Mikey wakes up in his house, back on Earth.
"What just happened? I think I've had a dream about being in another world and fighting monsters there, it felt... Real. More real than any other dream I've ever had.
Mikey yawns and quickly gets out of his bed. He looks outside his window, it's raining. He looks at his phone and realizes that it's already 10 AM. He rushes downstairs.
He wants to make a breakfast and start making a video for the day. He's a famous YouTuber afterall.
As he goes downstairs he hears a sound coming from the kitchen. When he gets there and sees his mom cooking breakfast and his dad reading the newspapers.
"Dad, mom. What are you doing here?" Mikey asks in terror. The thing is, Mikey's parents have been dead since he was thirteen! There's actually a very dark backstory as to how they died, but that's for later.
"What do you mean Mikey? I am cooking breakfast." His mom answers. She seems to be making pancakes.
Heh, I must be going crazy. Mikey thinks to himself and smiles.
Mikey sits down at the table with his dad, his dad puts down his newspapers and looks at Mikey.
"So, how is your channel doing son?" His dad asks him.
"As good as ever. I would like to make a new video after we finish eating breakfast." Mikey answers.
"I still think you should've become a policeman like me. Your physique and your brain are wasted on being a content creator or whatever you call it." His dad says. That's right, Mikey's dad always wanted Mikey to become a policeman, just like him.
"I know dad, I know." Mikey says.
"And what about those guys?" His dad asks him.
Mikey's mom comes to the table with three plates that are filled with pancakes.
"Hmm? Who do you mean Dad?" Mikey asks as he looks down on his plate and grabs a pancake.
"I am talking about the guys that killed me and your mother Mikey." The dad says.
Mikey looks at his dad, who has now a bullet hole in his head. There's blood all over his face. That's exactly the last image which Mikey had of his father. His father died by getting shot in the head.
Mikey looks to his right and looks at his mom. She has several stab wounds in her chest, stomach and arms. She's covered in blood. Mikey's mother died by getting stabbed several times in a row, and then bleeding out. This was also Mikey's last image of his dead mother.
Mikey suddenly wakes up, he's in his bed again. He looks outside of his window, it's still raining. He looks at his phone and it's 10 AM AGAIN.
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He runs downstairs into the kitchen, his parents aren't there. He falls on his knees and tears start running down his face.
"That's right, I am the reason why my parents are dead..." He says.
And Mikey is actually not lying. He was already a fighter since he was eleven, he started a war with Tobey's gang when he was twelve, this was back when Mikey had a bunch of friends that would fight alongside him.
You might tell yourself: "This is so stupid, they were literally just kids, why would they start a gang war?"
Well that's exactly the reason, kids are somewhat stupid and don't realize what are they doing until it's too late, which was unfortunately the case in this scenario...
One day, when Mikey was already thirteen, he was in a grocery shop when someone from Tobey's gang spotted him and his parents who were obviously shopping with Mikey (he was too young to go grocery shopping alone).
Ironically, even though he was too young to go shopping, Mikey had already KILLED someone a few days before this. It happened when his gang and Tobey's gang were fighting. It was actually an accident and he didn't mean to kill that guy, but that guy had a knife and critically injured one of Mikey's friends, which is why Mikey killed him out of rage. (After this, his friend stopped showing up, his parents who thought that this "war" was just a joke realized that it wasn't no child's play and forbid the kid to go out with Mikey and his friends ever again).
A few days later, Mikey's parents had a car crash... The people behind it were from Tobey's gang. How did Mikey find out? One of his friends told him, he saw the whole thing and recorded it too.
Mikey went to the police with the proof, but they did NOTHING! Tobey's gang was terryfying, and even the police were scared about Tobey. Tobey was only 15 at this point, but his older brother Ryze was already leading a mafia in Mikey's city. And if you became Tobey's enemy, you automatically became Ryze's enemy aswell. The mafia had a crazy amount of power and influence in the city where Mikey lived, and all the cities in near area.
Mikey's parents survived the accident and went into the city hospital, but they were killed by Ryze's mafia throughout the night. Mikey was in the hospital that night aswell, he had a feeling that Tobey's gang would try something, he didn't however expect adults to come into this dispute.
Mikey's dad was shot in the head and Mikey's mom was raped and then stabbed several times.
Mikey saw all of this while hiding in the ventilations of the hospital... He couldn't do anything. He didn't have any weapons or anything like that.
Mikey quickly rushed to his dying mother after she had been raped and stabbed by Ryze's mafia. The men from his mafia saw Mikey but didn't bother doing anything to him, as that wasn't a part of their contract. They were wearing masks so Mikey couldn't get any information on them. The only thing he knew was that they definitely were from Ryze's mafia as they had a snake mark on their jackets. That's the mark which Ryze had used with his members.
Mikey ran to his mother and started crying and apologizing to his mom that it's his fault. The only thing she said was.
"Son, promise me that you won't kill anyone in the future, you can't stoop to the same level as these guys... ever." After these words... Mikey's mom passed away.
Mikey's mom died without knowing that he had killed someone already.
All of these memories flashed back to Mikey at this very moment.
"That's right, I don't have a family anymore. Mom died, Dad died, my uncle is the only one who was there for me after their death..."
Mikey's uncle Ruckus was a great person. He was a rich bussinesman and paid for Mikey's living after his parents died. Mikey stopped going to school and Ruckus taught him everything important about life. Thanks to that, Mikey became not only strong through his training, but also very smart.
Right after the incident happened, the "war" between Mikey's and Tobey's gang ended in Mikey's defeat. Mikey's gang completely disbanded and everyone went their own way. Nobody wanted the same thing happening to their parents. Besides Mikey himself who was striving for revenge and had nothing to lose.
His uncle knew about it, but he didn't try to stop Mikey. He had a feeling that Mikey would be actually able to pull it off, and well, Mikey did.
(A few minutes later)
Mikey wakes up. The ghost looks at him with astonishment.
"WOW!" The ghost shouts. "What an intense show of courage and strong heart. You're something else man. That's the third trial, thanks to your immensely strong will and being able to let go of your dead parents, you managed to beat the third trial with ease." The ghost says.
The third trial is different than the others, it's a mental trial. The point of it is to show someone their worst memory. The only way to clear the third trial is by accepting the fact that it happened. If you do that, you will wake up. If you don't, you'll dream for eternity.
"So, what now? Can I finally kill you?" Mikey asks.
"No, not yet, you should rest in this cabin for a few days until you regenerate." The ghost answers. "Trust me, in your current state, you stand zero chance against me. I am much stronger than that Ultimate monster." The ghost dissapears.