"Vanish!" Max outstretched his hand sending the spell directly at Mister E. His shout imbued with spiritual energy to disrupt the spell as well as to make the two seize up. Taking control of the spell was easy after Mister E. was transported far away. "You idiots are going to destroy the city at this rate!"
"What have you done!?" Sargon stepped back in fear. The spell wrestled from his grip causing him to panic. John kept his other ally busy. "You have gotten involved with a creature beyond the understanding of mortals!"
"You are not reviving Felix Faust! And you are not bringing back the Demons Three! I will destroy this entire city to keep that from happening!" This was no bluff. Felix Faust was a pain in the ass in of himself. But the Demon Three were demons that held the power to rule parts of the Galaxy. The fact they were sealed on Earth was not ok by any means by Max, or his boss Gaia. "Damn Cults!"
"What do you know of this?!" Sargon was startled that Max knew the names of their masters. "You can not hope to stop us!" Raising his hands, Sargon focused the gem to strike. A beam nailed Max in the chest. But his enhancements held with no problem. 'How powerful is he!?'
Max focused on undoing the spell. His hands moving in patterns redirecting the magical energies at a fast pace. The blood left out in droplets floating to the people out cold. Markings appeared as sigils formed to match them back to the correct ones.
*Bwoom!* Reinforcements arrived from a mirror. A few members from Nyssa. Including Nyssa herself.
"Get the bodies through the mirrors! They will help weaken the spell!" Max said quickly. They nodded doing so at once. Nyssa moved to help john with his opponent. He was not a good enough to take on the much more experienced fighter. 'Blast blood magic is always so dangerous.'
"Do not underestimate me!" Sargon cried. A bigger beam fired at Max. Trying to break his concentration from undoing the effects to the sacrifices. "Ughh!" Sargon groaned as a pain went across his body. His masters were displeased.
*Bloop!* A blood bubble popped up. A voice coming out of it.
"Prevent him from sealing me!" The voice said in anguish. "Or you will regret it!"A bloody hand reached up grabbing Max around the torso. It burned through his enchantments grabbing at his flesh. "A perfect vessel for me!"
"Ahhh!" Max felt the pain. It did so much damage do to the people's blood. The energy more than the enhancement could deal with. But not enough for another go. "You will pay for that!" Max pushed his spiritual energy out. The white nimbus as he circulated his Virtue.
"Grrrraaaahh!" The voice screamed against the purity. Max's very blood dripped down purifying the Pit a bit. "How can you be so Pure! Kill him!" The hand, despite the cost of the attack, struck at Max.
*Pew!* Sargon fired as well. Hitting Max in the chest into the side of the wall. His body pressed in as the fist came.
*Bam!* Max endured against the blow. His hands outstretched as he pushed against the fist. Fingers embedding into it as he ripped it apart. In his back, a slight tingle passed. White wings started to push out.
"Filth!" Max spiritual energy surged as he destroyed the blood taint. The few droplets that were still viable floated to the mirror where the league members pushed the people threw. His clothes restored in an instant. "Hurry up!" John and Nyssa pressed harder in the attacking.
John stopped in spellcasting and Nyssa blocked and cut the man. Despite the healing, he was starting to slow down. She almost severed his head, but he restored in an instant. Nyssa was starting to get pissed.
"If you can not defeat him, then I will!" The voice announced. The blood surged below despite Max pulling the spell further apart. "Nothing will stop me!" The voice came out more human. Most likely the demons were pushed back into the seal. But not Faust. It took on a shape and lunged into Sargon. "A vessel such as yourself will be do!"
*Thump!* The turban fell down on the ground. The gem pulsing a little.
"Nooooooo!" Sargon cried for the last time as he was consumed. Eyes glowing with arcane power. "Scared yet?" He taunted Max. Confidence was not low as he believed Max out of his dept. "I will show you a real spell caster!"
*Bzzzztt!* Max hands burned in white flames. His spiritual energy bathed the entire room as he moved. Two feathers shot out from Max.
