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Previously in the Chronicles of Another Dimension
Light, pure holy light emitted from the ring of fire, tips of feathery white wings could be seen sticking out of the edges, in this wheel of light was a boy. A young boy with a huge sword of light he was holding in two hands. A wheel of light was behind him, blinding the demon and drow.
Next to him was a dark shadow, a prince who forsake his people. Two scimitars were in his hands a fire was blazing down his arms. A smile spread on his face.
On the angel's other side was a girl, a mortal girl. She too had a confident smile upon her face and a beautiful wand in her hand. She wore an elegant long sorceress robe. Her raven hair laying on her shoulders.
Abaddon looked stunned as they came towards him.
He would regret showing his face that day.
"Impressive..." Abaddon said
A smirk spread across Agni's face.
"You are till no match for me." Abaddon continued "You cannot kill me, I am immortal."
"Well, I'm sure going to try." Agni said still smirking.
Agni swung his swords in a small circle.
The half-demon smiled at Agni "You do not understand do you? You can kill me... again and again and again, but I will not die."
Jarred looked at Abaddon curiously "There is some... odd aura around him."
"Death magic." Zatanna said suddenly And Demon as well..."
Agni shrugged "I do not care what magic he uses, it is still nothing to me."
Abaddon's smile grew bigger "You think your dragon magic I strong enough?"
The dark elf's eyes widened "W-what?! I do NOT use draconic magic!"
Iivdril looked surprise "But that magic has been lost for centuries..."
Agni growled and charged "I'm." He lunged his left scimitar at Abaddon.
Abaddon knocked it it aside with his claw, and had just barely enough time to intercept Agni's right scimitar
"NOT!" Agni screamed, his eyes turned completely black and his rage doubled.
Abaddon backed away and swung his sword at Agni.
"A!"
The sword broke on Agni's flaming sword
Abaddon stared at his broken sword
"DRAGON!" Agni yelled punched his hilt into Abaddon's chest.
Abaddon slid a few feet away and conjured another sword. "You can always run Agni but Fate will always find you."
Agni snarled and prepared to leap at him again.
"Agni calm down" Zatanna pleaded into his head "He's trying to anger you."
"We should let him anger Agni" Jarred's voice said "Agni is much stronger when he's in insane mode."
"Jarred?"
"Yup?"
"How are you in our heads?" Zatanna demanded
"I'm an angel..."
Agni smirked and lowered his swords. "You are outmatched Abaddon." Agni said "Stand down and you'll get a fair trial by the Rangers."
Abaddon sneered "You are too over-confident Agni. It is time to take you down a peg."
Iivdril walked over to Abaddon and stood next to him. "Can we please kill him?" she begged
Abaddon shook his head "You know why we can't." he muttered "He is the only known living dracopath. If we can harvest his powers that will make us indestructible."
Agni sighed as Jarred slowly hovered over followed by Zatanna
"You know, this robe is very comfortable..." Zatanna commented "So whats our plan?"
"We wait for reinforcements." Jarred said "There are almost here."
Zatanna cocked her head and looked at the short angel that was floating a few feet in the air "How do you now that?"
"Do not question the knowledge of an angel. Especially not a blood angel." Jarred replied
Agni nodded "That is sound advice..."
They heroes fell silent for a moment watching Abaddon whisper something to Iivdril.
"He wants you alive, Agni." Jarred said
The dark elf looked up and sighed "Why?"
"He wants your powers." Jarred said simply
"Are you sure?" Zatanna asked
Agni opened his mouth to answer her but Jarred did it first
"Do not question an Angel's knowledge." The angel repeated
The dark elf slipped his hand into a pocket and removed a small button.
"Is that what I think it is?" Zatanna asked
The dark elf nodded
"What is it for?"
The dark elf pointed at the drow across the yard. "See the arrow on her back?"
Zatanna nodded
Agni was silent
"Ohh..." Zatanna said, a smiling breaking out on her face. "And here I was thinking you missed."
"My arrows never miss." Agni growled
"They'll be here in a moment now." Jarred said looking at the sky
Agni looked up, Abaddon was walking closer to them. A small smile was on the demons face.
"So standing down?" Agni asked
Abaddon smiled and shook his head "Oh no Agni... I'm just going to show you a little something."
Abaddon opened his hand several orbs came out and hovered around his head and shoulders.
"Please tell me that is not what I think that is." Agni said
"Those are a warlocks spheres aren't they?" Zatanna asked
Jarred nodded and grimaced "This is going to be tough."
"Duck!" Agni shouted leaped onto them and knocking them to the ground.
A dark beam shot over their heads and hit a wall a few feet away.
"Agni... please stop tackling us." Zatanna said
The dark elf shrugged with a smile "It's a habit... and fun."
Jarred smirked for a moment "Agni, what is his power level?"
"He's a high level fighter, and even higher warlock, hence the orbs." Agni shouted ducking under a beam being shot from one of the orbs. "Each orb has a different attack, all of them lethal and incredibly powerful."
Another dark beam flew over their heads.
"Don't let that touch you!" Agni shouted "It's immediate death."
Zatanna nodded and ducked behind a crumbling wall. "We can't hold on for much longer, where are Miss M and Superboy?"
"They're about a mile away." Jarred said.
Several of Abaddon's spheres touched the ground and became huge monsters.
Agni groaned "We have a hydra, a black dragon, and a giant." he moaned "Ye gods what did I do to piss you off so much?"
"You curse them daily," Jarred said "You use their names in vain all the time, you blame them for your mistakes... should I go on?"
"Why do you always say 'gods'? Isn't there only one?" Zatanna asked
Agni shook his head "There are many... many many gods. Gods of elves, dragons, goblins, humans, good, evil, chaos, law&order." he said
"Guys, now is NOT the time for this kind of conversation!" Jarred said jumping backwards to avoid a hydra head.
Agni nodded and backpedaled away from the giant.
The half-demon smiled as he watched "The dark-elf and his friends stand no chance against us now. Even if his friends are a powerful sorceress and a blood angel." he said happily
Iivdril nodded "How to we know the creatures will not kill Belir?"
"Because I control them. They do my bidding." Abaddon said.
The half-demon smiled to himself as Agni was thrown into the floor by the dragon. Zatanna, behind him, blew a large icicle at the dragon and pushed it off Agni. The dark elf leaped up and slammed his fist into the dragon, cracking its scales. Zatanna was next to him in an instant, a large beam of magic shot from her wand.
"They make a good team..." Abaddon commented to a angry Iivdril
"They do not!" Iivdril retorted "Agni and I made a much better team then him and that mortal."
Abaddon smirked "I disagree. Watch how their skills match each other." he said while Agni pulled out his bow and fire several arrows at the Hydra. "Agni is a perfect close and far range fighter while Zatanna specializes in mid-range magic. Their skill are almost exact opposites allowing them to be very flexible. The girl's magic fits perfectly with Agni's swords and bows skill... and now she can use the magic he knows... it makes her quite formidable indeed."
"Agni and I were still better. When we were a team there was none that was able to overpower us." Iivdril snarled "He is just with that mortal because he can find no other replacement for me."
Abaddon shrugged and turned towards the drow "You might not want to see it, but Agni doesn't need you anymore. No longer will he chase or pursue you. Agni moved on."
Iivdril scowled and returned her attention to the battle scene.
The Hydra was laying on the ground seemingly lifeless with one of Jarred's huge light swords sticking out from it big chest.
The Angel himself was being pummeled by the giant at the moment. He was crouched under his shield as the ten foot giant pounded at him with what looked like half a tree with metal spikes jutting out of it. Jarred manage to knock it down by tripping it's feet but it got back up quickly and continued its barrage of attack's at the angel
Iivdril turned around and surveyed the school yard, street and buildings they've destroyed in the past hour.
