A/N: O.k. I'd like to start out by saying that I have not yet read the last
Everworld book, and the preview from the last book seems to imply they pass
over into Everworld entirely, but this story is written assuming that that
didn't happen, and that they still beat Ka Anor. Also I have some ideas
for continuing chapters that deal with Senna's emotional trama, but whether
I put them up probably depends on reviews. If so then I'd like to have
them up within a few weeks, but don't hold your breath for any sooner than
this summer.
We were sitting at Taco Bell, my back to the door that day, still in our robes from graduation. April and Christopher on one side of the table, and Jalil and me on the other. All laughing, joking, and speculating about whether Christopher's selves from different worlds should be allowed to have different women, or if that nice brunet was adultry (but that's a topic for another time). Anyway I guess I registered the door squeaking, and didn't care, but suddenly Christopher and Aprils eyes grew to the size of basketballs. "Uhh, David," said Christopher," have you ever seen American Outlaws?" "Wha," I mumbled throught a mouthful of taco. "Don't turn around," said April, she explained later she was quoting the movie,"if you can't see it, it isn't real." "What isn't," I asked, just as those pale, slender arms wrapped gently around my throat, and a soft voice wispered in my ear. "I'm not," the voice said. I pushed her off and twirled to see Seena, Jalil turned too, and seemed about ready to go into a rant about "Listem b*^)% if you want to mess with physics in Everworld fine, but here once you die you stay dead." She was wearing a black tanktop, and a grey miniskirt, and carrying a black purse, almost the kind of preppy look you'd expect from April. She sat down like she was just one of our little clique next to me. "Y-you're dead," Jalil finally stammered. "Not that I mind," Christopher once again ruined a serious moment,"actually I find it sexy." Then something happened that none of us expected. Senna laughed. Not her evil, psychotic laugh, but an honest "I think you're funny" kind of laugh, a nice, forget the importance of the moment kind of laugh, not side- splitting, but entertained. "Well tough," Seena said,"Brigad told me you already had a big wedding to Etain with half the gods in Everworld as witnesses." Then she turned to April and got serious. "Thank you," she said. April looked about ready to lynch her if she had to ask a cop to hold her in place. "O.k.," she said through barely suppressed anger," first of all why would Brigad want anything to do with you, second why would Brigad let you know Christopher and Etain got married, and third.....no no better make it first how the f)&$ did you get back here!" "First," said Senna," I had some presence in the world already, but not enough to form a physical body. That worked to my advantage, if there was no physical body in this world my presence here couldn't die with my body in Everworld. I just focused what was left of me in Everworld here for the last year or so, and was able to make a physical body. Second, thank you for freeing me." "Freeing you from what," said April," tell me so I can tie you up and put you back in it." Senna ignored the joke,"freeing me from Hel. I wasn't lieing when I said I cried for those men in her domain. I wasn't always the way I was at the end," tears started to appear in her eyes," I planned to rally the mortals in a call of nuetrality so they wouldn't defend the gods, when all the gods were eaten by Ka Anor I knew of another world, a world filled with gods, but they were different. There were only gods, but they were more adaptable. They could work together, and there were billions of them. There Ka Anor would be nothing but a serial killer for the cops to pick up. I had sensed it, and I could have tricked Ka Anor into letting me send him there. My plans at the beggining were nothing like at the end. I tried to be tough, but I was like Christopher back when he talked about black people, I didn't mean it. But then Hel ripped out chunks of her skin and made me eat them. It was like she put a piece of herself into me, so I'd be just like her, and if I ever became a player she could control me." We could all tell she wasn't using her magic on us, and so I think that's what made us believe her. "But this new body I made," she said, finally regaining control of herself,"doesn't have the same disability. The downside however is that I'm loosing my power. Brigade explained to me that I still have a little, and can keep it as long as I don't use it, but I can't regain it with rest like I used to, the drain is permanent. Brigade explained a good deal of things to me, and that should cover the third. You see she's been examining the connection between magic and science for centuries, and has alot theories. Supposedly I can pass on my power to a relatively close genetic match of the female gender if I wanted, and she wouldn't even be the gate between the two worlds, she'd just have my other powers," she smiled at April," but I think we can all agree the Real Worlds better off without that kind of crap." "YES!" we all shouted at her in perfect harmony. "Good then I have just enough power left to give each of you a little present. Well actually I have two presents for each of you, one physical and one magical. I think I'll start with Jalil." She pulled some rolled up papers out of her purse, and