The Return of the Reaper of Life
Chapter 7 - Retribution and Probability
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"I think we should pick this up tomorrow." Aion said as Moirai yawned and sat down on a small boulder.
"No I'm good." Moirai said through another yawn. "I still have enough for another set."
"I really don't see the problem with not having those two." He said as he crossed his arms. "Eris and I can do what they do just fine." Discord grumbled as he sat next to Eris and Chronos.
Moirai chuckled at his complaining. "I honestly don't understand either. But if Aion says we need them then I wont argue he is far more knowledgeable than either of us on this sort of stuff."
"While I may not hold my maturity level, I do agree that those two will be nothing but trouble." Eris said slowly.
"The reason we need them is because they are the balancers of the universe." Aion said as he sat down. Asteria walked over and sat in his lap with a giggle. "Probability adds a factor of randomness. If something can happen then it will happen as long as Probability is involved. As for Retribution, well there is more to Retribution than revenge. Retribution is about justice, and the right to level the playing field. It ensures that everyone pays the same in the end, that all debts are payed in full."
"So do you have names for Retribution and Probability." Asteria asked.
Aion nodded. "Yes I have an idea for there names. Can you get up sweetie?" He asked her. Asteria nodded and got up. "Before we start I need to make us a house. I'm running low on magic so I better do this before I run out." Aion rose and walked a ways away from the group before taking a deep breath, closing his eyes and slammed his hands together. The clap resonated with the world and the ground began to rumble as a house began to construct before them. Once it finished Aion took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes and turning to the group whose mouths hung open. "Well what do you think?" He asked.

Discord whistled. "Call me impressed." He said as the others nodded.
"Father please tell me that you didn't create a pocket dimension in the house." Chronos asked as he rubbed his forehead.
Aion chuckled. "I did. The house is the size of a small castle on the inside and each room is a contained pocket dimension that you all will be able to modify as you see fit. I'll show you around it later right now I think we should finish what we started."
Moirai nodded. "So we are doing Retribution and Probability?" She asked.
Aion nodded. "As for the name well I have them." He said smiling.
Moirai tilted her head. "What are they?"
Aions smile turned creepy "Karma and Murphy."
Discord summoned a glass of water and did a spit take as Eris froze up. "Dad are you crazy?!" She exclaimed.
"Vary." He said with a smile.
"Well despite the unoriginality, the names fit perfectly for who they are and there role in the universe." Discord said as he recovered.
Aion nodded turned to Moirai. The two there power and pushed it together the others watching from a distance. Like with Discord and Eris, the magic destabilized and instead of solidifying it spit into two forms. The first to stabilize was in the form of a boy. He had short cut red hair, and demon horns, he wore a red dress shirt and black dress pants. Slowly the second formed a young girl, she had long blueish white hair, two big white angel wings. She wore a white sleeveless dress. However before it finished a cloth formed and covered her eyes.
The two groaned and the boy opened his eyes to reveal them to be blue however the sclera was draconic. The girl however looked around before slowly raising her hand to her face and feeling for the cloth. Once she had it she lifted it to reveal that her eyes were milky white. She slowly began to panic and breath faster. "I-I can't see!" she cried in panic. "Please someone help, mommy, daddy? Please help!" She began to cry as Aion and Moirai ran over to her.
Moirai picked her up shushing and hugged her. "Aion can you hold her while I do a scan?" Aion nodded her and took her. Moirais hands began to glow as she placed them over Karma's eyes. After a moment she sighed. "There's nothing I can do, She's blind. Not even my power is able to fix that."
Aion sighed. "I was afraid of that. Well there is nothing we can do but look after you." He said as he looked down at Karma.
"Dad what happened?" Murphy asked as she turned to Aion.
"I don't actually know but I have two theories." Aion said as he turned to Moirai. "The first is that Karma's powers are to great for her to wield at the moment but the problem with this theory is that if this were the case then the others would have some sort of problem as well."
"So whats the other?" Moirai asked.
"Remember what I said about Retribution? There is more to Retribution than revenge, it's about justice, and the right to level the playing field. It ensures that everyone pays the same in the end, that all debts are payed in full. Now remember what I said about the Universe?"
Asteria gasped. "You think that because what her power does this is the price." She asked.
Aion nodded. "Karma's powers are to balance those scales and keep it that way. However do to the responsibility..."
"She has to pay a price." Moirai finished. "In exchange for the power to wield Balance itself she had to she has to pay a price."
Aion nodded. "The universe may be cruel but the price is always fair in the end."
"So what is the price of our power?" Moirai asked. "You once told me that the power Of Life and Death are among the core and driving forces of the Universe. What is our price?"
"The price is that we can't die." Aion said. "Simply because we can't die doesn't mean that we don't pay a price. We are cursed to watch as everything we build is destroyed, no matter what it is, no matter what it's made of or how it's made we will endure while all we build and create will fall to the sands of time. Even these children will pass one day. This is our curse." Aion chuckled. "Look at this I really brought the mood down. Come we have a house to explore." He said as he turned to the others. "Come lets go get settled in."
The group headed toward the house Moirai and Aion walking together Karma in their arms and the others behind them.
-End Prologue-
Author's Note
So this is the end of the Prologue but not the end of the story. There is still so much to come but it will have to wait. I want to finish Assassin's Creed: Dawns Rising and I can't do that and work on this story.
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