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"Time slowing and speeding,

Chaos and Panic,

Control is no where to be found,

Oh how I hate these things...

Power outages causing machines to malfunction,

Control is no where to be found once more,

The time speeds up and slows down,

Raincoats and machines may not help me now,

People rely on me,

something a mere machine cannot do,

And I must not fail them,

Aphrodite,

Bella,

They are all counting on me to be there,

To not run away once more."

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Me, Bella, Jacob, and Hellfire were playing a board game with our own character pieces. I chose a cute cloud while Jacob chose an eel. Bella choose a simple block, and Hellfire chose a octopus.I rolled the dice, it rolled onto the side that showed three black dots in a line"Three spaces!" I happily exclaim, "Your turn Jacob"Jacob rolled a five."Hell yeah a five!" Jacob cheered"Must you always say hell yeah?" Hellfire asked"Well I rule hell don't I?" Jacob chuckledHellfire sighs but smiled a bit, "Yeah, yeah you do""Oh by the way it's your turn!" Jacob reminded, giving Hellfire a kiss on the cheek.Hellfires blushed a bit but rolled the dice and then, moving how many spaces the dice 'said' to. Before Bella got to roll the dice for her turn, the phone rang."I'll get it!" I tell them, as I ran to the phone in the kitchen.I answered the phone."Hello?" The voice of guardian asks"Yes?" I asked, letting guardian know I answered"Oh good! There's an issue I need to talk to you about now!" Guardian said with haste, sounding quite panicked.Noticing the panic in his voice I started to panic a bit myself"Wait whats going on?!" I asked, starting to worry"Theres no time! You need to get here-", His voice was cut off as the power went out.Bella looked at me, "Who was it?"Hellfire cursed the universe for the power outage, which was expected."It was Guardian!" I answeredBella perked up, knowing it wasn't a normal call. She could tell I heard panic in Guardian's voice and it made me panic a bit."What did he say?" She asked"We need to contact Guardian as soon as possible!" I said with haste as I quickly packed what I could, not answering the questionBella understood how urgent the situation was, "Alright. I'll let Blood and Star know.""Finally!" Jacob cheered as he retrieved a weird mess of machinery"Jacob help Ethan pack supplies" Hellfire reminded, unfazed about how Jacob reacted"Hold on one moment!" Jacob said.He tinkered with his prosthetic hand, managing to turn the weird device on."Ok now I'll go help!" Jacob replied as he went over to come help me.Together, we gathered the supplies we would needed. Star and blood didn't take long to show up either and once they showed up, we were going to set off to find Guardian. Unfortunately, a portal opened in our living room and out came a familiar face."Observer!?" Jacob and I both exclaimObserver doesn't respond and instead goes for an attack. I block his attack with one of my summonable hands so he flies back a little, making a mess of the living room."Great your still here." Star mumbled under her breath, before going to attack observer from behind.Bella stayed close to Star, incase Observer decided to become 'Kidnapper' again. He noticed Star and summoned a portal, directing the attack back at her. I tried to surround Observer with my summonable hands, yet my attack was just directed back at me."I've had enough of this" Observer spoke, summoning portals beneath our feet that dropped us to who knows where.Bella cursed Observer as she fell into the portal, calling him a 'annoying bastard'. When we woke up, we were in a huge facility. Observer in front of us.It was hard to tell who the facility belonged to, but considering how Influence's collapsed after that boulder fell on her, I doubted it was hers. Star looked around, frantically. Bella blinked confused as to why Star continued to look around her surroundings so frantically."You know your weaker than you look" Observer said to me"Still stronger than you'll ever be!" Jacob laughed"Jacob as much as I love teasing enemies thats not a good idea right now." Hellfire reminded, referring to star who kept checking her surroundingsObserver glared Jacob, a bit mad at him for that remark."Well you may be able to beat me, but look at this cell!" Observer laughed like a manic villain, clearly referring to the massive cell door next to him, "Its locked up pretty tight right?"He teleported to an elevated control panel, putting his hand on the lever, "How about we find-"He was interrupted by Guardian opening a portal and charging in."Ha! Take that!" Hellfire laughed"Hypocrite" Blood mumbled"Lets get out of here now!" Guardian exclaimedStar sighed in relief, her hand on Blood's shoulder to remind herself Blood was still there. There was a sound of Observer pulling the lever, releasing whatever was in the cell. The portal closed behind us before I could turn around and look.Bella looked at Guardian, "What happened this time?""We're too late..." Guardian hopelessly mumbled"Guardian we don't understand your mysterious mumbling so what the hell happened?" Bella snapped, she had never been fond of Guardian"Observer just let out the most feared beings in the Multiverse!" Guardian exclaimed, a hint of panic in his voice"Theres more?!" Hellfire exclaimed"Just how many things did Henry fight?!" Bella exclaimedMeanwhile Star and Blood were confused"More?? Whos henry-?""Henry was Me and Jacob's father." I answered"And for whatever reason he fought things like influence" Bella addedStar blinked "oh.""He now possesses the journal I'm holding." I said as I opened it."Hello there." It read.Star just stared at the journal for a moment and then blinked unfazed, "You know at this point Im not even surprised"Blood laughed at Star a bit. Eventually, they all started to talk to each other. No one noticed as I left to grab the s̸̻̣͆͋a̵̺̙̓̿c̴̣̔͠r̴̢͎͆̑e̵̛̩͛ḑ̸̼̏̚ ̴̗͂p̶̳̍͝ė̴̖̝ǹ̶̢̺̎. I grabbed the sacred pen and then came back to where everyone was."This'll help!" I said triumphantlyBella blinked, "You realize Star and Blood have no clue what that is? Right...?"Star and Blood looked at me, and the sacred pen, confused."Oh yeah! Its the most powerful thing in the universe that not even the gods know of" I explained calmly, "It basically created our multiverse"Star just stared at me, "Ethan how the fuck are you so calm about this!?""My mind was already toyed with enough by Influence." I said."So was mine!" Star shot back"WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO QUESTION THIS OKAY?!" I yelled, not wanting to even think about all that right nowStar sighed, deciding this 'fight' wasn't worth it, "Alright""Also being this calm helps me cope with the fact we're in grave danger." I mumbled"I guess that would make sense, I don't like the fact we are in grave danger either" Star sighed"Just let him cope." Jacob said. "I hate seeing him stressed like this and I know Bella does too."Bella sighed "Jacob I am fine""Yeah and the last time this crap happened you emotionally broke." Hellfire sarcastically repliedBella glared hellfire for that."Ha! Nice." Jacob replied to Hellfire.Bella punched him square in the face after that.Blood had to grab Bella and hold her back, "Bella no!""Bella yes" Bella replied"That's enough." I said.Bella grumbled but stopped trying to attack Jacob."Let's activate the Pen." I suggested, activating the pen.After it activated, an electric discharge boomed throughout the room leaving me confused after it was gone.Bella blinked "I don't remember that happening last time...""I thought I turned it on?" I said, attempting to turn it back on again and againHearing a loud clank, I turned my head to the sound to see Guardian on the floor. He didn't seem to be powered on. Bella froze as she heard the loud clank. She quickly got up and then picked him up."Orb?! Wake up you stupid orb-!" She yelled at him,"Name: 01000111 01110101 01100001 01110010 01100100 01101001 01100001 01101110 00100000." Guardian repliedBella blinked confused, unsure what his reply meant."Rebooting...Rebooting...Rebooting...Rebooting..." Guardian repeated over and over."Well hes not dead" She shurgged" Rebooting complete." Guardian said."Guardian? Hellooooo?" Bella asked"what happened?" Guardian asked, before reminding Bella with a huff (and a yell) that his name was Guardian.Bella laughed, "Yep your fine"Guardian floated out of Bella's hands."The power went out when Ethan tried to turn on the sacred pen" Hellfire explained"Oh my! That was an Emp wave!" Guardian exclaimed."Emp what?" Bella asked"It disables technology and severely damages them!" Guardian explained, "It might've shut the Sacred Pen offline...""Oh thats just fucking great." Bella grumbled"God dammit!" I yelled.Bella sighed "We should get ready to fight these things, last time we weren't prepared and it all went wrong.""Trust me when I say this, You all are definitely not ready to fight them yet." Guardian said. "We'll need more team members to help us!""And how will that help us? We don't even know how to contact cherry or anyone else!" Bella shot back, "And I highly doubt my phone can pick up signals from universes away!""I can still send transmissions to the- the- them. Oh my, that Emp did a number on my vocal communicators." Guardian said."Oh great. Just fantastic." Bella grumbled"Well for now let's get some rest before we continue and find the others." Guardian suggested."I needed some shut eye anyway." I said.Bella sighed "Alright, we'll get some shut eye""Guest rooms are down the hall, to the right." Guardian told us.We all went to the guest rooms to sleep. Hopefully by tomorrow, we'll have a plan....

Hopefully.

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"Memories, things I sometimes hardly remembered unless I focused. Sometimes I hardly understand how humans can deal with always having an idea of whats happening"

Tremya walked, her blue and white time themed dress swaying in a till as she walked with huggable blue teddy behind her. The halls were fancy and decorated with eye-pleasing colors, family pictures and portraits decorating the walls...Portraits that would later been thrown into an attic and forgotten just like all the things her father would dim imperfect on a whim. She stopped at a room of her father, the light green haired man in a suit with a white bowtie keeping his ponytail together, yelling at servants to get rid of items he was deeming imperfect once more. Tremya didn't understand why her father would do this, but sometimes she did. Sometimes the items were sliced and burned, who did this was also unknown.Her father didn't so much as bat an eye at Tremya, urging the servants who did notice her to "get rid of the horrid items" faster. She just walked away, taking the chance to enjoy the break before books and books were assigned to her again. Her father was a god of knowledge, and he loved to brag how he knew everything as the god of knowledge, about how great it was. According to her mother, thats why they never had guests. Tremya was glad, she knew if guests were here her father would snatch that teddy bear that was almost her height (all be it a few inches shorter) while forcing her to stand proper and talk proper. He was always like that at every event, making sure she used the right fork or spoon while her mother would scold him for being too harsh on a twelve year old.Worst of all, she had to eat the overly-fancy food. Even the vegetables that may or may not have been in the food. Who cares about how nice it looked or how all the flavors went together? Tremya just wanted simple food like soup. She was always grateful when they just served soup, it was a rare blessing from having to worry which fork to use.She picked up her pace as she saw the jar of cookies on the kitchen island. If the servants were here they'd scold her that she had to ask her parents. If she got lucky and she was busy reading a lot of books they'd have pity on her and give her a cookie to eat while hiding in a cabinet because usually if it was one of those days she had snuck over while her father looked away for a second. The servants weren't here, either in the kitchen making the food for dinner or desperately trying not to get fired during one of her father's sudden episodes of deeming things imperfect and yelling for them to get rid of such items. Her father wasn't here, and the reason why was quite obvious. So she set down her blue teddy that she had been hugging and climbed up the stool. Yes she was tall enough to just hop on, but her father and mother not here to stop her just made this feel like a rebellious feat which made it fun. Snickering as she sat improperly on the stool she grabbed the cookie jar....Suddenly it was a truck full of memories hit her, memories all flashing at once that made her head hurt.Memories of what happened after episodes of her father deeming things imperfect, which where long fights between her mother and father while she played with her toys or slept. Her mother fighting over how her father constantly gave her new things to learn or study and that she should have time to be a child while her father said that was a bunch of crap. Memories of her father planning this or that carefully, not caring how difficult or even cruel it would be for a mere child.They all came flooding to her in an instant, all of them. The cookie jar falling to the ground and shattering into all its porcelain pieces snapped her out of her thoughts, making her jolt once more. The pieces were all over the kitchen island and the fancy marble tiles, which left a few cracks from the impact too. The cookies, ironically, were just fine despite all the pieces of porcelain."Tremya!" Her father's voice exclaimed, either scolding her or just exclaiming he was worried.Tremya, with her new information, highly doubted it was the second option. He walked over, quickly checking if she was ok like if he actually did care for her wellbeing. She smacked his hand off of her, which easily pissed him off."Tremya what in the heavens was that for!? And didn't I tell you to not touch the cookies! Worst of all your sitting improperly again!" Her father harshly scolded as he held the area she smacked"Like you actually care!" Tremya snapped, tears starting to fall down her cheeks."Tremya..." Her father looked at her, with a expression a normal parent would have.

But he wasn't a normal parent.

Never had to begin with, he was a god of knowledge. How normal was that?"You know I do care for you" He lied so easily it added salt to the newly opened wound"Quit lying! I'm just your stupid pawn!" Tremya yelled, throwing a piece of the broken cookie jar at her fatherHe easily dodged, "You brat!"Just as predicted, his caring facade faded in the blink of an eye. He slapped her harshly without a single ounce of regret. Tremya froze, her father hadn't slapped her before...not until now.After that day, she watched as her father yelled at the servants.... the halls she would walk along no longer decorated by the portraits. Not even the ones of her father himself. As she sat in the waiting room, waiting for the birth of her sister....it all made sense.

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"Machines make better company than people, they can't have horrible judgement. Only what is right or what is wrong."

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I walked through a dark hallway, wondering how I got here in the first place.

Did I wake up and walk to get something? Was this some dumb trick Observer set up?

"Guys?" I called out, hoping to Aphrodite I hadn't lost Ethan again

A long necked creature, masked in darkness lowered from the ceiling. It wasn't facing me.

I blinked, "Thats totally not creepy"

The creature turns around, revealing a large sinister smile with one blue eye illuminating what little of the dark hallway I could see, smiling in a sinister way. It attacked me without giving me a chance to react.
I woke up, and looked around. I wasn't in the dark hallway, and Ethan was talking to Jacob."How long was I asleep?" I asked as I rubbed my eyes"A while-" Blood tried to say."I'd estimate 9 and a half hours." Guardian interrupted"You got the exact time. HOW!?" Ethan asked confused"Weirdo." Jacob commented."So now that we got some sleep, what will we do now?" Blood asked"Wait why are you seeing how long we sleep for?!" Ethan asked."Nevermind that. And to answer your question Blood, we are going to gather a slightly larger team in order to defeat these things." Guardian explained."Alright, makes sense. But how are we going to get that team?" Blood reminded"Does anyone feel like everything is slower?" Ethan asked in a strange, slow voice."Something does feel... off. Orb mind explaining why?" I glared guardian"That means... " Guardian...explained?The rest of what he said was like fast mumbling, which I wasn't going to bother trying to understand."- Someone has the time amulet!" Guardian exclaimedI blinked, "WAit... WHAT?!""The time amulet controls time by fast forwarding and slowing time!" Guardian explainedA portal appeared and Tremya fell out of itI blinked, "Tremya why are you here?""To say what guardian just said" Tremya answered"Oh hello!" Guardian greeted, waving his little blaster arm."Hello", Tremya wasn't in her usual child like form, but her actual form for once, "Sorry if I look like a mess, its because someone got the time amulet and I'm desperately trying not to panic"I looked at her worried, "Oh god last time shit like this happened you were so calm!""Well influence didn't FUCK UP TIME-" Tremya huffedSuddenly a hole in the air formed and attempted to suck Ethan into it. Jacob caught Ethan by the hand and tried pulling him out of the mysterious hole. However, he was struggling to.I grabbed my spear and attempted to attack the damn thing, "Let go of him you bastard!"Annoyingly, the hole sucked up my weapon and a small fragment of Ethan's liquid like body."What was that?!" Ethan yelled, rather scared due to almost being kidnapped by a holeI grumbled, cursing the hole, "That bastard took my spear! Fuck you random hole!"Blood looked unfazed, "Bella you have 50 other weapons to use""That was my favorite!" I grumbled"That was a time rip!", Guardian explained, "The things that got sucked up  might have given that rip in time coordinates to go to on the other side!"You got to be fucking kidding me."Great, Just great." I grumbled"Just hurry up and try to find team members" Tremya grumbled"Okay. So I'm going to send a distress signal to some of our teammates." Guardian explained.Multiple 'beep' sounds came from Guardian, "That was fast!"Tremya sighed in relief, her and Guardian had always been friends since Influence happened."But how will they get here? Cherry and Lexi can't travel multiverses like we can" I asked"I'll help them" Tremya replied"Alright" I sighedSoon Felix and Harmony showed up through one of Guardian's portals. Cherry and Lexi (with tremya's help) arrived as well.Oddly enough, Cherry and Lexi had a child with them. She had peach like hair, with a bit of yellow on top.they had a child with them? She just looked at guardian, calmlyBella blinked confused at the child cherry and lexi brought with them"Whos this?"Cherry smiled, "Oh, thats Peach.""Our daughter" Lexi addedI stared at lexi, "You know I'm not going to ask."Lexi we left you alone with cherry for less than a day. And then six years-"Are you sure it is practical to bring along a small child to a possibility life threatening situation?" Guardian questioned.Peach looked at guardian, "Sir if you have questions about if I will be safe in this environment, you can ask me. I'm well aware of what I have agreed to come along on, a battle with many hardships. But for the sake of my mother, I refused to be left behind"She bowed politely, "I apprecaite your concern sir"Guardian was just left in awe for a moment. Which was kinda funny to see."O-okay Ma'a- I MEAN Peach!" Guardian said hastily.Peach giggled at his mess up and smiled, happily standing near her mother, Cherry. She then went back to the emotionless curious gaze.Cherry looked at guardian, "So whats next guardian? You contacted us because there was a threat, correct?""Yes! Observer has the time amulet and has also released the most feared beasts in the Multiverse, 'THE FOUR DIMENSIONAL HORRORS!' " Guardian explained hastily.I looked at guardian, unfazed. He acted like a panicked animal sometimes I swear."I thought influence was the worst thing?" I asked"One time, Henry mentioned Influence to the four, and ALL FOUR OF THEM LAUGHED!" Guardian explained, obviously terrified, "The Four said Influence is weak and the destruction The Four caused the first time proves it!""So we just had four dimensional horrors sitting around that may be worse than influence herself!?" I exclaimed"Well influence was once a mortal, so thats why she was most likely weaker" Tremya explained"I'm pretty sure some of The Dimensional horrors were demigods.", Guardian said, "There's no documents on them at all so it is hard to know.""That would explain why they are stronger too. I can't get any info on them, with time being messed with as it is... I can't pull information from it like I did with influence" Tremya sighed, "My hologram hands are the least affected. And so far my portals seem to work just fine""We need to start being on the move in order to not get found!" Guardian said with haste"And where do you suggest we go?" I asked"I'd say we should teleport to the outer parts of our multiverse. Then we'll lose them!" Guardian suggested."Alright, but we don't know where the 'outer parts' are" I replied"Exactly!" Guardian exclaimed, "They won't know where we are!""I'll set the portal coordinates to a small town in the edge of the multiverse!" Guardian explained"Alright..." I glared guardian, but trusted himHe was our only hope last time and he didn't fail us then. Still don't like him that much however.The portal opened. "Ready guys?" Guardian asked."Yup I'm ready!" Ethan answered"Same here." Jacob addedI nodded, "We are all ready""Step in the portal when you would like to." Guardian instructed, before floating into the portal.The others walked in to the portal. Oddly enough, there was a pink haired male. His hair was kinda like mine...It was odd, I didn't know many others with that exact hair color. Perhaps it was just me.He wasn't aware of the group yet, humming as he worked on something?"Hello sir-" Ethan greetedThe male jolted, knocking over whatever he was working on. Yet he just put on a smile, a welcoming smile..?"Oh Hello! I'm Cyrus, who are you guys? Oh do you know a henry? Or a aphrodite? Does aphrodite have kids, a husband? How are they? Tell me everything!" He asked, and so quickly tooI jolted when Cyrus mentioned Aphrodite. Maybe it wasn't just me.Ethan perked up a bit, confused, "Who are you and how do you know my father?!"Cyrus perked up when Ethan said father, "Wait wait wait, is your name Ethan?""Yes but why do you want to know?" Ethan replied."He... he actually used the name I recommended....", Cyrus looked so happy as he said that...He smiled, "Call me Cyrus, I was friends with your father. Speaking of which, how is he?""Oh! He passed away unfortunately before Me and Jacob's birth but he possesses his journal" Ethan explained casually, holding up the journal open."Cyrus?" It read.Cyrus's smile faded as he stared at the journal for a moment but he just forced the smile back on his face. That same energetic smile."Hello Henry, Its been a while since we talked" He greeted"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!" The journal read.Cyrus smiled still, but there was some nervousness in that smile.He looked at the group, ignoring the question, "Bella, how is aphrodite doing?""DON'T IGNORE ME CYRUS!" It read from the journal.I blinked, "Aphrodite did get married. I'm her daughter, Bella. And the red haired female is my sister blood"Cyrus continued to ignore the question and smiled, "Oh wonderful! Who did she get married to?""Aros" I answeredCyrus blinked surprised, "I wouldn't have thought they'd be such a perfect fit. Then again, Aros was always full of surprises. Its wonderful to meet you finally, and to know my sister is ok"I just stared, this man was my uncle!? I HAD AN UNCLE!?"Well if we're doing introductions, I'm Ethan. I'm Bella's boyfriend and that is my twin brother, Jacob. And his girlfriend, Hellfire." Ethan introducedCyrus blinked in surprise but smiled and then clapped a little, "Oh wonderful! But I do have one question Ethan..."       "Yes?" Ethan replied."Why are you here?" Cyrus looked at ethan, the smile no longer there, "I doubt you'd go the outer areas of the universe for no reason after all""We came here to hide because someone let out the most feared beings in the Multiverse." Ethan explained"Yes! And we are going to hide until we come up with a plan to take them down!" Guardian added."Most feared beings in the multiverse?" Cyrus asked confused, taking out a notepad, "Could you explain?""Neither Guardian or Tremya can find any records on them because someone has the time amulet." Ethan explainedCyrus froze, "...Time amulet...?""He is right Cyrus." Guardian added.The notepad fell froom cyrus's hands as he just stared for a moment. Suddenly screaming could be heard outside the building they were in.Cyrus jolted, grabbing a few things and then a pen that looked a bit like the sacred pen .He opened a portal, not using the pen yet"Questions later, we don't have time.""Wait how do you have that?!" Guardian said."I said questions later! Now get in the portal!" Cyrus snapped"I'm sure it's nothing Cyrus." Ethan reassured.Cyrus sighed and closed the portal, smiling like he wasn't about to make a run for it. I see where Blood got that from now..."I'm sorry about that, something made the power go out yesterday and so I'm a bit jumpy" He giggled, looking at guardian, "What was your question again?""Where did you get that pen?" Guardian asked again.Cyrus blinked and showed the pen "Oh this? I made it myself!"He smiled while Guardian was visibly freaking out because of the lack of procedures to keep it safe.Cyrus looked confused, "Ethan is your little friend ok?""Yes he's fine." Ethan said to Cyrus."Guardian, it's fine it's not the Sacred Pen." Ethan whisperedCyrus blinked confused at the mention of the sacred pen, but smiled, "Well I'll happily help you and your friends! I have nothing better to do besides talk to my machines anyways""Thank you so much! Now let's figure out what all the screaming is about!" Guardian said."Yeah! I wanna know too!" Jacob said, curiousCyrus used the pen to open a portal from where the location of the screams came from, "Come along!"He went through the portal without heistation. Ethan jumped through and then the others followed. Cyrus closed the portal after they went through the portal, looking for anyone who could have screamed.Unfortunately, no one was there. Two kids emerged from an alleyway. One, a teenage girl with a pink ponytail, black skin, a soft yellow and black jacket with blue jean pants with the cuffs rolled up. The other a young boy with blank white skin, black hair, a grey T-shirt with decorations, shorts, and pair of black shoes."Next time, don't immediately say hello after coming out of a dimensional portal!" The girl huffed as she talked to the boy"But that lady seemed nice..." The boy whined"I'm sorry to say this but she screamed in fear and left. That doesn't necessarily mean we are welcome here!" The girl shot backCyrus blinked and listened to the two, not letting them know they were there yet. Ethan walked up to them, going to check if the two were okay. Cyrus let ethan, but whispered for ethan not to get too close"Excuse my interruption but are you two okay-". Before Ethan could finish, the girl summoned a sword with a black blade and turned around."wait... DAD?!?" The girl exclaimedI walked over, "Dad? But we don't have kids...""And Mom too!" the boy added right before the girl covered his mouth."I'm sorry about him! We mistook you for our parents!" The girl apologizedI sighed in relief... which was rather short lived-"The time rip...." Guardian mumbled.Cyrus blinked, looking at guardian"Wait...are those their future kids?" I heard him ask guardian"THE TIME RIP!" Guardian yelled, startling everyoneThe group jolted, and I looked over at guardian."What do you mean?" I asked"That time rip that tried to take Ethan didn't take him but ended up taking a small fragment and the spear you threw Bella. It set the coordinates to sometime in the future." Guardian explained"Wait! Ethan is my Dad's name!" The girl added.I looked at the girl and then back at Guardian, "What. Wait guardian, are these our future kids!?""Pretty much." Guardian answered calmlyMy face got red from blush, "We have kids...in the future..."Ethan was still oblivious as ever."Well we might as well introduce ourselves. I'm Charlotte and this is my little brother Noah." Charlotte introduced"Hi!" Noah said, happily waving.Cyrus smiled, "Hello! Its lovely to meet you""Hes a bit too calm..." Hellfire mumbled, "Its odd.""Hello Charlotte? Daughter? What do I call you by?" Ethan said, confused."You can call me whatever!" Charlotte replied.I was still having trouble grasping the fact me and ethan had kids in the future, "I'll just call you by your name...""Okay Bella." Charlotte said, calling me by my name as not to freak me out more."Thank you Charlotte" I thanked, knowing why she was calling me by my name, and went over to guardian"What do you suggest we do now o-""Guardian." Cyrus corrected sternlyHe sure acts like uncle."What do you suggest we do now guardian?" I sighed and asked"So now we need to come up with a plan, fast!" Guardian said.Suddenly a portal opened in the distance and came out Observer and a tentacle metallic monster."Hide!" Guardian told everyone"Come on over here!" Cyrus showed them a spot to hideOnce everyone hid, we could only listen to what they are talking about."Find them. Now!" Observer commanded to the creature.The creature just gave Observer a look and then sniffed the location out."Shall we go somewhere else?" Cyrus whispered to guardianThe creature perked up, and grew suspicious."Yes and quickly." Guardian whispered.Cyrus nodded, opening a portal and taking us somewhere else quickly and before the creature could get to usEveryone quietly went through the portal once Cyrus opened it.

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"Smile, sit there, talk.... smile, sit there, talk...smile, sit there, talk....SMILE WHILE SITTING THERE AND TALK NORMALLY....!"

A pink haired male dressed in a the pink suit decorated with white and gold sat at his desk that was mainly cluttered with all kinds of things his mother wanted him to pay attention to. He could barely bring himself to look at them. The papers were boring and stressful, constantly reminding him of things she had thought he'd forgotten but really just didn't want to do.Yet among the room cluttered with pink and overly fancy decorations, with the other fancy outfits nicely hung up in his closet, he was smiling. Smiling as he wrote, carefully writing each letter in cursive...The harsh click clack of heels as his mother walked closer to his room snapped him out of his thoughts with a jolt. He shoved the journal away and put the pen, all be it a pink pen with a heart that he wished he could just toss out of his room, back in his suit pocket. Forcing himself to hide the nervousness he grabbed his almost finished braid and put his hands back on it.His mother slammed the door open, damaging the already damaged wall that she would scold him for over and over again because of course it was his fault. Always was, he was never good enough. Always failing her. Heavens it was a surprise he hadn't just bolted to go and fail everyone else while he was at it!"Cyrus." His mother, Venus snapped harshlyCyrus didn't turn around. He didn't want to look at her horrible face of rage or disappointment that she gave satan her soul for...probably. If she knew he called her a burning demon from hell she'd scold him on how that was harsh and not PERFECT enough to describe her PERFECT WONDERFUL FACE."CYRUS!" Venus snapped, not having the patience for her background characters as always"Yes, mother?" He asked with a proper voice as he put the fancy gold color hair tie on to finish his braid"Heavens it took you this long to get ready?! Perfect knows how long to take you know!" Venus scolded harshlyCyrus flinched and quickly forced himself to sit perfectly before his mother scolded that to. He forced the panic down into a figurative pit of darkness, he couldn't fail. No. He couldn't."I'm sorry mother...." He mumbled, looking to the side"Whatever, your sister is ready and we must go. Metis will be pissed if we are the LAST one there! You are lucky that they only have a son or you'd marry into their family." Venus snapped, walking out of the room.Cyrus sighed but forced himself to look proper and followed as he ignored the urge to fidget with his pen. He did that and Venus snapped at him for how ungrateful he was to watch Tiempo reform her ballet moves when she had to be practically "begged like the stupid spoiled little daddy's girl she was". Aphrodite shined in her beautiful pink dress with clear pink jewels that had gold decorating it. Her expression hid any emotions she would have, or had. At times, Cyrus envied how she seemed so perfect. More perfect than he was supposed to be. But then he was just reminded of her pure and happy smile she had when she was but a mere toddler. It pained him to see that expression that hid what would be a beautiful smile to anyone who saw it...Like his own home he walked, the halls were decorated with paintings and gold. Shining brighter than any hope Cyrus could merely wish for. Everyone was dressed in suits and beautiful shining dresses that looked more beautiful than his own. Of course, as always he wasn't enough...Venus went over to talk to Metis and his wife, who talked about their perfect son. Cyrus rolled his eyes at the mere thought of that jerk. He always bragged about how perfect he was and how he was the best, which only Tiempo seemed to love listening to. Cyrus wanted to shout in her face about how much of a spoiled brat she was. Heavens, how did she even have morals?!Desperately, Cyrus scanned the crowd for even a glimpse of Henry. He felt his heart sink as his brain processed the fact Henry was no where to be found in his miserable dinner party. Cyrus wasn't surprised, the creation family was always mysterious... never following the rules of the god's social construct. Then again, with their careful managing they could live for heavens knows how long....at least that was the rumor.He was snapped out of his thoughts when Arthos came to talk to him, just as proper as everyone else.... just as predictable. Everyone was. On one hand, it was nice. No need to worry about what to say, just say this or that and they'd be pleased. On the other hand it was boring.... and boredom always made the increasing panic start to cave in. He had no time to cry and break down here, his mother would kill him!Cyrus smiled, responding with the proper phrases and sentences that fit the situation. He did this with one person, and then another, and then another. He had been in so many conversations all the words and faces blurred together until Gaia rang the dinner bell with her annoying smile."Attention, Attention~!" She spoke in a beautiful sing song voice that made Cyrus's ears want to bleed.Everyone turned their heads and bodies over in the direction of Gaia in her hourglass dress, decorated with a lighter shade of green than the dress itself and jewels of the same color. Moving like she was still underwater along the 'oh so wonderful sea life' she had grown up. She smiled as she let Metis hold her hip so she wouldn't fall with the water under her dress that kept her from becoming the dinner itself."Dinner is ready, please please, take your seats" She spoke gracefully, dinging the bell gently with her finger two times.To no surprise, the dinner was fish with kelp and seaweed that decorated the actual side dishes. Metis helped her sit down and she thanked him with a kiss on the lips. Cyrus wanted to gag at how the kiss took some of her light green lipstick off and smeared on Metis's face but he resisted the urge. He grabbed the correct fork with the correct knife and ate the food in the correct way, as the others did so too.The dinner room became full of chattering among the adults, most of the gods-to-be like Cyrus just let their parents talk and eat unless they were sitting next to the god they wanted to marry. Arthos had to keep declining marriage offers the entire dinner, most of which Cyrus didn't bother to pay attention to. Gaia rang the dinner bell again, confusing Cyrus. Dinner was already being eaten, what the hell was she ringing it for now!?"Now now, it is time to reveal the reason for this that you have all been waiting for~!" Gaia said happily with that sing-song voice again"Yes, as you all know it is the time to prepare our heirs to take our places." Metis explained"And that means marriage time~!" Gaia rejoiced, again with that sing song voice as she jumped onto her husband's lap.Metis switched her mermaid tail for a pair of legs, so she could sit more comfortable on his lap. Cyrus couldn't even be grossed out by the hidden meanings, he froze when the marriage part was mentioned. No... He wasn't ready for marriage, or a wife! The thought of kissing a female made him sick... more or less the thought of having to have children with that same female.... to act as if he loved her. Heavens, he wanted to puke. All these thoughts made him sick. He didn't want the role, and Aphrodite was so much better for it than he was! She could find a human or god she tolerated to do her duty with ease! Aphrodite was always calm and loyal to whatever duty was assigned to her. The duty of just sitting in the background didn't suit her. Gaia started asking each god-to-be if they had someone to marry, as she reassured them this was just the start of the process. If they had one, good, no need for it. If they didn't, then was the time to start. Cyrus felt sick, and the panic was seeping in.He stood up, "I'm sorry, can I please be excused?"Gaia blinked but smiled, shifting in her husband's lap slightly (while Cyrus tried not to think of what hidden thing was under there that kept making her shift ever so slightly), "Of course dear!"Cyrus smiled and nodded, "Thank you"He quickly walked to one of the fancy restrooms and puked into the trashcan, letting himself sob as he thanked the heavens he was in the farthest restroom from the dinner table full of marriage talk and people making it more enjoyable than visible to the naked eye.

