Technological Reality, Earth-2, main floor.
The place still had a tense aura, one that everyone still felt after a few minutes. After the slap that Tereza gave to Freizen , everyone got scared and started the rumors about what led to the situation until that moment.
– What is going on in there? You can feel their tension even from far away. - Asked an employee two rooms before the office of Freizen .
– Did you hear the snap? It's the same thing that woman gave the security guard. - Another colleague replied with her own question.
- Did she slap the Leader in the same face? What happened?
- If she did, nothing must have happened. Even after thousands of years, he still has a pretty tough body .
– I hope nothing serious happened in there.
– Whether it happened or not, we'll have to wait. Let's get back to work.
– Okay, let's go.
Returning to the main office, where Freizen , Otávio and Tereza were, Otávio's happy and smiling face turned into a tense, frightened and cautious expression, the amount of information he received in the last hours was too much to process. Tereza, on the other hand, went from anger to despair.
– So I'll start. - Pronounced Freizen . – Many thousands of years ago, two beings created 51 parallel universes with different realities. However, in the last one that had been created, a specific couple was contaminated by the very planet of their universe. These underwent several mutations, but no one knew the facts. They began to reproduce, thus spawning a race of creatures never seen before, in the end they were called Beasts and the man of the couple became Leader of that entire universe.
– And what does all this story have to do with you bringing us to this planet? - Otávio asked, his face becoming even more tense, beads of sweat running down his face beside Teresa, who was paralyzed with possibilities, silently, not moving even a muscle as she listened to the conversation.
– These two beings … They were , in fact, of the first humanoid race that existed, called the Celestial Gods. You two, Otávio and Tereza, have blood from these gods.
- Like this? We are "normal" humans like everyone else. Everyone here is human too, isn't it? - Otávio asked frantically, sweating cold and squeezing his hands tightly, it seemed, he was short of neurons.
All that Otávio loved most in his youth were the drama and romance stories of the anime Isekai , but his story at that time was completely different. The cheerful and funny kind he imagined, came to become a drama with suspense and terror.
– Well… Here on this planet, everyone is "human", but there are exceptions, me, for example.
– So what are you anyway!? - Demanded in a roar, demonstrating the size of despair that almost made him cry, anguished. The whole point was that Otávio, while feeling a certain fear of his more ''aggressive'' part, made him decide to instigate this leader by force, which left him in a decisive position in relation to the current situation that he and Tereza were meeting. Its purpose was the opportunity to leave in clean waters all this confusion of alternative and related realities that this Freizen was talking about at the time.
– I am a Heavenly God. In fact, a child of theirs. However, that doesn't change that fact.
– Let me see if I'm getting it right or going crazy. If you're a Heavenly God, or whatever that is, and you're saying yourself we're of the same blood? This doesn't make any sense, and we demand plausible explanations! What about our son?
- Well, I can't talk much about everything, not now. It seems that now you are connecting the dots, even with many doubts, the important thing is that the message was captured. I can't understand your feelings, I was raised in a different way, I could never explore my more ''human side'' and honestly I never felt like it, I still don't understand clearly the emotions and sensations belonging to you during your quiet and simple, just look around me. I don't have time to feel, whether they are positive or negative commotions. - Freizen seemed very robotic when reciting this monologue, it was almost as if he didn't care about the two in front of him, even though there was something deep inside, the empathy in his tone of voice was not noticeable, and it bothered both Tereza and Otávio .
– You can only be kidding, that doesn't make any sense! Do we belong to the same blood? This exists on which planet? And by the way you look more like an alien than a Celestial God! - Said with a mocking tone to break the tense atmosphere of the place.
– In this same one, and in Earth-3 too! There are three young people who also have the blood of gods, however, they are reincarnations. Both will meet them in the future, at their right time.
- I hope they keep in mind what you got them.
- Do not worry! Unlike you two, those three young people are very active and full of feelings that are still brewing, my brother and I are making sure to make it happen as quickly as possible.
– So, what do you want with us? It still hasn't explained its purpose. – Otávio asked, now more in control, but not at all calm. He was more cautious than fearful.
