Leaked Files No. 3

## The Return- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [05/25/2018 A.D.]

It's been around two years since the Rapture Event, the place where it all happened, when the war against Elysians started, is now called the *Aegis Point*. The debris and rubble have been cleared and all there is left are make shift shelters. In an open prairie, the clouds loom above, full to the brim with water to the point of being a dark green. A flash of lightning hits the ground, and Creed, Priestess, and Blink appear, looking around to get their bearings straight.

"I won't ever get used to that," remarks Priestess. She holds herself up with her newly bejeweled staff. Blink brushes himself off and cracks his neck. "Yeah, well the feeling's mutual," Creed says as he stretches out his limbs. "It's weird being back here. Especially after I was wanted for so long."

"It looks a lot better here now."

Priestess looks in the distance, pointing at what used to be called Warren Township. There are newly built houses and stores in place of the battered and damaged ones. "So wait, we actually get to rest for a bit?" Blink asks.

"Please God tell me we do," Creed says in response then begins to walk toward the newly renovated area. The township lights up with LED street lamps and the faint trickle from buildings. The people walk past the three, staring on. They go towards Aegis Point and find a shelter where their old school used to be. "I'm pretty sure we can stay here for a while," Priestess says. They walk up and see a person holding a tablet. He stops them and says, "State your name and age please". They all look at each other and begin to tell him their names.

## An Unexpected Face- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [05/25/2018 A.D.]

"Okay, you're all accepted," The man says as he minimizes the screen of his tablet and lets them walk through. There aren't many people there, most of them were students at the high school themselves, some of them badly injured and bloody. One was holding what used to be their right arm. "Jesus Christ," Creed murmurs as he walks by. The refugees are staring at them, some of them in awe, others in fear.

"Excuse me sir," one survivor says. "Is your name Creed?"

"On good days," Creed responds, winning a bunch of loud whispers and chatter.

"You're kind of known here."

"Yeah, some for not very good reasons."

"Yeah, your pictures are all over town, you fighting the Syndicate, people are calling you The Seventh Trumpet, because you came from the sky." The refugee then pulls up a picture of Creed touching down into The Syndicate HQ through a lightning bolt.

"Agh, they didn't get my good side." Creed examines the photo in curiosity.

"How did they get a picture of you though?" Blink asks, looking at the picture as well.

"I don't know, but uh....is my ass really that fat?" Creed asks, looking at his butt. He then hears a noise behind him, he quickly turns around and sees an unexpected. but not missed face. He stares back and then quickly looks away. "You have to be *shitting* me," Creed says out loud, enough for half of the room to hear him.

"Are you kidding me?" Blink says in annoyance.

"Oh no," Priestess says in worry. "Why are they here?"

"He survived the attack. Fucking hell," Creed let's out an exasperated sigh and walks out of the shelter. Priestess begins to follow after him but Blink stops her and says, "Let him be alone for a few. He needs to get his thoughts together. Especially when uh...Ethan's back."

"He wasn't always the nicest to us. At all."

"Yeah, a huge dick. Probably also upset we're alive. Worse that we're the talk of the world."

Blink and Priestess side-eye Ethan, who stare as they walk away to find them a room to stay in.

## Help- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [05/25/2018 A.D.]

Creed walks back into the shelter and meets up with Priestess and Blink, who find themselves a large room given to them in thanks for exposing the Syndicate. They talk for a while and tour around the building. Then something catches Creed's eye. "HEY LOOK WHAT IS THAT?" Creed suddenly sprints towards in in-building restaurant Restaurant and sees a shining object."

"...it's a spoon," Priestess says confused. Creed gives a look and responds, "No not that. THAT.". He walks towards a plaque, one that resembles the symbol on his left hand. It's captioned, "The mark of a hero".

He begins to say out loud, "I'm a hero? Nah, I can't be. Heroes don't kill..."

"They don't," A familiar voice says.

Creed turns around and sees Ethan who's looking at him dismissively. "Fuck you," was all Creed could mutter out as a response. "What do you want?"

"I need your help."

"And why would I help your snake ass?"

"Because we don't want to be wound up in your mess."

*"My* mess? I'm sorry, did we go to the same school? I'm pretty sure I remember the Valkyrie going all suicide bomber on us."

"You killed The Syndicate general."

"He was going to commit *genocide* you uneducated shithead."

"I think we would've been better off if he was still in power."

Creed then rushes at him and burns Ethan's right cheek. Ethan gives a yelp and then spits on Creed, the saliva evaporating instantly. Blink quickly pulls him back, with Creed kicking and cursing, "We're not fucking helping you, you asswipe, you can forget about that! Fuck you and everything you stand for!"

"Alright, time to go," Blink says as he pulls Creed away. However, Creed slips out of Blink's grasp and punches Ethan in the chest so that he hits the wall, with a grunt and a cough of blood coming from his mouth. Satisfied, Creed, fixing his beret, calmly walks away.

