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Adventure Quest Worlds | Aion | Albion | ArcheAge | Ashes of Creation | Black Desert Online | Blade and Soul | Bless | CorePunk | Crowfall | Destiny 2 | Dofus | Dungeon Fighter Online | Elder Scrolls Online | EVE Online | Everquest | Everquest 2 | Final Fantasy XI | Final Fantasy XIV |Gloria Victis | Guild Wars 2 | Maplestory | Mabinogi | Neverwinter | Path of Exile | Pantheon Rise of the Fallen | Phantasy Star Online 2 | Project Gorgon | Realm of the Mad God | Runescape | Skyforge | Star Trek Online | Star Wars The Old Republic | Star Citizen | Tera | Lord of the Rings Online | Tibia | Tree of Savior | Trove | Vindictus | Wakfu | Warframe | World of Warcraft |

AdventureQuest World

July 24th - Tonight: The DOOM Continues… Doomwood event continues + dark spirit orbs and gold boost
July 24th - New Rare Set: Doom DragonSlayer New set available for adventure coins
July 27th - AQWorlds Patch Notes Bug fixes and art fixes
July 31st - DoomWood Saga: the Heir of Destiny XP Boost + New gacha items + upcoming august content
August 1st - Unlock the Urban Street Gear August seasonal pack is urban street gear
August 1st - Members: Get your free Treasure Chest keys Login and get free stuff

Aion

Aion North America
July 28th - Aetherforge Masters Event Stigma enchanting boost + crafting event for special gear
Aion Europe
July 31st - WEEKEND SPECIALS Stigma sales

Albion Online

August 1st - Claim Your Ironjaw Hyena Mount Skin Refer someone - get a mount
August 1st - The Divine Challenge Returns with a New Mount Event - do dailies, get an owl mount

Archeage

July 27th - Sign Up for Monthly Progress Newsletter for your ArcheAge Character! Newsletter with stats of what your main has done
July 29th - Event Timer Changes for EU Servers Event times moved 2 hours back
July 30th - ArcheAge: Unchained – Summer Deals: Discounted Garden of the Gods DLC Packs DLC Sale
July 30th - ArcheAge & ArcheAge: Unchained - Garden of the Gods: The Ipnysh Sanctuary New content teaser
July 31st - Sail the Seas, Reach for the Sky, and Defend your Land Big cash shop sale

Ashes of Creation

July 31st - JULY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND EARLY GATHERING FOOTAGE Gathering and dev update video

Black Desert Online

July 27th - Graduating Early from the Summer Season Server Starting aug 5 you can convert season characters to normal characters
July 27th - The Early End of the Summer Season and Coming of Hashashin August 26th end of season sever + sept 2 hashashin release date
July 29th - The Cursed Hero Netflix collab event based on the show cursed
July 29th - Pearl Shop Update: Triple Premium Outfit Box Regular weekly cash shop update + expansion slot discount
July 29th - Patch Notes - 29th July 2020 New events + quest ui update + class balancing
July 30th - Heidel Ball: AT Home - Global Q&A; ENG Part 3 QnA post

Blade & Soul

No new updates from July 26th - Aug 1st

Bless Unleashed

July 28th - RELEASE NOTES: 7/28/2020 Events ended + New event + bug fixes
July 28th - NEW BLESS UNLEASHED PREFERRED CONTENT CREATORS Bless approved streamers/content creators list
July 30th - RELEASE NOTES: 7/30/2020 Minor changes + bug fixes

Corepunk

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Crowfall

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Destiny 2

July 28th - DUNGEON DIVING: PROPHECY Devs share about their process
July 30th - THIS WEEK AT BUNGIE – 7/30/2020 Hotfixes incoming + assorted news
July 31st - COMMUNITY FOCUS: DESTINYTHEMEME Interview with a destiny meme account from twitter

Dofus

July 27th - DUNGEON RUSHER REWIND: FRAKTAL Fraktal can be challenges for a limited time
July 29th - SUMMER SALES: SECOND MARK-DOWN! Cash shop items are on sale
July 30th - CLASS PACK – XELOR Cash outfit + mount outfit available
July 31st - THE 6-MONTH PACK HAS ARRIVED IN THE SHOP! 6th month sub pack available

Dungeon Fighter Online

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Elder Scrolls Online

July 27th - ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE ESO GREYMOOR HOUSING CONTEST Housing contest winners announced ( obviously )
July 30th - CHECK OUT ESO DURING QUAKECON AT HOME! Giveaways and free pets during QuakeCon livestream

