( Part I , XI , XIII )
"You do not understand."
Club looked around at the interruption. Fifth was looking at him, as he in turn looked at First being annoyed and full of worry. "What do I not understand?"
"Something momentous has occurred." Fifth gestured around them.
"A quake?"
"No. Something far more important. He knows." They looked at First, who was staring into the distance. Then he looked at them, and visibly pulled himself together. He motioned to the rest of the group, and they moved on once again.
Club followed on, in fully mystified mode. Fifth walked beside him, and began what seemed to be the preamble for a long story. "We, the Ordinals, counted what was countable and ordered. Our cousins, the Cardinals, were very similar, but different..."
Club realised that it was going to be a long march.
* * *
Mystery and Surprise, riding on the ever reliable Cloud, were buzzing the Invader, who was becoming annoyed. It gave them something to do, while they waited for War and her troop to arrive, and cover the last few steps of their march. Mystery was paying attention to their giant nemesis, and could see that it was beginning to tire. In fact, if it hadn't been for their own aerial activities, the Invader might have stomped away and abandoned its siege on the Zone of Impenetrable Jargon. Why were they hindering it, he wondered.
It was an odd thing to do, to bash away at that grand and inexplicable prison. Perhaps the giant suspected a concealed treasure? A huge fist swung through the space they had been occupying an instant before, and Sorpresa gasped. "¡Dío mio!" Then he threw what looked like a yo-yo, a toy that young words used to play with while learning with School, which promptly and unexpectedly exploded.
War arrived on the scene. Her generals, Strategy and Tactics, took contingents off to either side, and then watched as the great Destructive picked up a massive piece of free-lying grammar, and projected it directly at their enemy's most vulnerable syllables. It impacted with a large 'Thunk', and then fell down. War grimaced at the lack of reaction in her target.
"This is going to get rocky." Thought Mystery.
"Look up." Murmured Cloud.
Mystery looked up, and then pointed so Sorpresa would notice too. Finally, some old friends were returning. Zephyr, Breeze, Wind and Air were descending from high altitude.
"Air! We have missed you!" He shouted in wonder at their vast Elemental friend.
"We're not alone." Replied Air, who was rather out of puff. "It took a while to get us together again." A rumble was heard.
The rumble was so loud that it could mean only one thing. Two Elementals? Earth? Then Mystery saw that it was a far more complete set than that.
There will be more.
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