"See that?" Joseph points to the TV. "Look at her fitness! You should be more like that! Fit!"A 20-year-old Prometheus angrily types these exact words in his own book."You shouldn't be fat! That's gluttony according to the Bible!""Have you ever considered that Kariel, someone who's borderline depressed and right now, having a fever, is still being forced to study by Mom?" asked Prometheus, squinting his eyes."Fun? Fun isn't eating pork outside!""You were eating like a pig as well.""Yeah! Like assholes!""'Us?'""...holes!""Dad!" Prometheus facepalmed. "LOOK AT HIM!!!" Prometheus points to his younger brother, who depressingly reads his textbook. "I only WANTED him to eat out with me for TWO HOURS. TWO... HE HAS SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF STUDYING!!!""He got 75 in Filipino," said Mary, his mother. "If he gets zero in any subject, they could fail him. He'll repeat a year. He'll have new friends. He'll get more depressed.""Dad. Mom. I get that. BUT GIVE HIM A BREAK!!! The kid drinks anti-depressants at this point and you're getting mad at me for giving him some time to have fun," said Prometheus. "I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD-!!!""Don't raise your voice," said Mary."STOP-!!!" Prometheus slams the table. He grabs his laptop. "I'm outta here. You're both psychos. If he grows up resenting you in the future, that's on you.""No, he won't! He loves me!" smiled Mary, as Kariel pushes her away."Yeah? Well I already despise both of you for what you did to me," said Miguel, walking upstairs.Now... forty-four years later..."Any response from Kariel?" asked Annalisa, as Prometheus sits down on the couch.Prometheus sits next to her.= "Nope..." sighed Prometheus. "He's completely ignoring our messages.""Maybe it isn't a good idea to ask him to go home to the house he was educationally and academically abused in.""Wasn't he a special-... Differently-abled?" asked Miguel."Yeah. We all are in this shit family," sighed Prometheus. "(I canNOT wait to get the fuck outta here...)"*ding, dong!*Prometheus opens the gate door and sees Kariel.Kariel immediately hugs Prometheus. "KUYA!!! I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU I WUV YOU-!!!""Get the hell off of me," said Prometheus, annoyed as his brother rubs his face on his belly. "Aw!" yelled Kariel, getting sad and giving sad puppy eyes."Tch-! I LOVE YOU TOO!!! JUST GET OFF ME!!! WE'RE TWO OLD MEN NEARING THEIR SENIORSHIP!!! WE'RE NOT LITTLE KIDS ANYMORE!!!""Okay, big brother Kuya!" smiled Kariel. "But...! No... Technically, because of the Earth's mutagenic properties, I'm still in my 20s! Making you a Middle-Aged Man!""I'M AT LEAST 27!!! GET OFF!!!" roared Prometheus.Kariel's wife, Lee, pulls him away. "Hello, Mr. Prometheus!""Hello, Lee. It's uh... A pleasure..." he shook her hand. "Sorry. I put glue all over my hands to rip off the artificial skin and act like Spider-Man.""Uh... huh..." said Lee. "Right..."Behind Lee is their two kids and their families."Oh my God..." said Prometheus."We're here to meet... them..." sighed Lee."Right..." said Kariel, as he tries walking away."OH NO, YOU DON'T!!!" roared Lee, grabbing Kariel's back. "YOU'RE NOT LEAVIN' ME ALONE WITH THOSE TWO!!!""So..." said Mark. "You're my Uncle?""Huh... Didn't expect you to be so... big..." said Jack."I didn't expect either of you to be small, puny, weak-?" asked Prometheus, as Kariel punches Prometheus' arm very, very softly over and over."Okay! Okay! I'm just teasing!" laughed Prometheus. "Just... Get the fuck in before I have to spend another night here.""Aw!" yelled Kariel."Kariel, you were here when I got home.""Yeah. Because I heard you liberated us.""Right. Well... Let me share my pain with you. From one brother to another.""Yaaaay!"Later...Kariel smiles and just closes his eyes and hugs his brother's arm."Right... Sensing some... attachment issues here..." said Miguel. Miguel tries to pat Prometheus' shoulder.Kariel: *hisses like a demonic basilisk at Miguel and proceeds to hug once more*"Good evening, boys! *turns to Kariel* How's my fav-? *turns to Miguel* How are my favorite boys doing?" smiled Mary, their mother."A little bit too late to get back from that, don't ya think?" Miguel and the knights thought."Fine..." said Prometheus.Kariel ignores her."Karilianus Daniel Joseph Ibarra, you respond to your mother! Kariel? KARIEL!!! *screams like a demon* KARIEL!!!""No," said Kariel."Oh my God. Not again," Lee facepalmed."KARIEL!!! KARIEL!!! KARIEL!!! KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!!"Later...Everyone