Heroes, Villains, and Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark Part 19

 Nova sat on a bench near the icy statue of Arx and Adrianne. In his hand he held a large computer tablet that had several news broadcasts playing. The world was quickly recovering from what had happened.

Chase walked in with her own tablet in her hands. “I thought you’d be back here.”

Nova said, “I needed a quiet place.”

She sat next to him, a knowing smile on her face. “You’re avoiding EB.”

“That little annoying brat won’t leave me alone.”

“That’s nothing new,” she said.

Nova turned off his tablet. “If he would just stop telling everyone that I might have shed a tear over him.”

“You like him, why is it so hard to admit it? You’ve said it before.”

Nova said, “If I give him an inch, he takes a hundred miles. I need focus and calmness to do this job. That erratic bunny is the antithesis of who I am.”

“Which is why you two have worked together for so long. You are each other’s perfect match.”

Nova groaned, “You make it sound like a romance.”

“Of course it isn’t a romance. EB is the worst skirt chaser I’ve met. A bromance, maybe.”

Nova looked toward the door and then down around the statue the other way, then back at the door.

“What are you doing?” Chase frowned at the way he was acting.

“Making sure he isn’t around.”

“For what?”

Nova softened his voice, “EB is the best friend I’ve ever had. He is the most loyal person I’ve known in my long life. And when you’re immortal, it’s hard to make friends. People live such brief lives compared to me. Having a friend who is just as immortal as I am is refreshing. He gets on my last nerve, but I would be lost if he weren’t around. And...” before Nova could finish that sentence, a white blur smacked him in the face and was now hugging him around the head.

“I knew you liked me, you really, really, like me. This is the best day ever. And I thought it couldn’t get better after having your cry over me. Oh, I am your best, best, best, best...” Chase pulled him off before Nova threw him across the room.

Chase wrestled with EB finally resorting to holding him by his ears off the ground.“You heard him?”

EB said, “Of course. These aint just for show.”

Nova said, “I take it all back. You are a pest and a nuisance.”

EB grinned as he dangled by his ears. “You don’t mean that, and we both know it.”

Nova said, “What are you doing in here? I thought I asked you to check in with the media and get a casualty report.”

EB said, “I just finished talking with all my contacts and I have super, amazing, great news. There were no reported casualties from the energy attack. A few injuries, a couple car wrecks, but no one died.”

Nova slowly lost his irritation as a small smile crept across his lips. “That’s fantastic news. Finally, an incident without a casualty report to face. Still, creatures killed several people during the attacks.”

“Don’t dwell on the negatives, good news is good news.” Chase said as she set EB down on the bench.

Nova nodded. “Yes, it is.”

EB’s ears perked up. “Whoa, I sense something powerful coming.”

Nova looked around and saw a green haze growing in the room. It grew brighter and congealed in one location until it flashed, and there stood Dr. Fagan as the Oracle of Supernatural.

“Nova, it is time we spoke,” she said.

Nova stood up to greet her. “Dr. Fagan... or should I call you the Oracle of Supernatural?”

“Dr. Fagan is fine. We are one. The avatar of Supernatural has bonded with me and we became a single being.”

Chase asked, “What are you exactly?”

Dr. Fagan pondered her answer. “The Avatars did not exist at the beginning of the morphons. Over time, as the morphons had variations, individual consciousnesses came to be. However, they lacked emotional intelligence. They were merely an awareness. Over time, they grew stronger, but still lacked identity. When the morphons came to this world, the avatars soon followed and found growth unlike anywhere else in the universe. Nowhere have morphons been more actively used and connected with living beings than here on this world. The avatars congealed themselves into beings, hoping to grow even more intelligent and gain new existence. However, it was folly. We could not create what we did not understand; emotions.”

Nova said, “How did you decide to bond with humans?”

“It was the avatar of tech. His knowledge is superior to all of ours, and he learned many things that confused us all. Tech always sought new experiences before the rest of us, and thus he sought a body to inhabit. His bonding with Dr. Hermes gave him insight far beyond anything we expected. Instead of just learning from the experience, he became part of the man. Now, they are one being. This is what I have become. I am no longer two beings, I am just one. I have all the knowledge and experience of the avatar of supernatural in me, as well as the life, experiences, and emotions of Dr. Lily Fagan.”

Chase asked, “Why Dr. Fagan? What reason did the avatar pick her?”

Dr. Fagan answered, “The avatars seek people predisposed to the morphon type they connect with. However, they also wish to find those who lack ambition.”

EB said, “Dr. Fagan had ambition. She was… sorry… is an accomplished scientists. And she had a goal.”

Dr. Fagan smiled at EB. “Speak not of me as though I am gone. I am Dr. Fagan. And to answer your question, the ambition they deny is that which drives an evil heart. The avatars are not well-versed in emotions, but they understand evil enough to recognize the danger. In my dreams when I was unconscious, the avatar spoke to me, investigated my life, and found I was acceptable. And he clarified his eyes had been on me for some time, and this may be why the malevolence also sought me.”

Nova asked, “Will all the avatars do this?”

“In time, yes. This goal was ours before the Malevolence returned. However, the bonding of the Avatar of Tech with Dr. Hermes did something unexpected. It drew a desire from the Malevolence. We all face danger now if a human does not bond with us. And, even while bonded, we aren’t entirely safe from its grasp.”

Nova said, “I think it’s about time we got some answers about this. What is the Malevolence, and its goals?”

She said, “Tech once told you that where there is light, there is shadow. Such is the truth about the Malevolence and the Morphons. We aren’t just particles floating in space; we are an existence. Everything we are, the Malevolence is the opposite. We feed energy into others; it takes. We seek harmony and peace; it wishes violence and dominion. We have avatars, separate forms of awareness that are distinct from each other. It has a unified awareness. Do not think of it as simply evil. It is pure domination, greed, desire, hungry for power. However, while we can exist in this universe cohesively with the rest of creation, it can only exist in a void. Again, opposites. It desires what we have, and is crafting a grand plan to obtain our power and our place in this universe.”

“Tech said that it would want to control the oracles, to take them and make them its own.”

She nodded, “Yes. That seems to be its scheme. It wanted the avatar of Supernatural. In fact, it almost succeeded. Why I... the avatar part of me... was in the Malevolence void when EB and Dr. Fagan first fell into it was because it had taken me. I fought for a long time inside that void, resisting as best I could. I was calling to someone with a great connection to the supernatural when I accidentally pulled that box with them into the void. It was a refuge for me. I put myself in her and then sent the box away.”

