Double Trouble

28.

Oooh! We left off on kind of a cliff hanger, ish. What do you think Wanda is going to do? What do you WANT her to do? 

The Watchtower

December 31, 23:34 EDT

Scarlet Witch felt the order enter her mind and her eyes began to light up deep scarlet, her hands glowing with her hex energy. Raising her hands, she lifted the team out of the Green Lantern's construct into her own bubble of hex energy, her face completely void of emotion as she began to siphon the oxygen out of the bubble of hex that she had encased the team in.

W-Wanda...fight their control. I know you can do it. You are stronger than them. I believe in you.

Scarlet Witch's eyes widened at Robin's thoughts in her mind and she wavered, fighting against the control that the Starrotech held over her. She stopped siphoning the oxygen out of the bubble, dropping Kid Flash out of the bubble along with Miss Martian.

"Witch! What are you doing?" Savage snarled as the two teens immediately disappeared from view.

Vandal turned to Klarion, who nodded silently. "You want to play that way, huh? Well okay." He typed on the keyboard and a second later Scarlet Witch's bubble strengthened, the oxygen once again being sucked out.

Guys, she is fighting them. She just needs our support. She needs to know she isn't alone.

Why should we help the girl trying to kill us?

So that she doesn't kill us?!

The team began communicating with Scarlet Witch telepathically, telling her she was stronger than the Light, that she didn't have to do their bidding anymore.

...I-I'm sorry...I can't fight it. Klarion is too strong...the Starrotech is too powerful...

Wanda. You are the Scarlet freaking Witch. No one and nothing is too powerful a foe for you. You can do this. We wil help you.

H-how?

Just then, Scarlet Witch felt a tap on the back of her neck and her world started to swirl.

"Savage! The brats got the Witch with their cure, along with most of the Justice League." Klarion informed the ancient man.

"What an unfortunate development." Savage hummed, watching as Scarlet Witch collapsed to the ground, releasing the teens from her hex bubble. He smirked as he saw Quicksilver check on Zatanna. "Klarion, wake the Witch."

"But she doesn't have Starrotech."

"But you two are connected through your training her. Wake her. Now!" Vandal snapped. Klarion turned to Scarlet Witch and zapped her with his magical lightning. She woke with a start, looking on to the scene before her of her twin brother checking on his girlfriend instead of her. Vandal walked over to her and crouched down next to her, brushing aside a stray piece of her hair. "Wanda, Wanda, Wanda. Look at you. Even when you defy the natural order of the universe and resist the Starrotech, even when you risk your life time and again by defying the Light, your brother still chooses her over you. You truly are alone in this universe.  Nobody wants you, not the heroes, not your country, and certainly not your twin brother. You have nobody."

The team looked up at Savage and Scarlet Witch, noticing the way the ancient man was twisting her world view once more. They narrowed their eyes at Savage, stepping towards him only for the still enslaved members of the Justice League to step in between.

"Wanda, don't listen to Savage. You are not alone. You have the team, you have your brother, and you have me." Robin called out.

"Sestra, don't fall for his manipulations. He is lying to you." Quicksilver added on, pleading with his twin sister.