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Chapter 8- Dashavatara Part 1

Earth-199999

Cisco was simply staring down at his hands, shaking ever since Barry….he couldn't even finish his thought.

He threw off the armor around his hands, curling them into his fists as he covered his mouth to muffle his sobs, feeling his nails cut into his palm, causing them to bleed, but Cisco didn't notice, or even care.

The pain of his best friend's death was worse than anything he could do to himself. He was really starting to hate himself and his powers, one thing he could do about it though.

Remembering all that he'd seen in the past of Erik and Logan, he made his way to Beast, and asked him. "Hey."

"What?" Beast turned to him.

"Do you still have the serum that took away the Professor's powers in the past?" Cisco inquired.

"I do", Beast admitted finally. "I occasionally use it too, for a little while." Then his eyes widened as he realized why Cisco was asking. "Whether you have powers or not doesn't change-"

"Change what? That I killed my best friend?!"

"It wasn't-"

"DON'T SAY THAT!" At that point, Parker finally arrived on the scene, the rest of the Spider-Clan behind him. "Don't say it wasn't my fault...I opened the breach...and I closed it...and Barry, he..." Cisco collapsed to his knees and broke down.

"He did what any one of us what have done." Parker's voice made the Earth-1 Metahuman look up to see the young Spider-Man shedding tears with him, and rest of the Spider-Clan also had tears of grief. "That's what we do. We make the sacrifice play, no matter how scary, or how painful it would be, we do it so we can save lives. It's what makes us Heroes." Parker knelt beside Cisco, laying a hand on his shoulder while Beast and the rest of the Spider-Clan gave them some privacy. "What happened...you have every right to cry, Cisco, but Barry, my parents, Uncle Ben, whoever it is we lose, we can't stop fighting. To make sure they didn't die in vain, we have to keep going as if they were still here, because they would want us to, and it will be more painful than you can ever imagine, but you just know they would be proud, because you would be too, if the roles were reversed. Fight for Barry, for everyone that we lost, and don't give up until we make it right." Cisco tearfully nodded, before leaning his head on Parker's shoulder, who wrapped his arms around his friend, letting him grieve. He earned that right, they all did.

Caitlin was in a bathroom, staring at her reflection in the mirror as she saw Frost staring back. Tears were on her face, and they turned into icicles due on Frost's cheeks, with the sink she was gripping also turning into ice as it crumbled in her grip.

Patty walked in, and seeing the scene, she just knew, because she was feeling the exact same.

She put a hand on Caitlin's shoulder. "I'm sorry. I know how you feel."

Caitlin knew that, and told Patty. "I remember….the first time we went on a date, or the closes to it, since it wasn't exactly a date, it was a karaoke, we sang together. I was terrible, he was great. I always felt a connection with him since that night, but it took a long time before we finally embraced what we felt for each other."

"At first, I was jealous when I saw you two together", Patty admitted to her. "In fact, I always regretted having left him that night, the worst mistake of my life. I should have stayed." Her voice quivered. "But, I was happy for him, and you, for both of you."

Both of them just stood there, crying silently, reflecting on the man both of them had loved.

Pietro had tears in his eyes, Wanda having comforted him a while ago, but it was going to take time. "He was a great guy. Always ready to help others, he always saw good in people, and now….."

"Now he's gone", Bart muttered. "And we weren't there. We should have been there!"

"Yeah…." Barry-Blue trailed off. "All of us should have been there. Why weren't we?"

Suddenly, his eyes flashed with lightning, and he ran off as fast as he could, making Bart and Pietro run after him.

Bart managed to catch up, knowing what Barry-Blue was trying to do, and tackled him to the ground. Angrily, Barry-Blue ripped off his mask and yelled. "Why did you do that?!"

"We're all hurting, but this isn't how we do things!" Pietro said to him.

"Time travel won't make it better." Bart said as well.

"He didn't deserve this! No one deserved to die like that! This whole mess shouldn't be happening. Why can't I run back, just to save him? To stop Barry from learning about the cannon, take his place-"

"Then we'd be mourning you. Whether we like it or not, nothing will change, someone will die, and it will hurt like hell, for all of us. No one can pick whose life means more than the other."

