The End of Artemis

**The End of Artemis**

**Started March 21st 2022**

**Finished April 5th 2022**

## ACT I - Crimson

Dark shadows circled Terra. She looked around. She couldn’t see anything. It was all blurry. Her eyes burned, her ears rang, and her body…ached. Her body ached. She repeated the thought in her head. Her body ached. A feeling she hadn’t felt in years and years. She breathed heavily, and was holding her head. She looked at her hand to see blood had started to drip. She felt the top of her head, and felt the wound. Her orange hair was stained with streaks of crimson red. Crimson. Crimson. That color. The one she had grown to hate.

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12 Hours Earlier.

Tempest looked outside, snow was just touching the ground. He was sitting at the kitchen table with an oversized sweater on. It was worn, but lovingly worn. Not abused like Tempest’s other clothes. Terra was standing in the hallway with cups of coffee. Tempest looked up, his face brightened.

Tempest: Hey, how was your day?

Terra: Same old, same old. I’m happy to be home with you now.

Tempest smiled. Terra set down Tempest’s coffee and sat next to him.

Terra: It’s hot.

Tempest: You say that like it’d be an issue.

Terra: Don’t act like your still young, old man.

Tempest took a sip of his coffee. Terra watched him attentively. She watched him shudder.

Terra: Ha! I knew it!

Tempest: Oh shut up.

Terra: I knew it. I knew it. We really are getting weak.

Terra and Tempest were much less muscular then they used to be. Terra’s hair was still ginger, but it was obvious she had been dying it. They had even acquired some wrinkles. The years clearly weren’t kind to the couple. They both had scars sprinkled throughout their bodies. Terra had a large scar across her face. Terra was short, but firm. With soft features. She had large piercing green eyes. Tempest had light gray eyes. They moved almost robotically. He was taller than Terra, but short for a man. They clearly both weren’t expecting fights anymore. Tempest wore pajama pants and a sweater that was passed down from Terra, which he treasured. Terra had just come in, she wore green jeans and an oversized white button-up shirt. She took it off and set it down behind her. She put on a sweater that was similar to Tempest’s. It had dragons fighting on it.

Tempest: Hey. Look.

The TV had been on in the background. The recently re-established president of the United States was on TV making a press conference. President Jayden Bordon.

Bordon: The situation in California will be handled accordingly. As a country, it’s our job to take action. As your president, we will take action.

People gathered around Bordon, each and everyone trying to be respectfully louder than each other so he could hear their questions.

Bordon: No further questions. Thank you.

Terra: Fucking bastard…

Tempest: It’s only been 5 years. I still can’t believe he’s back.

Terra: How did he do it…I see his eyes. He’s going to come after us. Why hasn’t he?

Tempest: I don’t think he cares anymore. As long as we don’t mess with him, I don’t think sitting here and drinking coffee is fucking with him.

Terra: He could probably spin it that way somehow. Hey, turn off the TV.

Tempest: What?

Terra: The press conference ended anyway. Just turn it off.

Tempest turned off the TV. Terra grabbed some tape.

Terra: The tape fell off.

Terra went over to the TV monitor. She covered up what looked like a camera.

Tempest: Oh, okay.

Terra: Please try and stay on top of that, okay?

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Terra and Tempest were laying in bed together. Tempest had fallen asleep. Terra kissed him on the head and left their room. She went to her daughter’s door and knocked.

Terra: Hey, Rhea? I’m back. Are you in there?

Terra heard the TV in her room. But there was no response. She opened the door. Maybe she just had headphones on. But there was nobody in her room. It was just the TV running.

Terra: Where…?

She looked in her room. She was nowhere to be found. Terra went to the window. It was shut. She opened the window. The screen had been pulled up. Terra looked down. She closed her eyes and focused. She heard rustling in the woods. She jumped out the window and landed on the ground lightly. She walked into the woods. As the sound got more apparent. She kept walking. When the sound got quieter. She’s hiding. She was hiding in the dark. It’s not like Terra’s hearing was as good as it used to be.

Terra: Rhea! Come out!

Nothing. No answer.

Terra: Rhea!

Terra heard rustling again. She heard Rhea come out of a bush, and looked over.

Rhea: Wow…Mom! What a coincidence seeing you out here!

Terra: Rhea…This is the sixth time I’ve had to come out here to find you. What was it this time?

Rhea: Can you come look?

Terra: Yes.

Rhea walked Terra through the woods. They went deeper and deeper, Rhea pointed into a trench. There was a large dog in the trench, unmoving. One of it’s paws seemed to be missing.

Terra: It’s bigger animals…Everytime it’s bigger animals. This dog wasn’t wild either. You…Killed someone’s dog.

Rhea: It wouldn’t stop barking at me. It was pissing me off.

Terra: Pissing you off? That’s all that matters to you?

Rhea: Are you mad?

Terra: No. I’m not mad. I’m just confused. What if this was my dog? Would you feel bad?

Rhea: Well it depends.

Terra: Depends? Ugh…Rhea. Come on. Let’s go back to the house.

Terra was walking Rhea back to the house. They walked in silence. They went in the front door of the house, and Terra sat down at the kitchen table.

Terra: Sit, please.

Rhea: Okay.

Terra: Rhea, can I ask you some questions?

Rhea: I guess.

Terra: Have you ever thought about killing anything bigger than an animal?

Rhea: What do you mean?

Terra: Like a person? Be honest. Have you ever thought about killing someone?

Rhea: Yeah. Of course.

Terra: Seriously? Have you thought about seriously killing someone? I think everyone has thoughts about it. But they don’t act on it. Have you had an intense want to act on that feeling?

Rhea: …Yes.

Terra: Who?

Rhea: There was someone who Dad seemed to hate at work. I think it was his boss. He yelled at him. Things have been hard for you since you had to shut down the shop, right?

Terra: Yeah, I guess. We can still get by though. Don’t change the subject though. Rhea, we have to talk about this. You’re part of this family. The Lorenz family. My family, and Dad’s family have a…large history of murderers and psychopaths. That’s not an excuse, though. But we have to communicate with eachother. Okay? Communicate with me and Dad. Please.

Rhea: Okay. I trust you, Mom. If it’s bad, and I need help. I want help.

Terra: You’re also going to need to want to help yourself.

Rhea: I do want to help myself.

Terra: Okay.

Rhea: You’ll stay with me, right. You’ll be here for me, right?

Terra: Of course.

Terra embraced Rhea and kissed her on her forehead.

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It was early in the morning. Terra looked to her side, Tempest was fast asleep. She sat up, and got dressed. She put on a sweater and threw on some jeans. She went outside, it had snowed even more overnight. She stepped into the snow. Her bare feet were freezing stepping into it. So she heated up her body, a light red aura came around her feet. She burnt the snow away as she walked. She got in her car and drove to the grocery store, when she got there, there were nearly no cars. She went inside and got what she needed as per usual. House amenities, food, and more. She rang out as usual, with the same tired teller who she had grown to know. She went outside, it was still pitch dark even though it was morning. She walked to her car with groceries in hand and opened the trunk. She threw her groceries in the back and went to her driver’s side door. She was startled and stumbled back when she saw a woman in the car. She was wearing all gray, and had a chinese-looking mask over her face. She opened the car door and stood over Terra.

