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Parallels	By : sirensoundwave Category: DC Verse Cartoons > Young Justice Views: 3184 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Plot and anything you don't recognize, mine. Everything else (Young Justice or any characters licensed by DC) belongs to their respective creators/writers/artists. Just know I make no profit off of this and shut up about it...m'kay?

Chapter List
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This chapter shows what Sylphine is really like (in terms of behavior, appearance, and powers). We also see Wally in his Chaos Mage form (yay!). Misery Business by Paramore is the soundtrack. Let's go!
Plot and anything you don't recognize, mine. Everything else belongs to their respective creators/writers/artists. There are too many to list. Just know I make no profit off of this and shut up about it...m'kay?
Chapter 21
Misery Business
Second chances they don't ever matter, people never change.
Once a whore you're nothing more, I'm sorry, that'll never change.
And about forgiveness, we're both supposed to have exchanged.
I'm sorry honey, but I passed it up, now look this way.
Well there's a million other girls who do it just like you.
Looking as innocent as possible to get to who,
They want and what they like it's easy if you do it right.
Well I refuse, I refuse, I refuse!
Whoa, i never meant brag
But I got him where I want him now.
Whoa, it was never my intention to brag
To steal it all away from you now.
But God does it feel so good,
'Cause I got him where I want him right now.
And if you could then you know you would.
'Cause God it just feels so...
It just feels so good.
I watched his wildest dreams come true
Not one of them involving you
Just watch my wildest dreams come true
Not one of them involving...
"This is not how I planned to spend today." Klarion snarked.
It amazed those able to process what was going on that the boy or whatever he was could still be sarcastic when it was obvious that he was leaking like a sieve. To be fair, they were also having trouble with the notion that one of their most mentally unstable enemies was all that stood between then and certain death. The League couldn't see through the energy but the way the whole Watchtower kept quaking left no doubt that those harpies were still there. He was still maintaining the shield around them and each strike to it him to groan in pain. The crimson aura around him pulsed like it was threatening to fade away.
Which meant the shield would as well. Then they were toast.
Great.
Then there was a very loud screech and everything stopped shaking. No one was sure whether to be relieved or terrified. The odds that they had left out of boredom were practically zero, that they were sure of. Especially with how the one in red, Shiva, had looked at Klarion. With such hate and loathing coupled with unbridled crazy. She hadn't looked sane to begin with but seeing the blue skinned male had amped it up to a level Bruce was all too familiar with. Of course as Gotham's Most Eligible Bachleor, he'd broken his fair share of hearts. Granted they were mostly either gold diggers or ditzy brats with a sense of entitlement but that look had been thrown at him more than once. It even has a very famous, very accurate quote referencing it from Congreve's famous play, The Mourning Bride. It's usually paraphrased these days though:
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
They were going to die, Batman was sure of it.
"God you're so negative Bats." A voice sighed. "Whoa, this is bad."
Everyone's attention turned to see Wally standing there in his civvies. He was surveying the state of the fallen heroes and looking a little pale.
"Thank you Captain Obvious. These are your friends so why am I the one with massive hemorrhaging?" He frowned. "Get over here!"
Without another word, the red head grabbed the sorcerer's right hand with his left; the sign for the Gemini constellation flaring to life on the backs of those hands. Wonder Woman's eyes went wide. She knew what this meant; those symbols...it was impossible! Yet it seemed the stories her mother told had her as a child were real. The Gods her people praised were merely charlatans. These beings before her were not merely fables. A sobering realization.
She had been in the presence of true divinity and never known it. As the shield evaporated, Diana couldn't help but feel she should be on bended knee. But, her body would have protested moving her leg much less bending any other part of her.
Shackles appeared on their wrists connected by a chain. Their bodies shifted, giving them an older appearance as their clothing became bodysuits in polarized colors, one white, one black. The same kind worn by wrestlers; the real ones they have state and national championships for. Draped over their shoulders were their black robes. Gone were Wally and Klarion, replaced by Pollux and Castor.
Castor stood still injured but not in as much pain. Both turned to the heros lying around them, unsure who was dead or dying.