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"They say love knows no bounds. This isn't true. It simply just doesn't care about the boundaries."

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After we went though the portal, we ended up in a run down place with suspicious people. Mom signaled with a 'shhh' gesture to remember the lines." 𝓦𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓦𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼,𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼,𝓚𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂,𝓛𝓸𝓬𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝓫𝓸𝔁,𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮,𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓶𝓮 𝓟𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱.""Charming..." Jacob mumbled sarcastically. His expression showed he was annoyed. It was hard to read his expression any further due to the lack of facial features the others had.Cyrus sighed, looking rather tired from holding the portal open, "I had to think quick. And this universe was close by""We'll have to seek refuge here unfortunately." Ethan added with a sorrowful expression.Bella summoned another weapon, her expression as serious as it had been since I arrived with mom and dad, "Its better than when we had to deal with influence Jacob. We at least have refuge.""Pulling weapons out so soon might draw attention to us. For now let's keep a low profile." Guardian advised, his expression unreadable. 
"Sometimes, someone won't have a face to read or their face doesn't show their emotion" Mom spoke

"What do you mean?" I asked

"When Influence happened, there was two people who this was the case. A male with only a mouth and nothing else on his face, a glitchy male, and a bot" Mom explained, "But you can still read their emotions despite what they try"

"What would that be?" I asked with excitement

"Their voice, their tone" Mom smiled

"But what if they don't show emotion through that?" I asked

"Then watch their actions, you will see their intent and their emotions. Listen to their words and how they word things. Watch their body language." Mom answered, patting me

"Cherry dearest dinner is ready!" Dad called from the kitchen

"Ok Dear!" Mom responded with a smile, one she only showed to dad or when he was mentioned.
 Bella unsummoned her weapon annoyed, "Fine."For whatever reason, she didn't seem to like Guardian. I didn't understand, he was nice!Cyrus smiled, "Don't worry, I know this universe well. I stayed here a few times"The smile and tone were fake, again. A suspicious man walked up to us, three other people and a terrified hostage at gunpoint. "Give us your crap or this person gets it!" The man yelledDespite this threat, Cyrus seemed to be rather calm. He just smiled at then with a smile that showed he knew what he would do if they did dare shoot. So far he seemed to have good intentions."You know taking hostages is repetitive at this point, right?" A monotone asked, however it wasn't actually a question."Who the hell is that?!" One criminal asked, rather startledCyrus perked up, but signaled the others to not move with a simple gesture. Ethan used himself as a shield for Bella. His future daughter, Charlotte did the same but for her brother. Mom got in front of me, annoyingly enough blocking my view for a moment. I moved her hand out of the way and she made sure I could still see whats happening, silently thanking her.A man in an older style suit dropped down, facing the criminals."Now that i have your attention, I'm asking you nicely to leave the hostage with me and leave." He spoke in the same monotone voice and a calm, monotone, expression."Now who do you think you are?!" One snapped"Me? I'm the man who's gonna kill all four of you if you don't give me the hostage in approximately 15.9 seconds." He answeredCyrus watched with interest, with a mix of amusement and interest on his face. Notably, he seemed to like the man. Its where his eyes seemed to stay for the longest."Ha! You're bluff-" The criminal laughed, getting cut off with a snap.He seemed unaffected for a moment but in a few seconds, his head falled off and rolled onto the ground. The other three men watched with expressions or pure fear and ran.Cyrus smiled at the mysterious man, "Thank you sir"His tone showed that his mood had perked up, and he still had that look of interest on his smiling face. Maybe it was the man he was interested in and not the criminals"Now that that's dealt with.. allow me to introduce myself." The man spoke turning around. He was a young African American man with white hair, wearing an old styled suit that seemed futuristic, and strangely had a blue, cybernetic eye. Cyrus quickly noticed, perking up but not like his usual 'oh I'm interested's he'd been doing.It was more like... a excited child...? He was staring at the mysterious man like how mom stared at dad all the time.He waited patiently for the man to introduce himself before he opened his mouth to speak.Bella blinked, looking rather confused by Cyrus's reaction, "What is he so excited about...?"Ethan noticed it too, now wondering what was intriguing Cyrus. Clearly it seemed to really intrigue Cyrus by how interested his face showed he felt."I am Quinn. And I am from the future." Quinn introduced, "Someone must have been messing with the time amulet, correct?" "Indeed Quinn!" Guardian replied."We aren't sure who it is" Tremya addedCyrus didn't pay attention to that, and quickly went over to Quinn, asking a lot of questions about the futuristic eye. This surprised not just me, but all of us.Bella blinked even more surprised than before, "Its when we first met him...""Hes weird" Hellfire commented looking away with disinterestQuinn responded to each question with an answer in that same calm voice. Cyrus got even more excited and happy as Quinn did so, quickly writing down all the answers he was given in a holographic notepad. It was quite unexpected, he was more happy than he usually showed himself to be especially when he was so proper moments ago...Whenever there were any questions about how to make the technology itself or how to make it, Quinn noticeably skimmed over the question. However, Cyrus didn't notice and then blinked.He blushed embarrassed at his actions and quickly unsummoned the holographic notepad, "Oh I'm so sorry Quinn! I got so distracted!"He was a panicked, blushing mess, as he quickly gathered himself and went back to the proper act of his."Im Cyrus, Nice to meet you" He properly introduced, smiling that fake smile again."Well it's good to meet you, Cyrus." Quinn said with the same monotone voice.Cyrus smiled and looked over to Guardian, "Guardian would you inform this gentleman of what we are doing?"Bella noticed how he said that, and the fact he called Quinn a 'gentleman'. Cyrus seemed to be quite fond of Quinn."Of course Cyrus! We have came here to seek refuge from Observer and the Four dimensional horrors. Observer has gained the power of the time amulet and we need all the help we can get to come up with a plan." Guardian explained.Cyrus smiled, "We could always use as much people and help as possible, but if you must leave...then you are able to"There was a slight sadness in his voice as he said 'then you are able to' that was quite noticeable."I'll come along to help then." Quinn repliedCyrus perked up like an excited child again, "Wonderful! We are grateful you have decided to help us!""More like you are grateful..." Hellfire mumbled, rolling her eyes I walked over to where Quinn was, which caused mom to grab my hand. She was telling me not to get all up in Quinn's face and be rude. He noticed me but didn't think much. I stared with what little curiosity I let out of my box full of emotions. Noticing my silence, he gave mom and dad a nod of respect that silently told them of his concern.Mom noticed his nod, "Don't worry Quinn, she agreed to come herself"I nodded, telling Quinn that my mom was telling the truth. She needed me, I couldn't leave even if I didn't want to be here."If you're gonna seek refuge next time, don't try to find refuge in a crime infested city." Quinn suggestedCyrus chuckled and smiled nervously, "Thank you for the tip, come on I'll take us to a safer place!""Okay." Quinn nodded"Are we sure we can trust this guy? We barely met him just now!" Jacob told Ethan, a bit worried.You didn't seem concerned when he met Cyrus."I'm sure he's trustworthy." Ethan replied."You trusted Cyrus when we met him an hour ago" Bella pointed out"Oh come on! Everyone deserves a chance!" Ethan huffed"True, some really need them", Bella looked at StarShe was clearly aiming this at Star. Mom had told me Bella and Star didn't have the best history with each other, especially when it came to Ethan or Blood."Bella!" Star huffed, annoyed by her comment."Well I believe he will be a great help to our team in the long run!" Guardian said."Guys!" Cyrus huffed impatiently, "I can't keep portals open for so long like gods can ya know""Okay let's go!" Ethan insistedCyrus took us to a safer place, closing the portal once we all went through the portal. He sighed in relief as he shook his hand that held the pen to try and get rid of the pain in his wrist. Bella noticed and asked if he was ok.Cyrus chuckled and smiled to hide that his wrist was clearly in pain, "Oh I'm fine, my wrist just gets like that when I have a portal open for a while"Ethan sat down on the floor in the background and talked to Henry and Jacob. Cyrus went over to Guardian with Bella to talk about more serious things. I got up and followed Cyrus."Guardian, when will we make a plan?" Bella asked sternly with a serious expression and a hand on her hip, "We need one, and clearly we need it fast."Suddenly, Quinn's eye began flickering on and off. "I'll be right back!" Quinn told the others, running out quite quickly."Okay!" Guardian replied to Quinn.Cyrus perked up, concerned, and followed Quinn. I followed after him. "My uncle is weird sometimes-" I heard Bella mumble, to which her sister Blood snickered"So I have a plan to try and separate all four of them momentarily in order to have a better chance to win a battle with the individual members." Guardian explained, "but it won't be easy as each bring a pretty good fight." Bella must have nodded as she said,"Alright"The steps of Cyrus still following Quinn snapped me out of by trance, and the steps soon stopped."I know you're following me, Cyrus." Quinn spoke, still facing away from Cyrus.Cyrus looked at Quinn, "I just wanted to make sure you were ok. I noticed your eye flickering""Oh that." Quinn blinked, turning around. "It's just an alert that I need to replace my nuclear energy powered charging cylinder. Or in simple terms, a fancy battery." Quinn explained.Quinn then pulled out a blue glowing cylinder."Do not touch the glowing part because it will kill you. Just putting that out there" Quinn addedCyrus looked at the little cylinder in interest, "Oh, that makes sense. But why did you leave the room so quickly?""I'm sorry... you don't have to answer if you don't want to..." He mumbled, looking to the side nervously"No, no it's fine. I just don't bring it up." Quinn explained, "My cybernetics are prosthetics, basically because my face was damaged more than just my eye, I have prosthetics in my face." Cyrus blinked, "Thats quite cool honestly... sorry if I'm rude-"He was quite nervous, that look of interest on his face again. He still looked at Quinn like how mom looked at dad, clearly he liked this man."It's safe to assume you take a hobby in tinkering and machinery. Or at least from what I've seen. So don't worry about asking questions" Quinn said.Cyrus chuckled nervously, "Well yes, I have built some of my own in fact. This pen I carry is just one of the few examples"He showed his pen, which seemed to be synced to his powers, "I made this so it would be easier to use my powers. I don't have to use it for battle, but I prefer to""Interesting.." Quinn said, gazing at the pen.It seemed to stay perfectly in sync with him, moving as he adjusted his hand to whatever position he wanted his hand in. It could even float in place, staying close to CyrusCyrus smiled, proud of his pen. Or was he just proud he impressed his crush?Quinn's eye flickered again, which caused him to lose his balance so he sat down."Okay I gotta change that battery." Quinn sighedCyrus perked up and sat next to Quinn, "Would you like me to help you?"Quinn responded, "No, no it's fine." "You sure?" Cyrus asked"Yeah I'm sure." Quinn assured as he struggled to push on the strange indent on the side of his face.Cyrus put his hand by the strange indent and opened it (gently) with ease. After he opened it, it revealed Quinn's face to be an attachable plate. Under that plate, hundreds of mechanical springs and joints seemed to look as if it controlled the face movement. Instead of looking scared, Cyrus looked quite...interested? Maybe it was part of his hobby or something like how dad enjoyed the fact mom was a demon kind.Cyrus smiled kindly at Quinn, "Do you need help with anything else? I will be happy to help you""No that's all thank you." Quinn replied, taking the battery and opening a hatch and replacing the battery."Okay!" Cyrus smiled and went back to the othersQuinn had a slight smile when he walked back to the group, so subtle that no one could see it, which is new for him. I ran back inside before he noticed me, and when he came back inside that subtle smile was gone. He seemed to be fond of Cyrus in the same way Cyrus was fond of him.They were in love.

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"Don't worry Znaniye, I'm just fine!" Tremya said while smiling confidently, though I knew that smile wasn't one to trust as real.

Znaniye walked the halls, the same ones Tremya had walked again and again before she made her own space and then never entered the house. Znaniye couldn't exactly blame her, the yelling of their parents and their father's fits of deeming things imperfect on a whim certainly made the beautiful house a wreck.She was always glad when her sister visited every now and then, coming to talk to her. Tremya was always so chaotic and carefree, something Znaniye knew she could never be herself. She didn't want her father to deem her imperfect and make a new heir all over again, it would take too long to raise. Not like he would care if he ever deemed her imperfect...She stopped where she heard her father yelling at the servants, on another fit of deeming things imperfect. She sighed, this wasn't anything knew. Tremya said he had started doing it more since she rebelled against him. Znaniye trusted her words, she had no other way to know how much her father deemed things imperfect on a whim before her birth.Heavens, she wished Tremya was here....
"Tremya where are you going!?" Znaniye asked, grabbing Tremya's wrist

Tremya had suddenly opened a portal while seeming panicked, making sure the portal worked before summoning another portal to heavens knows where.

"Someone has the time amulet! Their messing up time and its messing with my powers!" Tremya explained panicked

She hugged her sister, stroking Tremya's hair. She knew that had always calmed Tremya, and she smiled as she saw it still worked. Tremya was still on edge reasonably, she wasn't in her preferred form and her powers were messed up. Which made Tremya fully aware of the present, something Tremya had grown to hate.

Her mind was usually in multiple places at once, her powers making all the details of time messed up. So sometimes she'd forget things, which everyone had just gotten used to. Especially Znaniye, who had a power that made her know all of the knowledge there was to know. She had gotten good at keeping track of things for Tremya.

"Your going to stop them aren't you?" Znaniye asked

"Yes, I have to." Tremya answered

Znaniye let Tremya go from the hug and smiled, "Just make sure to come back like last time ok?"

Tremya smiled, "Ok"
Just like when influence, loneliness filled Znaniye's heart. There was no visits from Tremya, and there wouldn't be for heavens knows how long. When influence happened, she didn't even get a warning. She knew Tremya hadn't planned to join Aphrodite, so Znaniye didn't blame her sister for not telling her. Znaniye laughed at the memory of how she found out. She had been reading, and then heard someone talking about the god of knowledge. She opened a portal to who it was, and it seemed to be a black mass of flesh like goop. Znaniye later learned that was influence, who Tremya said did have a humanoid form but "she got crushed by her own stupidity". Tremya found it funny too, laughing when influence was rather confused.Znaniye was glad to know Tremya was ok. That she got the chance to know where Tremya was. She had thought something bad happened to Tremya, but now her fears were put to rest by seeing Tremya being herself. Laughing and not taking the situation seriously like always. She wished she could be there, by Tremya's side... but she smiled as she knew Tremya was just fine out there in the face of disaster.

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"You know I used to tell myself it was just a nightmare until my nightmare followed me-"🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🄿🄴🄰🄲🄷'🅂 🄿🄾🅅"We've came up with a plan and we now need to find them." Guardian told Quinn"Interesting. Now that we have a plan, we should-" However, Quinn was interrupted by loud thunder."Oh great what fucking card are they pulling up their sleeve now?" Bella grumbled, looking annoyed as she used a no-no wordCyrus got startled by the noise, the noise having scared him for a moment."Lez. Where are you?" One asked"LEZ! GET OVER HERE, YOU MORON!" Another shouted, rudely"hide.." Ethan whispered, a bit of panic and fear in his voice.Cyrus nodded, and quickly lead us to a hiding spot. While we hid, Quinn looked outside and saw a red headed woman in a purple high tech suit with a green glow.She looked rather rude and clearly didn't have good intentions. I'll throw pollen in her face later." Oh, it's Valeria." Quinn mumbled"Who?" Cyrus asked, appearing out of no where"Hi, Cyrus. In case you're wondering, Valeria is my ex-girlfriend." Quinn replied."Oh...that makes more sense now." Cyrus whispered backHe went silent after that, too worried if he would mess up again. He was only like that around Quinn, or at least it was only noticeable when he was around Quinn.Valeria spotted the house we were in and started talking to someone."Hey, Meatheads! Check out that house right there. I bet there's some good crap we can steal!" Valeria pointed out with a laughHer laugh was annoying and it hurt my ears, I really wanted to throw pollen at her."Now is not the time to steal stuff, Valeria." The warped voice shot back"Oh come on, Aiofe! You're no fun!" Valeria huffedCyrus seemed rather annoyed by Valeria, but he just kept the smile on his face. His annoyance still showed through.Bella blinked, 'I'll never understand my uncle I swear""Me neither.." Ethan shrugged.Blood shrugged, "At least hes not an asshole""I can hear you ya know." Cyrus grumbled"what happened to hiding?" Guardian asked"We are hiding. Now shush before they hear you all!" Hellfire whisper-hissedValeria then went to the house and looked through the window."It looks cozy in there... Too cozy!" Valeria exclaimed"How about we trash the place?!" Valeria said with excitement"We're here to find that Ethan fellow so we can bring him to our real boss. Not to screw around!" Aiofe snapped"Well they could be in there!" Valeria grumbled, annoyed"They aren't that stupid to hide in a cozy cottage in the middle of a crime infested town!" Aiofe pointed out, despite the fact we ironically were in here."Oh hush, Aiofe! Let's see who's inside" Valeria rolled her eyes and banged on the door.As if god hear my prayers, the door seemed to be quite stuck. I doubted it'd last but at least it seemed to annoy her more."Aiofe! Surround the house!" Valeria orderedAiofe seemed to be a multi colored gas with a lot of eyes on it and a tail of some kind.Bella grumbled, mumbling something along the lines of 'why does everyone want Ethan' or something like that. Cyrus took note of who was who in his holographic notepad, prepared to protect anyone from a oncoming attack.Aiofe surrounded the house in a thick multicolored fog. Not caring at this point, Bella summoned a weapon that thankfully didn't make noise. Ethan got up as he noticed the fog was too thick to see through."I think we can still sneak ou-" Ethan was interrupted by a clone of Bella, who had light pink eyes that faded into white.Bella had pink eyes, normal pink eyes. This clone wasn't Bella. Jacob went to help, attempting to pull away this other Bella but before he could grab 'her', it puffed away into the same gas."Dammit its an illusion!" Star grumbled"Come on, AGAIN!?" Bella shot back"YES AGAIN BELLA!"Soon the door broke down."AIOFE, STOP THE GAS! WE NEED TO FIND THEM!" Valeria yelled.Cyrus flinched when he heard the door break down, yet he prepared for an attack. His pen was ready to summon an attack, yet it seemed to flicker. Ethan summoned some black liquid looking hands and blocked the doorway. After the fog went away, Valeria perked up."Oh it's you, Quinn.." she grumbled with disappointment'And she looks as annoying as she sounds' Cyrus thought, I could tell because it was literally all over his face.Quinn didn't reply."Oh. You're still the coward you once were!" Valeria scoffed"Keep your ugly little mouth shut won't you?" Star snapped, annoyed by Valeria, "It'd be quite useful.""You're not much of a looker yourself, kid." Valeria respondedStar rolled her eyes, "I'm not trying to be a attention straving bitch like you clearly""Whatever, I'm just here to bring that twerp to my boss." Valeria responded"Who?" Cyrus asked, with a smile that is quite annoyingHe knew who she meant, he was doing it to annoy her."Ethan of course!" Valeria snapped, "I'm just trying to get my pay from my customer, so hand him over!"Cyrus laughed, as if this was amusing, "Go ahead bella"Bella nodded, "No. I will not hand my boyfriend over to you.""Oh, I wasn't asking," Valeria said, pulling out an advanced gun of some kind, "I'm demanding!""Oh I'm sooo scared" Bella sarcastically repliedValeria shoots Ethan, causing him to pass out. Smart move Bella, now hes passed out."Ethan!" Bella grabbed Ethan quickly, "The heck, was that some kind of dart!?""I'd rather not find out." Cyrus answered, getting in front of her and Ethan, "We have to do something or Ethan might not be in our hands for much longer."Jacob stands in front of the team and switches his hand for the weird machine he made earlier."What the hell is that piece of crap- " before Valeria could finish, she got shot in the leg."Hell yeah it works!" Jacob yelled, "Let's get out now!""The fuck did you make Jacob!?" Hellfire askedCyrus opened a portal, not using his pen in case it wouldn't work, "Come on get in now!"Bella, with ethan was the first to get into the portal"It's a functioning revolver!" Jacob answered, before he ran into the portal.Guardian and some of the others ran in without a word. Including me."What!?" Hellfire turned to guardian, "You said he wouldn't be able to add guns to it!""He must have figured out how to make a custom attachment." Guardian replied.Hellfire sighed, "Jacob I swear if you somehow shoot yourself with that-"Cyrus mumbled something in weird sounds...? I couldn't even understand what he was saying but it seemed to be aimed towards Valeria judging by his face."I WON'T!" Jacob replied"Yeah, sure you won't do it again." Dad scoffed rolling his eyes.Mom lightly scolded dad for that.

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"My mother was a wonderful woman, she would have loved to meet you peach. She truly would"Things had been different since her father died, Cherry knew her mother would never smile the same. She looked sad and sick, and she was sick.Not too long after her father's death, her mother's health started to deteriorate. The doctor didn't know why, which didn't help Cherry who desperately tried to grasp onto her mother's life. Her mother was all she had left after what had happened, and she desperately didn't want to lose that.She took every precaution possible and gave every pill under the sun that the doctor said to give her, but her mother didn't get better. As she grew up, her mother's condition worsened. She couldn't even drive anymore, forcing Cherry to walk to high school until she got her drivers license.Cherry's heart ached to see her mother getting worse day by day. Yet her mother, despite the coughing that hurt her throat, would smile and assure Cherry she was ok. Cherry wanted to believe that, so so badly....but even cherry could see her days slowly fading away faster than Cherry was prepared for.She wasn't mad at her mother for being unable to come to her high school graduation, she knew her mother was too weak to try and get out of the house anymore. She could barely get up these days. She didn't throw her hat in the air, just so she could take it home and show her mom. So she could throw it in the air in front of her mother."Mother I'm ho-"Cherry froze as she saw her mother on the ground, eyes closed. She ran to her mother and quickly tried to find her pulse... and thank god there was a faint one."Cherry... don't worry..." Her mother assured with a weak smile"You can't go! I'm not ready!" Cherry criedHer mother just smiled, "I know your child will be just as beautiful as you are, my only regret is I won't get to meet them"Cherry smiled sadly as she hugged her mother, crying. She felt her mother's life fade right in her arms... but she wasn't scared. She was ready, more ready than Cherry had been...

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"Cyrus is...interesting. He only truly smiles around me, while asking a bunch of questions. He really likes his hobby...I don't mind the questions anyway"

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🅀🅄🄸🄽🄽'🅂 🄿🄾🅅Once we were on the other side of the portal, Ethan was still unconscious. However he didn't seem to be injured badly so it must have be a tranquilizer dart. Guardian was quite panicked, and Bella didn't seem any less panicked.Since I arrived, I noticed her and Ethan were close. It made sense considering they were dating. He was the one thing that made her violent tendencies less...violent. "Guardian do you know something or is it like how it is with tremya?" She asked, referring to how Tremya couldn't get information from time at the momentTremya glared Bella and replied with a huff, "I know I'm unfixable but geez!""Yeah I don't know much about the situation at the moment." Guardian replied."Great job. You got him knocked out Bella" Hellfire commented"Hellfire, respectfully, fuck off." Bella glared hellfirePeach threw a small bit of pollen at bella's mouth, "Language"I looked at Peach, intrigued by such an interesting method of scolding. Jacob laughed, while Bella (annoyed) spit the pollen out. She made sure not to spit the pollen on Ethan."Guardian shall we do with ethan until he wakes up?" She askedGuardian, without a word, injected adrenaline into Ethan.Ethan jolted awake, "What the-!? Guardian, stop doing that!"Bella put Ethan down gently, "Well that solves our problem""And I suggest you don't create more!" Cryus huffed with a hand on his hip, "Lets not antagonize our enemies, that includes you hellfire, and you too star"Was he trying to show his anger? Its like a hissing kitten-Hellfire rolled her eyes, "I'm only here in case the enemy is flammable""And for jacob" Peach remindedHellfire blushed a little, "hush peach""Ok" Peach hushed"Wait thats not what I meant-" Hellfire didn't expect peach to actually hushEthan hugged Bella almost instantly. "I thought I died!"Bella hugged ethan back, glad he was perfectly fine, "Same here""I know only Little of them, like names, and things." I mentioned,"I did write it down." "You know their names?" Cyrus asked, taking out his holographic notepad"There's Lez, Aiofe, Zeno, and Tyrone."  I answered"Ok, and who is who?" Cyrus asked"Lez resembles a metal octopus, Aiofe is a multi-colored gas, and Zeno and Tryone are rarely seen." I answered once more"Ok, thank you!" Cyrus smiled, (one of his few real smiles)He was quite peculiar, and interesting. I stared at Cyrus for a moment, seemingly pondering on thoughts.He was quite interesting. The way he helped me replace my battery... its a nice memory. Cyrus just looked at me, smiling unaware of my thoughts."We need to find Lez before they do so we can kill him." I suggested."Hes the one that causes the emp waves if I remember correctly" Bella added"Indeed" I replied.She seemed to have good memory as well as good fighting skills."What do the 'emp waves' do?" Cyrus asked"It works like a regular Emp wave and can damage electronics by disabling their energy flow." I explained.Cyrus just froze, his smile gone. I wondered if he was ok, but there wasn't time to ask."Shouldn't we find a safe place before planning first?" Charlotte asked concerned, "This puts Noah in danger and I can't have that!" "They kinda already made a plan though-?" Peach said confused"We need to find a place where we can actually be safe because I don't want Noah getting hurt!" Charlotte added"Every place we go, they seem to find us, so I don't think a 'safe' place exists. Especially with observer" Tremya pointed out"Well I'm carrying Noah for the rest of this adventure." Charlotte said, while Noah climbs onto her back"Alright, if you get tired I can hold him" Tremya offered"No, no I think I'll be fine." Charlotte assured."Alright" Tremya nodded, and poked cyrus to snap him out of his tranceCyrus jolted but then blinked, "Oh-"Ethan smiled, seeing the cautious side of him in Charlotte's personality.Bella looked at guardian, "So how would we get them alone, and what do you plan to do about valeria?""Throw pollen in her face!" Peach added with a smileBella blinked, "In addition to that" "Valeria just needs to be either arrested, avoided altogether, or incapacitated." Guardian said."How the fu-" Bella was interrupted by pollen,"How would we even arrest her???""Get her arrested by police." Guardian explained"Remind me, What police" Bella glared guardian       "Nevermind! We'll just avoid her!" Guardian said."Hey quinn, any useful information about her?", Tremya looked to the side awkwardly "You don't have to share, theres plently some of us aren't telling"Tremya looked at Cyrus, who smiled unaware."Well I have a lot, not surprisingly as I was her ex." I  said, "So first, She has the incapacitation darts, hallucinogenic darts, and poison darts. Second, she has an inflated ego, so distracting her will be easy. Third, I helped with the suit a little bit, but I still have the blueprint.""Can you show the blueprint?" Cyrus asked"Yes, of course." I nodded, casting a hologram of the blueprint through my eye (yes it was the cybernetic one). The blueprint showed three power modules located throughout the suit.Cyrus quickly drew the blueprint in his notes, "Having three power modules is smart, but what would be the side effect of that? And what powers the suit, since your from the future-""The modules power the biggest functions of the suit while the main ones are smaller and more scattered. This shows the bigger modules only." I explained"Theres more...? How many are there?!" Cyrus blinked surprised "For a suit to work it needs at least 6 or 14 at max." I continued, "14 being more risky and could possibly make the suit combust into flames, not counting the big modules, of course.""So the suit is flameable?" Hellfire asked with a smile that said she'd cause trouble"No. The suit does well against fire. What we need to do is sabotage the suit by breaking the modules." I explained.Hellfire grumbled disappointed, "I'm fucking useless""No your not-" Tremya tried to reassureCyrus blinked, "Anyways, to sabatage the suit how many modules would need to be broken?""It depends on how many she put in the suit. Including the big modules, she might have between 8-17 modules in the suit." I explained."Fantastic, shes just as much of a headache as seems" Star mutteredCyrus sighed, "So basically all of them?""Observer only has two tricks up his sleeve, His portals and the time amulet." I explained."And the time amulet screws up most of my powers." Tremya grumbled, "Normally I could get the information we needed but since SOMEONE messed up time, I can't.""The time amulet is all that needs to be worried about because that's the most tedious issue about dealing with Observer." I responded."Hes always been annoying, especially in battle" Star commented"Yes, we should. Not only does it mess up my powers, but time itself. Which I'm not comfortable with time being" Tremya agreed"Well he also seems to reflect attacks back on him, I tried to get him up close and he made me miss!", Star grumbled, "Those 400 dollar fighting classes were useless!"Blood gave a 'sorry about her' gesture behind Star, as she pat Star's shoulder."For now, the Four Dimensional Horrors are the main thing we need to focus on." I said."Hes right, especially since they can mess up your guys attacks. By that I mean emp waves" Tremya added, "Which Cyrus seems to-" Cyrus quickly gave Tremya a look of 'PLEASE SHUT UP' that quickly shut Tremya up."The Time amulet does not create the emps, but Lez does." I explained"Thats what I was referring to exactly" Tremya replied"Okay." I replied giving a thumbs up with an emotionless face"How would we get each one of them alone though?" Bella asked"I would say split up but in order to split them up, we'll have to catch one off guard and hope the others aren't alerted." Cherry mentioned"We could get them alone and away from the others, however thats more difficult" Star added"So splitting up is our best bet" I addedGuardian agreed, but the conversation was soon interrupted by what sounded as Lez. He sent a emp wave, which messed up my technology for a moment.I looked around confused, looking for what made the sound. "Are you ok?" Peach asked me"Yes, I'm fine" I answered with a fake smile"Its that thing" Peach pointed to lez, "Thats what made the noise."She looked at me unfazed, "I may be 6 but I can tell that smile is fake.""Fair." I replied, "Now let's actually fight this thing." Properly getting a good look of Lez, it was a set of multiple pieces of metal connected together to be an octopus-robot hybrid. The body itself was damaged and rusted with exposed wires on each end of the tentacles. The face too was damaged, with exposed teeth and piercing red eyes. Peach nodded, and went somewhere else into the group. I wasn't sure where she went but it was most likely to get a better view or to be by her mother."Heavens and I thought that hydra thing sucked." Tremya grumbled, forming an attack and sending it at Lez.I didn't know what 'hydra thing' she was mentioning. Perhaps it was something they experienced when 'Influence' happened. I heard bits and pieces about her, mainly from Bella and Star's bickering. Lez dodged it with great speed and then charged up an electric surge with it's tentacles to shoot.Cyrus formed a shield in front of the people it would have hit to protect them. To which, Lez  jumped into the air and sent out another emp wave. Cyrus just blocked it once more. Lez, irritated, charged at the team in an attempt to disorientate us with two amps. Jacob tried to shoot Lez, but missed. Ethan blocked a small amount and Tremya blocked the rest with a holographic shield.Star attacked lez from behind while Lez was trying to attack someone else. Clearly he didn't like it as he bit her leg. In which Star called him a ... 'fucking electric eel wanna be asshole that can go die in the void'. Lez noticed a water tower, and knocked it over."Why on earth was there a water tower-?" Hellfire asked"Focus on that later!" Blood shot backEthan, who knew what would happen when Lez shocked the floor, summoned hands below the team's feet and lifting them slightly above the ground. Which made Lez's attempt of shocking the wet ground useless. Cyrus took the opportunity and sent  a holographic hand, which didn't seem to damage him when it was attacked. It was quite effective, and the way he used his pen to summon it... it was quite...peculiar. Just interesting, thats it. Yes, interesting.Lez was hit again, causing him to flee and screech in pain."Haha karma!" Star cheeredBlood looked unfazed"We need to kill him remember?! Let's go after him!" Guardian frantically reminded"He's right! Let's kill his ass!" Jacob said, running in the direction Lez is going.Bella was already attacking Lez, "Working on it on o-""Guardian" Cyrus corrected sternlyHe was so intent on correcting her on that. It was amusing."Less talking, more chasing!" Ethan yelled, running to catch up with Jacob.Soon the rest of the team followed to pursue Lez.

