UNIVERSE BOWL VI: CHAPTER XIX: SECRETS AND SUBTERFUGE

            A stunned Joseph looks toward BL Dumbledore.  Dumbledore smiles and flies away.  Joseph realizes he has no time to ponder what transpired and begins to work so that he may reach the final battle in time.

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            The two teams begin to converge upon the city through the use of the teleportation circles.  The Horsemen reach the eastern part of the landscape, while the Highness crew reaches the western section. 

            “Where is Joseph?” asks Exodus.

            “Find him I will,” states BL Yoda.  “Sense his presence close do I.”  The deadened Jedi Master rises above the crowd and soars away. 

            “When will the others be here?” asks Hope Summers.

            “Your family will arrive shortly,” states Exodus.

            BL Thanos, Annihilus, Phoenix, the Witch King of Angmar, Hope Summers and Exodus surround the teleportation circle.  A beam of light emits from the round plate. Vulcan and Madelyn Pryor appear.

            “Our ruse seems to have worked,” states BL Thanos.  “There is no way that they expect your presence at this juncture of the match, especially when four of their group will report otherwise.”

            “A perfect use of Life Model Decoys 1 and 2,” states Pryor.  “The enhancements and super-human modifications created by the Anti-Monitor worked perfectly.  Too bad I lost the wand although something had to be sacrificed to assure our goal.”

            “I can’t wait to see the faces on the Royal Highness team when they realize what has transpired,” states Vulcan.  “. . . and at your survival too,” states Gabriel Summers, looking at BL Thanos.

            The Witch King of Angmar holds up his sword and screeches.