Chapter 20: The Man of a Million Bodies

Its been a couple weeks now since Shina was brought home safely. For the first time in what felt like a while, Mew was able to enjoy some peace and quiet.

And admittedly? It was a little boring. Not that he was wishing for a threat to suddenly attack the planet out-of-the-blue, hell no. But like...nothing's going on. Kairi's been spending every day with Shina, and his days with both his brothers have fallen into a routine.

Get up, eat, bicker (mostly with Joe Dark), sit, watch TV, eat some more, tend to the garden, eat more again, then go back to sleep.

It broke up the monotony that he'd been dealing with for a long time. He had a real, if somewhat dysfunctional, family now. And no demon to bother him.

But it felt like it'd be so easy to get back into a rut of doing the same thing over and over again. Something was missing to add more variety to everyday life. The answer was nipping at his heels but he couldn't piece it all together.

Right now he had the living room, specifically the couch, all to himself, and laid out atop it with his hands behind his head. He stared long and hard at the ceiling and wiggled his eyes and mouth every few seconds.

He then peeked his head up over the counter and looked around shiftily. He then sank back down and reached into his back pocket to pull out his notepad. One quick flip later and he was eyeing his list of things to do. The bottom half was concealed behind a thumb. The top half spoke about "Helping Venus" and "Helping Mercury", with "Rescue Shina" crossed off below them.

"Hmmm...What to do, what to do..." He wagged the notepad around and distracted by the bliss of thought it was easily snatched away.

"Heeeeey." He raised his head as Riku held the notepad by his chest and reprimanded his brother calmly with his usual stare.

"What did I say brother?"

Mew propped himself up with his hands and said, "You know I can't help it."

Riku sighed through his nostrils and raised the notepad before his head, raising his right brow, "Venus and Mercury...?"

He casually tossed the notepad back and remarked, "Saturn's friends?"

"Sort of?" Mew snatched and shut the notepad with a finger, "Their conditions are a little different than the others."

"How so?

"Try...one's a gas ghost and the others' sharing his body with another man." Mew said as seriously as he could try to.

Riku blinked his eyes and slowly nodded, "I...see."

"I wanted to figure out a way to get them back to normal but..." Mew scratched the back of his head and forced the rest through his teeth, "Our powers aren't fit for that sort of miracle."

A few seconds of silence later Mew brightened up and asked, "So what are you up to?"

"I thought I'd try exercising my powers outside." Riku looked at his one hand and squeezed it.

Mew hopped off the couch and instantly suggested, "Mind if I join you?"

Riku looked up and shook his head, "Not at all. But we'll have to keep it simple."

"Fine by me! Wouldn't want to wake grumpypants from his nap." Mew looked at the ceiling and smiled. Joe Dark had been spending a lot of time in his room, but it did wonders for his attitude. Now he was 5% less snippy!

Mew went to the door and grabbed the knob. Riku said, "After this we'll try and come up with a way to help your friends."

"Heh, thanks. I can use all the help I can get."

The VERY moment he turned the knob open the door was suddenly kicked open and smashed him in the face.

"DID SOMEBODY LET OUT A CRY FOR HELP?!" Proclaimed the intruder with a very, very obvious identity.

Mew pulled out behind the door and rubbed his red nose, "Ow! What the hell...?"

He saw Saturn lowering the foot she assaulted his door with onto his front step and as she proudly crossed her arms he widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Saturn?! What are you...HOW are you...?"

"That's not important!" She said with her glasses gleaming as bright as her smile, "My justice senses foretold that you would need my assistance, so here I am!"

Mew grit his teeth and instantly saw through her facade, "How long were you listening to our conversation?!"

"T-That's also not important!" Saturn shifted straight back onto her own course and proclaimed, "I have come here to say, and rub in your face, that I, in my infinite depths of brilliance, have come up with a solution to our lovely little Venus' plight!"