EVE Online

July 27th - COMBAT COMMAND UPDATE NOW LIVE Command ships updated
July 30th - SUMMER SKIN SALE - 30% OFF Skins on sale yo!
July 31st - NEW ABYSSAL PROVING GROUNDS EVENT PvP Event

EverQuest

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

EverQuest 2

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Final Fantasy XI

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Final Fantasy XIV

July 27th - Announcing the "Everything’s on the Line!" Screenshot Contest! Screenshot contest (duh!)
July 27th - Join us for Duty Commenced on July 31! July 31st livestream details
July 28th - The Feast Season Fifteen Ending Soon! 15th season of the feast ends aug 4th
July 28th - Collector’s Edition Digital Upgrade Sale Upgrade your account to collector’s edition for 50% off
July 28th - Announcing the Adventurer Celebration Sale! Cash shop sale
July 28th - The Moonfire Faire Returns on August 12! Moonfire event returns - get a nice summer outfit
July 30th - Patch 5.3─Reflections in Crystal Site Update previews of Faux Hollows and the Akh Afah Amphitheatre

Gloria Victis

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Guild Wars 2

July 28th - “Jormag Rising” is Live Episode 4 of The Icebrood Saga is live
July 28th - Ferocious and Fiery Goods in Black Lion Chests Cash shop sale
July 29th - Win a Custom Guild Wars 2 Gaming PC from Origin PC Contest to win a nice pc with GW2 art on the side panels. Looks dope.
July 30th - Guild Chat: “Jormag Rising” Friday livestream announcement

MapleStory

July 29th - Cash Shop Update for July 29 Cash shop sale

Mabinogi

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Neverwinter

July 28th - 15% off Keys! Sale on keys … what did you expect?
July 29th - 2x Tyranny of Dragons Campaign Currency! Get double ToD currency from jul 30th to aug 6th
July 30th - Limited Time Astral Lockbox! Lootbox on sale
July 30th - Height of Summer! Double petal rewards and cash shop sale
July 30th - Patch Notes: Version: NW.122.20200708b.8 Balancing and drop rate changes

Path of Exile

July 27th - Path of Exile Then and Now A retrospective on the game’s development with some awesome screenshots
July 27th - Clockwork Golem Pets New pets available yo
July 28th - Harvest Fan Art Competition Highlights Featured fan art from the ongoing competition
July 28th - Karui Bow and Quiver New bow and quiver skin in the cash shop
July 29th - Harvest Statistics: Challenges and Seeds Stats on the harvest… Yeah IDK
July 29th - The Infernal Demon King Portal New portal skins in the cash shop
July 30th - 3.11.1D Patch Notes Preview Minor bug fixes mostly
July 31st - Developer Interview - Jeff - Console Producer Interview with Jeff the console producer
July 31st - Huge Sale on Weapons and Shields - Get a Free Mystery Box When You Spend Points Cash shop sale

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Phantasy Star Online 2

July 27th - CAMPAIGN: GET FREE SG! Get free SG tickets
July 27th - FUN SCRATCH TICKET: JULY 2020 - PART 3 Lootbox promotion
July 27th - AC SCRATCH TICKET: SEASIDE VACATION More lootbox promotion
July 27th - CAMPAIGN: CLEAR ULTIMATE QUESTS! (7/29) 2X drop event
July 28th - PSO2: STEAM LAUNCH REWARDS Play through Steam get special rewards like a half life outfit
July 28th - WHAT’S NEW IN EPISODE 4 Content preview
July 31st - AC SHOP SALE (8/1) Cash shop promotion
August 1st - PSO2 DAY: AUGUST 2020 Free boosts event
August 1st - RESET ALL SKILL TREES PASS DISTRIBUTION (8/5) Free skill reset

Project Gorgon

No new updates from July 26th - August 1st

Realm of the Mad God

August 1st - Oryx 3 Updates and Ancient Ruins Upcoming changes to Oryx’s Sanctuary

RuneScape

July 27th - This Week In RuneScape Weekly recap of game news, bug fixes and community highlights

Skyforge

July 27th - Mechanoid Madness Prize Draw: Winners Winners announced for the mechanoid madness event
July 29th - Gorgonide invasion is underway! Seasonal challenges announcement
July 30th - MY.GAMES Market: Greenwood Box & Surf's Up Box Cash shop update

