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LAS VEGAS AUDITORIUM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The crowd watches in silence as a woman is not only cut in half but the upper half disappears and reappears in front of their eyes.
Zatanna late 20s, mixed, with a long black blazer with a coattail, white dress shirt with bow tie and legging fishnets blows a kiss at the front row.
The Legends sit in three different sections of the auditorium. Sara, Mick and Ray are on the left side. Zari and Wally sit in the middle and Constantine and Nate sit on the right. They all are dressed nicely besides Constantine.
The boys are in causal suits minus the tie. Zari is in a very nice and somewhat modest dress with a pair of legging underneath. While Sara rocks a red and very tight pant suit with a white blouse.
Nate scans the crowds from where he is sitting. "Okay, it might just be me but she doesn't look like a threat." Constantine stares at the stage "That's because she isn't, Mate."
Sara scans her side of the auditorium.
"Alright. Make sure you keep a good look out. There are a lot of people here and anyone of them can be the threat."
Loud cheers and claps can be heard from the crowd. They all survey their surroundings.
Wally wiggles a little in his seat not really liking how close everyone is sitting together. " I will admit though she is very entertaining. I can't see any strings or gadgets at all. Very impressive."
Constantine smirks "That's because there aren't any Mate. That right there is one of the most powerful magic users out there."
Constantine points to Zatanna. Ray looks excitedly at the stage. " Really. How powerful?"
Constantine barely pauses for a sec. "Very, Mate. Very. She once brought someone back from the brink of death without breaking a sweat. She also has really a mean hook. She got me good in the kisser once. "
Sara chuckles into the mics "Only once? Well I'm sure she had good reason."
Constantine turns to look at Sara across the auditorium and quirks an eyebrow. "She did"
Zari interrupts their staring contest. "If she is so powerful than why is she doing magic shows in Vegas."
Constantine shrugs. The people next to him stare at him questionably " It's a rough economy Love. We do what we can to get by."
A giant hoard of doves come flying off stage and soar over the audience. Zatanna addresses the audience. "Now for my next trick I will need a volunteer from the audience."
Multiple hands fly up in the air including Wally, Nate and Ray. Sara quickly puts a hand to her ear and fakes a cough." Really guys."
Ray wiggles his fingers in the air" What I want to see what she can do."
Nate hops a little in his chair "Come on Sara you can't say you have never wanted to be a part of a magic trick."
Sara tilts her head to side as if to ponder. "Honestly, I can, because I already was. You remember right. That time I was resurrected from the dead. "
Zari tries to get Wally to put his hand down, but he is too fast.
"Also what happen to low profile guys."
Boys all sigh and slowly put there hands down. As Zatanna walks back and forth on stage while blocking the light form her eyes. "Well how about you?"
Zatanna poofs off stage. She reappears sitting on the chair arm right next to Sara with the biggest smile on her face.
Another spotlight besides the one on Zatanna shines on Mick and Ray.
Wally slumps a little in his chair. "For real"
Nate grumbles under his breath. "Not fair. Next time for sure"
Zari blows a silent breath. "Yeah, maybe the next time we are staking out a magic act, so we can save the world. That seems plausible."
Nate smiles at Zari as someone shushes Zari from behind.
Sara turns into her shoulder and fake coughs. "Guys, shut up."
Zatanna is scanning the boys faces with her legs crossed. "Tell me what are your names."
Ray smiles bright "Well I'm Ray, This is Mick and the lady's chair your sitting on is Sara."
Zatanna spotlight extends onto Sara. Zatanna looks Sara right in the eye and her big smile on her face falters slightly. "Sara. Very common name."
Sara eyes Zatanna suspiciously not liking the way she said that last comment. "Yeah but I'm not a very common person."
Zatanna and Sara seem to have both pause for moment as if to have a silent war going on. "I'm sure you're not." Zatanna looks up quickly at the boys. "You with the nice hair. Ray, right? Want to help me with my next act?"
Sara, Constantine and Zari all whisper no.
"Yes" Ray stands as Zatanna hops up and holds her hand out.
"Great" Ray takes her hand. They disappear and reappear on stage. The crowd goes wild with cheers.
Sara puts her head in her hands. "This can't be good"
AUDITORIUM LOBBY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The crowd files out the doors. Zatanna stands on the side and shakes hands with multiple people and signs some autographs.
The Legends are spread within the crowd but still close enough to see each other. Ray Nate and Wally all talk excitedly like school girls.
Ray looks bewilder in the best way. "Oh, my goodness did you see-"
Wally jumps in just as excited. "Yeah and then she-"
Nate is practically bursting at the seams. "Right and then the giant explosion. I'm so jealous you got to go on stage with her."
Wally zips close to Ray. "Yeah man. You were only like meh before but now like you're really cool."
Ray smiles at Wally but then frown a little. "I know right it was mind... Wait you didn't think I was cool. I built my own atom suit. I used to own a company. Like multimillion."
Mick stands near the bar with beer in his hand. "Key word is used to own. "
Ray looks at Mick. "Hey I-"
Sara interrupts them all "Alright guys focus. We have work to do."
The crowd starts to cheer again as Zatanna waves, blows more kisses and poofs away. The crowd starts to thin. The Legends all huddle closer together near the corner of the exit.
Zari walks closer to where Sara is. " I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary yet."
