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  Epam cast a spell and a large silver racing ship called a Pancile appeared. It was shaped like a disc, but had a long cylindrical part that went thru the center of it and had black giant jet thrusters at both ends of it. It also had the head of Epam on top of the disc that was made of gold and was 20 feet wide. The Pancile itself was 90 feet wide and 400 feet long. It also had a series of Kamikaze robots that were attached to the sides and could fly at an enemy and explode upon impact. There was a pair of laser canons on the sides that were controlled from the cockpit.

  They flew for 5 hours over the Cep region which was also called the land of waterfalls as there were thousands of large and small. The Cep also had various levels of thick green canopy with different people and cultures depending on how far off the ground you were. On tops of the trees lived the Koac. The Koac were a race of half man half gorilla with head and shoulders of a man and the massive rugged body of a 500 pound gorilla. They each had long blonde hair and fair skin and the chief had a massive blonde curly heard and he was named Doerain Iswit.

  Doerain had built a massive city on the tops of the Bagno trees called Hamcer. They had hundreds of interconnected mushroom shaped green wooden homes that went several stories into the air. There was also the main portion of Hamcer known as Hamcer perfect that was a 12 mile wide castle that had dozens of candlestick shaped towers and a center shaped like Doerain himself. There was a series of 3 hangar

  bays inside the castle that had dozens of ships going in and out constantly, as the majority of all businesses were in and around the castle. There was also a large battleship on a solitary landing pad that was Doerain’s personal ship.

  The Pancile flew towards Hamcer Perfect going in and around the many small and large ships in the air. They swooped down and into the main hangar bay.

  Inside it had thousands of coffin shaped platforms and stalls that were in and around the massive hangar bay that was 2 miles in length and a quarter mile high and went in a semi circle into the heart of the castle. It had in it hundreds of hotel rooms built right in the walls of the hangar bay that were accessible by staircases and had an oval window facing out of the hangar bay and were 2,000 square feet each and were very posh. The floor of the bay was white swirling marble and had power cell coils built into it that would charge your ship up as soon as you landed without attaching anything.

  Everyone exited the ship and as they did saw a Koac man standing there with a Plinz in his hand, which was a loaf of bread filled with sweet and sour meatballs and melted cheese and are 2 feet long and 4 inches wide.

  “ Hello there, I am Doerain and this is a token of friendship among Koacs to give away food,” said Doerain as he handed Penn the Plinz.

  “ Thank you, I am a good bit hungry and I am Penn by the way, that there is Famaron, Ratie, Camtow, Solcrist, Mench, Epam, Veata, and Ohgood. This is quite a place you have here,” said Penn warmly then he took a bite from the Plinz and nodded and said,” this is great mmm.”

  “ Thank you, Penn, so then it is you, Epam, who have contacted me,” said Doerain as he bowed to Epam.

  “ Yes, Doerain, and the situation is dire, but Famaron will provide us with his leadership and guide us properly,” said Epam softly as he motioned to Famaron with his interlocked hands.

  “ What is our plan of attack, Famaron?” asked Doerain as he looked at a pair of men arguing nearby.

  “ Well everyone on this planet is aware of what’s coming, so the first step has been taken. What next needs to happen is we have to get all wizardkind to your castle before the Hield breaks. Ya see if we can find a way to trick the Sorplecs to chase us here then we can surround them and pick them apart. Now what I thought we might do…,” said Famaron, but then Epam shook his head and Famaron stopped talking.

  “ We don’t need a plan to lure them here, the city of Hamcer is the magical wellspring for this whole galaxy. Beneath this castle there is a massive energy. When the Sorplecs escape the Hield the first place they’ll be heading will be here,” said Epam calmly as he pulled out a tiny red staff and placed it on his shoulder.

  “ Why would they come here what difference does it make?” asked Veata as she looked at Epam perplexed.

  “ They need to refuel their powers, because the Hield over time drains them of most of their magic. When they get out they’ll come here in a massive horde and we will have a battle for the ages to deal with,” said Epam boldly as he visualized the coming battle in his mind and closed his eyes.

  “ A battle we may lose, Epam, nonetheless it will be waged. That said we’ll all face death before it’s over,” said Famaron coldly as he thought of his late father and fought back a rush of emotion.

  “ This is true, but they don’t know what we have planned. This gives us the element of surprise,” said Burnrih as he strolled up and stood next to Ohgood.

