THE WITCH OF TERROR

Part 12: What He's Lost

There were so many ways Alan's could describe the way he was feeling. Elated, psyched, blissful, jovial, cheerful, joyful, glad, pleased and content were some of the words that could be used to describe his current mood. He was going home, and home meant that he'd be seeing a few beautiful women, his gorgeous baby girl among them.

He was returning from Oa. He was on a mission. A being known as Parallax had escaped the Central Power Battery and had possessed one of the rookies. Luckily, Alan and his fellow Lanterns managed to overcome fear and bring the villain to his knees. Parallax, unfortunately, had escaped to parts unknown but Alan was hopeful that they would find the being again in a new host and this time they'd be ready for it.

Alan touched down in front of a house in the suburbs and undid his uniform. He now sported a black t-shirt with a green jacket and blue jeans with black shoes on his feet. He ran a hand through his hair and then walked along the path towards the house. "Should've bought flowers," he mumbled to himself and then he rang the doorbell. He noticed a small bundle on the doorstep; a teddy bear and a small bouquet of flowers. With them was a note. Alan quietly read the note.

"I figured you'd forget the flowers again. Oh, and a gift for my goddaughter too."

It was signed by Pol Dgibb. Alan smiled. Pol had been his mentor since he first joined the Green Lantern Corps, and over time had become a member of the family. A small blonde girl in black opened the door. "You're late," said the girl. "Lulu has been crying."

Alan rubbed his head sheepishly. "Sorry Yami…Had to help with the reconstruction on Oa."

Yami seemed to nod a bit before asking, "And where's Jade?"

"Ah, she's part of the group that's putting the final details on it. She should be coming home tomorrow," Alan said, smiling. Sure, it was sort of annoying, but Jade assured him it wouldn't be long, and gave him a nice 'gift' before he left

He then noticed a beautiful pink haired girl walk over to him. She was carrying a baby girl, who had bright pink hair like her mother. "Welcome home," Lala said, smiling. She kissed him on the cheek, glad to see her husband home, safe and sound.

"Glad to be home," Alan smiled back as he gave his wife the flowers. The baby reached out for her father. "Hello there Lulu. You missed your daddy, didn't you?" He picked up the girl and gave her a kiss on the forehead before holding her gently.

Jade was his first love, true, but he had the Smith Charm and with it Alan Smith attracted a lot of female attention. The pink-haired girl, Lala, was his wife and she was also a princess. Her full name was Princess Lala Satalin Deviluke and she came from the Planet Deviluke which was also in an alliance with the Deathtron Army of Planet Death.

The Green Lantern Corps had a bit of a rivalry with the Deathtron Secret Police in regards to policing the galaxy. The DSP mostly went after criminals from their own world but the Green Lanterns often ran into those criminals when they wandered into their jurisdiction. Eventually, they reached an agreement. The Green Lanterns were allowed to pursue and capture them and the DSP were allowed to incarcerate them.

As to how he met Lala? A funny story, really. He was just taking a bath after a long day's work when she suddenly turned up inside his bathtub, naked as a newborn. She told him she was being pursued and as a member of the Green Lantern Corps, not to mention unable to resist a pretty face asking for help, he assisted her. Of course, she had not been entirely truthful as her pursuers were really her bodyguards come to take her home. He only found this out after he beat them up and piled them on top of each other. One thing led to another and he ended up accidentally engaged to Lala who accepted his 'proposal'. Actually, he said that he would go as far as sacrifice his own life for her, which was the equivalent to a marriage proposal on her world.

For Lala, it was love at first sight. For Alan, it was the beginning of his love troubles. Jade found out and she wasn't too happy at first. However, Lala was only happy enough to share Alan after she and Jade became friends. It turned out her planet was pretty big on polygamy and if she and Alan were to marry, he could have as many wives, mistresses or lovers that he wanted as Earth laws would no longer apply since he'd be king of Deviluke once they were wed, which they did and not only were they married but they also had a daughter. Lulu Smith Deviluke was the next heir to the Devilukian throne.

Some time before the wedding, Alan met Golden Darkness who was also known as Yami. Yami was a genetically engineered Deathtron assassin that had been sent to kill Alan Smith. Unfortunately, her stasis pod had crashed upon reentry and some of the memory files were corrupted. Those files had Alan's picture and without them Yami could not identify her target and ended up getting lost. Alan found her, hungry, and bought her taiyaki which to this day was her favorite food. Once she found out who he was she was about to attack him but she stopped after remembering his kindness and decided to stay on Earth and leave her life as an assassin behind.

Alan took several hours to explain to Jade about Yami as the blonde became part of their lives. Early in their relationship, whenever Alan did something that Yami deemed perverted, which was often unintentional, Yami would unleash her powers on him. Yami possessed the ability to morph her body parts into weapons and use them with deadly proficiency. She was a walking, talking, living, weapon in the form of a cute blonde girl.

