Y'gala Demi-Goddess

"Anyone can lead their Team to where they want to go. It takes a true leader to take your Team into Hell when that is where they need to go. I plan on leading my Team to Hell and back, whatever it takes to win."

~ Sierra Masters

Excerpt from the personal journals of Professor Silberhutte:

Does Frederick Masters think I am a complete idiot? Doesn't he realize that blowing up a drug lab or two accomplishes nothing? Another one will spring up next door.

After tonight, I will have to take him to task and teach him about the importance of the supply and distribution chain.

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Excerpt from the personal journal of Sierra Masters:

Men! Sometimes, they can be so infuriating.

A brother who thinks he is protecting me from the horror of what we are doing.

My lover fears I won't understand if he needs to prioritize his actions over me.

Even the Professor is caught up in this stupidity!

Tonight, some things will change around here!

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The Story...

Sierra Masters felt dirty and unclean after her latest psychic reading. She had taken three showers today; they were becoming obsessive.

Everyone on the team arrived separately at the large office beside the professor's lab, which had become the team's second home.

It was noon, and the professor had catered food and drinks. The team was expecting a briefing from Sierra about the ancient artifact. She had used vast amounts of psychic energy to get her readings and felt exhausted.

Sierra was horrified by what she had discovered about the artifact—a knife. The professor had somehow obtained the sacrificial blade. Sierra insisted on returning to AMAH and ridding the world of another Eternal Prisoner.

She wasn't sure they could accomplish the task. She was also convinced they must try.

Once everyone had eaten something and was comfortable, she began, "The first thing we must clarify is that we are a team. This means we work and coordinate everything together—everything!"

Sierra ambled toward her brother Frederick and gave him a withering look. "Are we crystal clear on this, brother?"

Frederick looked uncomfortable and began squirming in his seat. Finally, he nodded an affirmative to his sister.

Sierra nodded, "Good! Now we need to talk about the E.P. we will face tonight." Sierra cleared her throat, "Our enemy is an Eternal Prisoner named Y'gala, half-human, half elder-god."

She continued in a firm voice, "Her father is Y'golonac! Her mother was one of his human high priestesses. Y'golonac, The Defiler, The Elder God of Depravity and Perversion, one of the Great Old Ones.

Frederick exclaimed, "Jesus!"

Forcing herself to remain calm, Sierra Masters continued, "There is more, brother." She paused and made eye contact with each of her team members.

"After reading the dagger, I can state, without doubt, that it was the weapon used to torture and kill our oldest brother, Adam. Finally, the person or the thing that wielded this blade and murdered him was... Y'gala."

Frederick erupted from his chair, spilling his food and drink, "The bitch is going down!"

In a frosty voice, Sierra snapped, "Sit down, Frederick! This isn't the time to get all emotional. The bitch will indeed go down. But- only if you follow orders and stick to my plans."

Frederick nodded affirmatively to his sister and thought, "Y'gala's days are numbered. When my sister sets her mind to accomplish something, she is unstoppable!"

Sierra said, "We have a late-night, after-hours special appointment with the assistant curator of AMAH, Dr. Wahsh. It seems that we- here at STUAS- may have somehow received an ancient sacrificial blade that might have been stolen from their museum."

Sierra smiled and continued, "I have a plan. Everyone has a role. Everyone has assignments. Everyone will follow my orders."

She continued to speak for the next two hours.

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Excerpts from the personal journals of Professor Silberhutte:

.... If a human is tricked into reading the forbidden literature The Revelation of Gla'aki and reads his actual name aloud, Y'Golonac will appear. He offers the hapless human the option to become his priest or priestess. If they refuse, he devours them.

He has done this countless times. Recently, he tortures and sacrifices humans with the eager help of his half-breed daughter, Y'gala. There is an ancient tale of how Y'golonac, The Great Old One, will escape his prison.

His prison is called a 'brick wall,' a metaphor for his powerful restraints. Y'golonac will impregnate his own daughter, re-birth himself, and release himself from his other-dimensional prison.

His daughter Y'gala is unlike the other E.P.s we have dealt with. I feel no pity for her. This monster loves to slaughter, and she embraces human sacrifice.

Y'gala is evil incarnate. It's an overused cliché, but truthful nonetheless.

Y'golonac must not be permanently freed from his prison! Yet, another reason Y'gala must be eradicated. The damage he would inflict upon our world would be immeasurable.

I believe I have found a weapon, a tool that could destroy her, a half-breed Demi-Goddess.

END