AlphaTale: Alterations story 2 "Alpha Madness"

Alphatale: Alterations. Story #2 - Alpha Madness

Alternate Version Type: Multiverse

Alternate Alphatale Name: Alpha Madness

Alphatale ID: #70126

Long ago, a woman known only as The Astral Mother to most was born. She was born during a deadly war between monsters and humans. One day when she was 17, nearly 18, her parents were struck down by an army of angry humans during a raid. Astral, however, was lucky enough to escape the chaos. Having lost her parents and been forced to scrounge for any resources she could find to survive, she began yearning for peace more than anything else. Over a decade passes. She had gotten with a skeleton who once ran a very successful boat company and had a total of 4 kids. Eventually, she found just the thing to bring that peace she and everyone else so desperately desired.

One day while stuck in the middle of wargrounds, as she carefully weaved around she found a strange looking book. She took it and went to hide, and once she was safe she checked out the contents of it. “Some sort of myth book” she thought to herself as she kept reading. Though it seemed useless she was intrigued and kept going through. After a bit she found a section talking about 4 gods. Life. Manipulation. Secrets. And Death. And with each of these, along with loads of info, was a spell to summon them.

First, figuring they wouldn’t be angered, they summoned Life. They asked what they called upon them for, and she explained their situation. Life said there was nothing they could do to help with their calamity. She asked them to at least help protect her children, and Life said they could only protect one. She pointed to Adam, and so Life fused with him, granting the boy grand powers with little consequence. Next, she called upon the god of Secrets. She asked the god to tell her how she can end this war, and Secrets said they could not help with their calamity. Once more, she asked them to help protect her children, and they responded the same as how Life did. She pointed to Ares, her oldest son, and so the god of Secrets fused with the boy, granting him incredible levels of knowledge at the expense of his emotions. She was starting to get concerned. She called upon Manipulation. The god asked what they wanted, and she asked them to convince the army to stand down and the humans’ leader to cease this war. Manipulation stated they could help, but they needed a physical body to do so. She pointed to William, the brightest of her boys, and so Manipulation fused with him, granting him unbelievable power and psychological prowess at the expense of his morals. William exclaimed that she’d been fooled, and laughed at her foolishness. At a loss, she called upon the final god, Death. “What have you brought me here for?” Death asked. She explained, sorrowful, and pleaded with Death to do anything to end this war, even if it meant ending the lives of humankind as a whole. Death gladly obliged, however they stated they needed a vessel to do so. She pointed to the only child of hers left untouched, Jacob. A very depressed child more brought down by the war than even her. Death fused with the boy, granting him unmatched power at the expense of full control over himself. Death, being in control, stood up and looked to Astral, before striking her down. Death then left, proceeding to slay all life in that universe one by one.

After the destruction of this world, the 4 brothers left, going their separate ways. They were all unaware of exactly what happened to each other after that point. Adam was sympathetic for Jacob, thinking the trade was beyond unfair. Ares didn’t care all too much as the god of secrets had stripped him of any care he could have once had. William, however, despised Jacob for the tragedy he brought, vowing to kill him the moment he got the chance. Jacob held no grudges, but Death did. Death hated William and made the same vow, should William had survived the chaos he’d brought. Once they’d all escaped the now dead world they all took separate paths. Death struck down AUs when he had control, making sure to make the death of anyone Jacob dared grow close to suffer a gruesome and slow death. After a while Jacob gave up hope, believing there was nothing left and he was doomed a puppet for eternity. Adam helped the survivors of these universes and universes destroyed by others too. William began growing an empire, controlling anyone he could to benefit his wish to rule the multiverse and have full control. Meanwhile Ares explored, trying to see how vast existence truly was, and what forces lie beyond them. Though all 4 may have separated, their fates were still intertwined. This is a story of divine chaos. One of sorrow and tragedy. This is the story of 4 mere mortals cursed with the spirits of gods. With that, welcome to Alpha Madness.

Several years later..

Jacob had just discovered a new universe untouched by many of the powerful forces of the multiverse. Seeing as any other universe that was untouched which he’d visited saw him only for his other half, he decided to check this one out, curious what the strange new world had to offer.

