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“The red kryptonite has been safely secured and is placed within the impenetrable boundaries of the Watchtower Archive. I have personally taken measures to conceal it within the confinements of the mother box force fields.” Cyborg gave his daily report and say back down waiting for Batman to take over. 

“Now that this is out of the way, give me the status reports of your cities quick and get this over with. Superman?” Spoke Batman, standing tall facing the Justice League. 

“Luthor has been apprehended but what concerns me is that he was not alone, the last red Kryptonite was shattered by Diana herself years ago. I suspect other forces at work here. The aerial inspection I did not bring anything up. I’ll look into it further” Superman said with a contemplative look, his arms in a cast and face full of bruises. One of his eyes was badly bruised with a medical bandage covering his head which glowed blue with the amazonian medicinal herbs that were used to treat his injuries. 

“Wonder Woman?” Batman asked her next. 

“I suspect Cheetah & Felix Faust has a hand in this as well, last night Yara had an unexpected encounter with him in Rio where he was on a heist for the nightmare stone, turns out it was just a ruse to keep Yara away from the actual artifact they were stealing. His summoned minions stole the Golden Apple of Hespera. Cheetah was apprehended but Faust got away.” Diana gave her share, looking over the room to see Captain Marvel looking at her horrified. 

“Anything to add Billy?” Batman turned his attention towards the young champion. 

“Na, nothing particular. Philly has been been stable for quite a while now. It’s honestly a little unsettling. But that’s not- wait, The Golden Apple of Hespera being stolen is not some small thing. The apple alone is nearly as powerful as the three mother boxes in unity.” Spoke Captain Marvel, garnering the attention of everyone present. He sat there in a condition no less worse than Superman himself. His wrist was had been completely shattered a few hours ago in his fight with a rage addled Superman. His face bruised black and blue but healing quickly thanks to the amazon’s medical care and the power of zeus. 

They saw Batman’s expression darken and Wonder Woman look more unsettled than she already was. 

“So the whole ass Legion of Doom might be upto something huh? John was going on about Atrocitus being sighted leaving Earth a few days back. Jessica and him are trailing their foots prints as we speak though” added Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, who had recently given up the White Lantern ring, the utmost powerful cosmic weapon throughout the multiverse back to the Guardian’s to be kept safe. 

“There is a high chance of that being the case Rayner. Flash currently is busy navigating Thawne’s disappearance from the scene so it is safe to conclude that it was not just Luthor & Thawne. The whole Legion is up to something & we have to find out what.” Batman spoke as he walked off to the Zeta Tube, setting the location to Gotham as he left. 

“Well I think this sums up today’s meeting. Clark’s injuries would be gone within a few minutes & Billy just needs to say a word. Good job guys, you all can leave. I’m on monitor duty tonight.” Victor ended the purpose of the gathering as he flew over to the control room. 

Green Lantern followed his exit as well, leaving behind only Diana, Clark and Billy. Diana looked over the two of them, seeing as they both looked away from each other with pouty and annoyed faces. She clicked her tongue “Tsk! Grow up you two & play nice while I’m gone.” And with this Wonder Woman was gone too. 

Superman tried to say something but Marvel didn’t waste a second and closed his eyes, with a bright glow of his thunderbolt logo he teleported right in front of the sun. Forgetting that that’s where Superman came to heal. 

“Son please listen, I know we are both mad about this but I’m sorry okay? I was not in my senses” Superman apologized as he placed a hand on Marvel’s shoulder. 

“I-i know Supes, I know. It’s just is this all I am meant to be? A contingency plan to stop you? Please don’t be offended but I-I don’t know Clark. Why do I even have these powers when it’s a known fact that magic has been sleeping for more than a millennia now. Why am I even magic’s herald when what we see is nothing but the residuals of magic. I know you don’t like magic, obviously look at yourself but man! What even is the point of Captain Marvel even existing when there is no need of him. I would’ve just been regular ol’ Billy doing normal stuff. What’s even the fucking point?” Captain Marvel spoke, a little sad and a lot annoyed. 

