Roanoke Island; November 5th, 19:46 EDT

Two old dirt roads cross each other, the hibernating plants making the area seem dark and dreary.

Klarion, with the large cat in his arms, walks along one of the roads, looking at the crossroads before him. "How about here?" he muses.

The cat meows and jumps out of his arms.

"Finally." he sighs, then goes to the inside pocket of his suit, pulling out a large gold crystal. Positioning it in the center of the crossroads, he raises his hands over his head. Hands positioned almost like he's more animalistic than his human appearance lets on. Then his hands glow red with power.

The crystal glows in sync, before flashing three times- with a light chime going off with them- before a light-based design begins to grow from it.

Two circles, the smaller about a pace from the gem, the second only the length of Klarion's hand wider than the first. Then six symbols appear, equally spaced with one just under Klarion's left foot. Two circles, less than an inch apart surround the symbols. Finally, a six-sided star, where each low corner is positioned in line with a symbol appears. The space between the two lines of the star is no larger than Klarion's hand is wide.

In line with each symbol, appears another, closed in by double lined triangles. All that is enclosed by two circles, where five diamonds have their narrow point touching it and branch off from the outside circle. A symbol appearing in each one.

Between each of the five diamonds, in line with the other symbols, large runes appear, smaller runes appear between them and the diamonds. As the last two circles connect the diamonds outside the runes, and a singular circle connects the top points of each diamond. Closing the circle.

Klarion drops his hands and the glowing circle remains in the center of the crossroads.

He backs up slowly, and when he steps outside the circle, in line with one of the diamonds, a circle with a symbol inside appears under his feet.

He smiles. "Time to get the old band together." His eyes start to glow the same color as the circle. "Wotan," a man so pale, his skin nearly looks tinged blue, appears. A circle and a symbol forming under his feet as he flashes into existence. Wearing a high collared, yellow trimmed, black cape that falls to his ankles, and a red suit of thin armor. "Blackbriar Thorn,"

an old man with a white beard coming down to his exposed collarbones, wearing only an open- popped collared- jacket that falls past his hips, baggy pants that are tied off just below his knees, and open sandals with ties going up his calves. Exposing his nearly vine-like body, accented by green vines wrapping around his muscles, over his ears and to the corner of his mouth, and over his bald head. "Felix Faust," a man wearing a pale but dark blue Mongolian tunic with deep blue edging, and white fur on the cut-off shoulders, tied off by a harvest yellow sash falling over his right hip and to his knee. His pants and shirt are the same deep blue as the edging, tucked into thin black shoes and pale bronze arm guards. The arm guards match the broad collar that wraps around his neck and is mostly covered due to his tunic His hair is covered by the same blue as his tunic, though there is a crescent moon that rests at the top of it. A wide, crown-like band rests over his forehead and around his head. Covering from one ear to the other is a long deep blue cloth connected underneath the pale bronze. The only hair visible is his perfectly split, long, black mustache. "Wizard," decked out like a Victorian Era magician, complete with the top hat, chained and high collared, baggy cloak coving a dark grey suit coat, and a white button-down with only a simple red String Tie. "now..." his face contorts as he rubs his hands together, making his features seem even sharper and his eyes turning into what looks like small red jewels rather than eyes. He chuckles. "Let's put on the show."

"Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln. Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln. Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln. Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln. Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln. Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln..." they incant, each one joining in going around the circle, until they say the last one together.

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Mount Justice; November 5th, 19:47 EDT

Inside the Hangar Batman, Zatara, and Red Tornado watch as M'gann and Conner unload the BioShip. Kaldur and Wally stand beside them, Wally's arm still in a cast while Kaldur is in his uniform.

"Did you get everything?" Batman asks.

"Everything on your list, Batman," M'gann assures, "plus groceries." as she sets down one of the two boxes she's holding with her powers.

Wally walks over and looks inside. "Cookie fixin's?" he asks excitedly.

"Snickerdoodles!" she confirms.

"Babe," Wally sighs, "you rock my world."

While Kaldur and Conner undo the latches on the crates Conner took off the BioShip.

Artemis and Zatanna arrive in the elevator. "Glad you're back, Zatanna. Does this mean you're officially joining the Team?" she asks.

"Tup hcae meti ni reporp ecalp." Zatara incants, moving two boxes, directing them with his cane. Red Tornado uses his powers for the larger one.

