"Mr. Reaper! Where's Miguel!?" asked Anna, seeing the Reaper walk into the sandy beach. "And WHY is the sand gone?""He's fine..." said the Reaper, walking away."Oh no! Did you guys FIGHT!?!?" roared Anna."Calm down..." Prometheus lands next to Anna. "We just had a little chat."Miguel sighs. "Mr. Reaper, wait!""Reaps! Come on! You can't blame me! I mean... You can blame me! You can't blame the kid for his Dad's mistake!" yelled Prometheus."'MISTAKE!?!?'" asked the Reaper, walking back."What the hell happened!?" asked Anna."My Dad killed Reaper's Dad... And Mom..." said Miguel.Anna, Jedan, Lord, Gerard, Fred, Athena, and Happy all gasp."HWAT!?!?" asked Jedan."GODDAMN IT, MIGUEL!!! STOP FUCKING TELLING PEOPLE!!!" roared Prometheus."Sorry..." Miguel bowed his head."Listen here, old man. You may have raised me... Turned me into the weapon I am now... But if you think that what they did to me was just an ordinary mistake-!" roared the Reaper."Listen. The real enemy is out there. I don't know who, but he's out there SOMEWHERE!!!""Oh, yeah? What if it's you? Hm?""Fucking EXCUSE YOU, BOY!?!?" roared Prometheus."What if YOU had my parents killed to create me!?" asked the Reaper."WHAT!?!? NO!!! THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA-!!! Well-... I'm not NOT considering it-...""UGH!!!" The Reaper claws his head and walks away."Kid. Wait. I love you, alright? But your parents were killed by someone very fucking powerful. Someone not even I know anything about. If you do something rash now, you could die!"The Reaper flips him off and rockets away with flames from his fists."I THINK I KNOW WHO DID IT!!!" roared Prometheus. The Reaper stops."I don't know his name, alright? But... He's a guy who can travel around mirrors... Dangerous guy. Could control water," said Prometheus."The Aswang King..." said the Reaper, landing before him. "Why didn't you tell me?""Reaps. Your ability is Eyes of Fire. His Kulam can not only beat even me. He could KILL you. I suggest we just don't touch him.""Wait... The Aswang King is REAL!?!?" asked Miguel."Yes. He ordered your father to take his parents out or you die. I've been investigating him for years, Reaps. I was making sure he doesn't hurt you," said Prometheus. "Why didn't you tell me!?" roared the Reaper, blasting flames all over his fire-proof armor."Because of that. Anger. You're too angry. I suggest we calm down and think before your head begins smoking up like a chimney.""I'M CALM!!!" he roared so loud a shockwave occurred."No, you're not. Please. Do not touch him. He's something YOU DON'T... FUCK WITH..." said Prometheus. "Look... I'm sorry for lying to you-...""Did you have ANYTHING to do with this!?" roared the Reaper."WHY WOULD I KILL THE ALTERS OF MY PARENTS!?!?" asked Prometheus."So, no?""NO!!! Kid, I care about you. If you go kill him right now without any army or weapon, you'll die. Not only that, but it's affecting your connection with the Usog. I can feel you faltering to the Kulam.""Yeah? So what if I am? What if I suddenly do it? Hm?" sneered the Reaper. "Not like you'll stop me. I'm your kid after all, right?" "Kid... You're playing with fire.""I will kill him, Prometheus.""No.""WHY NOT!?!? THINK I WON'T!!!?""I think you can't. Not even I can.""You sure? How do you know?""BECAUSE I FOUGHT HIM!!!" roared Prometheus. He removes his mask, revealing the burn scar on his face. "I can regen, remember? SEE THIS!?!? HE... DID THIS... Along with another woman... who also burned the other half... BUT... that doesn't matter!""But you said he controls water and I know what happened to your face...""A lot of people burned my-... UGH!!! His ability is mirrors. He can somehow copy attacks or some shit... Not sure how it works..," said Prometheus. Before...Prometheus, on the ground, crawls away from his adversary."SKRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" howled the Aswang King, ticking his wings as he kicks Prometheus to the ground, making him vomit