Upon entering the strange universe, he was met with a forest, lit by sunlight, with various animals, some of which he’d never even seen in the surrounding area. It was a peaceful place. No murder, no chaos, just the sound of the birds chirping and the breeze passing through.

“Where am I..?” Jacob thought to himself as he began roaming around, searching the area for any threats.

He searched for a little while. Though some of the creatures startled him here and there, he found nothing that served a danger to him. He sat down on the trunk of a nearby tree which had been cut down, and just as he was starting to ease up, he heard someone running through the forest.

Caught off-guard by the sudden noise, he jumped up and into a short tree, climbing up and positioning himself in a way he would be hard to detect.

After only a couple minutes of hiding out, Jacob saw a girl in a purple hoodie running through the forest, not in panic, but more seeming excited for some reason, although they began growing tired, and slowed down, stopping to sit on the same log Jacob was sitting on a minute ago.

“Phew..I’m tired..I’m gonna just sit down and play Sonic Adventure 5 for a few minutes..” the girl said as they pulled out their phone, starting to boot up the game.

“SONIC ADVENTURE 5?!?!?!” Jacob unintentionally yelled as he fell out of the tree he was hiding in, falling face first on the ground.

“Wh- who are you?! Some stalker?!” The girl yelled. If it weren’t obvious by her voice alone, she was incredibly angry.

“Quite the opposite, I was trying to avoid you because I don’t trust anyone. You never know what people can and will do these days.” Jacob said, explaining himself.

“Oh..well why were you hiding in a tree?? There’s all sorts of things around here, couldn’t you have used something else to hide instead of going out of your way to climb a tree???” She asked Jacob, confused.

Jacob just stared at her, silent for a moment..questioning his lapse in logic, before responding with “Good question..I dunno.”

“Right, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Emily.” She told him.

“Name’s Jacob” He said as he got up, dusting himself off.

“So what brings you out here? This is far from any towns. Hell, I haven’t even seen any houses around here.” Emily asked Jacob, seemingly not knowing of the vast multiverse that lies just beyond their reach.

“Could say I’m just trying to get away from everyone” he responded with, looking off to the side, observing the area around them, keeping watch for anything that could happen.

“Hey what's with your eyes??”

“Huh? What do you mean..?” Jacob asked, confused.

Emily approached him, pointing at one of his pupils “These little flame thingies in your eyes, what are they?”

Jacob pushed their hand away. “Hard to explain but don’t touch them or you might kill us both” He told them.

“Actually aren’t all skeleton monsters d-”

Jacob just started walking away, both because they were getting on his nerves and because he didn’t want to accidentally get them killed.

The girl followed him, asking “Hey, where are you going?!” only to be met with a fierce gaze. Jacobs' right eye was twitching, and the wisp was gone, the darkness in it fading to white, and the plants around his feet began decaying.

“Jacob-”

His eye went back to normal, and he seemed a bit more calm.

“Sorry..just a bit stressed out right now is all.” Jacob told her, trying to explain his sudden shift in demeanor.

“What was with your eye there? It was turning white or something.” Emily questioned, Jacobs face turning to a slightly more fear-stricken look. “Can’t let him get any control right now or he’ll level this entire univ-”

“HEY! I asked a question!” She yelled, interrupting his thought.

“AH! HUH- WHAT- Oh right my eye- Yeah that's a very long story.” Jacob said, panicking before collecting himself again.

“Well? I’m listening.” Emily said in a somewhat stern tone, staring him directly in the eyes.

“Fine. I’ll tell you. It all started d̶u̴r̴̜̓͝í̴̜n̴̮̈́̏g̵̨͉̟͓̅̓̒̏̀-̷̠͋́͐̉̏̾

“You already know how the story goes don’t you?”