handed them to him. He unrolled them, they were about fifty sheets thick, and his knife fell out. "Thought you might want it back," Senna said," but that's not the present." He looked over and them began to scream,"WHAT THE F#@^!!!!!" That brought alot of stares, so we all tried to look like nothing had happened, it had come from some other table. Senna laughed," Brigade wouldn't let me give you the actual scroll, but she let me make a copy of it. It might help you studying Everworld. Now for your magical gift." She reached across me and rubbed his hand, mud appeared on it. Everyone except her and Jalil were agasped at the nerve. Jalil just stared at it for a moment before muttering,"what's that suppose to do," and picking up his burrido to eat. Then it hit him what had happened, HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIS HANDS BEING DIRTY! He grabbed Senna and hugged her tightly (now there's something I never thought I'd see). "And as for you Christopher," she touched his face," here's a copy of the vikings recipe for beer." She handed him a sheet of paper. He glanced at it, then dropped it on the floor,"What am I suppose to do with that?" Then it hit him and he snatched it off the floor,"maybe I can find some bozo bum to buy it. I'd hug you too, but Etain would kill me." "Now April, I still haven't been able to decide what to get you," Senna said. "I have what I wan't," April said smiling now," what I've secretly wanted since the day you came to live with us." "What's that," Senna asked. "A sister," they both laughed. "And finally the great general Davideaus," she grabbed my head. I was back in that dorm again. This time I was standing in the middle. And there that councilor was, standing over a younger version of myself, loosening his pants. "Oh please no," I thought,"don't let me choke." But I didn't choke. Or I did, but I didn't. Well my younger self didn't call for help, but help was there. I ran over and sent a both fists into the guys head. When he turned my foot flew straight into his balls. Then I grabbed him by the neck, and pinned him to the wall with my left hand alone. Oh I wanted to kill him so bad. My side, what was at my side. Galahad's sword, I stabbed it into his chest, and I was back. "Now that you've conquered your enemy," Senna said," maybe you won't have to go around conquering everyone else's as much." "And the physical present," I asked. She flipped over into my lap," this good enough," and we kissed. Then she turned to Christopher," you can be best man at the wedding. Sorry, I thought you were funny, but I liked David since about sixth grade, before I even had a hunch Fenrir was comming." And I loved it, finally kissing Senna without magic, or mind control, or any of that crap in the way. And know she liked me too made it even better. I could feel she was using her magic somehow, but not on me. Then I looked over to seen April and Jalil's hands getting closer and closer, and smiled. And we all lived happily ever after.
We were sitting at Taco Bell, my back to the door that day, still in our robes from graduation. April and Christopher on one side of the table, and Jalil and me on the other. All laughing, joking, and speculating about whether Christopher's selves from different worlds should be allowed to have different women, or if that nice brunet was adultry (but that's a topic for another time). Anyway I guess I registered the door squeaking, and didn't care, but suddenly Christopher and Aprils eyes grew to the size of basketballs. "Uhh, David," said Christopher," have you ever seen American Outlaws?" "Wha," I mumbled throught a mouthful of taco. "Don't turn around," said April, she explained later she was quoting the movie,"if you can't see it, it isn't real." "What isn't," I asked, just as those pale, slender arms wrapped gently around my throat, and a soft voice wispered in my ear. "I'm not," the voice said. I pushed her off and twirled to see Seena, Jalil turned too, and seemed about ready to go into a rant about "Listem b*^)% if you want to mess with physics in Everworld fine, but here once you die you stay dead." She was wearing a black tanktop, and a grey miniskirt, and carrying a black purse, almost the kind of preppy look you'd expect from April. She sat down like she was just one of our little clique next to me. "Y-you're dead," Jalil finally stammered. "Not that I mind," Christopher once again ruined a serious moment,"actually I find it sexy." Then something happened that none of us expected. Senna laughed. Not her evil, psychotic laugh, but an honest "I think you're funny" kind of laugh, a nice, forget the importance of the moment kind of laugh, not side- splitting, but entertained. "Well tough," Seena said,"Brigad told me you already had a big wedding to Etain with half the gods in Everworld as witnesses." Then she turned to April and got serious. "Thank you," she said. April looked about ready to lynch her if she had to ask a cop to hold her in place. "O.k.," she said through barely suppressed anger," first of all why would Brigad want anything to do with you, second why would Brigad let you know Christopher and Etain got married, and third.....no no better make it first how the f)&$ did you get back here!" "First," said Senna," I had some presence in the world already, but not enough to form a physical body. That worked to my advantage, if there was no physical body in this world my presence here couldn't die with my body in Everworld. I