Nonschetto Kay           Crossover2        11\23\98

                             *1*
Pt.5
     Mera'ko regarded her skeptically. "It's starts in an hour?
When is the last time you slept? You've expended an amazing amout
of energy."
     She smiled and kissed him to shut him up. "I used to go for
weeks without, don't worry."
     "That was in an older body, remember. And also that was only
in....oh, no. Oh God, no." he said in horror. "Just what is
starting?"
     She looked into his eyes. "The forces of good gather here
today. What do you think the forces of evil are doing?"
     He hugged her tightly. "What makes you think we will succeed
this time?"
     "Faith and hope, but that without preparation means little."
Naru said, suddenly very business like. "I'm summoning some others,
we'll have need of them."
     "Such as?" he asked warily. 
     "Devil hunters, slayers, assorted do-gooders, and a girl I met
recently in Japan. Also the carrier of the Golden Galaxial Crystal
with Guardian cats and Egypto Senshi. Animorphs, new warriors as
of a few nights ago. And a powerful being from outside the universe
to see the situation for herself. My new ally called her Universal
Salidihm Imagine, the Guardian." Naru told him as she worked more
to make Anarctica habitable.
     *                                                      *
     People began arriving in groups. X-men, Planeteers, Pokemon
trainers, assorted heroes, a strange looking group of egyptians,
the sailors, some immortals, a group of seemingly normal high schol
students, two girls and an old woman, a boy and a girl, a blonde
teenager with four friends in tow, Madison, Cassandra, Pluto,
Shinozaki (Makoto's boyfriend), a group of scientists and military
personel, and........
     *                                                      *
     Robin waited until the last moment to leave. He'd challenged
himself on how fast he could get there. He again chyecked the suit
which Alfred had designed for him to protect him from massive
windburn and other problems that accopmanied his speed.
     He heard a voice call out, "Robin, wait!" Then he saw Shepsu.
     He inwardly growned. She knew who he was. Oh well, she'd have
found out eventually. "Yes?" he asked warily.
     "I have to come with you!" she cried out.
     He groaned outwardly. "No, there is trouble, it's no place
for children." He gaped, had he said that?!
     She nodded and stopped to catch her breath. She was
chronically ill, no one was sure why she was still alive. "You
don't understand. I know everything. I must go and warn them." She
saw his baffled expression and hit at the wall in frustration.
"Five years ago I was approached by a woman. She told me I wad to
be the carrier of the Golden Galaxial Crystal. In time, I would be
the Oracle tell of when the War would begin. I would join with the
Bearer of the Silver Imperial Crystal and together we would protect
the One who would save us all. Finally, I would.." she broke off.
     "Would what?" he asked.
     Another voice answered. "She'd give her life for the one she
loved." He turned to see one of the golden cats speaking to him.
     "You are like Luna and Artemis. You talk." he stated.
     Bast was astounded. "You have found the Guardians of the
Princess? Do they know what's coming?"
     He nodded. "They will be at the meeting."
     "No!" Shepsu shouted. "None of you know!" The pain in her eyes
seared his soul. "You cannot possibly understand the war I see
ahead. The people who will die, the bloody battles. Villians turned
good and good turned villian. The amount of Power you face. And to
top it off I know I will die."
     She fell to the ground sobbing and pulled her legs to her
chest. After a few moments she stood. "But I must go, because no
one understands except the Guardiasn and she will ultimately have
to let us fight for ourselves."
     Bast jumped into Shepsu's arms. "It has begun?"
     Shepsut shook her head. "No, it is only the gathering where
people choose sides. We have some time."
     Batman walked to them. "Then let's make the most of it. I'll
give us all a ride in the BatJet." (If there isn't one, I just made
it up.)
                            *2*
            Antarctica or NorthPole, whichever I leave it as.....
     Madison, Cassandra, and Pluto walked through the portal and
arrived first (well, almost). Madison watched the preparations
until one person caught her eye. She froze, unable to move for a
few minutes while others arrived by various means.
     Then she ran crying out something incoherent. Wolverine, who
had by this time arrived, thought she might be in danger and
followed.
     She jumped over a table and right next to a dark haired girl
who perfectly matched Madison's desctription of her lost friend,
Beth.
     Madison watched as Beth slowly turned towards her. Beth's
blind eyes seeming to focus directly on her. Suddenly she stepped
back. In the past year she'd done everything Beth had told her not
to do. No wonder Beth had stayed away. Madison fell to her knees
in desolation.
     Beth then knelt beside her and hugged her tightly. "Addy, I
love you and I always have. You can do nothing to change that."
     Madison clung to her tightly. "Then why did you stay away? I
searched and searched...." she mumbled.
     Beth laughed. "Addy, I will take you elsewhere so we can
talk." Then they vanished.
     *                                                    *
     They appeared in a place with no seeming solidity, but Madison
didn't notice. Beth stood. "I am from a very far away place. I am
30,000 years old. My people are very powerful and I was sent to
care for you. But there is a time when you must grow on your own.
I freed you and left. You learned why I told you not to do things
and hopefully will remember. Most importantly you did not totally
depend on me, but formed a support group of many people."
     Madison nodded. "Why are you back?"
     "There is a war coming. Everyone must choose sides. I have
brought a friend to help." Beth said. "We must return, I have a
speach to give."
     "Just a second," Madison said. "Then the stories of Dylans,
Kerrada, Botanai, and the others were true."
