Matches Made in Hell Author Psykorabbit 2000 Scene 1 Aldebaran Royal Palace KINJITE glares at the door with hatred as he hears ANDREW gently set ALLURA on the ground. Standing in the door is ALTERNATE KINJITE, AWIK, TOADBORG, and BARON VON NIGHTWING. Kinjite (coldly) ”You frelling....!” Alternate Kinjite (sneering) ”That is no way to talk at a wedding, now is it?” JENNY steps up beside Kinjite. Jenny (eyes narrowing) ”Why are you here and why did you attack her?!” Awik (with a shrug) ”It’s a wedding and you’re suppose to give a gift, right? That was *my* gift to the fur ball.” A slight chuckle goes through the group at the remark. Beside Kinjite, Andrew slowly stands up and turns to the door. He pushes past Jenny and Kinjite and glares at his father with pure hatred. Andrew (almost yelling) ”You planned this! Didn’t you?! You hated her from the start and now you wanted her shot during our wedding!” His body begins to tremble with rage and hatred as he glares at his father. Baron Von Nightwing (with disdain) ”The feline was beneath you and you refused to acknowledge it. So I saved you the trouble and stopped the marriage.” (pats Awik on the shoulder) ”Good shot.” With a cry of pure anger, Andrew suddenly leaps forward. To everyone’s surprise, the group stepped aside and he slammed into his father. They went out through the doorway, disappearing into the night. Alternate Kinjite looks over his shoulder and smirks at the sight of them tumbling across the ground. Alternate Kinjite (looking back at the hall) ”That’s one, who’s next?” EMERALD slowly knelt down beside the motionless Allura. Awik smirked and flipped his blaster around, taking a shot at her. Suddenly a black blade appears and deflects the shot into the rafters. Holding onto the other end of the blade was COBRA and his eyes were fixed on Awik. Cobra (hissing) ”Attempting to harm her will cost you your life!” Awik smiled and leaped up, vanishing into the rafters. Cobra quickly follows in hot pursuit. Alternate Kinjite (lowers his head from watching) ”That’s two, next?” Jenny starts to step forward, but Kinjite grabs her arm. She looks back and he shakes his head. Kinjite (quietly) ”Take Bucky and get Allura, Emerald, and Katrina out of here. I’ll hold them off.” Jenny starts to argue, but stops and nods. She looks at Bucky and Emerald. They gently pick up Allura and head away from the fight. QUEEN KATRINA quickly follows, with Jenny right behind her. Kinjite turns to his Alternate and Toadborg. Alternate Kinjite nods and Toadborg turns and walks out the door, to Kinjite’s surprise. The two Kinjites face each other. Kinjite (coldly) ”You were killed, twice. How?” Alternate Kinjite (Shaking his head amused) ”We’re the same cat and you can’t figure that out? I am more shadow than anything! How can you kill a shadow? Their nearly immortal, you stupid cat!” A tendril shoots out into each of Kinjite’s paws and each forms into a sword. Kinjite (flatly) ”Nearly, but nothing is immortal, except for love...” Alternate Kinjite (nodding, raising his swords) ”..and hatred!” With that the two Kinjite lunge at each other. Scene 2 The Inner Halls Jenny, now leading the group, peers around a corner. Seeing nothing, she nods and steps out into it. Queen Katrina and Emerald follow. BRUISER steps around, carrying Allura in his arms and Bucky brings up the rear. Emerald (looking at Bruiser) ”You have no idea how glad we are you were coming into the palace. How bad is it outside?” Bruiser (looking around) ”Da toads are all over da place! Dey came in fast and hit hard! Blinky took da frigate and moved it to stop it from being damaged, but da toads cut me and Dead Eye off from it! Dead Eye is helping da Aldebaran soldiers, but it looks bad.” Jenny nods at the information and looks at Bucky. Bucky nods at her looks at him and looks around. Bucky (after a moment) “We need to get to the frigate. There are a lot of unwelcome guests here of considerable power.” (looks at Allura) ”She needs some medical attention it looks like too.” Emerald studies her for a second and taps herself on the chin. Emerald (commenting) ”Strange, she was hit in the back with a good shot and yet no blood on her dress and the shot didn’t go through?” Bruiser gently shifted Allura in his arms. Bruiser (qorriedly) ”There seems ta be something hard in her back too. It feels like a rod of some sort.” Before anyone can move, Toadborg smashes through a