Dennis Returns

Dennis Returns is the first episode of Hyperion.
== Synopsis ==
Dennis comes back to life, but not in the way he expected. He is waken up by Caione, the God of Flames, to assassinate a man that is out for him.
Dennis wants to refuse but he gets sent to a desert dimension. Immediately, he spots a clone of himself who seems to want to kill him, but a teen cowboy kills him instead. He introduces himself as Crimson Carr.
Dennis walks off and finds out after a clone kicked him in the stomach, that this world has a lot of clones just like the one he saw. But then he sees an oasis.
== Characters ==
* Dennis
* Caione
* Crimson Carr
* Enemy (mentioned)
* Yue Shogun (mentioned)
== Transcript ==
Caione: Wake up.
Dennis wakes up in a sweat. He looks around him, seeing he's laying down straight across a starry sky. He knows that he has not been here before. Behind him is a gate to what seems to be where he was hours ago, but it's miles away from him. He can't see the end.
Dennis tries to reach the gate, but it stretches so far away it fades into the distance.
Caione: You aren't gonna get anywhere if you try to go back.
Dennis: Huh?
Dennis looks back to see an androgynous fire spirit, who wears black gloves and a pantsuit. It looks irritated.
Caione: You're dead. Try to go back to your homeworld and you'll burst into nothing.
Dennis: My homeworld?
Caione: (sigh) Look, Dennis, it's not rocket science. When you die, your soul is sent to a random dimension to be reborn and restart your life. And that's why you ended up here.
Dennis: Then how did I end up...
Caione: I don't know. You tell me.
Dennis can't believe what he's hearing. Dimensions? Rebirth? This has to be fake. If he knew any better, Dennis must've gotten kidnapped after getting hit in the head.
Caione: Perfect timing too, because I needed someone to kill that pig-headed bastard. He thinks he can just go around and stabs anyone he wants to, eh?
Dennis: What?
Caione shakes Dennis' shoulders.
Caione: He's after me, Dennis! The en-e-my is af-ter meeeee!
Dennis rolls his eyes and tries to keep walking, but the portal disappears.
Caione: If you don't find this enemy, Dennis, you're a dead man. Now search for him! NOW!
Dennis immediately gets up. He looks around, noticing all of his weapons and other belongings. He picks up his shotgun and tries to open the gate, but it's locked.
Dennis: (screams in frustration) Goddammit, why can't I get a door to work?
Caione: Why are you so stubborn? I thought you were trying to get back to your homeworld? I told you to find the enemy, but you don't listen.
Dennis: (in a hurry) I do listen.
Caione: Not to me, Dennis. You haven't even heard that I'm offering you $1,000,000.
Caione lends Dennis the million dollars, even though he's taken back by the offer.
Dennis: What's this for?
Caione: Kill the enemy, Dennis. Kill him.
Dennis is confused. Why would this so-called enemy want to kill him?
Dennis: I don't get it.
Caione: I don't play nice. I don't like people who think they can walk all over me.
Dennis: Oh...
Dennis knows nothing about this "enemy". He doesn't know what he looks like or what he is doing. All Dennis knows is that this "enemy" was looking for Caione.
Dennis: I'm not stupid enough to take money from someone who wants me dead.
But as he looks at Caione, he's gone.
Dennis: (sighs) Alright then. I guess I should start looking for this person. But where do I even begin?
Dennis finds himself in an empty desert. Nothing but red sand and cactus, and the familiar sunny sky.
Not a good sign.
Dennis walks through the desert and spots a large rock. He goes up to it, wondering what he should do next.
Dennis: (to himself) Where does this lead? Does it lead to my homeworld?
Dennis picks up the rock. He takes a step forward, then another, and as he does so, he leaves footprints redder than the sand itself. Like blood.
Dennis: (looks behind him)
Dennis is startled by something. There is a shadow on the horizon.
Dennis: (shocked)
The shadow appears to be coming towards him.
But luckily, the shadow is just of a lizard. Dennis keeps walking.
