3.39 Completely Insane

Halios glanced at the hourglass on the wall, feeling the stab of indigestion as he gulped down the rest of his meal.

         "Torus was supposed to be here an hour ago! What sort of gravel invoice takes over an hour?"

         "I don't know…" Halki scanned the Gourmet Chamber as if Torus was about to show up. "He ought to be here by now… Maybe they needed last minute help with the Dog Show? I wouldn't worry too much, there must be a good reason he's late. You and I both know he wouldn't let this thing get screwed up! He actually wants to go to Fomora!"

"Are those actual dogs?" Hedena craned to discern from the Villa Balcony, everyone had heard about Malodon's dogs and rumors of the Dog Show had been party chit chat for a few days now but she had pictured dogs, not dog-like-things. Unbeknownst to Hedena, Medena was furious, the dogons were the least of her concerns.

         "He's sacrificing one of my best examples! He's out of his GOD DAMNED MIND!"

         "I AGREE!" Hedena saw her point. "Why didn't he sacrifice EDEN? EDEN'S the whoring slut of the day, NOT MEL!"

         "Come!" Medena snatched her hand. "We can't let Atalon get out of control like this!"

         But as they made their way through the patio doors into the living room, they saw the fragmented Crystal skull, shattered across the floor, Medena's heart sank, instantly.

         "Mighty Medel" she gasped, frozen in shock. "He smashed his Crystal Skull! LOOK! They made him go COMPLETELY INSANE!"

         The harbor-bound flock collected quickly at the courtyard gates, Bell was growing nervous as they amassed before him, and it wasn't just the Lunies, there were aribu dotted amongst them!

         He scanned the hill behind him, where was Halios? Feeling naked without orders, the complete lack of preparation had left him with limited manpower, the lack of knowledge rendered him weak against the forces he was facing, the aribu would never step out of line like this, it had to be some sort of Sorcery, he was basically unarmed and didn't know what to do, should push come to shove.

         "We'd like to leave now" Mina approached the gate first.

         "I'm sorry, Ma’am" he replied. "I can't allow that. Firmary Orders."

         "Open the gates Bell" Vikkar stepped forward from the crowd.

         Caught now by lower rank, Bell scanned his surroundings again for signs of support, but there was no sign of help.

         "You'll have to clear it with Halios" he replied.

         "And where is Halios so that he can give you that order?" Vikkar stepped closer, clutching the sword. Bell's eyes followed his hand, his own intelligence was telling him that the god of Lightning was going rogue and he wasn't messing around.

         "I'm not sure" he confessed, humbled in front of the attentive audience. "I think he's probably with Halki prepping the firework show for the audience you're stealing."

         Mel's screams were only getting louder, Vikkar didn't have even a second for Bell's bullshit.

         "Stand back" he warned, raising the legendary weapon above the crowd, instantly it flickered with lights, crackling around the blade as it caught the last rays of the sun. The crowd moved back as he wound it around, sparks burst forth like a pinwheel star until with a powerful blow, he struck the lock, blasting the gate off it's hinges, blowing Bell and his soldiers backwards into the dirt. Cheers erupted as the gates landed with a loud clang in a billow of dust.

         "THE SHIP TO LEMURIA LEAVES WITH THE SUN, WELCOME ABOARD, THERE IS ROOM FOR EVERYONE!"

         Vikkar swung the sword in the direction of the harbor, inviting them all to board his ship. Adon gasped with a laugh as the drama unfolded, as the winds of fate turned direction right before their eyes.

         "See? You were right, Bell, I was better off waiting outside!"

         It was one smart answer too many. Bell lunged straight for his throat. Another billow of dust rose up from the ground as the merchants crashed to the ground in angry force. With unleashed rage, Bell pounded his face hard, his aggressor defenseless against his physical might.

         "CUT!" Vikkar bellowed above them, the sword still sparking.

         Burned by sparks, Bell rolled off, staggering to his feet, brushed the dirt from his clothes and lifted his finger at Vikkar.

         "Fuck you!" He spat a mouth full of dirt into the ground. "Whose side are YOU on anyway, ASSHOLE!"

         The sisters were only half way down Main St before Medena spotted the stream of Lemurians heading towards the harbor.

         "LOOK!" She stopped in her tracks, pointing towards the scene. Then, to her horror she spotted Dena amongst them, arm in arm with Nepheus! 

         "DE-E-E-NA!" She shrieked with brand new fury. "YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR VIP TICKET FOR THIS!"

        

         "Oh my god…" Dena felt the once unfamiliar flutter of panic in her body strike once again when she heard her name hollered down main St by the one and only Medena. She felt like she was going to throw up, she was having a heart attack, this was, like, the worst nightmare ever! This was it! This was The End, she could feel it! She hung her head in shame, staring down at her feet, moving along in the direction of the ship, moving all on their own, she had no control, the competing desire was too great. As she reached the ramp she knew, there was no turning back, now it was official...

         "THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!" 

         The adrenaline pumping hard through Dena's veins was a brand new experience, it was giving her a rush, a high, almost as if she was doing the Right Thing! As she shuffled up the ramp, surrounded by so many others engaging in this dangerous and amazing rebellion, she realized it actually felt good…

         A slight smile broke out as she became conscious of the reality. This was, in fact, the most fun and excitement she had ever had in her whole life!

         "STOP THEM! DON’T LET THEM GET AWAY!" 

         Nepheus smiled, he could feel Dena’s energy shifting, her Phoenix Flame really was hatching from it’s gold hard shell, it was filling him with hope, stoking his own flames within.

         But for Medena, it was the final straw, there was an enormous disaster unfolding, unfolding so fast she didn't know what to do, these were their very best breeders running off with the Lemurians onto their ship! She threw her arms up in dismay.

         "Well, there goes the New Nefilim race!"

         Hedena let out a heavy sigh, feeling the pain, she was so close to having a New Life, she knew the truth about the Solstice Celebration, now all the Gen DNA would be polluted, there was no saving them.

         "GOOD RIDDANCE!" Medena snapped, seeing the new light. "OBVIOUSLY we were salvaging a bunch of GARBAGE GENS. Those Lunies are saving us from A COMPLETE AND UTTER DISASTER! Ha! New Nefilim Race from that heap! What a JOKE!"

         Hedena was joining dots all on her own now, it was just one too many coincidences that were stacking up. Within just a few weeks the entire Gen population had become virtually extinct.

         "Do you think maybe someone already realized that?"