The Parallel Universe

## Timeline

Here is the timeline, in Earth years, because what are Euclid years?:

**Earth Year #0:** Euclid is formed by two gods, Derek and Xena. However, a rebellious demon known as Xatulia banishes their minds, making them unfit and weak. Instead, Xatulia becomes a godess and starts an Euclid Global Democracy God System.

**Earth Year #1899-Present:** Little Gabriel Alchemillia's parents die, allowing him to become "God of Euclid." For the next hundred years, Gabriel makes critical errors-i.e., by releasing angels and demons into Euclid. Gabriel is an evil dictator, and the demons and angels are teaming up to kill him.

*Note:* No descendants of Xeren exist, so there is no demon's light, and the demons are failing miserably. While technology has been stunted due to the fighting for Gabriel, the angels are actually nice in this timeline, keeping the humans alive. As such, there is no apocalypse. Chris was never created, and Jen never had any children, but we do have our versions from the real timeline.

## Atticus and Chris

"Whoa," said Chris. His body was a bit bent out of shape, and he was lying on a hill he didn't recognize. "A-Atticus?" he asked.

Atticus slowly sat up, placing his hand on the back of his throbbing head. "Where are we?" he asked, confused about their surroudings.

Vome suddenly flies in and lands on the ground.

"Hello there!" he greeted.

"Uh, who are you?" Atticus asked, standing up.

"I am Vome Lightsmend, also known as the pure angel. The true Gods above have sent me to help humans in need, and you sure look like one of them," he said, moving closer to Atticus.

"Where are we?" Chris asked, straightening himself out. "Is this Euclid?"

"I...I don't really know where we are," Atticus said, "and where are the others?"

"Maybe they're in that tall glass structure over there?" Chris asked, pointing to a building they had never seen before.

Chris then saw a green-colored farmhouse just beyond the structure. "Odd combination," he noted. "Perhaps we shall very secretly investigate."

Atticus looked in that direction. "Hmmm," he said. "Perhaps we could? I guess it wouldn't harm anything."

Vome walked up to them. "Are you sure you want to do that?" he questioned. "The rule for us is that we should never explore an unknown place without protection. Who knows what might be hiding in that?"

"Hmmm," Atticus said again, thinking. "We should really try to figue out where we are, to be honest."

A man emerged from the structure. He had a demonic quality. “Vome, where is Alchemilia? I have a plan to take him down once and for all.”

Vome steps backwards. "I don't know you. Why would I know a demon?" he lied.

"Uhh, who is this guy?" Atticus asked, stepping back.

“My name is Javier. Vome and I are old friends, working together to overthrow Supreme Leader Alchemilia. Why are you not aware of this?” The demon says.

"He's lying! I don't know him at all! I'll report this to the Leader right now!" claimed Vome, quickly opening his wings and beginning to fly away.

"What the hell are you doing?" Atticus said to Vome.

“This is very weird,” Chris comments, very stunned. “How can Dr. A. be a dictator? It sounds nonsensical.”

"I'll call the angels over to deal with him! If I were you, I would be running away from that demon!" Vome called out, flying away

“You double-crossers!” Javier yelled. “You angels vow to protect both humanity and demons at once! Why do you think such an impossible task is possible?”

"What?" Atticus asked. "What vow?"

"I don't know, perhaps this is an alternate universe," Chris said.

"And you came to that conclusion how?" Atticus asked Chris.

"Angels and demons working together? Angels that want to protect humanity? A nice old scientist as a malevolent dictator? This isn't home!" Chris explained. Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing noise.

"I mean, if this is an alternative universe, how did we get here..?" Atticus then looked around as he heard the buzzing noise. "And where is that coming from?"

"Maybe we fell through a portal, like at the bottom of an ocean." Chris said. "I sense that buzzing is dangerous. We need to run away."

"Run where though?" Atticus asked, still looking around for the source of the buzzing sound. "And maybe it's not dangerous. Like it could be anything."

"Well, we could always run away to that green structure. I still think it may be nicer than we let on." Chris said.

"I guess we could check it out," Atticus said.

"Okay, follow me," Chris said, walking towards the structure in a silent fashion. "It has a door, at least."

"Wow, a door," Atticus said, flatly.

Atticus and Chris walked through the door, unaware that it lead to the hideout where Harrison and Piercy Provost were using to spy on them.

"Hey, are we being followed?" Chris asked, as they entered a long, narrow corridor, full of paintings that were all apparently of "Gods of Euclid."

Atticus looked around the corridor, examining his surroundings. "Wow, paintings. How exciting."

"Hmm. Any minute, those guys are going to walk right into the path where we are spying on them" said Piercy to Harrison, both of whom were out of earshot of Chris and Attitus.

"I guess that means we'd better pack up our things and move into a hiding place" answered Harrison.

Atticus," Chris sighed. "Quit being a smart-aleck." Chris then grabbed a picture frame, only to realize it easily swung forward to reveal a tunnel. He heard footsteps through it.

Atticus stiffened as if he heard a strange sound, "We're not alone in here."

"Obviously not," said Chris. "Who's there?" he shouted.

"I guess they are going to find us." whispered Harrison. "You were the one that said not to go into hiding sooner".

"That voice sounds accented," Chris said. He crawled through the tunnel, finally spotting Harrison and Piercy. "Who are you guys?"

"I'm Piercy Provost" said Piercy.

"And I'm Harrison Provost" said Harrison.

"We are minions of The Demon" they both said together. "But there's no need to worry. We aren't here to oppose you".

"The Demon?" Chris asked. "Where is he in this universe?"

"Oh come on." said Harrison. "Surely you must know that other people in your world have gotten stranded here as well".

"Oh, that all makes sense. So, how long have you been here?" Chris asked. "I'm C.H.R.I.S. McFarlane, by the way."

"That depends on how long you've been here." answered Harrison.

"We just got here an hour or two ago, with this pure angel named Vome something who double-crossed his demon buddy, Javier." Chris explained.

"I see." answered Harrison.

"We haven't been here for that long. Well, longer than you've been here". said Piercy. "I guess the Demon wanted to give us a head start".

"I'm confused," Chris said. "Xeren doesn't seem to have ever existed here."

Harrison and Piercy Provost both gasped.

"Did you just mention Xeren?" Piercy asked.

"You can't tell us that this guy Xeren is stranded here as well?" asked Harrison.

"Xeren. That's the demon." Chris said. "He doesn't exist in this world."

"The Demon and Xeren aren't the same guy." said Piercy.

"The Demon is the guy that took us in after Xeren murdered our parents." said Harrison. "The Demon sent us here to do some unfinished business. Before anyone has a chance to foil his plan."

“What did he send you to do?” Chris asked.

"Just to spy on people that could be a threat to The Demon's plans of conquering the world." said Harrison.

"He promised us that we would be rewarded for our efforts." added Piercy.

“But why in a world where he does not exist?” Chris asked.

"Well he needs to make sure that people in other worlds that could pose as a threat to him cannot end up in his world." said Harrison. "The Demon wishes to dominate all!"

“Uh-huh.” Chris said. “And what do you know about this world?”

"Not much" said Piercy. "All we know is that you're stranded here, and that you'll take whatever opportunity to make it back to your home world that you'll get."

"It is our job to ensure that you don't find a way back to your home world." said Harrison. "It would mean more trouble for The Demon otherwise".

“Well, we need to find this Xeren guy,” Chris said. “He is connected to a bright red light that we’re always seeing.”

"Ah this Xeren guy. The guy that murdered our parents." said Piercy.

"The Demon warned us about him." said Harrison. "And he warned us that you might try to trick us into thinking that Xeren and the Demon are one and the same, if you ever found out that we were working for him".

“You have already implied that you are working for the demon. Now, we need to track Xeren down and see why he put us here,” Chris said, taking out his GPS.

"Alright then." said Piercy.

He and Harrison left, heading in different directions. Where Piercy was going was to the place where he would be able to send a message to the Demon, informing him of Chris and Atticus' whereabouts. And what Chris said that he and Atticus were intending to do.

Harrison was going to another hide out where he would be able to continue spying on Chris and Atticus without either of them knowing.

Chris noticed that no sign of Xeren showed up on his GPS, the only result being for the grave of the dead son of Derek the God and his wife, who had died in year zero. “Seems he doesn’t exist here,” Chris said.

Meanwhile Harrison had made it to the alternate hide out. "They think they can find their way back to their home world." he said smirking. "Well once they've found something that could help them find their way back to their home world, it'll be my mission to eliminate it!"

"I think I know my way back home," Chris said, noticing Piercy scampering away. Chris grabbed Piercy by the leg. 'You're getting me and Atticus home," Chris growled.

"I've already alerted The Demon of your whereabouts and what you're trying to do." said Piercy. "I don't think me helping you would make things any different".

"Yeah, right," Chris said. "I have a lie detector with me, and I can tell you had no time to do it. I also have a few more tricks up my sleeve." Chris then modulated his voice to sound like the Demon by using his pocket sound modifier. "I've found their escape route! Come eliminate it!" he called over the walkie talkie.

"Well Harrison will start to wonder why I'm taking so long to report your whereabouts to The Demon, and then he'd have to take indirect measures into his own hands. I haven't got time to help you." said Piercy.

Chris did not let go of Piercy. "Don't worry, I've got a plan. Is that Harrison over there?" Chris then put on a disguise that could cause him to be mistaken for the demon at first glance. "Oh, young Harrison, come to see their exit ticket and eliminate it!" Chris shouted.

"It won't work. Harrison already knows where you are." said Piercy.

"He's getting closer," said Chris, still in disguise with his modulated voice, and holding firmly onto Piercy. "Harrison, may I see the annihilation ray so I can annihilate this escape route?" Chris asked Harrison.

"Lie Detectors can be faulty you know!" Piercy called out loudly.

Chris grabbed Harrison's annihilation ray, and shot it at Piercy. He ran off, shot at Piercy some more times, and went to hide. "Good thing I took all the ammo out," Chris said. "Or I might've killed somebody." He threw the ammo around in the bushes.

Atticus stood on the side, leaned up against the wall, just watching. "What the hell is happening?" he asked.

"I tried to trick Harrison and Piercy into thinking I was going to kill them, so I could rid them of their annihilation ray and we could get home without being annihilated." Chris explained, hacking the A.R. to bits.

"I could see that," Atticus said, walking to catch up with Chris. "Where are they now?"

"I don't know," Chris said,noting that a small note had fallen out of the A.R. It read, "In order to get home, you must find the angel named Vome."

Harrison decided to sneak back and try and spy on Chris and Atticus again, but this time he wasn't going to try very hard to make sure they wouldn't notice him. He had a plan.

"Vome? We know where he is!" Chris laughed, dragging Atticus along. "We met him on this hill. Vome!"

Suddenly Harrison lost his footing, lurching out into the open. He was secretly doing this on purpose because he wanted to make it seem like he was trying and failing to spy on Chris and Atticus in secret.

"Harrison?" Chris asked. "What's happening?"

Vome planned on making his return known to the group, but overheard his name and decided to eavesdrop on their discussion.

"I have decided that I would be glad to try and help you find your way back to your home world." said Harrison. "Though my older brother would consider it treachery if he found out".

"That sounds very generous, but are you really trustworthy?" Chris said.

"Hmm, I guess so." Harrison replied.

"Of course not," Vome said, stepping out of his hiding spot. Turning to Harrison, he said "Hello Harrison. I trust that you've been well? Serving Xeren is no easy task."

"Why does everyone keep saying that Xeren and The Demon are one and the same?" said Harrison. "I swear they can't be the same person".

"Vome! There you are! I hear you're the key to getting home!" Chris says. "Also, Harrison, why do you think they are not the same?"

"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not," he mysteriously said.

"Well, do you know anything about an annihilation ray?" Chris asked Vome.

