Subj: DS:Goddess 6
Date: 5/5/02 4:04:53 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Aesgaard

Ares brooded on his throne at the Areopagus as he waited for his ace in the hole. A waft of black smoke filled his hall as the black-skinned Kali of the Hindu gods appeared in his presence. Garbed in very little except a garland of bloody skulls and a mere sash, she presented a dull gray peice of charcoal to the war god.

"Don't ever send me to the Egyptian underworld again!" she spoke with a shrill, psychotic little voice. "I almost didn't get out alive."

"Not my problem." Ares took the rock from her and tossed it into his fire pit in the center of the hall. "Is this the right one?"

"It better be." Kali watched the blaze explode. "Hers wasn't the only heart down there."

The fire the rock produced only ignited and increased the flame in the pit.

The flickering lights of yellow, orange and red created shapes as the shape of a firey presence was born from the flames. It changed from a firey demon and then into a naked female woman as the flames fell away and revealed human skin. Another sudden burst, and the flames created a white dress for their creation.

"Who are you people ?" she commanded. "Why have you brought me back now ? It's too early !!!"

"Two words." Ares replied. "Angelique Collins."

"Angelique !" the woman screamed as she stepped out of the flames. "She took my children from me !!"

"How would you like to get even ?" Ares tempted her. "I could make you a true immortal if you join me."

"Who is this creature, Olympian ?" Kali spoke up.

"My second line of defense." Ares admitted. "The Phoenix Laura Murdoch !!"

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