Leaked Files No. 4

## Hellscream- Oklahoma, USA, Earth-218-1 [06/13/2019 A.D.]

In Oklahoma on a certain reservation, was a 14 year old boy named Yarad Warr. He was spry and daring, but also very lazy. He never helped his father in his casino business which he was often scolded at for, but his grades were good and he's never failed once. He dreams of being known for something. The one that took people's breath away. He wanted to be *someone.* He often drew and created heroes, ones that were powerful, but not exactly invincible. He drew people who were different from the rest, not fantastic in terms of heroism, but because of their character. They weren't the flashiest bunch of costumed crusaders, but Yarad liked that.

One day Yarad was in his room watching TV. His dad came in and said, "Yarad, we gotta do something about you. You're not working, you need to help the family out."

"I'm not interested in your rigged affairs," Yarad replied

"What did you just say?"

"You heard me, I know how you get all that money and how the customers come out fuming because they just lost it all."

"Watch your tongue."

"Dad why won't you just let me be me?"

"I am, it's just that...I want you to be productive."

"But I am, didn't you see my last report card?"

"Which is exactly why I need you to land a job. It'll be your first experience to the outside world."

"The one that the invaders control?"

"Son..."

"Think about it, how are they going to respond to a Native that wants to draw comics for them?"

"You need to look at the bigger picture."

"And you need to stop cheating people out of their money."

"You know what? I'm done trying to convince you. I'm not making dinner tonight so you better find something for yourself. There should be rabbits roaming about. So get off your ass and hunt before I get back."

After that, his father leaves and Yarad goes straight back to drawing. As he's creating a stern, polished, individual, his eyes begin to grow heavy and finally falls asleep.

Hours later he begins to cough. He violently wakes up and sees that the forest that's nearby has caught fire and is about to come for his house. Under all his junk, he struggles to get up and leave, but it's too late. The fire engulfs the house as if it were waiting for him to realize what's going on. Smoke fills from the windows and the front door, his only exit, is blocked off by fallen timber. He struggles to go out the windows, but the metal panes are searing hot from the blaze. He has a panicked look on his face and begins hyperventilating. When he does, he inhales the smoke and ashes from the fire, and begins to choke. He hears a strange and demonic laugh as he suffocates and gasps for air and then he eventually passes out.

The ambulance and fire department rush to the scene and quickly put out the fire, they search the house and find an alive, but unconscious Yarad. Quickly, they take him to the hospital and begin to treat him. When he wakes up, he finds himself strapped to the bed. "Where am I?" Yarad says to the nurse near him.

"You're in the ER. You'll be fine," the nurse gently says.

"No, I can't pay for a hospital. I have to leave!" Yarad tries his best to get up, but the restraints hold him down. "I can't be here!" He yells more as he struggles to free his arms. That's when, all of the sudden, he is able to move is right arm. The nurse and Yarad but stop, as if frozen in place. Yarad looks at the strap. Did he break it? he examines the restraint and sees that it's still intact. He then tries with his left and catches that his wrist had become smoke and reformed back instantly. The nurse begins to look terrified and runs out the room. This is Yarad's chance. He quickly let's the rest of his limbs free and goes for the door, but as he does, security guards and a doctor with a large syringe is waiting for him. There's no way out. He then wondered if he could go through walls, so he turned tail and went straight for the window. He braced for impact but then fell flat on grass. It worked! But he realized now's not the time to celebrate, so he ran as far as he could and found a train. Wherever it was going, he was going, and that said train was bringing him to Ontario, Canada.

## Virulentus- Toronto, Canada, Earth-218-1 [06/15/2019 A.D.]

"Ugh. *Alex*, How boring is this field trip gunna be*?"* Alexis's friend says to her. *"Meh...* I think it'll be okay. Besides: Wouldn't you rather be here than at school "finding *x*" in algebraic problem*s?*" Alexis responds,

"You're such a geek."

"Without this "geek", you wouldn't have been able to pass your science exam."