"Uh... Iivdril?" Abaddon asked slowly
Iivdril slowly turned back around. "What?" she asked cautiously
"Why is there an arrow stuck on your back?"
Across the yard Agni smiled as he heard them
"The heroes are here!" Jarred said rolling backwards from the giant. And holding up his hand to hold it in place, he muttered a curse and the giant fell to the ground seemingly having a seizure
Agni smiled and held up the detonator up and looked at Iivdril.
"Hey Iivdril!" he called
Iivdril looked at him with anger in her eyes
"Eb derevoc yb a kcolb fo eci!" Zatanna shouted and ice began to cover the large black dragon
Agni's trademark smirk/smile appeared on his face as he pressed the button on the detonator.
Nothing happened.
"Uh... Agni."
"Yes, Zatanna?"
"Isn't there suppose to be an explosion or at least some smoke?"
Agni frowned and pushed the button repeatedly. "I. Hate. Technology." he said between gritted teeth
Iivdril began laughing and after a moment Abaddon joined in. Even Jarred chuckled as he walked over to them.
"Wow..." Abaddon said "That was priceless. You actually had me worried for a moment."
Agni scowled at them and dropped the button on the floor. "Fine," he growled "We'll do this the hard way."
Agni stepped on the detonator and crushed it into the floor.
There was a loud scream and a large explosion that sent Iivdril flying into the air. Zatanna looked around and saw Iivdril on the ground, blood was pouring out her back where the arrow previously was.
Abaddon was also blasted away from the explosive arrow. He was currently on the floor several feet away with blood running down his face
Agni blinked and looked at the scorch marks on the floor... and Abaddon's face. "Well... that was cliché..." he commented
Jarred blinked as well "Wow... to much blackpowder?"
Agni nodded "Guess so..."
"What's blackpowder?" Zatanna asked watching Iivdril struggle to get up.
"An alchemy ingredient." Jarred said.
The angel looked over at the dragon.
The ice was slowly turning black.
Abaddon slowly got to one knee and groaned "Damn Agni... why can't you be like regular drow and use poison and not explosives?"
"I think you answered your own question." Agni said with a smile
Abaddon stood up and groaned.
A large object dropped from the sky. Neither Agni nor Zatanna saw what it was. They only saw it ram into Abaddon.
"About time they got here." Jarred commented "That dragon is about to get out."
"Superboy?" Agni asked as a tall figure in a black shirt stood up from the newly made crater in the middle of the street.
"Hn..." Super boy grunted "I always wanted to do that."
"Don we all..." said a cheerful little dwarf as he bounded over, ax in hand and a smile on its face.
Agni smiled back, "You guys are late..."
"Bite meh." Connie said
"I would but you don't bath...ever."
Zatanna smiled and walked over to Iivdril "She's unconscious."
A small bird dropped down onto Agni's shoulder and chirped
"Nice to see you to Megg'n" Agni said
"How did you understand what she said?" Conner asked getting off of Abaddon and walking over to them.
"'Cas hes one of dem rangers. Da real one dat live in dda wild and ev'ryding." Connie said
Agni nodded and sheathed his swords. M'gann descended in the Bio-ship and Megg'n hopped off of Agni's should and changed back to her normal form next to Miss M
Superboy looked around and frowned "Looks like we missed a lot..." he said
"Took you that long to notice?" Agni said
There was a growl and they looked over to Abaddon who had stood up from the crater Superboy had buried him in. "I swear to the gods I'm going to kill whoever did that." he growled
Superboy smirk and dashed at him with his fist pulled back to punch.
Abaddon grabbed Superboy's hand and gripped it tightly
"Ya know kid..." Abaddon said "I really hate that symbol on your chest"
Superboy growled and brought up his other hand to knock Abaddon in the face.
The half-demon easily caught Superboy's other hand.
They struggled for a few seconds while the rest of the heroes watched for a opening.
"Guys, the dragon!" Jarred shouted "Aww, damn the giant as well!" he swore and ran at it.
Agni turned around and saw the ice around the dragon had dark smoke coming out. "Aww, shit..." he cursed "Zatanna, containment BH4. Rangers, help Superboy. M'gann secure Iivdril."
"Got it, cap'n!" Connie shouted and hefting his ax over his shoulder "Superclan!" he scream sprinting off towards Abaddon and Superboy
Megg'n sigh and followed after him "That idiot is going to get killed..."
Zatanna and Agni dashed off to the other direction.
*crack*
"I can't get a break, can I?" Agni complained circling the dragon, trying to figure out how to seal it
"We're heroes this is a break." Zatanna said
Agni placed his hands on the ground and runes shimmered on the ground around it.
"That might not work." Zatanna said
"Got any better ideas?" Agni said forcing energy into the circle of runes
"Killing it?" Zatanna suggested
"Ever tried to kill a dragon?" Agni retorted
"No, it can't be that hard if you've already done it."
"Okay here's a tip on fighting a dragon; don't." Agni said
There was a rumbled and the ice cracked some more.
"Yats ni ecalp!" Zatanna shouted in hope to paralysis it
"Black Dragon's breath; almost like acid, it burns and stings something terrible." Agni rattled off "Make sure you stay clear of it. The only way to kill a dragon is to somehow hits whats behind its scales, whether right through them or to somehow remove them.
Zatanna nodded and helped him power the runes.
Across the Yard
There was a large sword made from pure light in Jarred's hand as he leaped at the giant. The giant swung it's tree trunk like branch at
Abaddon winced as he felt something hit his back. He muttered a spell and one of his orbs turned into a Fire Elemental.
"Oh darnit..." Connie said removing his ax from Abaddon's armor.
The Elemental was lifted into the air and flung into an adjacent wall before being repeatedly smashed into the floor.
Connie stared at it for a moment with glee before turning around to see Megg'n, with her hood pulled over most of her face, smiling at him.
"I thought you might need help." Megg'n said
Connie smiled and charged back at Abaddon.
Abaddon gritted his teeth and slowly bent Superboy's wrist "You are nothing compared to your father, boy." He hissed
Conner snarled and tried to push Abaddon back. Abaddon snarled back and lifted Conner into the air by his hands and flung him around into the incoming Connie.
Before he could back away a large green bear leaped onto him and knocked him into the ground
"Nice to see you too, Megg'n." Abaddon grunted "I didn't know you missed me that much." he continued shoving her off and a few feet away.
Megg'n turned back into her normal for crouched on the ground "Murderer!" she snarled
Abaddon shrugged "So what? Don't act like you are so much better, our whole team are murderers."
Megg'n yelled and her eyes went white.
The half-demon grinned as he doubled over in pain. "You can't do that to me, young Megg'n." he said with a gleam in his eye "I'm immune to your powers now."
A large blackish beam shot out of an orb on his shoulder and knocked her away.
There was a loud noise and Abaddon looked up to see a black jet streak towards him.
"Oh you better be kidding me. The man-of-bats is here." Abaddon groaned "I wasn't suppose to kill him because that psychopath wanted too." Abaddon watched as the jet shot away and he shrugged "Maybe that jet belonged to someone else..."
The was a roar behind him and he turned around to see the dragon breaking free of the ice.
Agni gritted his teeth in frustration, he knew his barrier won't hold very long. This was his strongest spell unless... no he wasn't going to use those spells.
"Agni, this won't hold!" Zatanna shouted, sweat dripped down her face as the barrier sucked more energy from her.
The black dragon roared again and bashed into the invisible barrier. Damn... it was pissed. Cracks were appearing in mid air showing the barrier wouldn't hold much longer.
Agni nodded "Then we'll have to let it go now while you still have any energy left."
Zatanna raised her hands from the ground and backed away from the barrier and more cracks began to appear
With a sigh, Agni jumped back and raised his cloak over himself and Zatanna.