Superman wasn’t expecting such a deep rant from his mightiest comrade, this did make him think of all the times when he had been forced to go rogue & it was more than always just Billy, a kid who was sent to bring him down. “Bill Language! And see, I-I don’t know magic, I don’t understand it. Do I find it really annoying? Yes. I mean it completely bypasses my defenses but that’s not the point here. Everything & everyone exists for a reason okay and being a contingency plan for someone else is never that reason. Like even I could say the same because I am gonna have to be the one to put you down when you go off, like the whole Pandora’s box fiasco. There are deeper meanings for why people exist & finding that meaning is difficult and I won’t lie to you when I say that those meanings can usually be a bit too gritty.” Superman spoke, a humble look on his face while he talked to Marvel. Fatherly warmth radiating off of him. 

“I hope so” was all that Billy spoke. 

“Son, you say magic is sleeping and you are it’s herald, champion, guardian or whatever but then shouldn’t you be glad it’s sleeping? Given your role, if it were to ever wake up then are you sure you will be able to tackle all the responsibilities, the god knows what kinds of threats alone while also preparing for MIT, taking care of your siblings and working at Whiz? Cleverly reasoned the Man of Steel that earned a slight chuckle from the World’s Mightiest Mortal. 

“I- hah- I can try” Billy spoke, his eyes fixed on the sun. 

“Well, take your time and go back home soon. We’ll see you tomorrow at your graduation okay and once again, thanks for stopping me again Cap” Clark gave Billy a brotherly hug as flew back to Metropolis, disappearing in a blue and red blur. 

Billy took a deep breath and turned around, this time facing the Earth. He just stood there in the vacuum of space for a few more minutes before teleporting himself back to an alley near his studio apartment. 

The Tower of Fate:

Zatanna got up from the table all the sentinels of magic were having the meeting on. “So it really has started huh? He is coming back to reality from the fiction he was banished to?” She said. 

“Yes.” Spoke Dr. Fate, as cryptic as ever. 

“And just how in bloody hell are we supposed to stop that ancient fuck? Care to explain how Dr. Cryptic-Fucking-Mysteries? How do you propose we end him with the only one capable of stopping him, that blasted old wizard being dead as dust.” John Constantine snarly retorted, lighting another cigarette. 

“We need the champion” spoke Nelson. 

“He’s just a kid, Fate.” Spoke Ragman. 

“It’s time he takes on the mantle once and for all. The war is fated to be lost without the champion of magic. He has no other option. It’s his-” Fate continued only to be cut short by Zatanna. 

“Yeah yeah. It’s his fate, we know the drill. But still, he’s just a kid” Zatanna spoke sharply, with concern and irritation lacing her voice. 

“Fate! You won’t talk to Billy. You’ll just freak the poor sod out. Me and Zee will do the talking. It’s his graduation tomorrow so whatever the fuck it is, it will be done on the day after.” Constantine spoke with finality as he opened a fire-y portal through which he walked away. 

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"Are you sure that MIT is the way for you Bill? It's not that I think you can't crack it, it's just that you were always so into journalism so the switch to engineering is a little strange" His sister Mary spoke on the phone as Billy walked down the road, fresh off his physics coaching classes. His tutor had given him a shit ton of additional homework and it sure did annoy him to no end. 

"I've done a lot of journalism up to this point to know that abject truths have no place in the industry. People aren't open merely think from all fucking angles ok? It's all about narratives, manipulation and being as vague as possible either for the TRP or some political agenda." Billy replied, irritation lacing his words. 

"But Bil-" Mary tried to reason only to be cut short by him. 

"There are no ifs and buts here Mary. Media has become political in nature to it's core. The entire sector is divided into either the right wing or the left wing making people believe there are only two absolutes. I am not working so such a sham alright. Just drop it please. There's a reason why Clark and Lois stopped their practice as well" Billy spoke, agitated and disgusted at the current situation of Journalism, something that's supposed to be unbiased to any side of politics. 

"Ok ok you do you, SOFIEEE DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE YOU LITTLE HEATHEN- yeah uhh sorry I need to go. Those two will end up killing each other" Mary screamed at her elder daughter who was 12. 

"Yeah yeah, I got some place to be as well. Tell them that uncle will come over to meet them by the weekend & if they play nice they might also get their favorite Pizza straight from Italy. Alright go fuck off now" Billy spoke with a little laugh at the end. 

"Tch! Get Lost asshole, see you Sunday" Mary spoke as she cut the call. Running over to her daughters room. 