## An Attempt Was Made- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [08/15/2018 A.D.]

Creed and his crew walk the streets to revisit some of the places that they fought the Valkyrie in. They make it all the way back to the Capitol, where they all got their powers during a field trip Downtown. Creed kneels at the crumbled Soldiers and Sailors monument and looks at the newly erected marble slabs impaled into the ground. Hundreds, if not thousands of names litter the slabs of all the people that passed in the terrorist attack. He puts a flower down and closes his eyes. Blink and Priestess both also put a flower down and silently reminisce as well. Creed stands up and begins to say something, until he feels something hit off his head. He rubs his neck and turns around to see what hit him, only to see a bullet right at his feet. He looks around and sees a figure in one of the nearby buildings. He grows a set of wings and jumps at extreme speeds towards the building and lands directly in front of the assassin. He yelps in surprise and tries to run but is grabbed by the arm by Creed. He struggles to get free but to no avail.

Blink arrives with Priestess from the exit and guard it by placing an invisible shield in front of it. Blink grabs the assassin by the shirt and holds him against the wall. "So what was that stunt for?" Blink calmly asks. The attacker stammers a bit, "I was paid to do it!"

"Paid by who?"

"I can't tell you, if I do, they'll come for me."

Blink then holds his arms and starts to crush them. He writhes in pain. "I'm going to ask you again, who are you working for?"

"Okay! Okay! He calls himself Artillery. I don't know much about him. I just know he's the new boss around these parts. He saw you were coming through so he put a hit out on you."

"Blink, let him down," Creed says.

Blink reluctantly lets him go. The attacker catches his breath and looks at Creed.

"What's your name?"

The attacker stares and then says, "My names Johnny. People 'round here call me Sneak though."

"Well, Sneak, you said they would come for you if you told us this information to us?"

"Yeah I'm kinda dead already, so you might as well kill me."

"We're not going to kill you, actually, we might need your help."

"Help?"

"If there's trouble around here, it needs to be taken care of, but we can't do it alone. Not just the three of us. Maybe we'll have a group reunion." Creed looks at the sky and then at Sneak. Sneak gets a bit uncomfortable. "You can find information, right Sneak? You said 'people around here' meaning people must know you and you know them."

"Well, yeah."

"Interesting." Creed walks up closer to Sneak. Sneak feels the heat of his presence. "Do you think you could find some people that I know?"

"What's in it for me?"

"I don't think you're in a position to make demands."

"...you right you right. Sorry sir."

"I guess I can pay you for it. How's that?"

"I never say no to some paper."

"Good, good. Take this." Creed gives him a piece of paper with a bunch of names on it.

"What's this?" Sneak asks looking down the list.

"It's a bunch of people I knew from the Elysian War. I want you to ask around for their whereabouts and ask that they meet me at Aegis Point."

"Okay. I'll ask around. Again, sorry that I tried to kill you. You'll protect me if they come for me right...?"

"Yeah of course. I kinda need you. Welcome to the crew."

Sneak nods and walks out of the door, which has now been opened by Priestess. She looks over and asks, "You want the group back?" Creed slowly nods and smiles. "I think we need a lot more people to make that sanctuary we were talking about. Especially to help us finish off the Syndicate. I know they're still hiding around."

"I miss them."

"So do I. Hopefully at least some of them are alive and accept our invitation."

The three walk out of the building and head back to Aegis Point, and wait for Sneak's return.

## A Warning- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [08/22/2018 A.D.]

Creed checks his phone and sees a few messages in his inbox. He has a few messages from his old friend El Diablo. He smiles at their acceptance to join him. He ten frowns hearing most of the people he fought with in the Elysian War were killed by Syndicate agents, and no one has found out where Azure Rose was still. Creed says to himself, "Well, at least we got one." He notices his necklace start to glow and out pops a metallic ring with wings and an eye looking at him. He looks a bit confused until he hears it speak a familiar voice.

"Hey, kid," the flying being says, as he floats around Creed. "Preach?" Creed asks, following its path.

"That's right. Got something you should know if you haven't already figured it out."

"What's that?"

"Well, I am God."

"Yeah I kinda figured as I was kicking Havelock's ass."

"You're probably wondering why I even chose you. It will come in due time, but for now, I have to warn you. An ancient evil has woken back up. Due to Syndicate's efforts."

"Oh really? What is it? You have intel on him? Actually, forget I asked that, of course you do, you're God."

"The Leviathan."

"The Leviathan?"

"I'll explain more eventually, but right now, I advise you to stay away. You aren't ready for him."

"If you say so. But if he steps to me I will beat his ass."

"You better not if you want to stay alive."

"If you say so...what should I call you?"

"God works."

"Doesn't feel friendly enough. How about uh...Jehv?"

"Jehv?"

"Yeah, short for Jehovah Jirah. That's your name right?"

"Huh. That works."

"Cool. Then you are now Jehv."

Jehv flies back into Creed's necklace, to which he looks at it as it glowed faintly. He gets up and walks back to the shelter they're staying in, and find Sneak waiting for them. "Got intel for you on where Artillery's at," Sneak says before showing him his GPS. Creed looks and sees directions to a nearby warehouse. Creed looks at Sneak and smiles. "Good job man. Now we can make sure you and your family is safe."

