Magic

None of the Characters are owned by me but are owned by the DC universe... I wish

Ya anywho... next chapter of my story involving a surprise guest(connected to the title btw<-- slight hint )

... read on and see but I'm not sure if this is up to par with my other 3 parts so plz do tell me if u enjoy it... or hate it.

This is defiantly the longest fic i've had so far. I don't care but plz no mindless anger and if its not good,just tell me so i can hopefully improve in the future...

Now without further ado, part 4



The scene in the room would almost be comical if the situation wasn't so serious.

Various superheroes were sprawled across the room in various positions. Some asleep, others just sitting there and the Flash pacing back and forth so fast that he was wearing a decent sized hole in the floor. A woman with scarlet hair sat near him wringing her hands.

Batman was there brooding as usual, and the young justice team just stood silent with their respective mentors wearing blank expressions.

They were doing what everyone else was doing... Waiting.

Waiting for news and waiting to see how their teammate was doing.

It wasn't like waiting for Santa to come down the chimney or how any speedster waited for pizza to arrive, because then it would be called anticipation. This however was bordering despair as no one had spoken for the past two hours.

Dr. Brown observed this along with the other surgeons who were pushing her to give the status report to the hero populous. All the tests had been run and finished ten minutes ago and the rest of the time was spent between surgeons to discuss how best to break the news to them.

Dr. Brown wished to God that it wasn't her job to present the medical report, but she had drawn the short straw out of all the doctors.

When Dr. Brown was finally pushed into the room by her colleges, every person immediately bolted up out of their seats. She felt a gust of wind and was immediately bombarded by questions from the Flash who was speaking at an unintelligible rate. Others in the room voiced similar sentiments.

"Flash calm down" said the Dark Knight. He grumbled as there was no definite way to control Flash in such a situation short of knocking him out.

The Martian Manhunter floated into the room.

"What news do you have?" he asked tentatively.

"There's good news and bad news." Dr. Brown warily said looking at the superheroes crowded around her desperately trying to not be overwhelmed.

Batman seeing this ordered that she be given room to speak.

Dr. Brown swallowed the lump in her throat. "The good news is that Kid Flash is expected to make a full recovery...." The room went dead silent.

"And the bad news?" Flash asked his eyes mirroring the fear held by everyone in the room.

"Kid Flash is in a coma."


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How long could he keep this up? Wally thought as he dodged another red blast by the enraged lord of chaos.

"HOLD STILL!!!" Klarion shrieked as he shot small balls of fire towards Wally who avoided them with seconds to spare.

This had been going on for an hour as Klarion had transported his soul to the mental plane and proceeded to take his revenge on the kid who had foiled his plans for world domination.

Klarion smiled. All he would have to do was to crush Kid Flash's soul in the mental plane and the kid's body would never wake up. It had been relatively easy to make the brat's body believe that it needed to go into temporary hibernation.

All he had to do then was transport the soul to his location in the mental plane and voila. Instant revenge.

A massive red blast tore up the ground in front of Kid Flash who swerved to avoid it. All of a sudden Wally's foot caught onto a small rock that stuck about an inch from the ground. Wally lost his footing and slid to a stop.

Kid Flash ached everywhere. He had been skimmed by Klarion's magic more times than he would care to count. But now seeing he was on the ground with a twisted ankle and powerful magician bent on revenge coming closer, he was running out of options.

Klarion shot him a twisted smile and floated over. "Is this all the mighty flash kid has to offer?" his palm started to glow red.

"It's Kid Flash!!"

"Face it kid, you're just a copy, a knock-off of the real thing. You can't fight for your life and you're nothing without that helmet of yours." The fire in his palm grew bigger. "Maybe you should have kept the helmet on. Because face it kid all you did was allow an old geezer to die. Some kind of hero you are."

The ball of fire grew even bigger, and without warning sprung from the witch-boy's hand.
"Tell the old man I said hel....." His words were cut off when all of a sudden a barrier that glowed a golden colour appeared in front of Wally shielding him from the red blast.

The change in the witch-boy's demeanour was instant and a hateful expression immediately befell his features.