– My goal is noble. As you have the blood of gods and incredible powers, I want to ask for your help and cooperation in the second and final battle against the enemy of Earth-51.
– And why do you think we could help you?
- For I also I help them to reconnect with your child and make peace with it.
- What? Our son? - Otávio spoke, incredulous. Honestly he thought that at one time or another he would wake up from this nightmare and go straight back to his son along with his wife, that's what he wanted with all the strength of his faith, of his heart. - Like this? What do you know about him?
– I know you left him for a certain incident, a "man", am I not right? - Tereza already thought that this man had something to do with the separation of his family, she was ready to fight with him whatever he said. And even more after that suspicious phrase from him, which made her put a question mark in her mind.
- How do you know that? Nobody ever knew about this issue. It was total secrecy... - Otávio said in a thin voice, almost as if all his strength was being ended little by little.
– Well… Let's say I have the knowledge of how to "stop" this man. - Answered the simplistic leader.
– But "that man" is not a person who could be stopped so easily. He has some kind of monstrous and frightening power. We managed to get rid of it, but the price was too high. Our goal was to be able to pay this high price, but you interfered.
- And by any chance that price was your son? - Freizen seemed more disappointed than cold now, it was a mixture of disappointment with a shock, even though slight, almost imperceptible. The whole point is, no one would expect that from a family, would you?
Otávio was too shocked to process that sudden response. Her entire body stopped responding, her head lost its balance and fell too, letting a few tears escape her eyes. It was horrible, painful to be judged for that kind of atrocity by someone else. Who in their right mind would be so selfish with their own child, what kind of father is he?
Tereza, who was listening to everything but not answering, realized the psychological situation her husband was in and tried to console him, managed for a few seconds, but soon after he got up and looked deeply at Freizen , determined to do the situation. right this time.
- Well... For all the story you told us, we are of the same blood, besides you know us, to our son and that man. Know that our goal is to get back to our boy and put an end to the person who caused our disgrace. What could you do knowing all this? - Otávio took a deep breath, being careful with any and all words he would speak from now on, knowing the delicate moment in which they were.
- Simple, I make the boy know the whole story from the day he was born in a few seconds, it is a very useful system of my powers , in milliseconds your child will know the whole story. After that I will make sure this man is captured and burn him in front of you. His death will be slow and painful, see it as revenge for all these years away from your son. What do you think? - From Tereza's eyes, this was not one of the best methods, very simple and objective, and could even harm her son's mental health, and she cared about it, not wanting to harm her great boy. She was letting Otávio deal with this situation because if it were her in his place, he would have practically been flying towards this leader, tooth and nail to defend his family.
-So this is your best method? I didn't know you were one of those cold, heartless, bloodthirsty people. - Otávio no longer had one of the best impressions of Freizen , now his situation worsened.
– Be aware of one thing Otávio, I don't have a dominant personality, much less strong feelings. I have always been neutral and will continue to be. I wasn't raised like that... I was born with this aspect, as I myself had already told you! - Freizen thought he was feeling too much in the presence of these two, there were so many feelings in a short time that it even made him nauseous, making his neutral vision difficult. This also irritated him a lot.
– What do you think, Tereza? Should we accept his condition or ignore him? – He asked his wife, who was seriously thinking about accepting the Leader's suggested proposal, but a rhetorical doubt crossed her mind at that moment, also aiming at her suspicions about this mysterious man (or alien). She was too thoughtful, too much was going through her head.
"If we refuse, that man can kill us later, but if we accept, we'll see him burn to death. It's really very tempting...''
' 'But I think I already have the answer. "
In that minute, she got up, straightened her clothes, which had consequently been wrinkled from sitting on the floor all this time, brushed her hair out of her face, slowly tossing it back, fixed her gaze on Freizen, and prepared to respond to dull question asked by the same.
