December 19

"Miss Andy, are you ready to roll out and teach that big bad Mama a lesson, yeah, and you as well, Master?" Quetzalcoatl asked they all stood on top of the Ziggurat several Quetzalcoatlus waiting for them.

"Yeah, I'm game what about you dude, are you on top along with Mash?" Ritsuka asked.

"I'm as ready as I can be," Andy said, already armoured up and in Demon mode in preparation.

"That is good to hear," Ishtar said. "I took a sweep earlier, and Tiamat will arrive in about twelve or so hours."

"So you have to stall her twelve hours? That seems simple enough for you buffoons to do while I take out Yoshitsune again and again, this going to be fun," Ibaraki said as she placed her sword on her shoulder.

"Do you think you'll be able to last the whole time, Leader of Mount Ooe?" Andy asked.

"You think I can not? Though if I die, I die, if I live, I live, let's see who lasts longer," She said casually.

"A challenge as oni?" Andy asked.

"Nah," She said back. "I don't make bets I know I am going to either win or lose."

"...Anyway, jump on your dinos," Ishtar said. "We're leaving."

"That may be the best line ever spoken by a Mesopotamian Goddess," Andy said as she did exactly that, getting on behind Astolfo, with Mash in front of him, for optimal usage of their skill sets.

"Why thank you," She said she jumped on Maanna, and Ritsuka jumped on his own flying reptile with Nobu, and had Nezha fly beside them as they flew from the Ziggurat and towards Tiamat.

And as they did the clouds that were covering most of Sumer got even darker the closer they got, and the Chaos Tide below them seemed to get even more turbulent as they approached the wall of Lahmu that were surrounding Tiamat.

As soon as Andy could see them, her grip around Astolfo tightened, as did her grip on the twin Gatling guns she was holding on each side of the Quetzalcoatlus, courtesy of the Claws. She would be firing literally as soon as they were within range and the group lost their element of surprise.

And the second they noticed Andy opened fire on the sons of bitches as they cut straight through the hoard, only made successful by Mash conjuring up a less powerful version of Lord Camelot she had been practising to make the last three days to serve as a windshield so that the bugs would be squashed smacking against it while Astolfo used his sword to cut any up that tried to get them from above.

And Nobu on Ritsuka's Quetzalcoatlus had surrounded the thing in muskets and was opening fire as rapidly as possible while Nezha was flying around burning as many Lahmu as possible to a crisp.

"That is good work; everyone just keeps it up for a bit more, and we will have cleared enough for me to attack!" Quetz shouted as she bashed the Lhamu that tried to attack her.

"Aren't you acting a little bit arrogant here!" Andy heard the Corrupted Ushi shout, and she saw her jump at her, but before she was able to draw her blade, her body was pierced by a naginata that came flying through the air.

"Sorry for the delay, I hope I do not intrude," Said the unexpected voice of Benkei who jumped from Lahmu to Lhamu using them as a platform while he killed them. "I heard my Lord was causing trouble and I came to assist," The Lancer said.

"That was going to be my kill, Benkei!" Ibaraki shouted as she flew beside them on her Quetzalcoatlus.

"I believe we have enough of my Lord to go around," He said, and Andy saw many more Ushi come towards them using the Lahmus as aerial mounts.

"I thought that you died in a ditch somewhere Hitachibou!" She shouted.

"My apologies I shall do that later for giving up on you, but for now I must take responsibility," He responded as he jumped onto Ibaraki's flying serpent and the two of them engaged the Corrupted Ushiwakamarus together.

"Are you okay so far, Senpai?" Mash asked as Andy watched the scene that was occurring a few meters from them.

"Not really but I'm managing!" Andy said, redoubling her efforts in mowing down the Lahmu around them. Even now, she couldn't bring herself to attack the corrupted Ushi's, but she could more-or-less tune them out.

"Well I hope we're done soon because, this is getting all kinds of crazy," Astolfo said as his blade sliced and diced, all the while the fight against the Ushi's was going rather badly for the two as they were getting overwhelmed by the sheer number of them and she saw Ibaraki get impaled by a few swords.

"You are now! Retreat for a bit, for this place, is about to get hot!" Quetzalcoatl shouted as she held up her hand. "Come wind, come fire, come flame, the mighty solar winds of the sun!" She shouted as above her hand a magic circle appeared and from it dropped a ball of fire that fused with her fist, and a second later she rocketed from the Quetzalcoatlus she was flying on.