Billy walked over to the nearest shop, he opened the door straight to The Rock of Eternity. The first step he took inside sent chills down his spine, the aura in the rock was eery at best. Not just something but everything felt wrong. 

He walked to the throne room and saw a very clear sign on the mirror, a sign only he could see. Don't say the word in here champion was the message left by Francesca. But things changed for the worst when he saw the Wizard' staff  missing & the same was the case with the eye of evil. The cave was brimming with energy, dark and mystical. Had Billy been in his champion form, he would've figured out just how bad things were about to turn & the energy was indicative of someone coming from far, far, far away.

Billy rushed towards the door and walked out of the rock back into the mortal plane. He ran into the nearest alley and screamed SHAZAM with all his might. With a single bolt of lightning stood the hulking Captain Marvel in Billy's stead. 

Captain flew right above the city, closed his eyes and breathed in the atmosphere surrounding his city. His heart skipped a beat, a chill went right through him. He opened his eyes, this time the wisdom of solomon helping him see through the clean air at the mystical energy that was surrounding the city like a cloud. Had he payed more attention then he would've seen the same cloud was now starting to replicate itself over other cities. Yet suspiciously, there was nothing going on. Not a scream, not a single feeling of discomfort coming from the city. Everything seemed normal, too normal. This was merely the calm before the storm.

Captain flew towards the city, not noticing a golden ankh forming beneath him and Captain fell straight through it. 

BAM  

He fell on a hard concrete surface, he looked above him to see John Constantine, Zatanna, Alan Scott, Ragman, Madame Xanadu and Dr. Fate standing right above him, their gazes looking straight into his eyes with an intensity that he felt as if they were gazing into his soul. I am at the Tower of Fate he looked around. 

"Umm... Hi?" Captain spoke meekly. 

"You can feel what's happening, right?" Zatanna spoke. 

"Of the darkness looming at dawn, can you feel your fate calling out for you Champion?" Speaks Doctor Fate. 

"Shut up all of you. For fucks sake can't you buggers just listen to me once. Look at his face, bloke has no fucking clue what's happening. Walk with me Bill-Captain." Constantine spoke as he blew some smoke and started to walk out of the tower of fate. 

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Diana of Themyscira fought through a countless horde of humans, being careful to not hurt them. All of them sported the same violet hue in their eyes, unaware of who they were and what they were doing. Slowly they were starting to transform into gargoyles. She was falling short, she was falling slow. 

"Look at you dear princess. A goddess bound by the shackles of humanity. You could've ended all these monsters who surround you like a plague and had me by my throat in minutes if you wished. But alas, you are no goddess you are just a glorified claydoll." Spoke Circe, laughing sinisterly as she powered up magical energy in her palms and threw it towards the horde, disintegrating her own victims. 

"NOOOO! Circe stop this madness." Wonder Woman screamed in terror, pain and anger. 

"See how easy" she laughed harder. She already had a sinister plan in mind. The apple of Hespera won't activate itself. It will take a lot of divine energy to activate it. It's all for your sake my love! All for you. Circe made had made her move and now expected Diana's retaliation. 

Diana, mortified at the death of hundreds of innocent civilians for absolutely nothing felt rage like no other. In a yell of anger, she drew out the god killer off it's sheath and flew towards the mad witch with blinding speeds, a shockwave of debris emanating the moment she took off. Her right hook ready to rock Circe’s brains off and her fist hit but not the witch, something else entirely. Diana stopped for a moment, her eyes wide. 

"Gods of War, forever stupid. Like brother like sister I must say" Circe giggled as the trap she set in place now had it's prey within itself grasp. 

"Wha-" Diana felt her stature become smaller as a rune appeared where her fist connected. She was suddenly trapped in a violet cube that started to shrink. In her last minute effort, she pressed the emergency button of the JL intercom. Soon she was tiny, tinier than The Atom in a cube that rested on Circe's palm. 

"Now now! You have a purpose to serve. It's all coming back to us, he is coming back to me. The old tales of the lost myths are finally upon us" she had a last hearty laugh as she teleported themselves away to her comrades, the Legion of Doom.

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"I can feel it John, the magic in me, the magic around me, the nexus point. They are all blaring like high alert alarms. I can feel something bad is about to happen but I don't.. I can't pinpoint on what." Billy rubbed his forehead while talking to John, explaining things the best way he could.

