"There's no one here, no one left....I've finally succeeded!" Anti-Moderator laughed in glee in the Hideaway Bar at the beginning of time.
"You're wrong about that," said Vee as he appeared in a flash of multicolored light, so bright it made the Anti-Moderator flinch.
"You? Hahaha, I should be worried about you? Don't make me laugh. Do you think you can defeat me? Alone? When so many others have tried and failed?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, that's exactly what I intend to do," Vee said quite calmly. "And when I'm done, everything at Legion World and all the LMBPers will be back to normal."
"Heheh, you really think you can destroy me? Me? Do you forget what I did to the Emerald Empress? And You think you can do anything to me?"
"No, I haven't forgotten the Empress. None of us ever will. And I'll make you pay for that as well, but first..." With a flick of his hand, and a flash of brilliant multi hued light, Vee and the Anti-Moderator flickered from view, only to apparently reappear a split second later.
"Hahahaha! You stupid fool! Is that the best you can do? You've done nothing to me, nothing at all."
"That's where you're wrong," Vee said with a tired smile on his face. "You are a master of Chaos. Whereas I on the other hand am..."
"Don't try to tell me that you are a master of Order! I would know! And if you were, I could still defeat you as I have others in the past."
"No, not a Master of Order, something else all together," Vee said. "I am a Master of the Variable. I control just how much or how little something can change, or grow, or shrink. And just now, just a moment ago, I speed up the progression of time in this place. Eons have passed in the few moments we have talked. And we're now back to the crisis point. Less than one second has passed since Faraway and the three Miners and the babies ported out of Nursery."
"But that means...!"
"Yes, your warhead is just about here," Vee said. "or to the Nursery rather, but it's all the same since the Nursery and Hypertime Bar are right next to each other. And lets's not forget, as I'm sure you know, that whatever happens in this place is irrevocable. So, say your prayers. Your time is about up."
"I have to get out of here!" Anti-Moderator cried as he tried to use every power at his disposal to save himself to no avail. Staring at me in horror he asked, "What have you done to me?"
"Nothing much," Vee smiled. "I simply slowed down the activation of your powers. They're still working but it will take at least 20 minutes before they actually take effect. Too bad you don't have 20 minutes"
"Nooo!"
"Yes. I'll leave you now to face your fate. But first, this is for the Empress!"
A green glow surrounded the Anti-Moderator, swirling around him. Moments later it dispersed. Where once the Anti-Moderator had stood there now slithered an ugly, slimey slug.
Glancing out the window, Vee said, "Missile is just about here. Goodbye."
Surrounding himself in emerald energy, Vee disappeared, just as the missile slammed into the Hypertime Bar and blew it into a billion pieces. He reappeared almost instantly on the lonely asteroid circling Star 69, rejoining the Sapphire Seeress and the Scarlett Sorceress.
"Well done, Variable One" said the lady in blue.
"The Anti-Moderator is no more," added the scarlett lady. "The Crisis is over."
"And now we must return everything to how it should be. Join with me and let the multicolored energies accomplish together what none of us could do alone."
Joining with Sapphire and Scarlett, Vee released the energy of the Emerald Eye of Ekron. As it merged with the other hues, reality shifted, resorted itself and settled back into place with a click. As the lights faded, Vee found himself alone.
"I can't believe it's finally done," Vee thought. "Here's to you Empress. May you rest in peace with the knowledge that you saved us all. We'll never forget...I'll never forget you."
"And now, it's time to go home!"
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