"What are you doing?"

"I was reading my journal and-"

"Every time you start a sentence like that, it never ends well." Thena smirked glancing at the vines that covered the lab. "But continue."

"Why is the hallway covered in carnivorous plants and ferns?" Druig asked walking inside and sighed when he saw me hanging upside down on the ceiling. "You've been reading again, haven't you?"

"Okay, so there's this side to my earth manipulation that Ajak barely let me tap into! And considering that I've already done it before-"

"You decided to redecorate?"

"Better than stuffing my face with twinkies like you've been doing this past week." I pointed out grabbing one of the empty boxes of twinkies and threw it at Druig. "Besides, it's been two weeks and I'm bored! So why not experiment with my abilities since no one's going to snap at me for it."

"Have you tried manipulating metal?" Makkari asked using the vines as a swing. "And I encouraged her to do this."

"What do I look like? Magneto? I can't manipulate metal, at least not yet."

"You know Magneto?" Druig asked.

"I was there the day of the Kennedy assassination with Kingo and Sprite, dumbass. Remember that after that, I arrived in Australia a crying mess and was inconsolable for weeks?" I rolled my eyes and Thena shrugged. "Speaking of which, have you heard from them?"

"Not yet. But first I want to talk about all of this." Thena gestured to the lab and I sighed jumping down from the vines. "You encouraged her?"

"This only happens to her when she gets strong emotions. Other than that, all she did was grow flowers and never tapped into her earth manipulation." Makkari pointed out and I nodded with a grin.

"No she doesn't. She did this all the time." Druig protested and I shook my head. "The Adonis flower?"

"Me."

"Narcissus?"

"Also me. Notice how you're mentioning flowers but never mentioned olive, aloe, papyrus." I shrugged and Druig had a look of realization on his face.

"If it's not perfect, nobody notices."

"I always had to stay in my place and be perfect, remember? Why do you think my suit is pink? Lucky for me, I never learned how to follow instructions." I smirked climbing back on the vines and swung around. "Next, I want to work on my emotion manipulation. Who wants to be a lab rat?"

"Definitely not me." Thena chuckled and went back to work on trying to locate Sersi, Phastos and Kingo since they disappeared two weeks ago. "Are there any twinkies left?"

"Druig ate them all." I smirked and Druig scoffed trying to walk away but I blocked his way with a huge cactus. "Love you!"

"And apparently I've dealt with this since the dawn of creation."

"Don't be a little shit, Adonis."

...

"You're cooking?"

"You and Karri seem down, so I wanted to try and make some of Dad's comfort food."

"Druig, you can't cook for shit." I smirked rolling up my sleeves and pushed him away. "I'll do it."

"Any luck?" Druig asked sitting on the counter and I shook my head. "It's been weeks."

"They'll show up. But we can't orbit around Earth for much longer if we don't want Arishem on our ass." I shrugged holding a spoon to his mouth. "I think it's missing something."

"More sugar." Druig said and I nodded. "Ajak made me promise something in the letter she wrote me."

"Same here, but it's too late to do it since Voldemort is dead." I sighed.

"Mine was to make sure you don't end up like Ikaris and-"

"We don't talk about Ikaris." I hissed and Druig widened his eyes. "Sorry, it's just... the wound's still fresh."

"It's okay, darling. You don't have to apologize." He smiled kissing my forehead and I nodded placing the batter in the oven. "I love what you've done with the Domo, sweetheart. Especially in the lab."

"The Domo looks like a damn forest! I'll take care of it later. Right now, this cake is looking real good."

"How come you never tapped into that power before?"

"Wasn't allowed to, remember? Ajak forbid it in fears that it would grow out of control or actually help the humans evolve. And it didn't exactly help with my goddess status." I explained handing him a cup of tea. "I was always the perfect one... not a single flaw could be traced and I fucking hated that. Having to put on a show every time I stepped outside the Domo. It sucked, but I learned to live with it."

"You never had to act perfect, my starlight. You seem to forget that your imperfections is what made me fall for you in the first place." Druig pointed out and I shrugged.

