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Ch.6: Denial
New Orleans: July 27th, 21:57CDT
Kent Nelson stopped walking down the street and looked at the sign that said 'Madam Xanadu'. He opened his pocket watch that had a woman's picture in it. He closed it and walked in.
Once entered, he stood by a round table.
"Oh-ev-swa. How can Madame Xanadu be of service?" A beautiful tan woman asked, her voice thick with an accent Kent couldn't place and gave him a good look at.
"Ah, there is someone to whom you wish to speak. Your wife, no?" The woman asked.
Kent gripped his pocket watch with a vice like grip and looked down. "Yes… My Inza."
Madam Xanadu sat down and gestured for Kent to do the same.
"Then Madam will make contact, if Fate be kind." Xanadu said.
Kent let out a sigh. "But he so rarely is."
As the elderly man sat down, Madam cleared her throat, and opened her hand.
"Oh of course." Kent said and handed her some money, which she tucked away.
The woman closed her eyes. Her hair started blowing, the light started swinging, the table lifted off the ground and rocked, and the candles blew out.
"Oh-h-h-h, my darling, how I've missed you..."
Madam's eyes opened, revealing a blinding white.
"It's so dark… and cold."
Kent laughed with a 'I just saw a tall, fat guy drive by in Smart Car' kinda laugh. "That's the best you could do?" He asked.
Everything stopped and Madam's eyes stopped glowing.
"Imbecile! You have broken the spell! Your wife is forever lost!" The Madam yelled. Kent had this giant grin on his face.
"That was supposed to be my wife? Heck, my little spitfire would've kicked my can for throwing good money away on you." Kent taunted.
Madam got up defensively. "No refunds for non-believers!"
Kent gave the woman a look. "I think we both know you're the non-believer, Madam. A wind machine," He gestured to one, hiding behind a curtain. "Tire jacks under the table," He lifted up the table cloth revealing a tire jack.
He looked at her sadly. "A shame too. You have the perfect aura for the work and nothing would've pleased me more than to be reunited with my bride." He said and looked at the picture again when he was jerked from his seat.
"You will be with her soon enough." A man named Abra Kadabra said, holding Kent above the ground. The next thing Madam knew they were gone in a flash of blue. She ran out of the room and did not notice the cane lift off the ground, turn gold, and disappear.
Mount Justice: August 19, 19:39EDT
"Initiate; combat training. Three. Two. One."
Superboy and Aqualad both leaped forward, ready to punch the other. They both sent punches and kicks at each other, trying to win the 'game'.
"Kaldur's nice, don't you think? Handsome, commanding… You should totally ask him out." Artemis said to the Martian, who gave her a smile in return.
"Kaldur's like a big brother to me but you know who would make the cutest couple? You and Wally." Megan sang.
Artemis was passive and Megan went on to explain. "You're so full of passion, and he's so full of… uh…"
"It." Artemis said, and they both burst out laughing.
Kaldur and Aqualad both clashed. Superboy used his foot to knock Kaldur off balance and send him crashing down.
"Fail; Aqualad."
"Black Canary and Danny taught me that." Superboy said, dusting off his hands. Aqualad got up and smiled.
"That is cool. Danny, maybe you should fight Superboy next." Kaldur suggested.
Everyone looked to the Ghost Boy, who was sitting against the wall, tiredly.
"No."
His tone left no room for discussion.
"Danny, what's the matter? You used to love combat practice, once you got into it." Megan said.
"He did?" Atremis asked.
"Yeah. Now he's dud." Wally said. Danny shrugged. Aqualad narrowed his eyes.
"If this is about… the incident."
Danny looked at his sharply.
"Not another word."
The room fell into silence.
A hole opened up in the ceiling and Red Tornado exited. Wally zoomed up to him.
"Do you have a mission for us?" The speedster asked. Red Tornado looked at him. "Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility."
"Yeah, well the Batman is with the Robin doing the Dynamic Duo, which is now the Dynamic Trio (Sounds lame. I don't care.), thing in Gotham. But you're headed somewhere right? Hot date or a… mission?" Wally said, giving Red Tornado a wink.
"If we can be of help." Aqualad added.
Red Tornado turned around and brought up a picture and a biography. "This is Kent Nelson, a friend. He is 106 years old." Red Tornado informed.
"Guy doesn't look a day over 90." Wally whispered to Artemis.
"And he has been missing for 23 days. Kent was a charter member of the Justice Society, the precursor to your mentors Justice League." Red Tornado continued. The photo was replaced by Dr. Fate. Aqualad got it.
"Of course. Nelson was earth's sorcerer supreme. He was Dr. Fate." The Atlantian said.
Wally scoffed, and leaned over to Artemis. "More like Dr. Fake. Guy knows a little advanced science and double doors it up to scare the bad guys and impress the babes." He whispered fast, and quietly.
