Peace and Famine made their way to the mansion. As she approached the front door, she heard voices arguing inside. \u201cI\u2019m telling you, there\u2019s no way this is on the up and up!\u201d boomed War\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe someone\u2019s a real admirer of hers,\u201d replied another voice that Peace didn\u2019t recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m right here though!\u201d protested Bounty\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s here too?!\u201d Peace asked Famine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHer and Life,\u201d replied Famine. She opened the door. Everyone turned to see Famine and Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAm I late?\u201d asked Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPEACE!\u201d cheered Life as she and Death hugged her. Famine headed to the table to see more take-out pasta dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOoh! That\u2019s for me!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeace, it\u2019s been too long!\u201d War said to Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndeed,\u201d agreed Pestilence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo you are Peace?\u201d asked Lacey. \u201cWar\u2019s counterpart?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat I am,\u201d replied Peace. \u201cAnd you, I presume, are the new Chaos?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s me!\u201d confirmed Lacey. \u201cThough I go by a more mortal name. Lacey Atmadja, at your service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeace at yours and your family\u2019s,\u201d returned Peace. She then saw Famine tucking in. \u201cI see she hasn\u2019t changed.\u201d Everyone gave Famine their attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFamine, can\u2019t you see that someone\u2019s playing a practical joke?!\u201d hissed War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s right,\u201d whispered Death. \u201cSending us a ton of pasta dishes that we don\u2019t want?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, you\u2019re right,\u201d mumbled Famine as she ate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill you stop it with the eating already?!\u201d rasped Pestilence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFamine, what\u2019s the matter with you?!\u201d protested Life. \u201cWhat\u2019s gonna happen when the bill comes in from that Italian joint, huh?! You realize that-?!\u201d She then knocked the fork out of Famine\u2019s hand- \u201cwe could owe a fortune here?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy are you girls getting on her case like that?\u201d asked Peace. The remaining Horsemen pointed out all the used boxes and cutlery. \u201c\u2026Never mind. Famine, maybe you shouldn\u2019t accept another dish, capiche?\u201d Famine gave a non-committal shrug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Yeah, fine, capiche,\u201d muttered Bounty as she and Life led Peace on a tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emily headed to Megumi and Richard\u2019s home. She knocked on the door and Lisa opened it. \u201cDame Emily! What a surprise!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHi, Lisa,\u201d replied Emily. \u201cAre Megumi or Richard home?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMegumi\u2019s just come home from work and Richard is still at his job. Why do you ask?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m here as a doctor right now. I\u2019m\u2026worried about them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Please, come in,\u201d said Lisa. Emily stepped inside the house and followed Lisa to Megumi\u2019s office. \u201cAnnouncing the arrival of your doctor, Madam,\u201d she said to Megumi. Megumi looked up from her work and saw Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEmily?\u201d she asked. \u201cWhat brings you here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMegumi, I must speak with you as your doctor,\u201d replied Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Lisa, that will be all,\u201d said Megumi. Lisa bowed and headed off. \u201cDid you find some sort of sickness?\u201d Megumi asked Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe sickness of overstressing,\u201d replied Emily. \u201cMegumi, you and your family are starting to run yourselves ragged here, what with being a student, an archaeologist and professor of said subject, and a Kamen Rider. Richard\u2019s also got a lot on his plate and his little, shall we say, \u2018vacation\u2019 wasn\u2019t exactly helpful. And your daughters-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not wrong about the stuff on my plate,\u201d interrupted Megumi. \u201cIt\u2019s getting to be too much for me. \u2026I\u2019m thinking of following your example and graduating. Perhaps it will do Richard and our daughters some good too. \u2026He\u2019s your brother, how do I broach the topic with Richard?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe same way he broached the topic of his firing with you,\u201d said Emily. \u201cBe direct, be polite, assure him that there\u2019s no fault at all within the family. And take it from me and my boys, you\u2019ll be a lot happier when you have your diploma.\u201d Emily hugged Megumi. As the two ladies hugged, Emily saw an artefact on Megumi\u2019s desk. \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d she asked. Megumi lit up as she got the chance to talk about the artefact!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe subject of my current lesson!