The dragon pounded the barrier again and it shattered. Shards of glass flew across the street and what remained of the school yard.
Agni sighed and lowered his cape from over Zatanna. "I think we might have to take a rain check on that mall trip."
Zatanna smiled at him and rolled her eyes "You're not funny, Agni."
"I beg the differ I'm hilarious." Agni said with a cheesy smile
"Llaw fo trid!" Zatanna suddenly shouted.
There was a loud *thud* behind Agni and he flinched
"That was a dragon hitting a large dirt wall you just conjured wasnt it?" he asked
"Yep." Zatanna said with a smile
"Remind me to thank you for saving my life later, kay?"
The wall behind Agni crumbled and he turned around with his bow out and an arrow notched.
"You can't go all fire Agni on this can you?" Zatanna asked slowly backing away from the dragon that was staring bloody murder at her
Agni shook his head and slowly backed away too "I can only do it somewhat. My powers are not very stable."
The dragon leaped over Agni and pounced in Zatanna. The magician emitted a scream as she was knocked down and the dragon stood over her savoring the moment.
There was a loud growl that made the black dragon hesitate. It growled back slowly.
Zatanna couldn't see what was making the noises behind it, she slowly muttered "Etalsnart"
"You are a pitiful black dragon if you are preying on a mere mortal instead of a red dragon." someone growled behind her.
The black dragon seemed to think on that for a moment before he snarled back.
"You have a point... for a nasty red dragon you seem quite wise."
"Black dragons have nothing on the superior intellect of the reds. You are not even worth my energy. But even so I could take you without even using my mortal weapons."
Smoke wafted out of the black dragons nostrils making Zatanna want to vomit.
"Oh really? You talk big for someone who is a dragon stuck in a dark elf's body."
Zatanna craned her neck and tried to look around the black dragons massive paw to see who it was talking to.
It was Agni...
"Let the girl go or I'm going to come over there and turn you into a dragon-kabob and feed you to the goblins."
The black dragon snarled angrily and turned around giving Zatanna the opportunity to slowly get up and back away.
"You copper kissing, dwarf-friend, ugly, half lizard looking, mortal following, father of a kobold." Agni yelled
Small fire began to waif off of Agni's arms and smoke came out of his nose.
The black dragon and Agni circle each other for a few seconds, each waiting for the other to attack first. Agni was about the pounce when the dragon began to back away. At first it just jerked its head annoyed but after a few moments it had to comply and walked slowly back over to Abaddon.
"That was quite enjoyable to see." Abaddon said "I just got the almighty Agni to admit to being a dragon... and for what? To save a worthless mortal."
Agni glared at Abaddon for a moment, trying hard to control himself and not cause a nuclear explosion by attacking him.
"I am really beginning to hate that guy..." Zatanna muttered to Agni
"Welcome to the club." Superboy said gruffly ,slowly getting off of a now sore Superdwarf...boy, with the help of M'gann
"Why can dat monstar jus' die?" Connie complained
Agni was about to answer when suddenly the whole place began to fill with dark smoke.
"Agni, is that you doing this?" M'gann asked
The dark elf shook his head as the smoke began to cloud his vision. "No its not." he said forcing his eyes quickly into infravision.
A loud cackle echoed throughout the smoky darkness
"Oh great... the bird boy is here." Agni muttered noticing a large figure who defiantly wasn't Robin nor Abaddon dash by.
"Smoke again Agni?" Abaddon shouted into the darkness "What are you running out of tricks?"
A bright green arrow flashed out of Agni's quiver and was notched into his bowstring. Agni fire towards Abaddon's left making turn to see what it was.
"Ya missed 'im!... ya must be slippin, dark elf." Connie said, his eyes were not able to see through the darkness but he had a finger touching the ground and he seemed to know all of his surroundings perfectly.
"I wasn't aiming for him." Agni said
"Hold on ain't dat..." Connie began
Conner's hand shot out and covered the dwarves mouth.
Abaddon was suddenly knocked into the ground and there was another cackle
"Robin, can you stop doing that? It's beginning to get on my nerves..." said a gruff voice
"But it's so much fun..."
Abaddon turned around and slowly stood up only to be kicked in the face and sent flying a few feet away.
The dragon reared onto its back feet and attempted to step on the figure attacking its master.
The person dodged between its feet and rolled underneath it. The mysterious person's hand dropped to his belt and removed something from one of it's pouches. His hand shot to the dragon in an attempt to stab it with something. Whatever it was it seemed to shatter on contact.
"Okay, that means plan B." Robin said "Brute force!"
"Ssenkrad raepasid!" Zatanna said
The smoke immediately disappeared revealing Robin trying to fight the dragon and Batman fighting hand to hand with Abaddon.
Agni was the first to assess the situation and leaped to join Robin knowing if anyone had a chance against the half demon it was defiantly the man-of-bats and anyways, there was no way Robin would be able to take a fully grown dragon (a black one at that) by himself. Zatanna followed Agni a split second later thinking the same.
"Hey when did you guys get here?" Zatanna asked before before several fireballs followed by large icicles fired from her wand at the dragon accompanied by Agni's arrows that were exploding along the dragon's body aggravating it greatly.
"A few moments ago." Robin shouted back, taking a second to stare at Zatanna's attacks and spells. "When did you learn to do that?"
"It's a long story, how about later?" Agni shouted, the dragon had turned its attention to him and was charging at him.
Robin nodded "So what do we do?"
"We need to somehow remove one of its scales." Zatanna shouted, flinging more spells at the dragon
Agni ducked under a swipe from the dragon's claw and rolled away. He reached for his quiver and too out a mythril arrow. Agni took several steps back and took aim.
*Thud* the arrow barely pierced the scales
"We might have a problem then..." Robin noted
The dragon snapped at Agni again. The dark elf just barely kept away from the dragon's snapping maw
"Any ideas, boy wonder?" Agni shouted, trying not be eaten alive, he even sheathed his swords so he would be able to move around easier.
Robin jumped onto the dragon's pack and took out a small canister
"Rob, I'm pretty sure spray-paint won't help" Zatanna shouted
The Dark-Squire rolled his eyes and leaped off the dragon and rolled away. He cackled again and removed a small detonator from his belt. "Black-Ranger, get out of the way!"
Agni didn't need to be told twice, the dark elf connected his index and thumbs together and suddenly sunk into the dragon's shadow.
"That was pretty cool..." Robin said before smiling as he pushed the button on the detonator
There was a loud explosion and a roar of pain from the dragon.
Agni's head peaked out of Robin's shadow to see the dragon's side was dripping blood, several scales were broken or cracked on the floor around it.
"That's going to make it whelmed." Robin said cheerfully.
The black dragon turned around and growled viciously at it.
"Oh shit..." Robin cursed as it charged him.
Agni reached out of boy wonder's shadow and pulled him into it. The dragon looked around furiously confused.
"They left me alone with the dragon, I am going to kill them later if the dragon doesn't kill me now." Zatanna muttered
Agni and Robin suddenly shot out of her shadow, Robin flashed his trademarked grin and Agni flashed his trademark smirk
"Hehehe... I haven't used that trick in a while." Agni said
"What was that?"
"It's kinda like Richie's shadow jump, except for its slower and its what drow do." Agni said
They turned their attention back to the dragon, it had turned to face them blowing a black fog all over the yard.
"Hold your breath!" Agni shouted!
"Dloc dniw wolb!" Zatanna shouted
A small tornado appeared in the yard and began to channel the black bog skywards.
"That was close..." Agni said
Robin just muttered and rubbed his arm fiercely "Why does my arm suddenly feel like I have a REALLY bad rash?"
"Some of it must have hit your exposed arm." Agni said
Robin frowned and stared at the dragon that was readying itself to pounce.
"Okay, now we only need to hit it's exposed area with something strong." Agni said
The young hero smiled and pulled a large syringe out of his pocket and attached a needle to it.
