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With a clear snarl, Iori said through gritted teeth, "Let me go, Saya. I was just as surprised as you were when I heard that our son was this sick. And for some reason, as much as I want to kill Ken for telling me that Ice is almost surely going to die, I know that Ken is doing all that he can to correct the problem."

The glalie made a sound to say in its own language that it was exhausted and needed an elixir if it was going to continue to cool the air.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Dee was coming to. It had been quite some time since she had done what she had to in order to help her galaxy out and the two weeks that she had been sleeping there straight seemed to go by quite quickly.

She looked over her shoulder and saw Terry there, still snoozing away. She thought, "Now that is so sweet of him. Terry wanted to be sure that I was all right, but I do wonder, who is looking after Rails and Parma Blue while he is here with me?"

Unhooking the IVs and supports properly without setting off any alarms whatsoever, Dee made sure that her room was back to the perfect state it had been in before she wrote a quick note to tell Terry that she was going back to the mansion to check on the babies.

As she pressed the elevator button to go up, she felt the connection she had with Iori, her ring finger on the right hand started to throb lightly. "Iori needs me," She said aloud to nobody as the elevator had dinged ready.

Using her device she located Iori on his family's floor. "Strange," Dee thought, "This is the one time a year Iori usually goes for his dental appointment. And yet, he's here at the hospital."

She pressed the button 42 and waited till it arrived. As instructed the elevator button went, Ding! As it had arrived on the floor Ice was on.

(Don't worry, I am not messing up the plan. In fact, I am going to speed it up a bit since it seems to be taking a bit to fulfill our plan, but I assure you, it will remain as interesting.)

Iori noticed Dee right away, his eyes wide with shock that she looked as good as new! Silently, Dee wandered passed Iori and Saya and Ken. She entered Ice's room as if she had sensed the danger all along. She used her Tuffle DNA to sprout her Articuno wing in place of her hand. She said to the Glalie in its language to return to Saya.

Then focusing on Ice, Dee whispered, "Young Ice Yagami, this heat is no place for someone like you. I will return the temp to a more suitable degree, but I am afraid that you will have to move off of Hamster, I am sorry. We cannot have your parents fighting over something like this. And I assure you that Aaron will pay for what he's done to you."

Standing, satisfied that her perma ice beam that she left behind from her wing, appearing like a feather from her articuno form, Dee then returned to where Ken, Saya, and Iori were. She then said calmly, almost in a creepy manner, "Move Saya and Iori unless the two of you want to be frozen against the thermostat permanently."

Dee used an impeccable, razor sharp ice shard from her wing and darted it towards the thermostat, which instantly cooled the room to sub-zero temperatures. "Ah," Dee breathed satisfied, "Much better. Ice should stabilize soon. Speaking of Ice, I must speak with both of you, Saya and Iori about where Ice is currently living. Its a bit of a good news/bad news situation, and there isn't much of a choice here neither. If the two of you would be so kind to meet me at the mansion once Iori is finished with that dental appointment. Poor guy had to be interrupted, I am sure from that. Just by looking at him, Saya, you could have used one punch and Iori'd be toothless, no joke!"

The young queen began to laugh as if it was a joke. Iori growled, but knew it to be true.

Dee awaited to what Saya had to say about it before continuing, though.

Iori sighed, "She thought the pain would be lessened if she did that, Dee. That's why she didn't do me a favor. She wants to see me suffer right now. Its why her and I...we don't see each other that often. Besides...she has somewhat of a dislike to you."

Dee smiled, and literally having to float in mid air just to reach his face, she caressed him, forgetting temporarily that Iori still needed more dental work done on his mouth.

It was when Iori roared in pain that brought Dee back to her senses. Floating back down, Dee was quick to apologize, "Whoopsie...sorry, Yagami. Occasionally I can be such a space cadet."

"Don't worry about it, Dee," Iori seethed, more from pain than anger, "I should take better care of my teeth. Anyway, I shall meet you at the mansion once these cavities have been filled. It shouldn't take more than an hour or so."

Turning to Saya, Iori said, "As for you, if you wish to know our son's fate, you may join me at the mansion, if not, then you are free to return to the Lunar Galaxy."

Dee smiled as she watched Saya leave thinking, "She may not say it out loud, but I know that deep down she still loves Yagami."

Iori sighed again, as he headed for the elevators next. Turning to Dee after pressing the elevator button, he said, "Don't ever lose Terry from your life. He is someone you literally cannot live without."

At that, the elevator signaled ready and Iori was quick to be gone from Dee's sight. Dee wondered what Iori meant by never losing Terry. Certainly, he mustn't have meant that Terry wasn't as in love with her as Terry claimed to be...or was that precisely the point?

Dee used her magic to teleport to the mansion and she then sensed something was wrong, a miss. She was hearing her children crying in the bedroom while she saw that Ochru had his back turned to her waiting for something or someone.

"Hurry up, Link!" Ochru called up the stairs, "That volcano won't wait much longer and we cannot have Rails and Parma blue dead!"

"I'm trying!" Link called back, "But neither one wants to be lifted by me!"

Dee dashed passed Ochru and darted up the stairs and found Link trying to pick his younger siblings up to prevent them from meeting with disaster. "Link," she said, "Don't worry about these two. Their momma has them. Now go!"

Lifting both kids in her arms, Dee too made a dash for the lobby. Just as Dee, Ochru and Link exited the building with Harriet and Ma' Gan trailing behind, a wall of hot lava burst forth from where the attraction was. A pillar of bright orange could be seen for miles like a beacon warning in-coming ships of dangerous materials that could tear the boats in half.

By the time the wall vanished back down and the mansion was covered in flames, Dee turned to see stunned expressions on her sons' faces before seeing them both crumble to their knees weeping heavily.

Then Dee knew why. Ma' Gan and Harriet didn't make it out in time. They were gone along with the rest of the mansion. It was then that Dee realized another fact. The 10 + years that Terry spent building this place, this paradise of a home was gone. Destroyed in one fell swoop and yet, Terry was not even there to see what had happened.

Comforting her heartbroken children, Dee suggested that the two head over to Will's place, but Ochru said, "How are we to do that? The portal to his place is gone with that mansion."

Dee sighed and opened a portal. She replied, "I would not have suggested it if I didn't have a way for you two to get there. Besides, I don't think the two of you want to be here when Saya and Iori show up."

(I think we need a scene with Rock involved, don't you? And maybe for added drama, Rock could blame Dee for it. Plus, we might want to have Rock find Saya at the bar while he is doing his little ranting speech. Like, he'd be at the bar already and he'd see it on the news and Rock would basically "flap his gums" about how that was all Dee's fault. Of course, we both know it was Terry's fault for building the mansion over the volcano, but...we can let Rock think it was Dee's instead.)

Saya turned her attention away from the tv "Good afternoon to you too. No, I don't mind."

"I needed to get away for a bit before I have to meet up with someone. Let's just say this galaxy has a fun way of annoying me" The green eyed queen replied to her bar companion. She glanced at the tv for a second " I guess you could say that's karma for ya?"