"Kent may simply be on one of his walk a-bouts but he is caretaker to the Helmet of Fate, the source of the Doctor's Mystic Might. And it is un-wise to leave such power unguarded." Red Tornado said to the others.
Megan stepped forward. "He is like the great sorcerer priest and priestess's of Mars. I would be honored to help find him."
Wally's hand shot up faster than the fat guy in the Smart Car. "Me too! So honored I can barely stand it. Magic rocks."
Danny gave Kid Flash's back a glare, seeing right through his lie (as well as everyone else besides the Martian). Nobody noticed.
Red Tornado held up a key. "Take this. It is the key to the Tower of Fate." He said and handed it to Aqualad.
"What are the chances that we both so admire the Mystic Arts?" Wally said to Megan. Danny mumbled something incoherent.
Salem: August 19th, 20:22EDT
"So Wally, when did you first realize your honest infinity for sorcerery?" Artemis asked innocently.
Danny leaned back. "I would love to hear this." He mumbled. He made no outward appearance that he was enjoying their company.
Wally smiled at Artemis. "Well I don't like to brag,"
Danny rolled his eyes and scoffed.
"But before I became Kid Flash, I seriously considered becoming a wizard myself."
Artemis rolled her eyes and Danny mimicked him. Kid Flash saw him out of the corner of his eye.
"What is your problem, man?!" Wally yelled.
Danny stopped, all eyes on him. He crossed his arms and looked out the window. "Why would you care, oh Magic Man?"
Everyone turned to the front again, giving the Ghost Boy worried looks but Wally's were more angered and weird than worried. "You never told us why you didn't stay in Gotham with Robin and Batman."
Danny rolled his eyes. "Isn't it obvious? I'd probably strangle the first person I saw."
"We've reached Tornado's co-ordinates." Megan announced, giving one last look at Danny. She looked forward again and realized something.
"But…"
"Nothing's there." Superboy said.
"Take us down." Aqualad ordered and Megan landed the Bio-ship.
A tan cat with red eyes and dark markings got down from his perch and went inside an abandoned theater.
He walked up the isle to hear "Grant us access to the tower and I promise an end to your suffering. Continue to refuse and…"
A blast was heard and a pained scream.
The cat jumped up on a person's lap and, upon hearing the scream. The figure immediately started petting the cat and his pet purred, looking up at him.
"Shush Teekl, I'm watching the show." Klarion the Witch Boy said.
Kent Nelson was tied to a chair and Abra Kadabra held a wand, waiting for Kent to say something. Kent was panting hard.
"Enjoy it…While you can… Soon enough… My friends… will come to help me." Abra had walked up behind Kent and shocked him, earning another scream.
Klarion stood up and clapped. "Encore! Encore!"
Teekl fell to the ground and hissed. The cat gave a meow and hissed again, earning Klarion's attention.
"What?" The Witch Boy questioned. Teekl calmed down and meowed again, red eyes gleaming.
Klarion caught on. "Ohhh…"
Kid Flash ran to Artemis.
"Nothing. This isn't simple camouflage." He said.
"So, what do you think?" Artemis asked.
"I think it's standing right there!" Danny shouted pointing to the middle of the field.
Wally rolled his eyes. "Danny, we've told you. Nothings there. You're seeing things."
Danny's eye twitched, and the dark circles under his eyes started to become more pronounced.
Everyone else ignored the two.
"Adapting micro-optive electronics combined with phase-shifting?" Artemis asked.
"Absolutely!"
Megan walked over.
"…Not! Clearly, Mystic Powers are at work here." Wally said. Everyone gave him a blank look. Danny, though, looked absolutely murderous.
In the abandoned theater, Klarion, holding Teekl, Abra, and Kent, tied up of course, were watching. Klarion turned to Abra.
"Hey Abra Kadabra, aren't you using adapting micro-optive electronics and phase shifting?" Klarion asked, oh-so-innocently.
Abra looked away. "Yes…"
Aqualad took out the key.
"A test of faith…" He mumbled. An idea struck him.
"Stand behind me." He ordered and walked forward. He lifted the key and put it into an invisible key hole. He turned it and a tower appeared; the Tower of Fate in its glory. Everyone stood shock-still.
"Now you see it!" Danny yelled and started grumbling.
Aqualad opened the door and they entered. The door closed behind them, leaving the teens in the tower.
"Uh… Where'd the door go?" Superboy asked. An image of Kent Nelson appeared in front of them.
"Greetings. You've entered with the key but the Tower does not recognize you. Please state your purpose and intent." The image ordered.
Wally stepped forward. "We are true believers, here to find Dr. Fate!"
The image disappeared and Wally deflated.
"Wally…" Danny mumbled as the ground under them trembled. "You just sent everyone to their doom."
The ground collapsed and everyone started falling towards a lava pit, all except for Danny.
"Guys!" He shouted, worriedly.