Constantine tries to light a cigarette but he security guards look at him harshly. "That's because we are not looking for something out of the ordinary, Love. We're looking for something extraordinary."
Zari stops and looks at the thinning crowd. "What? That makes no sense."
They scan the crowd and see a woman dressed in clothes made for royalty. She steps in front of a couple of guards near the auditorium hallway.
She laughs and touches their arms. Their hands slowly become covered in tattoo-like spider webs. They slowly spread across their bodies.
She chants something under her breath. The guards gasp a silent breath and their eyes flash orange. She strolls a little past him and poofs away. Their eyes go back to normal and their hands return to normal.
Ray stares wide eye. "Did you all see that."
Sara and Zari stand next to each. Sara touches her com. "Alright team let's get to work."
Zari trails behind Sara. "That was extraordinary. More like creepy"
They all slip through the crowd to follow.
DRESSING ROOM-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zatanna appears in the middle of the room. She throws her hat onto a rack. She makes a beeline for makeup table with a giant mirror.
She grabs the bunny from her coat and places him softly in a cage. She snaps her fingers and two rings appear on the table. She easily pulls them apart and places them in a drawer.
KNOCK. KNOCK.
She turns to look at the door. "Hold on. I will be right there"
KNOCK. KNOCK
She looks at the door through the mirror. "One sec. Hold your horses."
She gets up and takes a couple of strides.
Screams and a crash are heard on the other side right before she turns the knob. The door bursts open.
Zatanna flies back and lands hard on the ground in front of the makeup table. Allura strides in dressed to impress and kill. "Your father really thought that hell hole could keep me forever."
Allura raises her hands. A burst of magic slams Zatanna into the wall. Zatanna struggles as Allura throws her like a rag doll. "And now, you can tell him yourself how wrong he was, after I end you."
Zatanna lies crumpled on the floor. Allura walks closer and reaches out to grab her. A yellow and red flash zooms past and grabs Zatanna. " Alright Blair Witch, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." Sara says from the entry way of the room.
Wally with Zatanna in his arms zooms to stand a little behind Sara. She is standing in front of all the Legends and Constantine, who is holding a cigarette.
Allura growls. "Fools you have no idea who you're messing with."
Sara smirks "Easy it is, then."
The Legends rush at Allura but she sends out a ray of light that stops them in their tracks. Allura appears near the makeup table and smirks."You can't possibly think it would be that easy?"
Zari clenches her fist to prepare for anything. "Was kind of hoping it would be."
Allura snaps her fingers and the stage hands come walking in with orange eyes and web-like tattoos on their faces. They attack the Legends.
"Crap" Zari doges a stage hand
Mick pulls out his gun to blast them all.
Zatanna lays in Wally's arms and holds her head. She blinks and holds her other hand out. "Wait, don't hurt them. They are being controlled. They can't help it."
Mick growls and pushes one of the stage hands into the wall next to him. A stage hand wraps herself around Nate's neck from behind. "How are we supposed to fight them then?" Nate twirls around and tries to fling her off gently.
Sara side steps two stage hands that lungs at her. She steps behind them and knocks them on the head with her bow staff. That she pulled out of the inside of her coat. "Gently. No killing, but maybe just a little hit on the head."
Zatanna shrugs her shoulder and nods.
Zari ducks and grabs the rack off the floor and hits a stage crew member on the head. They fall to the ground unconscious. "Works well enough."
The Legends rush the stage hands and dodge their advances while knocking them out.
Constantine moves closer to one of the stage hands and whispers something. He flicks the side of her head and she falls unconscious. Ray blast a little sound wave at three that are running fool speed at him. Mick slaps a pimple face man that tried to punch him in the stomach.
More continue to rush the Legends
Sara dodges another attack. She head-butts one and they slide down the wall. " This is stupid. Wally? Can you--"
Wally nods his head. "Oh, yeah sure. No problem." Wally places Zatanna on her feet. " You good" She nods yes.
He zips around the room several times. He stops near Sara as all the stage hands fall to the ground unconscious.
Zari lets out an exasperated breath. "You couldn't have done that earlier."
Wally smiles sheepishly. "Sorry"
Everyone turns to Allura who has not moved yet. Constantine starts to move a little closer. "Alright, Love. Come with me. We're done with your games"
Allura quirks an eyebrow. "Oh, Constantine the games haven't even begun yet. But here, I will make a deal with you. Give me Zatanna and your demise will be quick...ish."
Constantine stops in his tracks. "How do you know my name?"
The Legends all gather in front of Zatanna. Sara clenches her bow staff tightly. "Yeah, no deal"
Ray stands tall on the side of Sara. "Lady, I don't know if you realize this but we out number you."
Allura laughs. She snaps her fingers. More stage hands appear outside the door. Some enter the room behind the Legends. The stage hands on the ground stir and stand up.
Nate turns to the stage hands behind them. "You just had to point that out didn't you"
Ray joins Nate to stand behind Zatanna. "Sorry"
Allura looks to her side. She raises two fingers in the air next to her and slices them through the air. "But wait. There's more."
A tear in reality appears and two hands pops out. Solomon Grundy pulls himself from the tear with a loud roar. Solomon Grundy stands tall and the Legends take a step back.
Allura points to all the legend. "Grundy, destroy them but leave that one for me." She points directly at Zatanna.
Zari's eyes go wide and gives a dry huff. "I really hate this mission."
Solomon Grundy and the stage hands rush them.