Why hast thou forsaken me, O deity whose existence I NO LONGER doubt?!

The group of friends glanced at each other from outside the apartment door as Sheldon kept repeating that phrase.

Leonard blinked rapidly, looking surprised. "He sounds serious."

"No kidding," Howard commented. "I hadn't complained to God so much since the last time my mother's cooking gave me heartburn that made me pray for ****."

"Hey, why exactly are we assuming that Sheldon's sudden, religious epiphany is focused on the Abrahamic God?" Raj felt the need to ask. "Perhaps he became convinced of the existence of a Hindu deity."

Penny snorted. "Now that would be a twist that would give his East Texan mother a heart attack, if so. There are so many though. Any ideas?"

Rajesh paused for a moment, thinking about it. "Well, he seems to be really mad at becoming convinced of that god's existence instead of being awed or relieved so I am going to go with Garuda."

Bernadette raised an eyebrow at the name. "Can't say I have heard about that one. What makes you think so?"

"Garuda's is a divine bird in our religion, and Vishnu's mount," His sister Priya replied before he could, a look of dawning understanding on her face. "Yeah, a spiritual experience from Garuda shaking him to his core would probably piss off someone with a bird phobia very much, come to think of it."

No one in the group disagreed with that, and in fact nodded at that before they knew it.

Then Leonard shrugged. "Let's just ask him."

"Or..." Howard said, his tone growing amused. "We could place bets first and then ask him. I bet 20 bucks on the Judeo-Christian God!" He added before they could respond.

"Howie, that's inappropriate," Bernadette chided.

Penny had a look of deep thought as she said that, however. "Raj, is there a Hindu god of dogs?"

"The closest I can think off would be Mallanna," He responded after a bit. "He is worshiped in dog form too, more often than not. Many consider him as one of Shiva's incarnations though."

"Okay then Howard, you are on," She said with a smirk.

"Dammit, I should have thought of that," He muttered.

"Okay then, I will bet on Garuda," Raj said, with a reaffirming nod before turning to his sister. "He also has a snake phobia so you should bet on Manasa."

She rolled her eyes. "Please, just leave me out of this."

He stared at her with a look that said "you are no fun" before turning to Leonard expectantly.

"I am not betting on this," He said with a shrug. "But knowing my crazy roommate, it's probably a god none of us are going to expect."

And with that, he opened the front door with his keys.

There, they found Sheldon staring at his computer with a look of absolute outrage, his head covered as if he were trying to emulate a Sith's fashion sense while the Imperial March flared on the speakers.

"You doing okay now, sweety?" Penny was the first to ask.

He turned to them with an expression that screamed "don't ask stupid questions".

"There's ominous music playing and there's an afghan over my head," He said, clearly annoyed at stating the obvious. "I don't know where you're from, but where I'm from, that means I'm not doing okay."

"Right," Leonard said slowly. "Any particular reason?"

"Oh, where to begin," Sheldon groaned. "My dream wasn't really a dream. I discovered concrete evidence that the multiverse does in fact exists, but I didn't figure it out with math or my own research at the end of the day. The implications of the DNA tests from Penny and Bernadette are a disaster. My desire to remain an atheist has been utterly crushed by the weight of irrefutable evidence. Seriously, gods are the worst!"

Glances were exchanged. "We are gonna need more than that, buddy." His roommate pressed.

"Wait, are you serious? You can prove the Many-Worlds Theory of quantum mechanics?" Raj asked, sounding shocked.

"What do you mean our DNA tests were a disaster?" Bernadette asked, concern dripping from her voice.

"Which god are you talking about?" Priya finally asked, curiosity getting the better of her.

Sheldon sighed heavily, starting to count off with his finger. "Fine, yes I can prove it but the fact I made the breakthrough without math feels just wrong, I mean that the DNA tests are a disaster because they prove my dreams weren't just horrific dreams, and the god I am talking about actually spoke to me from beyond this universe, hence what I am telling you about now being sure the multiverse is truly real, and no, the god refuse to tell me his name so I couldn't tell you."

Leonard was finding the conversation incredibly bizarre, even for Sheldon's standards. "And what did this god tell you?"

"Ohhhh, something so terrible to learn that I now know for sure there isn't enough chamomille tea in the entire multiverse to quell the rage in my heart," He moaned. "This nigh-omnipotent deity from outside our home universe decided to transform me into a lesser deity than himself because he thought this would amuse him, and then ensured that I would get limited reality warping powers as long as the sentence structure involved would affect my relatives somehow. He made me an **** God, Leonard. An **** GOD!" The former atheist yelled in outrage. "Seriously, the nerve of some deities!"

They waited for the bazinga for a long moment. When they didn't get it, they stared at him blankly.

"Where exactly did your mother had you tested again?" Priya demanded to know.

Sheldon took a deep breath and made a placating gesture. "I suppose your skepticism is understandable. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence after all."

Then he stood up from the couch and removed the afghan over his head. "Go ahead, any of you, ask me to make a portal from another realm within the infinite multiverse to this apartment so that I can bring forth a fictional character of your choosing. Once that's done and you finally believe me, we can move on."

Then he paused, considering. "Just don't pick a fictional character both way more powerful and mentally faster than me, like say, the Living Tribunal from the Marvel Comics. Something tells me he won't appreciate getting snatched through space-time and I don't want to be fined by him, of all judges."

"Sheldon, have you honestly lost it? This is ridiculous," Leonard asked, baffled by what he was hearing.

"Hang on, Leonard," Howard said in amusement. "It should be easy enough to apply the scientific method in this situation. Let's see...which fictional character to pick from another universe...hmm, Raj, any ideas?"

The astrophysics in question scratched his chin before opening his mouth to answer.

A/N: Well, seems like Sheldon is not amused by this development XD

I already have a pick I am strongly considering for the fictional character involved but I am also open to suggestions in case you want to choose your own picks in the comments. Just remember that this chapter started during late S4, so it's still 2011 in their time. Important distinction in terms of pop-culture.

Anyway, I hoped you liked it and until next time.