Down Times

          A burnt garden in the scene. A father and his son lying dead side by side. Two mothers crying at the lost of their sons. A brother at fault. Family surround the dead relatives and mourn.
          Evena the mother of mothers, goes over to her son Khan, and smacks him repeatedly. "How could you do that to your brother?!", she screams. "I wasn't trying to kill him, mom.", Khan states. Evena smacks him again. "What were you thinking, listening to Ender?!", she screamed again. Khan just sighs and says, "I don't know?"
         Evena with tears in her face, attempts to smack her son again, but stops herself as she remembers when she too listened to Ender without a train of thought as to why she did. She lowers her hand and walks away from Khan. Evena walks up to Adameth and asks him, "What do we do now?"
         Adameth turns to face her and sadly says, "I have no idea."; Evena responds, "Shall we call upon the Supreme?"
         Adameth nods his head slowly, and then walks away from the crowd. He then shouts to the top of his lungs, "SUPREME!!!!!!!!!"; and thunder roars from the sky. Down comes the Supreme and a group of noble super beings with him. The Supreme approaches Adameth and asks, "Why have you called upon me Adameth?"
          "My lord, we have lost our garden and shelters; and I have lost a son as well as a grandson.", Adameth explains. "Dear goodness! Which of your sons and grandsons have you lost?", the Supreme asks. "My lord, my son Steff, and grandson Lellius, who is also Steff's son, are dead.", Adameth responds. "What happened during the war Adameth?", the Supreme asks with shock in his eyes. "We were getting ready to battle the creatures until my son Khan and the group of men he was leading started a bonfire that the wind blew towards the garden. I sent Steff and his men to go get water from the river before the wind blew the fire towards the garden. Unfortunately, Steff's son was on the way back to the battle ground and got engulfed in the flames. Steff went to get an explanation from Khan when he went off chasing the creatures with his men. Khan came back and stated that the bonfire was Ender's idea. Steff got mad at Khan and started fighting him so Khan tried to ride away on his horse, but Steff chased him, and Khan kicked him down a steep hill.", Adameth explains with shame. The Supreme with anger in his eyes, says, "Khan."; then he says to Adameth, "Do not blame yourself for this Adameth. Khan listening to Ender was bound to happen. As for the loved ones lost, I will place their bodies in my kingdom, for Steff and Lellius were devoted followers to you and me. They have sacrificed a legacy for a greater cause, and shall receive a special ceremony in honor of their sacrifice."
           "Thank you my lord.", Adameth responds. "Do not thank me just yet. I have to tell you where you can obtain more vegetation to regrow your garden. If you head northwest with a group, you can gather some vegetation from other gardens. Some people can stay behind and rebuild the shelters. I say you leave the rebuilding for those who helped create the bonfire that caused this incident.", the Supreme states. "Yes my lord.", Adameth responds. Evena walks up to Adameth's side, while looking down with shame, and says, "Greetings my lord."
           "Do not feel ashamed Evena. I know you no longer believe the lies Ender has told you.", the Supreme states. Evena looks up at the Supreme and says, "My lord, I have to ask. Is the death of my son Steff and my easily corrupted son Khan, a punishment you bestowed onto me for my mind going astray from your ways?"
          "No Evena. This is the work of my nemesis Ender interfering with my plans again. He will stop at nothing to bring back the chaos that once overruled our generation. I'll tell you, when I find him, I will finish him off once and for all.", the Supreme states. "Understood my lord.", Evena responds. The Supreme then says aloud, "Bring forth Steff's and Lellius's bodies."
         Kalimah and Durgrah slide Steff's and Lellius's bodies to the Supreme. The Supreme says, "Gather around my helpers and everyone else. Let's give praise to Steff and Lellius for the sacrifice of their legacy for the rest of the family's survival."
        They all gather round. One of the Supreme's noble helpers, Promisithios, accidentally bumps into Durgrah. Promisithios then replies, "Sorry about that."
         Durgrah responds, "Oh, that's okay."; and Promisithios responds, "My name is Promisithios by the way."
        Durgrah smiles a little and says, "My name is Durgrah."