And as she did, Andy, Ritsuka, and Ishtar flew backwards while Ibaraki and Benkei stayed to prevent the Corrupted Ushi from killing Quetzalcoatl before she could use her attack.

"PIEDRA DEL SOL!" Quetz shouted, and Andy watched as she touched the mud. A second later the area exploded in a gigantic wave of fire and heat that quickly spread out from the centre. They all watched as the Chaos Tide was replaced by molten earth. Which caused Tiamat to collapse as she no longer had the Sea of Life to support her weight.

"The destruction of Ibaraki, Benkei and Ushiwakamarus's Spirit Origin has been detected, and Tiamat has been stopped by the lack of Chaos Tide, and that means Lahmu can not be spawned in the current area," Roman told them over the comms as they watched Quetz maintain the Noble Phantasm's fire.

"Holy shit," Andy said in awe, since from her perspective, it looked like the sun itself was on the earth.

"Yeah," Was the only everyone could really say in response.

"Though there is still no sign of Archimedes so be on the lookout for him, and any Lahmu that might arrive from the Persian Gulf, so in the meantime, wait around for as long as you can," Roman told them.

"So we just sit and wait then?" Astolfo asked.

"Guess we gotta hurry up and wait," Andy said, still keeping an eye out for any Lahmu and especially for Archimedes. "Anyone wanna play Shiritori?"

"Sure thing," Ritsuka said in response.

Xxx

And so they spent the next six hours playing various word games, while taking potshots at various Lahmu that showed up, but at no point, Archimedes had, which did make Andy a bit concerned.

But it was around the six-hour mark when the situation changed for the worse as Tiamat started to become active once again after having done nothing for the past six hours.

"We're detecting a surge of power in Tiamat's Saint Graph, there is occurring a change in her horns," Roman said, and at that, they watched the large horns on her head begin to grow and light up with magical energy. And the change happened in the span of seconds and when she was done her body began to lift up the ground.

"Wha? What!" Ishtar shouted in shock as Tiamat began to fly. "But Mother is a Goddess of Earth! She is not supposed to approach the Heavens?"

"Okay, this bad, what are we going to do now?" Ritsuka as when she was flying up mud began to spill from her feet which got quickly evaporated by Quetzalcoatl.

"We need to take out one of her horns, right?" Andy asked.

"I don't think any of us can, no weapon in Mesopotamia can harm her as she is now," Ishtar said in a bit of a resigned tone.

"No weapon in Mesopotamia can harm her? Is that what you said Ishtar!" Came the echoing shout from Quetzalcoatl. "I am God from a mystic and distant land, you and Tiamat should not underestimate me, she is nothing to me!" She shouted, and Andy felt an explosion of power come from her. "Now witness the power of our underworld, Xibalba!" She shouted as she jumped from the ground and up into the stratosphere in a single leap, but her voice could still clearly be heard. "And the cataclysmic impact that annihilated countless lives!" And then she began to fall. "I shall burn everything away and become the comet that killed Earth!"

And at that the now fully standing Tiamat summoned forth three barriers to block the oncoming attack.

"Último Tope Patada!" She shouted as she smacked against the first barrier and crushed it, and did the same to the second, but the third was holding up against her, and it was looking like she was losing steam.

"O' Command Seal, bring victory to Quetzalcoatl!" Ritsuka shouted as he spent one and at that the third barrier broke and the entire area exploded in fire.

As if several nukes exploded in one place.

And then the dust settled Quetzalcoatl was nowhere to be found and Tiamat's horn was only slightly cracked.

"No…" Andy said in horror as this became clear.

"Everyone retreat back to Uruk, you can't do anything else," Roman ordered them.

"Yes, Doctor," Mash said. "We need to get back before the Quetzalcoatluses disappear."

"Yeah, we need a new plan," Ritsuka said as they saw the Chaos Tide begin to spill from Tiamat again and she began to move. "We need to hold her for another six hours somehow."

And at those words, the Sea of Life exploded as massive snakes rocketed out and began to ensnare Tiamat, and a second from the ground came out Gorgon clad in a white outfit.

"I shall hold her for a bit, so get going you foolish humans, I need to pay her back for using me," She said as her height matched Tiamat's own.