"You are just a child compared to me!" Max said heated. "I will do what Nommo could not!" Max burning hands grabbed Faust by the face burning into his soul. "Traitor to humanity!" With a smash, Max crushed the man's skull. He did not stop since Faust could regenerate.
A quick mutter of a spell, and Max was sent flying back into the ceiling. Faust struck back with anger wasting a lot of his magic. With the regeneration as well, he would not last long.
"I am the great Faust! You can not defeat me like some common urchin!" Faust's face was restored as he tried to conjure something to aid him. His art of Dark Magic flared up as a spell took shape. "Rise..."
"Gaia's Purification!" His hands smacked togethor then seperated as a golden ring formed. Max felt something heading there way, so he struck out in haste. Burning through his spiritual Virtue to destroy the spell completely and burn the seal shut. Only way it could be open now, was by a pure person doing so. Which if that happen... well... shit. "Bite the Dust Faust!"
*Vrrrrrrmm!* The energy burned through the area. The flame touched the league members and the people, doing nothing. Touching against John and Nyssa, it only caused the two to pause for a moment. Spiritual light shot pass into the surface of the clouds to help remove the demonic influence on the state.
"Arrhhhhh!" Tannarak screamed in pain from the light. His magical inscriptions burning away. Despite unable to see, Nyssa could find him. She chopped his head off in an instant. "No.. so.." Was the last words as he died. His soul was burned away as well.
*Splurt!* Max's hands shoved through Faust. His right hand burning his flesh from the inside. As his hand pierced through Faust's head. Faust tried to escape but it was not happening.
From Max's hat, symbols shined. Spectral hands reached out grabbing him and shredding his mind into pieces. Broken apart, he was destroyed completely by Max's spell. The turban was caught in the spell and the gem lost the glow it had. Looking no more different than a diamond.
Shining light all throughout the underground. Sargon's daughter seeing the light, couldn't help herself as she turned back to see what her dad was up to. Vulcan only stopping slightly as the brainwashing receded a bit But the light vanished allowing the spell to keep hold.
"Ha.. ha.. mother loving hell... I hate cults.." Max said tired. His body racked as he expended so much energy. Looking at the others, he was happy they almost finished the removal of the sacrifices. "Head on.." Max felt his bones were actually cracked slightly. 'That blasted blood spell!'
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Few minutes later-
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John was tending to his mother despite the fact he was told to go through. Seeing her unresponsive still, kept him worried. He spared a look at Max who looked burnt out. Not moving from his kneeling position as he recovered. Nyssa gathers anything she could to find out what was going on. Seeing the turban, she was about to pick it up.
"What is this?" Nyssa stopped as she felt something dreadful nearby. But she could not pinpoint ti. Looking down the tunnel, she saw what looked like to be a child. "What are you doing here little girl?" Her instincts told her to be careful. 'That presence can not be from her, can it?'
The child stared at the turban unblinking. A small spell and it floated to her. A small nimbus floated around the child. Almost the same as what Max showed earlier. Two feathers in her ear had a white luster. Before Nyssa could grab it from mid air, one of her guard called her.
"My lady, we are finished!" A league member announced. She caught the sight of someone floating down. A muscular individual with a gold suit and red lightning bolt on his chest. The white red cape behind fluttering despite no wind. "Look out!"
*Fwip!* The assassin threw a few shurikens out. The man did not dodge. Thing them to be mortal weapons. He paid for it.
*Splurt!* The shurikens were spiritual coated weapons. Piercing the man and injecting poison into him.
"Tricks from evil! I am Captain Marvel.. and I will stop you all." The Son of Vulcan was not really there anymore. His speech was even different. "Evil must be stopped!"
"What the hell is Captain Marvel doing here!" Max cursed getting to his feet. His body screaming in pain at the movement. 'Why does he looked so dazed?' A sense of foreboding passed through Max. In an instant, he used his snake technique to get in front of the assassin that was about to be attacked.
*Fwish!* Max pushed her to the mirror just in time. Captain Marvel went for a death blow. His hand had a spear appearing out of nowhere and pierced Max in the heart. The destructive force pierced Max's enchantments and his flesh. The force of a god backed the blow.
