So... I updated... :3
I don't own Young Justice or any character I have used...
And wow, one of my longest chapters ever... O.o
"What the...?" The dark skinned girl spoke out loud in confusion. She stood in front of the telephone booth, staring at it attentively; something wasn't right.
"Something wrong?" Her companion asked, looking at her; his eyes suddenly shining in interest as he waited for some enlightenment.
She nodded, turning to face him and his more than "shocking" attire. "Virgil, it's off." She replied incredulously, looking back at the contraption.
He looked at her in confusion, obviously not understanding her simple explanation – or maybe just not believing it. "Off?" He inquired.
"Yeah, off." Raquel Ervin softly tapped her fist against the booth's door, letting out a disappointed sigh. "We're not going anywhere, not now at least. The zeta tubes must be down or something."
His eyebrows rose, a different thought suddenly coming to mind. "But isn't Icon at the Watchtower? The thing that's up there – in space?"
Her gaze turned to his, eyes widening in realization. "The League meeting." Her fingers moved to the comm-link hidden in her hear. "They're all at up there."
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The blonde ducked, successfully avoiding a kick to the head. She took this opportunity to do a sweep kick on her opponent but the woman saw this coming and flipped out of the way quickly. "Nice try, little one." The woman commented, a teasing smirk on her lips.
The girl narrowed her eyes, getting into a battle stance. "You're holding back on me, Artemis."
A chuckle came from the Amazon. "That obvious?"
The blonde grinned. "Don't." Without another word she charged at the woman with her fist, only for her attack to be blocked by Artemis. The woman grabbed her arm, twisting it behind her back and kicking her legs out from under her.
"If that is what you wish." The Amazon replied simply, standing above the fallen girl.
The girl didn't reply, instead she kicked her leg up and hit the woman in the stomach. She jumped up, wrapping her arm around the woman's neck and grinned. "Give up?"
"Not a chance." Artemis choked out. She elbowed the girl in the gut, at the same time using her other hand to pry the girl's arm off from around her neck. The girl took a second to regain her breath before glaring at the woman, she swung her fist at the woman's face but the Amazon saw this coming – she grabbed the girl's fist just as it was about to meet her.
"Gah!" The girl was getting frustrated now, she swung her other fist forward twice as fast and watched as the Amazon grabbed her fists. She tried to pull away from the woman's grasp unsuccessfully. Artemis grinned, spinning around and – still keeping a tight hold on the girl – throwing her onto the ground.
"Give up, it's clear who the victor is here." The Amazon told her smugly. "Maybe next time, Kara."
The girl glared. "You got lucky, Artemis."
"Nice one." A voice commented from the sidelines. "But… it could have worked out without the cockiness."
Artemis rolled her eyes. "I – just as she does every time she wins – have a right to brag of my victory."
Cassie walked up to them, offering Kara a hand up. "I guess she did have it coming."
Kara gladly took it, Artemis' eyes twinkling in amusement as Cassie helped the girl to her feet. "Next time don't try too hard, Kara."
"Like I said; you got lucky." The girl repeated.
A chuckle left the Amazon's lips as she departed from the battle sight. "Right…"
"Kara?"
"Yeah, Cassie?" The girl turned her attention back to her friend.
Wonder Girl looked out at the terrain nervously. "Diana was supposed to meet us here after the League meeting."
"And?" The blonde questioned again.
"The meeting that should have ended hours ago." Cassie snapped in response, raising her hands up into the air as if it had been the most obvious thing in the world.
Sighing, the girl placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Calm down, Cass. Diana probably got help up, alright? It happens; you should know better than anyone."
"But Kara, if she was help up she would have told us like she usually does!" The girl replied. "And she hasn't."
The Kryptonian sighed. "Okay, fine. If you're so worried then contact someone. Uh… Aqualad. You know what? Just contact the mountain."
"I tried the mountain."
"And?" Kara asked.
"No answer."
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"Why so glum?" A chuckle escaped the witch's lips, staring down at the fallen hero. "It could be worse, at least you're still alive… well, for now that is."