Terra: Who are you?

No answer. Terra looked around. Woman with the mask and gray clothing came from the shadows. They all looked the same. Terra was baffled. She felt some sort of invisible force. She started to feel lightheaded. She tried to keep herself up, but she fell down. The lights around the parking lot blinded her. She could see the figures dancing around her. They were lurking around her like a predator circling around it’s prey. Terra felt dazed, and she had no idea why. She was still in disbelief. One of the figures stopped in front of her and took her mask off.

???: Long time no see, Terra.

Terra: How do you know who I am?

???: You don’t recognize me? No memories coming flooding back?

Terra looked closely at the figure. She didn’t understand. They all wore the same gray distinguishing clothes, a suit and long blazer jacket. All seemingly female with white hair. The one that was looking down at Terra looked the same. Two eyes that seemed to be slowly changing eye color constantly. She, as well as all the other women, were holding swords. She had a smile that looked familiar to Terra. The smile…

???: I’m here to disassemble you, Terra. You destroyed everything I love. You killed Ivan.

Terra thought again. The smile…the way she carried herself…and Ivan.

Terra: Yuri…?

Yuri: See?! Good job! You got it! Ding ding ding! You’re so smart!

Yuri and all the others around her that looked just like her stabbed Terra with their swords.

Yuri: See what you did?! Now you’re going to die. Your going to die!

Yuri smashed her sword over Terra’s head.

Yuri: That’s right, sit there and bleed for me.

Terra looked around. She couldn’t see anything. It was all blurry. Her eyes burned, her ears rang, and her body…ached. Her body ached. She repeated the thought in her head. Her body ached. Blood gushed out of her. All the feelings she hadn’t felt in years and years. She breathed heavily, and felt her head. She looked at her hand to see blood had started to drip. She felt the top of her head, and felt the wound. Her orange hair stained with streaks of crimson red. Crimson. Crimson. That color. The one she had grown to hate. Terra tried to summon her armor, but she was weak. She saw flakes of radiation coming from every person around her as she was dragged off.

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Tempest got up in the morning. He put on a suit and tie, and threw a blazer over it. He wore an all white suit. He walked downstairs. He saw the TV turn on. It showed nothing but static. He looked over, it turned to a familiar face. Tempest immediately moved to smash the TV to pieces.

Bordon: Don’t smash this TV. I’ll just move to your daughter’s room. You wouldn’t want to destroy her TV, would you?

Tempest: What the fuck are you doing talking to me?

Bordon: Nothing really, son.

Tempest: Don’t call me son. You don’t own me.

Bordon: You just need that reassurance, right? You don’t mean anything to me. I’m here to send you a warning.

Tempest: A warning, about what?

Bordon: I’m not petty. We have a mutual interest.

Tempest: No we don’t.

Bordon: Let me tell you what the interest is. A vengeful assassin has been hired to kill you.

Tempest: What?

Bordon: Hired to wipe out the rest of Terra Lorenz’s assets. By B.L.A.D.E.

Tempest: One assassin isn’t enough to kill us.

Bordon: A hivemind. A group of people, yet they're the same person. The topic’s probably jarring to you.

Tempest: I can digest that. Where’s Terra?

Bordon: You say that like I’d know.

Tempest: Because you probably do.

Bordon: There’s one way to kill the hivemind. You need to kill the one who started it all. The originator.

Tempest: You know who it is?

Bordon: I don’t even know who it is. But you have the power to stop them.

Tempest: You’re hiding things from me.

Bordon: What would I have to hide? There’s nothing to hide. I’m helping you.

Tempest: You aren’t doing it out of the kindness of your heart. What is it?

Bordon: Well, if this hivemind kills you, and she is who I think she is, and B.L.A.D.E is getting assistance from her, it would threaten my goals. You are smart, son. But don’t question me. Kill Yuri. If you do, we will let you live in peace. If you fail, you die, and it might not be by Yuri’s hand.

The TV turned off. Tempest immediately scrambled. He ran over to a safe and inputted a code. He opened it and grabbed something in a suitcase out of the safe. He ran to his car and immediately stepped on the gas. He knew where Terra went to the store. He started driving there. A million thoughts ran through his head at once. He changed his route.

Tempest: Fuck!

Tempest called his boss on the phone.

Tempest: Hey Cody. I’m not going to be at work today, okay?

Cody: What?! Why?

Tempest: Important family business.

Tempest hung up the phone and threw it on the seat.

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Tempest arrived at the school. He ran in and hit the buzzer to the school.

Tempest: I’m here to pick up Rhea! Rhea Lorenz!

Teacher: Sorry, she’s in the guidance office. Talking to the councilor in there. Would you like to go in?

Tempest: Yes!

Teacher: Can you show a form of identification?

Tempest: Fucking…

Tempest punched through the glass doors of the school and ran in. He ran past the doors and got to the guidance office.

Rhea: Seriously? You called my Dad?

Tempest: Rhea, we have to go. Now!

Counselor: Hey, I’m talking to her, you have to check in at the front office.

Tempest: Sorry. Important family business. Her Granddad just died.

Tempest grabbed Rhea’s hand, he ran out of the school with her at his side. They jumped in the car and he started driving as fast as possible.

Rhea: Dad! What’s going on?

Tempest: Put your seatbelt on, I’ll let you know soon.

Rhea: Let me know now!

Tempest grabbed the suitcase, he looked into it. There was a sword. It was his sword.

Tempest: …Have my blade. I need…Fuck! Fuck! We have to go home.

Rhea: What?

Tempest stepped on the gas.

Tempest: Rhea, there’s an old enemy of me and Terra’s after us. I thought she was dead. But I guess not. She’s a hivemind now. I don’t know how. There’s something she wants, I know it. And it’s at home.

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Kk

A clone of Yuri walked into the parking lot of a hotel. Under the sign it read “Owned by Delia Territories”. She broke the lock of a door in the hotel that read “storage”. She walked down the stairs of the storage room. There was one thing that was illuminated by the light in the storage room, a statue of some kind.

Yuri: Hey hey hey! Kimi Lorenz!

Yuri held out her hand, she summoned a large ball of radiation. She made the statue start to decay at a rapid rate, until Kimi fell out of it.

Kimi: Where…Where am I?

Yuri: You’ve been forgotten. But I didn’t forget you.

Kimi: Who are you?

Yuri: Your daughter brought me here.

Kimi: Who? Nox?

Yuri: Terra.

Kimi: Terra?

Yuri: I want to bring you back to her.

Delta was ducking under her window. She had heard someone come onto the property. She quietly called her armor to herself. She heard someone walk up the stairs from storage. But Delta couldn’t see. She heard shuffling. She peered over the window. Only to be met with the forever changing eyes of Yuri.

