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Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: Parafest part 2

[Elseworld]

Braddock: (He finds himself in what seems to be a royal bedroom where he is on the ground next to a large king sized bed.) Argh... my head. (He gets up from the ground and sees a woman in a white night dress, sitting up on the bed tired with her long dark brown hair in a mess.) Tghn! It can't be... (his eyes are in complete shock as he recognises the woman to be Melissa.)

@Melissa one of the warriors who had participated and died in the Battleworld.

Melissa: (She stretches her arms with a yawn before looking at Braddock with a gently smile) Good morning... Jas.

Braddock: H-How are you... Alive?

Melissa: hmm? What do you mean?

Braddock: I... I saw you die. (Tears form in his eyes) You... Wait. Is this an illusion?

Melissa: I think you had waaay too much to drink, bae. (She pats on the sheets of the bed signalling him to get in with her as she smiles gently and speaks softly to him.) Rest with me.

Braddock: Don't...! Mmm... Don't call me "bae", Melissa. You tried to kill me!

Melissa: Really? Funny, I don't remember.

Braddock: (He clenches his fists not believing her.) Sure you don't... Tell me where the hell am I?

Melissa: Hm... (Her gentle smile fades into a serious expression as she nolonger speaks softly to him and instead speaks coldly; revealing her true colors.) I thought you'd be the easiest to influence.

Braddock: Influence?

Melissa: The shards, Braddock. Specifically the one you after. It transported you, here.

Braddock: And here is?

Melissa: The prison realm. The only realm that noone ever got out of.

Braddock: Why would the shard—

Melissa: Defensive mechanism. Traps whoever it finds dangerous, in a reality best fit for them to break their minds until they're a sack of potatoes.

Braddock: ..So you a figure of my imagination?

Melissa: Yep.

Braddock: ...Gross.

Melissa: I—

Before Melissa could say anything, her head gets twisted around in an instant. The body drops to the ground infront of the now surprised and horrified Braddock as he slowly walks backwards looking down at the body having its fingers twitching slightly, before he gets struck across the room by a red trail of lightning.

Braddock: Ah! (He crashes into the drawers; breaking them before getting up and seeing the red trails going around the room.) A speedster of all things. (He breathes in with his eyes closed concentrating his inner power, he hears footsteps travelling at an abnormal speed, he opens his eyes that glow in a blue color and sees a speedster heading his way once more and he swings a turned fist striking the speedster to the ground.)

Braddock: (He chuckles as his eyes change back to his normal brown iris eyes, he looks at the speedster with his head tilted.) Jack? What the hell, man?

The speedster gets up running and bashing his shoulder into Braddock's chest sending him flying to the wall.

@The speedster wears a dark grey suit well suited for his body physique. Unlike Jack's suit attire, he has a large red lightning emblem, red glowing eyes and dark brown hair. This speedster holds a great hatred for Jack and the ZX.

Marcus: "Jack"? (He chuckles) You wish I was.

Braddock: Argh... Marcus Tombs. (He cracks his neck) You picked the wrong guy to mess with.

Marcus: (He chuckles) Oh please, You are all brute and no speed.

Braddock: Really? Then... How'd I manage to land a hit.

Marcus: (His body begins to vibrate as he gets furious with a smirk.) Beginners luck. You won't be landing anymore hits from here on out. I'll make sure of that in a second.

They'd both stand looking at each other waiting for the other to make a move, after some time Braddock tried to make a quick dash but Marcus was just too fast and moved to stand behind Braddock in an instant with a hole in his body, Marcus holds Braddock's beating heart as Braddock falls forward to the ground. Braddock then finds himself sitted In what seems to a family dinner, he gasps for air before looking around himself and seeing his two children, Daniel, Leone and his wife Jessie who all look back at him worried.

Daniel: Dad... You alright?

Braddock: (He looks at them all in disbelief; knowing they not real however plays along.) Y‐Yeah, just.... remembered something not important that's all.

Daniel: Uhm. Okay? If you say so. (He continues to eat his supper.)

Braddock: So... how's school, Leone?