just focused what was left of me in Everworld here for the last year or so, and was able to make a physical body. Second, thank you for freeing me." "Freeing you from what," said April," tell me so I can tie you up and put you back in it." Senna ignored the joke,"freeing me from Hel. I wasn't lieing when I said I cried for those men in her domain. I wasn't always the way I was at the end," tears started to appear in her eyes," I planned to rally the mortals in a call of nuetrality so they wouldn't defend the gods, when all the gods were eaten by Ka Anor I knew of another world, a world filled with gods, but they were different. There were only gods, but they were more adaptable. They could work together, and there were billions of them. There Ka Anor would be nothing but a serial killer for the cops to pick up. I had sensed it, and I could have tricked Ka Anor into letting me send him there. My plans at the beggining were nothing like at the end. I tried to be tough, but I was like Christopher back when he talked about black people, I didn't mean it. But then Hel ripped out chunks of her skin and made me eat them. It was like she put a piece of herself into me, so I'd be just like her, and if I ever became a player she could control me." We could all tell she wasn't using her magic on us, and so I think that's what made us believe her. "But this new body I made," she said, finally regaining control of herself,"doesn't have the same disability. The downside however is that I'm loosing my power. Brigade explained to me that I still have a little, and can keep it as long as I don't use it, but I can't regain it with rest like I used to, the drain is permanent. Brigade explained a good deal of things to me, and that should cover the third. You see she's been examining the connection between magic and science for centuries, and has alot theories. Supposedly I can pass on my power to a relatively close genetic match of the female gender if I wanted, and she wouldn't even be the gate between the two worlds, she'd just have my other powers," she smiled at April," but I think we can all agree the Real Worlds better off without that kind of crap." "YES!" we all shouted at her in perfect harmony. "Good then I have just enough power left to give each of you a little present. Well actually I have two presents for each of you, one physical and one magical. I think I'll start with Jalil." She pulled some rolled up papers out of her purse, and handed them to him. He unrolled them, they were about fifty sheets thick, and his knife fell out. "Thought you might want it back," Senna said," but that's not the present." He looked over and them began to scream,"WHAT THE F#@^!!!!!" That brought alot of stares, so we all tried to look like nothing had happened, it had come from some other table. Senna laughed," Brigade wouldn't let me give you the actual scroll, but she let me make a copy of it. It might help you studying Everworld. Now for your magical gift." She reached across me and rubbed his hand, mud appeared on it. Everyone except her and Jalil were agasped at the nerve. Jalil just stared at it for a moment before muttering,"what's that suppose to do," and picking up his burrido to eat. Then it hit him what had happened, HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIS HANDS BEING DIRTY! He grabbed Senna and hugged her tightly (now there's something I never thought I'd see). "And as for you Christopher," she touched his face," here's a copy of the vikings recipe for beer." She handed him a sheet of paper. He glanced at it, then dropped it on the floor,"What am I suppose to do with that?" Then it hit him and he snatched it off the floor,"maybe I can find some bozo bum to buy it. I'd hug you too, but Etain would kill me." "Now April, I still haven't been able to decide what to get you," Senna said. "I have what I wan't," April said smiling now," what I've secretly wanted since the day you came to live with us." "What's that," Senna asked. "A sister," they both laughed. "And finally the great general Davideaus," she grabbed my head. I was back in that dorm again. This time I was standing in the middle. And there that councilor was, standing over a younger version of myself, loosening his pants. "Oh please no," I thought,"don't let me choke." But I didn't choke. Or I did, but I didn't. Well my younger self didn't call for help, but help was there. I ran over and sent a both fists into the guys head. When he turned my foot flew straight into his balls. Then I grabbed him by the neck, and pinned him to the wall with my left hand alone. Oh I wanted to kill him so bad. My side, what was at my side. Galahad's sword, I stabbed it into his chest, and I was back. "Now that you've conquered your enemy," Senna said," maybe you won't have to go around conquering everyone else's as much." "And the physical present," I asked. She flipped over into my lap," this good enough," and we kissed. Then she turned to Christopher," you can be best man at the wedding. Sorry, I thought you were funny, but I liked David since about sixth grade, before I even had a hunch Fenrir was comming." And I loved it, finally kissing Senna without magic, or mind control, or any of that crap in the way. And know she liked me too made it even better. I could feel she was using her magic somehow, but not on me. Then I looked over to seen April and Jalil's hands getting closer and closer, and smiled. And we all lived happily ever after.
