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Names of Goddesses and Others:
Ti, the Goddess of Time- Heero
Trio de Vida, the Goddess of Life- Duo
Destiny, the Goddess of Fate- Trowa
Em, the Goddess of Emotions- Quatre
Meiran, the Goddess of the Gateway- Wufei
The Others, Ch. 3
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Back in the Realm of the Goddesses:
Still holding Heero's life thread in her hand, Vida walked back over to the kid who had spinning the thread when it snapped. He was at a loom, now weaving a brightly colored cloth with a simple design.
"What's your name, kid?" she asked him.
"Gideon Aldershot Pewdolff."
"You poor kid. Who the hell named you? Tell you what. I'll give you a much better name if you tell me who put you in charge of this-" she held up Heero's thread "-and I won't even be angry with you for snapping it."
"I like my name, and I'm not telling you anything! Bite off!"
Vida's eyes threatened to pop out of her head with that last comment. Clearly this kid does not know who I am. He looks no older nine. Where the hell did he learn that it was smart to talk back to his elders? And how could he possible like his name? She contemplated on whether she should go easy on him or not. Kid has probably only been in the Realm of the Goddesses for a hundred years. Too young to know anything.
She made up her mind.
Grabbing the kid by the front of his shirt, she yanked him up to eye level. "Listen, you little brat, I happen to be the ruler of this little place. I tell you to do something, you had better of had it done three minutes ago. I take no shit from anyone. And since you decided it would be a good idea to piss me off at the wrong time, I think I'll send you to live on the streets of L2 and make you live out the rest of your life there as a dirty, ugly old man."
Gideon Aldershot Pewdolff's eyes widened. "But, but, you *can't*!"
"Wrong answer. A smart person would have answered my original question by now. And I most certainly *can* do that to you. The only Goddess that has more power than me in Time, and the only one that even comes close to being on the same level as me is Destiny. Is either of them at your beck and call? Because they're the only ones that can save you now."
"Mr. Solo. Mr. Solo told me to spin the thread while he had to do something. I'm used to weaving, not spinning! That's why the thread snapped. I'm sorry, Ms., uh, Ms..."
"Vida. Solo, huh? I figured. Thank you. See, that wasn't so hard, now was it?" She set him down in front of the loom. "Oh, I almost forgot."
Yanking him out of the chair again, she reached her arm in to his back and pulled out a thread. It was bright green. Holding it between her thumb and finger, the color of the thread began to change to a drab olive green.
Gideon looked at the change with horror. "But I thought you said that if I told you, you'd let me go!"
"I said no such thing. Time to say good bye, because you're annoying me." The boy disappeared.
"Glad that's over with. Damn, forgot to rename that kid. Oh well, it's his own fault that he's stuck on that miserable colony with a screwed up name." She looked around, and noticed someone had taken the kid's place at the loom. She turned to them. "What was I going to do before I banished the one with a messed up name?"
The weaver, not wanting to be banished as well, answered quickly. "You were going to kill Solo."
"Oh yeah, thanks." She turned around, took a few paces, and the yelled as loud as she could, "SOLO!!!"
A tall man with long golden hair immediately appeared in front of her. He was about twenty years old, had tanned skin, and was nicely muscled.
He could have passed off as a Greek god, but the whole effect was ruined because he was chowing down on a large sandwich with special sauce dribbling down his chin.
He held out the sandwich to her. "Want some?"
Trio de Vida stared open mouthed. It seems that I'm in for all sorts of surprises today. Remember what the therapist said, count to ten before yelling. One...two...three...
"YOU IDIOT!!!"
Got to three this time. That's an improvement from last time.
"Why the hell did you give that kid with a fucked up name Heero's, of all the life threads, HEERO'S thread?!"
"I was tired of spinning it my self. It was really, really boring. The guy doesn't do anything interesting anymore. And I wanted a sandwich."
"A sandwich. You wanted a sandwich." She turned to everyone behind her at the looms. "He wanted a sandwich, people!" She yelled. A few people turned around to look at her warily. Keeping her back turned, she continued. "You know what, Solo? I'm very pissed at you. Of all the Goddamned, STUPID things to do..."
"Geez, if you really want one that bad I'll make one for you..."
Vida spun around. "Your fucking sandwich almost blew up the Earth! And do you know the only reason it didn't? Because I was there, cleaning up after you, AGAIN! You know how fragile and important Heero's life thread is! After all those kamikaze attempts, the thread is badly frayed, and can only be spun by the most expert spinners. Which is why I put you in charge of it!"
Her voice became dangerously low as she stalked towards him. "Solo, I've put up with you for thousands of years because you have exactly one redeeming quality. Solo, do you remember what job here is?"
Solo shrugged. "I'm the best spinner you've got around here, so I take over what responsibilities you can't get to, but demand your expertise."
"Good, good, you remember." She had backed him into the wall. "You take over important duties that I can't get to. So, presumably, if you fail to perform those duties you are of no use to me, correct?"
Solo was confused. Is that a trick question? "Uh, right. Uh wait- no."
"No? You mean that's not right?"
"Uh- no."
"So then it is right."
"Uh, right."
