The Unholy Trinity {The Unholy Trinity: Book Zero}

Highway to Hell

"You are truly my daughter," Trigon laughed, even when he was on his back, exhausted, and bleeding from every orifice. "You have successfully circumvented the time paradox and traveled back intime as disembodied souls. You have also survived the reintegration of your souls into your respective bodies without killing your present selves or destroying both souls in the process. You have erased a future of the whole universe," he paused, "and it seems you did so simply because you were dissatisfied." Raven frowned as her father laughed like a maniac, he grinned, mouth filled with blood, at his precious daughter. "I've always known that you would be the very best of my children... my heiress."

"Pity you won't be there to see it happening," Raven drawled with a bored tone. "I might not," Trigon cackled "But it will be glorious!"

"Goodbye father," Raven told him softly, raising her pure-darkness spear and stabbing him in right in his heart. A lone tear rolled down her cheek. She wiped it away roughly, before turning around to face her followers. "Let's get moving, we have a kingdom to conquer and stabilize."

"Yes, my Queen!" They all exclaimed, eyes brimming with admiration and fear in equal measures.

Good, she thought as they spread out. Demons, whatever specie they are, are better controlled when fear and respect are combined. Raven sighed, looking up the crimson sky with longing. You better be ok my boys. I will have to stay here for a while.

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For her boys... well, Damian had been killed by his grandfather and was in Hell at the moment, while Billy stood before a caged Dream.

"You must be the new Champion of Magic," the Eternal communicated with him, inside his prison.

As Captain Marvel, Billy Batson possesses immense power and abilities granted to him by the wizard Shazam. However, facing Dream of the Endless, a powerful being from the realm of dreams, would be an extraordinary encounter for Billy. Even after almost a century being imprisoned, the ethereal beauty and overwhelming power of Dream would captivate him, especially considering his heightened ability to sense and see the endless magic that Dream possesses.

As Billy stands before Dream, he can feel a profound connection to the vast and mysterious realm of dreams. The swirling currents of magic and the boundless potential contained within them resonate with his own supernatural abilities. He finds himself fascinated by the intricacies of Dream's power, a force that is both ancient and timeless.

The presence of Dream is overwhelming, almost intoxicating, to Billy's senses. The sheer depth of knowledge and experience that Dream embodies is awe-inspiring. It was quite the overwhelmed experience. Not even Trigon or Darkseid had managed to get such a reaction from him before.

"I am," Billy answered in his Captain Marvel form. "I'm here to free you."

"I am grateful for your assistance," Dream answered him warily. Billy then summoned Zeus' lightning and broke the crystal surrounding the Eternal. "Thank you, Champion of Magic."

"You're welcomed," Captain Marvel answered, taking a pouch of sand and a ruby brooch from his dimensional pocket. "I believe these belong to you."

"They do..." Dream's eyes widened as he accepted his symbols, after having summoned clothes on him via magic. "My ruby, it has been modified."

"It was," Captain Marvcl nodded with a grim expression. "The one who stole them, had the ruby stolen by her own son. Ironic I know." Captain Marvel chuckled. "He modified so it could only be used by him and committed atrocious crimes. A symbol of dream, began to take them... driving countless of victims to suicide." Captain Marvel barely stopped himself from flinching at Dream's expression of pure rage. Even after everything he had gone through and seen, Dream still scares him. No wonder he had been feared and respected in equal measures by even the Fates, the other Eternals, and his beloved's great-grandparent. "They are both in a magical prison already, the Eternal Rock's prison... if you still wish to punish them, please tell me beforehand. I do not want my wards giving me a heart attack in the middle of the night because someone else crossed them."