Mew stopped rubbing his nose and stared at her with every reason not to believe a word she said, "Bullshit. What changed between then and now?!"

"Two words!" Saturn put the appropriate number of fingers up as she said them, "Cosmos. Drive!"

Mew reeled back a little and then threw his hand up in protest, "Hang on a second. You rejected using Mr. Reality's powers to solve problems but Shina's fair game?"

"What kinda villainous scum do ya take me for?" Saturn turned her head slightly aside and forced a scoff before talking to herself, "Forcing another person to do my dirty work. Where do you come up with these silly ideas?"

As she shook her head Mew grabbed the front of his face and dragged his fingers down it, "I wasn't...Ugh, whatever. Then don't you need to go to Sancturia? Why are you here?"

Shina suddenly leaned in from the left and waved her hand around a lot while she proclaimed, "Already taken care of!"

"S-Shina what?!" Mew reeled back some more and Shina stepped more into view. She was wearing a tank top with an undershirt to cover her breasts, and had her hair in a long ponytail.

She tucked her hands behind her back and chuckled, "Yep! Ms. Saturn explained everything to me."

Once he got over the initial shock Mew had a much easier time speaking calmly, "A-And you're ok with using the Cosmos Drive so soon?"

Shina wagged her pointer finger up by her cheek and shone a ditzy smile, "Weeeeell I didn't quite understand a lotta the science Ms. Saturn was spouting but..."

She pumped her fists up and her face roared with determination, "My help is needed, so there was no way I was gonna say no!"

Saturn looked over her shoulder and laughed boisterously, "Hahaha! You'd make a fine superheroine Shina!"

"Really?!" Shina's eyes shone brightly, "Can I have one of those super suits?!"

As dangerous as it was to fight this hurricane of hyperactivity, Mew gave his hardest "Ahem!" and extended his arm to wave his hand.

"I-I'm glad Shina, but that doesn't explain why you're here."

Saturn did a few calming coughs and furrowed her brows, "To be honest I don't get why I gotta be here either."

She nudged her head to her left while rolling her eyes, "But Venus insisted I bring you along."

Mew blinked a couple times then leaned out the door, intentionally pushing Saturn with his shoulder. Floating almost out of sight at the corner of the house was the little gaseous phantom they'd been talking about. Her face, now easier to see under Earth's sunlight, tried to smile.

"Hello again mister." She whispered.

"Hey there, how's it-" Mew smiled back and waved his hand, only for Saturn to shove him back into the house with one hand.

"No corrupting her innocent mind cretin!" She firmly pointed a finger at his face, "You can come, but you ain't allowed to talk, look, or be within a hundred feet of her!"

Mew chose to dutifully ignore every rule she laid out and got to a more pressing matter, "Come? Come where? We're...not handling this here?"

"Haaaa, I'll explain along the way!" Saturn waved her other hand up and with two snaps of her fingers, a cone-shaped ray descended upon the center of Mew's garden.

"This appointment is scheduled and I'd be doing my duty AND my boasts a disservice if I was late!" Saturn didn't even take one second before she was throwing her right arm in front of her body and yelling at Mew, "C'mon hustle hustle!"

Mew hopped down and immediately turned around, "Sorry Riku, duty calls!"

"I'll hold down the fort until you get back. Don't worry."

"Aaaaaaassshually..." Saturn turned back and thrust a pointer finger at him, "Riku was it right? I'd like you to come with us. I think you'd be interested in where we're going."

Riku fluttered his eyelids and just rolled with it, "Ok?"

He quietly followed along behind his brother, who stared up at another new ship floating high in the sky. He had dealt with Saturn's lack of common sense more than enough, but this was a baffling low for her.

"You brought your ship down to the planet?!"

"Of course! How else would I pick you up?" She said as a statement of pride.

"What if you got seen?!"

"Duh, that's why I cloaked it!"