"I saw Xeren shortly after he killed our parents." said Harrison. "I was just in time to see him leaving with them, and he looked nothing like The Demon does".

"How did he look? Show me a picture." Chris said.

"I don't actually have a picture of him, but he was jet-black all over. Except I think he had bright red eyes." said Harrison. "In all the times I've seen The Demon, he has never looked like that. He's a completely different shape for one thing. And he doesn't look as murderous as this Xeren guy did".

"Well, someone could still wear a fake skin." Chris said, taking his skin off, revealing his true form as a silver, metal skeleton-like android. "Like me. And maybe his eyes changed when he became the demon."

"Well for one thing, this Xeren guy looked much larger and bulkier than The Demon." said Harrison. "For another thing, he made a lot of growling noises, noises that I've never heard The Demon make, and lastly The Demon showed up not long after Xeren took off, and he showed up from the opposite direction".

"You know, it's a bad idea to show all your secrets to a stranger," advised Vome, speaking to Chris.

“Harrison’s not a stranger. We’ve had a couple run ins in the real world.”

"That is right." said Harrison.

He tried to think of an excuse to say that serving The Demon wasn't an easy task, but now that he came to think of it, it wasn't exactly an easy task. He couldn't bring himself to admit it though.

"Well, Harrison," Chris said. "Have you observed anything unusual about this world?"

"Other than having some people from our home world, not really. Well, maybe a bit. Everything about this place seems rather mysterious and surreal." answered Harrison.

"Well, let's take a look at the landscape. It looks more like a prosperous totalitarian land has had several battles in it, not a post-apocalyptic one. It also looks a little primitive." Chris pointed out, noticing Vome had vanished.

Meanwhile Piercy Provost was using his secret hideout to spy on Chris McFarlane, and noticed that Harrison Provost was, or at least appeared to have had a change of heart. "Either I'm dreaming, or Harrison has gone mad." Piercy said. "Maybe I should steal his glasses when he's asleep."

"Good night," Chris said, noticing it was getting late. "Wonder if we'll still be in this weird alternate timeline when we wake up?" Chris took out his microchip and deactivated himself.

Harrison turned to Atticus. "I'd better go as well. It's getting late for me. And Piercy will probably start wondering where I am. Though he usually has his ways of knowing where I am, even if he otherwise wouldn't know where I am, if you know what I mean." he said.

"Interestin'," Atticus said.

Javier peered out from behind the shadows. "There is something weird going on with those two boys that appear to be siblings. Why do they talk about one primordial demon? We are a diverse species. And who ever heard of the name Xeren?" he said.

"Yeah, Atticus." said Harrison "Older brother, younger brother relationship. He often likes to try and keep me in order, even though I'm usually more than capable of taking care of myself. Well goodbye."

"Bye," Atticus said as he turned away from Harrison.

"Ha, I knew you'd never really ally yourself with those jerks." said Piercy when Harrison had returned. "You had to be up to something. You were just pretending to ally yourself with them, so that it would be easier to prevent them from trying to stop you from foiling their plans to make it back to our home world."

Harrison didn't know what to say. He was only meant to be pretending to side with Atticus and Chris, but the two of them seemed rather kind, and it had been a long time Harrison had experienced the feeling of kindness. But then he didn't want to betray his brother or The Demon. Not just yet anyway.

Carrying the unconscious Atticus, Javier came up upon the two brothers. "Excuse me, you two, but would you like a tour of our beautiful country?" He asked.

"Yes we do." answered Piercy. Harrison took one look at the unconscious Atticus, seemed to recognise him from earlier, and cringed a little bit.

"Good," said Javier, handcuffing them. He then dragged them to the palace of Leader Alchemilia. "Now, tell me, do you wish to work for a demon? Because I'm one."

"How did you know?" asked Harrison. "Are you some kind of a spy?"

"And why are you handcuffing us?" asked Piercy. "What did we ever do to you?"

"We demons need to keep you humans in check. So you don't fight Gabriel, that's our job." Javier replied. "But I am "the" demon you will work for from now on."

"Ha. We'll be sure to trick this guy into thinking that we will be loyal to him, and when he realises that we aren't loyal to him, it'll be too late, and we'll have escaped." thought Piercy silently. There was a smirk on his face.

Harrison was already feeling uncomfortable at the idea of trying to continue working alongside The Demon, while trying to pretend to work with Atticus and Chris, despite the temptation of working alongside them for real. And now as a captive of Javier, he had more puzzles to sort out.

Unbeknownst to Harrison, Piercy, or Atticus, as Javier was grabbing Atticus, he had also happened to flick Chris switch back on. This caused Chris to suddenly wake up. Feeling weakened, he carefully put his microchip back in, and realized that Atticus, Harrison, and Piercy were gone. "Traitors! Probably kidnapped Atticus and took him back to the real world, to give to a demon who doesn't even exist here." Chris exclaimed. Chris set out back towards the hill, desperate to get home to the main timeline.

Harrison could see Chris coming towards them, though Javier hadn't noticed. Harrison's eyes widened.

"Atticus!" Chris exclaimed, running over to help him.

Chris ran off, dragging Atticus.

"First of all, you two, I will subject you to a series of tests to see if you are human scumbags or worthy for my demon army." Javier said, opening a testing chamber and accidentally dropping Atticus on the ground. Javier grabbed Harrison and Piercy, shoving them inside.

"We are henchmen of The Demon, this should be no challenge for us." thought Piercy, still smirking.

"I am the demon, you fools!" Javier said. "First test!" Javier pulled a lever that converted Harrison and Piercy's DNA into demon DNA.

"Hey, you can't just change our DNA, you know!" shouted Harrison. "What will it take to get you to change our DNAs back?"

"Fools!" Javier laughed maniacally. "I'm turning you into slaves for my demon army to conquer Euclid and kill Gabriel!"

"You mean you aren't going to change our DNAs back?" shouted Piercy. He was no longer smirking, he was now unmistakably furious.

"Afraid not," Javier said, tightening their chains. 'Unless you fail my tests. See? I'm a reasonable guy."

"So what happens if we do fail your tests?" asked Harrison.

"Then I change you back, torture you for a week, if nobody's come to save you by then..." Javier made a slicing motion at his throat.

Both Harrison and Piercy shivered with a combination of anger and fear.

Javier laughed as he strapped Harrison and Piercy into a dangerous rollercoaster ride, complete with rings of fire, crunchers, and other booby traps.

"Man, this is going to be difficult." said Harrison to Piercy. "I don't know whether to fail the test on purpose, or to pass it. I don't want to be a demon forever".

"Neither do I." agreed Piercy. "Maybe we should just try and pass this test. Then we can decide whether to try and pass or fail the next ones".

"Good idea." said Harrison. "We won't really be able to decide until we overcome our fears for this test".

Javier watched as the boys went 10 feet up in the air, then dropped suddenly, passing through a ring of fire. "You have 10 minutes to complete the test," Javier said, stepping away. "There's 4 more tests after this."

Harrison and Piercy managed to pull it off within the time limit, but only just. Harrison's glasses were broken, because he had quickly grabbed them in a rush to stop them from falling off his ears.

"Good, good." said Javier devilishly. "Now, go through that tunnel and find me these exact 5 items in this exact order: Kite, Chair, Organ (musical kind), Soccer ball, and Bus. You have 20 minutes."

"Ha, this should be no problem." said Piercy to Harrison.

"You're right." Harrison answered. "All we need to do is find each item. It doesn't matter which order we find them, because we just need to exit the tunnel with each item in that order, since the tunnel has a roof".

"Harrison, can you hear something? It seems to be coming from inside this tunnel." said Piercy.

"I know, I can hear it as well, but what does it mean?" asked Harrison.

Chris took Atticus back to the hill where they had arrived. He set him down, and made a downward plunge.

Miraculously, Chris did not explode from the falling. In fact, he fell safely onto a ledge, although he was now stuck. "Atticus, help!" Chris exclaimed.

Atticus slowly gained consciousness and slowly stood up, his head booming with a headache. As he looked around, he noticed he was alone. "Where did Chris go..?" he asked himself. He slowly turned and began to trek up a small path on the moutain.

## Chris, Harrison, Piercy

Knowing Atticus could never find him, Chris did a very unusual thing: He turned on his BattleMode app. "Mwa ha ha ha!" Chris laughed maniacally, punching a side of the mountain. This enabled him to climb inside it, where he found a very convenient tunnel. "Maybe I'll end up under Anoethite," Chris laughed evilly.

Chris fell down, hitting his neck on a toy bus. He then noticed two silhouettes. "Harrison? Piercy? It's me, Chris!" Chris picked up the toy bus and headed towards them.

"Chris, how did you get here?" Harrison asked, stunned.

"It's a long story...I lost Atticus. I think this is one long continuous tunnel that is under the entire city." Chris said, tripping on a soccer ball, Chris crashed down into some sort of conference room.

"You think you can help us get out of here, and away from this Javier guy?" asked Harrison.

"Javier's our pal," said a tall, muscular black angel with red eyes. "We're the Angel Resistance Association. Javier doesn't hurt demons or angels, he only hurts humans, and then, it's only so he can turn them into demons."

"Who's talking?" Harrison asked.

"My name is Argyle, the lead angel and Javier's second-in-command," The angel replied.

"Wait, what?" Piercy cried out.

"I thought that was Chris speaking. What happened to him?" Harrison blurted out.

"I'm right here," said Chris from the ground.

"I co-lead the resistance with Javier," Argyle said. "Now, I'm an angel, and I want to help you guys get home."

"Home?" asked Piercy, confused.

"What exactly do you mean when you say home exactly?" Harrison asked testily.

"Just wherever you came from. I'm a friendly angel. Just don't tell Javier. You know what he's done to angels in the past?" Argyle said.

"Yes we do. We are victims of him right now." said Piercy. His expression changed from disappointment and shock to hopeful.

"You had us worried there." said Harrison. "We thought that since you were allied with Javier, that you'd come to try and stop us from getting away. Or that you'd come to trick us into thinking that we were talking to Chris, or you'd come to stop Chris from helping us".

"Look, I'd do anything for humans and a robot as long as they are not allied with Gabriel." said Argyle. "Now, tell me how you got here."

Chris looked at his soccer ball and the toy bus. He then folded up the organ and put it in his pocket.

"Do you think you can turn us back into proper humans?" asked Harrison.

"You still are humans," Argyle laughed. "Javier just changed your outer appearances. It's propaganda."

Chris then saw a kite over Argyle's head. He reached for it.

"Oh thank god." said Piercy. "The last thing I wanted was to become a Demon".

"Thank Derek," Argyle corrected. "Anyways, where do you live?"

Chris then folded up the chair he was sitting in, putting it with his other materials.

"This isn't our native home world." said Harrison. "That's all we can say for now. But we are doing some work for The Demon who lives in another world".

"Demons, plural, they are a species, not a single entity. Unless you mean Gabriel, who we often call "The Demon" or "The Human"." Argyle said.

"Oh no. That's not him. The guy we work for goes by the alias of The Demon, but he is a different person from Gabriel." said Harrison.

"I see. You must be from a a parallel universe." Argyle realized.

"Yeah, that's right......" said Harrison.

"Could we just get out of here and to safety?" interrupted Piercy impatiently.

"Well, I need to know: Where did you start out when you arrived here?" Argyle asked.

"I'm not sure how to explain it." said Harrison. "We came here because The Demon sent us here to stand in the way of anyone that could foil his plans. But I'm currently unsure whether I want to remain a follower of The Demon......okay I'm sure. I'm sure." he said hurriedly, catching the look on Piercy's face.

"That doesn't make sense," Argyle replied. "A person sending other people to a world where he doesn't even exist to stop others. I think that guy's tricking you. Don't listen to him."

"Can you just rescue us and then we can talk?" asked Piercy. "We won't be safe until you rescue us".

