An unlikely saviour

The Crystalline Fortress tavern looked better than before, funny how near death experiences can make you appreciate the little things. I was still alive, my fellow Misfits were still alive, and we had a green furred monkey to thank for that.
 
Looking at Nakah I realised I may have judged him too harshly initially. Granted he did make some blunders during the whole torn Leyline fiasco, and he did send a couple of us to another realm during it. But we all choose to walk through Nakah’s portal each time, no-one forced us to. Sure he may have some annoying quirks but overall he is a decent guy. Especially compared to the Victri and the various cults who go out of their way to cause harm to others.
 
Arthom has been unconscious since we arrived at the tavern and was getting some much needed medical attention. Thank goodness the beating he received did not kill him. We asked Nakah why he decided to find us after all this time , to which he replied that he wanted to have a party with his friends. Despite his cryptic answer, and the rest of us not exactly being in a party mood, I was grateful that he had saved us. I was surprised when Nakah teleported Kyra to join us along with Saib and his Solen buddies. I wondered when Nakah had met them , their first encounter with Nakah must have been interesting for them.
 
Zyanya and Zeno came to the tavern shortly after Nakah had transported the rest of us there and we filled them in on what had occured at the Triad headquarters. Mogg also joined us that night and i found it bizzare when Nakah referred to Mogg as his pet monster, Mogg did not seem to mind for some reason.
 
The riddle of where the duplicate Zeno (aka Z2) had come from was finally solved. It turns out that Nakah had been experimenting with alternate realities and had accidentally brought Z2 into our world. I was not surprised that Nakah had something to do with it and wished he would be more careful with his experiments. His tampering with the universe could have dire consequences even if done with good intentions.
 
I was glad that Nakah had remembered to teleport Gallant back with the rest of us, unfortunately he had left Yifeng and both the bodies of Gi and Ilyana at the Triad headquarters. I was concerned that the Triad would discard the bodies of Gi and Ilyana, I am sure that Arthom would wish to bring Ilyana’s body back to the Emerald Grove to be buried there, and Gi deserved a proper burial also. A wave of immense sadness washed over me at the thought that they were no longer with us.
 
I was also worried about Yifeng’s safety and the consequences she could be facing for going against the Triad. I was especially worried once Ko Rava revealed to me that the Mokuna bastard we had just fought was Yifeng’s uncle. Yifeng’s mother was able to protect Yifeng from her uncle this time, but there was no guarantee that she would be able stop him again.
 
After much discussion my fellow Misfits and i came up with a plan to lure the Triad away from their headquarters and take them out, we would also try to get Yifeng back at the same time. Our plan involved creating an illusion of the dragon egg that we had taken from Dabb a while back, and then we would use the decoy egg as bait to draw out the Triad. Ko Rava had been keeping this egg in a safe location since Dabb and would take Zyanya there to study the egg so she could create a perfect illusion.
 
I suggested to Ko Rava that she reach out to her Yakuza family to help us deal with the Triad. She seemed reluctant at first to the idea of involving her Yakuza family, but then agreed to reach out to them after we reminded her that the Triad would eventually start gang wars with the Yakuza. We also decided that we would reach out to our allies in Zyniii and ask for their help to aid us in taking down the Triad. Fingers crossed they would be willing to help us, considering how our last attempt went we need all the help we can get.