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I remember it as if it were yesterday...frolicking in the fields of lush, green grass...the open, blue sky...not a thought in my mind.It was me and my family...a large one too...living in a field filled with food and water...plenty of exercise...It was paradise.One day, I strayed from home...and discovered beings far from my own.They saw me, so I ran and ran....but suddenly, in the blink of an eye,I felt lighter than a feather.I ran back home, not knowing still....only to realize I was still on the hill.I questioned how...and I questioned why....until I realized...I ran out of time.After wandering for what felt like days and days in despair...something glowed... and that glow led me to who knows where.

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Tremya dodged an attack from observer,  to which he got annoyed at.

She laughed, "You'll have to try harder than that darling!"

"Darling?" He asked

"Yeah, cause your so proper around your 'lord'" Tremya answered with a sly smile

"Go back to calling me a bastard!" He grumbled as soon as he processed what she meant

"Nah I like darling more~" Tremya teased, dodging a attack

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🅃🅁🄴🄼🅈🄰'🅂 🄿🄾🅅(𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚟 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚕)After going after Lez, he got cornered and we were able to catch up. Cyrus held Lez down with a holographic hand, making sure he couldn't escape. He let out a loud shriek as it tried to escape, yet his attempts were futile. I summoned a holographic sword and aimed it at Lez but some kind of... wooden block blocked the attack.Fucker. Your not even out of the portal and your already annoying. The portals were clearly Observer's, no one (at least nearby) had a portal like he did. A large humanoid creature made out of wood, metal, and wall insulation came out of one of his portals."Long time no see Observer" I waved "Didn't miss you." Star grumbled"I see you haven't changed much." Observer said with his usual monotone voice, "Zeno, help Lez get out." I laughed, "Not like you did either."Cyrus held onto Lez with the holographic hand, but the attempt was futile as Zeno just ripped it off. He cursed Zeno out with his weird little noises. Zeno looked at Cyrus with their featureless 'face'"I'm pretty sure wall insulation is flammable, Hon." Jacob whispered with a thumbs upHellfire's mood immedatily perked up, "FUCKING FINALLY!"Cyrus put a smile on his face, though his eye twitching gave his annoyance away."So what you giving us the honor of seeing you for?" I joked, floating on my own cloudLez and Observer's attention was snatched by Jacob whispering to Hellfire."Hellllooo?" I huffed, "Are we going to battle or not?"Lez got up and sent out three emp waves, to answer my question. You could have just said yes!!Ethan blocked one emp wave while Jacob tried to shoot at Observer and failed as Observer just redirected the bullets back at Jacob. Cyrus blocked the other two emp waves, hitting his pen against the palm of his hand when it didn't seem to work. Zeno pounded the floor, which caused a gust of wind that I blocked with a shield.Zeno just threw a punch after that. Ethan tried to block it but failed, so Cyrus blocked it instead. Zeno then...deconstructed. His parts scattered all over the floor. Some sank into the ground."What?" Ethan exclaimed confused, "Where did he go?!""Oh someone is a petty bastard!" I hissed, annoyed, "Keep your eyes open!"Without warning, one of Zeno's arms bursted out of the ground. The arm lowered an attack that hit Ethan. However he was fine. Yet Bella had went to him and made sure he was ok anyway. The second arm came out of the ground, attempting to crush us. Star attacked one of the arms and I threw an attack at the other one. The arms quickly retreated, damaged by the attacks."AND STAY AWAY!" Star told 'them' as she attacked where the arm had been just in caseZeno came back out, with damaged arms this time."I said stay away, not come back" Star grumbledZeno stomped, still trying to crush us. I just grabbed his foot with a hologram hand. His little attempts to continue stomping were adorable...well until he escaped it!Lez tried to help Zeno by sending out five emp waves. Cryus blocked the waves, yet it messed up his pen. He cursed as he slammed it against his palm in a attempt to make it work again.Quinn over to Cyrus, and offered to help him. Cyrus perked up and his mood noticeably brightened, "Oh sure-! The emp waves just keep messing with the power system of my pen.."Quinn held the pen and shocked it with his hand. It seemed to work like normal after that.Cyrus blinked surprised but smiled, "Thanks Quinn!"Quinn nodded as a 'your welcome' and went back to help us. Cyrus let him, smiling before he forced himself to focus on the battle once more."Cyrus can you be love struck later, we have fighting to do" I teased"I am not!" Cyrus grumbled, glaring me.Quinn, luckily for Cyrus, didn't notice the tease. Zeno noticed a brick wall and grabbed it, replacing his pieces of wood with bricks from the wall. Heavens dammit."Can replace parts of it's body to be a different material...." Quinn mumbled to himself, writing it down."Dammit I wanted to burn him" Hellfire grumbled"Oh thats interesting" Cyrus noted as well in his holographic notepad.Bella changed her weapon to a hammer, "And useful for me!"Zeno sank into the ground, and the arms came out again with the same attempt to crush us. Ethan did manage to block an arm but couldn't for long. Cyrus grabbed Ethan with a hologram hand and moved him out of the way before the arm could harm him.Zeno came out of the ground and threw bricks, before noticing a dumpster bin and absorbing that...Ew...I may live in a messy void but that is just... ew.Lez sent out more emps that I just blocked while Zeno tried and failed to burrow due to the heavy material. Serves you right for absorbing A DUMPSTER BIN-Star wasted no time and attacked Zeno from behind when he failed to burrow into the ground. However Zeno also didn't waste a second and tossed her. The attack did effect him though. Blood caught star, saving her from a fall that would have damaged her greatly. To which Star thanked her, giving Blood a kiss on the cheek.Blood blushed and tried to shoot Zeno with her gun, but it did nothing to Zeno."Let's do that thing we practiced!" Ethan suggested to Bella.Bella smiled, "I knew bringing all the hammers I had was a good idea!"Blood blinked, "I-"Ethan summoned some of his hands and grabbed the hammers as Bella handed them to him."And don't worry if they get damaged, I never preferred hammers anyway" Bella assuredEthan jumped into the air, hitting Zeno with hammer after hammer. Causing the bricks to fly off and damage Zeno."Get that bastard!" Bella cheeredI blocked the bricks from hitting the team or Ethan. Lez who have had enough jumped up and shocked Ethan with the exposed wires on his tentacles. Ethan fell to the ground, hurt and brunt. Lez cheered before Bella grabbed Ethan and threw a knife at Lez's eye. Lez screeched in pain and took the knife out, and this time, catching the knife Bella threw at the same eye."Yeah fuck you too!" Bella yelled back at Lez"That.. was pretty stupid of me, huh, Bella?" Ethan chuckled. The chuckling soon turned into coughing.Bella hugged Ethan, "No it wasn't!"Ethan hugged Bella back. "I love you..."Bella smiled "I love you too"I looked at the two, "Can you not remind me of how single I am in the middle of a battle!?"Guardian shot rockets at Zeno in desperation, hoping that they would hit Zeno. Star attacked Zeno from behind again to help Guardian. In a final attempt, Zeno went back to his original materials and burrowed into the ground again. Star attacked where he had been a few moments ago while cursing her luck, "Dammit!"Zeno burrowed out of the ground and grabbed Ethan."You bastard! Get your flithy hands off of him!" Bella snapped at ZenoZeno attempted to slam Ethan into the ground. Thankfully, Jacob saved Ethan before Zeno could. Bella attacked Zeno before he could try to be kidnapper 2."Saved your skin, Punk!" Jacob chuckled, holding Ethan"Thanks.." Ethan replied"Yeah lets not lose any skin today." Cyrus mumbled a bit concernedZeno was back to wood and wall insulation, now being faster. He easily dodged Bella's attack. However he didn't notice Hellfire who smiled as she just put a little fire ball on Zeno like it was her little demon child.Bella didn't notice until Zeno started writhing in pain as the fire quickly spread. Bella blinked and looked at Hellfire, who just smiled as she made the fire on Zeno even worse. He eventually fell into the brick wall from earlier and stopped moving.Great hes bricks again.Hellfire added a flame to what was left of Zeno, just in case. Lez left and retreated into a portal. Observer was about to follow Lez but then got hit in the face with pollen right before the portal closed."Thats for being a meanie" Peach threw a small bit more, "And some to take home!" The portal didn't take the extra pollen. Some bricks were moving but no one noticed."Something feels off...." Cryus looked and then noticed the moving bricksHe attacked the moving bricks without hesitation, yet one still sank into the ground. Totally not leading to something. Cyrus glared at the ground for a moment but went to make sure everyone was ok.Ethan was the farthest from ok, hurt and coughing in his brother's arms. Jacob put Ethan down gently."Bella." Cyrus spokeBella nodded, understanding what her uncle needed exactly. She quickly gave him the supplies she knew he'd need."Be careful, your burns will be a bit sensitve" Cyrus informed"okay..." Ethan replied, getting up slowly.Ethan's body changed again from being floaty to a normal body in an instant. Bella blinked but didn't mention it."Guardian, anything you suggest we do for the moment?" Cyrus asked with a smile"For now we need to seek shelter and reevaluate our plan because that fight was tough!" Guardian suggested."Finally!" Charlotte exclaimed in relief."I agree, Ethan will need to rest without the threat of being stabbed" Cyrus put his pen in his hair and sighed, "Heavens its been too long since I was in a battle.""That was my first battle. It was interesting to say the least" Quinn responded."Well get used to it, theres gonna be a lot of em'" I smiled before looking at Cyrus a bit worried, "You need a break?" "Yes." Cyrus replied as he flopped onto the ground"I'm gonna go sit somewhere." Quinn told us"But you didn't do much?" Jacob mentioned confused"I just need to ponder on things.." Quinn said, walking away."Jacob you didn't do much either." Hellfire reminded"HEY! AT LEAST I SAVED ETHAN FROM GETTING PUMMELED INTO THE GROUND!" Jacob reminded"Yes, you did. Good job" Hellfire smiled"Dummy, that's what brothers are supposed to do, look out for each other." Ethan added"Okay you win! "Jacob agreed, smiling.Hellfire picked up Jacob, "Im going to borrow your brother for a bit, ok ethan?""Okay...?" Ethan said confused.Jacob blushed but had that silly smile he does, making Hellfire smile too.

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Cyrus never liked confessing things, most opinions he ever shared weren't even his true opinions.So why did he think it would go well? Why did he ever think they'd accept him?
"I... have a confession..." Cyrus spoke, his hands shaking as he tried to keep them from fidgeting with his pen

"Oh? And what would that be Cyrus?" His mother, Venus, asked with a look of interest

"I... Im into men..." He confessed

If the silence didn't kill him, what came next would. Maybe not

kill

him, but the slap certainly hurt.

"You disgrace." Venus hissed, "You will not be a disgrace who decides he wants to go to hell because he is too stupid to find a good wife! Tell me Cyrus, man and man cannot make a child, can they?"

Cyrus stood there, frozen for a moment as he held his cheek.

"N-No... they can't..." Cyrus replied, starting to cry already

"Exactly. And if you can't make a child, theres no heir to continue the line!" Venus snapped

"But there is-" Cyrus tried to say

But Venus interrupted, "Theres surrogates and adoption, I know. We don't need to get a mortal involved in the gods business unless it is through marriage! I will not have a grandchild that is from another god's family Cyrus!"

"Now get out of your mother's sight. Thanks to you, I have even more work now!" His father yelled

Cyrus flinched, he never liked sudden loud noises. Or sudden noises to begin with.

"Now!" His father yelled again
Cyrus jolted again and ran out of the room, and now here he was... sitting in his room as the scene replayed in his mind over and over again.Of course he was foolish to believe they'd settle for anything than a child of his that was carried by his future wife.The thought of that made Cyrus feel miserable and sick, like he was already stuck in that reality. A reality of misery and lies, constantly having to hide his true emotions.He wasn't going to tell anyone. Not anyone.

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"Hes going to say hes not in love, just watch."

"Thats nice sweetie-" Cherry pat her child

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🄿🄴🄰🄲🄷'🅂 🄿🄾🅅We settled in the place we had fought in, with everyone either too tired to find a better place or just deciding it wasn't worth it for whatever reason. Ethan stayed with Jacob and Bella, as expected. Bella was constantly worried if he was ok, and she calls Guardian an over-thinker.I noticed Quinn getting up to go do something. I was curious, so I followed. Perhaps it was that battery thing again. He sat by a cliffside that came with a beautiful sunset. He took off his faceplate and set it down, like when mom took off her boots or heels after a long day.I sat next to him and looked at the sunset, "If its ok, can I ask why your sitting here?"He quickly picked up his face plate and put it back on in a attempt not to scare me, "What are you doing here?""I came to see the sunset" I half-liedIt was a nice sunset, quite nice to look at it."Don't worry about the face plate, I don't get scared easily" I added"Oh... Also sorry, I wasn't expecting you." Quinn repliedHe took off the face plate once more, setting it to the side"Its fine, my steps are quiet so I tend to startle people" I looked at him, calm"You're an 'interesting' child, friend." Quinn said"My teacher said I have something called 'autism' that makes me special or something" I looked at the grass, "I don't know what shes even talking about""If you'd like I can give you the definition of autism, although, I don't recommend it." Quinn replied"Its fine, my dad said it doesn't matter anyway" I assured"Okay." Quinn said."Why are you here? I won't snitch" I asked"I want to have a quiet place, away from people in order to relax." Quinn answered before adding, "You're fine but still.""Makes sense. I was thinking it be because of a certain pink haired someone" I said, referring to Cyrus who he had been falling in love with every gaze they shared."What?" Quinn asked calmly. "He's just an acquaintance.""You and Cyrus stare at each other like your in love." I pointed out, "Also I saw when he helped you with your battery thingy, there was a slight slight slight smile"With each 'slight' I put my fingers closer together."He is an acquaintance and nothing more." Quinn said."Really? Your not calling him cute or interesting in head?" I looked at him, knowing I was testing a limit"But if you say so..." I sighed, ripping some grass"Please leave me alone." Quinn said quickly, telling me I stepped over a limit "I do not wish to talk right now.""Alright, see you later" I got up and walked awayHe sighed and put his face plate back on, walking back over to us.  Bella was with Ethan, everyone was with who you would expect them to be with. He didn't pay attention to that and went over to guardian."Do you have any ideas to help our situation?" Quinn asked"Unfortunately no.."Guardian replied with a sighTremya floated over, "For now he advised we rest. Cyrus and Ethan certainly need it. I'll keep guard though.""Okay then, I'll go talk to them." Quinn replied.He went over to Ethan, greeting him with a normal but plain hello."Hi" Ethan replied."Hello" Bella greeted"Hello. Is the pain any better?" Quinn asked."Kinda." Ethan answered, "It still hurts just not as much.""Might I ask about how you change your body at will?" Quinn asked"Sure. My body is moldable like clay and I keep my floaty form to not be mistaken for a mortal." Ethan answered"I honestly think you look godly in either form" Bella huffed"Bella thats called simping" Hellfire said unfazed"Hellfire!" Bella glared her"Thank you, Peaches" Ethan said before continuing, "Anyway, long story short, I use my powers to keep my floaty form stable. It does drain me of my energy, but if I don't get mistaken, that's fine.""It tires you out?!" Bella exclaimed worried, anything that means Ethan gets the smallest amount of harmed makes her overreact"Only a little if I do it once and then stop." Ethan answeredBella sighed, "Alright...""But you're constantly doing it." Guardian pointed out, "I've never seen you in your normal body until now.""Neither have I, I think at least" Bella blinked realizing"Last time I saw it was 14 years ago!!" Jacob addedStar blinked, "Not even I got to see it until now""Shut up star no one cares" Bella shot back with a proud smileStar glared Bella silently for that."Anyways, the point is I always use this form" Ethan continued"Why were you asking?" Bella asked, "I'm curious what made you want to ask that""Oh that's because Body manipulation and modification powers seem interesting to me. You can probably see why." Quinn answered while pointing to his cybernetic eye.Bella blinked, "I guess that would make sense. Though to be honest I thought it would be Cyrus who'd ask this question.""He is most likely too tired to ask questions." Quinn saidBella looked at cyrus and blinked, seeing he had fallen asleep on the floor, "He fell asleep...""Oh..." Quinn blinkedQuinn picked up Cyrus, who shifted toward him slightly in his sleep due to Quinn being warmer than the ground he had been on.He just carried Cyrus to Guardian, "Lets keep him there for now so he's safe"And you say your not in love with him.He went over to a wall and slept sitting up after that. The rest of us eventually went to sleep. I could hear people talking and I opened my eyes, looking over at Ethan and Tremya who were awake.Other than me and Ethan, Tremya was the only one awake.She looked over at ethan and blinked, "Oh, good morning ethan""Hi." Ethan replied, barely managing to get up."How are you feeling?" Tremya asked as she rubbed her eye, drinking another stolen coffee"Honestly way better than normal, energy wise." Ethan answered, stretching a bit, "I feel more active and it's overwhelming.""I get what you mean, its weird for me to not be all over the place" Tremya replied"It feels great though." Ethan happily said, "I feel like I could have a rematch with Lez and Zeno. With 10 times the amount of energy I normally do. Hell, The floaty body was weighing me down this entire time!""Well maybe you should stay in that form, just for ya know....observer and stuff" Tremya had her hand make a circle motion, "You'll need the energy after all"Jacob suddenly sat up, half awake, "Did someone call me?"He always responded to someone saying hell, which was so unneeded. Mom said it was because he owned hell, how he did that is beyond my knowledge.Tremya looked at Jacob unfazed, "I know I said observer and stuff but that does not mean hell Jacob.""I think he is talking about me saying 'hell', Tremya." Ethan said"Oh." Tremya blinked, "I knew pulling a all-nighter was a bad idea.""Why'd you pull an all nighter?" Ethan asked before realizing "Ohhh... You were on guard.""I didn't trust myself enough to sleep, so I pulled an all nighter" Tremya added"Oh... Okay." Ethan blinked, accepting the answerShe sighed sipping more of the stolen coffee, "Heavens I feel like shit and I know a battle won't be too far away...Ugh..."She flopped onto her cloud and whined in misery, or just tiredness if you were a normal person. Ethan then noticed Quinn was now awake."Oh hi!" Ethan greeted while waving."Hi." Quinn replied calmly.Bella woke up and blinked, "I see I missed early morning conversation."Ethan gave Bella a kiss on the cheek before saying, "Good morning!"Bella blushed, "Good morning"Quinn tinkered with something that looked like some kind of machinery, not paying attention to the conversation behind him. Tremya grumbled tiredly and hid her face in her cloud as people started to wake up, making it not so quiet anymore.She ended up falling asleep, while Cyrus fixed the stolen coffee cup that had been broken when she suddenly fell asleep. Quinn, still tinkering with something, checking the surroundings. He didn't pay attention to Cyrus who made sure everyone was ok so quickly.No one noticed there was a small panic, most likely worry since we just had a battle. Just assuming that was part of his strange attitude that we had just gotten used to. Cyrus sighed in relief as he noted everyone was fine.Little beep sounds came from Quinn's direction before he finally stood up and spoke, "I figured out our coordinates and now know where The Four Dimensional Horrors are going next.""Perfect! Where are they going to next?" Cyrus asked, holding a holographic notepad"Their going somewhere near the more populated areas closer to the center." Quinn answered, "Common place for gods and mortals."Cyrus froze, and looked at Quinn before asking a question he clearly didn't want to, "Can you give me the cordinates please?"Quinn nodded and gave the coordinates to Cyrus.Cyrus wrote them down, "Bella check if there is something arranged there and cancel it."Bella nodded, doing so, "I alerted the gods too.""Good." Cyrus replied, quite tense and nervous"Why, might I ask, are you nervous?" Quinn askedCyrus jolted and forced a smile on his face, however his act was clearly crumbling, "No reason! Its nothing, I promise!"Quinn just nodded and looked at Cyrus, he knowing he was hiding things. Add to that, the lie just was horrible. Cyrus sighed, knowing that Quinn knew it was a lie and he just added salt to the wound."Guardian, you have any suggestions?" Cyrus asked, forcing himself to keep his act up"We should have the rest of the group distract the Four Dimensional Horrors and Valeria and one person can to fight Observer alone." Guardian suggested.Cyrus quickly wrote that down, not noticing how messy his panicked handwriting was, "I'll keep that in mind, but do you have an idea of who it should be?""We need someone fast and experienced with portals and they need to know Observer's abilities well." Guardian answeredCyrus looked at the sleeping Tremya, "Tremya would be good for that...but you might need to give her some adrenaline to keep her awake right now...."Tremya kept sleeping as Cyrus said that. Guardian floated over to Tremya."Don't you dare!" Ethan said while glaring Guardian.Yet, Guardian still injected Tremya with Adrenaline anyway.Tremya jolted awake instantly, "What the- Oh."She blinked as she realized Guardian was the one who did it, "Thank you""I hate it when he does that to me!" Ethan huffed"Tremya needed it this time" Bella reminded"What am I needed for?" Tremya asked"Observer" Cyrus answered"Oh, alright then" Tremya shrugged"It's annoying when he does it because I don't like needles!" Ethan huffed"We should get to where observer and the dimensional horrors are" Cyrus insisted urgently, "Oh and Bella, just in case"He handed Bella what looked like a bubble, yet it clearly wasn't.Bella looked at Cyrus confused "What do I with this?"Cyrus showed her a button on the top if it, while not mentioning the other bigger red button."Press it and throw at target to put them in a saftey bubble. It doesn't need electricity to work" He explained"Ooo. That'll be useful!" Ethan said with interest"Thats why I made it, its very durable too. Can last up to 5 years if needed." Cyrus smiled "Of course don't actually stay in it for that long-""Interesting." Quinn noted"Now come on, time is ticking a l i t t l e t o o f a s t" Cyrus gave us a signal to follow him, still on edge as his nervous system screamed things that clearly weren't good"Okay." Quinn agreedWhile Ethan enthusiastically exclaimed, "OKAY!"Cyrus opened a portal to the coordinates Quinn gave him in a instant, despite clearly not wanting to.

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The young five year old was dressed in a pink suit tailored just to his tiny size, with his hair tied into a adorable little braid. His sister was only two, having a simple dress with fake gems tailored to her size.Cyrus smiled, handing her the block she had been reaching for."What are you building sis?" He asked with a gentle child like tone"Building" Aphrodite answered as she kept placing block onto block"Ooo ok" Cyrus giggled, playing along and handing bricks when his little sister requested themShe looked so focused and determined, before she placed the final block and turned to cyrus with a 'Ta-Da!'"Its a castle for you" Aphrodite explained with a adorable toddler smileCyrus fake-gasped and smiled, "It is? How sweet of you!"The moment was ruined as the click clack of his mother's heels came into the room, announcing her presence without any words needed. He looked up at his mother, innocent eyes unaware of his mother's harsh words for only a second.He looked at his mother with expectant eyes full of hope, "Mother!"He hugged her, only able to hug her knees due to his shortness, smiling as stared back with a ounce of emotion"Come on Cyrus, You've been playing with your sister for long enough." She spoke coldlyCyrus knew what she was here for and sighed, letting go of her knees."Yes mother." He sighedHe gave a kind goodbye to Aphrodite while saying sorry that he had to go, despite the fact her two year old brain didn't understand most of the grown-up words he knew.Cyrus followed his mother, holding her hand. This was one of the few times she even let him, and he cherished it like the unaware child he was. His mother let go of his hand, pulling out a small chair for him.Cyrus sat in it, silently dreading how he had to sit up straight with the correct posture. He sat up straight, putting his hands in the position his mother requested of him. Every time he faltered for a minute, she snapped and yelled at him with harsh words.He just wanted to go back to playing with his sister....

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"I knew exactly what I agreed to the moment I stepped through that portal, Im no fool. But I didn't think it was the same for the one against us."