"NO FAIR!!!" he shrieked.

A voice resounded in Wally's head "Now how do you manage to get yourself in these situations Kid?" and a golden sphere enveloped him, similar to the one that had been used to save him with Kent Nelson.

A flash of light appeared next to him and eventually took the form of the old man himself.

"Wait!! How? I thought..."

"Ya I'm bound to the helmet, and I brought him with me." Kent Nelson said gesturing to the golden helm in his hand. "Listen close kid, I'd like talk and exchange pleasantries, but there isn't much time."

Wally looked at his surroundings. Everything around him in the mental plane was moving in slow motion. Klarion stood there with an angered expression on his face, slowly mouthing incoherent words.

"What happened?"

Kent Nelson smiled. "Well, in order for us to speak I used my magic to be able to get in this state. Whatever we're going to talk about now is happening in the span of a few seconds. I used a time slow spell, and your natural speed, allows you to keep up with me."

"Well I'm whelmed." Wally managed to sputter out.

"It seems that your best friends daily butchering of the English language is rubbing off on you kid." The old man said shooting him a smile. "But that's beside the point. Klarion has found a way to transport your soul out of your body to this plane."

"Seeing he is not on Earth, he doesn't require his familiar to maintain his presence here."

"So we can't just blast the cat like last time?" Wally joked.

"That's what would be an ideal situation, but sadly no. Klarion has a grip on your soul and you won't be able to return to your normal state unless you are able to defeat him."

"Why can't you and Dr. Fate take care of him?" Wally yelled. It wasn't fair. How could something go so bad? His life seemed to just go from bad, to worse.

"Sorry kid, that's a no-can-do. Transporting ourselves to this plane extinguished our magical reservoirs of energy. Lucky for you though, Klarion has expended a lot of his energy transporting you here and exacting his revenge."

"You have a chance if you..... No." The former Dr. Fate shook his head "it's not plausible."

"Wait!! What were you going to say?" Wally asked, he was ready to take any opportunity to get out of his situation.

The old man replied. "Well as you have only been running around dodging his blasts, it means that you haven't even touched on your magical reservoir...."

Wally froze. "Wait you don't mean..."

The old man just grinned. "Yup.  You're becoming an honorary magician if you make it out of this alive."


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Ten minutes wasn`t nearly enough time for Wally to process everything he was taught about the arcane arts, but it would have to do. He was taught basic shield spells, and small blasts. It was all Wally could do to stop himself from ripping his hair in frustration. He was to defeat a Lord of Chaos with nothing but an old man cheering him on, and a helmet that couldn`t finish the job the he was expected to do. It was hopeless.

"Kid, Focus!!!" Magic required concentration as told time and time again, but Wally couldn't concentrate knowing that in any given moment, the shield around him would melt away, and he would be alone. He would have to be cool and calculating if he wanted to survive.

Wally sighed. This sounds like a job for Rob. He would have learned it two seconds flat, and then be calculating how to use it for his advantage. He should be the one doing this not me. I'm not the one for this... I'm not –

"Enough!!" the voice of Nabu thundered in his head.
"It was fate that you were chosen to put on the helmet, it was destiny that you refused!!" The voice continued as Wally cringed at the sudden intrusion of his thoughts. "YOU were chosen!!" The voice became softer.  "It was neither your friend Robin nor Superboy nor all the others that were there. You were the one that came and helped sway the growing tide of evil and disorder. And here now you stand willing to believe beyond what is seen in the lessons of science."

"I'm not going to be your puppet, Nabu if that's what you're saying." Wally stated with conviction. "I would rather die being me, than having no control of my life forever after."

The voice paused. "That is your choice child and I cannot do anything to change that..."
"I now see that though you are one very suitable for carrying on my mantle.... it is not to be."

"What do I do then? What can I do" Wally asked hysteria entering his voice. In a few moments he was expected to defeat a psychotic, power crazed meta-human with a few simple spells and words of good luck that would be meaningless as he would be blasted to pieces. He was not ready.

Wally was jolted out of his thought process by the powerful entity.

