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Loss is A Terrible Thing

Beatle and Prometheus travel around in the dark, weary, and hardened city of Manilatropolis, seeing the destroyed buildings just about anywhere with more advanced high-tech buildings built over them. Dark and grayish palaces enveloped the city as the islands hailed the Morningstar. The islands have massive docks and false ground built over them. Every living creature once alive in the archipelago is now extinct, now replaced with mindless working men and women in suits. Filipinos, now hybrids who have slept with various races in South East Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Australasia lived in the empire, though, the streets of Manilatropolis wasn't... perfect. There are vandalizations on just about every surface of the buildings in the city with spray paint scattered around buildings of various rebel symbols. Slayers, Misfits, Godkillers, Devilsnatchers, and other various warmongering freaks of nature. But, the silence came upon the weather, constantly snowing. The mismanagement of the outskirts of the city is meant to keep Morningstar's people strong to avoid weakening the vessels of their dying spirits. The people there sang in unison, chanting and praying to the Morningstar.

"ALL HAIL!!! MORNINGSTAR!!!" They sang in repetitive mantras as if it was etched in their poor near-barren minds.

"I remember when I killed Hitler," said Prometheus.

"What was he like?" asked Beatle.

"Aurora's worse," said Prometheus.

"You're telling me," said Beatle.

The pair kept traveling into the harsh blizzard wherein they finally reach the Morningstar Palace, which is the same building she stabbed Beatle in.

Beatle's eyes quivered in horror.

So did Prometheus'. "This is where it happened..."

"I know," said Beatle.

"We BOTH know," said Prometheus with a shiver in the tone of his voice. "Let's just... get this over with..."

Beatle and Prometheus enter through a portal and meet the Morningstar, already on her throne. But, they realize... this isn't the Morningstar they came to know.

"She-Devil," said Prometheus.

"She has a Supervillain title?" asked Beatle.

"DON'T JUDGE OUR SCORN ROMANCE!!!" roared Prometheus.

"Hello, Pro!" smiled She-Devil. "Uwu! It's moi! Hellululu BABY!!!"

"Christ, I forgot how insufferable this one is," said Beatle.

"I'm TIRED of how YOU... KEEP PLAYING GAMES WITH ME, PRO!!!" roared She-Devil.

"And I'm tired of you tryna prove some bullshit to me," said Prometheus.

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"Oh, please, Promepooh! Do realize that even I'm scaredy waredy of my prime self!"

"What?" asked Beatle.

"She means YOUR precious Ruru," said Prometheus. "Where's the Splooge production, woman? How much have you bought from that psycho?"

"Enough, Pro. Enough... Now, do realize this... I'm just as afraid of her as you are. I just want to be with you."

"Which I can't... I'm married."

"I can be one of your concubines... JUST LET ME BE WITH YOU!!!"

"You'll hurt them... and my children... If I do."

"THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT, NOW LEMME HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE!!!"

"She-Devil... Please shut the fuck up, will ya?" asked Morningstar, as She-Devil immediately shies away, becoming quiet and almost similar to a puppy. "Beatle. Prometheus. I see that you have met my best buyer."

"We're here to stop ya, BITCH!!!" yelled Prometheus. "We're gonna blow up this whole Splooge operation!"

Morningstar cackles psychotically. She immediately stops and turns deadpan. "I would."

Morningstar warps out Billy, who falls to his knees along with Sabbath, Death Leopard, Panthera, Green Day, and Gabrielle.

Beatle's eyes widen. "Aurora, don't do this..."

Morningstar smiles as she points her trident at Billy's face. "No! NO!!! NO!!! This doesn't feel right..."

Mars speeds next to them. "I lost Diana."

"Ah! Perfect timing as always!" smiled Morningstar. "Kill her."

Billy's eyes quiver in fear. "Beatle? I'm scared!"

"Imma give you a fighting chance. Here." Morningstar places the Cross Bow into Billy's hands. "There. Um. Let's make this game fun."

Prometheus warps out his sticks.

