Haley stepped out of the pink portal and ended up near the lake. She looked at the others, “Thanks for helping with the fight.”

Lisa smiled, “You could have done that alone.”

Haley smiled, “I like fighting alongside you guys. You are doing well, Molly.”

“Thanks, I have been training, a spear feels good in my hands.”

Stevie crossed his arms, “Steve looked a bit lost, and ripped open.”

Haley sighed, “Not my problem, we saved him, like Brown Mamba wanted. I am going to inform her, the Empress will be arriving today. I know you were all eager to go on this mission when we got briefed yesterday, sorry that it only lasted this short.”

Stevie shook his head, “I enjoyed it, we helped rid the world of some small evils. I do hope Steve knows how to get Eris back.”

Haley scratched her nose, “If he does not even realize that, then he is just stupid.”

Molly walked away, “I am going to get my fishing gear.”

Lisa ran after her, “I am coming with you, maybe we can catch a whale again.”

Stevie pointed at them, “That sounds fun.”

Haley nodded, “It is good to have you on my side, Stevie.”

He grinned, “For once, I made the right decision,” He walked away.

Haley walked towards the forest, she leaned against a tree, “Are you there, Brown Mamba?”

“Yes, how did the mission go?”

“Limos did not surrender, she has been skewered and exploded. Steve is safe.”

“Good, I checked, and the timeline is stable, the information is safe. Was Steve wounded?”

“His soul is a bit cracked, I am not sure what that means.”

Brown Mamba remained silent for a while, “I am not sure either. However, you averted a catastrophe, thanks for that. How was it to see your dad?”

Haley grunted, “Bad. I am not sure how to rebuild that bridge in the future. Or if I even want to rebuild that bridge. I guess, it depends on his actions. I made a promise to get Valentine and Riley, I intend to fulfil that promise. As for Megan, she is gone. Lost. Bob, who knows, I made a little grave for him.”

Brown Mamba sighed, “You are a good woman Haley, remember, you are on the good side here. You are one of the two important heroes in this story, and we both know, the other one is not your dad, despite some of his good actions.” Brown Mamba made a portal and left.

Haley walked to the entrance of Reaperhelm, Melin walked over to her, “Hey my love, how did the mission go?”

“Good, easy. I barely had to pay attention. I think I could have fallen asleep during that fight.”

Melin chuckled, “That sounds like you. And, your dad?”

“Oh, you know.”

Melin nodded, “I know.”

“How is your sister?”

“She is staying in the palace. She would rather not stay in a normal home.”

Haley chuckled, “of course. Steve commented on my hair.”

Melin looked at her, “Did he like it?”

“No, I don’t think so, there is nothing wrong with long hair, it just, doesn’t fit me, right now.”

Melin smiled, “I like you with both long and short hair.”

Haley took her hand, “And now we wait for the Empress, she should be here any moment.”

After waiting for a while, a portal opened up and the Empress walked through. She is wearing a royal red dress. She walked over to Haley, “It is true, you are here.”

“Hello Alice, it has been a while.”

She nodded, “Let me see, the last time we met when you were not dead, you shot me into fucking outer space locked inside a rocket.”

Haley nodded, “Yep, and I am sorry it did not stick.”

Melin giggled, “We should be playing nice.”

“Oh yeah, welcome Alice, you are welcome in Reaperhelm. I heard you wanted to attend my wedding?”

“Yes, after everything that went down in the shadow world, I thought it might be best to come by.”

“You killed Paul.”

“Yeah, he tried to kill me first,” she showed a mark near her heart, “And the fucking dude almost succeeded. Is he here? I want to see him.”

“Sure, follow me Alice, how has life been treating you since, you know.”

“Life is good, I have been murdering people, draining them of their blood and other fun things. Brickton is my oyster.”

Melin looked at her, “Yeah, that sounds fun. Who is taking care of things to keep everything running up there?”

Alice smiled, “Freya, of course.”

Haley looked at her, “Your tether is that long?”

Alice nodded, “Awesome, right?”

Haley sighed, “We are near the river, if you hear singing, Paul is nearby.”

Alice scratched her head, “Why is Paul singing, if he is dead?”

Haley shrugged, “It is probably since he needs to do something since he never has time off. I wonder what happened to Charon.”

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“Is that the weird guy who spawned near Paul’s corpse, made a portal and fucking left?”

Melin laughed, “At least we know what happened to him now. A changing of the ferryman, the last time was even before I was born.”

