Title: Showdown (2/3)
Author: erinm_4600
Characters, Pairing: DG, Cain, Raw, Glitch, the Queen, Azkadellia, Zero, the witch, random Longcoats
Rating: G
Summary: It's the final battle
Warning: Parts One and Two. Can kinda, sorta, maybe, technically be considered a sequel to 'You Know Who She is Now' Longer than the others, and I beta'd myself. If you see an error, please let me know! :)
Disclaimer: The original characters belongs to L. Frank Baum and their respective actors. The current characters belong to Sci-Fi, the movie folks and their respective actors.
Originally posted: Dec 4, 2007

Azkadellia slapped her hands together over her head after the globe clanged open. A moment later, everyone stepped back as a woman appeared by her side. DG knew it was her mother, whether she could see the lavender eyes or not.

"The time has come, Mother." She rolled her eyes in DG's direction. DG looked at her mother and smiled, gaining a smile in return. "And I want everyone to see your face." The Queen looked to her eldest daughter and frowned.

"I'm getting sick of this!" DG yelled. Cain grabbed her arms and pulled her back, but she pulled loose and moved to Azkadelia. The Longcoats began to raise their weapons, but a motion from Azkadellia told them she didn't mind.

"You want a fight? Fine. Get out!" Azkadellia raised an eyebrow. "Get out." DG huffed and put on a game face, ready to stand her ground. Everyone looked at each other – even Cain and Zero shared a look – unsure of what DG meant.

Azkadellia smirked and took a step to the side, then turned again to face DG.

"Have it your way." She clapped her hands again and, a moment later, Azkadellia fell back to the floor. In her place stood an old woman. "Not afraid of me now, child?" DG glanced over the woman's shoulder to her sister, who was beginning to sit up.

"What happened?" She looked up to see the two women standing in front of her, her mother just behind. "What have I done?" she asked quietly.

"It's not your fault," DG began, still looking at the witch. "It's mine. All of this. And I'm gonna make it right." The witch began to laugh, stopping short as the Queen began to move toward her daughters. DG stepped back.

"No!" The witch moved so quickly, it was all DG could do to back away. The witch wrapped a hand around the Queen's throat and squeezed.

"Now that I'm free of that useless thing, I can finish the job she refused." Everyone could see the essence of the Queen beginning to form a glow around her. DG knew that her mother had no powers to take, let alone protect herself. On instinct, she dove for her sister.

A glow filled the room, brighter than any light either of them had ever seen. The witch let go of the Queen, who stumbled back. Glitch and Cain caught her before she fell and held her close. Raw's heart was being torn in so many directions he could barely stand it. The Longcoats simply stood there, watching.

The witch laughed as DG helped her sister stand. "You cannot stop me. You couldn't then, and you won't now." She stepped toward the sisters. "You will die. Just like your father." She raised a hand and DG stepped back. The light dimmed slightly. Azkadelia turned to her sister.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't stop her. I didn't know until it was too late." DG looked at her, but said nothing. She was too concerned with keeping them both out of the witch's reach.

"That stupid old man. Giving you hints here and there. Thinking he was helping. All the while leading you to your end." She shifted, just as she had done those many years ago, from child to hag, into the last person DG expected to see.

The Mystic Man stood in front of them and smiled. "All that talking, and he told you nothing." He turned to face the room. "None of you." Turning back to DG, he continued, "Every single one of them knew. And not one of them told you the truth." He raised an eyebrow. "Not. One." DG's eyes trailed to Cain, who immediately looked away. Leaning in, the witch added, with a wink, "On the other hand, I have always told you the truth."

He stepped away and circled the room, stopping at each person and giving them a look. Who would persuade her to give up the emerald. It would be one of her rag-tag bunch, that much he knew. But, which one? The brainless servant to her mother? The emotional seer? The cold-hearted lawman? The witch stepped away and turned back to DG and Azkadellia. One step away, the witch straightened, then turned to face the group with an eerie grin.

"How interesting," he drawled. Everything happened so fast that no one really knew anything had happened until they saw Cain, on his knees in the middle of the room. The Mystic Man stood behind him, Cain's pistol in his hand, aiming at its owner.

"The emerald," the witch demanded. Cain looked to DG and shook his head. The Mystic Man tilted his head and gave Cain a disappointed look, then back to DG. "How noble. I will kill him." He raised an eyebrow and witnessed a silent conversation between DG and Cain. Rolling his eyes, he proceeded to cock the pistol and pressed the muzzle into Cain's head.

"Okay!" DG jumped. Putting her hands up, she stepped toward the two men. "Just don't-" She nodded to Glitch carefully, who looked at the Queen and frowned. He reached up and undid the zipper on the top of his head and reached inside the cavity. He pulled his hand out, holding the jewel, and reclosed the zipper.

The witch nodded to Zero, who ripped the jewel from Glitch's hand and moved toward him. DG looked at Cain, and gave him a slight smile. As the Mystic Man took the emerald from Zero, DG felt someone take her hand. Azkadellia stood next to her little sister and smiled.

The walls began shaking and the light, once again, grew bright. The Mystic Man let out a scream of pain and dropped the emerald, which Cain caught. He pushed himself away and Zero lunged after him.

Raw jumped for Zero and Cain while Glitch held fast to the Queen.

The noise became so unbearable that it was all DG could do to not let go and cover her ears.

A moment later, the light was gone. And so was the witch.