Chapter 227: Fly Me To The Moon
Hope was an interesting concept. It could be found in even the darkest of situations, and at times, it could be outright impossible to snuff out. At the same time, during other moments, it would flicker away from the slightest inconvenience.
When the war with the Emperor began, hope was a concept that had seemingly faded away entirely. Full Monarch, the strongest being in the universe, was gone. The Enforcers were unable to participate in the war. Monsters would appear out of thin air. Villains rampaged. Homes were destroyed. People died. Hope had almost faded away entirely. All it took was one action, though. Just a single moment to reignite the bonfire that was hope.
Hope was a fire. A flame. A desire that would grow and grow, and as long as it maintained its fuel, the hope of the heroes wouldn’t fade anytime soon.
"Did it actually work?" Young Dog questioned, folding his arms.
"It did." Legend gave a smile, an actual one, and pointed his thumb back at himself. "The portal tried to yank me away, but it didn’t win out. Whatever Doctor Blue did, it ensured that I was immune to it."
Hands drummed his fingers on the table. All the Enforcers were once again gathered in the meeting room, the table having been rebuilt. Today was a big day, since it was the first time a hero was able to enter a city since the war began. That posed an issue, though. "The villains are going to do something." Hands said simply. "If they know we can get around the portals, they’re not going to sit by and do nothing. Lucifer has kept them busy, but above all else, they’ve been trying to sow the seeds of despair. That’s what’s been halting them from simply coming in and taking Max. They don’t just want to win; they want to outright wipe us out and make sure not an ounce of hope remains."
"Yeah, it’s never that easy, is it?" Golden Weaver sighed.
Feast stuffed an entire turkey down his throat, the poor animal squeaking and trying to crawl its way out the entire time, before he eventually swallowed. When he was done, he patted his belly and burped. "Why does it matter if the villains know we have a counter to the portals? Can they even do anything?"
Tamer shrugged her shoulders. "I’m sure they’ll figure something out. That’s why we’re here, right? We need to find a solution to the issue. This might be the only chance we have."
Gorgeous folded his arms, his form rapidly flickering through appearances as he tried to come up with a solution. "So the issue is, we don’t have a lot of time before the villains either figure out a way around Doctor Blue’s portal fix, or they do something else altogether. We have enough for all of us, but there still isn’t that much of the Doctor’s formula, and it would take way too long to make more. So, how do we capitalize on this moment?"
Ferros cocked her head to the side and hummed. Her liquid metal danced through the air, taking various forms. "Since we have a counter to the portals right now, should we work on trying to replicate it and then wait for one of the Emperor’s big soldiers to show up and take them out? If we wipe Golden God or Fairy Queen out, then that’ll greatly favor our side."
Mermaid shook her head. "No. That won’t work. If the Emperor knows we can counter his portals, he might just take the attack straight to us or focus on getting Max instead of the plan he had been going with. He’s gonna be rushed now, and it could make him act quicker and throw what little morality he had left out the window. We have no idea when Golden God or Fairy Queen will appear either, so we’d have to wait for one of them to appear, and by that point, we might already be out of time."