Sometimes, there are battles that are just not worth fighting. Hanging his head in defeat, Mew walked on up to the ray of light, joined by the others in a small circle.

"Yay, another trip to space!" Shina clapped her hands a few times.

"I'm surprised Kairi didn't decide to come with." Mew remarked.

"Oh I know," Shina sighed and blissfully rolled her head around with a hand on her cheek, "I hate to leave her alone. She's probably all torn up having me out of the house..."

Meanwhile...

"Finally..." Kairi stretched herself out on her bed, pulled out a normal book, and laid a glass of water down on her nightstand, "A little peace and quiet..."

Back there...

Shina wiggled her nose and muttered "Huh" as she crossed her arms under her chest, "Funny, it felt like I was gonna sneeze."

Saturn pinged her ship from her wristwatch to beam them up, and as they began to dissolve into matter Mew widened his eyes and felt like he was forgetting something very important.

The ship zipped off to space like a bolt of light once its passengers were in. And a lone gust of wind swept through to the front door, where a yawning Joe Dark now stood.

"Mrrrr, what's with all the bloody noise?" He looked around and muttered, "And where'd those two-"

He bit his lower lip and told himself, "No, don't jinx it. They're gone. You have the house...to yourself."

He turned around and made his way to the kitchen, as his stomach commanded. He glared at the oven with great intensity and declared, "Today...we battle."

Meanwhile, in space...

Saturn's ship speeds through space so fast that the lights in the black abyss streak by, consuming the darkness in white. But the ship remains stable at all times. If there's one thing Mew can give Saturn credit for, she lives up to her boasts of being a genius.

Mew joined his brother on the hovering couch after enjoying the sights for a bit. Saturn was about ready to go into more detail about what they're doing.

"Ahem!" She coughed a couple times then crossed her arms, her confidence exuding stance making her feel a foot taller, "Just fair to warn ya, we're going to be diving deep into enemy territory!"

"Ooooh, we gotta go fight a villain to get what we need?" Shina leaned in on her chair with great interest.

"Oh absolutely!" Saturn tensed up and described their "enemy" with aplomb, "He's one of the most dastardly dastards in all the cosmos! His wickedness knows no bounds! He terrorizes fashion senses over the whole universe with his gaudy shades of blue! And most importantly...!"

She leaned down and squeezed her fists before her chest, "He doesn't like robots!"

"The fiend!" Shina gasped, being the one person in the room taking this all seriously.

"Uhhhh..." Riku was left in a tender daze and turned to his brother to whisper in his ear, "Help me out brother."

"Translation: She just doesn't like him, he's probably not a bad guy." Mew leaned back into the couch with his hands tucked behind his head, flashing a smug smirk at Saturn when she looked his way.

"Hmph!" She stood up and socked her mouth twice, "The guy we're going to visit is a master biologist. Like, much as I hate it, the dastard is da best in the universe."

"Oh? Could it be you aren't as smart as you claim to be?" Mew said, admittedly enjoying himself a little too much.

Saturn pounded her fists against her hips and leaned straight out at Mew, "I've majored in technology all my life! Heck, a computer gave birth to me! So sue me that I ain't a wizard when it comes to bodies! Not like you're good at anything at all!"

"Bah!" Mew swayed his hand down and tried shifting subjects, "I still don't get what the plan here is."

"Case in point..." Saturn stood up and lorded her superiority in smarts with a smile, "Don't worry, you don't have to understand! You're just here cause Venus wanted you, remember?"

"..." Mew shook his head and sighed, "I guess I'll just ask the other guy when we get there."

As he decided to get up he saw Riku taking a solemn look away from him, muttering one word, "Biologist", with intrigue.

He puckered his lips and then looked over at the window, where Venus floated by her lonesome gazing at the stars. He then saw that Saturn was chatting it up with Shina. The two's endless supply of energy were a perfect fit to keep them distracted while he snuck on over to the phantom girl.

"Hey there." He calmly spoke and tucked his hands into his pockets.