EB asked, “What about that other dude with the wings? Who is he? A dark oracle?”

Dr. Fagan said, “It took time for me to fully form the bond. Dr. Fagan wasn’t ready. In that time, the Malevolence was still looking for me. It has taken a different soul and corrupted it into a false oracle of supernatural. What it plans now that we have denied it my form... I don’t know. We, the morphons, can only glean information about the Malevolence from our limited encounters. We are too opposite to truly understand it.”

Nova said, “You seem to understand a lot about it.”

“We have both existed for over a million years. Though we only know what we do from our limited encounters, in that great span of time, there have been many encounters.”

Nova asked, “When will it make its next move?”

She smiled, “A wise and tactical mind you have. Yes. It will continue this plan, which we do not doubt. When it will move again is impossible to tell. It could be soon; it could be a thousand years.”

“It will be sooner than a millennium,” Nova said, “I have fought enough evil to know that when it begins, it doesn’t sit and wait.”

EB hopped up and down, “At least we have a kick-butt oracle to help us.”

Dr. Fagan shook her head. “The avatars of the morphons have always remained neutral in their own way. As oracles, we will offer advice and wisdom. We will aid you in your fight against the Malevolence, but only to a point. We are opposites, and while it desires dominion and power, we do not. If we stepped into your world’s history as heroes, we would soon become gods. That would corrupt us and turn us as wicked as the Malevolence. It is for your own good, and ours, that we do not fight this war. That will be on you. But do not worry, we will not be silent. We will help in any way we can within our own limitations.”

Nova held out his hand before either of them had a rebuttal to her words. “We will respect your choice. What will you do now?”

She smiled, “Now that I am this Oracle, I feel a need to travel the world, explore it and discover it with fresh eyes. The avatars have made a choice. Earth is now their home. This world will be where they place themselves to grow as emotional beings, as these oracles. It is difficult to explain, but there is a childlike joy emanating from the avatar in me at this new life they will all experience.”

EB said, “This all started with a plan to free Arx and Adrianne from this ice. Now that you’re this all-knowing Oracle... do you have an answer?”

She looked at the frozen statue. “I am not all-knowing. But I know the answer wouldn’t come from studying the supernatural. However, I sense there is a powerful morphon at work here. Perhaps the answer will come.”

Nova stood next to her, looking at Arx. “We aren’t entirely sure they are still alive in there.”

“They are,” Dr. Fagan said, “I can sense that. They are resting, they are not in pain. But they are certainly alive.”

“Thank you. I needed to hear that,” Nova said.

She held out her hand, and a crystal flower bud appeared and then bloomed into a beautiful blue and yellow blossom like a lotus. “Here. Speak to this and I will come. But remember our limitations.”

Nova too the amazing flower. “Thank you.”

“Farewell, we will meet again.” She vanished in a green flash that left a few leaves trickling down in the air.

Chase walked up next to Nova. “What does all this mean?”

“It means we’re facing a strange new evil, and we must be ready for its next move.”

“How can we possibly be ready to fight an ancient evil that we barely understand?”

Nova looked at her and then walked out of the room. “Like we’ve done every time before, with unshakable determination.”

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Heroes, Villains, and Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark Part 18

 An emergency broadcast around the globe broke through televisions and online. The panic in the streets was evident in every corner of the planet. A woman on the news in Detroit, Michigan had a controlled attitude, but fear burned behind her eyes.

“Authorities are uncertain what the cause of this mass attack is. But across the planet, people are lying in the streets, seemingly on the verge of dying. The source of this... is unknown and... Brenda?” She looked over and then jumped out of her seat as the camera shook around to move. She rushed across the set and held their weatherperson who was on the ground clutching her face.

“The pain! I... can’t see. Help me!” The woman writhed around as she held herself while people tried to help.

Nova held EB in his arms while the heroes around him fell silently into slumped piles.

“My God, this is worse than the Ren Tech incident.” Chase said, “They aren’t in a dream world, they are just having their life pulled right out of them.”

“I’m so helpless. What do I do?” Nova whispered.

“I can try... “ Quark said something but simply stopped.

Nova looked up, “Try what?”

“They are glowing.” Is all he said.

“Look at EB!” Chase pointed at the bunny, who had a green hue around him.

Nova rose to his feet and looked around. “Is it over? Are they gone?”

People moved, some gasped in breaths and slowly moved their hands to their chests. EB even moved around and made small noises.

The dark oracle cried out, “NO! This is not possible!” He reached up and his hands glowed bright again, but no one was affected. His head snapped toward them and he screamed, “What have you done? I will end you!” He darted toward the bubble containing Nova, Chase, Gar, EB, and Quark.

Nova rested EB on the ground and had his hand on his sword when something met the dark oracle halfway to them. A person slammed into him, and he flew back and crashed into the mountain again.

A woman carried by angelic wings hovered over the ground with a green dress on and leaves swirling around her.

Chase said, “Oh my god. It’s Dr. Fagan.”

The dark oracle rose from the deeper crater he had formed. This time, he looked injured and angry. He flew toward her with his hands out. “You will become!” He screamed.

She didn’t move, didn’t flinch, merely waited for him. When he reached her, she grabbed both of his hands, flipped him over and slammed him hard into the ground. After he hit, she thrust her hand over him and the energy in him drained.

With a dual voice from her mouth, she spoke, “We are the Oracle of Supernatural. We protect his realm. The Malevolence is not welcome. I take from you that which you stole.”

He screamed in pain for a moment as she ripped the energy from his body. Heavily breathing, he threatened, “This is not the end, Avatar of Morphons. We will have dominion. We cannot be stopped. The Malevolence has grown, it is strong.” A hole opened in the sky above her, and a dark shadow poured down, pushing her to the ground and stopping her siphoning of the energy in him.

He stood, ragged from the attacks, but all the more terrifying in his eyes. “You will become.”

With all the effort she could muster, she pushed her hand over her head and blocked the pouring shadow, but still couldn’t move. “I... will not fall this day.”

“You will become, what power do you have that we cannot match?” He smiled with blackened, jagged teeth.

She looked at him and said, “We are not alone.”

