Trapped in the Lower Astral, Billy wakes up after his battle in a magical place. Full of flowers, roses, and a magnificent view of the horizon. "Where am I?" A well-dressed child with white hair answers him. "Still in the Lower Astral, Billy." "I know you, you are the grandson of the Patriarch, Lord Damien." "Exactly." "But how and why?" "The 'how' matters little. It's the 'why' you are here that matters, Billy."
Billy looks around. Damien:"Who are you looking for? PAOK?" "You know him? And how did you get here?" "But I am home." "Home? You, Lord Damien? I don't understand... are you with the Drifters?"
Suddenly, PAOK appears behind him. "My Lord." (He kneels before Damien.) "My child." Billy:"But who are you, really?" Damien:"I have been given many names, but for you, I am the architect of this kingdom you see."
The idyllic image of a place full of flowers that Damien the Demiurge had presented reverts to something dark, black, a blackness so deep it chills the blood. Screams and howls are heard in the distance.
Billy: "You are the Demiurge! What are you going to do with me?" Damien:"We will do nothing to you. Rather, it's what you can do for us, my brother." Billy:"We are not brothers!" Damien:"We are much more than that. We are the same flesh, the same blood, the same entity." Billy:"What do you mean?" (He looks at Damien's skin,the skin of a white child.) Damien:"Ah, I see. It is sad, this reality of judging based on appearances. But fine, I understand you. All your life, our soldiers made you believe you were inferior. It was intentional, for strategic reasons. But no one could have predicted that you would reincarnate in that skin. Fortunately for us, you have returned much more powerful." Billy:"But what are you trying to tell me?!" Damien:"We are twins, Billy. Sons of Aïcha Mavoungou, taken in Africa, in the Kongo kingdom, many years ago. We knew you would be reborn in distant lands, but we did not know to whom. We had to take as many of you as possible to bring you back home. And here, at last, the prodigal brother has returned home."
Billy is lost.
"We must avoid at all costs that these people transform you into something other than what you truly are. Like Wang tried to do. That man is not your brother. Why do you think you felt at home here? And why, above all, could you speak the demonic language with PAOK without difficulty? Because you are HOME!"
Billy can't believe it. He holds his head as if disgusted by his power and sits on the ground.
Damien: "You would have defeated PAOK without difficulty if you had accepted your true nature. I can help you reach your full potential, my brother. Follow me." Billy:"And what will happen to my friends?" Damien:"That is for you to decide. Come, follow me!"
They walk together with PAOK behind them.
Damien: "Centuries ago, during the battle in Lemuria, I lost the fight I was leading for my people, for we too had a right to the light. But the Illuminated Ones, as they call themselves, and their leader decided to exile me here. What they did not foresee was that I would split myself in two to create a bridge between our two worlds, between ours and that of the living. And thanks to this anomaly, the space-time continuum is cracking little by little, and we can infiltrate the human world discreetly." Billy:"If I understand correctly, it's because of me that you can enter the other dimension." Damien:"Bingo. When you are angry or when you transform, you create a slight opening. But it's too small for all of us to pass through, and it closes little by little. That's why we created machines to accelerate the process." Billy:"But why bring me here?" Damien:"For the simple and good reason that you must increase your power. And once you are ready, you will return." Billy:"You live there; why don't you do it yourself?" Damien:"I only have half the power. Whereas you, my brother, are stronger. You have the rage of the Drifters and the love of a man—a mixture I cannot possess. Once you succeed, we will merge the two worlds into one, and those Illuminated Ones from the Astral will be powerless." Billy:"So that's your real plan? To merge the two worlds?" Damien:"In part. But you will learn the rest of the plan when the time is right."
Then he leads him into a room. Damien:"The hour has come, Billy. Awaken the force within you."
In the room, a woman appears with a hideous, misshapen form.
Billy: "MOTHER!!!.....NO!!!"