She turned her body and nodded at him in a wistful manner, "Oh. Hello."

"Getting a little stargazing in?" He looked out at the endless sea of white mixed with black streaks and remarked with a big grin, "Hey look there goes Aquarius, and Sirius...And Ursa Major."

"Hmmm..." Venus' despondent sigh pulled Mew's attention back her way.

"Are you nervous?" He could see the grooves representing her brows slant slightly.

"I don't know."

"...Right." Mew pouted and felt bad for even asking. After a few seconds of looking out at the stars Venus spoke up again.

"Mister," Mew looked at her right away and she whispered, "Thank you for being here."

She turned to face him and gave a gentle bow, her cloak raised to show she was trying to extend her arms out, "I know you tried your best to help me."

Mew's heart sank and he turned aside, putting one hand behind his head and biting his teeth down, "Ah man, don't make me lie to a child..."

"N-No problem," Mew strained his teeth and let out a long sigh, "But...I didn't do anything. This is all going to be Shina and Saturn's doing."

"But you still tried. You didn't have to help me."

Mew perked up with a smile and remarked to himself, "True..."

The two gazed out at the stars for a little while, and then Venus remarked, "Its so pretty. Mama and papa used to travel like this all the time."

"Oh yeah, they were...space cowboys right?" Mew asked, itching the back of his head, "Heh, when you get your body back will you follow in their footsteps?"

"I don't know..."

Mew gave her a blank stare and realized, "Guess there's a lot for her to think about right now."

He put his hands behind his head and stared up deep in thought, "There's gotta be something I can do to help her out."

Off to the side, Shina looked away from her conversation with Saturn and smiled, "Looks like someone's breaking your rules Catherine."

Saturn turned as well, then nudged her glasses with her pinky, causing them to suddenly fog up, "Someone's breaking the rules?! Where? I can't see anything!"

"Hehehe!" Shina giggled, and continued to look at Mew with a long, warm hum.

A couple hours later, the ship suddenly announced to its crew, "Now entering the Eastern Quadrant."

"Ah, we're just about there!" Saturn hopped on over to the controls and fiddled around without looking at them, "If you want your minds blown, look outside!"

Mew was the first to run to the wind, beating out Shina by a millisecond, who glued her body to the glass. Riku and Venus followed after, as their lightspeed journey slowed down exponentially, and space returned to normal around them.

And when they could see the sights, something incredible and truly bizarre awaited them in the distance.

It was a spherical planet that was woven together with gigantic double-helixes. The gaps within were filled with something resembling muscle tissue, but thin enough that anyone could see the giant brain acting as the planet's core. Nerves pulsated with electrons from the brain throughout the rest of the planet, giving it a glimmering white glow.

"Welcome...to the Macros Biome!"

"Whoooooa!" Mew's interest now shot up at least a hundred percent and he was grinning from cheek-to-cheek, "That looks so cool!"

"Finally! A planet that ain't another Earth!" Shina proclaimed, matching Mew's excitement if not surpassing it outright.

Mew looked over his shoulder and asked, "So does the person know we're coming?"

Saturn's whole body flinched as she hastily replied, "Of course! Duh!"

Mew felt a tap on his shoulder and turned his head to see Venus rising up to his ear to whisper, "She didn't."

Mew enjoyed a giggle at Saturn's expense while she took the ship on a beeline towards this strange new world. There was no atmosphere to speak of on this world but Saturn reassured everyone they'd be able to breathe. Upon approaching ground level Mew could see the buildings and some people.

The buildings were built as towering spirals of bone marrow growing out of the ground with the windows built out of eye lenses. Mew scratched the back of his head and muttered, "Gotta commend the guy for such a strong commitment to the 'Master Biologist' title...Hmm?"

As the ship prepared to land he noticed there was something...curious about the people of this world. They came in many shapes and sizes. Some big, some thin, some tall, some small. Some had four arms, others had four legs. There was one with a spider abdomen, another had a long neck like a giraffe. That's not even getting into the ones with features indescribable in human terms.