Megan grabbed Wally, Artemis took out her grabbling gun, shot, and grabbed Aqualad. Superboy scraped at the wall in an attempt to stop himself. He continued to fall and got his feet caught in the lava. He screamed and took his feet out.
"Superboy!" Danny shouted, trying to break whatever barrier there was, holding him back from his friends. No one heard him.
"Those were my favorite boots. This Nelson guy better be worth it." Superboy said angrily.
Abra, Klarion, and Kent appeared in front of the Tower and Abra pushed Kent forward. The door appeared, a golden Ankh symbol appearing also, and the door opened. The three walked in, the door closed behind them, and disappeared.
"The Tower may not appreciate trespassers." Kent said in the first room, no one in sight.
"Mute." Abra said and a collar appeared around Kent's neck. The wall opened up and they walked in to a foyer.
The image of Kent appeared again. "Hello Kent. How unlike you to bring guests to the Tower, especially one with such potent Mystic Power."
The collar around Kent's neck buzzed. "My friends... come to help me."
The image smiled and the wall opened up again, revealing many stairs going up, down, around, and a-bout. They walked into it, the wall closing behind them.
"Having trouble… maintaining altitude. I'm so hot." Megan said sweating an ocean.
"You certainly are." Wally commented.
"Wally, you're such an idiot!" Danny shouted, still trying to break the barrier. "Open up! Let me in!"
"Wally!" Artemis shouted.
"Hey! I'm above a sizzling death! I'm entitled to speak my mind!" Wally yelled back defensively.
Aqualad wiped his forehead. "My physiology and M'gann's are susceptible to extreme heat. We must climb out quickly!"
Megan continued to lose control over her flight but she got an idea. "Hello Megan… We never truly… answered the question. Red Tornado sent us… To see if Mr. Nelson and the Helmet… Were safe!" She yelled.
A slab of rock appeared over the lava, the heat disappearing. Superboy just stepped on the platform. Megan and Wally fell to the ground none too gracefully, and Artemis lowered her and Aqualad to the ground. They did not expect Danny to scream and plummet to the platform, crumbling painfully on his feet.
"You ok, Danny?" Megan asked him, worriedly.
Danny shot up. "Superboy, the burns!"
The Kryptonian looked at him weird. "They're fine."
Danny breathed a sigh of relief and fell back.
Aqualad bent down and touched the rock slab. "This platform… It should be red hot but it is cool to the touch."
Wally laid his arm over Megan's shoulders. "Don't worry Meg-alicious. I gotcha."
Artemis pushed him away, and Danny glared at him.
"Enough!" Artemis shouted, as Danny sat up.
"You little 'Impress Megan At All Costs' game, nearly got you all barbequed!" Danny shouted.
"When did this become my fault?!" Wally shouted back.
"When you lied to that- whatever it was- and called yourself a true believer!" Artemis shouted.
"Wally, you don't believe?" Megan asked.
"Fine, fine! I lied about believing in magic but magic is the real lie! A major load!" Wally shouted. Aqualad continued to inspect the platform.
"Wally, I studied for a year at the Conservatory of Sorcery in Atlantis. The Mystic Arts created the skin icons that power my Water Bearers." The Atlantian informed calmly.
"Dude, ever hear of bio-electricity. Hey, in primitive cultures, fire was once considered magical too. Today it's all just a bunch of tricks." Wally said.
"You're pretty closed minded for a guy who can break the sound barrier in his sneakers." Artemis said.
"That's science! I re-created Flash's laboratory experiment and here I am! Everything can be explained by science." Wally argued.
"Let's test theory." Danny said with an evil smirk. Everyone was a little worried when Danny got up and walked forward.
"How do you explain a scientific impossibility like me?" Danny questioned.
Wally scoffed. "You've already explained a ghost's physiology before."
Danny continued smiling. "I said that was for ghosts. Not me."
Wally rolled his eyes. "You're a ghost, you said so yourself."
Danny cocked his head. "I never said that."
Everyone looked at him sharply. Because he was right. He had never out-right said he was a ghost.
Wally bent forward. "Tell us what you are and I can totally explain it."
Danny's smirk widened. "I'm a halfa, half ghost, half human. Both but neither. Dead and alive, but at the same time, not."
There was pause. And then Wally started laughing.
Everyone was surprised when Danny grabbed Wally's collar and pushed him up against the stone wall. Wally instantly started struggling.
"Are you denying what I say?!" Danny screamed, hurt shining in his eyes.
Wally looked at Danny's angered face. "Dude, let me go!"
Superboy grabbed Danny's cloak and pulled him back.
"That is enough." Aqualad said sternly.
"He insulted my existence!" Danny yelled, looking at everyone. "You believe him!"
They gave each other looks. "Danny, no one can be dead and alive." Megan said.