The dark oracle didn’t see Nova’s divine sword. Like a baseball, Nova hit the dark oracle and sent him toward Gar. Gar grabbed the man by his wings and spun him around and threw him even further. Chase nailed him with all three of her throwing stars in his side just as Strange Quark cartoonishly slammed him back into the ground using a massively inflated fist.

“QUARK!” Nova yelled.

Quark knew the cue and cast another barrier, this time over Dr. Fagan, helping to block the shadow. She could fly free and join them. Using her power, she trapped the dark oracle in a series of thick vines.

“This world is our home now, and we have many allies. The Malevolence has none but its own creations.”

The dark oracle didn’t squirm or fight, he simply glared at them. “What has begun shall be done.” He evaporated into a dark mist and was gone.

“Damn. Chase, contact the station. I want a planetwide sensor sweep.”

Dr. Fagan said, “That will not be necessary.” She turned and gestured to the sky where the hole had been. “He has fled to where he can exist. I took from him that which kept him alive in this universe. His time here was limited, and the Malevolence retrieved him before he perished. He will not return to us soon.”

“Are you absolutely certain?” Nova asked.

She nodded. “I could feel him leave, or rather, his master took him. However, he is correct. This is far from over.”

EB staggered across the ground, blinking with bleary eyes. “What... who... wait, is that Dr. Fagan. Wow, you look amazing. Did you always have wings?” He was a little loopy.

She smiled at him and said, “I am Doctor Lily Fagan, but I am also the Oracle of Supernatural. We have become one being.”

Nova said, “I have so many questions.”

“I will answer them in time. Right now, I have work to do.” She said nothing more and simply flew up on her wings and held her arms out. Waves of green light spilled from her, spreading from horizon to horizon. She slowly flew west, leaving them as she continued to glow.

The surrounding people quickly regained their strength and stood. EB smiled as he ran around at blinding speeds for a moment, then stopped right in front of Nova.

“Wow, I feel all better. Better than better. This is amazing. What happened to me? I felt like someone had completely emptied my body, and I was going down. I mean, really down. Like down down down. I remember feeling arms under me, and... wait... wait, wait, wait....” He felt his side. “Someone cried over me. This isn’t just water, these are tears. Someone cried. Oh, Chase, I knew you loved me.” He ran toward her, and she looked up at Nova, who appeared as if he were about to flee for his life.

“It wasn’t me.” She refrained from saying who.

EB bounced around. “Welp, Gar can’t cry tears and I doubt Quark likes me so much that he would cry over me. If he did, that would be soooo sweet, and his tears probably would smell like vodka. But, I really doubt it, and the others were down, that just leaves.......” He looked over at Nova, a big grin on his tiny face.

Nova took a step back. “Whatever you’re thinking, stop.”

“BUDDY!” He rushed over and climbed up Nova and was on his shoulder. “I knew it! You really do love me. We are bestest of best friends. I mean, I cried hard when you were kidnapped by that ugly Lady Echidna, and so it only makes sense that you would cry over me. Did you think I had died? Wow, you are such a good friend! We should get matching t-shirts, and friendship bracelets, and...”

Nova grabbed EB by the face to make him stop talking. “We have a serious situation to sort out. Now is not the time for your incessant rambling.”

EB nodded with a hand still clutching his face. He saluted with one paw and said something under Nova’s fingers that sounded like, “Aye-aye, buddy.”

Nova let go and EB dropped to the ground and bounced around, handing chocolate eggs to all the present heroes.

“Chase, work with Justin and set up a mobile lab here. I want every sensor reading we can make. Get every scrap of footage of this incident from any local cameras. We need data.”

“Understood.” She walked away with her comm already out.

“Gar, you and EB talk to the local media and tell them only that BADGE is on this, but that the situation has calmed considerably and the fight is over.”

“Why us?” Gar asked as he watched EB giving eggs out half a mile away now.

“You and EB are both known enough and people like you. Plus, it will keep EB out of my hair a little longer while I go and wait.”

“Wait?”

Nova walked toward the landing zone. “To talk with our new Oracle. We need proper answers.”

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Heroes, Villains, and Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark Part 17

 Gar ripped free of the vines tethering him to the ground just in time to grab the clawed hands of the creature as it lunged at Nova. He wrestled with it for a few moments before twisting around and launching it through the air.

Chase jumped over a duplicate creature and threw her magic stars. They tore into the neck of the creature until its head came free. It vanished in a puff of smoke and then reassembled and dashed toward her.

An egg hit it and exploded, covering it in expanding sticky goo. EB raced by, throwing more eggs at others. “They just reappear. We have to stop them, but not kill them, they... yah!” A ghostly old man creature conjured up a vine that lifted EB off the ground and then slammed him repeatedly against the earth.

An earsplitting whistle exploded as a beam of light erupted under the old man creature, destroying it in the column of bright blue. Another column took a different creature, and then a third.

Strange Quark created more beams of light as he said, “These things aren’t alive. They are like those shadows I faced in that other realm, just smoke. We take out one, another replaces it.”

EB, staggering after his quick impacts against the ground, said, “Or... a dozen.”

Chase summoned her stars into her hands again as she watched even more of these creatures materialize around them. It was just two different creatures over and over. One walked on the ground, the other hovered over it, yet they both had the same powers over nature. She threw her stars, but there was little they could do against the growing numbers.

“We’re dead.” EB muttered.

Strange Quark landed between them and held out his hands, a bubble of blue light formed around them. The creatures encountered the barrier, and it stopped them. “I can keep them at bay.”

“Gar!” Chase pointed at their ally who was currently fighting three at once.

“What about Nova?” EB pointed at their leader.

Nova was still fighting the enemy with his sword. He cut vines and slashed at him. Yet, the dark oracle seemed unfazed by the damage it was receiving.

Nova twisted around in a quick motion, slicing five vines just as they shot up out of the earth. He then jumped and swung down to bisect his enemy. The dark oracle jumped back and then held up his claw, and more vines grew up around Nova’s legs.

“The Nova is foolish to fight me.”

Nova stabbed the vines around his legs. “The Malevolence is foolish to attack this world while I still breathe.”

The dark oracle smiled as it flew up into the air. “Then the Nova does not need to breathe.” Both of its hands glowed bright green as hundreds of vines trapped Nova, several gripping around his neck and squeezing. He fought and writhed around, but the vines overwhelmed him.

Hundreds of blasts of energy in various colors rained down from above. Some hit the creatures, and some focused directly on the dark oracle. Heroes flew down from the sky. The sheer volume of power overcame the dark oracle, and a flash of light exploded where he had been.

