Good news and warning (part 4)

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 3656

Probe, Astra 3, Fred 3, Dragon Synizn, Dragon Sigin, and the 7 infants of Fred 3 and Astra 3 go to Dr.Vincent's Tower to seek his help in fighting the Phage.

Astra, Will and Astra 1 go to Aqualaria.

Meanwhile, at Dr.Vincent's Tower the ghost of Dr.Vincent casts a spell which pulls a whole bunch of the cast of characters down into his dungeon.

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Moreau's Island Thread

DemiFox Fred & DemiFox Malachi use the Crystallic to change themselves into dragons and then join forces with Sigin Vulpine, Rosepaw and Carradene 2. The group then commandeers an Alliance shuttle where they meet up with Inquirer and Alicia 2. They inadvertently had saved Inquirer from the Phantoms, when the opteratives sent a malicious program through her communications that caused her to writhe about in extreme pain. The operatives would have come down, via Avatar, and finished her and Alicia to suppress any cure that the dead Astra's body could have yielded (a DNA cross examination could reveal a method to a cure....) Inquirer's mind got sucked into a gem, which did two things. It totally fried her original computer mind back in outer space, and also made her join the ranks of the magical creatures known as golems. Her mind now controls the female Avatar that she had been controling before, and since she can't break contact with gem and Avatar, she's pretty much stuck with her new body. As such, she can't go out and animate a new body. They then get zapped to Dr.Vincent's Tower and into his dungeon.

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The Combined Main Thread

Inside the Tower were collected:

(From the Manimal Universe)

Dr.Vincent (ghost)

Dragon Malachi Dronicis, Queen Regent of Ethiopia

ManBear Synizn

(From Manimal Universe 2)

Dragon Fred

Dragon Malachi D'Honaire

(From Walants Universe 2)

Dragon Synizn

(From Walants Universe 3)

Fred 3

Astra 3

Fred & Astra's 7 babies

DemiFox Synizn

Dragon Sigin

Dr.Vincent (living)

(From Walants Universe 4)

Carradene 2

Sigin Vulpine

Rosepaw

Sigin & Rosepaw's 12 kits

(From Vampire Universe)

Alicia 2

(From Alliance Universe)

Probe

Inquirer

a Phantom intelligence officer

(From Lizard Empire Universe)

3 Lizard soldiers

The ghost Dr.Vincent reads his captives' minds (in the process, the living Dr.Vincent learns everything his ghost counterpart does) and then the ghost tries to possess the body of the AI Inquirer. He is repulsed and flees to his dead body which is hidden in the Tower. Inquirer read the ghost's mind during the aborted possession and both she and the living Dr.Vincent have discovered some unsettling secrets.

Some of the Alliance Phantom operatives are allied with the Lizard Empire. (To do what?)

The Phantom operatives are an example of "good cop turning bad." Basically, the operatives had been bought off by the Lizards. Thus, the Lizard soldiers were able to get so close to Terra while it was guarded by the Military. If any Military official came aboard, they'd find the Lizards in holding cells awaiting interrogation and eventual liquidation according to the subverted Phantom operatives. The operatives don't feel bad about betraying the Military, for THEY know that as soon as the planet is secured by the Military, and the Military uses the Tiberium to batter the Enemy into oblivion.....that the Military will turn it's eyes upon Home and try to "set things right." The Company had been preparing for that day, but with the wildcard that Terra represents, it threw everything into disarray. The Company had even LESS time now than they'd thought they'd had. The operatives were just doing what they felt was right, and making a quick credit or three on the side.

If the Lizard Empire can't have the world, they will blow it up.

But first they must deal with the ghost of Dr.Vincent. He hasn't been defeated but will return soon. So they decided to blow up the Tower, thus incinerating his remains and sending him off to the great beyond. However, there might be a chance that the ghost somehow was able to recover before the destruction of his Tower and teleport his body elsewhere, out of harms way (Author note: that's EXACTLY what he did, and now vows vengeance for the destruction of his lovely Tower). In case the ghost's body remained intact, the Regent of Ethiopia is in the process of contacting an old friend, one Belboz the necromancer (not evil as his other counterparts from other realities....surprisingly). A necromancer should be able to more easily ascertain the status of the ghost of Dr. Vincent, hopefully.

"So, not only is Inquirer now truelly of Terra," Manbear Synizn sighs. "Not only is she now truelly a golem, she also has quiet a knowledge about magic from that metal battle with the ghost!"

"Jesus!" Fred swears, shocked by all that has happened.

"That about summed it up when I said 'Taimat's blood!' when I found out about all of that," the manbear magi says, understandingly. "And I said a few stronger words of surprise when I found out that we actually now have FIVE Cryatallics at our fingertips.

"And that's why I'm going to stay here in Ethiopia for a bit," the manbear says. "We're going to work in shifts to get Terra to right, and then hopefully find some type of cure. Just watch out for the ghost of Dr. Vincent!"

  1. "Good luck," Fred says as he breaks contact with Manbear Synizn. He then turns to the stunned Pack and......

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