-8 Hours earlier, in the war torn nation-
As the Cold Hearted was being bloodboarded, the vile red liquid nearly gagged & drowned her.
"Damn it." The Energy Paycho said in defeat. This woman wouldn't break!
The Cold Hearted had long stopped talking, and refused to answer.
Suddenly, a foot soldier ran into the dungeon.
Suddenly, 2 men ran into the dungeon. It was Road, a man working for the Energy Psycho as one of her greatest advisors. He was similar in power to Vampire, but he threw Vampire off a lot when speaking to him. Road was almost never serious, and took everything as a joke.
Road then looked at the torture going on, chuckled, and left.
Both the Energy Psycho & Vampire were freaked out by his behavior, and looked at the other foot soldier that came with him, who was also very confused.
It seems like Road just walked in the torture room for cheap thrills, and really didn't have anything meaningful to say.
But the henchman, on the other hand, was terrified. He clenched his fists, and shouted, "More rebels are attacking the castle! They want to kill the Energy Psycho!" He screamed.
In response, Vampire could only sigh. "Don't worry, i'll take care of it." He says as he leaves the room. While walking outside, the foot soldier began to worry.
He asked Vampire in fear. "These are some powerful customers we're up against. They took the drug!"
Vampire only looked at him and smiled reassuringly.
"Don't worry, they can never defeat me. I'm fated to live, and they are fated to die."
The soldier looks at him with awe at his inspiring words. The soldier then asks, "Do you need to borrow any energy?"
In response, Vampire only responds with an unrelated answer.
Vampire says, to the soldier. "You are not fated to die either, my friend. You will live a long, happy life until old age. Do you wanna grab a beer after this?"
He seems uninterested in the invaders that were currently outside of the castle.
He stepped out, facing the many invaders. There were about 5 of them.
"Who's the leader of this invasion?" He asked, calmly.
The 5 men laughed and cried out. "We're workin' fer the Guerilla King! He's one of the 4 Gods of the War Torn Nation!"
Vampire only turned to them & smiled, with a slight smile, becoming sadistic.
"So what?"
As the 5 men looked at him in confusion, one of the men realized. "It's him! Vampire! He's also one of the 4 Gods of the War Torn Nation!"
They all scream, plead and beg, before millions of giant black creatures rushed at them.
One of the men used his superhuman strength to blast away over 20 of them in 1 hit. In return, his entire arm turned blistered and swollen. The blowback to his attack was immense, and it cracked his bones.
Vampire looked ahead, and immediately noticed the others using immense super strength in the same way.
"False Chaotic Demons!"
He screamed out, as a punch completely blasted him all the way.
In order to win without getting completely destroyed by their power, Vampire had to think. If he sent his vampire bats to suck their blood, it would be difficult. Against false Chaotic Demons like these, the best way is a battle of attrition.
He swarmed them with thousands of Vampire bats, realizing that the Guerilla's would be able to kill him in a single hit. He didn't have the durability of a strong Chaotic Demon. His power really came from the fact he could swarm the enemy with giant bats.
"Did you know that Vampire Bats are one of the only creatures that eats blood?" He asked, smiling. I mean, how did they think that the Energy Psycho got enough blood to waterboard her enemies?
As one of the Guerilla's continued to attack, the blast from his punch was so unbelievably powerful that it sent shockwaves throughout the entire nation.
"Weak."
Vampire said that with dissappointment & sadness. To him, the Guerilla's were all weak, pathetic nobodies that deserved to die. He could destroy them all with no effort.
They weren't like her. The Energy Psycho, a glorious woman who saved his life. Many were scared of her, and she certainly wasn't the prettiest. Her entire body was covered in scars, so much so that her face was unrecognizeable from a normal humans. Not a single inch of her body hadn't been scarred, yet to him, he only saw the childhood friend who saved his life from being murdered. He couldn't find her ugly. He admired her power, and to him, she was the only one capable, the only one to actually have free will!
