Chapter 35: The Formidable Air Bender part 1

(General P.O.V)

Aden and the others had just entered the Tower of Fate when behind them 3 individuals appeared. One of them, A lanky boy dressed in a black tuxedo with a red eyed cat on his shoulder, stared at Aden's back curiously.
"Interesting."
He intoned. The cat on his shoulders purred softly and he rubbed it affectionately.

"You're right Teekl this is turning more and more into a party. Hurry up, Abra let's get this show on the road."
Klarion instructed a tall man dressed in a white shirt standing next to him. Abracadabra was holding a wand on his left hand, while the right one roughly pushed an older gentleman forward.
"Move."

The older man grumbled but still complied, walking forwards to stop before the entrance to the Tower. An Omega symbol flashed yellow on the door and then the door flew open.

The two men, boy and cat proceeded onwards into the empty room.
"I should get a tower someday. I really love the decor."
Klarion declared with a wide smile on his face.
"It would suit you perfectly."
Abracadabra offered only for the cat on Klarion's shoulders to swipe it's paws at him.

"Settle down Teekl! And Abra, I was being sarcastic. Look at this place. Who would want to live in a place saturated by so much disgusting Order mystic energy? Personally I think a little anarchy is needed. I'll make sure to destroy this thing once we get the helmet."
"You will do no such thing. I won't let…"
Kent Nelson was suddenly silenced by a collar device that attached to his neck, cutting off his words.
"That should shut you up."

Abracadabra said smugly before pushing the old man forward again. The wall infront of them shifted into columns that withdrew to the sides, revealing an office on the other side. They walked through and the columns closed behind them.

A projection of the Tower in the form of Kent Nelson appeared before them.
"Kent I don't believe I have ever see you accommodate guests before."
Unfortunately Kent wasn't the one who responded to the Tower's subtle question. The collar on the old man's neck flashed red and Kent's prerecorded message played.
"My friends come to help me."
Kent clenched his jaw in anger and frustration at his helplessness.

He held out hope however that he would be rescued. He only needed a chance to put on the helmet and with Fate's power, driving off Klarion would be an easy task. The Tower's projection faded and the door infront of them opened up to reveal a row of staircases going in every direction.

Klarion buzzed with excitement.
"Oh I can almost feel it. World domination at my fingertips."
A sudden blast of air impacted Abracadabra and rag-dolled him to smash onto the steps of a staircase just above their heads. The Fake magician's mouth widened in pain as he instantly passed out and begun to fall. An air tornado gently lowered him to the ground while his wand clattered next to him. Blood was dripping from a cut on the back of his head. Kent's eyes widened in shock. That attack had been so unexpected. Who could it be? Red Tornado? Martian Manhunter?

Beside him, even Klarion was surprised. Usually the heroes were not that brutal. Teekl's fur rose up as it stared in a certain direction towards a staircase just below them. Someone was there! Klarion's senses warned him of the order-like nature of this person's power and he took a step back.
"Theres something to be said about counting your chicks before they hatch. Don't."

A smooth voice addressed them all. The owner of the voice jumped from the staircase below them and landed right where they were. He aimed a finger right at them and released a small wind bullet that hit the collar on Kent's neck. The device sparked and fell off him.
"Thank you"
Kent rubbed his neck while still leering in shock and awe. A kid had taken down Abracadabra with a single blow.
"What are they feeding children these days?"

"You?!"
Klarion shouted and threw his hands forward. Red lightning bolts shot forward towards the Kid. Kent's eyes widened. He was too late to stop it!
"Nooo."
Before his very eyes however. Something shocking happened.

The kid waved his hand. A hand that Kent noticed held his walking stick and a yellow barrier manifested between him and The Lord of Chaos attacks. Klarion's chaos bolts washed over the barrier and ran along it's whole form. Despite the lethality of the power, the boy didn't seem to feel the strain. He spread out his hands and the shield bubble enlarged in magnitudes.

Klarion brought both of his hands together and poured more of his power into the beams he was throwing. The red and black energy manifested into spikes of rotating weapon constructs and slammed onto the boy's clearly mystical barrier. The spikes bounced off the shield and speared into the surroundings.

"No! How can this be? What are you? What are you?!!"
Klarion screamed out in panic. Kent had never thought he could share anything with the Lord of Chaos but he was also wondering the same thing. What was going on? This wasn't how a fight between an untrained and a Lord of Chaos should go!

The yellow light pushed everything away and Klarion quickly covered himself and Teekl in a red shield. Kent was unharmed by the light and when it died down, he found his cane hovering before him. There was a soft breeze that blew the dust from Klarion's deflected attacks revealing the boy who had matched up against the Lord Of Chaos, calmly floating in the air.