The cause of the ceasefire was now very clear. Gabriel, Sylphine and Sagittarius had arrived too and were now in play. More accurately, Gabriel was battling the one known as Kali to keep her at bay. Sagittarius was doing what he could to keep the place from shaking apart at the seams. The one called Shiva was trying to keep Sylphine from causing her grievous bodily harm.
A six foot tall man built like a linebacker, clad in black pants and a silver tunic shirt smacked Kali away like a bug using...an umbrella? Made of bamboo and delicate rice paper adorned with black ravens in flight against a purple backdrop, the weapon hardly seemed like a weapon at all. Kali recovered quickly and sent a blast at her new opponent. He countered by opening the parasol, causing the birds to come to life and swarm her.
"Gahh!" She cried slashing wildly with her blade. Each bird she slashed divided into two catching her in a maelstrom of razored talons and dagger-like beaks.
Sagittarius set about casting his power into the space station, literally holding everything together with his will. It wouldn't do to fight them off only to have the mortals die in space.
As this went on, a petite woman wearing a white cheongsam with golden butterflies on it attacked Shiva with two large folding fans. Her trishula was moving at lightening speed to parry the blows as Sylphine backed her towards a wall.
"So you're the whore he shacked up with." Shiva scoffed. "Not impressed." She jabbed the prongs into the floor, using the leverage to kick the other woman in the chest. Those golden eyes narrowed as she stumbled back braids whipping behind her.
"No, I'm the bitch that's going to break your face!" One fan snapped closed, gripped in her fist as she punched the red clad woman in the head repeatedly. "What you can't have him so no one can?"
"That's right! Dance of Torrents!" She spat blood at her opponent and ribbons of water swirled from the trishula, collecting in the form of a serpent before striking like one.
"Electric Zephyr!" A gust of charged air was released from the fan still open.
Water and lightning collided in mid-air. Predictably, the lightning powered through, electrocuting Shiva. She fell on her back moaning in pain, energy still arcing across her body. Sylphine smirked.
"Dumbass." Slipping the fans into the sash around her waist, the braided woman ran to the injured group. "Cas, oh dear affinity!"
"Not as bad as it looks butterfly, just can't turn back into Klarion for a while or I'll die. No big deal. " Says the man standing in a puddle of his own blood trying to smile like he was fine. The look she gave him was clearly disbelieving. "Honest!"
Before Syl could fuss at him, Shiva had gotten to her feet unseen. Eyes glowing the same red as her outfit, she level her weapon not at Syl's back.
"Dance of- GACK!"
The chain attaching the Gemini was wrapped around her throat and pulled tight like a noose. Her tanned face turned an interesting shade of purple.
"Do shut up." Pollux kicked her in the face adding to welts and bruises already there. "Are we too stupid to feel pain now?"
"Sister! Let her go!" Kali raged. She spotted Diana off to the side and was behind her in an instant with a fist full of the Amazon's hair, blade to her throat. "Or the Princess loses her head!"
"..." Gabriel had moved too slowly to stop her and now stood a few feet away scowling. Everyone knew how these things worked. Anyone moved an a head would roll. While his concern for the hostage was minimal (nonexistent) , he was sure Pollux would be less than pleased if he caused the death of one of his treasured humans even if only by proxy. Well she was technically immortal but semantics weren't important now. Adding more of her blood to the room decor was definitely not going to get on his beloved's good side.
"Be cool Kali. We don't want anyone to die-" Pollux began.
"Speak for yourself." Sylphine muttered but the other light mage ignored her.
"Just leave. Your plan didn't work, get over it and get gone." He finished with a sigh. The chain phased through her sister's neck allowing the now passed out mage to fall over in a heap. A blue blur rushed by, snatching her up.
"This isn't over, not by a long shot!" Kali declared teleporting away. That left the five Chaos Mages alone with Earth's best in the crimson soaked room. After a few moments of very awkward silence, it was Sagittarius who spoke up. He'd been able to restore the overall structure to stable.
"Er, how about we heal everyone then explain."
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
"Mam we have to go! Batman's in trouble I just know it." Robin lept out of Pisces lap.
"No bright bird. My master has forbidden me from taking you there. We can go wait with your friends but not the battle itself." She stood as well.