"I'm not complaining, but also what the fuck?" Andy asked upon seeing Gorgon, since last she saw the fake-Tiamat had been disintegrating as she got murderized by Ana. "Ana!?"

"Thank you for the flowers, now go!" She shouted at them.

"ANA!" Andy screamed as Astolfo pushed their Quetzalcoatlus as fast as he could away from the clashing titans, the only thing preventing her from jumping off the massive flyer being Mash's firm grip on her legs once she started trying to leave. "ANA!"

"Senpai, she wants to do this, so don't let it be in vain!" Mash told her. "We can summon her when we get back, we have her Saint Graph recorded!"

Andy went silent for a moment, watching as the view of the fighting snake-goddesses faded into the distance. "...I hope you're right," Andy said quietly as she faced forward again and proceeded to hug her Kouhai for her own sake.

"It's going to be okay Senpai, we're going to win," She said as she hugged Andy back as awkwardly as she could as they flew back towards Uruk.

Xxx

"So you managed to delay her on your own by six hours? Impressive," Gilgamesh congratulated as they all stood on top of the Ziggurat.

"It was only possible thanks to Quetz's sacrifice," Andy said somberly. "And the only reason we're reporting this is because Ana is the best damn goddess here and somehow managed to come back with Gorgon's power to stall Tiamat the rest of the time we needed."

"Yes, and now all we shall do is wait, Childhood's End is upon us, here the true parting of the gods and man is upon us," Gilgamesh said as he walked to the edge of the Ziggurat and looked out upon Uruk, that was slowly being consumed by the Chaos Tide.

"Is there anything left we can do to prepare?" Andy asked, eager for this to be over but still apprehensive after the less-than-stellar time she'd been having so far.

"No all we can do is wait for Mother and for Ereshkigal," He said in response.

"Where's Paul by the way?" Andy asked upon realizing she couldn't see the big Berserker.

"I sent her to the Northern Wall to protect the civilians that went there," He told her.

"Good, good that's good," Andy said, happy to hear she was as far from the main fight as possible. As soon as they had the Grail, she'd be rushing over there to make a contract with the giant if possible of course, but making sure she didn't die at all just barely edged out bringing her back on Andy's priorities list. "In that case…" Andy thought for a moment. "Could we maybe get some of that treasure that you owe Ishtar now, King?"

"Yeah, I need my payment!" The mentioned Goddess shouted.

"Urgh, are we really doing this now?" He asked with an annoyed face.

"It's the end of the world, there's literally no other time to do it." Andy reminded him.

"After we have cancelled the Apocalypse perhaps?" He asked.

Andy's eyes narrowed at the King. "You're planning on dying today, specifically to get out of doing this, aren't you." She stated more than asked.

"...I said no such thing. But fine if you're so insistent," He said as he opened the gate and a mountain of Jewels spilt out onto the Ziggurat and down it. "Now remember to pick it up, you should have enough time."

Andy wasn't listening, as the second the gems had started pouring out she had started shovelling gems into bags she'd pulled from her hammerspace and storing them away. To her surprise and no one else's, Ishtar was right next to her doing much the same with her personal gate.

"...You two are cut from the same cloth," Gilgamesh said with a sweatdrop on his face.

"Yeah," Both Mash and Ritsuka commented in agreement, as Andy continued to fill her hammerspace with gems.

Xxx

December 20

After the silliness had been dealt with, they all just sat down and waited for Tiamat to arrive, by eating some of the last butter cake that was in Uruk.

And all the while, more Chaos Tide flooded the city which resulted in many of the buildings being set on fire, and as the last hour approached the Ziggurat was surrounded by the stuff.

"How much hate does Mother have in her to cause this much destruction?" Ishtar asked as she looked at the chaos.

"The Tiamat that is here, is not the same you knew about from your Father, yes upon becoming an Evil of Humanity she has ceased to be the Mother Goddess, and is now just an unthinking machine of destruction with only one purpose," Gilgamesh said. "And it seems that the Beast that was Mother is now, here to pay Uruk a visit, and an hour too early," He said as Tiamat broke through the walls, and with a horde of Lahmu.

"So do you have anything to hold her goldie?" Ishtar asked.

"Well I do plan to give her a proper greeting, this shall be Uruk's last stand," Gilgamesh said as he pulled his book. "The arrows of Uruk shall take aim, and they shall fire," he spoke, and at that, all the Dingirs mounted on the walls of Uruk began to open fire on Tiamat.

