Cliché

Only one time since arriving on Earth had M'gann truly let go and used all her powers, that was when she was trapped by Psimon as he tried to reveal her true appearance to her friends. That short thirty seconds of release has put Psimon in the hospital ever since and his bones wouldn't fully heal for another few months. His consciousness may never return though.

Following the advice of this person she had started to think of as a brother and role model, M'gann released herself fully once again. Her eyes turned black with yellow irises, and she could easily see the remaining Purists floundering around. There was one who caught Blubber and wrapped their legs around him as if to use the small whale as a mount. As the person held on and rained down blows on top of Bubble's head, she used all her strength in her fishlike lower half to get to the attacker but completely overshot him. 

 For the first time, she realized how big of a muscle her lower body had in this shape. It propelled her forward almost as fast as she flew at top speed, better prepared now she aimed for Bubble's attacker and pushed off again with all the strength at her waist. Imitating Superman when he flew, she clenched both fists and used her whole body to spear the Purist. She felt his spine snap and crumble to slivers due to her impact and panicked at what she had done for a brief second before Logan, still in her mind, reassured her that Atlanteans had great healing magic that could fix any damage she caused so long as they still lived. 

Logan, {You need to spend some time at your peak strength in the Holo rooms sis, just to learn how to adjust your strength naturally during battle. It may take all your power to get through an armor but once you do, the flesh underneath can be normal human so it couldn't take the blow. You must learn to make those adjustments on feeling alone. Now you are doing great, keep going.}

M'gann flashed from one cloaked figure to another punching them and learning what it felt like to crush bones like the breastbone of the woman she just hit. (Real it back just a little more M'gann) she tells herself. The next person she punched in the stomach and wasn't prepared for how soft it was until her knuckles reached the backbone. Once she felt that she slowed her fist enough to just break it, not crush it into splinters. (Yay, I'm getting better) M'gann thought to herself and did the cheer pose from the Hello Megan series.

Curious about the way she had seen Logan fight, her next vic... opponent she went after she straightened her hand and pushed it into the shoulder joint, but accidentally used too much strength and literally cut the arm from its socket and torso completely. The feeling was so gross that she nearly vomited but was able to control herself. Logan, {You need more training before you can do that sis.} 

 M'gann, {You saw that?}

Logan, {Well I am still in your head, so yes.}

M'gann, {I'll try something else then.} She used her telekinesis to grab the floating arm and started to bash the remaining Purists over the head with it making sure she didn't use too much strength. She simply swung it at gently increasing levels until they stopped moving. {This is so much easier} M'gann told Logan. 

 As the ink cloud started to clear the miserable fates of the Purists was revealed. But in those 40 seconds, all the Purists had been dealt with so everyone else only needed to tie them up. Lagoon Boy rushed up to M'gann and shouted, "You were wonderful, beauty, and strength. You have it all." Guess those big red eyes were able to see through the ink cloud. 

Tula, "Miss Martian has won us this battle, but we will lose the war unless we regain our strength."

Kaldur, {Logan are you still in range?}

Logan, {Still here and following the remnants of King Sha'ark's meal.} I said as I connected to all the minds of our group.

As I followed the one-armed Purist to a cave I thought, {Here is a mental picture of the cave this guy is headed for.}

As Kaldur and the rest saw the image, Kaldur said, {Yes. I see it. S'atiroman Cave. Wait for us.} 

Kaldur grabbed his head, "Topo, Sha'ark, La'gann, and Blubber are in no condition for battle."

Tula, "Neither are you and Lori. Leave this to Garth and I."

Kaldur, "No Tula. Ocean-Master is too dangerous, and we don't know if there are more Purists in the cave."

Lori, "Besides, if us Fish-Heads can't fight our own battles, it will become a new excuse for the Purist's contempt and ammunition for further separation."

**(Inside the Cave)**

Queen Atlanna lay weakly on the floor where she was chained, fighting to keep every scrap of magic she could to stop her child from feeling the draining effects of the Trident of Neptune. Atlanna, "Please, I BEG of you. Spare my child, don't separate me from yet another of my children."

Ocean-Master removed his Helm, allowing the Queen to finally see his face. "I am sorry. But mercy hardly figures into my plans. Soon Poseidonis will be purged of anyone not under my control and all the Impure Atlanteans. Causing City-States of Impure majorities to seek vengeance. Then a grieving Aquaman who just lost his mother her unborn child and his father."