They walked on the mystical gardens of the House of Mystery's this time. Zatanna had teleported here along with Ragman, Fate, Alan Scott, Jason Blood and rest of the sentinels. They patiently sat inside, discussion amongst themselves the course of action while John talked to the champion.

"Billy you're old enough so I am not going to sugar coat shit for you. The spells of containment are weakening ever since your thicko fucking wizard up and vanished from the living plane. Once a spell is being undone, it's impossible to stop the process." Constantine sat down on a bench in front of Captain Marvel and lit another smoke.

"The magic is coming undone isn't it? The Eldritch awakening is happening, that's what you are saying. Right? I don't know how to stop this." The Captain closed his eyes and took a long breath, breathing the magic in and analyzing it once more.

"It cannot be stopped Champion. The Eldritch world will rest beside our own, the customs, the lives sealed, everything will come back but with that, the greatest evils known to sorcery will come back as well. The world once sealed behind the source wall by the Wizard Shazam himself will be back to the mortal realm"a deep baritone voice spoke from behind, one clearly belonging to the champion of the Lord of Orders, Dr. Fate.

"Tsk! You just couldn't fucking wait could you? Ya fuckin wank! But yeah, whatever he said" snarked Constantine, clearly irritated at Fate's interruption but went along nonetheless.

"WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND THERE IS NONE FOR YOUR IDLE CHATTER CONMAN! MERLIN IS THE LEAST OF OUR ISSUES, HIS SISTER AND HIS FATHER WILL RETURN AS WELL SO SHUT YOURSELF UP AND BE USEFUL FOR ONCE" Bellowed the Nelson, shocking both Constantine and Captain Marvel at the sudden outburst.

“The seals, the nexus, Merlin……the prison. No no no NOOO!” The two experienced sorcerers heard Captain mutter in horror, his eyes wide, lightning dancing around his frame.

“HE’S HAVING A PANIC ATTACK! GOOD JOB KENT. Bill, boy listen to-” Constantine carefully approached the Captain only to be cut off by a sonic boom as Captain Marvel took for the skies. The shockwave blew both of them back.

“DID YOU SELL YOUR BRAINS FOR POWER YOU STUPID FUCK! If our trump card goes AWOL, it’s on you. The destruction of the universe will be on your bloody hands” Constantine screamed as he walked away from Dr. Fate.

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Wonder Woman opened her eyes, still groggy after being captured by Circe. She tried to move only to find her ankle bracers clicked together and she was tied within her own lasso. “Damn you Circe!” She muttered in anger as she looked around herself. To her utter surprise, she wasn’t alone. The rest of the Justice League was captured as well, except Captain Marvel.

“Plastic? Really? We are trapped in plastic?” Green Lantern spoke, annoyed beyond belief.

“Not regular plastic Lantern. Magic. I hate magic” Groaned Batman looking over to his best pal, Superman.

“There is only one man capable of this.” He spoke.

“Luthor? He knows magic?” Flash added.

“No. Sivanna. As intelligent as Luthor but twice as crazy” Superman added bitterly.

“He found a way to fuse technology with magic. He is not someone to be underestimated.” Batman concluded.

“Where is Billy?” Cyborg questioned. Trying to use is powers to override the tech but only his attempt to be negated by magic.

“I had left an emergence signal on the comms. He better have received it” Spoke Wonder Woman gaining the attention of everyone.

“How long have you been up? You’re spookier than Bats here. PLASTIC! Really?” Lantern scoffed, clearly more irritated than he had ever been as it was only his cage that glowed yellow.

“He will be here. Trust me” Superman added.

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Billy was panicking as he flew towards the Watchtower to alert the Justice League of the predicament. He had just exited Earth’s atmosphere and flew towards the towers manual entry.

“Should’ve just used the boomtube at the booth. Tsk” Captain muttered.

“BATMAN! YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME!” He hurriedly flew towards the monitor only to find no one there but the monitor room glowing red. It was a signal that the League was captured.

“By Zeus, the whole league?” Billy muttered as he got to work on the monitor. Through the surveillance footages, he saw what happened. Bizarro & Metallo attacked and captured Superman, Sinestro and Lyssa attacked Green Lantern, Circe captured Wonder Woman, Psycho Pirate and Brother Blood took Cyborg. Reverse Flash and Parasite teamed up to capture Flash and Joker along with Scarecrow took Batman.