In a flash, Danny had out his knife, blade glistening. Everyone gasped, minds racing. They didn't expect him swipe it across his hand. The blade was thrown out of his hand by Megan's telekinesis but the damage was done.
Danny held up his hand. "Look closely."
Green mixed with red slowly slid out. Everyone's eyes widened. It was blood and ectoplasm synchronized together.
"Danny, we're so sorry." Megan said, hand over her mouth.
Danny calmed down instantly and looked. "It's fine. I'm sorry I blew up in your faces. I've been edgy all day." He mumbled, ashamed.
Everyone shrugged.
"It's cool." Superboy said. Danny nodded and looked around.
"Let's get out of here." He said, grabbing his knife and putting it back in his boot before he bent down and grabbed part of the platform.
"Wait, the back draft from the lava will roast us alive!" Danny lifted it up and a cool wind came out.
"It's snow!" Megan said excitedly.
"Do you ever get tired of being wrong?" Artemis asked Wally. Danny laughed. They hadn't heard it in a while. It was new and fresh. The tension thawed slowly.
They all jumped in and instead of falling they landed on solid ground. They watched as the hole they came through, disappear. Everyone looked at Wally.
"Well?" Artemis asked.
"Ever hear a string theory? We're in a pocket-dimension." He said.
"Uh!" Artemis said and they turned around.
Danny was looking around in wonder and awe.
"I should move to Antarctica. That place is always cold!" He said.
It was short-lived though, because they spotted something.
"What's that?" Megan asked, pointing at a cane.
"Ooo, maybe it's Nelson's magic wand." Wally said sarcastically and zipped forward.
Artemis and Wally both grabbed it at the same time.
"I got it." They both said. The cane glowed. "Uh! I can't let go!" The two shouted. They both were taken up into the air and they disappeared. Megan looked at the others.
"Where's Danny?"
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" Klarion continued to say. Abra grabbed Kent's shoulder.
"Tell us how to find the Helmet!" Abra yelled, ripping off the collar around Kent's neck.
The former Dr. Fate smirked. "Can't. Having too much fun."
Abra growled and started shocking Kent, who fell to the ground.
"Still having fun?" Abra questioned. Klarion laughed. "I am! Zap him again or dump him off the side and watch him splat!"
Abra went with the first and started shocking Kent. Teekl meowed from around Klarion's shoulders. "Uhh, yes, yes. I suppose we might still need him."
"I don't understand Wally. It's like he needs to believe the impossible can't happen. I mean, look at how he reacted to Danny." Megan said to Superboy and Aqualad.
"Wally uses his understanding of science to control what he cannot comprehend. Acknowledging the existence of magic would be to relinquish the last vestige of that control." The Atlantian explained comfortingly. Megan looked away in thought when a door appeared on a mountain.
Artemis, Danny, and Wally appeared on the platform between some steps. Artemis and Wally were on the ground and still holding the cane.
"Abra Kadabra!" Wally said upon seeing him. Kent smiled at his cane.
"Oh would you look at that." The cane glowed gold and Kent followed suit. The elderly man flew forward and grabbed his cane. The binds holding him diminished.
"In here!" He said to the teens as two elevator doors opened up. The three teens and the man ran in.
"No! No! NO! I want the Helmet! I want it! I want it! I want it!" Klarion yelled shooting forward two red beams, but the doors closed before he could reach them.
Elevator music played as the small group went up.
"I'm Kent Nelson by the way." The former Dr. Fate said to the teens, totally casual and calm.
"No duh." Wally said and got two jabs to the ribs by the archer and the halfa.
"I'm Artemis. Miss Manners, here, is Wally." The archer introduced.
Danny nodded. "I'm Danny Phantom."
Kent smiled. "Well Artemis and Danny, we're up against an opponent with tremendous Mystic Power."
Wally scoffed. "Abra Kadabra! Flash proved he used futuristic technology to simulate magic. Guys all show and no biz."
"Right you are." Kent said.
"He is?" Artemis asked astonished. Wally stood triumphed.
"Abra is a Sheraton." Kent said.
Danny nodded. "But Klarion the Witch Boy is a Lord of Chaos and why do I know that?!" Danny screamed at the end.
"Because he is your ultimate enemy, Lord of Order." Danny started laughing.
"Me? Lord of Order? You serious?" The white-haired teen said. Wally lightly hit him. "I know, right?"
Kent looked at Danny closely. "You control the Totems, no?"
Danny stopped laughing and looked at him. "How do you know?"
Kent smiled. "It's in your aura. You are also a new Lord of Order, once the one known as Natick."
Danny shook his head. "How can I be the Lord of Order Natick?"
Kent shrugged. "Don't know but you are." Danny continued to look at him uncertainly.
Kent continued. "Anyway, Klarion is after the Helmet. If he gets his little mitts on it, he'll turn the world into his own personal playground of pandemonium."