  “ Who are you?” asked Veata as she looked at Burnrih perplexed.

  “ Burnrih, I was the Deveo spiritual leader. I saw you help Mouca and I knew you were friends. Now I stand before you to offer my help in any way you need it.”

  “ Can you wield that staff or is it decoration?” asked Ohgood sharply as he grabbed hold of Burnrih’s staff and looked it over.

  Then Burnrih raised his hand and winked and the staff shot out of Ohgood’s hand and back into his and he said brightly,” I can make the rain catch fire when the time is right.”

  “ That’s god to hear, I fear we may need just that before it’s all over. Well the time we have is short, but should be enough to hatch a plan. When will the other wizards be a arriving, Epam?” asked Famaron as he shook his hands out.

  “ We’re already here, Famaron,” said Rinship as he Orbay, Paguis, Coulot, and 50 other wizards came walking up.

  “ Rinship, are you here for mayhem or to do some good?” asked Famaron sternly as he clutched his staff tightly.

  “ We’re here to help, I’ve decided to put aside all former squabbles and disagreements, because I understand that the situation is dire. Now, I’ve got thousands of troops in Meheluxs and Konno’s on the outside of Hamcer that will give us a buffer when the Sorplecs arrive. My question is this, Exactly what else do you need me to do and bear in mind I’m open to anything?” asked Rinship calmly as he looked at everyone.

  “ Well, our hope was to lure them into the heart of Hamcer and then attack, but a thought just occurred to me. Doerain, how would you feel about us completely destroying Hamcer once the Sorplecs are warm within its bosom?” asked Famaron honestly as he shrugged his shoulders.

  “ I ah…if that’s what has to be done then I have no objection. Just how were you planning to destroy it?” asked Doerain nervously as he looked at Famaron wide eyed.

  “ With everything we can throw at her. I mean spells, missiles, ships, laser canons, nuclear bombs. When it’s over Hamcer will be a burning inferno and not a building will be left standing,” said Famaron boldly as he grinned and nodded.

  “ That’s a brilliant idea and we can hide our forces in the thick canopy until the time is right. But we must know exactly when the Hield is going to collapse. That is crucial to this working,” said Rinship implying a question as he looked at Epam.

  “ In 5 weeks it will burst which means they’ll be here within 2 days of that. So there is your answer,” said Epam plainly as he began to do soft flips in mid air.

  “ Will we be ready by then?” asked Camtow as she put her arm around Famaron.

  “ It will take a bit if doing, but I’d say we will be more than ready. Just as long as it doesn’t break sooner,” said Paguis then he turned and saw the Haborms flying into the hangar bay and said,” now it’s a party.”

  “ The Haborms and the Sands are behind them. Now we have firepower the Sorplecs won’t know which rib broke first, but they’ll feel the pain no matter,”
said Orbay coldly as she watched all the ships filling the bay.

  Then all the different armies were told of the plan and began to set up the perimeter with the canopy above them. Meanwhile Famaron, Ratie, Mench, Solcrist, and Doerain were in the Shim and swim waterpark taking a much needed break in the liquid to smoke holographic battle chamber. It had 30 holograms of Baatolds, Dragons, and even ancient warriors that were in and around a 5,000 square foot castle that you had to fight off while you searched for the Germio, which was a 1 foot tall tan skinned woman in a blue leather bodysuit. Once you found her you had to bring her back to the beginning of the castle and place her in a small box then you would win a diamond studded set of sunglasses for all members of your team.

  The castle had 18 rooms filled with different decors as well as secret passageways. Inside the first room Famaron, Ratie, and Solcrist were searching thru a large dragon shaped dresser that had 150 dresser drawers that ran the length of it as Mench and Doerain were in an intense fight with an onslaught of red Baatold holograms. Mench swung her sword around over her head and then sliced a Baatold in half and then stabbed another in the mouth and said happily,” This so much fun, I feel like a naïve little girl again whoweee.”

  Then Doerain exchanged sword thrusts with Raxicom Plague.

