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Everyone watched as Richard Arcane carried the corpse of Angel.... both Cadmus and Hra'gad, heads down, followed behind them- and who so joined them as they passed Charon was Cravus....
No one intervened
No one.
No one stopped Richard Arcane from entering the portal conjured-- and entered. Cravus was the last to approach the portal- he slowly turned and stared at both Charon and Darkspade.... he muttered these words:
"Uncle from an alternative reality- your looks of confusion shouldn't be. I was called Raven once... I changed my name, just like you did for your surname Spade, for the dislike of this Death Family.... you likely want some answers- but more-so vengeance - fine. Why don't we settle things the old-fashioned and traditional way that Creatures settle their differences? So, I am challenging the two of you to a match... CWE is MAD.... I will be waiting for you two in a Hell in a Cell.... don't leave me waiting...."
Cravus smirks and enters through the swirling portal- and with that, the portal closes.
The glare-fest did not end there- Charon rose to her feet- her face is still wet from crying so hard.... her father, behind her, lowered his head- locked at the form of Lilith just ended its evaporation into nothingness.... Even he produced a single tear down his cheek...
It was awkward to say the least- Mamud and Obed Marsh watched from afar- still not interfering- watched as Darkspade and Charon stood opposite one another with the Earth as their background- clearly healing from the absence of The Employer's influence....
Darkspade: "Charon... I..."
Charon turns slowly around, each second felt like an eternity, and faced her dad. The two locked their gazes.... silence at first. Then Charon spoke.
Charon of Death: "Dad... as long as I draw breath, I cannot fully forgive what has happened. Perhaps I was never meant to. Some wounds are too deep, and some scars are meant to remain as reminders of the choices that shaped us. But despite everything... I still love you. And I understand why you made those choices. I truly do."
**Darkspade gripped his right hand so hard that he could feel his whole arm shaking**
Charon of Death: "You are not a bad man. You never were. Fate simply dealt you a cruel hand. The Unholy Darkness is a curse, a disease that can be resisted but never completely removed. It is part of you. Yet so am I. Your blood runs through my veins, and your burdens echo within my own soul. At Master of the Mat, you sacrificed yourself to save me. You gave everything when you had every reason not to. Because of that, despite all the pain between us, we stand closer today than we ever have before. We are family.
**Charon takes the first step forward to her father.....**
Charon of Death: "My heart breaks for the sister I never truly knew.... the sister who was imprisoned here for so long. Yet in the end, you gave her freedom. Just as you freed my own daughter, Angel, from the chains that bound her fate in saving her two twin sons. You have made terrible mistakes, Dad. But you have also performed incredible acts of love. That is why I cannot see you as a monster. When I look at you, I see not as The Unholy One.... a monster.... or even an asshole.... I see my father. And despite everything... I am proud to call you that."
**Darkspade takes the next step forward to his daughter.....**
Charon of Death: "There are still so many questions before us. So many mysteries left unanswered. Let us face them together, as father and daughter. Not as prisoners of prophecy. Not as victims of the past. But as family. So what do you say, Dad? Are you ready for the next adventure... together?"
At this time, Darkspade and Charon are within feet of each other....
Darkspade: "Charon. Thank you. I do not say that quite enough- especially after today. There are wars still raging within me and to my dying day I shall deal with them- but I realize that I do not have to deal with them alone- I have you."
**Charon conjures a nailgun in her hand with her nanobots and fires off a volley- the nails are slow to fire off in the lower gravity of the moon**
Charon of Death: "Right. Let's go back to Earth and DEAL with the leftovers.... we have a bird to snip....."
Obed Marsh and Mamud finally join them.
Mamud flicks her wrist, and they all vanished.... and as they vanished- in the far distance was the clone,
Charon #2, crawling on the lunar surface- dragging the CWE World title.... she gives off a sinister smile.
It has been several weeks since Darkspade and Charon returned to their own world from their encounter on the Moon. Although it had appeared that life returned to 'normalcy,' the obvious side effect of the 'forgotten' Creature Wars was the collaboration between Reverend Jones, the MWE owner, and Richard Arcane, the Full Promoter of the CWE.