“Just go out the tunnel. If you don’t come out on Javier's side, he’ll simply believe you died, and never put another thought into it. Javier cares more about murdering humans than making slaves. Exit’s that way, also here’s 3 jet packs.Goodbye and good luck. And remember, do not work for that demon!” Argyle explained, waving Chris, Harrison, and Piercy away.

"Alright, thanks a lot." said Harrison, as he, Chris, and Piercy turned and headed out of the tunnel. They put on their jet packs, and soon they were flying up in the air and away from Javier.

“Wow, that was snappy,” Chris commented.

"Do you really think that working for The Demon is what's best for us?" Harrison asked Piercy.

"Huh? All these people are a disappointment. They don't show The Demon proper respect, the losers." Piercy retorted.

“How can they not respect him when he doesn’t even exist?” Chris asked. “Those aren’t the real Javier, Argyle, Vome, or anyone. Just alternate world duplicates.”

"I'd still expect these counterparts to have heard of him at least." said Piercy.

“That’s impossible, though.” Chris said. “Let’s find Atticus.”

"Alright then." said Piercy.

“Well, that was a fun landing,” Chris laughed, as they glided down to the grassy surface. “Now, we just need to get to the top.”

"The top of what?" asked Harrison who was looking puzzled. When he wasn't actively doing something else, he would examine the damage to his glasses.

"Of the cliff," Chris said. "It's where I last saw Atticus, so it will lead us too him. You guys coming, or what?" Chris flew up.

"Oh yeah, sure." answered Harrison. Piercy headed towards Chris and Harrison, though Harrison noticed that Piercy's expression was rather bitter.

“Are you feeling alright, Piercy?” Chris asked, getting out supplies to track down Atticus-or Vome.

"Yeah I'm fine." Piercy muttered back, though he didn't look it.

Harrison looked a bit worried as he stopped every now and again, from examining the damage to his glasses, to look at Piercy.

"I think I have located Vome!" Chris said. "He's nearby. I don't think working for the demon is a good idea."

"Why not?" asked Piercy. "He does reward us for our efforts".

“But he randomly stranded you in a random dimension. How can you still trust him?” Chris asked. “I think Vome is straight ahead.”

"So what?" said Piercy. "Did we forget to mention that it's something we agreed to do for him?"

“I just don’t think anyone should work for evil.” Chris said.

"Think what you want." said Piercy. "But I have no reason to believe that we'd get any benefit out of changing sides".

"Well, for starters, how do you know his "mission" wasn't just a fake way to get you stranded in a parallel universe with no way back?"

Chris and Harrison turned around suddenly, realising that Piercy was no longer with them. Where had he gone?

Piercy had gone to report the latest whereabouts of Chris to The Demon, and that Harrison was apparently having second thoughts about his allegiance.

"I think it's impossible for Piercy to get back," said Chris. "If it isn't, there is a way out of this parallel universe. Hmm..." Chris took off his skin, and analyzed Harrison's physical appearance carefully, giving himself Harrison's features. "Just one of my android quirks-I can change my physical appearance easily. Forgot I could do that until today, though."

Back at Harrison's secret hideout, Harrison quickly peered through his spy gadget and his jaw dropped. "Chris, it appears that Piercy needs our help!"

Piercy had gone to report the latest whereabouts of Chris to The Demon, and that Harrison was apparently having second thoughts about his allegiance.

But in doing so, The Demon scolded him for not talking Harrison out of his second thoughts and stuck him to the ground to perish. He couldn't free himself since his body was stuck. Though that did not necessarily mean that he couldn't be freed.

"But we don't even know the way home. How can we find him?" Chris, still looking like Harrison, asked.

"He's still in this universe." said Harrison. "He just reports to The Demon through a special device, but The Demon can still use the device to punish him even if The Demon technically doesn't exist in this universe......yet. But we should be able to free him without too much difficulty, and then we can decide what to do next".

"Oh okay." Chris said. "Where is he then? And should I no longer appear disguised as you?"

"Not appearing disguised as me would be good." said Harrison. "Since it may look confusing and distrusting to Piercy if two Harrisons come to his rescue".

"Whose says two Harrisons are coming to his rescue?" Chris asked, smirking.

"Er......that's what it sounded like." answered Harrison.

"Just kidding, I'm not going to go all traitor on you and tie you up to a railroad while I run off and free Piercy." Chris said.

"Good." answered Harrison.

## Chris, Giannis, Harrison, Piercy

Giannis in his shadow mode finds a random old destroyed building. He then slowly find the nearest window and peeks through. Not trying to draw attention he watch super quietly as 2 people discus something, one about their about having second thoughts about his allegiance. Then the other guy wants to know if they can find something this him. He wasn't sure if they were talking about a human or not. But he did know they were looking for something. One of the guys said something about 2 Harrisons, not knowing if they are related or the same person or different? Giannis watches as they 2 keep on talking.

“Piercy Provost,” Chris said to his GPS.

"As you may have noticed, there are several key differences to our personalities." said Harrison. "I'm the more thoughtful and flexible out of me and Piercy, so I have an easier time changing sides if necessary".

“I see, I see.” Chris said. “Piercy’s near that forest.

"Brilliant." said Harrison. "Let's go and get him".

Chris and Harrison walked forward, until finally they saw Piercy.

“Piercy, Hey....” Chris said, forgetting he still had his disguise.

"Goodness." said Piercy. "What's going on here? I've been stuck here and now suddenly two duplicates of my brother show up, unless one is the real Harrison and the other is a doppelganger".

“My bad,” Chris said, going back to normal. “Harrison and I were just playing around. Anyone for finding a way out?”

"First I need to be unstuck, don't I?" asked Piercy.

“Here you go, Piercy.” Chris said, sawing off his ropes.

"Thank you." answered Piercy. "I seem to have misjudged The Demon. Perhaps he isn't the right guy to work for after all. But then we've never officially failed him before".

“Hey, what’s this?” Chris asked, picking up a paper with a confusing name on it. “Giannis something.”

"Giannis Castellanos? I think." said Harrison. "Never heard of them".

“This note says “Vome was a red herring, to get out find an unusual pairing”,” Chris reads.

While still watching the 2 talk he sees them leaving the building, he deiced to get a better understanding of what was going on so he went into shadow mode and walk through the walls. Now being inside of the building, being undetected he did some snooping around. After a few min of looking around he couldn't find anything. What a waste of time searching in the building. He didn't know what to do now since the 2 people are somewhere else and it would take a long time to find them. So he went into the forest to find them and after about 30 min or so heard some chattering. Watching he sees the 2 people from before and 3 others he doesn't know, 2 that are the same looking. Realizing it was what they were talking about from before. He sees on of the guys pick up a paper from the ground. The guy struggles to say the name that is the same as my own. Then other says my own name. Strange that it has my name on this paper. The all don't know who i am. That's good for now. He listens to whats on the paper that one of them read aloud. Not knowing what vome or the unusual paring he waited till something happened.

"I just wanted to thank you for helping us to realise that being good was better than being evil." said Harrison to Chris.

“No problem, Harrison.” Chris said. “Hey, I hear footsteps:”

While being in his shadow form he knows he will be quiet since he levitates and able to walk through stuff. There shouldn't be an issue to making noise. But he stays a certain distance from the group of people.

“Maybe it’s Atticus,” Chris figured. “Now, maybe we find this Giannis guy, and ask why someone sent him a letter, or look for unusual pairings.”

Giannis comes out of the shadows and goes to his human form and yells. "You look for me?" said Giannis. Gainnis walked around while talking to these punks. "Don't move a muscle any of u or I will kill all of u. Now i don't know anything on this paper about me or why my name is one it. I was in the forest and found your building and u guys planing some gig. Now leave me alone or u all will be dead on the ground." He stood there and waited for something to happen.

It was then that Argyle returned.

“Just what do you think you’re doing, fighting your own species? Demons who work for Gabriel should be fought instead, so as not to waste time.” Argyle said.

"Ooh, I see the Argyle guy has come back." said Harrison. "The guy that helped to rescue us. I wonder what he's doing here now".

“I came to see if Giannis got my letter. About Vome Lightsmend being replaced by an impostor.” Argyle said. “Another Vome, Vome Shadowmend.”

"Ah, right." Harrison replied.

“Thus, the Vome Giannis will run in To will be a fake, a red herring. But if he does, he will spot an unusual pairing of two objects.” Argyle explained.

"We have great news Argyle." said Harrison. "Me and my brother really have left The Demon, and joined Atticus and Chris".

"He's not kidding." said Piercy. "It's not just him that's been having second thoughts. It's both of us. I've seen The Demon for what he is for the first time, and I never want to follow him ever again".

"Argyle who are u and why are u trying to give me a letter, what do u want with me." said Giannis

“That’s wonderful to hear, Harrison and Piercy.” Argyle said. “I am your other worldly guardian, Giannis. Every two universes are linked by each member of one species watching over a member of another species.”

"Ah, right." said Harrison. "That makes sense".

“Harrison, if you keep saying that, I’ll start calling you Ahright.” Chris joked.

“Giannis, please take your letter and find Vome, so you can use the unusually paired items to get home. And take these three.” Argyle said.

"Argyle so u are here to protect me then or something?" said Giannis "Chris ok ill take it and find this Vome person for u, with the items." Giannis take the items and the letters. "One thing, where do I find this guy?" Giannis is confused and doesn't know where to start.

"Yes, I am." Argyle says. "Vome is up on that hill."

Giannis looks towards the hill. Then he goes into shadow mode and makes his way to the hill slowly.

Chris, Harrison, and Piercy followed Giannis.”Vome, you in?” Chris asked.

'Why u calling out to him? Stay quiet." said Giannis

"Well it genuinely makes more sense to me now than before." said Harrison as he and Piercy followed. "That's why I made that previous comment".

"I'm gonna go up to the hill and kill Vome myself." said Giannis

“Why is there a door knob lying down here?” Chris asked, noticing a metal knob sticking out of the ground. He attempted to turn it, but it caused the Hill to give way.

"Maybe, someone destroyed the door to the building and brought the knob to this area." said Giannis

Chris then noticed a device that said, “Teleporter” on it. Inside, there was a slice of cheese. “Is this a mousetrap?”

"Chris what ever u do don't touch it or something is going to happen." said Giannis

“Good point, always good to check first.” Chris said. “For all we know, that’s not really cheese.”

"All of u secure the perimeter of the hill I am going after Vome." said Giannis

“Alright,” Chris said, securing the perimeters as he saw Giannis head to find Vome. “Harrison, Piercy, please don’t take the cheese.”

"Ok this is bad we lost Chris now." said Giannis

Suddenly, Harrison and Piercy are confronted by a woman in a black dress.

"Who are you?" asked Harrison. "And where is Chris?"

???: "I am Atarah Wright, and I am not sure where your friend is."

The woman's dress has a tear in it, revealing the belly button of her big belly, which something visibly moves inside of.

Giannis looks over and sees this woman, and realizes the tear in her dress. Seeing the big belly of this woman he knows something is up with her and knows this situation isn't going to be normal. "Atarah are u pregnant?" said Giannis

Atarah: Yes, yes I am.

“I’m going to analyze this cheese,” Chris said. He put on safety gloves and picked it up. “Seems that the second my nose inhaled the feeling of the cheese, it reacted in a way that teleported me. That leaves four questions. One, where am I? Two, what is this if it’s not cheese, three, are the others okay, and four, are they ever going to find Vome?”

Atarah's belly makes a strange, low noise as the thing inside continues to kick.

"Holy cow, is the baby coming now, you don't seem ok Atarah. Now I told Chris not to touch this cheese damn it, I am gonna give him an earful later on not touching weird things. For now Atarah u better sit down and not move so much." said Giannis

Atarah:What do you mean??

"Atarah just don't do anything that could injure u and let me try and figure out all this. Don't touch the cheese ok." said Giannis

"Ugh." said Piercy. "If only we could use the spy detector to find Chris".