"Oh, we also have guests," said Lala.

"Guests?" Alan asked.

"Yo, whasup, Alan-kun!" a cheery voice greeted and Alan cringed. Sitting in the living room with a cup of coffee in front of her was Ryuko Hasuma. Ryuko was the daughter of Ryuki and Jinx and one of Alan's closest friends. Ryuko also loved to tease Alan and after she found out about Alan getting hitched to Lala, she would tease him about it whenever the mood suited her. Also, she tried to help Lala Earth cultured which often turned out to be something perverted which would often lead to Yami attacking him.

"Greetings, Alan-san," greeted a polite voice that calmed Alan down. This was Ryutaro Hasuma, Ryuko's twin brother. He was the calmer one of the two and was respectful to others. He was polite and soft-spoken but when angered he could turn into a raging storm. He disapproved of Alan's lifestyle but tolerated it nonetheless for the sake of their friendship. He was having tea and not the caffeine-laden beverage his sister was having.

"Hi, Ryutaro," Alan greeted the boy before turning to the girl, "What are you doing here, Ryuko?"

"Can't good friends visit each other?" Ryuko asked innocently.

"Whenever you visit, I end up in trouble," Alan reminded, "Or you need me to bail you out."

"It's nothing like that, honest," said Ryutaro. "Onee-sama really did want to visit you. She really misses you."

"Ryutaro, the last time she missed me was when she accidentally shot a homing rocket at me," Alan deadpanned.

"Again, not my fault. My finger slipped," Ryuko defended herself.

"Slipped on the trigger," Alan argued. "You just wanted to have a laugh and watch a rocket chase me halfway across the city."

"Hey, you're alive and I'm alive. Let's just be happy we're all alive."

"I'd be happy if you stopped trying to have fun at my expense," Alan retorted as he sat down. "By the way, how's Uncle Ryuki?"

"Oh, he and Mom are on a cruise," Ryuko told Alan. "They're on their 4th honeymoon."

"5th," Ryutaro corrected. "5th honeymoon."

"Seriously, they're too old for this romantic crap," Ryuko huffed.

"You're never too old to love," both Alan and Ryutaro countered.

"And your mom still looks good for a woman her age," said Alan.

"Yeah, everyone says she looks like she's still in her early thirties while she's actually in her forties," Ryuko rolled her eyes.

"That's not too hard to believe. Tsunade-san does look like a woman in her late twenties despite her true age," Ryutaro told her sister.

"Seriously, why is that all the older women that we know never look their age?" Ryuko questioned. "Seriously, why is that? I mean even Wonder Woman still looks hot."

"She's an immortal Amazon, Onee-sama."

"That was rhetorical, Ryuta."

Lulu fell asleep in Alan's arms, sucking on her thumb. He smiled down at his beautiful daughter. He would not trade this life for anything.

Alan went up and gently put Lulu in her crib with her brand new teddy bear. He looked down at the child. She was so beautiful, just like her mother. However, as she was the crown princess of Planet Deviluke, many undesirables may try to kidnap her in order to use her for leverage. The thought angered Alan. He would not allow anyone with bad intent to come near his daughter. He swore an oath to always protect his loved ones and would not break that oath even under threat of death.

When he and Lala first became engaged, there was a lot of opposition from many parties. Lala had many suitors. Many, many suitors. These suitors would often come and challenge Alan for Lala's hand in marriage. They stood no chance. Then there was Lala's father and godfather, the latter turning out to be Ichijyo Desmond Amakusa-Akuma himself who was one of the leading figures in the Deathtron military. It was funny to hear Lala call him 'Uncle Itchy' but he was not amused that his goddaughter had hooked up with a Green Lantern of all things. He didn't hate the Corps, but he really didn't like how some of the Corpsmen treated Deathtrons.

Deathtrons were still being treated with discrimination, suspicion and outright hatred. Considering their long history of warmongering and conquering planets through genocide, it would take a long time before the rest of the universe would trust anyone who wore the symbol. To the Deathtrons, it was a symbol of pride. To many others, it was a reminder of the atrocities that were committed during the Great Orion Wars that had gone on for a long, long, long time.

However, Lala pretty much insisted and fought for her right to be with Alan. She even went as far as threatening her father that she would renounce her family in order to be with him. Alan was touched. She was willing to give up her luxurious life of royalty to be with him. That act just made him fall deeper in love with her.

Eventually, they were married with the ceremony being broadcasted all over the universe. The Devilukian Empire was a large and incredibly well-known throughout the universe. In fact, the venue of the wedding was the Sky Palace which Ichijyo had provided for them. Unfortunately, their wedding day had nearly been ruined by the appearance of space pirates which were repelled by all the heroes in attendance. Despite the interruption, the wedding went on and both Lala and Alan became husband and wife.