Diana grit her teeth, glaring up at her. She pulled at her binds aimlessly, wishing oh so dearly that her arms weren't pinned behind her back. "Teamwork? That really isn't your style, Circe."
The witch inspected her nails absentmindedly. "Well, I was given an offer I really couldn't refuse."
"And what offer is that?" The Amazon snapped, once again pulling at her restraints.
Circe looked back at her, a cruel smile on her lips. "Killing you, of course."
Diana's eyes widened, looking at the witch in shock. Her mouth could form no words.
"Witch." A voice spoke up, Diana and Circe both turned to see Carol Ferris – Star Sapphire – standing by. "It's time."
Circe's smile widened into a full out grin. "Good." Diana gave a small yelp, surprised as she was yanked up by the hair – Circe's fingers wrapping around the woman's hair and pulling her out of the room hastily.
"D-diana." A voice croaked out, making the witch freeze as she stood half way out the door – dragging Diana along with her.
"Hal…" The Amazon whispered, looking down at him. He had his arms pinned behind his back, much like her. Except… he wasn't in his best state at the moment, which left him completely defenseless towards the witch.
"You're not taking her." The Green Lantern growled, glaring up at Circe in honest loathing.
"Oh, aren't I?" She replied defiantly before turning back to Carol. "I can have whoever I want, right?"
The Star Sapphire nodded. "As long as you make it… entertaining. Prove your point to the world, whatever it takes."
"Good." She grinned. "Follow me, bring him along."
The woman complied, using her violet energy to lift him up and out of the room.
They arrived in the Watchtower's meeting room, Circe letting Diana carelessly fall onto the floor. "Now…" The witch turned to Carol and Hal, the Lantern still glaring at her. "Showtime."
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"Nightwing? Who the fuck is he?" The girl hissed in annoyance.
"Just meet us in the location you were given." Kaldur'ahm ordered her. "Bring anyone else who is in contact with Icon or the rest of the League."
She sighed, once again placing her finger against her comm-link. "Fine, got it."
"Thank you." The atlantean replied before once again going offline.
"So…" Virgil replied, eyeing her curiously. They were still standing beside the phone boot, both extremely confused about the situation.
She placed a hand against her forehead, shaking her head. "We're going to Blüdhaven."
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"Supergirl to Aqualad, come in Aqualad."
"This is Aqualad." The atlantean replied. "What is your status?"
Kara looked back at her companion, seeing the worry still embedded in the girl's features. "Wonder Girl and I are currently in Themyscira, Wonder Woman has failed to show up. Does the team know anything about this? And why aren't you guys at the mountain?"
She heard him sigh, her senses immediately going on high alert. "The cave was compromised, we have reason to believe that the League has been captured."
Her eyes widened and she turned away, not wanting to tell Cassie just yet. "And what reason is that?"
"I cannot explain now, it is possible the lines are being monitored. Blüdhaven; get there as soon as possible – both of you. Aqualad out."
She bit her lip, turning back to the other girl. "Cassie, you wouldn't happen to know where Blüdhaven is, would you?"
Wonder Girl looked at her in confusion. "Yeah, why?"
"There, now." Kara ordered before talking off. Cassie had no choice but to comply and followed quickly behind.
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"Red Arrow here."
"Wonder Girl here."
"Supergirl here."
"Rocket here."
"Static here."
"Tempest here."
"Aquagirl here."
"Zatanna here."
"Miss Marian here."
"Kid Flash here."
"Superboy here."
"Artemis here."
"Aqualad here."
"We're all here." Artemis spoke up. "Now what?"
"Look, I know you might not believe me but the League has been captured." Nightwing replied, sighing.
"You're right." Kid Flash spoke up, his eyes narrowed. "We don't believe you."
"I do." Wonder Girl put in. "Wonder Woman wouldn't just ditch us."
"And the Zeta tubes wouldn't be shut down without a reason." Raquel put in, arms crossed. "Obviously something's up."
Wally rolled his eyes. "Still, saying they were taken down sounds a little farfetched."
"We're heroes, isn't everything a little farfetched?" Kara turned to him in question.