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Yuri: Ivan! You have to leave! Please, go! Everything’s going to be destroyed.

Ivan: I’m not leaving. I won’t leave again, Yuri.

Yuri: I love you, I wish I had the chance to give myself to you. Live past this for me. Please.

Ivan: We’ll do this together. We can rule this world together. Godless.

Yuri: That sounds beautiful.

Ivan put out his hand. Him and Yuri joined hands. Yuri used her powers to activate the Phoenix charm around Ivan’s neck. He was sent to Earth. She turned and looked towards Hesial.

Yuri: Step down. This isn’t worth it.

Hesial: To get rid of you, of course it is.

Hesial had no choice. A huge white light came out of her. Olympus was engulfed.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Yuri was sitting on a chair in a dark room. The real version of her. As usual, one of her eyes was missing. She wore some sort of straightjacket. It was metal, and it seemed to lock parts of her body. She could still move as normal. She sat up, and turned around. She looked down at Terra, who was chained up.

Terra: Every fucking time…

Yuri: Hi Terra! You see me, right? I’m not a ghost.

Terra didn’t know what to say. She was still in disbelief. The only thing that was running through her head was how she was going to escape.

Terra: I can see you.

Yuri: How are you doing? How’s this kid I’m hearing about? I was never able to have any kids. I…can’t have kids. I bet my fucking mom did that to me. You must be really surprised, hm?

Terra: That’s right.

Yuri: What about Tempest? How’s he doing? Your dear husband? I wish I could get-

Terra: Shut the fuck up! Hear me? shut the fuck up! Let me go! I have people to get back to! I beat you! This is over! It was over years and years ago! Go back to whatever fucking hole you crawled out of and leave me alone!

Yuri laughed.

Yuri: I’m here to get back what belongs to me. Doing my hubby justice! I don’t want to argue with you. You killed the love of my life. I’m not a vengeful person. I’m just doing what he wanted. I’m fighting for what he wanted to fight for. These gods are too powerful. The power should be in the hands of the people. I truly believe that. We’re going to kill and enslave all these corrupted piece of shit gods. It just so happens that you fall under that umbrella. It works out, I was also hired by a nice man, he told he’d give me the assistance I need if I killed you and all your assets, His help means a lot.

Terra: You want to kill all gods? I know, that’s not going to help anything. They’ll just get replaced, or the fabric of space and time will fall apart! You’ll be destroying more than you’re helping.

Yuri: Who gives a fuck about any of that? We’ll get them to make a new spacetime. Maybe I already did. I guess you wouldn’t know.

Terra: So why’d you capture me? Why not just kill me in that parking lot?

Yuri: I am feeling a little vengeful. Ivan would applaud me. Maybe I could brand a new phoenix on your back.

Terra: You had to die! Ivan had to die! You won’t stop. So you have to die.

Yuri: Maybe you should’ve done a better job of killing me. I’ll be back. My comrades here are called Yuri Betas. They get their jobs done very well, and they all have a piece of me within them.

A bunch of Yuri Betas came into the room and Yuri left.

Terra: (She’ll come back if I don’t do anything…But she’ll know if I do anything. Fuck…She didn’t dampen my powers…I need to…)

Terra focused her energy. She tried not to draw attention to herself.

Terra: (Her head must still be screwed up. It’s obvious I was just going to free myself. I need to get out of here, kill Yuri, and go home. She probably spread out everywhere. She could be attacking Temp…and…Rhea. Fuck. No. I have to focus.)

Terra waited for the perfect moment. Her armor was close, no doubt. She felt her power getting strong.

Yuri Beta: Hey Terra! What are you doing? I know you’re doing something fancy. What’s your plan? I can see everything. I see your armor flying through the air.

Terra: Shut up.

She held out her hand and let out a pulse.

All the Yuri’s in the room covered their eyes.

Beta Yuri: Wow! What’s this? I…Can’t see!

All the Yuri’s seemed to lose their sense of sight. As Terra did this, the wall behind her broke down. She landed on the ground and looked around at all the Yuri’s. The one next to her swung her sword at her. Terra held out her arm, and her sword snapped in two. Terra grabbed the half of the sword and stabbed the Yuri in the head. Her head began to gush blood everywhere, and she fell over. Yuri betas began to surround Terra again. She saw pulses come off of all of them.

Terra: Where was that radiation when I was trapped?

Beta Yuri: Maybe I was waiting for you.

Terra: Doubt it.

All the Yuri’s attacked Terra at once. She made her armor fly all around her, making them back away. She kicked the ground with her foot, and a large wall of the earth came up, crushing any Yuri’s that were around Terra. She looked up, they stopped it from crushing them, and broke through the construct.

Beta Yuri: We won’t die that easy!

A Yuri stabbed her sword straight at Terra. She blocked the sword and broke it in half. She kicked the half away and into a Yuri's chest. Another slashed her across the back. Terra jumped in the air.

Terra: (I can’t get away from them…fuck. They recovered quickly from that temporary blindness.)

Wherever she jumped, they followed. She landed, with three in front of her, she held out her spear, it extended, and stabbed through the heads of the three Yuri’s before her. She swung her spear around, and they flew off.

Terra: Who else?!

Terra felt a force, a familiar force. Her armor was ripped off of her. Her heart sank. She slammed her fist on the ground, and a wall of the earth came up all around her. All the Yuri’s gathered around and stabbed into the wall. They saw some blood come through a hole. One of them looked through the hole. Terra slammed her spear through the hole and stabbed the Yuri in the head. Terra spun around. The chunk of Earth broke off, and all the Yuris around her were sliced clean in half.

Terra: How many bodies do you have?!

More and more Yuri’s flooded into the room.

Terra: (I can’t withstand this for that long…I’m not as strong as I was…She could have infinite forces. Who the hell took my armor?!)

A Yuri stabbed straight at Terra. She parried with her spear and drew backward. A Yuri came from behind and stabbed her from behind in the stomach. Terra coughed up blood. She spun around, ripping the blade from her hand and slashed her head off. Another swung at her from behind, Terra blocked her blade and punched her in the throat, and let out an energy blast. Her head was blown off.

Terra: Who else wants to die?!

Terra’s arm guard flew through the room and stabbed through two Yuri’s heads. The room was engulfed in darkness. Terra heard attacking, and punching. As the darkness faded, tons of Yuris fell.

Delta: Don’t be so dramatic, you have to calm down Terra. Here’s your armor back, seems like you might need it.

Terra’s armor flew back to her body.

Terra: You could’ve killed me!

Delta: Nice to see you again too.

Terra: We need to go to olympus. Yuri has to be there.

Delta: She’s going to try handing it to her mother.

Terra: Hesial…Why didn’t she kill Yuri?! She said she got rid of her! That she wouldn’t be a problem anymore!

Delta: There’s not really much time to worry about that.

Terra: We have to go. Okay?