-̷̥͈͂͗̒̐̈́̂̇͆̋á̸̻͙͠n̶͙͖̣͕̟͔̗̺̝͊̆̈́̽̾̂̂͊d̷̟͛̈͗͊͛̆ ̸̨̛̦̘̜͕̙͔̋͐̑̾̇̿̌͋̿̉ţ̸̣̰̱͚͖̰̹͕͙͙̓̀̈́̔́͂̋̈́͊̌͆͘͘͜ẖ̵̳͚̳̥͍͉͚̥̩̤͚̲͙́̒̿̈́̋̾̐̕a̵̪̠̋t̵̨͎͍͙̤̮̊͘'̴̛̖̝͋͌s̶̢͖͐̈́͝ ̶̳̞̲͔̿͒̎h̴̬̦̹̰͒͌̆̄̐ͅo̷͎͘w̴̤̉ ̸͚͋í̶͙ ̴͉͘g̸̭̓ǒ̴͙t̷ ̵i̷n this situation. Not exactly the most happy story..but one I gotta live with, unfortunately.” Jacob told her, leaving her in shock at how confusing it was. She just looked at him for a moment, before proceeding to burst out in laughter.

“That's funny!! Gods, multiverses, all that other crazy stuff you said, it’s too funny! Y’know you should write a book on that crazy little idea of yours, I bet it’d do well” Emily told him trying to contain themselves. Jacob just looked at them, extremely angered, before stomping, causing a massive split in the ground, unnatural from any normal monster.

Emily stopped laughing, looking at the big split in shock. Sure, it wasn’t a ravine or anything, but that was from a simple action. Who knows what he could do if he was putting his all into it.

“Y-y-you..you weren’t joking were you..?” She asked in shock, barely able to speak coherently.

“Dead serious. To be honest I’m only even here because a large chunk of other universes have been torn to shreds, taken over, or will try to kill me because of what my other half has done. Maybe this universe knows what they’ve done too, I’m unsure, though I haven’t been attacked yet so I’ll take that as evidence against it.” Jacob told her, in a clearly serious tone.

He turned away from them, before following up his statement with “Now I suggest you stay away from me. I don’t hate you, but if I lose control you’re as good as dead.”

Emily just stood there..silent. She was thrown for a loop by this information. All these years he’d just been left to wander, an outcast. He was forced to live with this curse that killed anyone around him..what a lonely existence. And if she were to continue trying to talk to him, would she also-

“I’ll take my chances.”

“W-what?! Are you crazy?!?!” Jacob questioned, absolutely shocked about how brave..no..stupid they were. “You’re gonna get killed. Don’t bother, it’s blatantly stupid.”

“I mean you’re not wrong. BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT you seem kinda interesting. Not gonna lie my life’s kinda boring as is” Emily said, seeming far too casual about the situation.

“Y- y- you’re gonna take THAT big of a risk because you’re BORED?!?!?!?!?”

“Yep. Got nothing better to do anyway.” She repeated, still just as calm and collected.

“Your funeral.” Jacob responded with, clearly concerned with their life choices.

“Soooooo tell me more about all this multiverse stuff.” Emily asked, wanting to know more about the vastness of existence.

Meanwhile in the vastness of existence.

While Jacob had quite the miserable existence after the end of his world, William had quite the grand one. Having taken over a large chunk of the multiverse in the span of only 13 years, along with being both one of the strongest and smartest beings in the multiverse, he had grown quite a name. Though he appreciated the multiverse’s obedience and fear of him, he didn’t enjoy the attention all too much. Due to this as well as the fact a few entities such as Death could threaten him, he saw to it there were plenty of obstacles between him and everyone else. Even to many of his most trusted allies, he’d often disguise himself just to prevent anyone from knowing it was him who was talking. However, sometimes he liked to visit other universes on his own whim.

Often when William, or as he preferred to be known, Error404, visited AUs without disguising himself, people would tend to crowd around him, begging and pleading for various things. Many of the AUs at their worst even made pitiful offerings in some attempt to get help from 404 and the extensive forces which backed his reign. Most knew 404 to be honorable, a man of his word. Any time he made a promise he held to it. Though he had waged many wars to gain more control, it was all for the good of the multiverse. He may not have shown much emotion, but everyone knew his intentions were pure.

Or so…that’s what he’d want you to believe.

In reality, 404 was as cold as he came off. He didn’t care for the good of others, only pretending to ensure nobody rebelled against him. After all, though he could take on entire universes he couldn’t take the multiverse as a whole. Not to mention if somebody like Jacob or Ares got word of this and decided to join. To avoid conflict, he put a few different measures in place. He ensured not to make himself look too horrible, while trying to slowly get people to adapt to his control while continuing to take control over more worlds, meanwhile he also made sure to make an enemy out of Jacob to further ensure he can’t get in the way. Some do understand his tactics however any rebellion was far too small to defeat his might. He truly was cruel, and he truly was near unstoppable. However one day, he met someone who truly seemed to appeal to whatever shred of humanity was left in his frozen heart.