  Raxicom Plague was a 753rd century killing machine from the ruling royal family on Permea at the time. He was a massive 7’6” 800 pound giant who had long strawberry blonde hair. He also had piercing reddish yellow eyes that shot terror thru your body. He also had 4 fingers on one hand and 6 on the other. He was well known for his severe temper. He once killed a man who looked him in the eye for 6 seconds, as 5 was his limit. He also killed a pair of sisters for not agreeing to go on a date with him simultaneously. Then there was the Deadow war where he killed 18 men the first day and did atrocious things like bite off their noses and gouge out their eyes and eat them while they were still breathing. He also savagely beheaded 6 men on the second day of the war with one being his own soldier that he said

  his haircut made him sick to his stomach. In his later years he spawned 8 children, 6 boys and 2 girls that people referred to as the savage 8 as they took up their father’s deadly habits. He was murdered in his sleep by a local bar owner by getting shot 24 times by a laser pistol for reportedly leaving a picture of a scantily clad woman on the bar that resembled the bar owner’s wife.

  Doerain fought with all his will against Raxicom. Doerain went to stab him in the chest, but he quickly turned sideways and crowned Doerain in the head with his holographic sword and the blow sent a large dose of electricity thru him and he shouted,” Ow you little air sack! I’m gonna tear you to pieces!”

  Then Doerain spazzed out and began swinging his sword wildly, but each blow was blocked. So then he kicked Raxicom in the stomach and he fell onto his back and said snidely,” You insolent mortal, no one can withstand my power!”

  Then Raxicom did a leg kick and stood up quickly an swung his sword and hit Doerain in the hip sending another shock thru his body and Doerain shouted,” Owwee, that’s the last time you do that you ancient plague of ignorance!”

  Then Doerain leapt at Raxicom and did an uppercut sword blow that split Raxicom’s head in 2 and blood poured out as his body fell to the ground and Doerain laughed and nodded his head confidently and then said coldly,” Doerain is the keeper of your empty soul now ha ha.”

  Mench walked over to Doerain and said slyly,” Oh you think you’re tuff, I took out a Baatold and I’m an old woman.”

  “ A fine looking seasoned woman at that,” said Doerain playfully as he grinned.

  “ Oh aren’t we a pair. Careful with those compliments I may make you back them up with actions,” said Mench in a sultry voice a she batted her eyes.

  “ Hmm, we’ll save that for the nighttime. Be a shame to get worked up now,” said Doerain smoothly as he smiled at Mench.

  “ I’m ready when you are, Handsome, just be ready for heaven,” said Mench in a sultry voice as she had a smile flash across her face.

  Meanwhile Famaron, Ratie, and Solcrist were still opening drawers and then Ratie saw a blue doll and pulled it out and said brightly,” I found it,” but then she turned it over and saw it was a doll and said sadly,” no, not exactly I only found embarrassment.”

  “ You’re very good at finding that a true natural,” said Famaron sarcastically as he opened a drawer and pulled out a brown wooden shaped like a fork with a round red face on the back.

  “ You 2 quiet, I’ve got no good reason for silencing you, but I wanted into the levity,” said Solcrist sternly then he burst out laughing and rubbed Ratie’s head as she pulled away.

  “ If that’s the case then quickly grab your staff as I try to turn you into a 2 foot Corvub,” said Famaron quickly as he pointed his hands at Solcrist and shook like he was casting a spell.

  “ I must vanquish you post haste,” said Solcrist as he raised his staff and then lowered it and said sadly,” I fear I can not destroy a friend for it is bad manners. My etiquette has saved your life.”

  “ Once again,” shot back Famaron as he smiled boyishly.

  Solcrist smiled at this and Ratie said,” You two are a sack full of jokes today. Do you think we will ever find this Germio or who?” asked Ratie as she opened a drawer and saw a red ball with the words,” You dope, I wouldn’t hide here I’m smarter than you,” written across it in white letters with a baby’s face smiling behind it.

  “ Well,” said Famaron as he grabbed the ball from the drawer Ratie opened and hurled it across the room and then said calmly,” we have gone thru every drawer in this dresser, but one and I’m going to open it right now.”

  Then Famaron reached up to the drawer in the dragon’s snout and pulled it open revealing a black box with the words,” open fast or pay the price,” written on it. He grabbed hold of the box and opened it and a piece of red paper in the shape of a fist sprung out and it had a message written on it that read,” The Germio is being held safe in the bosom of a lowly Baatold. When you find him ask him calmly or face his wrath.”

  “ O.K. it says we have to find a Baatold easy enough let’s roll,” said Famaron then he started towards Mench and Doerain and tapped Mench on the shoulder as she was chopping the head off a Sarg and said,” We’ve got a lead on where the Germio is hidden.”

  Then Mench turned and Famaron saw her lipstick was smudged and she said breathlessly,” Great I was tiring of that world domination thing.”