"It's not *my* fault science is so confusing!"

As Alexis's science class was walking towards the most prestigious science laboratory in the Greater Toronto Area, many of the classmates were complaining the whole way there. Nobody liked the idea of spending hours in a place where they would have to listen to confusing words, or where they couldn't fool around and touch anything. But Alexis didn't mind at all. When they didn't teach them boring, time consuming formulas, to her, science was pretty fun. There was always some sort of knowledge she could take home and use later on. "Uhm, Alex?" Alexis's friend Ellie asked while repeatedly tapping her arm. "*Hellooo...* You listenin' to me?" Alexis snaps out of her train of thought and looks outside saying, "Huh? Sorry, I- Oh, we're here."

"That's what I was about to tell you." She lightly bumped my shoulder. "Go on, get all excited like a kid in a candy shop."

With Ellie by her side, they walked into the laboratory. As soon as they all got in, the teachers and staff took final attendance, gave them name tags, and started the tour. Walking through the lab, Alexis's imagination was running wild. After a bit of touring, they were sent to the cafeteria for lunch time. While eating, Alexis noticed one of her classmates asking to go to the washroom. But before he asked, she noticed him look in the direction of an open room down the corridor. So, out of curiosity, she discreetly followed him. She noticed, unsurprisingly, that he had walked into a room full of complicated looking machines and with a sign on the door that "authorized personnel only". "Dude. What the *hell* are you doing?" Alexis asks in an annoyed tone. He quickly turned around, shaken by being caught. He replied, "The fuck? You shouldn't be following me.”

"*You* shouldn't be in here! God knows what you could've done. Whole place could've blown up if you touched anything." They then hear some footsteps, only for it to be Ellie. "Alexis?" Ellie calls out. "Was that you?" The classmate looked at the door, slightly worried, and then looked back at me. "Fine. Can't a guy have some fun? *Jeez.*" He sarcastically raised his hands in defense, and took a few steps backwards*.* There was a table behind him with a capsule shaped mechanism sitting close to the edge of the table. I knew what was going to happen before he did. Alexis exclaims, "Hey! Watch out behind-" He bumps into the table, and the capsule fell. The impact of the fall caused it to open and as soon as it touched the ground, the substance that was previously contained started to spread and replace the air. To Alexis, the gas was *mesmerizing.* Sparkling swirls of blue, green, and each color in between slowly started to fill the air. The classmate started coughing and quickly covered his nose and mouth with his arm. He blankly stared down at the still-spreading gas.

"Alexis??" Ellie called out once again as she appeared in the doorway. She took three confused glances around the room: First at the classmate*,* then at the open capsule of gas, and finally, her eyes rested on me. "Dude. What the *hell* did you guys do*?"* she asked in an accusing tone. The classmate said nothing and only stared. "Okay then, no answer," Ellie says as she looks at Alexis. "Um, I'll go get a teacher." Ellie leaned towards me and whispered, "*He's* the one who caused this, right?"

"Do you think I would ever do something like this?" Alexis asked, a bit offended.

"Yeah, okay." Ellie looked at him and said sternly, "You're coming with me."

They both started to walk out of the room. Alexis still stood there, amazed by the gas. Ellie stopped walking and turned around. "Alex?" she starts. "You do realize that you're standing right next to the source of a possibly lethal gas leak, right?" Alexis says while in a daze, "Just go and call for help. I'll try to contain it for now."

"This placed is packed with trained scientists, Alex. They can easily fix the problem. Besides, you know that if anything ever happens, we're supposed to leave and go somewhere safe*.* There's no point in you being here."

"At least let me wrap some towels over it or something. Who knows how fast this thing can spread?"

"Apparently not that fast, considering how much time we've wasted talking to each other and it still hasn't killed one of us."

The gas begun to make intricate patterns in the air, this basically hypnotized Alexis, as she moved closer the gas seemingly reached out to her. She took a deep breath and the gas entered her body. In an instant, she passed out. Ellie began to shout her name. As she did, the voice of her best friend started to fade away into nothing.