blood."He was far too formidable. He didn't even move a muscle and when I attacked him, seconds later, a similar attack came back to me..."Now..."Huh... I think you weren't just trying hard enough.""No. I nearly died. You could die. He WILL kill you, you fuckin' dumbass," he said, sarcastically.The Reaper rockets away."MR. REAPER!!!" yelled Miguel. "Hey, Anna?"Anna closes her eyes. "Yep! Yeah... I sensed the beats of his heart. He's telling the truth.""Welp... Imma go get 'im..." Miguel flies next to him.Anna yells. "Wait-! BE CARE-!!!""NO!!!" Prometheus pulls him back using his chain stick technique. "He'll DEFINITELY kill you!""Look... If Mr. Reaper is going, I'm going. Besides! I beat Aurora!""No. You HELD YOUR GROUND against her. He can KILL you... Those are two very different things!""Sorry, Prometheus..." Miguel teleports around him and flies away. "I need to help my master..." He teleports away to wherever the Reaper is."None of you dumbasses g-..." Prometheus turns and they're already trying to run after the pair. "YOU COME BACK HERE!!! NO!!! MY BABIES!!!" he sobbed, running after them. "MY DUMB FUCKIN' BRAINDEAD BABIES!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!"Later...The Reaper continues flying away. "Okay... Okay... Where do I start... I could enter my Reapercave and use the specialized Reaper Satellites I implanted in every known Earth of Maharlica-152. Then I could search for every known Aswang in Maharlica-152 and search for known gangs... criminal organizations... investigate leads and interrogate anyone who has any knowledge of the Aswang King.""Or!""GAH!!!" The Reaper turns to his right. "Miguel...?"Miguel is seen carrying a bag while wearing a black mask, a black hoodie, and black overalls. "I'll show you the thing Pro gave me and you could start from there!""Prometheus doesn't know who the Aswang King is," said the Reaper."But we could probably ask my Da-!"The Reaper gives a look of slight annoyance with Miguel's stupidity."Right. Like THAT will go well..." said Miguel. "Ooh! We could look up who my Dad is connected to!""Alright..." Suddenly, a portal opens before them, and the pair are now in some sort of underground basement."Whoa... Is this an alter of my basement?" asked Miguel."Yes. It's called the Reapercave.""Why not the Deathtomb?""What? That's redundant.""How about Tomb of Fire?""Why do you keep saying 'tomb'?""'Cuz you're the Reaper. This is the place where you rest. And you're a skeleton-themed Superhero. It's a tomb.""O-Oh..." said the Reaper. "Shit. That's actually good."Suddenly, his holo-watch rings. The Reaper answers. "What is it, Anna?""Mr. Reaper! I saw Pro's video of how he got fucked over! I think you should actually be listening to him!" yelled Anna."No," said the Reaper."*Sigh!* Where are you?""In the Tomb of Fortitude.""HA!!! He used it!" laughed Miguel."Miguel!?" asked Anna. "Dude. You have to listen to Prometheus! This guy's a big deal! The nature of his powers is strange! We have to be smart with this...""Yeah. I AM smart..." said Miguel."You're smart in battle but you're an idiot in everything else," said Jedan. "Come. Home.""Or, we'll come to ya!" yelled Fred."We're all gud chaps here, can we not fight?" asked Happy."NO!!!" yelled the others."Hey, guys! Turns out there's a Happy Hornet's restaurant out here in the-!""NO!!!" They yelled even louder."I've been traumatized several times there. Goddamn it, Lord," said Happy."Right! You were killed in one of those!" smiled Lord."Bloody hell, mate. That's my literal origin story..."Lord and Happy begin arguing in the background."Neither of you are helping..." Anna facepalmed."Miguel..." said Gerard, taking the holo-watch from her. "We haven't seen each other in a month and the first thing you do is abandon us and go on a one-way mission...""Yeah! It's to avenge Mr. Reaper's mom and dad!""Yes. I respect that. But this villain isn't like Aurora. He's actually far worse," said Gerard. "Be wise about