Barry-Blue knelt, rubbing his eyes to wipe away the tears. "I owe you guys so much, and I can never repay it, saving Barry though...I just want to stop the pain."

The speedsters shared a look, one of pain that they all felt. All of them stood together, hands on their shoulders, all they can do for now, as they lost one of their key members.

Harry was fiddling with tech in the lab, away from Tony, who was lost in his own world, trying to get the right combination to make his suit, while he himself was trying to busy himself in anyway, to make himself forget who they just lost, but he can't.

Whatever contraption he made, equation or sketch he made, he threw it all away, and slammed his hand on a desk, resting his head on it, panting, huffing repeatedly to try and hide his own sobbing.

Then he felt Jesse wrap her arms around him, her tears wetting the back of his shirt, and both of them wept silently over their lost friend, who'd given them hope and reunited them when Zoom had separated them.

"Its all my fault", Allen said, his mask off as he tried to prevent himself from breaking down, and Joan was staring at his face, the pain on her own clear. "He took my place. I should have stopped him!"

Ralph was nearby, grieving with Joe, Cecile, Wally and Iris, while Joan stared at Allen sadly.

"He died because of me!" Allen snapped.

"No", Joe shook his head, a lump in his throat, making Allen look at him. "It wasn't because of you."

"How can you say that?" Allen inquired. "I should have stopped him!"

"If he wants to do something, no one can stop him", Joe told Allen. "I raised him for years, I know."

"Yeah, Barry, he…." Ralph trailed off. "He would never back down, he'd always put himself before anyone else. He would have stopped you from taking his place no matter what."

"So, you're not at fault", Wally told Allen, wiping his own tears. "He was a Hero, he saved you, and the rest of us for now."

"Yeah…." Cecile nodded. "Don't blame yourself. You just couldn't have stopped him, none of us could have."

"Its just…" Allen trailed off, looking down. "He was so young, and he still has people who love him! I feel like I failed to protect him!"

"He failed to protect you before", Joan told him with tears in her eyes, making him look up at her in confusion. "You are the doppelganger of his father. And so was my husband. He failed to save both of them, so he couldn't let you die."

The realization made Allen sink to his knees, as he finally broke down, grieving for not only Barry-Red, his alternate son who'd died for him, but also his whole world, especially Christina, the woman he loved, and still did, even though she and the rest of his world was gone.

Joan put a hand on his shoulder, trying to offer what comfort she could to the doppelganger of the man she loved.

Oliver went crazy on a punching bag, roaring in rage, until he stopped, leaning against a wall as he slid down, and then Sara, Roy and Ray came over, seeing his face.

"I never thought I was a hero, despite what a lot of people tried to tell me. Putting arrows in bad guys, beating them black and blue on a good day, never seemed very heroic. Yet when Barry...when he tried to tell me I was a good man...I almost believed him. There was a part of me that always wanted to be like him. Barry had this...light in him, it drew people in, and raised them up. He raised me up. I...I just wish...I could have been there, one more time...and said goodbye to my little brother."

Then Oliver finally cracked, becoming a weeping mess, as the three embraced him, trying to console him, while shedding tears over his loss themselves.

Earth-10005

"No…" Maximoff fell to his knees, tears rolling down his cheeks on learning the fates of Barry-Red and Jay, which added to his grief over Danvers and Accelerated Man, and all the others. "This can't be…."

"I'm sorry, Peter", Charles said to him in sympathy.

"I should have been there!" Maximoff snapped. "I should have been the one to run on that darned treadmill!"

Charles put a hand on Maximoff's shoulder, who muttered. "Fastest speedster in the Multiverse, yet I wasn't even there when it counted! What a joke!"

"Barry was a hero", Charles told him. "He wouldn't want you, or anyone else, to blame yourselves."

Earth-199999

Steve and Aragorn stood in the middle, with some others around, including the loved ones of Barry-Red.

Steve spoke first. "Barry Allen has been a part of our community since the very beginning, when he and his group ended up on this Earth. In fact, it was Barry himself who opened the Multiversal door. Thanks to him, we had the pleasure of meeting and knowing each other. Barry, Jay, and Kara, everyone we have lost, meant something dear to many of us. There was no fight too big or enemy too strong that they wouldn't volunteer and fight against. It wasn't in their nature to back down. They were the definition of Heroes."

