Iamthey now stood in the dingy tunnels, heading to one of his only sources of information, John Milton. He had left that meeting enlightened he knew know that Dogbert had to be revived. However, he also knew that he could not do it single-handedly. Iamthey looked back, and remembered the glory days of HA. In those days he could perform five resurrections at one time. It had been years, though; his powers had atrophied from not being used. His goals now were to regain his strength, revive Dogbert, and stop Viggy. All with the help of who he thought was his enemy, Count Confusion.
Finally, he had come
to his destination. Iamthey looked around examining his surroundings
in detail. Unlike the time before there was a small table set up in
the room, with several chairs. Sitting at the table was a man, one
who he had never expected to see again. The man who sat there was
Achronos.
"Iamthey, I am so glad you could make it, we have
been expecting you." Iamthey spun around, in the corner stood John
Milton.
"What kind of treachery is this!" Iamthey replied,
drawing one of his desert eagles.
"What treachery, there is no
treachery." John Milton spat coldly, now with a gun resting on his
forehead.
"You brought him here."
"Do you think me a
fool, emperor? I am the trafficker if information it is my business
to know everything. So yes, I know about your meeting at the
Tatttered Volume;I know all about what you want to do. And I happen
to know who is needed to restore your powers, maybe even increase
them."
"Let me guess - that man is Achronos?"
"Do you
know what you did that day you destroyed Achronos? Achronos can do
anything in this world. He is more powerful than you and your entire
leadership! Now it just so happens Achronos is indebt to me; it was I
that let him out of hell."
"You know I can afford his
services."
"There is no charge for what he offers. Our
interests are currently aligned. I ask that you only do one thing for
me." At that moment John Milton's eyes formed slits. "Do not
let Viggy take over HA." With that, Milton snapped his fingers, and
started twitching, and rose into the air. Hovering there, light began
to shine out through his eye corners, and out of his mouth. Now the
Bungie overlord began to moan in pain. Cracks erupted around his
skin, light also pouring out. In a sudden explosion, the outer skin
of Achronos flew apart. All that remained was a hovering ball of
light. With the clap of his hands, the light started to pour into a
ring in the center of the table.
"This ring holds all the power
of every Bungie overlord. I am giving this to you, and only you. You
must never give this to any person. That includes Dogbert,
Matthew-Kaine, Hotshotesquire, Viggy, and Count Confusion. It was
made for you, and you alone if any other person wears this ring.
Their soul will be corrupted by Achronos. This ring can only be
removed from you hand, if you allow it." John explained, now
offering the ring to Iamthey.
"This will restore my powers?"
Iamthey replied now holding it in his hands.
"More than that.
However, when you want to activate its power, place your hands in the
shape of a triangle."
"Why?" Iamthey questioned.
"Its
just the way it works."
Iamthey slipped
the ring around his left ring finger. Immediately, he felt a surge of
power, and felt the old abilities return to him.
Iamthey threw
open the door to the Tattered Volume. There in the center was a stone
table. The ashes were laid out in the shape of a body, before him
stood Confusion on the left, and Matthew-Kaine on the right. Iamthey
entered the room. Iamthey approached the table. Placing his hands in
the shape of a triangle, he slammed his palms down onto the ashes.
There was a flash of light, and the revival was complete.