"That will work." Agni said, taking it from him "Distract it will ya?"
Robin and Zatanna nodded and dashed ahead.
"Leef Yzzid!"
The dragon suddenly stumbled and wobbled for a moment. It shook it's head and tried to lash its claws at Robin.
Robin jumped onto the large claw and kicked it in the eye.
The black dragon roared and stumbled backwards.
Agni brought his hand together again and sunk into his shadow. (A/N: Just in case I didn't explain it properly before; he puts his two index fingers and thumbs together and curls his other fingers back, making a shape like a arrow head.)
Zatanna noticed a shadow zoom across the yard and connect to the dragon's
"This does kinda make you dizzy though..." Agni said as he popped out of it's shadow and onto its back. Agni grinned and lifted the needle up. He tripped a bit and slid down its back. "Hold still will ya? You overgrown half brother of a lizard!"
The dragon flicked it's tail at Agni sending him into one of the last standing walls. What was left of it, collapsed onto him
"The needle!" Robin groaned
Zatanna sighed and looked back at the dragon who was begging to recover from her spell. "What are we going to do now without that tranquilizer?"
The rubble shifted and Agni's hand, gripping the needle, shot out soon to be followed after the other hand and Agni's upper body
"I'm fine, thanks for asking." He growled "Just a few bruises and scratches. Nothing more than a bruised rib." he continued to complain as he climbed out.
The dragon suddenly barreled into Agni and sent his across the yard again into Jarred who was sitting on the corpse of the giant and hydra watching everything.
"I'm really beginning to hate that dragon... OI, what are you doing here?" Agni said, standing up off the young angel and brushing dirt off of his cloak
"Just watching..." Jarred said doing the same.
"Then how about you help us?" Agni offered
"Hmm... sounds like more fun. I guess I can give you guys another hand."
"You are the weirdest angel I've ever met..."
"How many other angels have you met?" Jarred inquired
Agni rolled his eye and spun the needle in his hand "None really."
Jarred grinned and pulled his sword from the Giant's body. "Ready to go?"
The dark elf sighed and pulled a tomahawk from his belt. "Ready when you are."
They charged at the dragon that was currently preoccupied by the two heroes.
Robin leaped onto the dragon's head and held on.
"Woohoo! Kid F is going to be so jealous when he hears I rode a killer dragon!" He shouted waving his left arm in the air, while holding on to its horns with his right hand.
Agni saw this and shouted at him "Robin! Catch!"
Robin turned around to see the needle flying at him. His hand shot out and he grabbed it from the air simultaneously letting go of the horn as well.
The Dark Squire slid down the back of the dragon, jabbing the tranquilizer into it's exposed skin as he slid off the dragon's tail and his back hit the ground.
The dragon turned around and stood over him.
"Any second now..." Robin muttered under his breath, staring at the dragon that could, and probably was, about to swallow him whole.
The dragon's eyes fluttered and it stumbled struggling to stay standing. It's eyes rolled to the back of it's head and it collapsed onto the Boy Wonder.
Agni sighed in relief and looked over to Batman who was battling Abaddon.
"Stand still you stupid mortal!" Abaddon shouted swinging his sword to were he thought Batman was standing.
The Dark Knight ducked under the swing and dashed behind Abaddon. "You missed me..." he said flatly
Abaddon snarled and swung his claw at Batman again.
Batman ducked again and whipped his foot out effectively knocking Abaddon's feet out from underneath him.
The half-demon landed soundly on his back and grunted in pain.
"Stay down" Batman said
Abaddon growled and lashed his foot out at Batman's face.
But he wasn't there...
"I'm over here..." Batman said from above his head
Abaddon jumped back up and unleashed a furry of dark beams at Batman
A grimace passed over Bruce's face as he dodged the beams with extreme ease and dashed back over to Abaddon.
Batman's fist connected with Abaddon's face but the half-demon didn't flinch or even wince.
"Was that suppose to hurt, Batman?" Abaddon sneered and grabbed Batman's fist and rammed a knee into his chest.
Batman slid backwards and grunted "So I suppose using brute force wont work on you." he said sidestepping another swing of Abaddon's sword and kicking him in the back, sending him sprawling to the ground again.
Before Abaddon could get up he felt a foot hit him in the back of the neck causing him immense pain.
"That does seem to work though..." Batman mused to himself "It seems you might be strong but not as strong as Superman."
Abaddon got back up slowly and cracked his throbbing neck. "Superman is nothing compared to me! He is yet just another mere mortal who will bow down before me when the time comes." he shouted blasting yet another beam of darkness at the Dark Knight
Batman rolled his eyes and leaped over Abaddon and the beam. The half-demon turned around and blasted another beam behind him were he thought Batman was standing.
But he wasn't.
He felt something hit the back of his armor and break. He flipped around to see Batman holding another tranquilizer... a broken one
"Hmm... you armor is stronger than Titanium metal."
"That's because my armor is made out of the most strongest of our worlds metals human." Abaddon said swing his sword down onto Batman's head
Batman brought his arm up and long metallic scallops suddenly shot out of his bracer and caught the sword.
"You better not add those to Agni's bracers." Abaddon said leaning heavily on the sword forcing Batman down to one knee. "They have enough weapons on them."
"Thanks... for the idea" Batman said struggling to hold up the half demons sword. An idea popped into his head and he slowly grinned
"What are you grinning about?" Abaddon demanded
A electrical current sparked on Batman's glove
"Oh fuck me..." Abaddon said as another current ran down the sword and shocked him.
"I should thank Richie for that. It was his idea to add a stun gun to my bracers." Batman said triumphantly standing up
Abaddon writhed on the floor for a moment. "Ugh..." he said standing up again, panting. "I'm going to kill you."
"So what have you been doing before?" Batman inquired
A sick little smile spread across Abaddon's face. I'm just getting... started." he panted. An orb appeared over his shoulder.
"Hmmph. Richie warned me about those." Batman said taking a fighting stance
The orb touched down onto Abaddon's shoulder and Batman notice he grew slightly in size. Abaddon's muscles rippled and slowly grew a bit bigger.
"Oh great another Bane." Batman muttered "As if the last one wasn't enough."
Abaddon lunged at the Dark Knight and attempted to grab him but Batman was to quick and evaded his grab.
"Hold still you stupid mortal!" Abaddon roared, very similar to Agni's "I'm going to squash you like the little bug you are!"
Batman leaped away from him again only for Abaddon to continue lunging at him and slashing his sword at the Caped Crusader. Batman just continued to evade and dodge all the attacks and getting in a few good hits of his own.
Batman noted Abaddon was clearly beginning to tire, his moves were becoming clumsy and poorly executed. He was running on rage now more than anything.
The half-demon attempted for like the upteenth time to behead Batman and again the Caped Crusader ducked, but this time instead of circling around and hitting him from behind or throwing Batarangs, Batman sucker punched him strongly in the chest, sending Abaddon toppling over onto the ground exhausted.
Bruce lifted his hand up to his right ear "Now team!" he said
There was a throaty laugh as a dwarf suddenly descended from the sky and landed heavily on Abaddon's chest
"Did ya miss me, ya over-confident, ugly, annoying, egotist'cal, evil moron?" Connie asked cheerfully
Abaddon shouted in pain and pushed Connie off of him. The Superdwarfboy rolled off and stood to the side "Ya shouldna have done dat..." he said
Another from suddenly dropped from the sky and landed exactly where Connie causing Abaddon to scream in pain this time.
"You were right, that was fun." Superboy said after punching Abaddon several times in the face
Abaddon threw him off as well and stood up wearily, there were dents, scratches and holes in his beloved armor. "How dare you! You are all beneath me! I am a the closest thing thing to a GOD here and you dare attack me?!"