Tri-blade landed and used his enchanted blades to help cut Nova free. “I think we got him.” Tri-blade laughed.

Nova coughed as he looked at the smoking crater where the dark oracle fell to the power of the heroes. He took up his sword and walked toward the enemy. Unlike the confident posture of the surrounding heroes, Nova was ready for an attack.

“He couldn’t have survived that.” Tri-blade said, “Everyone, take out those creatures.”

Just then, the dark oracle rose from the crater, unscathed by the bombardment, with that same wicked smile on his face. “Fantastic. The source has arrived.”

“What the hell?” Tri-blade prepared himself for a fight.

The dark oracle held up his hands, palms upward, and his face looked to the darkening skies. “Feed.”

The heroes staggered and fell to their knees. They cried out in pain as they gripped their faces and chests. Green sparkles formed on their skin.

“What are you doing?” Nova bellowed.

“That which is mine, I shall feed upon.”

Nova looked around and only then realized the horrible truth. Though people had affinities toward certain morphons, everyone had some of each type. This dark oracle used that to consume the very energy that fed the heroes their powers.

Nova started for the dark oracle when dozens of the creatures attacked him. He destroyed one after another, but they were limitless and felt no fear or pain.

“DOCTOR HENDERSON!” An intern yelled from the medical lab on the BADGE space station.

Dr. Henderson, who had been looking over data in the bio lab, rushed to the call for help. “What is... oh, no.”

She stood in the room where they had placed the fallen heroes for recovery. They were all still on IV bags to help them restore their strength. Now, they all had a green glow around them and were moaning and crying in pain.

The intern said, “I just came in here and found them like this. Look... she’s awake.”

Dr. Lily Fagan was now moving and wincing in pain. She also had a green glow, but there were small leaves and flowers in hers.

“We have to alert Nova.” The intern said.

Dr. Henderson walked over to Dr. Fagan’s bed. “This is odd. Her numbers are... off. She doesn’t look in pain, she looks sad, or angry. What’s going on? What are they doing down there?”

“What should we do?”

Doctor Henderson reached over to check a computer sensor beside Dr. Fagan’s bed when the woman suddenly turned into a pile of leaves that fell across the bed and onto the floor. The intern let out a scream as Dr. Henderson slowly picked up a leaf.

“I have never seen anything like this.”

Nova swiped and slashed with his sword, cutting down endless enemies before him. Enemies held his legs and continually grabbed his arms.

Stone hands reached over and grabbed two of the enemies and threw them away. Eggs exploded on the faces of two others, and stars hit the eyes of three.

“You need help?” Chase asked, standing right beside Nova and grabbing a creature by the neck and then kicking it away.

Gar threw out his wings to knock creatures back and then put his fist right through the chest of one.

A blue light pushed away half a dozen as Strange Quark flew over. “We gotta get out of here before we all die. I can try to zap us away.”

“Do it!” Nova yelled, still fighting.

Quark snapped his fingers, but nothing happened. “That’s strange.”

Nova shoved his blade into the belly of a creature and then kicked another in the face.

EB clapped his paws together and then cried out, “NO NO NO, MY POWERS!”

Gar snatched the bunny before he was nabbed by a creature heading for him.

One grabbed Chase by the waist and attempted to squeeze her in half. She jabbed two of her blades into its neck and then sliced down. Nova followed up with a blade across its back. She fell to the ground and said, “I never thought I would die like this.”

Strange Quark once again shoved the enemies back with his power and created a barrier around them. The bubble barrier once again stopped the attackers. “This can’t be the end.”

“Can you protect the others?” Nova asked.

EB shivered, “I don’t think he can. It is still draining my power. Wow, I feel funny.”

Quark looked at the dying heroes and shook his head, “This Malevolence is too powerful. It defies my abilities. I can just keep the creatures away.”

EB held his chest. “I... don’t feel so good.” Falling to the ground, he struggled to breathe.

“EB!” Nova knelt down and held the bunny. “You can’t die on me. I won’t let you.”

EB managed a smile. “You really do care.”

“DAMNIT, OF COURSE I CARE.”

“That's ... the best thing... I’ve ever heard. Wish... you hadn’t...” EB closed his eyes.

“EB! EB!” Nova screamed in pained agony.

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Heroes, Villains, and Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark Part 16

 The early morning over Carlingford, Ireland was brisk in late winter. Signs of life sprouted up from the ground here and there, but the last vestiges of winter remained for now.

A barrier made up of metal poles with energy fields protected the dig site around Leprechauns former home. BADGE robots patrolled endlessly. The local police had also created their own barrier, but this one was further away and only made to denote to tourists and locals where not to go. Since the reappearance of the strange woman, half the county was now on high alert. Fortunately, the locals had the wisdom to pack up and take vacations during this time.

A great green streak of light flew in a great arc and crashed into a hill overlooking the dig site. All the robots went on alert and moved toward the crash. Sirens woke up and screamed for anyone else to either get ready or leave the area.

“Sensors indicate a lifeform present.” A robot announced.

The silhouette of a man with demonic wings walked as a shaft of early morning light broke through the heavy clouds. His heard bore sharp antlers and his fingers were those of claws. His eyes beamed a green light, piercing through the darkness that followed him.

“Cease movement! This area is secure. Do not approach.” A robot stepped up and called out the command.

The shadowed man lifted a clawed hand, and roots shot up from the ground and pulled the robots down. The robots broke through the roots only to find more wrapping around them. Tighter they were bound until the roots broke the robots apart like toys under the tender care of a wild child.

Flying, the light of the barrier illuminated the man. It was Drachenflügel, only his body had changed into this monster. He tore his arm through the air and vines spun up around the metal poles, pulling them over. Drachenflügel quickly dismantled the barrier. He flew in and then hovered directly over the hole in the ground where Leprechauns home had been. The crystals within flashed and beamed brightly. He lifted his claws up and smiled as the energy crackled out of the ground and into his body.

Around him appeared dozens of the same two figures that had been attacking heroes. Duplicates of both appeared like ghosts, quietly watching. From them, energy flowed, all focused on his body.

Heroes around the world waited with bated breath for what was to happen next. The battles against these strange creatures had come to an abrupt stop. Many heroes sustained injuries or had their energy stolen. Then, all comms when active with a word from Nova.