"Why? We can help them. The team can!" He turned to her, eyes burning with anger. For a second she was startled, something akin to fear danced across her face. Then emerald eyes flickered with recognition and she giggled a bit to her son's confusion and ire.
"I suppose certain traits come with age. Every bit as impulsive as Arwyn ever was." She shook her head.
"Not funny! Don't compare me to that monster, he's the reason we died!" The Boy Wonder fumed. How dare she joke about something like that? What reason would she have to liken him to the man who murdered him? Them? He felt that sensation again. The one in the pit of his stomach before he went off on Dr. Fate.
"Robin, Richard look at me. What your father did to you was heinous, there are times when I can still hear you scream. Feel your warm blood running down my dress. See the light die in your eyes. I also remember your little feathered friends looking at me, wanting to know why you weren't the lively boy they knew anymore. A whole species of birds vanished from the Earth in sorrow that day. I have lived centuries with those wretched memories in my mind. But, it serves no purpose to curse the dead. He acted out of fear and a desire to protect his people, the same thing any other in his position would have done in those days.
I understood that then but simply did not care. My heart was so full of hatred it did not matter to me that many innocents would pay along with the few guilty when I drove the life from this place. And for that, I was punished. Trapped in the ruin I caused I was unable to move on to the next world and my selfishness kept you tethered here too.
But had that not occurred, you would not be here now. Have the friends you do, enjoy the things this era has to offer. You've had your share of heartbreak but you also got to live the life you should have the first time. With a father that treasures you more than life itself."
"But without you. I grew up hating you but feeling so guilty for it; I finally know why. Now things are going to hell all over again but so much worse! What was the point of letting me be reincarnated, of having me wake up if I can't do anything to save the people I love?"
"When did I say that?" She raised a fine eye brow. "Son, there is a reason things have happened the way they have for you and your little friends. The Light was helping Lord Vishnu create his army to invade this world. Did you really think we weren't taking countermeasures?"
Robin opened his mouth to argue but closed it so his brain could catch up. Forcing both Kaldur and Aquaman to acknowledge the power in side the younger Atlantean. Strengthening the bond between Conner and Megan working to undo the spell Nabu put on Supes. Allowing Zatanna to get so close to breaking. The fostering of Raquel and Artemis' determination not to be what society expected them to that forged such strong wills. His own freakishness.
He wasn't sure if he should be amazed, overjoyed or just pissed beyond belief so he settled on all three. Lady Gaia knew this would happen. And she prepared them for the coming storm through the school of hard knocks. Used Nabu's interference to her advantage and creating the ones that would stand to defend this reality.
"And just as clever as your Mam!" The happiness he missed from her praising him as a little boy rang through that cheerful declaration. She'd watched him work it out in his head with genuine pride in her boy. "Your time to shine is coming, just not yet bright bird. Let's get you back."
With a flash and shower of blue sparkles, cliff was once again without human life. The flock of white birds with spotted wings that had been circling overhead faded as well.
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
The atmosphere at the cave was just as nerve wrecking. They didn't have a Zodiac Knight able to help them puzzle it all out like Robin did. As a result, frustration levels ran high.
"That arrogant jerk!" Artemis grumbled. "Mortals have no place in it my ass! What the hell are we good for then? Was it just to make us feel like we mattered when we weren't making a damn difference or just to amuse him?" What she really meant was 'Kid Idiot better come back alive'.
"Artemis calm down. We aren't going to get any answers till they come back." Connor sighed then scowled when everyone stared at him. "What? I can be rational." Megan smiled and hugged his bicep.
"It was just a little out of character is all but you do have a point. If their true forms are all as powerful as Roy was when we fought him, I have no doubt they'll return soon." Superman smiled.
"Yes but where does that leave us? We have listened to their story, but where do we fit into this? Lady Gaia said that creating the League was supposed to ensure those of this reality could defend it. If we're nothing but liabilities in this battle, what about the ones sure to come?" Green Lantern thought aloud. "Sagittarius knocked me and Superman around like toys by himself."
