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Chapter 7 - Neuro

The entire group end up in Nueva Yorca. Here, people from all over the kingdom walk around suspiciously staring at them."Welcome to the capital city of the Kingdom of Nueva Yorca. Nueva Yorca.""Wait... What's the difference between the Kingdom and the city?" asked Gerard."The Kingdom of Nueva Yorca is big. The City of Nueva Yorca is small.""This the only kingdom here?""There's a total of over a hundred kingdoms here in Monopolia," said Gerard. "Each feudal nation battles each other over control of resources.""The Splooge?" asked Anna."Yeah, dude!""But... doesn't that stuff multiply?""Well, yeah. But it's still rare. And no one knows where it comes from. Technically, everything alive contains the Splooge in this world, but the Splooge doesn't affect you in anyway. You just instantly heal all wounds and illnesses."While the bus drove slowly, the group sees people of different shapes and sizes. Humans with skin from black, white, brown, gray, magenta, yellow, purple, blue, red, and other colors of the rainbow; Animal Men; and strange Deformed Atrocities walking around and buying stuff from merchants in the streets."Outside the city is a huge corn and meat farm," smiled Gerard. "In the shore, you could see people harvesting fish and oysters.""Wait a minute..." said Miguel. "Is this just a post-apocalyptic New York City!?""I'm... not familiar with what that is," said Gerard."City of winged rats and regular rats? With the sewer crocs and cool Italian dudes and Jew dudes saying, 'I'm walkin' hya!!!'" yelled Jedan."'Ey! We Nueva Yorcans don't talk nothin' like that, got that, dandy?""'Dandy?'" asked Jedan."Yeah, yeah!" yelled Prometheus, looking up. "I'll train 'im! Ugh!" Prometheus sighs. "Just like my dad forcing me to be a lawyer all over again.""Wait, really?" asked Miguel, turning to him. "How'd that go?""My Dad would do this thing where uh... He would tell me 'Oh, sure! You could be a writer any time!' Then he just butters up about what being a lawyer is, making me hate lawyering even more. Then he mentions my dead grandparents and makes me question my beliefs and dreams.""What did you want to become, anyway?" asked Miguel."A writer. Had an amazing story, by the way. About seven friends in a fantasy world.""Why didn't you go through with it?""I became Prometheus.""I'm sorry..."Prometheus sighs. "Kid. You don't gotta be sorry for everything. Sometimes, the world is just fucking cruel.""Isn't saying that just strengthening what your... our... dad... said about you?"Prometheus turns to Miguel, taken slightly aback by that. "Holy shit. Huh...""What?""That made me feel different. Like... Surprised that someone actually... supported my views for once. I want to thank you buuuut I'm too arrogant to accept that.""Isn't what you're doing to Miguel what your Dad did to you?" asked the Reaper."Fuck off, Reaper. Your version of Dad abandoned you," said Prometheus."What happened to him?" asked Miguel."Left for milk around 20 years ago," said the Reaper."Yeah? Well mine was homophobic and hated gays. Guess who's bi. HIM!!! Just kidding! It's me!" smiled Prometheus."How'd he respond to that?" asked Miguel."Oh... Uh... He uh... died... or... somethin'..." Prometheus sits back and relaxes."I'm so sorry about that..." said Miguel. "How'd he die?""I told him I was bi and he jumped off a spaceship and fell into the sun and burned in fucking hell for being a fucking fascist," said Prometheus."R-... Right... Was my Dad terrible?" asked Miguel."Yes (No!)," said Prometheus (and the Reaper)."Your Dad was a good man," said the Reaper."Oh, please! No version of our Dad was good! He was a conservative! He forced us to vote the daughter of a dictator! He forced us to give up writing and be a lawyer! He turned me into a spitting image of him! He didn't pay for my tuition 'til I was college and made his siblings pay for it! He spent one half of his entire life being a musician and spent the other half in San Diego City. What's there to love?""Well... Guess we had different experiences... Dad did the same stuff... But at least he came back in my life and actually patched things up with me," said the Reaper."Lucky you. A standing ovation for this one! Dad loved him! Instead it was 20 minutes in the drum of water for me!""Because you were bi!?" asked Miguel."It's a metaphor!" yelled Prometheus."He cared about us!" yelled the Reaper."All he cared about was his pride!""He cared about us! He loved us, fuckwad!""Hmph!""Hmph!""HMPH!!!" yelled both.Miguel looked at both mentors. "Sheesh...""Hey! I kinda wanna buy that!" smiled Chris. Chris is staring at a dead raccoon with five heads being butchered for meat."Ew..." said Jedan."HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" laughed a strange young man at the center of the town right in front of the bus. "KNIGHTS OF THE ASWANG PRINCE!!! I HAVE COME TO-!!!"