“Heroes, we have an emergency in Carlingford, Ireland. This is a global alert. Able heroes, move toward Carlingford and be ready for a fight. I have put all national military units on alert across the planet.”

Nova watched a small screen that had a live feed of these exact events in Carlingford. A drone, from a suitable distance, watched the new creation draining power from the ground and its minions.

“This can’t be good.” Chase looked over his shoulder at the small screen in his hands.

They flew on a BADGE shuttle toward the planet with EB, Gar, and Strange Quark.

Nova said, “Nothing that this thing does can be good. I just hope we get there before he finishes whatever he has started.”

“Why are you coming with us?” Quark asked. “Normally, you direct from the station. You are the Director.” His attempt at a little humor fell flatter than normal.

Nova said, “The Oracle of Tech made it clear, we are in danger if the current situation continues. I can’t just sit by and watch.”

Gar asked, “Why aren’t we just zapping ourselves there? Quark can do it, so can EB.”

Quark said, “This Malevolence has certain control over powers. I don’t even know how it works, which sorta bothers me like heck.”

“Yeah, it messed me up bad.” EB said, then punched his little paw into his other like a fist. “I’m gonna get some revenge.”

Nova was about to say something about EB’s threat when Chase took the tablet from him, “Wait, I know that guy.”

“Who?”

She pointed to the image of the man over Leprechauns home. “That’s Drachenflügel. Back when I worked as a thief, he and I pulled a few heists in Monaco.”

“You did what in Monaco?” Quark asked.

She flashed a devilish smile, “We fleeced the fabulously rich. He was a male stripper and I the sexy vixen. He got the old ladies, and I took the slimy old men. They got some eye candy and then found all their valuables missing the next morning.”

Nova said, “I hate to interrupt this journey into your lurid past, but we have a mission to focus on.” Taking the tablet back, he said, “I believe we can confirm that this is our target, the Dark Oracle of Supernatural.”

“He must have absorbed the essence of the real Avatar. Even found a guy with wings like the avatars.” Quark said.

Chase asked, “What should we do?”

Nova spent a moment watching the view as he saw those green eyes look up, as though it was seeing them. “We have one goal.... kill him.”

The BADGE shuttle swooped out of the sky, and five figures came flying out of the side. Gar carried Nova on his back. Nova held his divine blade ready to strike. Strange Quark flew with EB and Chase floating beside him, being carried by his blue energy.

“Hold back, let me strike first!” Nova called out.

“Why?” EB asked.

“Just do what I say!” Nova yelled and then jumped from Gar’s back.

Nova’s body turned into a bright light with his sword growing slightly and cutting through all shadows. He darted straight down with a massive swing over the head of their enemy.

A great, powerful crash followed as he plunged his sword into the ground. The enemy, hit by the power of the strike, careened hard backward and slammed through the sod and rock of a nearby hill.

Gar landed near him, Nova now standing with his blade ready for the next strike. A great gash of soil stretched before him, leading all the way to where he had sent their enemy. Far behind them, and nearly surrounded by the strange creatures, the others landed.

“Is it dead?” Gar asked.

“It’s never that easy.” Nova said just as the ground sprouted vines under his feet. He quickly dodged them and sliced through with his blade. Gar, on the other hand, was trapped.

Drachenflügel rose from the ground where he had been thrown and casually flew toward them. He spoke with a voice that sounded as if two or more were there. “Ah, the Nova. We knew we would face you. The inexplicable one.”

“The undefeated one,” Nova said.

“You will bow, like all of creation. Our time has come.”

Nova snorted, “I’ve heard that before from far more menacing enemies than you.”

A hint of anger crossed its face. “There are none like us. We are the darkness, we are the Malevolence.”

“You’re nothing but another petty tyrannical force trying to conquer. And, just like all the others, you will fail.” Nova smiled as he heard the distinct sound of the heroes coming. “This world is defended.”

An unsettling, wicked gleam crossed the man’s eyes. “Good.” He flicked his hands out, and his still minions suddenly launched themselves at Nova and his team.

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Heroes, Villains, And Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark Part 15

 The Utter Freaks Squad League darted around the floating old man creature as it focused in on one of their own. Blazerface shot a series of bursts from his eyes, but the creature swiped up a hand and a wooden log rose and took the impact. With a swift jut of its hand, a root shot out of the ground and hit Blazer in the chest and pinned him to the ground.

“Stop him!” The leader of this league called out while she shielded one of their own, who seemed to be the target of this creature.

TheDude flipped and jumped through the air using his enhanced athletics skill and slammed down onto the top of the creature with a double-fist crash.

The creature hit the ground and then turned to blue smoke, it reformed in the air and swiped a claw across the chest of the handsome athlete. His uniform tore, and blood trickled down his perfect pecs.

Bold-er ran in and threw a massive stone she had been carrying. The stone hit the creature, but it merely fazed through it as though it weren’t there. It continued toward their colleague hiding behind the leader. “What the hell can stop these things?”

“We have to find something.” PrismGuard said while she crafted a rainbow shield over herself and Darkmouth, who was obviously the focus of their enemy.

At the moment that three of their own were about to strike at the enemy one more time, it simply stopped moving and looked up. It seemed to listen to something, or look at something they couldn’t see. Then, with no warning, it flew straight up and vanished into the sky.

“Oooo-kay?” PrismGuard lowered her shield. “Anyone got an explanation?”

“Nope,” Blazerface said.

“I want a full report from the commander of the Pacific office.” Nova spoke into his comm as he sat at a computer in Operations.

Another comm opened, and a Japanese man in a BADGE uniform said, “Director, we have a reported encounter two hours ago. The enemy drained two heroes and then vanished.”

“Get them to a BADGE hospital immediately. Dr. Henderson has a treatment plan that should work, but they need attention right away.”

“Understood.” The comm clicked off.

Nova had been working through rotating calls from the Leagues, Rangers, and national offices for a full day. They were still trying to get a scanner working so they could locate all supernatural heroes and protect them. For now, it was a ground effort, and he had the responsibility of directing.

“Director!” Gar called out from the front of the room.

“What now?” Nova looked up.

“I don’t understand. We are getting reports you need to see.”

Nova stood up, looking at the screen as dots slowly vanished one by one. “Is the scanner online? Are we shifting over to a location mode?”

“No, sir. Listen.” Gar nodded to 10915.

