𝙐𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨

𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 3: 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨

[[ʷᵃʳⁿⁱⁿᵍ. ᵃ ˡᵒᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈ / ᵛⁱᵒˡᵉⁿᶜᵉ ]]
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𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙚'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑

𝘐'𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!
𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥!

𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦.

𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘈 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳! 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰-𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴.
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There was a flow of purple mist circling through the halls of Trigon's Imprisonment. Almost ghost-like taking control of the already devilish atmosphere. All this time while Diana and Klarion'd been making their way through the maze behind, Circe'd prepared the ritual. Donna'd led her right to her location and with her and the familiar's help, she'd wake up Trigon to drain him of his might.

She'd been in trance this entire time since Circe'd taken her from her friends. The woman couldn't have her bashing around to mess up her plans. Besides, without being out of control, the black haired Titan would've never shown Circe where the prison was nor shown the way through the wicked maze.

The cat'd been something diffirent. One cannot control a familiar. Not even the creature's witch self. But then again, it's a cat. It's called a cage. Without the presence of their witch, there's only a limited amount of magical damage they could cause as long as you knew your game. In short, it hadn't been a problem for Circe.
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Donna stood there in silence with emotionless eyes and a blanc expression on her pale features. Circe's control'd been constant since her first attempt to escape. The Titan'd managed to break free from it during the first steps of the ritual. She'd succeeded in slowing it down, messing up the patterns the half-goddess'd set up but it hadn't lasted long.

The familiar'd been impatient. They'd gone feral several times. Without success on escaping. Circe's spell was too strong for Teekl to break free on their own. Her magic was foreign, something the cat didn't seem to be capable to flee. It prevented them to make contact with Klarion and to slowly get drained.
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Loud footsteps made the female turn around. Only to find one of her bestiamorphs right in front. Blood was sipling out of its right ear, dirtying its black fur. It looked horrible. But the smell it caused, it madd Circe's face scrunch in disgust. "𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵?" She asked sternly, pinching her nose shut to block out the metallic smell that was starting to fill the room. The beast straightened its back, standing up as good as it could with the fierceness of a bag of dirt. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦." "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?" She narrowed her eyes, letting go of her nose once figuring that blocking that disgusting smell wouldn't work. The creature seemed to stiffen in spot, realizing what it'd done wrong. "--𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯." It corrected.

Circe made a breathy noise, followed by a scoff and a sarcastic smile. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘵?!" She yelled with sudden rage. No one was going to mess this up. She'd be the most powerful witch/goddess at the end of the day and not even Diana could stop that. Nor that little blue-brat. ".. 𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮." "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?" She repeated. Annoyance was growing on her. These idiotic creatures couldn't even do the most simplest things. Why did she even bother creating them. "𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯." It said in dispair, gaze lowering to the ground. Circe groaned, turning away from the faillure-resulting beast. "𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧?!" She approached the book in the middle of the room, levitating it upwards with ease. "𝘎𝘰." The half-goddess started. "𝘎𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴."
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"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮." Diana whispered sharply. They'd escaped Circe's beastiamorphs by their distraction, though it hadn't been easy at last. She was sure they were near. Those godsforsaken creatures.. Once succeeded she'd make it her first priority to repair the damage that'd been done. Her sisters would be saved for her own and Themyscira's sake.

He touched the palm of his hand, noticing a leaking of very dark red. The Witchboy blinked before wiping it off on the black fabric of his suit, ignoring the cut with difficulty. "𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦, 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦.. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵." He mumbled, starting to run with Diana on his heels towards the mystical energy. He could feel his energy slipping. He needed Teekl near his side now.
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Cracks started to form in the circle around the portal. Its hellish glow started gaining power with every passing by second.
A cackle of pure amusement echoed through the room. She rose her tones. The pattern underneath her feet lit up.
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The door exploded.
Circe turned around with a wicked smile parading around. The Amazon in the doorway launched herself forwards, pulling her arm back to throw a most likely deadly punch at the redhead. Circe disappeared in a cloud of lavander. Only to reappear several feet behind Diana. "𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘍𝘈𝘐𝘓𝘌𝘋 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢? 𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?" Circe said with pride. Wonder Woman slid over the floor. Instantly turning around to look back at the other female. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦!"

