"Where am I?"
"What is this place?"
Ace found himself standing in the darkness. It was pitch black, and there wasn't even a flicker of light. He felt something wet and cold on his feet. He took a few steps forward. There was an eerie feeling around him, a sense of danger he was very familiar with. He felt the same feeling just before his death in the past.
"Freaking hell!!!" He shivered as a wisp of cold wind swept past his body. He looked back but couldn't see anyone. Even if there was someone behind him, there was no way for him to see in that darkness.
"Hufff," Ace swept his hand behind him, "Pewee." There was no one. He sighed in relief. But, the uneasy sense of danger didn't go away. He could feel someone watching his every movement. Sweat was dripping from his face as he continued to walk blindly in the darkness. His breathing was getting haggard in fear.
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A sinister voice of a being that isn't human came from somewhere within darkness. Its shrill voice echoed around Ace, making him jump in fear.
"Who...?" Ace stuttered.
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"You don't even reveal your identity and want to help me. Very well..." Ace sighed.
He knows that there wasn't a way out from the darkness. And whoever or whatever is watching him, if it wanted him dead, it would have killed him long ago. But it decided to converse. This can only mean one thing, it needs Ace's help for something.
"Darkness, you say? What would you have done if you were in my place? I saw my death every night before my eyes. So yeah, I cursed God..."
"And, look at me now... My freaking bad luck and misfortune followed me in this life. For 15 years, I was asleep, and when I woke up, my senses were messed up... Assassins are after my life..."
"Immense luck and fortune, my ass... I can't escape my past shadows..."
Ace yelled in anger. He could still feel his ears ringing from the sudden attack. And his stomach was rumbling in hunger.
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"What are you talking about? After suffering so much, do you think I should have accepted my fate? F*ck no!!! I suffered too much to lose to that God... I won in the end. Hahaha... Well, I died in the end, but I gave that God trouble as I wanted... Hahaha..."
Ace said with a burst of laughter. His heart was filled with pride for successfully escaping death for years, something no mortal can't escape.
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"Your job... Humm... Shit!!! Are you probably the grim reaper or underworld God, something like that?" Ace stammered.
He now knows the reason behind the dangerous killing intent coming from the darkness. It was the reaper. All this time, it wasn't God that he was running away from. It was the freaking grim reaper who was after his life all this time. It wasn't God he won against. It was the reaper of a soul whom he defeated and gave pain in its arse.
"Shit!!! I can not die here. I must survive... I just got a new life..."
"Will you accept it if I say sorry?"
Ace asked with an apologetic grin like a little child who stole a chocolate bar from the fridge and got caught by his mother after 2 days.
"I am dead," He thought.
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"So, all that happened? I see... Grim reapers can be mentally broken and can even take medicines... That's something new... But hey can't blame me for that. Which retard would want to die like that?"
Ace muttered while trying to digest the words of the God of the Underworld.
"Anyway, do reapers die like us humans? What do they eat? Where do they live? What happens when they die? Do they go to heaven or hell?"
"Wait!!! It must be hell, no? Since they reap others' souls..."
He asked out of curiosity. It wasn't like every day you get to know about grim reapers or converse with God of the Underworld. He decided to gain as much information as he could get. So that when the reapers come after him next time, he could be prepared to escape from death.
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God of the Underworld wanted to kill Ace so badly, but for some reason, he couldn't harm him. In his mind, he killed Ace countless times in various different ways. But when he opened his eyes, his enemy number 1, standing in front of his eyes, filled with bad luck.
"I can't kill him... I must hold on to this anger. I must stay from that cursed abomination, or else I will suffer more than that God... I must not let his bad luck touch me anyway... Damn it!!! It's so hard to hold on..."
God of the Underworld thought. In his mind, he was slamming his head on the wall and tearing apart his hair in anger. He was shocked to see a mortal soul not afraid of the underworld and even conversing without a worry for his life.
"Well, we all got our own situations... I guess..."
"By the way, how did I break the pinnacle of balance?"
Ace asked with a curious expression. He thought that other than causing trouble to the reaper, he hadn't done anything. He hardly could remember anything after his death.
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"What...?"
"Can't hear you..."
"Huffff..."
Ace jumped up and found himself on his bed. He felt a jolt of electricity all over his body.
"You..." Felicity was baffled to see Ace waking up.
"Felicity... Eeeehhh???" Jaxon entered the room after leaving the matter to Trisa. His jaws nearly dropped seeing Ace standing on his bed.
"What happened?"
"Is everything alright?"
Ace inquired in confusion, seeing everyone's shocked expressions.