Almost a year later, Lulu was born and again space pirates came to try and break up Alan and Lala's happy life together. They had kidnapped the infant and taken her hostage. Unfortunately, they had not counted on half the Green Lantern Corps and Deathtron Military Force to come after them. This was one of the rare moments where two rivaling factions actually worked together. It was one of the greatest moments in history.

With Alan representing the Green Lanterns and Ichijyo representing the Deathtrons, peace was made between them.


Alan was out on patrol in the city when he spotted something. There seemed to be a break-in at a grocery store and someone was fleeing the scene. He rolled his eyes. Despite the fact there was a Green Lantern present in the city criminal were still trying to commit crime right under his nose. He quickly dropped down in front of the thief, startling him as he crossed his arms.

"I suggest putting back whatever it is you took," Alan said to the thief who gulped before running away quickly in the opposite direction.

"Why do they always run?" Alan asked himself with a shake of his head before chasing the thief down. He was about to activate his ring when green bola suddenly wrapped around the thief's legs and tied them together, causing him to trip and fall. "What the…? I didn't do that."

"No, but I did," Jade said, smiling as she hovered down in front of Alan. "Hello, lover, nice to see you again."

"Nice to see you too, Jade," Alan smiled. "Lala and Yami missed you, you know."

"I know," Jade said smiling. Jade was Alan's first love and partner. She was also the daughter of the man Alan was named after, Alan Scott, the man who'd wielded the Star Heart and used the name Green Lantern. Jade was appropriately named due to her green skin and hair, both due to her father. She possessed the same abilities a Green Lantern would have with a power ring only that she didn't need to use hers. While she was a member of the Green Lantern Corps alongside Alan, she never really used her ring except to give her a boost in power. Her Green Lantern uniform was mostly white with green leggings and sleeves that ended in white boots and gloves, respectively. She sported the Corps' emblem on her chest but it was on top of the Star Heart symbol as well, combining them both into a single insignia. The uniform was skin tight and really showed off her sexy curves and well-toned body. Her green skin just made her very exotic.

At first she wasn't very happy about the Devilukian princess being in love with Alan and claiming him as her fiancé but Lala quickly became a good friend of hers, with Yami being a nice addition to their family. She pretty much gave Lala her blessings to have Alan as her husband. Yami was happy enough just being around Alan, and taiyaki.

"Ahem!" Both turned to see Obsidian looking at them, annoyed. He had the thief wrapped in shadows. "I suggest you guys be less lovey-dovey because this guy crawling away."

"Sorry, bro," Jade said scratching her head.

"Yeah yeah, I'll be handing this guy over to the police. You guys go and catch up," Obsidian muttered as he walked to the police station

"Thanks, and tell Damon I said hi," Alan said as she and Jade flew away. Both chuckled as they witnessed Obsidian stumble a bit before walking again.


When Jade and Alan reached home, both saw a strange device began juggling stuff around and grabbing various other things to juggle. Lulu was happily giggling as Yami was trying to take it down but with little effect as it always managed to avoid her death blows.

"Do I dare ask?" Alan asked Lala dryly.

"Well, I wanted to make a toy for Lulu-chan so I made Juggle-juggle-kun," she said, revealing the machine to be one of her inventions.

"And the reason Yami wants to destroys it?" Alan asked

"Well, I didn't finish his limiter on what not to juggle and long story short he sort of ripped Yami's door while she was changing," Lala explained, "But don't worry, I made sure he doesn't try to juggle people since that would be too dangerous."

Alan shook his head and activated his ring to stop the machine while Jade used hers to stop Yami.

"Next time Lala, you gotta remember to be more careful with your inventions," Alan said, but he smiled. So far today was a very good day for him. Nothing was going wrong for him.


"Lulu-chan is a healthy baby girl," Dr. Hasuma reported after finishing the checkup.

"Thanks again, Uncle Ryuki," said Alan as he held Lulu in her arms. She had cried after getting her immunization shot but being in her father's arms calmed her down.

"It's no problem Alan. I'm happy to do it," said Dr. Hasuma as he checked his schedule. "By the way, I think it's time for your own checkup and…" He turned and saw Alan had gone. "I hate it when they disappear like that."

Alan was already heading home with Lulu in his arms. He was holding his child while flying through the air. Lulu absolutely loved flying.

He landed in front of the door and changed his clothes to civilian form before entering as he declared, "I'm home!"


A week later, Alan and Jade were in space, on patrol when his and Jade's rings started to beep.

"Hmm, looks like there is some trouble on Aoran," Jade mentioned as she and Alan went on patrol.