The witch laughed, snapping with her fingers before looking back at Diana. "𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯." As clockwise, Donna turned around. With murder in her eyes she threw herself at Diana to knock her down. She tackled her. Both practically flying past Circe into a wall. "𝘖𝘦𝘩. 𝘍𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘺." The half-goddess chirped in awe before returning her attention to her ritual.
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She'd been so focused by Diana's appearance that she hadn't noticed an almost shadow-like figure moving behind her. Though Klarion wasn't aiming for Circe. Not quite yet. He was going to free his familiar first. He got close enough to the cage, trying to catch their attention. "𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭- 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯'- 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!" He whispered sharply.

Teekl's ears twitched upwards. Fierce, red eyes opening a second later. Their head tilted slightly as they spotted their witch. But Teekl hadn't been the only one who'd recognized him. A bolt of red yolted towards his location. Weren't it for the loud meow Teekl'd used, it would've meant certain doom for Klarion.

He dove aside, landing on his stomach as he eyed the explosion behind. He then looked back at Circe as anger grew on him. "𝘈𝘸𝘩. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮.. 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘺?" She scoffed and lit up the runes beneath him. Without realizing, Klarion'd thrown himself pretty much right on top of whatever pattern Circe'd been working on.
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"𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦! 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭! 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳!!" Diana pulled her arms in front of her, blocking an upcoming punch from the other as she slid back over the ground. "𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳!" She ducked before kicking the other female's legs from underneath her body, causing Donna to collide with the dirt. Rather easily the Titan rose up, grabbing Diana's wrist to throw her off cruelly. "𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵!"

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳! 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴!!" She lowered her shield, slowly moving her arm to hold out her hand to Donna. "..𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢." The hypnotized Titan didn't move. She stood in silence, overthinking a possible attack as she listened to Diana's beggings. She'd been fighting this entire time. But Circe'd been too strong. Her magic'd made so much damage that couldn't be undone easily.

Diana's eyes widened upon hearing a loud scream. The Amazon turned around, looking directly at a bright shocking color of purple that kept Klarion pinned on the ground. Fast darts of lightning kept reappearing and disappearing all around him. She saw how he tried to get out but in vain. Even though she didn't feel a lot of emphaty for the ones she found a villain, this made her feel sick. Klarion was still a child after all. A child who could change. Circe had no rights to harm him like this.

That's when Diana rushed forwards. With the speed of Hermes she dashed at Circe. Sword shining bright for her head. If murder was the only solution to stop Trigon's power from being unleashed, then so be it.

But Circe wasn't having it. The witch swiftly disappeared from her spot to reappear a couple of meters to the side with a cackle. "𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦, 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬." She laughed, eyes sparkling with a combination of amusement and craziness. Yet that hadn't been Diana's biggest aim. She threw the sword across the pattern, hitting the book off its standard. It caused the whole attack that'd been continueisly going on against Klarion to cease instantly. "𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?!" Circe yelled, anger suddenly growing as a beam of light aimed itself on Diana. The Amazon ducked aside, sliding over the floor with strange precision before throwing herself at the other female.

Klarion grunted painfully, slowly pulling himself up again. That hurt. A lot. Circe's magic was stronger than usual and this would've definitely killed him if it would've taken Diana much longer. He straightened his back, feeling his head before noticing Diana and Circe again. Both woman fighting agressively. Circe's attacks were feral while Diana's were with a sudden amount of grace. Though they both fought equal, he spotted damage on his ally. There was blood on her arms..

He frowned, remembering what he was doing and turned around to get his mind straight. The Witchboy ran back to the mystical cage his familiar was captive in. He strew up his sleeves, hands in front as he started chanting. Once he'd freed his friend, he'd help Diana with her clay girl but he couldn't use the full reach of his magic without the presence of the tabby orange cat by his side.

The purple runes started to crack piece by piece while the women kept fighting. A blast of hellish power sent Wonderwoman across the room. Just when Diana was about to get up, Donna pinned the Amazon down at the ground from behind. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢! 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?!" Her eyes lit up white. In addition to that the entire prison started to shake.