The wisdom of Solomon helped him piece the puzzle as he figured out where the league was being held. He immediately took off for the Legion of Doom’s base.

I don’t have much time. I’ll have to end the charade as fast as I can. Billy broke the speed barrier the moment he left the tower and set foot into the open space.

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“Oh great! He’s not coming. Sivanna you fucking coward SHOW YOURSELF” Groaned the Lantern.

“Oh he is.” Superman smirked, his ears caught the sounds of someone flying towards them at incredible speeds.

Soon the whole foundation of the establishment shook for all its worth as Captain Marvel came crashing in through the roof. The roof caving in as he flew down to where the legion members sat.

“Where are they?” Captain seethed.

“Where you shall be next Big Red” Sivanna laughed eerily as he disappeared in the shadows and the whole legion pounced towards the Captain.

The wall of the room where the League was captured shattered to bits and pieces as Metallo was thrown across the place with a punch effectively knocking him out. The league now had full view of the Captain against the entire legion.

Jokers too dangerous to be even given a minute to think Billy reasoned as faster than the blink of an eye he knocked the clown out only to be surrounded by the fear gas by Scarecrow. This made Batman’s expression grim. “So what are the fears of the gods?” Scarecrow spoke only to find the gas to be inhaled completely by Marvel and blown right to his own face.

“Far too worse for you to handle” spoke the Captain as he zapped him unconscious. He then scanned the remaining legion members, Brother Blood, Parasite, Sivanna, Luthor and Pirate were missing. That left only the hard hitters.

“I don’t have time for your antics, so sorry. This is gonna hurt” Captain spoke.

“Weee will seeee” Cheetah hissed as she dug her claws and left a deep scar on his back. She moved too fast for him to comprehend but the speed of mercury helped him the next instance she approached.

Billy was holding back but not as much as he usually would. One uppercut and a knee to the face was all it took to take the Avatar of the hunt down.

Reverse Flash came out of nowhere and punched Captain square in the jaw, sending him careening across the hall. Marvel groaned as he stood him and evaded another one of Thawne’s punches. “You’re fast, I’ll give you that. I am faster” the villain spoke as before the Captain could react he was behind him. He phased his hand straight into the Captain’s chest. In the last possible second Captain turned himself intangible and stomped Thawne’s foot with enough force to shatter the ground and every bone in his body at the same time.

“As I said, I don’t have the time” Billy seethed again. Billy grabbed Thawnes broken legs and hurled him across the hall with such strength that the speedster broke 5 walls before dropping unconscious.

“H-he’s being brutal.” Flash commented from inside the cage.

“BILLY LOOK OUT” Superman screamed as he saw Bizarro make a move. Superman’s scream threw Captain off his game for a minute. It was all the time it took for Bizarro to hit Captain. The shockwave was powerful enough to bring the whole place down.

Bizarro flew after the Captain “YOU AM NOT BEING TROUBLE” he screamed as he punched Captain Marvel towards the ground.

Billy hardly had the time to react to any of these hits. It’s like being hit by Superman when he’s not holding back. Billy cried inside his head. He saw the next punch coming, he blocked it with his bare palm and retaliated with a punch of his own. The shockwave turned the crater he was on wider and broke several trees by the sheer air pressure. He flew towards the inverted Superman clone.

“You have his powers” Captain spoke as he punched Bizarro right under the chin. Sending him straight towards the sky.

“You have his strength, his speed, his durability” Captain was above Bizarro in a second, his eyes glowing blue and fists coated with Zeus’s lightning. He clamped his palms together and struck the creature right in the chest, earning a wrenching scream of pain from Bizarro.

Bizarro was sent crashing to the ground like a missile, the moment he hit the ground there was a crater formed all across the jungle. His body jittered with magical lightning seizing his muscle movements. The skies were now covered with clouds as the lightning flashes increased. In the middle of the sky, above him floated the Captain, lightning dancing all around himself. Marvel was beyond just pissed.

Then there was another sonic boom from where Captain flew towards the creature “BUT YOU’RE NO SUPERMAN!” Billy screamed as his fist struck Bizarro’s cheek. The hit was so powerful that a massive shockwave of air and lightning shook the entire forest to the core, widening the crater Bizarro was on tenfold, knocking the monster out.