"But how there are no soldiers to man them?" Roman asked.

"Hahaha, don't underestimate my magical energy, plebe! All 360 Dingirs mounted on the walls were made by my hand, infused with my magical energy and controlled by ME!" He shouted as Tiamat was pelted with weapons that could be considered high-level Noble Phantasms. "If I work this body to death, I can control them all like this! Broke Phantasms, Uruk has done this four thousand years before it was cool. This is the power of the supreme King, who bears the blood of gods and man!"

Andy put her hand on his shoulder, the contact point glowing somewhat. "Don't go literally burning yourself out too quickly now, King G.?" She said as she began pumping her mana into him to at least prolong the inevitable.

"Warning to you all! The Lahmus are going on the offensive, Eight Thousand of them are rushing towards you!" Roman shouted over the comms.

"We are ready to face them, they shall not destroy this place," Parvati said as she, Nezha, Raikou, Nobu, and Astolfo took a combat stance while Semiramis who had been prepping for the last seventeen-hours and started manifesting barriers to make the Ziggurat safe.

"Yeah, here they come! Eresh, are you done yet!" Ishtar shouted as she began charging Maanna.

"I am working as hard as I can here, just give me like forty more minutes?" Came the underworld Goddess's voice from the Ziggurat itself, using the earth as a medium to communicate.

"We'll buy you as much time as possible," Ritsuka shouted as he had his Stand make stakes that began to fire at the Lahmu.

Though before the massive body of Lahmus could crash into their position, the majority was killed by a hail of chains piercing their bodies.

"By the Gods, you couldn't even keep her occupied for a day?" Kingu asked as he flew down in front of them.

"Yeah well you're either late or just on time you bastard green tea flavoured mochi," Andy said. "Didn't think I'd ever say this, but good to see ya Kingu."

"So have you made a decision on what you want to do?" Gilgamesh asked.

"Yes, I care nothing for old or new humanity, I am here to fulfil the purpose of this body, the wishes of Enkidu, and maintain this world he fought so hard for," He said. "Sorry Mother but you chose the wrong child, now let me show the power of the Chain of Heavens!" He shouted as his body exploded with magical energy. "Mother your wrath is a thing of the past, Enuma Elish, Let us Restrain The Gods!" Kingu declared as his body transformed into massive chains that bound Tiamat in place.

"Holy shit." Andy said as she realized that when everyone had been calling Enkidu the 'Chain of Heaven' they had been extremely literal.

"Ahhhhhh!" Tiamat sang as she tried to break the chains, but found them to be not budging.

"...Well let's make sure she stays there, c'mon!" Andy said as she stepped away from Gilgamesh, pulled out the Claws once more in the form of twin Gatling guns, and began mowing down Lahmu. "Thank you, Kingu!"

"Yes… I guess this is what a true farewell is, goodbye Kingu, goodbye my friend," Gilgamesh said. "Ah, much more worthy end this time around."

No one had any response to that parting, and so they all just focused on killing the Lahmu until Ereshkigal had finished up. Though as the forty-minute mark approached the golden chains that bound Tiamat began to lose their shine, and in another groan, they shattered in thousands of pieces that got sent flying.

And in the second that happened Andy saw Tiamat's eye light up, and she was pushed to the side by Gilgamesh, and in that instant, his heart was pierced by a laser beam she had fired.

"Ah, nice aim Tiamat, and do not worry Andy, this is only a mortal wound so you should not be concerned," He said as he quickly righted his stance.

"Thanks for the save, but people die when they are killed Gilgamesh! Are you sure you can keep going?" Andy asked, simultaneously grateful, baffled, and horrified.

"For a bit, but this is the way this has to go, with my death and also Tiamat's defeat the fifth king Reign of Uruk will come to an end, and so sixth will easily be able to take my place. My only concern was how I died, suicide was out of the question, so thank you for being there so I could save your life, hahaha," He laughed blood gushed from his wound.

"Okay, everybody this Ereshkigal I have connected the Underworld and Uruk, now you just need to dig a hole!" Came Eresh's voice.

"Well, you heard her Ishtar now it's time to do your thing," Gilgamesh said.

"Great, I've been waiting for this!" She shouted and at that the venus drop happened again.