this.""YEAH, JABRONI!!! GET BACK HERE!!!" roared Fred."No, dudes..." sighed Miguel. "Mr. Reaper's already found where he might be. He's in some sort of abandoned stone Church created by the Spanish in the northern mountains beyond this world's Burnham City.""GODDAMN IT!!! WHY CAN'T I GET IN!?!?" roared Prometheus, falling off a portal with a crocodile on his foot. "REAPS!!! SHUT DOWN THE BARRIERS, NOW!!!"The Reaper hangs up. "Found it. According to registry... He had a meeting with an unknown figure in that location. He could be the Aswang King.""How could you be so sure?""The Church is very near the village where father grew up," said the Reaper. "A village full of Aswangs.""You're an Indigenous Person!?" asked Miguel."Yes. My mother was more of a Men men men Manileña. Heh... Still drunk... She went there for summer vacation.""Am I-?""No.""Is Mr. Prometheus-?""Prometheus is an Ilocano with Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog ancestry. I'm half Igorot.""Cool..." said Miguel. "And... I'm a hybrid between a Demon and a False god?""Multiversal war criminals. Yes.""Different worlds, different stories.""Different stories, different worlds. Found it. It's that Church. My father used to tell me ghost stories before he died about that place..." said the Reaper."G-Ghosts? Wait, wait, what?""Calm down. They're just Aswangs.""Oh. That's cool, then. I'm an Aswang.""That you are. Let's move..."Later...The Reaper and Miguel land nearby the old stone Church on the mountain."This is the only Church the Spanish built in the Cordilleras.""Why?" asked Miguel."Our worlds have similar colonization histories. The Spanish managed to conquer most of the Philippines except Mindanao and this area right here. In this timeline, many tribes here still practice headhunting. Prometheus' ancestors were conquered and became farmers. We come from a tribe of Shamans. We weren't always warriors... Until the Spanish came. Before the Shamans, particularly women, were healers. There were tribes of that all over the Philippines. My father's village was the last of that... They soon moved into Burnham City... All that tradition gone...""Yeah... War and colonization, man..." sighed Miguel. "Destroys what makes a tradition... a tradition... basically... I mean, look at me! I'm pretty Americanized myself! My foster father, Billy, is half American. Born from a rich mogul who grew up in the Philippines. Does anyone in your village practice the tradition?""Yes. Me.""Whoa! Cool! What is it?""Usog...""O-Oh...! Oooooh..." Miguel realized what the Reaper is talking about: The origin of their fighting styles."And so do you...""Hm... It all came around... So, I'm the successor to this... tribe...?""Yes. They wielded fire. They had a culture that utilizes fury. We were the Fire Tribe of the place. Fictional tribe in some worlds. But in our worlds, very, very real. So, I taught you that," said the Reaper. "You were the perfect candidate."Author's Note: Yes. It's fictional. Standing on a thin line here.Author's Note: My foot's aching 'cuz of the cold. I need socks.Author's Note: My foot was eaten by a bear. Jk. It was by a crocodile.Author's Note: I wish I had fire powers like these two."So... Shall we go in...?" smiled Miguel, only for the Reaper's pupils to contract.The Reaper kicks Miguel down. "GET DOWN!!!""KRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"The thing... disappeared.The Reaper, grabs his leg, feeling that he's bleeding. His heart beats fast. He listens to the running water in a brook nearby. He looks around and sees the dew dripping down a few leaves. He looks down to see that there are puddles all over the forest ground and ponds nearby. There is even a waterfall at the end of the cliff. "Hey, kid...? How does his powers work again?""With water-..."The Reaper blasts flames everywhere, evaporating all the water in the area."That's... destruction of natural property-...""CLOSE YOUR DAMNED MOUTH!!!" roared the Reaper."But-!!!""JUST DO IT!!!"Miguel shuts his mouth. He thinks for a second. "Huh... I could feel my saliva... moving-..." Bloody ice-like glass spikes began emerging from his cheeks and lower jaw.