But what they all had in common was the same shaped head with colorless skin.

"Whoa..." He said calmly.

The ship rocked as it landed, followed by a hiss coming from the back, signifying that the ramp had been unsealed. Saturn gallantly marched towards it, waving to the others to follow along.

"C'mon! We got work to do!"

Riku had gotten there ahead of her and cautiously stood at the edge of the ramp, "Is it safe to walk out here?"

Saturn shoved him in the back and exclaimed, "Oh get a mood on ya cat's behind!"

Fortunately like a cat, Riku landed on his feet. Then the others unloaded from the ship one at a time, ending with Shina, who quickly started hopping along the planet's surface.

She stopped after a few of those and turned around pouting her cheeks out, "The gravity's normal? Aww, and the ground's not even bouncy like it should be!"

Saturn folded her arms and explained, "That vile fiend runs a tight ship...Literally. The muscle fibers are woven so tight I doubt even the Elemental Overlord could break through them."

Mew cared more about all the strange folk walking around. He didn't sense any hostility from them. In fact, a lot of them turned their heads and gave a fair greeting.

"Howdy!" Said one with black goop in their teeth.

"Hola!" Said one wearing clothes made of wood.

"xcuy!" Said one with uhhhh...tentacles stretching their head up off their shoulders.

No hostility didn't make them any less weird though. Mew, riddled with goosebumps, trembled and turned around to look at Saturn.

"Sooooo...which one of these is our man?"

Saturn looked at her empty wrist and began counting down her fingers from five, and once at one she thrust her finger out towards Mew, "That one standing right behind you!"

"Ha ha good joke, I don't even sense anyone-" Mew humored her by looking behind but suddenly leaped back in fright into Shina when indeed, she wasn't pulling his leg.

This one person stood half a foot shorter than Mew with skin somehow paler than the others. His lightning yellow eyes were behind round lenses with a thick white border and no bridge between them, nor support for his ears. Bits of blue glass stuck to the sides of his lens like extended bird wings.

Dark blue veins popped out of his skin from his chest up to his eyes, where they split into a "Y" before connecting directly into the sclera. He wore a coat wrapped tightly around his small body that extended down to his waist, then parted into four arrow-tipped cloths down to his feet. The coat was flashing with bright blue glitter and the sleeves were lined with pulsating lights resembling veins, with the wrists covered by thousands of elongated eyelashes.

Most of his azure hair was combed back to his neck while up top it was kept spiked, the elevation of them starting low on his left and right but meeting at an inch-high peak in the middle. Just the only thing normal about his clothes was that he wore plain pants. He didn't even have the decency to cover his glossy toe-nails with socks or shoes.

"Impeccable deduction as always Catherine." He said with a voice sounding at least five years younger than his appearance would suggest.

"Ha! You'll never get the drop on me villain!" Saturn barked in response.

As this one man shook his head Mew gave him a hard long glare. They were tucking their hands behind their back and standing upright like a proper gentleman.

"...Are you sure this is the one?"

"I sympathize with your doubts. No surprise, my many selves have baffled many a customer over the years. But I can assure you I am the genuine article," The man rubbed his fist on his chest and smiled with pride, "For unlike my others, I am 350 billion, seven-hund-"

"His pitch is .01 decibels lower than the rest of them." Saturn interrupted.

The man snapped his fingers out and calmly remarked, "That too."

Mew slapped the side of his face and sarcastically whispered, "Of course, how could I be so stupid?"

The man strutted on up below Mew and murmured, "Ah, you must be the 'delinquent dummy' Catherine spoke so fondly of."

"What?" Mew spat as the man slipped right behind him and over to Riku.

"And you're..." The man's eyes glided over half of Riku's body before he curled his lower lip, bit it, and reached for the stump of an arm.