And then Aragorn picked up from where Steve had left. "Kara died protecting her Earth to the end, Jay gave himself up to save another, and Barry made the sacrifice of saving one life, while stopping the Anti-Monitor's wave of destruction to save the rest who remain. We cannot thank them enough for what they have done."

Steve finished it. "All we can do now is remember them for who they were, fight in their names, and when the smoke clears after finally ending this Crisis, they'll be smiling down at us, because we made sure their sacrifice was not in vain."

All were silent, simply mourning all those who'd been lost in this Crisis.

Then, a portal opened, and out of it walked Gandalf, Radagast, Balthazar, Veronica, Dave and Becky, all of them looking glum and grim.

Gandalf looked at Merlin. "Its time, my friend."

Merlin sighed, knowing this was coming, but it didn't hurt any less, and he turned to Lena, Arthur and Guinevere.

"Time for what?" Lena asked. "What's he talking about?"

"Yes, what is it, Merlin?" Arthur inquired.

"It's a Law, from above", Merlin told all of them. "That we cannot interfere in this directly now."

"What?" Ollie went. "But that's ridiculous."

"We do not know why it exists, but we have no choice but to follow it now", Radagast said sadly. "We are sorry, we wish to stay and help, but we can't now."

"Yeah, we just have no choice", Balthazar said, looking guilty.

"But….." Lena trailed off. "All of us…"

"I know you will all get through this, with or without us", Merlin told her.

"When we were evacuating Earth-1 before it was gone", Kal said as all looked at him. "I met Lucifer and Amenadiel there. They told me that Angels are confined by God's Law and can't do anything about the Anti-Monitor. So they can't."

Doctor Fate was the one who explained this law properly. "No matter how much they integrate into human worlds, there are some beings that do not belong here forever and obey powers you cannot comprehend. They follow their own set of rules and laws, with nothing getting in their way. Whether they chose to leave or not, there was never an option for them to stay, no matter how strongly they wished to."

All realized that there really was no choice now, as Merlin turned to Lena, and kissed her on the lips passionately, her kissing him back, before they parted, staring at each other. "I'm sorry, I wish I could stay."

"Its all right, we will meet again, when this is over", Lena assured him.

He then turned to Arthur, and both embraced each other. "You're my brother, Arthur."

"So are you, Merlin."

As they parted, Merlin embraced Guinevere. "Take care."

"You too", she whispered, as Merlin shared a sad nod with the rest too.

Balthazar kissed Veronica on the lips as she kissed him back, and they parted. "I love you."

"I love you."

He patted Dave's shoulder. "I know you can do it."

"Won't disappoint", Dave assured him.

"Take care", Balthazar told Becky.

"Yeah, you too", Becky told him.

Gandalf and Radagast nodded at the Middle-earth crew sadly, as they nodded back, Sam saying. "It's a shame you all have to go, but we will still fight back against this. We must stand on our feet too."

"Indeed, Master Gamgee", Gimli agreed with Sam. "It is time to stand on our own feet and fight back."

Gandalf smiled in pride, and the four looked at everyone one last time, especially their loved ones, and then went into the portal reluctantly, with heavy hearts, as it closed.

After a few moments, Aragorn spoke. "They may not be able to aid us, but we must fight it now, and stand on our own feet, we cannot always rely on higher powers to aid us, benevolent or not, we are the ones who defend this Multiverse, it is our duty now, and we must protect it from annihilation."

Hearing that, everyone felt a fire burning inside of them, and it showed in their eyes too. No matter what, they would fight this, and defeat it.

The Council of Godheads were sitting in a circle surrounding a sphere that projected the representations of the many Universes, some of them getting engulfed by antimatter or destroyed via Exterminators and Black Lanterns.

The Gods present were those who's other Multiversal selves had combined into these beings as they warily stared at the dwindling number of Universes with sadness.

They also grieved for the Heroes that were lost, but the resolve of some remained just as strong as they continued to save as many as they can.