The elevator clicked open and they walked out and up some steps to a giant bell. As they stood in front of it, a square appeared on the roof and Superboy and Aqualad fell out, ungracefully. Megan floated out with the grace of swan.
"Friends of yours?" Kent asked. An electric beam shot past.
"Friends of yours?" Wally said sarcastically, and ducked him and Kent down as another shot past them.
Everyone started separating. Kent knocked the bell with the cane, sending a resounding chime throughout the Tower. The bell glowed gold and Kent and Wally walked in. Klarion flew across the chasm that separated them and flew in before the bell stopped glowing, Danny following.
Wally and Kent appeared on the roof where the Helmet of Fate floated in the air. Kent reached for it but was struck with a red beam. He screamed and fell back.
"Mr. Nelson!" Wally cried, catching him. Kent stood up and weakly started a spell. "Certe toto sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse!"
A golden bubble appeared around Wally and Kent.
"NO!" Klarion yelled.
Kent turned to Wally.
"Not bad for a former Dr. Fake, right kid?" Kent asked and fell down into Wally's arms and Kent continued. "The bubble will give you enough time to do what you need to do."
Wally looked at him confused.
"I have no idea what I need to do!" He exclaimed.
"Have faith. Do what you can't explain. Believe in what you can no longer deny." Kent said.
Kent held up his watch as he explained but when he finished, his hand went limp and his pocket watch fell out of hands. Wally gasped, but he heard another intake of breath. He looked behind him and saw Danny. The halfa immediately ran forward and tried reviving him. Wally counted how many pumps.
"Come on, wake up." Danny urged but Kent did not start breathing.
Meanwhile, Klarion was relentlessly throwing blasts at them.
"I want that Helmet and I want it now!" Danny looked up sharply.
"Shut up, you little brat!" Danny yelled and continued to pump but Wally knew he was gone.
"Wally, we're in trouble! Tell Kent we need Dr. Fate!"
Wally saw everyone in electric nets and he also saw Megan go down.
Wally gasped and looked up. Danny had stopped but Klarion was still going. A circle appeared around Klarion and giant red claws started digging into the bubble.
"He will pay."
Danny's head shot up with a fierce look and Wally gasped. His eyes were completely silver. Danny got up, grabbed his flute, and played a low, dangerous tune. The red claws became gold and they were destroyed, sending Klarion flying.
Danny walked forward and through the shield. When he exited, he was not wearing his usual hazemat suit and cloak. It was replaced by a gold tunic, blue pants and a shirt, golden combat boots, and a silver cloak held up by one white and one black gem on either side of his collarbone. Danny's hair was the same but wrapped around his head was a gold band with a silver border and thirteen symbols rested in-between.
"You're a Lord of Order!" Klarion yelled.
"Yes." Danny's voice was his own but it was more than doubled. It reminded Wally of the incident.
"And you will pay for what you have done."
A golden beam shot forward and hit Klarion, who screamed. The thirteen animals from the incident appeared. Before Wally knew it, they were swept up in a gold and silver vortexes, tinged with red. When the vortexes died down, Wally did not expect what he saw.
All the animals were a blinding white, and were about the size of the Amarok! All except the Amarok, who remained black with four eyes, and the symbol on his forehead.
Ebony the wolf, Raven the Banshee, Whisper the Dolphin, Oceanus the Orca, and Isis the Caladrius had a gold shine to their fur/feathers/skin. Their eyes were also gold. On Ebony's forehead rested a golden symbol. It was a circle with a cross on top. Banshee's symbol was an Egyptian Sun Disk with a crescent moon inside the circle and spread across her wings and back. Whisper had two arrows crossing over each other, the Indian symbol for friendship, on her forehead. Oceanus had a lotus flower as her symbol on her forehead. And Isis had a pentagram as her symbol on her forehead.
Malachi the Tiger, Anhur the Cobra, Amoux the Python, Gale the Eagle, Conan the Griffin, Raul the Phoenix, and Marrok the Thunderbird had silver eyes and had a silver tint to their scales/fur. Malachi's symbol was a pole with two snakes and wings (You see it on ambulances), Anhur had an Ankh, Amoux's was a diamond with a triangle on each side, Gale's was three swirls connected to each other (The Neolithic triple spiral symbol.), Conan's was a pentagram inside a flower, Raul's was the Japanese symbol for strength, (力), and Marrok's was a triangle with a smaller upside down triangle inside.
"Lone, Wisdom, take him out." The wolf and the Amarok lunged forward. They once again kept their opponent on his toes.
Wally watched all of this with great fascination and he looked up at the Helmet. He got up and grabbed it.
Danny was hit by Klarion's beam and he saw Wally grab the Helmet.
"Put it on, Wally!" Danny shouted. The animals followed suit, their lips moving with Danny's. Thirteen voices assaulted Wally's ears and he couldn't believe it.