"Yeah." agreed Harrison. "But the spy detector doesn't seem to be working. Chris must have been teleported somewhere that's not in detective reach".

"So Vome and Chris were taken to another dimension and the tech we have can't detect them." said Giannis

"Well not necessarily to another dimension." said Harrison.

"But wherever he's gone, the spy detector is unable to locate." said Piercy.

Atarah:Alright.

Atarah rubs her belly as the thing still kicks, and causes her belly to roll around.

"Atarah are u ok u keep rubbing your belly a lot. Maybe Harrison we should just wait for them to come back, we don't want to get lost ourselves. Piercy can u make a way so the detector can be able to spot them." said Giannis

The thing keeps rolling around as Atarah keeps rubbing her belly.

Atarah:Do you have any food?

"I really hope they don't start talking about food back there," Chris thought. "Because obviously the fake cheese is the only food in sight."

Atarah's belly's low growl gets slightly louder, demon claws are visible behind her belly button, but then disappear.

"Atarah how a about you look for some food out in the woods like berries or mushrooms. I'll come with u to help you. Piercy, Harrison how about you guys come help us look for food. We need to survive out here." said Giannis

Atarah:Alright.

Atarah rubs her belly."Atarah do you think the baby is ready to come out, you keep rubbing your belly a lot." said Giannis

Atarah:I am not sure.

Atarah's belly growls and pushes out as the face of a wolf creature is briefly visible, then disappears as her belly returns to normal, but it keeps roaring and the thing keeps kicking with claws briefly being visible, then disappearing in the kicks as her belly still growls with the low sound.

"I think we should go back to that building and help Atarah since of her belly issues. We don't need something happening to a person of our group. Chris has already been lost. The group needs to stick together." said Giannis

Atarah:...……..

Her belly still growls and does the stuff it was doing.

"Quickly we need to get to a safe place, being out in the open is not a good idea." said Giannis

Atarah's belly button suddenly pops out.

"Ah ho, something is happening." said Gianni

Atarah's belly button suddenly goes back in as her belly demon keeps squirming, black veins suddenly appear around her belly button.

"Atarah what is the black stuff on your belly." said Giannis

"Where did Piercy and Harrison go?" said Giannis

"Damn it we lost their asses, shit this is really bad now." said Giannis

Atarah:I am not sure.

Atarah's belly suddenly pushes out a little more.

Atarah:I am not sure.

"Well u gotta bring u to a safe place Atarah." said Giannis

Atarah:And where would that be????

“I got it! It’s magic cheese! The unusual pairing was the cheese and the teleporter device!” Chris realized. “If only I had a way to tell them they didn’t need to find Vome.”

Chris then noticed that the world he was in looked strangely like the Euclid of his home world. "Am I really home?" he wondered.

Chris then head a loud noise. He noticed the horizon light up a bright red. "The Demon's Light," he realized. "There's no doubt-this is home."

Taking the last sliver of cheese, Chris decided to track down Lisa, Marshall, and Melissa.

"I hope they find Atticus," Chris said, still resisting the temptation to put the cheese inside his body.

Chris, not really knowing of any other places to go, found himself at the same abandoned barn he'd woken up at some time ago.

For some inexplicable reason, the cheese in Chris' hand turned into a black, dusty substance. "So the cheese look was fake?" He put it inside his nose anyway, desperate to get back to the teleporter.

"I suppose it must have been fake." said Harrison.

Suddenly, Chris realized that Harrison was there too.

"How did you get here Harrison?" Chris asked.

"Haven't I been here this whole time?" asked Harrison.

Piercy then appeared as well.

"No, Harrison," Chris said. "I am in our home world. Which means, you two found a way back here."

"You're kidding?" said Piercy, amazed.

"That's good to know." said Harrison.

"Oh darn." said Harrison. "One moment we were with them, and the next minute we're here. Really makes you think".

"I hope Atticus is alive," Chris said. "Been a while since we saw him."

"Oh yeah, true." said Harrison. "It's certainly been a while".

He examined his partially broken glasses, as if he was hoping they could be repaired.

"Is there any chance of getting my glasses fixed?" asked Harrison. "It's harder for me to partake in this otherwise".

Chris took Harrison’s glasses, and stuck some tape on them. “How’s That?” He asked. “We also need a way to get Atticus and Giannis back.”

"Great." said Harrison. "It will do. For the time being at least".

Chris noticed Harrison and Piercy looked kind of concerned. "So what exactly happened after I left?" he asked.

"Well, we're still wondering about how we're going to find Atticus and Giannis." said Harrison.

"Yeah, and Harrison is still concerned about his glasses, though they are partially fixed." said Piercy.

"I'm not that concerned." said Harrison. "It's just that I've had these glasses for years, and they are special to me. So naturally I'd much rather get these glasses fixed than get new ones. Maybe if I managed to find an identical pair of glasses, that would be as good as getting these ones fixed".

"What exactly happened after I left though? Meet any people?" Chris asked.

Atarah looks over at Chris.

"Who the heck are you, lady?" Chris asked, noticing the strange woman who had just materialized in front of them. 'How did you get here? I wonder if Giannis is all alone now..."

"We didn't meet anyone, no." said Piercy.

"Except for that lady there." said Harrison gesturing towards Atarah.

"She looks like she's having a baby," Chris said.

"She does indeed." said Harrison, wincing slightly.

"Excuse me, ma'am," Chris said. "But are you having a child right now?"

Atarah:I am Atarah.

Atarah:And i think I am having a baby.

"Well, congratulations.." Chris said. He had never seen a birth before.

Well is everyone is going to a new plain by touching this fake cheese then I will touch it too. Giannis picks up the fake cheese and is sent to this weird place and is dropped next to all the other people that he was talking to before in the forest. "Hey were is Atarah, I was helping her with the baby issue and then she left without telling me. We all need to help her she is having some weird shit happening to her and this could be a clue." said Giannis

Atarah:Well, thank you.

"No problem, now we need to find a safe place somewhere that nobody can see us." said Giannis

Atarah:Alright.

The thing in her belly keeps squirming as it expands slightly more.

“How about that spooky forest over there?” Chris suggested.

Atarah:.......

"Why a spooky forest are u kidding me really at this time." said Giannis

Atarah:-.- ...………...

"Obviously I was kidding," Chris said. "Maybe it is hard for you two to understand my humor."

Atarah's belly button is the size of a 43 week pregnant belly, and her belly button pop out.

"Look, there's a dilapidated ruin over there. It will provide a comfortable shelter for Atarah." Chris said.

Atarah's belly keeps grumbling as the thing keeps moving around.

Just then, anothr woman runs up.

"Who are you?" Chris asks. "Could you buy any chance get the baby out of this pregnant woman's womb?"

Harrison and Piercy kept watching Atarah, wincing every now and then.

???:…….

The other woman's face is covered by a shadow, her belly is the size of a 40 weeks pregnant belly, and her belly button is revealed by a big tear in her nun dress.

Atarah:????????

Atarah is shocked.

"Please help us! This Atarah girl needs serious help! We think she's in labor!" Chris pleaded.

The woman pulls the hood back, revealing her face.

??:I am not sure how to help her.

The woman's own belly squirms around, her nun dress tears a little more around her belly.

Giannis tried using his shadow powers to try and go into her, but it didn't work and he then realized that he could only go through inanimate since living organisms have a soul and it blocked the shadow from going into it. "Welp my powers are infected and i can't get in." said Giannis

Atarah:I see..........

Suddenly, there is a loud scream.

Harrison and Piercy watched as the baby's head, shoulders, and stomach suddenly popped out.

"Goodness!" gasped Harrison.

"What did you do?" asked Piercy, staring at Giannis.

"You must have done something." said Harrison to Giannis.

"Yeah, that is really weird..." Chris said. 'Especially since that baby looks like some sort of demon."

The baby comes out, but Atarah's belly is still the same size, and something is squirming in there.

Suddenly, the demon runs off into the forest.

“You’re going to be fine, Atarah.” Chris said. “You guys want to go see if this is really home or a new alternate universe?”

Atarah:I know I am.

There is suddenly another scream from the forest.

"Oh my gosh!" Chris exclaimed. "Should we investigate?"

Atarah and the woman in the nun dress look in the general direction of where the scream came from.

"Maybe Vome found the baby and killed it. Atarah maybe u have twins." said Giannis

"Yeah, that makes sense," Chris agreed. "But do we really need to worry about Vome right now? This world looks like home, but we need to see if it really is home or not."

Harrison and Piercy continued to watch as the second and last baby's head and shoulders came out.

"Atarah, er, congratulations." Chris said nervously, as her baby finally came out. "Okay, I'm going to look to see if the city we're on the outskirts of is Sillvia or a different place. Anyone want to come?"

"Chris I thought Vome was the important thing to find. I mean he was the one who wrote me the letter. Also he did vanish when o threw him off the the hill. But if you insist on exploring the landscape a little so we can become familiar with it then sure. Plus we need to find the other baby." said Giannis

Suddenly another girl runs up.

"Who are you?" Harrison asked the girl.

Atarah is still pregnant.

The new girl heavily pants, her buttons on her overalls are popped off, something is squirming in her belly.

The other demon baby runs off.

"Well, yes, we still do need to find Vome. How many babies do you have, Atarah?" Chris asked. "The thing is, Giannis, we have no idea where he went, the best thing to do is investigate this world to see if it holds clues to find him and those demon babies."

Atarah:I am not sure.

The kicking in Atarah's belly stops, no sign of birth is to be found.

Meanwhile, the girl in the nun dress looks at the girl in overalls.

"Jesus all these births are crazy. Chris I guess were going on an exploration of this world/dimension." said Giannis

"Well at least they should have stopped now." said Harrison and Piercy together.

"Yeah, I guess so. Harrison, Piercy, you two coming?" Chris asked.

Suddenly, the last baby bursts through Atarah's belly, killing her.

"Yes, we are coming." answered Harrison and Piercy.

Chris then noticed the nun and the woman in overalls had run off too. He then noticed silver, bright lights coming from the nearby city. "Certainly looks like home," he said.

Another loud scream is heard.

Suddenly, a girl wearing a beige mini dress falls into view, something is writhing in her belly.

"One of the demons?" Chris asked, as the travelers made their way to the town.

The new girl just screams in pain as she rubs her belly.

Suddenly, the girl in the nun dress falls over, starting to give birth.

"Yeah...I'm not going to stay and watch this," Chris said, sneaking away to hide behind a bush.

The head comes out, then the shoulders, and, finally, the rest of the demon slides out.

Chris, still hearing the noises, decided to go find the native humans living in the current universe. He headed off.

The nun dress woman screams in pain as another demon baby comes out.

The other demon baby runs off.

Giannis quickly leaves the situation and heads for the city with the shiny lights that are bright as hell. Suddenly he notices a older nun and a younger looking person in overalls.

It seemed the nun was chasing the younger girl. He knew it wasn't apart of mission and knew Vome was important but he didn't know where the hell he was. Maybe if he followed the 2 ladies running they could lead him to Vome. They were the only two people that seemed to know where they were going or at least weren't confused.

So, he followed the nun, because it seemed she was chasing the younger girl. He kept a great distanced from the 2 and watched from a far. He went into his shadow mode so he wouldn't get noticed by the two and so he wouldn't make any noises attracting a creature in the wild forest. The younger lady looked like she knew something was up in the forest because she ran right into it without hesitation. Giannis did not know why the nun was after the other lady. "Maybe Vome is hiding in the forest away from me because of what I did to him on the hill."

The nun dressed woman's second demon baby slips out.

Giannis watches as another baby comes out of the nun. He realizes that that Vome has to be somewhere in this giant forest. So he comes out into the open in front of both the young girl in overalls, the nun and the girl in the mini skirt as asks if they know anything about a guy named Vome. The he asks if Vome was the one who impregnated them and making them have these demon children. Lastly he asks wtf is this dimension.