Ulmo wasn't here anymore, being a Vala, so he too was bound by the Law, and had to leave, unfortunately.

Secretly, the Council had aided in evacuations too using their power, but not revealed themselves to the Heroes while doing so, and now they sat here.

"Now these are Heroes." The Dagda said, impressed. "In spite of the odds, they stand firm against the Anti-Monitor."

"The wave has stopped with the Anti-Matter Cannon gone", Hades noted, then said. "But we still can't find the Anti-Monitor."

"The growing horde of the Black Lanterns is quite worrisome too", Persephone noted. "While the habits of the Exterminators are as elusive as their Celestial creators."

"And we still don't know who the benefactor of this Anti-Monitor is", Sun Wukong sighed.

Lord Vishnu had worry on his face, but not for himself, rather for what remained of the Multiverse. They needed to be saved, and he had done it before.

Nine incarnations he had taken before, to save humanity, from total annihilation, or even the evil in their own hearts.

His mind drifted to the incarnations he had taken before.

First to come had been the Matsya incarnation. King Manu while performing severe austerities had found a fish in the river that had begged him to save its life. Overcome with compassion, Manu had placed the fish in a jar of water, but the fish had managed to outgrow it.

So the king had thrown it into a river, only for the fish to outgrow that too, and then the king had thrown it into the divine Ganga river, but the fish outgrew even that.

Next, the king threw the fish into the ocean, and the fish grew even larger.

Now Manu knew this wasn't a normal fish and wondered. "This fish was so tiny when it came into my hands, now its so big even the ocean seems small for it. This must be no normal fish. Who are you? Show me your true form, please." He joined his hands as the Matsya (Fish) glowed brightly with a divine light, making him cover his eyes.

When he lowered his hand, Lord Vishnu was now before him, looking down at him with a smile.

"Lord, its you", Manu went down on his knees, both hands joined. "I am blessed to witness you before myself."

"You are a great man, Manu", Vishnu said to him, his tone neutral. "In seven days, this world will come to an end from a huge flood. Build a huge boat, and take the seven sages, seeds of all plants, and an animal of each type on it. I will appear before you seven days later in the form of this Matsya, and propel the boat to Mt. Himavan so all of you can survive the flood to the next eon."

Manu put his joined hands to his head while bowing. "I will do as you say, oh Lord!"

The Demon Hayagriva had stolen the Vedas from the mouth of Lord Brahma the Creator when he had yawned, but then Matsya floated towards him.

Hayagriva tried to attack but Matsya simply struck him with his mouth, sending him crashing into a rock, before coming upon him, as Hayagriva was crushed under Matsya, and in his dying screams, the Vedas came out of his mouth, Matsya taking those back to return to Lord Brahma when he began the process of creation again.

Seven days passed, and the flood had come, with Manu and the rest waiting for their Lord near the boat.

Then suddenly, Matsya appeared, everyone bowing to him, before the boat was tied to Matsya using the royal serpent Vasuki.

As all climbed the boat, Matsya then took all of them to Mt. Himavan, crossing any obstacles effortlessly, and as the sun rose on a new eon, Manu and the rest were on Mt. Himavan, bowing to Matsya again as he transformed back into Lord Vishnu and disappeared.

Next had been Kurma incarnation. The sage Durvasa had gifted a garland to Lord Indra the King of the Devas, and Indra had given the garland to his elephant Airavat, only for Airavat to trample the garland under his foot.

An angry Durvasa had then cursed all Devas to lose their strength.

Now they'd approached Lord Vishnu for help who told them. "Even I cannot revert the curse of Sage Durvasa."

"So will this remain our state?" Indra asked. "Defeated, powerless, unstable?"

"Will I allow that to happen?" Vishnu asked with a smile. "No! All of you have to churn the ocean. The result is, whatever riches you gather from it will re-establish the lost supremacy of Devlok. After taking the nectar obtained from the churning, you will once more be strong, wealthy and respectable." Then he added. "But, for this mission you will have to take the help of the Demons."

"Help from the Demons?" Indra asked in shock. "Why should I ask help from my enemy?"

