[She didn't have time to process this. She didn't even have time to think. Through the pain and exhaustion, Zatanna's survival instincts kicked in. Seeing everything only in terms of this is a battle and I need to do something NOW. Retreating back, she managed to dodge the oncoming attack enough to allow the younger Robin to catch up, grabbing the Zombie and flipping him away from her.]
[Stumbling only once, she quickly croaked out a strong gust of wind to help further the trajectory, minimizing the chance for a quick recovering time.]
[It landed on its face...and was right back up again.]
[Well, crap.]
[A last ditch effort; she held up both hands and initiated a freezing spell. One that would capture the Robin-lookalike creature. Its body went still, paralyzed with one arm still over its head, mouth agape mid-cry. Horrifying. Terrible.]
[But it still looked too much like him.]
[She was heavily out of breath from the little amount of exertion, heaving large gasps of air as she stared it down. All of three feet separated them; she'd managed to catch him just in time.]
Robin, stop, please. I know you're in there. [Actually, she had no idea. Maybe it was him, maybe it wasn't. She had to try.] This...this isn't right.
[The last part was spoken more to herself than the creature.]
[Any other time, the spell would've held indefinitely. But she was still too weak, and after a few seconds, the strain was palpable. Wincing, she struggled to maintain hold on the creature that was already desperately trying to fight her.]
Oh, no, you don't. You're not going any...[groan]...anywhere....
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[She didn't have time to process this. She didn't even have time to think. Through the pain and exhaustion, Zatanna's survival instincts kicked in. Seeing everything only in terms of this is a battle and I need to do something NOW. Retreating back, she managed to dodge the oncoming attack enough to allow the younger Robin to catch up, grabbing the Zombie and flipping him away from her.]
[Stumbling only once, she quickly croaked out a strong gust of wind to help further the trajectory, minimizing the chance for a quick recovering time.]
[It landed on its face...and was right back up again.]
[Well, crap.]
[A last ditch effort; she held up both hands and initiated a freezing spell. One that would capture the Robin-lookalike creature. Its body went still, paralyzed with one arm still over its head, mouth agape mid-cry. Horrifying. Terrible.]
[But it still looked too much like him.]
[She was heavily out of breath from the little amount of exertion, heaving large gasps of air as she stared it down. All of three feet separated them; she'd managed to catch him just in time.]
Robin, stop, please. I know you're in there. [Actually, she had no idea. Maybe it was him, maybe it wasn't. She had to try.] This...this isn't right.
[The last part was spoken more to herself than the creature.]
[Any other time, the spell would've held indefinitely. But she was still too weak, and after a few seconds, the strain was palpable. Wincing, she struggled to maintain hold on the creature that was already desperately trying to fight her.]
Oh, no, you don't. You're not going any...[groan]...anywhere....