"Glad you agree. I'm going to have to fire you." She reached up and placed her hands around his neck. Solo looked at her with surprise. "Sorry, Solo, but I can't have someone with your powers running around up here. You'll screw things up some how."
"Wha- Wh..at..abou..hum..elm..." he managed to choke out.
"The Human Realm? I don't think so. Last time I let you down there you did more damage than you did with that damn sandwich of yours. Even if I erased your memory you screw it all up some how. No, the best thing would be to erase you from existence."
Solo's eyes went wide as he realized that she was serious, and that he couldn't escape. He started to thrash when he remembered that he was dealing with a Goddess, and Goddesses have unlimited strength. He tried to lift his arms one last time, but they felt so heavy. He focused on her brilliant green eyes as everything else fogged over with black and red. He tried to keep his focus on her eyes for as long as he could, but eventually he couldn't hold on any longer, and he slipped into darkness.
Ti smiled. "Sorry girls, I win. Pay up."
"Yeah, yeah..." they all muttered.
Meiran pouted. "You cheated! You used your powers, I know you did! Don't quite know how you used them, but you did! It's not fair-WAHHH!!!" She started to cry. "Is there no justice in this world?!"
Ti glanced at her wrist. Damn, no watch. "Hey guys, anyone know what time it is?" They stared at her.
"What?"
Destiny sighed. "Ti, let's go over this again. You are the Goddess of what?"
"Uh, Time?"
"Very good. Think about that. The Goddess of TIME. So think very carefully about your question and why it was stupid to ask. And when you've done that get back to us, okay?"
Em had finished picking up the cards. "We should get back to Vida. C'mon."
She dragged off a sobbing Meiran and Destiny followed behind. She turned back around to see Ti still standing at the table thinking. "Oh, c'mon you, let's go."
And they all went through the door that had popped up for their convenience. As they walked out the table that they had played on disappeared. Destiny gave one last look through the door, checking to make sure that everything was all right. Satisfied, she slammed the door behind them.
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Okay, this chapter, if you haven't noticed, was written during a momentary bout of insanity. For everyone who didn't quite understand what happened, let me spell it out for you: Vida just strangled Solo. She's going to completely erase him from existence, and she threw some poor kid with a messed up name on to the streets to fend for himself. (He becomes important later.) Isn't Vida a bitch?
Next chapter: Ti is very upset with Vida for strangling Solo, and gives her a taste of just how powerful the forces of time can be. After that, the Goddesses begin to realize just how much trouble their Others are and decide to straighten them out once and for all! Of course, that means a trip in to the Human Realm...
Names of Goddesses and Others:
Ti, the Goddess of Time- Heero
Trio de Vida, the Goddess of Life- Duo
Destiny, the Goddess of Fate- Trowa
Em, the Goddess of Emotions- Quatre
Meiran, the Goddess of the Gateway- Wufei
The Others, Ch. 3
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Back in the Realm of the Goddesses:
Still holding Heero's life thread in her hand, Vida walked back over to the kid who had spinning the thread when it snapped. He was at a loom, now weaving a brightly colored cloth with a simple design.
"What's your name, kid?" she asked him.
"Gideon Aldershot Pewdolff."
"You poor kid. Who the hell named you? Tell you what. I'll give you a much better name if you tell me who put you in charge of this-" she held up Heero's thread "-and I won't even be angry with you for snapping it."
"I like my name, and I'm not telling you anything! Bite off!"
Vida's eyes threatened to pop out of her head with that last comment. Clearly this kid does not know who I am. He looks no older nine. Where the hell did he learn that it was smart to talk back to his elders? And how could he possible like his name? She contemplated on whether she should go easy on him or not. Kid has probably only been in the Realm of the Goddesses for a hundred years. Too young to know anything.
She made up her mind.
Grabbing the kid by the front of his shirt, she yanked him up to eye level. "Listen, you little brat, I happen to be the ruler of this little place. I tell you to do something, you had better of had it done three minutes ago. I take no shit from anyone. And since you decided it would be a good idea to piss me off at the wrong time, I think I'll send you to live on the streets of L2 and make you live out the rest of your life there as a dirty, ugly old man."
Gideon Aldershot Pewdolff's eyes widened. "But, but, you *can't*!"
"Wrong answer. A smart person would have answered my original question by now. And I most certainly *can* do that to you. The only Goddess that has more power than me in Time, and the only one that even comes close to being on the same level as me is Destiny. Is either of them at your beck and call? Because they're the only ones that can save you now."
"Mr. Solo. Mr. Solo told me to spin the thread while he had to do something. I'm used to weaving, not spinning! That's why the thread snapped. I'm sorry, Ms., uh, Ms..."
"Vida. Solo, huh? I figured. Thank you. See, that wasn't so hard, now was it?" She set him down in front of the loom. "Oh, I almost forgot."
Yanking him out of the chair again, she reached her arm in to his back and pulled out a thread. It was bright green. Holding it between her thumb and finger, the color of the thread began to change to a drab olive green.
Gideon looked at the change with horror. "But I thought you said that if I told you, you'd let me go!"