[Enter a MEDIC, with three OFFICERS, each with light and weapons. The HELICOPTER is loud, and can be heard by the others.]

In the distance, a Silivian emergency helicopter slowly lowered its altitude, as it began its final descent to a small clearing in a relatively large forest.

"We ready to drop then, boys? I 'ave err'ting we need to capt're and get this poor ol' woman to safety, got some cleaning 'tings righ'o'r'here, a few anesthetics, medicines, I loaded." declared the Medic, as the helicopter prepared to drop the Squadron off.

The Medic took his first steps to begin the mission, Johnathon, a more timid officer of the three, protested. Johnathon, stammering, quickly explained that: "B-Boss, are you really sure of this? I mean, the citizens said they like saw d-demon babies, I think that maybe it's best if we--"

"Nonsense!", said the Medic. "How the hell a damn 'demon baby' exist? This real life. The police force made up o' damn conspiracy theorists. Only damn reason y'all are here are not to, uh, 'defend demon babies' as the stupid force explained, but to protect me against any critters out in this big forest! Either show me where you are disabled, or come wit' me!"

Johnathon was startled by the Medic for a moment, but quickly obliged. It would not be like Siliva's Finest to coward out of any challenge, of course. Indeed, of course there could not exist any "demon babies", that would be foolish, right? The task of the Squadron was simple, and concise, Johnathon thought to himself: Find this woman, escort her to the helicopter, and get her to safety.

The armed men began their trek through the dense forest.

Giannis goes up to one of the officers and asks, "What the hell is this place and why he was sent to it through some fake cheese thing."

Johnathon, closely behind the Medic, was quite startled at the sudden appearance of Giannis. Johnathon instinctively places his hand near his Pistol, but ultimately decides against it. He is left embarrassed, hand-shaking.

"You's a damn embarrassment to Silivan's Finest, what the hell are you doing, Johnny-boy?", shouts the Medic. "Now, who is this character that suddenly popped up 'bout some 'fake cheese' nonsense. Disregardin'at foolishness, you lost? We's lookin' for a pregnant woman wanderin' through this here forest, you know where we can find 'er? Got all my supplies ready, I gon' get a huge payload!"

"Hey your looking for 3 woman right? Well i saw them they were in the forest I followed them in here, I think they have something to do with Vome. This guy I am looking for." said Giannis to Johnny. Then Giannis said, "See my group fell into our home world from another dimension and well I am wanting to know if u go another portal or door back to my place. My group split because they wanted to go into the city and I knew Vome was to smart to be around others in a city."

Hearing all of these revelations about the very fabric of their reality caused the Medic and his men to become wide-eyed.

"Ya 'affi be kiddin' me. The he-.. B-but... I s-.. This is..!" The Medic attempted to piece his thoughts into tangible prose, but nothing came out. As such, it was needed for another member of the Squadron to speak up. That was Marshall, a relatively quiet officer.

"So, Mr. Mystery Man of the Forest, you are telling me that there exists an alternate dimension that can be accessed through portals? What do we have in this dimension, aliens, advanced technology, brutal warfare, something beyond my human perception? I must say, you are quite the dubious figure. In fact, you stated something about 'three' women-- last time I checked, the Deputy gave us the order of 'one'. My, my, I guess we can presume these so-called 'demon babies' are real then, eh Mr. Medic?"

The Medic attempted to raise a word in response to Marshall, but his epiphany prevented him from doing so.

"Come along, men!" declared Marshall. "Give the Medic a few minutes or two to recover-- I know him, he'll be back to his old self once again. Let us follow this Mystery Man, perhaps he will lead us to the supposed 'three' women, and maybe some 'demon babies' too."

The Medic took a deep breath, and all four men began following their new leader, Giannis.

"Johnny well I saw a woman that looked like a nun, one in overalls, and one in a hot mini skirt. Two of them gave birth to demons and one was still pregnant. They came into the forest after they ran from our group. As for the two dimensions they see both the same so far. As for me well I am a human that can turn into a shadow." said Gainnis, then he went into his shadow form and showed the guys.

Suddenly, the woman in the overall starts to give birth.

"Hey you medic guys get over here, one of the women is giving birth." said Giannis

The nun dressed woman's last baby bursts out of her belly, and the first baby flies right out of the woman in overalls.

The second baby slips out of the woman in overalls as the woman in the beige mini dress's first baby slips out of her.

Each member of the Medic's squadron all dawned a devious smile-- they know it was time to complete their mission.

As the screaming of the laboring women persisted, the Medic simply stated "Y'all ready for a big pay?" They all chuckled, and began rushing towards the location of the women with Giannis, with their weapons ready for any supernatural occurrences.

As they got to the location they saw the 3 woman but demon babies weren't there. "Excuse me ladies but what where did your babies go now." said Giannis

The laboring women look on in fear.

The woman in overalls stops having labor but her last baby still kicks, and the beige mini dress woman gives birth to her second baby.

The woman in overalls unknowingly chants something, the spell revives Atarah and the nun dressed woman, and they are pregnant again.

Atarah just stares, a demon kicking in her belly.

After watching more births happen it seems to stop, but then one of the woman chants something and it happens. Giannis goes over to the chanting and tells her to stop. He then looks at the officers and commands them to fire at will if any of these demon babies are a threat to the city or themselves. "Ok get a helicopter to this location so we can bring them to the hospital asap." said Giannis

The woman in overalls finally stops chanting.

The Medic begins to approach the women, with the tranquilizers and medicines in hand.

"A'las, 'ook what we'ave here! 'Bout time that I find the three of you lassies with so-called 'demons' eh? Stay 'ight 'ere you or, don't move or that Johnny boy over there will fire! Marshall, you know what'do. Run over and bring that helicopter o'er here, I ain't finna miss this opportunity!" exclaimed the Medic.

"So what is this chanting for anyway young woman in the overalls." said Giannis as he got the ladies up and, helping the medics make sure nothing else goes wrong.

All the girls stare, terrified.

Woman in the overalls: I am not sure.

Meanwhile, the demonically pregnant women are being brought to the hospital.

Suddenly, one of the paramedics yells in pain as she is impregnated with demon offspring.

"Come one ladies the copter is coming soon we will take you to the hospital to help you out ok." said Giannis

Biege mini dress woman: Will we be alright??

"Well me and the medics were going to bring u back, we also have some questions for u and likely the police will be there." said Giannis

Nun dressed woman:...………...

As the Medic continued to use his medicines on the women, a large helicopter could be heard as a strong wind began blowing through the dense forest.

Marshall appeared in the large, Silivan Medical Helicopter, and lowered the altitude to a point where access would be possible.

The Medics, at first, were quite unaware of what they were going to do. They had not planned for such an event as this -- the citizens who sent in reports of screams and sightings were sure there existed only one wandering woman, not three. As they began thinking of a plan to transport the three women into the helicopter, Giannis suddenly transformed into a shadowly figure, and placed the three women on board the helicopter.

"Looks like we got lucky, eh? I ain't had no plan for such an 'ccurrence as'this, but Ol' Mister. Mystr'y Man gave us some help! 'urry on everyone, 'op aboard! Lemme get the three lassies into the chopper's care units, I needs to do some work." shouted the Medic, motioning for everybody to get in.

As the helicopter began its ascent from the forest, Johnathon had a concern he wished to tell the Medic.

"B-boss, we did get the women out of the forest, yes, b-but the demon babies are still roamin' around.."

"Can't ya see I'm workin' over here, Johnathon! Who the hell cares 'bout these demon babies, anyway? It ain't like they gon', hell, bite on some travelers arms? They like infants, they got Marshmallow skulls. Leave 'em to die out and get killed by some Silivan Brown Bear, it'll be fine. Now, I 'ave work to do, go, go!"

Johnathon was relieved to hear this, somewhat. He took one last look as the Medic was working on the women, and decided to sit on the edge of the helicopter with Giannis until the trip was over.

When the helicopter arrived at the Hospital and began its descent to the bay, the Medic outlined the final plan. "Aight y'all, I informed the Deputy what 'appened, and I told the Hospital to expect three, not one. They got'all the prep'rations n' such ready. As soon as we land, y'all need to be quick, aight? I was able to get the ladies cleaned up, and I'll need y'all three to bring each to Room 112A, on the fifth floor."

Giannis then proceeded to perk his head up. "That sounds good and all, but what am I going to do? Do you need me to do anything?"

After hearing this, the Medic went over to Giannis, placed a hand on his shoulder, and flashed him a smile. "Yous did good o'there, chief. Thanks fo' err'tin, if you need any'thin, you can call us. You can fly, right? Once we finished our landin', I'm sure yous can find a nice place to go. I thinks you should go o'er to the Library, you might finds somethin' nice." Giannis smiled back, and gave a nice nod.

As Chris approached the city, he was somewhat happy to see how familar its surroundings were. The city appeared to be very industrialized, however. Then, Chris noticed something surprising. There was a person walking there who looked exactly like Giannis.

Harrison and Piercy gasped as they saw the guy that looked exactly like Giannis.

"Oh my goodness." said Harrison.

"That guy looks just like Giannis." said Piercy.

"Crazy. Seeing an alternate reality doppelganger soon after entering a new universe," Chris said. "Sadly, this means we're not yet home. We need Vome."

"Well I'm sure we are on a better track than before, even if it isn't the right one." said Harrison.

"Good point. At least there appears to have also been a war of some sort here, like back at home." Chris noted. "We should do some research at a library or something."

"Ooh yes." said Harrison. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not a geek, but I love reading!"

Chris headed towards the center of town, knowing that was the most probable location of a library. "Follow me, guys."

Harrison and Piercy followed. The former was looking eager, while the latter was looking more neutral. It was clear that Harrison was more interested in reading than Piercy. While not necessarily disliking reading, it was not something that Piercy was all hyped over.

Once they had arrived at the library, Chris found a catalogue. It appeared the library had its "History" section in the basement. "You two stay here on this floor, I'll be right back." Chris said, heading down.

"Sure thing." said Harrison eagerly.

Piercy dived in with a less enthusiastic expression but he looked more enthusiastic than before, now that he was actually at the library.

"I've found some pretty interesting stuff." said Harrison after they'd been at the library for about 10 minutes. "Hopefully this stuff, if I were to come across it, should make it easier for my glasses to be mended".

Chris found some info in the Origins of Euclid section. "I see, Xeren does exist here, but no mention of him ever becoming a demon." He then saw another person also looking through the archives. "Who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Jay Brendon, one of Silvia's best thieves." Jay Brendon says introducing himself.

"Nice to meet you. I'm C.H.R.I.S. McFarlane." Chris said. "Tell me, have you ever heard of one primordial demon named Xeren?"

"No I haven't" Jay replies

"Interesting. How did the land get wrecked though? From what I can see, it's like there's been a war around these parts. " Chris said.

Harrison and Piercy's heads tilted up, hearing a new unfamiliar voice - Jay's voice. And of course they heard Chris' voice.

"I honestly don't know how that happened" Jay says

"Jay, would you like to meet my friends?" Chris asked. "They're upstairs."

"Sure" Jay replied.

Harrison and Piercy wait as they hear footsteps. Both of them had heard what Chris and Jay had said, and so they both waited.

Chris returned to the lobby with Jay.

"Harrison, Piercy, this is Jay." Chris said. "And it seems Xeren stayed a god, but still made a foolish mistake that caused mass destruction."

"No I don't" Jay says

"He's never heard of either," Chris pointed out. "Anyways, Jay, would you happen to know where an evil angel who wants to take over the world might be hiding? In a city, or in a forest, or some other place?"

"Oh bummer." said Harrison. "I wanted to get to the bottom of whether Xeren and The Demon were really the same person."

"Xeren is after all the one that murdered our parents." said Piercy.