     Beth nodded. "I knew one day I would have to tell you, so I
taught you in the way of tellintg you stories. Let's go."
     As Beth returned to work Madison barely realized that she had
not really found out what Beth was.
                               *3*   12\9\98
                         The Speeches
     Naru directed traffic, showing each group to their separate
places and explaining that, due to the seriousness of the coming
crisis, they could not leave for a time.
     Then Naru adressed them, and introduced her ally Beth. Beth
was blind woman with long dark hair.
     She fixed them all with a hard, if unseeing stare. She began
to speak, her voice filling the immense space, enabling all to
hear. "For as long as this wourld hws existed, you have lived in
peace. Your peoples have coexisted, genterations living and dying
contentedly, never knowing that they were inhabitants of a world
of many peoples. You have different histories, cultures,
technologies, and magics.
     This was accomplished by the use of phases. You each lived in
a different phase, imperceptible to those of any other. In common
parlance, you clould call the walls of these phases Perception
Barriers."
     Beth looked around, gauging the reaction of the audience. A
large blue furry humanoid with spectacles politely raised a hand
and cleared his voice, trying to attract her attention. "A
dimensional separation of this nature and magnitude would take more
power than every advanced being on the planet's combined, then
cubed."
     Beth smiled benignly. "Quite true, my scholarly friend. But
these barriers could only be powered by a Supreme Being."
     A red haired teen aggressively interrupted her. "Are you saing
some god is trying to play with our minds?"
     Beth locked his eyes into an unnerving stare. "Now, Wheeler,
you must have misheard me." She continued on innocently. "I didn't
say A deity. I meant the one and only deity. Only the one true God
could do such a thing, wouldn't you agree?"
     Wheeler stuttered, totally disarmed by Beth's stare, logic,
and knowledge.
     Wolverine decided to throw his two cents in. "I'm not
listening to someone who calls themselves God." Beth turned her
eyes on him.
     She lifted one eye. "I never said that I was God. I'm not. I
only serve him. Your other choice is to fight alongside Apocalypse,
the Sentinels, and the others you've spent your life fighting."
     She returned to adressing them all. "But now, you have started
to meet, in preparation for a great battle. Sentinels, Dark Kingdom
generals, vampires, and every other kind of evil shall soon attack
this world in the name of Myro. You are the guardians! It is yoour
responsibility to protect ithis world. Slayers, Senshi, mutants,
altered humans, immortals, you must join together!
     To that end, I present an old friend of mine, the soul warrior
of Imagine."
     A woman? girl? stepped to the forefront. She seemed both young
and old at the same time. "I am the Soul Warrior of the universe
called Imagine. It is the universe where you all currently live.
I am its Guardian, responsible for the protection of its people,
you. However, without your support, there is little I can do on
your behalf. On the other hand, I am only able to accept this help
from those who will swear to the side of Light. I myself have sworn
my service to the King of Light and Goodness. Who will join me and
my king in this battle?"
     At first, silence reigned. Then, Serenity and the Senshi stood
in their seats. For them, the decision was a simple one. They had
fought evil for all of their lives. Serenity's voice rang out. "We
fight with you."
     Batman followed next. The dark caped vigilante had fought the
dark in his own way for a long time. "I will always fight evil."
His friend and partner, Robin, silently stood next to him. He was
joined by Shepsu and all of the Egypto Senshi.
     Wolverine looked around and said grudgingly, "I never refused
to fight evil. I just said that you were no god. But if he exists,
well...." he unsheathed his claws and smiled. Around him, the rest
of the X-Men stood with him.
     An old woman jumped up, her eyes glittering. "Let's go get
them!" Devils were the hereditery enemies of their family. She was
joined by her grandaughter and another Devil Hunter.
     Buffy and her friends stood. "We will not let vampires run
unchecked."
     A man in military costume and a short hair cut grinned. "I
don't know how we can help you, but we certainly will." He cuffed
his friend, "Jackson, I know that those egyptian girls are
fascinating, but there's important things happening here in the
real world." 
     His friend stood, distracted. Then, in sucession, a group of
altered humans, more superheroes, a number of immortals, a group
of five teens, a group of teens carrying red and white balls, and
many others stood.
     The largest group of seated persons was a group of teens.
Wheeler was among them. Imagine looked directly at them. Suddenly,
they found themselves unable to see each other. Each had to make
a personal decision. Wheeler snorted, and remained seated. Linka,
a blond Russian girl, stood firmly after a moment of pondering. She
was joined by Gi, a brunette. Ma-Ti followed his instincts and
joined them. The black Kwame seemed to not know what to do, then
reluctantly remained seated.
     Imagine nodded. All seemed to be complete. "Now, those not
with us, GO!" All who had not chosen her side, disappeared in an
instant.
     She relaxed, now that that was over. "Let me introduce my
friends."
     An older woman than she stood on her right side. "I am the
Sould Warrior of Xanth."
     On her left, a man took his place. "I am the Soul Warrior of
Pern."
     Another woman was walking around them. "And I am the Soul
Warrior of..."
     She was interrupted by Imagine saying, "Wot."
     The woman glanced at her darkly. "Wheel."
     Imagine continued her speech. "We will be splitting you all
up for the purpose of training. Learn each other's strengths,
weaknesses, and favorite ice cream flavor. Afterwards you'll go
home till our next meeting. Things will be organized
geographically." She pulled out a green notebook. "I'm taking
Serenity, Endymion, Shepsu, Robin...."
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