He completely swarmed them with Vampire Bats & they could only cry out. He didn't even bother to check the bodies, they had clearly been sucked dry!
"Pathetic. This is what passes for Guerilla's these days?" He said, incredibly dissappointed.
He quickly returned back to the castle, ready to try to aid in the torture of the Cold Hearted.
When he arrived, he saw the Energy Psycho, continuing to torture her.
In that moment, the Cold Hearted gave up. "Fine. I'll tell you where he is." She said, completely defeated. The truth was, she had long term memory loss, and forgot even very important things all of the time. She knew that, if she didn't put a tracking device somewhere on the Adrenaline Junkie, she would forget all about what he did. But she couldn't! She had to kill him! To get revenge for her best friend!
But the catch was that she, and she alone, wanted to do it herself! She couldn't let him go unpunished! She had to be the one to get revenge!
If someone else did it, she'd be furious!!
But at this moment, she no longer cared. She'd been tortured for far too long. She just wanted to lay down & die. She told them where the tracking device was, and from there, the Energy Psycho was ready!
But Vampire stopped her.
"Look, I know you're excited to fight a new Chaotic Demon, but maybe I should test it out first. I kinda want a real fight, after those Guerilla's failed me."
The Energy Psycho looked at him, accepting his opinion. "All right. You can go." She said, showing an unusual sense of calmness.
"Do you want to borrow some energy to get there? I can lend you some?" She said.
Vampire looked straight at her, and eventually decided to say no. He'd just fly on his Vampire Bats. He'd arrive in New America soon!
"Well..." he said, with a strange calmness in his voice.
"Wish me luck, my love!"
-8 Hours later, in New America-
I looked over to the tall lanky guy that stood in front of me. He was flying, and a weird golden energy surrounded him. He lightly muttered to himself, saying "I was originally gonna not accept her energy, but she gave it to me, anyway. Maybe she really does care about me!"
Then, he looked over to me, and started speaking.
"I'm Vampire! Have you ever met a pretty girl? Do you think I have a chance?"
What? I thought to myself.
What kind of question was that?
Trying not to laugh, I responded in a sarcastic tone. "Well, judging by your appearance, you don't have a chance in hell."
I remember my life on Earth, where I had more than my fair share of crushes. But this lovesick idiot was really pissing me off!
But even more than that...
I, the Adrenaline Junkie, hadn't felt fear since gaining my powers!
But this man... something about him made me feel deeply uncomfortable, and for some reason. I refused to run away!
If I ran, my life wouldn't be exciting enough!
Suddenly, the thin man became very serious, and he immediately rushed to attack me, the strange energy swirling around him.
"S, run!" I screamed, getting ready to fight. I didn't have time to protect her during the fight, neither did I care to. I would much rather her die, and then I wouldn't have to worry.
Teleporting away, the giant creatures rushed me.
Vampire bats!?
I couldn't believe it! These giant monsters with massive wingspans were giant Vampire Bats!
As thousands of them swarmed my entire body, I masterfully teleported through the giant waves of bats, instantly teleporting right in front of the thin man. I punched with all my strength, but to my shock, he completely blocked my punch with his own fist. Then, I realized something crazy.
"2 powers!?" I was shocked! I couldn't believe it. He didn't just have 2, he had so many it made me dizzy! The guy had super speed, super strength, super durability, flight, and he could even control Vampire Bats! How was this even possible?
The energy shot out of him like a bolt of lightning, the pure golden energy, destroying mountains wherever it went.
"Damn it!" He shouted, feeling the blowback from his own power. It seemed like the energy leaving him actually hurt him.
I teleported through the air, dodging everything.
What?
This time, it was much easier. The bats were still sucking my blood & damaging me, but his strength, speed, durability & flight were much weaker & slower now.
What kind of power is this?
As bats swarmed me, they started ripping at my flesh, blood spurting out of my wounds like a geyser. These stupid fucks! They could perfectly pinpoint what part of my body had the most blood, and my reaction time wasn't fast enough to stop them.