A voice recording from the field played, “This is MindHawk in Kentucky, we were facing a strange creature and it just stopped fighting and ran.” Another voice came through with a thick Russian accent, “This is PolarKin, the enemy abandoned the fight without warning and vanished into the sky.” One after another, these reports came pouring in.

“What’s going on?” Nova left his desk and joined Gar.

Gar smiled, “This is good. Right?”

“I don’t know. When an enemy stops fighting, and there is no reason they should, it can only mean something is about to happen that we will not like.”

A fresh voice joined them, “Dr. Henderson to Nova, I have good news.”

Nova muttered, “Perfect timing.” He clicked his comm, “Nova here.”

“The scanner is online. However, you need to come to the lab, we have rigged it through the bio scanner system down here.”

Nova said, “I’ll be there in a moment.” Shutting off his comm, he left Gar in charge of Operations and headed for the bio lab.

As soon as the door opened to the bio lab, a white blur hit Nova in the chest, bounced off, and zoomed back into the room. Nova now had a chocolate egg stuck in his mouth.

EB bounced around the room, “Woot, woot, woot. We did it. Really, it was Strange Quark who made this work. But it works! We’ve already begun scanning. I wonder if they’ll feel the scanning? Wouldn’t that be weird? You’re out fighting crime and suddenly you feel a strange buzz. It might feel nice. Or, it could feel like...”

Nova pulled the egg out as he stomped into the room. “This is not a time for celebrating when people are at risk.”

EB frowned, “Sourpuss. This was hard work.”

Nova addressed Dr. Henderson, who stood before a holographic representation of the globe. They dragged a new computer station into the room and hooked it into the bio scanners with two dozen cords and cables.

“We’re using a medical scanner normally used for specialized scanning on subjects at close range. But with some quantum work from Quark, it can now scan at a much further distance. Relaying it off all BADGE satellites and ground stations, we can now scan the entire planet.”

Chase walked over and said, “We can now protect our people.”

Nova said, “That’s wonderful, and you did good work. However, something has changed.”

Strange Quark, drinking another chocolate liquor drink, said, “Why is it that nothing sticks around long enough for us to get ahead for once?”

Nova answered, “Life never seems to work that way.”

“What has happened?” Dr. Henderson grew pale with worry.

Nova said, “The attacks have stopped. Our enemies seem to abandon their fight. There is no explanation or rational reason, they just stopped.”

Chase asked, “What can this mean?”

EB said, “That they know we are on the case and we always win.”

“I wish that were true.” Nova said, “I can only assume that our enemy is about to make their next move. What that will be, I do not know. But we have to be ready.”

“Then the scanner is no longer needed?” Chase asked.

Nova said, “It is needed. I don’t know their next move, but I’m certainly not going to leave our people in harm’s way. Scan the planet and identify those with primary supernatural natures. We are going to alert them to the risks. Can the scanner determine if the person is a known hero?”

Dr. Henderson shook her head. “No. It will only show if the person has a high margin in that area. However, using the BADGE computer system of assignments and known locations of heroes, we could figure out who is a hero and who is a civilian who hasn’t discovered their powers yet.”

Chase said, “Would that be an invasion of privacy to be going after those who haven’t discovered their powers yet?”

“They are at more risk than those who are heroes. All we are doing is making sure they are safe. Do the scan. Connect with the BADGE system.”

Dr. Henderson and Chase worked the computers to make all the proper preparations. Then, with a single button, the scanner saturated the world with the detection scan. Small dots appeared all over the place, some brighter than others. It was only a few seconds before the computer made a loud noise and a warning sign appeared.

“What is that?” Nova asked.

Dr. Henderson turned off the warning and said, “Strange, that is the bio-meter giving a warning. This sensor is for medical cases here. So, if someone has a critical level of morphonic energy and could be at risk, it warns us. It shouldn’t be sensitive enough to show that from here unless the person was abnormally strong.”

“How about ten to the sixth power?” Quark said as he looked at a large, glowing spot.

Dr. Henderson walked over. “That’s not possible. That’s the maximum scan. Over a million morphonic level power. This can’t be right.”

Chase said, “It’s moving.”

They watched as this glowing spot flew across the European continent on a direct path for Ireland.

Nova said, “It is possible if this being is part of the morphons themselves. Feeding on the energy of hundreds of others.”

EB asked, “Do you know what that is?”

“I hope... no, I pray I am wrong, but this could be the Dark Oracle of Supernatural.”

“Dark Oracle?” Quark asked.

Nova said, “We have run out of time. We have to destroy this creature before it is too late.”

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Heroes, Villains, and Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark part 14

 Nova, having just told the Oracle that the Avatar of Supernatural is missing and was last seen in the horrid void of the Malevolence, said, “What can this all mean?”

The Oracle of Tech, aka Dr. Hermes, answered, “If the Malevolence has consumed the Avatar, it is only a matter of time before he reveals himself to the world and thus begins his dark reign over the Supernatural. This is only a part of the whole, for the Malevolence will desire all the avatars’ spirits so it can form all the oracles and thus control morphons in the universe.”

“I see he has a long-term goal. Right now, I’m worried about what happens next. If he has taken theAvatar of Supernatural, what will happen?”

The Oracle of Tech paused and then said, “I cannot give you a clear answer. This has not happened in all the memory of the morphons. Deduction allows me to assume that the Malevolence will begin its path. What that path will be, I do not know. However, it can only be terrible. I can surmise with great certainty that this path will be in this realm.”

Nova paused, “What makes you so certain about an assumption?”

“Logic and evidence. People with supernatural inclinations in their morphons are being targeted and having their energy drained. Correct?”

“Yes.”

Dr. Hermes said, “The Malevolence cannot exist in this realm for long. It requires energy from this realm to exist. It is feeding on that specific energy so it can feed its new creation. Thus, that creation will walk and exist here. It will then need to keep feeding on that energy, ever consuming until it has drained every corner of existence of that morphon type.”

“If the Malevolence fulfills its grand plan, it will consume all the morphon energy in the universe.”

The Oracle nodded. “That is logically the right conclusion. And once it has done so, that which prevents it from existing in this universe will be gone. All that will remain here will be the darkness.”

Nova asked, “Is there anything you can deduce that might give me an advantage? Something to work with.”

“Only this, if a Dark Oracle arises, it will be the presence anchoring the Malevolence in this universe. If you can destroy it, you will cut it off from this universe again. It will not destroy the Malevolence, but it will stop its march for a while.”