eats food silently. Kariel is right beside his brother and talking to only him. Prometheus smiles and simply enjoys listening to what he's saying."Hey, Pro?" asked the Reaper.Kariel immediately stops talking and gives the Reaper a death stare and hisses."Could you pass the -- What's up, Uncle Kariel? -- Could you pass the suka?" asked the Reaper."I'll pass the vinegar, dear nephew..." he sneered, slowly reaching for the vinegar."Uh... Never mind. Just... gimme the Calamansi. I have toyo in this bowl and I don't want your brother to poison me or some shit," said the Reaper."Reaps. Don't be rude to Kariel," said Prometheus."S-Sorry..." said the Reaper. Prometheus hands a small lime to the Reaper, which the Reaper squeezes into his soy, only for the juice droplets to somehow splatter into both of his eyes.The Reaper grunts in anger. "Prometheus, I think your brother's being aggro again.""What? Kuya! He's doing that thing again where he blames me for his inconveniences...!" yelled Kariel."Well, that's the thing, Kariel. Every time you're here, Reaps seems to be getting... inconvenienced...""What do ya mean? I'm a good guy!""A moth flew into his mouth while he was talking," said Annalisa."He was struck by the cork when we opened the champagne," said Jessica."He was struck by a stray bullet that crashed the window and shot him in the face," said Jenna. "Good thing he has bulletproof skin.""Yeah... Weird that these are all projectile related..." said Prometheus."Okay... Fine! I've been a bit annoyed by him taking my father from me!" yelled Kariel."I'm right here, though," said Joseph."NOT YOU!!!" roared Kariel. "My father. KUYA!!!""WHAT!?!?" asked everyone else."Karilianus Daniel Joseph Ibarra. I am NOT your father.""Who taught me how to socialize?""Me.""Who told me about the birds and the bees when I hit puberty?""Me...""Who tutored me when I was gonna fail?""Me.""Who taught me how to cook?""Okay...""Who taught me how to write?""I get-..""Who taught me how to work? Who taught me how to study by my own? Who taught me life lessons? Who taught me how to understand and perceive the world properly? Who taught me that I'm human? Who taught me that I am worth more than what I thought I was, which WAS a piece of shit IN THIS PIECE OF SHIT FAMILY UNDER THESE PIECE OF SHIT PEOPLE!?!?""Kariel. Please. We're trying to have a normal -- enough -- family-...""You're my Dad, Kuya! Just accept that! No matter what, I'll always see you as the closest thing I have to a stable and NORMAL father!""Yeah... But... That's kinda unhealthy, don't ya think?""Yeah! No shit! But these knuckleheads never cut it!""Hey!" yelled their parents."And THIS jerk stole you from me!" Kariel pointed to the Reaper who is across him at the table."No. I was adopted by a wise yet slightly unhinged wizard and became his actual son," said the Reaper."And you call US unhealthy!?" asked Kariel."Please don't say it that way. It's misleading and making my skin crawl," said Prometheus."YOU LITERALLY ADOPTED YOURSELF TO PROVE TO YOUR PARENTS THAT WE GREW UP LIKE SHIT!!!" roared Kariel."That's not true. He adopted me because he needed the Reaper and I needed a father since I lost my parents. Right?" asked the Reaper.Prometheus looks away."No...""I uh... Kinda... Picked you because you were me... He's... kinda right...""What... What about all that talk about Usog?""I already knew Usog. I didn't need a prodigy. I mean, I was gonna utilize you. You just weren't first in line.""THEN WHO WAS!?!?""Dark...""WHAT!?!!? THAT BOZO!?!?" roared the Reaper."Oh dear..." said Miguel."Dark is an abusive conservative who believes in everything THAT'S WRONG with the Philippines.""Exactly. A conservative. Someone who would do anything I saw no matter what with a strong moral code.""I have a strong moral code!""Yes. But Dark wouldn't be so easily swayed if he killed... Well-...""Wow..." Miguel looks away."Oh, come on, kid! That was in the past! Let's just enjoy this dinner-!" smiled Prometheus."No! No, no! Say it! SAY THAT I WASN'T FIRST IN LINE!!!""You weren't..." said Prometheus, squinting his eyes. "But you're my kid now. That's what's-...""Tournament," said the Reaper. "Pagusogan."Prometheus sighs.Miguel and the knights' eyes widen."Dad..." said Athena. "Here!?"Prometheus sighs. "There's a basketball court in a school nearby. You fight there."Kariel smiles."You aren't serious-?" asked Mary."It's an Usog duel. You can never back down."Later...Prometheus and the family stood outside of the caged basketball court. Prometheus