"Thank you for the service Masters of Chaldea, you were the surplus that Uruk needed, now I leave the rest to you," Gilgamesh said and at that Andy went blind for a bit as Ishtar fired her Noble Phantasm.

And then it was regained she and others were falling down into the Underworld once more.

"Okay, now how do we land?" Ritsuka asked as he and the others right by her fell.

"Yeah, most of you are going to end up as pancakes," Astolfo said. "For I can't summon up Hippy right now!" He shouted as they continued to fall towards the bottom.

"Don't worry, I won't let that happen," Came Ereshkigal's voice. "I shall give you the blessings of Kur, you may now fly here on your own, and be considered dead by the place. Just imagine yourself flying or walking on the ground, and you can do it," She told them.

Andy quickly got a hold of it, halting mid-fall. "Oh wow, that's different from the Wings." She noted as she looked around and saw everyone else had caught themselves as well.

"I try it," Mash said, and she and the others came quickly to a stop, and as they did, they all saw Tiamat fall right by them.

"I am over here," Ereshkigal said and they all saw her standing on the path they had walked on before.

"Hey, Eresh!" Andy said, happy the plan had worked and at the sensation of flying as they flew over to her. "So, how long do we wait for her to lose her Authorities and stuff?"

"She is dying as we speak," She said as she pointed at the hole that Tiamat was in below them and was currently being electrocuted. "She entered the underworld, without my permission, so this is the security system doing its thing, it was created by the World, so even Mother can do nothing against it for in my Domain she is just another god," She said with pride. "Now we just need to deal the finishing blow."

"Alright, so who's doing the honours? Ishtar? Eresh? Jaguar somehow even though I haven't seen her in like three days?" Andy asked.

"Yeah, no idea where she ran off too," Ritsuka said.

"Well, Ishtar has not come down here yet, so I guess it will be me," Ereshkigal said. "Gallu-Spirits, unleash your rot, come forth the iron hammer of Kur! Kur Kigal Irkalla!" She shouted and from the sky came bolts of red lightning that struck Tiamat's body repeatedly. "Hah, knew that and all-out-attack, from me and the Gallu-Spirits, would be enough for me to dispatch-dispa- what?" Ereshkigal asked as Chaos Tide exploded from Tiamat's body and surrounded her in a ball and began to spill out into the Underworld.

"Chaos Tide is trying to corrupt the Underworld," Roman announced, though his voice was a bit staticy. "And also we're detecting growth in her Saint Graph. She has reverted back to her true form, from the Jurassic Age, she is now a proper Divinity!" Roman shouted, and a second later Tiamat exploded out of the ball of mud and revealed her true glory.

"We can still kill her, right?!" Andy asked, fear obvious in her voice.

"I don't know, I don't know, her Spirit Origin is beyond abnormal I can see no end to it? Does she lack the concept of death itself in addition to her other immortality?" Came Roman's panicked voice. "Watch out!" He shouted, and before Andy could react she saw the Chaos Tide burst up over the edge like a tsunami, but before it swallowed them, it ceased to be mud, and she saw pink flower petals in the air.

"If the Chaos Tide is the source of all life, then it just has to be converted to a non-harmful form," Spoke a familiar voice as the rest of the mud was converted into flowers as well.

"Merlin?" Andy asked hopefully as she turned to face the source of the voice, since already one of her people who she thought died had come back today. Hopefully, this one wouldn't be sacrificing himself again, too.

"Who else do you think could do this? I had to show off my reputation as the Mage of Flowers somehow," He said as he came up behind them. "Hello everybody, your favourite Wizard is back for more, and in the flesh this time."

"In the flesh?" Andy asked, using a flash of Stat-o-Vision to check if he really meant it. And he, in fact, wasn't a Servant. "How- you know what, you better have an amazing explanation for this later, because I feel like we should probably deal with Tiamat first, right?"

"I just bent the rules a little and escaped my tower, due to earth's current state of affairs, took a bit of time, as running from England to Uruk is a bit of a walk," He said. "Also we got a Beast on our hands."

"Yeah, and she is currently trying to fly out of the Underworld, you damn bastard, so please tell us you have another trick up your sleeve" Roman shouted at him.