  Then Doerain grabbed a dragon by the head and tossed him into a stone statue and said wryly,” Dragons have no personality. Where’s this pesky Germio?” asked Doerain as he smiled.

  “ The note we saw said it was being held by a Baatold. So let’s look low and lower and find said Germio,” said Ratie slyly as she motioned with her hand to her lip to tell Mench her lipstick was smudged.

  “ Ohh, recreational hazards,” said Mench then she looked at her reflection in a glass door and fixed her lipstick.

  “ So we’re off, let’s try that room there first,” said Famaron as he walked towards a brief hallway.

  The hallway was triangle shaped and had an ascending line of photos of everything from Mench herself to Baatolds and gargoyles. The wall behind them was covered in a blue gold leaf wallpaper. The floor had a black and gold area rug with a Baatold sewn into it.

  As they got to the end of the hallway a 7 foot gargoyle jumped out and swung a holographic red bat that hit Famaron right in the mouth and he felt a shock go thru him and said boldly,” You son of an idiot and Zamtru! That hurt, but you’ll hurt more.”

  Then Famaron began to swing his sword at the gargoyle, but the gargoyle blocked it twice with his bat and then kicked Famaron in the balls and Famaron shouted in pain.

  “ You need any help?” asked Ratie as she giggled.

>   “ I don’t, but all future Venge children might, wow that smarts,” said Famaron as he bent over at the waist.

  Then Mench stepped in front of him and sliced at the gargoyle chopping of its free hand. Then she stabbed it in the stomach and a stream of green blood gushed out, but the gargoyle kept coming at her. So she did a 360 degree sword thrust and the blade went right thru the stomach of the gargoyle. The blow caused the top half of the gargoyle to fall off and then its legs tumbled to the ground.

  “ It always takes a strong woman to save a weak and feeble sorry excuse for an air breathing lie telling no good borderline brain dead man,” said Mench coldly as she glared at Famaron and waved her sword.

  “ Yeah , thanks,” said Famaron flatly as he looked at Mench wide eyed and grinned.

  “ It was nothing are your baby makers alright?” asked Mench warmly as she pointed to Famaron’s crotch and shook her finger.

  “ Again, yeah no in all honesty that was excruciating pain. Now let’s check out this room,” said Famaron as he walked into the room.

  The room was shaped like a mushroom with bowed outward orange wallpaper covered walls, with a shelf built into the wall that had dozens of children’s toys like a Portula.

  A Portula is a dog like creature with a blue silk tuxedo on that you shoot with a mild strength laser pistol. The Portula had dark red and white polka dotted fur and a concave small nosed face, but with a round mouth and tongue that reaches the floor when it runs. Once you shoot it with the laser pistol it will do various tricks like dancing back flips and even tell rhyming jokes like, if I love you and you don’t know, can we figure it out in the snow?”

  There were 3 lemon colored leather t shaped cases in a row in the center of the room, that had a computer consul built into each. There was also a statue of Bordum Isgree next to the cases.

  Bordum Isgree was a 36th century woman who was well known for being a compulsive liar. So much so that for a 10 year period when asked her name would instinctively make up new and interesting names like Balls B. Red and Evil M. Dooer. She once told a powerful king named Kindus Hem that she could make him levitate for 3 hours if he paid her 4 chests of gold. The king agreed so she had the gold put in her ship and then went up to the king and put both her hands on his forehead and began speaking gibberish for 2 minutes. Then she stopped and said that in 2 hours he would suddenly lift off the ground and levitate. Then Kindus hugged her and said thank you and as soon as he wasn’t looking she ran to her ship and made off with the gold. She had dozens of similar scams and had many people asking for her head. So for her final lie she stole a woman’s body from a morgue and put it on her ship, then she had a tape of her voice send out a phony distress call and crash headlong into her ex-husband’s country home. Then her enemies thought she was dead so she set off for a new world and a new set of scams.

  The floor was covered in a red and green triangle design marble that made the shape of an arrow pointing back to the hallway. There were three H shaped windows above the shelves that faced out to a waterfall and grove of green grass surrounding it.

  “ Alright somebody get the shelves the rest get the cases and that includes me,” said Famaron then he walked up and opened the case on the right and saw a pair of books that were titled,” Secrets,” and the other,” Fantasies,” and Famaron said softly,” what do we have here.”