"I appreciate that Creed for real. I hope y'all do okay. I gotta go, but be safe."

Sneak hand shakes Creed and walks off. As he does, Creed messages Priestess and Blink and tells them to get ready in a few weeks to take care of the city's largest threat.

## First Encounter- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [09/01/2018 A.D.]

Creed and the crew go into the warehouse and sees drugs being smuggled and packaged. He walks towards them and casually says, "So I heard there were drugs here? Mind if I light one?" After that, he burns a stack of packages and they all explode. "Woah. Must be some bomb ass cocaine....what? Nothing? No laugh? You guys aren't fun." The room full of dealers all pull out a gun, some even with shotguns. "Oooooh you guys came strapped. Luckily I don't need to hold around mine." At that moment Creed quickdraws his sawn-off from his necklace and fires a shell into the nearest thug, his blood splattering all over the guy next to him who looks on in terror. "What are you waiting for? Shoot the bastard!" a dealer says.

On command, everyone opens fire on the three, but Creed then summons his shield and blocks the incoming bullets along with Priestess's aura shields. Blink speeds around breaking necks and throwing others into walls. He then throws a supercharged ball of fire in the middle of the room and it explodes setting off a chain reaction with the drugs, leveling the whole warehouse. The three stand at the center unharmed due to Priestess's shield. "So the drugs were actually explosives," Creed says. "But what for?"

Suddenly a voice calls out, "That's for you to figure out."

Creed looks around puzzled and then says, "You know, I really do hate these kinds of encounters." He finds the person who was talking and sees a tall man. His skin was dark and had a few braids in his hair. His facial hair was kept and clean and he wore grey body armor along with a tight-suit. "Annnnd you are?"

"Artillery."

"Ooooh, so you're the man who's behind all this."

"You learn fast."

"I was in AP."

"Let me ask you something, why would you even come back here to this hellhole of a city?"

"That's my business."

"It's mine now."

"I didn't know you owned a stake in my business. Even if it was, it'd probably be like a 48% stake, maybe 49% if you're-"

"Stay out of my way, if you know what's best."

"You know, I really don't like being told what to do. To be honest, I've wasted too much time talking to you. I have to report to Levi Abaddon that you're becoming more of a nuisance."

Creed gets a sudden chill at the name and then pulls out his shotgun and fires at Artillery. The pellets directly hit Artillery, but he looks unaffected by them.

"Come the fuck on," Creed whines. "That's bullshit and you know it, I literally shot at you point blank there is no way you could have even not gotten scratched by that you fucking-"

"Good-bye, Creed." Artillery simply walks off.

"Hey. Hey! Palm tree! Don't walk away from me, you bitch! Who is Levi?! Who do you work for?! I'm talking to you! You hear me? DO YOU FUCKING HEA- Oh he's already gone."

Blink and Priestess look around for any survivors and look back to Creed. Blink asks, "So, what do you wanna do about him

He kicks the ground and the rubble reacts like charcoal, by glowing at its center. Eventually, after staring at the wreckage that he caused, he walks back to Aegis Point and falls asleep right in his bed.

## The Valkyrie and The Leviathan- Gates, Heaven, CRNDCE-218 [09/02/2018 A.D.]

In Creed's sleep, he travels his thoughts. He looks around and sees a door in the middle of the darkness. He opens it and sees the Gates of Heaven in front of him as he walks in, with Jehv standing there. "Jehv?" Creed says to get his attention. "What's going on?"

"You're asleep right now, kid," Jehv responds as he looks through a book. "You're gonna be with me for a bit."

"I have a question: Why do I feel familiar with this Levi guy? Why did I shudder at his name?"

"It's time you know I suppose."

"Oh more story time."

"In the beginning, before the Earth was born in this universe, there was me, and another man. This man had no name and he had scales and sharp teeth. He wore proper black garments and even had long slender nails. I called him The Leviathan. We created the planets and the stars in what was just darkness.  We weren't satisfied with it being just us, so we created Earth and the life within it. I created servants and followers as well to help me in my realm of light, to which I called 'Heaven'. The Leviathan created horrors and creatures to threaten the life on Earth and made his own realm called 'The Abyss' We disagreed about how the world should be built and we parted ways. The powerful warriors that I created were called Valkyries and I sent one down to Earth with no memory and stripped her of most of her powers.

Her name was Ka'Rellia the Creedent. She fought her way to peace on the land and The Leviathan did not like it at all. He came to earth himself as an evil king with the power of corruption to try and defeat Ka'Rellia, but she became a powerful warrior, remembering her past and her purpose. After she defeated The Leviathan, he uttered, 'You will be cursed by my presence through all of your generations. I will not stop until your line is extinguished.' and slinked back to his realm.