"Yes, yes...A curious case this one." Riku stayed visibly discomforted until the man let go of him and bowed his head as a sort of apology, "I look forward to later talks."

He then went right on over to Shina and his eyes instantly locked onto the Cosmos Drive. There was some slight shaking in his knees as the bones clacked together.

"Fascinating. The rumors were true then. The Cosmos Drive was real..." He laid a hand flat on his chest and bowed his head, "As is the beauty of the one wielding it. Such supple curves and elegant long curtain hair. Why, in all the Aurians I've had the honor of examining, you're a one-of-a-kind sample."

"Awww how sweet," Shina blushed her cheeks slightly but smiled and shook her head, "But I'm already taken, sorry."

The man raised his head and murmured, "Oh, I can tell just by looking."

Mew raised his brows and thought, "The heck does that mean?"

He could've sworn the man was looking at him for a moment and smiling. But as soon as he looked his way they had already moved on over to Venus.

"And you are?" He stood there, as she floated like a silent breeze. He extended his hand to her and remarked, "I'm not a monster. You can feel safe around me."

"I'm...Venus, mister." She whispered.

"Venus...Yes, Catherine has told me quite a bit about your predicament. Rest assured, you will have your body back by the time this day is through."

He then spun around to Saturn and remarked with a wry smile, "Catherine...I see you're as small and spry as usual."

"Hmph! Always gotta be in tip-top shape when handling mischievous gremlins like you!" The choice of words were at odds with the familiar, friendly tone she took.

"Ah yes. We are 'rivals' in the way of our professions, aren't we?" The man played along with a bigger smile.

"I'm sorry but," Mew waved his hand out and turned his head with brows raised, "Who are you?"

The man turned and folded his arms behind his back, "My deeds have been ingrained in history under many different titles and names across an uncountable variety of languages."

He nonchalantly waved one hand out and closed his eyes, "But in terms of what you know, you can refer to me as Commandant Macros. Or just Macros, if you prefer."

"As for what I am well..." He then opened his eyes and wiggled his fingers around, "I consider myself an artist. Humans, animals, demons angels and monsters alike...I have studied them all down to the microscopic details. These fingertips...could mold gods out of flesh and bone as easy as if I was working with clay!"

His tone got a little heavy near the end, and the others were staring at him like he was a lunatic. He gently coughed, patted his chest with his fist, then tucked it behind his back.

"Of course, that's so vapid and...uninspired," Macros stepped away from the crowd and motioned his hands towards the others wandering his world, "I'm more interested in...preserving life."

He glanced over his shoulder with most of his head and smiled, "Extinction is an ugly term, isn't it? The end of all life, the last gasp of breath...of a world once rich in history and culture."

"I study the bodies of millions of species to fight back the terrifying whims of Mistress Death. For extinction...should never be the end of anyone's story."

Mew tilted his head and remarked, "Sooo...you bring back species that have been wiped out?"

"If its possible yes. Not much to do if a planet's wiped out before I ever make contact." Macros lamented with a sigh.

"Then what's with all the clones?" Mew asked, nudging his elbow at them.

Macros gave them a one-second long glance and answered, "Oh, that's just a hobby. With all this DNA being so easily replicated I figured...Why not? Might as well see how far I can push this body of mine with the limits of science!"

His smile got wobbly as a clone with a swarm of flies for its head walked by and waved at him, "...Though I may have started going overboard after the 54,688,241th one. Happens to the best of us."

"I have a question." Riku spoke up and sounded a little harsh in tone.

But Macros simply smiled as the question was asked of him, "Saturn mentioned schedules and appointments. Does your profession include business with other clientele besides us?"

Macros's eyelids shut slightly.

"Whaddya mean Riku?" Shina remarked.

"All this DNA he claims to have? I could see a lot of people wanting to use it," Riku glared at Macros and firmly remarked, "Bad people."