Star Trek Online

July 27th - Save 25% on Keys and a Key Ring Bundle! Keys on sale
July 28th - Return to Risa! Summer event
July 29th - Resist the Borg! Borg event
July 29th - PC Patch Notes for 7/30/20 Minor bug fix
July 30th - Command the Risian Weather Control Vessel! Event ship obtainable

Star Wars: The Old Republic

July 28th - Ranked Season 13 Begins New ranked season has started

Star Citizen

July 27th - This Week in Star Citizen Weekly recap
July 29th- Lost Squad: "Before the Fall" Act 3 Script for the video “Before the Fall”
July 31st - TRANSMISSION Video about mining vehicles
July 31st - Jump Point Now Available! Digital magazine release
July 31st - Roadmap Roundup - July 31st 2020 Decision making explanation on changes to the game
August 1st - TRANSMISSION Video about the Stanton System

Tera: The Exiled Realm of Arborea

July 30th - TERA Battle Arena Coming Soon Tera themed team based battle game

The Lord of the Rings Online

July 29th - Tournament of the Twins - Register of Heroes List of heroes from the recent tournament
July 31st - The LOTRO Beacon: Issue 169 Community news

Tibia

July 28th - Bugfixes, Content Changes, Balancing Changes Literally in the title
July 31st - Double Loot Weekend Ditto

Tree of Savior

July 27th - Winners: Keep Calm and Gear Up! Winners announced for TOS Task Force event
July 27th - Weekend Burning in August! Weekend 2x XP event
July 27th - [Special] Pocket Wig Package Cash shop promotion
July 28th - Personal House UCC Event Housing event
July 29th - Upcoming: New Season Server! Pre-Register and Get Rewards! Pre-registration event for season server
July 31st - Coming Soon: World Map Update World map update preview video

Trove

July 27th - Splash, splash, splash! Screenshot contest
July 29th - Great Vanguardian Super Summer Sale! Cash shop promotion

Vindictus

No new updates from July 26th - Aug 1st

Wakfu

July 29th - SUMMER SALES: SECOND MARK-DOWN! Cash shop discount
July 29th - SURVEY: A NAME FOR YOUR SERVERS! Server merge naming event
July 30th - SPEEDSTER MOUNT SKIN Cash shop promotion
July 31st - BOSS SMASHER: ROYAL PUDDLY Event dungeon

Warframe

July 30th - LAST CHANCE FOR THE TENNOCON 2020 DIGITAL PACK Cash shop promotion
July 30th - HOW TO PREPARE FOR TENNOCON 2020 Tennocon info dump
August 1st - DELVE INTO HEART OF DEIMOS Tennocon recap

World of Warcraft

July 28th - Jump Into This Week’s PvP Brawl: Classic Ashran Weekly pvp event details
July 28th - Weekly Bonus Event: Battle for Azeroth Dungeons Do BFA dungeons and get nice loot
July 28th - WoW Classic: The Ahn’Qiraj War Effort Has Begun! Gathering event
July 31st - Hotfixes: July 31, 2020 Minor hotfixes

DC Next presents:

