Ready or Not....

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Nico stands by the doorway, "What took you so long?"

Hana rolls her eyes as Molly explains, "She's not talking to you. Whatever this is, you better fix it?"

Guita exits the room, "She still giving you the silent treatment?"

Tina arrives, "She's giving everyone the silent treatment."

Robert put his arm around Tina's shoulder, "Hi, Hana."

Hana smiles at Robert, "Hi, Dad."

Everyone turned around in shock, but Alex broke the silence by saying, "Oh, how the tides have turned!"

Geoffrey elbowed his son, "You can think it; just don't say it."

Hana walks towards the opening behind the bookcase, followed by everyone else.

"If it isn't the youngest person to become CEO!" Merlyn chuckled; the group arrived at the scene, "I am proud! Fiercely proud of you."

Hana crossed her arms, "How do I unsummon you?"

"You can't!" Merlyn cackles, "Only the Supreme Sorcerer can, and too bad for you, Wong is no longer inclined to help you. I thought you, out of all my students, would be the greatest sorcerer of all time, be the one to rule the world."

Amy approaches, "Hana has a lot to deal with already. Add being the ruler of the world to that is too much. Plus, she technically rules the world by controlling the people who control the internet."

Nico sighs, "We won't vanquish you—"

Tina, Hana, and Amy, in unisons, "Nico!"

"No," Nico sighs, "listen," she pauses, "Guita can draw a contract that would ensure everyone's safety, and he stays in this time."

Catherine nods, "She's on to something, but does Merlyn even submit to US law?"

"No," Guita understands, "he follows the law of the magical world."

"So, you make the contract magically binding?" DW guessed.

"Look, who's been listening to," Guita smiles proudly, "Magic Law 340."

"Can you even do that?" Gert asked.

"The only way," Robert thought, "is by writing the contract with a pen with the ink of the Kraken and metal imbued by the blood of Agamotto. But the Kraken has been dead for years. Where are we going to get the ink?"

"Does it have to be the Kraken?" Hana wondered.

"Cal!" Molly realized.

Hana nods. "What's a cal?" Chase asked.

"You've met Cal," Hana reassured, "she lives in my aquarium in my office."

"Wait," Karolina shakes her head, "let me get this straight, Cali is a—"

Nico replied, "Yes, but where?"

Hana swallowed, "Ancient One gave me an egg years ago, and when it hatched, Calamari."

Stacey, stunned, "Are you telling us you've been keeping a—"

"Kraken in your office?" Dale finishes.

Janet scoffed, "This coming from the couple who kept a dinosaur in their basement for years."

"Touché!" Stacey gives Janet the stink eye.

"Leslie?" Hana looks at the strawberry-blonde woman, "You're unusually silent. What do you think I should do?"

Leslie sighs, "I think you should leave this to them. Hana, you've been giving your everything to ensure everyone's safety. If we allow you to sacrifice anymore, Geoffrey saving your life all those years ago will be for nothing."

"If I don't," Hana realizes, "who would?"

Guita sighs, "She's right; even if we wanted to, we wouldn't survive without her."

"Why not?" Frank asked. Then backtracks, "Yep."

"Silly mortal," Merlyn laughs, "if you think you can survive without Hana, you will get crushed."

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