"...Hmm. Two Goddesses trying to ground her, a pitfall into the Underworld with Uruk as bait, the Chain of Heavens binding her, the punishment of the Underworld, and my beautiful flowers. Andy, and Ritsuka. Heroic Spirits. You have tried everything under the sun to get even this far. But it's still not enough. Tiamat, Beast II, The Sin of Regression. She still does not know fear. She has no natural enemy. She is unfamiliar with he whom I dub "Death." You asked if I've got one trick up my sleeve, and I've got a powerful one. But who summoned him? It wasn't King Gilgamesh. Nor the Mage King's Holy Grail. I shouldn't even have to say it, it was you two Masters of Chaldea. He said he would abandon his Grand title to show you his gratitude. And the enemy is the Evil of Humanity, a Beast. From the beginning, the conditions were right for him to appear in this land. There was meaning to all of your battles. Now, look up at the sky, primordial sea! Look up Goddess of Life, and know Death," Merlin declared by lifting his staff up. Andy followed it and up and top of the hole into the Underworld, she saw the man that called himself Ziusu-dra.

"All that begins must end. So, too, all that lives, dies, and in dying, value finds. Thy vaunted eternity is but hollow slumber. Beast of Disaster, evil born of mankind's folly, thy desperate wish that thy love not go unrequited shews thy rejection's roots," He spoke his voice echoing all the way down.

"AHHHHHHHHH, AaAa, AAAAAAAAAAAA!" Tiamat sung/screamed in response.

"Of rank, nor station, nor the title Grand have I need. Bear witness, Goddess of life, to the testament writ with mine own blade," And that his form changed into one Andy had seen once before in the Holy Land. "Thou fallen god, to beasthood turned, if Primordial Mother be thy title, attend, and hear my name. From the mountain abyss, I come, and only death do I bring. I am the Old Man of the Mountain, the First Hassan-i Sabbah!" He declared, and at that, he jumped down like a rocket. "The bell of evening tolls thy name. Touch not the sky, for by heaven's will I shall strip thee of thy wings!" And in a second he sliced off Tiamat's wings and landed on the other side of the crater.

"I don't believe it, Tiamat's Spirit Origin has changed, it has become like a normal Servants, she has had the concept of death forced onto her," Roman said in genuine shock. "Hit her in the head her Spirit Core is located there, and also watch out she is spawning more Lahmu that are matching the Demon God Pillars in strength."

"She can die, and we can fly!" Andy declared. "Go for the head, now, everything we've got! Noble Phantasms, secret moves, everything, let's just put this mother down!"

"I hear you, everyone go!" Ritsuka shouted in agreement as they all took off and attacked Tiamat and the Lahmu who were giving off way to much Pillar Men energy for Andy's taste.

Though as the Children of Tiamat flew at them trying to prevent them from attacking Tiamat as she was now trying to climb up the wall to escape. They were quickly a pillar of blue flames.

"Truly not on slash enough to satiate my blade, Child of Chaldea, wouldst thou welcome an Assassin's aid," King Hassan asked as he stood before them.

"Yes please absolutely, let's just kill her!" Andy insisted gratefully.

"Then fulfil thy duty Child, I shall handle the demonic spawn, now then while my title is gone, thou shall not find me any weaker," Spoke with confidence as he sliced apart the Lahmu as they went to attack Tiamat's giant head.

But that quickly proved to be a difficult task as that was a very durable head she had, and while she climbed Beast II continuously tried to snap at them, while Chaos Mud, surged out of her body to attack them. Which meant they had to play a game of don't touch the corruption tag.

"TIGER DEATH CLAW!" Jaguar Warrior shouted as she finally arrived smacked her in the head and sent her back the fuck down into the crater. "Hah, told you goldie that I could hit her!"

"That you did, hello there Chaldea, Servant Archer Gilgamesh has arrived," Gilgamesh as he came down with Ishtar.

"Hi, explain later, please kill her now!" Andy practically screamed, because the damn kaiju still wasn't fucking dying even now.

"Of course, I have the perfect tool for the job now. Tiamat, know this, that I and the people of Uruk do not hate you, but you must learn that a child has to leave their mother's embrace if they wish to grow. I speak of the beginning. The Earth and Heaven are separated, void celebrates creation. My Sword of Rupture splits the world. Millstone that turns the stars, the Hell above Heavens is the arrival of the world creation's eve. Subside by death. Enuma Elish!" He shouted as he manifested Ea and unleashed the ultimate attack upon Tiamat.

