There can be no words for the longing felt for the sweet memories of what Andy once knew as pain. A burn from when she ate something straight out of the oven brought about scars on the roof of her mouth, she couldn't drink carbonated beverages for weeks, but come to think of it, it really wasn't all that bad. Andy even missed the violent shock of a dog bite. But floating in the subconscious of a mind once her own, she knew those days were behind her. She stared up at the current owner, appearing as a vague white mist. There are times, Khonsu, there are times when I am in control. We switch at random, and you have no idea when I could take the reins and undermine your plans, whatever they are. The mist formed a solid, white disk. The times in which you are in control are few and far between. If and when you do take control, you'll have to go along with our new associates. We've committed several heinous sins, and unless you want to be killed by our two new friends or sent to prison by authorities, then you might as well pretend I'm in control. The damned moon god had to have impeccable logic. Alright, but you at least should let me see what's going on. If I'm unprepared for a sudden switch, then you're screwed too. You're completely inside of me, and if I die, then you've lost another gamble. The white disk suddenly became reflective, revealing two young men, no wait, one was a blue robot. The six foot robot was standing, staring right at her with what looked like eyes, but were really illuminated cameras.
"So this is the wizard of which you spoke, Squadron. I thought they were all old, bearded men."
"Wizard is a technical term. It refers to the ability to fight with magic in most cultures, but-"
"You know what? It doesn't really matter. Welcome to the 21st century- now the question is: where the hell are we?" The navy android covered in a myriad of tiny ones and zeros had a right to ask.
"We're nowhere in particular. Or close enough." It was weird hearing Khonsu use her voice. "In this place, you cannot die, age, or even sustain injury." The robot looked at her skeptically, pacing.
"And you can teleport here… anytime you want, from anywhere. Someone's overpowered."
"Not really. You see, in a few minutes, we'll no longer be allowed to be here. Beyond that, I can provide slight combative help." Seriously Khonsu, where are we? I hear a river, but there's no sun, just sand. We're not in… the land of the dead, are we? A voice from nowhere answered her. Yes, that's exactly where we are. But because we still have our bodies, the gods will soon hurl us asunder.
"I realize that this is no time for petty technicalities, but how did you find out this body was always mine?" Squadron turned to his autonomous companion.
"There was an email on your computer. You were always right about to read it, but you never got the chance, I guess. Reading it, I learned of your creator's conation to explain the origin of the technology for the body's powers before you decided whether or not you wanted it."
"There are other origins, possibly more pressing origins we may want to know first. I suppose I can ask you about the email later." The robot turned to look Andy in the eyes. The strange thing was, she was looking back at him with her own eyes all of a sudden. I'm in control?!
"We'll start with your name, please." She was suddenly aware of her own body. Only 5'2'', 110 lbs., and relatively little muscle I've let myself-Khonsu has let me go…Oh wait, he asked me my name.
"Uh- it's Andy." Squadron did a slow half turn and raised his hand to the back of his head, while his metal friend seemed to shift his weight. Awkward…Damnation, Andromeda, he meant your super villain name, none of you are on first name basis. It's bad enough you have a Greek name.
"Well, if you wanted to know my super villain name, I haven't thought of anything moon-related that doesn't sound ridiculously inappropriate." The African American youth was laughing uncontrollably.
"Why are we so worried about being inappropriate? You could be- the Mooner. The super evil mage who's turned to crimes above plumber level, after breaking out of prison on indecent exposure charges. Your catchphrase- "There's no mooning… like a-"
"Stop it, or Khonsu might take you seriously." At this point she observed that her two new accomplices had gone from awkward, to amused, to suddenly serious in the space of a minute.
"Why don't we… start from the beginning? My name is Jacker. Let's work out yours." The relatively blasé humanoid spoke with apparent understanding. "I like Selene… it's a nice name, feminine, moon related..." And Greek. And- shut the hell up.
"I'll take it. As for my story, it doesn't really begin with me, which is weird, yes, but-" Story time will have to wait. Somebody's picked up our presence and I'm hoping it's not Ammut. "Long story short for the moment, there's this god in my head, we switch randomly, and he says we really have to leave."
"What? Oh- well, just- teleport us somewhere else like you got us in here."
"I don't know how! Khonsu was in control at the time!" Squadron was puzzled.
"Well what's so immediately dangerous that we have to go before he can take control?!" A snarl came from behind Squadron in answer. A heavily muscled man, partially wrapped in linens, raised a sickle until it was level with a small, black, eye glaring from his jackal head. That's an Anubite. You will die in a few minutes, depending on the number of them. It's probably 50 or 60. Further snarls rang out as Anubites crawled from the dark sands. Squadron raised an eyebrow, turning to Andy.
"By slight combative help, I'm assuming you can assist us here. Jacker, what was it that you absorbed enabling you to jump so high?"
"I believe it was an elevator. Yes, that would make enough sense." The expression on Squadron's face indicated to the steel warrior it was time to remind the Anubites of the century. Squadron drew a short sword and began to fight several aberrations at once. But I guess we're abominations too now, right? Andy stretched out her arms glowing with white energy as she slowly levitated off the ground. She charged a beam of light as Khonsu responded. Yes, yes we are.