WELCOME TO THE NETHER
*drip*
I can't feel anything. I can't see anything. So.....I can't do anything at all.
I opened my eyes and what a shock, "Where am I?" I looked around and stood up naked, no one was there anyway.
(Did I die? This is place is not the soul society, it is something more dangerous….)
"Tch." I walked around the darkness even though there's nothing, "What is this place?" as I look around once more, a man stood in front of me calling my name calmly.
"Adam."
I walked closer towards him, closer and closer, and there he was, his face and body is the same as mine
"Who are you?!" I shouted as I freaked out from what I saw, his face, hair, eyes, body shape, and height was the same as mine, it's like looking in a mirror
"Who am I? What about you…..Who are you?" he stepped closer to me and tilt his head closer to mine
"Do you think you're still Adam right now?" he smiled, and it was eerie
"What are you talking about?" I stepped backwards and he stepped closer
"Do you think you're still YOU even if you killed people?" he tilted his head and stepped backwards raising his arms
"Who are you?! How did you know me?" I put my left feet a few steps back towards my right feet, and put my right hand on my chest with my left hand on defensive
He smiled and mimicked me perfectly, "What are you?" I released my stance and he dashed towards me, putting his right hand on my face and pushed me towards the ground, the water below as splashed as the impact was too strong
"Aahck!" I stayed laying on the water as my head was hurt
He stood there looking at me waiting for me to sit up; I stood up and hopped backwards quickly
"Answer me!" I shouted at him and he smirked
"I am you. You are me. There's not much difference between us." He stepped towards me
"What are you talking about?!" I glared at him as he spoke, "This place isn't what you really think, this is not the nether, which means you're only unconscious on the human realm." He sighed
(So that means I am not dead.)
"Take me back there." I shouted
"In one condition." He pointed his finger at me
(This brat! I knew that he'd want a condition against me)
"Let's become Adam and Eve on this realm..." He smiled at me
(On this realm?!)
"…for the two of us."
*drip*
"!!!" George looked back at me with confusion written all over his face, he raised his hand towards me as I approached him, "What happened?!" George looked at me with fear
(What's that reaction? Right now you look pitiful.)
I brushed off the dusts and rocks on my clothes and light emits around me, "You dare." I raised my hand up high and a stroke of lightning came down from the heavens, but he barely dodged
"He was able to use the lightning element now?!" George mumbled silently as he casted an earth spell, the ground broke below me but I managed to jump, I was silent and furious.
(He killed my family and now he dares to kill me?)
"Die."
I swung my dagger down towards him at a speed of light; I managed to cut off his right arm, blood squirts from his limb
"It's not done yet." I casted the earth spell and the broken ground and rocks that were shattered were attached to my right forearm, "Suffer." I pulled my arm against my chest and pound him to death.
He barely survived, his face was all destroyed
"How does it feel?" I asked and George breathe hardly then ever imagined
"Your first defeat." I took my dagger and sliced him up until his last breath, he died.
As blood squirted from George's body, the land was filthy; I approached Hollow on the hill, slowly and steadily
"So you came." Hollow puts his head on his right hand, tilting his head
"Yes." I replied in a hurry
"You don't seem to be the same Adam I knew." He stood up and unarmed, "People change." I replied while preparing to stab him, "I see." He took his mask off and smiled
"You're too young to suffer in a world like this, Adam." He dodged my attack and stood in front of me once again
"I am no longer Adam, this time I am EVE." I sliced his head off from his body and it fell down rolling on the downhill
(As expected, there is no blood coming out of his body but instead mud was on my dagger.)
I ran after his head and stopped it with my foot, "You're just a clone." I pulled him up with my hands and he smile at me, "Haha. You're now more mature than before Adam." He laughed and smiled at me once agan.
"I told you, this time I am EVE." I threw him u in the sky and jumped towards it, I swung it down with my dagger and the ground shakes after the impact, the rocks and stones were there scattered everywhere
I covered my mouth and eyes to block the dust from getting into me.
Suddenly, I felt like worrying about someone
(That's right, Scarlet is in danger.)
I dashed towards her body and checked her breath and she was still alive. "Hang in there, Scarlet!" I carried her on my shoulders and dashed back towards the dragon
I arrived safely; I put her on the bed and took some medicine and potions to cure her injuries, "I will heal you, okay, so hang in there." I raised both of my hands slightly above her stomach and started the process
After a few minutes she was all but fine, I sighed in relief and smiled as I have been able to protect one person who is dearly to me
I went towards the cabin and figured out how to control the dragon, "Hmm, is this right?—"
"Wrong." A voice startled me from behind and Scarlet was there, standing okay in front of me
"You're okay" I smiled in relief, she nodded and took the station, "I should be doing this." She controlled the dragon at her will. The whole cabin is lifted.
"Scarlet, about Hollow…" I tried to tell her the truth about hollow but she was silent
"The one I fought earlier is just a clone made with mud and rocks." I tilted my head as I was confused at why she was silent
"Sorry." Suddenly she spoke sincerely
"Huh?"
"I'm sorry that I have put you into much trouble, I should've gone with you guys at your mission or Astro will still be alive." She trembled as her hands were there controlling the dragon
"It's not your fault, and Astro still prefers to die rather than suffering in this world, so, it's none of our faults, Astro chose to die without suffering." I clenched my fist as I looked down below
"I see, but still…..thank you for earlier." She cleared her throat and laid out a big sigh
I smiled in relief
"Yeah, that was a close one after all." I looked at the skies as we travelled town to town up above the clouds
(Hollow, just what are you planning to do? You left without seeing us and even betrayed us; you took the side of that piece of trash. Why did you have to leave us without aiding me?)
I sighed as I was frustrated on what happened, even though he is now my enemy he still smiled before me.
"So…Shadow earlier you said 'this time I will be eve', what do you mean by that?" Scarlet interrupted into my thoughts
"Eh?! You heard THAT?!" I shouted in embarrassment and she nodded
"All those clashing and punching?" she nods
"Ugh." I slapped myself for being for arrogant earlier
"I didn't mean to make yourself embarrassed on what you did, I just want to know the reason why you called yourself Eve and not Adam earlier." She spoke
"Uh. I don't see to know the reason either, it just felt like it wasn't me who was controlling my body…" I laughed awkwardly
Scarlet nods and continued controlling the dragon
(But for real, what was that earlier?! It felt like it was me who did all of those but it partially feels like it was a different person…)
(Hmmm, I did talk to someone earlier but I forgot who and what it was….)
(Well, I should give my thanks to you, Shade; you killed Brendan on your own.)
(Astro must be thankful to you…you made him stop suffering here.) I smiled