Chapter 9

Charles Darwin: Revisited

Nita sighed.

"Here we go again…"

Kit smiled wryly.

"Bring it on…"

The Lone One shifted into his normal form from a rock on the ground. He stood slightly above eye level for Kit now, thanks to Kit's growth spurt at the beginning of May. Even so, he acted like he was the king of everything instead of some Power that had to go and invent entropy, crime, and death…

"Nita, Christopher," he chuckled. "How quaint. And you two…" the Lone One glowered at Iola and Ethan. "I have disposed of others more powerful than you…"

Nita rolled her eyes behind the Lone One's back.

"…and ones weaker than you…"

Kit checked his watch.

"…colonies, cities, planets, even whole galaxies…"

Ponch yawned and scratched a flea.

"…oceans have boiled and steamed, suns have dimmed and died…"

Dairine drummed her fingers on her arm.

"…inanimate objects have been seemingly possessed by an evil spirit, stealing and harming…"

Kit blew out a long breath and stretched his arm.

"…I have killed off entire populations by contaminating their food, scalding their drinking water…"

Dairine's head drooped and she started to snore gently.

"…I have brought about entropy, pain, and death…"

Everyone lost their temper at that. As one, everyone present capable of speech (sans the Lone One) yelled:

"SHUTTUP AND GET ON WITH IT!"
The Lone One glared at them. "You shall pay…"

"Yeah, fine. NOW GET A MOVE ON!"

The Lone One rolled his eyes and threw a Dislocator at Iola. She dodged and reflected it, shooting it right back at its originator. The Lone One ducked and it narrowly missed him. That was before Ethan blew him out of the water with a ion diffuser. As he watched the Lone One perform a mad dance to tear off his burning cloak, Ethan tossed the diffuser back to Nita. "Thanks."

"No prob." She replied, slipping the weapon to Kit.

Or where Kit once was. He was gone now, as well as Ponch, Dairine, and Fred. Nita glanced around, then heard a voice in her head.

"Nita! What the hell are you doing? You're not supposed to interfere with these guys' Ordeal! Get back here NOW!"

It was Carl, and he didn't seem too happy. Nita felt a sudden flying sensation, and landed, on her feet, back in Carl's living room.

"Oh, crap…" Nita muttered.

A/N: Even Shorter!