A Dragon's Love (Young Justice)

Running From A Black Heart

I'm walking through the halls when I suddenly get a feeling in my gut. Uh oh. I get to my room and quickly suit up, making sure Phyrix is fast asleep before leaving to go to the zeta tubes. I look up Artemis' and Zatanna's location, type in the coordinates, and head out. I step out of the weird box thing into an ally. I quickly take flight, searching for the two girls.

I look to my left just in time to see a huge explosion in the air. I should check it out. I fly over and land on top of a building, looking down. I see Artemis and Zatanna run into an ally and quickly follow behind them, up on the roof tops. Soon enough, they end up climbing up to a building roof top, I jump over to them, landing right next to Artemis. "Woah!" She aims an arrow at me, before freezing. "Dracona? What the heck are you doing here?" She asks.

"I had a gut feeling. Thought you might need some help." I state. She nods, and we turn to a girl that wasn't there before. "Thanks for the assist, but who are you?" Zatanna asks. "Secret." I stare at this girl in confusion. I can't hear her heart, and her aura is a pure white. My eyes widen, and I back away. The others don't notice. "That won't cut it. We need answers." Artemis tells her. "Do you know Harm? Does he have any weaknesses?"

"Secret." She points behind us and we all turn. A guy jumps up on the roof with us. His hair is long and there's a marking on his left eye. His aura is the same shade of black as my fire. That's not a good sign. I jump back, hissing. My fangs and claws are out. "At least they make the hunt interesting." He says. He steps forward. I growl. He starts swinging his sword around, and I sense the power coming from it. My eyes widen in fear and I start stepping away.

Artemis shoots an arrow at a water tank and Zatanna uses it to freeze the guy. I stand in front of them. "We need to leave. Now." I tell them. "That sword in his hand is not like any other." I hear cracking and whip around. His heart and sword begin to glow. "Oh no. It's just what I was afraid of." The ice explodes, and he continues towards us.

We run for it.

"Where'd little Miss Secret go?" "There!" We see the girl on another building. "Okay, these boots, adorable, but for a chase sequence..." Zatanna trails off, muttering a spell as we jump. When we land, the girl disappears again. A spark of yellow lightning lands in front of us. We stop.

He throws his sword at us, and it breaks Artemis' bow string. "Hold him off while I restring." She tells us. He charges and ends up kicking Zatanna backwards and attacking Artemis. Before I can intervene, they both stop. His sword at the base of her neck, and her crossbow pointing straight at him. "Artemis!"

"You wanna play without the toys?" She asks. "It tries to bait Harm, leave Harm weak. But Harm has no weakness." He pulls away to sheath his sword, placing it in the ground. Now I know for sure it's true. "Oh no." "Would you knock it off with all the muttering, Dracona!" Artemis yells.

Harm takes off his jacket and Artemis puts away her crossbow. She lunges, and they begin. Slowly, while he's distracted, I go over towards his sword. I try to grab onto it, that is, until he suddenly appears in front of me and back hands me away from it. I land right next to Artemis.

"It is not worthy to wield the power of the sword. It has not made the sacrifices Harm has to become pure." He says, putting his jacket back on. "And what exactly did you have to do in order to gain the power of the Sword of Beowulf!" I yell. "So it knows of the legend, too. Doesn't matter, it will soon no longer exist."

"Look! It's Secret! She hasn't led us wrong so far." Zatanna whispers. I slowly get up, the others following my lead. I raise my arms, a wall of black fire surrounding him, keeping him inside. I follow the other two across the roofs. "Aw, she's gone again. Now what?" Artemis asks. "End of the line. And we can't go back the way we came." "And we can't go anywhere public, or innocent people could get hurt." I add to Zatanna's comment.

"Dracona. How do you even know what his sword is?" She asks me. "It was a well believed legend in my Kingdom. The Sword of Beowulf." I shake my head, looking down. "I guess the legend really was true. It gives the wielder great power, but only if they have a pure heart." "A pure heart? Dracona, that guy is trying to kill us!" Artemis ends up yelling. "The legend never specified that the heart had to be pure good." I state, "Listen, while his heart is pure, he's next to undefeatable. We need to find a way to, I don't know, un-purify it."

An explosion in between us sends us flying backwards. Harm jumps down and lands in front of us. "This can be no coincidence. They alight on Harm's very roof. How did they know? Tell Harm, now." He demands. "Wait, this is your place?" Artemis asks. "No more games." He sends a shock wave that none of us can avoid. The next thing I knew, everything was black.