Fuck the damned natural order of all things

"I have followed your rules and your will, without questioning your orders. I have given you half of my dark heart. You took my son from me, My Nicholas" Death breathes deeply to stop the tears that try to come out of her eyes "I prostrate myself before you, leaving aside my pride and the greatness of the cosmic being that I am. I even kneeled before you goddamnit, begging you with all my strength that you let him live and IT WASN´T ENOUGH!" cries Rio's anguished and enraged voice towards the heavens, where she knew her father is listening.

"Now you dare to take my wife, the love of my life, my obsession and my toxicity. You dare to try to take my only light that I still have in these realities that you have created" Rio lowers her head while her right hand very delicately removes the small hairs stuck to Agatha's forehead. "I will not lose her, I refuse Father. Fuck the damned natural order of all things”

Lying Agatha so gently on the carpet flowers that Death built quickly for her, Rio stands up and looks towards the sky with her true appearance, her skeletal face and those black eyes that are empty at first glance, but in reality, they harbor a promise of revenge that the universes have never seen.

"I swear if you take her away from me, there will be no mercy. The Earth, the universe, the heavens and the Cosmos itself will feel my pain, they will feel the breaking of my soul and the tearing of my heart. I promise you that I will make this pain not just mine" Taking a deep breath Rio try to take control of her shaky voice "I will take with me half of your precious universes” Death spits unpleasantly "destroying everything you have built and loved more than your own children" she promises while tears run down her cheeks and the Earth shakes.

Abruptly everything comes to a standstill.

The Earth stops spinning, Agatha's heavy breathing halt, the people who were disintegrating around her become static, the chaos in the environment cease, the wind stops moving and the heavens splits.

Various celestials beings, as they are commonly called by humans, are the first to descend. Bright muscular humanoids with wings of white color, dressed in their impeccable golden armor and luminous swords, form a circle around Rio

"Princess" the King´s seven royal guards say in union. Death only nods her head while continuing looking upward, waiting for the triumphant arrival of her Father. What Rio doesn’t know is that he wouldn´t be the only one who is going to show up, because only seconds latter from the heavens four cosmic beings descend, all of them in charge of maintaining the order and nature of things Time, Destiny, Chaos and Life, siblings of Death.

Family reunion just my damn luck, thought Rio as she look into the eyes of each of her siblings. However, she doesn´t finish contemplating them, because the bluish color of the sky turns into a painfully bright, burning and reaping gold and that could only mean one thing. The creator of the universes and the Father of Death was descending from his throne.

The celestials beings start kneeling and lowering their heads in reverence, this last action also carried out by Rio siblings, as The Creator of the universes, realities and the cosmos slowly descend towards the earth.

A celestial being with intense golden eyes, almond skin, long deep black hair, creating a true contrast with his white robe and bare feet.

"My daughter" said that being so brilliant that if any human were to contemplate it, they would be blinded in seconds, since such greatness is not allowed to be observed with physical eyes.

"Father" Rio spat full of pain but aware of the respect he deserves, which led her to reluctantly bow her head, but without stopping looking at him with resentment and pain in her eyes.

For minutes no one moves a muscle and doesn't even dare to breathe. Until Rio's Father, knowing how his daughter was like, start the painful but necessary conversation.
"Death, you know you cannot interfere in the affairs of my creation's lifetime. Even if you don't believe me, it was your son's destiny that he died at the age of 7 and now your wife has the same destiny" he said calmly while his golden eyes fell with compassion on the paralyze body of his daughter's wife.

"Don´t give me that bullshit" she reproached in a harsh voice. “You are the creator of everything! You are the only being who can create, destroy and change the course of things. You didn't save Nicholas because you didn't want to, I know that his death was a lesson for me, because of your rule of don't fall in love with my creation" Rio says with a mocking and sarcastic voice. "I accepted his death, with perfect knowledge that my relationship with my wife would go to hell” blinking her eyes rapidly and forcefully swallowing the lump in her throat, as to not show his father the pain that still harbor her heart when she remembers his baby boy “I accept Nicky's transcendence, but I refuse that same destiny for Agatha. You are not going to take away the only light I have left, you will not take away my only motivation to continue existing in this long life. No Father. If I must hurt you to stop her death, I will do it even if I die” she declares with her voice full of hatred, acceptance and conviction.

The atmosphere became icy.

Time, Destiny, Chaos and Life were amazed and shocked by their sister's words to their Father. While on many occasions they didn´t agree with the decisions of their creator, no one had challenged him, no one had dared to say something like that to their father, not even Chaos, who was... well Chaos, and much less Rio, the most logical and cold of the five.

The first ones to react were the sentinels, who at once pull out their sword and form a barrier circle around Rio in position to attack. Their princess has practically declare a duel to their King, they don´t want to kill her much less attack her, but if she strikes and they were order to eliminate her, they would do so without letting out a sigh.

