Coral Chamber, Lemurian Belt

  Members of the Pionin's Truth are tied up and being guarded by the Cult of Sheyane

  Sheyane Cultist: So what do we do with them?

  Woelyn: Do whatever you desire, I'm sure it doesn't matter

  Neve: Couldn't this be considered a war crime?

  Elghene: Well, she's right depending on what you guys do

  Sheyane Cultist: Oh we just plan to take custody of them until further instruction

  Neve: How about I get custody over the prisoners?

  Woelyn: Seems like a conflict of interests

  Hyuken: Yeah who's to say you won't just set them loose?

  Neve: I can see why you'd say that but I promise I won't!

  Thechr: Still seems like an unnecessary risk

  Neve: Well someone has to stay with the prisoners and keep order over The Coral Chamber

  Kelpie: I'll do it

  Thechr: Really?

  Kelpie: What greater honor is there then serving the crew honorably?

  Thechr: I guess that is true

  Neve: But just one person would be a mistake?

  Iaray: I can stay behind too

  Kiqi: You sure?

  Iaray: I'm more suited to this type of job anyway

  Demeui: So the plan now is to teleport to the portal site and place the third and fourth portal batteries?

  Kiqi: Yes

  Elghene: What are we waiting for then?

  Thechr: Nothing, let's go

  The Crew of the Xen Grand grabs the portal batteries and teleports away

  Guadlajara, Mexico

  The Century Corps has located the Fifth Portal battery in an old decrepit church, it is surrounded by a bed of cursed water

  Larkin: So…how can we get it out of there?

  Sahu: What did we do the last time we dealt with cursed water?

  Eoontaq: How would I direct it this time, into the DRINKING WATER?

  Hadane: I could evaporate the water?

  Nest: You really think you could?

  Hadane: I do

  Eoontaq: Wouldn't it feed into the water cycle still?

  Hadane: My flames should purify the water, ever heard of pasteurization?

  Eoontaq: Can you really pasteurize a CURSE?

  Darsah: I don't see why you can't

  Hadane: Alright well I'll get started

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  Hadane plants her staff down and begins making the cursed water boil

  Darsah: Oh and Centus?

  Centus: Yeah

  Darsah gives Centus a seed

  Darsah: You'll know what to do with this when the time is right

  Centus: Alright

  Centus puts the seed away

  Nest: So what now?

  Eoontaq: Wait I guess

  A plane crash is heard outside of the church

  Larkin: Damn it that must be him

  Iehn: So are we going to kill him?

  Spade: Digging another grave

  Centus: You've been oddly quiet?

  Spade: I want to put that part of my life to rest, to finally bury it once and for all

  Green Goo begins phasing through the church wall

  Lark2n: So it looks like you got here first?

  Larkin: What of it?

  Lark2n: I'm just amused

  Larkin: Well, you seem quite outmatched here?

  Lark2n: On the contrary

  Larkin: How so? You are outnumbered nine to one

  Lark2n: That won't matter

  Lark2n presses a button on his chest and aether begins flowing into his body

  Nest: Uhm what the hell is happening?

  Lark2n: I believe you're meeting your match

  The Aether fills Lark2n's body, making him grow large and gain titan like proportions

  Lark2n: Look at me now, far from that meek puddle of goo huh

  Larkin: Lark2n you evil bastard don't think just becuase you're a big man now doesn't mean we won't kill you

  Lark2n: I have all the strength and size of a Titan plus immortality, YOU CAN'T BEAT ME

  Iehn: We will see about that

  Iehn runs right at Lark2n

  Lark2n: NO, DON'T YOU DAR-

  Iehn burries herself in Lark2n's body deaing immense damage to his body

  Lark2n: GRAAAAAAH

  Larkin: Alright, you'll fall today "brother"

  Lark2n: I truly despise you

  Larkin: The feeling is mutual

  Sahu: Time to break up the sibling banter and kill this guy

  Fight against Lark2n

  When he is at 90%

  Lark2n: I'm not going to give up so easily

  Centus: I sure hope you don't, it makes the fight far too easy

  Lark2n: I'm above mortality

  Centus: Then I will punish you accordingly

  Resume

  When he is at 80%

  Lark2n: I think you should maybe take a nap in the dirt

  Spade: How about I aid you to sleep instead

  Resume

  When he is at 70%

  Nest: The aether radiating off of Lark2n is incredible, it's similar to mine when I…

  Hadane: Maybe the time for reminiscing is another day

  Nest: Perhaps

  Resume

  When he is at 60%

  Centus: I wonder, what does it really mean to be immortal?

  Larkin: Why bring this up now?

  Centus: Because we have to reconsider what we thought we knew against an opponent like this

  Larkin: I see, well I'll be happy to assist in updating the dictionary

  Resume

  When he is at 50%, Iehn begins struggling to stay inside Lark2n's cell mass

  Iehn: I don't know how long I can pry him open

  Lark2n: I'll get rid of you parasite

  Lark2n moves to try to eject Iehn but Nest surrounds herself with the discarded Aether around her

  Nest: Alright, I believe this is enough

  Nest turns herself back into that massive bird she first used against The Buzzard

  Nest: Try to attack me now

  Lark2n: I see what you are now

  Lark2n shoots a mass of cells at Nest but Eoontaq deflects it into the water

  Eoontaq: Shall we resume our fight now

  Resume

  When Lark2n is at 40%

  Lark2n: Despite your best efforts, I will still grant the wish of the entire world

  Larkin: Why do you seek to do that?

  Lark2n: I want respect and to erase your ridicule

  Resume

  When he is at 30%

  Larkin: Even though I did ridicule you at the start Lark2n, I do respect you for the opponent you've become, but that doesn't mean I won't kill you

  Lark2n: I appreciate the gesture nonetheless, although this won't be enough if you hoped you could get me to stand down like this

  Larkin: It was worth a try

  Resume

  When he is at 20%

  Nest: The aether that surrounds me here is increasing

  Iehn: You're quite literally beating it out of our gooey adversary so it doesn't surprise me

  Lark2n: Yeah…

  Resume

  When he is at 10%

  Lark2n: I must…keep going…I have mankind's desires to realize

  Iehn: Safe to say no one here wants you to create your own society

  Lark2n: I'm here so checkmate

  Larkin: Looks like my sense of humor was in those clones all along

  Resume

  When you finally defeat Lark2n, Iehn jumps out of his body as his cells begin to melt into the water as he once again begins to dissipate

  Lark2n (In Immense Pain): I'll return….this isn't…the end

  Larkin: I know and when you rear your head again, I will be there to knock it back under

  Lark2n vanishes without a trace

  Spade: Well, at least we won

  Hadane: Oh and good news, I think the curse is gone now, we just need the water to cool down first

  Nest: How about I just grab it

  Nest swoops down and grabs the portal battery with her talons

  Sahu: Wait why didn't we lead with that?

  Nest: Lacked the right amount of aether to complete the transformation

  Eoontaq: That checks out

  Iehn: So uh Nest mind giving us a lift?

  Nest: Oh yeah sure

  Darsah: Can you really fly halfway around the world?

  Nest: We have to try

  The party climbs onto Nest's back and she takes off