"And since we are no longer allied with The Demon, due to the way he treated Piercy when he tried to turn me in." said Harrison. "We want to verify if he really was Xeren the whole time, so we can avenge our parents".

"No I don't, Chris" Jay says

"Well, it was nice to meet you, Jay." Chris said. "Do you agree, Harrison and Piercy?"

"Pardon me for a second, guys." Chris said. "I need to recharge my batteries-literally." Chris went over to find a power cord.

Chris then noticed a librarian walking by, so he unplugged himself and headed back to the others. However, Harrison and Piercy were not there. "Jay, do you know where they went?' Chris asked.

"No I don't" Jay says

"Okay, I'm going to go out and look for them. Nice talking to you, Jay. Maybe I'll see you around." Chris said, walking out.

"I'll see you around later, Chris" Jay says

Chris stood outside the library, looking around for Harrison and Piercy.

“Harrison?” Chris called. “Piercy?” He began walking away from the library, towards the center of town.

Just then Harrison and Piercy appeared.

"We're right here, don't worry." said Harrison.

"What did we miss?" asked Piercy.

“Well, I just really charged up my batteries and said bye to Jay. We need to find Giannis.” Chris said.

"Sure thing." said Piercy as he and Harrison got ready to go with Chris.

"I managed to learn about a substance that could very well make my broken glasses easier to fix." said Harrison. "I'm still trying to decide whether to keep or replace my glasses. It all depends if I can find an identical pair".

"That's very cool, Harrison." Chris said. "I think you should try repairing them with that substance."

Chris suddenly heard shouts echoing throughout the town.

"Do you guys hear that strange noise?" Chris asked Harrison and Piercy.

Suddenly, the noise stopped.

"Disregard that," Chris said. "Let's just go find Giannis."

[Enter a HOSPITAL.]

When they arrived, the four left Giannis at the Hospital Landing Bay to do as he wished. The three officers rushed inside from the top floor to the fifth, with the three women in stretchers. The women would then be placed each in intensive care units for further examination.

Before the three officers left, the Medic gave them a last word. "Y'know, y'all did good out there. Even you, Johnny-boy. Y'all be good, right? Heh, looks like we'll all have nice bed-time stories for our kids." The officers each gave a light chuckle, and began heading to the Station to report the news.

[Exeunt OFFICERS.]

The Medic headed inside the ICU, and began work with the Hospital Staff.

[Exeunt MEDIC.]

## Arc 1 Scene 2

[Arc 1 Scene 2 begins. Enter a ROOF, with Giannis atop.]

Giannis goes inside the hospital to look for the front desk. As he found the front desk he ask the person working there a few questions. "Has anyone named Vome been her or has been seen around the city? I am looking for Him. Also that young woman in the beige dress was kinda cute do u know what room they put her in?"

[Enter a RECEPTIONIST.]

"Now who the hell are y-- Wait a second, aren't you the person that one of the nurses from the Fifth told me about? The Medic described a guy just like you, who helped them get the three women up there? Thanks again for your work. I haven't seen any 'Vome' figure around here. The people in the Library might help you, you should check that out. And I see you may have erm, seem to think highly of the women in the beige dress, and she is in the fifth floor in Room 112A. However, for now I think that room is closed to only authorized personnel. Anyway, yeah, if you wish for such information you might find some help in the Library, only a few blocks from here."

Giannis takes a pen and paper and writes a message for the lady in the beige dress saying that she looked kinda cute and stuff, then writes his number down with his name. He then goes up to room 112A and gives the letter to an authority figure and tell them its for the lady. After doing that, he goes into shadow mode and flies to the library. He then opens the door to find Chris saying lets go find Giannis. "Hey I am right here." said Giannis

"Hey Giannis!" Chris said. "What have you been doing? Any sign of Vome?"

"Ah Chris good to see you, I was looking for Vome in the forest but no luck. I thought it would be smarter for him to hide in a forest then in the city around a lot of people, but nope. I did find three woman and lots of demon babies. The medic squad showed up and took them to the hospital. Nobody at the hospital has seen Vome either." said Giannis

"We should go back to the forest and look for Vome some more," Chris said to Harrison, Piercy, and Giannis.

"Chris seems like a good idea." said Giannis, as he nods to everyone in the group one by one.

The woman in the beige dress watches Giannis and the authority figure.

She is curious as to what it is.

Beige dress woman: What was that??

The woman in the beige dress sits up slightly in her bed.

Beige dress woman: Excuse me Mister.Guard, may I please see the note some random man gave to you that they said was for me?

[Enter an OVERSEER.]

"Hello, m'am. It seems that the fellow that helped the Search Party bring you to the hospital brought in this note for you. Normally, it is Hospital Protocol not to allow in any notes for the time being, but we decided to break it one time; out of respect for the service he offered. Here you are. Do with it what you wish, you may keep it as a piece of memorabilia, I suppose, or perhaps give it to us to hold for now."

[The OVERSEER gives the note to the WOMAN.]

Beige dress woman: Thank you.

Beige dress woman takes the note nd reads it, the message causes her to blush.

Beige dress woman: Eh!?!? H-he even wrote his phone number?????

The beige dress woman folds up the note and puts it on the table next to her.

Beige dress woman's baby starts to kick again.

The beige dress woman sits up in her bed, trying to get an authority figure to come over to her.

Beige dress woman: Excuse me, do you have any kind of phone I can use????

An authority figure hands the beige dress woman a rotary phone.

Authority figure: One call, and that's it.

She dials keeps dialing the wrong numbers because she is intimidated by the authority figure, and because of how complex the phone's dialing system is.

Finally, she gets the right number.

The beige dress woman holds the phone up to her ear and mouth.

Beige dress woman: Come on, pick up.

Chris headed to the forest, hoping the other 3 were following him. "Well, I guess we start here." he said.

Giannis followed Chris since he was in the lead. "So should we split up or stay together." said Giannis

"Let's stay together, as we never know if or when something will start following us," Chris said.

"Agreed, Chris well over there is where the woman were found. If we go further west then we go deeper into the forest." said Giannis

Little do Chris and Giannis know, Atarah was not taken to the hospital, she is on her back, screaming in pain as a demon writhes in her belly.

"I belive Vome's probably in some lair at the end of this forest. What do you think?" Chris asked.

"He could be?" said Piercy.

Harrison kept examining his broken glasses. "What does a guy have to do to get money around here?" he asked. "I was hoping I could earn some money so I could buy the necessary things that I need in order to repair my glasses".

"Maybe we can take some stuff from the lair after we capture Vome so w ecan get new glasses for Harrison." said Giannis

"Sounds reasonable." said Harrison in response to Giannis' comment.

Hears his cell phone ring and picks it up. "Hello are u the pretty woman in the beige dress? If it is then I am gonna tell you how god damn beautiful you are." said Giannis

"Giannis, we're getting sidetracked here." Chris said. "Harrison, Piercy, you two ready to set out?"

Beige dress woman:Yes actually, I am. And say it all to me.

Beige dress woman giggles quietly as she waits for the response.

"Yes we are." answered Piercy.

"We're ready alright." said Harrison confidently.

"Maybe we could wait for Giannis to finish his phone call," Chris suggested. "Although we need to get home, we don't have a deadline."

"I don't mind waiting." said Harrison.

"Alright." said Piercy. "I just hope it won't take too long".

Amelia keeps the phone up.

Amelia: Well, I am waiting.

"Well one day I'd like to take u out." said Giannis

Amelia blushes and chuckles.

Amelia: Alright, I shall be waiting for that day.

Amelia puts her phone to her belly.

[Enter a BEAR.]

As the characters sat within the forest, with Giannis on the phone, twiddling their thumbs completely unaware of their surroundings and the dangers within this dense forest; a large roar could be heard in the distance. As some looked up to see just what was this dubious noise, a large figure of a bear can be seen running at the group. It ran fast, in a consistent motion, ready to attempt to eat its unsuspecting potential prey.

"Once our mission is over I'll come back to you and take you out. I'll talk to you later you have my number you can call me to tell me where you are after you come out of the hospital. Anyway I gotta get back to finding Vome bye bye." said Giannis

Back to Amelia and Giannis.

Amelia puts the phone back to her mouth and ear.

Amelia: Thank you, I shall await that day.

Amelia hangs up.

Harrison, thinking fast, quickly sprinted as fast as he could to the nearest tree with branches, jumped up to grab hold of the lowest branch, pulled his body up on to the branch and watched in terror as the bear ran at the others. "Could the bear climb trees?" Harrison thought silently. The thought of it made him shiver. Harrison noticed that his vision was blurry and realised that his glasses had fallen off.

Piercy meanwhile was trying to do the same as Harrison, using the lowest branch of another tree. Being heavier and less agile than his brother, Piercy struggled as he tried to pull his weight up on to the tree branch. He was trying as hard as he could, but a few seconds later he looked as if he was on the verge of letting go of the branch and fainting.

As Giannis was preparing to put his phone away, it falls it due to him being startled by the large animal that was approaching the group. Heart racing and adrenaline rushing, he quickly into his shadow form and floats to the bear. As he got near it he, made a giant shadow hand and pick it up. With minimal struggle, he then threw the bear at one of the strong pine trees. "Harrison, Piercy you fellas can come down from the tree now." said Giannis, as he picked his phone up, luckily undamaged.

Chris emerged from behind one of the pine trees, where he had hid when the bear first came. "That was very good, Giannis," Chris said. "I hope we don't face too many other dangerous obstacles."

Harrison swung his body off the tree branch and then let go of the tree branch. Enormously relieved, Piercy let go of the tree branch that he had been trying to climb on to. Harrison found his glasses on the ground and discovered that they were completely shattered.

"I can see without my glasses." said Harrison. "But it's going to be significantly tougher than when I had them".

“That is understandable, Harrison.” Chris said.

"Well we better keep going west more into the forest to find the lair." said Giannis

"I thought we knew where the lair was." said Harrison.

"Well if you know where it its then show us the way." said Giannis

"We don't." answered Harrison. "We just assumed that you knew where the lair was".

“Earlier, I heard a loud noise that sounded like Vome yelling. It was coming from further into the forest than we’re standing, much further. Vome’s lair is definitely in this forest,” Chris explained.

"Well that's good." said Piercy. "If we aren't precisely sure where the lair is, at least we have some idea where it is".

"Yeap, Well then the forest gets thicker as we go west it seems." said Giannis

"Yeah, you're right. The forest seems to be thicker in that direction." said Harrison.

Amelia is going into labor, ready to give birth to her last demon baby.

The demon baby comes out after a few pushes.

It jumps off the bed and onto the floor but is killed by the authority figures.

One authority figure then walks up, unplugs the rotary phone, and puts it back on the shelf seeing that Amelia is done with it.

Amelia's belly suddenly shrinks back down to normal size.

Chris nodded. "Yes, I think we're making progress here." Chris headed further down the path, checking to make sure they weren't in any danger.

[Enter a sprinkler from above.]

As they traversed through the forest, the sky began to take on a warm brownish color, almost like some sort of milk chocolate. The air began to moisten, dampening the leaves. Suddenly, a large crash of thunder was heard, and it began raining in the forest.

As the group went more deeper into it started to get darker and darker. "I hope we find this place, becuase its getting really thick and dark in these woods. Maybe its a rain forest and thats why its so dark." said Giannis

“That could very well be, Giannis. Maybe we can make a shelter for the night.” Chris said. “For all we know, it may be night.” However, as hard as he tried, Chris could not make out any sign of sky above the shadowy green leaves.

"All we really need is some leaves and some thin tree trunks." said Piercy. "Stuff that can keep enough of the rain out. It may seem like nothing more than a forest hut, but at least forest huts are better than a roofless house".

"Just what I was thinking." said Harrison. "To add to that, it would be good if we can find something more secure for a ceiling. Because a ceiling of thin tree trunks on their own isn't guaranteed to keep the rain out, as the rain can just leak through the tree trunks".

