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Chapter 12 - chapter 12:the harlem hellions first interdimensional war

### **I. The War Council in Grandma Ama's Living Room**

**Location:** A brownstone in Harlem where the walls bled **Adinkra symbols** and the TV played **18 simultaneous news channels from different realms**

The **Six Scorpio Kings** sat uncomfortably on plastic-covered furniture while Adjo's **child army**-the Harlem Hellions-served **pepper soup laced with astral-enhancing scorpion venom**.

**Key Players:**

1. **Adjo "Uncollectable" Mensah** - Our protagonist, **venom dripping from his gold-veined knuckles**

2. **Cyber-Osagyefo** - His **cybernetic left eye** projected a hologram of the target

3. **Poison-Mother** - Fed **karmic poison** to a captured **Consortium angel** (it coughed up **stock market predictions**)

4. **Gold-Eye** - Now **blind but all-seeing**, her empty sockets **streamed interdimensional CCTV footage**

**The Target:**

- **The Consortium's "First Payment Vault"**

- Location: **Realm #7.5** (a **liminal dimension** between NYC and Kowloon)

- Contents: **7 trillion enslaved souls in crystal vials**

**The Problem:**

- The vault was guarded by **Repo-Men** (former humans turned **dimensional debt collectors**)

- Their weapons: **Foreclosure Guns** (evict souls from bodies)

- Their weakness: **They couldn't count past six** (a glitch in their **quantum contracts**)

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### **II. The Heist Begins**

### **Phase 1: Distraction (Bronx, 1991 - 3:33 AM)**

The **Ghost General's phantom fighter jets** dive-bombed a **Consortium church**, while:

- **Cyber-Osagyefo hacked** their **holy ATMs**, making them spit out **blood instead of cash**

- **Poison-Mother's assassin-nuns** seduced **three priests** into revealing the **vault's resonance frequency**

**Adjo's Role:**

- Led the **Harlem Hellions** (ages 8-14) through a **sewer grate that wasn't there yesterday**

- The grate opened into:

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### **III. Realm #7.5 - The Liminal Bank**

**Description:**

- A **infinite DMV office** with **floating teller cages**

- **Repo-Men** shuffled papers that **screamed when stamped**

- The walls were **living contracts** that **rewrote themselves** to trap thieves

**The Plan:**

1. **Gold-Eye's Vision**

- She **plucked a hair**, letting it float toward the **vault's heartbeat**

- *"Follow the suffering. It's louder here."*

2. **The Harlem Hellions' Diversion**

- The kids **played hopscotch with cursed chalk**, creating a **dimensional fault line**

- When Repo-Men approached, the children **lied about their ages**-**confusing the entities** (who couldn't process **"I'm 12 and a half"**)

3. **Adjo's Break-In**

- He **spat venom** on the vault's lock, which **melted into a sobbing face**

- Inside: **Soul vials arranged like a wine cellar**, each labeled with a **human name and debt amount**

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### **IV. The Betrayal & Revelation**

### **The Trap:**

The vault was **a living entity**-the **first Scorpio King ever captured** (from **Realm #-1**). It whispered:

*"They recast me as *interest rates*... Adjo... *free us*..."*

### **The Consortium's Response:**

- **Eternal True God #12** manifested as a **700-foot-tall IRS agent**

- His **audit beam** began **erasing the children's futures**

### **Adjo's Power Unleashed:**

- His **Heart Chakra exploded**, releasing:

- **His father's ghost** (now a **chain-smoking wraith**)

- **Grandma Ama's dream-self** (riding a **huge spectral scorpion**)

- Together, they **sang an Ashanti war hymn** that:

- **Shattered the audit beam**

- **Turned the vault's tears into liquid rebellion**

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### **V. The Escape & Consequences**

### **The Getaway:**

Poison-Mother** sacrificed **three fingers** to brew a **reality-hopping tea**

Cyber-Osagyefo** uploaded the **soul vials** into **Tamagotchis** (to hide them)

The **Harlem Hellions** escaped by **jump-roping** into a **commercial break** on a **Brazilian soap opera**

### **The Cost:**

- **Gold-Eye's blindness worsened** (she now saw **only debts**)

- **Adjo's venom turned blue** (a sign of **cosmic contamination**)

- **One child** (Little Kwame) was **left behind**-**recruited by the Repo-Men**

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**Silk Scorpion's Warning:**

*"The Consortium will *repossess time itself* to stop us now."*

**Adjo's Vow:**

He **crushed a soul vial**, absorbing its **memories of oppression**:

*"Next we hit their *headquarters*-the *Bank of Broken Promises*."*

**Last Line:**

Somewhere in Realm #-1, **Little Kwame** picked up a **Foreclosure Gun**..

The Harlem Hellions**: Prove **children** are the ultimate **reality-warriors**

The First Scorpio King**: Revealed as the **Consortium's first victim**

Adjo's Evolving Powers**: His venom now **carries memories**

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