The Black Blade of Anarchy

by Jet556

Sequel to "Ninja Ping", set in 1989. Upon hearing of RadCircles' defeat, an person known as "the Leader" plans to take over the world and engulf it in darkness through an evil sword called "the Black Blade of Anarchy." A Canadian Army General named Wendell Barrage recruits Lee Ping and tells him that only he can defeat the Leader. And the Hoplite's identity is finally revealed!

10. Nothing Much

Welcome back everyone. Enjoy and review.

Nothing Much

At another dinner party of Basil's, Lee, Tina, Cam and Barrage all listened as Basil told the tale of Henry VI of England. Quite the story to tell at a party to celebrate his engagement to Venus Kellerman but no one was questioning him.

"So anyway, a man as weak-willed as him should not have been king." Said Basil as he sat before his fireplace. "I know he was the only known son of Henry V but his uncle John of Lancaster, the first Duke of Bedford, would have been a better choice. John should have been king not the regent of France for when Henry VI was king."

"John died without issue when Henry was fourteen years old." Stated Cam. "Who could have been next if John had died as king? John's younger brother: Duke Humphrey of Gloucester? He only had a daughter. Humphrey's successor would have been Henry eventually once his uncles were dead."

"Maybe not." Returned Basil. "Henry IV was not John of Gaunt's only son. Even if Humphrey had died in 1447 as king, Edmund Beaufort, the son of John of Gaunt's son John Beaufort would have become king. Once he died, we still would have gotten a Henry VI but just not the Henry VI we know since John Beaufort had a son by the name of Henry. After him would have come Charles Somerset, Henry's legitimized bastard, as Charles I. Not the Charles I history did come to know but a Charles I nonetheless. After Charles would come a different Henry VII in the form of Charles' son Henry Somerset. After him would have come a different William III in the form of Henry's son William Somerset. After him we would gotten a different Edward IV in the form of William's son Edward Somerset. After him we would have gotten a different Henry VIII in the form of Edward's son the first Marquess of Worcester and from him would have come a different Edward V and from that Edward V we would have gotten an Henry the Ninth."

"And it is at this point that I go to lay on the couch." Groaned Cam as he left to do so. Such an alternate history required a lot of thinking about.

Basil merely laughed. "Oh, Cam. Come on back. It's not that hard. We could go further back to after Edward the Confessor's death and imagine what it would have been like if Harald Hardrada had conquered England instead of William!"

"Have you imagined it?" asked Cam from the couch.

"Indeed I have and the Norwegian kings of England would have come to an end before the 1190's." replied Basil. He then turned to Lee and Tina. "Now, I heard you two were in France recently. What did you do there?"

"Oh, nothing much." Replied Lee.

The End