And as Andy looked down to see the draconic deity meet her end, Andy found herself standing in a white void with the much more human form of Tiamat standing in front of her.

"Hello," She spoke. "My child from another Tree of Time."

"You. Are. Not. My. Mother!" Andy yelled, releasing the frustration she'd been feeling at these damn visions. "Just die! I don't care what you have to say, you've caused me and so many other people so much suffering, I don't care if you're some tragic figure, I don't care if you didn't want to do this, I no longer give a single shit, just let me be free of this, damn it!"

"I know, I just wish to thank you," She said and then Andy was back in the real world, and she saw Tiamat's body be disintegrated.

"Fucking." Andy said as she watched the body dissipate, before declaring loud and clear. "FINALLY!" She shouted in relief at this fucking nightmare she'd been going through to finally be over.

"Yes, let us now return to the surface," Gilgamesh said.

"The Grail?" Andy asked, since they kind of needed that.

"Got it!" Ritsuka shouted as he held up in the Grail, having grabbed it via the shadows.

"Fantastic, any chance the Grail Gil gave Kingu is still intact? Guessing no." Andy asked as they began to ascend.

"I guess you deserve a reward," Gil said as they landed on the now mud-free grounds of Uruk. "Here," He said as he gave Mash the Grail to store with one Ritsuka had just given her. "Though do tell me, how was the city of Uruk?"

"Best one I've been to all year, that's for damn sure," Andy said. "Also, anyone who wants to come back to Chaldea, say 'aye' to form a contract now."

"Good to hear, and I think Bunyan would like to come along, alongside that Luchadore," Gilgamesh said.

"Huh, she didn't die?" Merlin asked, with a tone of nervousness, and at that, he got sent through a building by Quetzalcoatl kicking him in the face.

"Ah… That feels so great, and hey everybody, sorry for disappearing on you like that," Quetzalcoatl apologized.

"Only thanks to me prepping for that for the last few days, as I knew you would pull that move Kuku," Jaguar Warrior said.

"Miss Quetz you shouldn't be mean to Mister Merlin," Bunyan said as she came from the same place Quetz had.

Andy, upon seeing Paul, immediately dropped out of demon form and dropped her armour as she ran up and picked up the little giant in a hug. "Alright, got my baby, we're going home, contract now or forever holds your peace everyone I don't want to spend a single second more here than I have to now!" Andy ordered.

"Yeah, I can do that," Bunyan said.

"Then we will partner up, with Ritsuka," Quetz and Jaguar said.

"I will be staying in Sumer and watch over the people for a few generations, as I wasn't called by the Grail I can stay as long as I want," Ishtar said.

"I will perhaps see you one day in another form," Gilgamesh said, and Semiramis decided to not go.

"Okay, we're Rayshifting you out now," Roman said.

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December 21

It was the morning of December 21, as after they had returned to Chaldea, for both Andy and Ritsuka had collapsed from exhaustion the second they had exited the Coffins and then proceeded to sleep for twenty-four-hours.

And now Andy was down in the Summoning Chamber with the tickets they had gotten passively, and from the Solomon Grail, Da Vinci had torn apart to make, and after they were done, they had to go and talk with Roman.

"Please work please work please work please work please work please work please work," Andy repeatedly said like a Mantra as she used the first ticket.

"Servant Lancer, Enkidu, has arrived, please use me well, Master," The Chain of Heaven announced as he appeared in the summoning circle.

"Gilgamesh, come get your mans." Andy telepathically messaged both of her Gils. "Welcome to Chaldea. Our Gilgamesh will be here shortly, and will no doubt want to give you a tour, and I most assuredly will want to have a talk or seven million with you later about your life, but right now I am going to summon more Servants." She explained as politely as she could physically manage at the moment.

"Ah, understood Master," He said as he walked off the shield.

Andy nodded and once more began her mantra-like prayer as she instead double summoned with her remaining two tickets. "Please work."

"Servant Lancer, Medusa Lily, but you can call me Ana, Miss-Urgh!" She let out a squeak, as Andy hugged her to metaphorical death. "Miss Andy, too much."

Andy lightened the hug a bit, but did not let go. "You are never allowed to do that ever again, do you understand me, young lady?" She said in what sounded like it was supposed to be a scolding tone, but it was ruined by the fact that Andy was very obviously bawling. Happy tears, but bawling nonetheless.