"I don't know." Zatanna sighs, "Zatara's so overprotective. I mean, just getting him to let me visit takes a full day wheedling. I wish he'd just give me a little space!"

Suddenly all three of the Leaguers and Yn disappear, the boxes they were carrying crashing to the ground.

Zatanna:dad!

Artemis:Yn

which catches everyone else's attention and makes them realize what happened.

Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln... Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln... Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln..."

Roanoke Island; November 5th, 19:47 EDT

They continue chanting. "Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln... Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln... Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln..." suddenly everyone in the circle except Klarion starts to glow gold, then disappears. "Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln!" he finishes the incantation by himself.

Fawcett City; November 5th, 18:47 CDT

Through the metropolitan area, traffic is moving, though a few cars honk. Two kids are playing on the sidewalk in front of the apartment buildings, as a woman sits on her steps and watches as they play with a large red ball. "Not on the street, please!" she tells them.

From across the street, a kid in a red sweatshirt with black hair and blue eyes watches from a few stories up.

A female news anchor is talking on the TV. "Today, in Fawcett City," he turns towards the old man on the couch who's watching it. "Captain Marvel defeated an attack by the creatures known as Ibac and Sabbac." he reaches out and messes with the boy's hair a proud smile on his face.

Suddenly, he disappears.

Billy's eyes snap up at the sudden loss of the hand, when he can't see him, he jumps over the back of the couch, landing on the cushion. "Uncle Dudley!" but no one's there. He brings a hand to his chin. "Don't know which of my enemies is behind this, but I know a job for Captain Marvel when I see one." slamming his fist into an open palm. "SHAZ-" he cuts himself off as he sees Cat Grant is no longer there either. Looks like Uncle D. isn't the only one gone missing."

"Look out!" a girl shouts, followed by a crash that has Billy running to his window.

A car crashed into a light post, and the two kids from before are both unharmed, though the girl in purple is now on the ground.

"Are you OK?" the other asks.

"Forget me. Where is mommy?" she points to the now-empty stairs.

Billy backs away from the window slowly. "All the grown-ups are gone." he realizes. "And Cap's a grown-up. If I change... I could disappear too!" he looks over the empty apartment as confirmation.

Mount Justice is mostly dark, with only the screen giving light in the Training Deck. "We've set a- uhh- refugee center at the high school gym." Kid Flash says over the comm-link. He pauses for a second, while Robin and Zatanna keep typing away on separate holo-keyboards. "Any luck with-?"

"No." Robin says lowly. "Can't reach the Batcave, the Hall of Justice, or the Watch-" he cuts himself off. "or any adult hero." he corrects quickly. "Even Red Arrow."

"Guess we're on our own." Kid says. "Kid Flash, out."

"Traditional media is offline." Zatanna confirms. But kids worldwide are all posting the same thing. Every adult, eighteen or older, has disappeared." Robin pauses in what he's doing and look her way. "The sorcery necessary to pull this off..." she finally turns towards Robin. "Scary big."

"And we need you to find its source." he tells her.

Zatanna looks stunned and confused. "How am I-?"

"I pulled this footage." he cuts in, pulling up a video with only a few clicks. "It's your dad, helping us locate Wotan and the Injustice League, last month."

The video starts, showing off Zatara stepping up to a virtual globe in the very room they're in. "Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros." the globe stops, and a red dot appears in Louisiana. "There." he confirms before the video stops.

But the- the words- I mean, it's only part of it. And the rest takes training and... Robin, I'm- I'm just not in Zatara's level."

He fully turns towards her. "I know it's hard but try to stay whelmed. We'll find your dad, Batman,Yn all of them. That's what we do." he gives her a small smile.

She returns it, with a bit more in her eyes.

Happy Harbor; November 5th, 20:19 EDT

Inside a crashed car a baby is crying. Conner grabs the broken door and rips it off the car, throwing it away. Looking in at the small, probably toddler-aged, boy wearing a Superman hoodie.

Conner eases the safety belts off, picking the kid with ease in one hand. Looking down at the kid with worry as he stares at him.

The kid smiles, reaching out to put his hand over Conner's S, Conner smiles looking down at the boy's hand. As the boy pulls it away, Conner and he share a smile.

Happy Harbor High School

Two teens are using green spray paint on the walls of the school when suddenly they pull out of their hands and start spraying them in the head.

