David regarded the woman in front of him. She definitely had some qualities he ascribed to Death. She had pale skin. Even looking at it made David feel cold. Her eyes were black with no emotions behind them. But many characteristics were surprising. For starters, her hair looked like it was made of gold. It reflected the little light present in the room. Most people would have described Death as being so skinny, you could see her bones, if she had skin at all, but David found her to be of average size. And her smile. Unlike her skin, looking at it gave David a sense of warmth.
"Surprised by my appearance?" Death asked.
"Yeah. Some descriptions of you are dead wrong."
Death chuckled a bit at his pun. "So, the Philosopher can tell a good joke or two?"
David was slightly caught off guard by being called the Philosopher. "How do you know that about me?"
"Simple. I have heard that the next generation of heroes was meant to defeat me. So I have watched everyone with hero potential born after the defeat of my nephew because as Sun Tzu once so eloquently said, 'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy…'"
"'For every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle," David finished. "So why reveal yourself to me? Because then I'd know my enemy."
"The answer is simple David. I am offering you a choice. You can either turn away and I'll let you and your family live, or you can continue this fight and I will be forced to eliminate you."
"But why me?"
"The rest of your group irritates me or I have personal reasons. Marina and Adamus are the children of Panto Mime-Mectix, the host of my niece. While I don't hate my niece, hurting her will hurt my sister. My sister who is always getting in my way when it comes to the matters of death. I could deal with most of the Duax sisters, but the red one would be difficult to convince. I have reason to believe that you will listen to me and turn away."
"What is your plan?"
"Oh. It's simple. I am gathering my nephew's old comrades to help me retake total control over life and death. For that I need something powerful. But I can't tell you what that would be as then you'd be able to stop me easier. Now tell me David, are you going to want to try and stop me or turn away? Either way, I'll let you go. I may be Death, but I don't like to do the killing myself."
David looked her in the eyes. "'You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.' If I walk away, I will become the villain."
"Of course." She waved her hand and David was transported back to where he was taken from. He quickly ran back to the base, he had to tell the others what he found out.
Outside the base Tor and Marina were working on the DeLorean. Tor was working on the car itself while Marina was working on the hover tech to allow the car to fly. When they saw David approaching they both looked shocked. "Tor, zap him," Marina remarked.
David was about to protest before he was hit with a couple volts of electricity. He twitched a bit before collapsing. "What was that about?!"
"Sorry. You can never be too sure with Tracker Jacker about. How did you even escape?"
"She allowed me to," David responded.
"She?"
"Gather everyone in the kitchen and I'll explain."
AN: Hello everyone. Today was a shorter chapter because it was mainly exposition but now we've had some insight into what is going on. Friday will hopefully be a more action packed chapter.