On a day like any other, or that’s what he claimed it was. He was walking through a universe he was working on taking over. This time he didn’t bother to disguise himself, seeing as the universe itself wasn’t strong and most of the world was taken over anyway. He was feeling very bored, considering leaving to explore somewhere else. That was until–

“BASTARD!” screamed a random human as they charged toward 404 with an axe forged out of DT. Upon getting close to him, William stomped, causing the ground around him to break, throwing the human into the air. Upon falling closer to him, 404 then proceeded to casually slap the human mid air, sending them a good distance back.

“Frisk, what are you doing over there!?” shouted another human from just inside the woods.

“What a pathetic attempt on my life.”  the cold skeleton stated as he turned to look at Frisks' now very injured body. The other human exited the forest, spotting 404 and more importantly Frisk.

“What happened here?!” the human shouted, Will responding with “Don’t worry. They should survive. While I’ve not found myself fighting a human in a while I think I still recall how much force to put into a hit to keep them from dying outright.”

“Well why’d you attack them in the first place?!” the human asked him

“Why’d they attack me, hm? That's what you should be asking. I was just defending myself.” 404 stated.

“Wait, you're telling me Frisk attacked a literal god?”

“Mhm”

“And they didn’t seem to be messing around?”

“Mhm”

The human looked back and forth between 404 and Frisk. They seemed incredibly confused. After a good 3 or 4 minutes of this behavior they stopped, seeming to be deep in thought.

“Frisk…..buddy….pal….friend…..

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?! HE’S CONSIDERABLY STRONGER THAN BOTH OF US COMBINED!!!”

“You’re Chara, right?” William asked, completely ignoring their outburst.

“How did y-”

“Lucky guess.” 404 responded with before Chara could even finish their sentence.

Frisk, having finally mustered the strength to stand once more, struggled to get themself off the ground, before saying “Mark my words…you won’t get away with the destruction you’ve caused here..I’m onto you.”

“A pathetic rebel, I see. Regardless, I won’t bother to dispatch you seeing as you evidently are far too weak to do anything to me.” said William, speaking in an emotionless tone. Frisk, only angered further by his remark, tried attacking him again. William, ever so slightly inconvenienced by their attempt on his life, proceeded to simply trip Frisk. “Sad. Truly sad. Either way though, you don’t interest me. If you know what’s good for you, stay down, as if you try to attack me once more I’m not holding back.” He said, turning away from Frisk, and to Chara.

“You, however, intrigue me a bit more. Who are you and how do you tolerate someone so foolish?” the skeleton proceeded to ask. Seriously, why’s this guy so blunt?

“W- uh- what do you mean-” Chara was thrown off by the question. Rather it be the fact someone as high of status and as busy as 404 asked them a personal question or because he blatantly insulted their best friend that caused this, you shall never know.

“He- erm- Sorry, he’s usually the calm one between the 2 of us. He’s just been really..er…on edge lately because of what’s been going on”

“Understandable, I suppose. I’ll see to it nothing happens to you two, since you seem rather harmless, and can’t see this one being a problem.” William said as he looked back down at Frisk.

404 opened a portal to a place he keeps either people of importance or those he wishes to keep around. This place was located in the same universe as his base, though the place itself was a good way from it in case by some off chance someone chose to attempt an attack on him. Of course nobody he gave the privilege of being kept in this luxurious space was stupid enough to rebel against a literal god.

Upon walking into this place, Chara and Frisk were in awe at the sight. The world 404 formed his central base in was something of a high tech city in the sky, the place they were at being far above the main city the people who worked among the lower ranks of his organization stayed. He proceeded to show them around the place, or what he was willing to show at least. After, he took them where they’d be staying until everything had calmed down. William would check in now and then, over time returning more and more as he got more attached to Chara. Some people among those he had under him found it odd, but when they questioned, William dismissed their words, claiming it was nothing special. Will and Frisk never grew too fond of each other, however the 2 tolerated each other for Chara’s sake.