Doctor Fate

Issue #1: Twist of Fate
Written by: dwright5252
Edited by: AdamantAce, CitrusFriend3
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“Ladies and gentlemen, we have turned on the fasten seatbelts light. Please return to your seats, we are making our descent into Cairo momentarily. Thank you for flying Ferris Air!”
Khalid Nassour breathed a sigh of relief. Finally this long and gruelling flight would be over. He looked over to the woman who claimed to be his great aunt by marriage, Inza Nelson. He had never heard of her before she came to visit him in his small apartment in New York City, but she had a convincing enough knowledge of his family, even knew his mother’s name. Still, he should’ve asked for further proof before getting roped into a trip around the world in the most rickety commercial flight he’d ever been on.
Granted, he hadn’t been on many planes in his life. In fact, this was his first plane ride. Judging by how it was going, Khalid swore it would be his last.
“Listen, I appreciate the trip and all,” Khalid remarked to Inza as he gripped the armrests tightly, “But I think I’m going to ask for a boat ride back to the States if that’s OK with you.”
“Kid, if you do your job, I’ll paddle you back myself.” Inza tipped her glass back, emptying the contents into her mouth before placing the empty container into the garbage bin making its way down the aisle. Her auburn hair was pulled into a tight bun, allowing Khalid to see that she seemed tense the entire trip, though from what little she told him he really couldn’t blame her. Not hearing from your husband for weeks on end would send anyone on a cross country trip to find him. He thought it was strange that she wanted him to come along as a translator; his Arabic was rusty since his father insisted on speaking English in the house to help him cement the language. Plus he was sure she’d be able to find one once she got to Egypt.
“I need someone I can trust not to bullshit me,” she had said as she loaded him into the taxi. “You seem like a straight shooter. If you can’t rely on your family, who can you rely on?”
“So what did you say your husband was doing? Digging for gold or something?” Khalid asked her now that she was fully conscious. Inza slept through the violent turbulence the plane faced across the Atlantic, a blessing he wasn’t gifted.
“He was searching for some ancient temple, a fool’s errand for his midlife crisis,” Inza grimaced. “God forbid he buys himself a hot rod, Kent has to take a trip to the desert to search for the Fountain of Youth. That’s your great-uncle for you.”
“I’ve never heard of him before today, are you sure we’re related?” Khalid had quizzed her on this point over and over in the taxi (thankfully not one of the cabs that was part of the company his father worked for). His mom always insisted she had no immediate family, and that she, Khalid’s father and his sister were all the family she needed. Now a great-uncle was in the picture?
“Why would I lie about that? What would I have to gain?” Inza stared into Khalid’s eyes, her vivid green eyes seeming to hold no lies within them. Khalid was struck by how young Inza seemed; though she was in her late forties Khalid wouldn’t have been surprised if she was closer to his age. He was glad Shaya wasn’t at the apartment when Inza picked him up, otherwise he’d have a hard conversation waiting for him when he got back.
The plane bumped onto the tarmac, causing Khalid to resume his frozen stance as he held on for dear life. Flying, Khalid repeated to himself, was not his thing.
“You are the second group to ask me about that temple in a month. How crazy is that?”
Khalid and Inza found themselves in the middle of a busy bazaar in Cairo, talking with a very friendly trader who flagged them down to offer them some genuine ancient Egyptian artifacts. Khalid knew from his adventures to Canal Street how to spot contraband, and pretty quickly surmised this trader would be good for nothing but possible information.
“He said we’re not the only ones to ask about the temple,” Khalid translated to Inza, finding himself getting back into the flow of Arabic quicker than he’d thought.
“What did they look like?” Inza said impatiently, tapping her foot against the dusty floor. Khalid understood her frustration, and was actually beginning to feel it himself. The embassy, despite being the ones to contact her about Kent’s failure to check in with them, had no information on his whereabouts, nor the location of his partner Burton Belker. For all they knew, they could be dead in the middle of the desert, and they had no time to comb the vast urban sprawl or massive sand dunes for two witless tourists who bit off more than they could chew.
On one hand, Khalid could understand their hesitation; Cairo was teeming with people of all kinds, packed like sardines in a mix of modern and traditional buildings and landmarks. Unlike New York City and it’s push for modernity, Khalid could see the past peak through the skyscrapers, asserting itself and making the city a wonderful hybrid of history and the future.
On the other hand, Inza could be pretty terrifying when she was on a warpath, much like she was now.
“Can you remember what they looked like?” Khalid dutifully asked the merchant, who rubbed his chin in thought.