The creator quietly observes the scene in front of his eyes. The pain, resignation and determination in his daughter eyes, the shocking faces of his other children and the conviction of his sentinels to kill his daughter if he orders it. Before it scales more, he freezes everyone's body and raises his hands in form of peace, he declares

“Death, Nicholas transcended because he was part human and a cosmic being. His life and development did not correspond to this plane. Also, and let's be honest, your wife, the witch killer, is not the kindest and most innocent woman, but even so she doesn't fit into this plane either” He revealed to an astonished Death “When you went to me and pleaded for his live, I thought of your future, you must truly love them to kneel before me when none of your siblings have done so and there were moments where I thought they would do it, but their pride was more important” he broke eye contact with Rio, to turn to see each of his children's eyes and as he expect, he found no repentance in them. Looking again into his daughter's dark eyes, he continued, “But you put aside your vanity, arrogance and pride for two mortals. When Nicholas transcended, I personally picked him up after you left him on the path to be reborn." Rio's gasp of surprise echo throughout the whole frozen earth "He is your son, he is part of you and therefore he is part of me and thanks to that he did not reincarnate, he is asleep, waiting for you and your wife. Once your wife transcends, I have created a home for you in my kingdom, so that Nicholas can grow, develop his powers and decide whether to become your heir or something else” He stop for a moment to take a breath, not because he need it but his daughter does, she need the time to assimilate the information he was revealing to her.

"As for Agatha Harkness" he continued "she will transcend, but she will not reincarnate. When you and her united their souls in marriage you granted her and transferred to her part of your cosmic being, usually that does not happen, but I approved that change in her destiny" conclude The creator at his daughter, who was stunned and looking at him in a state of shock, not caring that for minutes her tears had been falling incessantly down her cheeks "I accept that I have been cruel to you and your siblings Death, but I have tried to rectify those moments where I wasn´t there for them or for you. Many times, I have been behind you, supporting you and you have not even realized, but that is what it means to be a father or at least is how supposed to be, because a father will never tell his children all the times he has supported them and helped them right a mistake or a consequence.”
Rio without knowing what to say or what to think, she opts to move her body and approach her father without caring that the swords of the sentinels were sticking into her body, causing black blood to slide down her torso.

"Let her pass" the creator projects in their minds. They quickly sheath their weapons and meticulously monitor every movement of their princess's muscles, while she addresses her Father.

Rio continues to close the distance until they were face to face, father and daughter. Her siblings, nervous and fearful of their sister’s future actions, pass the position of the sentinels and remain a few centimeters from them, prepared in case they have to intervene.
Death, looking into his eyes for a few minutes, slowly knelt before him and hugs his legs as if she were a little girl, and from the bottom of her being, she exclaims with all the gratitude of her heart “Thank you, Father.”

Minutes, hours and millennia could have passed and no one would’ve cared, because this moment is historic, when a daughter seeks shelter in the arms of her father without caring about anything else, just the love and security of his figure.

The creator taking her by her arms, lifts her up and pressing her head towards his chest, hugging her. Rio feeling his arms around her, is quickly overcome with tears so heartbroken that even Chaos, the second coldest of the five, grabs the hand of Vida, Rio's twin, trying to console her as he sees the tears also running down her cheeks. Like her siblings, they never believed that they would see their sister crying, much less on their Father's chest.

Decades, centuries and millennia could have passed and no one dared to interrupt this moment. Finally, Rio more calmly separates from her father and looks at him. He gives her a smile so calm and beautiful that her eyes once again fill with tears, but this time, of peace.

"My child, are you ready to go home with your wife?"

"What is going to happen to your creation? Someone has to pick up all of these souls"

The creator, turning around and seeing the scene before his eyes, informs her “the course of this massive transcendence will follow, neither you nor your siblings will understand it know, but one day all of you will. Trust me" declares the creator, looking at each of his children in the eyes “In the near future I will explain it to you and you will see why I let the course continue. And don't worry Rio, the sentinels will be in charge of transporting all the souls, it's time for us to go home." Having said that, he approached where Agatha was lying, raising his hands towards her body, he begins to radiate from the palm of his hands a faint golden light which completely flood the witch killer. Lifting her off the ground, her body begins to complete again, leaving her with a shiny appearance, not as radiant as of her children, but brighter than a ray of sunlight.

"Agatha Vidal-Harkness raise" he orders

Agatha opens her eyes suddenly. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. There was a man with deep black hair and shining golden eyes holding her in the air with his mind, while behind him, there were more than seven people looking at them. Four of them wearing different color robes, radiating the same brilliant golden light as Rio, behind them seven other humanoids, as she couldn´t distinguish their genders with certainty, with armor that she had never seen in her long life radiating a fainter, almost white light. But what shock her to the core is the state of her wife, when she appears in her field vision next to the shining man, her eyes were red as if she had been crying for hours, her cheeks were wet with tears and she was still slippery one or another drop of her beautiful brown eyes.