For centuries and even millennia, your line has been fighting The Leviathan and wins every time. However, he never fought your mother, as she was the one to deliver you, the most powerful in your line, to this world, and I kept her safe in Heaven until you were born. You're a part of the legendary House of Creedence. That's why you're different from most Elysians. Your powers awakened and they're growing. Soon you'll become one of the strongest Elysians alive."

Creed takes it all in and looks down at his mark. He touches it and it emanates a faint white glow. A mixture of light and darkness comes out of the mark and shows an almost holographic model of a woman. She was tall, with light reddish-brown skin and green hair. She held a small shield on her right hand and a broadsword in her left. On her neck branded the same mark as Creed's. He looks in awe and the light fades. "So what about Levi? He's the Leviathan?" Creed inquires. Jehv responds with, "He takes the form of many things to try and install himself into civilization. Now, he's a boy, your age, who tries to fit in and corrupts the mind of people to come after you and your folk."

Creed looks at a picture of Levi which had appeared after Jehv was finished talking. He had a black suit jacket with a white shirt and a purple tie. He was fair-skinned and had vantablack hair. His eyes were scarlet red with his pupils being diamond-shaped like a reptile with his left eye having a dried bloody scar over it. He smiled, exposing his sharp incisors and pure white teeth. Creed got closer to the picture and it disappeared into the darkness. Creed looks at Jehv, and says, "So what is this, the cliche Light vs. Darkness?" Jehv laughs and looks at him with hopeful eyes. "I chose you for a reason, Creed," Jehv starts. "You know in reality darkness cannot prosper without light and vicey versey. I want you to finally be able to end Leviathan's malice and corruption in this world before he starts spreading it to other places,"

"I see. I'll keep that in mind. He'll get what's coming to him when I see him. So, what now?"

"Well, you wake up."

"What?"

"I said wake up, you're asleep."

"Well now that you say that, I don't want to wake up. Sleep is godly."

Jehv sighs and then snaps his fingers, causing Creed to jerk awake in the real world. He looks around and sees Blink and Priestess watching him. They walk to his bedside. Blink asks, "You good? You were tossing and turning heavy in your sleep." Creed waves in dismissal, "Yeah all good. Just hat a chat with God. You know, the usual." Priestess smiles and pats him on the shoulder. "I'm sure it was important. What's the plan now?"

Creed gets up and stretches. "We find Artillery again and kill him. Pretty easy. And then we locate his boss. Goes by Levi. Unique look. You'll recognize him when you see him." Creed hums and walks out into the lobby. Blink and Priestess also dress until they hear shouting. They quickly rush out and see that Creed and Ethan are arguing.

## Traitors and a New Threat- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [09/02/2018]

"You told him *what?!*" Creed asks angrily to Ethan. He responds with, "I told him where you were doing business and causing trouble."

"So...you mean *here? In Aegis Point?*"

"Yes."

"You realize that this is a fucking shelter with hurt people?"

"You need to be stopped."

"I'm trying to help this city if you couldn't tell."

"You're trying to make Artillery kill us."

"As if telling him that I was here would make it better?"

"Yes because he's going to focus on you and you only."

"You know, Ethan, I liked you until you became an absolute dickwad."

"I never liked you."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

"You need to stop what you're doing, Creed. The city is doing just fine without you."

Creed glares at Ethan and clenches his fist and threatens, "If any of these people get hurt, that's your head." He begins to walk off until he hears a gunshot and glass breaking. Screams were heard in the other room. Creed, Blink, and Priestess rush to the other room to find a bullet hole not only in the window, but in the head of a refugee. Creed hears more shots and he runs in front of the window and summons his shield which deflects the bullets. "Ethan is so fucking dead!" Creed shouts as he summons Marko and fires off several shots. The bullets stop coming, but Creed keeps his shield to the window. He looks over at the now-dead refugee. He gets angry and crashes through the window. In the distance he sees dozens of Artillery's men coming up to the building. Blink appears near Creed and Priestess floats down to them. "Ready?" Blink asks while looking at the oncoming force.

"Couldn't be any readier," Creed replies and jumps and slams his fist into the ground, creating an electric shockwave. Blink crushes a few skulls and knocks others hundreds of meters away. Creed looks at his necklace and says to himself, "I wonder what other things I can pull out of this." He touches the necklace and a war hammer comes out of it. It's beautifully bejeweled and heavy at the mallet. "Oh hell yeah!" Creed says as he spins it around, smashing and bashing dozens of goons. He throws the hammer and the mallet plows through a line of Artillery's men then reappears instantly in his hand. "Hmmm what else is in this bag of tricks," he says as he touches the necklace again. The hammer becomes replaced with a large bladed Great Sword. Creed gives a satisfied smile and gives a heavy swing. The swing lets out a wave of sharp light that cut enemies in the way cleanly in half. "Thank you ancestors!" Creed takes on more of the enemies while Priestess and Blink deal with the stragglers.

After a while, the enemies stop coming. Creed gives a sigh of relief but then sees Artillery walking towards him, gun in hand. He readies his sword and shield and shouts, "You need to hire better men."