"Didn' Ah mention he be'in egotist'cal?" Connie said
Abaddon swung his claw at Superboy hoping to knock him away, but Superboy caught it with one hand "You're nothing more than a overgrown bully, you know that?" he said swinging his other hand into Abaddon's face.
A car suddenly swung into the air and hit Abaddon in the back, another car cam from the other side at the same time. Abaddon yelped in pain again as a flying ax flew from Connie's hand and sunk deep right through his armor into his chest. A greenish bear suddenly tackled him onto the ground and attempted top maul his face off.
Abaddon manage to shove Megg'n off of him and get back onto his feet wearily. Before he managed to even shout another stupid insult a blast of fire hit him upside the head stunning him temporarily.
He felt a sting on his ankle and he looked down to see Agni's tomahawk looped around it and it pulled him off of his feet onto the ground.
Agni was behind him, a tomahawk was in his left hand and his ranger sword was in his right hand. The tomahawk sliced down into his arm and across his chest leaving a deep gash in his armor. Abaddon managed to kicked Agni in the chest and pushed him away enough for himself to be able to get back up onto his feet.
"A tomahawk and a sword?" Abaddon sneered
Robin walked up and rolled his eyes "Assassin's Creed" he coughed
Agni looked at him curiously and made a mental note to ask him about this 'Assassin's Creed' later.
Abaddon took advantage of Agni's distraction, another orb appeared over his head and blasted at Agni, but Robin saw the orb suddenly shift into the air and glow a dark purple
"Agni!" Robin shouted "Get down!"
The dark elf's sword suddenly blared a bright yellow and the beam just...
… disappeared
"I really need to get one of those." Robin muttered
Agni looked back at the Abaddon and grinned "Didn't you say something today about taking me down a peg today?"
Abaddon looked at him thoughtfully, he was on his back, unarmed (aside from his Warlock Orbs) completely surrounded by, even though he hated to say it, very strong heroes. One of them managed to tire him out while the other four simultaneously kicked his ass. The dragon that he went though HELL to get was defeated along with the hydra and the easily dispensable giant. Oh and they had a blood angel...
It looks like he would have to use his trump card.
When a small smile crept onto Abaddon's face Agni got very decidedly alarmed. The half-demon merely shrugged and slowly began to sit up. "I'm going to have to apologize for this in advance." he said "It's REALLY going to hurt." Abaddon slowly began to glow a mixture of purple and a dark red.
Batman and Agni were the first to react, Batman grabbed Robin and leaped behind an overturned car while Agni put his index fingers and thumbs together and everyone suddenly fell into their shadows.
Abaddon was already standing, his body was moving in an odd way. He was growing even taller, his regular arm's purple veins were beginning to pop out and the skin was slowly turning red. His face suddenly contorted, his sclera's suddenly turned a dark yellow while his iris's suddenly turned dark blue.
Batman peeked around the overturned car to see Abaddon's skin turn dark red as well. He was now over eight feet tall, his face had now large canine like fangs coming out of his mouth. His whole face was becoming slightly canine like.
The others and Agni suddenly suddenly popped out of Jarred's shadow. The angel had a worried look on his face, the flaming wheel of light behind him was acting weird.
"Jarred!" Agni yelled "WHAT IS HE DOING?"
"He's changing... into a full demon form." Jarred replied, an invisible force was beginning to push them back.
Agni gritted his teeth and drove his ranger sword into the ground to hold himself in place.
Abaddon's muscles were growing larger as he was, his hands turned into large five-fingered fanged claws. His feet had claws on them too. His armor was on the floor, ripped into shreds.
"Uh, Jarred." Agni asked gently
"No, Agni." Jarred replied coldly
"But-" Agni tried again
"I said no."
"What are they talking about?" Superboy asked, he was barely having trouble standing against the invisible force that was shoving them back.
"He's trying to get Jarred to go into his full Angel form." Zatanna said
"Than what's the big flaming wheel of light?" M'gann asked
"That's just an empowered form." Agni said
A black jet zoomed across the sky again.
"Hey, where's Richie and Anna?" Agni asked suddenly
M'gann pointed at the jet. "They're in there."
Agni frowned and pouted for a moment "Why do they get to fly the batplane?"
"I thought you hated flying." Conner said
"I do... but that's the batplane." Agni said emphasizing heavily on the last word
The force pushing them back subsided
Before them was a demon, over ten feet tall. In it's hands was a large sword and shield. Several orbs were orbiting around his shoulders and head.
"I just can't get a break..." Agni complained
Jarred sighed, he didn't want to go into a full angel mode... mortals were just NOT meant to see things like that, but on the other hand... a demon was there and there was no higher feeling of happiness for an angel than killing a demon.
The young angel picked up his sword made from pure light and sighed again.
Conner's hand shot up to his communicator in his ear. "I read you Batman." he said "Okay I'll inform them." Superboy looked up at Agni and the others "Batman said get down."
Jarred looked at him quizzically but before he could say anything the batplane flew over them again.
…but this time it unleashed a barrage of missiles.
Agni smiled and shielded his eyes from the bright flares of light brought from the explosions. There was a roar of pain and Full-Demon-Abaddon was flung across the street into the crumbling school building.
"Let's go!" Jarred shouted to the heroes.
The dark elf sprinted ahead of everyone, firing off several explosives arrows to keep Abaddon down in time for Jarred to hopefully kill him.
Batman and Robin were already there by the time Zatanna and Agni dashed up with the others.
They were greeted with a roar from Abaddon and the form of Batman being flung at them. Superboy stepped forward and caught the Dark Knight before he hit the ground and set him back to his feet.
"Hn..." Batman grunted as his feet touched solid ground.
"That means thanks." Robin put in, he had tried dropping an explosive pellet onto Abaddon's back but it didn't work.
Agni's Ranger sword was in hand and he was dashing forward towards Abaddon before anybody could stop him. Jarred followed up close behind him.
Metal rang against metal as Agni's sword clashed with Abaddon's. The brute force Abaddon currently possessed pushed Agni backwards. The dark elf struggled under the pressure, he was beginning to regret sprinting ahead of everyone
Jarred's sword lashed out from the other side, sinking deep into his shield.
"Hehehe." Abaddon laughed in a deep evil voice "You still think you stand against me?" Abaddon swung his shield and pushed Jarred into the incoming Batman, knocking them both down. The demon kicked Agni's feet out from under him and swung his sword down to cut one of his limbs off.
Superboy slammed into Abaddon, knocking the demon off balance giving Agni enough time to get back up.
"Taeh taht s'drows latem!"
Abaddon dropped his sword as it began to glow red hot. He snarled at the raven haired magician and swung his shield at her with incredible speed
Zatanna braced herself for the impact, but she her a distinctive
*Thud*
She slowly opened her eyes to see Jarred standing a high pile of rubble with a BIG shining mallet of light in his hands.
"I always wanted to do that..." Jarred commented swinging it into his other hand and prepared to swing again.
The mallet swung in a downwards arc at Abaddon's head. A split second before hitting, Abaddon's hand shot up and grabbed it. Another roar erupted from the demon, there was a nasty smell of burning flesh and smoke wafted off of Abaddon's hand. The demon shot up and hopped from one foot to another nursing his burning hand.
"Ugh... that is so not traught..." Robin muttered
Agni smiled at Robin's words and flung his tomahawk at the dancing demon. Abaddon deflected it with his burning hand and swung his other claw at Agni. His other claw swung out and hit Superboy from midair as he tried to tackle him
The dark elf ducked under the clumsy swing and drove his sword at the demon's chest.
Abaddon knocked the sword away with his own.
Agni cursed and pulled another tomahawk from a pocket. "Where did he get that sword from?!" he yelled after being struck strongly in the right shoulder
"Contingency spell..." Batman said, his long metal blades were out and he intercepted a strike aimed for the downed Conner "Does he have ANY weaknesses?"