door and stands before them. Toadborg (sneering) ”I wouldn’t worry about her health. I would worry more about your own!” With that, Toadborg lunges forward towards the group. Outside Dead Eye is hiding behind a low wall, using it as a shield, as toads fire on his area. Beside him is an Aldebaran female, holding two blasters as well. Dead Eye glances over the wall and quickly ducks back down as maser fire tears up the area around him. He wipes the dirt from his eye and looks at the female. Dead Eye (grumbling) ”Looks like their rooted in, lass. It going to be tough getting them out of there!.” Female Aldebaran (nodding) ”I figured that already.” They both spin up and open fire over the wall taking out a few toads in the process. They quickly duck back down and more maser fire tears up the wall. Dead Eye (nodding) ”Nice shooting. Good to see a lass handle a blaster like that.” (he looks around at the bodies of toads and aldebarans around them) ”If this is how you Aldebarans have wedding, remind me not to come to anymore after this.” Scene 3 Outside, down a little ways Andrew rolls to his feet and stands, facing his dad. Their both covered with torn clothing and dirt. Baron Nightwing (angrily) ”You would have wed her and ruined our lineage! You are stupid!” Andrew (yelling back) ”Me, stupid? You’re the one who fed on my mother while she was giving birth to me and claimed the Aldebaran midwife killed her! You’re just power hungry and would do what ever it took to get it! Who was next, Emily or me?!” Baron Nightwing (scoffing) ”So self righteous that you don’t even see what your race is like! We are vampires, we feed on blood, and we hunt the living! You really think she loved a blood sucking killer like you?!” Andrew (his eyes glowing red) ”She loves me enough to help me find a way past the frelling Hunger!” The winds begin blowing harder and rain quickly begins to pour from the sky. Baron Nightwing nods as it happens. Baron Nightwing (sneering) ”A challenge of Geomancy? Fine, I accept!” (his eyes glow red as well) ”I will feed on your blood tonight!” With that, lightning cracks across the sky and thunder rolls as the rain quickly begins coming down in sheets and the wind increases to almost hurricane level. The ground begins cracking and the two bats suddenly are at each others throats, ripping and tearing. In the distance, two tornado funnels touch down and begin tearing the ground up as they clash as well. At the wall Dead Eye looks up as the weather suddenly changes. A bolt of lighting comes crashing down and blows a chunk off the wall by him. Dead Eye is thrown back and lands against the Aldebaran. Dead Eye (stunned) ”Blimey, what the frell was that?!” The Female helps him up and looks around. Her eyes narrows and she gets a worried look on her face. Female (worried) ”Someone is using an Ancient form of magic that is tied to the elements. This is going to get worse before it gets better!” Dead Eye glances over the wall again and sees a Void Droid approaching. He looks at the Female. Dead Eye (with a sigh) ”Can’t you Aldebarans ever predict good news?” Scene 4 Rafters of the Palace Cobra is standing in the shadows. His eyes are closed and he hears the sounds of battle from all around him He stands perfectly still, his swords crossed over his chest. He suddenly spins around and knocks aside a maser blast. He continues spinning around and travels along a rafter, deflecting multiple maser shots back into the darkness. Suddenly there is a loud curse and Awik leaps down, landing on a nearby rafter. His shoulder armor has a burnt mark on it. He releases his blaster and it folds up against his arm. Awik (glaring at Cobra) ”So, you’ve improved since our last fight. Apparently living in this dimension has done more to you, than make you look funny.” Cobra remains silent and raises his swords into position. Awik smirks as two swords slide from his palms and lock into position in his hands. Awik (sneering) ”No remarks?” Cobra (quietly) ”Whether it is this dimension or another, I will live by the blade and die by the blade.” Awik chuckled as they begin moving around the rafters, circling. Awik (while moving) ”I do have one question for you.” (Cobra remains silent) ”Do these feline women purr when you pet them?” At that, Cobra lunges across the opening and their blades clash in a shower of sparks. They begin leaping and bound across the rafters, their blades