Chapter 19 - The Promethean Dilemma

"EVERYONE GET DOWN!!!" yelled several Jedans, all hiding behind barricades made from destroyed tables and chairs."FIRE!!!" The Jedans shoot at the enemy who merely captures all their shots with his red bubbles.MABUS walks in with an intimidating stance and a stoic nature. He stops and looms before the barricades."FIRE!!!" yelled the Jedan captain.*RATATATATATATATATATATATTATATATATATA!!!*MABUS simply blocks all of the attacks. He points forward as several demons fly down and eat the Jedans, decapitating each of them."RAUGH!!!" Herculea can be seen punching and killing thousands of demons with her bolts of lightning.Suddenly, a man with a katana, Dark, appears as he slices thru thousands of these dastardly demons."MABUS!!!" roared Dark. "Where are you!?"MABUS sighs, kicking the head of the Jedan commander to the pair. "In all honesty, he was quite amusing until his death. He managed to scratch my armor."Dark roars as he slashes at MABUS.MABUS dodges as the entire town behind MABUS explodes as if an atomic bomb fell into the city.Dark slashes at MABUS over and over. "YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!!! SLAYER SLASH RUSH!!!"MABUS cackles.Herculea joins in. "HERCULEAN RUSH!!!"The pair block, exchange strikes, and counterstrike but MABUS just blocks and dodges with a perfectly high guard and minimal yet effective movementsDark slashes at MABUS' throat. "IMPRESSIVE!!!" MABUS blocks it and grabs Herculea's and Dark's heads before smashing them together. "KISS, COCONUTS!!!" MABUS then tosses them into several mountains several kilometers away.Suddenly, Herculea, with Dark on her back, comes flying back only for MABUS to teleport them behind him and kicks them twice, knocking them down as they fall to the ground."Hell-!!!"MABUS' eyes widen. He slowly turns around."FAIYA!!!"*BOOM!!!*Miguel wakes up from his bed. "AAAAAH!!!"Jedan slaps his face by stretching his arm across the room.Jedan pulls his arm back and tucks it back in to sleep.The next day...Prometheus drops some sort of sludge on Miguel's plate."Uh... What is this?""It's corn-corned beef soup..." said Prometheus."It looks like some sorta stew with corn and meat stuff in it.""Yeah. Cream of corn and corned beef. Two cans of each. Fry up some onions and garlic together, then the cream of corn, then the beef, then mix it together and you get corn-corned beef stew.""Riiight..." said Miguel. "Guess the delish time is over. It's a saturday, right? So no school?""Yep," said Prometheus. "You fucked up in the last tournament. Barely won..." "But good job defeating around 10 people last time!" smiled the Reaper."Thanks! But... Yeah... About that... So... Basically the eight of us are tasked to beat all 200 tournament fighters where we fight 25 fighters each until the end of this semester?""Yes. That is indeed the remedial exam..." said Prometheus."Alright... I'll begin training again next week..." Miguel takes out his laptop and begins typing.Prometheus observes Miguel. "What are you doing?""Oh. I'm... writing this... Nothing...""Tell me or no mall time.""Mr. Prometheus!" complained Miguel."C'mon... I won't bite.""Like you usually do!?"Prometheus glances at Miguel with absolute truthfulness and for the very first time, interest."Fine..." said Miguel. "Fanfiction. It's about some of the shows I've read about or watches. Sometimes, I read or watch the summaries on YouTube. It's kinda embarrassing."Prometheus reads the contents in the laptop. "GoGo's Strange Journey. Misadventures with Gerard and Fred.""Excuse me, what?" asked Fred."We're a franchise in your world!?" asked Gerard."Pinoy Comics Universe or 'PCU'. Weird that my world is also a franchise... The Death Knight Trilogy. Galaxy Battle. The Gloom Hunters. Wonder Comics. And... a bunch of cartoons...""Yeah... Is it... bad...?" asked