A scarf is born

By charles duncan

It was a strange morning in alaska, about 6:AM in the alaskan time zone, when under what seemed to be an inverted sky, Casey awoke nearly dazed, confused, and wondering indeed what the hell had gone on.. as he sensed something very bad on the horizon that his group had come together to personally take down.. namely renegade, a shapeshifter of amazing powers who had a vendetta against the Incorporateds for many years , especially since Lightwave had vanished many years ago.. And for the life of him, Casey really was upset about being knocked over..

As Renegade indeed, somehow, stood about 4 stories tall, and said that, during the night, he'd gotten an very disturbing inspiration.. to bring about the death of the universe with a thought.. but somehow, feeling the victory over all creation was not very good.. he instead decided to recreate the universe as he saw fit... with everything in his favor. 

And indeed, he stood over the rest of the INcorporateds, who were off in the forest, and yelled.. "Now it is indeed time for you to pay for making me suffer all these years.. especially since I have known how some of you have treated me."

Casey saw from afar, Halifax, Speedster, and Wilson still standing, along with several others like Cricket Girl, one called Owl Girl, and others mostly dazed in the woods.. as well as Arden who personally had a grudge against Renegade for a very long time.. for maybe thousands of years.

And it was Speedster he saw who tried to take off.. more than likely now having tried to go quantum, a strange state of being where one was more powerful than usual.. and which was rare for any being to achieve even in dreams.. as he took up and stared Renegade in the face.

"I don't know how you did It", speedster said.. "But i don't like my universe being destroyed without my permission. So.. Are you going to stop this madness before I take you out?"

"I have a better idea", Renegade said.. "That you drop to the floor".. as he glared at Speedster and sent a blast of lighting towards speedster.. hitting him dead on just before Speedster dropped a massive plunger towards Renegade.. and causing Speedster to fall. "AND DIE."

Speedster seemingly was burned nearly to a crisp as he laid there.. and Casey rose to his feet, as well as Long-glory who'd just returned from a long absence he took many years ago.. Who kinda personally had some disturbing times in the great beyond he'd been sent in.

Casey said.. "Well, looks like we've got a real problem here.. I think there's something wrong with the sky here.. and the clouds are .. so very strange."

"Really", said Long-glory, who stood there and personally indeed, got mad.. "How do we deal with this one? "

"Until I get some Ideas.. just try, try indeed.. to keep him distracted.. for I've got a growth spurt to take care of."

And with that, Casey said something that he, at the time, had the power to handle.. but would likely lose in later years.. the word.. "EMU", as like, he grew as big as Renegade.. and personally began to tussle with Renegade at his level, while Long-glory began biting at Renegade's Ankles like crazy. 

And also, Arden, who had at the time the ability to shapeshift, tried to get in the way to protect Casey when Renegade tried to blast him.. Was hit dead on and lost much of his power, and he dropped to the ground screaming from the pain.. "..AND for you, Arden", Renegade said.. "I grow so tired of your existence. So very tired of your reality. and I for one will be glad to see you gone", as Casey put in a few good blows that did little damage, which Renegade tried to exchange with indeed.. a lot of damage to Casey, despite his size.

For minutes, the battle raged, as Wilson finally stirred, and having gone triple quantum to deal with the renegade.. and possessing something called the Soul Swapper at the time he could use to exchange spirits.. something Wrenchien once had and brought in.. he planned to use it indeed because he'd had a vision of the destruction at one time.. something Renegade hadn't used. 

"Give it up", Renegade said as he kept on fighting, "This is a universe I have made, that even if you had a chance to win.. I've not personally destined you to win, Casey.. the kind of Universe you'd hate being in."

"Dream on", Casey said.. "For I know somehow I have a chance.. I just have to think of it", as the battle continued.

In another reality, a entity wandered a open field, a strange open field with quiet breezes somehow.. and wondered indeed.. what the heck was going on? where was Casey, who went off on one of those crisises that indeed, often took him away from work? For she wanted more than anything to personally, well.. find him.. and felt so alone indeed.. that well.. she might as well be alone in the universe.

She knew herself as Scarf.. and somehow, she saw a war inside her mind. Of indeed, the incorporateds she heard of sometimes that her father might have been a party to.. but why she like, didn't get to go out with them so much.. was indeed.. so very odd..

"I wonder if something happened to me somehow".. as she indeed, wandered.. seeing within a fight within her mind.. and trying to sense indeed.. what was wrong with  it. 

