Everything Changes, Part 3: 1 of 1
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withamagicwordA week after clearing the demons out of Fawcett, maybe less, he is recruited by the Phantom Stranger to stop the Sins and recreate the Rock of Eternity. He is only one of a huge crowd involved in this. He feels weird working amongst them, knowing what he did, feeling tainted somehow, unfit to walk among them.
But he does, and works with them, including Mary and CM3, who he had avoided for the last few days.
He is chosen for the group who rebuilds the Rock of Eternity.
He searches and works and strives, and they succeed. The Rock of Eternity is reborn!
Then, he watches as the mystics cement the rock together with power and then, when he is waiting with the others for the questers for the Sins to return, Zatana tells him the other piece of news...
the Rock needs an occupant, someone drenched in magic to keep it whole and keep the magic quiescent.
And the only one strong enough is him, Captain Marvel.
And then, the day gets worse when he finds out it is a final judgement, a final assignment...
Once the spell is done, he can never leave.
With time running out, he hovers there and wonders; What do I do?
Then there is no more time, as the Phantom Stranger arrives. with the Shadowpact, and then Sins, trapped in mystic bottles.
And even as he finishes his announcement, Fate arrives, Nabu, dying, revealing that the Spectre has at last been pulled to his leash and sent to a new human host.
The war for Magic's survival is over. But everything is different.
Wild magic rules and most ancient spells and spellworks are undone, magic talismans are all over the world and there will be a lot to do, for those who fight on magic and right's side...
...but even as he sees that, Billy Batson, Captain marvel, knows he wont be there to help, not direct;ly.
"I'll do it."
His words are quiet, but everyone nods and a few bow.
Not too long later, they all leave and he sits, in Shazam's old throne and finds himself waiting.
In the spell-lit room, quiet descends.
Then, there is a voice, one he knows very well. As he listens, Shazam's last message plays out.
"If you are hearing these words, I am dead, and you have been forced to take up my station, a task which I am very sorry to inflict on you. Know this however: No matter how hard it becomes, you were chosen because you are worthy of this and that I knew one day I might have to hand it over to you.. Whatever happens, whatever you do now, know that I have confidence in you. The Book will begin to teach you the magics you will need to stand here and be the Wizard. May it serve you as it did me. And in times of great need, the Oracle, in the Darkcave, will serve you well."
The voice fades and Cap finds he is crying. He sits there, in the lit cave and cries for the past, for the future and for a lost friend...
But he does, and works with them, including Mary and CM3, who he had avoided for the last few days.
He is chosen for the group who rebuilds the Rock of Eternity.
He searches and works and strives, and they succeed. The Rock of Eternity is reborn!
Then, he watches as the mystics cement the rock together with power and then, when he is waiting with the others for the questers for the Sins to return, Zatana tells him the other piece of news...
the Rock needs an occupant, someone drenched in magic to keep it whole and keep the magic quiescent.
And the only one strong enough is him, Captain Marvel.
And then, the day gets worse when he finds out it is a final judgement, a final assignment...
Once the spell is done, he can never leave.
With time running out, he hovers there and wonders; What do I do?
Then there is no more time, as the Phantom Stranger arrives. with the Shadowpact, and then Sins, trapped in mystic bottles.
And even as he finishes his announcement, Fate arrives, Nabu, dying, revealing that the Spectre has at last been pulled to his leash and sent to a new human host.
The war for Magic's survival is over. But everything is different.
Wild magic rules and most ancient spells and spellworks are undone, magic talismans are all over the world and there will be a lot to do, for those who fight on magic and right's side...
...but even as he sees that, Billy Batson, Captain marvel, knows he wont be there to help, not direct;ly.
"I'll do it."
His words are quiet, but everyone nods and a few bow.
Not too long later, they all leave and he sits, in Shazam's old throne and finds himself waiting.
In the spell-lit room, quiet descends.
Then, there is a voice, one he knows very well. As he listens, Shazam's last message plays out.
"If you are hearing these words, I am dead, and you have been forced to take up my station, a task which I am very sorry to inflict on you. Know this however: No matter how hard it becomes, you were chosen because you are worthy of this and that I knew one day I might have to hand it over to you.. Whatever happens, whatever you do now, know that I have confidence in you. The Book will begin to teach you the magics you will need to stand here and be the Wizard. May it serve you as it did me. And in times of great need, the Oracle, in the Darkcave, will serve you well."
The voice fades and Cap finds he is crying. He sits there, in the lit cave and cries for the past, for the future and for a lost friend...
