Teekl meows as the gem hums and Klarion looks around for a moment, his eyes now back to normal.

He turns to his right easily, throwing out his hand. Stopping three of Artemis' arrows and three of Robin's disks with a red shield.

He turns towards them, glaring. "That's the best you can do?"

The two, out in the open, can only stare.

Klarion raises his hand, more red magic pouring from his hand, before flicking his hand up and red lightning strikes out towards Robin and Artemis.

Superboy charges at him, catching Klarion's attention. Behind his back Aqualad charges at him with a hammer coming from his WaterBearers, Klarion catches him just out of the corner of his eye. Then sees Wally charging at him at superspeed.

Suddenly a red dome appears around the circle, knocking all three of them back.

Zatanna slides in, raising her hands towards Klarion. "Etativel mih ffo eht margtnep!"

A sigil blips on the dome.

Klarion scoffs. "Baby magic." with a smirk he raises his hand, lazily pointing his sharp black nails at her. "Fi ehs stnaw ot etativel os yldab, tel reh." flicking his hand up at the end of the incantation.

Zatanna can only gape for a moment before she's sent flying back.

Superboy moves quickly, catching her before she can hit the ground.

M'gann levitates off the ground, throwing large rocks at the dome in an attempt to break it.

Klarion opens his mouth wide and fire streams out of it.

Kid Flash and Artemis end up near each other. "Listen," Kid whispers, "when Nabu possessed my body, he defeated Klarion by attacking the cat."

Teekl sits outside the dome, licking her paw. Then turns towards them, hissing, her red eyes glaring down at them.

"Good." she whispers, pulling an arrow back. "Not a big cat fan, anyway."

The arrow flies through the air, but before it can reach the cat, Klarion reaches out and turns it into a green ball of yarn, which drops at Teekl's paws.

Klarion chuckles. "Show 'em what a familiar to a Lord of Chaos can do, Teekl." his eyes turn red as he turns both his palms towards her as she plays with her yarn. She morphs from a housecat to the size of a bear and looking more like a sabretooth.

Conner charges at the cat, only to get struct away by her paw to his face. Knocking him away and to his back, where he groans and closes his eyes.

He opens his eyes, and then they snap open as he dodges to the side, narrowly avoiding a massive paw landing on his head.

He backs up, trying to get his feet underneath him, but gets caught by her paw across the front of his chest, knocking him away, and she immediately chases after him.

Captain Marvel drops behind Wizard. Batman behind Blackbriar Thorn, throwing a Batarang at the villain, which he ducks under.

As Batman rushes in, he raises a hand, and Batman gets caught around the center by vines that drag him up off the ground and pin him to a vine the size of a tree.

Red Tornado lands behind Felix Faust, using his hands to create two individual tornados, which Felix counters with two strong streams of fire that slam into Red Tornado's chest.

From in the clouds, Zatara raises his cane. "Nommus eht gninthgil!" he incants.

Crashing lightning to the four magicians in the Circle.

Yn:how about some force lighting

Yn fires force lighting at the four magicians

The gem in the center rings with power as the lightning stretches from the magicians to it.

The crystal chimes in Klarion's dimension as well. He grunts. "So, you teamed up with the grown-ups. Teamwork is so overrated." the crystal still thrums with blue. With a sweep of his hand, Klarion sends the lightning towards the Team.

Kid Flash manages to dodge it, and Aqualad's tattoos glow as he absorbs the power, but Artemis and Robin get sent flying.

Zatanna rushes over to them, dropping to her knees. "Artemis! Robin!"

She looks up, seeing Aqualad fall to his knees as the magic overwhelms his, and Kid Flash charging at the dome gets struck by lightning bouncing off the Atlantean.

Zatanna worries for a moment before turning to a rock. Raising her hand. "TemleH fo etaF, laever flesruoy!"

The golden helmet sits in wait.

Wizard lifts large rocks from the ground in front of him, throwing them at Captain Marvel.

He punches through three, only for two halves to come together to try and crush him. For a moment it nearly looks like it works, but he breaks out.

"Captain, wait!" Zatara says, dropping so he's closer to Captain Marvel's height off the ground. "That mystic gem, Ambrejin Verdu, is the conduit of this sorcery. Without it, nothing may keep apart two worlds meant to be one."

He turns slightly over his shoulder. "I'll tell the Team." he promises. "SHAZAM!"

In a flash of lightning he's seeing Aqualad still being hit by the lightning.

"It's the-" he starts but is cut off by a blue glove covering his mouth.

"Don't shout, Billy. I've linked you telepathically to the others." M'gann tells him.

"That is so cool." Billy geeks for a moment. "I mean, it's the gem, at the center of the pentagram. Destroy it and we win!"

The rock around the helmet disappears fully. "That's all I needed to know." Zatanna says lowly, picking it up.

Kaldur turns over his shoulder, the only person close enough to hear her. "Zatanna!"