She woke up again in a hospital. The nurses notice this and walk up to her bedside. "Hey there Alexis. You were out for a bit." Alexis looks around and sees multiple medicines and pharmaceutical items around the room. "What happened?" Alex asks calmly. The nurse answers, "You inhaled some fumes and passed out. You're okay but...well I'll just get the doctor." She presses a button and the doctor comes in minutes later. He smiles at Alexis and explains, "Hey Alexis. Good to see you awake. You may be confused on what's going on. I'll be as clear with you as possible. In our many scans and checks, we noticed after you inhaled those fumes, your body took a change on a physical scale. The gas, we've never seen before. We asked the scientists and even they claimed they've never seen that gas before or ever worked on it. We think it might be foul play. But we're trying to learn more about what happened. You might be here for a while for a few tests and a few samples from your body. I know this isn't how you wanted to spend your field trip. I apologize, but we'll have to know what's going on before we can send you home."

Alexis looks at the doctor with a calm face and nods. "Okay doctor. Thank you for telling me," Alexis says as she looks at the TV. The doctor smiles and motions for the nurse to follow him assuring, "We'll check on you later Alexis. Let us know if you need anything." They both walk out and as soon as they do, Alexis starts to breath heavily. All of her thoughts rush through her head on what happened. She raises her hands to look at them and notices something different. Her palms and fingers have slight tiny pores in them. Just large enough to notice but not large enough for a normal person to pay any attention to. She also notices that her hands are slightly moist and give off a sweet scent. She moves to the back of her hand and hears something fall over. She looks and sees a vial of medicine tumbled over. She goes to reach for it only to see it roll away. She looks at her hand and lifts it up then watches as the medicine vial starts to float into the air. More so, she notices it's only the liquid inside the medicine moving. She drops her hand and the vial falls. "What the hell..." she says to herself. She slows her breathing and controls the medicine again. She then closes her eyes and tries to stop controlling the vial, which she does successfully. It drops again on the table.

Alexis gets up and looks through her door, to see that the hall is mostly vacant. She thinks about what might happen if she stays. Does she really want to be tested on? She thinks about what they might do if they find out about her new abilities. She steels herself and sneaks out of the room and eventually out of the hospital. She get on a public bus and tried her best to stay alert, but the medicine that she was given was taking its toll on her. She slowly faded off, and the bus took her way farther than she thought she would go. By the time she woke up, she was in Ontario. She freaked out and ran off the bus without thinking and cursed herself for doing so. She looks around in the unfamiliar city and begins to wander, hoping to find a way back home.

## Bloodclaute- Madrid, Spain, Earth-218-1 [06/18/2019 A.D.]

In Spain, a transfer student from the United Kingdom named Murietta Kavalier, is walking home from a long day. She just got out of Linear Algebra and is ready to take a long nap at home. She takes out her phone and walks along a terrace, and passes by multiple vendors. She opens up a conversation with it labeled "Dad" she texts: *Coming Home in about 10 minutes*. In almost an instant she gets a reply saying *Okay, we're having fish and chips tonight!* That was her favorite dish. Her stomach grumbled thinking about the meal, and then felt her stomach in pain. It was quick and took her a few seconds to realize she had just been punched straight in the gut by a strange man. He has strange looking eyes, almost demonic. He smiles and then says, "Hello little miss, going somewhere?" He drags her to a nearby alley, where more men are waiting. "You shouldn't be walking alone in these parts," the attacker says. After that he throws her to the wall and the rest begin to attack. She felt fists and elbows meet her stomach and chest. She screams, but no one hears her. She gets a good kick to the face from a burly one and stuns her completely. "Shut up, *puta,*" The assaulter says, then takes out a knife. At that moment, the wall opposite to them explodes. The bricks and mortar hit the men, all cluttered up in front of Murietta so they took most of the blow. Then there's black.