"This is punishment for not controlling your ego when you gave the garland to Airavat", Vishnu told Indra. "But I will still help all of you."

"What must we do then?" Indra inquired.

"Tell the Demons you will share the nectar with them, they will agree to help you", Vishnu revealed what would work. "And do not fight the Demons until you get the nectar. Go use Mt. Mandara as the churning stick and the royal serpent Vasuki as the rope."

The churning began, and Indra played a Machiavellian trick, asking the Demons for the head end of Vasuki. But the Demons, suspecting foul play, took the head end, only to be deceived as the poison from Vasuki was slowly weakening them.

Suddenly, Mt. Mandara started sinking, but under it came a giant Kurma, or Turtle in English, Vishnu's second incarnation, who held Mt. Mandara upon his shell for the whole duration of the churning.

First a powerful poison came out of the ocean, threatening to destroy everything, but Lord Shiva appeared and drank it, trapping it in his throat and saving everyone else.

Then Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity, came out of the ocean, as Indra joined his hands and begged. "Goddess Lakshmi, please come and reside in the Heavens again, so that it can be wealthy and prosperous once more. Have mercy, Goddess."

"If I am to reside in the Heavens, I shall only stay there as Vishnu's consort", Lakshmi immediately said.

Then Lord Vishnu appeared and told her. "Devi, I accept you as my consort."

The two of them put garlands around each other as flowers were showered upon them, and now married, they disappeared.

The churning was continued, as many other things came out, then finally Dhanvantri the Divine Physician appeared with the pot of nectar.

It was taken by the Demons first, when a beautiful and seductive woman called Mohini appeared, and the Demons were all taken in by her beauty.

"You do not need to fight for this nectar", she said, taking the pot from the Demons. "I shall distribute it to you, one by one."

Such was her beauty all agreed, as she distributed the nectar. Only, she distributed it to the Devas first, and when it was the turn of the Demons, it was finished.

"This was a trick!" One Demon said in rage as Mohini turned into Lord Vishnu, horrifying the Demons, while he disappeared, and the Devas with their regained strength from the nectar managed to defeat and drive back the Demons.

After that was the Varaha incarnation. A Demon called Hiranyaksha had prayed to Lord Brahma and got awarded a boon that no beast nor man nor God could kill him. But somehow from the list of beasts the name of boar was missing.

He had plundered many worlds, and then kidnapped the entire Earth itself, pushing it into a Cosmic Ocean, while stealing the Vedas from Lord Brahma.

Now Vishnu took the form of Varaha, or Boar in English, and dove into the Cosmic Ocean, carrying the Earth out on his tusks, and placing it back where it belonged.

Then he turned as Hiranyaksha attacked him, hurling a giant rock, but he destroyed it with his tusks, then Hiranyaksha hurled a sword which also got destroyed by his tusks.

Varaha charged Hiranyaksha and impaled him with his tusks, the Vedas coming out of his mouth with his dying breathe as Varaha took them to return to Lord Brahma.

Then after this was Narasimha incarnation.

Hiranyaksha's brother, Hiranyakashipu, King of Demons, wanted to become immortal and wanted to remain young forever. To this end, he meditated to Lord Brahma and because of his severe penance, the Devas were frightened and asked Brahma to pacify the king. Brahma was impressed by his austerity and granted him a wish. Hiranyakashipu wished that he be neither killed by a Man nor God nor beast, nor in daylight or at night, neither on the ground nor in the sky and neither inside nor outside a building, and also not by any weapon. Having obtained the wish he considered himself the Supreme God and forbade all worship of Gods by anyone.

But his son Prahlada, was an ardent devotee of Vishnu. This enraged Hiranyakashipu very much. He ordered numerous ways to kill Prahlada.

Hiranyakashipu's sister Holika sat on a bonfire with Prahlada on her lap, Prahlada having been tricked into sitting on her lap. Holika also had a special cloak that protected her from the fire.

Only, a wind blew and the cloak ended up on Prahlada instead while Holika burnt to death.

One day, an enraged Hiranyakashipu asked his son. "Why do you worship Vishnu so much? Tell me, where is he? I know, he is hiding from me in the Heavens out of fear."