"It appears I do. But why would I if I can just take you on right here?" Artillery says as he aims his gun and fires. Creed deflects the shot and charges at him. Artillery jumps away and fires more shots at Creed with one bullet grazing his jacket. Creed pulls out Marko and fires several shots towards him but the pellets fall flat on the ground before him. "What the hell is protecting him...?" Creed says to himself. "Maybe if I ask. Hey dude! What are you being protected by?"

"Why would I answer that question?"

"Uhhh to be nice, duh."

"Well I'm not nice."

Shortly after, an intense dark aura surrounds Artillery as he gasps for air and collapses to the ground. Walking out of the mist left behind is an average height, fair skinned teenage boy with black hair. He had a scar over his right eye and wore a proper black suit. He spoke to Creed eloquently, "Hello Creed."

"Hi random person that came out of that dude," Creed responds. "Were you in him? Aw dude that's gross."

"You might have heard of me."

"I would know if you said your name? That's kinda how this works."

"My name is Levi Abaddon."

"Ooooh the creepy dude Jehv told me about. I getcha. Hey, can you not like try and destroy the world and everything?"

"Destroy it? I only want to make the world in my image."

"By wrecking shit?"

"Like a volcano or a wildfire, destruction is always followed by creation."

"Riiiiight. So who's Artillery to you?"

"Simple, a follower. One who wants to see a new world entirely."

"So...you then kill him?"

"I figured he was no use of me anymore."

"Dude. That's just fucked up."

"He will be remembered in the recreation of the world."

"Well, sorry but I can't let you just destroy everything."

"It's not like you can stop me."

"Watch me."

## Angel vs Demon- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [09/02/2018]

Creed lunges at Levi who casually stands and watches. Creed gets closer and swings his broadsword, which has the word "Reinigen" engraved on the body, but Levi dodges by teleporting behind him and hitting him with the hilt of a sword he manifests out of a dark mist. Creed gives a pained grunt and turns around and swings again, this time with blades clashing. The two sword fight for a while, each blow creating high pressures of wind. "This is the latest in the Family?" Levi mocks. "You bring shame to your House's name." Levi kicks Creed away and he falls to the ground.

He coughs and tries to pick up his sword but Levi kicks it away and points the edge of his blade to his neck. "You're weak, Creed," Levi says. "You need to find out how to keep up with me. Otherwise, you can kiss this world goodbye. " Blink appears behind Levi and tries to put him in an arm lock but is quickly flipped over and thrown to the ground with force. "Don't ever touch me," Levi says with disgust. He then turns around and deflects a blast from Priestess. She fires another shot and Levi deflects it back at her, to where she absorbs the hit with a shield. "He's so strong..." she mutters. Levi smiles and starts to walk away. That's when Creed gets up and faces Levi yet again. He utters, "I will kill you. No matter what I have to do." He then takes out his sword and swings at Levi again. Levi dodges casually and smacks Creed. "You're pathetic. I can't believe Jehovah chose you."

With much effort, Creed sits up and says weakly, "This world is not yours. It never has and it never will be." Levi looks at him and backhands Creed then says, "With someone like you around, it will be mine. Ta ta for now, Creed." He suddenly furls himself in devilish wings and disappears.  "Aight bitch," Creed says to himself and slowly gets up. He finds his Reinigen and picks it up. He looks for Blink and Priestess and helps them both up. "Is everyone inside okay?" Creed asks with concern. Priestess nods and heals all three of them. "You can't win them all," Blink says. "At least we protected the place. That's all that matters."

"But that prep school shitwipe is still out there," Creed complains.

"I know, but right now we need to recover and regroup."

"Fine, but I want his head on my doorstep the next time we meet."

"It will come. Let's make a plan when we go back inside."

"Yeah, let's."

The three step over mutilated and dead bodies and get back to the shelter. Blink trips over a colon entangled between two bones stuck in the ground. Priestess floats over the crimson river flowing down the hill. Creed jumps to the open part of the ceiling into the Shelter. He plans for a way to at least hurt Levi. He tasks Priestess and Blink to train and find other people to recruit into their group as he goes to train alone with Jehv. He will show he's no pushover, and take on Levi head on once again.

## The Send Off- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [03/15/2019 A.D.]

Creed finally returns to Aegis Point and meets with Priestess and Blink, who warmly welcome him home. "We missed you. How was your journey?" Priestess asks. Creed cracks his neck and responds, "It went pretty well. Learned a lot of things and even found out more about my necklace. How have you guys been?" Blink adds in, "Really well. We actually found a few new faces. Elysians, they got our call. Wanna meet them?" Creed excitedly nods and follows Blink into the lobby, where multiple people are. One catches his eye instantly. It's a tall woman with forest green hair and antlers atop her head. She has bandages wrapping around her head and covering her right eye. She also has a white snake coiled around her neck. She has her available eye closed and is seemingly meditating in the air. Creed walks up to her and examines her. Shortly after, she responds with, "Nice to meet you, my name is Aaliyah Paladinia. I've been in hiding for a few years after I was transformed into...this." Creed looks in awe and responds, "N-nice to meet you too. I'm-"

"Creed. I know of you. You are the one who killed General Matthew Havelock."

