"That's the plan got it?" Agni said into the intercom
Robin peered around the corner and smiled
"I can see things I have never been able to see before!" he said his head jerking all around to look at things.
"If you close your eyes and concentrate you can go into infravision mode." Richie whispered behind him.
Robin squeezed his eyes closed and when reopened them they were red.
"Wow…" was all he said
A crackling noise came over their radios and Aqualad spoke.
"There is a portal open over here are shadows are pouring out of it." Kaldur said urgently
"Can you see Abaddon or Iivdril anywhere?" Richie said "One of them must be powering it."
Kaldur looked around from where he was. He didn't see either of them but he saw the Ogre Mage very clearly holding a staff. "That big monster thing is here. I think he is powering it."
"Hold your positions and wait for the distraction." Agni said
"Copy that."
Agni looked up "What does that mean?"
"It means he understood." Zatanna said.
Agni nodded and spoke back into his intercom
"Speedsters, is the perimeter secured?"
"Yes it is Agni… Hey Wally am I doing this right?"
"Yes you are now common we have to get into out places." Wally's voice said over the intercom
"Archers ready?" Robin asked
A chorus of 'yes' came from Roy, Artemis and Arty
Richie suddenly spun around and several throwing star faster then an eye could see fly out of his cloak into a patrol of goblins coming up behind them.
"We have to hurry, they are going to notice the missing patrol sooner or later…" Agni said pulling his bow off of his should "Okay now you guys know they are expecting us right? Good. Remember trolls fire goblins anything leave the shadows to us okay?"
"Why aren't you up here with us?" Roy asked over the intercom
"Because you always have to have a ground archer and the Ogre is mine."
"Archers prepare to fire." Richie said
"Superboy and um… Superdwarf, ready to draw them into the trap?" Robin said
"Ready when yer are birdy boy." Connie said cackling with glee from the back of Beowulf "Oh and dark elf, Beo here needs a new saddle."
"Now's not the time Connie." Richie said
"Even with da bad saddle I am going to kill more than him!" Connie proclaimed
At this Agni looked up from the soon to be battlefield "Oh no you won't."
"Wanna bet?"
"Losers buy the winner a round at the tavern." Richie said "I want in."
"Guy's now I not the time." Robin said impatiently
"They do this before every battle Robin." Anna's voice said "It's a tradition and Agni always wins."
"Damn straight I do." Agni sad with a wide grin
"We have a mission Agni can you please concentrate on it for more then three seconds?" Kaldur said, his voice sounded slightly amused…or annoyed. Agni couldn't tell, not that he cared all that much
"Okay now!" Agni said
Conner jumped out of the shadows with a huge two-handed hammer and hurled it into a back of trolls. "Hey!" he shouted "Bet you idiots can't get me!" The hammer suddenly disappeared from the chest of the troll it landed in and reappeared in Conner's hand
Connie came galloping by and he turn to look at Conner
"So that's what it does…" he murmured before bashing the closet troll.
Agni and his group were leaning against the walls of the alley way watching the carnage Conner and Connie were doing.
"I told you giving him that hammer would make him so much more badass." Richie said with a smirk
Connie spun and flung the hammer into a pack of trolls sending them flying and hitting the wall next to Richie head.
"Oy! Be careful!" Richie yelled wiping blood of his cloak
Several trolls turned and saw Richie in the shadows yelling and came charging at him.
Agni turned and lifted his bow "Good going Richie. Wasn't the plan we stay quiet? Phase 2 everyone common we need to hurry." Agni said taking out the few trolls coming at them and fading into the shadows.
Conner and Connie began to back up and then went into a full retreat drawing them into a dead end alley way.
"Now Miss M" Robin said
Several cars came suddenly crashing down into the alley way crushing them. Conner smiled and tossed his hammer at one that hadn't been hurt. He turned and grabbed Connie and tossed him up the building to be caught by Roy. Conner turned and looked at Beowulf, who cocked his head and looked back into his eyes.
Conner's hand went up to his ear piece to ask Agni but he heard someone shout down.