Terra walked past everyone. She stopped when she saw who was standing behind Terra. She wiped the blood from her eyes, and the tunnel vision she had developed decreased. Then came back again.

Delta: Terra, I know it’s hard. But we’re here to help. Okay? We’re here for you.

Terra: Then what the fuck is she doing here?!

Kimi looked up at Terra. She was holding herself up with her cane.

Kimi: What’s with this girl your fighting, Terra? Why didn’t you kill her when you got the chance?

Terra: Don’t patronize me. I thought she was dead.

Delta: Take a deep breath…

Terra did just that. She took a deep breath, as Delta laid her hand on her shoulder. She pulled Terra in, as she started to break down.

Terra: She’s going to go after Temp…After my daughter…She’s after you, and she’s after me. She’s going after everything I…I…Everything I care about…

Delta: It’s going to be okay, Terra. We can beat her.

Kimi: With all our power combined, we can kill her.

Kimi put her hand on Terra’s shoulder.

Terra: Don’t touch me.

Terra put her hands on her head. She paced around in circles.

Kimi: I’m so confused. What is going on Delta?!

Delta: I froze your ass in stone. For the last…well…7 years. Hm. I guess I should’ve moved you. Or unfrozen you.

Kimi: You left me frozen in stone for 7 years?!

Terra: You deserved it.

Kimi: Deserved to have my land ripped from my hands?

Terra: You're just like another shut-in I knew. Scared of the world around you. You think outsiders come to you and ruin your villages. Even when that outsider is your own daughter.

Kimi: Terra. Don’t talk to me like that. You could’ve come to me whenever you were ready. But you decided to live your own life. Am I in the wrong for letting you live your life?

Terra: …We’re going to get out of here. When we’re free. You can go. You’ll go back to whatever hole you came out of. If you do anything, if you step out of line. You will get what you deserve for hitting my fucking sister. But for now we are trapped here, with a monster until we can find an exit.

Kimi: Answer me. Am I in the wrong for letting you live your life?!

Terra: I’m not having this discussion right now.

Kimi: I think we have some time! We were never able to talk! You came to my land, and left my world dilapidated. You gave it to your friends.

Terra: I spent my entire life wondering if my Mom even loved me, if she even wanted me. You know how it feels to know your Mom threw you away?

Kimi: You were weak. I know you forget. But you were weak! You weren’t gifted! Not like Nox! Not like me! I threw you away because you weren’t fit to fight. You were a runt. That’s all you are.

Terra: Yeah, whatever you say.

Kimi: Don’t give me attitude! I know you are older. You are your own person. But I am your mother. You can’t take that back!

Kimi was just getting angrier and angrier. She was getting red in the face.

Terra heard something approaching. She could hear how heavy the steps were. This wasn’t another Yuri Beta.

???: Hey Terra.

Yuri stood in the doorway, looking at Terra and the others.

Kimi: This is who you’re talking about…You’re the one who kidnapped us, you piece of shit!

Yuri: I guess I am.

Terra: You can hit me, or hurt her.

Kimi jumped at Yuri and slammed her fist into her face. Yuri let out a field of radiation. It was so strong, it knocked everyone down. Kimi was sent flying back. She was surrounded in an aura of fire. She started attacking Yuri like an animal.

Delta: Terra, let’s go.

Delta made Terra’s armor fly at Yuri. Terra made every piece of her armor fly at Yuri as fast as possible. Yuri blocked a strike from Kimi, and kneed her in the stomach. She spat out blood and fell down. Yuri held out her hand as the armor flew at her. She let it hit her…no. She let it land on her body. She wore it like a sick trophy.

Yuri: Wow…Amazing.

She took off one of the gauntlets and stabbed Kimi through the chest with it. Delta looked concerned.

Terra: She’s still alive.

Yuri: You really think that?

Yuri put her foot on Kimi’s face. She was surrounded with a whirlwind of fire. She pushed Yuri away from them. Terra created a wall around all of them. Terra was breathing heavily, her heart was almost aching. This had never happened. It had never felt like this. They saw pieces of the ground light up, and huge walls of flames shot up, shattering the barrier Terra had made. Yuri made the armor fly forward at Terra and Delta and pinned them to the walls. Tons of Beta Yuri’s walked in and nearly suffocated them with radiation.

Yuri: That’s enough from all of you.

Terra and Delta tried to move. They could barely move. They were being numbed by the constant radiation.

Yuri: There was this song that Ivan liked to play for me. It was about painting the clouds with sunshine. Remember?

Yuri sang a little.

Yuri: Though things may not look bright, they all turn out alright, if I keep painting the clouds with sunshine! Come on my little phoenix. Just paint those clouds.

Delta: Terra…

Yuri put her foot on top of Kimi

Yuri: I hear you two are related? How close did you get with your m0ther? Or are you even happy about what’s going to happen?

Terra looked at her mother. A million emotions going through her head. Her primal instinct saw her mother. Someone she should love, being picked up like a lamb about to be slaughtered.

Delta looked horrified, Kimi called her cane to her. She swung it suddenly, but swiftly, splitting Yuri in half from her head to her chest. But she was still standing. Blood flew out everywhere.

Terra: Mom…

Yuri punched her through her chest, and threw her to the side. She turned to Delta and Terra and pushed the two halves of her body back together. She regenerated. Yuri turned to her Yuri betas.

Yuri: Kill her.

All the Beta Yuris surrounded Kimi and bludgeoned her to death. Terra and Delta were just standing there, watching. Helpless to do anything. Yuri started walking up to Terra and Delta. Delta grabbed a necklace out of her pocket. She put it around Terra’s neck.

Delta: Hey…Terra?

Terra looked at Delta. With a defeated, horrified expression. There was a moment of silence between the friends.

Delta: Did you ever listen to that Wu-Tang album?

Terra looked at her with tears in her eyes. She shook her head no.

Delta: You asshole…

Yuri stood in front of them.

Yuri: Well? Keep going. I want to hear it!

Delta spat her tongue out at Yuri. She smashed her head in against the wall. Terra was coated with her blood.

Terra: …I’ll fucking kill you.

Yuri: That’s a pretty empty threat.

Yuri pulled back her hand. As she went to smash Terra’s face in, she used the necklace Delta had put around her and was transported to Olympus. She landed in her quarters in Hesial’s castle. She sat down on her bed and felt her stomach. Blood poured out. She started to cry.

## ACT II - Bloodstains

The sound of a showerhead loudly pounded on Terra’s body. Bloodstained water slowly dripped down her body. The dried blood of her people were washed away and sunk down the drain. She was shaking. She felt her throat tighten up. She slowly began to cry. It got worse and worse. She started bawling. She curled up into a ball and sunk her head into her knees and cried. She cried and cried.

Terra: Why…Why…?

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Hesial was looking down on Olympus. She yawned. Terra was walking up the stairs towards her.

Hesial: Oh, Terra. How are you doing?

Terra was silent. She met with Hesial and slammed her fist into her face. Hesial violently stumbled back. As she stumbled Terra kicked her in the face. She walked into her and slammed Hesial to the ground. She started pummeling her once she fell to the ground.