Instantly trying to end things by teleporting inside of him, and killing him, I did just that.
I teleported my arm through his heart, only to be shocked.
The thin man could only smile in a cocky, freakish manner! I looked down to where the teleported point should have been.
"No fucking way!" I shouted out in shock. That man, he turned into the golden energy that was spiraling all across! My arm only went through him!
He then said, with a sadistic tone, "As I am now, you can't beat me. Only those who can see the Red Thread of Fate can damage someone with the Energy of my beloved!"
Red thread of fate? What the fuck?
"Are you mental, go eat some fucking ice cream, you slender fuck!" I shouted, as he used that weird energy to punch me away, ripping through my entire body!
Pushed back, and nearly knocked unconscious, I could only spit out blood and writhe on the floor.
"Weak." He said, laughing. "I came here to see if you were worthy of fighting my master, but you aren't even worthy of fighting me!"
Shit! He was getting closer, and the army of thousands of bats in the sky dwarved me, as if I was an ant just desperately clinging to life!
The army of bats ravaged me, as I continued to teleport through the air. I hadn't mastered Quantum Flight yet, so I continued to get pelted by bats in the sky!
Was I going to die here? Was this man going to kill me? AMAZING! WHAT AN EXCELLENT WAY TO DIE!!!
I didn't wanna die like some old geriatric fuck talking to his children, I wanted to die in a beautifully amazing way.
Death by tornado!
Death by lightning!
Death by Chaotic Demon!
Death by black hole!
Those are the ways I truly wished to die!
As I nearly accepted my fate, I heard a scream from behind me.
"Get the hell away from him!" It was S!
To my shock and surprise, S jumped in the air.
200 feet...
300 feet...
More?
I couldn't even question what I was seeing at the time! Her legs turned into literal springs that allowed her to hop in the air!
She screamed with so much rage and fire that I didn't even recognize her voice. "He's like a father to me! Don't you fucking touch him!" She screamed with anger and fear.
From there, she shifted into some kind of otherworldly creature, tearing the trees off of their roots! As this horrific monstrosity of flesh and bone grew monsterous wings, it completely ran through the bats like they were craypaper!
Even I couldn't do that!?
All of a sudden, I put 2 and 2 together. It all made sense now!
She weighed 50 pounds, but clearly looked way heavier, she had strange facial features that seemed to change on a dime, and she even seemed unafraid of me when first meeting me. She could only be a Chaotic Demon!
She was a shapeshifter!
As her body contorted into many weird shapes and sizes, the thin man had to try everything he could to dodge her attacks and save his bats!
As I noticed the energy she had was slowly going away, I realized it. It was the energy giving him the powers. He likely only had 1 power from the start. The energy is something that can run out. The vampire bats were his only real power!
As I teleported into the sky, riding S, who transformed into a giant pegasus, I told her. "You're gonna hafta tell me why you hid this from me later, but for now, let's kill his ass!"
She nodded as she flew over, morphing into an ungodly abomination, shredding the vampire bats like craypaper.
"Listen," I said, formulating a plan. "That fucking moron gets weaker & weaker the more he uses that energy. It gives him his flight, super speed, super strength, and super durability, among other things! If we can just force him to use it all up, I can kill him with ease!"
As the man continued to rip through his energy supply, we both instantly realized it! There were people watching! 5, to be exact. There were 5 people waiting in the forest, hiding from the conflict. I just barely noticed them in the heat of battle!
Ignoring the 5 people waiting, S waited out, for the thin man's energy to completely go away. He started to fall in the air! That's it!
He musta lost his energy!
"NOW!!!" I screamed in excitement, the adrenaline completely bomboarding me with excitement.
At that moment, S shapeshifted into a giant red sword with a beautiful finish. I unsheathed her, teleporting directly in front of the thin man.