The lightning shockwave hit the cages, immediately dismantling them and freeing the league.

Superman looked towards the Captain Marvel with shock. He never even fought me this way when I was under Red Kryptonite’s effect. Everyone looked towards Captain Marvel with shock. No one, NO ONE had ever seen Billy go off this way. Only Batman looked at Captain Marvel with a contemplative glance.

“There’s something going on with him. There’s something bigger going on. He kept screaming how he doesn’t have time” Wonder Woman spoks, now free from her binds thanks to the Green Lantern.

Captain Marvel flew straight towards Diana, with a very serious look on his face. Unlike the usual cheery ones he always wore. “I need your help Diana, right now. Please give me your hand”

Wonder Woman did so but before she and the rest of the league could ask a question, Billy teleported the two of them.

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In a flash of light Wonder Woman found herself a place unlike any other. It was a plane of existence of it's own, a place she had a hunch she knew but it was considered a myth of the amazonian and olympian folklore.

"Is this-?" Wonder Woman asked, wondered to the core. Pun totally fucking intended.

"The Rock of Eternity" Marvel answered.

Both of the heroes stood in the endless void of the mash between space and time, just below the start of all creation. The big bang itself. The scenery was so scenic that Diana could not believe this to be true, somewhere in the back of her head she did consider it to be an illusion of magic but everything else screamed it to be true. Just below brilliant and ginormous whirpool of countless stars, waves of unfathomable energy majestically floated an equally massive diamond shaped rock.

“It was supposed to be a myth" Diana spoke to the Captain as the flew closer to the rock.

"And a few years ago I considered magic to be a myth but here we are" Captain reasoned.

They set foot on the rock and Wonder Woman was greeted to the same eery, evil wave of magics that Marvel was on both his visits.

"I suppose the help you needed was to take care of whatever is happening inside" Diana spoke as she readied her Lasso and turned into a giant loop, which would allow the both of them to see through whatever illusions and traps that were set for them.

"Before we head inside, um have you heard of the myths of the lost world? I suppose as a being of magic yourself you must have heard of it" Marvel asked Wonder Woman.

"Yes I did. I remember mother telling me tales of the old world, a reality onto itself which was forced into eternal slumber due to some unstoppable darknesses. A world of mages, withches, gods, beasts and magic. If today is the world of science, that was a world of magic." Diana earnestly answered, she always took a keen interest in history and world beyond the borders of themyscira even as a child.

"Yes and it's all coming back now. Back then in order to stop Merlin, Morgana La Fay and their father Mavoleo the wizard Shazam, then known as the mage Mamaragana forced magic itself to eternal sleep. With him now dead, not on any known plane of existence or I don't know but that has started a chain reaction. The seals are broken, magic is waking up. The lost world is returning and I bet so are they." Captain answered as the duo entered the rock, phasing through the walls. The view inside was one of carnage.

The halls were in a condition that could only be called a magical catastrophe. The powerful Vanessa was pulled from the mirrory shadows on the ground and laid around battered. Tawky Tawny, now back from his vacation at his homeworld was admist a fierce battle against Child Emperor and Mr. Atom. He was no less in a healthy condition yet had been grown to cyclopian proportions and the most surprising was a bruised and bleeding Black Adam ip against two of the worst magical deities that were imprisoned in the Rock of Eternity itself.

"Give it up former champion! You cannot win this" screamed Aloni, the keeper of the Rock of Finality who was captured and improved here for using the Rock of Finality to erase an entire reality out of existence because one his subordinates saved a city from a destruction he intended to cause.

"Out of everyone, thou must be on our side Khem Adam. Our lord is upon us and thy dare stand against him? I COMMAND THEE TO SUBMIT" Screamed Talonam, the host of the utmost dangerous demon, The Three Faces of Evil.

A rune formed behind Black Adam as a giant black snake with red lightning shot out of it and hurled the despot across the the hall, it's fangs digging deep into Black Adam's back. He was about to be swallowed whole. Black Adam let out a scream of immense pain and a massive barrage of lightning along with it. The snake was exorcised to ash and left a pale looking, weak Black Adam on his knees.

Talonam's head morphed into the face of a dragon and he breathed our a massive stream of flames right at the weakened Adam. The attack was intercepted by Wonder Woman's shield as she was pushed far back. For the first time, Black Adam had a look of gratitude in his eyes.