- Fifteen minutes later -
Dennis still hasn't found anything. He's starting to worry that he might have to turn back after all.
Dennis: (frustrated) Damnit, why can't I get anywhere?
Just as he says this, he sees something in the distance. A threatening shadow, one of an enemy. Dennis can't make him out completely, but it seems to be some sort of version of himself.
Dennis hides in the shadows. He watches the creature approach him with caution.
Dennis: (watching the enemy carefully) So that's the enemy.
The enemy stops, looks at the rock, and walks off.
The real Dennis sighs in relief.
???: That was a close one...
This startles Dennis. Who is talking to him?
Dennis: (calmly) Hello?
The voice laughs. It sounds like a boy, maybe a teenager.
???: What are you so afraid of? You look like you've seen a ghost.
Dennis calms down.
???: Nice to meet you. You have no idea how much I needed a break from that damnable pig-headed bastard.
Dennis is caught off guard by the sudden introduction.
Dennis: (nervously) What?
The boy lends a hand.
???: The name's Crimson. Crimson Carr.
Dennis: (surprised) That's a cool name.
Crimson: Thanks. It's a nickname I got when I was young.
Dennis doesn't know if he should introduce himself just yet.
Dennis: Well, I'm Dennis.
Crimson: (hesitant) Uh...I'm sorry to bother you. But I saw you running away from the guy I just killed.
Dennis: Hm?
Dennis looks back, and sees that the clone of himself was shot in the back.
Crimson: Never see him again.
Dennis: ...yeah, sure.
Dennis continues to watch the body as it... evaporates?
Crimson: I'm glad I could help you.
Dennis: Yeah, well, thank you. Well, I gotta go. Gotta find this "enemy", whatever they call it.
Crimson: (waving) Okay, well, good luck!
Dennis gets up from his hiding place and keeps walking.
- Thirty minutes later -
Dennis is now exhausted. He's spent more time standing still than moving. He decides to stop for a minute and rest his feet.
Dennis: (thinking) ...
Is this how he would've died if he didn't get hit by a catamaran? Heat death? Or would've he found his way back on water somehow? How is he even still alive?
Dennis sighs, for he doesn't know. But at least this gives him a chance to relax. He leans against the sand and closes his eyes.
- One hour later -
Dennis wakes up. His mouth tastes awful.
Dennis: (grabbing his teeth) Ugh.
He tries to brush his teeth, but the feeling is unbearable, and his mouth is so dry. It's the sand from earlier. What is this stuff?
Dennis: (stomach growling) Man, I'm starving. I wish I had ammo.
Dennis tries to pick up his weapon, but it doesn't seem to want to work.
Just then, he sees another one of those copies of himself, and he panics. He hides behind another rock.
It mostly plays out like last time. The copy looks, finds nothing, walks away. Except there's no teenage boy to shoot him in the back. This actually gives Dennis a bit of time by himself, something he really needed.
Dennis remains hidden while the copy disappears. And then, as soon as he thinks it's safe, Dennis rushes out from his hiding spot to grab his gun. But he sees that the copy turned back, and is walking towards him. Speed-walking, even.
As he tries to run, his legs give out beneath him. The Dennis copy catches up to him and kicks him hard in the stomach.
Dennis copy: Don't get in my way.
The copy walks off, leaving Dennis wondering... what the hell just happened?
Dennis can't tell if this desert world has some sort of vendetta against him, or if this world is just there for the hell of it. Why are there lizards and teenage cowboys? Why are there clones of him and blood sand? He has too many questions.
He sees two of the clones walking by. They're much more aggressive than the last one, and they look like they want to fight.
But luckily, Dennis is learning that they don't seem to be able to find people hiding behind rocks.
When the clones are out of sight, Dennis gets back up and gets his gun. He doesn't know if any of the clones can fight back, but he is tired of playing hide and seek and needs some answers from Caione.
Dennis looks around. On his left, there's another lizard. On his right, the clones are talking to each other about the lizards.
But behind Dennis seems to be an oasis. He licks his lips.
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