*THUD!!!*The strange man crashes into a food stand full of caged chameleons. The chameleons break free and scamper away."HOLY SHIT!!!" yelled Miguel, running outside.The others follow, concerned, except for Fred and Prometheus. The others don't realize that the people don't seem to care that Neuro got hit. Gerard and Fred also seemed slightly annoyed by this."Oh my God!" yelled Miguel, grabbing his head. "Ohohohoho my God! We killed him! WE KILLED HIM!!!""Kill everyone here and grab the body! Throw it in the river!" yelled Prometheus, from inside."WHAT!?!!? NO!!!" yelled Miguel.Athena's clones begin carrying the body away."NO!!!" yelled Miguel."Wait, seriously?" asked Athena. "I've been in A LOT of worlds. I've done worse.""Wait. We seriously aren't gonna-...?" Jedan runs his finger over his throat and sticks out his tongue."WHAT... IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU!?!?" asked Miguel."What can I say? I'm a Riverdale fan.""He's alive... I'll heal him in the bus..." said Anna. "Come on."The group places the body in the back bed and Anna begins sewing his wounds together.They all turn to the strange scientist man."Should we draw on his face?" asked Jedan."No!" yelled Miguel.Jedan takes out a marker and draws a dick on his cheek."NO!!!" yelled Miguel. "GET HIM OFF THE MAN!!!"Suddenly, Gerard, Fred, Anna, Chris, Athena, and Happy Hornet push Jedan away."Oh, come on!" sighed Miguel."This poor, poor man..." said Miguel.Prometheus walks to them. "What the fuck happened to-? Haha...! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HOLY SHIT!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! NICE ARTISTRY!!!""Where...? Am I...?" The man stands up. "YOU!!! ASWANG PRINCE!!! My NEMESIS!!!""Wha-...?" asked everyone else, except Jedan, who was snickering all the way."I am NEURO!!! I have finally come to you after years of searching for you! There were rumors! Rumors as told by Prometheus that there was a Prince of the same creatures who terrorized our lands!""What are you talking a-!?""SILENCE, MONSTER!!!" yelled Neuro."This must be a misunderstanding! I'm half Diwata!""Exactly! Makes whatever the hell you are a freak! A monster meant to destroy worlds!!!""But-!""DON'T... FUCK WITH ME!!!" Neuro takes out a gun."Whoa!" yelled everyone."Put that down!" yelled the Reaper, preparing his flames."NOT IN HERE, IDIOT!!!" yelled Fred.Gerard comes forward. "Hello, Neuro.""Ah! Gerard! MY FORMER nemesis!" he sneered."Hello, Nerd-O," said Gerard."OH!!! VERY ORIGINAL!!! I remember the first 12,376 times you've called me that!""Yes. And it is very sad and stupid that you counted.""I have come to commit... A TERRORISM!!! NGYAHNGYNGUYABLABLABLABLABLABLABLA!!!""Okay...""I'm gonna blow up this bus and KILL EVERYONE HERE!!!" he laughed."How?"Neuro reveals a bomb vest around his torso."OH, JESUS!!!" yelled Chris, as the others (except Prometheus, Happy Hornet, and The Reaper) scream."I have invented something new in this universe! THE... EXPPLODETONATORIZER!!!""That's called a C4 and IT'S ALREADY BEEN INVENTED!!!" yelled Jedan. "FUCKING QUIET KID!!!""I AM NOT QUIET NEITHER AM I A CHILD!!!""FUCK OFF!!! YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GONNA ASK ME NOT TO COME TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, YOU FREAKAZOID BUCK-TOOTHED-!!!"Neuro points the gun at his vest.Jedan raises his hand. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!""QUIET!!! QUIET!!! I WILL KILL EVERYONE!!! YOU GOT THAT!?!? EVERYONE HERE!!!? BOOM, BITCH!!!""Neuro! You have so much to live for!" yelled Happy."No..." he bowed his head. "My family was eaten BY YOUR KIND!!! They...""Oh my God..." said Anna."First..." he sobbed. "They rounded up my parents and siblings... Then... They placed them in a GIANT CHICKEN BUCKET!!!" Everyone turns silent."What?" asked Jedan."You heard me! YOU... MONSTERS!!!" yelled Neuro."Are... chicken buckets a thing in your-?""Yes..." sighed Gerard."DON'T FUCK WITH ME, GERARD!!! IT REALLY HAPPENED!!!" Neuro points his gun at him."Yeah! Or... maybe... You're a pathological liar and made that all up and your parents are alive and living downtown!""NO!!! THEY DIED FROM ASWANGS!!! CHICKEN BUCKET!!! IT'S REAL!!!""Stephen..." said Gerard."MY NAME... IS NEURO!!!" he cried."Okay! Ooh kay! 'Neuro...' Remember all the good times you had with your... girlfriend!" smiled Gerard."Yeah... Alexa sure was a... a somethin' in my life!""Yes! Yes... Remember Alexa..." said Gerard."Oh, cool! You had a girlfriend?" smiled Miguel."Miguel, don't-...""Oh, yeah! Totally!" smiled Neuro."Could I see a picture?" asked Miguel."Sure!" Neuro shows him a picture of her smiling to the camera."Wow!" smiled Miguel. "I wish I had a girlfriend!""What about one with you guys together?" asked Chris.Neuro's eyes widen. "YOU'RE FUCKING WITH ME!!!" he points his gun again.Chris and Jedan just cross their arms while Prometheus just sits down at the back and watches some TV while everyone says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!" or "Wait, dude!" or "Chill!!!""YOU'RE FUCKIN' WITH ME!!! I AM NOT A LIAR!!!""Just show us the picture..." said Jedan.Neuro walks outside. "STAY HERE OR I DIE IN THE MARKET!!!" He slams the door shut.Miguel speaks. "Okay, guys. Let's think of a pl-...""I'm back!" yelled Neuro, walking back inside as he gives the group a picture of him wrapping his arms around... something... which clearly isn't the "Alexa", whose selfie was cut-out and pasted on the picture."That looks like it's been taped together..." said Jedan."Nu-uh!" yelled Neuro."Where's the lower half of her body?" asked Chris."And why is your arm thrice as long than usual?" asked Jedan."You... Yooooou! YOOOOU'RE FUCKING WITH ME!!!" he points his gun again."STOP!!! STOP THAT!!!" yelled Jedan."STOP FUCKING WITH ME!!! COME ON, MAN!!! STOP!!!""What is that thing made of, anyway!?" asked Jedan."Splooge! Very flammable SPLOOGE!!!""Wait... That wouldn't blow us up. That would just burn you in fire..." said the Reaper."Wanna test that theory!? YOU WANNA!?!?" roared Neuro."Yeah, sure," said the Reaper. "Go ahead.""Ha! Gotcha!" laughed Neuro.Everyone just stays silent and is very, very annoyed."I wasn't gonna BLOW any of you up or anything! Hahaha! All in the past, dude! Let's go play with my awesome Funtendo Switch 9000!!!""You don't have that," said Gerard."Yes, I do.""Then show us a picture," said Jedan."OKAY!!! THAT'S ENOUGH!!! I WILL SHOOT YOU!!!" Neuro points his gun at them, this time."Thought that wasn't real.""IT ISN'T!!!""Then why are you threatening to shoot us?" asked Jedan.*BANG!!!*Gerard blocks the bullet and catches it.*BANG!!!*None of them are shot again because of Gerard.*BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! click!!! click!!! click!!! click!!! click!!! click!!!*"There is clearly no bullets left in that thing.""YES, THERE IS!!! I MEAN-!!! THERE AREN'T ANY IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!""Then what do you call these?" Gerard shows the bullets."SHUT UP!!! I AM STEPHEN!!! GAH!!! NEURO!!! AND I AM THE GREATEST SUPERVILLAIN OF THIS POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD!!!" Neuro begins loading the gun again. "I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!!! STARTING WITH YOU!!!" he pointed at Gerard, then proceeding to shoot Jedan only for the bullet to bounce back into Neuro's "bomb" vest which catches on fire. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" He screams as he falls outside and falls on several chameleons. The Splooge melts the chameleons into his skin. "I AM NOT A LIAR!!! I NEVER.. LIIIIIE!!!""OH MY GOD!!!" yelled Miguel. "Is this a supervillain origin? This feels like a supervillain origin..." said Jedan.The Reaper snaps his fingers, putting the fire out only to reveal Neuro's blackened and burned body."What have you DONE to ME!?!?" he sobbed."YOU JUST GOT BURNED!!!" smiled Jedan. "What?" he asked, turning to everyone else who is shaking their head. "Too soon?""I'LL... HAVE... MY VENGEANCE!!! I'LL KILL ALL OF-!!!"Suddenly, another speeding chariot runs him over."Think he'll be back?" asked Jedan."What the fuck...?" asked Miguel.