"Good thinking." said Piercy. "We'd need something to place on top of the tree trunks, or underneath so that water will be less likely to leak through".

"You two do that," Chris said, hearing a boom of thunder. "I am going to..." Suddenly, Chris tripped and fell on the wet, murky ground, his eyes filling up with water. "Wha-what?" Chris asked. "Why can't I see anything?" As he carefully wiped his eyes with a cloth, Chris then noticed a small, horned figure, dashing through the fog. "What the heck was that?" Chris straightened himself up, noticing his clothes were muddy.

"Do we have a panel saw or anything?" said Harrison. "I know that we need to preserve our forests as much as the next guy, but we can worry about replacing the trees that we use to build our house later, and we haven't got enough tree trunks already on the ground".

"I don't really have anything that could help," Chris said, ripping off some sticks from a smallish tree nearby. "And more importantly, what was that little creature?" He motioned towards the fog, hoping Harrison, Piercy, or Giannis would see it, if it did return.

"What little creature?" asked Piercy.

"Did you say fog Chris." Looking right at him, then the fog. "If we were to cut the branches we would need some saws." said Giannis

"Where are we going to find the saws?" asked Harrison, puzzled.

"Harrison we could make knives, unless any of you have powers." said Giannis

Suddenly, the shadow of the little horned creature reappeared in the fog. "Do you guys see it?" Chris asked. He then stepped closer to better examine the creature. Its eyes were of a solid white hue and its skin was purplish, bony, and bumpy. However, other than that it looked like a harmless little baby-though those sharp gnashing teeth said something else entirely. Chris then backed up. "Is that thing disturbing any of you?"

Harrison and Piercy quickly turned around in time to see the baby demon.

"Is that meant to be some kind of baby vampire?" asked Piercy.

"I don't know but it looks like a devil of some sort." said Harrison.

"Oh its a demon baby." said Giannis while looking right at it. He goes into his shadow form and looks at it right in the eyes. "I think we should keep on moving more demons could be coming."

"Wait a minute..." Chris said. "I just remembered something... That Atarah lady was having children that looked kind of like that. Maybe that's one of them?" Chris then attempted to activate his plasma sword, but his elbow seemed somewhat damaged by the falling rain. "Oh darn it. I guess we may have to take this demon down with..." He than paused for dramatic effect. "Our bare hands!"

Amelia: May I please use the rotary phone????

An authority figure brings the rotary phone over to Amelia.

She dials the wrong number a few times, but finally gets it right.

She holds the phone up to her mouth and ear.

Amelia: Pick up, pick up.

"Hold on, you had a plasma sword but didn't tell us. you could have cut the branches so we could have seen. Damn it Chris." said Giannis, then went over to the demon and picked it up. "Yeap it looked like the other ones for sure, good then I am in the shadow form or else i could have gotten hurt." Then he placed the demon back down and showed him the forest to go back to.

Amelia keeps dialing his phone, which should be ringing right now.

"Come to think of it, I haven't used it in a while." Chris explained. "So it was not a surprise when it became dysfunctional after getting rain damage." Chris then heard a strange noise coming from the branch over his head. When he looked up, he noticed it was yet another demon baby. This one looked much like the first, but had red eyes, as opposed to white ones. The demon baby let out a huge growl, distracting Chris. This made him inattentive of his surroundings, enabling yet another demon baby, this one with red skin as opposed to purple, to bite on his leg, causing Chris to lose his balance and shut off.

Harrison took a few steps back. He felt that it was the wrong time to be backing away, but the nearest demon baby repulsed him.

Piercy however charged up to the baby demon, stamped his feet and said "Shoo, be off with you, you filthy beast. We don't want you here!"

Lurking behind the tree were three more baby demons, each yearning to strike. The tallest of the baby demons, a red one with white eyes, sprinted onto Giannis' shoulder, letting out a long, low growl right in his ear. The second one, who was of a more purplish color with red eyes, jumped down into the grass, and made its way to Harrison, sneaking up from behind. The demon then proceeded to climb up Harrison, scratching him with its mighty claws. The third one, turquoise with yellow eyes, jumped onto Piercy with its mouth wide open. Its sharp fangs then impaled Piercy's arm.

Piercy screamed in pain as he shook violently and jerked his arm, trying to throw the demon baby off. But the demon baby just wouldn't retract its teeth and hung on to Piercy's arm with its little hands.

Harrison meanwhile was screaming as the demon baby that was attacking him scratched him. Harrison punched the demon baby in the stomach. The demon baby wasn't expecting to be punched and was startled. The demon baby let go of Harrison's body, fell to the ground and collapsed.

Piercy grabs hold of one of the demon baby's arms with his other hand and tried to pull it away from the arm the demon baby was biting. Harrison rushed over and tried to pull the demon baby's body away from Piercy's arm so that the demon baby's teeth would be retracted from Piercy's skin. It was a lot of work but the two brothers eventually managed to relinquish the demon's baby's grip.

Harrison let go of the demon baby's body and Piercy let go of the demon baby's arm. The demon baby fell to the ground in a sitting position, and Piercy swung his leg forwards, kicking the demon baby. The demon baby toppled over and its head hit the ground.

As he let the one demon go away, it comes back to attack him but he picks it up again and makes it go away again. It tries to bit him but since he is a shadow it, it just keeps biting the air. Giannis chuckles a little then, runs over to the others and helps them out by taking off the demons that are on them. Since its so humid, he starts to sweat and he wipes his sweat off.

The final two demons emerged from behind a fallen tree trunk. They sadly growled at Harrison, Piercy, and Giannis, as if to suggest defeat. With a final goodbye to their fallen allies, the demon babies slowly crawled away, leaving Harrison, Piercy, and Giannis with the fallen Chris and their unconscious friends.

Harrison turned to Giannis. "Do you think you'd be able to help me and Piercy get Chris to safety while we decide how to get him revived?" Harrison asked Giannis.

Piercy made growling noises like a demon, and his facial expressions seemed more demon like than usual, but otherwise seemed perfectly human and perfectly sane.

The group were quite triumphant in their defeat. Indeed, they still had the damaged McFarlane to transport somewhere, but overall they repelled the demon babies threat. However, they were unaware of what dangers and punishments this forest had to deliver.

[A large sound of THUNDER is heard.]

A brilliant flash of light was accompanied with an extremely large crack, and the already pouring rain seemingly doubled in speed. No longer was the rain just light drops, but heavier drops of water that almost seemed to push the group down in their weakened state. As this was happening, the thunder did not stop. Indeed, at any time some lightning could light something on fire.

The fog thickened immensely, making navigation only minimally possible. Breathing was highly difficult, each of the characters noses were bombarded with a smell of intense leaves and grass.

As the large rain drops went through his shadow body he look right at Harrison and said, "Well we need to get to a mechanic to fix McFarlane."

"Right." said Harrison. The two Provost brothers and Giannis worked together as they carried the body of Chris, hoping that they wouldn't come across any more obstacles as they started to make their way through the forest.

While carrying Chris' body he saw sum light come through. "Hey i think i see an opening or something." said Giannis

"That's good news." said Harrison. "Hopefully then we'll be able to make some progress and reach our intended destination".

"Agreed, hey look i think i see a road over head and the end of the forest." said Giannis

"Ooh, I think I can see it as well." said Harrison.

"Same here." said Piercy in a voice slightly different from his usual voice. Since he had transformed into a demon, something had changed in his voice. It wasn't as clear as usual, it sounded kinda greasy.

"Piercy I think you shouldn't use your voice becuase it changed and it could effect you at the moment." said Giannis

Piercy nodded. "Anything to get to where we are are trying to get to. Anything to be cured." he thought.

"Well lets keep going straight then." said Giannis

"Hold on." said Harrison. "That's not the end of the forest. It's just a clearing. And that road isn't on the edge of a town, it's right in the centre of this very clearing. The road is running right through this forest. I guess we weren't as close to reaching our destination as we thought we were".

"Wait a clearing, so like maybe Vome's lair is here. Let's check it out." said Giannis

"Anything is possible." said Harrison. "Of course I'm not going to let my guard down, and I'm Piercy would say the same".

Keeps his guard up and slowly walks to the clearing.

Two hours later, a nurse comes to check on the girls, she sees that Amelia is perfectly well, but she is still going to wait a day to let her out of the hospital.

Harrison and Piercy head towards the clearing with Giannis, carrying the unmoving Chris.

"I think I see some sort of building up ahead." Said Giannis

"Where is it? I can't see it." said Harrison.

"Over the giant branches Harrison." Said Giannis

"Oh, right." Harrison replied. "But it's going to be tough work to get there, especially with Chris unable to move. It would have been enough of a challenge trying to get there as is".

"Any idea how we're going to make it there without our hands free?" asked Harrison. "It's going to be tough to get over there without hands to pull ourselves over things".

"Over what the building and bushes guys." Said Giannis

"This is hopeless." said Harrison. "I don't think there's any way we'll be able to get over there at this rate, since there's all these bushes and branches and stuff in our way".

"Well i van clear sum with my shadow hands but its a lot, we need like weapons." Said Giannis

A nurse goes to check on Amelia and the two other women.

Nurse: Well, Amelia, since you seem to be doing fine, and a couple of days have passed, we are going to let you out.

The nurse takes Amelia to a women's rest room, where she changes into her street clothes.

She then walks out of the rest room, changed, and she walks up to the reception desk, where she is allowed to leave the hospital.

“I’m not sure if we need weapons,” Harrison said. “Just the three of us alone should be able to clear these bushes and branches.” Giannis looked at the obstacles again and then looked back at them, clearly thinking. “Yeah we may be able to clear this path if u guys help me. Just put Chris on the ground for now.”

“But it’s still raining?” Harrison replied, looking at Piercy, who was apparently refusing to look back at him as he kept his eyes on the ground. “He could get more damage like this,” Piercy lowly stated.

“It’s just something we gotta risk,” Giannis told them, beginning to go into his shadow form, with the sky lightening up a bit. “It seems to be lightening up some, anyways.”

Noticing the sky, the brothers lowered Chris to the ground and walked over to Giannis, Harrison looking over his shoulder towards the android. “I hope he’ll be okay like that”.

A little while after working on clearing the path, the trio could see a bit of the city they had left earlier. “I see the city now,” Giannis said, “Maybe we can find someone who can repair Chris there.” “Do you really think we can?” Harrison asked, “I’m not sure how many people there will be able to fix an android.” “U just gotta think positive, we can’t just leave him like this,” Giannis said as he removed more branches. “Yeah..You’re right,” Harrison replied.

As the sky continued to clear and the rain lessened to a small misting, the trio finally managed to make their way through the bushes and branches, reaching the other side where the city was easily accessible.

The group slowly began to walk over to the comatose-like Chris and lift him up, each unsure of what would come next. “Here goes nothin,” Giannis said, as they began to make their way back into the unfamiliar city.

## Atticus

In a distant city, Atticus slowly opened his eyes as he awoke. As he leaned up off the bed he was lying in, he noticed he was wearing a new set of clothes and appeared to be in an inn. Looking around the small room he was in, he noticed a slightly ajar door and slowly got off the bed and walked toward it.

Back in the alternate world, Atticus opened the door slowly and walked into the main interior of the inn. A quick glance of it showed the place was empty. Still looking around, he walked toward the visible entrance of the place and opened the door. The city outside the inn was a small village, run-down houses dotting the view all around. In the center of the village was a giant statue of a woman with, what appeared to be, all of the villagers kneeling down in front of it praying.

As Atticus walked out the inn, he stepped onto the hard clay ground and turned his full attention to the villagers praying at the statue. As he neared them, he noticed they were all praying around the statue with their heads lowered the ground and were all singing a prayer in unison. After an hour of prayers, a man near the front of the statue stood up and shouted a command in a language Atticus couldn’t understand.