Connie launched himself at Abaddon only to be kicked away. "I don' think so." he grumbled launching several throwing axes at him and successfully hitting him with several.
Abaddon snarled again and whipped his sword at Jarred who had tried to charge him from the other side. A bright white light shot out of Jarred's hand and hit Abaddon's in the chest causing him to stagger.
The demon felt a sting in his side, he turned around to see a metal spike striking him followed by several others. Abaddon growled and blasted a wide arc of dark magic knocking M'gann out of the air from where she was waiting for a good opportunity to hit him.
Jarred and Agni looked at each other and nodded in agreement. They sheathed their weapons and began to concentrate.
Agni's put his index fingers and thumbs together again while Jarred just held out his right hand.
Dark red fire began to form around the dark elf's hands as bright light began to form around Jarred's palm. They looked up at each other and nodded again.
There was a bright flash as a beam of fire shot out of Agni's hand as a beam of light shot out of Jarred's. They both hit Abaddon squarely in the chest. The demon stood tall for several seconds of their beams, but they could tell he was beginning to break under the pain.
Abaddon roared and whipped his sword around, hitting Agni in the shoulder. Jarred closed hiss hand and lashed his sword back out, but Abaddon brought his sword up in time to deflect it. Jarred reversed his sword's path at the last moment and hit Abaddon's hip causing him to yell out in pain again. Abaddon swung his claw at Jarred but it was blocked by the angel's sword.
Batman leaped out of nowhere and delft a strong kick to Abaddon's neck, he followed it up by sweep kicking Abaddon off of his feet.
A dark beam shot out of one of Abaddon's orbs and hit Batman knocking him away.
The demon was back up before Agni could get back over to him. The dark elf's hands blazed with dark red fire. Abaddon raised his hand and caught Agni's blazing fist, he twisted it making Agni fall to his knees. The demon suddenly lifted Agni into the air, using him like a bat to swat Robin and they both laid crumbled on the floor Abaddon spun around and his sword sliced across Jarred's face, he swung his claw out next and knocked the short angel into the floor
Batman sprinted forward at Abaddon throwing several batarangs as he went. Abaddon was distracted enough for Batman to knee him heavily in the stomach. The Dark Knight's fists flew at Abaddon in a fast fury of rage. Abaddon was pushed back from the blows that rained down upon him.
Large icicles flew from behind Batman, smashing into Abaddon, forcing him back even more. Batman shot a glance over his shoulder and saw Zatanna with her wand out, large blasts of magic flew from it and hit Abaddon strongly.
Several orbs around Abaddon's head glowed a dark purple, they began to blow large blasts of dark energy at Zatanna and the others who were out cold or unable to get up from the ground.
The magician shouted a spell and a large force-field appeared around her. The orbs glowed brighter and the attack strengthened tenfold. Zatanna began to show signs of exhaustion as the beams continued to hit the shield around herself and the others.
Just before it was about to shatter a sudden bright light shined and a wall of light reinforced it.
"Ugh..." Jarred said standing up with his hand out, his light angel magic was holding up Zatanna's shield.. He had a red streak across his face. "I think Batman needs help."
Zatanna looked over to Batman.
The Caped Crusader ducked under one of Abaddon's swings and punched him in the solar plexus.
Abaddon doubled over only to be hit again and sent sprawling onto the ground.
Batman leaped on top of him and bashed hi fist into the demon's face. He managed to land several punches before Abaddon threw him completely off.
Abaddon's sword clashed against Batman's bladed gauntlets. They continued to battle for several minutes while Jarred and Zatanna tried to wake Robin and Agni.
The Dark Knight was clearly beginning to tire against the huge demon. Even with his assassin and sword fighting training Batman couldn't measure up to Abaddon.
Abaddon swung his sword in a series of complicated swings, trying to throw the Caped Crusader off his balance or at least an opening for a killing hit.
Batman lifted his gauntlet to knock the demon's sword aside but the power behind Abaddon's strike knocked him down. Abaddon lifted his sword and flipped it around so he would be able to drive it through Batman's chest. Th Dark Knight rolled right to avoid the death strike and kicked his legs out dropping Abaddon to the ground.
While Abaddon and Batman fought Zatanna rushed over to Robin and attempted to awake him. Jarred had dashed over to Agni and stared at the crumbled form of the drow elf for several seconds. After a thought the angel conjured a bucket of water and held it over him.
"Hopefully he won't be too angry if I wake him like this." Jarred muttered as he dumped the bucket onto Agni's face.
The dark elf's eyes shot open and he flipped up, his tomahawk was in his left hand and his eyes zoomed around crazily
"Calm down, Agni!" Jarred yelled, ducking under the tomahawk's swing "It's only me!"
The dark elf seemed to calm down but he continued to glare at the angel as he began to wring the water out of his braided hair.
Zatanna walked over with Robin who was limping slightly but otherwise okay. Conner followed slowly behind along with Connie.
"What's out plan?" Conner said
Agni sighed and looked around "Both M'gann and Megg'n are to hurt?"
Connie nodded
"Then the plan is simple, we hit him, and we hit him hard with all we got." Agni said decidedly.
"Hold... then what was our plan before?" Jarred asked Agni.
The dark elf was ignoring him. He was rummaging in his Bag of Holding.
"Uh... Agni." Robin asked slowly.
"What?" Agni replied absently
"What are you looking for?"
Agni reached his arm in and removed a large rocket launcher
"This." He said simply
Jarred smiled and Robin rolled his eyes.
"Hey Batman!" Agni shouted "MOVE!"
The Dark Knight gave a glance over his shoulder and saw what Agni was holding, his eyes widened for a moment as he ducked under Abaddon's swing and gave him a strong kick in the chest.
Abaddon spun his sword around trying to hit Batman again but it hit nothing but the air. He spun around to where he last saw Batman but he wasn't there.
"Over here, dumb-ass!" Agni shouted
Abaddon turned around to see Abaddon holding the rocket launcher, pointing at him, with Batman beside him.
"You already hot me with several of those! You think this small one will hurt me?" Abaddon sneered
Agni shrugged "Since it's imbued with magic from me, The rest of the Rangers and Zatanna... I would say yes it's going to hurt A LOT." A small smirk appeared on Agni's face. "Oh and I forgot one more person.
Jarred walked over to Agni and stuck out his hand. A beam of light shot from his palm into the rocket making it glow for several moments.
Abaddon visibly paled.
"Oh Fuck me..." he muttered before the rocket hit him.
The heroes covered their faces for several moments there was a incredibly loud explosion and when they could see again bright colors danced in the air and across their eyes.
"Agni?" Batman asked
"Ya?"
"Where did you get that Lexcorp tech rocket launcher?"
"Ask no questions and I will tell no lies."
"Damn... I need to get one of those..." Jarred said, he was not phased by the explosion and bright flashes.
Agni smiled and pulled out his bow.
"Now is when we hit hard." he said sending off several arrows.
Batman and Robin dashed ahead throwing several batarangs causing even more explosions on the downed demon. There was a roar of pain and several beams of darkness shot out of the smoke and dust, but the Dynamic Duo easily dodged then and engaged the demon.
Abaddon roared and slammed his fist into the ground. The ground ripple out from the impact, Batman leaped over the wave of rubble coming his way but Robin was caught it in and consequently stumble in his headlong sprint. He recover quickly and dashed away from more darkness beams coming at him.
A blast of silver and yellow magic shot from Zatanna and Jarred, pounding into the demon's chest and knocking him against a metal beam that was jutting out of the remains of the school. Arrows came flowing in after the magic blasts. There were several more explosions from the arrows. The heroes could see that Abaddon was tiring, blood was streaming down his chest from several wounds, one of his horns were cut off and it looked like one of his fingers were missing as well.
