathic link with Seraphina?"

"Megan's not putting her life-"

Megan laid a hand on Conner's arm. "It's okay. I want to do it." She turned to Dick. "I might but it would only be for a second."

"That's all we need." He turned back to the group. "Alright, I have a plan but in order for it to work, Wally is going to have to run really, really fast."

-x-

"You let them get away!" Savage turned over the table in his tent. "What the hell am I paying you for?!"

Psimon cleared his throat. "We still have Robin."

"THE WRONG ONE!"

"A minor oversight."

Savage calmed his breaths. "Get Seraphina." His fists clenched. "We do this NOW."

"I don't believe she's ready-"

Savage came within an inch of Psimon's face. "In a few hours time, the titans are going to bring a storm down on us called The Justice League and if Seraphina hasn't made her connection by then, we're all dead."

"I will relay that to her." Psimon gulped. "Should we conduct ourselves out in the open?"

"The mine." Savage heaved. "We go back into the mine. Only one way in and one way out."

-x-

"Do you have any water?" Jason asked the group as he trudged through the mine.

Nobody responded.

"I'm pretty thirsty." He looked to a guard. "Hey… you? I can see the canteen on your belt-"

"Shut up!" Savage snapped. He turned to Seraphina. "Are you sure you need this one?"

"The more of a connection I've made, the further my reach. This boy is in love, I can feel it radiate off of him. I felt it before I was freed. When I tap into it, I tap into the love of his friends, and their families, and eventually, the rest of this doomed planet."

They came to the atrium and Seraphina shuddered, if only slightly, at the sight of her former prison.

"This would be better outside." She said softly.

"We cannot run the risk, my lady."

-x-

The group remained a steady pace behind Savage's party as they followed them through the maze of the mine.

When they reached the entrance to the central hall, there was a host of guards waiting for them.

"Conner?" Dick asked, but he'd already stepped up. They shot bullets at him, that ricocheted off his body and bounced off the walls. The group took cover, and once the bullets had stopped, Conner stood amongst the unconscious guards.

"Good job." Dick stepped over them. "Alright Wally, if this is going to work, they can't see you."

"Not a problem." He turned to Megan. "Are you ready?"

She nodded and Wally zoomed off.

-x-

They dragged Jason before Seraphina. "Okay, this really isn't funny anymore."

"Good." Savage muttered to himself. "Maybe you'll be quiet."

"Doubtful." Jason struggled as he was brought to his knees.

"I cannot be interrupted once the process has begun." Seraphina told Savage as a light wind blew around them.

"There won't be." Savage crossed his arms. He looked down at Jason. "Any last words?"

Jason shook his head.

"But you were so talkative a second ago. Not as courageous when faced with death, I see."

Seraphina brought her hands to Jason's temples and her hands illuminated. "Wait…" She said. "Something is wrong. This is not the right child."

Jason changed shape and it became Megan who kneeled before Seraphina. "No, I'm not."

Megan grabbed her hands and the light grew brighter between them. Seraphina screamed in agony.

"What's happening?!" Savage fumed when Wally appeared behind him.

"Nothing you're going to like." He held onto Savage. "Megan! I'm ready!"

Megan yelled when she grabbed Seraphina's hands and struggled to place them against Savage's temples. But the moment they came into contact, there was a burst of energy and Megan and Wally were thrown backward.

"It's working!" Dick yelled.

Savage and Seraphina were frozen, unable to pull apart. Then, the walls started to crack.

"This place is coming down!" Artemis called and motioned for the exit.

A guard pushed them aside and darted, but just as he was about to break into the hallway, a huge chunk of diamond fell from the ceiling and buried him.

"And watch out!" Artemis added.

"I'll clear the path." Wally jogged to the hall. "Just keep running."

They nodded and took off in a sprint as Wally dashed about. Dick glanced behind him just in time to see Savage and Seraphina disappear amongst the stones.

The diamonds rained down but Wally cleared them away before they hit the ground, and the group reached the entrance to the mine.

With deep breaths, they all turned just as the last tunnel collapsed in on itself.

Wally turned to the group. "In retrospect, is anyone else upset they didn't grab any of the diamonds?"

-x-

"How's it going?"

"Fine." Jason closed his locker and turned toward Dick. "Considering I thought I was going to die."

"Occupational hazard, you'll get used to it." Dick paused. "You do still want to be on the team, right? I know things didn't go perfectly but it'll get better. You did really well out there."

"Yeah, I do." Jason chuckled. "If Wally doesn't hate me the whole time."

"About that…" Dick looked down. "We need to talk."

"I knew this was coming." Jason motioned toward the bench.

"What happened between us, it can't happen again." Dick crossed his arms as Jason sat. "I would be lying if I said I didn't have feelings for you, but Wally is the one I want to be with. He's the one I'm supposed to be with. And... somewhere amongst my feelings for you, I forgot that." Dick sighed. "And he'll probably make me pay for this my whole life, if he'll take me back but... I have to make things right with him."

Jason face was unreadable as he stood and closed the distance between him and Dick. "You're going to be an amazing man someday, Dick Grayson and I'll be around to see it. One way or another." He kissed him on the cheek. "Now go be with Wally, I'll be okay."

"And we're okay?"

Jason smiled. "Yeah, we're great."

-x-

"I'm still not talking to you." Wally turned his back on Dick when he entered the room. "But if I were, I would tell you that you're the most insensitive, stupid, selfish boyfriend in the entire world."

"I deserve that."

Wally turned around. "And I would also say that you're lucky I don't break up with you right this second, cause I'm thinking about it."

"I deserve that, too."

"AND I WOULD ALSO SAY…"

Dick held his finger up to Wally's lips. "You're right. About all of it. I messed up. Bad. There's no excuse for what I did. But, I can promise it will never happen again."

"Oh, yeah? Until Jason comes in with his stupid injured puppy routine."

Dick couldn't help but smile. "I talked to Jason and he understands it was a one time thing, and that I'm with you. I guess I wanted the same thing he did, someone who understands what I've been through. But I want that person to be you. And I want to be that person for you."

Wally scowled at him. "You want to understand what I've been through, huh?"

Dick nodded. "I do."

Wally sighed. "Well… I went on a mission to an island with my boyfriend, who is really hot but can be really dumb sometimes." He flashed Dick a small smile.

Dick closed his eyes for a moment and tried to hold back tears of relief. They were going to be okay. "Oh yeah?" He grabbed Wally's hand. "Why don't you tell me all about it?"

-x-