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🄿🄴🄰🄲🄷'🅂 🄿🄾🅅Ethan almost lost his balance but before he could, Bella caught him. Quinn didn't notice or didn't care, as he didn't look over. The rest of us followed. It was a populated and moderate town, full of people."Great. Its surrounded with people." Cyrus mumbled"I think something happened when Cyrus was here before" Tremya whispered to Quinn, who just nodded.A pedestrian walked by, "Love the cosplay!"Quinn didn't pay attention to the pedestrian who was none the wiser that they just called a man from the future a cosplayer.Tremya blinked, "Good thing humans are not the brightest""Yep." Star agreed"Wait... aren't you a popstar here, Star?" Jacob asked"Fucking dammit I am!" Star facepalmed as she rememberedBlood blinked as she soon remembered too, "Fuck that means they'd notice me too."Someone took out their phone and took a picture of Star, most likely being one of her fans."I think they know you two are here now..." Ethan mentionedStar sighed rubbing her forehead to get rid of a headache, "I forgot how annoying fans were.""Except me" Blood addedI blinked confused, and asked my mom what Blood meant, but she just gave me a fake answer and said I'd know more when Im older."Crap- This'll drive too much attention to us!" Ethan exclaimed, panicking a bit"I'll get rid of them and get them out of the way." Star said, "Come on blood."Blood followed Star, who lead her annoying fans away with Blood's help. The fans were easily lured away, minus the one pedestrian that snuck in a photo of Star earlier. A portal opened, unbeknownst to the dumb pedestrian.Tremya looked at the portal and commented, "Oh look their arriving"Observer stepped out of the portal, and the pedestrian notices him"Nice Spot cospla-" They commented before Observer choked them to death.He threw the dead pedestrian as Aiofe, Lez, Zeno, and Valeria stepped out of the portal. Good thing I prepared pollen in my pocket.Tremya laughed and laid on her cloud as she smiled at Observer, "Darling whats got you so violent today?"Cyrus seemed less than happy to see Valeria again. Good thing I remembered the marshmallows Mom said he'd need. Observer grabbed something from Valeria, which turned out to be high tech claws that matched his color scheme."Since star isnt here to insult you, I will, oh aphrodite your annoying." Bella grumbledTremya however, looked rather excited as she looked at the weapons. She liked fighting him??? Everyone who mentioned him was either neutral about him or hated him because he was annoying. When did love come into this situation?"Ooo! Nice new weapons darling!" She complimented, her eyes shining with excitementHe didn't answer, taking out the time amulet. Breaking it in half before adding it to his claws, making a claw-glove hybrid of a weapon. The claws glowed and inverted colors, which I honestly found unnecessary.Tremya glared him, hopping off of her cloud, "Alright alright."Observer's attention was quickly focused on Ethan. He sprinted over and attacked Ethan. Bella grabbed Ethan before the attack hit the shield Tremya used to block the attack.Observer jumped back and out of the way, letting Lez send multiple shockwaves that Cyrus blocked. Aiofe then surrounded the terrain with a thick fog.Tremya huffed, "He was more talkitive when influence happened."(At this point, Lez is fully committed into a mortal battle)A bunny tried to attack Bella, which was quickly revealed to be a illusion when Bella attacked it and the bunny poofed out of existence. Bella sighed in relief and thanked someone named Aphrodite, most likely a god. Zeno sank into the ground and sent out arms with a attempt to try and crush us once more. Ethan blocks one and Jacob shoots the other. Great attempt flammable villain.A punch of people appeared, looking slightly off. Blood without hesitation, shot at all of them while Tremya made sure the bullets didn't harm any of us. The people who had appeared disappeared, having been more illusions."While we are getting rid of illusions" Star smiled and took out her mini fan, blowing it on something.There was always some weird aura around her, not her own though. It was weird. Zeno came out of the ground and began stomping as using his arms wasn't working. Ethan looked at Zeno and immediately stole the hammers from Bella and summoned his hands. Jacob and Bella were worried, saying it might be a bad idea before Quinn reminded them that he had more energy than last time he had tried it.Bella calmed down a bit, still keeping the safety bubble prepared, "Alright.."Ethan attacked Zeno, being too fast for Zeno to keep up like he had before. Lez tried to help but Ethan just...parried... the electricity. Oh look at that, you can calm down completely Bella!  He seemed to parry the electricity with his hammers, transferring the electricity to the hammers before attacking Zeno with them once more. Zeno couldn't last very long against Ethan, getting more damaged each hit. Jacob and Bella cheered things like 'Hell yeah punk!' and 'Get that...' I'm not saying the rest of that. Bella stop using no-no words. The fog calmed, and Ethan let himself take a breather. Yet the battle seemed to say otherwise, as a green dart with a skull on it barely missed him. The skull meant it was the poisonous dart.Bella grabbed Ethan, "Valeria is that fucking you?!"Valeria didn't respond as she just joined the battle, now wearing a jetpack, as she shot more poison darts. Ethan activated a button, and a metal skirt appeared, easily blocking the darts now."I forgot about that function" Bella blinked, watching with the same amazement and surprise her future kids were watching with."Yeah yeah simp later bella." Star remindedEthan jumped into the air, throwing blade after blade. Valeria dodged most of them but one still hit her, causing a leak in her suit."Oh that must be a power module, right Quinn?" Cyrus asked"Yes that is battery fluid." Quinn replied.She started to lose her balance as her jetpack was starting to fail. Bella changed her weapon to a bow and arrow, firing at the spots that Cyrus told her to. She lost her balance as the jetpack started to malfunction, landing on the ground to prevent falling before shooting more darts. Tremya blocked these darts with a shield. Valeria's suit started to have issues, barely staying intact with the last module. Bella cursed the positioning of the last module while Cyrus assured her it was fine."I'll have to play risky!" Guardian informed us, going toward Valeria.I saw Tremya's happiness fade in a instant as she realized what was going to happen, and sighed. Her expression and attitude actually became serious, as she got off her cloud. Valeria tried to shoot Guardian but Ethan blocked the darts. Tremya's expression didn't change, what could be coming? Nothing good judging by her expression.A new portal opened, but this was off. Dreadful even. A spine chilling rattle echoed along the battlefield, making Cyrus jolt and quickly check his notes. He quickly realized it was nothing good, a 'oh no' slipping from his lips. The current enemies on the battlefield, minus Observer and Valeria, backed out of the way. Bella kept Ethan close to her, safety bubble ready when needed.A man came out of the portal, with physical features of a rattlesnake instead of legs. A Centuar, and a hydra judging by its three heads. He came closer, moving easily. Orange red eyes staring coldly, at least the center head was. One of the other heads had longer hair and red eyes, the other being almost like the center head's twin."Ethan." It spoke, staring coldly. Ethan didn't dare ask a question, going for an attack as soon as he saw the centaur. The attack was blocked by it's fast reflexes however."Oh dammit why must there be more hydras!?" Tremya snapped, her words no longer silly and playfulCyrus watched every move, watching as the centaur launched Ethan back. Thankfully he wasn't effected. Same wasn't to say for Guardian as he tried to go behind Valeria to finish her off, but was easily captured by the mysterious unnamed centaur.Guardian squirmed to try and escape, "LET ME GO!"The Centaur's left head laughed, "Your fear amuses me, Ball!""LET HIM GO!" Ethan yelled as he went for another attackThe Centuar easily blocked, sending him flying backwards again. This time he put pressure on Guardian, starting to crush Guardian. I now understood why Tremya was acting the way she was, she knew this was coming. I locked up my emotions in the box, I already let enough of them be seen as it was.Tremya glared the centaur annoyed, "Their name is Guardian.""And orb is a better nickname" Bella added"Tremya, Bella..." The Centuar greeted? It was honestly hard to tell, but I didn't need to observe them much to tell they weren't any good news."I don't like how he knows our names already." Bella commented"Shh." Tremya hushed bella"SHUT UP CENTUAR AND GIVE US BACK GUARDIAN!!" Ethan yelled, attacking again and again Yet the Centuar just blocked each attack, crushing Guardian more each time. His eye had already cracked by now."Ethan." Tremya snapped, "Quit attacking, guardian is getting crushed each damn time!"The Centuar's right head spoke. "Ooo! I always liked the feisty ones!" The head looked and sounded more feminine than the other two heads. The middle head stretched out eerily long, too long for my liking personally. Tremya didn't respond, just glaring without a word. The Centuar stretched it's neck to bite Cyrus and Bella. Bella, as expected, cursed it for that.Ethan froze before melting into a puddle, concerning Bella as Ethan did whatever he was doing. Cyrus paid no attention to this, just writing how to treat the snake bites. The puddle became a blob that rose into the air, summoning hands. A horrifying face appeared on the blob, ah thats what Ethan was up to. He attacked the Centuar, who blocked but got sent flying back this time. Which caused them to drop Guardian, now badly damaged, and freeing him."Ooo! An actual challenge!" The left head of the Centuar spoke with excitement"Observer... You know what to do..." The Centuar spoke, backing up a bitObserver nodded, going in front of the Centuar and joining the battle. But eh enough on them, Quinn went to go check on Cyrus. Cyrus just looked at Quinn, as if that weird snake guy hadn't bitten him moments go, mumbling curses under his breath while he noted down things required for treatment of the bite. Quinn gave Cyrus bandages, which Cyrus happily took.Cyrus took the bandage and looked to the side nervously, "Oh! Thank you Quinn...and sorry for lying when you asked why I was nervous. When we get out of the battle I could...answer your question if you'd like...""Sure. You can do that if you'd like." Quinn nodded, a slight smile. It was easier to see than his last slight smile.Back to the battle while Quinn continues to deny hes in love. Observer used the time amulet, speeding things up again while using the claws, making it hard for Ethan to land an attack. He needed help, such speed was impossible for most to fight. Tremya quickly came over and helped Ethan by blocking attacks. Observer's and Tremya's eyes met, Tremya smiling while Observer looked more infuriated at how she could block his attacks so easily"Why. must. you. interfere?!" Observer yelled.Tremya laughed a bit and smiled, having little to no trouble blocking his attacks, "Your attacking my friend's lover, and your little toy  is quite annoying. But the main reason, you're fun to fight darling!""STOP CALLING ME DARLING!" Observer yelled.Tremya talking to Observer gave Ethan a chance to attack Observer, damaging Observer badly. Ethan grabbed the halfs of the time amulet, putting them together before he set time back to normal. In a last attempt, Observer slapped it out of Ethan's hands. The Centuar caught it, but Observer was left vulnerable to another attack from Ethan which worsened his wounded state.Observer cried for help desperately, like a child calling out to its mother. The only one they felt like they could go rely on in a cold dark world. Yet the Centuar, like a cold and uncaring mother, didn't turn around to help him. They attacked the last module, setting Valeria and her suit aflame. Lez tried to help but the Centuar smacked him before dragging Lez with the others into the portal, leaving Observer wounded on the battlefield.

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Fate.The very thing that controls where you go, where you end up, who you end up with. It's how your path is destined to go, no matter how you fight it.You can fight it, and maybe if you're lucky your fate will change depending on the choice you made. Disappearing without a trace, without a goodbye, would certainly do it.Cyrus had been destined to leave, everything would become too much for him eventually. Athros knew that, he knew of Cyrus's horrible fate while he stayed. He tried to help as much as he could, but fate is an interchangeable thing.He knew Tiempo's fate was to be foolish, to fall in love with a man who could care less about their children. Only wanting them for his greedy desires, using her as a pawn to get the desires he wanted. And all he could do was watch as she walked right into her horrible fate.Fate and Love got along, but not always did the two who truly loved each other would get their happy ending. Fate is cruel, heartless, not caring what happens as long as it happens. He loved Tiempo, with her beautiful blue hair that blowed oh so beautifully when she danced gracefully.He could see the hours, the days, she put into practicing. Into her dance to impress someone that wasn't him. It was never him, not until she realized what her fate was. A fate she couldn't escaped. It pained him, but they were never fated.He could never love another god, never have a child with another god. He remembered how his mother told him the other gods desired the string of fate, how it couldn't be tainted by any other god's powers. The string of fate was powerful, dangerous in anyone's hands.He felt horrible for every lie he had to tell his wife, how he lied she was everything to him as she died in the bed they shared again and again before her death. And how he had to lie to his kids, for the sake of his children. Had to lie to Tiempo every time she came to tell him her woes.Being fate was painful, it hurt more knowing you were trapped. Limited.He watched Tiempo held his hands, begging to take the string of fate he'd been forcing himself to avoid. To accept the love for her that she'd finally allowed for him, out of desperation to get out of her horrible situation. To go against everything he knew and have an affair with her.He sighed, holding her hands and denying that offer he'd longed for. Taking it would only cause her more pain, and a child that was never meant to be born."Why Arthos?! Why?" She cried, begging desperately"It will only cause you more pain. What would your husband say when you get pregnant with a child that isn't his?"Her desperation only increased, "That won't happen! He won't know!""He's the god of knowledge, he'd know no matter how hard we hide it. And a child would be created, their powers a mix of ours."She stared, not wanting to accept reality. She begged and pled, holding his hands. He let go of her hands."Tiempo I know it hurts. Do you know how it hurt to lie to her!? Thats fate! Fate is cruel and heartless. You don't care because this is better than what you have, you have nothing to lose but I do! I have children! I have things to lose!"He turned away from her, forcing her hands to let go of his."Its fate. Cyrus was always meant to leave. You were always meant to end up like this. But us... we were never meant to be together."He walked away, as she cried and pleaded for him to come back. To not go. To not let this string of a "better hope" shorten into tiny treads. Yet, he didn't turn around and come back. He left, with his heart aching from all the pain he would continue to carry.

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"Perhaps we are more alike than I thought"

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🅃🅁🄴🄼🅈🄰'🅂 🄿🄾🅅The only sound filling the silence is Valeria's screams of agony as she burns. Maybe don't make a suit thats a DEATHTRAP next time.Star blinked noticing her still on fire, "Oh yeah your on fire still""No marshmallows." Blood glared star"Dammit" Star grumbledCyrus in the background was already roasting a marshmallow using Valeria who was on fire, and the funny part is no one even noticed. Observer just looked at the floor, and then at Ethan who still was quite infuriated by the battle that had happened moments ago."Kill me. I don't care anymore. I've lost the only support I had THANKS TO YOU." Observer yelled while weakly glaring Ethan, referring to Influence, "I've wasted my 'life' dedicated to helping Influence! I tried to avenge her and failed!"Ethan, blinded by rage and unable to realize what he would regret later, attacked Observer to try and kill him. I didn't let him, blocking the attack while Quinn tried to get Ethan to snap out of it.He didn't snap out of it through, trying to attack again despite my attempt. Cyrus took the safety bubble from Bella's hand and pressed the second button on there, the second and big red button, before throwing it at Ethan.It trapped Ethan within the bubble, and instead of being blue now, it was a light red color. Ethan tried to attack the 'bubble' yet it didn't do anything, only making a ripple effect on the area he attacked. Like when a rain drop fell into a pond of water.Cyrus sighed, "Thats why I made a reverse function on the saftey bubble.""There was a reverse function?!" Bella exclaimedEthan tried again to get out by melting and coming back on the other side, however the bubble just moved to where he did, keeping him trapped. Ethan gave up, and cried.Bella came over and stood next to the bubble, putting her hand on the outside. Cyrus sighed, he didn't like having to use this function. Or the fact he had to use it on Ethan."why....?" Ethan mumbled, "Why must my friends and family suffer around me every time?""I know, its not fair. Its painful. But as painful as this is, didn't we grow from last time? We got better, we overcame it." Bella comforted"I WANT TO RIP THAT FUCKING CENTUAR LIMB FROM LIMB FOR WHAT HE DID TO GUARDIAN!" Ethan yelled, finally snapping.Jacob walked over, holding Guardian."He looks like he could be fixed." Jacob mentioned, looking at Guardian's damage.Cryus nodded, "I can fix him, all be it I'll need supplies...."He thought for a moment and then turned his pen on again, opening a portal and taking out a machine that looked like a box with two legs (Which looked like dryer vents) that had suction cups on the bottom.He smiled at the bot, "Albert could you get supplies to fix our dear friend guardian?"The bot... nodded and then just walked up a building wall to heavens knows where. Cyrus smiled, while Bella and Blood just stared at him like he pat a fucking horror game monster.Quinn watched the machine and looked back at Cyrus. Cyrus smiled as if he didn't do that shit.He then noticed blood and bella looking at him and blinked, "What? Albert is very good at finding supplies"Quinn quickly looked away, signaling to a message to the two, "I do not prefer to talk about this interaction."Bella and Blood blinked confused. Peach looked at Quinn, like 'hmmmm this sounds like a-'Quinn signaled to Peach, " You will get a bucket of candy later if you do not have this interaction with me.""Hmmm candy is tempting...." Peach glared quinn, "How dare you."She walked away, not saying anything as signaled to. Observer sat on the ground the entire time."Why'd you even bother protecting me?!" Observer askedI looked at him, as Peach gave me the medical supplies to help Observer's wounds, "Your not worthless Observer, and this body is the only one you have left.""I've lost my identity! I've lost my memories of anything before!" Observer yelled "I remember appearing on the bridge above the void! I was scared and alone! I had no one! Influence found me and saw my potential! She gave me a home! I cared for her and the thanks I get is being betrayed!"He was hurt, upset, and the fact he was in pain didn't help either. It hurt me to see him like this, perhaps because I knew how it felt? I didn't know why my heart was in pain to see him hurt like this."Influence gave you a new form, but you were a pawn on her chess board. She was merely using your desperation, not like she knew how you and her were connected." I said as I continued to treat his wounds"What do you mean!?" Observer exclaimed, confused"About which? Being used or connected to influence?"I calmly asked"Connected! How was I connected to her?! I never knew her and she didn't know me!" Observer asked, more confused"She didn't know you were her half-son." I answered"Wait, What?!" Observer exclaimed in disbelief, grabbing at his head in pain, "I don't believe you!""Stay still." I reminded before continuing, "Its the truth. Like how you've been used as a pawn by Influence.""Sam... Sam- WHY DO I RECOGNIZE THAT NAME?!" Observer exclaimed surprised, "It just appeared in my thoughts and-""It must have been your name. Perhaps you'll get some memories back. See, I told you it was a good thing I protected you" I answered"Influence did this to me" Observer mumbled as he looked at his hands and arms, "SHE DRAGGED ME THROUGH THAT PORTAL AND IT DID THIS TO ME!""This is the new form you were given, she had your human form from before you fell in the hole...but since she died it fell into the void." I finished bandaging his wounds, "You don't look horrible though, your quite nice looking"He did look nice, unique even."So I'm stuck like this?!" Observer snapped on the verge of tears. "I DON'T CARE IF SHE'S FAMILY, SHE CAN GO BURN IN HELL!""She is" Star addedI blinked, "Don't mind star..."Star you're not helping. I tried to offer him some tissues but he refused them and tried to stand up."I'm fine...." Observer mumbled,"Observer I've been used as a pawn too, I know it hurts for your reality just to be shifted like this." I looked at observer, "I won't judge you, if you want to warm up and talk to me eventually. Also I suggest you try to rest for the sake of your wounds.""I'm fine..." Observer repeated"Alright" I sighed and brought over my cloud, "Onto the cloud, you need to sit down and rest."He ignored the cloud and tried to walk away, but as predicted he fell due to his wounds."Fine...." He sighedI looked unfazed, "Thats why I said onto the cloud"Observer got on the cloud, and blinked surprised as the softness of the cloud caught him off guard. He stayed on the soft comfy cloud, knowing he kind of had to.I summoned a pillow and put my head on it, going to sleep. I could still hear them talking though, knowing what they were doing.Bella blinked, laughing a bit, "Classic Tremya"Since Ethan calmed down and fell asleep, Cyrus let him out of the safety bubble before handing him to Bella. He moved closer to Bella in his sleep, as expected. Cyrus bandaged her wound and then his own as Quinn walked over to him.Cyrus thanked Albert for bring supplies to fix guardian and then looked at quinn, "Oh, your here for the answer to my nervousness from earleir...correct?""correct." Quinn replied.Cyrus sighed, letting his act fall "I'm from the same universe as Bella, which has gods. I don't know if yours does so thats why I'm explaining..."He grabbed a few bits and pieces to fix up Guardian, mainly fidgeting with them however."And their kids, usually the oldest is chosen to take the job after the god dies. Gods in my universe aren't immortal." He continuedQuinn listened, looking at Cyrus as he explained."I was supposed to be the god of love, my sister's role today. I studied to find the farthest place away from my universe, and left. I disappeared." Cyrus kept fidgeting with his tools, "Thats why I was nervous. I was nervous to return, and how Aphrodite would even react to how I never told anyone.""I understand that. The expectations and pressure on you would crush anyone emotionally." Quinn said."I'm scared to fail everyone..." Cyrus admitted, "What if I'm not perfect enough and fail everyone again?!""But you didn't for us." Quinn said, looking at the team. "The one thing that matters is that we are still alive, Cyrus."Cyrus looked at Quinn, just so happy to hear that, "Thank you..."Quinn nodded. Cyrus blinked and then blushed embarrassed as he remembered Guardian was right there, quickly going back to repairing Guardian. Quinn looked at Guardian and then went to the rest of the teamEveryone was taking a break or sleeping, except Peach looked at Quinn expectantly, "Ahem.""Here you go." Quinn says as he gives Peach a bucket of candy.Peach grabbed her bucket, "Oh by the way... your in love!"She ran away with the bucket. Quinn scanned the bucket and then it was gone, but Peach didn't seem to care that much."You know items for me is like data, right?" Quinn reminded, "I can always take it back."Peach blinked and looked at Quinn unfazed, "And you need to admit Cyrus is not just an aquantince. Your mood literally brightens when your around him."She threw pollen at Quinn's feet."Fair." Quinn replied, "Cyrus is more than an acquaintance.... He is a friend."Peach glared him, "Its a start, I'll take it...for now."Quinn nodded, watching as she walked away. Jacob, Bella, and Ethan were just sitting together with Ethan still asleep of course."Any ideas on how to get back at The Four?" Jacob asked"No, not yet." Bella answered, "But I suggest we deal with the weaker ones before we try that stupid hydra. That bite was annoying to get treated!""He can go die in a fire....." Ethan mumbled in his sleepHellfire smiled, "Oh he will"Blood sat down with a asleep star, "I had to put her to sleep, she was talking to the air again"Jacob looked at Star with concern.Bella blinked, "How many oreos did she have this time???""No clue." Blood answered, stroking Star's hair to keep her asleep(Oreos is not sponsored)"Dang, everyone is sleeping." Jacob commented"We're just resting momentarily before finding them again." Quinn replied"Alright." Bella nodded, "I don't know who is gonna keep guard tonight. Perhaps I'll just let tremya sleep a bit longer before I wake her""I'll stay awake tonight." Quinn said, "I run on battery power anyways.""Oh thank you" Bella sighed in reliefQuinn nodded. Soon everyone went to sleep, and when they woke Quinn was still wide awake..I blinked noticing no one woke me up, "Well thats a surprise"I looked at my cloud, Observer was still there. He was awake, and got off the cloud since he was healed enough to not need it."Thank you...." Observer saidI smiled, "Of course! It'd be boring without someone as wonderful as you Observer, and I truly mean that""Thank you?" Observer said confused, not seeming to understand what I said"You sound like you've never heard a compliment before!" Jacob exclaimed.I smiled at observer, "I gave you a compilment, its a thing humans do to show apprecaition, love, or just to be kind.""Thank you!" Observer replied, now understanding the complimentI smiled, "Your welcome. Get used to them because you'll get them a lot darling""Please don't call me that." Observer said."Its a term of endearment. But fine...." I huffed"Also I'm joining your side. I forgot to mention that." Observer causally mentionedStar blinked surprised, "WHAT-""Star!" I scolded"Oh! I thought it was because you usually tease me with it." Observer blinkedI laughed a bit, "Well it kinda was, but honestly calling you darling felt more endearing so it became a term of endearment instead"It was weird, how it started out as a tease but now felt more like a term of endearment. It felt weird not to call him darling. I had always admired how unique Observer was, the way he attacked was one of a kind. I couldn't find another person who fought like he did, at least anywhere near me."Okay!" Observer replied, giving me a thumbs up."Also, I get that Star is confused soo.... Yeah! Nothing wrong with being confused! Now that we are allies and I know my real name, feel free to call me Sam." Observer explained"How about I just call you darling?" I smiled and looked over at 'Sam'"O-okay." Sam replied, his face getting a bit warm "I don't mind."I just smiled, it was still weird how my heart felt so happy to continue calling him that.Guardian came flying over to me, "Hello friends!"Quinn walked over, "I spent all night fixing him so he's a little woozy. He can't understand if he should be happy or not."Guardian had visible metal patches and new glass on him."Where go nest?" Guardian asked"It's next-" Ethan corrected"At least we have Guardian back!" Jacob commentedI sighed in relief, glad Guardian was at least somewhat ok.

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Venus, a beautiful female, a god who any human would kill for. Her beauty was far less as great as her power though, which was what the humans wanted. Not a surprise, humans were greedy. Just as greedy as Venus was herself, so it wasn't no surprise that she married a human. A human who agreed to serve her to her greedy desires. Aphrodite highly doubted being stabbed was one of them.Simon had walked into the room him and Venus shared, unaware Aphrodite was nearby. Venus turned to him and smiled, having put on another pair of heavy gem earrings."Oh? What is it Simon?" She asked, her voice full of love she'd never given her childrenHe didn't respond, stabbing her. He wasn't the brightest of humans, waiting this long if he wanted the power he claimed to want. Aphrodite sighed, it wasn't a surprise. Simon and Venus were as greedy as the other, and Venus's greed only grew the more Simon fed it.A eye for an eye like they said...Aphrodite grabbed a sword and stabbed the man who sadly was her father before tossing him aside. Venus had lost quite a lot of blood, staring up at Aphrodite like she hadn't abused her since Cyrus's disappearance. How ironic, she couldn't take the pain she gave."Aphrodite..." She beggedAphrodite stared at her blankly, but sighed and sat down next to her dying mother. Venus smiled but Aphrodite quickly signaled for her wipe that smile away."Don't. I'm not here because I love you, I'm here by your side because not even you deserves to die alone" Aphrodite coldly replied but held her mother's handVenus sighed, letting Aphrodite sit by her side, or her lame excuse of a "deathbed". Aphrodite just waited until Venus passed, and let go of her mother's hand."I hope you enjoy hell mother"

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"I thought influence was horrible, but he....he is another level."

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🄱🄴🄻🄻🄰'🅂 🄿🄾🅅Noises of portals opening filled the silence as Sam opened one after another, elegantly going through each one. He seemed to be practicing for battle, either way Tremya seemed to love watching either way. She laid on her cloud, kicking her feet in the air as she happily watched with a smile. Meanwhile Ethan was just making animals."Hey Ethan!" Sam called outEthan turned to Sam's direction, "Yes?""Wanna practice attacks with me?!" Sam asked"Sure!" Ethan agreed, getting up to spar with SamTremya made me a hologram seat and put me in it. I yelped surprised but then blinked and looked at her unfazed. She just smiled as if she wasn't guilty of making the hologram chair."Throw some punches with your summonable hands!" Sam instructedAt first Ethan ignored him, making a test dummy and attacking it with a few punches. Sam aimed two portals, with one receiving the attack and the other redirecting it to the dummy."How did you constantly fight him???" I asked, a bit worriedTremya just laughed, finding my reaction funny. Ethan sent more attacks at Sam, which Sam redirected the attacks. The attacks hit the dummy instead, breaking it."Good job darling~!" Tremya cheered, sitting up properly to cheer"I feel bad for him" I commented, knowing how blind Tremya was"Why?" Tremya asked, unaware of her own blindnessI didn't answer her, she'd refuse to believe it anyway. Sam looked at Tremya, nodding. However Ethan did a cute little bow that was so adorable! Tremya looked at me unfazed, and I blinked."Our attacks are powerful, Ethan!" Sam blinked as he realized this"Indeed they are, Friend!" Ethan replied with a smile"Its quite fun to watch too" Tremya added back to laying on her cloud with her feet making little kicks behind her" I think I am ready!" Sam confidently exclaimed"Quick question, Did I do anything weird when I woke up?" Guardian interrupted."Yeah you said nest instead of next" Cherry answered"And you acted strangely all night. You kept mumbling." Jacob also interrupted"He did that when he rebooted, mumbling all kinds of numbers and then he was fine" I shrugged"I am so sorry about that! I've never received that much damage to my code like that before!" Guardian exclaimed, feeling horrible"Don't be sorry! It's not your fault that you got hurt like that!" Ethan assured"Its fine, besides you should have seen Albert" Tremya whispered to Guardian while pointing to CyrusCyrus blinked confused, "Whats wrong with Albert?""HES CREEPY" Star hissed, hiding behind Blood"I'm so sorry about her" Blood sighed, having gotten used to too-many-oreos and too-little-sleep Star

(Oreos is not sponsored. You got to pay me fuckers-)

