Chapter 159: 2.39 Back to Exteria
After a great night’s sleep, everyone woke up and felt great.
"Welcome to the party, Shawn and Kory!" Julius exclaimed as he ate an elven capsule.
"What the heck did you just take? What kind of medicine is that?" Shawn asked.
"Oh, it’s an elven food capsule. Mine contains Uthra flesh and Elven blood. Rissa’s capsule contains Elven blood. We have elves in our party who make these for us. Have Connor give you and Kory one, they’re way better than food." Julius said with a large smile.
Connor passed one to Shawn and one to Kory, who swatted it away.
"Come on Kory! Don’t be rude." Shawn scolded.
"I’m not taking any of that. Where’s my fresh salmon?" Kory complained.
"I don’t have any with me. You jumped on Celeste’s head before we got to the shop."
"Well let me watch the dumb dog eat one before I decide."
Connor swallowed his capsule with a drink from his water bottle that always contained his favorite sport’s drink. He gave Koda a capsule and two treats.
"Good boy," he said as he petted his husky.
Koda wagged his tail as he ate the treats and the capsule.
Kory finally reluctantly ate the capsule.
"Woah, what’s in these things? I feel great!" Kory exclaimed.
"Hey Celeste, what do the elves put in these little capsules anyway? We both feel amazing! It’s like I’ve been immediately recharged and reenergized."
Celeste explained telepathically all the different types of capsules the elves made as everyone else eagerly awaited the trip back to the space ship.
Connor walked slowly out of his house, looking at all of the pictures.
"Why don’t you grab some to bring with you to hang up back home? I know they’re not physically with you, but they’re up with Sora and Brie right now and I’m sure they’d be happy their memory lived on with you. I wish I had a picture of my mom," Julius encouraged Connor.
Rissa hugged him from behind and kissed his cheek. "That was very thoughtful of you and I know it’s hard for you babe. But you have me now and we’ll have our own family one day."
"Don’t remind me!" Celeste teased.
"I’m kidding! Well, let’s get out of here. I suppose I could just teleport to the ship so Kory and Shawn could experience it for the first time." She said with a grin.
"Well, see you at the ship." Julius smiled as he and Rissa vanished.
"How do we teleport?!" Shawn asked in a panic.
"Here, I’ll help out. Make sure Kory’s on your head or in your arms." Connor said as Koda vanished.
"Wait, Koda can do it himself?" Shawn exclaimed. "That’s amazing!"
Kory swatted Shawn’s face and Connor laughed.
"Dogs and cats, am I right?" Shawn joked.
Kory jumped into Shawn’s arms and Connor grabbed his hand and they teleported to Celeste, who was already in the ship and preparing for take-off.
"About time!" Celeste teased.
"Anyway, we’ll be home in a few hours. When we get to the mansion, you’ll be able to pick out your own room and maybe Connor will give you a tour." She said as she launched the spaceship into orbit.
*****
"That was the quickest flight I’ve ever been on!" Shawn said in amazement as the mansion came into view.
"Wait, that’s our house?!" He said ecstatically.
"Yes it is and I’m glad we’re home. Rissa and I have been on two different planets in four days now. It’ll be nice to relax and get some rest." Julius said as Rissa woke up from her nap.
"Hey babe are we home?" Rissa asked as she stretched out.
"Finally!" she said as she grabbed Julius’ arm and teleported them to their room.
They made out, cuddled, watched a movie, made out some more, and cuddled until they eventually fell asleep. They were exhausted from their last four days.
*****
"How in the heck did Sora manage to create a party seal while in Paradise?" Bishop asked, stroking his mane.
"That man never ceases to amaze me."
"I wonder when Faye and Aegir are going to return. They’ve been gone for four days, which is significantly longer in MeadowSong." Ox said while he watched Mindy play a game on her tablet next to Jubelle.
Ignis and Leila walked in holding hands.
"I heard the spacecraft land and I’m glad we have less dots floating around far away in our heads," Ignis said with a smile.
"Wonder what this new party member is like?" he asked.
Celeste parked the spaceship and Connor, Koda, Shawn and Kory walked into the mansion to the delight of the party members who stayed behind.
"Why hello Celeste! We’ve missed you. How were your travels with Connor?" Ox said gracefully.
"It’s nice to see everyone. Hi Lionel!" Celeste said with a smile.
"Hey Celeste! Who are our new friends?" he asked politely.
"I’m Shawn and this is my companion Kory. We’re like Connor, but we have magical ability," Shawn said with a beaming smile.
"This is so cool! All of you look amazing. We only had humans on Eerth and I didn’t go to Nexus much but are you the phoenix and the dragon?" Shawn asked, eyes wide with excitement and curiosity.
"What gave me away? The flames?" Ignis laughed.
"It couldn’t be my horn..." Leila said sarcastically.
Everyone in the room laughed, and Shawn and Kory immediately felt welcomed.
"Anyway, thank you so much Celeste. Julius, Rissa, thank you for coming to Eerth and Julius, thanks for the suggestion about the pictures. We’ll give Shawn and Kory a tour and then we’re going to call it a night. It’s been a long day."
"Nice meeting you two! You’ll see us all the time, don’t worry. We’re still missing a large portion of our party. The vampires are celebrating a baby and an engagement and the elves are away becoming an Uncle and Aunt." Lionel said with a wave.
"Great meeting you all!" Shawn said while Kory jumped back on his head.
"This isn’t a house, this is a fricken city." Kory said in amazement.
"I’m glad he’s giving us a tour because I think I’d get lost! Shawn exclaimed.
Connor and Koda gave them a tour, showing them all 5 floors, the dojo, spa, library, among all the other luxuries of the mansion. Shawn and Kory were amazed by the top of the line security that allowed them to live peacefully without being tracked or traced.
Now that more than a few days passed, everyone in the party had two things weighing on their minds:
How were Brie, Sora and Xander doing and what was Azazel, Helen and Eris up to?
*****
Eris used her eyes in Limbo and noticed the Titans were struggling to quickly conquer the planet in the Eclipsian realm.
"Ugh! They need me." She said in frustration.
"Everything ok Eris?" Dionysus asked.
"Not really. I’m sick of being here already. The time flow is weird and I want to get back to crushing planets and taking their power so I can fight Sora and Brie when we’re back on Exteria," Eris said angrily.
"You should relax. I hid here for a reason. Almost no one can find you, the time flow isn’t weird, it’s amazing! One day here is like 3 days on Exteria, you can just lounge around and do nothing... if you’re a god or goddess. These pour trapped souls... torture."
Eris smiled. "This isn’t torture, they have hope. They might be doing repetitive tasks but they can earn their way to Paradise... or to the Underworld, if they desire."
"True. Anyway, how are we looking? Is Hades going to be pleased? He’s going to be so pissed when he sees me. I’m not afraid to fight or follow him, I’m just comfortable." Dionysus admitted.
"What’s the rush anyway?" he asked while shaking his head.
"I think Master Hades will be happy when we return, but we have too much work to do before that happens." Eris said while she clicked her tongue.
"I’m not going back until I’m certain we can squash the Lockhearts and take their power." she said with an evil grin.
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