Whilst 404 dealt with his own empire, Death, or as he’d now been dubbed by the multiverse, Infected was running rampant, slaughtering universes with very little to stop him.

Adam was relaxing in Underswap with a friend he was training, known as Ink, when suddenly an explosion went off in the distance, sending a shockwave flying past them, catching their attention.

“And now we have another problem to deal with..” Ink said in agony.

“Now now, we don’t know if it’s a destroyer or just some accident” Adam told him, hoping to calm him down

“What kind of accident could happen in Waterfall that sends that kind of a shockwave?” Ink stated.

“Only one way to find out”

It was a destroyer.

“Told you so!” said Ink in triumph.

“Buuuuuut…that means we gotta fix the problem doesn’t it?” he continued, his moment of superiority over.

Adam, not interested in his pointless misery, began investigating to figure out who did it and where they went. However before he could find anything another explosion went off, this time him getting a glimpse of it.

“Purple..the color of a wisp. No doubt it’s Infected.” He said, before grabbing Ink by the wrist and pulling him along to find him.

Upon finding the killer, they saw him tearing the limbs off a random monster.

“JUST KILL ME ALREADY!!” screamed the person, wanting their suffering to end

Adam shot a couple bones at Infected, trying to get him away from the person. Infected deflected the bones, dashing at Adam and attempting to punch him. He jumped in the air to dodge Jacob’s attack.

“Woah now I wasn’t trying to pick a fi-” but before Adam could finish Infected summoned his axe, swinging it down at him. Luckily he dodged the attack however, keeping him from a very anticlimactic fate of being sliced in half.

“Hey, Jacob, I know you’re in there! Calm down!” yelled Adam in a panic, not wanting to kill him. He only swung his axe again, this time aiming at his side, however he hesitated a bit, and his speed was lower. Results.

Adam knew Jacob had some power over his body as one eye was pure white and the other had a flame. When Jacob’s in control both eyes are flames, and when Death is it’s the other way around, so both would logically mean the power is split somewhere down the middle. However the flame eye still maintained that psychotic gaze Death always had, meaning he most likely had more control over the body at the moment.

Adam was easily able to stop the attack Infected had attempted due to the decrease in speed via a bone attack blocking it. After doing this, however, Infected’s face shifted to show even more hatred and anger. Wisps began coming out of the ground, walls, and any other objects nearby through portals, surrounding Adam and the nearby area.

“Ink, I need you to get out of here. I’m about to pull one hell of a stunt here and I don’t want you caught up in the mess!” he yelled out, Ink obeying his command.

“Welp..here goes nothing!” he told himself as he then proceeded to cast out a massive aura of light, surrounding the nearest several miles and nearly blinding Infected.

As the light faded, he saw the wisps had shifted from their sad purple state to a glowing yellow, them all smiling as they faded out. Along with that, Infected had been majorly weakened by the blast of energy, not being damaged, but merely tired.

“You…you son of a…I won’t let you get away with this..!” Infected forced out of himself as he stumbled toward Adam, dragging his axe as he fired bones at him.

Adam teleported up onto a nearby building, summoning 3 blasters enchanted with a pacify spell, firing them at Infected. However he summoned a bone wall to block the blasters, proceeding to fire purple chains from portals all around the area, making it much harder to navigate. To add to this, he’d summon small bones from the ground just big enough to do damage if someone were to step on them.

Adam teleported off the building and back down to the same level as Infected, starting to approach him.

“Look, we don’t need to fight. Just put the axe down and we can resolve this peacefully..ok?” Adam pleaded, taking his next few steps forward.

Nothing.

“Please…just drop the weapons, bring down your chains, and we can resolve this like the brothers we are.” he continued, taking his next few moves closer.

Nothing.

“I know it’s hard to control his power, but I think if we work together we can overcome this. So please…just try.” he went on to say, continuing forward, now being within arms reach of Jacob.

They both just stared at each other for a moment, silent. Nobody made a move. No fighting. Just silent thoughts.

“You…..”

“You’re…..such….an idiot.” said Death, as both his eyes went white for just a moment, swinging the axe with as much force as he could at Adams side, resulting in him being torn in half by the blow.

I-it’s o… okay… I… forgive… you…” Adam said as he faded away into dust.