Exactly at that moment the cage snapped into half, releasing the cat inside. The Witchboy caught the creature once it jamp out, then held out his hand to cast a spell. Donna got pushed off of Diana with invisible force. The princess rose and went straight for a surprised Circe. The Titan looked back at the Witchboy in front, struggling to get out of the hold of his spell. "𝘉𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶." He hissed in sync with Teekl's anger. Klarion was pretty pissed off about everything that'd happened today. Circe was going to pay for it but first he had to free this one. "𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥.. 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭."
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The disappearance of Teekl from the ritual'd done damage to the hold Circe was having on the demonic power. Her anger grew and so did the fight. Her magic expanded. Rage colliding with focus and anger. Her frustration grew too with every hit that landed on her enemies but not ended WonderWoman nor the child. Not to mention when Donna'd rejoined their side. That damn child'd broken her control.

The blackhaired Titan'd broken out with Klarion's help and was now fighting alongside his and Diana's side to Circe's despise. "𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴." The Witchboy stated with a grin, focusing on keeping Circe's creatures out of the room. A mystical barrier kept itself at the entrance of the room as the beasts bashed on it to pass.

She knew there was no chance to resume the ritual with them still here. Both the cat and Teen Titan'd been taken from their purposes. The female clenched her fists, runes starting to carve themselves into the earth and walls. "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴." Donna added. "𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭!" "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵." Klarion said, keeping his focus mostly on the shields around. Right below one of his feet, the dark colored cover of the book was visible.

Her jaws clenched, eyeing her opponents. Diana once again drew her sword. The handle was dirtied with red of her own and of before. The gaping cut at her shoulder told her to stop but she could not surrender. They were all hurt. The amount of scratches and spots Klarion was hiding by his black clothing. Diana swore she'd seen blood somewhere before. That confirmation was caught when he looked over at her. A visible stream of red was staining the side of his head which the white collar of his shirt'd captured horribly. Not to mention his hands.

"𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰." She whispered sharply. A mixture of dirt, swet and blood was staining her face more than usual but she knew she was right. They'd come for Donna and Teekl. And in addition to that they'd found the book as well. Circe couldn't accomplish the ritual without.

The raven-haired boy gave a nod and instantly opened a portal. "𝘊𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!" Circe screamed. The carved runes lit up dangerously. "𝘎𝘖 𝘎𝘖!!" He yelled, lowering the shields with a grunt as he pushed Donna towards the portal. Teekl jumped through firstly, followed by the Titan. "𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵." He reached for the book, hearing a loud noise.
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Everything seemed to move in slow-motion. The way the patterns simply exploded, how Circe aimed at them. How every particle of dust seemed to be pointed at him personally. How he felt a sudden pressure and how the noise faded as quick as it came before colliding with the ground. He clenched his arms around the book, not sure what happened nor if he were alive. Though Klarion then noticed a pressure on his back, no, his arms. He opened his eyes, looking back at Diana who was looking back at the spot the portal must've been.

His eyes widened a bit in disbelief. He'd just.. she just. What?
Diana turned back to look at the Witchboy. "𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?" She also looked at Donna who returned a small smile, followed by a nod. He could hear the approving purrs of his friend when Teekl hopped over. Klarion also gave a nod. "..𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵." Diana shook her head. "𝘕𝘰, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘥." She smiled and stood up. Helping the others as well.
"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.. 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮."

They all simply agreed. As Diana embraced Donna out of happinesa and relieve, Klarion simply watched. Something wasn't sitting right with him. Why would Diana save him like that. Twice. No, it wasn't important. She had her reasons and he had his to not kill her. It was time for him and Teekl to take their leave before the heroes would change their minds on this alliance. He was in no condition to fight any longer. It felt like everywhere he looked was the color of red. And it was disgusting.

A portal opened itself as the harmed boy picked up his orange cat. Wonderwoman turned around to meet his gaze. A face filled with kindness. Even despite the injuries she'd endured. "...𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘒𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦." Ah.. that's what her reason was. She thought there was good in him. A smile appeared on his bloodied face before he stepped through. ".. ... 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶." And with that he was gone. Leaving the Amazon and Titan confused behind. "...𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 .. 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" Donna asked, quirking an eyebrow.

Diana couldn't surpress her smile to reappear as she watched the empty spot in front of her.

- "..𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥."
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