"Ah right, I forgot everyone knows about that."

"I knew it would happen. The web of fate said it so."

"Web of...fate?"

"Ah I suppose it is time to introduce my ability. I am able to see the future. I am also able to see the fates of individuals as well. I am also able to see the past fates as well of a person. "

"Woah. That's...that's wild."

"Indeed. Would you like to know your future?"

"Sure. Go ahead."

The woman breathes in and the entire space around them becomes space. Creed looks around and sees multiple stars and galaxies in the distance. He looks at the woman as lines spread across the space they're in. She starts, "Here Lies Fate, Creed. You will face Levi again and it will be a decisive fight. You will have the assistance of your friends old and new. You will also find an amazing discovery." Creed looks at the woman and says, "That's a good name for you." The woman nudges her head to the side. "What do you mean?"

"Here Lies Fate. It's a good alias for you."

The woman finally opens up her available eye, which is revealed as a rose shade. She answers, "Yes. Here Lies Fate will be a good name." Creed smiles geekily and Fate giggles in response. She asks, "Is that all that you wish to know about your fate, Creed?" He thinks for a bit and asks, "Will our world heal?"

"That is...hard to know for now. It is extremely cloudy."

"I see, thank you for trying anyways."

"I would love to assist you in defeating Levi. I am capable of defending myself and taking care of my own."

"Hell of course you can. More help is good. I feel we'll need it."

Fate closes her eye again and the space around them shrinks back into her. He looks around and sees another fairly tall woman. She has a muscular build and is wearing corduroys. "And you are?" Creed says as he walks up to her. "My name is Bellona Timothy. Nice to meetcha," she responds holding out her hand. He shakes it and notices her firm grip. "I assume you work out a lot?" He asks.

"Here and there. I mostly work on machines and electronics. Got to be strong to carry heavy stuff around."

"You know electronics?"

"I'd say I'm pretty tech-savvy yeah."

"Nice. What do you do?"

"I can create tools and gadgets, mostly electrical ones. Comes in handy when I need a tool I don't have in my box. Of course those tools can also be weapons. Like drills and screwdrivers and whatnot."

"Yeah that's actually really useful. It's nice to have you on the team."

"You seem pretty sturdy yourself. How about from time to time we test our strength? It'll be fun."

"Shit, why not. Beating Blink has gotten boring."

"It's settled then. Glad to be a part of the team."

"As am I."

Creed looks over and sees his old friend El Diablo. He also notices that they look a bit different from when they last met. "Yo Teddy, what happened to your chest?" El Diablo looks at their chest and smiles, "Ah, just some attempt on my life. No big deal. They got me good though. Syndy bastards."

"Well I'm glad you're alright. And it's good to see you again."

"Same here Creed. Fighting with you again will be fun."

The two dap each other up and Creed back up to look at the newly grown team. He then announces, "Well, with the larger team we have now, I'm sure we'll be able to at least give Levi a run for his money. Letting you guys know this is a being we've never seen or fought before. He's not like the Valkyrie, and he isn't like Havelock. They don't even come close to him. So we need to be ready and most of all be careful. I don't want any of you dead. Priestess will be our defense. Healing people who need it and shielding from fatal blows. The rest of you will be fighting with me. If you feel injured please go to Priestess immediately. So you can get back into the fight. So, you guys ready?" The group nod and exclaim their excitement. Creed smiles and leads them to Levi's domain, in the heart of the city.

## Deterrence- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Earth-218 [03/17/2019 A.D.]

They finally arrive to where Levi is. He's in the old Capitol with a bunch of demons guarding the entrance. Creed and the crew walk towards the entrance, to which the demons growl in response. Creed looks at them and casually takes out his shotgun to shoot both of them. He fires at two of them and the others scatter like timid dogs. He kicks the door in and shouts, "Hey you preppy fuck come on out!" He doesn't get a response. Creed groans and walks in. "I better not catch you jacking off or something cause that'll be bad for both of us," he says into the rotunda. The crew scan the area while also sticking close to Creed. He finds the main office and opens it, seeing Levi eating. "Oh was lunch break now? I think I missed the memo," Creed quips. Levi takes cuts up a piece of meat, which is still extremely bloody and puts it in his mouth with a fork. "I know people like rare but that's basically still breathing," Creed comments. Levi looks up and wipes his face with a napkin. He replies with, "Humans are better fresh than they are cooked." This throws Creed off and he says while gagging, "Yeah you're definitely not a sick fuck for sure."

"I guess we'll do this now hm?"

"I didn't come here for nothing."

"You are so eager to die."

"How many times have you said that to my bloodline?"