Atlanna, "NO Orm! You killed Thomas?"

Orm, "Indeed I did, and as Chancellor beside Arthur, I will point out that only those that hated the idea of another half-Atlantean in line for the Throne were responsible. Proof will show that several City–States had a hand in this terrible tragedy. In his grief, he will be too busy seeking vengeance to reconcile the warring factions and Atlantis will fall into chaos. The Seven Seas will be ripe for the Ocean-Master to step in after I use the Trident to steal the magic from Arthur naturally. So, give up hope for your child Atlanna, once I have all the magic from your body it will permanently be mine and the rule of the Ocean-Master shall truly begin."

Unseen by Orm, Ronal had entered the cave just before his big reveal to Queen Atlanna. "So, you used us. Played on our prejudices and used us to destroy our country? Gods forgive me, my foolishness."

Orm, "No, Ronal. Forgive me. I am a cliché, rattling off my plans for all to hear. Shattering your faith in me, but what's done is done I guess." Orm felt a tug on his trident "What sorcery is this? Who seeks to rip the trident from the Ocean-Master's grasp?!" He blasted a magic bolt in the direction the trident tried to move toward and saw an outline of Logan who was hit by the bolt.

Logan, "The same thing won't work on me twice you bastard." Little did he know that by using that word he gained all the focus of Orm. Granting Atlanna a reprieve from the siphoning powers of the trident. 

Orm, "You dare call the Ocean-Master a Bastard, Kaldur's Martian surface dweller? Fortunately, I know how to deal with Martians. They cannot take the HEAT!!!" As he shouted the last word, he flung a spell at Logan that raised the water temperature around him to near scalding. 

Orm was surprised to see no reaction from Logan who was surrounded by bubbling water. 

Logan, "Thanks for that, I was a little cold since I got this deep in the ocean. But I don't like being attacked." Logan's head started to elongate, and his skin turned a smooth chitin-like substance. Then his body took on the look of an exoskeleton and his hands elongated green and spindly. (I have been a little curious about this form since I first came to the ocean. I rather wished I used this one instead of Ripjaws during my last underwater adventure. Maybe I could have saved the ship if I was more willing to do damage in the first encounter with the Trench.)

Orm looked on in horror as this frightening monster appeared where Kaldur's friend had been. Then he panicked as the form slowly disappeared. {Don't worry Orm, I didn't go anywhere. I am right here.} Orm was convinced the voice came from behind him, so he twirled around and fired a bolt of raw magic at his Throne destroying it. Only to feel the chin of the monster settle on his shoulder, Logan {I lied, I'm here!} He opened his mouth and allowed his second jaw to protrude enough for Orm to see it as he chomped with it. After teasing him he punched Orm in the back and faded out of sight again. 

Orm in a panic pointed his Trident toward Queen Atlanna and shouted, "Show yourself or I will kill her now and damn be the consequences!!"

With a rush of water, Orm felt something swim past his right side and he tried to swing his Trident to cut what was passing him. However, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist as he swung his arm. When he looked, he didn't see the Trident there any longer, he didn't see his hand either. Just a green acid preventing his blood from leaking out the nub at the end of his arm. Also, to his horror, the green liquid was eating its way up the forearm causing pain like he never imagined. 

Logan with a hand clutching the Trident of Neptune in his jaws dropped it at Queen Atlanna's side and then bit through the chains holding her down. He did a quick mental sweep of her body only to see her children on the verge of death. {Atlanna, you must use the Trident to retrieve your magic from Orm or you will lose your children. If you do not act quickly, they will not make it.}

Atlanna, {Children? We are having Twins?} Her mind was foggy but that burned away when she realized her actions were all that could save the embodiment of the love between her and Tom. She grabbed the Trident of Neptune at her side and turned it on Orm. "YOU TOOK TOM AWAY FROM US AND NEARLY KILLED MY CHILDREN. AS QUEEN OF THE SEVEN SEAS, I CONDEMN YOU TO DEATH." After saying this she began to absorb the magic in Orm and let it flow directly to the children in her womb. 

Orm Screamed out in agony as a race was on to take his life, by depriving him of his magic one source or the other source being the acid from Logan's form eating away at his body.