\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a Darvalian Charm from the 17th<\/sup> Dynasty!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDarvalian? The extinct cousins of the Vortonians?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe very same! Unlike the Vortonians, they had an empire spanning halfway across their version of the known multiverse!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in the Lord Unicomplex, Cyber-priestess Gi had told Khan what had happened. \u201cI offer no excuses,\u201d she said. \u201cI allowed confusion to dictate my actions and it made me more illogical than them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis really sets back my plans,\u201d said Khan. \u201cThere\u2019s also another problem. Our teams sent to Splatoon<\/em> and Team Fortress 2<\/em> have yet to find the Sources there. It seems there were more guardians there than anticipated. You may be encountering heavier resistance in Disney<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat of the remaining two Sources?\u201d asked Gi. Khan wrote something in the Tome and read the passage aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Once Gi finished her question, a panel from the wall rose to reveal a shape very familiar to her.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFamiliar to me?\u201d asked Gi. Once Gi finished her question, a panel from the wall rose to reveal a shape very familiar to her. Her eye widened as the familiar salt-shaker shape registered in her memory banks. \u201c\u2026THEM?!\u201d she protested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Lords have proven to be hinderances when it comes to killing and at this stage of the game, we NEED our opponents dead.\u201d Khan addressed the creature. \u201cI know you\u2019re not exactly a big fan of following the orders of anyone not of your race, but I need you to follow Captain Don Shinobi as you retrieve Health and her Source. To any who resist\u2026well\u2026the good Captain has been told to let you exterminate them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI obey!\u201d said the creature. As it spoke, a pair of lights flashed on each syllable, revealing the black dome of one of Shocker Umbra\u2019s Dalek Supremes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In another part of the Unicomplex, Auriella felt a sharp pain in her heart, her very soul! Katie ran up to her. \u201cAuri?!\u201d she asked. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Removed!\u201d gasped Auriella. \u201cI\u2019ve been\u2026removed from the Record!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat\u2019s that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt means I\u2019ve been exiled! They don\u2019t consider me an Adrexian anymore!\u201d Auriella\u2019s face contorted in anger. \u201cThose ungrateful-! After all I did for them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ll get our revenge on them when we create the New Multiverse,\u201d soothed Katie. Auriella sighed to calm down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re right,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll worship us as the goddesses we are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in Beyond City, Anansi was setting himself up a web. He sensed the approach of someone. \u201cYou can\u2019t hide much from a spider, your Majesty,\u201d he said. He shifted his gaze to the one who approached him, Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEveryone seems to regard you with suspicion, Lord Anansi,\u201d replied Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s just Anansi,\u201d corrected the spider trickster. \u201cAnd perhaps it\u2019s because of my reputation as a trickster god. \u2026Or perhaps it\u2019s because of the truth of the Author.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCall me suspicious, but I think there\u2019s more to the Author than you\u2019re letting on,\u201d remarked Arsha. Anansi sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026When I said he was my student, I was only being partially truthful,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s actually a wicked clone of my student. My student wanted his parents to be comfortable with taking him down should he turn evil, so he and I went to a place called Kamino to create that clone. \u2026They did their job too well and the clone, Khan, managed to defeat my student and his parents, wiped their minds, and altered their DNA. He just dumped them into a universe. \u2026A universe perhaps YOU are familiar with, your Majesty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026My home?\u201d asked Arsha. \u201cHe dumped them into the Realms?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe did, and you met my student. \u2026He reported on the Final War, specifically, the Battle of the Realmgates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Leumas?! HE was your student?!\u201d Anansi nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd I\u2026I feel as though I abandoned him.\u201d Anansi held himself. \u201c\u2026I let three innocent people lose their lives and homes. Ask Death for further records, she and her Horsemen oversee all universes experiencing their ends.\u201d By this, he turned his back to Arsha, ending the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026As you wish, Anansi,\u201d she said. She curtsied and minced away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peace and Famine made their way to the mansion. 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