At that instant, the men waiting in hiding all appeared from the trees, but it was too late! I had cut this fuckin' guys arm clean off! It was such a clean cut that his wound didn't even bleed. Bats rushed to his body, desperately trying to eat at him. It seems like he can only control them, not summon them. And without consequences, they would eat him alive. They prodded and poked, and ripped through his now vulnerable flesh. I thought he was gonna die there, but he instantly used his power to push the bats away.
"I'll admit. You did well." He smiled with a gleeful expression. Then, without me realizing, a giant blast of energy shot out, instantly knocking me unconscious!
Great! He outsmarted me! He made it seem like he ran out of energy and even lost his arm on purpose to give that impression. In reality, he musta hidden some energy for one last sneak attack against me.
It was my fault, I was careless. It was only my 2nd battle between Chaotic Demons! I was incredibly out of my element. As I fell unconscious, I started to dream. I dreamed of an early memory where my dad went fishing with me. Was it always that peaceful? Yes. If im to die, I'd love to die dreaming about that!
But then, another part of my dreams sparked into my unconscious brain. It was the woman! That weird woman that talked to me about a red thread of fate & told me i'd be an enemy of the Gods. This time, her expression was stern.
She looked at me with serious thought. "I will give you a deal." She said.
"What is it?" I asked, seemingly lucid dreaming so vividly, that my surroundings became clearer.
It looked like my childhood home from Earth. I got so distracted by this sight, that I couldn't help but play with my childhood toys.
The woman looked at me, with an odd expression. She seemed to be laughing at me. As my childhood pet, my dog came running up to me, the happiness in my face was immeasurable. I started to pet my dog, hugging it.
"I missed you." I said, crying a tear of joy at seeing my childhood pet for the first time in a long time.
The woman, with a slight grin, began to speak.
"Listen, once you wake up, you will be able to see it. I'll rewire your brain to make you see it. The red thread of fate! My master needs you to complete her resurrection, so i'll rewire your brain to see that red thread."
The red thread of fate? I couldn't understand? Just what was this red thread of fate.
As she explained it to me, my eyes grew wide.
"The red thread of fate is destiny. In truth, we are all destined to die, and that thread prevents any one human from ever gaining true power. It's a thread that exists to bring balance to the world. Not a single human being can become God with it. They are all ants in the face of the red thread of fate. Now, I will rewire your brain & vision to force you to see it, but this will have drastic affects to your body and spirit! Will you take the deal in spite of the consequences?"
According to her words, the only people with the power to disobey fate are those who can see the red thread of fate! So, of course!
"No free will?" I asked, bewildered by what I'd learned. "Preposterous!" I screamed out. "Whatever consequence I recieve for this, so be it! If fate stops me from achieving my dream, i'll destroy it."
I began to speak once again. "Listen, lady. I have a goal! A dream so big that the entire world means nothing to me in comparison! I wish to create the perfect world! A perfect world! Just imagine it! The immense joy that I'd recieve from something like that! It would be amazing. If fate truly exists, then my goal of creating the perfect world is a fool's errand! I won't accept it, i'll control fate with my own 2 hands!" I shouted out to the heavens, the stars, and the entire world, my soul shaking the dream world completely, tearing it apart!
In my last moment, I thought for a second. Who were those 5 men? Were they there to kill that thin guy?
Either way, I slipped out of consciousness, for good, dreaming happy dreams, and smiling at the amazing day I had.
To my shock, though, the lady came back, and told me something incredibly shocking. It was so startling that it nearly shook the dream world. It was about S, and what she was planning to do.
I realized that I'd have to deal with that situation later, but for now, I could only sleep as an unconscious body, but when I woke up, I'd definitely get my answer from S herself.
She disappeared once again, after passing on that vital piece of information to me, and it was like she was never even there to begin with.
I may have lost the fight, but it was still fun, regardless.
And besides, I knew that when I woke up, I could be anywhere!
I could've been a slave to that thin guy, the next time I woke up, or I could have even been killed in my unconscious state.
Either way, when I woke up, they'd have hell to pay!