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Posted by Wiccan
on 1/22/2009, 11:11 pm
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----Friday, 7:00 PM//JLA Watchtower----
Billy quickly jumped out of the way as a couple spikes of ice sliced through the air towards him. Thus far, he had been more of a player on Zatanna’s team than his own; all of his offensive spells seemed to be backfiring. Damn it, Billy! he thought to himself in frustration. Throwing himself flat on the floor, he rolled out of the way as a stream of flames surged out of her fingertips.
Looking on, J’onn was far from impressed by the young boy’s display thus far. Teddy, on the other hand, was more than ready to jump in on his lover’s behalf. “You’d better not,” the Martian Manhunter solemnly advised, in an all-knowing tone as his eyes let off a yellow radiance.
A nervous chuckle escaped Hulkling’s lips, Heh, they don’t play around up here … he thought to himself as J’onn continued.
“Zatanna is only testing him, we have to make sure he is fit to join our ranks. If you were to interfere, we would not get an adequate reading.” Theodore didn’t say a word in reply, he simply continued watching the ongoing match, silently rooting for his friend and teammate.
Holding his hands out in front of him, Wiccan erected a magical barrier to protect himself from the woman’s latest attack. Thank god one of my spells is working, he thought to himself, letting out a deep breath. Though, he knew playing the defensive could only buy him so much time. Aside from that, physical fighting wasn’t exactly his style, without his powers, he was no match for anyone. Come on, Billy! he tried to boost his own morale, trying to get some semblance of confidence to back his spells.
“You can’t win if you never attack,” the fishnet clad mystic noted, only reinforcing what Billy had been telling himself over and over in his mind, “Remember, confidence and concentration. You’ve yet to land any sort of attack on me,” she went on, almost as if this were some sort of class.
Okay the Young Avenger thought to himself, It’s do or die time, he let out a deep breath in an attempt to help calm his nerves a bit. The dark-haired teen extended an arm to release a lightning bolt, unfortunately found himself electrocuting himself as the volts surged mercilessly through his tired body. He let out a moan as he gritted his teeth to endure the pain as best he could, falling to one knee. Feeling humiliated, Wiccan simply got back to his feet in an attempt to continue standing his ground.
Well, the kid has heart, the raven haired beauty telepathically spoke with J’onn.
Enough to spare, I agree, Mr. J’onnz finished her thought for her, That’s enough, Zee. I don’t think we need to push him any longer; it would appear he’s having even more trouble with his powers than even he realized. I think he would make a great addition to the League, and I would be honored to fight alongside him one day, but I fear now is not the right time...
Five more minutes, the magician interjected as she cut him off, her eyes still focused on the younger mystic before her. She was convinced he was better than this, she could sense great potential in him, but he wasn’t doing a very good job of showing J’onn J’onnz what she saw in him. Taking a step back, she prepared for one more assault before deeming this sparring match over with. “Sekips eci!” she commanded once more, fifteen sharp, pen sized cones of frozen water making their way towards him like several rounds fired from a firearm.
Instinctively, he raised his hands to put up his mystical force field, but simply jumped over them at the last minute with the aide of his powers. Now a few stories in the air, he tightened his body, pulling his limbs close to his body and aiming himself at Zatanna; an idea had occurred to him at the last minute. If only one of my spells are working, then I have to use it to my advantage, he thought to himself, a smile curling his lips. This was the first time he’d attempted this move, he hoped it wouldn’t backfire as practically every other attempt at an attack had. Now only a few feet from his opponent, he reached his arms out in front of him as he simultaneously erected his magical defensive barrier; the end result was a rather forceful tackle.
Zatanna found herself on the floor, a little shocked by the turn of events, but her smile grew wider as she got back to her feet to face her junior, awaiting his next move. Unfortunately, her five minutes were up, which J’onn was nice enough to remind her of.
“Good job, Billy, ” she broke the intense silence, followed by a simple healing spell for him, “But we’re done here for now. J’onn?”
“Yes, you did well towards the end. Please get back to me with your final decision as soon as you can,” the alien from Mars added, looking to Zatanna, You were right on both accounts, he is rough around the edges, but has potential.
“Good, now you two boys better get going back home. And, Billy, we’ll have to do this again some time, ‘kay?” she finished with a teleportation spell to send them back, “Kroy Wen!”
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