When Simon and Slamaria walked through the portal back to the mansion leaving the Sovereign court empty, both Slamaria and Simon noticed that Harmony found her way to the mansion in the UK. While Simon and Slamaria was walking through the mansion they both noticed that all the demons were looking at Simon with weary eyes.
"They can sense that you are now a sovereign of this region, just like the nightmare demon. What happened to his power sphere anyway?"
Simon heard Slamaria voice through the mark.
"The power sphere didn't have anywhere to go once the mind of the nightmare demon was destroyed so the only other place the power could go was inside me. Though nearly all the power was used to burst out of the stone remains of the nightmare demon, the only parts of the nightmare sphere that remains within myself is enough to peer into the dreams of those who are asleep."
Simon replied back to Slamaria through the mark.
When they both walked into the room where Cara, Terra and Marik were the residents in the room turned to see Simon and Slamaria. "What is going to happen now with the demon population?" Cara asked Simon and Slamaria.
"We are going to war and send the signal out indicating war to every member of our army." Simon replied to Cara's question, as they all left the room to get everything sorted with the signals and preparing the rest of the army ready to go. So the scientists, mechanics and meta-humans can prepare all the weapons and get everyone accounted for to take on the opposing army. This left Simon and Slamaria alone in the study at the heart of the mansion.
"You have an important call to make with the other Sovereigns, I will leave you my love and check on everyone." Slamaria said to Simon, as Simon hacked his way into the other sovereigns systems. As the call rang out on their systems Simon decided to try to use the JARVIS programme, a programme designed to allow the voiceless interface called JARVIS to create two side by side video links in thin air. Along with encrypting the call to such a degree using ancient methods to send who ever tries to hack into the call, spiralling into the truth about the world, where they will then spontaneously combust into fire where they make the transition from the human world to the demon world. While they spike Katy and Jacque will be there moments later to recruit the newly formed demon where Harmony will do her job and make the transition smoother.
"Sovereign Warner this is most unexpected but not unorthodox given what us two saw you do with the nightmare demon, saving everyone there to aid humanity." One of the sovereigns said, with a thick Australian accent, this demon controlled Australia, Africa, Iceland, Greenland and Italy. The sovereign was the 2000 year old demon who commanded the spheres of transformation and dark matter, who was known simply as Ezio 'The Reaper' Simplorean. Translated from the ancient demon language. This demon was one of the first demons to come into existence.
However the first demon was the second Sovereign who controls the continent of Asia, she controlled the spheres of Teleportation, Wrath, Terror and Ice, a deadly combination. This demon was called Yuki 'The Silencer' Romanloff, also translated from the ancient demon language. She was the first demon to come into existence; all the current demons could trace their genetics back to her.
"I know it's unscheduled but we need to get a battle plan ready for the war that is coming." Simon replied to Ezio's statement.
"What do you suggest?" Yuki spoke in a light Japanese accent however that light voice brought wisdom and authority with it this question was aimed at the two sovereigns; both of them knew that the question was aimed squarely at Simon. Ezio knew this and kept quite as he too was intrigued, due to their data on Simon he was a loyal, calculated half breed who could make any plan work.
"We first need to identify ourselves with the world leaders so we don't have to worry about humanity so we can get the alliance made for during and after the forth coming war..." Simon started however Yuki pierced Simon's train of thought.
"Leave that to us we can sort that out right Ezio?"
"That's right Yuki it's the least we can do to repay the young sovereign for saving us, while we have voted to stand together in this war along with all the demons have within our regions." Ezio proudly interjected.
"The next step is we need to flush the opposing sovereign who controlled the nightmare demon out into the open, along with the army he/she possesses. We will need to annihilate some smaller demons who control bigger portions of their army, this simultaneous assault will force them to come teleport to somewhere else. Thanks to the ancient machine in the sovereign court we can control where they go, I can programme the machine to allow them to portal to the golden gate bridge in America where we will face the army, in this war." Simon revealed his plan to the other sovereigns.
"That is ballsy cobba..." Ezio started saying.
"But it'll work." Yuki finished.
"Send word via this link when the world leaders have been convinced." Simon started his voice calm as he was suppressing the emotions.
"We both have issued the dream demons to start work with the world leaders; they have all successfully intercepted the dreams of the leaders. By the morning they will be on our side meaning that humanity will be our allies." Yuki informed Simon.
"This means we have the night to prepare until we counterattack, none of us like being manipulated especially by the lowest of demons, a nightmare demon is just cowardly and the only one around in this world was killed by your hand." Ezio said allow his anger to come to the surface when he was speaking about the nightmare demon who took control of the two sovereigns using a form of its nightmare sphere this locks the target into a never ending nightmare where the mind is locked away from the body.
"This act has only sealed the opposing army's fate." Yuki added her voice calm as Simons voice.
"I need to clear something up, knowledge I gained from the nightmare demon before I exploded it to escape. Do you know about the nightmare demon was working for the opposing Sovereign?" Simon asked as he was mentally preparing himself for the answer.
"Yes we gathered that as the tactics used to trap us was cowardly, the play of a demon who wants the a massacre." Ezio said making his views on their enemy sovereign.
"Did you two know what the sphere of the opposing sovereign controlled?" Simon asked the two although there blank stares spoke volumes. So Simon told them everything he had learnt from the nightmare demon regarding the Sovereign of the opposing army, keeping out the personal revelation that he gained about his birth family. All three of them ended the call and Simon took a deep breath and left the room to go check on everything.
"Simon what is the plan?" Slamaria asked not metres from the room that they use for their joint office. Though she was joined by Cara, Terra, Marik, Jack, Erin and Madison all eager to know the plan.
"Get some rest even those demons who don't sleep knock them out if you have too, I was everyone rested for the early start." Simon told everyone present as they went to head to bed, Slamaria spoke to everyone through the communicator in her ear. For the first time in demon history the entire army even the demons who are awake in the night were a asleep. As everything went from being busy to be deathly still. Even Simon and Slamaria went to sleep as it was midnight by the time everything died down.
2am
Slamaria awoke as her mark to Simon was glowing bright red and the sensation was warm to Slamaria, enough to gentle wake her up. Slamaria looked around the room even in the dark she could see that Simon wasn't in bed. Slamaria thought he was in a different part of the mansion. That's when a gentle breeze of wind blew through the room, that's when Slamaria saw the curtains move in the wind revealing where Simon had gone. Slamaria walked out, fully in her demon form, onto the balcony that they had adjoined to their room. Sure enough sat on the bench at the end of the balcony was Simon in his human form lit up by the moonlight.
"Lovely still night for a bit of stargazing." Slamaria spoke softly when she reached the bench, sitting next to Simon, looking up at the morning sky as she spoke.
"Slamaria I didn't want to wake you." Simon replied his voice no more than the faintest whisper was filled with sadness, guilt and apology.
"My love no need to apologise, anyway I would've noticed anyway as we are joined by the mark." As Slamaria raised her arm revealing that the mark was glowing intensely.
"What is the matter Simon, the emotions I can feel through the mark its unlike you."