The two teens run off and M'gann, looking like Megan, turns visible while floating in the air. Settling back down on the ground as Wally approaches with a young boy in his arms.

Wally smiles at her in a job well done as the boy drinks out of his sippy cup.

They both walk into the gymnasium. Where there are a few handfuls of groups of kids, the largest, and the youngest are on one of the laid-out mats while Artemis sits in front of them on a larger stack of folded mats. Singing. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star," she stiffens. "Uhm..." then gives a careful smile. "...Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full." she chuckles a little through it, clearly realizing she mixed them up.

The kids laugh too.

"That's not "Twinkle, twinkle" that's "Baa Baa Black Sheep"!" one of the girls says through her laughs.

Artemis bits her fingernail. "Um... Oh!" trying to remember. "Q-R-S-T-U-V..."

The kids start laughing again.

"That's ABC's!"

Wally and M'gann walk up to Artemis who sends them a sour look.

The boy holds up his sippy cup to Wally. "Oh, for me? Thank you!" taking it from him with a smile.

Artemis stands up, facing them. "Did you call home?" she whispers.

"No answer." Wally says lowly.

"You could Zeta there." Artemis offers.

I've been collecting kids all day." Wally points out, then drops his gaze to the floor.
I don't need to see another empty house."

The door slams open.

Conner stands in the doorway, the boy from the car in his right arm against his stomach, a blonde girl on his shoulders, and a black-haired boy between his left arm and hip. He looks rung out. "Got three more." sounding tired.

Billy double-checks the road before running across at a wide-angle as a dog barks and he runs towards the arcade.

Then sliding along the door in mock-stealth. "Okay, Batson, make sure the coast is clear, and..." he reaches the edge of the building. "Go!" turning quickly and lifting up a broken fence panel and ducking in.

At the end of the alley is a clearly written 'Out of Order' Photo Booth. Billy parts the curtains and sits on the chair.

"Captain Marvel, 1-5." he says, then closes his eyes and smiles. When nothing happens, he opens them and looks at the tech confused. "Captain Marvel, 1-5!" he tries again, nothing happens. He crosses his arms and glares. "Override: H-O-J-slash-Watchtower, Priority Red! Captain Marvel, 1-5!"

Finally, a scanning light comes over Billy.

Not recognized.

Access denied.

Billy screams in annoyance.

He walks past a TV Store, all the TVs showing static, until suddenly Aqualad with Robin on his left and Kid Flash on his right appear. "Attention, children and teenagers of Earth I am Aqualad. These are my friends, Robin and Kid Flash."

Billy runs back to the TV display.

"We are using Justice League's tech to cast and stream to every TV, radio, computer, and smartphone on the planet." Robin explains.

"We know you must be scared and angry. We know with your parents missing, there's a temptation to run wild. But please... Stay calm." Kid Flash pleads.

In Happy Harbor High all the kids are watching the TV.

"We will find a way to bring the adults back." Aqualad promises. "But for now, the oldest among you must step up."

Gotham City; November 5th, 22:07 EDT

Gotham Academia a similar setup is taking place, with Barbara reading a book to the kids while Bette watches over two young kids and plays with a toddler in their Gymnasium as the Radio plays the transmission.

"Take care of your younger siblings." Robin instructs.

Dakota City; November 5th, 21:08 CDT

A school bus about to go over the edge is pushed back a pale blue sphere under the front end of it, a young teen with her belt glowing the same color flies up behind it. Guiding the bus fully back onto the bridge.

"Take care of kids who have no one." Robin continues.

"Protect them." Kid Flash instructs.

Paris; November 5th; 04:09 CEST

Protège-les." the video translates Wally's words instantaneously.

Taipei; November 6th, 11:10 NST

"Baohù tāmen." Wally's voice says again.

Fawcett City

Billy runs across a street towards the airfield. "It is up to you." Aqualad concludes as Billy presses his back to the fence.

"It's up to Billy Batson to find a way to the Cave." he looks up at the fence, climbing it with ease. "No matter the risk!"

At a wider look, the doorway in the gate was open.

"Please... Help in any way you can." Kaldur begs

Which is how, exactly?" a young girl muses, sitting a chair backwards, watching the TV.

"That depends." Billy says with a surprising amount of drop in his voice, he's clearly imitating Batman, which has her turning on the spot. Finding Billy leaning against the doorway. "Do you have a pilot's license?" he asks, back his normal pitch.