Mew and Shina started looking towards the man and found him shaking his head but not necessarily out of denial.

"You're not wrong. I've had customers of both shades," Macros gave Riku a sincere look in the eyes and said, "But before you label me your enemy, let me explain my five rules."

He tucked his hands behind his back and closed his eyes, "Rule one: Human or alien, god or monster, male or female. I will not discriminate on the customer, or the job asked of me...However."

"Rule two: I refuse any and all corpses that have begun to rot. If there's even a .00001% state of decay, I'll toss the body in the fire before the buyer can object."

"Rule three: My lips are sealed. Customer confidentiality is the most important trait of all. Even if the gods rained judgment upon me, I would not yield. What is the worst they could anyways?"

"Rule four: Do not give me money. Information is the greatest reward. Attempting to play to some sense of greed you think I embody is the gravest insult you can dole out to me."

"Rule five: Respect. I respect those who respect my work."

He slowly opened his eyes and obeyed his fifth rule in tone of voice, "I hope that cleared things up a little for you."

Riku growled slightly, "So you won't accept work if it doesn't further your interests."

"That's about the gist of it, yes."

"Even if it means someone uses your work to kill others?"

"Extinction is a foul beast lurking in the darkness, ready to pounce. I must be ready for it anytime..." Macros waved his hand out and noted, "So I'll accept whatever aid I can get, even if my source is less than savory."

"You see the world in black and white, so my existence, which stands between them, must really ruffle your feathers," He raised his head back and smiled, "You cannot even begin to fathom the volume of the blood on my hands...But, if that bothers you so..."

"...I don't think I'm in a position to judge you right now," Riku muttered, nevertheless firmly pointing his finger back towards Venus and saying, "And apparently, you're the only hope this girl has. But if you fail her, then we'll have a problem."

Macros nudged his brows up and whispered confidently, "Then I'll just not fail."

He turned around and looked behind his shoulder, "Now, shall we?"

He began to walk and the others followed, with Riku being the last to go. The planet had the same sights wherever they went, save for the people, so Mew decided to fill the dead air with conversation.

"Actually, I got another question."

"Go ahead." Macros replied.

"You and Saturn seem to have a history...Did she ever introduce you to a guy named Gravitus?"

Macros turned around and pointed at Mew from across his chest while looking at Saturn behind him, "Catherine, you never told me he was perceptive."

Saturn hummed very loud in frustration. Macros, meanwhile, waved at Mew and said, "Unfortunately..."

He pinched his lips with his fingers and glided them across like a zipper. Mew's head hung slightly, shooting back up when Macros gestured his hand out and remarked, "Catherine? Could you please...?"

Saturn crossed her arms tightly and started off with a very long sigh, "Yeah, Gravitus came here a couple times."

She waved her hand out and remarked, "Our little blue goblin here helped me build his robotic body."

Shina snicked loudly behind them, "Pffft. Oh yeah, I saw that in one of the Bug Man's visions. What the heck was up with that gaudy looking thing?"

Mew's face tensed up and he could see Saturn preparing to open her big mouth out of the corner of his eyes. He quickly turned and covered her mouth while eyeing her fiercely to "Say. NOTHING."

Shina was left with a blank stare and tilted her head, waiting for an answer that'd never come.

A short amount of walking later, a different kind of building began to peek out in the distance. It was shaped like the top half of a single lung, thin veins and all, but was colored blue. It stood at least two-hundred feet tall and was rounder than two football stadiums. Whatever contents were inside laid behind a door built to resemble the contraction of muscles in the sinuses.

Macros stopped in front of this door and lowered his hands. A visceral material oozed out of his sleeves and covered his hands like gloves. He squeezed his fingers and then raised one glove to tug at the wrist, giving off an elastic snap.

He then turned and crossed one arm before his chest, and gestured the other at the door.

"Now...Let us undo the harsh winds of fate, and give this innocent girl her body back."

Next Time: Venus Reborn