She wakes up and sees her arms and legs covered in what seems to be the men's blood. She realizes what had happens and begins to scream again. This time the scream had offered a different response. The blood began to vibrate as she screamed. She stopped, and the blood stopped moving. She was extremely confused, but there's no time to think, as more hoodlums are charging towards her. She screams again, even louder. She was going to die. This will be the day she never comes home. The blood this time rises and become sharp stakes and begin to fly at the brutes. Every stake finds a target and they all fall one by one. Had she killed them? Was she responsible for that? She doesn't care, she begins to run home as fast as she can and bursts through her front door. "Dad!" she yells and her father instantly responds by running toward the door. "God, what happened to you?!" he exclaims and proceeds to grab a towel and wipe away the blood, but as he tries, the blood moves away from the towel and flows over the surface of her body. She has tears in her eyes, and is whimpering like a child. "My god..." he says and grabs a phone.

"What is it dad?" she asks through gasps.

"We have to send you somewhere safe now." He connects to someone and says, "Yes, Ontario.....okay thank you....bye." He looks at Murietta and holds her shoulders and assures, "Honey, listen to me, you're going to go away for a while. We have some family in Canada. You'll be safe there."

"But why? What happened?"

"I'll explain when you complete the trip. But right now, you need to leave as soon as possible."

Her father packs her things and rushes her to a car. Murietta is still morbidly confused by why he is panicking.

They make it to a small private jet on a runway and the pilot rushes her in. "Seat belt please," the pilot says and starts the engines. "Please explain everything to me soon," Murietta says to her dad to which he responds with, "I will sweetie. I love you."

"I love you too."

She gives her dad one final hug and closes the jet door.

"Next stop, Ontario," the pilot says and almost in an instant, they are in the air.

## Imperialist- Ontario, Canada, Earth-218-1 [06/19/2019 A.D.]

Bria MaCallan was homeless at 16. She was orphaned at a young age and survived off the streets ever since. Due to her situation, it was hard to find a job. She often did quick jobs to find enough money for her next meal. She's even gone to some extremes as to steal to keep herself alive. And if she ever got caught, at least she would have a roof over her head finally. One day, she decided to try her luck at pickpocketing at the local casino. Maybe she'll find either very wealthy individuals, or people with an addiction who can't stop gambling and waste even loaned money. She sneaks in and waits for a target to find. She sees a man in a tuxedo who pulls out a large wad of cash. She slowly but gradually gets closer to the man. He stands at a poker table crowded with others. This is the perfect opportunity for her to grab the wallet and walk away. She slowly moves towards the inside of the crowd and stops. She sees a woman in the far distance. She has strange looking eyes and begins to raise her hand. When she does a large ball of light begins to illuminate. The casino security begin to walk towards her. "Ma'am is there a problem?" one of the security officers ask, getting ready to apprehend her. She slowly looks at the officer and smiles while saying, "Praise the Lord. For he has come." The light gets brighter and eventually expands and then explodes. Bria ducks under the poker table and everyone else screams and runs. The building starts to shudder and many pieces of the roof begin to fall. Many people get stuck and trapped under the damage, while others fall dead to the floor in front of Bria.

After a few minutes pass by, the screaming settles and Bria believes everything has calmed down. "What the fuck was that?" She says as she gets up from under the table. When she gets up she looks around. Almost the entire casino has been ruined. There are massive holes in the wall and ceiling along with multiple machines turned to scrap metal and twisted plastic. She looks around and still sees the woman standing there. They both lock eyes. "Oh fuck," Bria says to herself. She begins to run but feels a sharp pain in her chest. She looks down and sees a beam of light piercing her. She lets out a yelp and looks at the woman, who was the one that shot her with the beam. "You'll be saved by Him. Just like I was," she says in an ominous tone. Bria tries to resist the feeling of her body seemingly being taken over and eventually reaches out at the woman. She struggles to walk towards her as the beam tries to push her back. The woman stands calm and unnerved by this. Bria eventually reaches her and touches her shoulder. When she does, a faint blue light starts to glow from her hand and the woman begins to widen her eyes. Bria looks down and notices the beam of light getting and smaller until it disappears completely. She also notices that her impaled area is completely healed. She looks back up at the woman and watches as she looks confused. "My gift. His gift is gone..." the woman says as she slowly slumps to the ground. Bria looks at her hand and looks back at the woman and interrogates, "What did you do to me?"