"You are here! I was right that the wizard was a fool to choose you as the champion. The world is on the verge of it's end and you were running away like the oblivious brat you are" Black Adam seethed, grunting and huffing with fatigue and pain.

"I was oblivious, yea. Was I running away? No. I was gathering allies." Captain spoke as he dodged a blast from Finality's champion & retaliated with a lightning blast which sent the prisoner clashing into the cave wall, cracking it.

"Quit the whining & get up to battle or leave Adam." Wonder Woman spoke as the narrowly escaped a bite from the dragon head.

"You will have to get him to achieve his true form and decapitate all three of his heads at once." Black Adam informed as he stood up.  Lightning crackled across his form, his eyes glowed with power as he lunged at the dragon.

"Ignis Os Calindi" Adam yelled as a huge ball of mystical hellfire was unleashed upon Talonam, burning the host body. In order to make sure it's vessel lived for it's purpose, Three Faces of Evil revealed itself. It's ginormous dragon heads glowed with power. Each breath it took was akin to sonic waves waiting to be unleashed. The heads roared, creating a combination of sonic blasts, fire and lightning. The beams took over most of the throne room, destroying it completely and throwing the heroes and the anti-hero to the complete other side of the infinite mystical cave. If anyone would've paid attention they would've noticed the Eye of Sin fall off it's suspended prison and the sins escaping along with it.

The three of them got up to see the dragon marching towards them, each step seeming like an earthquake. "At the count of three." Spoke Captain

"Captain takes the middle, Adam you take the right and I'll take the left." Wonder Woman spoke, getting into a battle stance and drawing out the god killer.

"One" Spoke Black Adam

"Two" Spoke Captain Marvel

“Three” Spoke Wonder Woman

With a singular battle cry the three took off with sonic booms, using the utmost of the speeds they received from their blessings the three warriors dodged the next blast and appeared in front of the dragon heads in unison.

Diana's sword pierced the head, Adam pulled a the second head right out of it's body and Billy used the lightning spear of Zeus to chop the last head and threw the spear right into the monsters heart. There was a final explosion, an explosion that echoed to the deepest pits of eternity itself, Finality's champion had no room to escape and was burned to crisp in mere seconds.

Once the explosion settled, stood the three warriors. All bleeding from different angles, their respective uniforms in tatters.

"Fix this. I'm coming for your head next if Kahndaq faces even a bit of inconvenience because of your incompetence" Adam growled as he teleported himself away.

The remaining prisoners who escaped their cells either willing went back inside, afraid of the champion and his ally or had already escaped to one of the magic lands.

"What next Champion? What battle awaits us next?" Asked Wonder Woman, who sat down on the ground and took a few breaths.

"The monsterlands for you Princess, The Beastlands for me, The Deadlands for the Champion and for the rest I have already called a few ally of yours." Came the voice of Tawny the Talking Tiger.

"Good work out her Captain but your task has only just begun and I must the voice of guidance along the way" Out of nowhere walked in The Phantom Stranger

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"Justice League this is Martian Manhunter. You all have to present yourselves at the Watchtower immediately. I repeat this is an emergency." J'onn Victor was on monitor duty when the brother eye, the most advanced surveillance tech started to go bonkers.

"Manhunter this is Batman, I am on a chase after Two Face and Poison Ivy who are working in tandem. Tell me what is happening" Batman chimed in through his comms.

"I'll be there in a minute J'onn " spoke Supeman.

"And Iiiiiiiiii——m here" Barry was in front of them before he even completed his sentence. His speed was something that never ceased to amaze the leaguers. "Where's Hal, John, Jessica? Where are any of the lanterns" he asked.

Superman arrived a minute later.

"Hah! I won" Barry punched the air & Superman just gave him the you're-lame side eye.

"That's one of the things we need to discuss. The brother eye has picked up strange disturbances not only all around earth but also across the areas of space it can surveillance. My hunch is that the Guardians have found the same and have held them back. Magical energy signatures are clouding even our planet. The readings are ominous at best." Cyborg explains to the league present there while pulling up the screens on the main computer for everyone to see.

"People in Keystone city are reporting strange sights all of a sudden. Even I have seen strange silhouettes just walk past me several times. Kinda like freaky ghosts, but not troublesome" Black Canary added.

