Grim (8:10 am)
Waking up to the sound of my dad's horrible singing gave me a headache, but on the plus side, it did brighten my day which I feared would begin badly after the nightmare I had. It was not fun having the same dream every night. I was deep in thought, thinking about why and what the dream was about when my dad distracted me by throwing my door open.
"Son, are you alright?" He threw a worried look my way. His crystal-clear eyes had concern filling their depths and his jet-black hair was messy and wet as he came to sit beside me on my bed. Sensing his worry and knowing his overreacting nature, I quickly reassured him.
"I am fine, dad. There is nothing to worry about on this bright sunny day!" I said, faking a smile I prayed he doesn't try to read. He got up from my bed and looked down before facing the door, a wild creepy grin growing on his bearded face. Seeing this made me feel worried.
"Dad, is anything wrong?" I got down tentatively from my bed. He turned his face with his weird awkward grin still on and replied.
" The last person to reach the dining room is a rotten egg and owes the winner an expensive dinner!" running out of my room like a small kid leaving me dumbfounded till I realized what he was trying to do.
"Hey! That is cheating, you old fart!" I ran as if my life depended on it but I was too late as he was already seated, waiting for me with a triumphant smile. Sometimes, I wonder how he does it.
9:00 am
Waving goodbye to the weirdest father on earth, who makes delicious breakfasts every morning, I turned to move in the direction of my workplace for the summer. Don't you just love summer?
Being a high school student, summer was the only time I could make some extra money. I looked around my bright surroundings with a smile on my face till I saw a little boy getting beaten and mugged by a fat drunkard. Annoyed by the whole situation, I ran as fast as I could and blocked the child from getting hit in the face. I took the brute's fingers in my hand and broke it, drawing a sharp cry from his fat lips. In self-defence, he raised his other hand which he had clenched into a fist and tried to bring it down on my head, but I was faster than the idiot, so I blocked the blow and sent the sucker a punch to the plexus. He fell to the ground, holding his tummy as he rolled on the floor.
"K.O.," I yelled with a fist pump in the air and then wiped my fist on my t-shirt to remove any dirt. I suddenly noticed that everywhere was silent and looked around, only to find people looking at me with surprised expressions on their faces. They probably looked that way because I just finished beating a man larger than I was. The silence was broken when a man in dark shades began to clap slowly till others joined in with a more rambunctious clap. Seeing the change in the situation, I began to blush and rub the back of my head with a hand, smiling shyly like my father. A slap at the back of my head made me turn around to glare, thinking it was the brute, only to find my yellow-headed friend, James, with his emerald green eyes smirking at me while waving.
"How is our hero?" He questioned, looking at me. Because I did not want him to see me blush, I began to walk faster than my legs could carry me to avoid him finding something to mock me with. I was so focused on getting away that I shrieked when something fell out of the tree I was about to pass, clutching my chest with my hand. James, who had been running after me, screamed too.
"Am I that scary or what?" Our friend, Gina, asked while rearranging her purple hair. Her kaleidoscope eyes were bulging out of her glasses, giving the impression that they might fall to the ground. James, being the sarcastic one, replied to her.
"Of course, with your eyes like my dead lizard when I was five, why wouldn't we scream for our lives?" rolling his eyes for effect which made me laugh out loud.
"James!!! I'll kill you!" An infuriated Gina yelled as she chased after him. James was preparing to flee when he tripped on a stone and fell to the ground while begging for mercy from the approaching Gina. She jumped on him and gave him a punch making James scream and cry in pain
"Mommy!".
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Islandia
God's conference room
The Gods present were busy murmuring about what the urgent meeting is about until a bright white light appeared in the middle of the round conference table with three angels coming out of it. The first angel was a man who had silver white hair with brilliant blue eyes, a chiselled jaw and a well-built body holding a white staff which had a blue gem in the hole of the upper part of the staff. The second angel was a lady with bright golden hair, light blue eyes with a curvy body holding a brown staff with a green gem in it. While the third angel was a man with black straight hair, jade eyes an athlete's body holding a black staff with a red gem in it.
"Hello, everyone. I see that most of you aren't here today," the first angel grinned. A voice replied from the darkness since the middle of the conference table was the only lit place.
"Klaus, what is the meaning of this?" Klause knowing the person's voice replied to him back.
"Lord Kazuya, don't worry, we are just getting started." The third angel decided to break the silence by announcing the first reason why they were there.
"There is a mole among us." Voices rise from the darkness from different angles throwing questions.
"What do you mean luscious?" a male voice questioned.
"How is that possible?" a female voice also questioned.
"Whoever defies we Gods shall suffer in the highest order," a deep male voice said. Voices kept on rising in protest, suddenly coming to a halt when the second angel screamed.
"That is enough!" Everywhere became silent after the scream and Klause spoke
"Thank you, Alexa. I know since that lord Grim disappeared things have been hectic. Chaos was everywhere and things changed drastically. That is why I am taking it upon myself to take control of Islandia and to supervise the universes you all own and the ones you don't." The whole room shouted in unison at the end of his statement. "What!".
Kazuya's voice was cold and harsh when he replied, "You are just a mere angel." Klause feeling challenged answered back.
"Don't get it mixed up. One, I am the head angel. Two, I am the second strongest angel after grin." A female voice responded to his declaration.
"Don't you ever mention that name here again." Klause, still not finished with his statement, continued
"Also, I have worked closely with lord Grim and I know a lot of things you Gods know." A trembling child's voice could be heard agreeing with what Klause said.
"Well, he does have a very good point there." Klause acknowledged the support received with a sharp nod before replying.
"Thank you, lord lens."
The God who was still not convinced about it, challenged Klause one more time.
"If lenos is convinced, I am not. Tell us what you have achieved since Grim disappeared?" Klause knew what he was trying to do, but instead of getting riled up, he replied.
"We have killed thousands of demons in every one of your universes and others too, and we are sending angels to patrol all universes to keep everywhere stable."
Knowing that they had no more questions for him, he ended the meeting
"I expect your full cooperation." He said in a tone that couldn't be questioned.
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Earth
Grim(6:30 pm)
Yawn!
I was so tired after a long shift of serving dishes that I was looking forward to going home to crash on my bed and sleep.
After saying goodbye to my boss, I turned and began to take heavy steps home. My mind was on the nightmare I knew I would have this night again when I saw two kids being harassed by other kids their age. I was surprised to see that the boy I saved earlier this morning was the one being bullied again. He had behind him a sobbing girl with reddish brown hair and reef-coloured eyes. She held on to his shirt tightly, looking scared.
"Hey! What do think you are doing?" The scene had poured life into my tired body as I quickly ran to help them, halting when a short fat kid with his hand dipped in a chip bag and crumbs of the snack around his mouth, blocked me.
"What do you want old man? Go find another place to play!" He had the gall to sneer at me. Provoked by the little boy's comment, I opened my mouth to tell him off and do what I had to do when I felt something hard connect with the back of my head. I dropped to the ground, cringing as the pain increased. Luckily, the bullies were satisfied to have brought a grown-up down because they left the three of us, calling me various names of weakling as they ran away.
"See you around, old man." The kid and his crying friend helped me up. Wincing in pain, I whispered to myself.
"I told myself I would never hit a kid but those kids are monsters." I looked down at the children and noticed that they were trying not to laugh at me.
"Why are you laughing? What is so funny?" Still, they kept on laughing while pointing at my head. Gingerly, I brought a hand to touch my head and found it was swollen.
"Noooooo!"