  Then he opened the Secrets book and inside it in the center of it had a square of all the pages cut out and there was a small white earpiece and a piece of paper that read,” Listen for the truth.” So Famaron put the earpiece in his ear and then heard a voice say snidely,” You blithering idiot who can’t do a thing right. The Germio was in your grasp, but if you’re hearing this you’re too stupid to find it so I say simply,” and then it shouted,” Wake up you moron!”

  Famaron fumbled for the earpiece and grabbed it and threw it across the room and said angrily,” That I did not need right now.”

  “ What happened?” asked Doerain in a concerned tone.

  “ That earpiece shouted as loud as it could in my ear. And I appreciated it none whatsoever. But it did say the Germio was in my grasp and I missed it so it must be back in the other room,” said Famaron as he turned and saw a Sarg in a purple cape with a laser whip and said boldly,” we’ve got a new friend to deal with.”

  “ I’ll handle it,” said Mench then she ran and did a flip and sliced off one of the Sarg’s wings and landed behind it.

  The Sarg had blood gush out of the wound as it turned to face Mench. Then Mench kicked it in the stomach and buried her sword in its right thigh. Again blood shot out of the Sarg, then the Sarg whipped Mench in the face with its laser whip and she let out a scream of pain.

  “ So you wanna play is it,” said Mench boldly then she did a twirling sword thrust and chopped off the Sarg’s left arm and then said coldly,” Momma calls the shots.”

  Then she took her sword and sliced down thru the Sarg’s head killing it instantly while a geezer of blood shot in every direction.

  “ Remind me never to mess with you, Mench. I don’t need a quick death and a pool of poor Ratie on the floor, no way,” said Ratie as she looked at the dead Sarg.

  “ That was very entertaining even for a seasoned man such as myself. Well done, Mench,” said Solcrist as he walked past Mench and raised his left eyebrow and nodded slightly.

  Then Doerain walked back into the hallway with Ratie beside him and Ratie saw the photo of the Baatold and asked softly,” Hey didn’t it say the Germio was with a Baatold? I wonder if it’s behind this photo?”

  “ Good idea, Ratie, grab it and find out,” said Famaron as he walked up next to her.

  “ Here goes,” said Ratie as she grabbed the photo and then she pulled on it and it swung open and revealed a tiny plastic man holding a lever and she said,” well, there’s something here alright. I’m gonna pull the lever so everyone be ready for surprises.”

  Then Ratie pulled the lever and the rug on the floor with the Baatold on it was lifted up by a black steel door in the floor. Ratie and everyone walked over and looked and saw a staircase and Mench said happily,” Now that’s a nice trick.”

  “ That is a nice trick, let’s climb some stairs,” said Famaron then he started down the staircase.

  As they all went down they came into a green lighted room that had 23 torches in a square formation around a pool of water. In the water there were 3 rubber tubes just beneath the water that had bubbles coming out of them. Behind the torches were swords and staffs floating in a circle above the ground. There was also a trio of glass cases filled with different heads from Baatolds to Zamtru’s to even the heads of people like Fordes Raam.

  Fordes Raam was the 8th emperor of Permea and was a Peom by birth, but raised a Haborm. He was regarded as the first supreme mind as he came up with dozens of inventions like a bullet that would burrow thru a wall then unleash a massive explosion on the other side. He also invented a medicine for lethargy that kept the part of the mind that made you fell refreshed was always stimulated. He also came up with 5 sayings for the genius man as follows, 1. If I am not understood by the people around me then my circle of understanding is deep within and their scowling faces mean nothing. 2. While I’ll search out the woman I’ll love, I know that the woman that completes me will find me first. 3. I’ll never gage my happiness on my number of friends, but I’ll feel an incurable urge to be friendly as I have things of great importance to impart inside of a joke. 4. I’ll discover my true self in the recesses of my art, for therein lies my summation of hope, happy, trepidation, triumph, and thirst for the answers to it all. 5. When my 30th year ticks by then all of my powers will be kicking in and I will have entered the twilight of my ascension to true knowing. And I’ll grab hold of the greatness that I only hinted at before and I’ll keep thirsting.

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p; “ Hey who’s up for cooking up one of those heads over there in that case. I heard a marinated ear is a great stomach filler,” said Ratie sarcastically as she looked at the heads and grimaced.

  “ I’m all for it, but I won’t share a head. I’m too old to go on half rations. I call first dibs on the Sarg snout,” said Mench sarcastically as she tapped the glass and gritted her teeth.