"I have searched your heart Wallace Rudolph West and have browsed your memories." Wally paused, unsure of what to expect. "You intrigue me child, what are your reasons for your decision of being a hero?"

Wally's initial answer would have been that he would be like his uncle Barry, but the more he thought, the more he realized it was because he believed in doing right and standing against evil and he relayed that back to the Lord of Order.

After a moment of silence Nabu spoke again. "I have chosen to give you the blessing of Nabu."

"I can only bestow it on one living mortal per time and the previous owner of this blessing has passed onto the plane beyond planes." Dr. Fate paused to let his words sink in. "Though we may not be very similar Wallace, we both fight for the same cause. This ancient blessing will help you as a magician giving you more magical potential and capability as well as a permanent link to me whenever you may require my assistance or advice."

Wally's eyes narrowed. "So I will have full control of my body at all times?"

The answer was quick and informative. "Yes."

"Then do it."

"Repeat after me then." The mask told him.


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"It is done." Nabu finally said after Wally recited his oath word for word.

"Now embrace your fate, embrace your future, and embrace your destiny!!"
The bubble shattered and a bright light engulfed Wally. It slowly faded leaving him alone with no sight of the two magicians. The light lingered on his ankle healing it completely before blinking out of existence. All he had now was the will to survive and a blessing.

"Better than nothing I suppose."

Klarion's brow had been furled. But then as the last of the golden magic faded away a smile slowly slid over his features.

Wally had just stood to his feet when he immediately had to duck out the way as a giant sword glowing a deep shade of crimson attempted to decapitate his head.

"Kid, I don't know what happened to you over there, but it is only delaying the inevitable." Klarion stated satisfaction clearly displayed in his nasally voice and demeanour.

"Now stay still!!!"   

Klarion turned his palms upward and was surrounded by a triangle of red glyphs. They slowly started to glow and formed two flames that appeared in both of his hands. The witch boy shot Wally a twisted smile as he spun sending a small tornado his way and threw the two energy balls into it. The raging whirlwind burst into flames and tripled in size.
"Well it's now or never." Wally reasoned

Wally cleared his mind of all things and concentrated on shooting a beam of yellow that parted the raging inferno in two with only a few seconds to spare. The two sections of the whirlwind spun for a few more meters until they vanished.

Klarion stood there mouth agape, all hints of a smile gone.

Wally grinned at this. It was his turn.

Spreading his palms out, Wally shot multiple golden blasts that landed multiple hits along Klarion's mid-section. They weren't designed to cause any substantial damage, but would put as much strain as possible on Klarion's magical energy, hopefully enough to drain it completely.

The Lord of Chaos childishly stuck out his tongue and screeched an inaudible "NO FAIR!!" as he flung a multitude of rocks that bombarded Kid Flash from all directions.

With no direction to go but forward, Wally sped into the midst of the deadly projectiles dodging the bulk of them with athletic precision honed to perfection from his time as a superhero. All the while he had to dodge whatever was being shot at him by the pale skinned magician.

"Give it up kid!! You stand no chance!" Klarion shouted sporting his twisted smile. "And when you lose..." His fingertips glowed red once more and shot out bolts of energy at the speedster. "I'm going to make it last long."

Throughout all this, Wally stayed continually focused on dodging the multitude of attacks devised by the enraged sorcerer that ranged from lightning bolts to small elemental demons raised from a pile of seemingly harmless rocks.

But the more Wally dodged and the more he countered the witch-boy's spells, the more desperate the Lord of Chaos seemed to get. Slowly the fiery aura that had originally surrounded the horned-haired maniac was flickering and slowly dimmed to a glow.

Needless to say, by then all the taunts and insults that Klarion had been shooting his way since the start of their battle had stopped.

An inhumane growl tore up Klarion's throat and the Witch-boy took a more aggressive stance.  Anger emanated off him in waves and was unleashed through a blast of fire coming out of his mouth.

"No denying magic is real now Wal-man." Wally told himself as dodged the blast and fired ray after ray into the flickering shield of his opponent. He had noticed that his spells were getting weaker as well due to all the times he put up a shield against the superior magic wielded by Klarion. But the evil sorcerer's magic was under a much greater strain than his.