The worshippers all stood up together and then turned toward their houses and began to walk around the city, carrying on on their way. One, a tall man with dark brown skin and short black hair ending in a warrior’s braid, noticed Atticus and walked up to him. When Atticus noticed him walking his way, he asked “Hello? Could you possibly tell me where I am? I seem to be lost..”

"This is Kalek, it is down road from the lake" said the villager.

"Khalek? And what lake? How did I even get here? Last I remember, I was heading off this cliff and I had lost contact with my friends." Atticus said, looking up and taking into view the giant statue near him.

"It is very popular lake, and I not know how you got here.. maybe someone else knows? I see you are curious about the statue." Said the villager, taking notice in Atticus' curiosity.

A beggar finds Atticus and begs him for money.

Atticus, tearing his eyes from the statue, looked at the beggar and apologetically said "I'm sorry, I don't have any money. I'm not even sure where I am."

The villager looks away from the beggar and back to Atticus. "The statue is of Xatulia, the earliest ruler of world, and the defeater of the Gods, Derek and Xena. "

"True." The villager said to the other villager. "You could say so, yes." He exclaims to Atticus.

"Interesting.." Atticus said, lost in thought. "And you guys worship her?"

Just then, Atticus noticed a group of young males approaching them.

"Oh good, you're awake!" One of the men approaching Atticus and the villager exclaimed. "We're the ones who brought you here."

Atticus tensed up as the group neared him and the villager and asked, "You are the guys that brought me here?"

Yes, you should be thanking us." one of the men says."Do you want a tour of the village?"

"Sure, I have a few questions as well," Atticus said, walking towards the group.

"Like what?" the man asked, heading over to a big municipal building. "This is our civic center,"

A lightly tanned caucasian teenage girl wearing a purple skirt and an orange shirt is sitting in the thick woods nearby Atticus's location.

Her orange shirt rides up over her 42 week pregnant sized belly.

Now, this girl is not actually pregnant, she just looks pregnant because the spirit of a demonic ritual murdering woman has decided to take refuge in her belly, and this is how the woman possessed the girl to become a murderer just like her.

Grace stays behind some bushes, waiting from a victim to play into her killing range.

A low, evil cackle comes from Grace's belly.

[Enter two CLOWNS, with shovels.]

The two clowns are presently wandering through the thick forest, attempting to return to the village. They were tasked with arriving to the nearby Graveyard and burying a body, but it seems they have lost their footing.

"Ay Delver, where have we gone? Methought the village should have been no more than seven minutes or so.", the second clown tells the first, out of confusion.

"Why master, then you're wrong. I indeed have the map right here, and this map clearly says that the village--" As the first examines the map, the second interrupts him. "Do you not see the compass? I presume you believe that the South simultaneously follows the same direction as the North?"

"Zounds, 'tis pitiful. We all make mistakes, I believe so. Come, come, let us return to the proper path."

As the two begin going in the correct direction to return to the village, the second clown starts up a conversation with the first.

"Why Goodman, do you believe that we should have given her as extravagant of a grave as we did? The tombstone was quite large, we even planted down some flowers, too. Should she get such a burial, having killed herself?"

"Why, it was out of self-defense."

"Perhaps so, but if you go to the water and drown yourself, is that not deliberate? She was the one who entered the water, they say, and by doing this action, I believe that she did it deliberately. Unless the water drowned her, I suppose, by the water jumping on her, this could possibly be a m--"

"You're confusing me, Master. Let's make our way to the village, then?"

As the two were returning to the Village, they begin to see a shadowy figure moving around the bushes out of their corner of the eyes.

"Monstrous, villainous!" Yells the first. "O Demons, Demons within this forest! Why, did you see that--"

"We will get you home soon, Delver; the medicines will be there for you. Come now, let's get home."

The shadow figure jumps out and slams the 1st clown's left arm into a bear trap, which clamps right down.

The figure then takes a out a baseball bat she was hiding in the bushes and gives the 2nd clown a hard snack on the head with it.

Grace waits until the clown pass out from blood loss, then with a single violent jerk, she rips off the 1st clowns arm, and she leaves the arm in the bear trap.

Grace drags both clowns back to her rundown house.

Grace drags the clowns through the empty doorway, and throws them over by some candles.

Grace goes back out to find some prey, when more people to kill, when she hears Atticus's voice.

She runs down to the tree line and hides behind a tree and a short pile of brush.

Grace runs back up to her house, she takes a can of gasoline she took when she killed one of her previous victims, goes inside, coats the two clowns in gasoline, takes a match, and throws it down and steps back and watches as the house burns down.

Grace goes back down to the tree line.

She watches the townspeople.

Just then she lets off a loud, evil cackle.

Grace subtly runs over to a thornbush and sneaks up behind two random villagers. There is a quick, subtle rustling that the villagers hear.

Grace's stomach growls, killing any stealth she has and telling her she needs something to eat.

So Grace drags one villager behind a tree and socks him in the gut.

The villager responds by punching her in the face and striking her against a tree.

Villager: FIGHT ME YOU WORTHLESS SCUM!!!

Another villager jumps into the bushes and watches the fight.

Grace pulls out her pocket knife and stabs at the villager she is fighting, who dodges it.

Grace stabs the watching villager in the lung with her knife, she then jumps on the other villager and starts biting the shit out of him.

"Well, how did I get here? Last I remember I had gotten separated from my friends and I was in a forest. Then I woke up here and I still have no idea where I am or who you guys even are," Atticus told the leader of the group.

"Well," The leader explained, "We found you lying in the forest, injured. And we brought you here until you recovered."

"Strange..." Atticus said, "Would it be alright if I stayed here for a few days?"

"Hmmm..." The leader pondered. "I don't see why not. There's plenty of, ah, fun things we could have you partake in the next few days, Stay as long as you need to get your strength up."

"Sounds fair, I assume I'll be staying in the inn again?"

"Yeah, that's the best option right now," The leader said, smiling at Atticus.

After being dismissed by the leader a few minutes later, Atticus turned around and walked his way back to the inn, going to rest more.

Grace kills the top villagers, and Grace listens in on the conversation between the leader and Atticus.

The following day, the leader came up to Atticus' room. "Excuse me, sir, but could you elaborate more on where you came from?" The leader said, cautiously opening the door.

"I don't remember much of what you told us," the leader said. "Also..." The leader froze up, getting a little nervous at some weird noises he heard from out the window.

Grace goes back to her abandoned house, dragging the two villagers's bodies with her.

"Well, I was on a trip with them and somehow got separated from the group, not really sure how," Atticus began.

"Yes, yes," The leader said. "And allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Warren Hughes, and I'd like to know if you could give us help."

Grace starts eating the corpses of the villagers.

"Why and help with what?" Atticus asked.

"Well, you see...every night, we get these, uh, attack things," Warren said, shaking. "Sorry, I am very nervous right now."

"Attacks by? And what makes you think I can help? I'd really like to focus on getting reunited with my friends," Atticus told him.

Warren took a deep breath. "Demons. They don't like us...especially with the angels double-crossing them to help us. Every night, they come and...steal some of our possessions, destroy parts of our homes, vandalize public property...we call them raiders."

"Uh," Atticus stalled, thinking of his next reply. "I'm not sure if I can help, really."

"But you certainly do have the build for it," Waren says. "And when we analyzed your body, we found you had all the perfect traits of a reliable helper against the demon raiders. What do you say you give it a shot?"

"I'm sorry, but I'd really rather get back to my friends," Atticus said, "I plan on leaving soon."

Grace just goes to a telephone and calls a random villager's house.

“Couldn’t you just stay one night?” Warren asked. “It’s best that we get all the help we can get.”

"Sorry, but I plan on leaving tonight."

"But how will you leave?" Warren asks. "Do you even know where you're going?"

"Well, how about you just try out the town for a day, and if you really think we need no more help with the raiders, leave?" Warren asks.

Grace waits behind a heavily wooded area for someone to come to her.

"No thanks," Atticus said.

A sudden noise is heard from out the window. People begin to scream.

Grace sees so.e wires and pulls her knife.

"Wait, what's happening?" Atticus asked, moving close to the window.

"Oh no. There seems to be..." Warren appeared at a loss for words. He looked outside and saw a hideous red figure lighting a box of matches on a storefront. "Looks-cough-like-cough..." Warren gagged. "They're here a bit early."

Grace watches what is going on from behind the bushes.

"They're here?" Atticus asked, slightly shocked.

The demon turned around, its wide mouth revealing several hideous gnashing teeth. Its two big black eyes focused on a young man walking nearby. Unleashing a terrifying fit of rage, the demon's gaze killed the man. More and more demons, each roaring, began to take the matches from the first demon, as if he was their leader. The demons then started eating the matches, instead propelling their own fire into every building they could see. All the townspeople looked back with extreme horror. They scuffled around, desperate to find shelter and the necessary supplies to deal with these demons. This was a different matter, they were attacking in the day time instead of at night.

Grace looked with a devilish delight. She took the opportunity and severed the wires, cutting the power.

"I should go now," Attticus said, moving from the window and gathering his stuff.

Grace: Now those fuckers won't be safe from me.

"No!" Warren yelled. "Do not abandon us!" He proceeded to throw all of Atticus' things out the window, causing them to get engulfed in flames. "Er, sorry..." Warren said, backing away nervously to the door.

"Wtf are you doing?" Atticus asked, angry and in shock.

Atticus didn't notice the beast outside the window.

"Yeah, I'm out of here." Atticus said, quickly walking out of his room.

Warren begged and pleaded for Atticus to return, but it was too no avail. Atticus exited the building. Warren walked to the window, his face pressed against the cold glass, and sighed as he noticed the demons wrecking everything in sight. “This will not end well,”

Atticus ignored Warren's pleas and continued walking from the building, seeing the destruction that the demons were causing and slowly slipping behind the building, hoping to get away from the town quietly.

## Grace

Grace was in her hut, waiting for a new victim.

A massive demon with scarlet-colored skin and bright white eyes soon came upon Grace's hut. He examined the woodwork very carefully, as if smelling to see whether or not this was a house worthy of destruction. The demon finally decided it was, then snuck over to the window and growled a terrifying growl as his teeth gnashed.

Grace looked at the knife. She just smiled at the demon, her eyeballs falling out, leaving a trail of blood around the sockets, and blood red dots for pupils.

The demon did not understand Grace's movements. He whipped out a can of dynamite and broke down the door with his immense strength. Slowly advancing towards Grace, his growls grew louder and louder. Eyeing her eyeballs, he carefully planted the dynamite and ran out laughing maniacally.

Grace ran out of the house, chasing the demon.

Meanwhile, a middle aged man is chucked into a pool in the city through a portal. The man gets and sees the death and destruction around him.

"WHIT TH' HELL!?!" The man yells, shocked by the desolate scene and the lack of technological machines such as supersonic airliners. This man is Harris Campbell, brought from an alternate version of Euclid, which is technologically superior to how it is in reality.

Meanwhile, more and more demons were crowding the burning town of Khalek. A host of them gathered near the city entrance. Each of these demons varied in appearance, all being white, black, purple, blue, or red, with eyes of varying colors, some solid, some with fires for pupils. In spite of somewhat differing body shapes, each had on the same intricate silver armor with spiked helmets, and mouths filled with a multitude of sharp fangs. It was a purple one with pure white eyes who took notice of Atticus. "He must be trying to escape," the demon laughed as he turned to his allies and joined them in eating people's personal possessions.

"Perfect fresh meat," A heavyset red one with coal black eyes said. The demons all gathered together to discuss what their next plan would be if Atticus saw them.

Harris sees the demons going after innocent. Enraged, he jumps out of the fountain, summons his atomic power armor, and flies at the red heavy set demon.

The demon takes out his hand and starts to choke Harris as Atticus gets closer. “Come towards us,” The demon growls. “Or this man gets it!”

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