“You always were the most pathetic of us, Life.” Death muttered as he turned around to walk away, only to see-

“You really think I’m that stupid?” Adam said, standing there, his arms crossed and a pissed look on his face.

“H-how-” Death questioned, baffled by this strange turn of events.

“Power over the force of Life allows for some quite interesting benefits. One of these being that I can simply..remake myself whenever I please.” he stated, answering Death's question, but not ridding him of shock.

“Jacob, I’m sorry for this, but it’s been made apparent you can’t control the being that has cursed you. I’m afraid Death’s forced my hand.” stated Adam, a sorrowful tone to his voice.

“Wait wha-”

Before Infected could finish he was blasted, resulting in him going flying back into a building.

“OH NOW YOU’VE DONE IT!!!” Infected yelled out, giant chains shooting up from the ground, creating massive craters in the planet. Said chains then came charging toward Adam as he dashed out of the way, nearly getting crushed by them.

Right as Adam escaped a very painful demise, Infected dashed at him, grabbing a wisp and dragging it across the sharp end, causing it to light up in purple flames, the wisp now attached. Upon coming within proper range, he began swinging the axe around at near light speed, resulting in Adam getting several cuts and a lot of burn marks.

The wisp combusted after a few hits, making a massive explosion. Luckily Adam had escaped just before the blast went off, having hid somewhere in the nearby forest.

“GET BACK HERE COWARD!!!!!!!” Infected screamed out as loud as he possibly could. From the sheer impact of the sound the entire town he was in shattered to pieces, even many of the trees being destroyed.

Adam looked up to see Infected then fly over the forest on a giant chain, searching for him.

He tried laying low, being as quiet as he could. Each step he took carefully in fear he might have pulled that bone trick from earlier, or that he could step on a branch, revealing his location.

“I KNOW YOU’RE HERE ADAM! YOU WOULDN’T ABANDON THE POOR PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD JUST TO SAVE YOUR ASS NOW WOULD YOU??!?!?!” he shouted out, sending another shockwave, though not one strong enough to destroy the entire area this time.

“I better keep him stalled as long as I can. If not, it could spell disaster for this universe.” he thought as he crept around, making sure to keep an eye on the psychotic skeleton at all times.

Eventually Adam lost sight of Infected. Nearly an hour has passed now. Perhaps he gave up and left..? Or maybe he was-

“Behind you!~” Infected said, slamming his axe down on the ground, causing a massive shock wave, sending Adam flying back.

“HOW DID YOU-” Adam thought to himself before firing off a blaster powered by life energy to shoot himself back toward Infected, summoning a bone in his hand to attempt stabbing him once in range. However before he even got hit, Infected teleported in front of the blaster, healing up and gaining a massive boost in energy.

“Dang, I feel good! Thanks for the boost Adam!” he said, an aura of energy now emitting off him.

“But I’m afraid I’m gonna have to rid this world of your pathetic little life powers now.” said Infected as he jumped in the air, several wisps coming out of portals. He reached out to grab them, however when he touched them, they all went to the state the others were in after Adam's light attack from a while ago.

“So much for that idea. Guess I gotta do it the ol’ fashion way then!” he stated as a chain shot out which he grabbed onto, hanging from it.

“Cya in hell!!!” Infected yelled as several wisps began fusing together in the air, making a giant one. Jacob, having hitched a ride via his chain, was out of the scene, meaning he could cause whatever damage he desired. Before much more time passed, the wisp detonated, destroying several entire solar systems nearby.

Adam found himself floating in space now, barely clinging onto life.

“Damn..it took all the energy I had to survive that blast..guess I’ll just have to wait it out until my energy recharges….” he thought, incredibly worn out and bloody from their fight.

He then saw Infected flying around on his chain, making sure Adam was gone for sure.

“You kidding me?! How persistent can he possibly be?!?!?!” he pondered, very unhappy about the situation.

“Maybe if I just wait it out long enough he’ll give up…just gonna hope he doesn’t notice me..and if he does..well…it’s game over.”

“FOUND YOU!” Infected shouted so loud the very boundaries of the universe served as objects for the sound to bounce from.

“Welp..guess this is it then. He’s found me, and I don’t even have the voice to try and plead my case now.” Adam thought.

