Agent Arizona: Season 16

Sword Loser

Within the castle of the Cosmic Powers, Huggins is in the throne room prepping herself for when she speaks to Atlus. 

"Okay, Huggins. Lord, I come with news of the Shisno." She tries again more confidently. "Lord, I come with news of the Shisno." 

Then Huggins speaks in a whisper. "Lord, I come with-" She tries again louder. "Dad, I-crap! I come with news of the Shisno!" 

"We are waiting." Atlus says from behind her. Huggins zips around and sees Atlus sitting on his throne with Kalirama on his right and Burnstorm on his left along with several other pawns with golf clubs. 

"I've made progress, Lord Atlus!" Huggins relays. 

"Ah! You've smashed them to dust!" Atlus says amused. 

"I don't have hands, my Lord." Huggins states. 

"Then why even bother standing before me?" 

"I can't actually stand, Lord Atlus?" 

"You too?! I can't stand him either!" One of the golfers say. 

"I have spoken to the Shisno, Your Mightiness, and-" 

"You WHAT?!" Atlus roars standing from his seat. 

"We-uh, we had a chat?" Huggins speaks nervously. 

"A what?" 

"A chat? A chit-chat?" 

"You spoke with the Shisno?" Atlus says trying to concede this. 

"Oh, this is going to be good!" The golfer snickers. 

"I had no choice, Lord Atlus." Huggins argues. "We can't harm them, and they-they don't know what they're doing! I-I thought we could reason with them-" 

"You speak to the Cosmic Powers, flashlight!" Muggins scowls. "These mortals are insects to be stepped on, not debated." 

"You look like a flashlight too, but whatever." Huggins shoots back. 

"And what of Dorovell?" Burnstorm inquires. 

"He's alive but he's with his father and wife somewhere else." 

"WIFE?!" Kalirama cries. "He's married to a mortal?" 

"He has a mortal father? I AM HIS FATHER!" Atlus yells. 

"Please! Lords! Ladies!" Huggins persist. "It is hard to swallow. The truth often is. To save ourselves, we must invite the mortals to parlay and convince them to stop. If I am mistaken, Lord Atlus, I welcome your punishment." 

Atlus growls in frustration. "Ahh! I must think." He marches towards the exit. 

"You better not go all turning into a swan." Kalirama warns. 

"Oh, you mean my one outlet! Why even be god of gods!" Atlus says waving his hands. 

Later on, the moon in the night sky shines brightly until it gets struck by a large bolt of lightning. 

Atlus was hurling blue lightning bolts at the moon, breaking it apart. "Hahh! Zap! Shazam! Lightning bolt! Zanzibar! Boom-shaka-laka! Put that in your pipe and smoke it!" 

Kalirama walks up behind him. "So this is where you go." 

"I do not speak to mortals." Atlus snarls. 

"As Goddess of Death, nothing would please me more than to annihilate these Shisno." Kalirama says pridefully. "But as Goddess of War, I feel our best strategy is diplomacy."