"No!" Nyssa was already on the move to strike. But was pulled away by wind. John had received a message from Max for them to leave. The spell carried the others who wanted to fight the monster that tried to kill one of their own. "What are you doing!?"
"Orders!" John gritted his teeth as they left through the mirror. It closed behind them instantly. 'He was right, I was not ready for this. I hope you survive this Max.'
"Eat a dick!" Max foot came up kicking Captain Marvel in the face. The blow knocking his head back slightly. The weapon was dislodged from Max. 'No other choice! I will be damned if I am going to let this fool interfere with me!'
Max's eyes burned in furry. His flames reignited but turned dark black. He brought his spiritual power of Sin to the full front. Hands turning into claws and clothing matting to his flesh like a second skin. His canines descend as the curse absorbed from Cheetah combined with his Sin aspect.
"A monster that must be killed. For the safety of Order!" Captain Marvel said strongly. Max's sin form caused more of the brainwashing to grab hold.
"Raaaaaaar!" Max let out a grow that force a black wave of magic. The pit and room were destroyed from the shockwave. The ceiling started to fall down as he charged. With a swing from his fist, clawed pressure marks cut against his enemy's chest. 'Poison Fangs!' The dark miasma around his claws left a dark trail.
"Ughh!" Captain Marvel grunted as he stepped back. The blow cut through his godly protection. With the poison from the Assassin earlier, he was in for some trouble as they worked togethor to weaken him. 'What is going on?' Vulcan thought. Slight clarity from the pain.
With a swing of his weapon, Max was pushed back. But he lunged forward in a quick rebound. Coming from underneath and swinging in an upward strike. Miasma following along the entire way. Max clipped his neck and cut the man's chin in half.
With a quick turn, Captain Marvel spear came across cutting Max's belly open. Instead of guts spilling out, only black wisp travelled before dissipating. Max breathed out a wave of black Miasma burning the clothing of Captain Marvel and leaving purple blotches all across his skin.
Black veins started to burst from the poison inside. His godly body could not keep up with it. Especially with Max dousing him with every blow. With a small opening, he struck Max with his free hand. Red lighting hitting Max dead center in the chest.
*Crack!* The blow lit Max's body up. The force causing his body to start cracking. As bolts of lighting hammered Max back, he started to glow. Darkness pouring in as Wrath wanted to break free.
"Rahh!" Max fired dark spirtual energy into a beam from his mouth. It pushed passed through the lighting bolts and hit Captain Marvel in the eyes.
"Ahhh! My eyes!" Captain Marvel screamed. Momentarily stunned, he faltered. Max pounced like a savage animal. "You monster.. you.. will.." The close proximity clouded his mind once more. Mustering his concentration, he mumbled a single word. "Shazam!"
*Booom!* Up above, a bolt of lightning struck down with overwhelming force. Piercing the street and heading straight down to the two fighters. Max was hit in the back by the power. He froze for a microsecond as his brain recalibrated itself. Captain Marvel reverted to his usual form. The invincible armor was not so invulnerable as Max carved into it with everything he had.
*Splurt!* Vulcan stabbed max in the side hoping to push him off. That did not happen.
Max did not stop his assault. Digging deep into the man's chest and biting at his face like a wild animal. His spiritual energy was almost depleted. With a feat of effort, Vulcan but his legs against Max and pushed him off with full force.
*Thump!* Max was pushed through the falling debris. Bulldozing everything in his path as he hit an abandon subway car.
"Kuk!" Vulcan coughed up blood as he got to his feet. Seeing his weapon covered in black miasma, he did know what to do. His arms and legs felt like jelly and his chest was on fire. "What am I doing here?" The spell that effected him was broken.
Max stood up as he revert back to his Watcher setup. His spiritual energy was not up to snuff anymore. He switched over to pure magic now. A small incantation as he fired a waved of low-level spells at Vulcan through the tunnel he made with his body.