emitting a show of sparks with every collision. Down below in the Main Hall Kinjite leaps backward over a bench and the blade slices through it easily. The bench falls to the ground and the Alternate Kinjite steps over it. Kinjite lunges forward, his swords doing a butterfly weaving pattern. Alternate Kinjite’s swords slam into the blades and sparks spray all over as they go back and forth in their battle. They duel back and forth across the hall, destroying furniture and statues as they go. Alternate Kinjite (ducking under a swipe) ”You are holding back, Kinjite. I know you well enough to know you are stronger than this and you hold back for some reason.” (flips backward over another strike) ”You won’t win unless you become that which you hate!” He lands and slashes at Kinjite, catching him along the cheek. A line of blood appears on Kinjite’s cheek, under his eye. He staggers back and wipes the blood a little. He looks at the Alternate standing before him and feels even more hatred welling up inside of him. His eye narrows and he feels a familiar presence slide into his body. VOICE (in Kinjite’s head) ”Did you miss me, Kinjite. I enjoyed my time in the World of Darkness. Let us tear your opponent’s body to shreds and feast upon his soul!” Kinjite smiles as he hears the voice and nods. The steel eye patch pulls itself out and slides down to spread over the slash. The empty socket begins to glow a blood red and throb with a heart beat. Kinjite (hissing) ”Yes, Forbidden One. Let’s!” Suddenly in a flash of black flame, Kinjite finishes his transformation and becomes the hybrid form of him and the demon called the Forbidden One. The Alternate Kinjite takes a step back and smiles. His left arm melts into his body and a scale covered arm slides out of his body. Alternate Kinjite (smiling with delight) ”I wasn’t aware you actually held the Second Seal. Now we can really play!” With that, his body was wrapped in black flames and they quickly vanished. Standing there was spine covered, armor plated, were-panther. Kinjite/Forbidden One nods and the two hybrids lung at each other with a new level of savageness. Scene 5 In the Halls Bucky ducks as Toadborg’s fist smashes into the wall above his head. He quickly rolls aside and fires at Toadborg. The shot bounces off harmlessly and Toadborg turns to face him. Toadborg (arrogantly) ”Your puny weapons are no match for my armor!” With no effort, Toadborg swats aside Bruiser, who was coming up behind him, and slaps Bucky aside. Bucky slams into the wall and slumps down. Jenny quickly steps in front of him and faces Toadborg, her spell gems flaring up. Toadborg stomped down in front of her and stared her down. Toadborg (sneering) ”What are you going to do, witch? Scratch me?” Voice (from behind) ”She won’t, but I plan on doing more than scratching you!” Suddenly two tendrils of grey flame wrap around Toadborg and slam him upward into the ceiling. They yank him down, slamming him into the floor. Then he is slammed repeatedly into the walls and then he launched down the \hall and out a window. Everyone turns and sees Allura standing there with a tendril out of each arm. Queen Katrina (stunned) ”You’re up!?” The tendrils vanished and Allura reached up, taking a hold of the neck of her dress. There was a loud ripping sound and the dress fell, revealing a form fitting armor and suit that fit like a second skin. She reached back and pulled her sword handle out. A flick of the wrist and both blades snap out. Jenny (stunned) ”What? How?” Allura (with a shrug) ”Why do you think I wanted to put my dress on without help? I had a bad feeling and wanted to prepare for the worst.” Bucky (standing up) ”You’re alright?” Allura (nodding) ”Yeah, we need to help out. There are battles that will end with the death of loved ones.” With that she turns around and heads back down the hall towards the battles. Scene 6 Outside The Palace Andrew rolls aside as a bolt of lightning strikes the ground. With a flick of his hand, Andrew sends a tremor through the ground. His dad dives aside as a spear of rock shoots straight up, barely missing him. They both roll to their feet, facing eaching other. Baron Nightwing (nodding) ”I see you have gotten stronger.” Andrew (hatred in his voice) ”I practice everyday to deal with mammals like you! Those that prey on those who can’t defend themselves!” Baron Nightwing (sneering) ”I suppose I will have to try