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Myles' arms split into four, the upper two growing wing-like patagia, and the lower two growing larger, the hands becoming two-toes paws like his feet. His image twists horribly this way and that as he suffers doubly for not only creating the Outversal Anchor Pull in another world, but remaking it in this one. Even though it was with honorable intentions. As Myles said, Fate does not give waivers for good intentions.

Jack sees Tay trying to interfere and summons Drake. Drake fires a few shots of blue flames in Tays direction and breakes her pull on Xander. "Do not interfere, this is a formal struggle between men, helping Myles while the battle is still going on is a great insult. If you want to fight, then I will be happy to be your opponent. If you continue to help Myles, my hand will be forced to stop you."

And finally, his head erupts into six draconic heads. The armor chestplate seems to bubble and melt into his flesh as he removes the rags of his clothes and casts them aside. "She had a good idea though."

And with that the armor spreads down his lower left arm and he begins drawing the dark magic. Five of his heads appear to be concentrating deeply on this task, while the six looks around and says, "Interesting. I'm still alive. That must mean my efforts in saving my world did not go to waste, so long ago. If I'd had the inadvertant destruction of a world on my hands, I'd not still be standing here, I don't think."

Myles is left holding the reckoning stone. He drops it on the deck and keeps one hand gently holding the thread of dark magic. One head leans down and says, "But what if you didn't need those plans? What if enough of your people could be brought back to revive your race? What if you could live to see life instead of death? Is that not a more worthy reason to live?"

"I couldn't bring those two back anyway. You've witnessed them dying, it's quantum sealed. But the greater numbers, there have got to be some I could reach back and pull ahead without disrupting the timestream. Those without verified bodies especially. Those that perished in, say, a burning dwelling. Ever seen Freejack? Same concept. It's not a resurrection so much as a displacement. If we do it, it's already happened, so we have to do it. But if you think you're existing with pain, think about this. You're planning on killing millions. The bad karma you've just felt is nothing compared to that. And you can't escape it by dying, it'll follow you. It'll scar your spirit forever."

He moves painfully from a kneeling to a sitting position.

"Our- my... brother was killed by my mentor trying to prevent my own death. And it had been in my power to go to the... you'd call it a guild. Of artificers. And show them what he was doing. But I couldn't believe it, and so I let horrible things happen. I know pain. I know the desire to just let it all end. But what you're planning... who exactly are you exacting revenge against? Even the families of the humans who wronged you have been dead for who knows how long. Vengeance is one thing, but this? If you want to revenge the humans who actually committed the crimes against your people, then help me snatch the ones I can from them. Help me find a place for them to settle. If you want to prove that your species is superior, help it survive, dammit. No species on the planet ever proved its superiority by dying out."

"Fine. But it has to be done from the installation point. I have to go to the roof."

He struggles up onto his four legs and goes unsteadily to the door. "You can move out of the way now, Tay."

Jack walks over and helps Xander get up. He helps support him in his weakened state. Then they walk over to the door to confront Tay. "You will move aside or I will take your advice. I dont know what will happen if I knock down the door, but that wont stop me. Like you said, we are going to kill the humans, so why not kill you too? It makes no differance to me. As for us, our lives are already on the line, so these types of things are to be expected." He summons his sword. "How about this, since you guys gave us a chance by making a deal, I'll also offer you a deal.

Here's the deal:
You step aside so Myles can unseal the teleportation seal, and then we will have one final showdown outside. Anyone fighting for our cause against anyone fighting for your cause. We will even let Myles nullify his statement of not persuing us anymore just for this battle.

If we win, we continue on as planned with no interuptions from anyone. You will all make sure nobody tries to interfere and in return, we will leave this school and everyone on its grounds alone.

But if you win, we will surrender and hault all of our plans. We will also leave our fates in your hands and will respect your decisions. Also, in the case where we do lose and you decide to keep us alive, we will listen to and do anything you say, anything that falls short of betraying eachother.

So how about it? It seems to me like a win-win situation for you. Will you accept my offer and have one last fighting chance? Or will I have to knock down the door and endanger everyone in this room and possibly everyone in the school? Its your choice." He jabs the sword into the ground, waiting for the answer.