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FICTION
came back, crushing the lord of the dead and poised at various spots of the map. Eventually,
condemning him to doom. Anubis howled in they emerged into a brightly-lit hub of activity.
terror, commanding his legions of undead souls Minions--mortals, all of them--stood at the ready,
to spare him. But the ground tore open, revealing lining every wall and filling every seat. They were
a harsh, sinister blue light. As Anubis sank, dead adorned in the black of the Pit team. It let them move
and dried hands reached up to help him on his unseen, stay out of sight, and get their jobs done.
way, and dragged him down to the underworld.
“One for the rez!” the team leader barked,
Beneath them all, a small cluster of buddies as his men fought with the heavy, jackal-headed
huddled in the dark just below mid. They sat, corpse of Anubis. They shouldered him over to a
tense and waiting for just the right moment--and table and dropped him on top of it like a sack.
when it came, they were ready. The signal came
from on high; bandaged hands reached up to yank “How long?” one of the priest-techs asked,
back the ground, and lit up a fierce blue lantern. cranking the dials on the Indeterminator.
They reached up and grabbed Anubis by the legs
at first, then grabbed his shoulders and pulled “Twenty-three, twenty-two, twenty-one,” the
him down into the Earth as he finally died. lead said, keeping rhythm. At fifteen seconds, a
giant wheel was turned, and a huge lever pulled.
With just a brief, shared nod of satisfaction, the Energy from a concealed crystal focus speared
elite team of minions hustled Anubis down their into Anubis like lightning, and he stirred briefly.
intricate network of tunnels, slipping by other teams
“All right,” the tech said. He looked up at the
hulking wall of indicators in case anyone else died.
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