for real then!” Andrew (yelling) ”Go ahead! Give me your worst! I’m just getting warmed up!” Suddenly, EMILY dove downward towards Baron Nightwing. He simply waved his hand towards her. A sliver of ice appeared in the air before her and rammed into her chest, knocking her aside. Andrew watched in horror as his sister slammed into the ground, like a limp rag doll. He turned to his father and his eyes went to a crimson color. Andrew (screaming) ”YOU BASTARD!!” Suddenly the ground began to shake and chunks of rock rose into the air. Baron Nightwing nodded and his eyes shifted to the same color. More rocks rose into the air. Suddenly, they started slapping onto each bat and began stacking on top of each rock, creating armor like skin, but it kept stacking. Inside the Palace Main Hall Kinjite/Forbidden One grabbed the Alternate Version and smashed him downward into the ground, creating a crater in the process. He drew his fist back and slammed it downward. The Alternate vanished and Kinjite/Forbidden One’s fist smashed into the ground with a small explosion. A foot lashed upward and caught him in the face. He shot across the room and smashed into the wall. The wall shattered under the impact, but he bounced off and landed a powerful fist into the Alternate’s face, launching him across the room as well. Kinjite/Forbidden One (panting slightly) ”Give up and leave this place forever!!” The Alternate stands up among the rubble and wipes blood from his face. Their both tore up and bleeding badly. Their both panting as well. The main Hall is all but destroyed. Statues are shattered all around, benches are destroyed and laying in ruins, and several walls have shattered holes in them or are torn down. Above them are the sounds of Cobra and Awik’s battle still raging. Alternate (sneering) ”I will only leave when you are dead or you drive me away!” Kinjite/Forbidden One (white flames appearing around him, as well as black) ”So be it!” His hand suddenly shoots forward and a pillar of white flames shoots forward, striking the Alternate in the chest. The resulting explosion launches the Alternate through a wall and out into the courtyard. Kinjite/Forbidden One quickly dives through the hole after him. Above the Main Hall Cobra dives aside as Awik’s blade slices downward and rolls along a rafter. He rolls up to his feet and deflects another strike. Awik bounces back and studies him Awik (nodding) ”You have gotten better. Why don’t you join with me!? We could take out the others and rule this universe!” Cobra (coldly) ”You shoot a friend in the back, endanger my love, and now talk of betraying your allies for personal power? I would never think of teaming up with a megalomaniacal fool like you.” Awik (shaking his head) ”She isn’t even human! How can you love something like that?” Cobra (raising his swords) ”I am not human either. So it doesn’t matter, does it?” Awik (shaking his head again) ”You’re pathe-!” He barely ducks under the swipe and flips over to the next rafter. He looks up in time to see Cobra flip around and his heel aim towards Awik. Awik didn’t even have time to react. He saw a flash of light and then felt himself smash through a wall. For a few moments he felt weightless and then he smashed down into the hard wet ground outside the Palace. He slowly lifted his head and saw Cobra diving out of the hole, several floors up, and aiming straight down at him. Awik barely rolled aside, as a bolt of light shot from Cobra’s heel and exploded on the ground. Awik slowly stood up as the smoke quickly dissipated. He found himself staring face to face with Cobra. Awik (stunned) ”Crap!” The foot caught him in the chin and he skidded across the ground. Scene 7 Main Hall Allura runs through the doors into the ruined main hall. She stopped and looked around, stunned at the damage. The others come in and stop behind her. Allura (stunned) ”Holy frell!” She shakes her head and heads to the main doors, which one of them is missing. They arrive at them, just as Kinjite/Forbidden One comes smashing through another wall. Katrina and Jenny turn to help him, but Bucky and Allura stops them. Allura (quickly) ”He is in his other form! That means that the other one is too! We don’t stand a chance! We need to go find the others!” They rush out the door and stop at the sight of two giant diamond coated golems slugging it out with each other. Lightning is arcing all over them and flames