"No father", Prahlada shook his head. "He is everywhere."

"Oh really?" Hiranyakashipu laughed, amused, pointing at a pillar nearby. "Is he inside there then?"

"Yes, he is", Prahlada nodded.

"Go embrace him then", Hiranyakashipu laughed, as Prahlada walked to the pillar, praying to it and then embracing it.

That enraged Hiranyakashipu as he ordered his soldiers. "Soldiers, bind him to the pillar!"

Two demonic guards came in, binding Prahlada, who simply continued to pray to Vishnu, while Hiranyakashipu brandished a sword, aiming at his son's throat. "Remember when you die, your Lord did not save you."

Suddenly, the pillar shattered into pieces as Prahlada fell away, his ropes now falling down, and Hiranyakashipu fell down.

In front of him was a half-lion, half-man creature, the Narasimha. As he stood up, it roared loudly. Hiranyakashipu struck out with his sword but Narasimha grabbed the sword, then pulled him forwards before punching him down.

He got up and struck again but Narasimha grabbed his hand and threw him into a pillar, before throwing him onto his throne as it toppled.

Hiranyakashipu tried to get up but Narasimha kicked the sword out of his hand, then grabbing his foot, spun him on the ground.

The Demon King got up, charging Narasimha and trying to push him back, only for Narasimha to grab him and hurl him, breaking a pillar as he fell down.

The roaring Narasimha marched to him, as Hiranyakashipu got up and summoned a mace, striking Narasimha twice, but he couldn't even budge Narasimha. He tried to strike him on the head but Narasimha grabbed the mace and used its handle to whack his stomach, making him topple over a chair.

He immediately got up to strike again as Narasimha snatched the mace and whacked his abdomen before hurling him into another pillar while throwing the mace away.

Hiranyakashipu now summoned a sword and charged, trying to strike Narasimha, but he still didn't budge, then grabbed his hand when he struck again, disarming him and spinning him around before throwing him down.

Holding up a hand, Hiranyakashipu demanded. "Who are you? Tell me, who are you?"

"I am your death", Narasimha growled, grabbing Hiranyakashipu's throat and lifting him up, before walking some distance and sitting down, placing Hiranyakashipu on his lap.

"You can't kill me", Hiranyakashipu laughed. "I cannot be killed by a Man or God or beast."

"I am an incarnation and half-man, half-lion, not just one", Narasimha said to the Demon King's horror.

"But I can't be killed during daylight or night!"

"Look towards the sky, its twilight", Narasimha revealed as Hiranyakashipu did and yes, it was twilight.

"You can't kill me inside or outside a building", Hiranyakashipu boasted.

"I have taken you to the threshold of the courtyard, which is neither inside nor outside", Narasimha revealed as he looked around and to his horror, he was in the threshold of the courtyard.

"But I can't be killed on the ground or in the sky!"

"You are neither on the ground nor in the sky, rather in my lap", Narasimha pointed out.

"No weapon can slay me!" Hiranyakashipu finally said.

"These fingernails of mine are not weapons, yet they are deadly", Narasimha lifted up his fingernails, and ripped open Hiranyakashipu's stomach, the evil Demon King dying with a wail of agony as his blood splattered.

Looking at Prahlada, Narasimha transformed back into Lord Vishnu who smiled at him. "Your devotion and dedication compelled me to take the form of Narasimha and descend to this Earth. Otherwise, this sinner's end was not possible. Now this Earth is free of sin so without fear and adhering to justice, rule your kingdom. May you live long!"

And so Prahlada was crowned King and became a just ruler in time.

Next came the Vamana incarnation.

After Prahlada, his son Virochan and grandson Bali too were great devotees of Lord Vishnu, and spread it all over the world.

However, Lord Indra was worried, because the other Devas were not worshipped anymore, and as offerings given to Devas during yajnas were their food, they started starving.

Eventually, Indra resorted to trickery and slew Virochan, which caused Bali to now oppose the Devas.

Gaining great power, he managed to establish his rule over the Earth and Heavens, upsetting the Cosmic balance.

So once more, Indra's arrogance was the reason for the Devas running around helplessly.

The mother of the Devas, Aditi, prayed to Lord Vishnu as he appeared before her.

