Darlok began to chuckle, then burst out laughing and this time, his minions thought he had gone mad.
He had lost two of his men, one to three of the most powerful and annoying of all the wielders and Multiversal creatures in total and one to three of the ones who only recently connected with their gems, one getting his from the creature he killed, Darlok was basically just fanning the flames by sending his creatures, so why was he so happy?
"Send another Drunist to them, one or more for the each of them this time and bring back the angel of death, he is going to have a family reunion..."Darlok said.
"But sir, wouldn't they only get stronger?"A minion asked.
"Exactly my point, the stronger they get, the more useful they'll be."
"And what about the Seraph and Tedaph hybrid?"
"Kill him..."
Eyes darted open...
***
Portia looked around her room, what did that dream mean?
In it, she saw Skylar before her, but with white and black wings behind him, like what she saw when his father caught them, she knew he was half Tedaphim from what happened but, did he know?
She brushed the thought aside and lay down again, she needed her rest...
Ms TT woke up with a start and a man groaned then asked,"Terra, is something wrong?"
"They're in danger..."She said,"... we're all in danger."
She got off her bed as quickly as she could and her boyfriend had trouble keeping track.
She went to the bathroom to change before going back in time and her boyfriend, who was a dashingly handsome man with range eyes and a muscular build, looked at her, confused.
"Babe, is anything wrong?"He asked.
"Manny, those kids are in danger and I have to help them."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk...tell them I said hi."
She smiled and kissed him on the lips before jumping forward in time...
Eyes darted open and a young girl, about five of age squeezed her teddy bear, looking around to see if her friend was back.
"Mr Squiggles!"She called.
The carpet beneath her bed began to move then she smiled and waved her hand as pink dust poured down, then a short and adorable, squirrel like creature appeared.
She left her teddy bear then hugged it instead while saying,"I had the weirdest dream..."
***
Ms Terra walked briskly into the school building, knowing exactly where the three of the children were.
She walked into the ladies' room and corrected some hitches on herself, then walked out to find them, most urgently, Skylar.
She had seen a future for Skylar, but it seemed Darlok had changed it as her dream only recently made her aware of his plans.
She went to the boys' locker room and saw him changing his clothes into a sports uniform.
She walked towards him, catching the eye of every boy who was previously talking about some girl they had no chance with, then tapped him.
He looked at her and asked,"What's going on?"
"Your life is in danger Skylar and we need to get you four to safety."
"Four?"
"We are going to find the wielder of the dream crystal today."She said.
Portia was walking to her class when she saw the lights flickering, it was probably Kofi, but she screamed when he was thrown through the wall and crashed hard on another, with electric arcs still jumping off of him.
She ran to him as everyone ran away from him and asked what happened.
He slowly pointed behind her and she immediately transported them both to the fourth dimension when lightning was blasted at them.
She then saw two huge creatures walking through the hallway and gasped.
She reversed time on Kofi so he got better but teleported with him to the arts room and locked the doors.
She said they had to find Skylar and Ms TT but then they appeared at the window, telling them to follow.
Portia ran and jumped out, followed by Kofi, then they flew east.
"What were those things?!"Portia asked.
"They're the lightning and void versions of that creature we ran into at the mine and they are after you..."
They stopped abruptly as someone said,"Did you miss me, son?"
Skylar's eyes widened as his father was right before him, all of them.
He looked at them and said,"Go and find the last one, I'll hold him off."
Ms TT said,"But you'll..."
"I said go!"He yelled.
They all left him before his father as he asked,"What do you want this time? To control us again?"
He chuckled then said,"No, this time, I came to finish the job."
Skylar's eyes widened as he was hit in the chest by his father and slammed into the ground, several feet below them...
***
"Mommy!"Illusa yelled.
Her mother ran and hugged her and Mr Squiggles hopped around happily.
She slept peacefully as the creature fed on her energetic and powerful soul.
Portia teleported them all into her room and saw her, peacefully asleep.
"Is this bad?"Kofi asked.
"Yes, very bad, it has her under its control."She said,"Portia, I need you to connect me to her mind, Portia, are you listening to me?"
"We shouldn't have left him!"She yelled.
"Portia..."
"No! You know he could die, so why did you let him go!"
"He wanted to keep us safe."
"Well you knew his father was going to meet us there, you knew all of this was going to happen, so why didn't you just stop it?!"
"Porsche..."
"Don't call me that! Only he gets to!"
"He is out there, risking his life to save you, the only risk my boyfriend ever took was deciding to date me in his real form, but he is bravely taking on the most dangerous man he knows for you, I know you want to keep him safe but, how long can you do that for?"
Tears began to well up in Portia's eyes as she screamed in pain then Kofi asked what was wrong.
"A Forget Me Not connection, this is exactly how Skylar feels."
Kofi actually felt a little scared with the agony she was going through.
Ms TT said,"Kofi, you go into her mind..."
"But how? Portia is useless right now."
"Nerve impulses are made of charged ions, control them and send your impulse signal or thoughts to her."
"Where are you going?"
"To set things right..."
She got on her bird and flew off, then he looked at the girl and took a deep breath as his hands gently touched her head, then he threw his head back suddenly with his eyes wide open, then appeared in her dream...
Skylar was thrown into the ground, making a deep hole as his father flew down then asked,"Killing you will bring me much joy, but not as much as cutting your pretty wings first."
Skylar slowly got to his knees, with blood all-over then said,"Do your worst."
His father's wings stretched out with a metallic shing.
He swung his wing at Skylar's back but Skylar vanished and appeared behind him.
He turned, a little confused as a woman walked to him then said,"In all the timelines I've visited, you are the same black heated crook, who wants the whole world to bow down at his will, but you don't live for long in all of them."
He grinned then asked,"Is that a challenge?"
"If you're man enough..."