"Stop!" Kid cries out, pushing himself up on his casted arm.

Zatanna doesn't listen and raises the Helmet over her head and resting it down.

Her gaze intense before her pupils suddenly shrink and Nabu's glow overtakes them.

Now in Fate's iconic outfit, Zatanna's body flies in the sky. Fate's symbol appearing behind them.

Klarion!" their voices don't meld, they're two polar opposites, but they speak over each other. "This ends now!"

Klarion stares for a moment before gritting his teeth.

"Billy, tell Zatara!" Miss Martian commands.

"R-right, yeah." he says shakily. "SHAZAM!"

Miss Martian turns away from the flash of light that hits Billy in the chest.

Klarion brings both his hands together, aiming the beam they create at Fate. Nabu does the same. The two of them meeting just outside the barrier of the dome.

Spikes pop out from Batman's arm guards, cutting the vines and dropping him.

On his fall, he turns, throwing two Batarangs at the tree. Then landing on his feet in a crouch just before it explodes. He takes off back into the fight.

Captain Marvel floats by Zatara, who is protecting them with a red shield as Blackbriar Thorn, Wotan, and Felix Faust try to break through it.

Yn continues to use his force lighting at the magician's

She did what?" Zatara hisses. Go back right now and-"

"No. The sooner we end this, the sooner you can help your daughter." he cuts him off sternly before he smiles in a familiar way. "Keep the bad guys distracted. I have an idea."

Taking off beyond the safety of the shield. "Speed of Mercury! Power of Zeus!" as he loops back down, he starts to spin. When he hits the ground, he burrows right through.

Klarion summons magic in his hand, it crackles but stays a steady ball of magic. He starts throwing them harshly at Doctor Fate.

Who flies around the explosions they create.

Coming to a stop and creating a gold bolt of lightning that when it hits the dome doesn't do anything.

Miss Martian moves the still unconscious Artemis and Robin, to a safe spot, while Aqualad and Kid Flash keep her covered. Even though Klarion and Teekl are busy.

Miss Martian takes to the sky.

Aqualad turns to the speedster. "Go, Kid."

Kid takes off in the opposite direction, nearly seeming to be running away from the fight.

Aqualad pulls out his WaterBearers, creating two hammers before charging at the dome.

Now Fate, Miss Martian, and him are all attacking it.

As Fate continues to fly around, for a moment Zatanna without the helmet on blips into existence. Enough for her to gasp and fall a foot before Doctor Fate returns.

Klarion, now with his eyes red again, and his features less human-like laughs at the Lord of Order. "There, see?" Zatanna fades in and out of existence. "When the world's divided, the Helmet split too. You're not all here, Nabu! And you are losing in whole, and that poor, soon-to-be-dead girl!" He chuckles a little. "She gave herself for nothing..."

"No, Witch Boy." Doctor Fate pulls their right arm back, bright gold light gathering in that hand. "Fate decrees her sacrifice will not be in vain!"

A harsh bolt of golden magic slams into the dome, this one causes Klarion to take cover.

Miss Martian picks up larger rocks and continues throwing them at the dome while Aqualad continues to beat his hammers against them.

"No! No, no, no, no, no!" Klarion shouts, losing the integrity of the barrier. The physical backlash of it coming down knocks him on his knees. "No!"

Doctor Fate shoots another beam of gold magic at Klarion. Creating a Fate's cross that captures his wrists and his neck to keep him from running away.

"Now, Kid!" Aqualad calls.

Kid runs past the still unconscious archer and bird, snagging the gem from right in front of Klarion, skidding to a stop and turning. "Doc, catch!" throwing the gem high.

Captain Marvel breaks out of the ground in the center of the circle, disrupting every magician. As he comes to a stop, he turns to Zatara. "Zatara, catch!"

"Yam eht owt emoceb eno ecno erom!" The two say their incantation at the same time.

The two dimensions snap back together. The four adult magicians fall to the ground, and Klarion is left glaring from his spot.

He innocently looks up at Fate. "Boy, they sure don't make evil immortal sorcerers like they used to." he says nonchalantly, if he could he'd probably shrug. "Oh, well." he snaps his fingers, and Fate's cross disappears and he stands up straight. "Fun as it lasted." he brushes off the dirt from his suit. "Teekl!" he calls.

The cat is still snarling over Superboy but stops when she hears the Lord of Chaos clap. Running over to him and her size returning to normal until her snarls turn into mews and she jumps into his arms.

Zatara, Batman, Red Tornado, Captain Marvel, Aqualad, and Miss Martian can only stare.

Unable to move before he opens a large red portal, turning towards them directly. "See you later, armadillos! Unless I see you first!" then laughing he jumps through the portal, which closes behind him.

Kid speeds in front of Fate. "Aren't you gonna stop him?" he demands.

"To what end?" they question. "Klarion is Chaos personified. He cannot be contained."