"Just follow him!"
Beowulf had turned around and was roaring. Conner turned and saw the cars begin to move a little as the trolls tried to get back up. A portal opened in front of them and Beowulf pulled him in. The hammer returned to his hand and he walked in and came out on the roof tops with Connie and Roy.
"Archers Fire!" Agni shouted
Arrows came raining down into the cars. Beeping sounds came over the square. Roy and the others ran and leaped off the roof landing in a roll in the street, or in Connie's case on his head and rolling into the gutter.
"I guess I didn't think that all the way through…" Agni muttered
The Ogre Mage came running in surrounded wraiths, skeletons and goblins. Conner lifted Connie up and tossed him onto the back of Beowulf.
The monsters came to halt at a shout from the Ogre
It stopped and grinned
"Is that all Agni sent, a few mortals from this dimension and the dwarf kings son?"
Agni stepped out of the shadows with his bow out and an average arrow notched into it. "Do you really think so? After all the battles we have fought you actually thought I wouldn't come?" Agni laughed and motion for everyone to leave their places. Kaldur, Anna, Arty, Artemis, the speedsters and everyone slowly circled around the trapped monsters locking them in a trap.
Agni raised his bow and shot an arrow into the air. "When that arrow comes down," Agni said "you will be dead." And with that Agni pulled several pachynite headed arrows out and shot them up as well. "When those come down, well I think you know what will happen."
The pachynite arrows came down blowing wholes in the monsters defenses and taking out several wraiths
And they attacked.
Robin went running in first using his acrobatic skill to his advantage, he dodge an arrow that flew in front of his face he dropped on to his knees and knocked the skeletons feet out from underneath it. Richie leap by with a short sword and shield out, slashing all the passing by skeletons. Agni ran by them with his swords out he was spinning and twirling his blades. He saw Richie flip over Conner, who was still flinging his hammer everywhere, and land on a wraith his sword digging deep into it body. Agni duck under a flying magic missile that came from Anna or Zatanna, he didn't have the time to look, he parried a clumsy lunged from goblin, his swords came up to block another attacks, his swords came back down and drew a neat 'X' on the goblins throat. He dashed left as several of Robin's batarangs thumped into one of his attackers and blew it up.
"23!" Agni yelled to Connie who rode by standing on Agni's bear bashing wraiths and goblins alike.
"Wha? I'm only on 17!"
"I' got 26!" Richie yelled. He was just flipped through the air by Conner throwing stars and daggers in different directions and landing on a wraith. "Make that 22." He yelled following Robin into another group of skeletons
Agni growled and sheathed his swords. He looked over to Arty who was on the ground with daggers in her hands trying to fend off several large goblins. Agni's hand went to his quiver and he took out three arrows and took down the goblins in front. Artemis dropped down from a roof above Arty landing on a goblin and kicking another. Artemis and fire an arrow point blank into the chest of another, Agni darted by marking a line across a throat of a goblin with a hidden blade behind her and skidded to his knees and fire. They watched Wally rush by holding the edge of a thick cord, Wallace was holding the other end of it and they wrapped it around the legs of the Ogre mage tripping him. Conner leap over everyone and brought his hammer down onto its back. Several arrows pounded down onto him from Roy. Agni dropped his bow and his dual crossbows were out and were firing bolts in every direction, his crossbows clicked saying they were empty, Agni cursed and replaced the t his holsters and his swords were out in a flash as he ran to help Robin fight of a group of goblins. Robin hit one with an eskrima stick and deflected another's swing. Robin turned to see Agni fighting his way through a horde of skeletons and he leaped ahead to join him.
Several cars flew over them hitting the Ogre Mage as he tried to stand up. Wally tossed Wallace another cord and they proceeded to try and tie him up. Several arrows came out of another alley way and one hit Wallace in the back sending him toppling over. He got back up unhurt due to the Ranger cloak but angry as all hell. Wally tossed him a sword and to one for himself too. They zoomed into a pack on goblins chopping them where they stood. Wally was doing it hesitantly but Wallace told him there were monsters. They met up with Kaldur, Anna and Zatanna who where fighting some wraiths. Kaldur was easily handling himself with his Water-bearers covering the spellcasters as they drop, burned, and blew things into the skeletons. They dashed over to Agni were he was fighting yet again with the Ogre Mage.