"Hey dumb kid, you put that on you may never get it off!" Klarion yelled, just as the bubble wore off. Klarion shot another beam and just when it was about to hit him, Wally put on the helmet.
The speedster stood in a spotlight, all around him being a complete void.
"Ok, ok, no problem. I'm not here. I'm just delusional." His voice echoed around him.
"Still don't believe. Seriously kid, how'd you get so bull-headed in fifteen short years?"
Wally turned around. There was Kent Nelson, smiling like an idiot.
"But, but you're… you're…"
"Yep, but don't feel bad. Soon as this little broo-ha-ha is over, my spirit will ascend and I'll be reunited with my beloved Inza." Kent said reassuringly.
"Oh, ok. Wait! Does that mean I'm-" Wally started.
"Ah, you're alive, but your soul no longer controls your body. See, we're inside the Helmet. You put it on and my soul got sucked in. Probably because I spent so many years serving its master." Kent explained.
"Master?" Wally asked.
"Nabu, the real Dr. Fate. One of them Lords of Order I told you about. You already know your friend is one. I still think he's the successor of Natick. Anyway, Nabu's the one controlling your body now." Kent said, tapping his shoulder. "Wanna watch?"
"Nabu, so nice of you to join us." Danny said, jumping on Wisdom, the white wolf, and running forward. Dr. Fate floated in the air and kept up an Ankh shield as Klarion shot many red beams at him.
"Natick, it's been so long." Dr. Fate said.
Danny smiled. "It has Nabu, it has indeed."
"Give it up Nabu! Order went out of style in the twentieth century!" Klarion yelled, and narrowly dodged Wisdom as she lunged.
"This battle is pointless. You sought to take the Helmet before it gained a host but you are too late." Dr. Fate said. His voice was Wally's, but a lower, deeper voice overpowered his.
"Shut it, you old fart!" Klarion yelled and two rock columns flew up and crashed into Dr. Fate. Danny stretched his hands out. An Ankh appeared, and with his help, Dr. Fate broke the spell. Danny, still on Wisdom, ran under Dr. Fate and stuck out his hand.
"Brat." The two Lords of Order said an Ankh and gold beam flew at Klarion.
Klarion transported and the two Lords stopped their barrage. Klarion appeared behind them and shocked Dr. Fate.
Wally screamed and fell to the ground.
"What gives?" Wally asked.
"Well, it is your body." Kent said.
"Then let me control it! With Fate's power and my speed-"
"Sorry kid, doesn't work that way. But you can see why I haven't put on the Helmet in sixty-five years." Kent cut off.
"And if Fate loses this fight?" Wally asked nervously.
"You see Inza before I do." Kent said gravely.
Klarion threw a red dragon at Dr. Fate but before it could hit him, Danny tackled Dr. Fate out of way. The animals had disappeared. Danny got up in time to throw up a shield made of the thirteen symbols but a red beam struck him from behind. Dr. Fate and Danny both got up to see many red dots coat the air around Klarion. He made guns out of his hands and started 'shooting' them.
Dr. Fate put up a shield, blocking the two from the shots. Danny kneeled next to him and strengthened the shield some but the next shot broke it, and sent them back. Klarion started breathing fire, making Danny and Dr. Fate dodge. Pillars of magic shot up from the rock ground and shot the two.
"You're out of practice Nabu. And your pathetic host body, zero infinity for the Mystic Arts. Natick isn't any better!" Klarion taunted.
A storm with red lightning appeared above them and they barely put up a shield.
"Ooo, rainbow power." Klarion said sarcastically.
Teekl meowed impatiently at his master.
"I am paying attention, you stupid cat." Klarion hissed. Teekl meowed again, annoyed like. "Case you haven't noticed, I'm winning!" Klarion yelled.
"You thinking what I'm thinking? Just like old times, Nabu?" Danny said, his voice still thirteen-enised.
"Of course, Natick." Dr. Fate's said and his emblem shot forth a bright golden beam, destroying Klarion's storm and sending a shock wave. When Klarion moved his arms away from his face, he saw Dr. Fate and Danny standing side by side in the midst of glowing golden flames.
"It is difficult for a Lord of Order or Chaos to maintain a presence on the physical plain." Dr. Fate said.
Klarion's body was enwrapped in red flames. He started shooting them at the two. The Lords of Order easily flew around them.
"I am bound to the Helmet and use a human host." Dr. Fate said.
"I bound my soul to a human's, bounding me to the physical plain." Da- Natick said.
Dr. Fate shot an Ankh and Natick shot a Ring of Thirteen Symbols. Klarion used a rock slab as shield.
"But that is not your way." The two allies said.
The shield fell away. Klarion was still very angry and flames were burning in his hands.
"You're babbling, you two!" He shouted.