The woman looks up and says, "I gave you a gift, from the Lord." Bria sees a ball of light begin to form in her palm. The same exact light that the woman had when she destroyed the casino. She looks terrified and throws it away, causing another large explosion across the room. "What the fuck!" she exclaims as she begins to panic."

"Be not afraid child, you are special."

"What the fuck did you do to me?!"

"You are saved."

Bria angrily punches the woman and falls to the floor. She retreats to a corner in the casino and begins to cry. When the police come, she'll be blamed for what happened. No one will be able to defend her. She has no one. As if on cue, police sirens are heard and get louder by the second. She sits in the corner in defeat as she awaits for her eventual arrest. The police come in, guns raised and sweep the area. They find a few survivors and escort them out. One of the officers notice Bria sitting there curled up with her head in her arms. He walks to her while holstering his gun and asks, "Hey, you okay?" Bria doesn't respond. She just raises her head, tears falling down her cheeks and looks at the officer. He kneels down and asks, "Do you know what happened here?" Bria says in a shaky voice, "A woman came in and blew up the place." She points at the woman on her knees and the officer calls for the officers to arrest her. He looks back at her and asks, "How old are you?"

"Sixteen."

"What are you doing in here? Where are your parents?"

"I have no parents. I came in here to take money."

The officer looks sympathetic and looks around. He then says, "Hey, I'm not gonna take you in. I'mma let you go, but I know a place where you can stay." He pulls out a piece of paper and writes something on it then gives it to Bria. "You'll be safe there. We'll take care of the rest. Okay?" Bria looks at the paper and nods. The officer helps her up and escorts her out of the building. He sends her on her way and she takes the walk to the address she was given. Her stomach growled and she remembered the cad of cash she got from the casino-goer. She stops and finds a diner and walks inside.

## Seraph's Arrival- Ontario, Canada, Earth-218-1 [06/19/2019 A.D.]

Bria enters the diner and looks around. She sees a long boy, who looks younger than him in plain clothes. He looks a bit frantic and looks around. She walks up to his booth and asks, "May I sit here?" He nods and she sits down. "My name's Bria. I'm guessing you're here on your own?" The boy nods and answers, "My name's Yarad. I'm not from here."

"I can tell from your accent. American?"

"Yeah. Oklahoma."

"That's a far travel. Why?"

"My home is gone, and I took a train that led to here."

"What happened?"

"A large fire. I got sent to the hospital and uh..."

"What happened after that?"

"If I tell you will you promise not to laugh? It's not a joke."

"No go ahead. I've seen some pretty strange stuff today so."

"I turned into smoke."

"What?"

"I'm serious. I escaped the hospital by turning into smoke. I got scared and ran."

"Oh...wow."

"You don't believe me. It's okay."

"No no, I believe you. I uh...also have abilities."

"You do?"

Bria then makes her hand glow. Yarad looks in awe at this and then also pulls out his hand to produce smoke. They both look at each others abilities and then directly at each other. "Crazy..." Yarad says. That's when the door opens and two other girls walk into the diner. Bria and Yarad look over and see one girl that's still in a hospital gown. The other has a blouse. "Seems we're not the only ones," Bria comments as she waves at them. The two girls look confused and then look at each other. They slowly walk towards the booth. "You two okay?" Bria asks. The girl in the hospital wear answers, "Uh, not really. Do you need something?"

"Well, seeing wat you're wearing you ran off somewhere. Me and him are in the same boat. Wanna talk?"

