"Are you actually agreeing with him?" Austinian was uncharacteristically livid. "If we let Fatale walk Algoron, you know that the murder will not stop with Malachive. He will set forth upon a killing spree unlike the world has never known! You know that, Kwainin, you KNOW what would happen."

Kwainin looked back at Austinian and made no effort to speak. "Would happen, Kwainin, not could. Would." Austinian added. "We will never get through this day" Kwainin said with a hint of distress in his voice. "We will never all three be in agreement."

"That is why you must decide" Austinian responded. "Decide for us all. Pick one of us from each pantheon and let it begin."

Kwainin chuckled. "You know as well as I do that he will never agree to that. He has control issues to say the least."

"Well he's not in control! The last I checked, we were all three equals although I admit that it is regrettable on most occasions. We must come to some sort of agreement, but I will not allow Fatale to be chosen to freely walk Algoron!" Austinian argued.

"Gods have walked on Algoron without permission for as long as I can remember" Kwainin added.

Austinian interrupted "Yes, and they mess something up each and every time. Fatale in particular is forbidden to go in person. There is no reason any of us can not do our duties the way we always have, through the use of avatars or images or even possession. Why do we have churches and Angels, Demons and the Balanx if we have to go deliver our messages in person?"

"You are rambling, brother." Kwainin interrupted in return. "No Angel, Demon or an entire kingdom can kill Malachive any more. It must be one of us, and who better than Fatale? He may even kill all of the Abhorrants while he is there and you know that is an issue we need to look to as well."

"He will kill an entire continent as well and he'll give it only a mere passing thought and what is to stop him there? Oh yes, now I remember, me or one of my sons and daughters. By sending Fatale, we risk a full scale God war! I will not allow it. I will not agree!" Austinian said loud enough for Necrucifer to hear him from the next room.

"There is only one solution then" Kwainin said. "You will choose the god of his pantheon to go and he will choose yours."

Austinian looked at Kwainin and paused. "And what of yours? We agreed one from each of us."

"I'm the God of Balance!" Kwainin said with a smile. "I don't need either of you to remain objective."

Austinian sighed. "I hate this. I want nothing to do with it, but yet I do concede that my own actions has caused this to transpire. I should be the one to fix this, yet we've been through the reasons why none of us three should go a million times."

Austinian paused and sighed again. "Fine. I will agree to your solution with one condition. He may not choose my wife and I will not choose his.

Taliena will be spared from doing what it would crush her to do and Drakkara will not be asked to kill her own child."

Kwainin smiled. "Well then, it is agreed. Let us get see if he agrees and get this over with."

The two Gods entered the white marble courtyard where they were meeting. Not another soul was in sight and no sounds interrupted them.

A dark scowled expression adorned Necrucifer’s face, but that was not unusual. His mood was always bad and he was always looking for a reason to fight.

"I agree" he said simply just as Kwainin began to speak.

Kwainin turned and looked at Austinian with a surprised expression.

"I guess there's not hiding any conversation from you, is there?" Kwainin said. "Very well, you will choose each others child to carry forth this mission and then I will choose last. Necrucifer, I think you should choose first."

Necrucifer grinned. "My answer would not change first nor second. I choose Kadiya."

Austinian's eye brows raised and his mouth opened in fury. "What? Why? She is the LEAST capable of this mission!! Choose someone who will not carry any baggage from this mission Necrucifer, do not choose her!"

Necrucifer smiled as if he enjoyed Austinian's reaction. "She is the Goddess of peace is she not? She knows more than anyone the cost of failure. It won't hurt her to get her hands a little dirty."

Austinian walked towards Necrucifer swiftly but Kwainin caught him by his robes. "Brother, calm yourself, we all agreed to these rules. You knew the risk."

"I didn't think he would carry his vendetta against me this far! He should have chosen Nadrik and he knows that!"

Necrucifer suddenly look bored. "You complain a lot. You ever notice that?"

Austinian stared at Necrucifer as if he could burn Necrucifer from the inside out.

"Let's get our choices over with so I can back to being evil" Necrucifer said almost with a chuckle. Austinian pushed Kwainin's hands off of him and straightened out his robe. 'Have it your way. After all, its your son’s murder we are planning."

His words did not affect Necrucifer at all. He merely shrugged.

"I choose Devion." Austinian said plainly.

Kwainin looked at Austinian with surprise. "And you complained about his choice? What a team of Assassins that is, Kadiya and Devion!" He said sarcastically. "One will try to reason with Malachive while the other ties his boot straps together in hoping that he'll trip and fall his way to death!

Austinian crossed his arms. "Its not like I have a lot of options. Disease, Murder, Rage. I'd rather send mischief to Algoron than any of those others. Besides, he is least likely to harm Kadiya himself."

"Kadiya is more capable than you give her credit for, although who can blame a protective father?" Kwainin stated. "The last choice is mine and I guess it should be no surprise that I choose the first competent person for this mission."

Necrucifer and Austinian both looked at Kwainin as they awaited his decision. Kwainin enjoyed having their undivided attention for the first time in years.

"I'm sending Raije."