After a while, they heard a joyful song. Paul’s boat came into sight, and he looked at them. He stopped the boat. “Hello Haley, what is she doing here?”

“She insisted on coming to my wedding, and Hades asked me to play nice.”

Paul tipped his hat, “One day, I am going to ferry your soul, Alice. And I will enjoy it because, even if you have coins, I will probably lose them.” He looked around, one of the guys had fake coins. Paul grabbed him by his shirt, “Those are not real coins, sir.” He tossed him into the water, a massive beast jumped up and swallowed the guy whole.

Paul smiled, “that will be you someday, Alice.”

She just stared at him, “What the fuck happened to you? Are you like a train conductor?” Paul tipped his hat and started singing as he continued peddling his boat. Alice looked at Haley, “This place is fucked up.”

Haley looked at her, “Don’t insult my home. Let’s go to the village.” Alice kept looking at Paul for a moment, until he disappeared into the mist.

They made their way to the village, Bella stood there helping someone. Haley walked over, “Hey there.”

Bella hugged her, “Hey Hales.” Bella looked at Alice, “I heard you were coming by.”

Alice sighed, “She is here too?”

Haley held up her hand, “Wait, I have someone that would like to say something to you.” Melin started snickering. Bella looked at her and giggled. Haley had a grin on her face.

Alice just shook her head, “Are you guys, insane?”

Haley whistled loudly. Stevie came walking her way, “You called Haley?”

Alice looked at him, “You asshole, you are not dead?”

Stevie looked around, “I am in the underworld, I am dead.”

Alice sighed, “And let me guess, Abby is here too?”

Someone grabbed both of Alice’s shoulders, she yelped, “Jesus!”

Abby smiled, “No, not Jesus, just me.”

“Why did you scare me like that?”

Abby smiled, “I wanted to make you, comfortable.”

Bella chuckled, “Oh, this is fun, we all want to beat the shit out of you Alice, but we can’t, not yet anyway.”

Alice crossed her arms, “I am going to beat the shit out of you. Once I am allowed to.”

Haley cheered, “Yay, enforced truce.”

Alice shook her head, “where is Steve?”

Haley shrugged, “I have no fucking clue.”

Alice looked at everyone, shrugging. “And what about Lorraine? Is she dead, or alive, how did it all end after the space station?”

Haley looked around, “They are not here if you are asking me, I have no clue what is going on up there.”

Alice looked at her, “I think, you know exactly what is going on up there.”

Haley sighed, “Do you want to be at the wedding?”

Alice nodded, “That is why I came. Zeus and Hades made sure we were not allowed to harm each other, until your obligatory task is done. The thunder dude came to visit me. For some reason, I think if you were to break the truce, they would still back you.”

Melin nodded, “I am not even going to deny that. Everyone loves Haley, but I love her the most.”

Haley giggled, “That was sappy, but I liked it.”

“Stevie?”

“Yes?”

“You wanted to say something?”

“Yeah, Alice, I am back on full power.”

She chuckled, “But you don’t have the void, I already killed you a few times, what is one more?”

Stevie smiled, “I have back-up this time.”

“Oh, is Bella going to try to hurt me again?”

Bella put her hands on her waist, “No, he got some bigger guns this time.” Stevie walked into Haley.

Alice gasped, “What the fuck!? You are like me!?”

“Not exactly.”

“Stevie, lives inside of you?”

“Yeah, but I have more friends,” Molly and Lisa walked over with a gigantic shark. Haley scratched her head, “Seriously?”

“Yeah, can we take it to the kitchen?”

Haley let out a deep sigh, “If you keep some for me.” Molly and Lisa also walked into Haley, with the shark.

Alice looked at her, “Oh my god. That is unfair, it will be two against four.”

Haley smiled, “We are going to kill you, one day. Oh, there is something else we need to show you.”

Alice crossed her arms, “Fine, show me. I am not impressed, I’ll kill all of you anyway.”

They made their way to their home, Haley put in the recording of her completing the trial. Alice sat down on the couch, the others went to do their thing, except for Melin and Haley. Alice looked at them, “What is this video you are going to show me?”

Haley smiled, “Just look.”

Alice looked at Haley doing the trial. After the video was finished, Alice looked at Haley. “Alright, that is making me worried, but only a little bit.”

Melin whispered, “This was before she got Stevie’s power.”

Haley could see Alice gulp. “Well, I have some tricks up my sleeve as well.”

Haley sat down in a chair and spawned her huge katana, she started polishing it.

Alice looked at her, “I am not supposed to feel intimidated by that, but holy fuck that is a big sword.”