He rushes in straight to his dresser drawer not even noticing who’s sitting on his bed. He collects the black crystals he left there from his night with the drones. He counts them.

There’s got to be thirty crystals here. If a couple crystals took me down then this will definitely do something to Death.

He pulls out the colored crystals from his pocket reviewing how he’ll use them in the battle.

Create force fields, cancel illusions, quick healing, oh and ya two red ones that I’ll have to use at the same time because I forgot which is which. Super speed and flames… Super speed, flames, and wind go together well. Oh man this is going to be crazy.

A female voice calls from behind Cole, “You really didn’t even notice I was in here did you?”

Cole turns startled to find Gaze smiling back at him.

“Gaze! My dream girl! My literal dream girl! I was looking for you! I remember our time together now! How many shared dreams have we lived? How many countless nights? How could I have forgotten you? Oh I’m sorry I didn’t remember before, but now I have my memories back from The Enlightened Ones. I have so much to tell you, and I wish we had more time to talk but we can’t right now. The time has come, to stop Death!”

Not being able to wait any longer, Cake, Arch, and Magi barrel into the room.

Cole stops coming to the realization that something is up, “What? What’s the matter guys? What’s going on??”

“Cole, I have something to tell you.” says Gaze. She carefully gets out of Cole’s bed letting the blanket fall off her, exposing her large belly. It’s as big and round as a jumbo watermelon.

Cole’s eyes go big, “Uh you kinda put on some weight there. What did you eat, are you ok?”

“I’m pregnant you dufus!”

“What?! You look like you’re going to pop! You weren’t like this yesterday!”

Magi moves next to Gaze speaking, “It’s more than that. She’s going to have twins, and from how things have been progressing it will be very soon.”

“But you said Ultras can’t have kids!... And Twins?! Are you sure!?”

Cake interjects, “We’re sure. One healthy boy, and one healthy girl. We’ve never seen anything like this before. This is the first known case of Ultras having children. This is completely uncharted territory. Obviously, the accelerated pregnancy is something new but there’s more. The scans tell us these kids are extremely powerful. We don’t know the extent of their powers yet, but what we can tell you is anyone in the proximity of them, can’t lie.”

Arch chimes in, “I’d prefer we don’t talk about how we found that out...”

Cole’s expression is priceless, “Can’t lie??... You mean I’m going to have two powerful Ultrasapien kids by tomorrow! Who’s mother I had sex with for thirty seconds a day ago, and anyone around them can’t lie?!”

Cole gasps covering his mouth, “I didn’t mean to say that.”

“See what I mean?! It’s like your filter doesn’t exist.” replies arch.

“So you weren’t here for me?” asks Gaze.

“No, sorry I was here for the crystals. I need them in the fight against Death. They are empty and they will drain his power.”

Arch has a brooding expression, “I see. It’s good you found me first. Now it’s time for my power. It’s time to play chess.”