had set up forcefields around the court."Hey... I just want to say that I'm sorry for what we did to you," said Joseph."I'm sorry, too," said Mary."Believe me. It's fine. What bothers me now at this point is that I'm passing that trauma to my own. You are also to blame for that. But I'm the bad guy in this one."The Reaper prepares a Hell Fire attack. "Hell...""Going for a Hell Fire, huh?" asked Miguel."A what?" asked Joseph."You didn't tell your Dad about your powers?" asked Miguel."Why would I? He's an asshole," said Prometheus."Hey..." said Joseph."I'm joking. I love you..." said Prometheus."Love you, too," said Joseph."FAIYAAAAAAA!!!" The Reaper blasts flames at Kariel.The blast was so powerful that the entire city shook and the sky nearly lit-up from the immense light.The Reaper smiles and laughs only to see Kariel smiling, standing there."My turn," smiled Kariel.Kariel pulls a very tiny metal ball out of his pocket.He puts the ball between the top of his thumb's nail and his curved index finger.*TING!!!**SPLAT!!!*The Reaper gets shot in the legs."Wait, what?" asked Miguel.The Reaper falls to the ground with hundreds of holes all over his legs.The Reaper's eyes widen as he uses his fingers to catch a small projectile before crushing it.The Reaper heals himself with his blue flames and slowly stands right back up."Dude. He's still injured from the King," said Miguel. "I don't think he should be-...""Shhh," said Prometheus.Kariel takes out another small ball.*TING!!!*He flicks it again.The Reaper catches it and crushes it once more.Kariel keeps on flicking over and over as the Reaper just keeps crushing his projecrtiles.The Reaper catches the last one, only for it to slide into his finger and into his vein, traveling toward his heart.The Reaper squeezes his vein only for the bullet to squeeze further in, being pushed by some sort of unknown force.Meanwhile, another bullet appears and begins shooting him all over.The Reaper then thinks to himself. "I gotta crush it from the inside! No... The iron will poison my body... Shit! Shit, shit, shit! SQUEEZE!!!" The Reaper squeezes the bullet out of his vein, catches it, and crushes it. He catches the others one and crushes it. The Reaper heals himself with his healing flames, but puss began to form inside his healed wounds.The Reaper shivers in pain, full of bleeding puss and swollen cists bleeding slowly."MR. REAPER!!!" yelled Anna. "Miguel's right! You shouldn't be fighting!""Waaay past the time for persuasive dialogue, here..." said Jedan."Ew... Dude... I think he's getting infected!" yelled Lord, before Happy slaps the back of his head."DO A FLIP!!!" smiled Fred, before Gerard slaps the back of his head."Reaps..." said a worried Athena."Mr. Reaper! You don't have to fight him to prove anything!" yelled Miguel. "He chose you because he reminded you of himself and his brother! Not to correct a mistake! You know that! I know that! Please! Mr. Reaps!""Do you accept defeat?" asked Kariel."No..." growled the Reaper. "Hey. I heard that real men stand before their kills. Not cower outside the range of their enemy. Come forward. Enjoy your kill..." He said, with deadly eyes. "Or are you a coward?"Kariel approaches him and keeps flicking bullets as the Reaper just keeps tanking all the bullets and holes in his body.Kariel walks forward before appearing in front of the Reaper."HELL-!!!""Stop!" yelled Prometheus. "It's a draw!""WHAT!?!?" asked the pair.Prometheus waves his fingers and heals most of the Reaper's injuries."I WAS ABOUT TO WIN!!!" roared Kariel."Were you?" asked Prometheus.Kariel looks down to see the Reaper's fist right in front of Kariel's chest."He was gonna use his Hell Blade Vambrace technique on you. He lured you in. You nearly died because of your ego," said Prometheus. "AND YOU!!!" roared Prometheus. "You were about to pass out. NO ONE WON HERE!!!""So, what?" asked the Reaper."So... I wanna say that I'm disappointed in the both of you. We're family. And you were willing to hurt each other. I may not like my parents neither do you like each other... But I care about you. And you care about me. And our parents care about us in our own way. Stop... fighting..." Prometheus falls to his knees. "I'm... so... Goddamned tired."Miguel pats Prometheus' shoulder."You started it," growled the Reaper."And I'm ending it," said Prometheus. "It's poetic that way. So, please... Just... help me end this, too..."The Reaper and Kariel sigh.Later... the Ibarras spend the rest of the night eating quietly at the dinner table.