Most the monsters were trying to retreat seeing they were being slaughtered. The speedsters zoomed off after them as Zatanna and Anna fought their way to Richie and Robin who were toying with a group of goblins.
"How long has Agni been fighting with it?" Zatanna asked freezing a goblin were it stood before it got hit by a fireball from Anna and then hit with a wave of water from Kaldur.
"ARGH!" Conner scream as his hammer came flying by and smashing into several skeletons breaking them into pieces. "A while actually." He said slamming his fist into the face of a particularly large goblin and picking it up and throwing it at another
Agni had his bow back in his hand and was firing several arrows then dodging a swing from the Ogres staff or spell that were sent his way. The Ogre had blood pouring down its body from Agni and Conner and was obviously having trouble.
The Ogre Mage launched itself at Agni, who was cornered, trying to body crush him, Agni brought his arms up to try and protect himself.
Agni closed his eyes and prepared himself for the impact.
It never came.
He opened his eyes and saw Conner beating the living daylights out of the Ogre Mage.
The Ogre mage was on the floor a few feet away from him on the ground clutching its chest it got up and ran away trying to escape Conner's wrath. Conner's hammer returned to his hands and he threw it one last time at the monster, it hit the monster in the back knocking it onto its face but it got up again and tried to flee. Conner raised his hand expecting for it to return to him.
But something even Agni couldn't have predicted happened
A bolt of lightning flew down after it
Conner was suddenly standing above the Ogre Mage with his hammer in his hand. He stared at it in surprise.
Just for the Ogre mage to kick him several feet away into a concrete building.
Conner slumped to the ground moaning and the Ogre Mage scurried to its feet and ran off.
"He's getting away!" Artemis yelled pulling her bow back as far as she could and letting off an arrow but it didn't reach.
Agni glared for a second and slowly raised his hand to the sky as if to grab something.
Arty turned too looked at him and her jaw dropped and she screamed "Agni don't do that it isn't worth it."
Richie immediately whipped around to see what he was doing and yelled in protest "Agni you know what that does to you! Let him go we can get him later"
Agni ignored them and yelled "BY THE NAMED BELIR'HACYRD ALEANTH I-"
"What is he doing?" Zatanna asked Anna worriedly
"He is … um… I can't believe he is doing it." Anna whispered to herself
"What is he doing?" Robin yelled. There was a suddenly force of wind whipping through the square and he looked up and the now cloudy sky that was completely clear minutes ago.
"What kind of magic is he doing Arty?" Artemis and Roy yelled over the increasingly strong wind
"He is doing one of the strongest arcane archer spell ever…" she said to them then turned and screamed at Agni "You don't have that kind of strength stop it now before it kills you!"
"SUMMON YOU TO ME IN A TIME OF NEED AND REQUIREMENT! BLACK ARROW OF DEATH, COME TO MY CALL O' BLACK ARROW OF THE REAPER!" Agni shouted concentration written all over his face.
The clouds swirled around him and thunder erupted around them and a bolt of lighting came down into Agni's hand
Everyone one looked up and rubbed the brightness left by the lightning out of their eyes
Agni was holding a long pitch black arrow in his hand. He fitted it into his bow and fired it up.
Everyone watched as the arrow went up and came coursing down.
The arrow ducked under a canopy and zoomed up over a street light and
Thudded into the monsters heart.
Agni and everyone walked over to the dead body and stared at it.
"Burn in the abysses rotten demon" Agni said
"What did you do?" Zatanna asked
"He summoned the Arrow of Death." Said a voice from the shadows "The arrow that eats part of the life force of the summoner."
Abaddon stepped out of the shadows with Iivdril by his side.
"Thank you Agni you save me the trouble of having to kill that one myself."
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