Abaddon turned around and lifted the metal beam out of the ground and hefted it in his hand. He took aim and flung it at Zatanna and Jarred.
Agni tackled them both to get them out of it's way and Superboy leaped in front of them, and with one hard swing of his fist he knocked it away.
"Agni?" Jarred mutter
"Ya?"
"STOP TACKLING US!"
Agni stood up and picked up his bow "But it would have hit you..." he said meekly.
Zatanna grinned and rolled her as as she got up as well.
Conner grabbed Connie next and held him in the air. "Ready?" he asked
Connie nodded and swung his ax into a more comfortable place in his hands.
Superboy launched the dwarf at Abaddon, hitting him like a boulder and making him dig his feet into the ground, but he still slid several feet until he was almost at his waist in the ground.
"Was that suppose to hurt me?" Abaddon mocked
Superdwarfboy shook his head "That was a distraction." he said
Connie rolled away just in time to miss a large truck smash head first into the demon.
Several Arrows of Flame, shot from the dark elf's boy and hit the truck's gas tank causing a another large explosion.
"Dayum..." Robin said "That elf REALLY likes his explosions."
"Damn straight." Agni said as he walked up, his ranger sword was already in hand.
There was a movement under the rubble and Abaddon shot out of it
"Knew dat wouldna' hold 'im for to long, but no one listens to da small dwarf." Connie muttered.
Batman shrugged "It was worth the try."
Abaddon snarled again and shook some rubble off of his shoulders "Ya know, making your plans telepathically is REALLY FUCKING ANNOYING." he shouted
"I know isn't it..." Agni said "I bet you want to kill yourself for giving us that idea."
Abaddon sighed "I didn't want to have to do this but..."
Several orbs dropped from around him and touched the ground.
And there were suddenly four Abaddon's.
Robin's jaw dropped "Please tell me that they are illusions..." he said desperately
"It takes several hits to take one down." Agni said "but I have something that can give us an edge."
"Well I suggest you do it now because they are preparing to attack." Batman said hurriedly as the clones began to take an offensive formation
Agni closed his eyes and waved his hand hand in front of him like he usually does for his spells.
The shadows around them suddenly broke off and ten Agnis suddenly popped off the ground, all with Agni's smirk on their face.
"That was a smart idea, Number One!" one of them shouted
"Though he should have made more of us, Number Six." Another shouted
Robin's jaw dropped again "How do you people do this?"
"Magic is a strange thing, Robin." Number Eleven shouted cheerfully
"Okay guys, listen up." The real Agni said "You two and Connie can take the the one of the furthest left, you two and Conner can take the one on the closer left, Batman, Jarred and I will take the real one, Robin will take two of you and take that one on the right and two will go with Zatanna and take the last one over there. The last two can cover us from the back. Everyone ready? Good then GO!"
The Abaddon's dashed forward first and were met with a well organized army of heroes (even though all of the Agnis would have a fit and probably blow something up if he was called one)
Robin flipped over one of the Abaddon's and dropped several exploding pellets onto his back. The clone was sent flying face first into the ground where several arrows thudded into him and pinned him down before he could back up. One of the Agni Clones leaped into the air and drove his sword straight though the Abaddon Clone's back. The Abaddon Clone though seemed not to be phased by this attack and promptly got up and grabbed the Agni by the throat.
"Ugh... need help here Number Six!" it managed to get out
Several of Robin's birdarangs hit Abaddon, the demon screamed out in pain and slowly slid to the floor.
Robin walked over with a smile and picked one of them out from the slowly fading clone. "And Batman said having a poisoned birdarang was stupid, well HA!"
"Let's go help the others." Number Five offered rubbing his throat.
"If only the real Abaddon was that easy to kill." Number Six said slinging his bow over his shoulder.
Robin nodded and they ran off to aid the others.
"Nordluac Elbbub erif nrub!"
Fire erupted around another Abaddon clone as Zatanna began to cast spell "Pelekta yassen runya!" she yelled, a large whip of fire shot out of her wand and lashed an Abaddon clone across the face "What the hell did I just say?" she yelled to Number Eight
The Agni clone smiled as he shot several arrows from his bow "That was.. uh how to you translate it... Firewhip?"
"How did I say something in a language I do not even know?"
"The necklace took one of your own thoughts or spells and empowered it with one of Agni's. Fire is his specialty any ways."
Zatanna nodded at that and lashed the fire whip at the clone again. "Ya know... this is kind of fun." she said.
One of the Agni clones smiled as it ducked under an Abaddon clone's swing. "We do like that spell." it said
The other clone with Zatanna nodded and swung a tomahawk at the Abaddon clone's leg knocking it over.
"Dnuorg emoceb a niffoc!" Zatanna shouted.
The ground around the clone suddenly jumped up and sucked it into the ground.
"That's two down!" Robin shouted as he ran up with his two Agni clones.
"Make that three!" Connie said, pulling his ax from the spin of a clone as it became to fade. Several arrows dropped from the fading clone and Connie's two Agni's clones walked up with the one's suppose to be covering them with their bows.
"Let's go help the others then!" a clone shouted. Everyone else nodded and went to go aid the others.
The real Abaddon slid several feet into the floor and rubbed hiss aching chest. That Batman had a REALLY strong punch for a pitiful mortal.
He just barely managed to blocked the barrage of attacks from Jarred and Agni. He truly underestimated the short angel and Agni... he was just lucky.
Another one of those stupid batarangs hit Abaddon on the forehead stunning him for a few seconds as Agni sliced his blade across Abaddon's forearm.
Abaddon roared in fury and backhanded Agni in the chest. Jarred caught Agni by the arm to keep him steady and ducked under a swipe from Abaddon's claw himself.
Both of them ducked in time to not get hit by Superboy who had just been flung through the air over their heads. The Abaddon clone that Conner had engaged now ran at them, blast dark magic beams as he ran.
Batman intercepted the clone with a punch to the gut. The Abaddon clone retaliated by elbowing Batman across the face, sending him sprawling. The clone was about to try and stab him when he was hit by a leap-kick from a certain dark elf.
Agni offered Batman a hand and the Dark Knight gratefully took it.
Jarred did a handspring to get away a dark beam and landed next to them.
"You guys okay?" the angel asked, sending several beams of light in the direction of the real Abaddon.
Batman and Agni bother nodded. The dark elf spun around and deflected a blast from a Clone Abaddon.
Conner screamed with rage and leaped out of the little crater he had made with his landing and pounced on the clone, just when Robin ran up with Zatanna, Connie and Agni's clones.
A birdarang flew though the air and hit the real Abaddon, but it didn't seem to phase it.
"So the real one is immune to poison... just great." Robin muttered joining the circle Agni, Batman and Jarred were standing in.
Conner was again thrown into the ground and stomped on repeatedly until he seemed to have stopped moving. Two clone's ran forward to help him but they were dispatched by Abaddon (or a clone...)
"Great we have our powerhouse down..." one of the clones muttered.
A light barrier appeared in front of them to block several blasts of dark magic.
"And he's not tiring." Jarred said panting slightly, he was barely able to hold up his hand anymore from the strength of the dark magic blasts.
There was a rumble to their right and a hand shot out of the ground.
"Gods damn it!" one of the clones yelled "I swear we buried that guy alive."
Connie hefted his ax and sighed "I don't suppose we are getting any reinforcements, are we?"
Batman shook his head "All the league is busy."
"Where did Richie and Anna go?" Agni (or at least one of them) asked
"They were suppose to shoot Abaddon with missiles from the Batplane and if that didn't work they were to go get the rest of the Ranger's and team."
"Why-" Jarred blocked a blow from Abaddon and returned his own "Couldn't you just give them a call?!"
