No one was able to film the Emperor yelling at China, not even those inside. To them, the world went black and white and green and blue, then black and white again. The spacial orientation of the objects inside went unchanged, a mystical property that came along with the same formations that allowed the Pagoda Tower, and eventually Tower City to shrink and expand. It also allowed the owner of such an object to put it into storage, the great black void was terrifying for the residents of China.
No power or starlight filled their cities, the sounds of calamity filled every street corner. His booming voice had made many of them bleed from the ears, screams and acts of violence sounded from every direction.
Wu Hai had pocketed the shrunken underwear shaped nation and teleported away, the sea water around the world took a drop of about three feet, shorelines were changing, some reefs were even exposed.
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In Geneva, ESF teams had once again surrounded the ship. News of the Esper Emperor's plan had spread because of his broadcast and it frightened many political powers. Sitting in the Hague, they all argued about one thing or another but the topic of Socialism was brought up and it got a lot of sneers and hot commentary.
"None of this should be our decision anyway, we all have our own heads of state. What are we doing!?" A tall, well dressed man from Nigeria spoke up.
In the end, it came down to a shouting match until there was a Black Dot that appeared in the center of the auditorium.
Everyone fell silent.
There was no time to escape and fleeing would be political suicide, they all decided to stay and the floor was so quiet that their breathing was making them sick of anticipation.
The black dot grew in size in a matter of moments and the entity calling himself Zao walked through.
"Don't speak. Listen." Wu Hai held up his hand. "If you interrupt me, I will take it as a Great Offense. First, Your opinions about what is to come is now invalid. You no longer have a say in the matter. Second, Have your scientists and top engineers ready to depart within the end of the week. I intend to take them with me to Shiyan. Its better that their knowledge doesn't go to waste, your entire civilization is now being held accountable." He waited for a second for it to sink in and continued. "Do you think that Dragons hate each other for different colored scales? No. They are Dragons. Do you think Hamsters care what color each of them are? No. They are all Hamsters and like most pets, you now live in captivity behind a transparent shield, unable to escape."
Wu Hai touched the communication stone on his shoulder, several of the Representatives flinched. "You have my authority to begin laying the primary formation. Send the Titan Sage to the Courtyard, I'll be right there to pick him up."
"Do not mind me, talk among yourselves for a moment. I will be right back." Wu Hai teleported back to Tower City and looked up at the Earth, "Titan. Are you and your people ready?"
Titan looked up to the Earth, "I've been waiting to do this, nothing will stop me. My people should be here already." A flash later and they had appeared, Qu was moving people and supplies around the entire City, coordination was difficult but he had many avatars to spread around.
"We're really doing this.. Yee Fuckin' Haw." Titan put his hat on and wrapped himself in a cloak.
The teleportation ring surrounded them all and in the next moment, they appeared over Texas, near Titan's mother's house, his old home. The Banks had taken it, resold it and now, new people lived in it. Dozens of figures flew into the air and scattered when they began to talk.
The conversation between the Emperor and the Titan Sage were a private matter.
"I didn't expect her to be here but it is nice to have come home." Titan pulled a seed out and placed it in the ground in the yard. He mixed over the dirt and poured his energy into the soil.
The grass began to grow wildly.
The owners came out and saw the two beings on their lawn doing something suspicious.
"What are you doing!?" A shotgun fired into the air.
"A Gift." Wu Hai channeled while laughing and the pair teleported away.
"What the hell were they doing?" The owners tried to dig up what was buried but couldn't find anything. The seed had mixed with the dirt and was hidden well among the grasses that were continuing to come up from the ground.
Soon, the driveway cracked, old tree seeds that had been long buried overturned the antique Prius in the driveway. The owner wasn't sure what to think and furiously rubbed at his hair while his mind tried to process what had just happened.
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At the International Court of Justice, the representatives were still fighting among themselves. They were busy arguing over who's responsibility it was for the events taking place.
China's disappearance left the Chinese rep feeling uneasy. He erupted into a vicious slander of everyone around him, saying that it was China that had supported them with industry and that their activities were well within the carbon guidelines that the environmental communities had set in place. "We aren't responsible for all this, we just live down river! Blame India, they pour toxins into the rivers and even chopped at the cleaning trees."
"Nonsense! We weren't the ones to increase our production levels by 10 times. It was your greed! India is not to blame!" The Indian representative shrugged off all blame, his nation had inherited a large number of Chinese citizens that were across the borders at the time of its disappearance.
"Whatever is happening, I am sure we will get an explanation. All this fighting among ourselves only serves to prove him right." The South American Representative from Brazil decided to cut into the conversation. Many of those present still remembered how Brazil was the one to gain the most from the last experience, despite the nuclear detonation.
"Hmmph!" The Chinese Rep was furious. "GODDAMN BRAZIL, Always happy to take scraps, typical trash."