Wally stands in his room, looking at Dr. Fate's helmet.

"I finally got through to Atlantis." Kaldur says as he enters the open doorway, Wally turning to him. "No adults there, either."

"So... Just how desperate are we?" Wally asks.

They both look at the empty eyes of the helmet.

"I mean... this thing... could definitely come in handy." Wally mutters.

"Yes," Kaldur agrees tersely, "but we both know anyone who dons the helmet and allows Nabu to possess him may never be released from being Doctor Fate."

"So... not that desperate." Wally confirms.

"Not yet." Kaldur says as they both look at the helmet.

"Guys?" they both turn, finding Zatanna, decked out in her costume, leaning against the doorway. "I- I'm ready to try my father's locator spell."

The same globe that Batman pulled up for Zatara Robin pulls up in the Zeta Room.

Zatanna stands closest to it, one hand holding a wand the other empty but pointed towards the globe.

"Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros!" Zatanna speaks her spell slowly, careful of each sound but with intent.

A red dot pops up on the globe.

"Coordinates locked. Roanoke Island!" Robin tells them as he types away on a holo-keyboard. "You did it!"

"I cannot believe I let you talk me into this." the girl grumbles, now wearing a red baseball cap, flying a single-engine plane, with Billy in her passenger seat.

"You did the right thing, Amber. I know I don't look like much, but I have to get to Happy Harbor, to help." Billy tells her.

"We're almost there!" she checks her gauges then her watch. "We should arrive just after midnight, on my birthday!" she says brightly.

Billy's eyes snap wide. "Wait, are you telling me you turn eighteen at midnight?"

He doesn't get the chance to hear an answer as she's gone in a sudden flash of light.

"I'll take that as a ＂yes＂." he says gravely.

Roanoke Island; November 5th, 19:47 EDT

"Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln... Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln... Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln..." Klarion and his cat suddenly disappear. "Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln!" the remaining four finish the spell.

Mount Justice; November 5th, 19:47 EDT

"Cookie fixin's?" Wally asks excitedly.

"Snickerdoodles!" she confirms.

"Babe," Wally sighs, "you rock my world."

While Kaldur and Conner undo the latches on the crates Conner took off the BioShip.

Artemis and Zatanna arrive in the elevator.

"Tup hcae meti ni reporp ecalp." Zatara incants, moving two boxes, directing them with his cane. Red Tornado uses his powers for the larger one.

"Does this mean you're officially joining the Team?" Artemis asks as they exit the elevator.

"I'm glad you brought Zatanna, old friend." Batman speaks calmly to Zatara. "Does this mean you'll allow her to join the Team?"

"I do not know!" he says quickly. "Zatanna's so..." he sighs. "My only child. I wish I could get used to the idea that she's, uhhh, growing up."

Yn:Zatara she's growing up you can't baby her forever sure you be there for her but she needs to learn to be an adult she going to be that age and let her live her life

Before their eyes, Conner disappears from the BioShip ramp, dropping the crate, and Wally and M'gann are suddenly gone as well. Then Robin and Kaldur, Giovanni has just enough time to turn and see Zatanna before she suddenly disappears as well.

Zatara:zatanna

Yn:Megan Artemis

A car suddenly swerves across the road before knocking bumpers with a parked car. The white van behind them hitting their rear bumper with more force. The driver leaves his car quickly. "Dude, who taught you how to-"

In the car is a man, looking in the backseat at an empty car seat. "My son! My son's gone!"

"Worldwide reports are all the same: Every child under the age of 18 has disappeared." Cat Grant reports, Dudley watches the news with bated breath. "Parents are desperate for answers. From secular and religious leaders, from the heroes of the Justice League,

Gotham City; November 5th, 22:07 EDT

"and from scientists at facilities like S.T.A.R. Labs."

The police are parked out front of the facility, keeping protestors at bay.

"Those eggheads in there know what happened to our kids!" one man shouts. For all we know, they're responsible! Make them tell us the truth!" a blonde man shouts from the front of the crowd.

The crowd cheers and pushes forward, while he just stands there and watches the police get overrun, backing up slowly with a smirk on his face.

The cops order of "stand down" and "stay where you are" get drowned out by the crowd.