Levi looks annoyed and bares his sharp teeth. He gets up and pulls a gun from the mist. It's a large desert eagle. He aims it at Creed and fires four shots, to which Creed responds by taking out his shield and blocking them all. Creed shouts behind him, "Let's get this fuck!" The other members of the team fan out and surround Levi. He looks at all of them and chuckles, "You think you can actually stop me? I've killed billions of people in my time. I'm not going to die to some lowly scum." Levi manifests a scythe and goes for Bellona first. She looks surprised but then jumps as soon as Levi swings. She creates a nailgun and starts shooting it at Levi mid-air. The nails hit Levi and he gives an annoyed grunt. "Don't fuck up. My *suit.*" He throws out a concussive blast and blows Bellona away towards the wall. She hits it hard and struggles to get up. Priestess rushes to her and makes a shield of aura around her and comforts, "I got you. You'll be just fine." Levi sees this and lunges at Priestess, but his scythe crosses paths with Fate's spear. Her eye opens and stares down Levi. "How low of a move for someone who tries to act so superior," she comments as she pushes him away. The spear starts to illuminate and with it the ground begins to break under her. She holds out her free hand and the rubble that levitates turns into sharp spikes and rush at high speeds towards Levi. He spins his scythe, blocking many of the projectiles but gets his in the shoulder by one. She stops the sonslaught and charges at him with the spear. She barely misses him and she immediately follows up with a twirling slash. Levi dodges the attacks and laughs as he does. "I'll give you some credit. You have a heart of determination. But that'll only go so far." He grabs her spear and slams her to the ground. He puts a hand to her neck and slowly begins to choke her.

Fate struggles to get him off her but to no avail. She struggles to shout for help but is saved by a large demon, who lands a blow on Levi's face, sending him through the wall. The demon helps her up and she looks confused. El Diablo walks towards them and asks, "Are you okay?" She smiles and nods, then looks towards the hole in the wall, which is slowly starting to crumble.

Shortly after, the wall completely collapses and there is Levi, standing whilst cleaning his suit off. He says with irritation, "Well, there goes my abode. I hope you'll pay for that." Creed jumps towards him and lands in front of him, quipping, "Well, once you show me the deed, I'll get that sorted right away."

"It's useless you know. You've barely touched me."

"I counted three nails, one sharp rock, and a solid fucking punch to the face. I'd say that's pretty good."

"Nothing but mere lucky shots."

"Uh huh, sure buddy. Anyways, let's continue."

Creed pulls out Reinigen and gets into an offensive stance. Levi scoffs and readies his scythe. The two stand for a moment before Creed rushes him. He sends a flurry of slashes and stabs at Levi, to which he defends by dodging and blocking them. Creed smiles and then says, "Look alive!" As he does, Marko appears in his other hand and he shoots Levi directly in the chest. Black liquid splatters out of Levi's wounds and he backs up. His grunt has a double voice of a more demonic tone. He grits his teeth at Creed and says, "You ruined my suit." Creed twirls his shotgun and insults, "It looks like shit anyways." Levi gets angrier and a demonic wing comes out of his right side. He jumps up high and starts to create an orb from his hands. Creed summons a set of wings and jumps up to follow him. Levi shouts, "I'm DONE toying with you!" He fires the orb at Creed and it explodes before it hits him. Creed gets blown back into a building. "Felt *that* one," he says to himself as he gets back up. He summons another set of wings and jumps towards Levi again to which the demon responds by firing another orb at him. Creed pulls out his shield and expands it to around 9 feet in diameter, successfully blocking it. He keeps moving towards him and eventually smacks into him, but Creed doesn't stop. He summons his final third set of wings and sends him and Levi towards the Exosphere.

Levi stops them both and he shouts in anger. "You little *shit,*" he snarls as he pulls out his deagle again and fires a volley of shots. Creed playfully deflects them all with just sword and giggles. "Upset someone's keepin up with ya huh?"

"You ruined my *suit*."

"You're...still on that?"

"I had it tapered for millennia!"

"....okay?"

"IT WAS CUSTOM MADE!"

".....wow. Okay. Interesting priorities. Anyways. You mind leaving now?"

"I want you *dead*."

"Yeah, a lot of bad guys I fought have said that."

Levi lunges at Creed, to which he flies at Mach speed towards him. It looks like Creed completely missed Levi as floats behind him, but not a moment later, black liquid pours out of Levi's torso. He shrieks in pain and turns to look at Creed with hateful eyes. "How dare you lay your blade on me. You worthless pile of flesh."

"OooOOooOOo how dare I- shut up. Anyways, guess this is goodbye."

"Yes. Goodbye, for now."

"Oh don't you dare lea-"

Before Creed finishes his sentence, Levi jettisons himself out of the atmosphere. Creed watches as he slowly rounds his way around the sun to the opposite side of it. "Uh, what the fuck?" Creed says to himself as he watches. He has half the mind to follow him, but then remembers to check on his team. He divebombs towards the battle scene and lands softly on the street. The team runs to him and Priestess hugs him. "You're safe!" she exclaims as she bear hugs him. "Yeah, of course I am. Thanks to you guys." Fate walks up and curtsies. "You are a true warrior. Your fate was not wrong. But your mission is not done." Creed nods and confirms, "Levi is still alive. Fucked him up good though. He was heading around the sun. I don't know what's over there. Would be weird to go to another planet with no one living on it. Earth's the only place."

