<meta name="LineWrap" content="true"><TITLE>SR_Bk1 0002</TITLE><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0003.txt">Next (Page 3)</A><BR><P><P>"It means," Chamomile said, nodding and looking up, "that the world will end in 45 minutes. Universe O'Riley will finally get his way."<P><P>"No way!" Canary yelled. "Come on team! Let's go kick his celestial ass! Come on!"<P><P>"Yeah!" Lemon shrieked. "Let's go teach this guy a lesson he'll never forget!"<P><P>"I'm ready to cause some major damage!" Buff exclaimed as he jumped down to the floor.<P><P>Chamomile shot out a spirit-energy fireball that exploded against the back wall, narrowly missing Buff.<P><P>"You don't understand," Chamomile said. "The mechanisms within Yellowhaus are not reacting to a possible end of the world. They are detecting a definite, inalterable end to our world. If we had any chance of stopping O'Riley, the mechanism would not have activated!"<P><P>"So that's it?" Buff asked. "After everything that's happened, this is the way it ends?"<P><P>"Where do we get to go! Oh boy!" Lemon asked brightly.<P><P>"What?" Chamomile asked, taken by surprise.<P><P>"Where will Yellowhaus take us? To another world like you said?" Lemon asked.<P><P>"I don't know. As far as I know, we should get to a safe place in another world, but I have no way of knowing where that might be. Kimberly only gave me a rough overview before she... departed," Chamomile said.<P><P>"Shouldn't we try and save some other folks?" Buff asked.<P><P>Chamomile turned away.<P><P>"There's not enough time. All our communications are out, and as you know, our hovercrafts are shot."<P><P>"But there's a town near here. We could at least save a few people," Buff said.<P><P>Chamomile turned to face him.<P><P>"They have no idea what's happening! Why should we ruin the last few minutes of their lives--especially with the injustice of only being able to save a few of them! Besides, there's not even enough time for that!"<P><P>"We should at least try," Buff said.<P><P>"Why?" Chamomile said. "It's all over! We just happen to be incredibly lucky! It's not our fault. So let's just start getting prepared for what we might encounter in the next world. Or rather, the alternate world we're going to--hopefully not the next world yet."<P><P>"Yeah!" Lemon said. "What's gonna happen to Hell if the world ends? Isn't Hell part of the world?"<P><P>"Well Lemon, I'm not sure, but I believe that O'Riley seeks to destroy everything, Heaven and Hell included," Chamomile said.<P><P>"I see," Lemon replied, a little shaken. Then she brightened and said "No more Hell! No more Slaverceth! No more responsibilities! Yipee!"<P><P>"Yeah, yippee! Yippee!" Canary echoed.<P><P>"I still think--" Buff started.<P><P>"--look Buff!" Sulfur interrupted. "I admire you as the only moral voice on our team, but truly, it's over. What would you do, separate people from their friends and relatives, and thrust them into an unknown new world? How could they make a decision such as that in a few seconds? Letting them die in peace is far more humane."<P><P>"I'd still like to save a few people," Buff said, looking down. "But Chamomile is right. There's not time."<P><P>"Heh heh, look!" Canary said, crouching down and cupping his hands together.<P><P>"What?" Sulfur asked.<P><P>Canary made an explosion noise and moved his hands apart.<P><P>"The world blowing up! The world blowing up!"<P><P>Chamomile rolled her eyes.<P><P>"Okay everyone! Pay attention! Back to reality! Anything that's outside the Haus has to be brought in--only the Haus itself and everything inside will be transported."<P><P>"There's not much stuff out there. We brought most of it in when it rained last week," Sulfur said.<P><P>"My bike's out there," Buff said.<P><P>"Okay. Lemon, go out with Buff and get his bike. The rest of us will continue preparations inside," Chamomile said.<P><P>"Okay, c'mon big boy," Lemon said to Buff as they headed for the elevator. <P><P>Soon, the two were outside in the yard of Yellowhaus.<P><P>"So where is it?" Lemon asked.<BR><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0003.txt">Next (Page 3)</A>