"I am sorry," She replied.

"So I guess what excites you the most Master, is my youngest form?" Gorgon's voice asked.

"Gonna guess you don't remember the singularity we just went through, but I have adopted Ana she is my daughter," Andy told the Gorgon before her, who surprisingly had legs and was significantly closer to human size.

"And we have seemed to have gotten a crazy person as a Master," She said though she sounded rather Tsun about it all.

"Q-question for both of you," Andy said, wiping her tears as she finally pulled back from the hug a bit to look at Ana, but decidedly did not let go of the small snek. "I've already summoned the middle form of you both as Rider, and both of your sisters. Seeing them again, yes/no?"

"I would like that," Ana replied.

"I will do that on my own time," Gorgon replied, with a tone of obvious sadness.

"In that case, don't come with us to the mission debrief, because all of them will be there," Andy said as she got off the shield, taking Ana with her. "Big Snek, off the shield, I'll explain how Chaldea works while the other guy uses it."

"Is? is that a compliment or an insult?" She asked.

"Compliment I guess?" Andy said, not really getting it. "It's also a statement. I am currently holding Baby Snek. Rider form is Medium Snek. You are obviously Big Snek."

"Not a baby," Ana said with a pout.

"I see modern humans, have weird forms of affections, though you should be careful Master or I'll show you how I do it… And will you stop that," She said with a blushing face as she noticed that Andy's other hand that was not holding Ana was petting one of the hair snakes.

"Ana, you are officially my baby, but fine you're Little Snek," Andy said, before addressing Gorgon. "And I'll stop once it stops bumping me." She thought for a moment. "You know, I can adopt you too, I've technically integrated all the other Gorgon family into my own."

"...I am going to find a room or something like, and I am going to come out when the world makes sense again," She said as she pulled the snake back.

"That's what I was going to explain, so you have this armband with the map feature," Andy held out the armband in question. "You find a room that isn't already occupied, designate it as yours on the map, and bada bing bada boom you gotta room." She said, showing precisely how to do that with the tutorial map they'd eventually installed for doing this. "So here you go. Your sisters and brother-in-law are all congregated in the North Side, so if you want to stay away, I'd recommend something in the South Side."

"I see then, I will do that," She said.

"Great!" Andy said, having noted Enkidu had disappeared at some point but not seeing when, as she looked over to Ritsuka and the Circle. "You done over there Ritz?"

"Yeah," He said as Ishtar, Gilgamesh dressed the way he looked in Uruk, and Semiramis. "Got Gil as a Caster."

"Hey, everyone!" Andy said, in the best mood she'd been in since the 15th, waving to the three. "Do you guys remember what we just went through or nah?"

"I don't know who you are, but you seem to know me," Ishtar said.

"Useless, as ever Ishtar, and I didn't think I would see you this soon, so this is Chaldea, how quaint," Gilgamesh said.

"I do, and is Amakusa here as well?" She asked.

"Okay, in reverse order, yes he should be resting right now he gets Fridays off," Andy said to Semiramis. "King G, thank you for the compliment to our home. I just summoned Enkidu a bit ago one of your younger counterparts already came and took him, just thought you should know." And then, Ishtar. "And Ishtar, ooh boy, just wait till you get caught up, you'll understand."

"Well, good to know you have a good information keeping system then," She said.

"Well, don't we need to go to Roman now?" Ritsuka asked.

"Yeah, we have to go now, Senpai," Mash said.

"Right, right, I know," Andy said. "Gorgon, go find a room I suppose, your sisters, counterparts, and brother in law will all be with us for the debriefing." As she said this aloud, she sent a message to the other three (four depending on how you count Asterios) to join them in the Command Room, but explicitly not telling them why, just to be there.

"I have many questions regarding those words, but I will ask those later," Gorgon said as she left.

"Brother-in-law?" Ana asked in confusion as she left for the debriefing, except for Ishtar as she wanted to find a good room to have.

"Oh yeah, so we've been at this for like a year and a half, and lemme tell you Eurayle got busy with the Best Boi Asterios, who I adopted, making her a daughter-in-law. And with you, as a daughter-daughter now, I consider the entire Gorgon family to be family." Andy explained as they walked.

"...Gorgon was right you are crazy."