"Aoran." Alan frowned in confusion, for some reason hearing that name brought bad emotion to the forefront

"Yeah, you know the planet we saved. They pretty much consider us gods, hell I think they were building us a golden statue in our honor, last I remember," Jade said

"Oh, right." Alan said smiling. How could he forget that? Still there was a tiny portion of his mind telling him something was wrong.

"We better check it out to see what's going on," suggested Jade. "Come on, last one there has to cook dinner!" She shot off towards Aoran.

"Hey, wait for me!" Alan called as he shot off after her. Jade laughed.

"Catch me if you can slowpoke!"

When they arrived at their destination, both Jade and Alan blinked at the strange being that was clad in green, gold-trimmed armor with a red orb in the chest. The being also wore a silver mask on its face with a red orb in the centre. It was pretty much carving what looked like an Anti-Green Lantern logo into the ground with beams of energy from his hands. It had carved the symbols everywhere, in fact. The symbols were on the ground and buildings.

"What are you doing?" Alan asked. The place they were in had no people. It was pretty much an uninhabited area of Aoran with nobody in sight for miles. All the buildings had been abandoned, in fact. They were now merely ruins.

"Well, it's about time you showed up. What took you so long?" the figure asked while looking at the two, more specifically Alan. "I tell you, you know how hard it is to find a place to get your attention? And then I have to find a way to bring you here, which wasn't easy mind you!"

"Who the heck are you?" Alan asked, confused.

"What? Oh right, you don't recognize me in this form, but you should still remember my name. It's me. It's Bazel."

"Ba…zel," Alan repeated slowly. He then clutched his head as an image of an armband appeared that oddly gave him a great flash of annoyance for some reason.

Bazel cried out as Jade blasted at him. "Hey!" Bazel shouted, "I'm talking here!"

"Sorry, but we heard reports of a strange being causing trouble and since you've been drawing graffiti all over the place, we think that's you," said Jade.

"Hey, ever heard of innocent before proven guilty?" Bazel argued. He ducked under another green beam. "Seriously! Are you the type to shoot first and ask questions never?" Bazel narrowly avoided being hit by another beam as he sidestepped the blast. "CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SHOOTING?"

"Jade, wait," said Alan. Bazel might've been annoying, but he deserved to be heard out. Jade didn't hear him as she continued shooting the dodging Bazel. "Jade!" Alan shouted, getting her attention. She stopped blasting and turned to look at her partner. "Maybe we should hear him out."

"Hear him out?" Jade repeated.

"Yeah, I don't know how to say this but I think…I think I know him," Alan responded.

"You think you know him?" Jade repeated.

"Are you going to repeat everything I say?" Alan questioned, annoyed.

"Yes, until you start making sense, Alan," Jade answered.

"OK, look, I see you have things to talk about, so I'll just leave," said Bazel as he started to float away, only for energy in the shape of a large shackle that was attached to a chain to bind him in place, wrapping around his torso as it pinned his arms to the sides, "OH, COME ON!"

"Sorry, but you're not going anywhere, vandal," said Jade who was holding the chain. "We're taking you in for questioning."

Bazel sighed. "OK, I hate to do this, but you leave me no choice." His body began to vibrate as a green aura started to seep out of his body. Jade and Alan's eyes widened.

"JADE, TAKE COVER!"

There was a bright flash of light and both Jade and Alan screamed.


"Ugh…" Alan groaned and when he woke up he realized that he was spread eagle with his arms and legs tied up against metal poles which had been set up at his sides to hold him. He also felt a draft and looked down to see that he'd been stripped of his uniform and was only in his white briefs. He blushed. He never wanted anyone to see this particular pair of underwear because they were printed with the Green Lantern Corps' emblem.

He heard groaning and craned his head to the side to see Jade. She too was strung up like him. While he still had his underwear, she was completely naked. Any other time he would've appreciated the view but not right now. He also saw that her ring was missing, much like his.

He looked around and found the place they were in to be a dense jungle. Weren't they just in a sort of wasteland or something just a minute ago? He also saw that they were surrounded by scantily clad women and they did not look friendly.

"So, you've awakened, green man," a condescending voice spoke and Alan looked only to gape at the beauty strutting towards him. She had an hourglass figure with a bust that could put any of his lovers' to shame and she wasn't afraid to flaunt it. Her raven hair was long and parted in the middle and she also wore snake-shaped earring. Her clothing consisted of a red belly shirt that had a low V-neckline that showed off her cleavage. Around her waist was a sarong that exposed one of her slender legs. She also wore bracelets around her wrists and ankles and hanging from her back was a leopard print cape. Actually, her cape looked to be made out of a leopard's skin.

For some reason, she seemed very familiar to him, even though they had not met before. At least, he didn't think they'd met before.

