THEY HELD A bonfire for Gilgamesh by the lake. The bright fire shone brightly against the dark sky and the night air blew little sparks towards the water. Karun read a scripture in Sanskrit and the Eternals stood around sadly watching the fire burn.

As dawn came Solarya watched as Thena spread Gilgamesh's ashes in the lake.

Druig walked up behind her, "When I left I thought about taking over the minds of every human on this planet. Violence, fear greed, all gone."

"Why didn't you?" she asked.

"Because without their flaws, they wouldn't be human."

"Are you going to help?"

"You are asking me to take over the mind of a Celestial. I do not have that kind of power."

"We'll get Phastos," Sol replied.

"Of course. Now let's talk about you. How are you feeling?"

Oh, how Solarya hated that question with a passion, "I feel fine."

"I could always tell when you were lying to me. It's because you didn't do it often, if ever at all," Druig stood behind her and Solarya unknowingly sunk into him.

"I just... I don't know if we'll be able to pull it off. And if we don't millions of good people will die," Solarya said turning around.

He wrapped his arms around her and she sighed into his embrace, "Don't worry about that. We'll do it."

❂

They had come back to the modern world and were now trying to find Phastos. They had found his address, somewhere in Chicago. While Sersi and Ikaris went the others stayed at the hotel.

When they came back they sat down at the small table.

"Ok, we have to find Makkari," Kingo said.

"She's in Iraq," Sol said causing them to turn to her.

"How do you know that?" Ikaris asked.

"I saw her 6 months ago, on my break," Solarya shrugged.

"You saw Makkari?" Sersi questioned.

"I see Makkari every year. We meet in a place and talk about our travels," Solarya said.

"Okay, to Iraq we go," Thena nodded.

❂

The group walked through the desert. Druig had made the people that were there leave and Sprite revealed them. Phastos brought the Domo up and the ground crumbled.

As they walked in Kingo started narrating, "A foreboding atmosphere fills the air. An eerie stillness chokes our lungs."

"What are you doing? You know you're creeping us out. You know that right?" Phastos asked. An object clattered and he screamed, "Stay calm T, please!" They watched him as he saw the packet of chips on the ground. He chuckled, "Chips. It's just Chips."

"As you can see, being an Eternal does not preclude you from having human emotions such as cowardice," Kingo said into the camera causing Solarya to suppress a laugh.

Kingo looked past Karun, as they approached the lab.

"What has she done?" Phastos asked horrified, "Is that... a sarcophagus in my lab?"

"Yeah, sorry you might be cursed, good luck," Solarya patted his shoulder.

"This is Makkari. Or should I say, Miss Havisham? None of us has seen her for centuries, besides Sol."

"Hey, Kari."

"Ready to go home?" Makkari signed happily with a smile.

As she saw their expressions it fell.