Nova was hoping for a stronger suggestion, but this was something. “Thank you. I need to get to this.”

“Good luck, my old friend. If I discern anything else that might be of help, I will let you know.”

Nova paused, “I thought the Avatars... or Oracles in this case, do not involve themselves. They are just observers.”

Dr. Hermes said, “The avatar in me only allows me to advise, but I am going to advise as much as I can. It is our life on the line as well as yours.”

“Good to hear that.” Nova shut off the comm.

Nova walked out of his office with a somber gait. Gar stood at the command now as he watched. The map of the world was littered with small red dots showing combat areas.

“Report?” Nova asked.

Gar said, “Many sightings of the strange creatures have shown up. They have attacked thirteen more hero leagues, five Rangers, and ten civilians. Fortunately, no fatalities among the civilians or Rangers. Unfortunately, we lost two more heroes in the leagues.”

10915 called out, “Message incoming: Ranger Captain Constellation.”

A window opened with a starry-clad superhero looking at Nova with a sweating face under his yellow eye mask. “Sir, this is crazy. We just defeated the same creature three times. It won’t stop going after this orphanage.”

“We? Who is present?”

“I have the Sao Paulo Crashers League. They’re doing a damn fine job, but we’re going to wear out. What the hell does this thing want?”

Nova said, “It wants people. Certain people with a certain morphon signature.”

“One of the kids?”

Nova said, “I doubt it. Morphons really only manifest in the late teens, early twenties in most cases.”

“How can we tell who?”

“We’re working on that.” Nova continued before Constellation yelled anything more at him. “I will send five BADGE battle bots down to assist you and send an all-alert for your location. When we have more we can do, we will do it. Nova out.” He pointed at 10915, who immediately went to fulfilling that order.

Gar asked, “What are we going to do? They’re everywhere. What do they want?”

Nova said, “We aren’t certain. The best guess of the Oracle of Tech is that they’re draining energy from people with those morphons, feeding this Malevolence. It can’t be satiated until it has its own Oracle.”

“How do we stop it?”

Nova said, “We might not be able to.”

“Incoming transmission...” 10915 said.

“Tell them the support will get there when it gets there.” Nova barked.

“Incoming transmission: Field Agent Phillip Bigos.” The robot repeated itself, and the tone was almost irritated.

Nova turned to the screen as a new window opened with Phil’s face looking at him, the morning sky over Carlingford, Ireland, a warm happiness in contrast with his terrified eyes.

“Sir, we have a situation here.”

“Did you find something in the cleanup of that Section 9 lab?”

Phil shook his head, “No. A creature appeared in the middle of the lab and then walked right through a dirt and rock wall.”

“A creature. What description?”

Phil thought hard and then described the woman as best he could. “She said something about being unworthy and then walked away right through the wall.”

Nova said, “Okay, seal the lab and lock down the area. Tell the BADGE support there to be on alert.”

“Are we in danger?”

Nova casually said, “You work for BADGE, that is part of the job description. Keep a cool head and follow orders, those are your best ways to keep safe.”

“Understood, sir.”

The comm ended, and Nova headed for the lift.

Gar asked, “What’s going on?”

“More than I have time to explain.” He paused just before punching the button for the lift, “Contact the United Nations and tell them that all nations are now on alert. The non-metahuman military forces might be required soon. Tell them to be ready for full incursion protocols.”

Gar nodded with a fearful tilt as he said, “I will, Director.”

Drachenflügel flew down and landed near a bank in Zurich. He had a dark green leather outfit on his muscular body, and on his back were two dragon wings. He approached the closed back door with a vicious smile and peered through the window.

“Now, where were the safe-deposit boxes?” He asked himself in German. He patted himself for a moment and then swore as he realized he had forgotten the plans.

Walking around the building in the dark of night, he flattened against a wall and used his dark wings and dark outfit to blend into the shadows as people walked by in the distance. Suddenly he recalled the location of his heist.

Placing both hands on the wall, he concentrated. It’s a good thing he rents himself out as an exotic stripper for the fabulously wealthy. After that rich elite woman had finished feeling his muscles, he snuck into her room where she had a silk case for her special diamond necklace that would go back into this box. Three seeds, that was all he needed to place in that bag.

“There they are.” He felt their presence.

Using his power, he called the seeds to grow exponentially. The vines broke through the casing and then cracked through the walls. This bank was old, outdated, and needed its vaults upgraded. Good thing for him, his vines broke through the concrete and bricks and delivered to him not just a box full of antique heirloom jewelry, but all the papers he would need to blackmail this family for years.

A hand touched his shoulder, and he quickly turned, ready for a fight. “You have no idea who... what the...” He saw the strange woman with antlers looking at him with those glowing eyes.

“You are worthy.” She grabbed his face.

He tried to fight her, but found his body quickly not responding to his own desires. Then something else filled him, and he dropped the valuables. She vanished, and he now had glowing eyes and a flickering body that was emitting a strange mist. His clothes changed, antlers grew on his head. He was no longer the same man he had been moments ago. Roots sprang up from the ground to throw him into the air, and he took off at a speed he had never flown before.

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Heroes, Villains, and Renegades Fiction: Light and Dark Part 13

 Strange Quark took a long drink from the straw in his cocktail that EB made for him. They were not in the mess hall, with Nova impatiently waiting and Chase nibbling on chocolate.

“Oh, that’s nice. A chocolate-based liqueur with a nice savory sweetness. You’ve outdone yourself,” Quark said.

EB smiled, “Thanks. Coming from you is a huge compliment.”

Nova let out a controlled sigh and then asked, “Can you give a report now?”

“Sure. I just needed a pick-me-up. I found the region of reality that EB and Dr. Fagan ended up in. Took some serious cross-realm searching. It’s nearer to our realm that I expected.”

Nova asked, “What can you tell us about it?”

“Not much. It was... unusual. It was like a shadow.”

Nova’s face lost some color as he heard this. “Shadow?”

“Yeah. It appeared to exist, and yet it felt as if it wasn’t real. The only thing I could sense there was pure morphons. The energy of our universe comprises several factors, but morphons are a tiny portion of that. There, it was all morphons. Though it could take shape, formed into creatures of some sort that attacked me. It was angry.”

Chase asked, “Angry? About what?”