And as Casey continued to personally, well, fight.. as Halifax barely roused, and tended to Arden.. who had most of his hood blown off by the attack.. Halifax wandered indeed.. What the heck is going on? For he sensed the sky shift momentarily as Casey kept fighting.. and began to lose..

And Casey said.. "I wish I wasn't so alone".. and with some strange reasoning, looked to the sky, and said... "I wish i'd had a scarf somehow."

And somehow, one appeared from the sky.. as well as many of them.. falling down upon casey, Who was shoved aside by renegade briefly, most angrily, bellowing.. "Soon.. You fail."

And somehow.. covered by the scarves.. Casey vanished.. and a voice said.. 

"No.. Renegade.. YOU FAIL", in a most feminine voice.. "Big Time", as she shoved aside Renegade, with a shove so powerful it took out most of Renegade's strength.. "And btw.. I wish you, Renegade.. weren't on my mind so much, for there's a lot of people who'd hate you right now".

And Renegade fell slowly to the ground, personally screaming as his power somehow was undone.. seeing something wierd happen to Casey as Scarf somehow became one with him... and Wilson, running for his life, began to run underneath Renegade as he sensed somehow an opening.. and blasted Renegade with it full blast as Renegade crashed.

Somehow.. Renegade vanished as the beam hit him.


Later that day, as Scarf woke up , and visited some of the Incorporateds in the hospital.. she noted Casey, who seemed much younger..though probably temporarily so, she sensed.. as well as Speedster, who somehow was recovering.. though for some reason Wilson wasn't recovering and seemed to be in a coma. 

"Well, " Speedster said.. "I have a bad feeling about Wilson.. I mean... What he did with something that Wrenchien tried to use to wipe out Casey.. that was pretty bad.. but still... He apparently saved the world. From what.. I may never know, If Renegade had his way."

"Still", Casey said as he walked about.. almost flying thanks to avian powers he had.. "The Universe seems to be saved.. especially If renegade somehow is within Wilson.. impossibly enough."

"Yeah, well", Scarf said.. "We've all got to personally do what we can.. but Indeed.. If Renegade made ME the outer Universe because I got to him.. as I might somehow be in the Inner universe within.. What of Wilson?"

Casey said.. "Hopefully suffering an eternity of commercials considering what he had to do. And considering some of the other Incorporateds are not doing very well right now.. we may be short handed for a while until more things happen, indeed.."

And somehow, Scarf sensed some things happening.. as Speedster also decided It might be some time to personally get some stuff on the agenda taken care of they sensed somehow.. might always be taken care of.

As the three INcorporateds who'd not done so bad during the battle left, and knowing Arden was probably going to take some time to recover from his massive injuries.. Casey, Scarf, and Speedster walked out of an hospital, with a world not knowing much of what they did to save it.. save for a few, maybe.. who had imagined themselves a part of the reality out there.. that they somehow had shared.

Joining them in the car was someone named Zephyr, a tall poodle about 6 feet tall who had some unique skils of her own.. who was one of SPeedster's kids at the time.. looking around them, and wondering.. "Well, what kinda took you so long?"

Casey said.. "Let's just say.. I had some business to tend to.. and by the way, zephyr.. Have you met Scarf? For I'm real proud of her now."

The small group drove off under a strange, white sky... personally wondering as even Long-glory was healing from some very damaged, bad teeth...

"What a wierd decade we're all living in". 

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Somewhere, within the depths of Wilson, Renegade and Wilson, somehow bound.. and somehow, a Wilson from another galaxy at the time, seemed to be enroute to give that Wilson a break.. found himself watching everything he was missing on, as well as half of the things he indeed saw.. and wondered about.. and he saw as he laid in bed, within his own mind.. Cornball appear to him.. and he said..

"Wilson.. for everything you might have done for the Incorporateds.. as well as anything you might have done to ensure their passage from this universe one day.. I hope you will enjoy the past 450 years of your life forever repeated at high speed... especially the past you seem to be denying yourself. And I might add, on a personal note.. even in the future, you might be needed.."..

"Welcome to your life passing by at high speeds.. and by the way.. do you remember someone named Delta? I think you're going to find her interesting in the years to come.. as I think you and her were in this game once.. Long ago."

Wilson sighed. "Delta, Huh?", as the memories of a life full of regret began passing by.. at very, very high speed. 

And somewhere within was Renegade.. who had a lot more life passing by for him as he was deep within Wilson.. also being tormented.. 

Just about a lot more things. 

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