"Are we?" Dr. Fate asked and shot a gold beam. Klarion threw up a shield. The beam hit it but another one that Natick threw flew by and hit Teekl, sending him back. Lone appeared above him, growling and saliva falling from his mouth menacingly.
"Teekl! I can't believe you would assault a defensive-less pussy cat!" Klarion yelled at them.
"We all know that creature is no cat, Witch Boy." Dr. Fate said, narrowing his eyes.
"Lone, destroy it." Danny commanded, and Teekl ran away in fear of the giant Amarok running behind it.
"Teekl!" Klarion shouted worriedly.
"And without your familiar, you have no anchor on this reality." Dr. Fate surmised.
Klarion started phasing in and out of the physical plain.
"Bullies! Kill joys! Geezers!" He shouted at the two Order Lord's. Teekl ran into Klarion's arms and meowed. Lone was running right at them!
"We're out of here!" Klarion shouted, and then he was gone within a portal. After they made sure Klarion was really gone, Natick turned to Nabu.
"I had fun working with you again, Nabu." The white-haired Order Lord said. Dr. Fate turned to Natick and nodded. "It was. Now we have another matter to take care of."
Abra was about to shock the kids in the nets again, when an Ankh surrounded by a Ring of Thirteen Symbols appeared behind him. His clothes and wand were quickly vanished, leaving him in nothing but his underwear. The teens quickly got up.
"Shows over." Superboy said and punched Abra out cold.
"Yes! That's how we kick it on the earthly plane! Uh… It's over. Right? So, why isn't Nabu taking off the Helmet?" Wally asked Kent. The Helmet appeared behind them.
"Because the earth needs Dr. Fate. I will not release this body." Dr. Fate said.
"He can't do that! Can he do that?" Wally asked Kent. The spirit turned to him but didn't get to answer.
"Can, but shouldn't." The elderly man said. The two quickly turned and saw Natick walk out of the void.
"Nabu, my friend, this is not the right candidate. Wally's soul belongs to the world of science, not sorcery."
"True Natick, very true. But I do not appreciate being permanently hidden away, useless, and isolated. For decades at a time… Chaos must not be able to rein!" Nabu said vehemently. Natick stepped forward even farther.
"I know, Nabu! I know more than anyone and it won't happen again! Wally will take the Helmet and make sure you are put to good use." Natick shouted.
"Yeah, I swear!" Wally promised.
"But in the meantime, I'll stick around, keep you company." Kent said, surprising Wally.
"Wait! What happened to you ascending, seeing Inza?" Wally asked.
Kent smiled at him. "So you believe now, huh? Don't sweat it, kid. I'll spend a few millennia here, then see Inza." Kent took out his pocket watch. "That's the great thing about eternity. It's eternal."
"The bargain is acceptable." Dr. Fate said. Kent turned to Wally.
"Some free advice before you go; find your own little spitfire. One who won't let you get away with nothing."
As he finished, Wally disappeared, exiting the Helmet.
Natick walked up and placed a hand on Kent' shoulder.
"It was nice seeing you again, Kent. By the way, Inza says you're going to get an ear-full when you ascend." Natick disappeared, leaving Kent with a smile.
Wally looked around. Natick was in front of him. The Lord of Order placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Welcome back."
In a flash of light, Danny was back, but the headband was still on. They both walked over to Kent's body. Wally placed Kent's pocket watch in the dead man's hand and closed it around it. Wally felt Danny place his hand on his shoulder again.
"Think about it this way, when Kent does ascend, Inza's going to give him a good talking to." Danny comforted.
Wally started laughing.
Mount Justice: August 20th, 03:48EDT
Wally walked up to his almost empty shelf of souvenirs and placed the Helmet of Fate on it. He heard someone clear their throat and turned to Artemis.
"You never said what happened to you when you put on the Helmet." She said.
"Energy from the thing re-routed my brain's beta-waves. I was bio-scripted into becoming Dr. Fate for a few minutes. No big." Wally said, waving her off.
"Wait, you're still claiming there's no such thing as magic? If that's how you feel, why keep it at all?" Atremis said harshly.
Wally looked at it and remembered his promise.
"Souvenir." He said.
"Geek!" With that, Artemis walked away. He looked at the Helmet again.
Find your own little spitfire, one who won't let you get away with nothing.
Megan walked by and Wally shot forward.
"Hello Megan! Guess who bought us two tickets to a magic show?"
Gotham: August 20th, 03:48EDT
Danny sat, looking out the window of the mansion.
"What's wrong Danny? You've been sitting there for, like, half an hour!" Robin said, leaning over the back of the chair. Danny gave him a little smirk and moved his black hair out of his eyes.
"Nothing, just remembering something from when I was little." Robin hopped in the chair next to him, practically screaming 'Tell me now!'
Danny laughed at him.
"Well, when I was younger, I used to say my name was Natick, not Danny."
Robin leaned forward. "You mean the guy who fused his soul with you?"