  “ What, that’s the best Goarote it’s Baatold scalp soup again,” said Solcrist as he threw up his hands in disgust.

  “ Alright does anyone have any idea where the Germio is hiding?” asked Famaron as he looked around.

  “ It might be here in the water, look,” said Doerain as he looked at the rubber tubes.

  Then suddenly a Sarg dropped down from the ceiling and knocked Doerain into the pool of water face first. The electricity from the Sarg was amplified by the water and Doerain shook violently. Solcrist saw this and knocked the Sarg into a pair of torches with his staff and then grabbed Doerain and pulled him from the water.

  “ Is he alright?” asked Mench quickly as she hurried over to Solcrist.

  “ He’s not breathing, I’ll try a spell to jumpstart his heart,” said Solcrist boldly then he raised his staff and shouted,” Att elberit!”

  Then an orange orb came out of the tip of his staff and shot into Doerain’s chest and he began to convulse rapidly. Meanwhile the Sarg ran at Ratie and she said sternly,” Oh no you don’t, Mr.”

  Then Ratie punched the Sarg in the face with one hand and stabbed him in the chest with her sword. The Sarg’s chest oozed green blood, but it wasn’t deterred and grabbed a handful of Pand from its pocket and threw it into Ratie’s face.

  Pand being a green dust that causes a person’s head to turn into various animals like Zamtru’s or chickens. It also turns their vision into a psychedelic green and blue dizzy haze which wears off after 2 minutes.

  Ratie’s head began to morph into a Zamtru’s head and her vision shifted. She staggered back and forth and then asked,” Is this the real life, is this the right world?”

  Doerain meanwhile was still convulsing as a purple ring of light rose up out of his chest. Then suddenly he awoke and shook his head and asked,” What oh, happened?”

  “ A Sarg attacked by dropping from the ceiling and knocked you into the water and almost killed you,” said Mench warmly as she helped Doerain to his feet.

  “ Ya mean that Sarg?” asked Doerain as he saw the Sarg blowing large breaths of red air.

  Then Doerain grabbed Mench’s sword and tore at the Sarg. He sliced its right hand off and then kicked it hard in the groin. Then as the Sarg fell to its back Doerain jumped into the air and thrusted his sword downward thru the Sarg’s chest. The Sarg began shaking violently and then Doerain twisted his blade quickly and killed it.

  “ Nice work, Doerain, now for the illusive Germio. Let’s see here which one is it,” said Famaron as he grabbed the tube on the right and saw a red button on it and pushed it and the tube opened revealing a brown fur covered doll that looked like Mench.

  “ Is that supposed to be me, how outrageous,” said Mench angrily as she grabbed the doll and then threw it against the wall and said calmly,” hey why don’t we try a different tube hmm.”

  “ Yeah, why don’t we,” said Ratie slowly then she reached into the water and grabbed the tube in the center.

  Then she pressed the button and burst of white light shot out and a thunderous rock song began to play and there lay the Germio with a smile on her face and she said slyly,” Is it me or is it a good time to find a new profession.”

  “ Germio, you can come and work for me any day, but first things first we’ve got a game to win. Let us vamoose,” said Mench as she smiled at Germio.

  Then they started for the stairs and as they did a trio of gargoyles came racing out of the walls. They had long red plasma swords with balls of black electricity at the tips. The gargoyles were 5 feet tall and had on brown leather shorts and black leather boots.

  “ Watch it everyone!” said Doerain sternly as he grabbed his sword and ran at one of the gargoyles.

  Then Doerain thrust his sword at the gargoyle, but it blocked the blow with its word. So Doerain dropped to his knees and did an upward thrust and buried his sword under the gargoyles chin. This caused a large splatter of blue blood to shoot out and the gargoyle screamed a piercing high pitched vibrato laden squeal.

  Meanwhile Ratie and Mench were fighting one gargoyle with Ratie in front and Mench behind. Ratie swung her sword sideways and grazed the gargoyle’s neck. Mench took her sword and chopped downward and sliced off the gargoyle’s arm, but the gargoyle swung his plasma sword and hit Ratie in the face and Mench in the chest. The 2 women winced in pain and Mench shouted,” Boy do I hate gargoyles!”

  “ Their manners suck,” said Ratie then she did a split and stabbed the gargoyle in the shin and a squirt of blood hit Ratie in the eye and she said sadly,” you would have to do that wouldn’t ya.”