"But saying they lost is lik-"
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!" A voice interrupted, the teens all turned to the television in confusion.
They all heard a gasp of shock behind them, turning to see Wonder Girl standing with her eyes wide. "T-that…"
"What's wrong, Cassie?" Kara asked in concern.
"Circe." The girl choked out.
The purple haired witch grinned as the two fallen heroes were brought onto the screen with her and forced to kneel behind her, Carol also visible feet away. "Oh my god." Raquel exclaimed.
"Now, any of you that are out there… you don't want to miss this." Circe smirked, bending down and placing a hand on Diana's shoulder. "The death of Wonder Woman!"
Several gasps were heard in the room.
Nightwing watched in horror and disbelief, not wanting to believe that his once surrogate mother was about to be killed in front of national TV. No – he wasn't about to let that happen. He moved quickly, activating his holo-glove and tapping away twice as fast.
None of the others could peel their eyes from the television long enough to notice what it was the boy was doing.
"You're not touching her." Hal snapped.
"And the Green Lantern has volunteered himself for some… fun." Circe replied, moving behind him. Her hand moved down his chest slowly, a grin obvious on her lips as she turned to see Diana's reaction.
"Get your hands off him." The Amazon hissed.
"As you wish." Circe stood back up, looking at Carol. "Come here, sweetheart. I might need your help in a bit."
The Star Sapphire complied, walking up to the witch with her arms crossed. "What?"
Circe chuckled, motioning for her to stand beside Diana. The witch flicked her wrist, a small vile suddenly appearing in her hand. "This'll do just fine… keep her down."
The Amazon's eyes widened, now pulling at her restraints and Carol's hold on her. "No, don't!"
Grabbing ahold of the Lantern's chin, the witch twisted his head up harshly. "Such a shame." The witch taunted, scanning his face for a reaction. "You are kind of cute." Before any of them could fathom what was happening, Circe pressed her lips against his. A chuckle escaped her lips, using her jaw to force his mouth open. Diana looked away, anger boiling up inside of her as the witch's lips remained on the man. Finally she pulled back, grinning at the Amazon. "You're not going to want to miss this."
She didn't turn, knowing fully well what the witch was planning. "It's not permanent." She muttered.
"Then watch." The witch chuckled, her fingers on his chin keeping him in place. He didn't realize what was happening, or what the witch was about to do. Confusion clouded his eyes.
The Amazon reluctantly looked back at him, biting her lip. God, she hated feeling so powerless right now – so useless.
Cassie's eyes widened. "Nonononononono!"
"What is it? What is she doing?" Kid asked in confusion.
"Pig." Was the only word she managed to spit out.
"Hey!"
"She wasn't talking about you, Baywatch." Artemis hissed.
"Oh… I knew that."
"Shh!" Raquel replied, her eyes still on the television.
They all turned back to see the witch had the small vile pressed against the Lantern's lips, a colorless liquid draining into his mouth. Circe forced him to drink it, grin widening as he grimaced at its bitter flavor. "You might feel a little… eh, you'll see soon enough."
Everyone's eyes widened, watching as the man became nothing more than a pig.
"Holy crap!" Kid exclaimed.
"That's not permanent, right?" Kara asked, looking at Cassie.
"It's not supposed to be." The other girl squeaked out.
"Lantern!" Diana yelled, her mouth open in shock.
The witch chuckled. "Oh and before I forget…" She walked back to Diana, pulling her up. "Your gift."
The Amazon gasped in surprise, felling the edge of the blade slice into her stomach. Circe let her drop onto the floor, watching as Diana tried to contain a scream of pain. Across the room, everyone gaped in horror as they watched the scene unfolding before them.
"That shouldn't kill you." Circe spoke, tapping her heel on the ground thoughtfully. "At least not yet, that is. You'll probably bleed out eventually…" The witch turned her head back to the camera. "We're in charge now, do what we say because the League is through. This…" She motioned to Diana "was an example – a warning. Get in our way and it'll be worse for you. Thank you." A smile appeared on her lips as the signal was rapidly cut off.
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