        "Sorry for the lost of your relatives.", Promisithios mentions. "Thanks.", Durgrah responds while dropping her head in sadness. The Supreme then says to everyone, "Let's bow our heads and close our eyes and have a moment of silence to remember these fine young men for their great sacrifice in the war. Everyone hold hands and let us say out loud, that Steff and Lellius shall be remembered forever."
        Durgrah with her head bowed and eyes closed, immediately grabs Promisithios's hand, then Kalimah's. Everyone else starts to hold hands and bow their heads with their eyes close and says, "Steff and Lellius shall be remembered forever!"
        The Supreme then says, "Wonderful. Now as for you Khan."; Khan looks up at the Supreme, and everyone else focuses their attention on the two. The Supreme continues, "Since you are the one who committed the biggest act of disobedience by listening to Ender and starting that bonfire, you shall be held responsible for the destruction of the garden and shelters, as well as the death of Lellius. You are already responsible for the death of Steff, as you may already know. Therefore, you shall be punished. You will no longer be able to grow healthy crops. Every time you grow crops they will die. Everyone shall view you as a horrible person to look at, and shame you to the point of discrimination. This shall be your punishment all the way until you die."
        Khan in shock says, "My lord, how am I supposed to endure such a punishment that great!? Show mercy my lord! I know I have shamed my family and you, but all I wanted was to make you and my father think positively of me for once. Let me make it up to you. I have Ender trapped inside a cage I made. I know how much you wanted to get rid of him, so I trapped him so I can please you by bringing your nemesis at your mercy."
        The Supreme responds, "If you have Ender trapped in a cage as you say, then bring him to me and I shall lighten up your punishment."
        "Yes my lord.", Khan exclaims and goes to retrieve Ender the snake inside the trap he made. Khan brings the trapped snake over and takes him out of the trap. "Here you go my lord.", Khan says. The Supreme looks at the snake and says, "Is this really you Ender?", but gets no response. "Talk now.", Khan said angrily to the snake. However, the snake remained silent. Then a telepathic message directly from Ender is heard by everyone saying, "Of course that's not me. I had my consciousness transferred out of the snake while everyone else was fighting against the creatures I made. I will never let myself be caught by you, Oliver. You're not going to get rid of me that easy. The war is destined to happened between me and you."
          "Oh please! I make my own destiny, Ender. So long as I live, the war won't happen anytime soon.", the Supreme states. "We will see Oliver. We will see.", Ender states while the sound of his voice fades away. The Supreme then looks at Khan and says, "Well it appears you don't have him."
         Khan drops to his knees and says, "My lord please....!"; "Enough! Your punishment is final Khan! You will suffer the consequences of your actions until the end of your life!", the Supreme angrily interrupts. Khan in realization that the Supreme is not going to lighten his punishment, just lowers his head in sorrow. The Supreme then says, "It is time for me and my assistants to go.", he looks over to Adameth, "Adameth you know what to do."
         Adameth nods, and the Supreme then says, "Okay my helpers, its time to go. Bring Steff's and Lellius's bodies with us."
         They prepare to leave, and Promisithios grabbing Lellius's body, says to Durgrah, "I will see you again."
         Durgrah smiles and nods. Promisithios smiles back at her, and then spreads his mechanical wings and flies into the air after the others. Adameth then says to everyone, "The Supreme told me we shall head west to gather some more crops to rebuild our garden. He also said those who assisted Khan on creating the dangerous bonfire, are responsible for rebuilding all of our shelters. Those who didn't assist Khan, some shall go with me to gather crops, and some shall stay behind and make sure that Khan and his men rebuild every shelter that we lost in that fire. Now let's get to work."
        Everyone starts to get ready to work, but Khan goes up to Adameth and says, "Father, you can't let the Supreme punish me like this. Please talk to him for me."
        Adameth looks at Khan angrily and punches him in the face. Khan nose starts to bleed. Adameth looks at him and says, "You are a disgrace. You bring shame to this family, and dare to embarrass me and your mother in front of the Supreme. You deserve every bit of suffering from your punishment. You're traitor Khan. You traded on your family for the enemy. Now, you live with the consequences.", then he walks off to get ready to gather some crops. Khan just sits on the ground, holding his nose, still in shock as to what his father has done.