A/N Hey guys! We're entering the final countdown for NaNoWriMo! Only 5 chapters left before the fic is complete! And according to my friends, I've also surpassed the 50k word barrier, meaning I've successfully completed the challenge! I hope you guys enjoy this calmer chapter before the storm that will be the ending!

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Beginning Of The End

It was passed nightfall when the Louds returned with their unconscious companion and placed him in Lincoln's bed, before moving over to Lori's room for an emergency sibling meeting.

A harsh silence overtook the siblings. Despite the no doubt exciting fight that had just participated in, none of them knew just how to start. Lincoln and Bun Bun were the last to step into the room, after making sure that Epsilon was resting comfortably in their shared bed of course.

"So, what now?" Lincoln took a breath and shook his head. "I'm sorry you all had to get involved…"

"No need, Lincoln," Lori calmly replied, giving her little brother a small smile as she did so. "You guys helped us out, and from the looks of it, you still need all the help you can get."

Bun Bun rubbed her arm. "We know… it's just that, now you're gonna be put in danger!" She motioned towards her partner. "Lincoln offered to help me out a few weeks ago, and I didn't know what to do, so I let him…" she looked away and rubbed her arm. "But now, Zeta is coming and Epsilon is out of commission! I don't think we'll even stand a chance against them now!"

"You sure about that?" Lynn raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "I mean, we wrecked those other bunnies! I'm sure we can pull it off again."

Lincoln hesitated, before turning towards his second-youngest sister. "Lisa, what do you think?"

She sighed in response. The only way we were in any way able to stand up to them was due to the effects of my tachyon dampener, which only effect the target temporarily."

"And we don't have much time, huh?" Luna looked up from her guitar, the modified speakers still connected to it. "You know, to get ready."

Lori nodded, and turned back to the young children standing before her. "Yeah…" she took a breath. "That means that in what little time we have, we're gonna have to prepare as well as we can."

"What do you have in mind, Lori?" Lincoln leaned in closer, while Bun Bun held onto his arm, no doubt the prospect of facing her worst enemy causing her blood to run cold.

"If I may suggest something," Lisa stepped forward raising her finger as she did so. "Because we will be facing powerful foes from alternate realities, I believe it will be in our best interest to arm ourselves with weapons that can harm them, if we are to repel this attack."

"So what do you have in mind?" Lori raised her eyebrow in confusion.

"I ask that you each donate an item to my lab so that I may fit them with tachyon dampeners. That way we may have a fighting chance at taking them on," an uncharacteristic fear filled her voice, while she looked up to her siblings, who responded with a nod.

"All right then, that works," Lori turned away. "As for everyone else, get ready for a fight."

"How?!" Lola's voice cut through the once quiet room. "I'm a pageant princess, not some crazy muddy person thing!"

"Lola, we may have save Epsilon, but from what those weird bunnies said, we've got an even bigger bunny on the way, and from the sound of it, he is not gonna be happy when he gets here." Lana crossed her arms and shook her head.

"Another bunny's coming?!" Leni cheered. "Oh I can't wait to pet them! They're gonna be so cute-"

Lori pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head. "No Leni, it's not…" her voice trailed off, before she shook her head and refocused on her siblings. "Anyways, from the looks of it, us just using what we're good at was enough to take them on… maybe with those dampeners we'll stand a chance."

Lisa nodded and turned to step out of the room. "In that case, Ill immediately get to work. I suggest everyone else do the same."

The others nodded, before breaking the meeting to prepare. No doubt they'd need to be as ready as they could be to take on what was about to come.

"Epsilon… are you awake, yet?" Bun Bun peaked her head through the linen closet bedroom.

No response.

Slowly, she stepped into the room and approached the sleeping figure of her sibling, before kneeling at his side. "Epsilon?"

"Ugh…" he groaned, slowly turning to face his sister as he did so. "Sigma?"

She responded with a smile, and by putting her hand on his. "Yeah, I'm here, bro…"

"Where are we?" he quietly asked, pain filling his voice.

"Back in Lincoln's home… we were able to fight N'tss and Azzathoth, but they were able to get away," Bun Bun held her arm nervously, no doubt expecting the young boy to rebuke her for her failure.

And yet, no such counter occurred. Instead he took a breath and rolled up, to instead face the ceiling rather than his sister. "Zeta is coming… I can sense it…"

Bun Bun remained silent, unsure of how to respond to her brother. "I know… N'tss and Azzathoth said that he was gonna be here soon, before they ran away and stuff."

Epsilon paused, before turning back to her. "It looks like I'm in bad shape, huh?" He gave a soft chuckle. "How are you with your memories? Did you find them all yet?"

The bunny girl shook her head. "No… but Lincoln told me the there's only more left to get, and then we'll have them all…"

The bunny boy hesitated for a moment, before raising his hand, motioning for Bun Bun to take it in her own. "Sigma… that's good…"

"Please, rest up…" She pushed the hand back onto her brother's chest. "I don't know what they did to you, but from the looks of it, it wasn't pretty."

Epsilon grabbed onto her in reply. "Sigma… please, I need you to listen to me…" his voice trailed off in exhaustion. "I need you to take some of my powers… please…"

"W-what?" Bun bun's eyes went wide in surprise. "What are you talking about?"

He began to glow in response, before opening the palm of his hands revealing a small orb of light. "Zeta is coming and I don't know if I'll be able to fight in my current condition," desperation filled his voice while he looked into his sister's eyes. "Please, I need you to take some of the powers of order so that you'll be able to fight when the time comes, please Sigma!"

The bunny girl hesitated, before nodding and looking into her brother's eyes, before taking the orb in her hands and glowing with soft blue light.

Meanwhile…

"The ritual has begun!" N'tss raised her spear to the sky, with the remainder of the order of six following suit by raising balls of light with her.

Suddenly, dark clouds began to circle about the six rabbits, the winds picking up with rain acting as a barrier to any intrusion. Fires burned a hexagon into the ground around them, with rocks bursting forth to mark the seal in which they would continue.

"Ignite! Defied! We will be justified!" Azzathoth shouted, with the N'tss finishing. "May the shadows haunt the seams, bow down before the king!"

"Fall into the hands of sorrow!" Chthugha continued, with his partner, Hastorr finishing. "Drawn by the darkest bay!"

"Walk from the pit of silence!" Noden chanted, and Nyarla finished. "As we call your name!"

And in unison they called out. "Come forth, Zeta!"

The storm picked up, before a pillar of light engulfed the hexagonal platform on which they stood. And when it died down, standing before them was a strange, humanoid being with jet-black hair and dressed in a black cloak.

He held his hand up to the air. And without another word, the order of six and their leader fired seven balls of light into the sky.

9 23-15-14-4-5-18 9-6 20-8-5-25-'18-5 7-15-14-14-1 19-21-13-13-15-14 2-9-12-12-'19 3-1-19-20-12-5!

A/N All right, a short chapter than usual, but entirely necessary to move onto the end of this fic! I hope you guys. As always, R&R, join the TLH discord and vote in the poll! Until next time!

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