James Gordon stands on top of a squad car with a megaphone in his hand. "Citizens of Gotham, please return to your homes. Rest assured best minds here and throughout the world are working on this and only this." the crowd charges the officers decked out with helmets and shields, a few leave the building carrying guns. Behind them a man in a lab coat leaves the building, unimpeded. "Everything possible is being done to recover your... our children. Violence will not get them back. So all you're creating is a dangerous distraction from what really matters here tonight." a car pulls up to the curb, picks up the man in the lab coat, and drives off quickly.

The blonde man, and the skinny brunet he picked up look over the clearly labeled toxic material they now have.

Giovanni stares at the Helmet of Fate and Batman walks up behind him. "So, how desperate are we?" Giovanni asks without turning to face the Dark Knight.

"I informed the Watchtower you located the focal point at Roanoke. But the rest of the League is deployed to avert the chaos. Tornado, you and I are on our own." he informs.

"I would do anything to get my daughter back." Giovanni says strongly.

"Yes." Bruce agrees. "But we both know there are many ways for you to lose her." he looks at Giovanni strongly at that.

"So, not that desperate." Giovanni muses, looking back at Bruce. "Not yet." Bruce says nothing. "The entire League is unavailable?" Giovanni asks.

"Except, perhaps, for Captain Marvel." Batman admits, turning the two of them walk out of Wally's room. "He's missing."

Happy Harbor; November 6th, 00:01 EDT

Billy is desperately trying to control the plane by himself. Too short to really see where he's flying. "I can't... If I say it, I'll be an adult." he thinks through aloud. "And maybe disappear forever!" Billy looks down. "Captain Marvel may have the courage of Achilles, but Billy Batson..." his eyes snap up, sharp. "has the courage of Billy Batson! SHAZAM!"

Through a flash of lightning, the plane is gone, and Captain Marvel is left in a sitting position in the air. He lets out a "Whoa!" as he drops suddenly, before catching himself. "Hey, I didn't disappear!"

Suddenly he can hear a girl screaming.

"Amber!" he shouts diving after her. "Got you!" she looks at him, then around, confused.

Giovanni and Bruce stand in front of the monitors when they hear the Cave system go off.

Recognized:

Captain Marvel; 1-5

They both turn, seeing Captain Marvel flying into the Mountain quickly. "All right, guys! I'm here to-" he cuts himself off with a bright smile, bolting to both adults and hugging them around the waist, with enough power to lift both of them off the ground with ease. "You're back! Is it over? Where is the Team?

"Haven't you heard?" Zatara demands. "Every child in the world has-"

"Zatara! Wait." Batman growls, setting his hand on the magician's shoulder. "Captain, where have you been?"

"On a world without grown-ups!" his eyes go wide, slapping himself in the forehead as he nearly stumbles back in shock. "Holy moly! There are two worlds!"

"Two dimensions." Batman corrects. "One for adults-"

"And one for kids!" Captain Marvel finishes.

Yn:holy shit

"And you can travel between them?" Zatara questions.

I think I can." then says it with more certainty. "I- I know I can! SHAZAM!" Suddenly he's Billy again. "It works!"

He turns slowly, finding the Team staring at him.

"Where did you come from?" Kaldur asks quickly, as the Team walks up to him. "Who are you?"

"Quick, read my mind!" he tells M'gann.

Her eyes glow green and he simply smiles. She gasps as she comes back "He's Captain Marvel." she says, barely believing it.

"Yeah, and I'm Speedy Gonzales." Wally grouches, full of sarcasm. "Look, just because he believes he's Cap-"

In a very Captain Marvel way, Billy cuts him off. "Gee, Wally," raising his left eyebrow as he does a small shrug that makes the movement of bending his elbows and raising his hands look fluid. "do I really have to bring you nachos and pineapples juice to get on your good side?" he swings his hands down to his hips as he tilts his head and eases his right eyebrow some.

They all stare at him for a moment, before turning to M'gann who smiles.

"There will be threats in both dimensions, and we may not be familiar with our opponents." Batman says to Captain Marvel, with Red Tornado and Zatara at his side.

"But the key to this mission is a coordinated simultaneous attack." Kaldur points out to Billy.

"Agreed." Batman speaks. "Our best chance against sorcery is to strike fast, disrupt their efforts."

"And hope the two dimensions merge naturally back into one." Aqualad confirms.

Zatanna nervously hugs herself behind him.

Giovanni looks down.