Leone: It totally sucks! I'm the only one with no cool power, hell not even a lame one!

Jessie: Powers not meant to be cool sweetie.

Leone: Hm! Tell that to the guy who can LITERALLY CREATE ANYTHING FROM THIN AIR!

Braddock: Watch your tone Leone.

Leone: No! Why is it that You have Super strength, Daniel has foresight, mom has telekinesis and I have nothing!! And a even better question, why... why would you all even think to even take Me to that damn school.

Braddock: (He slams his fist on the table startling Leone but not Daniel who continues eating) I was never born with these powers, Leone. I was experimented on. Each and every muscle and bone cut out and put back together again and again. All my cells burnt and replacrd by mutated cells that shouldn't even BE in my blood stream right now. Your brother is from the future, the reason he knows what's gonna happen is because he already learnt about it. Everything happening now is just history to him.

Jessie: Oh! In some cases, It might take time for your powers to appear, mine started appearing when I was Sixteen.

Daniel: (Ignoring the whole conversation being held, he speaks to his mom with food in his mouth) Wow. This food really good, mom.

Leone: (Tears form in hers as she feels guilt she runs off upstairs to her room.)

Daniel: Tch. Dad.

Braddock: Hm?

Daniel: Go talk to her.

Braddock: Tch, why me?

Daniel: You're the one who dented the table.

Braddock: (He looks down at his fist on the table, lifts it up seeing the dent, he sighs before getting up and walking up to Leone's door. He'd knock three times and hear her yellow "GO away!") Leone... open the.... (His eyes widen as he sees what seems to be a Glitch occurring he'd then find himself in a rocky biome field on his knees with stained blood on his clothes) Huh. Where the hell am I now?

A man appears behind him wearing a long cloak with hood that hides his face and hands.

?: The one place the end was near and new beginnings where made.

Braddock: (Startled he gets up and turns around with his fists clenched.) Who are you?

?: The name used to be Barry.... Barry Griffin. (He takes his hood off revealing his face that's entirely aged, has a white beard and hair aswell has light blue glowing pupils.) Now... I am The breacher.

Braddock: Breacher, huh? What the hell is happening, here?

Breacher: You're here because the shard wants you here.

Braddock: Why?

Breacher: You are one of the few affected by; what your people call "an Alteration."

Braddock: Ofcourse I am... (speaks dissapointedly before looking around his surroundings.) Melissa told me that I'm in the prison realm. Is that true?

Breacher: Yes.

Braddock: Okay. So... why am I here? I don't recall ever being here and it's definitely not a place best fit for me.

Breacher: This place is where it all started. Same place that you and I were in, trying to save the world. (He starts walking; leaving Braddock who quickly follows him.)

Braddock: Okay... (After an hout of walking, they'd finally stop walking at the edge of the land and see a large bright and fiery light.) So what happened here.

Breacher: Satoshi Shinseiji went rogue and wanted to destroy the existence of everything else. But after a few distractions, Zyr became the variant god that we know and "love".

Braddock: ... (He looks at him for an answer before his attention is drawn towards the light fiery that mesmerizes Braddock with tears.) The light... its So... beautiful... (His facial expression quickly turns into absolute horror as he continues to look at the light) Oh my God...

Breacher: The alterations has changed your entire physiology and biology, turning you into a pardox not affected by time and the universe disapproves that.

Braddock: W-What...?

Breacher: The laws of the universe are broken, Jasper. These multiverses that you now see today were never meant to be. They are the results of ONE universe's barrier being pulled into one shot that ripples. Creating the nexus itself that's now damaged because—

Braddock: Because of what happened in the battleworld... (He speaks with a shaky tone.)

Breacher: Yes. Now the universe... wants its revenge... on YOU.

Braddock: No, no... (He shakes his head with heavily and shaky breathes as he looks at the breacher.) Barry, please. Help me. I don't want this.

Breacher: I'm sorry, Jasper. This isn't my decision to make. It's s the universe's.

The light starts pulling Braddock who tried to resist but ends up pulled in with his last screaming the words being "No! Nooo!! please! Barry! Baaarryy!!"