erupting around them as they stagger back and forth in their titanic battle. Allura quickly looked around as the other stared in horrific awe. She spotted a motionless figure lying on the ground. Allura (yelling) ”Emily!!” She quickly ran over and slid to a stop beside the motionless female bat. She rolled her over and Emily gasps in pain as blood spurts from her chest. Katrina rips off one of her sleeves and hands it to Allura, who wads it up and presses it to her wound. Emily (gasping in pain) ”Andrew...needs your... help!” Allura (looking at the two figures) ”Which one is he?” Suddenly a bolt of energy shoots through her and Allura gasps in shock. Suddenly her eyes clear and she is able to see inside the giants. She easily spots Andrew. She looks at Jenny. Allura (quickly pulling Jenny down by Emily) ”Take care of her! I’m going to help Andrew!” With that, Allura bolts towards the giants. In the Main Hall Kinjite/Forbidden One rolls over and to his feet again. The Alternate is panting even harder now and their blood is all over the floor. The Alternate sneers at him in defiance. Alternate (snering) ”I can take whatever you can throw at me. We’re equal, remember?” Kinjite/Forbidden One (raising a paw) ”Is that so?” Suddenly a grey ball of fire appears in it. The Alternate’s eyes widen in shock. Alternate (shocked) ”How the hell?” Kinjite/Forbidden One flips his paw around and aims it towards the Alternate. A pillar of grey flame shoots out and engulfs the Alternate. There is a shriek of pure pain and the Alternate dives out of the pillar on fire. He rolls across the ground and quickly puts the fire out. He looks up at Kinjite/Forbidden One with hatred in his eyes. Alternate (hissing) ”This isn’t over!” With that he quickly melts into the ground and vanishes. Kinjite waits a few seconds and sighs with relief. He feels the demon pull out of him and the extra energy go with him. Kinjite (panting heavily) ”It’s...over.... Finally.” Voice (from behind) ”Not yet it isn’t.” Kinjite spins around and feels a steel rod stab into his stomach, launching him across the room and through a door. He slams into the wall and is pinned there. There are four more shots and a steel rod pins each arm and leg to the wall. Kinjite screams as pure pain rips through his body and thrashes around, trying to pull free. He glares to where the rods came from with a feral rage in his eye. To his horror and shock, CASSIE walks through the door, holding a high power spear gun with another steel rod in it, ready to fire. Cassie (sneering) ”It is over when I say it is over.” Scene 8 Outside the Palace Allura races towards the two giants. Baron Nightwing turns to her and his eyes widen in shock. Baron Nightwing (anger in hi svoice) ”You’re still alive!?” He raised his foot up to stomp down on her. Suddenly a giant diamond coated fist smashes into the side of his form and he topples to the side. Allura looked up and saw Andrew step over her and face his father. Andrew (seething with rage) ”You won’t even touch her!” He lashes out with a savage kick and launches the other golem across the ground. It skips through the toad forces, crushing several toads as it goes. Dead Eye peeks up from the hiding wall he had been using and watches as the golem lands on the Void Droid. Dead Eye (stunned) ”By Mojo’s beard! What the frell is that thing?!” He quickly grabs the female Aldebaran by him and drags her from the area as the golem gets up. Andrew watches as his dad gets up and looks down at Allura. Andrew (yelling above the wind) ”His armor is to strong! I can’t pierce it!” Allura looks around and sees a Cobat Sister nearby. She grabs her and spins her around. Allura (pointing to Baron Nightwing) ”Throw a spell at that!” The Cobat Sister looks at her for a second and flings her hand forward. A bolt of energy shoots forward. At the same time, Allura throws a tendril at the golem as well. They both struck in the same spot on the chest of the golem. The resulting explosion launched the golem backwards and it smashed down on a toad transport. It slowly stood up and cracks appeared in its skin. Andrew (smiling) ”The chink in the armor!” His golem suddenly lunged forward. As it raced forward, a chunk of the ground ripped up and formed into a giant lance in its hand. Baron Nightwing looked up in horror as the lance slammed down into his golem’s chest. The golem exploded and he dove out the path of the