"Move, and I kill Billy and Beatle's family myself," said Morningstar, as Prometheus grunts and stand down.

Morningstar thinks. "Hmmm... Okay! Um... Billy! Okay! Make two choices, okay? Either um... kill the little girl over there, OR... Kill Mars!"

Mars' eyes widen. "What!?"

"Easy," said Billy, as she pointed her Crossbow at Mars.

"WAIT!!!" smiled Aurora, as she warped away Mars' helmet. "This man was cucked by his Tyrone and Anne, but had the heart to raise their daughter. OH!!! And he's a pretty little alter of Beatle. Well?"

Billy's eyes widen and quiver. "I'll still do it."

Mars sighs.

Beatle yells. "Billy! I'll do it! I'll kill him! Just... don't do this to Mars!"

Mars' eyes widen.

"He's threatening my family. He threatened you," said Billy.

"This man is conditionally working under Ruru. He's being extorted into doing this. DON'T... KILL HIM!!! Prometheus! Confirm this!" yelled Beatle, but Prometheus stays quiet.

Prometheus' eyes quiver, however.

"PRO!!!" roared Beatle.

Prometheus sighs.

"Shit!" Beatle takes out his blaster and points it at Mars. "Billy... I'LL kill him."

"Why do you care!?" asked Billy.

"Because I don't want you to kill someone in exchange for another life. This isn't equity!"

"Yeah? Well I only want to protect my family."

Beatle sighs. "Fine..." Beatle points the blaster onto his head but She-Devil magically blocks the bullet from Beatle's head using a magical bubble. "Fuck."

Aurora smiles. "MARS!!! NOW!!!"

Mars sighs and stabs Billy in the chest with his vambrace blade.

Beatle's eyes widen as he runs to Billy.

Everyone else gets free and runs to Billy.

"That.. wasn't part of the deal," said Beatle.

"I told you that neither of you should move, right?" asked Morningstar, as she walks away. "I want you to leave by sunrise. You may mourn and bury your twerp here."

Beatle cries as he held Billy's dying hands.

Prometheus tries healing Billy, but it doesn't work. "What?"

"This... is her trident..." said Beatle. "You can't heal from injuries done by it unless the Father Himself says so."

Prometheus sighs and takes out some blood in a vial.

"What... is that?" asked Beatle.

"Dracula's blood."

"Don't... let that touch Billy," growled Beatle.

"He'd be a Daywalker counting the conditions of his turning. He wasn't bit. Drinking the blood would turn him... into a Daywalker."

Beatle roars. "HE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO HEAVEN, PRO!!!"

"I can bargain."

"ENOUGH WITH YOUR BARGAINS!!! THIS... IS... LIFE!!!"

"He doesn't need life, right now. He just needs to survive."

Beatle's eyes quiver. "Do it."

"You can't be serious!" yelled Sabbath.

"I'll bargain," said Beatle.

"He'll strip away more and more of you," said Sabbath.

"That... was always part of the deal. Just do it, Pro."

Prometheus lets Billy drink the blood. "Drink up. This'll taste a little terrible, kid."

"Bleugh..." said Billy, as he turned pale and crossed his hands, growing fans, falling sleep.

Sabbath hugs Billy.

Death Leopard sighs. "Welp. Birth of the psychic fucking vampire, YOU BITCH!!!" He turns to She-Devil, who just backs away in fear.

"Easy," said Beatle. "Leave her. She's not worth our time. We'll find the Splooge ourselves."

Morningstar just smiles. "She-Devil may say that she does evil things as an art. That's not true. She does evil things to be closer to versions of you. Tryna copy my hot ass. No, no, no... I do it because it's an art. Because it drives me. Because all Humanity has the right to SUFFERING!!! AND ERADICATION!!!" she yelled similarly to a Dalek of sorts. "ALL HAIL ME!!! THE RULER AND GOD EMPRESS OF MAN ITSELF!!! HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!!!"

They walk out of the palace.

Mars sighs. "Why are you letting them go?"

"Because they won't be able to leave here alive," smiled Morningstar.