Bob looked around his war room then back at the forward screens. Most of the Earth's leaders were in meetings and the talking heads were spouting their usual useless crap. Things looked quiet.
He stood taking Cassandra's hand pulling her to him as he waved Kadir over. He wrapped his arms around both their waists pulling them close. Then he looked over at Aphrodite and asked, "sweet cheeks, I have a few things to do. Can you take the command seat for now?"
"Sure, no problem Your Majesty."
"If anything comes up call me. I'll be here instantly."
"You got it Your Majesty."
"Thanks sweet cheeks. Destiny, I guess it's time we explained things to the boss."
Destiny said, "I'm sorry Bob. Cassandra can come, but Kadir can't. Before you get upset, let me explain why.
My mother, my sister, and I exist outside of creation. There's a barrier between Creation and our plane of existence. Kadir can't cross it. The attempt would destroy her. It's a little complicated. There three basic types of beings. Chaos good, chaos neutral, and chaos evil. Only those beings recognized as chaos good can survive crossing the barrier.
Cassandra may not be a goddess, but she's still an Olympian. That makes her automatically chaos good. Not only that, she's your wife and queen.
When you inherited our powers, you became chaos good as well. Otherwise you wouldn't survive crossing the barrier.
Humans and Djinn are chaos neutral. All that means is they're neither good nor bad, but can be either one at any given time. I don't have the power to change Kadir's chaos status. I'm sorry Bob."
"It's okay Destiny. Believe it or not I understood what you said. I actually knew all of that. It just never registered in my mind. Thank you, you saved me from doing something very stupid. Baby girl, why don't you grab a seat next to Aphrodite. You can keep her company and help her keep an eye on things until we get back."
Kadir said, "okay master."
Destiny said, "take my hands. You don't know where we're going. I'll have to port you. This is the first time you'll be going there while you're awake."
When they got there Bob chuckled. They were in the same meadow standing on the same blanket from the dream.
Destiny smiled. "mother thought you'd be more comfortable with familiar surroundings. She and Life will be here in a minute. Why don't we sit and relax while we wait?"
A minute or so later, the boss and Life appeared. Life ran to Bob kissing him on the cheek. "You did good! You did REAL good!" She sat next to her sister.
The boss sat in front of Bob and smiled. "She's right you know. You did great! I'm really proud of you! Then with a twinkle in her eyes she said, "I know I asked you to get rid of the nukes, but did you have to scare me half to death to do it?"
Bob said, "sorry boss, I didn't mean to worry you. But you did say it didn't matter how I did it," he chuckled.
"I didn't realize what you were up to until the Djinn began shooting down the missiles. Then when you demanded their surrender, I put it all together. It was a brilliant plan. You timed it perfectly. It was extremely risky. But it worked perfectly, so I can't complain."
"There was never any real risk at all boss. Kadir was my back up plan. One word to her and every missile would have disappeared instantly."
Destiny laughed. "you little shit! Why didn't you tell ME that? I was there! I saw what you were doing. I was terrified something would go wrong. You made me worry for nothing you brat."
Cassandra said, "none of us knew Destiny. He never said a word to any of us."
Bob grinned. "It was one of those need to know things. I was the only one that needed to know."
The boss said, "always the military man. Huh captain?"
"Old habits die hard boss. Actually, I had faith in my people to get the job done right the first time. I knew they wouldn't let me down. The back up plan was there more out of habit then anything. I never thought for a second it would be needed. The best part was watching Destiny. She's really cute when she squirms like that," he laughed.
Destiny looked at Bob shaking her fist. "Ooh you, one of these days...,"she laughed.
Bob said, "I'm sorry Destiny. It just kinda slipped out. You and Life have been a part of me for so long that you're both like sisters to me. Like any little brother, I can't help teasing my big sisters once in a while. Forgive me?"
The look on Destiny and Life's faces was priceless. Both were shocked by Bob's words. After a few seconds Destiny smiled gently. "Yeah little brother, I forgive you."
Life looked over at Destiny. "He's right you know. We are sorta like brother and sisters. I never really thought about it before. I kinda like the idea of having a little brother to tease me once in a while. As long as I get to tease him back," she laughed.
Destiny said, "Yeah, somehow it just feels right. But remember little brother, I owe you one."
The boss said, "okay children, playtime's over. Back to business. You got rid of the nukes and stopped the wars. What's your next step Bob?"
"I honestly don't know boss. I've got a few ideas running around in my head but nothing solid yet. All I've really done is take away their ability to kill the masses. They can still kill each other. Just not as many at a time and only within their own boarders. They're beaten but not broken."
"So let them stew in their juices for a few days while you figure things out."
"I'd rather toss a handful of things at them, giving them a specific amount of time to get it all done. That would keep them busy for a while and buy me some time. I wanna keep them off balance as much as possible. There isn't anything they can do to stop me, but I wouldn't put it past the idiots to try boss."
"Stop trying so hard. Earth has a multitude of problems. You can't solve them all at once. Pick one, solve it. Then move on to the next one."