"Okay?" Guardian blinked confused"Don't mind that chaos" Tremya sighed as she looked at it, "This is normal""Anyways let's go find them!" Guardian suggestedCyrus nodded and opened a portal without hesitation. Quinn went in first, with me and Ethan following. As soon as we got through he portal, the four dimensional horrors were already causing chaos."Oh great..." Jacob mumbled sarcastically."I knew this was coming..." Cyrus sighedGuardian perked up, noticing the place, "I recognize this place..."Tremya looked at the place unfazed, "Ah its the stupid humans museum about us"Cyrus blinked confused, "We have a museum-?""Yes." I and Tremya said at the same time"Luckily they know nothing of Me and Dad." Ethan added"What about Jacob?" Quinn asked."People already reported seeing Jacob while nearly dying but it's not believable enough." Ethan explained."Ah." Quinn said"This is interesting" Cyrus laughed a bit, finding the museum itself amusing"They did me so dirty...." Jacob mumbled, looking hurt as he stared at a portrait that looked barley looked anything like him.Hellfire pat Jacob and comforted him. He thanked her for the comfort.Tremya looked at them unfazed, and bored, "Helllooo? We have things to fight!""Speaking of such 'things', we should go find them" Guardian added with a slight glare to the othersCyrus smiled, "Alright. Come along then"He pulled out a hunk of machinery, with some buttons clearly having been taken microwaves."What is that?" Quinn asked"Oh its just a little thing I made to help us find the dimensional horrors" Cyrus explained with a smileAnd then that was it before a thin fog came up, making Cyrus's hunk of machinery beep. The horrors were here already.Cyrus blinked, "Well it works-"Lez growled at me, still pissed about the eye I punctured it seems, with Zeno who blankly stared at us. Aiofe wasn't present, most likely being the fog in the air. The Centuar glared Ethan as I glared Lez. You burned him bastard. Cyrus quickly put his machine away, taking out his pen."I see you survived them by letting them take pity on you, Sam." The Centuar spoke coldly, looking at Sam as he glared the Centuar"You don't get to call me that! Not after leaving me for dead!" Sam snapped"Fine. Let's fight, Observer." The Centuar sighed, staring coldly charging at the team."To be fa-" Star tried to say, only to be shut up by Tremya."Not the time." Tremya scoldedEthan dodged the attack sent at him, with Lez repeatedly trying to charge up and shock literally anyone or anything. However Cyrus and/or Tremya blocked the shocks. Once more, illusion filled the hallway to distant us with Jacob and Blood shooting at the illusions with their own weapons. Jacob's was a blaster, h- wait where did he- I give up.The illusions keep coming. As if to make that worse, Zeno combines with the wall and disappears from sight.Star noticed and cursed her luck, "dammit! Zeno is in the wall!""In the wha-" Blood blinked, confused if Star was talking to the air again or not"He combined with the wall" Peach 'translated'"Oh." Blood blinked and sighed, going back to shooting illusions with her pistolThe weapon she always used, no matter what. Zeno started to manipulate the walls in a attempt to crush anyone. Tremya used her hologram hands to hopefully push the walls back, but at least giving people who needed it time to get out of the way before they faced a painful end."Why are they even here, Guardian?!" Jacob asked"They're here for the growth amulets!" Guardian explained"Growth? Do you mean time amulet?" Tremya asked"Is there more amulets?!" I asked, really hoping there wasn't."These amulets were made by the four! Mortals found it and now they are trying to get it back!" Guardian continued, dammit of course."Dammit stupid mortals." Tremya grumbled, "Well battle time it is."Lez sent out more shockwaves in an attempt to disorient us. However Ethan just blocked the shockwaves, knowing Lez's attacks well by now.Sam got Ethan's attention, "I'll portal you to the other side behind the four. Get ready."Ethan nodded, and Sam summoned a portal to the other side that Ethan fell through. He attacked Lez, dealing some damage but attracting the attention of the others. I tried to help as Lexi retreated to the opposite side, which was closer to us. Tremya attacked Lez, who got up with some stumbling. He charged at me and Ethan, but Cyrus moved us out of the way before Lez could do anything.Lez sent another emp wave that was once more, blocked. He lunched at Ethan, managing to land on him but an explosion happened and caused the building to become rubble. Cryus used a sheild to block the team from the rubble  The Centuar walked up to Ethan, or slid over...?"Lez you idiot! Let go of him!" The Centuar commandedHe then threw Ethan a couple feet, causing him to drop all his items."Pathetic..." The Centuar scoffed, before noticing his belongings, "What do we have here?"He picked up the journal, looking annoyed when he realized it was just Henry"Oh... It's you, Henry." The Centuar replied with brutal honestly."I don't care what you have to say, Tyrone, All I'm going to say is that you will be suffering in hell!" Henry 'yelled back'After reading it out loud, Tyrone laughed, "Well I'll see you soon then 'Friend!"The book was thrown into a flames, with Ethan trying to grab it and being grabbed himself. I froze, memories of influence only adding to the panic that was starting to build up. I'm not losing him. Not again."Get your hands off of him!" I snapped, barely keeping everything together"Now that we're here, Ethan, let's watch together!" Tyrone laughed, holding Ethan forcing him to watch as the journal burned into nothing but ash.Cyrus aimed an attack at Tyrone but didn't do much unfortunately. Ethan could notice a scar on Tyrone's eye, a massive one from what I could tell. He noticed Ethan could see the scar."Also...to return the favor..." He clawed Ethan's eye, leaving nothing there...He threw Ethan, leaving him in pain from his new wound. Which Ethan covered up right away out of instinct. Cyrus grabbed Ethan, making bandages that would be a quick fix until he could get something better before aiming a fatal attack at Tyrone."Next time you want to return a favor, I'd be the better person for that." Cyrus snappedTyrone noticed the attack and caught it, breaking it in half. Without a word, he took the other two still alive and left with the growth amulets. All that was left was Lez's dead body and whatever this mess was..."Dammit!" Tremya hissed, cursing the universe once moreCyrus sighed and took out supplies to treat Ethan's would, that Ethan was still holding in pain."Stay still, ok ethan?" Cyrus instructedI came over to comfort Ethan, thank Aphrodite I hadn't lost him!"I can't see out my eye....." Ethan whined, in pain from his wound"Don't worry about that right now, just try to stay still so I can make sure this doesn't get infected" Cyrus reassuredEthan nodded and then stayed still, so Cyrus could treat the wound."I'll learn if you can use the eye later, for now keep the bandaging on. If it comes off, notify me or Bella." Cyrus instructed again"Okay..." Ethan replied, his voice uncharacteristically quiet and sad.Cyrus got up with a sigh and looked for any other wounds that needed it. Jacob had some burns but that was it, which was a surprise considering how almost every battle had been going south lately. Noticeably Cyrus's act seemed to be gone, as he sighed in relief there was few injuries.Observer opened a portal, "Guys, I know a safe place."Quinn nodded, looking at the others and signaling to enter. We did, while Cyrus helped Ethan navigate without walking into things. After we went through, we were met with Guardian's facility, his safe pocket. I hated the memories this place gave me."Why here?" Guardian asked"Remember, Lez is dead. Since he's out of the picture, Ethan can use the Sacred Pen once he recovers." Quinn reminded"That's a good idea" Lexi agreed, "Im going to look around and see what supplies I can "borrow" for Cyrus"By borrow he meant steal, or just take. "I can do that m-" Cyrus tried to assure but Lexi refused to listen to whatever Cyrus tried too ay"There is an infirmary in there. Speaking of which, I'll unlock the door." Guardian said, unlocking the door and showing us where everything was.Lexi gave Cyrus the supplies, and Cyrus just thanked him with his mood back to that act. Quinn looked at Cyrus, seemingly well aware of it. He waited just until Lexi walked away before finally talking to Quinn."You see it dont you? My act, the smiley Im fine act" Cyrus asked"Yes. I see you don't want to fail but that's not human or anything of a demi god. Gods and mortals alike make mistakes because those mistakes make a Person or God's perfections shine." Quinn replied, "Perfection is like currency, the more of it people have, the more it loses it's value." Cyrus smiled slightly, "You know your the only one who has ever told me that? My mom always told me the opposite, told me I wasn't enough. I spent years acting just to be enough, that I don't know how to cope with all... this!"He was referring the the dimensional horrors, just like I had referred to Influence as 'this' when she happened."Im good at following patterns, orders, functions. But Im not good with things that change. Emotions, people, they aren't like a function where you put something in and get one thing that you know to expect out. I'll be honest with you, I don't know how to be... me." Cyrus sighed, looking to the side nervously"That isn't you then. If you feel that you are out of character to yourself, change that." Quinn spoke with a comforting tone of voiceCyrus blinked surprised but smiled, "Thank you. Im sorry for burdening you with my problems""That's fine." Quinn reassured"A-Alright... I'll go check on Ethan's eye in a bit" He sighed, "Im afraid if the eye will still work or not.""I did check the debris for any biomatter and I only found a few things." Quinn mentioned"Oh? What did you find?" Cyrus asked"Mainly blood, nothing much, I did see a nerve end in there somewhere." Quinn answered, "Other than that nothing else that I could find." "Wait wait wait, A nerve end!?" He made a little ,"I might need that if it's Ethan's!""It won't work, the ground was covered in dust..." Lexi sighed, shaking his head as he made a few of his bombs. I didn't reply, but Cherry smacked Lexi and told him to quit eavesdropping."Unfortunately, it was already damaged and it's of no use because it most likely has tons of germs." Quinn sighedCyrus sighed as well, "Well thank you for that info. Oh and, if you need me to help you with your battery anytime let me know. We might me in this for a while, so I figure I'd offer while Im not hiding away"He smiled when offering to help Quinn, want to do what he could just for him. His feelings towards Quinn were becoming noticeable, and I thought Star was more noticeable when she fell for Blood."I don't need the battery anymore because Lez is dead but thanks. The batteries act more like a generator for when power goes out." Quinn repliedCyrus blinked but smiled, "Your welcome! Im always happy to help"He ran off, going to check on Ethan and the others. Peach was right, they're in love.

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nfluence looked at Observer with a look of distain, "What do you want?!"

Observer stared back at her with a look of worry, "Please... I just want to talk..."

Her look went from distain to anger in an instant, "I'm not interested in talking to your pathetic ass!"

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🄲🅈🅁🅄🅂'🅂 🄿🄾🅅Ethan had fallen asleep after a while, with Jacob watching over him. I could sense he was still worried, which was only natural for a brother like him. I knew how it felt to be worried like that.I looked at Jacob and asked, "Still worried?""Very..." Jacob answered, "I've known him my entire life, and to see him like this..... it hurts. But I'll stay strong... for him."I sat next to Jacob, attempting to comfort him, "I understand. It hurts to watch someone be like someone that you don't know them as, or to just watch them suffer""One thing is for sure... He and his team will meet the deepest part of hell and suffer far worse than what he did to Ethan and My Dad." Jacob said, ready to give revenge right at this momentI blinked but nodded, "But don't get too caught up in revenge, you have people who need you.-""Of course I won't!" Jacob assuredI smiled, "Good. Your brother should keep his wound clean and bandaged as much as possible, but other than that he should be fine.""Okay. I'm just gonna stay near him and let him rest" Jacob replied, glaring Guardian as he did so.I blinked and laughed a bit, "Alright, let me know if you need to rest yourself. I'll be happy to watch him for you while you sleep""I will, thank you" Jacob noddedI smiled and got up, "Oh course! If you need, I'll be happy to improve your makeshift gun""Oh that's okay! I just wanted to watch over Ethan for now!" Jacob repliedI nodded, walking over to a corner so I could fix the machine I made and add it to my pen. It was annoying to carry two machines, and more efficient if they were in one machine. Quinn sat next to me, "I told you people appreciate your attempts to help."Whenever he came to talk to me, my mood just lit up. I don't know what it was, but I felt a bit better just being with him. Oh heavens what was I thinking!? I need to stop thinking these things!I smiled, "They do... it feels nice not to worry as much if I'm going to fail someone. Thank you for all that you have done, I appreciate it""No problem." Quinn repliedI summoned my holographic notepad, "I'm trying to figure out how to deal with the centuar, mainly how to fight them without getting seriously wounded""One thing I noticed is he is quick with his reflexes." Quinn replied "Another thing is that he is strong physically."I wrote that down, "Thank you. I noticed Lexi and his daughter peach have quick reflexes as well, however Lexi only has bombs and I don't know comfortable Cherry would be with me putting her daughter against the centuar""Fair." Quinn sighed"Bella told me that Cherry had lost Lexi once before, so I don't want to risk Cherry losing him either." I addedHe seemed confused on what do to do, and closed his eyes. I blinked confused, looking at him."What are you doing?" I asked"Calculating currently." Quinn answeredA beep from his eye happened once again. "Okay I've calculated every possibility with the knowledge we have." I blinked, "Well what are the possiblities?""Most are of us dying, being captured, and a small amount of winning this battle, etc." Quinn answered, "However we have a small but decent chance of winning. Most of them excluded me mainly because my interference can rip apart the space time continuum." I blinked "Thats unsettling... and not very helpful."I sighed, "Death or capture isn't really an option here, not one that I can let happen""That is why I'll have to fight him." Quinn replied, "Very few possibilities allow me to help but I can still help the team."Remembering how Henry's journal was burnt I froze. I know I'd have to say goodbye when this is over but I.... honestly don't know. I just...don't want to see him hurt..."I understand, but will you be ok?" I asked"My calculations don't go in detail to what happens in the battle as to prevent people from messing up the space time continuum." Quinn answered, "People try to avoid injury and death if they know what will happen. It's human nature."I sighed, "That makes sense. I'm just worried you will get hurt...""Yes, I know, but if it means we can save the Multiverse, then it will be worth it." Quinn reminded,  "But for now we should rest." I knew he was right, but those words made me feel uneasy... yet I said nothing about my nervousness."Alright..." I mumbledQuinn lent me a hand, which I took."Just, make sure you come back so I can know your ok. Alright?" I asked, nervously fidgeting with my hands, "You know after whatever happens in battle""I will." Quinn nodded. "I promise that."He walked away, as I stood there and realized... I had fallen in love in him...

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"Awww I was enjoying the chaos" Fate whined, as if they weren't thousands of years old

Arthos rolled his eyes as he stood before the portal, "You know I'm needed as much as I do"

The female, made entirely of white with blue lines across her body sighed, "Fineee"

🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄲🄷🄰🄿🅃🄴🅁 🄸🅂 🄸🄽 🅀🅄🄸🄽🄽'🅂 🄿🄾🅅Guardian went around waking members of the team, with most being awake after a bit. Cyrus had awoken himself before Guardian could wake him, looking rather startled when Guardian flew over before calming down."What do you want, Guardian?" Jacob asked tiredly,  sleep deprived after watching Ethan all night. He hadn't gotten a wink of sleep, his tired voice said so. Tremya floated over on her cloud and offered Jacob stolen coffee in a cup that said 'This cup belongs to Arthos'. Tremya, nor Jacob, seemed to notice or care.Jacob took the mug gratefully, "Thank you...""Your welcome, I figured you'd need it" Tremya smiled, giving a thumbs upJacob nodded and gave her a slight smile. His attention was quickly taken by crashing noises, which was Cyrus storing his stuff into some kind of portal.Cyrus blinked noticing the gazes and quickly closed the portal he had used, "Don't mind that""Okay?" Jacob replied, shrugging it off like everyone else didCyrus walked over to Ethan, and asked, "How are you Ethan?""Okay I guess..." Ethan mumbled"I don't know if you'll get the eye back, but its healed enough to not need the bandages" Cyrus told Ethan as he took the bandages off gentlyThankfully the wound had healed, and wasn't infected but there was no signs of Ethan being able to get his eye back."Is there anything we can do, Cyrus?" Ethan askedCyrus sighed, all the guilt seeping in within mere moments. According to Peach, and her eavesdropping which I was going to leave her parents to deal with, had told me he suggested the name Ethan to Ethan's father. So he cared about Ethan, even if he did disappear before Ethan was born."I wish, but the eye seems to be damaged pretty badly. Im sorry" Cyrus answeredEthan looked heartbroken by such an answer, with tears forming but not falling. Bella hugged him, to which Ethan hugged back tightly.Cyrus looked at Ethan with a look full of guilt, and sighed, "I'm sorry Ethan..."Jacob pat Ethan on the back, helping to comfort him. Cyrus sat down next to Ethan, attempting to help comfort Ethan as well.The moment was ruined when Cyrus's tracker beeps. Cyrus perked up and tapped his pen, showing a hologram that said were Tyrone and the other two were."Guardian!" Cyrus called out, running over to Guardian and showing the hologram.Recently since our last conversation he had been hyper focused on something and then his attention was quickly taken to something else, as if his thoughts were a bit of a mess and he was trying to keep them together."What happened?!" Guardian asked, frantically floating over to Cyrus so he didn't have to run so much."Nothing yet, but I know where they are at. We must go right now!" Cyrus explained"Okay. I will gather the team!" Guardian replied, calmed down a bit by the answer, before zooming away to gather the team."Thank you!" Cyrus smiled and waited until guardian brought over everyoneOnce everyone had been gathered, they stood, waiting expectantly. He smiled confidently, his smile not fake this time. This time, it was a smile full of confidence. A smile that suited him well.He opened a portal to the coordinates the tracker said Tyrone was, signaling for the others to follow him. One by one, we all went in after him. With Bella and Jacob helping Ethan.With that confident smile that was truly his, Cyrus walked in front, leading the way the tracker said to. It was useful, smart even, yet for some reason it made me feel uneasy. Like something was bound to go wrong. Forcing the thoughts away I convinced myself it was nothing.The city we ended up in was desolate, practically in ruins as two survivors ran toward our direction. Bella was a bit uneasy, as were some other members of the team. Ethan seemed to be as worried as Bella, looking around. Cyrus, Cherry, and Peach however, seemed to be just fine. "Hey theres two people" Peach said, pointing at the survivors"Hey!" Bella called out to them, "Where are you going?"The two survivors stopped, standing in from of us.Both of them shushed Bella, whispering "They're coming.....""Who..?" Bella asked"I think we know who, Bella." Jacob commented A loud boom was heard in the distance, making Cyrus jolt upon hearing it. His pen beeped again.He blinked, "Well looks like we arrived"The survivors signaled for us to follow. "We know a place to hide!" One of them added with urgency."We don't need it." Ethan said confidently "We're here to fight them!""Your funeral..." The other survivor mumbled before running off with their friend"Thanks for offering-!" Cyrus tried to thank them, but the two didn't listen.He put on a smile and continued  "Anyways, come on guys!"Soon we were met with Aiofe's fog. He switched his pen back to its normal function, waiting for the first move to be made. Meanwhile Ethan noticed Noah attempting to summon his shield but failing. He tapped Bella and pointed over to Noah. Bella walked over to Noah, showing him how to do it "Now you try, ok?"Noah watched as she did it with ease and then tried again, being able to summon it this time. He smiled at Bella, going back over to Charlotte. Bella smiled, before going back to Ethan's side as she summoned a weapon. Tyrone and Zeno then showed up, revealing themselves."We meet again- and I see Observer won over your pity." Tyrone repeated, as if he hadn't already said that."I can tell you it was not pity at play" Bella scoffed, glaring him harshly.Tremya didn't reply to Bella, snapping back at Tyrone, "You made your point already, you don't need to repeat it!""Enough talk!" Jacob exclaimed before running at them. Observer helped by placing a portal in front of Jacob, causing Jacob to run through and get into the air for a better attack. Bella attacked Zeno, attempting to get him from behind like Star had been doing throughout the battles. All be it her success was limited. Zeno jumped in the air, dodging her attack, before burrowing into the ground once more."Dammit!" Bella hissed"It's fine" Cyrus assured as he blocked another attackAiofe sent out an army of hallucinations, which Blood quickly started to shoot. However, when each hallucination was shot another replaced it. Blood froze, her hands shaking as she stood there with the gun still in her hands. Charlotte summoned hands to attack the horde, while Noah protected her. Star noticed Blood and quickly joined in on fighting the hallucinations."I already dealt with enough stupid illusions! I don't need this too!" Star snapped, Blood blinking out of her trance when she heard Star's voice.Observer came to help, making decent work of the hallucinations by misdirecting them into the other hallucinations or redirecting attacks."Thank you..." Star begrudingly mumbled"No problem!" Observer said with a smile"Oh aphrodite I hate those stupid things.." Star mumbled, staying by Blood's side.Observer went risky, enraging the hallucinations and reediting them into each other. Tremya aimed attacks at Tyrone, while Bella waited until Zeno did something. It wasn't long until Zeno started attacking through the ground, while Tyrone kept his eyes on Tremya. Tremya switched her attention back to Zeno when she noticed him attacking. Peach noticed Tyrone watching Tremya, eyeing him before going back into battle.Zeno, seeing an opportunity, attacked Observer. No one noticed, so he was knocked back, disoriented by the attack. Tremya noticed him being knocked back, her attention quickly being taken by him as she unknowingly left Cyrus vulnerable.Tyrone attacked Cyrus, to which Cyrus blocked it. The hologram shield broke, Cyrus cursed and tried to summon another. Only to notice too late he was being attacked once more. Tyrone's attack had slammed him into a wall, and Cyrus was too damaged to get up.Was this one of the possibilities? Could Cyrus be the one that gets hurt instead?I stepped in front of Cyrus before Tyrone could harm Cyrus more. "Show me what you got, Snake boy!"Cyrus calmed down, taking a moment to catch his breath now that the threat of death was gone. Yet I could see he didn't completely calm down, it was still dangerous to be wounded in a battle. Tyrone grinned."This'll be fun..." He chuckled Tyrone went in to charge for an attack. I quickly moved Cyrus to safety before going back into battle. He tried to attack but I kept dodging."Is that all you got, Snake boy?!" I asked, as if he wasn't even a challenge.Tyrone became enraged by this, "Fight me like a man, Coward!"Cyrus blinked surprised that I moved him out of the way, but tried to get up. Lexi noticed Cyrus as I continued to fight Tyrone. Tyrone knocked me back with a punch. I just got back up and continued to fight."You are in no state to fight right now" Lexi scolded"Try saying that while we are IN a battle!" Cyrus huffed, only to be grabbed anyway by Lexi.Zeno noticed them and attempted to attack. Peach quickly attacked Zeno with a peach tree branch. Zeno was knocked back by the attack, burrowing out of the ground and falling apart again. Only to form into a cell over them. Peach continued attac. him while Lexi focused on Cyrus's safety.She then blinked, remembering something, "Dad, you have bombs on you right?"Lexi blinked and looked at her, taking a mini bomb out, "Yeah, but I doubt it work if he's a cell"Zeno reconstructed back to normal and ran at Peach. He was attempting to crush her. Cherry didn't let him, attacking him. He was knocked into a wall instead of Peach being crushed."You keep your wooden hands off of her! You hear me?!" She snappedZeno didn't reply, absorbing metal from a destroyed building and trying to attack Cherry. Cherry's kind and gentle facade she had around everyone, even if they were like Zeno, faded in an instant as she tossed Zeno with a cherry  blossom tree branch like he was a twig. Lexi was calm and just handed Peach a bomb of his. Peach seemed rather calm as well as she put the bomb in her coat. Zeno lit themselves on fire, making it harder to land hits.Lexi sighed, "No wonder tremya called them a petty bastard"Cherry didn't seem effected by the sudden fire as she just sent different attacks that didn't catch on fire as easily. Zeno slammed the ground, spreading the fire before attacking Cherry once more. His attempts failed due to Tremya attacking Zeno from behind. Hellfire focused on getting people that weren't immune to fire out of said fire, as she was immune to it. She was a demon from hell, it was hard not to notice. Hellfire never bothered to hide it, she had no reason to after all. Jacob didn't care about the fire and continued to shoot. I kept attacking Tyrone, yet he just kept blocking each attack I sent his way. Tremya helped by blocking Tyrone's attacks right before they hit me. Observer got back up and made quick work of the hallucination army. Aiofe was annoyed by this, changing to her physical form for a better chance at attacking him. He easily dodged her attack however. She lunged at him, this time bearing her claws and preparing to slash him. I was running out of energy to know what was happening with their battle and my own, yet I kept attacking despite my lack of energy. Star came over, attempting to help by also attacking Tyrone. Yet, despite my attempts (and those who helped), he had only taken a small amount of damage."That's all you got, metal head?!" Tyrone mocked, before knocking me back with a punch.Lexi grabbed me, saving me from some of the damage I'd get from such a blow."Are you ok Quinn?" He asked, most likely for Cyrus who had not calmed down since I saved him moments ago."Kinda." I replied, getting back up and attacking Tyrone again Lexi blinked, "Well you can stop panicking Cyrus""Try saying that.." Cyrus grumbled, having been put in a makeshift "cell" by Peach since he refused to stay still Observer meanwhile was still fighting Aiofe, who now had taken a lot of damage. Aiofe was running out of tricks to use, and in a last resort she stung Observer."It's only a matter of time until the poison kicks in....." She spoke, staring at Observer, who was starting to become dizzy."The fuck do you mean poison?!" Tremya snapped, busy blocking attacks because Cyrus was being held back for his own safety.Aiofe didn't reply, watching as Observer fell to the floor dizzy and nauseous."Phase one: Disorientation and nausea..." Aiofe spoke Observer began struggling to breathe, desperately trying the air his body was demanding."Phase two: difficulty breathing" Aiofe spokeTremya rushed to Observer's side, mumbling 'Dammit' over and over again as she picked him up."Observer I saved you once, I'll do it again!" She snapped, Observer not replying as he tried to get up. Yet each attempt proved more futile than the last. "Stage 3: increased nausea and dizziness....." Aiofe spokeTremya paid no attention to Aiofe, getting Guardian to come over since Lexi was preoccupied as it was. Guardian flew over, but Aiofe who was rather unpleased, slammed him and Tremya away.  She wanted to watch Observer die, as he desperately tried to fight the poison out of his control."Stage 4: Paralyzation, risk of permanent paralyzation, severe nausea, and severe disorientation" Aiofe continuedTremya got back up and grabbed Observer, dragging him over to Guardian before Aiofe could slam her and Guardian away from him once more."I don't have needle anti-venoms!" Guardian said, panicking, "Here give him the liquid one!" Tremya quickly gave Observer the anti-venom, making sure it worked before saying they were out of the woods. Thankfully, Observer was fine. It'd take some time for the nausea and paralyzation from the poison to die down, but he'd stay fine. As long as something didn't interrupt his recovery.Tremya sighed, "Darling, please stop almost dying."Aiofe, pissed off by this, charged at Tremya in an attempt to claw her. However she was stopped by a white rope with tiny blue lines that moved Tremya out of the way, making Aiofe's attempt useless."What an amature, you waited until now?" A unfamiliar voice scoffed, stepping out a white portalThey had white hair, with blue eyes, with an outfit that looked similar to the ropes: White with almost futuristic blue lines and details."I thought your supposed to be a dimenisonal horror" The mysterious person chuckled, as if they hadn't insulted Aiofe"I'LL SHOW YOU DIMENSIONAL HORROR!!!!" Aiofe yelled, becoming a gas and summoning hallucinations to attack the newcomer.The newcomer laughed, "Ya sure better! I have high expectations for you Aiofe"The newcomer easily avoided the hallucinations, grabbing them with the rope and tossing them at Tyrone. The hallucinations poofed away when hitting Tyrone. "Wow, and I thought they were disfunctional ones" They laughed, with a confident smile of someone who the battlefield well"Hey!" Bella huffed"Bella you are fine....aphrodite would kill me if I didn't say that." They sighed, looking at Guardian and ignoring Bella's confusion "Arthos, nice to meet you. Also you guys are a disfunctional mess, no offense" Arthos greeted with a more humble smile this time.Tremya blinked, still holding observer, "I didn't expect you to be here"Tremya knew him, he must be from Cyrus's universe then."Well you clearly need me here" Athros calmly said as he blocked a attack from Aiofe, as he was still fighting her.Tyrone became angry, annoyed like Aiofe who kept failing to land a hit on Arthos."NEWCOMER OR NOT, I'LL KILL YOU LIKE ALL THE REST!!" He yelled, charging at Athros.Arthos noticed Tyrone, wrapping the rope around Tyrone and knocking him into the wall of a destroyed building"Tyrone, my name is Arthos for your information" Arthos calmly replied, as if he wasn't in a literal battle.Aiofe turned to her physical form as Zeno burrowed out of the ground. Both began to charge at Ethan, quickly being blocked by hands like the ones Ethan summoned."You're not getting Dad that easy!" Charlotte exclaimed "Not without going through us!" Noah added.Bella smiled, "Thats right."Star attacked Zeno from behind while Zeno was distracted, damaging him a bit. Aiofe made hallucinations of Zeno, making it more difficult for Star. Especially when the real Zeno and his hallucinations burrowed into the ground."Your a bitch you know that?" Star huffed as she glared Aiofe harshly"Takes one to know one, Star." Aiofe snapped back with a sassy tone."Yeah I know because I am one, your not the only one whos said that" Star replied plainly as she took Blood's pistol and loaded it, finishing as she shot at one of Aiofe's eyes Star gave Blood her pistol back as Aiofe screeched in pain. "I'm gonna kill you, you piece of shit!" Aiofe hissed, charging at star.Blood shot a few more of Aiofe's eyes, messing with Aiofe's vision before they were moved out of the way by Arthos."Ladies good job but thats not what we do if we want to keep our own eyes." Arthos scoldedAiofe ripped the hand Charlotte had summoned and grabbed Ethan. Bella threw a knife at Aiofe's eye, yet Aiofe just stung Ethan before tossing him like a dog toy. Bella grabbed him, with Tremya giving her what was left of the anti-venom before Ethan was as injured as Observer. Aiofe, running out of options, turned into a gas to prevent injuries. Tyrone had indirectly gotten rid of most of the hallucinations, with Tremya taking the chance to move people before he noticed. Time slowed, which meant Tyrone was using the time amulet again."Dammit." Tremya sighedCherry made sure the injured were safe, and in Cyrus's case: staying put. Tyrone charged at the team, but it was easily to react to him due to the time amulet. Arthos grabbed Tyrone with his rope and dragged him away. Seeing his mistake, Tyrone sped up time before attacking the team. Tremya blocked the attacks, with some difficulty due to the time amulet. Zeno used this new speed to his advantage, slamming the floor. As an effect dust and fire spread. Hellfire attacked Zeno, not effected by either. Meanwhile Cherry, back to her gentle and caring facade, focused on the team's safety."Ethan, there is a hidden switch on the armor wrist! Press it!" Guardian mentioned, hoping it would help"Also put your hand in the air once you press it." He added after a few moments.Ethan did as told, pressing the switch and putting his arm into the air. The sacred pen flew into his hands with its own little rockets."T.S.P, at your service, Master Ethan!" The Pen happily said, as if it was a sentient beingCyrus blinked, "So thats the pen-"Ethan was hesitant, with new found anxiety after the injuries Tyrone had given him last battle."I won't be able to coordinate my attacks though..." Ethan mumbled, doubting his capabilities."Lez is dead, it should work" Tremya assured, "Besides you did ballet in battle once, this is a piece of cake compared to that"Ballet in battle... thats quite a feat. Interesting but concerning."But that's when I could actually see crap!" Ethan replied"You have one eye, not no eyes" Tremya pointed out"A simple disability won't stop YOU, Ethan, not if YOU believe in YOUR capabilities! Now get out there and kick their asses! I believe in YOU, Punk!" Jacob said with full confidence."That too" Tremya blinked, used to Jacob's energy by nowEthan teared up and hugged Jacob, "Thank you.. I needed that..""Now come on Ethan, you got this" Tremya addedEthan nodded, wiping his tears before charging at Tyrone who charged back. They both tried to attack the other, causing their attacks to collide and cancel their attacks. As well as knock them back, with Tyrone's growth amulet getting erased. He was back to his normal size, despite not being tiny as an ant, Tremya still laughed at him. He ignored her, turning time back to normal for now with the Time amulet.Zeno burrowed out of the ground, going in front of the team as Aiofe made hallucinations of Tyrone. Both making it harder for Ethan to fight, as if what he was facing already wasn't enough. Add to that, Zeno blocked the team from helping Ethan. Ethan struggled, unable to tell Tyrone apart from the fake versions. Star waited until Zeno was distracted and attacked him. However this time he was prepared and grabbed her, throwing her into the team. Blood caught Star, looking unfazed, "Really?"Star smiled and giggled, Blood rolling her eyes but smiling as well. Jacob shot at Zeno with anything he could: Rockets, guns, and explosives. This caused Zeno to get severely damaged, going back to wood materials due to said damage. With this, Hellfire smiled and threw a fireball at Zeno that lit him on fire. As expected he caught on fire and began trashing around in pain, trying to crush the team even as he burned away. His attempt failed as Tremya used a hologram shield to push him away.Now able to help Ethan, Arthos attacked the real Tyrone. This let Ethan know who the real one was among all the illusions. Aiofe changed back into her physical form, charging at Ethan the same time Tyrone did. Ethan pushed Tyrone back, accidentally stabbing one of Aiofe's eyes. She clawed him and pushed back to have distance for defense. I stepped in by attacking Tyrone, helping Ethan focus on Aiofe. Peach came over and threw a bomb at Tyrone, unaware it exploded when it came into contact with someone or something rather then in a set amount of time. The bomb exploded, damaging his armor and him. He was rather pissed, attacking me and then lifting me up by the neck. It was obvious what he was doing, he was strangling me. Time was ticking, ticking faster than when I went from date to date. Time til I passed out and died. I knew I'd get hurt, or die even, but I silently hoped it was just hurt. I promised Cyrus I'd at least stay alive. I'd like to keep that promise, its the least I could do in this moment. Lexi threw a bomb at Tyrone's face, knocking him back and freeing me. I gasped for air, taking in the much needed air. I didn't get much time to observe my own condition, as Peach's question snapped me out of my thoughts."You ok? Asking for Cyrus" Peach asked, with her emotionless face I'd gotten used to"I'm fine..." I lied, coughing a bit.Peach looked at me, not believing my lie. She was a smart child, one who saw past my lies. It was a horrible lie anyway. I didn't say anything, giving a shaky thumbs up. I was weak, and injured. Of course, I had been strangled."Quinn, your injured." Lexi pointed out with a glareI didn't listen and tried to get up, my attempt failing. Peach let Cyrus go and he quickly came over. She was unfazed by how quickly Cyrus came over. It was the same worry he'd been hanging onto all battle. The worry I could sense from him as I made that promise, the promise to at least come back alive."How long was he being held for?" Cyrus asked"40 seconds at most." Guardian answered, estimating."How in heaven's name did he not pass out!?" Cyrus exclaimed worriedI laid down and sighed, Cyrus wouldn't relax until I decided to rest."Okay yes, I'm hurt." I sighed in defeat, I'm just gonna rest on the floor for now."Cyrus sighed in a bit of relief, "Thank you Quinn""Now you get back to resting to." Lexi snappedI got up and stumbled over to a wall, sitting by it. Peach trapped Cyrus up against the wall before he could try and go back into battle, ignoring his health. Cyrus cursed with his little noises, cursing his luck.Meanwhile Aiofe was attacking Ethan, attempting to slash and string him with every chance. Chances that were ruined by Arthos moving Ethan out of the way. She shoved Arthos out of the way, continuing her attempts. Attempts which were ruined by Ethan, who slashed the pen at Aiofe and erased her lower half. It didn't effect her movement, but she couldn't turn into fog anymore. Arthos watched, keeping Ethan safe as he helped from the sidelines. Tyrone came in for an attack, which was redirected by Sam's portal. Arthos went over to Tyrone, keeping him distracted so Ethan could focus on Aiofe. He slashed her again with the pen, erasing what was left of her."We need to get out of here! I can only hold the snake back for so long!" Arthos exclaimedTyrone thrashed at Athros, attempting to escape, "YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD, YOU KNOW THAT?!""Let's get out of here!" Guardian urged, opening a portal.Arthos didn't reply, helping Lexi get the injured as Tremya opened a portal and rushed everyone inside. Tyrone escaped Arthos's grasp and tackled Ethan, holding him back as the portal closed.On the other side, there was only Ethan and Tyrone there."I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR INTERFERENCE! YOUR FRIENDS CAN'T HELP YOU NOW!" Tryone yelledEthan took a step back, afraid. To which Tyrone yelled at him to "fight me like a man coward". Ethan took a deep breath and stepped forward, engaging in a fight. Leaving Bella, Cyrus, and Jacob to worry about the outcome of such a fight.