"I said no such thing. Time to say good bye, because you're annoying me." The boy disappeared.
"Glad that's over with. Damn, forgot to rename that kid. Oh well, it's his own fault that he's stuck on that miserable colony with a screwed up name." She looked around, and noticed someone had taken the kid's place at the loom. She turned to them. "What was I going to do before I banished the one with a messed up name?"
The weaver, not wanting to be banished as well, answered quickly. "You were going to kill Solo."
"Oh yeah, thanks." She turned around, took a few paces, and the yelled as loud as she could, "SOLO!!!"
A tall man with long golden hair immediately appeared in front of her. He was about twenty years old, had tanned skin, and was nicely muscled.
He could have passed off as a Greek god, but the whole effect was ruined because he was chowing down on a large sandwich with special sauce dribbling down his chin.
He held out the sandwich to her. "Want some?"
Trio de Vida stared open mouthed. It seems that I'm in for all sorts of surprises today. Remember what the therapist said, count to ten before yelling. One...two...three...
"YOU IDIOT!!!"
Got to three this time. That's an improvement from last time.
"Why the hell did you give that kid with a fucked up name Heero's, of all the life threads, HEERO'S thread?!"
"I was tired of spinning it my self. It was really, really boring. The guy doesn't do anything interesting anymore. And I wanted a sandwich."
"A sandwich. You wanted a sandwich." She turned to everyone behind her at the looms. "He wanted a sandwich, people!" She yelled. A few people turned around to look at her warily. Keeping her back turned, she continued. "You know what, Solo? I'm very pissed at you. Of all the Goddamned, STUPID things to do..."
"Geez, if you really want one that bad I'll make one for you..."
Vida spun around. "Your fucking sandwich almost blew up the Earth! And do you know the only reason it didn't? Because I was there, cleaning up after you, AGAIN! You know how fragile and important Heero's life thread is! After all those kamikaze attempts, the thread is badly frayed, and can only be spun by the most expert spinners. Which is why I put you in charge of it!"
Her voice became dangerously low as she stalked towards him. "Solo, I've put up with you for thousands of years because you have exactly one redeeming quality. Solo, do you remember what job here is?"
Solo shrugged. "I'm the best spinner you've got around here, so I take over what responsibilities you can't get to, but demand your expertise."
"Good, good, you remember." She had backed him into the wall. "You take over important duties that I can't get to. So, presumably, if you fail to perform those duties you are of no use to me, correct?"
Solo was confused. Is that a trick question? "Uh, right. Uh wait- no."
"No? You mean that's not right?"
"Uh- no."
"So then it is right."
"Uh, right."
"Glad you agree. I'm going to have to fire you." She reached up and placed her hands around his neck. Solo looked at her with surprise. "Sorry, Solo, but I can't have someone with your powers running around up here. You'll screw things up some how."
"Wha- Wh..at..abou..hum..elm..." he managed to choke out.
"The Human Realm? I don't think so. Last time I let you down there you did more damage than you did with that damn sandwich of yours. Even if I erased your memory you screw it all up some how. No, the best thing would be to erase you from existence."
Solo's eyes went wide as he realized that she was serious, and that he couldn't escape. He started to thrash when he remembered that he was dealing with a Goddess, and Goddesses have unlimited strength. He tried to lift his arms one last time, but they felt so heavy. He focused on her brilliant green eyes as everything else fogged over with black and red. He tried to keep his focus on her eyes for as long as he could, but eventually he couldn't hold on any longer, and he slipped into darkness.
Ti smiled. "Sorry girls, I win. Pay up."
"Yeah, yeah..." they all muttered.
Meiran pouted. "You cheated! You used your powers, I know you did! Don't quite know how you used them, but you did! It's not fair-WAHHH!!!" She started to cry. "Is there no justice in this world?!"
Ti glanced at her wrist. Damn, no watch. "Hey guys, anyone know what time it is?" They stared at her.
"What?"
Destiny sighed. "Ti, let's go over this again. You are the Goddess of what?"
"Uh, Time?"
"Very good. Think about that. The Goddess of TIME. So think very carefully about your question and why it was stupid to ask. And when you've done that get back to us, okay?"
Em had finished picking up the cards. "We should get back to Vida. C'mon."
She dragged off a sobbing Meiran and Destiny followed behind. She turned back around to see Ti still standing at the table thinking. "Oh, c'mon you, let's go."
And they all went through the door that had popped up for their convenience. As they walked out the table that they had played on disappeared. Destiny gave one last look through the door, checking to make sure that everything was all right. Satisfied, she slammed the door behind them.
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Okay, this chapter, if you haven't noticed, was written during a momentary bout of insanity. For everyone who didn't quite understand what happened, let me spell it out for you: Vida just strangled Solo. She's going to completely erase him from existence, and she threw some poor kid with a messed up name on to the streets to fend for himself. (He becomes important later.) Isn't Vida a bitch?
Next chapter: Ti is very upset with Vida for strangling Solo, and gives her a taste of just how powerful the forces of time can be. After that, the Goddesses begin to realize just how much trouble their Others are and decide to straighten them out once and for all! Of course, that means a trip in to the Human Realm...