Hesial: Terra! What the fuck?

Terra was silent. She punched Hesial in the face again. She started to bleed. Terra slammed down again. With every inch of power she had with each strike. Every death, every loss, every tear, all being pushed into these strikes. Hesial blocked her strike.

Hesial: Terra! What’s wrong?

Terra: You didn’t fucking kill Yuri! What’s wrong with you!? You said you took care of her!

Hesial: I…Did.

Terra: Did you kill her?

Hesial: Well, I-I

Terra: Did you kill her?!

Hesial: No!

Terra brought a hammerstrike down on her face.

Terra: What did you do?!

Hesial: I…Didn’t kill her. I didn’t have the strength as a mother.

Terra: As a mother?!

Terra punched her again and again. Her armor came off of her and pinned Hesial to the ground. She started to glow red, she beat her senseless while in destruction mode.

Hesial: What’s wrong? Terra! Talk to me, please!

Terra: She’s back. She’s here to kill you and all of your kids. As well as my kid, and husband.

Hesial: I get it, you must be mad, bu-

Terra: You don’t get any excuses here! You are at fault! She killed my friends, killed my second family! Killed three olympians!

Hesial: Delta…Aw, Terra…

Terra: Don’t give me that! She killed my best friend, she’ll keep killing. She’s coming, you know that?

Hesial: Terra, I’m sorry. I-

Terra punched her again. She stood up and extended her spear, she held it to Hesial’s neck.

Hesial: Terra, you don’t want to go this route.

Terra: Fix your fucking problem. This is your mistake, I’ve paid for it. She’s out for my family too. So I need to protect them, you protect yours. After this is over, We’re over.

Hesial: Terra! I didn’t have the heart as a mother! I couldn’t lose anymore children.

Terra: So you kept the one alive that killed all your other ones. You’re a heartless, self righteous piece of shit. I thought you were different from all the other olympians. But I was wrong. Goodbye, Hesial.

Hesial: Terra! What about your people?

Terra: …They need to be moved.

Terra held up her necklace, and was teleported away.

Hesial got to the ground slowly. She put her hand to her face, and looked at the blood.

Hesial: God…

She looked down on olympus again. She saw a portal open. There was tons and tons of Beta Yuri’s pouring in.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra walked out of the woods looking into her house. She had two fingers to her head, and her eyes were purple.

Terra: Dionysus, please. Do this for me. Protect my people. Protect Phoenicia. Get Athena to put a barrier around them. Please make sure she doesn’t get to them….Thank you.

Terra looked ahead to see her windows smashed. She ran into the house. To see everything a mess. She saw Yuris swarming the house. Tempest slashed one in half. He was holding two blades. He danced through the Yuri’s like an elegant destructive blade.

Terra: Temp! Temp!

Terra ran to Tempest, and fell into his arms.

Terra: Do you sense anymore?

Tempest: No.

Terra started bawling into his chest.

Terra: She killed Delta…

Tempest: What…?

Terra: She killed Delta! And my Mom.

Tempest: Terra…I’m sorry.

Tempest sat down on the ground and held Terra’s head in his lap.

Terra: I don’t know what to feel. My Mom was horrible to me. I hated her…But you know that feeling? We wanted to be loved. I was just waiting for that approval from my Mom. But it never came. I wanted to rip her to shreds. Tell her what she did to me. But I never really tore into her.

Tempest: Terra…I know what you mean. I wanted that from Bordon.

Terra: All she wanted was to use me.

Tempest: She won’t get that time of day though. That knowledge that you hated her. I feel like not knowing is the worst punishment.

Terra: I didn’t want to punish her. She was my Mom…I just wanted a Mom…

Tempest tried to comfort her. He hugged her tighter.

Terra: Where’s…Where’s Rhea?

Tempest: She’s in the hiding spot we set up.

Terra: Okay.

Tempest: Rhea! It’s safe!

Rhea came out of some sort of high-tech bunker. It lifted up from the ground, and she came out. She joined with her parents.

Rhea: You’re all okay?

Terra: Things will be okay. Alright?

Rhea: Mom…

Terra: Hm?

Rhea: Dad!

Tempest stood up and turned around. A Yuri beta stood in the hallway. She swung her sword down at Tempest. He used both of his swords and blocked. Another Yuri’s arm came from the ground. She smashed through the floorboards and grabbed Terra’s leg. Terra kicked her off and raised her armor in the air. The Yuri jumped out of the floorboards.

Beta Yuri: Y’know Terra. My real form isn’t the only one who can use this.

The Yuri took control of Terra’s armor and smashed it into her. She kicked Rhea in the stomach and sent her flying into a wall. Terra made a structure come up from the Earth to protect her. She blocked a blow from a Yuri. Tempest stabbed his Yuri through the chest and threw one of his sword in the air. Terra caught it and savagely stabbed the Yuri in front of her through the stomach. Instead of simply dying, she fell down and faded away. Terra looked at the sword she had.

Terra: Azrael’s Blade…

Tempest: It’s what they wanted. What they came here for. They stormed the house, and almost found it. So I had to take it out of retirement.

More Yuris poured into the house. They all started taking control of Terra’s armor. They attacked both her and Tempest. They had to continuously stay on their feet.

Tempest: Terra!

Terra looked over to what Tempest was gesturing towards. There were Yuris trying to break down the barrier Terra had put over Rhea. Tempest summoned his power. He got into a wide stance and put his sword in it’s sheath. From his point of view, time slowed. He saw all the Yuris on the offensive. Terra watched as a blaze of gray and the clash of blades happened for what felt like an eternity, but in reality was seconds. Tempest stopped in front of Terra with his sword out. He put his sword away and fell to one knee. Terra caught him. All the Yuris around them fell. Bodies were piling up.

Terra: Temp! We have to get out of here. They're only going to keep coming.

A piece of Terra’s armor hit her from the back, and stabbed through her. She stood up to try and protect Tempest. All the Yuri’s fired up their radiation. Terra started to feel sick to her stomach. She felt her skin scalding. She was pierced from every angle. She fell to her knees. All the Yuris surrounded her. Again. She lifted Azrael’s blade and slashed a Yuri who got a little too close.

Terra: Back off! I’ll kill you all!

The barrier that was around Rhea was taken down. She saw her mother stabbed from all angles. Just barely fighting for her life. Clinging on. Rhea let out a large burst of red. She knocked down every single Yuri around them. Terra started to stumble. She dropped Azrael’s blade. A Yuri picked it up. Tempest jumped up and stabbed a Yuri through the stomach. She tried to slice him with the blade. He took his ghostlike form and phased through her. He went back to normal and caught Terra.

Tempest: Terra…

Tempest was stabbed from the back by a Yuri.

Terra looked up at Tempest. Her heart sank. Tempest fell down, and Terra fell next to him. They were both laying down, and faced towards each other. Tempest held Terra’s hand.

Tempest: Thank you for teaching me how to be human.