Agatha gathering her anger, worry and possessiveness over her wife, exclaimed in a firm fake voice that she hopes the other … people doesn’t notice “I don't know if this is a dream or if I have died, but someone better explain to me why the hell my wife is crying and I suggest doing quickly before I start sucking your bright lights from your damn shining bodies" the former witch hunter roared. Only she could make Rio cry, no one else had that privilege and if they did, she would be in charge of pulverizing them and erasing them from history.

Chaos, who had been silent throughout the entire dramatic scene, something extremely unusual for him and still holding Vida's hand, laughed loudly. “Little sister, you found your perfect half. She's just as crazy and obsessed as you."

Rio just gave his brother a murderous look and communicate telepathically with her twin, asks her to hit him, to which Vida quickly responded, letting go of his hand and slapping him on the back of the head, while the creator's other children laughed at the exchange. They don’t know why they were laughing, probably out of nervousness, disbelief and shock at everything that happened before their eyes a few moments ago.

Agatha just rolls her eyes and looks back at the man who still have her in the air, asks him kindly if he would leave her on the ground. The latter, agreeing to the request, places her on the ground, where an anxious and in love Rio takes her in her arms.

“Mi amor” Vidal exclaims given her a kiss so charge with so many emotions that Agatha could do nothing but reciprocate, because only one thing she knew a few seconds ago, she was disintegrating into ashes and for the first time in many years, she was truly on the verge of death and Rio, surprising her again, saved her.

A gentle, but decisive clearing throat makes them separate. Rio, with her cheeks turning red, could only whisper "I'm sorry, Father"

"Father?" Agatha exclaims in surprise and disbelief.

"Hello Agatha Harkness, it's a pleasure to finally meet my daughter's wife," the creator laughs softly when he sees his daughter-in-law's face.

Screaming muffled in a whisper, she demands to Rio “this is your father?!”

Her wife trying to contain her laugh, explain "Yes, he is my Father, the creator of the universes. And the noisy people who are behind them are my siblings Chaos, Time, Destiny and my twin, Live. The celestials begin who are around us are the knights of my Father, the sentinels" Rio calmly explains

“I'm meeting your family with my bloody pants and my disheveled hair. Rio, couldn't you at least brush my hair?” Agatha exclaims with nervousness, annoyance and embarrassment.

“Oh I'm sorry” Rio answer with her voice full of disbelief and raising her hands to heaven cries out “the next time you die, first I will make sure that you are impeccable to transcend” Only Agatha Harkness could make Death come out of her senses and want to tear off her hair one by one

Seeing the exchange between the two, Time whispers underneath to Destiny “damn they are really soulmates” while they both laugh, seeing their sister-in-law interact with their sister.

"Agatha to answer your questions" the creator kindly interrupts "A few hours ago you were about to transcend, but my daughter spoke kindly to me” making eye contact with Rio, both of their eyes have the same mischievous glow that Rio had when she omitted a truth "I have decided to give you a second chance, but you will not live here, you will live in my kingdom” he proclaims without leaving any room for doubt.

Agatha quickly look at her wife to see if what he was saying was true and seeing the sincerity in Rio's eyes, she grabbed her hand and intertwining their fingers, looks at her father in law "Thank you sir, for omitting my offenses and mistakes and" she clears her throat “murders” giving him a shy smile and raising the tone of her voice more "I love your daughter and I am willing to follow her to the end of the universe" she ends up giving Rio a look of absolute sincerity, who answer given her a bright smiles with her eyes fill with water again shedding more tears, because for the first time in two hundred years, she once again sees in her wife's eyes that pure and passionate love that they have found in each other.

Gently interrupting the Creator again, proclaims his orders
“It's time to go. We have stopped the course enough. Which reminds me, children” he turns to look into the eyes of each of his children “Time when we leave, I need you to unfreeze reality. Destiny observes the reality but if there is something unusual, quickly let me know. Chaos and Life you are going to do the work of Death, her workers will help you to move the souls to the place where they are going to sleep. And Chaos, no such big catastrophes, please”

“Yes, Father,” they respond in unison.

"Very good. Let's go home” clapping his hands once and turning around to address the wives “There is someone who is eager to see you" Turning around and giving a signal to the sentinels, they quickly stand around their King “see you in a moment and welcome home Agatha Vidal-Harkness” giving them a sincere smile and closing his eyes, the creator together with his sentinels, ascend towards the heavens.

"Rio its time" laughing at his own joke informs Time. Death seeing her siblings, smiles at them and thanks them for “voluntarily” taking up her activities.

"Are you ready Mi Amor?" says Rio looking at her wife with joy in her eyes, with that particular shine that only when they were married and Nicky was born, have appeared in the eyes of her Death.

"Whit you to the end of the eternity" declares

Leaving a sweet kiss on her lips, Rio takes Agatha´s hands, kissing them and bringing their bodies and foreheads together, she raising them to transcend to the heavens, to her father's kingdom, to her new home, where her little fruit of love awaits them to live an eternity happily ever after.