The girl looks nervous and timidly sits next to Bria. "I'm Alexis," she says introducing herself. She then looks at the girl in a blouse and asks, "You are?" The girl responds, "Murietta. I was supposed to meet my family at the airport but...they weren't there. I got hungry..." Bria looks at all of them and thinks. How are all of them missing family? She then asks, "Do you guys have powers too?" Both of them jump at the question and then look at each other noticing they they reacted to it. Alexis slowly says, "Yeah...I think I do." She shows her hand and points out the small pores on her palm. Murietta slowly takes a fork and pricks herself. The wound starts to ooze blood but then stops. It then starts to float above the wound. Yarad looks on asks, "Why did this happen to all of us?" Bria shakes her head and says, "Not sure. But we're all seemingly connected somehow. But what..." That's when they heard a loud crash. They all look out the window and see a few cars flung across the parking lot. They also see a young man imprinted in one. He pulls himself out and gets into a fighting stance. They look over and see a large brutish creature walking towards him. Bria shouts, "Move!" and runs outside.

The others follow suit and watch from a distance as the young man blocks a heavy punch from the demonic creature. "You been working out man?" the man quips as he blocks the blows using his arms. He then pushes away and punches the creature in the stomach, blowing it back a few yards. "Guess no one taught you how to not leave yourself open though," he says as he brushes himself off. The creature recovers and notices the four staring. It starts charging towards them and the man notices. He shouts, "MOVE!" before he creates a set of wings from his back and dashes in front of them. The creature knocks Creed to the side and goes for Yarad, to which he lets the creature phase through him and hit a nearby wall. The creature quickly rights itself and flails its claws and hits Murietta in the arm. She starts to bleed and gives out a pained yelp. She grunts in pain and the blood from the gash juts out to impale the creature's arm. It shrieks in pain and tries to attack her again. The man gets up from the hit and runs towards them, watching Yarad and Murietta reveal their abilities. "What the- oh hell I was late," he says to himself as he tackles the demon and begins to punch it in the face. The demon struggles to get up and roars in the man's face. The man waves in front of his face and comments, "They don't have toothpaste in Hell? Good lord...Listerine. I recommend it." He punches the demon some more until he's eventually thrown off again. "Oh come on!" he says as he takes out his wings again and begins to float mid air.

The demon gives a mighty yell and suddenly staggers. It looks confused as it wonders why it has a hard time breathing. It looks behind and sees Alexis holding out her hands. She's spewing a colorless gas from the pores of her hands and the demon inhaled some of it. It tries to take a swing at Alexis but it stumbled back. This gives Bria the time to get on its back and get a hold of it. She places her hands on the demon and begins to glow a faint blue. The demon yells as it feels the power from its body drain. Bria gets off the demon as it kneels to the ground. It looks at Bria and she gives it a strong left hook. It reels back and falls to the ground on its back. The man in the air watches this and says, "Well holy fuck. They're kinda good." He divebombs towards the demon and pulls out a glaive from his necklace. He impales the creature in the chest. It shrieks and he silences it by blasting a beam of light in its face, disintegrating it.

The man gives a sigh of relief before looking at the four and saying, "I'm guessing you just got those powers." The four kids look at each other and nod at the man, to which he responds by sighing. "Guess I was too late. Fuck. Okay, well. I can make it work. Hi. I'm Creed. I know this is gonna be a lot to take in but. I'm from another Earth. And by another Earth, I mean there is another Earth opposite of yours and we've been living in ignorance for the past thousands of years." I'm also chasing the Devil of our universe because he ruined my Earth and I don't want it to happen here." The four look at him with a blank stare and then look at each other. Bria speaks up, "So..."

"So the Devil, also named Levi, has apparently been going around and infecting others. Giving them abilities and trying to make them his followers. He has a modified form of the Vapor that was used on my planet and its been turning people. I guess you guys didn't make the cut into his cult."

"But why."

"He's a pretty simple villain. Wants a following to take over the universe. Basically make Jehv worthless in the eyes of the Universe."

"Jehv?"

"Oh, that's God."

"W-what?"

