An Old Foe Returns

Arthur and Rama approached Ravana's palace quietly. Rama started to rush to the palace, but Arthur pulled him back into the shadows.

"Not so fast! I have an uneasy feeling about this place... I sense a very dangerous presence here," Arthur told Rama in an uneasy tone.

"Yes. That is Ravana," Rama responded to his friend.

"No.... not him. I sense the presence of....someone possibly worse. Let us be careful" Arthur said in a more confidant tone.

Rama could tell his friend was still uneasy, but Sita was in danger. The duo sneaked into the palace and took out each of the guards silently. As they made their way closer to the main throne room, Arthur's fears were becoming more and more apparent on his face. They burst into the throne room and saw three figures. Ravana, standing at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the main throne. Sita bound in chains with Ravana holding her captive. And a strange woman whom Rama has never seen or heard of before, however he saw a look of dread and Shock on Arthur's face.

"It can't be... Morgan" Arthur said

Rama could not believe it. This woman who seemed to be in control of even Ravana, was Arthur's half-sister Morgan Le Fey.

"Hello dear brother," Morgan said to Arthur.

She rose from her throne and Rama could see nine tails connected to her. Arthur was unable to answer. He looked on his sister with fear and amazement.

"Did you really think I would not notice when your presence simply vanished, rather than fading? I tracked you to this place and this time. And I found this handsome fellow," Morgan said motioning towards Ravana.

"And I welcomed her with open arms. After my brother was murdered," Ravana said angrily as he pulled the chains that were wrapped around Sita hard enough to leave bruises.

"She informed me of how my brother was killed, and suggested I steal this woman from my brother's killer. That if I bedded her, my revenge would be sweeter than simply killing you, Rama". Ravana continued on.

"Yes of course, simply killing your nemesis does not satisfy one who looks for revenge" Morgan said with a smile.

"Morgan!! Why have you come to this time!?" Arthur cried out!

"Well brother, with you still alive I knew I had to finish what I started," Morgan responded.

Rama made eye contact with Ravana as the two were talking, and when Morgan finished her statement in the blink of an eye Rama pulled two three arrows from his quill and fired them. One to break the chains that held Sita, one at Ravana, and one at Morgan. The chains broke, Ravana took an arrow to the shoulder and flew back against the wall. Morgan however caught the arrow at her with ease and broke it.

"Not bad young archer. You have quite a bit of talent, with another couple hundred years of training you might even be able to get your arrow an inch closer to me before I catch it," Morgan said to Rama

Rama drew knocked another arrow and Arthur severed Ravana's head from his shoulders in an instant as he started to recover.

"Thank you sister, I trained him myself," Arthur said wiping Ravana's blood from his blade before re-sheathing it. "Although I'm not quite sure he needs another hundred years, maybe this time he just uses a more powerful arrow," he turned to Rama with a smile.

Morgan looked back at Rama just in time to see him fire an arrow as bright as the sun at her. She knew she could not catch this one so she dove to the side, the arrow completely piercing her chest.

"That one was more powerful. That demon fool is dead archer, claim your wife and leave. Let me and my brother settle our feud honorably," Morgan said to Rama.

Rama was about to knock another arrow when Shiva appeared in the room. Seeing him, Rama dropped to his knees.

"Silence vixen! You do not belong here!" Shiva proclaimed and with a wave of his hand he hurled Morgan back to her own time.

"Nooooooooooooo!!" Arthur screamed. "We must kill her! If she recovers she will be even more powerful!"

"That is not my concern. I only care that the demon king has been defeated. And as such, I give you the gift I promised you Arthur." He held out his hand and an orb of light appeared. "This energy, will be your fox-fire Arthur. Take care of it, cultivate the elixer, and gain the immortality of your family. With it, you will one day be able to defeat her. When the time is right. "

"Thank you," Arthur said kneeling to accept the gift from Shiva. As Arthur took it in his hands he felt the warmth of the energy enter his body and the light was gone.

"And now, as I told her. You, Arthur, do not belong here in this time. Thank you for your help. It is time, for you to return where I took you from," and with a wave of his hand he sent Arthur back to where and when he came from.

"And finally you two," Shiva said to Rama and Sita. "I am sorry to say, but I must erase and replace the memories of everyone who was involved with those two. History cannot know of their existence. They will exist even more so than you, in the realm of myth and legend. But not here. In their land" And with a wave of his hand, the room flashed brightly, Sita and rama found themselves in the throne room with Ravana's dead body on the floor. An arrow through his heart, and his head, cleanly attached to his body. They left the palace to return to their forest. With no memory of Arthur, or Morgan.