“They looked like… white tourists. There, that man over there!” The merchant pointed past Khalid, who turned around to see a man wearing a safari hat, a beige short sleeved button down with matching shorts and a pretty gnarly looking wound on his leg hobbling away from them. Inza pushed past them, rushing over to the man as she turned him around sharply. The man wobbled, then fell to the ground, drawing the eyes of passersby for a moment before they returned to their shopping.
“Belker, you son of a bitch,” Inza hissed as she picked him up by the collar. The man began to sweat profusely, holding his hands up in surrender. “Where’s my husband?”
“Inza, wh-what a pleasant surprise!” Burt stammered, looking around for help. “Did you enjoy your flight in?”
“Cut the bullshit and tell me where Kent is. It’s not like him to ghost me.” Inza’s voice softened, seeing her intimidation was working a little too well. “What happened?”
Khalid walked over to them and bent over to examine Burt’s leg. He saw that the wound was beginning to become infected, having not been properly treated. Judging by the protrusion of his tibia slightly through the skin, Khalid deduced he had a compound fracture.
“OW! Whoever the hell you are, can you stop prodding at my leg?” Burt limped backwards from Khalid, who rose up sheepishly.
“Sorry, I’m apparently Kent’s great-nephew, and that looks pretty infected. You should get that looked at in the hospital.” Khalid reached a hand out for Burt to shake, but the man eyed him suspiciously.
“What’re you, a doctor?” He asked, rubbing above his wound.
“Almost, but I’ve seen my fair share of action already on rounds. Maybe we can continue this talk at the hospital. I think there’s one right around-”
“No hospitals! I don’t trust this backwater country to treat me,” Burt interrupted, provoking a scoff from Khalid.
“Dude, Cairo literally has the best hospitals in the country.”
Burt grunted and started to limp away, only for Inza to stop him.
“Listen, if the boy fixes your damn leg, can you please tell me where the fuck my husband is?” Inza motioned for Khalid to help, and the med student got to work. Taking a part of Burt’s left sleeve and ripping it off, he fashioned a quick splint using a nearby stick.
“That’s the best I can do, since you don’t want to, you know, actually go to the hospital,” Khalid muttered, feeling somewhat satisfied with himself that he was able to do something for this possibly racist curmudgeon. Khalid hadn’t finished his studies yet, but he’d already taken the Hippocratic Oath, and that needed to be fulfilled!
“Listen, it might be best if I show you where he is. I know he’ll want to see you right away,” Burt said, breathing heavily from the pain of getting the splint tightened around his leg. “It’s about a day’s ride from here, but the two of us should get there with no problem.”
“Didn’t I mention? Khalid’s coming too, just to make sure your wound doesn’t get worse.” Inza winked at Khalid, who felt like he was missing an entire portion of the conversation.
“How did you get this wound anyways?” Khalid asked, examining the leg. “It looks like an impact wound, like from a fall. Where did you find a steep drop like that in the desert?”
“Oh… I fell down some stairs,” Burt hastily replied, suddenly becoming fascinated with the sign behind Khalid.
“Whatever the case, I’d very much like to see Kent sooner rather than later. It’s time for his foolish adventure to end.” Inza seemed satisfied with the answer, but Khalid thought she might be aware of Burt’s deception as well. After all, her main concern was finding her missing husband. And if this man was lying about his injury, who knew what else he was keeping from them?
The desert was… colder than Khalid imagined it would be, conjuring images of weary travelers wandering for miles and miles with sunstroke and without a drop of water to drink. However, it seemed a pretty pleasant journey through the vast expanse of sand, albeit a little boring in terms of scenery. Though the sites beyond showed the wonders of the ancient world and the marvels of modern technology, the current area they found themselves in was just… empty.
“How much farther is it?” Inza asked pleasantly, though Khalid could tell it was a facade. Burt had been very quiet on their journey, occasionally muttering to himself in a voice too low for Khalid to understand.
“I think it’s right around here somewhere,” he replied, his eyes scanning the horizon for their destination ahead of them.
“Is it me or does this guy seem… not all there?” Khalid whispered to Inza as they followed the man forward.
“I don’t trust him, keep your guard up,” she said with a smile as he looked back at them. She gave him a friendly wave and he turned back around.
“Perhaps You Will Fulfill the Criteria.” A voice in the wind hit Khalid’s ear, or rather his mind. He looked at Inza, who seemed to have heard something as well.
“Who’s there?” Inza stated loudly, causing Burt to turn back and approach them swiftly. Khalid thought he looked nervous, at least more nervous than before.
“You hear a voice? What’s it saying?” Burt rubbed his hands together as his eyes glinted with a strange new glee.
“Enter to Find Your Fate.”
The ground beneath them began to rumble, revealing an opening in the earth. Khalid backed up as a set of stairs formed under his feet.
“This is it!” Burt shrieked in delight, rushing down the steps quickly, especially for someone with a busted leg.
