Dagger

V

*M'gann*

The entire team bursts through the door following me, only to be met with a psychotic girl lying on the floor with a knife in her leg fighting with herself.

What. Is going. On?

"Nightwing! What is going on?" I shouted to him, his face still struck in awe.

Before he answers the girl sitting on her knees bends her back to look at us.

"You should have listened to her." She cackled and stood up, removing the knife from her leg.

The girl launches five knives from each hand at us and Zatanna creates a shield infront of us stopping the knives just in time.

Her psychotic laugh echoes through the cave and her smile is one that mimics Cheshires mask.

Using my telekinesis I throw her into a wall and pin her there.

Her mind. Something isn't right. It's like there is two of her. Two people in one body? This..

"ZATANNA! There is a magician inside of her mind!" I shout, putting the pieces together.

Her faces is one of confusion and so is everyone elses.

In my distraction the girl is released from my mental grip and she starts to battle against the team. Taking us out one by one.

I count down each of us who go down.

Blue beetle.
Wonder girl.
Kid Flash.
Impulse.
Robin.
Me.

I open my eyes slightly to try and help in the fight but I can't.

Connor fights her, frustration clearly controlling his actions since she's too swift for him.

On one of her daggers, she drags it through a green colored jelly and slices Super boys arm.

I feel the blood visibly flush from my face as he crashes into a wall and doesn't get up.

Lastly two stand. The girl and Nightwing who still stands stunned.

The girl pulls two double sided blades from her belt and spins them around in anticipation.

"Oh, I've been waiting to take you out." A sly smirk rules her face. "Maby she'll finally stop talking about you."

Darkness flashes his face.

" 'Tulsa! He'll help me!' She cries 'He always promised to protect me!'" The girl sobs in a mimicking tone.

Who is she talking about?

Anger flashes across Nightwings face for a moment but that was all the girl needed to know she broke him.

Nightwing. I call into his mind Don't do anything rash. Don't let anger get to you, whoever you think this is it isn't. There's two people in her mind.

He doesn't respond to me but he visibly calms and takes fighting stance.

The girl smiles menacingly and tastes some of the blood on the end of the dagger.

"Wouldn't want the bloods to mix now would we? You know that can be very dangero-" Her toying is cut off by Nightwing hitting her in the face causing her to stumble backwards and gasp.

Quickly she gritted her teeth then charges for him.

They both move so swiftly and calmly it's as if they are dancing.

When he kicks she dodges and tries to slice his arm but he moves it and tries to elbow her temple but she dodges that. It's so quick and intense but clean, their fight looks like it could be staged to someone who had never seen a real fight before.

"Stop this! Let her go! Let my girl go!" Nightwing shouts as they have their arms locked together, both pushing to flip the other.

"But why would I do that? It's so much easier just to kill you and stop her wailing than to find a new host in as good of a condition as this one!" The girls tone is so painfully strained.

She's fighting hard, her muscles are shaking but yet, so are his but he shows no sign of backing down.

How did she take us all out... Zatanna. Where's Zatanna?

As if reading my mind both Zatanna and Dr.Fate rush into the room.

The girl quickly realizes the situation and breaks off from fighting Nightwing, putting the knife up to her own throat.

"Stop. One more move from any of you and I slit her throat. I mean, it's not like I'll die, just this poor unfortunate soul." She chuckles darkly, slowly dragging the knife across a spot on her neck hard enough to draw blood.

Nightwing flinches and Dr.Fate seems unphased.

Quicker than anyone else can process I force the knives from her grip.

"roolf eht ot reh niahc!" Zantana shouts in her weird backwards language. Chains spring up from the floor and hold the girl to the floor for a moment but she mutters something to herself and the chains shatter like glass.

Dr.Fate floats in air and guides his hand to her causing stronger golden chains to wrap around her whole body then become solid enchanted metal.

The girl mutters to herself once more and the chains shake but nothing happens.

At this point we are all slowly rising from our fallen positions.

"Tulsa. Let the girl go. This is your final warning." Fates voice echos powerfully and the girl chuckles.

"Ah Fate. You finally got a host of your own, so let me keep mine." The girls voice now mixed with that of another, and other voice and they echo like Fates.

'No.' Is all Fate replies before chanting a spell so fluently that I don't even stand a chance at trying to grasp one word from it.

In the silence of the room the girls eyes glow a rose gold color and it emits from her mouth along with a Canary cry causing the mountain to shake and crack.

Nightwings eyes visibly widene from behind his domino mask and he yells a name 'Phoebe' and tries to run to the girl.

Connor and Robin forcefully hold him back from running to the girl but the more strength they use the more he uses.

After what seems like an eternity the screaming stops and there lies a shell of the girl with the chains completely shattered on the ground.

We all stop to stare at the unconscious girl, giving Nightwing enough time to rip himself from the two boys grip and run over to her.

He checks for a pulse and breathing then performs CPR on her.

After a few more attempts ate CPR Connor speaks up.

"I hear a pulse!" He shouts to Nightwing.

Nightwing rapidly scoops the girl up in his arms and sprints to the infirmary leaving us all in a confused and stunned state.... Well, except Wally who super speeds to the infirmary as well.