How to Survive South Park

A New Lease on Life

Dark Angel Red's POV:

"Once upon a time, lying in another place. There stood a kingdom that no others dared to face. Sitting dainty upon the throne. A fourteen year old lady ruled the kingdom on her own."

I lightly sing the song 'Daughter of Evil' by Akuno-P or Mothy as I stroll through one of the new additions on P.T.K. The original song is in Japanese, but the lyrics have long since been translated to English.

As for why I'm singing it, besides giving the shadows tending to this place the honor of hearing my voice for their good work, I also can't help but resonate with this song and the queen it follows.

"In the lap of luxury, surrounded by the best. Her faithful servant who was different from the rest. Josephine, her most beloved horse was named. Everything worth anything, her majesty had claimed."

It's a beautiful garden meant to be a relaxing spot for me, Dovah, and Wendy. Since the hell I took over has been discovered and raided, we had to change our home to P.T.K. which is currently undergoing repairs and remodeling after the raid on Time Patrol HQ.

Creating your own villainous lair is such an interesting pastime, I really wish I found that out sooner. I'm genuinely having fun coordinating the construction of all these barracks and laboratories with the A.I. inhabiting the mechanized planet I'm currently walking on.

"Haven't any money, then you need not bat an eye. Just pluck it from the hands of those yet bound to die. Those who somehow sought to stand and go against her word, their execution wouldn't go unheard!

Now, bow down to your queen!"

For this latest addition to our base, I got various types of plants and flowers that provide buffs planted all over it (most of which were stolen from the lab of a Dr. Mephesto that was a Time Terror before he got captured; that raid was like playing a demented version of Plants vs Zombies), some benches and gazebos scattered around, and even a shadowized Tooth Decay I got a while back who is currently acclimating to the role of the multiverse's ugliest garden gnome.

Most of the newly built fleet was destroyed, but it's nothing that can't be rebuilt. Most of my shadows are gone, but that's nothing that can't be obtained again. My backup base was destroyed, but I doubt that I'll even need the real one anymore.

Looking at what I got, the price to pay was completely worth it.

Flashback:

"You guys should just stay away from me. It's only a matter of time before you die because of me too." Dovah is falling apart right now, but I'm right here to comfort him. Once his anger simmered down, the reality of what happened hit him like a truck.

"Come on Dii, you really think I can be taken out that easily?"

"...You were knocked out pretty easily by Zenon back then." Wendy snickers at this response as my face shrivels up.

"That was a one time thing and none of us would have seen that coming, not in a million years! Besides, I'm still alive, aren't I? It isn't your fault, Dovah, you tried to do the right thing, but they couldn't care less about that. Those guys just beat down whoever doesn't agree with them and slap the 'villain' label on them to make themselves feel better.

Why are only heroes in the right? We're all fighting in the end; we're all using violence. Why are they good? Why are we bad? In my opinion, we're all just people; people struggling to survive in a dark and cruel world."

"Yeah, most of the people I had to bring in while undercover were kind of like you. They had no idea what they were doing was wrong and it was basically join us or be thrown in prison." Wendy agrees as I hold Dovah close to me.