“That’s some Indiana Jones level magic right there,” Khalid muttered, causing Inza to scoff.
“Please, there’s no such thing as magic. We probably disturbed the temple beneath us and the sand gave way as we walked over it. How else would they have found the temple?” Inza followed the manic archaeologist into the hole, leaving Khalid no choice but to enter as well.
Small spaces were a big problem for Khalid, especially enclosed areas underneath the ground. He took some calming breaths, reminding himself that the exit was very close and that the structure would hold up with them inside it. Of course, reassuring himself that the strange buried temple wouldn’t collapse on top of them only made him even more nervous about it.
“Khalid, are you coming?” Inza’s voice sounded distant, making Khalid fear how deep they truly had to go.
“Ok, K, you’ve got this. Can’t let everyone back home think you were too scared to go into a cool tomb.”
He shook his arms and legs, loosening himself up before sprinting down the stone steps.
He was surprised how open the area was as he got to the bottom of the stairwell, seeing massive piles of gold and treasure lined around the brightly lit room. However, his relief at the size of the space was soon replaced with dread as his eyes landed on the sight of a dead body.
The body looked like it had been there for centuries, its skin cracked and greyed as if it was mummified and dried out instantly. However, what perplexed Khalid was the outfit this corpse had on; the clothes were… modern. The figure was posed in what seemed to be a frightened stance, their hands placed around the golden helmet almost like they were attempting to rip it from their head.
“Oh my god,” Inza gasped, freezing at the edge of the chamber as she recognized the figure. “... Kent?”
“It can’t be,” Khalid whispered, approaching the corpse with renewed confusion. If this was Kent…
“Told you so,” Burt said hastily as he grabbed the bulging satchel that lay on the side of the room. He looked inside the container and pulled out a long line of golden jewelry. Satisfied, he pulled out a gun and pointed it at the two of them. “Now, I make my leave before the crazy stuff happens again.”
“What the hell are you doing, man?” Khalid asked, his hands raised in alarm.
“Can’t be blamed for this. With this gold, I’ll be able to get out of here and start a new life somewhere else. Enjoy the tomb!” Burt walked backwards to the steps and fired his gun at the ceiling above the entrance. The stone cracked and crumbled as he made his retreat to the surface, closing off the exit behind him. Debris and rubble came crashing into the chamber, blocking all natural light.
“Oh god, oh god, oh god,” Khalid said, knowing his father wouldn’t have approved of the blasphemous utterances. They were trapped, never to see the light of day again.
“Fate Has Brought You To My Door,” the voice echoed through the chamber, snapping Khalid out of his panic. He saw the helmet on Kent’s head had begun to glow slightly, drawing both his and Inza’s eyes towards it.
“What the Hell?” Inza whispered, approaching the corpse of her dead husband with a look of fascination on her face. Khalid too was transfixed by the golden surface; thoughts of their impending death were pulled from his head and replaced with the urge to grab the helmet.
But wait, Inza wanted the helmet too. A wave of anger and anxiety washed over him as he looked at her, saw how much she needed the helmet. The two of them dove for the corpse, lashing out at each other like animals as the urge to fight, to kill came over them. Their hands grasped the helmet-
Khalid felt himself pulled through the world, drawn out of it like blood through a syringe. The sensation was overwhelming, immediately shaking him from his violent spell as he tumbled through infinity.
He found himself standing on a small island in the middle of a massive ocean. Though he could not see any land around him, Khalid knew instinctively he was on the only patch of dirt that existed. He didn’t know why he knew that, but his mind assured him that was the truth.
“Khalid?” Inza appeared in front of him, her feet inches from the waterline. Waves lapped up onto the sand around them, though the water always stopped right before it touched them. Like he knew about the land, Khalid knew he should not touch the water.
“Where are we?” he asked Inza, though he made no effort to look around and see.
“It looks like we’re in the sky,” Inza replied, running her hand through the empty air. Of course, Khalid thought, she sees something completely different. Makes complete sense in this nonsense world.
“I wanted to kill you, I don’t know what came over me,” Khalid admitted to Inza, realizing the impulse that overtook him. As a doctor, he swore to do no harm to anyone, and here he was about to kill a relative over a stupid helmet.
“You weren’t in control, neither of you were,” a sad voice said behind them. Turning around, Khalid saw a man dressed in the same clothes as the corpse in the tomb, only with a fully hydrated body. He looked, however, like he was prematurely aged. Khalid could tell he wasn’t supposed to be this old.
“Kent?” Inza asked, clearly not recognizing her husband. The man gave a frail smile and opened his arms to embrace her.
