Forbidden - Klarion x OC

Chapter 3 - Roanoke Island

Third person POV

"Okay so here's what we've found." Dick said, unravelling a huge piece of blank white paper on the metal table we were using. Artemis helped to hold down the corners of the paper to prevent it from folding inwards.

"I don't know if Wally has told you any of this. But for the sake of saying it again, I will. Zatanna and I have been searching all over the internet and as it turns out, all adults, 18 and above are all gone.. I can't raise the Batcave, the Hall Of Justice, the Watchtower.. You know what I mean. And also any adult hero..." Dick explained.

"Even Red Arrow?" Kaldur asked.

"Even Red Arrow.."

"So.. we're alone then?" Vance asked. Dick nodded, confirming Vance's statement.

"The sorcery needed to pull this off... Scary big..." Zatanna said.

"But we have found a possible way to locate the source of this." Dick said as he pulled up footage from last month's mission. A footage of Zatara chanting some incantation to locate the Injustice League.

"That's great then. Zatanna can recite the spell, locate the source, and then we can kick whoever's ass we have to kick and then boom! Success." The way Wally said it, made it sound so easy.

Zatanna shook her head. "It's way harder than that. The words.. Reciting the spell... That's easy. But in order for the spell to actually work, I would need training. Lots of training. And I... I'm just not ready. I'm not as good as my father." Zatanna mumbled.

"Good thing you're not your father then." Vance said.

"What do you mean?" Zatanna asked.

"We don't need Zatara. We need Zatanna. Sure you're not as good as your father, but who cares? You're the only one here qualified to pull this off. The only one who even has a chance to bring the adults back. We may not have Zatara but we do have someone who is an amazing and well-trained sorceress." Vance said. "And that someone is you, Zatanna."

"Vance is right," Conner said, causing everyone's attention to be on him. "Zatanna, you have what it takes to pull this off. You may not believe in yourself but we do."

M'gann smiled at Conner's encouragement to Zatanna.

Kaldur nodded. "Well said, both of you. Speaking of encouragement, we still need to do something to give the kids hope. Encouragement, assurance, comfort. And we better get to it as soon as possible."

With that said, Zatanna felt a bit more confident.

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"Established a connection to every device!" Dick said.

"Camera quality and microphone are all good." Vance added.

"Ready to go." M'gann said.

"Alright then.. Send a broadcast worldwide." Kaldur instructed. "Robin, Kid Flash, I need you two by my side for the broadcast."

Wally and Dick nodded their heads. Once the connection was secured and ready, Vance gave them a thumbs up from behind the camera.

"Attention children and teenagers of Earth. I am Aqualad." Kaldur said, looking into the camera, speaking loud and clear. "These are my friends, Robin and Kid Flash."

"We are using Justice League tech to cast and stream to every TV, radio, computer and smartphone on the planet." Dick said.

"We know you must be scared and angry. We know with your parents missing, there's some temptation to run wild. But please, stay calm." Wally added.