  “ I’ll take care of him,” said Mench then she did a twirling sword blow and lopped off the gargoyle’s legs at the knee and he fell face first to the ground and died. Meanwhile Solcrist and Famaron were in a fierce battle with the last gargoyle.

  Famaron ran and tackled the gargoyle and began punching him repeatedly with every blow breaking the bones in the gargoyle’s face. Then Solcrist pulled his dagger and thrust it into the gargoyle’s side and a plume of smoke and blood came out of the wound. Then Famaron head butted the gargoyle and knocked him unconscious and Famaron shouted,” And the brave prevail!”

  “ Let’s get out of here quick,” said Doerain boldly as he hurried over to Famaron and helped him up.

  “ Now who says we can’t wup some gargoyle butt hmm,” said Mench proudly as she kicked the gargoyle and went up the steps.

  They all raced up the stairs and then down the hallway, but a blue dragon flew into the hallway and shot a burst of blue flames at Famaron. The burst sent a massive electrical charge thru his body and he screamed in agony and then said sternly,” Somebody wants to play huh. Then we’re playing in pure devastation.”

  Then Famaron ran and jumped over the dragon as it fired another burst and landed on its back. He grabbed hold of its neck and began to strangle it. The dragon tried to shake Famaron off as it squawked loudly. Then it flew up towards the ceiling and smashed Famaron against it and he slid off its wing and landed on one foot then fell to his butt and said wryly,” That little rascal wants to play does he.”

  Then Famaron stood up and brushed himself off and Solcrist asked,” Do you need a bit of help dear boy?”

  “ No, not just yet I’ve got a new strategy. It’s all about rage and leverage,” said Famaron then he ran and used his sword as a boost to throw the whole of his body feet first at the dragon. As he flew thru the air he thought maybe he should have let Solcrist help. Then his body crashed into the dragon’s head and crushed its head against the wall knocking it unconscious. Famaron landed on his feet and turned to everyone and said,” So, who’s up for diamond studded sunglasses, because they’re this way, Geevse’s.”

  “ He is so dramatic, god love ‘em,” said Ratie as she shook her head and stepped on the dragon.

  As she did the dragon woke up and reached out and grabbed hold of Mench. Solcrist saw this and instantly reared back and chopped off the dragon’s head. Then the dragon shot a spray of blood from its throat that covered Mench who stood and said,” Doused in Dragon’s blood is it summer already.”

  Then everyone laughed and Solcrist offered her his arm and said slyly,” I’d grab my arm quick this is dragon country, madam.”

  “ Hmm, then I shall without reservation,” said Mench as she took his arm.

  Then everyone went down the hallway and back out into th
e front of the castle. They went into a long brown stone H shaped tunnel that had 3 dozen small glass cases set into the walls on either side. Each of the cases had miniature cities set up as well as tiny Baatolds and dragons and even people like the drug lord Abido Yusla.

  Abido Yusla was originally a Dirki chemist and family man in the small town of Gewisto, then one day he was in his lab at home and his son threw a foomball, which was a red ball shaped like a baseball with a plane thru it, to him and he accidentally knocked 7 chemicals together in a large blue flask. When Abido smelled the concoction it gave him an enormous euphoric high that sent his body into a state where it constantly released endorphins. He felt this massive high for over 10 hours, so he decided to offer the concoction he named Glatera to his much younger wife Wecoth. She breathed in the Glatera and felt the same euphoric rush and told him he should sell it. Those simple words led to at first selling it locally to very soon selling Glatera in every corner of Permea. He made so much money from his new enterprise that 1third of all the money spent went to buy his product. The then emperor Cheav Tain outlawed the drug for fear it’d cripple the economy, but at that point people were hooked and would do anything to get it. So Abido created his own personal army of over 75,000 soldiers and continued to sell his drug until

  Cheav said enough is enough and used his massive army to lay siege to Abido and thus started the Glatera conflict. After 8 years it finally ended in a massive siege on Abido and his underground castle with Abido himself being killed by being shot by a particle scrambler and disappearing completely.

  As they walked down the hallway the floor started to move and push them backwards.

  “ What is this treachery?” asked Solcrist sternly as he steadied himself with his staff.

  “ It’s what you call screw you. Alright let’s run for it,” said Famaron boldly then he started to run.