“Inza, my love,” he said, tears forming in the corners of his eyes. Inza rushed over to him and slapped him in the face.
“I can’t believe you got us into this. You just had to take a sabbatical and get us hopped up on drugs, didn’t you? Did Burt spike our water or something?” Inza looked her husband over sternly.
“Wait, you think we were drugged?” Khalid asked. He moved his hand in front of him, checking his motor reflexes for any signs of discombobulation or an altered state of consciousness. From what he could tell, it seemed as if they were fully functioning without drugs in their system, but that could be the drugs talking.
“You shouldn’t have come for me,” Kent said, ignoring his wife’s insistence they’d been drugged. “If Nabu finds you unworthy…”
“Who’s Nabu, your dealer?” Inza scoffed. “I know you’re going through something right now with getting old and everything, but we could’ve done this in America where it’s a bit cheaper and a lot safer to trip balls.”
“I don’t think this is drugs,” Khalid whispered as a massive shadow grew over them. Looking up, he saw a massive man blocking out the sky above them, his feet hovering inches over the water as he walked on the air towards them.
“Your Inability To Acknowledge What Is In Front Of You Is Fascinating,” the figure rumbled. Kent backed away and vanished into nothing, clearly terrified of this being. “Inza Nelson And Khalid Nassour, You Come To Meet Your Fate.”
“Actually, we came to meet my husband and bring him back with us,” Inza asserted, somehow rising up to meet the giant man’s eyeline. Khalid, worried for her safety, willed himself to follow her and found himself hanging in the air next to her. He did his best not to look down at the small island below them.
Flying was still not his thing.
“You Wish To Save The Soul Of Kent Nelson?” The man questioned, his eyes darting back and forth between the two of them. “A Noble Task.”
“We’ll get out of your hair as soon as we get Kent,” Khalid assured him, taking deep breaths between his words to keep himself focused on not falling.
“He Has Failed The Test Of Fate. He Is Bound To Me For Eternity.” The figure opened his hand, revealing a bound Kent, his body transparent and fading in and out.
“What if we took his place?” Inza said impulsively, causing Khalid’s eyes to widen. This wasn’t a part of the plan. “A life for a life.”
The figure seemed intrigued by the offer, turning his head to regard Kent. “Combined Together, You May Be Deemed Worthy Of The Mantle Of Fate.”
The massive figure waved his hand, dissolving the island and the sea below them. Khalid felt a massive wind kick up around them, tossing them around in its fury as the man stood firm in the middle.
Khalid looked around, trying to find Inza. He saw his great-aunt above him, tumbling over and over as the wind took her around him. Kent soon appeared in the buffet, between the two of them. The man clapped, and as if by magnetism Khalid felt himself being pulled closer and closer to the two Nelsons, the wind rising to an ungodly roar. Closer, closer….
“The Three Of You Have Been Drafted Into The War For Order.”
Khalid felt his body collide with theirs, melding as the wind screamed in their ears. Thoughts of his father and mother filled his head. No, thoughts of the love of his life, Inza. Nevermind, he thought about all the times he loved Kent despite his constant testing of his patience.
Inza. Kent. Khalid. Their thoughts melded, then separated. The wind raged.
Suddenly, it stopped. Khalid found himself back in the temple, back where this nightmare began. He was alone, left with nothing but the treasures around him and the rubble blocking the exit.
As he rose to his feet, he felt the strange sensation of wearing… gloves. He raised his hands to his face and saw a pair of gold gloves on them. In fact, his entire wardrobe felt different; there was a strange weight on his shoulders, his feet felt heavier and he could swear there was something on his head.
Rushing over to a reflective plate left on a nearby pedestal, Khalid looked at himself in the reflection. He saw a figure dressed in flowing blue clothing looking back at him, adorned with an elegant golden cape cinched with a golden medallion and… the helmet. He was wearing the helmet, though it almost felt like he wasn’t wearing anything at all.
“Looking sharp, kid!” Kent said. Khalid looked around, but found he was still alone in the chamber.
“What the fuck?” Inza shouted, loud in Khalid’s ears. He instinctively put his hands up to his ears, but realized he wasn’t actually hearing the voices. Instead, they rattled in his head like his own thoughts.
“I told you to leave me,” Kent said sadly. The idea that they were now one popped into Khalid’s head, and he wished that idea would go away.
“You Are Now An Agent Of The Lords Of Order.” The voice, which Khalid (possibly thanks to Kent’s mind) now knew was called Nabu, spoke. “Serve Us Well, We Shall Yield Your Lives. Do Not Fail Us.”
Khalid felt his hand raise uncontrollably, aimed at the rubble blocking their exit. A blue glow emanated from the tips of his fingers and spread to the rocks, causing them to rise and return to their positions on the temple ceiling. As if cemented into place, the rubble withdrew from the staircase and made the area seem almost brand new. Khalid regained control of his hand as the magic faded.
This was going to take some getting used to.