He weakly kissed Terra’s hand before fading away. Terra ripped all the pieces of armor out of her body. She requipped her armor.

Beta Yuri: You’re getting old Terra, weak. This weapon should’ve never been yours. Or his. Goodbye. Come back if you’re feeling up to it. Maybe I’ll still have a little energy to play!

Terra started to glow red. As the blitzed the Yuri, she teleported away. There were still some Yuris around.

Beta Yuri: This isn’t over. This will never be over. I’ll destroy everything you love. You’ll know true despair. You’ve stood there and taken it over and over. I don’t understand you. You kind of…Make me throw up in my mouth a little just by thinking about you. God, it’s sad.

Terra blitzed Beta Yuri and threw her to the ground. She beat her into the ground, and turned her to dust. Every Yuri that circled around her she killed in less than two hits. Until they stopped coming. She realized they stopped coming. Terra went to Rhea.

Rhea: Mom…

Terra hugged onto Rhea. It was like she was clinging onto her instead of the other way around. Someone walked from the shadows. Terra threw her spear straight at the shadow. Bordon stepped out of the way of Terra's spear.

Bordon: Rude. Hello Terra.

Terra: What do you want?

Bordon: What do I want? This is about you. I’m offering my support.

Terra: Fuck you.

Bordon: That monster, Yuri was hired by Fury to kill you. He’s mad with power.

Terra: You…You don’t even care about Temp, do you?

Bordon: I’m not talking about him. I’m here to have a chat with you. You need to kill Yuri herself for those clones of her to die. They won’t stop coming after you.

Terra: I know.

Rhea: You’re going to go back?

Terra: This is how it always is. I have to.

Bordon: Usually it’s you cleaning up your own mess.

Terra nearly took Bordon’s head off. He moved to the side of her punch.

Terra: So you aren’t here to kill me? You’re here to help?

Bordon: In a manner of speaking.

Terra: Just do me this one favor, please. Take care of Rhea while I’m gone.

Bordon: I can do that. I’ll keep her safe.

Terra: Okay.

Bordon: Under one condition. Next time I call you, you will do what I ask of you. No resistance.

Terra sighed.

Terra: Fine.

Terra and Bordon shook hands. Both of them staring darts into each other's eyes.

Terra: Protect my daughter. If she gets a scratch on her, I’ll kill you. No matter what.

Bordon: So then that’s part of our agreement too? Fine. Just do your job.

A rope came in from a hole in the roof. Terra knelt down in front of Rhea.

Terra: Ells. I’m sorry. I’m sorry about all of this. I’ll be back for you, okay?

Rhea: Okay.

Terra: Here, take this. Keep it safe.

Terra gave Rhea Tempest’s soul blade. Rhea and Bordon were pulled up by a chopper. Terra was left there looking up. Surrounded by bodies. The bodies of the Yuri started to quickly disintegrate. Terra looked around at her empty home. She felt this crushing weight on her. There was nothing there, yet it was stronger than any weight she had ever felt before. Terra sat down against the wall.

???: What’s the point? Yuri will kill you. Your kid is probably better off without you. You’re cursed. You’re followed by bad people and bad things because of what you did.

Terra opened a safe and picked up a gun. She weakly cried. Then smashed a hole in the wall. Nothing would be strong enough. She heard the sound of the helicopter flying away. Then the sound of lightning.

Terra: Fuck!

She slammed her hand into the wall again and then put the gun up to her chin and pulled the trigger. No bullets came out. She let out a confused wail and threw the gun on the floor. She looked over and saw bullets on the ground that had to have gone through Yuris.

???: What the hell are you doing?

Terra: Are you serious?

Stick: I didn’t train you to be weak.

Terra: What are you doing here?!

Stick: Came here to see the shitshow you created for yourself. Looks like you’ve gotten yourself deep. You became weak, Terra. I thought you were one of my best pupils, but you’re spoiled. Just like every damn kid now.

Terra: Shut the hell up, I’d kill all your pupi-

Stick: How didn’t you see this coming? You got blinded by that chemical in your brain that tells you to breed. Made a fucking family. I’m disappointed in you. You got weak.

Terra: Shut the fuck up!

Terra took out her spear and extended it, going for Stick’s head. He cocked his head to the side.

Stick: You’ve become predictable too.

Terra: Why the fuck are you always like this?! You come to me and berate me, and tell me we’re a family. We’re a dysfunctional family at that! I never told my daughter about you. Because I didn’t want her to know anything about you. You give every kid you take in horrible trauma. I wish I could stop you. I don’t know how you don’t hate yourself. You’ve fucked up people’s lives. You didn’t help mine.

Terra saw it for once. This one time, Stick faltered. She saw it. She saw his mouth shudder a little, and then he went back to his stone faced expression. This was enough to tell Terra she got to him.

Terra: You know it, right?

Stick: I don’t bring in kids because of any of that. I bring them in because I see promise. Look how mistaken I was. I’m not here to berate you. There’s something you need to know about responsibility, kid. You’ll spend your life paying for setting those metas free. You thought you could escape. That’s the thing about responsibility. There’s no escape.

Terra: What about those kids you left to die? Or the ones you let die? Like Sae? You don’t take responsibility for anything. You use shit until you're done with it, and then throw it to the wayside. I know I’m not immune to paying for my actions. But you throw them to the side, not expecting them to come back and bite you.

Stick: You aren’t worth my time. Even as an old woman you just keep droning on.

Terra: Shut the fuck up!

Terra swung at Stick. He blocked her attack and hit her in the jaw. He grabbed her by her face and kneed her in the stomach. She threw a wide hook, and he dodged and threw her to the ground. Smashing the ground. Stick took out a katana.

Stick: Time to do something I should’ve done a while ago. You wanna die, kid? Let me help you with that.

Stick stabbed Terra in the chest with his katana. Before he could reach her heart she snapped the katana in half.

Terra: I’m not dying yet. I can’t die as long as people like you are still around.

Terra made her armor fly at Stick. He blocked its barrage with his katana. Terra got to her feet and picked up her spear. She ran in at Stick and threw a superman punch. He ducked under and swung for her neck. One of her arm-guards attached to her arm and she blocked his sword. One of her gauntlets came from under and hit Stick in the chin. She kicked him in the side and swung her spear around, hitting him with the non-sharpened end. She swung one last time, the sharp end of her spear. Stick ducked under and stabbed her in the leg with his katana. He dodged and weaved her punches, and then got behind her. He got her in a chokehold.

Stick: You can’t even hurt an old man. What makes you think you could hurt Yuri?

Terra’s phone started to go off.

Stick: Hm. Why don’t you answer that?

Terra: It’s my daughter.

Stick tightened his grip.

Stick: Answer.

Terra answered the phone, Stick felt a tear from Terra’s eye fall gently onto his arm.

Rhea: Hello? Mom? Are you there?

Terra couldn’t speak. Stick’s grip was too tight. Everything in Terra’s soul told her that Stick planned to out her. To tell her everything Terra had hidden from her daughter.

