Chapter 251

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Note: Windfang and Astivus are from the 1992 animated series "Conan the adventurer." Johnny is from the "Karate kid" movies and the "Cobra Kai" web series. This version of professor Moriarty is not from the Sherlock Holmes stories but from two episodes of "Star trek: the next generation."

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Professor Moriarty had never considered himself a villain. But looking at this objectively, he could understand why others would consider him one. But he wasn't given much of a choice. He wasn't sure if there was originally a real Moriarty, or if the fates created Moriarty from the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. He knew he had been created from the holodeck of the starship Enterprise, all so that Data could play Sherlock Holmes. When Moriarty became self aware, he fought for his right to leave the holodeck. He didn't realize until later that his leaving was an elaborate ruse, that he was still in the holodeck. Still, it allowed him to live out his life with his beloved countess. And now, Moriarty found himself in Antarctica. He was ready to do his part, and was now in a support group called "Villains Anonymous." He was here with Johnny, Windfang, and Astivus.

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Johnny: I never thought of myself as a villain. Maybe I just felt sorry for myself, that's why I felt okay with being a bully. I let Kreese will my head with a lot of stuff, "Strike first, strike hard, no mercy." And then I found out that, in a lot of other worlds, there's this movie called the "Karate Kid" where I'm the villain.

Moriarty: What exactly turned Kreese into a man who believed in no mercy?

Johnny: He was in a war, and I guess it was a living hell for the man. I heard Kreese was a stand up guy in Vietnam, but it changed him. I guess in his own way, he was trying to help us survive. I haven't seen him here. Maybe he's in Hell, but from what he told me about Vietnam, how much worse could Hell be.

Windfang: I understand the horrors of war. It changed me, even before Wrath-Amon took away my humanity. I want my humanity back, for Jezmine.

Astivus: Jezmine is my daughter, and I will do anything to protect her. I even defied Wrath-Amon and Set. I hear they're still fighting to conquer Hell now. But if a serpant man like me can change for the better, who's to say that Kreese can.

Johnny; Yeah, I changed, maybe there's hope for him.