Fate opens her eye and says, "Maybe not." She then moves aside to see Kam walking up to Creed. "Holy shit, Kam you're back. When did you get here?" Kam replies, "Just a few moments ago. The team told me everything. I will explain later, but for now, I have an announcement for you. You were talking about making a sanctuary for Elysians. Well, I think you'll like this news: I recruited many Elysians in hiding and one of them had found a large land mass in the North Atlantic. We erected it, and have already started building it."

"Yo Kam, that's awesome. You've been busy."

"We're about a few months into the building, but we've made a lot of progress due to our technological advancements."

Bellona catches ear of this and asks Kam, "You guys are making machines and shit? Yo I'm down to help."

"You have experience?"

Bellona then smirks and creates multiple tools from thin air. Kam looks impressed and says, "You'll be the lead engineer then. Well, if the leader agrees." He then looks at Creed, who looks lost at first. The rest look at Creed and he looks back still confused. Priestess nudges and says, "I think he means you." Creed looks surprised and stammers, "Wait me? Nah nah I'm sure you can find another leader. Someone who's actually good at that thing." Fate argues, "You were a great leader in the Elysian War and fighting the Syndicate. You also sent Levi away. I would say that you would be an amazing leader...dear Seraph."

"Seraph?"

"The highest Angel in God's army. The strongest as well."

Kam and the others agree and look eagerly at Creed. He looks at the sky and sees the trail of smoke that Levi left behind, then looks back at them and nods. "Even if I become leader, we do things together. Deal?" Priestess smiles and answers, "Of course Creed. We're with you every step of the way." Kam pats him on the back and says, "Well, time to head to our new home. Shall we?"

## A New Mission- Hazor, Earth-218 [06/12/2019 A.D.]

The newborn nation has already seen a boom in progress and technology. With the country being mainly escaped Elysians, the population has reached well into the millions. In the time the country has been alive, and through the help of Dr. Kam and Bellona, they've been able to create starships that were seen as futuristic on their world. They were also able to create new gates off of the Syndicate's old multiversal travel technology. They were able to successfully create wormholes into different universe. Creed had taken the role of being Head of State of the new nation, under the title "Seraph". He also found an official name for the team he was growing, naming it Seraphim, which fit well within the entire theme of the team and the country as a whole. Slowly, the team turned into an entire organization. After the creation of the organization, Creed appointed many of his main team members as Cherubs, which were second to the Seraphs. Here Lies Fate was given a seat among the Cherubs but was also mainly the new Chief Officer of their military division, named the Dominion. Her title as head of the Dominion was the Domination. She was awarded this after multiple showings of her strategic skills and exceptional leadership.

Due to the new technological advancements, Kam was finally able to come to the Seraph about Levi. He walks to the main building with Bellona and say to Creed, "Seraph, I think we have all the information we need to tell you about Levi's new location." Creed gets up his chair and asks with excitement, "Yeah?! Where is he?"

"He's on another Earth."

"Like another Universe's Earth?"

"No. There is another Earth in our solar system."

Creed stops and stares for a minute. He then asks, "How long has it been there?"

"According to our research, it's as old as this Earth."

"And we've never discovered this why?"

"The second Earth orbits perfectly opposite of ours. Meaning when we're in Winter, they are in Summer and vice versa. Perfectly rotating around the sun to be out of each other's sight."

"Holy shit."

"I know. it's a lot to take in."

"So what's he doing there?"

"Most likely trying to make an army in that untouched Earth."

"Well, we gotta stop him then."

Bellona hugs Creed and says, "This won't end until Levi is completely gone, Creed." Creed's face turns hot and hugs back, "Yeah I know. You guys have been great at finding him."

"You want to take the new ship I made?"

"Of course. You always make the greatest stuff."

Bellona grins and boasts, "It's the fastest ship in the universe. Fuck miles per hour, this thing goes Astronomical Units per hour thanks to dark matter and a crazy engine."

"Woah, I almost forgot what an Astronomical Unit was."

"Wasn't important until now."

Creed and Bellona smile at each other. Kam interjects playfully, "Well, lovey-dovey stuff aside. You want to go now Creed? The sooner we stop Levi the better." They blush and Creed answers, "Yeap. Let's get to it."

They all head to the hangar and Bellona takes the ship off its fueling tanks. Creed gets into the cockpit and turns on the radio communicator. "This thing on?" Creed says as he makes strange noises. Bellona giggle and answers, "Loud and clear Creed. Systems are online. You're good to go. Good luck."

"Don't burn down the house while I'm gone!~"

Creed slowly lifts the ship in hover mode. He puts in the coordinates for the second Earth and slowly ramps up speed towards the exosphere. In no time, he breaks out of the planet and heads towards the new world. He readies himself for a second match with Levi, and hopes to end it, once and for all.