  Everyone else started to run too and as they did the floor sped faster trying to hold them back. Then Famaron got to the end and ran onto solid unmoving ground inside the beginning room.

  There was a simply a large black leather loveseat in the center as well as a small blue wooden box on the right that had Shimair carvings along the sides.

  Shimair were a group of 100 years old plus artists that decided when they hit 100 to carve any piece of unattended wood they saw until the day they died. They had literally carved thousands upon thousands of pictures and self portraits on boxes, trees, doors, walls, desks, everything and anything. Their most famous was a carving of the Borcave war, which was between the Sands and an alien attacker called the Peops on the side of a family’s home as they slept. When they awoke in the morning the Shimair were gone and had left a beautiful and incredibly detailed carving that depicted a fierce battle on the Comenget plains.

  The walls of the room were covered in a red and dark red gold leaf wallpaper that had a flower and Baatold design that encircled a large 8 foot wide stain glass window with a circle of regular 3 foot wide glass in the center that faced out to a singing garden or Puble.

  The Puble was a place where you could sing into various microphones set up all over an outdoor living room. Each of the microphones would either make your voice sing perfect pitch or change your voice to say a man’s if you were a woman or a child’s or even a Sarg or Baatold’s. As you snag a musical score would be generated to whatever song you made up and it would all be recorded so you could make an entire album in the amount of time it took you to sing it. Then you walked over to a silver box and typed in the album name you wanted and a CD with your name and intense graphics by the artist named Boema V. Sip would be on the cover of a disc with your album inside with another picture of you on the disc that had been taken when you walked in.

  The floor of the room had a dark blue liquid covering it called Yorkcu, that felt dry to the touch and wouldn’t cling to anything it touched. The ceiling had a living painting of the Bobic kids playing a concert.

  The Bobic kids were a group of 3 teenagers that were in a rock and pop band together. Their songs had gone number 1 diamond over 100 times. They looked like kids, but had gene therapy 35 years earlier so they never grew or aged. They also were the cutest boys anyone had even seen, do in part to several surgeries and procedures when they were young and had a spell cast on their faces that put a haze of white light over their faces and euphoric breath would come from their mouths as they spoke to you or sang. The lead singer Blueso Kind was the heartthrob of the group and was said to have never had sex as he couldn’t choose just one woman to love so he wouldn’t choose any. Nails, the youngest one said that if the world was finally at peace he’d lay down his guitar and pick up a hammer so he could be part of building the new utopia. Better, the odd and crazy one wrote a poem about the world titled,” To give away what you’ve taken,” in the hopes of spreading love that went as follows,” Love and desire, not mine to own. Friendship and passion, not mine to hold. Good times and tough days are all we can crave. But

  if I’m a lover of the forsaken, then to give away what you’ve taken is a wise man’s words again we’ve gotten it right.”

  Everyone ran into the room and Ratie ran over to the box and opened it revealing a white cushioned silk form for the Germio. Then she took the Germio in her hands and said softly,” Germio, it’s been fun, but fun never ends unless it’s over, see ya.”

  “ See you it was fun,” said Germio warmly.

  Then Ratie placed the Germio in the box and as she did the walls slid open and in walked Tablu Peek with a black and red paisley briefcase.

  Tablu Peek had off white hair and dark tan skin. He had dark blue eyes that seemed thoughtful and kind. He also had a nose that looked like a turtle shell. He was 5’9” 159 pounds and had on a white cashmere robe with a thick white fur collar. He also had on a pair of golden sandals with a small hexagon shaped telephone on the toe of his left sandal. Around his neck was a simple tan and red thread necklace.

  “ Hello there, hello there I’m Tablu and I have got a fortune in eyewear to give you all. I just hope your eyes can carry it. Little joke, apparently smaller than I thought. Alright, great take a look,” said Tablu as he opened his briefcase on the armrest of the loveseat.

  Inside the case were 18 pairs of diamond studded sunglasses with each pair having a different color glass as well as different sized rimes.

  “ Oh those look fun,” said Mench as she grabbed a pair of green lensed platinum rimmed large sunglasses and then put them on and said,” sorry everyone, but I’m taking these ones home.”

  Then Famaron grabbed a pair of black and gold fist shaped blue lensed sunglasses and put them on and said smartly,” If only I could rule the world I’d wear these spectacles every day of my life hum hum.”

  “ Then we’d really be screwed,” said Ratie as she giggled at Famaron.

  Everyone took a pair and then headed back to the Puble.