Batman ties up Blackbriar Thorn, Wotan, and Felix Faust.

Robin and Artemis work themselves back to their feet, Robin groans holding his left arm. "Did we win?" he asks.

"At a cost." Aqualad replies, all of them keeping their backs to Doctor Fate, who still hovers in the air. No longer flickering.

Zatara steps closer and only when he steps between them do, they turn and follow him, and eventually his gaze. "Fate!" Zatara calls. Doctor Fate turns their head. "Great Nabu, release my daughter."

"No." Nabu's voice snarls underneath Zatanna's nearly dead tone. "Witnesses the havoc wrought in these hours. The world needs Doctor Fate," his hands raise out, encompassing what he's have seen, "and the girl's natural affinities for the Mystic Arts makes her the perfect candidate."

You can't do that!" Artemis snaps.

"She has her own life to live!" Robin shouts.

"Kent would never allow you-" Kid snarls.

Fate cuts him off. "Kent Nelson did object," they turn towards him, glaring him down, "strenuously, so I released his spirit to the afterlife. He is gone."

Kid can only stare wide-eyed before exchanging looks with his teammates.

Yn:take me instead with your magic and my force abilities you be unstoppable

Fate:all true

Artemis:Yn don't we won't be able to see you again

Yn:what choice do we have Artemis if I do it then Zatanna will be with her father

Zatara:no Yn this is my mess you were right I was overprotective she is my only child I'll handle the situation

Yn:zatara if you make a deal with fate you won't see Zatanna grow up

Zatara:that is my punishment to keeping my daughter save

Giovanni steps up. "Take me, instead. My skills are already at their peak. My body is physically stronger, better able to withstand the strength of your power."

Fate:all true But if I remove the helmet, what guarantee have I that you will don it?"

"My word." he raises his hands out, open to Fate. "Ekat em daetsni."

Fate lowers out of the sky, landing before Zatara. Easing the Helmet off, the costume disappears as well. Only when Zatanna's eyes open does she seem back to awareness.

Her gaze brightens, clearly unaware of what her father agreed to. "Dad!"

Giovanni reaches out and pulls her into a hug. "Zatanna!" when they pull apart Giovanni looks at her sadly. "Remember, I love you." kissing her on the forehead. Taking the helmet from her grasp before turning to the Team and the Leaguers. "Take care of my girl."

"You have my word." Batman confirms.

Zatara lifts the helmet and Robin quickly moves to Zatanna's side as her eyes go wide and she realizes what's happening. "No, please!" she pushes the bird off, but he sticks close. "This was my fault! Dad, don't! Dad!"

The Helmet settles, and his green eyes close, flashing gold with Nabu's power.

Zatanna reaches out, hesitantly for her father, but Fate turns away. "Leave these to the Fate." levitating the villains and disappearing in a gold flash.

Zatanna drops to her knees, Robin following her down as Artemis and Kid Flash running over to her.

Wally runs through the streets, up the stairs only slowing when he reaches his front door. Mom? Dad?" Wally calls out.

The two of them come around the corner into the living room.

Wally can't keep from smiling, running to hug his mom and his holding both of them.

Dogs bark across the street while Dudley looks at a picture of him and Billy.

When suddenly, a flash and "SHAZAM!" rings out. Then Billy comes through the door of their apartment.

Billy rushes to hug him before he can get off the couch.

Artemis kneels on the floor hugging her mom around the waist and her mom tucks her head under her chin and holds her shoulders.

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Wally looks at his souvenir shelf, where the missing space is. Then lifts the sippy cup he was given. His lip turns up and he places it where the helmet used to be.

M'gann, Artemis, and Robin and Yn  all help Zatanna move boxes in. "And my room is right next door. If you need anything." M'gann says while Artemis stretches out her sore back and Robin sets down his box.

"Thanks. I, uh, could use a little alone time. Okay?" she asks numbly.

"Of course." Artemis assures.

They all leave, though Robin keeps his eye on Zatanna as he lets M'gann walk in front of him before following the two girls out.

He pauses at her doorway, turning over his shoulder to look her way for turning back and walking out. Closing the door behind him.

Yn:Zatanna I was going to sacrifice myself for fate to control my body but your father did it so he can know your protected I'm so sorry

Zatanna:thank you for telling me Yn I like to be alone please

Yn:okay and again I'm sorry

Alone, Zatanna sits on her bed and can't hold back her sobs.

Klarion laughs happily over the monitor. "Happy?"

"Oui, mon ami." the Brain agrees. "Your distraction, though peut-être extreme, was très effective." the door behind him opens, and in walks Riddler and Sportsmaster. "Amid your trademarked Chaos, no one will notice the absence of our prize."

Riddler sets the high-tech briefcase on the table before the Brain and opens it.

"And, in time, we will bring it into the Light."

A small tentacle sits inside it in a glass tube.