"There is a signal-jammer somewhere around her. I couldn't contact the Watchtower after we had already engaged him." Robin said throwing several batarangs at the third Abaddon.
One of Agni's clones jumped in front of a hit that would have hit Robin''s back. The blade hit the clone and it faded with a small *pop* .
"Thanks, Agni!" Robin called
"Don't mention it!" Agni replied, kicking Abaddon beneath the belt.
The clone winced and knocked Agni's sword from his hand. The dark elf cursed and his punch daggers shot from their hidden place in his bracer's. Agni punched his left hand out but it was caught by the clone with ease. The demon clone pushed Agni into Zatanna, toppling them both over and into a pit left by Conner.
Connie swung his ax in a wide arc trying to hit Abaddon but missed and took out three Agni clones in the swing.
"Whoops..." he mutter and swung again this time hitting Abaddon in the leg. "You must be the real one."
An orb shot at Connie and hit him in the chest, it exploded and sent him flying. The clone smiled and shot down what was left of the Agni clone's.
Robin and Batman were each battling a clone while Jarred fought the real one.
The three Abaddon's circled the Dynamic Duo and Jarred for a moment before attacking them again.
The first clone on the left swung at Robin who jumped backwards and flung a batarang. The clone dodged it but it circle around and hit him in the back and exploding on impact. The clone began to fade but before it did it mutter a spell under it's breath.
And blew up.
Robin took most the force of the explosion and was knocked onto his back out cold.. His uniform was smoking slightly and he had blood running down his arm.
Batman dashed forward to help him but was intercepted by the real Abaddon.
The Dark Knight snarled ferociously and swung his fist at Abaddon, while Jarred was taken off his guard and hit in the chest by the clone.
Batman knocked the real Abaddon down and proceeded to showing him with his fist. A beam shot out off an orb and hit Batman's Kevlar vest, the vest absorbed most the damage and he was barely hurt from it.
When they were asked later, no one really understood what happened next. It all happened so fast...
Batman was trying to defend the fallen Robin against the two Abaddon's, Jarred had slowly gotten up, his chest was pouring blood, and had blasted the real Abaddon in the back.
The clone had just kicked Batman back when suddenly a throwing axe embedded itself into the back of his calf. Batman kicked Abaddon in the chest and got him away from the injured angel. Connie barreled into the clone, sinking his axe into it's back. The clone realized it was going to die, so it threw it's sword at Batman, who was kicking the shit out of Abaddon.
Agni and Zatanna had barely gotten out of the crater with Conner on their backs before Agni had shouted "BATMAN GET DOWN."
Jarred saw the sword, he coughed up blood, but his eyes gleamed in anger. He suddenly disappeared and reappeared leaning against Batman's back.
Right in the path of the thrown sword.
Batman felt something suddenly touch his back...
Then he heard the sound of the sword going straight into Jarred's chest.
"JARRED!" Zatanna screamed.
The angel's eyes widened for a moment, he gasped for air as he looked down at the glowing purple sword that went straight through his chest.
"Demon magic... son of a bitch." he mutter before falling to his knees.
Abaddon smiled at the sight, he thought it was over. Even if his clones were gone, he was still fine, the heroes were either out cold or almost out of energy.
Of course he underestimated them...
Batman saw the angel take the blow form him. Rage erupted inside of him as he dashed at Abaddon.
He just barely saw the burning blur that streaked by him.
Agni rammed into the Demon. He kicked him in the chest, burning his skin, sending him skidding across the ground for a few feet. Before Agni could hit again a blur went past him. Batman rammed Abaddon with a haymaker causing him to stumble. Agni was upon him before he could recover from the blows, dealing him a uppercut, scorching his face.
The Dark Knight hit the demon with a flying kick and Agni followed hammering Abaddon's head. The demon could feel the fire was eating away his stamina and energy and Batman's punches were going straight through his wards causing him great pain.
A beam of fire shot from Agni's open palm as it smashed into Abaddon's chest. The burst was amplified by the electricity that came from Batman's gauntlets.
The combined attacks sent the Demon flying far, through several piles of rubble and metal beams that were still standing.
Abaddon landed, making another small crater in the ground. He slowly turned back into his normal human form with the demon arm. He had a several wounds along his body, burnt kin, sword gashes and cuts.
Agni suddenly landed on Abaddon's chest, making him spit out blood. The dark elf bent down and swung his blazing fist into the demon's face as strong as he could. There was a loud crack and Abaddon's neck dropped.
But the demon was still breathing.
The elven prince took a step back as everyone came running up. Agni put his fingers together again and took a deep breath. "This is for Jarred, you bastard." he spat.
He took a deep breath and dark red fireball shot out of his hands, more fire followed it, never ceasing until he had burnt Abaddon into nothing... not even ashes remained when Agni finally closed his hands.
Everyone watched silently as Agni turned around and slowly walked back over to Jarred. Robin was slowly getting up by then, as was Conner. Both were being tended my M'gann and Megg'n.
Agni walked over to Jarred, the angel was still breathing. Barely but still breathing.
A small smile was over the angel's face as Agni bent down over him. The dark elf gripped the handle of the blade and pulled it out. Jarred didn't notice and just kept staring off into the sun.
"Thanks..." Jarred rasped.
Agni lifted the angel into his arms, a tear rolled down Agni's face and splattered on Jarred's forehead. "There's nothing we can do is there?" he asked sadly
Jarred shook his head, blood ran out the side of his mouth and onto the concrete floor
"I am so sorry..." Agni whispered quietly to Jarred
"Don't worry, Agni." Jarred muttered slowly "I'll be back... someday soon hopefully. You can't kill me that easily." he groaned
Another tear dropped off of Agni's face as he whispered he was sorry again.
Jarred smiled again "Forgive me Agni..." he said slowly, coughing all the while "I was a horrible guardian angel."
"I wouldn't have wanted anything else, Jarred. You were the best friend I could have asked for in this dimension."
Jarred's eyes lost focus for a moment but they settle on Agni once more as he whispered "Fight on Agni... bring peace to our world... a-and... keep that girl Zatanna safe. She's defiantly a keeper."
Agni nodded again and smiled sadly "I will Jarred."
"And don't mourn over me... I'm an angel, I've died in this plane of existence before." Jarred's eyes left Agni for another moment. "Remember Agni, even in the most worst of times and situations, you are not alone, good will always prevail. I will return, Agni, I will return when you most need it and less expect it."
Agni nodded and slowly brushed the boy's hair our of his eyes "I understand."
Jarred grinned and his eyes left Agni's and starred off into the sun and he breathed his last breath.
Agni looked down at the lifeless body in his hands and more tears fell from his eye for several moments.
Everyone stood around the two silently for several moments. The small angel's body began to turn into a bright yellow dust.
For a moment Agni could almost hear the young angel chuckle again, just like he always used to do in school when he and Agni would do something stupid or brave. Just like when he killed the hydra or laughed at Agni being clueless
Agni would have sworn just as the body was gone he heard something being whispered into his ear. "I will be back, Agni. Be the hero everyone needs you to be."
The dark elf sighed as he felt someone put a hand on his shoulder, he looked up expecting it to be Zatanna or Robin but no... it was Batman.
"There's nothing you can do Agni." the Dark Knight said sadly. "He died to protect me, and I swear I won't let his death be for nothing. We will save your world."
Agni nodded and looked up at the sun. He slowly slipped his sunglasses on and turned around
"Common... We have a mission to do and a world to save."
"Agni?" Robin called gently
"Ya?"
"That was still pretty cheesy..."
Next Time in the Chronicles of Another Dimension.
The Rangers, Team and League half a long talk about the Ranger's powers and talents.
Them they must go undercover in a large U.N. Charity banquet.
But little do they know, the stakes are higher than they thought and those who are thought gone will return.
Will The Rangers and Team prevail against an army of evil beings?
I sure do hope so...