I really hadn't held out much hope of tonight going well at all. Sure
   I figured we'd do okay, we had all the Grail pieces that we needed and 
   we had managed to keep Set alive after the morphic entity that claimed 
   to be Jazz tried to destroy him (Set I mean) but just as always I figured
   that there would be something bad that went wrong. I had figured on more
   of the Morpheus Project turning up, or even Metatron, the being that
   controlled Astrophel - the Morpheus planet. So you might ask, who are 
   the Morpheus Project and how could they stop a bunch of Antedeluvians 
   and Agarthans? They would have to have been pretty powerful to do that
   and they were. Two hit squads had already been sent down after us. I 
   never even saw the first before they were all wiped out. (Apart from 
   the ones that had been masquerading as N'vaar, Jazz and Psilok.) The 
   second lot came unexpectedly. They came through the gate as Set was 
   calling a meeting in the amphitheatre. (The place where we held most 
   of our Council & Camarilla meetings.) They had stolen a piece of Set's
   soul from Joe the Toreador and were using it to try and destroy Set. 
   Suffice to say, we lost 6 that night. James included, but that was the 
   doing of Set. The second hit squad that night was rather numerous to 
   say the least and we encountered Casper's old sire too. He had died 
   towards the end of last year when the Kindred had mostly been wiped 
   out, and had returned as a wraith to stop us all. It was he that claimed 
   Zoo and would have taken more had Set not freed his soul.
   Back to tonight though. We had agreed to meet Set in the amphitheatre 
   at 8pm. Dexter, Grey, Vlad, Jimmy and I arrived just after 8... A few 
   people were there: Casper, Godfrey, Appolhun and Deanna.  Oh and Nepthys 
   too and probably some others too. We waited for quite a while. Set was 
   late.. I began to worry.. we set up look out posts for we really expected 
   something to happen to us to stop the ritual being performed. You see, 
   the idea was that Set would open the gate to the correct dimension thus 
   freeing Osiris so that the Grail could be used to destroy the Metatron & 
   Astrophel with it. Set eventually turned up, thankfully. He asked for 
   volunteers to conduct the ritual.. Appolhun, Godfrey, Casper and Jimmy 
   went. They wandered up towards the gate and told us to protect them from 
   anything because the ritual was not to be interrupted. We followed after 
   them about 10 minutes later. As we arrived we moved into protective 
   stance and the ritual began. Set had set up a semi circle that could not 
   be broken - no evil could pass through, so unless something a lot more 
   powerful that all of our powers combined came through we knew we would 
   be okay. The chant continued for quite some time. Suddenly Set stopped 
   and panicked, 'I've opened the wrong dimension!' he cried. 'Stay back, 
   everyone just stay back. I have to try and close it.' Kieran wandered 
   too close to the gate, he wandered right in. Shortly after was one of 
   the most horrid events I had to witness. I really felt for Deanna having 
   to see it too. It was much like when Set had destroyed James. I had seen 
   it all through the link that James and I had with each other. Kieran had 
   emerged from the gate, hands and face dripping blood, holding his own 
   heart. He collapsed on the floor and ... I looked away. I didn't want to 
   see any more. Set regained his composure and continued on with the ritual. 
   It had been a shock but we did our best. I was thinking about the ritual 
   and what Set had said previously. He had said it would be a very difficult 
   ritual but he _had_ said that he knew what he was doing and how to do it. 
   It didn't look like he was entirely sure of what he was doing. He closed 
   the dimension and continued. I was relieved to see the red haze disappear 
   from the gate at that point. He chose some slightly different words this 
   time... and still managed to open the wrong gate. What WAS he doing?! All 
   the time I was pleading in my head for Set to get it right. This dimension 
   was foul beyond belief. He'd opened some kind of gateway to another dead 
   place. Maggots flew out and climbed all over us. Under our clothes and 
   places a mortal body would have shuddered at. Grey cleansed himself and 
   reminded me I could do the same. It was difficult but possible. Set choked 
   and spluttered and somehow managed to close the second wrong dimension. I 
   was hoping that I would never see either of them again. The dimensions I 
   mean. We used a few minutes to clean those of us up that we could. The 
   next opening was a success according to Set. We watched the gate avidly,
   waiting for Osiris to come out. Azrael came out, again covered with that 
   red substance many of us no longer needed to sustain ourselves. The liquid 
   of life. He died before us all. In Set's arms. We followed Jimmy and Set 
   into the gate. It was inside we had to be to save Osiris. He was there! 
   Next thing we all knew was that Jimmy suddenly had an aura. An aura of 
   immense power. More than I had ever seen. An aura of such intensity it 
   hurt to look upon it for long at all. Jimmy had become Osiris... We had 
   freed him. Everything suddenly seemed a lot better although I knew it all 
   rested on the final fight between Set & Osiris. The prophecy had yet to 
   be fulfilled.
   Set and Osiris made brotherly jokes between themselves. A few people
   chuckled here and there too. Osiris collected all the Grail pieces and 
   we all formed a joined circle around Set and Osiris. Osiris said that 
   we should focus our power towards Astrophel and with our combined 
   strengths we could destroy it for good. It would be out of the multiverse 
   and everything would be how it should. The second ritual commenced. It 
   was more a chant really. We gathered our powers, each others, all our 
   gods. We all called. I had no-one to call upon but James, Jono and Vince, 
   and the other already dead and forgotten nephilim, humans and beings. 
   They deserved to be remembered again and I would do that for them. It 
   was the least I could do. They were my real gods. Those who had died 
   fighting for worthy causes. Power increases and flowed around us all. 
   Its  aura must have been visible for quite a distance. Once again I 
   felt  needed.  I felt importance as everyone must have done that had 
   been in that circle earlier this night.
   Osiris directed all his power upward, and we all did the same. Straight 
   up towards Astrophel. Just when I was beginning to think that it was a 
   lost cause, a huge evil power suddenly collapsed and folded in on itself.
   Completely, within seconds it was gone. Nothing of the Morpheus Project.
   No more.
   Now it was time to find out how we would be living the rest of our lives.
   Set and Osiris faced each other. Osiris was still the stronger of the two.
   They fought well. Both of them. I feared that we'd have saved the
   multiverse all for naught if Set won. We'd be ruled like slaves, and he
   would keep the humans in pens and vampires would feed on them as
   necessary. It was a couple of lucky slices that saved us from that Fate.
   Osiris knocked him down. 'Quit now and I'll spare you Set,' was all he
   said. Everyone was silent. Watching intently. 'Nooooo!,' my mind was in
   turmoil, it hurt to see Set defeated but I knew it was for the best.
   Osiris watch your back.... Set cheats. And lies and schemes as had often
   been spread among us all. I was expecting foul play from Set. Instead he
   cut his own heart out. Set died... for real. I couldn't believe it.
   Although people had said things about him and he had killed people -
   killed my James - some things were just wrong. I was in silent thought. 
   In my eyes Set had died honourably and I wouldn't ever forget that was 
   the case. Osiris said we could have anything we wanted. I could have 
   James back. I made my own funeral for Set. Even thought about the Setites
   occasionally and wondered how Casper was doing. I would never join them
   though for they all believe Set to be the symbol of corruption and they,
   in believing that, are all corrupted. I knew otherwise. I made myself a
   huge house, and hung pictures of those that had died fighting against 
   the imbalance.  There I left them, to carry on with my life.  Tonight 
   would be the first night of the rest of my life. A new life sworn to the 
   protection of Grey and his delusions of grandeur, and the new James I 
   had brought back..

Selena Nitestar, April 1996