"Mother, I am appeased by your devotion", Lord Vishnu told her. "Tell me, what is it you want?"

"Lord, kill Bali and all his Demons", Aditi requested. "And protect my sons! Return them to their place in the Heavens."

"I will do what is right", Vishnu simply said, for while a Demon, Bali was still kind and generous, only having grown stubborn due to his power. "I will soon be born from your womb and protect the Devas."

Soon, Vishnu was born to Aditi and Sage Kashyap as Vamana, or a Dwarf, a priest.

One day, Bali was performing a yajna when Vamana approached him, and he happily gave Vamana a seat. "Please sit, oh priest! Tell me, what do you want? Riches, gold, grains? I shall grant you anything."

"I simply want three steps of your land", Vamana revealed, to his surprise.

"Priest, do not embarrass me", Bali offered. "Ask for anything."

"I only ask for what is necessary to me", Vamana told Bali, who nodded, accepting.

"I shall grant you three steps of my land", Bali promised, getting on his knees as he first washed Vamana's feet with holy water.

Then getting up, he joined both hands and bowed. "Priest."

Vamana suddenly grew in size until he was a Cosmic Giant, and with his first step, he covered the entirety of Heaven, then with his second, he covered the Earth, before looking down at Bali. "I covered the Heavens and Earth that belong to you with two of my steps, what about my third? Your promise was left incomplete."

"No", Bali bowed his head again. "You can keep your third step on me. Nothing is more precious to me than my life!"

Vamana smiled, placing his third step upon Bali, stopping the foot just above his head, and told him. "I am thoroughly impressed by your devotion and way of fulfilling your promise. You may be a Demon, but you are as worthy as the Devas of prayer and reverence."

Then he transformed into Lord Vishnu as Bali bowed. "I do not want to humiliate a pious soul like yours. I have established my authority over the Heavens and Earth. You can rule the Underworld as a just, merciful and pious King. May you live long!"

And thus, Bali was crowned King of the Underworld where he then ruled.

Then next came the Parashurama incarnation.

The Kshatriyas, that were warrior aristocrats, had become arrogant and were suppressing the Brahmin priests all over the world, so Parashurama was born to Sage Jamadagni and his wife Renuka.

Parashurama always carried an axe presented to him by Lord Shiva of whom he was an ardent devotee. Kartavirya was a powerful king, who once went to Jamadagni's home when Parashurama was out, and after a meal, stole the divine Kamdhenu cow, which was supposed to give endless quantity of milk.

When Parashurama found out, he went outside Karatvirya's palace, and demanded the guards. "Where is your evil King? Tell him to return Kamdhenu, and I will forgive him! Or I must punish him for his crimes!"

Kartavirya, of course, did not listen, and soon, an army came out to confront Parashurama , who slammed his ax on the ground, causing giant cracks.

Karatvirya came on his elephant and ordered. "Capture him!"

Parashurama fired divine arrows, felling many, then used his ax to kill even more, as at the end, just Kartavirya was left, and he had many arms, all holding weapons.

Kartavirya hurled one weapon that Parashurama deflected with his ax, then fired divine arrows that cut off all his arms, only for them to grow back.

So Parashurama hurled his ax, chopping off all arms and his head too, and caught the ax on return, the evil King dead as Parashurama returned home with Kamdhenu.

Later, in revenge, Kartavirya's son snuck into the hermitage when Parashurama was away and killed Jamadagni.

Renuka found her husband's corpse and wailed, calling out for Parashurama who arrived, seeing she had beaten her chest 21 times in her grief.

And so, he killed all the unrighteous Kshatriyas in 21 battles full of bloodshed, but then also lived a life of meditation and repentance.

Being a hermit, he was going to live forever, and even co-existed with the next incarnations of Lord Vishnu.

Took a break from all the doom and gloom to show the tales of the great Lord Vishnu's great incarnations. There are three more to go, and one of them has a huge story, but it will come tomorrow, and then flashbacks end.

So now Gandalf, Radagast, Merlin and Balthazar can't help anymore, same for all the Valar and Maiar, and Angels too.

Thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for his help once more.

Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.