Talk about déjà vu.

"Hi," he greeted lamely, "Um…where are we and who are you?"

SLAP!

He received a slap from the woman for his remark.

"OK, I'm not sure if I deserved that," Alan mumbled.

The woman laughed and pointed at him, throwing her head back. This had the effect of pushing her bust forward and Alan licked his lips as his fingers started to twitch. He wanted to just squeeze those things that were staring back at him tauntingly.

"I am the ruler of the Amazons here! You may address me as Empress Conda Ana!" she declared.

"Right, Your Majesty," said Alan. "So, why are Jade and I tied up like this?"

"My sisters saw two green stars falling from the sky and found you both. We were not sure what to make of you. Since you both seemed unharmed, we brought you back. However, we also removed your rings." Alan saw that hanging from Conda's neck were his and Jade's rings. "When we removed them, you were without clothes."

'Jade…when will you learn to never go commando?' thought Alan. He felt a tender hand on his reddened cheek which Conda had slapped.

"You are a very handsome young man," said Conda, "Maybe I'll have you and once I'm bored with you my sisters will have you."

"Have me?" Alan repeated. "You mean…" Conda's leg was rubbing against his own seductively. "Oh…" Conda then forced her lips against his, forcing his mouth open and raping his mouth with her tongue.

Jade's eyes slowly opened and she looked to see Alan locking lips with another woman. "Alan, again?"

Conda broke the kiss, licking her lips, and leaving Alan dazed. He, however, did respond, "Not…my fault…" he said breathlessly.

"Right, your 'family curse'," Jade remarked, rolling her eyes. She found herself naked and tied up with her ring missing.

"So…" Conda said, rubbing his chest up and down with her hand. "How about you warm my bed for many months to come?"

"Well…" Alan began.

"Are you seriously thinking about it?" Jade asked, eyes narrowed.

"I have a problem resisting attractive women," Alan responded. Conda sauntered over to Jade.

"Is this green girl your lover?" Conda asked.

"Hey, my name's Jade!" Jade snapped. Suddenly, spears were held close to her throat. "Woah…easy there…" Jade began to sweat a little.

"Don't hurt her!" Alan shouted.

"Well, you know what to do then," said Conda.

"YES, HE'S COMING WITH ME!"

Magical blasts of energy rained down on the Amazons, throwing them through the air. Conda was stunned.

"Now what?" Alan asked. He watched as someone descended. Another woman that was also attractive. She was dressed in a green tube top with green gloves that went up to her elbows. She wore tight green pants with a green sash tied around her waist and the pants were tucked into green boots that had stiletto heels. She also wore a tiara that looked like horns. Her hair was also golden, cascading down her back in waves.

"Who are you, tramp?" Conda demanded.

"Tramp?" the blonde scoffed. "I expect you to know your betters, Amazon. I am the goddess Amora who is also known as the Enchantress, and I have had my eye on this one for quite some time now."

"Another stalker?" Alan and Jade asked.

Amora went up to Alan and smiled at him before snapping her fingers that broke his bindings. She then wrapped her arms about him and called him, "Lover."

"OK, that's it!" Jade used her own powers to break her bindings. She didn't really need her ring. She just used it to keep in contact with the Corps and fellow Corpsmen. "Stay away from Alan!"

"Jade, you're still naked," Alan reminded but she didn't seem to care.

Amora laughed, "Hohohoho! You wish to challenge me, child of the Star Heart?"

"Bring it on, bitch!" Jade shot back. She used her powers to reform her uniform.

"Don't forget about me!" Conda declared, drawing a sword. "The man is mine and he will be mine! You shall not stop me!"

Alan could only gawk as the three women started fighting over him. Of course, he had to go get some clothes on him.

"You know, I love a good catfight," a familiar voice said and Alan spun around to stand face-to-face with…

"Bazel!" Alan identified.

"Yeah, and this is yours, right?" Bazel asked as he opened his palm to reveal a pair of rings.

"How did you…?" Alan started to ask. Hadn't those rings been on Conda. He shook his head, deciding not to question his fortune. Alan took them before slipping one on. It restored his uniform in a flash of green light.

"You know, guys would love to be in your position. Having three hot girls fight over you is like every man's dream," said Bazel.

"More like a nightmare," Alan replied.

"Yeah, but you get used to it," Bazel shrugged. "Alan, I have a message for you: wake up."

"Wake up?" Alan questioned. He heard Jade shout and spun around to see her being pelted by magical blasts of energy from Amora. "Jade!" He turned back to Bazel and saw he'd gone. "Damn it…" he growled before shooting towards the air to help Jade.


Things were settled peacefully enough. Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried or how much they argued, Conda and Amora would not give up their claim on Alan. Thus was the reason why the two women were now staying at Alan's.