"I move to have the Former-Chinese rep to be removed from active discussion, Do I hear a second?"
"I second."
"I will be third."
"Then its to a vote. We vote now, do we dismiss China's rep, now that he no longer has a country of origin."
"You can't do this." The Chinese Rep threw a fit and began to yell. None of it was translated, the entire room was devolving into a rage filled frenzy to vote. "ALL OPPOSED?"
China's rep put his hand up.
"The vote speaks, China will be removed from our Charter. Security, please escort Mr. Wei outside to his conveyance."
It was then that the black dot began to appear again.
"He's returning?" The Former-Chinese Rep wrested his arms away from the security guard and grabbed his gun. "Get back!"
He held the gun to the security officer's head. "Get back!"
Shuffling to the center of the room, he found himself surrounded by security and the black dot was still forming, expanding. 'DAMMIT!' He wanted to scream, 'How did I end up in this position!' "Damned bastard Espers.."
"Damned Bastard.. Bastard...Bastard...Bastard" He ranted to himself and Emperor Zao stepped out of the black dot with Sage Titan beside him.
A gunshot rang out.
Titan looked down and saw a scuff mark on his scales and a hole in his jacket.
"You Ass▓ole!" Vines flew out and restrained the Chinese Rep. "You know, I didn't really agree with Zao's plan to take the entire nation of China from the face of the Earth.. but it really is a damned Cancer that needed to be cut out. You prove that right now with your actions. For a people that see power as a means to control the lives or fates of others, you surely should have respected someone who was at one time Chinese, who wields power like Zao's. You're a Fu▓king Idiot." Titan sapped the energy from the Representative, withering his body to a husk that dried up and broke apart on the floor.
There was a clamor in the chambers and many of the other reps were appalled at the scene.
"What's the meaning of all of this. There's no need for bloodshed." The American Rep stood up.
"I use to be an American. Also, I don't see any blood.. do you see any blood?" Titan strut around the room. "I've wanted to tell off the World Leaders my whole previous life, its a nice feeling.. knowing that you're at my mercy in this moment. I don't want to terrorize you. In fact, I come bearing gifts that you cannot refuse."
"Gifts? More gifts? Like the Behemoths and the Esper revolutionaries you left in Brazil? You're lucky that a bullet was all it took to stop those criminals. Those we couldn't capture died very quickly." Canada tried to boast but when Zao cut his eyes toward the man, he stopped talking.
"Gifts. Enlightenment. Medicines." Titan brought out a plant and placed it on the floor. Then, he pulled out a jet black card.
"Medicines for what?" England's Prime Minister was present, she stood up with some dignity.
"Pretty much everything." It sounded like an ominous threat but there was a smell wafting out within the room and everyone began to settle down. Titan pulled out a few bottles and sacks. He passed them to each of the representatives. "This is Cannabis. I'm sure you've heard of it."
"You want to peddle drugs?" Russia stood up, pointing fingers and trivializing the presentation.
Titan laughed and handed the Russian Rep his bag of seeds. "You're so close minded. Shut up." He turned and walked down to the bottom floor where he had first arrived and stood next to the Cannabis plant.
Emperor Zao Coughed lightly to get everyone's attention.
"I am on the road to Godhood and though I must be benevolent, that does not mean that I have to be forgiving. I come from the Heavens, can bring fire and brimstone, almost no wound cannot be overcome, I will live for a period much longer than Earth's recorded history, I command an army that flies and some of them even have the wings like that of an Angel. I died and was reborn.. How many more parallels must I draw for you to understand the difference between Influence and Power." Wu Hai looked at Titan and shrugged.
Titan raised the Garden Dimensional Card and closed his eyes. A black figure swept out, it twisted like dark water.
"Demon." The Korean Rep whispered and got up, ready to flee the building.
"That's right. This is Lisetya, She's an Ink Demon and a friend of Mine. She's gonna be taking notes." Titan spoke for her as she walked around the room, scaring the shit out of the majority of them. It was the first time she had stretched herself in some time, she spent most of her time in the Garden Dimension studying. "Stop worrying about her appearance and start worrying about what's going to happen to this World in the next 48 hours. This plant will clean any environment on Earth, it can be used to make creams and tinctures, extracts and suppositories. That's not even including the uses of its fibers."
"Yes, Yes.. We've all been to Amsterdam, however this world already has dope you stupid, dirty, Hippie." Russia's rep spoke each word slowly and then he poured the seeds out on the floor. "I reject your offer."
Titan saw the seeds tumbling across the floor and sighed. 'I guess this really was a wasted effort, okay, Zao wins the argument.' After thinking to himself for a moment, he began to radiate power, the same power that Kink radiated. Having spent such a long time in proximity to each other, he had trained his aura to match, an intrinsic trait and gift of the Titan's combined Legacies.