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NeglectSomething I had experienced for a while. My parents never cared about me, barely even bothering to show up in my life. No one cared about me at school either. I wasn't popular, nor cool. I wore items either from a care closet or the clearince section, and it clearly showedSo, I pretended.Pretended that my parents cared, that they loved me. We would watch movies together, ones they knew I loved. They would celebrate my good grades, as if they were a metal I had earned. Every christmas they would spoil me with love and presents, and my friends did the sameDeep within, I knew this was all fake...I could feel everyone stare at me as I talked to the imaginary versions of them that actually thought I was popular. After collage it just went downhill. I struggled to even afford clothes or the crappy apartment. Sometimes I would just decide food was worth skipping just to get some clothes or pay the rent. Not even imagination could do something about that.Then I met him, someone who was so kind to me. But I was selfish, cruel, evil. I used him, knowing full aware what I was doing was wrong. He did so much for me, and that was how I repaid him. The guilt really hit me when Blood walked into my life, being as perfect and caring as he had been. Even more perfect might I add...Every time I was with her, everything in my mind froze and I could only think aobut how much of a flustered mess I was. I knew I looked so embarrassing I didn't deserve to be loved and cared for as she cared and loved me. If I'm honest I'm lucky I got her. I'm lucky I didn't lose herNo longer will I hurt Ethan, no longer will I let Blood suffer, no one will suffer because of me. I won't neglect those in pain like my parents. Not anymore.

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"𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜, 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐."(𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷....V̴̧͓̘͇͓̱͚͎̯̔̑̀̽̉́̂̅̐̒̂̆̅̃́͗̕͝͝͠ȩ̴͎͎̝͙̝̯̗̟̗̃̄̅̾̾́̾́́͜r̸̢̹̝̥͔͙̰̖̖̣̫̟̬͎̭͉̼̖̀͑̋̐̌̀̿̓͛̔̅̃͂̿̎͌̒͘͠à̴̧̞͍̙̫̠̭̮͚̖̻̪̤̘̰̐̈́͆̀͊̐̑̔̐͗̈͗̀̄̍͗͂͌̑͘͠͠'̷̧̛̼̪̝̟̝͚̝̠̰̼͓͛͑̈́̊̍͂̈̓̈̊̍͗̍̍̂̄͌͋͒͛̈́̀͠͝s̸̛̛̛̫̠͕̱̏̅͗͊̓̈͌̄̏̅̎̀́͒͂̇͠ ̷̨̗͍̝̻͓̗͕͖̣͖̻̫̮̩̹̖̗̗̟̹̫̼̅̈́̋̽͘ͅ 𝓹𝓸𝓿𝓞𝓱 𝓷𝓸 𝓷𝓸 𝓷𝓸, 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝔂𝓮𝓽 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝔂 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱~)Ethan held the scared pen, trembling but forcing himself to stand. Tyrone was in front of him, hands empty and stained with Ethan's blood. The two stared at each other, like two mortals playing a game of chess. No rooks. No knights. No bishops. Just the kings, queens, and pawns. The two didn't move, each thinking about which piece to move. Taking the first move, Ethan dashed toward Tyrone. Tyrone smirked, using the time amulet to speed things up. Such an action caused Ethan to lose his footing and miss Tyrone completely. There goes another pawn! Tyrone used his queen, attacking Ethan at multiple angles to catch his opponent off guard. If I was there I'd call so many penalties. It's not fun if they play dirty. Ethan turned around and deflected the attack with the sacred pen, losing some of his much needed energy in the process. The spectators, mostly his pathetic girlfriend noticed Ethan's disappearance. She looked around, not noticing the one she called her lover anywhere. God, how did it take you this long to notice someone so "important"? Tch."Where is Ethan?!" She snapped, starting to worry"I thought he was with Jacob!" The rabbit (Guardian) replied, perplexed"I thought he was behind me!" Jacob replied, very confused."Ethan was with Bella last I checked. She's made sure to be as close as possible to him since this entire thing started" The observant child, Peach added, "Also he didn't go through the portal-""He didn't?!" Bella exclaimed, starting to panic.Everyone was silenced by the rabbit, Guardian,'s loud garbling static noises. I couldn't help but laugh, the rabbit had a radio function? Ha! Observer covered the spot where his ears would be if he had them, "Ah! What the hell?!"Cyrus jolted startled by the noise, dropping his pen in the process. Peach noticed and picked up Cyrus' pen, handing to Cyrus. He smiled and thanked her.Quinn grabbed Guardian, looking at a panel in the front. What was computer face up to? "Could you open this panel in the front?"Guardian didn't answer, but the panel opened. There was broken dials for radio transmission, which computer face quickly fixed by repairing and turning the dial like you were supposed to. Huh, so I was right. From the other side there was a blasting sound and then a thud a few seconds later.  Cyrus flinched at the noises, covering his ears, "It's a bit loud..."Computer face turned the volume down a bit, patting Cyrus on the back to reassure him. Cyrus blinked and blushed a bit, replaying the moment over and over again to the point he didn't even notice when Quinn went back to readjust it again. The observant child blinked and then walked away unfazed by their romantic tension.Guardian closed the panel and attempted to speak to Ethan, asking Ethan if he could hear him.Ethan perked up, very much hearing it and so he responded, "Hello?!"The audio cut out time to time, making it hard to hear Ethan on Guardian's end but it was a response. Better than nothing I suppose. And I'm the one with the unfinished code here.Tyrone got back up, with a large burn on his chest-plate. He growled, unpleased by the ruined armor from the battle. He thought, like the rage-blinded fool he was, he shouldn't be losing in a situation like this. He was the god, not this pathetic sketch."Enough playing around! Fight me like a REAL man!" Tyrone snappedHis loud voice didn't cut out through the radio, in fact it was clear as day. Bella perked up, asking Ethan if he was ok. There was no answer. Instead the audio cut out, leaving the team in a state of confusion. No explanation. When it came back, there was a loud impact of Ethan securing the sacred pen into the ground with what force he had left in him. Bella relaxed a bit knowing Ethan was alive, yet her fear did not fade. Oh you could see how she was Aphrodite's daughter. Ethan placed the sacred pen away from him, then attempting to conjure something. He greatly overestimated himself, struggling to make whatever it was due to his lack of energy. And this idiot was somehow a sketch? Lame. Even his father would have known better. Then again the fool was dead for a reason, and not just because of Tyrone. The sounds of failed attempts were heard from the radio, only weakening with each attempt."Come on!" Ethan hissed, continuing to try again and again. With each attempt, Tyrone got closer. He charged at Ethan, with the sound of a loud punch being heard through the rabbit's radio. Bella flinched and grabbed her weapon tighter, "Arthos. Please.""I cannot control what Fate decides. You know this Bella." Arthos reminded coldly, with not even an ounce of emotion in his voice.Ethan tried to get up, only to be beat back down by Tyrone. He laughed, like the megalomaniac he was, enjoying the taste of victory and power. "Come on. Come on Ethan you have to." Bella whispered hopefully, gripping her weapon even tighter.Another pawn gone. Just the kings and queens. Tyrone picked up Ethan like a rag doll and threw him ."You hear her, get up Ethan!" Tyrone boomed, laughing more.Bella's weapon cracked under her grip, with the rest of it falling to the ground with a loud CLANK that startled Cyrus out of his pathetic trance. Ethan sat there, pain so immense he felt like he was unable to breathe. The children panicked, asking what was happening as their hands began to fade. Their panic was infectious, as the rabbit began to panic as well"Ethan, get up! Please! The multiverse and the timeline need you!" Tears fell down Bella's face like waterfalls, "I...need you...""They need you Ethan. Get up. I know you can do it. Get up!" A voice shouted.Though he struggled, he got up. He moved the king. His legs shook. His breath shook. He felt like he could pass out at any second, but he persisted. His knight was down, his queen was down, yet his king was still standing."Thats it, you got this Ethan. You can do this." Bella whispered, chuckling sadly and wiping the tears off her face.Ethan's blood boiled. His anger. His passion. His commitment. His gains. His losses. All of it ran through his head as Tyrone moved his queen yet again. Ethan took out Tyrone's queen, holding Tyrone's attack with his bare hands."I refuse to go down without a fight!" Ethan yelled, using his own king.Tyrone was trapped in a checkmate. One move, then another, checkmate again. Ethan blocked the attack,  continuing this trance of checkmate here, checkmate there."Thats right, you won't go down without one hell of a fight" Bella whispered, continuing to hope this went the best it could.Tyrone knowing his disadvantage, used the time amulet to speed time up. Ethan knowing his new disadvantage stood there, giving up? Pft, about time! Tyrone changed at Ethan, about to defeat his king. Ethan moved his king, grabbing Tyrone by his tail and taking the king of his enemy. He was slammed into the ground a few feet away, with no queen or king."Just 'cause I'm injured doesn't mean I'm not gonna use some force!" Ethan chuckled, despite trembling from his injuries."Keep your guard up, Tyrone doesn't fight fair" Arthos warned, snapping his fingers.Breaking the chessboard, Tyrone used the time amulet to break the rules in his favor. He became faster while Ethan became slower. Fairness is for the weak as Fate says. In fact, she clapped and smiled at this display of a battle. "Every time we make progress he pulls another trick out of his ass!" The jack-o-lantern, Jacob, yelled angrily."Of course he does. Thats what all your enemies do" Arthos calmly spoke, "He doesn't want to lose, he wants to win. Unlike us he doesn't care if the fight is fair as long as hes the one with the upper hand."Such wise words, yet so true. No wonder you are fate's puppet for her chessboard Arthos.The rabbit became frustrated, "HE'S BREAKING MULTIPLE CODES OF CONDUCT! I SWEAR I WILL HAVE HIS HEAD ON A WALL!"In the mist of his anger he sprouted a grenade launcher tail.The rabbit blinked, "Thats new..."Guardian perked up, remembering there was a call feature on Ethan's suit. He quickly told Ethan to press it while talking trough the radio. "Press it so once you call me over here and it will teleport me once I accept the call!""You thought of that just now!?" Jacob snapped"I agree that was irresponsible, Guardian-"Guardian interrupted them, "Now is not the time!""QUIET." Arthos snapped, silencing them all, "Ethan call guardian, and Jacob for the love of fate shut the fuck up." Ethan did as told, signaling the call feature to teleport Guardian to him. Now without the rabbit's radio, the team was left in mystery."Cyrus see if you can track Ethan's location." Arthos ordered.Cyrus did as told and summoned a hologram screen, one that was full of numbers constantly changing.Guardian teleported to Ethan, giving him a bishop. He shot grenades while guarding Ethan's back to prevent more attacks from Tryone. Tyrone growled, dodging the grenades and advancing toward them"Looks like you did need your friends to help you! What a hero you are!" Tyrone laughed, with sarcasm in his voice."You used your friends too." Arthos pointed out, looking at Cyrus who got Ethan's coordinates. Cyrus's screen was the new radio."I NEVER NEEDED THOSE INCOMPETENT IDIOTS! THEY WERE NOTHING BUT DEAD WEIGHT, FOLLOWING ME LIKE DOGS!!YOU KNOW DEEP DOWN THAT YOU'RE NOTHING BUT THAT, ETHAN!! YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN FACE ME WITHOUT YOUR FRIENDS HELPING YOU!! YOU'RE SO PATHETIC, ETHAN!!" Tyrone shouted, going on and on like a megalomaniac losing a battle.Ethan finally snapped, "OH, FUCK YOU TYRONE! ALL YOU DO IS HIDE BEHIND THAT FUCKING TIME AMULET AND PLAY WITH IT LIKE A TODDLER!! ARTHOS IS RIGHT, YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A CHILDISH, NARCISSISTIC, PIECE OF SHIT!! YOU KNOW THAT!?" His body shifted, becoming a horrible beast. He made a magnetic wave, fixing reality with the time amulet back to normal. Without even a break he summoned a hand out of the ground, making a new chessboard for the battle. He swatted the time amulet out of Tyrone's hands before Guardian picked it up and left. Guardian came back, with the battle visible and not just audible. Tremya floated over and took the time amulet, fixing it and finally restoring her powers. She almost puked with the sudden change, but sighed in relief. "Finally! I got tired of that damn amulet fucking up my powers!"After a few moments she handed it back to Guardian and puked in a trash can, causing Observer to worry. Ethan picked up the sacred pen right from where he put it before charing at Tyrone. Tyrone got up and attempted to block the attack, only to be knocked back. He grumbled and grabbed the growth amulet from Aiofe's corpse. Only for that to then be broken."Hit him while he's down. If he wants to play dirty, than we can do the same" Arthos instructed.Ethan did not listen, summoning a sword. He sliced off Tyrone's arm. Tyrone just laughed manically. He sliced off Tyrone's tail. The king was no more. Yet, he still laughed. Ethan watched as Tyrone continued to laugh. Bleeding out and coughing up blood. He still laughed. Ethan hated that. He hated Tyrone. Ethan thought about speaking, but instead sliced off his other arm. Tyrone laughed louder. Ethan took the sacred pen and punctured Tyrone through the heart.  Tyrone was gone. Ethan won the game.Ethan collapsed the ground, tired and weary from his battle. From the chess game. Cyrus opened a portal to Ethan's location."Come on! Before Tyrone pulls another trick!" Cyrus instructed with urgency.Ethan did not move, confusing the machine lover. "Ethan?" Cyrus asked, unsure if he was asleep or not.The little rabbit went over and checked his vitals, "Oh! He's unconscious! Worry not for I have a stretcher!"As he went to grab the stretcher, the little rabbit failed to notice the blood red entity that was seen from Ethan. Cyrus however, noticed it, just like how he noticed Zeno's parts go into the ground. He didn't say anything, but he sure noted that down for later."Cyrus!" Arthos called out.Cyrus closed the portal, making sure no one or nothing besides what had been proof of the battle was left behind. Guardian took Ethan somewhere to rest, and with that they all began foolishly celebrating their victory. Quinn, computer face, didn't seem to join them. Instead he sat against the wall, away from the others and all the noise. Cyrus sat next to him, working on another one of his creations.Besides the noise down the hall, it was quiet. Cyrus himself was oddly quiet, with a blank expression that clearly wasn't normal."This isn't truly over is it?" Cyrus finally spoke, breaking the silence."I don't believe so because it couldn't be that easy. Could it?" Quinn replied."I don't think it would be that easy either. You saw the injuries I faced, that you faced, that Ethan faced." Cyrus twisted another bolt into place, "I saw something come from Ethan. It was red like blood. What would be red like that and hide itself?"Thunder hit the ground, followed by the sound of rain hitting the bridge. Creator loved the rain, the way it felt on her skin...
"Come here V̴̙̈̍͐e̷̢͓̖̕r̷͈̻̒̀ͅa̴̧͎̻̤͂̓͆, you're waterproof you know!" She insisted, as she continued to smile.

I stood there, watching her get soaked as the rain fell. Her hair was wet. Her clothes were soaked to the point I could even see her bra. Yet, she smiled and laughed happily.

Hesitantly I walked out the doors, letting the cold water touch me. It slid right off my hand, as if I was made of metal.
"It rains in the void but I don't know why because what's even the point!?" Guardian huffed."Well we have that" Quinn said with a shrug, "The rain isn't a problem for me since my circuits dry quickly""That's nice to know. I have to talk to Tremya and Arthos, go check on Ethan for me" There was a few things on the ground, all things Cyrus was making. Most were his safety balls but there was also some kind of bracelet. Grey in color with a green and red light. Another was some metal boots, a contraption to help him stand? I honestly had no clue what it's use was."What's the bracelet for?" Quinn asked with curiosity."Its supposed to make a hologram sheild or put me in a saftey ball. It depends on the situation. I plan to make you one as well" Cyrus answered, sighing afterwards, "Today was a close call for both of us. We both almost died!""Yeah... I think I did okay. I held off Tyrone for a long time so that's something." Quinn remarked "Quinn you almost were choked to death!"Cyrus looked at Quinn with concern and worry, "You were mere seconds away from passing out, it was a miracle Lexi threw that bomb in time. I got lucky Tyrone didn't just kill me right in front of you!" "Did Tyrone mess with my memory card!?" Quinn asked."No, he just choked you. I saw the entire thing. From the moment he grabbed you to the moment Lexi threw that bomb. All I could do was watch because of how hurt I was." Cyrus answered.Quinn's eye flashed, reminding him he was on low battery. He walked out the room and into the rain without a single word."Quinn where are you going!?" Cyrus asked concerned.Computer face did not respond. Cyrus went after him to make sure he was ok. Luckily for computer lover, he was just replacing the battery for his motor functions.Cyrus sighed in relief, "I got worried for a moment. I'll leave you be"He went back inside, not noticing the way Quinn smiled and thought to himself how "cute" and funny it was that he worried.When Quinn went back inside, Cyrus was talking to Tremya."What do you mean I'm on the ship board?!"Tremya just shurgged, "Ask your sister"Cyrus smiled, "Will do."He would not. Instead he ended the conversation and went back to working on the bracelets. Quinn blinked and walked over to Bella and Jacob, who was by Ethan's side."I came to check on you, How are you feeling?""I'm ok, what about you Bella?" Jacob answered.Bella sighed, "I'm just glad Ethan is ok... this entire thing has been tiring and Ethan being injured constantly worries me"Quinn scanned Ethan, detecting nothing out of the normal. All he could identify was Ethan's numerous injuries. He kept looking. Cyrus saw something. He knew not to deny that. It wasn't something Cyrus would lie about. Then that blood red entity moved again, telling Quinn what Cyrus said was correct."Cyrus! I spotted something from scanning Ethan!! Come here quick!"There was clattering noises as Cyrus ran over. Again, he had those metal boots were still on his feet."I knew it! I knew something was there!" Cyrus exclaimed."What the fuck do you mean something!?" Bella snapped.Quinn scanned again but was unable to find it. "Dammit I can't see it anymore! I saw it partially! It is there! Probably a parasite of sorts!""Thats what it did for me too" Cyrus replied"What the fuck are you two talking about!?" Bella interrupted"Cyrus claims to have seen something coming from Ethan and I just now saw it too by scanning him" Quinn answered"Oh just my fuckin luck! I swear to aphrodite it better be a leech." Bella hissed Cyrus looked at Ethan, attempting to get the "thing" to show itself again. It did not."Put him through the disinfectant area at the entrance!" Guardian suggested."That would be a good idea" Cyrus agreed"It sprays chemicals that you breathe in order to kill unidentified things in the body!" Guardian elaborated unnecessarily.Quinn picked up Ethan, taking him to the disinfectant area to cleanse him. The process wouldn't work, and it didn't. He scanned Ethan again and it was still there."It didn't work" Cyrus cursed, taking a deep breath before he snapped at someone or something. Bella blinked surprised, noticing Cyrus had almost snapped."You know maybe its something thats always been there" Lexi pointed out.Cyrus jolted startled by Lexi's sudden appearance."No because if that was the case, it wouldn't hide and Ethan would have told us." Quinn pointed out."He's right. I remember when he used to hide from me. He told me at one point that an entity named Essence lives within him. But he said it never moved, so it can't be that!" Jacob replied."The sketch family is mysterious. It wouldn't be too far off" Bella added."My point exactly." Lexi sighed."Im still not sure..." Cyrus mumbled.Ethan sprung awake, looking anything but himself. He became an indescribable mess of swirls and shapes."I AM RAGE AND I AM NO GOD FOR I AM GREATER " A voice boomed. The room shook when the voice spoke. The voice was not Ethan's, but rather Tyrone's entity: The rage."Maybe you were right." Lexi blinked."I knew it! Zeno did this same exact trick." Cyrus exclaimed, "Bella let guardian know immediately!"Bella nodded, "I suggest keeping that 'rage' busy.""Can we not have the injured people fight this thing!?" Lexi snapped."What happened!?" Guardian yelled, flying back into the room."This!" Bella snapped, pointing at the rage."And please tell Cyrus and Quinn to get back to resting! Especially you Cyrus!" Lexi snapped."Should we really worry about that right now!?" Cyrus pointed out."Do you want a broken spine!?" Lexi snapped back."GUYS FOCUS ON THE THING POSESSING ETHAN." Arthos snapped, walking in, "AND QUIT BICKERING LIKE TODDLERS!"The rage moved it's pawn, grabbing the king with a tentacle. It wrapped around Quinn's arm, thrashing around violently with more anger than it could contain. Quinn kicked it, yet the tentacle didn't react. Bella summoned another sword and sliced it without a single thought. Even if Cyrus did try to warn her.Ethan cried in pain. The sound wasn't fake. In fact, it was heartbreaking to hear. Bella hated the sound. Cyrus flinched."Apologies Ethan." Arthos replied, not reacting to such a cry."Ethan clearly is receiving the pain, so I'll end his suffering, for now at least!" Guardian said right before tasing Ethan."So now who wants to explain what the fuck we are going to do!?" Bella snapped."Bella calm down-" Arthos was interrupted by Bella."Calm down!? Yeah that helps when something is inside my boyfriend and it hurts to attack him!""We will figure it out, for now I advise we keep Ethan out of his misery until we know how to get it out." Lexi replied."I'll put him in a containment cell until further notice." Guardian instructed, carrying Ethan to another room."Lexi stay with guardian and keep track of things for Cyrus. Cyrus go rest, and that inculdes you Quinn. Your both still injured and need to rest. You may walk around but Ethan is not your problem until you have healed. Understood?" Arthos ordered."Understood." Cyrus sighed, knowing Arthos was of higher rank in this situation.Demi-gods. Power of a god yet as pathetic and useless as a mortal. Yet he's right, this isn't the end. Not with me around.

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Attack after attack, thats usually how it went every battle. She just smiled and blocked each one.Attack.Block.Attack.Block.She knew each attack he threw at her. Two attacks at once? She blocked one and then the other mere seconds before they hit her. It was aggravating!"Why must you block all of my attacks!?"She smiled, "Im mysterious for a reason darling~""Quit calling me that!"She giggled, "Hmm let me think, nah""Can't you just attack me instead of constantly blocking?!"There was a sinister glint in her eyes, "Be careful what you wish for""Huh what do you-"Observer was cut off by a swipe of a holographic sword, which almost grazed his face. He backed away, only to be knocked off his feet and the sword aimed at his neck. She smiled, not stabbing the sword into his neck."Now you rather I block?" She teased.He summoned an attack and threw it at her. Quickly she backed away, and the fight resumed.Attack.B-Attack!?He used his portals to throw her off balance, yet she just used them to get behind him. He narrowly avoided her surprise behind attacks.Portal.Attack.Dodge.Portal.Attack.Dodge.She sent more attacks his way, still smiling even if none of the attacks hit him."Your so much fun to fight darling, you know that?""I told you to quit calling me that!"He sent more attacks her way, and faster. She blocked them and attempted to slice him again. He dodged each attack. Battles between them often went like this. While the rest of the team fought against the infected, it was just him and her fighting against each other. He knew her purpose was to distract him away from the battle so the team could focus on the infected. He knew this entire battle was as good as worthless. They both knew each other's attacks well, or at least decently well with Observer being surprised by Tremya's sword fighting skills. For someone who stayed in the form of her child self most of the time, she sure was full of surprises. Perhaps thats why he tried so hard. Tried to defeat her as much as she tried to defeat him. He knew she loved these battles, they both had the same speed and skill. To a future god like her the battles were the same as sparring. There wasn't many with the same strength as her after all. Observer could understand that.And so the battle continued while Observer wondered. Wondered why he felt so strongly to fight against this one person instead of stopping her team, and Star who constantly rebelled against the minion infecting her. Wondered how someone who chose to stay in a child like form would have so much skill. How old was she really? Surely Influence would know if he asked. Then she'd ask why he cared about an enemy so much, and that was a conversation he'd rather avoid. He did not want to explain his fixation with trying to defeat Tremya despite knowing it was impossible. She probably didn't even take the battle seriously with the number of times she called him darling. How he loathed that nickname.Attack.Block. Attack.Dodge.Again and again, he sent an attack toward her. She blocked. She sent an attack. He dodged. The battle continued in the background, the actual battle he knew he should be apart of. Tremya attacked him again, smiling with that smile he just wanted to rip off her face."Focus on the battle darling~"He attacked her. She blocked and attacked back. Her power made it impossible for her to keep track of details. So how did she know his attack pattern so well? Was it her power to know all of time that made it so she knew each attack he'd throw? He didn't know. He just knew to attack and dodge."RETREAT!" Observer didn't know who yelled it, and neither did she. But she obeyed, smiling and waving goodbye before following the rest of her team. He stood there, cursing himself for the fact Tremya hadn't been defeated. She floated away with that sly smile. That smile that he was determined take for his own."Observer?" His lord's voice asked.Observer turned around and faced Influence, "Yes my lord?""Why are you so intent on fighting her?" "She's trying to destory you" Observer answered, not the true reason but not a lie either.Influence seemed satisfied with the answer, accepting it and deciding not to ask further.

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"Aren't we alike, both created to be pawns in the game? Aren't we Zelo?"

"No

V̵̳̺̞̕e̵̱̺̼̎̽r̵͎͕͍͂͘a̴̹͓͋̆

, we are not. I was made from unrequited love and depressions. You were made for the protection of what you are now harming. Your a monster and I'm a danger. We are two different people

V̵̳̺̞̕e̵̱̺̼̎̽r̵͎͕͍͂͘a̴̹͓͋̆

."

(𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚅̵̳̺̞̕𝚎̵̱̺̼̎̽𝚛̵͎͕͍͂͘𝚊̴̹͓͋̆𝓝𝓸𝓹𝓮! 𝓝𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓷𝓸 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾)There was no noise of celebrating or talking, just light 'tap tap tap' of Lexi walking around and fetching things Arthos would need. Not even Cyrus was working on his devices. More 'tap tap tap' from Jacob but nothing more until the rabbit spoke again."You're gonna be okay. I promise!"Bella walked by computer face, cursing under her breath. He looked up at her."If I am correct, Ethan's containment area is where Jacob ran. Hope that helps, Bella" Quinn told her."It does." Bella sighed, "Also Arthos won't let me in.""In that case, why don't you take a seat? If you're going to be waiting a long time, you might as well settle in a little." Quinn said, trying to reassure the sketch's future wife.Bella sighed yet again, "True. Also where the hell is Cyrus? Hes not inside. Arthos didn't let him inside the room either."He had tried to walk in, though was promptly kicked out by Arthos who said he was too emotionally attached.Quinn stood up, "I'll go find him. He's probably outside""Its still raining by the way-" Bella warnedQuinn did not listen, walking toward the entrance and looking outside. There was Cyrus, dancing in the rain with his yellow raincoat that made him stand out like a hybrid flower.
Every word I say is kindling
The rain made a 'tap tap tap' sound as it fell onto the raincoat. Each move was quick and graceful, despite the rain boots attempting to make him slip every now and then.
But the smoke clears when you're around
Quinn stood there, speechless at such a hidden talent. Cyrus smiled, free and happy as his mortal body could allow him to be.
Won't you stay with me, my darling
He twirled, he spun, he leaped. It was ballet, perhaps not the most perfect with the rain boots but the most beautiful. The most happy he had seen Cyrus. Such beauty only made him fall more in love with the Demi god.
When my walls start burning down-
His eyes were closed, which was why he hadn't noticed computer face standing there and falling even more in love.Eventually, he spoke, "What are you doing?"Cyrus jolted and stumbled, falling on his knees. Despite how much that must have hurt, he just blushed in embarrassment and laughed nervously. His face became pink as a result."N-Nothing-" Cyrus stuttered, embarrassed to have been noticed.Computer face knew how horrible of a lie it was, but decided not to mention it."No need to be embarrassed. I can tell you were upset and needed that." Quinn reassured before quickly moving on, "Anyways could you help us get to Ethan?""Arthos won't let me go anywhere near Ethan. He says I'm too personally involved" Cyrus sighed, "He knows fate, I'm not one to test his judgement."Cyrus knew he was below Arthos in the ranks and knowledge. Someone who knew fate would always tower over someone who ran like a fool."Well all we can do is wait for now" Quinn said, accepting the fact."No!" Jacob however refused to accept such a fact, "We can't just wait!""What other choice do we have?" Cyrus pointed out, "Arthos won't let us go in the room. Nothing I have in my notes says anything about whatever is in Ethan. I doubt we'd like to revive Tyrone either."The sound of loud 'thud's and muffled roars interrupted them, soon fading and leaving only the sound of rain.Cyrus jolted at the noise like a startled cat."What... the fuck!?" Jacob asked, ending the silence.Computer face patted Cyrus on the back, attempting to comfort the startled cat."I suppose that was Ethan, but let's not assume the worst." Quinn sighed.Cyrus seemed to calm down when pat, that is until Peach suddenly spoke."You know you guys are horrible at noticing at me"Cyrus jolted again."Do you need something, Peach?" Quinn asked with a calm and angry tone.Peach just assumed it was because of the situation, not paying attention to the fact his caring and upset tone was conflicted by his monotone and lifeless tone."No, I was just easedropping" Peach answered honestly, "You know Arthos lets me in the room?"Cyrus perked up, "He does?"Peach nodded."Perhaps he will let me in." Quinn suggested, "I'm not too involved with Ethan.""Arthos told you to rest. I don't think he will" Peach pointed out."Speaking of which, why aren't you resting?" Jacob also pointed out."I was going to originally with Bella and Cyrus to talk." Quinn truthfully answered."Cyrus is supposed to be resting too" Peach added."I rest...differently." Cyrus laughed nervously, referring to his ballet."At least your ballet is good and you're finding creative ways to relax. Although it may not be the best." Quinn reassured.Cyrus flushed from embarrassment, "Thank you...""I agree" Peach replied.Cyrus blushed more from embarrassment when Peach said that. Quinn went over to computer lover and reassured him that it was ok."Thank you Quinn... thank you..." Cyrus mumbled, using the raincoat hood to hide his face.Quinn told them he was going to rest and went inside, laying on the (random) large couch."Bye" Peach waved, before going to another room.After Jacob went to the room out of intrigue and tried to sneak in, despite the attempt failing due to Lexi, soon almost most of the team was outside the door. All of them waiting nervously as there was no updates, for hours.Finally, Arthos opened the door, "Are all of you seriously waiting outside the door?""Well it's hard not to worry about the one who can hold the sacred pen!" Bella huffed."That is not why you are worried" Arthos replied unfazed.Quinn stretched and then walked over, looking at least a bit better."What's all the commotion?" He asked."Everyone is outside the room and well its not helping Arthos-" Lexi answered, flinching as there was a loud crash which was Arthos throwing a piece of metal, "He's been trying for hours to help Ethan."Quinn yawned, before noticing his suit was messy and quickly fixing it. He adjusted the suit and looked for anything else he needed to fix. There was nothing thankfully.Another broken piece of metal was tossed out the room. Peach calmly walked over and disposed of it properly.Lexi sighed, "This will be a very long process..."Guardian flew out of the room, looking very dirty."We need a containment cell! I still need time to build a nullifier but he keeps breaking out of containment!" Guardian huffed, "That scrap metal was my twentieth one.""What about Cyrus's safety ball? It held up against Ethan's attacks last time" Bella mentioned, "He made more recently as well""Rage pushes the limits of a host. It turns out that info is in the library." Guardian mentioned. Cyrus suddenly appeared, dropping the notebook he was holding. Judging by the poems and drawings inside however, it was more of sketchbook."THERES INFO!? Also I was needed?" Cyrus asked eagerly.Bella blinked, "Where the f-""L a n g u a g e." Cyrus shushed Bella."You concern me." Quinn blinked, looking at Cyrus.Cyrus realized he was still holding his sketchbook and closed it before anyone asked about it.He smiled, "Don't be. I'm fine-""Cyrus you have been eating microwaveable food for 20 years, quit lying!" Arthos shouted.Cyrus blinked, suddenly remembering that when Arthos mentioned it."Anyways could you use a safety ball on Ethan to contain him?" Quinn asked.Cyrus perked up and smiled, "Of course! It is meant to handle the strongest of attacks after all. I made the newer models much more sturdy. Not even tyrone could break it""How did you figure that out?" Bella asked.Cyrus smiled, "Cherry was willing to help me test how well it held up""You put yourself in harms way?!" Bella asked panicked.Cyrus blinked, "Oh yeah I did-"The rabbit flew over to him, instructing Cyrus to go and put himself in harm's way again. Arthos walked over, clearly sensing the danger of doing that.Arthos quickly refused the idea, "Hold up. Hold up. Guardian Cyrus isn't as tolerant to injury as I am. If Ethan attacked him he could die.""Fair point. Well then what should we do to trap him?" Guardian asked"I'll go in there." Jacob replied, swiping the safety ball out of Cyrus's hand before he could even respond.Cyrus blinked, noticing Jacob had snatched it right out of his hands. Arthos sighed, as he rubbed his forehead to get rid of the headache Jacob caused."Lexi have bandages ready" Hellfire ordered, knowing her future husband.Lexi blinked but didn't question it, grabbing bandages in case Jacob was an idiot and injured himself badly again. That arm was a nasty wound too.Jacob stood in front of the door, awaiting his opponent. Waiting for Guardian to open the door. Guardian went to the door controls and opened it for him. As soon as the rabbit opened it, he ran inside and the door closed behind him. Quinn walked to the observation room, which was a smaller room in the next hall over that let the people inside watch what happened. A few other people followed, including Fate's puppet himself.What greeted Jacob was not the brother he knew, but a grotesque form. The same one he had when he snapped at Tyrone. It sprouted arms and launched them toward Jacob, already going for the queen so soon. Jacob sprinted closer to it, using his knight by switching his hand to the gun attachment and shooting a flare. 'Ethan' screeched in pain, becoming aggressive and throwing Jacob into a wall. Thankfully Jacob managed to landing then propel himself using the wall. He sprinted toward it and ignored the arms, focusing on the main lump of this twisted form. He shot more flares, causing it to retreat as it screeched more. Then, he threw the safety ball. The safety ball captured it, causing it to start trashing around and attempting escape. Yet the ball was as sturdy as computer lover said it would be. I can't wait til I fight him myself!"Guardian open the door. Jacob is too personally involved. If he wants to help, tell him to go to the library." Arthos ordered"Agreed, I will retrieve him!" Guardian replied, opening the door.The rabbit grabbed Jacob and took him out of the room, with some resistance from Jacob who protested he could be in there with 'Ethan' trapped in the safety ball.Arthos sighed, "From now on please ask me before letting someone personally involved with Ethan into the room guardian. The rest of you who are personally involved, go the library instead of standing outside of the door."Arthos walked back to the room, to which Lexi quickly followed. The door was slammed shut and the screen in the observatory room turned off."Well at least they have Ethan properly contained." Quinn sighed, still tired."I'll go to the library, everyone is welcome to join me if they want" Bella spoke, before walking off.Cyrus agreed with Quinn, before squeaking and making sure to catch up with Bella."Do they have better couches there?" Quinn asked, following behind."Yes" Bella answered.The library itself was large, with the books even being on the walls. So many books you had to get on a machine that took you to each shelf that was out of any mortal's bodily reach. Dark oak shelves full of information from many multiverses. The books' origin was unknown, and considering some were from universes that were long gone that would be best. The couches themself were just glorified beds, even coming with matching pillows.Bella wasted no time and started searching for books that even gave the smallest amount of info, tossing them down for Peach to grab. Peach would then give the books to Cyrus, who put them in a pile and continued looking at the one he was reading for the moment. He had a hologram screen in front of him, on his holographic notepad where he had been taking notes. Quinn scanned the books from afar and turned to Cyrus."The books you're looking at now aren't gonna lead you far, Raindrop. They're probably over there though!" Quinn said as he pointed to the books afar.Cyrus jolted upon being called that pet name, especially since it had only been a few hours since Quinn saw him dancing in the rain. Something him and creator enjoyed.
"I miss the rain..." She sighed, looking at the screen of rain falling down with sadness.

There her and Cyrus were, dancing in the rain while Cyrus laughed and smiled. He was still in the suit Venus had forced him to wear, but it was soaked and that was something he could have cared less about. He was free. My creator was happy. She even made him a raincoat and boots after learning he loved the rain too.

Why did he have to leave? Creator was sad without him.

I looked at her, sitting in my creator's lap and looking at her with concern.

Creator chuckled at my attempt and smiled, "I'm fine
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, don't worry"
"T-Thanks..." Cyrus mumbled, dropping the book and quickly going over to the books Quinn had pointed at."That sounds more like a pet name than a nickname" Jacob mumbledQuinn realized, looking at Jacob with a 'please tell me I did not just do that' face, "Isn't that how nicknames work???""No...they don't. They really don't" Jacob replied, confused at how computer face didn't realize what he did."Jacob's right." Bella added, chuckling at the very flustered Cyrus who's face was literally pink."Sorry, Cyrus!" Quinn blurted, wanting to undo that mistake as fast as possible.Bella snickered more, "You made him squeak!"Quinn only got more embarrassed. Notably though, his blush was blue instead of pink or red."Okay I get it! Now are we going to help Ethan or not?!"Cyrus went back to searching through books, noting down what info in his holographic notepad while Bella and Jacob continued to look for useful books.A sudden thud in the next bookcase row over could be heard, most likely a book falling. Jacob climbed out of the pile of books and quickly ran over with the book he found."I found a random books about anomalies!" Jacob exclaimed excitedly."Bring it to the pile" Cyrus instructed.There was at least nineteen books in the pile. Jacob put all the books he had found on the pile. Cyrus rearranged it and went back to the book he was currently reading like the pile hadn't gotten even taller.Bella blinked concerned, "Thats like 39 books...""I'll help read" Quinn spoke, "I haven't read in a while so I may be slow but I'll help""What do you mean you haven't read in a while???" Cyrus asked confused."Oh, I stopped reading books in my free time a long time ago." Quinn answered.Cyrus just looked confused at such a possibility, "Why?"Quinn ignored the question and began scanning the pages for information. Cyrus didn't push more, nothing it down mentally for later. Instead he made another hologram screen for Quinn to add his notes onto."Just tap on it and write with your finger the words you want to put on there. If you need a pen just let me know" Cyrus instructed.Quinn skimmed through the pages, and then stopped for two moments. After a moment or two he downloaded the files onto the hologram, showing key information they would need the most. Cyrus blinked, not having expected that, but smiled and gave Quinn a quick thumbs up before burying himself in the books again.A few moments later, Arthos walked in with freshly made food. Cyrus perked up, looking at Arthos. Arthos though, had clearly seen better days. He had bandaged wounds and bags under his eyes. He got a few looks of concern.He ignored those looks of concern, "You guys have been in here for a while, I'd figure I make you some food. Besides I miss my kids and cooking helps...""I could try to help if you want." Quinn offered."You can help by helping them with the books. Now eat some of the food I made, it wasn't cheap" Arthos replied, giving a plate of food to each person.Quinn took a bite and tasted the flavors of the dish. It went together perfectly. It wasn't too much of a surprise as he cooked as a coping mechanism and for his children. The only source of joy in his life as Fate's puppet."This is good." Quinn spoke.Jacob foolishly took a large chunk of food and wolfed it down, "Ah, hot! This is great by the way!""You have to let it cool" Bella reminded unfazed."None of us have eaten in days! What did you expect!?" Jacob huffed, continuing to wolf down his food."Even I knew that" Bella replied unfazed.Cyrus ate his food in seconds, "Oh how I missed this!"Bella blinked worried at how quickly Cyrus ate his food."He hasn't eaten 'actual' food for a while" Arthos explained.Quinn looked at Cyrus and looked back at his food, "I don't blame him. This food is good.""Much better than noodle cup!" Cyrus smiled."It's cup noodles." Bella corrected.Cyrus blinked, "Thats what I meant-"Quinn notably stared at Cyrus for a moment, before returning to eating again. Suddenly, Observer portaled into the room."Y'all having food?!" He asked excitedly.Tremya was right next to Observer, "I'm sorry-"Arthos looked unfazed, "I'll get two more plates."Observer had bandages and scabs from the fight, but was in better condition than Arthos. Even that said something.Observer smiled, happy at the moment, "I smelt food from here so I came over pretty fast!"Arthos noticed him being happy and smiled, "You know you can just ask me to cook? I don't mind making you food, I do it for my kids every day anyway.""Oh, Yay!" Observer exclaimed happily.Arthos chuckled with a smile and pat him, walking away to go back to the kitchen. He seemed happy to cook for the team, and considering how food had been through this entire mess, a home cooked meal was well missed. Bella and Cyrus were confused at how he was so calm after having thrown scrap metal out of the room in a rage fit. Tremya was unfazed, since she had been constantly stealing his cup. Observer was just eagerly waiting."How come you're so excited, Sam?" Quinn asked while skimming books."I'm just excited that I get to eat something!" Sam replied."He's a foodie. I can't blame him, food is tasty" Tremya explained."Where is your cloud?" Bella asked."I don't have it out right now" Tremya replied."Good. I didn't want to have to SEARCH for it again" Bella sighed."Bella that was one time." Tremya huffed.Sam walked over to Quinn, "Whatcha doin?""I'm reading to find info on how to help Ethan" Quinn answered"Did something happen to him?!" Sam asked worried, looking at Arthos."Tyrone's rage thats what happened" Arthos calmly explained, handing Observer his plate."Oh my- Also thank you!" Sam replied, eating happily."Thats why we are searching for info" Cyrus explained."And the fact Im not letting them in the room due to personal involvement." Arthos added."Poor guy, he's really nice and hearing that sucks! Especially knowing this stupid situation is my fault!" Sam sighed, putting down his plate, "If I never let them out, none of this would've happened!""It could have been influence who did it instead. Someone was bound to release them" Tremya reassured patting Observer."Hes survived influence's minion... he'll survive this." Bella sighed."I still am guilty." Sam said, "There's no denying it.""You did what you thought was best. Besides, it's better we killed the dimensional horrors since they seem to always keep escaping.""You could be right, but I'm still responsible and that shouldn't be tossed to the side like a dish rag." Sam replied, "But thank you for forgiving me.""You know Star? She used to be a bitch, well worse than she is today at least. Oh aphrodite you are so lucky to not have meet her when I first met her Sam" Bella groaned."We get it, you didn't like Star, now can we get to the point of why we're here and help Ethan!?" Jacob snapped."They were comforting Sam. Also I am currently going through the pile that contained 39 and now contains 24 books with Quinn's help." Cyrus reminded."Fine!" Jacob huffed."Thanks, guys." Sam replied.Quinn continued to look through the pages, taking note of everything and anything that could useful. He perked up noticing a key piece of information."I found something useful. It's a small amount of info stating that in order to reach out to an entity, you must find its wants and interests to communicate with it." Quinn spoke.Cyrus noted that down quickly, unknowingly leaning on him to look at the information."Didn't Jacob say Ethan has an entity called the 'essance'?" Cyrus asked."In other words, it might be a specific person or thing that gets an entity to talk. It could also be a host's loved one but that is very rare." Quinn added."Arthos won't let us in, thats not happening even if we tell him that." Bella grumbled."And to answer your question, Cyrus, yes but I don't know if the Essence will like us. The essence only talks to its host and learns things about its host." Quinn answered.Cyrus looked at Bella, "Do you know anything about it?""I learned about it the moment Jacob RANDOMLY brought it up. So apprently this must be normal just like Henry fighting things that might destory our multiverse!""That wasn't normal-" Cyrus tried to correct, but was ignored."Here's the thing, although he didn't confirm it, I believe that the Essence lives alongside Ethan, sharing the same body." Jacob replied, though each word he spoke was completely nonsense."Wouldn't that mean the rage and the essence would be fighting each other in the same body?" Cyrus asked."Yes! That's the thing! We could get Essence on our side because maybe they believe that we're enemies to them." Jacob replied."That could work! It would also make Artho's job of getting the rage out a lot easier" Cyrus blinked, "But what or where would it go after its not in Ethan's body???""Shoot! You have a point..." Jacob replied, stumped.Cyrus perked up and his hologram screens followed him, "I just got an idea, also I need to give this information to Arthos right away!"Quinn got up and followed Cyrus, like the love sick fool he kept denying he was.The door was open. 'Ethan' was in the safety ball, with a white figure with blue lines much larger than Arthos held the ball. She disappeared as soon as the two entered the room.Arthos turned to them and sighed, "You better be in here for a good reason.""We have info, Athros." Quinn spoke, moving out of the way so Cyrus could speak.Cyrus started explaining, showing Arthos the notes. For a while it was just some stuff he found that wasn't too important, yet Arthos just patiently waited until he talked about the important part."Ethan has a entity called the Essence. If we win it's favor, that could make fighting 'the rage' much easier. However we need something to contain 'the rage' when the Essance fights it off"Cyrus smiled, waiting patiently for Arthos to answer. Arthos didn't even bat an eye when Cyrus was going on and on, as if he had been talking about one of his hyperfixations."And how will we contain 'the rage'?" Arthos calmly asked.Cyrus's eyes lit up, "I plan to make a machine that will grab it as soon as it leaves Ethan, that way we can get rid of it properly"And there was the hyperfixation."I have my own little theory, if you don't mind, Cyrus. The Essence might know more about us than you think. Since Ethan and the Essence share the same body, they might share the same knowledge. I believe someone who the Essence knows is friendly can reach out to them and get them to help us." Quinn added, "Actually that's Jacob's theory but still.""I'll talk to this 'essance'. Now out of this room." He glared Cyrus."Okay." Quinn nodded before walking out. "Good luck with your work."Cyrus thanked Arthos and followed Quinn, "Your a good help by the way. Thanks for that""No problem." Quinn replied with a nod.Cyrus went to gather supplies, only to be stopped by guardian."No you are not taking parts from here! There's a room down the left hallway from the lobby entrance that leads to a machinery room filled with parts. And don't worry, they're the good kind of parts!" Guardian huffed, " Feel free to take some parts home if you'd like!"Cyrus blinked but went to the machinery room as told. Quinn followed him. The room was large, with a neat and organized array of parts and components along with tons of blueprint paper and measurement tools. Cyrus gasped happily and squealed from excitement, going on and on about some "Isode" and how she had a machine just like this. Happily, he pressed button after button. Computer face said nothing, staring at Cyrus who had a smile of a kid in a candy shop. His eyes dilated a bit, his body betraying his mind yet again. Cyrus blinked confused, but decided not to mention it.Once Cyrus finally stopped grabbing parts, Quinn quietly took a few hydraulics. Cyrus didn't notice, humming away as Quinn walked out the room.After a while, Quinn came back and threw some dustier pieces away before asking Cyrus if he needed help with anything. Cyrus jolted and dropped the wrench, quickly picking it up while laughing nervously."O-Oh I'm fine but thank you""Ok" Quinn nodded."You can tell Arthos it's almost finished, I just need to make sure it doesn't fall apart" Cyrus replied.Quinn walked over to the room Arthos was in and knocked."Who is it?" Arthos asked tiredly."It's Quinn." Computer face answered, "I came to inform you that Cyrus is almost done with his machine"Quinn coughed, not used to talking so loud. Then again, there was a lot he wasn't used to."Thank you for informing me" Arthos noticed Quinn's cough, "Wait are you ok? I heard a cough""Oh no, I'm fine. I just don't yell as much anymore so I end up messing up my voice if I yell too much." Quinn reassured."Alright. By the way why did you grab hydraulic supplies earlier?" Arthos suddenly asked.Quinn froze, "How do you know that?""I know a lot of things. I know fate will end up, I know how it went." Arthos replied truthfully."May I come in so we can talk properly?" Quinn asked."Yes." Arthos replied, opening the door.Again there was that female, with blue lines all across her body. She waved and faded once more, to which Arthos didn't pay attention to. Quinn was confused but shrugged it off, taking note of it just in case."If you know fate, then why ask me why I took the hydraulics?" Quinn questioned."I want to know your reasoning. I know you took them but not why." Arthos answered."Okay."Quinn removed the fate plate, revealing some pieces were damaged or burnt. The chess games, one after another with no warning, had damaged his face plate a lot."I didn't want to scare anyone, so I just held out until I stumbled across those hydraulics."Arthos sighed, "Quinn you know well there is people like Cyrus and Guardian who won't get scared. If your injured, faceplate or not, say something.""I didn't want them to worry." Quinn sighed."Quinn." Arthos scolded, "You have help. You can ask for it. I don't get to ask for such help like you do. So please for the love of fate use the help you have.""Okay." Quinn nodded, "I'll see if Cyrus could help when he's done with his machine. It was good talking to you.""And don't hide your issues again. Let them worry. Some of us don't get the luxury of having help.""I'll see if I can return the favor. You have my word." Quinn repliedArthos opened the door, "Thats all I ask of you"Quinn walked out, but stopped halfway and gave Arthos a nod. Arthos gave him a nod back and then closed the door, Quinn continuing to walk away.Fate reappeared, holding Ethan in the safety ball, "Hes very entertaining. Reminds me of you Arthos""I don't have time for any of this." Arthos snapped, locking the door'Ethan' was thrashing around in the ball as he continued to attempt and attack them. The ball did not let him, instead moving under Fate's hands. Fate just smiled, watching him thrash around."Arthos how do you plan to speak to essance?" Fate asked."Without you interrupting thats how." Arthos replied coldly.Essance and Rage continued to fight each other, with the Rage shouting at essence that his attempts were futile. Arthos sighed, taking another sip of his double expresso.Fate giggled, "I think their fighting. Its like when cats fight!""I'll never get your twisted humor." Arthos sighed, facing Ethan, "Essance."Essence did not reply."Essence. I need to talk to you. You able to make that happen?" Arthos snapped.Ethan stopped moving, and when he did he seemed to be more in control. Essence turned to Arthos, glaring him."Can't you see I'm busy here? And who told you my name?!" Essence snapped.Fate giggled and waved, "Hi old friend"Arthos ignored her, "Jacob, his brother.""Fate!? Oh how I missed talking to you. This your little puppet?" Essence replied before glaring Arthos, "Anyways, What do you want!?""Arthos here is on a mission to get the rage out of our little Ethan." Fate answered, smiling as she kicked her legs, which faded if they got too close to the wall."She's correct on some level." Arthos replied."Okay, so then what do I do- YOU'LL NEVER GET RID OF ME- SHUT UP!!!" Essence asked, with rage interrupting as he felt like doing."I would like to help you get rid of the rage. A certain 'friend' of mine is finishing up with a machine to trap the rage. All I need you to do is get the rage out of Ethan's body." Arthos glared Fate, "With Ethan suffering the least amount of harm possible.""I've been trying to get him out but he a stubborn jackass!" Essence huffed."What would help get him to be "less" stubborn?" Arthos asked."I have a second plan but I don't know if it'll kill Ethan." Essence mentioned, uncharaistically hesitant."Whats this plan? I don't want to agree to a contract blindly.""I have the plan to battle Rage externally with me out of Ethan and Rage as well." Essence explained, "I don't believe it will work so I'm not gonna bother""If its external it-"A knock on the door interrupted Arthos. He sighed annoyed that he got interrupted but knowing the person on the other side of the door didn't know any better."Who is it?!" Essence hissed like a territorial cat."Leave it at the door" Arthos instructed.Cyrus replied with an "Ok!" and then walked away, smiling happily. Arthos opened the door and brought the machine inside before slamming it shut."It was just Cyrus" He replied."That disappointment?" Fate whined."Watch it." Arthos snapped."Oh I heard Ethan talking to 'Cyrus'!" Essence added, "either that or I'm mishearing things...""No, you heard right. Cyrus has since returned... at least for now until he runs off like a coward again" Fate replied."Watch your words you insensitive entity." Arthos hissed."Oh he'll stay. Don't worry." Essence replied, "I know he likes 'mister spiffy' with his fancy gadgets."Fate giggled, "I doubt it. He's trying so hard to deny his little crush I honestly think he'd run away""Who knows? He might run away with that tacky piece of machinery!" Essence cackled."WILL YOU TWO PLEASE SHUT UP!?" Arthos snapped, "Get the rage out of Ethan so I can go back to my kids!""Geez, this is what you talk to every day!? He just like Ethan! Boring!" Essence huffed, "But yes I'll help you because I hate this thing too!""Don't blame the poor thing, he just had to deny the one thing his true love wanted" Fate taunted."Okay, okay, Fate! Enough goofing around! Let's actually be serious." Essence sighed, "So how will this machine thing work?""It grabs rage and locks it up the moment you get it out of Ethan." Arthos explained."Okay. I'll do my best to get 'Rage' out! Also I'm not talking anymore because it is straining to make this rat shut up!" Essence replied.The fighting continued once more. Arthos sighed and sipped more of his double expresso.In the machinery room, computer face walked in and looked at Cyrus."Cyrus?"Cyrus looked over, "Yes?"Cyrus had given the machine to Arthos, now having been sketching away in his notebook again. He closed it before Quinn paid any attention to it."Could you... help me with something?" Quinn asked.He removed his face plate, revealing the burnt and damaged tectonics. Cyrus gasped worried as he moved closer to Quinn."How long have they been burnt?!""Since the battle with Tyrone I believe when he attacked me." Quinn replied, backing away when Cyrus came closer.Cyrus noticed and huffed, "Quinn I need you closer so I can assess the damage"( Right here) Quinn was rather perplexed by this but nodded and moved back to where he was."Could you help me fix some parts, please?" Quinn asked.Cyrus smiled, "Of course! You don't have to say which parts I already know from assessing"He pressed buttons on the machine. He already knew which parts he would need, and the machine gave such parts to him."O-okay." Quinn replied, noticeably stuttering."Is that stutter an effect of your broken parts-?""Yes." Quinn quickly replied."Which part?"That lie might not work too well computer face."Uhm.. this part." Quinn answered, pointing to a part that did not cause a stutter in the first place.Cyrus looked at Quinn confused, "That doesn't cause a stutter...."The piece Quinn had pointed to was perfectly fine. It was clear the stutter did not come from there. Come on at least point to a broken one!"Quinn." Cyrus said suddenly with an expected seriousness."Yes?" Quinn replied."What are you not telling me?" Cyrus looked at him worried, "Are your lungs damaged??? Did you see something horrible?? Why are you stuttering????""Oh I'm fine, It's probably just nerves." Quinn reassured, "I'm just not used to being close to people this much."Cyrus held one of Quinn's hands gently, "I won't hurt you, don't worry"Cyrus did not realize, that was one of the ways Quinn showed affection to others due to his lack of nerves on his face. Quinn became even more nervous when Cyrus held his hand, but let Cyrus repair him. Though Cyrus held Quinn's hand the entire time, his own heart beating as fast as Quinn's.Computer face kept trying to collect themself. To put that facade back on. Yet it wouldn't work as long as their hands and heart continued to remind him why he was nervous in the first place. Cyrus smiled, completely unaware of Quinn's internal struggle. Thankfully it wasn't much longer until Cyrus finished the repairs."Remember I'll always be happy to help you, ok?""Okay.." Quinn replied, letting go of Cyrus' hand, "Sorry to make you worry. I should have come sooner...""It's alright. The good thing is that you did come here" Cyrus reassured.Quinn gave Cyrus a nod and then left. Arthos exited the room he had been trapped in all day. He held a machine with the 'Rage' inside it.Quinn looked at Arthos, "Any progress?""The essance was cooropporative. I see you went to Cyrus for repairs" "Yes. I did." Quinn nodded."When will you tell him?" Arthos suddenly asked."What?" Quinn asked, letting out a fake laugh to hide the fact he was trying to avoid answering, "I don't know what you're talking about-""Quit the facade. I put up one every day and lie to my kids. I know what it looks like." Arthos snapped before asking again, "When will you tell him?"Quinn sighed. "I don't know! I don't know why I can't just tell him."Arthos sighed, "Quinn, let me tell you something. He has been through a lot. A lot of loving someone that would never love him back. He watched as his best friend fell in love with someone. Watched his best friend marry that person. He was the best man at the wedding for fate's sake!"Quinn did not respond, that is with words. There was just silence for a moment."Tell him, sooner or later. Before Cyrus leaves to never been seen again. This is the first time he's been seen in 30 years, it won't happen again.""You're right...but I don't know if I have the courage to tell him. I get choked up around him and my only way of coping with it isn't even helping me!" Quinn spoke."I can't say much more about whats to come, fate is already going to kill me for helping you like I am right now. I'll tell you this through: the feeling is mutual""Okay" Quinn nodded, taking a deep breath.Arthos nodded back and walked away. The rage trashed around in the capsule, tossing and turning as if that would give it some freedom.Arthos called over the rabbit, "Guardian.""Yes?" Guardian replied."Tell everyone Ethan is ok. Have Lexi monitor him until he wakes up, besides that no vistors. He need to rest." Arthos instructed, "By the way, do you have a way I should dispose of...this cretin"Said "cretin" was the rage."Simple! I'll have him contained in the hall of specimens!" Guardian replied, opening a secret door that lead to a room full of entities and specimens. The specimens started screeching loudly, thrashing around. There was thousands of them, some older and some new. Some were in jars. Haha get 'jar'ed. Arthos blinked concerned, "And I thought I was the screwed up one""Ah, ah, ah, subject L-02537322! Don't try escaping! Especially after you set that planet on fire!" Guardian chuckled.Arthos just walked away, "You know what I'll tell them the news myself""Okay! Have fun! Oh and don't feel bad for them, half of them committed genocide along with many other atrocities!" Guardian said getting a cell ready for Rage.Arthos went to the library, waiting until he got their attention. After waiting long enough he clapped his hands, signaling for them to give him their attention. Everyone stopped talking, looking over at Arthos."I have succeded in removing the rage from Ethan. Lexi will be monitoring him, however he cannot have visitors at the moment as he needs to rest. Please do not take my coffee, I'm looking at you Tremya, I'm going to get some sleep."Jacob sighed in relief, crying at the good news. Observer sighed in relief. Quinn clapped quietly while Bella thanked Aphrodite for him being ok."Subject P-193653702784 has now been labeled and contained and is now the newest member of my collection." Guardian spoke, going up to the group. Most of the group looked concerned or worried, but Tremya laughed.Bella blinked, concerned, "Tremya did you know?"Tremya smiled, "No but I figured"Guardian laughed in amusement.