"We're going to need a bigger house," said Alan as he looked at everyone who was seated for dinner. Lala, as usual, was happy for the new arrivals while Yami was pretty much indifferent. She didn't care as long as they did not get in the way of her 'Alan time'. Jade, of course, was trying to get used to their new housemates.

"I can help with that, Alan!" said Lala. "I can invent something that will make our house bigger!"

"Lala, whatever you do, don't accidentally turn the house into a black hole…again," Alan told her. Lala pouted and continued to feed Lulu.

"I can just use my magic to turn this place into a castle," Amora said.

"People will notice when a castle suddenly pops up in the suburbs," Jade protested. Amora scoffed at the remark.

Alan just sighed when he felt something nudge his foot from under the table. He looked under the table and smiled at the grey wolf staring back at him. "Hey, Nozomu. Are you hungry?"

Nozomu was a wolf he'd picked up one day. Actually, when he'd found her, she'd been injured. After Alan nursed her back to health she'd not wanted to leave his side. He had no choice but to bring her home with him. As usual, he was weak against cute females of any species.

Also, Nozomu was no normal wolf.

Nozomu then pounced on Alan, knocking him onto the floor with his chair. The wolf then transformed into a naked girl that was underdeveloped but still cute, sporting wolf ears and a tail. She was also naked.

Nozomu was actually an Okami Yokai and after Alan had helped her she'd fallen in love. Nozomu lay on his chest, nuzzling him.

"Nozomu, what did I say about pouncing Alan?" scolded Jade.

"It's fine, Jade," Alan said to his green girlfriend. "It's just fine." He ruffled Nozomu's hair.


"So, word on the street is that your harem's grown," said Ryuko as she and Alan walked along a hallway in ARMOR HQ.

"Where did you hear that?" Alan asked.

"I heard it from Tessa, who heard it from Alex, who heard it from Naruto, who heard it from Lucy, who then heard it from…" Ryuko listed the names within the network.

"Jade," Alan finished.

"No, it was Yami-chan," Ryuko corrected.

"Never pegged her to be the type to gossip," Alan blinked.

"Well, she and Lucy do have one thing in common, they love to kill," said Ryuko.

"Actually killing's just part of their job. I don't think they enjoy it," Alan argued.

Ryuko shrugged, "Whatever. All I know is that you got a harem." She nudged him with her elbow. "So, you want to beat your old man at who has the bigger harem, huh?"

"Shut up," Alan shot back. "It's not a competition." Ryuko pulled something out of her pocket and handed it to Alan. It was a small box with a bow on top. "What's this?"

"A late birthday present, for you," Ryuko said. "Take it."

Alan gave his friend a suspicious look before taking it.

"Don't open it until you get home," Ryuko reminded, grinning from ear-to-ear. "You are so going to love it."

That didn't reassure Alan one bit.


"Alan, look at what Lulu can do!" Lala pointed. Lulu was levitating and 'swimming' towards her daddy, reaching out to him.

"There's daddy's little angel," Alan laughed as he caught her.

"Hey, what do you have there?" Jade asked, referring to the box in Alan's hand.

"Oh, this? Ryuko gave it to me." Jade gave the box a wary look. "Look, Ryuko may like getting me into trouble for a laugh, sometimes, but I doubt she'd try to trick me with a present."

"Alan…" Jade said slowly.

"You're probably right." Alan handed Lulu back to Lala. "Stand back."

He opened the box and peered inside to see a small red and white orb. "No…way…" He picked up the orb and it enlarged with a push of a button. "You have got to be kidding me."

"What's that, Alan?" Lala asked.

"It's a Pokeball," Alan frowned. The Pokeball shook violently in Alan's hand. "Hey, what the hell!" He dropped it and it popped open. Light blasted from the open ball and took shape. "Oh…fuck it."

Appropriate choice of words, Alan Smith, and if this was what you thought it was then that would be exactly what you'd be doing with it.

It was Boobisaur, a plant-type Pokégirl. The Pokégirl stretched and then yawned before staring back at Alan. She then smiled widely before pouncing him.

"Good morning, Master," the Boobisaur chirped.

Jade slapped her forehead, "Great, another one…"

"She's so cute," Lala gushed as she hugged the Boobisaur, "So, what's your name?"

She shook her head, "I don't have one," before she turned to Alan and blushed, "May you give me name, Master?"

Alan shrugged, "Sure, why not?" He took a minute to think and blinked, "How about Bishie?"

Bishie smiled wide and glomped Alan, "I love it, Master!" And she smashed her lips against his.


"So, my daughter gave you a Pokegirl," Dr. Hasuma summarized.

"Yes, she did," Alan confirmed.

"She really does take after her aunt," Dr. Hasuma sighed.