That's when Creed's necklace glows and out pops a ring with wings and a singular eye. "That would be me missy." He transforms into a human and puts out his hand. "Bria MaCallan. Hello. I'm Jehovah Jirah." Bria looks extremely confused but shakes his hand anyways. "It's a lot, I know. Maybe we'll explain it a lot more. We should find the ship again." Creed agrees, "Safest place. So, you guys coming?" The four look at each other in uncertainty. Yarad looks at Creed and sees his left hand. It has a strange symbol on it, that's when he recognizes what it is and pulls up his shirt. He notices the symbol near his waist is the same exact thing. Creed notices this and looks at Yarad. "Looks like we got a lot to talk about kid," Creed says. Yarad nods and motions the other to come along, to which they hesitantly follow. They head towards a ship that looks futuristic and basically out of science fiction. Yarad looks in awe. Aside from his superhero comics, he was also a huge fan of ships and planes. At one time he piloted a glider and landed it perfectly. Creed notices and says, "Maybe I'll let you take a ride around in it soon." Yarad excitedly nods and runs inside. The rest follow suit and sit in the bridge, ready for Creed and Jehv explain everything.

## The Hunt- Ontario, Canada, Earth-218-1 [06/21/2019 A.D.]

As they find info via news stories on strange occurrences and violent people, they pinpoint an area in Ontario where Levi could be and they travel by foot to not raise suspicion. "So, superheroes are real?" Yarad asks while walking next to Creed. "Well, I wouldn't call myself a hero. My friends definitely are though," he responds with a chuckle.

"Why not?"

"I've killed a lot of people. I don't think superheroes really kill intentionally."

"I'm sure the people you killed were evil," Bria chimed in. "You stopped your world from getting worse because you did what you did." Creed looks at Bria and smiles a bit then nods and says, "Maybe you're right. I don't know, I just feel like I could've gone about things differently. I wouldn't have had to create a whole new country if I didn't kill the Syndicate boss."

"You also wouldn't have been here to stop Levi if you didn't."

"You have a point. A really good one. Still, I would say my friends were the main people that should be praised. Not me."

"Your friends were behind you the whole way. They believe in *you*. They're *your* hero."

"Thanks Bria."

Murietta looks at Creed and asks, "Are you seeing anyone?" Creed looks back at Murietta smiling and asks, "Pardon?"

"Are you dating anyone?"

"Uh...why?"

"Just wondering."

"Well, there's-"

"She doesn't deserve you."

"I...didn't even say anything yet."

"My statement stands."

"Uh...ohhhhkay."

Alexis asks, "What will you do when you finally kill Levi?" to which Creed responds by laughing a little and answering, "Retire probably. I've been at this for 5 years now. It gets tiring. Maybe settle down, take care of Hazor, all that good stuff. I haven't been able to binge watch a show for ages."

"Hazor?"

"Ah right. On my Earth I created a nation in between the Atlantic and the Pacific? It's a safe haven for superhumans and Elysians."

"You're throwing a lot of new terms at us. What is an Elysian?"

"They are people who have been transformed by a gas that was created by a terrorist organization. It basically changed your entire biology. So you're not really a human anymore afterwards. "

"So...are we Elysians?"

"You might be. I'm not sure yet. Once this is all over maybe I'll let my scientist friend take a look at you all."

The five keep walking until they make it to Ontario, seeing smoke rising from multiple buildings. "Holy shit..." Bria says as she looks at the fiery pillars coming from a skyscraper. "This is all because of one guy?" Creed responds, "It's more than a guy. He's a demon. *The* Demon."

"Like...like Satan?"

"Satan's a servant of him. This guy's the real deal."

Murietta chimes in with a shocked tone, "Satan *works* for him?!"

At that moment Jehv speaks from Creed's necklace and says, "Levi has existed as long as I have. He created everything along with me. Including the two Earths." Murietta looks back at the skyscrapers, taking in the information that she just received. Creed then looks at everyone and asks, "I assume everyone wants to get there faster?" They all nod at Creed and he smiles a bit. "Hold on to me. Everyone." They comply and grab a hold of Creed. He summons two pairs of wings from his back and jettisons towards the downtown area of Ontario.