"I was the goddess of love and beauty, Adonis. Being perfect was part of the job description. And once Ajak saw how the people reacted to my 'perfect and graceful ways', she exploited it to her advantage. Makkari was the first to encourage me to break the mold and to stop trying to be perfect all the time, then was Thena. You had me on a pedestal so damn high that at first you didn't notice." I smirked and Druig frowned jumping off the counter. "It's okay, darling. It was puppy love."

"Still no excuse, I should've seen the signs at first and-"

"Adonis, it's fine! I'm just glad that I don't have to keep this façade anymore and actually breathe. I think the split did all of us good, except Ikaris... but we don't talk about him." I shook my head and Druig rolled his eyes pulling me close to him. "Besides, I'm way happier now than I've been 7000 years ago."

"And did I have something to do with it, my darling?" He teased resting his forehead on mine and I chuckled.

"You had everything to do with it."

...

"It's been weeks! We haven't heard from any of them!"

"We have to go back. This is getting ridiculous."

"It's like they've been wiped from the face of the universe. Dru, any luck?" I asked and Druig shook his head, eyes turning back to normal.

"I can't find their minds anywhere. They're not on Earth." He sighed rubbing his temples in pain. "Head's killing me."

"Here, lavender and mint helps with the migraines." I smiled handing him a small bowl of both plants and kissed his forehead. "I think it's Arishem. I don't think he was too happy with us stopping Tiamut."

"Then we have to go back." Thena said. I felt the air shift and my eyes changed color almost immediately. "Aphrodite?"

"Something feels odd... I don't like it."

"I feel it too." Makkari signed and stood next to me. Thena held out two swords and stepped in front of Druig who looked at all of us confused.

"What's going on?" He asked and we all shushed him. "Well then..."

"Wow... Ah, my ears! My eyes are numb." A troll groaned standing up and rubbed the back of his head. "No more drunk teleporting for you."

"I'm sorry... Who the hell are you?" I asked holding two balls of fire with raised eyebrows. "I didn't order a troll and Amazon doesn't ship to space."

"Behold! The royal prince of Titan, Brother of Thanos, the Knave of hearts, Defeater of Black Roberts-"

"Roger!"

"Thanos? Saints, this is just what I needed." I groaned dismissing the flames and crossed my arms watching another portal open. "This ought to be good."

"Defeater of Black Roger, The great adventurer... Starfox of Mystery Planet." The troll announced and the man stopped right in front of us.

"Why don't I have titles like that?" I asked Thena who elbowed me lightly. "I'm serious!"

"Not the time for you to be a smartass!" She hissed and I nodded turning back to the man.

"It's a pleasure to make your
acquaintence, my fellow Eternals."

"Who the hell are you?" I asked feeling Druig's hand on my shoulder.

"I'm Eros, this is Pip, and-"

"Eros? Really!?" Makkari signed before bursting out laughing. "Oh my gods!"

"I'm sorry?" Eros asked confused and I noticed Thena holding back her laughter as well.

"By any chance are there Eternals named Deimos, Phobos and Harmonia?" I asked and he shrugged. "I think I'm about to have a heart attack."

"I'm not adopting him." Thena whispered to us and walked away. "Keep him on a leash before Ares loses it."

"Vena... you truly are as perfect as the legends say." Eros smiled grabbing my hand and kissed it. "I'm honored to be in the same room as you."

I smiled back and grew a cactus between us making Druig smirk proudly.

"Wish I could say the same, but I have honestly no idea who the fuck you are." I shrugged making the cactus disappear.

"And why are you here?" Druig asked and zeros held up a golden orb. "You're a Prime Eternal?"

"Your friends are in big trouble... and we know where to find them." Eros explained and I tensed looking at Thena and Makkari who nodded.

"When do we start?"

ETERNALS WILL RETURN...

MEMES:

A/N: as a final chapter and a thank you to all my readers, I'll post my version of "We don't talk about Ikaris" 😏