Miguel."No... No, it's actually great. Could I... read a little bit...?""I dunno... Reading it would be kinda cringe...""Okay. How about if you tell me the story?""Okay! Uh... In the year 1896, we focus on the very first parody GoGo! Now, in the series, the first GoGo is named Gostopher GoSun. But in my world, his name is Simoun GoGo! The first part of the series is based on Noli and El Fili by Jose Rizal!" he smiled.Later..."And then there was this whole battle where Michael GoGo discovers that... GET THIS!!! He ISN'T a GoGo at all! He's the son of a SALVI!!!""NO WAY!!!" smiled Prometheus."Ominous!" smiled the Reaper, having joined in.The others look so tired and bored with Miguel.Even later..."And then get THIS!!! Turns out... This IS a sequel to the last part! Michael GoGo ended up in an ALTERNATE DIMENSION!!!"And EVEN later..."He became a villain because he was petty and pathetic?" asked the Reaper."JUST LIKE NEURO!!!" smiled Miguel."The connections just go even deeper..." said Prometheus.Even more later..."End that's how Miguel GoGo became the hero of the school! By saving a bully he beat up days prior!"Even even later..."Yeah... That was supposed to be Lord's part. No one cares about Lord's part.""Hey!" yelled Lord. "Wait. Why do I care?"Prometheus and the Reaper just look so enamored by this adventure.Even even EVEN later..."And that's how the ORIGINAL CHARACTERS joined in the fun!" smiled Miguel.Even Even Even Even-..."And GET THIS... You guys, as it turns out, were in an alternate universe! The Reaper is hanging out with his DAUGHTER FIGURE in that universe... Myrmex!""Wait... Isn't that my other adopted kid? Basilia Sisa?" asked the Reaper. "Isn't that her dumbass superhero name-?""Shush! I'm listening!" yelled Prometheus."And there they were, singing to Bad Romance in the deserts of War World-...!"Even even even even even-..."Dark and Herculea were TOTALLY IMPORTANT THE ENTIRE TIME!!! And then it got political in the end, which was kinda cringe but still... America was pretty SHEESH but also showed how Philippines was also pretty SHEESH-..."WAAAAAAH..."And then Stefan went evil Superman and KILLED THEM ALL!!! Because he was just like-!""Neuro!" smiled the Reaper and Prometheus."Exactly!"Fanfic goes BRRRRR!!!"And that's how he died. Like how the ORIGINAL died... Lost half his face..."Prometheus cries softly. "HE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A NORMAL LIFE!!! HIS DAD WAS SUCH A PIECE OF SHIT!!!""I kinda liked his dad," said the Reaper.And it continues..."Get this! Turns out he was her SISTER the entire time! In the form of a Rock People!" smiled Miguel.AND SO ON!!!"Then they did this whole race. Kinda canceled it after a few chapters. Then this kid got stabbed in the face by raining knives or whatever-..."And SO ON!!!"And then they finally loved Prometheus for once!"Prometheus cries. "HE DESERVES IT!!! HE DESERVES IT SO BAD!!! AFTER THAT WHOLE PREQUEL THING, I AM VERY, VERY WELL-ENDOWED WITH HIS ORIGIN!!!"And THEN-!!!"And then Myrmex was gaslit by Superior Tinwoodman only to be saved BY THE REAPER!!!"And then..."AND THE GLOOM HUNTERS ARE BACK, BABY!!! Then there was this whole thing were-...""Wait... What happened to the really cool and funny smart scientist guy?" asked Prometheus."Oh. He's dead. Permanently, I think.""Aw!""Yeah. Bummer. THEN-!!!"And then..."THEN... MACJOVIAL!?!? THE SERIAL KILLER FROM THE 80S!?!?! He's back!""NO!!!" roared Prometheus and the Reaper.And *snooorre...