Danny nodded. "Yeah, my parents took me to a psychiatrist to find out what was wrong. The guy diagnosed me with multiple personality disorder but the guy couldn't figure out where I got the name from."
Robin started laughing. "I'm surprised that they didn't ask your sister."
Danny laughed too. "I know, right?"
Bruce watched them from the doorway with a smile. "So, you guys want some hot chocolate?"
"YES!"
I'm gonna cut this authors note short cause I have things to read and The Abused to update! Gotta go! Bye!
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Reviews:
Em: Hahaha! Thanks so much! Loved your review! And for your question, if he could takes Supes, pretty sure he could man-handle the entire League. You know, besides Bats cause he'd show up with an ecto-gun or something cause he's Batman like that. :D
GreenDrkness: Yes, yes they did mess him up. They messed him up real good. :D That's partially my fault, as I am writing this. Hehehe... And Dani will show up sooner or later. Most likely after the season 1 bit of this. I didn't plan for her originally BUT a lot of people want her to show up so she will appear eventually. :D
Guest(1): Aww, thanks so much! I'm glad you're loving this! Makes me so happy!
TheLastSoul232: Glad I keep making this better and better. :D
Ms. awesome. 562: Hahaha! It's ok! If you think of something though, please tell! Whoop whoop! And yeah... It's a horrible fall back... We'll have another soon. *evil laugh* And I have no idea why us Phans crave our favorite characters destruction. I honestly don't. I bet there's something seriously wrong with us. If there is, we will never know for sure. :D And I like Evil!Danny in only a few things. *shrugs* I'm more of a bad-boy but still a hero Danny, as well as emotionally traumatized Danny. AND SCREW HAPPY ENDINGS! They're so overrated anyways! :D
CWA: So glad you enjoyed and I hope this answers that 'hurting himself' question. He'd rather not talk 'bout it. With good reason. :D And who doesn't love temporary Evil!Danny! Seriously?
Lee: Hahaha, thanks! I'm glad you like the idea and are craving future chapters! This gives us more info on the Totems! Whoop whoop!
KuriMaster13: Hahahaha! Your logic makes sense! And I sometimes have a little trouble keeping up with all thirteen Totems! It can be a pain! :D I totally get it!
Supaherolena02: Hahahaha! Oh my gosh, I felt so crappy yesterday (PMS is a witch with a capital B) and you made me laugh! Thanks so much!
Hitmoi-tama: I'm glad we could go into his issues more with you! :D And you can stop typing that last sentence. Seriously. I'm getting tired of reading it. :D
Phantom Ice: Hahahaha! You're question should be answered in this chapter, if I'm not wrong, and I'm not. :D Hahaha! So glad you aren't going crazy anymore! Whoop whoop!
Momobear9898: I'm so happy you're enjoying this so much! And thanks for all the complements (Batman is frikkin awesome, ain't he?)! DON'T BE MAD AT ME! I've updated every day so far! Hey, have you watched Justice League? If you have, can you please give me some ideas for the Justice League/Young Justice/Danny Phantom crossover that will appear very later in this story! PLEASE! I'm stuck on the chapter and I have to continue it or soon or I WILL DIE! Thanks! :D
Inviso-Al: No, no! Dan's not showin up anytime soon! This is what happens next!
Lexosaurus(response #1): I'm so happy you thought it was perfection! And you and me both, my friend, you and me both live for those kinds of things. And I'll see you there buddy! Yes and all that awesomeness in the end!
DannyPhantom619: Yeah... It's Sam... Ember is not my favorite character, for whatever reason... *shrugs*
IWasNeverReal: Yeah, that hero complex can be very aggravating in traumatic experiences. :D Hahaha, I'll try to find a place to explain it, if I haven't done it already. Robin/Danny is always fun! Sorry for mistaking you for a guy! Looking back at your reviews, I'm trying to figure out how I screwed that up... Thanks for the tips but I think I'll just skip the tea, thanks. :D
IWasNeverReal2: I HATE IT WHEN I PRESS THE BUTTON BEFORE IM DONE! When you design the shirt, I WANT ONE SOOO BAD. For me, things go down at Walmart cause I live closer to Walmarts. Thanks for the extra tips!
Lexosaurus(2): As bad as that joke was, I forgive you. HOPE TO SEE YOU REVIEW TODAY BUDDY!
Azorawing: Oh my gosh! I'm so happy you enjoyed is so much and I made sense while doing it! And I'm sorry for creating more questions! Seriously... You'll find out about which is which in the future! And it's awesome when Danny goes all ballistic on everyone! WHOOP WHOOP!
BringbackDannyPhantom: Thanks so much! I'm so happy this is the best in your opinion! And this chapter was made to kinda make people sad so... :D
AkUmaXxXtEnsHi: Screw the frikkin thermos, I'm going all GhostBusters on you! *suits up*