Dynamic Donar #45
Dynamic Donar #45- My Friend, My Enemy, Pt 2
The Black Forest is not a nice place to be at the best of times.
It is a nice cake to have with a steaming cappuccino, but as an
actual forest, it's kinda spooky.
The trees appear to watch your every move. Right now they are
watching Donar blundering through the undergrowth, seeking the one
thing that all Men can rely on in times of need.
Donar: "Mum? Mum? Wherefore art thou Mother?"
A sweet voice wafts through the bushes. "This way"
Donar follows the sound into a clearing. In the middle lies a pond,
from which a beautiful woman, apparantly no older than 20 is rising.
Miniscule faeries are draping a fine cloth around the woman.
Donar averts his eyes.
Gail: "Son? I was having a bath"
Donar: "Obviously. Art thou decent?"
Gail: "Depends who you ask."
Donar looks up again. His mother is by a beautiful aura of light.
Donar: "Mum? Thy tongue seems most foreign."
Gail: "Oh, that? I've been with mortals so long, I've picked up a few
eccentricities. Coffee?"
Donar: "Eh..Nay mother..."
Gail: "So. What's up? I haven't seen you since the Crusades."
Donar: " I...I art troubled"
Gail: "What's wrong?"
Donar: "I hast joined a pack of mortals. I find myself caring for
them."
Gail: "And?"
Donar: "Hast thou forgotten already?"
Gail: "...Oh. You mean Seiren?"
Seiren. The name strikes like a dagger in his heart. A mortal woman
that Donar fell in love with eons ago, long since dead. The woman he
promised to remain chaste for.
Donar goes all quiet and shudders to himself, as the memory of his
lost love slaps him in the face.
Donar: "Aye"
Gail: "Well, sweetheart, what do you want me to say? Mortals die.
There's no way around it. A few have tried, but even the Gods have
limits."
Donar: "I know that which thou speakest of art the truth, Mum. But
the fact remains that, while I am immortal, they will die eventually.
I would wish not such pain on mine worst enemy."
Gail: "Hon, listen up. You can't change things like death."
The clouds overhead rumble ominously. The storm had cleared over an
hour ago, but the clouds remained. A light shone from the sky,
framing Donar and Gail in it's holy glow. A voice boomed from above
that only they could hear.
Oldman: "Donar? Gaea? Dost thou conspire against me, Lord of
Ausgard?"
Donar: "Nay, father"
Gail, icily: "Hello, Old. Nice of you to visit again, you paranoid
bum. TV busted?"
Oldman: "Watch thy tone with me, Gaea."
Gail: "Dammit, Old, you can't even remember my name! IT'S GAIL!!!
Thanks to your beer-soaked brain, the history books will refer to
Gaea the Earth-Mother for all eternity."
Donar: "Mum, Dad, Please..."
Old: "Thou shalt not defy thy father, whelp!"
Gail : "Lay off the kid, Old. Remember when you were his age?"
Back at the lair, another family was bonding. All had been assigned
tasks and were expediting their chores as quickly as possible.
Well, actually, they were slacking off unless SoW was looking.
Spiffy and NTU continue fixing the hole that Dominatrix made
recently.*
(* Dynamic Donar #41)
NTU: "How come SoW's the boss all of a sudden?"
Spiffy: "It's his first role in a DD title. Donar owes him for that
whole "Donar's Revenge" thing. Besides, Jarvis is absent."
NTU: "Could be worse I guess. Can you imagine taking orders from
Visionary?"
They both laugh.
Yo returns with more building supplies.
Yo: "What is funny?"
NTU: "Nothing, Yo"
Spiffy: "Yeah. Heh heh"
Visionary wanders in: "Hi guys. You thinking what I'm thinking?"
NTU: "You thinking of Tina?"
Vis: "No"
NTU: "Then, No."
Yo: "Me thinking of bunnies. Me like a lot bunnies"
Vis: "Actually I was wondering where Donar was."
Spiffy: "What about Lisa and Jarvis and CoS?"
Vis: "CoS is missing?"
Spiffy: "Uh...I think so..."
NTU: "Man, we are dropping like flies here."
Vis: "Should we go find him?"
Yo: "You heard Zookd. Donar is crazy."
Vis: "Well, I don't care what he sa.."
The doorbell rings.
NTU: "When did we get a doorbell?"
In the forest, Gods are bickering.
Donar: "Father, please, might I speak with mine Mum in solitude?"
Oldman: "Very well, Donar..But be warned. I see all, I know all and I
have all in surround sound."
Oldman, Lord of Ausgard fades from view.
Donar: "I miss his ravens that gave him his omnipotence. Now he gets
90,000 cable channels."
Gail: "Insufferable bore."
Donar: "Mother?"
Gail: "Oh, I'm sorry honey. I don't know what I ever saw in him. One
second he's wooing me, the next I'm having you and he's chasing some
harlot from the Egyptian mythos."
Donar: "What shall I do mother? Mine emotions doth alarm me"
Gail: "Damn, you sound like your Dad. I think the second he realized
what emotions were, he abandoned them. Thought they made a being
weak. That's why I like Humans so much. Lots of spirit."
Donar: "Thou art wise, mother. Thou hast been on this planet a longer
time than mine eyes would believe."
Gail: "Son? I AM this planet...You figured out what to do yet?"
Donar: "I could leave the Lair Legion and embark on a sabbatical.
Find myself."
Gail: "If you think that's best..."
Donar: "Thy ways are subtle, Mother. You think I should embrace mine
emotions, don't you?"
Gail: "I never said that."
Donar: "Yet you do not refute it. So be it. I shall honor Seiren's
memory by staying alongside yon mortals."
Gail: "Good luck son" Gail's visage begins to dissapate "I love you."
Donar: "And I you, Mum."
Donar turns and heads back towards the Lair Legion's Mansion. The
rain above has ceased altogether, and the clouds have cleared to
reveal the bluest sky one could imagine.
Back at the mansion, there is a figure waiting patiently at the front
door. On the other side, Yo, Vis, Spiffy and NTU stand, wondering who
it is."
NTU: "I wonder who it is?"
Vis: "We just established our curiousity, NTU. Don't you read the
captions?"
Spiffy: "Yeah, NTU, Really."
Yo: " Guys?"
NTU, Spiffy and Vis: "What?"
Yo: "Maybe we should open the door."
The doorbell rings again
Vis: "No way, Yo. It could be Zemo, or Dominatrix, or..."
Cheryl and Tina walk up.
Cheryl: "Excuse me? Beavis? Wanna get the door?"
Vis is dumbfounded.
Tina pushes past the throng, and puts her hand on the doorknob.
NTU: "TINA!!!NO!!!"
In slow motion, Tina twists the knob.
Spiffy: "NOOO!!!"
The guys all have their eyes closed, expecting the worst.
The door swings open to reveal.......a woman.
Woman: "Hello. Wouldst Donar reside herein?"
Tina: "Aaaah..he's out can I give him a message for you?"
Woman: "Aye"
The woman turns and heads off, towards the front gate. As she leaves,
she looks back over her shoulder.
"Tell him that Seiren was here."
GASP!! SHOCK!!! HORROR!!
IS DONAR A NECROPHILIAC??
WHO IS THIS SEIREN??
IS ANYONE REALLY INTERESTED???
Continued when I think of what happens next...In DD#46