## Reunion- Ontario, Canada, Earth-218-1 [06/21/2019 A.D.]

The five all land near the wrecked skyscraper and investigate the area. Yarad begins to wander off and check the other places that were hit. He finds a strange trail of smoke and distant coughing to which he follows, believing it's a survivor from the carnage. He calls out, "Hey! Are you alright?" A female voice responds, "Someone?! Please help me. I'm stuck." Yarad picks up the pace and finds the source of the voice, only to find to his horror a man in a business suit. He looks at Yarad with a smile and his voice slowly changes from a female to his normal, proper and elegant voice, "Oh thank you, guess there are heroes after all." Yarad begins to back up but is stopped in his tracks by black chains that emerge from the ground. The obsidian links bind to Yarad's arms tightly and pull them down to his sides. Yarad struggles, trying to turn into smoke like he did in the hospital, but finds that he can't. "So you're one of my little projects I see," Levi says as he walks towards the teen. He looks up and down as him and notices something on him. Showing through Yarad's tattered t-shirt is the same symbol that Creed has, except that it's on his upper waist instead of on his left hand. Levi scowls, "So it's not just *him*. I see." Yarad nervously says as he still struggles, "What are you gonna do to me?"

"Nothing, if you join me. You see, that symbol on you is something that's been...brought to my interest. I can help you figure out what it is. You probably got the notion from Creed that I'm a bad guy. I assure you I only do what I must to achieve unity for this universe. If everyone follows one person who knows what's good for them, we reach peace."

"Sounds like bullshit."

"Yes, many say that before they see the light. I can show you, if you want."

"*That* sounds a bit rapey, guy."

Levi rolls his eyes and pulls out a desert eagle from his suit pocket. "What a shame. I guess I'll research the symbol another way." He points the gun at Yarad and pulls the trigger, letting out an ear splitting bang. The bullet travels right towards Yarad's head. In a split moment, Creed dashes towards them with one flap of his wings, getting there almost instantly. His shield narrowly deflects the bullet and instantly morphs into a sawn off shotgun. Creed points it at Levi and says, "Levi. Looking good. How are the kids. Still as deformed and inbred as ever?" Levi gives an annoyed look and responds, "The green shit under my boot rears its ugly head yet again."

"Woah woah woah. Ugly? I'm fucking sexy. Also, do you ever....wash that suit? I've never seen you out of it. I'm kind of scared of getting close to you. Feel like the smell would kill even Jehv."

"How long do you plan to get in the way of my plans?"

"...As long as you're alive...? I'm gonna kill you. You...realize that right?"

"Only in your most delusional dreams. I'm a god, you are a filthy and unimportant One Below. You only slightly hinder me."

"Does 'slightly' mean kicking you out of the first planet and into the next? Kind of a big slight hinderance to me."

The other three catch up to Creed and Yarad, and stand behind their new verdant defender. Murietta tried to walk up but is stopped immediately by Creed's arm. She looks up at him and he looks back, shaking his head before focusing back on Levi. Murietta's face gets red, and backs away, touched that her new hero wants her safe. Creed pulls out his sword from his necklace and slashes at the chains that were constricting Yarad, breaking them instantly. Yarad collapses to the ground, and the other three rush to help him up. Alex asks Yarad, "Are you okay?" Yarad nods and comments, "My arms and legs feel like jelly, but I'll live." He shows his forearms, now marked with blackened prints of chains, still emanating a strange smoke. The wind picks up and the smoke moves towards Alex. She accidentally inhales it and begins choking. Bria and Murietta turn their attention towards Alex and urge her breathe. Levi smiles, believing that his plan is setting in motion. Alex coughs more, much to the other three kids' despair. Creed keeps his eyes on Levi and asks forcefully, "What the fuck did you do?" Levi shrugs innocently and responds, "Only retrieving what was mine to begin with."