"My city has umm how do I put this. Minotaurs? Just yesterday I had to fight a literal Cyclops. He was so disoriented, he kept screaming about how he'll not let The Dark Order hurt his family again. None of it makes any sense." Doctor Light added, sitting down on a seat and rubbing her forehead.

"Kara and I also have been fighting and seeing unusual shadows. Most of them don't even bother anyone and keep moving uhh kind of endlessly. There was a guy though, his ears were like those fictional elfs.  He was caught selling a scroll to someone by a shadow who beat me to it and tied him to a pole. It was so strange." Superman added, he was effectively and perpetually confused at the things he was seeing. He purposely did not add the part that sometimes he also felt his powers get a bit wonky here and there.

Suddenly a golden light enveloped the room and there stood Doctor Fate. "The scroll where is it?" He asked Superman.

"Where you eavesdropping?" Barry asks incredulous.

"Yes. Now where is that scroll Kryptonian? Do you even realize what that was?" Doctor Fate pressed harder. The impatience in his voice putting everyone off.

"I-I don't know. Shadows beat me to it. Why are you such a hurry fate, what's going on? What was in that scroll? We can help" Superman tried to reason.

"You all will have to help but now is not the time. I must find the scroll before it's too late. That was the curse of the Skyfallen, anyone who recites the complete curse written on the scroll can split the skies open and summon every wind god from every single pantheon and command them to his will. The artifacts are coming back, we have lesser time than I imagined." Doctor Fate immediately vanished from there after debriefing everyone on the situation.

"Controlling every wind god with a curse? Like a magical curse? He's gotta be kidding, right?" Green Arrow asked, looking around the room.

"He doesn't do that Ollie. You know it" Barry spoke, grim for once. "I hate magic, it gives me the heebie-jeebies"

"The curses, the shadows, the creatures, the artifacts are coming back" Superman murmured as he tried to fit the pieces together. Then it suddenly clicked with him, Billy's words. His eyes widened as he realized what was happening. "Magic is returning." He spoke out loud, garnering the attention of everyone.

In the blink of an eye, The Man of Steel left the watchtower. Leaving behind a visibly confused Justice League.

"What" said Barry.

"The" said Ollie.

"Fucking" said Kimiyo

"Fuck" concluded Dinah.

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Batman raced the streets of Gotham, the Batmobile going fast as a bullet. Poison ivy amd Two Face had formed an unlikely alliance which could only mean that there was something big going on behind the shadows. Guns were shot at the Batmobile only to be swatted away by a red blur.

"Shit it's Superman!" Screamed a lackey as the tried to drive faster only for all their vehicles to be crushed and the goons to be tied up to a pole in mere seconds.

A purple portal appeared right below the villains who were m

"Dammit Clark! I needed to know their hideout" screamed The Dark Knight. "What do you want?"

"The runes, the magical disturbances, the sudden rush towards magical artefacts by everyone isn't a fluke Bruce. Remember the awakening that Billy has knowingly keeps mumbling about?" Superman flew next to the Batmobile as they raced uphill on the woods and into the infamous Batcave.

"He doesn't shut up about it." Batman retorted, snarkier than usual.

"Your attitude is not really helping here Bruce" Superman spoke, affirmatively as he blurred right in front of The Bat and blocked his path.

"Move! Stop being a child! You are going to tell it to me regardless"  Bruce pulled down his mask.

"He says it's about lost worlds returning, magic had apparently been sleeping because Billy's wizard but now that he is dead the spells are weakening." Superman tried his very best to explain from the extremely difficult to understand rant Billy ha once given him and Diana after a gnarly mission.

"Those lost worlds awakening means that they were put in some sort of mystical suspended animation and now with the seals weakening they are coming out of it. That would explain the sudden shadow occurrences and the cases of random burnt skeletons across the globe." Batman reasoned as he pulled up the footages and news reports of said crimes on his BatComputer.

"Those people, they did the know they were erased were they?" Superman keenly asked as he moved towards the big screen with his arms crossed.

"No. To them time has not passed. They still think it is their time and their legislation. This is bad. Where is Billy? I need to talk to him." Batman spoke as he wore his cowl again and sat in the Batjet. Flying away without saying a word and leaving behind a very serious looking Superman still glued to the screens of the BatComputers.