*SPLAT!!!*"NO!!!" roared the Reaper.Miguel's jaw is torn off as he falls to his knees. He grows his jaw back, but the Reaper chases after his mask, carried by his jaw that crawls on the ground is thrown into the Church.The Reaper stops a few meters away from the Church. The Reaper saw the glass above. It's quite gothic in nature. A soft sound of a mosquito could be heard nearby. The mosquito then turns into a red glass icicle that is shot thru the Reaper's neck.The Reaper grabs his neck, having been shot."Mr. Reaper!?" asked Miguel. "HEY!!! SHOW YOURSELF!!!"The Reaper is horrified, as the sound of running water returns. He looks around to see that the water had returned."IF YOU WANNA FACE US, FACE US LIKE A MAN!!!" roared Miguel.Miguel backs away a few steps before stopping at a halt by something furry... But cold, strangely enough. Miguel drools blood, feeling a sharp glass pass through his heart.A large Aswang, much larger than Miguel's form, towers over the pair.Miguel teleports away and blasts flames at him, only for his flames to evaporate.Miguel, confused, regenerates and teleports behind him, preparing the Hell Fire technique. "HELL FAIYA!!!"The flames evaporate as the muscular Aswang grabs Miguel using his tongue, strangely enough.Miguel transforms into an Aswang, then into his Diwata State, bursting with light blue flames, which, mind you is his strongest form.Miguel then begins to grow thinner as the creature sucks up his insides.The Reaper finally heals his injury using his flames and rockets himself into the creature's chest only to enter some sort of ocean-like dimension and strike himself in the head, causing his skull mask and actual skull to fracture.The large Aswang drops Miguel, still alive but barely, now nothing but skin and bones. Miguel forms back to normal, weakly.The Reaper falters backward with his head aching and backing away with shaking legs.The Aswang then slams his fist into the Reaper's stomach, making him lose his skull mask and revealing his scars. The Aswang then grabs his face and gives a good look at his face. "Miguel Kojoji... The boy who had it all..." he sneered. "Didn't your father try to do the exact same thing you're doing?""You... You're the King.""That's right, baby... I'm the K̶I̸N̷G̵!!!" he snarled, before carrying him up and knee-kicking his back, snapping his spine backwards and dropping him to the ground.Prometheus, panting, is revealed to have already reached the area much earlier, but is ironically crucified by the Aswang King and is left bleeding on a boulder. Prometheus is nailed with glass-like solidified water and is bleeding on the boulder."Take your sons and leave..." said the Aswang. "Consider this mercy. I only wished to assert dominance. I got it. Thanks to your stupid son."Prometheus shakes. "You... will never... get away with th-!!!"The Aswang King chokes Prometheus with vine-like water around his neck. "Listen, Prometheus... I burned your face once. Don't make me melt your ugly mug.""Y-You... You boiled the water on my face... You can control water and its temperature... and more dangerously... You use the Kulam Mirror Eyes...""Ah. Observant one... Well... It doesn't matter." He beats him after each word. "You. CAN'T. TOUCH ME!!!" He then drops him to the ground. "No one can. And no one WILL!!!" He headbutts Prometheus and drops him to the ground.The Aswang King then uses Hydrokinesis to carry water out of the pond and forms a flat ice mirror. "See you never, bitches..." He grabs the trio and sends them back to their world.Happy smiles. "Huh... I'm sure hopeful that Prometheus got them home as soon as-..."*SPLAT!!!*The entire group stop at a halt, traumatized to see their three mangled and bloody bodies on the ground, barely living."Oh my fuck..." said Happy, horrified.