(Synn)<br/><br/>The Goddess's hands moved up Zion's thighs, gripping the creases that would begin his torso. She looked into his eyes, weary yet eager as they were.<i>I am sending you back to your home Zion. Find the dark mage and find your Queen. Bring retribution! </i>she voiced as she rose upwards to a stand. She took his hands in hers and raised him to his feet. She raised her hands up to the clouds above and brought down a swirl of black and blue smoke that started to surround Zion from the tips of his boots, snaking up his body as he started to disappear from this realm.<i>Be strong Zion</i>.<i>I have faith in you.<br/>
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</i><br/>"You are all fools!" the dark mage spat as she rose from her seat that was to the left of Queen's throne. Her deep green gown flowing out behind her as she descended the steps to the center of the throne room. "My Queen, let me unleash the terrors that would protect your kingdom from this filth, this Empire in Exile!" she pleaded as she stood next to Oscar.<br/><br/>The Queen, a fair maiden with long luxurious blonde locks that descended past her waist and adorned with freshly picked flowers and jeweled hairpins. Her robes were red and gold, glittering as the morning sunrise. Her face was solemn and confused. She looked to Oscar for guidance but she found none in his eyes as she pondered the consequences of allowing the dark mage to do her worst. "But innocents will perish" the Queen spoke softly.<br/><br/>"Innocents will perish regardless my Queen" the dark mage reasoned as she took the Queen's hand in her own. "If you don't act, the kingdom will fall," she said as she placed her hand under the Queen's chin and looked up into her baby blue eyes. "Now!" she said with conviction.<br/><br/>The Queen nodded her head in agreement and soon a devilish grin graced the dark mage's face. "And so it shall be done," the dark mage said as she released the delicate hold she had on the Queen and exited the throne room to perform her darkest rituals. The Queen looked at Oscar, feeling as though she just unleashed the Devil himself upon the land, but what choice did she have? The Empire in Exile were ripping them asunder and the army was a little more than a small town militia with all of the recent casualties. She dropped her head once more in utter shame that she had to make such a choice.