He pointed his finger at Klarion who was seething in anger.
"I'm not really a magic wielder and I still clapped your ass. So to make it fair, I'm coming at you with my own powers. Let's do this!"
He said flying forward towards Klarion.

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"I'll destroy you brat!"
Klarion shouted and started brimming with his full power. Kent thought about intervening but a slight shake of the boy's head towards him, told him that his attention was needed elsewhere. The boy would occupy Klarion's attention for now and Kent could use that time to get to the Helmet. One last run as was welcome especially in the current situation.

( Aden's P.O.V) (A While Ago)

The air surrounding us jumped at my slightest beaconing and held everyone afloat.
"Oh thank God one of us has an ability well suited for this. Death by sizzling hot lava wasn't on my agenda for today."
Wally quipped, staring at the red glowing liquid below us.

"This is all your fault! Your 'impress Megan at all costs' shenanigans almost cost us our lives. You don't even believe in magic!"
Artemis finally blew up at him.
"What?"
Wally looked surprised at being caught red handed.
"Wally you don't believe?"
M'gann asked him in a little surprise.

"Fine! Magic is a sham. Everything can be explained by science because the idea of a 'miraculous' potent force with its own impractical whims and applications is preposterous. Early man used to think that fire is magic. Fire! Sorry but I choose to have some common sense."
Wally finished his rant.

Meanwhile I had been thinking of a way to get out of the situation we'd found ourselves in. We couldn't go out because the floor had closed above us. I didn't know if we could use brute force to smash our way through but I highly doubted it. The Tower was brimming with power after all. How had they escaped in canon? Gah! I feel like I'm missing something! I watched the show back on my world but despite my memories getting clearer due to the mental exercises I had been doing, it couldn't replace anything I hadn't memorized. I hadn't paid that much attention to the show so my knowledge was not perfect.

"Guys this is not the time. It doesn't look like it but you people are heavy."
Artemis who was next to me punched me on the arm. I looked at her with my eyebrows raised. She had the grace to look sheepish.
"Sorry force of habit. You don't comment on a lady's weight or age."

"Lady? You? I've heard you curse like a sailor."
Kid Flash countered.
"Oh bite me you piece of…"
"Artemis!"
M'gann uncharacteristically shouted, cutting off the Archer's next unsavory actually made M'gann raise her voice in something else other than giddy excitement. I would have laughed if I didn't know it wasn't the time for it.
"Ok. I'm going to drop you two if you don't play nice."
I warned them and released them from my hold a little.

Wally started waving his hands in fear.
"I'll play nice! I'll play nice!"
"Yeah what he said! just don't drop us!"
Artemis added.
"Good. Now does anyone have an idea? Kaldur you and M'gann are the ones with the most experience when it comes to magic."

Kaldur who was slightly sweating shook his head.
"No… Atlantean magic is different enough from what you have here that I can't think of a way."
"Shit."
"What if we try to break the floor above us?just get me up there and I'll get it done."
Connor offered banging his fist on his palm.
"Not going to work. The whole structure of the tower is saturated with magic power. It's not going to go down that easy especially given the fact that Kryptonians are susceptible to magic just like normal humans."
I told him, quickly killing that idea.

"Hello Megan! We never really answered the question!"
M'gann suddenly said. My eyes lit up.
"Holy crap. You're right!"
That's how they did it!

M'gann looked around at the walls of the tower.
"Red Tornado sent us to make sure that Mr. Nelson and the Helmet of Fate were safe."
Upon her words, a brick floor appeared below us, covering the Lava pit. Instantly, the temperature almost cooking us alive disappeared. I breathed out a sigh of relief and controlled the wind to gently land us on the now stable and cool floor.

"Whew! That was close. For a minute there I thought we were done for. Thanks for saving us beautiful."
Wally blitzed over to M'gann and tried to place his hand on her shoulder.
"No."
Artemis came in between them and shoved Wally off.
"What? I was just saying thanks."

"You don't get to act so cavalier when we almost got deep fried because of you!"
Wally sighed loudly.
"Fine. I'm sorry about that."
Artemis nodded.
"Aaaand…"
"I still think magic is a lie."
"Goddamit Wally."
Artemis threw her hands up.

Kaldur and I started inspecting the area for a way to leave as Wally and Artemis kept on arguing. After the whole ordeal, I remembered something. There was a latch on the floor somewhere around…there!

My hand grasped the metal and pulled. Instead of the back-draft from the lava that would roast us alive, a cold breeze permeated the whole room after revealing the hole on the floor. I looked over towards Wally.
"Still don't believe in magic Wall-man?"

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