"Hang on, GL. Wally was trying to tell me something before they got called away. Only those born of a reality have the right or ability to direct its evolution. I know there's more to this situation than they had the chance to tell us." Flash folded his arms.
"Great, more waiting. No choice I guess." Raquel shrugged after flopping down on the sofa .
"Klar- Castor told me that I was meant to have this. Even though Dr. Fate manipulated the circumstances to try and get rid of me, all he really did was speed up the inevitable." Zatanna stared hard at the Dagger of Hecate clutched in her hand.
The room was heavy with confusion and silence. I didn't really make sense for the Knights to go through so much crap to make sure their relationships mended if they were really useless. There had to be something else. Right?
In the medbay, Virgo sat in the lotus position with her eyes closed chanting in a language that sounded more like the plucking of harp strings than a voice. The blond was levitating beside Zatara's bedside, both encased in a light pink aura. She had told Ollie before beginning that the magician's magical core was severely depleted. While it was completely within her power to restore it to full strength instantly, that method ran the risk of destroying all that made him who he was, mind and soul. So, she was forced to help it regenerate on its own. It would take time and left her vulnerable while she worked.
He'd come to talk to her about them really but seeing her so focused on giving Z her father back turned the words to ash in his mouth. Going into battle after battle knowing she was severely handicapped, unable to use her full power. Volunteering to train the next generation. Putting up with his ungrateful ass. Human or not the whole time he knew her had been about putting others above herself. She had lied and deceived them all true but to what end? Her own suffering and their protection.
God he felt like such a tool.
He sat down on a nearby bed to wait. Green Arrow hadn't the foggiest idea how long it would take. Nonetheless, he owed it to Virgo to be there for her when she was done. To be her support and protection for a change.
The more he thought on it, the more her true name grew on him.
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
"We failed." Shiva sulked cradled in a set of their father's arms as he treated her injuries.
"No no my dear. You let them know they are not invincible anymore. Put a healthy dose of fear in them. Nothing goes as planned the first go around." He rumbled as he stroked her healing face. "You also learned that temper of yours is a liability."
"Don't worry sis, we'll get that bastard and his little slut too. I managed to snag a little something before we bailed. I do believe I've found the perfect leader for our foot soldiers Father." Balanced on the tip of her sword was an egg shaped ball of light.
Around this time in space, Pollux jerked his hand away from Billy's body in horror. Everyone was being healed enough to no longer be in mortal danger.
"What's wrong? Something in there that shouldn't be?" Gabriel slung his umbrella over his shoulder pulling the Lantern to his feet. Standing up, Hal could see just how big it really was; the size of one you'd take to the beach.
"No. Something that should be isn't. His body is alive, but his soul is gone."
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
The bad guys took Captain Marvel's soul? I am evil I know. It's been slow in coming but we finally see the point of all the Knights' subterfuge. Thanks to all willing to keep on reading this thing.
My story "Why Does No One Read the Manual" is not on affnet, only this site but a one shot expanding the synesthesia scene with Booster Gold/Blue Beetle is two thirds done and will be posted there. Dunno what I'm talking about? Check it out for a laugh and pray for Lt. Pross.
Also, the place Robin lived in a past life is made up as are the 'extinct' domino auk birds.
If anyone cares, here's a list of the Mage and Knight weapons (some have not actually been shown yet).
Sylphine: A set of tessen, Japanese war fans
Gabriel: An umbrella; don't laugh, these things are illegal in several settings the world over because they CAN be used as deadly weapons and people have been killed by some of the more sturdy ones.
Castor and Pollux: The chain binding them; it is not a handicapp
Sagittarius: Bow and arrows; they are gold in this form as opposed to red and black when he's Red Arrow.
Virgo: A hand harp or lyre; her voice hinted at it
Pisces: A mirror; she can make more than one
Shiva: Trishula, the trident wielded by the real Hindu deity.
Kali: Curved sword; have yet to find the actual name but it is used by the real Hindu deity.
Stay tuned. Sirensoundwave out.
Works Cited
The Mourning Bride. By William Congreve. 1697. Performance.
"William Congreve." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Feb. 2002. Web. 20 Aug. 2012. .
You can find out when a wiki article was originally published as it turns out...^_^
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