gaint tip as it streaked towards him. The lance stabbed down intot he ground and the golem turned to face Baron Nightwing, with crimson eyes glaring at him. Baron Nightwing (screaming) ”THIS ISN’T OVER ANDREW!!” With that, he wrapped himself in atornado and vanished. The golem turned and began walking back to Allura. As it walked, chunks of rock and diamond fell from it and it steadily grew smaller. Finally, the last layer peeled away and Andrew stepped out of the rock, and into Allura’s arms. They hugged tightly for a moment. Andrew pulled back and looked towards his sister. Andrew (worried as he began heading that way) ”Emily?” In the Courtyard Cobra and Awik faced each other as lightning cracked across the sky. There were cuts all over them and blood flowing freely from those wounds. Awik shifted his foot and lunged. Cobra met him half way and they slammed their blades into ech other. They quickly became whirlwinds of blades as their cyber sides took over, with pinpoint precision and lightning fast speed. They traveled across the courtyard, leaving a trail of sparks and blood as they went. As they passed a statue, it was sliced cleanly in half. A toad lost his head when he traveled to close to the fight. In a movement faster than the eye fould follow, Cobra reversed his spin and hooked Awiks blades. With a sharp twist and a shriek of tearing steel, Awik’s blades were sent flying in separate directions. Cobra suddenly spun in the opposite directin and buried both blades into Awik’s stomach, through his armor. Awik stopped and looked down at the two blades in his stomach. He looked up at Cobra and his right fist smashed into Cobra’s face. Cobra was sent backwards and the blades were ripped out of Awik’s stomach. Cobra stood up and looked at Awik, who was holding his stomach. Cobra (flatly) ”You lost. Now give up or die.” Awik (sneering) ”Oh give me a break already. We aren’t through with this battle Cobra. Trust me on that!” In a flash of yellow light, Awik vanished. Cobra looked around and saw the toads retreating. Emerald ran up to him and hugged him. Cobra (stepping back) ”The others?” Emerald (nodding) ”Andrew drove his father away, but his sister was wounded. We don’t know about Kinjite yet.” Cobra turned as the others approached. Andrew was carrying his sister and Allura was right beside him. Queen Katrina (qorried) ”I don’t hear any fighting inside. We should check on Lance.” Cobra nods and turns to the main doors. Scene 9 In the room Kinjite glared at Cassie with shock and hatred in his eyes. He watches as BELLE rolls up beside her. Cassie nods to her and hands her the spear gun. Cassie (calmly) ”Put this away. He isn’t going anywhere for now.” Belle nods and disarms the spear gun. She slides it into a bag on the side of her wheel chair. Cassie walks up to Kinjite and smiles at him, as she brushes his hair out of his face. Kinjiet (gasping with pain) ”Cassie... what are....you doing? Why this... after our time... together?” Cassie (smiling) ”We did have a good time together, didn’t we? Trust me, Lance, it meant a lot to me and I learned so much from it. I will always be in your debt for what you showed me.” Kinjite (growing weaker) ”What is that?” Cassie (lifting his head up to look at her) ”That my place is on the Throne and I will get it, no matter what the cost is!” Kinjite (eyes focusing) ”And the feelings? What were they, fake?” Cassie (shaking her head) ”No, they are true, but I knew you would never turn against my aunt. You love her to much. Despite how the Sister hood always views you, you remain loyal to her and the Throne. So now, we become enemies again. Oh, I won’t kill you now. Consider me sparing your life a gift to your daughter for her wedding.” (Cassie leans down and kisses him deeply and pulls back) ”It was fun *Kinjite*, but all good things come to an end. Let’s go, Sister Belle.” With that, Cassie dropped Kinjite’s head and turned away. Kinjite slowly lifts his head and glares at her. Kinjite (hatred in his voice) ”I will never forgive you for this Cassie! I don’t care what Katrina or the frelling Sister Hood says! I will KILL you next time!!” Cassie stops and looks at him. She smiles sweetly and shrugs her shoulders. She turns and walks out the side door. Belle rolls her chair up in front of him and glares at him. Suddenly her arm smashes him across the face, snapping his head around like a rag doll. Belle (voice dripping