The Seeds on the floor expanded and grew under his will. "Such a waste of good seeds, perhaps future generations will find them." Titan spread his wings and tore the cloak apart.
About One Hundred, Fifteen-foot plants grew. The plants blocked the rep's view, trapping him in the middle of their shoots and embarrassing him fully. The smell that came from the plants were marvelous, it caused the entire floor to calm down and then a slightly blue aura appeared below the leaves. "This isn't the same plant. I've cultivated it personally for over a decade, You.. come down here." Titan sent his vines out, arresting the Russian representative. He dragged him in front of the Chinese rep's corpse.
"This is an outrage. Put me down." The Russian Rep was spread out in an 'X.'
"Open your hand, don't make this difficult." Titan just wanted to cut the man's palm for demonstration, he kept struggling while Titan pulled out a jar of bright golden-blue extract. When he opened it, everyone felt wide awake like he had been brewing Coffee. "Open your hand or I'll cut it off." He wasn't willing to hear backtalk, when the rep began to swear at him in Russian, Titan ripped the man's hand off like wet paper.
"AHHH!" He screamed and passed out. The Vines had stopped the bleeding with their pressure, there was no real risk to his life in that moment. However, terrified, he had lost consciousness and s▓it himself.
"You go too far.." The plea came from plenty of those present but Titan just held up his hand and pulled some of the sap like substance from the jar with a tiny stick, smearing it across the wound. He kept all his movements visible so that everyone in the room could follow them. "I told you all to shut up. Now, Watch."
Slowly, bones began to form, then muscle tissue and tendon. Blood washed over the wound and skin began to form. The Russian representative stirred in an unconscious state and his fingers moved in his sleep. "I said pretty much everything, I meant it. As we speak to you, several hundred millions seeds with varying effects are being spread out by each of my associates. They will spread this plant across the world."
"You expect what in return?" Several of the EU reps had greedy looks in their eyes.
"The Price is non-negotiable and you can't reject it either. You don't have the qualifications to know the full price and I don't have time to tell you either. Just know this. You're all out of a job. Those of you who survive this should take the seeds back to your Governments, just in case we miss your nation in our seeding of this World." Titan turned and walked back to Zao's position, confident that he had struck fear into the hearts of those present.
"This World Court, all of you, I will ask you once.. do you want to leave this world along with us? Or stay here with the rest of humanity for the next 100 years. You're all guilty but familiar with management, if you're willing to stand before one of our Truthers and submit, you may be allowed to leave. No doubt your governments will either detain or kill you if they are dissatisfied in the near future, so don't think about it too long. I don't take slaves but you're all special cases." Wu Hai looked over to Titan to make sure he was really okay with it. A pile of Collars filled the floor. "If you're willing to put one on, I might even be willing to remove it with good behavior."
"You want us to put a collar on, like dogs?" Saudi Arabia spit on the floor and stood up, ready to leave.
"Saudi Arabia.. Did I say you could go? Do you really think that your Sheiks will tolerate you speaking to someone attending the path of godhood? Or, will they just throw you from a bridge like a homosexual?" Wu Hai postured and threw a dart at the rep, it impacted his shoulder and threw the man to the ground.
The English Rep stood up and approached Wu Hai. "If I stand before your so called Truther, do I have to put the collar on?"
"Traitor!" Several of the reps spoke but choked on their words the following moment.
Titan threw out vines to block all the exits.
"If that is your choice, I'll permit it. Who else will stand before a Truther? Know that if you do, no secret will remain yours." Wu Hai stared at the woman's eyes.
She gulped and knelt down. "I know when there is no resistance possible. Please tell me what you expect of me."
"Nothing. Just stand there, you'll come along with us when we leave." Thirty or so of the nearly 200 reps got to their feet and came down to join them. "Good, this is more like it. Brazil, its nice to see you. When this is all over, I want you to explain to Dragon King Vector what happened to Truck." It was a scathing indictment like they had failed to see justice for his being hunted by the international community.
"Thirty-two of you? That's it?" Wu Hai saw America, Brazil, England, Australia, New Zealand, India and Mexico among the group, several nations of West Africa and the Mediterranean also chose to join them, it was a start. "Gather closely, we're going very far away."
A bright flash and black ring consumed them.
When the dust settled, cell phones began to light up and signal strength was returned. Panicked faces and tones in their voices showed their unwillingness to hear the argument.
No display or show of force would convince them. Wu Hai had expected as much but still felt disappointed in the outcome, thirty-two was just too few.
"100 Years my ass. We should be mobilizing every asset we have to kill these freaks." Canada's representative looked over at the husk of the Chinese rep and felt his throat dry and crack while he spoke.
A shadow appeared and numerous terrified screams were cut short by muffled choking noises.
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