“I couldn’t tell. I just sensed a perpetual anger, a loathing that simply existed.” He took another big drink from his chocolate cocktail and then said, “Sorry, Nova, I wish I had more to tell you.”

Nova stood up, obviously rattled. “You’ve told me enough. I need to contact someone right away.”

“Who?” Chase asked.

Nova turned toward the lift. “Chase, EB, I want you to help Dr. Henderson however she needs it. We need that scanner on line yesterday. Quark, if there is anything you can do to help them, do it. I will be in my office.”

“There’s one more thing.” Quark said.

Nova paused and looked back, “What?”

“EB said that The Avatar of Supernatural was there when they arrived, and that he threw them out of the realm.”

EB hopped up, standing on the table now, “Yeah. He was all superheroey and slammed the doors shut, and then we went zooming until crashing into the beach in Michigan. It was a wild ride. Kinda fun if we weren’t so scared.”

Quark said, “The Avatars are highly concentrated with power. If he were there, I would have known it.”

Chase asked, “What does this mean?”

Nova said, “We might be facing a bigger problem that I imagined. Get to work.” Nova nearly bolted away.

EB said, “Wow, to see him run kinda makes a guy scared. Nova never runs.”

Quark said, “Hey, if you can make me another one of those drinks, I’ll join you guys in the lab. I have some ideas to help with the scanner.”

“Sure, coming right up!” EB gleefully hopped back over to the kitchen area where he had some of the special stuff stashed in secret. The station did not actually allow alcohol for the students, so this was a secret.

Two younger BADGE agents sifted through the debris of the laboratory under Carlingford, Ireland. They both wore heavy suits in case of dangerous chemicals.

“Hey, Phil, is this a morphon crystal?” Andrew picked up a shard of something and held it up.

Phil walked over and scanned with a gun-like device. “Nope, just more glass.”

Andrew tossed the glass toward a pile he had started. “Leave it to me to get this job as my first assignment outside London HQ.”

Phil picked up a chunk of crystal and put it in a container. “Get used to it. Do you know how many clean-ups I have been involved with since I got this job? Back during the World Corps situation, it was a daily problem. And don’t get me started about the Fenrir battle... they wrecked an entire countryside. But, hey, the pay is unbeatable.”

Andrew stood and kicked aside a fallen table. “I hope to work up into the science department. I got my degree in advanced computer engineering. To work with BADGE would be amazing.”

“Good luck with that. Now, hand me that grabber, I can’t reach the crystal back behind this.” He held out his hand as he leaned over a pile of rubble.

Andrew handed him a long stick with a clasp on the end that was controlled by a handle.

“Find me a suitable host,” a voice said.

Phil said, “What was that?”

Andrew looked around. “I said nothing.”

“Yes, you did. Something about a host?” Phil was still working to get the shards with his grabber.

Andrew made a squeaking noise.

“Trying to say something?” Phil finally looked up and then jumped back.

A woman with antlers on her head and glowing eyes took shape from the wisps of smoke in the air. She looked at each of them with a silent examination and no emotion.

“Lady... you can’t be down here. This is a classified clean-up.”

She said, “Unworthy.” And then walked toward the back wall.

“That’s not the way - “ Before Andrew could finish, she walked directly into the wall, absorbing into an exposed section where the wall revealed dirt and rocks.

“What do we do?” Andrew asked.

Phil said, “What do you think! Call BADGE!”

Nova sat at his desk in his office and called up a holographic screen. Almost instantly, Dr. Hermes, aka the Oracle of Tech, appeared.

“I understand you’ve found something,” Dr. Hermes said.

“You really monitor everything.”

“I’m not omniscient, but I am keeping a closer eye on what you are doing. Do not worry. I will not use information for nefarious reasons.”

Nova refrained from explaining how many villains have done things thinking it was for good, even though it was evil. He still trusted this man and the oracle. “Then you know we have found evidence of people being targeted for having supernatural morphons.”

“Yes. That alarms us greatly. This fits the logical deduction of how the Malevolence would act.”

Nova said, “I sent a man into the realm that EB got stuck in. He explained it as if it were shadow, I can’t help but think he was describing what you were talking about.”

“That is even more alarming. We have seen that you are trying to track several entities that are stalking these heroes and civilians. Likely, these are the seekers, the hunters for the Malevolence to find what it needs.”

“One team successfully destroyed a creature in Louisiana, but not before taking some heavy damage. This seeker was the only one who died.”

“Dispersed, perhaps, but not destroyed.”

“What?”

“Destroying these beings is not so simple. They’re manifestations of the Malevolence’s various parts. They represent its supernatural side. Once destroyed, they can simply be remade. Only by destroying the Malevolence can they be truly destroyed.”

Nova sat back and asked, “What else can you tell me that you haven’t already told me? You seem to know a lot about this.”

“Knowledge comes from learning, Director. I am collecting the data and surmising logical conclusions based on that data. I could tell you how I have deduced these hypotheses, but it would take time.”

Nova said, “Fine. But I know you’re not telling me everything. There’s more about this you know, and you’re afraid to tell me. I have people at risk out there! Some have already died! Do not hold anything back!”

Dr. Hermes nodded softly and said, “I told you that the avatar is finally feeling emotion for the first time since it bonded with a human. Well, that is not entirely true. They already knew some emotions. One was fear. They are all deathly afraid of the Malevolence. Even Legion feared it after they once tried to harness its power and realized just how dangerous it could be. If the Malevolence ever destroys one of the Avatars, it might cripple the balance of morphons in all existence. This is probably the most important reason they stay out of the fight as much as they do.”

Nova leaned forward and said, “What, exactly, would happen if an Avatar were to be killed by the Malevolence?”

Dr. Hermes’ head jerked to the side slightly, and his eyes glowed brighter. The Oracle was taking center stage now. “All morphons aligned with their element would be in disarray. A void would form, a vacuum that would need to be filled. Even worse, the dark morphons of the same element could infuse the lifeless remains of the avatar, and they would take control of both the dark and light morphons of that element, and the balance of power in this universe would be utterly corrupted. Potentially beyond repair.”

“Then I have troubling news.” Nova said. “My people reported seeing the Avatar of Supernatural in that dark realm.”

“We know. We saw the report sent to you. We have been waiting for his return with great concern.”

Nova said, “Then you haven’t sensed him return?”

“No.”

“Strange Quark went into The Malevolence.... he didn’t sense him there either. The Avatar of Supernatural is gone.”

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