"You mean she's borderline psychotic?" Alan asked. "I think I found that out as soon as I met her."

"No, I mean she's like her aunt in the way she's always been impulsive and doesn't think of the consequences of her actions," Dr. Hasuma answered. "So, do you want to return her?"

"Even if I wanted to, it's too late now," said Alan.

"You've Tamed her," Dr. Hasuma concluded.

"I Tamed them," Alan corrected.

"Them, but you only have one…Oh!" Dr. Hasuma blushed when he realized what Alan meant. "I-I-I see."

Alan grinned. His dad was right. Embarrassing Dr. Hasuma was fun.


Things just got even more interesting for Alan overtime. Lala's sisters, Nana and Momo paid them a visit and Momo had given him a plant for a present. It had been a multistory carnivorous alien plant but he still cared for it. He even named it Celine.

Then, one day it seemed that Celine had fallen sick before dying but Celine had left something behind. It looked like an egg and when it hatched…

"Mau!" It was Celine, only in human form, resembling a female infant with long green hair and a flower atop her head.

Alan sighed. "Guess Lulu's getting a new playmate."

"Oh, she's so cute!" Bishie lifted Celine up. "Hello, little one! I'm your mommy!"

"Mau!" Celine responded.

His family had grown again.

"Seriously, I think we need a bigger house," said Alan. It wasn't really a problem, though. Lala had used an invention to increase the space of some of the rooms, even adding new rooms for the girls. Celine slept in the nursery with Lulu in a separate crib and the two infants really hit it off.


Bazel watched the house from a distance and sighed. He knew this would hurt Alan but this was something he had to do. This was going to hurt Alan a lot and Bazel really didn't want to do this. Unfortunately, he had no other choice and no other way. There was only one way for Alan to wake up and it was to traumatize him.

He knew just one thing that could break this spell. It would be a horrible thing to do but in hindsight the ends justified the means.

"I sure hope you forgive me, partner."


It had happened so suddenly and without warning. One moment everyone was opening Christmas presents then all of a sudden there was an explosion. The entire neighborhood was leveled leaving a deep crater in place of everything that had once been built upon the land.

Alan woke up, horrified at the sight. "Jade? Lala? Amora? Nozomu? Conda? Yami? Bishie? Celine?" he called. He called their names over and over. Nobody answered and he didn't see anyone at all. They were gone and he knew that none of them had survived, including his daughters Lulu and Celine. He didn't want to think of it but he knew deep in his heart that they were all gone.

"No…" Alan sobbed. Why was this happening? Why now? When everything was doing so well for him, why did his happiness get suddenly torn away from him? In one fell swoop he'd just lost his entire family.

Then he saw the cause standing in the centre of the crater. It was Major Force and he was holding Jade by her skull. The madman looked at him with a grin before he increased the pressure on Jade's skull, crushing it.

Alan screamed as the sight, "JADE!"

Jade's lifeless body was dropped onto the ground before Major Force stomped on it. He then laughed. That mocking laughter was coming from someone who thought ending lives was just a huge joke. That was the laugh of a true monster.

"YOU MONSTER!" Alan roared, his eyes glowing red as an additional pair appeared above them. Green and dark energy flared from his body like flames. "YOU KILLED THEM! YOU KILL THEM ALL! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Alan then exploded in a burst of green and dark light with a demonic roar that reached the heavens and finally…nothing.


Alan looked around, "W-where am I?" One moment he'd been attacking Major Force and the next he was here, wherever here was. It looked like a cemetery.

Looking to the distance, he spotted himself kneeling in front of a grave, and felt fear as he slowly walked forward. Despite the trepidation in his bones he leaned down to see the name written upon the grave, and it made his blood run cold. The name written on it was…

"ARRGH!" Alan shouted as he clutched his head as he saw a vision of Jade's mutilated corpse and seeing himself kill Major Force by sending him to the void of space.

"Stop," Alan pleaded as he saw the death of Aoran and him viciously stealing Green Lantern rings and leaving their wearers to float in outer space. More and more memories began to play before his eyes.


Alan wrapped his hands around Pol Dgibb's throat. "I should have done this long ago…damn you."

"You know you probably should ha-"

KRACK!


"Please stop..." Alan begged as he saw himself as Parallax-Alan destroying the Deathtron home world, causing many atrocities. He also witnessed the fight between Shadowcobra and himself in the past.

"You have to remember, Alan."


"I will get in your way, Alan Smith," hissed Shadowcobra. "You destroyed theDeathtron home world, wiped out my fellow Deathtrons, and now you're about to destroy the universe as we know it."

"Creation cannot begin without destruction," Parallax-Alan snarled.

"I can't allow that," Shadowcobra retorted. "You will recreate it in your own image with your own selfish ideals. That is not the universe I want to livein."