Small little magic arrows shot out in the hundreds. Combing into three big ones. Each arrow pierced Vulcan's body by an inch. Max walked forward as the big spell was gathering around him. Soon as Vulcan felt the danger he stepped back to get his bearings.
A presence circled the area. Someone was trying to interfere with the fight.
"I want you dead!" Max raised his hand and fired. "Shattering Arrow!" A spiral shot out towards Vulcan. He placed his damaged weapon up turning it into a shield. It shattered upon impact. "Stay out of my way!"
*Boom!* A man wearing a toga appeared in front of the two. Blocking Vulcan who looked completely lost. It was the Roman God Vulcan himself. The one who gave the man Jonathan Mann his powers. Making him the Son of Vulcan.
"My friend, I hope to have you stay your hand." Vulcan asked seriously. Seeing the state Max was in however, he knew to tread carefully. "Jonathan was pulled from the Elysian Fields by someone. He was brainwashed into fighting you."
"With his strength of will.. I am sure he could have broken free." Max said upset. "His guard did not drop as he stared daggers at both of them. "A simple sorry does not cut it."
"He has done good.. in the last few months. Only in the presence of strong evil did things go wrong." Vulcan said. He spared a glance at Jonathan. Disappointed he allowed the wizard Shazamo to use him like this. 'Haaa, he can not go back to the Fields either. He is to mortal now.'
"I am sorry." Jonathan gave an apology. Still confused, he knew to be somewhat at fault. 'I should have asked more questions from the Wizard.' As a small conversation turned into an argument, a mediator appeared.
*Flicker!* A golden flame that turned into an Ankh.
"He is an ally of the Light. I have seen it. I must ask you to stop as well. He can help in the future." Doctor Fate said. Aware of how bad Max was currently, he made a slight proposal. "Spare him, and I will make sure this is cleaned up as well as taking care of that child."
A white bubble appeared. Inside was the daughter of Sargon. Jaimini Sargon. She was completely asleep and need a place to go. No way she could return to her mother. For she was dead already. A magical construct of her actual mother that died long ago. Blood was on her.
The blood of Mister E that tried to take the crystal back from her. The feathers protected her. The banish spell hold, left the moment Max went Sin mode. Feeling exhausted, Max couldn't fight all of them if Doctor Fate made a move as well. He gave a nod and left in a mirror.
"Well, that turned out better than I hoped." Vulcan turned to Jonathan. Continue the life you have here. The friendship you have with Oliver Queen is a good cover. Not every gets chances like this."
*Boop!* Vulcan left by just blinking out.
"I will help with any questions you have." Dr.Fate said. His magic already repairing the place. The little girl Jaimini was receiving information from Gaia. Telling her what transpired. She was the one that pulled Max's feathers out to save the child. "A lot will happen in the coming years."
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Max's California House-
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An argument was going on still. Nyssa was raising hell along with Morgan Le Fey about what happened. Harleen and Pamela had been called in the room by Bruce who received a message from Max to help treat the people with first aid. They were warned not to call the police since it would be dangerous to the people involved health.
"So you just couldn't work better!?" Nyssa stared the young man down. "Risk several lives all because of your own selfish reasons!"
"I just felt it would have been bad to leave. I make no apologies about doing the right thing!" John rebutted. The Assassin that almost took a death blow eyed him dangerously. The others were helping the people picked up in another room. "What is the point if we have this power and do nothing!?"
8Thunk!* Bruce opened the door to let them know some news.
"Your mother.. she woke up." Bruce had know idea what they were talking about. The voices were muffled through the door. He still wanted to call the police but relented when a few Private Doctors arrived. 'I wonder where Max is?'
"Go to your mother!" Nyssa said angry. "This is not over!" As John and Bruce left, a mirror appeared. Max stepped out and collapsed. "What the hell!?"
"Overdraft. I will be fine after some sleep. Just run me a bath and dumped me in it." Max got out as he fought to stay conscious. "Please and thank you." Morgan lift him up and floated him to the large bathroom.
"You reek!" Morgan said pinching her nose. 'Such potent magic still. It feels like it is rising. Something has weaved inside of him. What the hell is it?'