Spirit and Blood (A Young Justice Season 3 Fanfic)

Chapter 7

Say thank you to @DisneyLIVES and @shadowhunterhardy for this chapter.

~Tigress~

October 13, Noon Eastern:

Considering I had no purpose staying with the rest of the Team, I decided to follow Kaldur, Nightwing, and Zatanna. They led Spirit to the viewing area; an open room with a single bench in the middle. I stood to the side, listening but not saying anything.

"So, start from the beginning." Kaldur was saying. Demary sighed.

"Sphere wanted me to go through a Zeta tube with her. She had already set a destination, but I had no idea."

"Where did you end up?" Nightwing asked.

"An empty warehouse in Bialya." Demary said, then continued, "Sphere and I wandered around for a while..." She hesitated. "Then I saw figures in the distance and used Sphere's screen to zoom in. Darkseid, Queen Bee, and Savage were all there."

"Did you hear anything? Plans?"

"No." Spirit shook her head. "Darkseid saw me, and as soon as I turned Sphere around, he fired his Omega beams." I bit my lip.

"Doesn't Darkseid control whoever he blasts?" I finally asked. Kaldur turned to me.

"That is what we are trying to solve."

"Look, I don't know why I'm different, but I do know that I'm not controlled." Spirit said defiantly. "And when the Omega Beams hit me, I blacked out. I had only woken up a few hours ago."

Nightwing slowly nodded. "But did you find any clues that they might have left behind?" Spirit shook her head.

"When you've nearly died, you don't stay behind in the same place." She gripped her staff tightly. I could relate. I nearly drowned twice within two missions in a row, so water now makes me a little... Wary.

"It's understandable." Zatanna said thoughtfully. "But I hope you'll understand that just to be on the safe side, I'm gonna make sure that there are no signs of external signals." Spirit frowned, but consented.

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Zatanna raised her arms and her eyes glowed red, then faded. "She's all set," she said tiredly. Nightwing noticed and squeezed her hand.

"You alright Zee?" He asked concerned.

"I'm fine." Zatanna brushed it off. It was pretty obvious how happy they were together.

Like me and Wally. I shut my eyes and took a deep breath. Oh, Wally. When he died, it felt like I did too. The pain isn't much lessened, but I'll survive. My eyes opened and I was filled with a new resolve. Wally died because of the Reach. Because they controlled Blue Beetle. It wasn't his fault, of course, but I would not let anything else happen to the Team. Even though I wasn't the leader, I had been one of the first members there. I had watched everyone come... and some go. I promised myself that if Spirit became the cause of anyone else dying, I would make sure she didn't live through it. I'm pretty sure Nightwing and Kaldur felt the same way. Kaldur is protective, although he doesn't show emotions as much.

Spirit brushed by me as I studied her. When her arm brushed me, I felt a chilling tingle go up my spine. Her hand was as cold as ice.

October 13, 2:00 PM, Eastern:

Spirit seemed to be cleared, but now we had another problem. Blue Beetle used the com to say that Impulse was under some sort of control. So now M'gann and I are on the bioship headed to Happy Harbour, our old headquarters.

"He's under some sort of control. I've managed to staple him down, but he's not stopping, not passing out, not anything! He just keeps vibrating out of it. He might kill himself with exhaustion if you don't get here fast, esé!" Blue Beetle yelled over the mic.

M'gann handed me the bioship on manual, then she flew out. I put myself in an ideal spectating position. From the sky, I could see M'gann levitating Impulse, who was thrashing wildly. Blue Beetle flew beside her, clearly relived. M'gann's eyes glowed green and Impulse froze. He quite literally stiffened. M'gann's eyebrows furrowed and she gritted her teeth. Her eyes flashed red and Impulse's eyes, which were also red, turned back to normal. Then he passed out.

When M'gann re-entered the bioship, she was shivering and sweating.

"Are you ok?" I asked concerned. She simply nodded and took the helm again.

"Mission accomplished." I told Kaldur over the com.

"Well done." He said affirmatively as we flew back home. But I wasn't sure our mission was a success. M'gann's eyes shouldn't have flashed red. Neither should've Zatanna's. I would have to take that up with Nightwing or Kaldur.

Artemis. M'gann mindspoke.

My name is Tigress now, M'gann. A strange feeling washed over me. M'gann knew that I was no longer Artemis. But the thought was dismissed as we neared the rendezvous point. We all dismounted and M'gann let the bioship hide itself before reverting to its resting form.

"Let's go." She said. We headed to the Zeta tube.

"Miss Martian, B-0-5"

"Tigress, B-0-7"

"Blue Beetle, B-2-2"

"Impulse, B-2-3"

We were back at the Watchtower. And somehow, I forgot what I was going to tell Nightwing and Kaldur. Oh well, I'd remember it later.

A/N:

Again, thank @shadowhunterhardy and @DisneyLIVES for this chapter.

Cya

~ArtyTH