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Arthos stood in front of the door. He knew fate was fuming. Her voice angrily whispered in his ear and in his mind, reminding him of what would happen. Taking a deep breath he opened the door and closed it softly.There his mother stood in front of the room she normally walked into without hesitation. Arthos knew his mother wasn't one to heistate unless the stakes were high, so such hesitation confused him.His mother was a woman who you'd certainly never forget. Strong, confident, cold. Though the cold part was only part of the formality mask she put on at every dinner. She was a woman who smiled very rarely, with few reasons to. Her husband, Artho's father, died when he was only six. Since then, she had been telling arthos not to love another god. To fall in love with a mortal. To not step outside the harsh expectations that are expected of important gods such as us.She took a deep breath and walked into the room, watching as a white female figure with blue lines across her body suddenly appeared. The female was much larger in size, large enough his mother was the size of their hand.They stared down at his mother with light blue eyes full of fury. She closed her eyes as they picked her up and tossed her against the wall. Arthos gasped, putting a hand over his mouth to silence himself as his mother cried in pain. She stared at the ground for a few moments, looking to the figure with blood running down her forehead and staining the white fabric of her dress."Your lucky Arthos needs to know he can't love a god." They hissed.His mother got up, struggling as they tried to use the wall as support."And your a cruel perra!" She snapped, spitting out the blood that fell into her mouth.Again they grabbed her, this time by the arm and threw his mother into the ground. Again and again, they picked her up and slammed her into the wall."You obey your orders little puppet, and maybe, just maybe, I'll kill you quickly."Just as she did then, Fate stood there with rage in those light blue eyes of hers."You are just as stubborn as your mother! How many times do I have to tell you stop warning those with horrible fates!?""Cyrus has gone through enough!" Arthos snapped, "And for fuck's sake he deserves what I will never get!"Fate tightened the strings, his own strings that would remind him he was her puppet when she wasn't happy. Arthos put on facade after facade, just so he wouldn't be killed by fate like his mother. Just so his kids could have a better life than he ever would. Than fate would ever let him as long as he lived. The one around his neck became especially tight. He grabbed it and held it, trying to give enough space for him to breathe for when she decided to tighten it."That pathetic mistake doesn't deserve shit.""Just because he has adhd and can't handle being a god doesn't make him a mistake of life's creation. You know what, I regret nothing I did to help Quinn. So fuck you, beat me up, but you know I would survive every try!" Arthos snapped.The strings disappeared. Instead she threw him again and again. Slammed him into the wall. Yet he continued to fight for Cyrus. To fight for what happy endings he could. He had watched as Cyrus suffered, unable to do anything with the strings holding him in the cruel entity's control. Things were different. He had things to fight for. He had his children, his only source of joy. His duty. He would have to turn a blind eye to many things, but if he died fighting... that was a better death even if he died by fate's hands.She finally stopped, watching as he coughed up blood. Her eyes held no emotion, no empathy. Empathy was an emotion she never had. He knew that as soon as she smiled watching him walk away from a desperate Tiempo that had lost everything in her marriage to someone that would hurt her again and again.Even if it was the end of him, he'd make those tough calls. He'd do his duty as long as he could, even when offered retirement, for the sake of the multiverse and his children. Mostly his children. His wife was dead. The poor human he had to lie that he loved. He couldn't let her sacrifice be in vain. Her death wouldn't be useless.Arthos grabbed the first aid kid and patched himself up, like he always had. Like his mother taught him to. Like she always did. This was the life of a god of fare. This was his fate. His horrible fate.Worst part?Not that he's aware but the fact there was no happy ending for him. No escape.He sighed, cleaning up the mess and hiding it like he always had. Like his mother had. Like his grandmother had. Like each god before him had.

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"Such pathetic souls, unaware of my existance. Isn't it amusing?"

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Arthos just dodged the pillow.Almost everyone was there, including Star who glared Arthos annoyed that her sleep (which was peaceful for the first time in a while). However, Quinn was no where to be seen. His sleeping bag was folded neatly with his pillow on top. Jacob stretched and got out of his sleeping bag slowly. Blood gently scolded Star for throwing the pillow. Bella looked at Arthos with concern. Arthos looked like he had seen much better days. Messy hair. Bruises. Eyebags. Especially the numerous bandages, which barely blended into his white hair. Yet he didn't bat an eye at his appearance, acting as if he didn't look like Fate's literal punching bag"Ethan is awake and open for visitors, after that me and Guardian will arrange for people to go to their respective universes." Arthos spoke.Jacob, upon hearing this, sprung up and ran toward the room. Or where he thought the room was."You ok Arthos?" Bella asked."I'm fine" Arthos replied, walking away before she could ask any more.Bella sighed, folding her and Jacob's sleeping bags before walking to Ethan's room. He sat there, with some pillows as back support while he looked at his hands and let his mind wander."Ethan!" Bella quickly ran to his side, "Oh thank Aphrodite your ok...!"Ethan turned to Bella, smiling. "I'm just glad it's over. Essence already told me everything. Sorry about him, Arthos."Arthos sighed, "It is fine. Fate is much worse.""Im glad its over too" Bella smiled back at Ethan.Jacob came running in, "ETHAN, YOU PUNK!! DON'T PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN!!""I presume you got lost?" Sam asked."This place is a labyrinth! ...but yes I did get lost." Jacob replied.Bella laughed, "Well maybe follow Arthos next time."Sam sat next to Ethan, "Hello, Ethan! Although we don't have the best impressions of each other, I hope we can be acquaintances!"He held his hand out and Ethan smiled back, shaking it.Bella smiled, "Im sure you will be""Thank you! I'm glad you all are okay!" Ethan said, looking at everyone.He then blinked confused, asking where Quinn was."He wasn't there when Arthos woke us up. His sleeping bag was folded nicely too." Bella replied"Hmm... I was gonna thank him for his willingness to help us" Ethan sighed."You can thank him when saying goodbye" Arthos replied."True!" Ethan perked up and smiled once more, "I can't wait to go home and feel safe again." Of course, it had been ten months of chess games of off and on. They met Cyrus. They met Quinn. A lot happened. "Same here" Bella sighed, "This entire fighting tyrone and stuff has been tiring."Ethan leaned as far as he could to give Bella a kiss on her cheek, "I love you, Dear and thank you all. Each and every one of you for fighting alongside me even at our lowest times. Thank you. Thank you..." "Your welcome dear" Bella smiled, leaning closer to help Ethan."Come on, we have to back to our universes" Arthos reminded.Sam nodded."Do you want help with sending people home?" Sam offered. "No, I have it handled but thank you Sam" Arthos replied.Quinn walked over to the open door, knocking on it before walking in."Hello."Ethan looked at Quinn with a smile, "Hey!"He waved happily.Ethan looks at Quinn. "Hey!" Ethan said, doing a small wave.Bella blinked, "Oh hey, Cyrus was wondering where you were""I was just tending to some business I had to deal with." Quinn replied.Bella blinked confused, "Alright?""Tell the others to grab their stuff, me and guardian plan to send everyone home soon" Arthos instructed as he looked at computer face and told him with a signal to tell Cyrus how he felt before the weakling fled again.Quinn didn't reply but Arthos knew he got the message. "Get your things so you can go home!" Guardian announced, hovering away. People moved, objects and weapons clattered. Lexi took some of the bandages and other medical supplies to take back to his universe. Quinn searched for Cyrus, thankful he was very noticeable with his yellow rain coat.Quinn tapped Cyrus, "Before we go, can I talk to you, Cyrus?" Quinn's eyes darted to another part of the room after asking that.Cyrus perked up and looked at Quinn, "Of course! What is it?"He smiled, completely unaware of what Quinn would say. Such an adorable and innocent smile didn't help his nerves. "I want to tell you that I...I-I like you! I like you a lot. I wanted to know if you wanted to hang out sometime?" Quinn half-blurted, his cheeks becoming blue from his blush..Cyrus froze, just standing there shocked for a few moments before his face literally exploded in blush, "Y-You like me? Im not hallucinating or something right-?"Quinn nodded, confirming to Cyrus it wasn't a hallucination but not replying as he did not how to respond. Cyrus started to fidget with his braid, nervous as well."I'll be honest... I... I started to like you a lot. I've liked you for some time, I just... I was too afraid to say something...""You too?" Quinn laughed awkwardly.Cyrus nodded, "My last crush wasn't into guys, never was... So I stood on the sidelines watching him love someone else. I didn't want that to happen again...""Maybe it won't have to." Quinn reassured, moving slightly closer to Cyrus.Cyrus laughed nervously, "Well of course- You like me-"Quinn looked at Cyrus and smiled, this smile had more charm, "I hope we can get to know each other more..."Cyrus practically melted, "Yeah...""ABOUT TIME!" Peach huffed, startling the living hell out of poor Cyrus-"Please not now!" Quinn grumbled, holding Cyrus by the shoulders to calm him."I have been telling you to tell him this entire time and one conversation from arthos does it? Hm- EEP!" She squeaked as Cherry picked her up."Apologies, we weren't aware of her easedropping. We will fix that" Cherry apologized while Peach kicked her arms and legs trying to escape."That's okay, Miss!" Quinn replied, looking at Cherry and still holding Cyrus by the shoulders.Peach huffed as Cherry took her away.Cyrus was still as pink as his hair, "I guess I will be returning back home, to my universe that is""I'm gonna be here because I need to travel through time. But before you go..." Quinn gave Cyrus a kiss on the cheek. "Bye" Quinn replied with a smile, walking to Guardian.Cyrus squeaked, hiding his face with his hood. Quinn smiled, waving at Cyrus. His smile was cute in a way. It was hard to describe how.There was a crashing noise-Quinn blinked and looked over, concerned."I'm fine..." Cyrus mumbled, giving a shaky thumbs up.Quinn helped Cyrus up and then walked back. Goodbyes were exchanged, though it was mostly Cherry and Lexi saying their goodbyes. Lexi thanked Arthos before he sent the back to their universe, since they were from a different universe. The other three (Quinn, Charolette, and Noah) from other universes or times watched as they exchanged goodbyes.Arthos grabbed the Time amulet and looked at Charolette and Noah, "I'll be sending you back to a few minutes after you got teleported out of your timeline. Alright you two?""Yes. Thank you, Sir!" Charolette replied."Roger that, Sir!" Noah said playfully, smiling at ArthosHe opened a portal with a time amulet, signalling for them to walk in it. Charolette held Noah hand and looked at him. "Don't tell Dad or Mom, okay?" Charolette whispered."They're gonna know either way!" Noah whispered back, as they both walked into the portal.Once they walked through the portal Arthos closed it and handed the amulet to Tremya."Guard this, your mother is unable to." Arthos ordered.Tremya blinked confused, "But I'm not the time god yet...?""That is only because of your unmarried status, you might as well just do her duties. Your mother sure isn't.""Shiny..." Sam spoke breathlessly, admiring the Time Amulet before he snapped out of it and looked away, "I never got to look at it like this!""Don't worry, I got a s-" "Do not put it in your bra." Arthos interrupted"But it'd work-""Tremya no." Arthos interrupted again.Squeaking was heard, confusing the team. Only to reveal a few moments later, Ethan in a wheelchair pushing himself."I'm saying goodbye one way another!!" He yelled, "I had to drag myself out of my bed and climb in this wheelchair and it was worth it!"Arthos facepalmed.Bella smiled, "I tried to stop him but he refused-""I can see that" Arthos sighed."That's your fault for not letting me say goodbyes!" Ethan huffed."And you're supposed to be resting" Arthos reminded.Guardian appeared from the hallway, "I couldn't do anything but watch to be honest, that was just determination at play.""Why does nobody here want to rest properly?!""It runs in the family" Bella answered pointing to Cyrus."Aphrodite does it too???" Cyrus replied confused."I'm part of the family!?" Ethan exclaimed excitedly, "Yay!""You two have kids in the future, of course you are" Tremya added unfazed.Bella blushed, "Please don't remind me-""Honestly that doesn't sound bad!" Ethan replied , blushing.Bella blushed more while Tremya snickered. Arthos clapped his hands to get everyone's attention."It was a pleasure meeting you Ethan, and I heard you talking earlier so no need to thank me again! You're welcome!" Quinn told Ethan."Yes we are very grateful Quinn. You have helped us a lot" Arthos looked over to Cyrus.Cyrus clearly got the message, "Hey I'll be returning, don't glare me like that""You disappeared for 30 years without a single note, that glare was earned friend." Arthos replied calmly.Cyrus blinked, "We were friends-?"Arthos facepalmed, "I don't talk to random people at the marriage parties Cyrus.""I believe I must go unfortunately." Quinn reminded Arthos."I understand, but I do have an accouncement before you leave""Hm?" Quinn looked at Arthos, waiting for him to speak."With the help of guardian, I am starting an organization to prepare for events such as this and Influence. It's happened twice, no doubt it will happen again. Now I will let those of you, who want to, help. This job will require tough calls however, most of which I will be making, but I must warn you regardless of who is making those decisions. Once I die or retire, it will be stated in my dying wish who will take over the organization. Until then that information will not be disclosed due to beings like influence that may or may not be watching" "I have some ideas if you don't mind that we'll discuss later." Ethan replied.Arthos nodded, "Quinn you are dismissed."He opened a few portals."The rest of you may go home. I will go in after you"Quinn waved bye to Cyrus, smiling before walking through the portal. Cyrus's face became pink again as he just waved bye.Bella sighed, "This won't end will it?""I'm not answering that" Tremya smiled.Sam looked at the others and then at himself. "One moment!" He quickly teleported somewhere.Tremya blinked, "huh?"Ethan sighed and chuckled to himself.Tremya was even more confused "Whats funny??""You wouldn't get it. Trust me!" Ethan laughed.Sam came back, now in a comfortable button up sweater, slightly too big but a good fit along with some sweatpants to go along with it. And to top it off with a simple but cute beanie. "If I'm gonna be with you guys, I wanna at least fit in!" Tremya chuckled, "Thats adorable!"Bella lightly smacked Tremya.Sam took notice and rolled his eyes, smiling with his nonexistent mouth. "Don't worry! I get it! It doesn't look like 'My type of clothes!'" "No no its cute you want to fit in" Tremya chuckled again, "It's adorable""Oh.." Sam replied, blinking.Tremya floated over, "You look perfect""O-okay!" Sam replied., giving a thumbs up.Arthos blinked, getting a message from his phone. He looked rather annoyed at it."Fun Im looking foward to this."Bella blinked "Who is the text from-?"Arthos sighed, "Your father" "What did he do?""You'll find out...""I don't like the sound of that." Ethan mumbled, "By the way, Do I just go home or do I stay here or...."Arthos opened a portal, "That depends if you want to meet someone""Uhhh.... Sure?" Ethan replied.Bella walked into that portal without hesitation, "Father what in the heavens did you do!?"Aros jolted, "Oh hello-""Father." Bella glared Aros, "I left you alone for a few weeks." It was actually ten months."Quit yelling you two!" Aphrodite shouted, "Im still tired you two"She was holding something, covered in a blanket. Ethan's eyes lit up in joy.Aphrodite chuckled noticing, "Oh hello Ethan. I apologize for not looking the most presentable""Oh don't worry!" Ethan said, "You can relax!""I'd normally look better if I hadn't gone through a hell of a pregnancy." Aphrodite glared Aros.He laughed nervously.Aphrodite smiled, "Anyways this is Love"She happily showed the adorable baby in her arms. Love had Aphrodite's hair and Aro's face.Ethan stared at the baby in awe."Aww. They're so cute!" Ethan exclaimedSam portaled into the room. "Aw, sweet! A baby!""Her name is Love. Careful tho, shes only a day old"Cyrus blinked "Wait a day-?""Yes-" Aphrodite quickly turned her head "Wait Cyrus!?"Cyrus waved, "Hey so what did I miss-""Your lucky I can't kick your ass." Aphrodite hissed."Pregnancy hormones?" Cyrus asked.Aros nodded, "that and its my fault."Sam opened a random portal and popped out Quinn.  "Pleasure to be meeting you! My name's Quinn!" Quinn greeted, "I found the Time Amulet in my time period!"Aphrodite greeted Quinn, "Pleasure. I apologize for looking the way I do, I had a hell of a pregnancy.""No worries! I just came to say hello! Also I found out that it was you who put me on the Ship Board!" Quinn reassured.Aphrodite burst out laughing, "Oh yeah, that was meant mainly for Cyrus."Cyrus wasn't surprised, "Of course. You and your pettyness.""You dumped what was supposed to be your duty on me." Aphrodite reminded."Well I'm not mad" Quinn shrugged,  "And to be fair she has a point"Cyrus sighed, "I know. Besides... it went well in the end""Oh he confessed?" Aphrodite asking, making Cyrus blush."Yes he did-""Aww~" Quinn teased, making Cyrus more flustered.Aphrodite snickered, getting a small weak smack from Cyrus. That just made her laugh moreQuinn pat Cyrus's gently. "It's okay. Don't worry.""He's not used to affection. It was easier for me, Aros literally asked to kiss me straight up." Aphrodite chuckled.Aros blushed, "It worked didn't it?"Jacob came though the portal and nodded. "He has a point... Wait, YOU HAD ANOTHER KID-"

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The halls were quiet. Znaniye was just quiet and obedient in nature. Something he liked. Especially when Tremya was the opposite of that. Stubborn. A fighter like her mother used to be. He would have forced another child out of her after the events of influence but she started going on her downward spiral and then disappeared.Znaniye sat in her mother's chair. It had been a wedding gift from Arthos. As much as he tried to toss it out, Tiempo had brought it back. The wood was scratched up so much you could hardly read the message carved into it: que su belleza y amor florezca. It meant "may your love and beauty bloom".Tiempo didn't know what it meant. She didn't know it was a message from a man who loved her dearly. Tremya's father hated that. Hated that man. A man he could never get out of Tiempo's life. He tried and tried to get him out of her support system. He was the only one in it, the rest of her support system had become busy and unaware or died. Arthos was the busiest of the gods, with four other jobs relying on his. Yet he seemed to have more and more time! Hell he had even started a task force! So why was it so hard!? Even when Tiempo disappeared without a trace, he was still somehow there. At least Tremya's father assumed so when he got knowledge of Tiempo having a son. He knew damn well it wasn't his with her having been gone.Distant baby babbles told him exactly where his wife was. He shoved the servants out of way and ran into the room. There Tiempo stood, holding a light skinned child with white hair that faded into Tiempo's blue. There was a smile on her face, one he hadn't seen since Tremya was born."Tiempo!"Tiempo's smile faded instantly. He noted she even set up the crib they had used when Znaniye was born."What Kilos?" She snapped, yet her arms held the child closer."Who's child is that?" He asked, anger boiling in his blood."Genetically Arthos'. Arthos declined an affair with me, this child was made because I requested it." Tiempo answered.Her words were the truth. His power told him so. And thats what pissed him off. The fact she loved and yearned hopelessly for someone who everyone knew could only marry mortals. Arthos was a god of fate. They only married mortals. Every god knew that."Why are you here after abandoning your duties? You do realize thanks to you I have no time god heir?!"Tiempo rolled her eyes, "I was only here for supplies. Nothing more."She grabbed a bag and walked past him. Kilos grabbed the bag strap."If you leave I'll kill the monstrosity in your arms."That caught her attention right away. Thankfully since Tremya had taken over her duties as soon as she disappeared, the room didn't threaten to fall apart from the instability of her emotions."His name is Zelo and don't you dare!" She snapped, immediately becoming defensive over a god made spawn.As much as he hated the spawn, he knew it was the only card he could use."I'll let you raise that thing if you stay here and pretend like you didn't abandon your duties. Znaniye still needs to be married off."She relaxed, sighing in defeat but still holding Zelo."Fine. I agree to your terms but you aren't getting another child out of me. Tremya has already taken over as time god for the time being." She snapped, dropping the bag and walking back into the room.Zelo woke up after sleeping through the conversation, crying. Tiempo smiled again and soothed the monstrosity, glaring Kilos to leave when Zelo continued to cry. Kilos scoffed and rolled his eyes, closing the door on his way as she always liked.

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"Fine you want my name? It's in here!"

There was a chill in the air. Children laughed happily as they played with friends or family. Others sat alone, reading a book or watched their children play and smile. Everything felt like it didn't matter. Like it would never end. This was the life I lived every day.."Hey! Focus!" Someone snapped.A person ran up to them, a female. Once they caught up to me and the other person by my side, they were breathing heavily."We need to run! Something is going to happen but I don't know what!" She exclaimed, panicked."Slow down a bit!" I exclaimed while attempting to calm her down, "What's happening?""We're in grave danger! I had a horrible vision!" She answered as she broke down crying"It's alright. Just well us what it was about and then we can figure out what to do next." I reassured, holding her tightly."Everything...everyone... it was all... gone!" She cried breaking down into tears."I'll warn the others!"The crowd that had formed immediately ran. Some went home to their families. Some ran to the market to buy supplies. Some just outright took the supplies, with little resistance from the also panicked sellers. Chaos happened left and right. People ran.I suddenly saw the reason. Not because of what the female said, but the portal behind us. It was blue in color, the people had crowded around it to see what would come out the other side. What came out was a god. One barely taller than me. White hair, light colored skin, blue eyes that stared coldly at the crowd before him. More stepped out behind him, all holding weapons. Ones that were behind in technology, but still just as fatal when they had been in use. The crowd had become nervous, before he summoned white rope with blue lines and grabbed a person. The rope wrapped around their neck, becoming tighter and tighter until the head was sliced off with a clean cut. That was when they all started to run and panic. Screams and pleas filled the air the more the god killed them. People ran. People begged for him not to kill them. Begged to let the children live. Yet, he did not listen. He killed them with only a "I'm sorry". White ropes grabbed falling debree and crushed whoever was targeted by it.I ran, ran to a location I had once known but no longer could remember. People were running to the shelter. It was so full of people the staff were struggling to keep the panicked people outside out. Mothers begged for staff to take their children. The children stayed close to their mom as she begged and begged, listening to their mother's tears as the staff told her again and again there was no more room. No more space. They'd taken as many as they could. The broadcast from the tv continued to talk, with no citizens listening to it."Local news of mysterious visions backed up with terrifying amounts of evid-"There was the man again. The one who killed the woman and children and men with nothing more than "I'm sorry". The news reporter begged and pleaded, crying while asking why. Why was this happening. Why were they doing this.The man looked at him with cold eyes, "You did nothing wrong. Rest. Your life will not be in vain."Before he could cry anymore, his neck was twisted. The shock and fear forever frozen on his face as his body fell with a thump. The man stared at the cameraman. The camera fell to the ground as the cameraman ran, screaming as he was killed. The head fell to the floor and rolled in front of the camera, with the broadcast soon ending.I stood there for a moment, staring at what had just happened. Staring at the black screen that was quickly impaled by more of the people that came with him. The crowd screamed, scattering. Kids cried, not understanding the situation with their innocence. Mothers begged, pleaded. Yet the people, unlike the man, did not reply and killed them. I ran, as the screaming and pleading continued. As the freaks broke the windows and killed whoever was inside that shelter.I opened the door to my home, only to find nothing but corpses. The furniture was gone, only scraps of what was had happened left behind. The silverware was broken, with attempts to run and distract having been clear. The food was gone. I ran again, only to see what was left of the shelter. The windows were broken. Outside was littered with corpses, mothers and children included. Mothers died with tears in their eyes, hands in a begging position. Some were holding their children, trying to protect them. Others had been trying to run. Staff had been trying to stop the attackers but with no avail. I went underground, hoping there was a chance of escape. The further I went, the darker it got. Eventually, I noticed a crack. It was uncomfortable to sit there, to hide, but it was the only spot with an enough light to know if they had found me or not.I could hear the burtal, bloodcurdling, screams as thousands, possibly millions, were killed. I could hear them begging. Gunshots. The horrible sickening crunch of bones. The thud of debree crushing another person. Each and every time I saw someone pass by, they never came back. I could hear their screams and cries for help as they were killed by those who found them. The only ones who came back where those things, and the man. Both covered in blood of those innocent and guilty. Of women and children. It was sickening to watch.I froze as one of those freaks stared into my soul. Like it was a candle about to be snuffed. I ran once more. I could hear their loud and booming steps. I kept bumping into the walls left and right. It was hard to see but eventually I saw a dimly lit gap. I ran faster, desperate for even a chance at survival. I jumped, only to fall as the ledge broke under my weight."Is he alive?" The man asked"Fell off that ledge, doubt he'd live. Even then he'd starve to death since we destroyed all chances or survival."The man sighed, and the was the last I heard.I woke up, dazed and confused. I clearly wasn't dead but I couldn't see. Was I dead? No. No I can't be. They said you felt weightless in the afterlife. I wasn't weightless. I spent hours navigating my surroundings. When I saw the way I came, climbed up. Again, and again I fell. By time I managed to climb up, I was horribly scratched up. The cave had been like an endless hallway until I found the hall again. The surrounding area was nothing more than a wreck. Buildings on fire with corpses and food inside. Blood was everywhere, trailing to some of the buildings on fire. It was everywhere. I refused to believe I was the only one left. I couldn't be! There had to be someone else! Someone!I searched and searched, exploring for days. Hunger ate me from the inside out. I couldn't sleep when there was no beds and blood covered the ground. It reeked of blood for days. Every location was like the last. Corpses on fire or just piles of ash. Destroyed buildings. Plush toys left on the ground, bloodied and ruined from when their owner had been killed with nothing more than a "sorry". I got lucky enough there was still water, but even that was red from how much blood had leaked into it. The taste was always there.There was no one. It was a genocide. I cursed the gods for their cruelty. Cruelty against my kind. My family. The children. The mothers who begged for even a bit of mercy.Generations of technological advances and evolution, gone in an instant.And for what? What reason? I broke down in tears, realizing I was the only survivor of a mass attempted genocide. A genocide meant to leave no traces. Little technology. Only few buildings were left."Why couldn't it be me!? Why?! WHY?! We did nothing wrong! Were we heretics?! Did we worship a false idol??? WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS?!" I cried.There was a soft 'clack clack' of heels. Slow, like they were just having a sunday stroll and there wasn't a bloody genocide all over. I turned around and quickly looked up, wiping the tears away. A female, barely the height of a child stared at me. She clearly wasn't a survivor, with fashion I didn't recognize. Her skin glitched, revealing some kind of black substance underneath.She smiled, "Do you truly want to know what you did to deserve this damnation?""What are you? And what exactly do you mean? What did we do?!" I snapped.I wanted answers. Yet I couldn't trust her. I couldn't even tell if she was one of those freaks that had been killing everyone!"Call me Vera. And the answer is simple, Im a machine. And your race..." She looked at me with her red eyes that screamed 'don't trust' and smiled, "They did nothing to the gods""Well, Vera, what do you want from me and how do you know this?!" I asked, wanting more conclusions to my unending questions, "There's nothing for either of us!""I know a lot of things. I know where to find a blade that kills gods. One that your technology could reach. Thats why they killed your race. For their own selfish sake." Vera answered, still smiling."What is the name of this blade might I ask?" I asked, looking up at her with wary eyes. I wanted to know more. I had to."Blade of typhon" She replied."Blade of Typhon...." I repeated, pondering if I should join her or not, "Where can we find it?""I know exactly where to find it" Vera held her hand out, "If you just join me..."I looked at the destruction and bloodshed left behind. Then I looked at Vera and took her hand."Yes! I will join you so we may kill the gods and seek our revenge against them!"The determination of those who came before me, their hearts, beat with mine. Vera smiled, eyes surging with the same determination."We shall make a great team, for that is true!"Vera smile became a sinister grin, "Yes, yes we shall.""I hear it now, 'Vera and Zaizar: the god killers!'" I cheered, laughing and smiling with a new hope. A purpose.Vera chuckled, "Come along Zaizar, we have a god-killing blade to snatch""Indeed we do!" I replied, running to a destroyed building."Where are you going?" She asked, her eyes glued to my skinny frame."I know an old armory station that I used to work at! Follow me!" I answered signaling for her to follow me.I could not tell if she got the signal or not. Her customs and signals were different than mine. She looked at me confused before perking up and teleporting over to my side."If I remember the code right.... got it!" I cheered once more.The door opened as soon as I put the code in.

Один, три, чотири, жодного

"I didn't use or develop armor because I was in charge of cleaning and polishing the place but I still know how the armor works. You have to know how it works to clean it after all"I grabbed the armor pieces. Pieces which were broken and discarded due to the lack of supplies needed for someone to survive a genocide."Thats wonderful. Foolish gods, they didn't think to destory all this wonderful technology..." Vera scoffed and laughed at the thought."Most of this amor is broken but they're not going to affect the effectiveness of the armor!" I exclaimed happily as I tinkered with the armor."Im broken and I still w-work", Vera grumbled noticing her vocal glitch"Oh I'm sorry! Say, if I can learn a thing or two about machines, I can fix you a bit!" I quickly replied, trying be nice to the one who just saved me."I apprecaite the offer but I doubt thats possible. You see... my creator abandoned me with a half finished code and I had to finish myself. Only she knew what the rest of my code was supposed to be..." Vera huffed, "Most of my glitches are visual, nothing too hard to handle.""Okay, but I'm sorry if I offended you!" I apologized, still jot wanting to mess this chance up."No need, you didn't. I just don't like my vocal glitches." Vera reassured with a smile, one that felt too familiar."Okay. So how do I look?" I asked.The armor was a bit dirty and dirty but still sported it's black and solver color scheme. The one I had cleaned day after day. It was still as light and easy to move in as I remembered."Ready to kill some gods" Vera answered with a smile."Thank you!" I replied, smiling back at Vera, "Now, where do we go to find this 'Blade of Typhon'?""Deepest pits of hell" She answered with a smile."Ah yes! The deepest pits of- WHAT?! I exclaimed, concerned.Vera burst out laughing. The laughter itself was glitched and inhuman, constantly changing volumes. Just what was she?"No wonder why they wanted it to be heat resistant!" I exclaimed, changing the topic.The topic in my mind that is. I have no idea what she even is, it was better to act unaware. A fool. Her "unaware" chess pawn."I can't get near the blade, since only mortals can weld it.""That makes... a lot of sense actually!" I replied, "Well, on our way we go I suppose!"Vera opened a portal, "Yes, lets."