with hatred) ”That was for my sister, you butcher!” With that, Belle turns and follows Cassie out the door. Kinjite’s head hangs down as his energy drains out of him with his blood. A few minutes later Katrina steps through the door and stops in horror as she sees Kinjite. Queen Katrina (in horror) ”LANCE!!” She runs forward as others run through the door. Kinjite slowly lifts his head, his eye unfocused. Queen Katrina gently takes his head in her paws and cradles it. Andrew gently sets Emily on the ground gently and rushes over. His paws glow and he yanks the rods out quickly. Allura and Queen Katrina catch Kinjite as he slumps to the ground. Queen Katrina (tears streaming) ”Who did this to you?!” Kinjite (hoarsely) ”Cassie.” Then his eye shut and he went limp in her arms. Scene 10 The Palace, a few days later Kinjite slowly opens his eye and looks around. He is laying on a bed in a plush room. He slowly moves his arm and a sharp pain shoots through it. He yeows ashe grits his teeth. The door opens and a Female Aldebaran steps in. She looks at him and walks over. Female (calmly) ”You shouldn’t move. You suffered severe injuries from those steel rods. Do you need anything?” Kinjite (fighting down the pain) ”My daughter, where is she?” Female (nodding) ”I will get her.” With that, she turned and left. Kinjite dropped back into the bed and sighed as the pain let up. A few moments later, Allura walked through the door with Andrew and Queen Katrina behind her. She walked over and sat on the bed beside him. Allura (quietly) ”Dad?” Kinjuite turned his head and looked at her. Kinjite (quietly) ”Did you finish the ceremony?” Allura shook her head and bit her lower lip. Andrew (from the foot of the bed) ”She wouldn’t until you were awake at least. Nor would I.” Kinjite looked at the bat and nodded. He turned to Allura. He slowly raised his arm, despite the pain and stroked her cheek gently. Kinjite (smiling at her) ”Will you do me a favor, kitten?” Allura gently took his hand and nodded. Allura (quietly) ”What is it?” Kinjite “Finish the ceremony.” Allura (nodding) ”I will dad, but I want you there to see it.” Kinjite nodded and looked at Queen Katrina. Kinjite (calmly now) ”Will you finish it for her?” Katrina (nodding) ”Of course I will, Lance. You should know that. When you are-“ Kinjite (cutting her off) ”Ten minutes then. In the Gardens.” (he looked at Allura) ”My injuries will not stop your happiness. You have waited for over four hundred years for this. It will happen, now.” Allura (stunned) ”Ten minutes!? You still badly wounded though!” Kinjite (nodding) ”Yes I am, but I will manage. I won’t take no for an answer.” Allura bit her lower lip again and looked at him worried. After a few moments, she nodded and turned to the door. Andrew followed her out, but Queen Katrina stayed behind. Queen Katrina (concerned) ”Lance, are you sure about this? You have busted bones and torn muscles. The Healing Sisters say it will take months for you to recover. Are you sure?” Kinjite slowly sat up, gritting his teeth in pain, but refusing to give in. He gasped slightly and looked at her. Kinjite (quietly) ”Katrina, there are three things I am sure about. The first is seeing Allura happy for the first real time and having a true love in her life. The second is the love I have always felt for Ayami and you.” He gently swung his legs to the side of the bed and found them in casts. Queen Katrina (calmly) ”What is the third one?” Kinjite looked over his shoulder at her. His eye narrowing and hatred glinted over it. Kinjite (coldly) ”I will kill Cassie for what she has done this time.” Queen Katrina nodded quietly and stepped around the bed to offer him a paw to pull himself up. He gently took it and several tendrils wrapped around his arms and legs. He gently stood up and got his balance. He looked down at eh medical gown he was in and then around the room. Kinjite (slightly embarrassed) ”Where are my clothes at anyways?” Queen Katrina smiled and led him to the closet. Ten minutes later Allura and Andrew were standing in front of Queen Katrina again. Bucky and Jenny were standing behind them as well. In the crowd, Dead Eye was standing by the Female Aldebaran who helped him out. Everyone was there, but Kinjite. Allura (looking around worried) ”I hope he is alright. His wounds and all.” Queen Katrina (quietly) ”I left him to get dressed, but he swore he would walk in