*"And right now they were talking about kinks or some shit!" smiled Miguel."Then what?" asked the Reaper."I dunno. I'm in hiatus, so... Eh!" Miguel smiles. "Do... YOU guys have Fanfics?""Yeah... Mine is about this fictional world about giants and toys or whatever called Brick Kingdom..." said Prometheus."Mine's a story about seven magical heroes in a magical land called Lord of the Things..." said the Reaper."LAY IT ON ME!!!" smiled Miguel, as the others groaned in mild annoyance.The next day...Anna walks into the kitchen to grab a piece of the Corn-Corned Beef Stew and heats it up in the microwave. She finishes and places the stew on a bed of rice. She turns to the main dining table only to yell, "WHAT THE HELL!?!?"Miguel, the Reaper, and Prometheus had placed papers all over the dining area of the kitchen. They placed it on the glass doors, windows, walls, ceiling, floor, and all over the table.Athena can be shown helping them out as well."Uh... Athena? You alright there, bud?" asked Anna."Yeah!" smiled Athena."How about you take a break-..."Prometheus shakes his head with terror."I MEAN-!!! Your clones here... let 'em take a break...""Okay!" smiled Athena, before walking away."Why do you have a lot of ant-based creatures and wacky zany characters in your bunch?" asked Anna."I dunno and I don't care. Pass me the red marker," said Prometheus.Anna looks at the table and sees that they're all red. "Prometheus. They're all red.""HEY!!! THAT'S MR. PROMETHEUS TO YOU!!!""Okay... Mr. Prometheus-...""No... Emperor Warlord Prometheus.""Okay? Emperor-...""MR. EMPEROR WARLORD PROMETHEUS!!!""Are you just finding excuses to whoop my ass for not finding the right marker?""RED... MARKER!!! RED!!! STOP LOOKING WITH YOUR MOUTH!!! LOOK WITH YOUR STUPID EYES!!! THEY'RE EYES AND STUPID FOR A REASON, Y'KNOW!?"Anna rolls her eyes. "Here..."Prometheus takes it. "DAMN IT!!! THIS IS 255, 1, 1!!! MINUS POINTS!!!""EXCUSE YOU!?!?" roared Anna.Miguel pats Prometheus' shoulder. "Mr. Prometheus? What did we talk about?""Right... Uh... Sorry..." said Prometheus.Upon hearing those words, Anna's jaw dropped and she was slightly grinned. "Did... Did you just say sorry for being rude?""Uh-huh... Just hand me 255, 0, 0... Use your... Uh... Usog..."Anna does so. "Hey! I immediately found it!" she smiled, giving it to Prometheus."Yeah... Usog allows you to see other colors that can't be seen by the naked human-... HOLY SHIT!!! I JUST THOUGHT OF A TWIST!!!" smiled Prometheus."HA!!!" smiled the Reaper. "Show 'em!"Miguel smiles and writes down Prometheus' storyline."Haha!" smiled Prometheus. "Never had this much fun in years!" Suddenly, Prometheus stops smiling and stares at Miguel, who is laughing and smiling. "He's laughing so warmly that it doesn't even feel forced for the very first time." Prometheus shakes his head and smiles.The next day...Anna carries a bowl of cereal and walks into the living room. She smiles seeing Prometheus, the Reaper, and Miguel laughing while watching the Generation One of the Metamorphers TV Series."HELL YEAH!!!" smiled Miguel."Told ya this was amazing, kid!" smiled Prometheus."Alright, sirs. May we have another?" asked the Reaper.The next day...After getting home, Prometheus, Miguel, and the Reaper begin singing to Bad Romance.The trio kept hanging out and bonding over the course of the next few weeks. They marathoned shows, danced to music, wrote fanfics, and did many more. Over time... They even managed to write a proper crossover series..."HOLY SHIT!!! 12,000 PEOPLE READ OUR FANFIC!!!" laughed Miguel.Prometheus grabs his shoulder. "I'm proud kid...""So am I..." smiled the Reaper.The trio laughed softly as the night came...And while Miguel and even the Reaper slept..."Prometheus..." said a feminine voice. "What about the deal?""The truce is still happening. Just give me some more time. March 31st.""I sense that your... emotions may place conflict within your heart... this conflict may even affect your choices in the future.""Trust me. I'll be fine..." said Prometheus. "The truce is still on. Is my world still there?""It's fine... still frozen in place.""And I'll get it back after all this is over, right.""Yes.""Thank you.""Don't fuck this up."*click...*