But even then, Wally had to end the fight, preferably sooner than later. Wally gathered a large amount of energy in both of his palms and combined them to make a beam that could rival one of Dr. Fate's or Klarion's.

Wally broke into a run directly behind his magic blast waiting for the opportune moment to attack. Klarion raised the ground in front of him making a crude shield of dirt just in time to protect himself.

The blast demolished the barrier in a massive spray of dust, and before Klarion could notice, Wally dashed in through the gap he made and delivered a massive blow to the witch-boy's head. The Lord of Chaos flopped to the ground and took a hard fall.

Through the dust that was thrown into the air from the scuffle, Klarion could make the
faint outline of Wally West slowly making his way towards him.

"I'll teach that brat a lesson!!" Klarion exclaimed and pointed his palm at the speedster.

Nothing happened.

In frustration Klarion tried again and again to attack Wally but couldn't. The only logical explanation would be that he was out of juice.

By then Wally had finished his leisurely walk to the Lord of Chaos, his jaw set in determination. His palms began to glow a golden shade and looked the witch-boy into the eyes to see fear radiated in them.

"Next time Witch-boy..." Wally spat.

"Stay the Fuck out of my head!!!" and fired.

And then black.


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Murmuring voices.

"He looks like he's waking up guys!!"

He heard the faint scuffling of feet.

Wally cracked open his eyes to see Robin grinning at him with tears in his eyes. Their eyes met

....

"Hey." Wally rasped out.

Immediately was surrounded by a chorus of voices each stating how worried they had been and expressing their joy.

Megan assured him she had baked cookies, Robin with his infectious laughter, Kaldur apologizing, Superboy doing his Superboy emotion thing.

The door opened again and uncle Barry and his aunt Iris rushed in filled with so much emotion that it was kind of embarrassing... not that Wally didn't mind.

And then there was Artemis who wouldn't look him in the eyes. Finally when the laughter and merriment died down she came and sat on the edge of his bed. Wally shot everyone a look that clearly showed he wanted to see Artemis alone. The heroes in the room tripped over one another in their haste to get to the door muttering various excuses about previous engagements and obligations.

Then there was silence. Wally sat up on his bed to see a tear roll down Artemis's cheek. She opened her mouth to speak. "Wally I--" and was cut off abruptly as Wally captured her lips with his. They stayed like this for a few seconds before Wally gently pulled away. "I'd do it again for you babe." He said and winked. Artemis slowly smiled and then it turned to a smirk.

A blush crept to Wally's cheeks "Umm Arty... I... I was thinking that maybe when I heal up a bit... you and I could go out somewhere?"  

I'd like that Baywatch, but you know that won't change the fact I'll kick your but every day in practice that we'll have when you're better." Artemis said with a joy on her face.

Wally smiled "Jerk."

Artemis replied "Likewise Wallace." and walked out of the room.


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(Meanwhile just outside the room)

"Superboy!! I'm right aren't I?" Robin asked the clone who was listening to the conversation occurring within. When the clone nodded Robin let out a wild cackle and ran to multiple members of the justice league who eventually handed him money. The scowls grew as Robin walked around the room collecting money. Once he made a full circle he returned to see Conner slowly tiptoeing away from him.

Robin smirked and jumped in front of him. "Don't you think I forgot our little bet Conner, and as I remember it, you have to do whatever I tell you for the day." An evil smirk beset his features; this is going to be good.

"How'd you know they would kiss today though?" The clone asked incuriously.

Robin winked. "Magic."


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(Back inside the room to Wally)

Artemis had just left and Wally amused himself by using a spell he learned from Mr. Nelson and listening to his friends argue and celebrate.

He felt himself start to drift off when he heard Conner ask "How'd you know they would kiss today though?" Wally could imagine the look on his face. Betting against Rob was never a sane idea in any universe or plane.

Robin paused for a second before nonchalantly replying. "Magic."

At this Wally smiled.

Oh you have no idea.

And fell asleep.