here to see you married.” Suddenly a slight gasp went through the crowd and all of them turned to look down the aisle. YOUNGER ALLURA ran down the aisle and threw her arms around Allura’s waist. Younger Allura (excited) ”Your getting married!? I am so glad I made it back in time!” Allura stood there stunned as did Queen Katrina. Allura (after a few moments) ”I thought it was suppose to be twenty years! You still have five years!” Younger Allura (smiling) ”I took after Dad and learn real fast! They actually said I was done six months ago, but wanted to run a couple of more test to make sure! I’m back for good now!” Allura looked up quickly and back down the aisle. Allura (hopefully) ”Then that means!” Kinjite stepped into view, wearing his battle armor, walking with a limp and his right arm hanging beside him. His head was wrapped with several bandages. Allura knew his body was, but the armor covered it. What she was looking at was his other arm. AYAMI was holding it gently and helping him walk down the aisle. They walked up and stepped to the side. Ayami gently let go of his arm and hugged Allura tightly. Allura (tears on her cheek now) ”Mom, you made it!” Ayami (eyes tearing up as well) ”I was hoping you would have waited until I got back! I’m glad your sister learned faster than they planned!” They held each other for a few seconds, then Ayami stepped back and stood beside Kinjite. Allura and Andrew took each other’s paw and turned to Queen Katrina, who cleared her throat and picked up where the last one was interrupted. When it finally finished, Allura and Andrew kissed each other and everyone started cheering. Ayami stepped forwand and was congratulating them, as did Younger Allura. No one saw Kinjite slip out of the group. A few minutes later Kinjite stepped into the ruined Main Hall and up to the busted Throne. Memories of the battle flooded his mind as did other memories. Kinjite (quietly) ”I need to become stronger. I know fight two wars to protect this Throne, as well as my world.” Femael Voice (behind him) ”You are only one cat, Lance. You’re not invincible and are only mortal.” Kinjite turned around and saw Jenny walking up to him. She stopped beside him and looked at the Throne. Jenny (quietly) ”Someday, I will have to sit on that Throne.” (she looked at Kinjite) ”Will I have your backing then, as does my mother now?” Kinjite (nodding) ”Of course Jenny. You have always had my backing, not because of your birth, but because of the fact you helped me out.” Jenny nodded and looked at him. Jenny (quietly) ”You’ve changed since the fight. What is it?” Kinjite took a deep breath and let it out slowly. He looked at the Throne and then to the ground. Kinjite (quietly) ”I can’t believe she did that, Jenny. I honestly thought she changed during the fifteen years, but she didn’t. Her own words said I was what made her realize she was to sit on the Throne, no matter the cost.” Jenny put her arm on his shoulder carefully. Jenny (quietly) ”Lance, you tried to help her. That is what mom wanted you to do. Cassie craves power. Mom was hoping that seeing the trouble you face on a daily basis would have changed her view, but it didn’t. It isn’t your foult. You did what you could.” Kinjite (quietly) ”Now she knows about Alchemical magic because of me though.” Jenny (nodding) ”Yes, but you were able to teach her and can teach us as well. That and I am sure you did not teach her all of your tricks.” Kinjite looked up at her and nodded slowly. Kinjite (quietly) ”No, I didn’t tach her all of my tricks. I will teach you and the others, if you want to learn.” Jenny (smiling) ”I can see why mom loved you so much. Your heart always guides you.” Kinjite nods and looks at her for a moment. Suddenly he leaned forward and kissed Jenny gently. He pulled back and smiled at her. Jenny stood there for a moment, stunned. Jenny (stunned) ”What was that for?” Kinjite (smiling) ”To keep you wondering about my sanity.” Kinjite turned and walked towards the doors. Jenny just stood there for a second and turned to him. Jenny (following him) ”Just where are yo going now?” Kinjite (over his shoulder) ”To a wedding party. I’m not a soldier all the time and I only have one more daughter to get married, so I might as well enjoy this one, because it will be a long time before the other one gets married!” Jenny just shook her head and followed him. Kinjite (thinking while walking) THE END