Rhea: I know you’re there. It’s okay if you don’t want to say anything. I know everything must be hurting right now. I miss Dad, and I miss you. I know it hasn’t been long, and you’re strong! You’ve shown me over and over that you’re strong. I wish I could’ve seen you fight in your prime. It would’ve been awesome. I’m sorry for last night. I know you do everything you do to keep me from dealing with as much as you have to. But it’s why I look up to you, Mom. You do everything. You literally do anything and everything. If it has to have been done, you’ve probably done it. I know your exhausted. But I love you. I hope you’re okay. I think Dad thinks so too. I know you’ll do the right thing. But just promise me one thing, you’ll make it out of this. Like you have everything else.

Terra struggled with Stick. She was begging to set her free. He loosened his grip a little bit.

Terra: I promise.

Terra dropped her phone and crushed it with her foot. She put her chin down and put Stick on her shoulder. She flipped him over her shoulder. Slamming him on the ground.

Terra: You always said to prioritize your enemies weakness.

Terra broke free, and stood up.

Terra: I’m going to make this right. My way.

Terra ripped out the blade that Stick had lodged in her chest. She touched the jewel she had around her neck and was beamed up to Olympus.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra walked into Olympus. The first thing she saw was a large barrier over Phoenicia. Dionysus and Athena had pulled through. Terra saw Yuris starting to bombard it. There it was. Terra saw it, sensed it, an opening they had to have gotten in through. She ran as fast as she could and burst through the barrier. She saw Yuris running throughout the town. Metahumans were fighting them off.

Terra: This isn’t their fight.

Terra ran up, and activated destruction mode.

## ACT III - Closure

Terra sliced a Yuri in half with her spear. One tried getting her from the back, but a piece of her armor shot off and slammed into her face. Terra turned and cut her head off. She blocked a sword with her spear and shot herself forward, slicing the Yuri in the stomach and kicking her in the face. She tackled her down and stabbed her in the face. Two Yuris came from behind and swung their swords at Terra. She blocked with her armor and slit their throats with her arm-guards. A bunch of Yuris grouped up and fired a large blast of radiation at Terra. She spun and absorbed the blast. She glowed even more red. She moved so fast she practically appeared behind them. She threw her arm up, and a large piece of rock came from the ground and crushed the Yuris.

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Hesial and Yuri were standing atop Olympus. Staring at each other. Each was dead silent.

Yuri: Hi, Mom.

Hesial was staring at her daughter. Yuri’s eyes were murderous. Like those of an animal desperately wanting to play with her prey.

Yuri: Are you proud of me? I’m back. I’m here!

Hesial: You’re never going to stop, are you? You’re never going to stop trying to kill us.

Yuri: I’ll never stop. If my opinions make me opposed to you, then who cares?

Hesial: Stop toying with me! Show me your power! Come on! Just keep pretending you have so much power!

Yuri: If you really want to see my true power…Then let's do it!

Yuri let out a huge barrier of radiation. She took out Azrael’s Blade. She teleported behind Hesial and slashed down. Hesial put up her wing to block the blade. A huge shockwave sounded across Olympus. Hesial thought. She knew that Yuri wanted nothing more than for her to change to her dragon form. So she could sink that blade into her. She had to stay in her weaker, but more agile form. She swung at Hesial. She grabbed her arm and made her drop the blade. Heisal put her hand up to Yuri’s face. Her hand started to glow orange, and she let out an astronomical explosion point blank into Yuri’s face. The flames raised higher and higher. Almost the size of the castle itself. Hesial jumped into the air. Yuri fired a large beam of radiation at her. She flew out of the way and grabbed Yuri by the neck. Yuri made multiple balls of radiation that flew into Heisal. Yuri transitioned to the top of her and slammed Hesial into the ground. She started beating her down. Slamming her fists into her over and over. Something flew out of the air. Hesial’s sigil spear came from behind Yuri and stabbed through her stomach. Hesial threw her off of her. She stood up. She ripped the spear from out of Yuri and caught it.

Hesial: Stop this. Give me the-

Yuri teleported behind Hesial and slashed Azrael’s blade up. Hesial let out a shriek of pain. She fell on her knee. One of her wings fell off, and she started gushing blood. Yuri lifted the blade. She sliced off another one of Hesial’s wings.

Yuri: I want to gorge myself on this self-fulfillment till I vomit…

Hesial: Yuri…Stop!

Yuri: Come on! Make me mom! Make me! I’m clipping your wings. Let me show you how it feels to be me! To be forgotten and thrown to the side. This place doesn’t need a god, they don’t need you.

Terra’s spear came from out of the air. Yuri heard it coming, and turned. To be pierced through the chest with it, it also stabbed into Hesial. Yuri dropped her blade. Terra walked up the stairs, panting.

Terra: Sorry. Hesial.

Yuri: Terra!

Yuri let out an almost animalistic scream. She teleported next to Terra and threw hook shots at Terra. She held out her arms and blocked them. She backfisted Yuri in the face and grabbed her arm. She rolled and got her arm locked. She held Yuri down with all her might.

Yuri: You…Do you need me to kill more and more of your friends?!

Terra: I guess we’re pretty similar. You never stop Yuri. You’ll never stop. Ivan was killed all those years ago, and your resolve wasn’t broken. The only way I can break you is by killing you. The same can be said for me.

Yuri: That’s okay with me.

Terra: I wouldn’t talk like that when you’re like this.

Terra pushed her hips up and snapped Yuri’s arm. She teleported out of Terra’s grasp and winced in pain. She held her arm. Yuri made her radiation barrier even more prevalent. But Terra just started to glow more and more red.

Terra: I thought you saw all. Didn’t you see this didn’t work?

Terra absorbed all the radiation around her. She moved so fast she appeared right in front of Yuri. She grabbed her by the stomach and fired a large blast into her. Terra moved where Yuri was flying and closelined her. She grabbed her by the leg, and picked her up by her heel. Terra dropped to the ground and snapped Yuri’s foot. She let out a scream of pain. Terra picked her up and punched her in the ribs and sent her flying away, snapping her rib in the process. Like a paperweight.

Terra: Are you okay, Hesial?

Hesial: Eh. I could take it or leave it.

Terra ripped her spear out of Hesial. She handed Terra Azrael's blade. Yuri came flying out of the castle at Terra. She steadied the sword, and waited for the perfect moment to slash. Yuri stood there for a second. Then looked back at Terra.

Yuri: Terra…I’ll never understand you. But, we’re the same?

Terra: We’ll never be the same.

Yuri fell down.

Terra came up to Yuri and screamed, she started to cry. She swung Azrael’s blade into Yuri over and over. She slammed the blade into her body over and over, making more and more cuts. Terra screamed out in hate, anger and pain. She stopped, and was out of breath. Breathing heavily.

Hesial: Fuck…

Terra: Sorry you had to see that.

Terra started to walk away.

Hesial: Terra! Wait!

Terra: What now?