- Your offer is tempting, I have to admit. You were the first in our lives to say something so heavy, but of great seriousness and meaning to us. Thinking about this way and the way my husband reacted, my answer is… -
Tereza stopped talking instantly quickly. But the reason for this feat was something that no one expected at the time. A circular portal measuring 1.5 meters and having a very dense purple coloration opened right behind him, followed by a muscular arm full of scattered veins and large, pointed black nails.
- I see you are already planning to eliminate me, but do not think you two will get rid of me so quickly. We still have to play. - Said the man putting his head out of the portal with a hideous smile of those who coveted the lives of both.
– What? You? How did you find us, you shit? Why are you still after us? – Tereza roared desperately. Freizen was static, taking too long to process what had happened in seconds, he had frozen. No one there could react so quickly, as the aura thick with fear was instantly replaced by another, a bloodthirsty and repulsive one.
– Shall we go, Tereza? My lord ... Or rather, my Leader is waiting for you! - Said the man staring into her eyes and squeezing her tightly around the neck with his huge arm.
– No! Help! Otávio, help me! - Otávio promptly replied, trying to get the monstrous man to let go of Tereza quickly, but to no avail.
- Stop now! Drop my wife, you filthy monster. - I told him in a failed attempt to fight that weird being.
– See you later, Otávio. And Freizen , this was a message sent by my Leader, he can no longer wait for the triumphant rematch. Until the future, shitty Heavenly God. - The mysterious man felt superior to the current situation, he was sure that no one would be able to stop him, not at that moment.
The mysterious managed to pull Tereza to the portal, making both disappear quickly. Only, instead of teleporting again, he flew through all the universes. Tereza, who was practically paralyzed with fear, managed to glimpse, even for a few seconds, all 49 universes she crossed.
"Well, as you have blood from those filthy gods, it's no wonder you can see all the universes … But our stop is much further away. Let's see if you can take the same pain as sixteen years ago, young lady.
On the trip, both Tereza and man realized that there were two universes on the brink of collapse, these were the 12th and 27th reality, but they didn't care as it wasn't the main objective. Arriving close to Earth-51, Tereza notices that the planet looks more like hell, literally.
Its surface was brownish and reddish in color with dark tones. Acid, lava and boiling water gushed everywhere, everything there was on fire, the houses, the streets, the trees, the "people" ... But nothing burned completely, the rotten smell of rust infested Tereza's nostrils, causing a sense of forced suffocation as her lungs struggled and called for help.
– We arrived at your new castle, Tereza. From now on, this is where you'll live, but depending on the Leader's temperament, let's see how much pain you can take this time. Hope you still have the same stamina as before.
Tereza, upon hearing the man's dirty words, spat in his face, his face dirty, his hair disheveled, his clothes torn and his face angry. The man, after the feat, simply laughed nonstop in an exaggeratedly low, high pitched voice.
– Ah … That's cool. The Leader doesn't lose by waiting! This one will be able to "play" a lot with you, wait anxiously.
Destructive Reality , Earth-51, Central Palace.
After a few minutes, Tereza is taken by force to the Leader of that Land's room. As soon as she saw him, not only her heart but her mind and the rest of her body froze and shut down, but she didn't pass out. Just feeling his presence from afar was scary enough, but she had never in her right mind expected anything of that caliber.
– Welcome Tereza, this is my castle, my planet… My universe! - He greeted him with a sloppy smile that went from one ear to the other of his face.
– What do you want from me again? Wasn't the misfortune you made me, with my son, enough? - Pronounced with the extremely shaken psychological, almost to the point of completely freaking out.
- Don't worry, my dear young lady. Our game will be more fun than that time, I bet you'll like it!
- To play? What kind of game do you want, you monster?
– The game of the mind, of the psychological. The body game!
- What do you mean by that?
- You'll find out in the best way possible, get ready my face. - And so began Tereza's famous torture, where from that moment on, all the things, memories and experiences of her soul would change completely, her soul would suffer extreme consequences, and her body too. This game was just beginning.
- No ... No ... Nooo ! - And so Tereza suffered with various pains, screaming, begging for the help of the gods in her core being. She asked him to be with her son soon, before she completely blacked out.
To be continued...