"Then you have NO place in it!" Shadowcobra froze as a strange feeling washed over him. "If I am to instill order into the Multiverse, it must be redone. All I'm trying to do is fix everything. If you stand in my way…I'll erase you."

Shadowcobra froze as his armor shattered. He felt…lighter. Gazing upon his hands, he could see right through them. "What have you done, Alan Smith!" Shadowcobra demanded.

"I erased an obstacle," Parallax-Alan answered.

Shadowcobra hissed, "You'll be pay for this…" as he began to fade from existence.

"I already am," Parallax-Alan said coldly. "I already am…"


Ryutaro continued to shoot at Parallax-Alan, moving at Clock Up speed to attack from all directions. Parallax-Alan was able to move within the same Clock Up space as well, deflecting the bullets. The Dragonfly Inzecter Gun wasn't his only weapon, though. He also had the Perfect Inzecter Sword with him, which he managed to snatch from his sister before the explosive light array.

Ryutaro rushed in and slashed at Parallax-Alan, who in retaliation punched at Ryutaro. The young Hasuma dodged and shot at Parallax-Alan repeatedly, trying to break through the energy field around his former friend's body.

Despite having a bayonet wound in his chest, Parallax-Alan was able to replenish himself using energies from the Central Power Battery of Oa. He was still able to fight back against Ryutaro. However, what confused him was that he couldn't draw on more power than he already had. It was like it was it was being filtered.

No, actually, it was because he lacked a conduit and he finally realized it just as Ryutaro managed to break his force field with the Perfect Inzecter before using a series of kicks to send Parallax-Alan staggering. A sweep kick knocked him off his feet and onto his back where Ryutaro pinned him down with his foot. Both the Dragonfly Gun and Perfect Inzecter Sword were pointed at Alan's face.

"Any last words?" Ryutaro asked.

Parallax-Alan averted his eyes and then spotted Kilowog's skull. He recalled what he'd done and finally the gravity of the situation fell upon his shoulders. He realized finally the true cost of his actions. He thought he could play god, but then…but then…why did he kill all his friends? Why did he kill all those people? They were just trying to help him.

"I'm sorry, Jade…" he apologized. Ryutaro was taken aback when he heard those words.

"What?" Ryutaro asked.

"Ryutaro, if you want to finish me off now, then I won't stop you. Just…tell everyone how sorry I am," Parallax-Alan said, looking at Ryutaro's visor-covered eyes.

"Alan, you were my friend but then you betrayed us, betrayed all of us," said Ryutaro angrily, finger on the trigger, "and I should just kill you now, but…" Ryutaro stepped off Parallax-Alan, his arms hung at his sides."I…can't kill someone who I watched grow up, and who I loved like a youngerbrother, no matter what the reason."

Parallax-Alan rose to his feet. The two faced each other, eyes locked. "I'm sorry," Parallax-Alan apologized, lamenting his past actions, before flying off back into space.


Alan screamed feeling the hatred and sorrow as he relived these memories. Bazel grimaced as he watched his partner suffer but these were all Alan's memories. He would have to face them again, one way or another.


Parallax-Alan floated in the center of the sun, his powers as Parallax's host keeping him from being absorbed by the Sun Eater. 'I took an Oath…A longtime ago. And that oath taught me something none of them will ever understand. There are two ways to dispel the darkness…' Parallax-Alan extended his arms and began to recite his former Oath.

"In Brightest Day…"

'To shine a light…' A glowing emerald light shone from his hand.

"In Blackest Night…"

'Or to draw the darkness in!' The Sun Eater was being absorbed into his other hand.

"No evil shall escape my sight! Let those who worship evil's might…BEWARE MYPOWER…" Parallax-Alan's words were cut off as a massive explosion of green energy occurred, reigniting the sun, sacrificing his own life in the process…

'Jade…I'm coming…'


Finally, he remembered using the last of his power to revive Ryuko. He slumped down on his knees with tears streaming down his face.

"I'm sorry Alan," Bazel apologized, his voice toned with sadness. He was once again in armband form and worn by Alan. "I know this is your perfect world, but it's still just a dream and the others need your help. And I can't leave Lala and everyone back home to worry about you."

"I don't blame you Bazel," Alan said as he felt his hatred build up. He was mad at Bazel for ruining his perfect dream world but he also understood why Bazel did what he did. Besides, he was madder at the memories than he was at Bazel. "But whoever did this will pay!" Alan unleashed a loud scream that caused the whole world to shatter like glass.


KAMEN RIDER CHROME: Now THAT was emotionally draining. Seriously, this was just as painful, if not more so, than when I wrote Shinichi's dream world. Still it had to be done. So, now Alan has righteous fury and is going to take it out on someone, preferably Anastasia.