Frenzy & Torch

Chapter 19: A Nice Day At The Mall

It was the early morning of December 28th. Aboard the traveling blue vessel, Annabelle made her way to the kitchen where Elizabeth and Jeff were eating cereal. Robert, on the other hand, was drinking a bottle of synthetic blend oil. The sword wielder was fuming about Xitanker's press conference from last night.

"The balls on that fuckin' rooster to say all those things about our country and the queen," she said, "and then he's gonna declare this so-called 'state of maximum emergency,' I mean, what the fuck? He started this."

"Like you and Annabelle have been sayin', we've gotta prove it. It's just like I've gotta prove to my wife and her entire extended family that I haven't lost my damn mind and run off on her with random supermodels." Jeff said.

The sorceress barged into the kitchen. "You know what I just remembered??" she asked with bloodshot eyes that were courtesy of a night spent watching movies.

"What?" Elizabeth asked with her mouth full. She was wearing her tank top and combat trousers with pink slippers.

Annabelle raised a black book with demonic text scrawled all over it. "I snagged this book off the evil witch I killed back home. Before you accuse me of anything, she had two copies, one of which I turned over to the council. I scoured this from cover to cover and found a page that talks about realm searching. We can find Aragania using this method!"

"Pretty sure that's illegal back home. Then again, we're way past the point of no fuckin' return on that front." Elizabeth said.

Jeff sipped his coffee. "Why don't you send a space message to Professor O and ask him how he found that guy?"

"Professor O had to have met him by accident! There is no conceivable way he looked for a deity from some random civilization he didn't even know existed!"

"You know, for somebody who didn't sleep a wink last night, you've got a lot of energy."

Annabelle took out a small vial of white powder. "I had to use this for the first time in ages." She shook some out and rubbed it on her gums.

"Oh, dear, is that cocaine?" Robert asked.

"No, it's not cocaine. It's a natural stimulant that boosts energy levels without side effects or risks of addiction."

"Better be careful popping that shit in front of the cops, they'll think it's cocaine," Jeff said.

"You aliens are so weird. These are extracted from the herbs found in Kono-Ri!" Annabelle said.

"Ain't that the same place you took on the Five Sisters?" Elizabeth asked.

Annabelle suddenly got serious. "How do you know about that?"

"Barry the Desk Rider told me. He said he was visiting that old teacher of his and saw you fighting them."

Annabelle rubbed her temple. "Goshdarnit, Barry. That was supposed to be a top secret mission."

"Hello, everybody!"

All eyes fell on the man wearing a white robe and golden sandals. He had a head of brown, freshly shampooed hair and a well groomed beard. "I'm Aragania, the person you were totally about to break a lot of laws to look for. You have no idea how much that flatters me, by the way," he winked at Annabelle. "Also, yes, Professor Speedo ran into me at the store when I was buying bird food! I had to step outside my realm to get some."