Hesial: I’m spent. I know you are too, But I need you to help me, one last time. Please!

Terra: What?

Hesial: There’s something coming. I know I must sound like a weak god. But I can’t do this anymore. I’ve kept asking for help from the beasts. But they never wanted to help me. Nobody ever sends help. They’ve only hurt me. With that blade. But there’s a conflict brewing. I can’t stay like this. I’m too weak. I’ll die like this, I’ll bleed out without my wings. So do me a favor Terra. Grab my spear and infuse it with your power. Stab me in the heart. I will split my power 12 ways. To form a new pantheon of Olympians.

Terra: So what about me? Will you ever come back to me or my daughter again?

Hesial: I can let you free. But I’m not wiping people’s memory of you. You’re people, the people of Phoenicia have been through so much.

Terra: The people of Phoenicia need somewhere new to live. I want some of them to form a new society. A society without your input. Without Olympus’s input.

Hesial: That will be yours to figure out.

Terra: So then, I guess I’ll be back. But I’m not an Olympian. I know you can’t get rid of Olympians. Dionysus and Athena are still alive. I want Athena to lead Phoenicia. I will find volunteers to form a new society. One on Earth. After that, we’re done.

Hesial: Okay. Thank you for everything Terra.

Terra picked up Hesial’s spear and imbued it with her power.

Terra: Goodbye Hesial.

She stabbed Hesial in the heart. She let out a gasp. Her final gasp. Her eyes filled with a blinding light, so did her mouth. A light came from Hesial, and engulfed everything.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra woke up on Earth. In her bed. She sat up, she was sore. She went downstairs. To see her shattered home. She walked outside and started walking down the street. Trying to get her thoughts in order. She started to cry. Started to let it out, when she saw something on the ground. A notebook. She picked it up and opened it. She saw a page that stood out. “SOV SUPREME END OF TERRA”.

Terra: What the fuck?

She started to read it. “The duel - Terra V Hesial?”, “Terra Kid!”, “Terra is boutta get pulled in 1000 dif directions.”, “ULTIMATE Terra despair!”, “I hope she doesn’t see this…”, “Maybe she should see this notebook in her universe.”

Terra kept reading, and then doubled back. “I hope she doesn’t see this…” She read that line over and over again. What? What does this mean? She flipped the page to see more notes. She saw something that read “Hesial dies at end and Terra doesn’t wanna be an olympian.”

Terra: What…What is this. How does someone write about me? And about…that?

She kept walking, and stepped on a rubber chicken.

Terra: What the…

She picked up the rubber chicken. Out of the blue, it’s mouth started to open incredibly wide, wide enough to fit a person inside it. It had Terra in it’s rubber mouth, and it swallowed her whole. She fell on a plain yellow area. It was just a floor. With maybe infinite space. Terra saw a gigantic chicken in front of her, or, what looked like a man in a giant chicken costume.

Terra: What the…What’s going on?!

???: Welcome to my domain, Terra. I can’t believe it’s you…You in the flesh.

Terra: Who are you? Why are you wearing a chicken costume?

???: Doesn’t matter. I’ve always actually wanted to pat you on the head. Come on…Let me get just…Just one head pat.

The chicken patted Terra on the head.

Terra: Who are you?

Chicken: Ah, introductions. I am The All-Seeing Jew.

Terra: The all-seeing what?

ASJ: All-Seeing Jew! Because I see all, and I’m well…I’m uh…Jewish. You see the joke? Since I’m jewish and all-seeing, I’m The All-Seeing Jew!

Terra: …Okay? Why am I here?

ASJ: Oh, you picked up my notebook. Can I have it back please? It’s really important. I need it for work.

Terra: Work?

ASJ: When I go to work I write all this stuff down! So I can setup the frameworks of your story.

Terra: What?

ASJ: I’m like, your Dad, Terra. I set this all up. It doesn’t really matter. Since you can’t control me, or well, it.

Terra: What do you mean?! What do you mean you set this up?

ASJ: I set up this story! Writing it in the moment! This is the form I take! We’ve spent like, Two years together! I love you. Not in like…A weird way. I’ve just become so attached to you.

Terra flipped through the notebook. She saw something else. It said “DEATHZ: Nox? Temp?” Terra almost threw up in her mouth when she saw the use of Temp.

Terra: Attached? How…How have you become attached? Look at this!

ASJ: Yeah, give it back please?

Terra: So if I’m right, you wrote my reality. Wrote what’s happening now?

ASJ: Sure. Why?

Terra: So you killed all my friends? That was all your input? You killed Millie? Killed Delta? You killed my grandparents?! You killed Amelia’s brother! What’s wrong with you?! You’re insane!

ASJ: Well Donny’s death wasn’t exactly on purpose. It just kinda…happened. It wasn’t actually my plan.

Terra: You caused all this! Why wouldn’t you just leave me alone?!

ASJ: Well, because I’m so attached, I think. I love painting your reality, Terra.

Terra: Haha. Yeah, right. I get it.

Terra drew Azrael’s blade. She walked up to The ASJ, and handed him the notebook.

Terra: One more head pat before I go?

ASJ: Don’t mind if I d-

Terra stabbed the All-Seeing Jew in the stomach with Azrael’s blade. His mouth hung over, and he looked down at the sword in his stomach. He fell down with a thud, and blood pooled around him.

ASJ: Wow…I wasn’t ready for that.

Terra: So you let me kill you, technically? You write this reality. So you could’ve just dodged that. Right?

ASJ: Right…Oh well…I’ll just be replaced by someone just like me!

Terra: Hopefully it’ll be someone better than you.

Terra watched as The All-Seeing Jew faded away, he took Azrael’s blade with him, along with his notebook. Everything around Terra disappeared. She found herself on the sidewalk.

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Terra and Rhea were in the car. Terra was still sore, and was in the same clothes she had been wearing. They were covered in rips and tears, from where she was stabbed. Rhea was patching up one of Terra’s wounds. Terra let out a wince.

Rhea: Wow, you wincing?

Terra: Hey, I’m getting old.

Rhea: Why didn’t you change into new clothes before we left?

Terra: Because I didn’t wanna get new clothes bloody.

Rhea: Fair enough. Why are we leaving our old house?

Terra: Don’t get sentimental on me.

Rhea: Well, no. You never paid it off, we have to owe a bunch of money thanks to damages.

Terra laughed and patted Rhea on the head.

Terra: You’re so smart. But…I just want to leave the old behind. All the furniture we had was used by someone else. It was passed down through different humans. Maybe that can happen with our furniture. Temp would think the same. Besides. I have all the sentimental stuff I need.

Rhea: So that’s why you kept the mini-golf ball?

Terra: …What?

Rhea: I saw. I may have…snooped around one day. I saw a picture with you and Dad. You were kissing.

Terra: Yeah…The time we went mini-golfing. That was amazing. We looked at stars after, he found his constellation without help…

Rhea: We should find it tonight, Mom.

Terra: Yeah…We should.

**END**