Infected dashed toward Adam using a bone attack to jump, about to land the killing strike, however just before he could a powerful red beam shot from a different direction, sending him flying off into the void of space, far beyond their reach.

A red bubble formed around Adam, a familiar figure phasing through it.

“Ares, it’s you!” Adam said with joy at the sight of an actually sane person he knew.

“I need your help.” Ares told him, not even pretending it’s a choice

## Second half

Ares had taken Adam to a different universe, getting whatever he could to help him recover quickly. This world was far out from anything William and Jacob had ever seen, so the odds of it being safe for now was very high.

“So you’re telling me that the self-proclaimed god of the multiverse is William..?” Adam asked, baffled.

“Correct. Not only that, but he’s not who he seems either.” Ares stated, walking over to a shelf, searching for a certain file on it.

“What do you mean by that?” he questioned.

“Give me a damn minute. I’m trying to find the right document here.” Ares responded with a stern, unhappy tone.

“Here we go.” he said a few moments later, pulling a file off the shelf.

“I’ve been keeping an eye on him for a long time. I was concerned the power had gotten to him, and seems I’ve got plenty of evidence to back up such a claim now.” he stated as he pulled numerous written documents as well as pictures out of the file, setting them down on the table in front Adam.

“Go on, check it all out.”

Adam did so, and what he saw horrified him, to say the least. Descriptions of horrible things he had said and done to people, photos of him torturing anyone who dared to disobey him, pictures of his associates commiting horrible acts such as rape and murder, and many other disgusting things.

“H..he wouldn’t really….”

“I’m afraid you’re wrong, brother. And it’s not like what his associates have done has gone under the rug. No. These are some of his top goons. The most trusted of his underlings. People he of all people would know in and out. He’s turning a blind eye to this intentionally, Adam. Deny it all you like, but you know it’s true.” said Ares, maintaining his cold tone.

“B-but..how…surely he couldn’t be so sick…he’s my…he’s our brother, right?!” asked Adam, shocked by this information.

“There’s no denying it. He’s the Harbinger of Manipulation just as mother said all those years ago. He’s juked the entire multiverse and nobody’s even noticed yet” he responded with.

“B…but how…..how did this happen…? I thought Jacob was the only one who lost himself from these spirits….”

“You were given a positive one and I was given one that’s neutral at worst. They were given the power of Death and Manipulation. Both negative. Besides it seems Jacob’s still alive in there, so who’s to doubt William has no say in this. Do you see what I’m getting at here?”

“You’re..you’re saying William would want this..?” Adam questioned. To put it quite simply, he was not liking what he was hearing.

“Not fully. I believe he lost his sense of right and wrong when he was given such power. He likely would want control but not take said control should he not have been under the influence of this power.” Ares answered with.

“So, what do you suggest we do..?” asked Adam

Ares got up, gathering all the evidence he’d laid out, putting it away as he said “Well..I have one idea. But I’m not so sure you’re gonna like it.”

Chara walked through the vast city of 404s world. By now he’d been there for about 4 months, and had grown quite accustomed to everything. By this point William was visiting almost daily, the only exception being that he was too busy to be able to fit it in his schedule. Due to the fact William was somewhat close with Chara and at this point everyone knew it, nobody tried to do anything too stupid to them. Well, for the most part anyway.

“I may not like 404, but I gotta admit this place isn’t so bad” Frisk said as the two walked along the pathway through the streets.

“I’m telling you he’s not that bad! I don’t know what your issue with him is!” Chara told him angrily as they passed another building.

“Just gives me a weird feeling. I can’t say he hasn’t treated us kindly, but there’s just something really off about him” answered Frisk as he looked away from Chara and at the area around them.

“Don’t sweat it. Probably just being a bit overprotective, don’tcha think?” Chara told him. Before Frisk got a chance to continue the conversation however, William appeared out of nowhere, walking beside them as if he’d been there the whole time.

“HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?!” Frisk yelled, only for William to say “Calm down I’ve only been here since you saw me. You act like you guys were talking bad behind my back or something”

Frisk began sweating nervously, as 404 just brushed it off as nothing, continuing down the path at the same speed as the two humans.

“So how’s your stay been”?

“You ask us this every day, Will.” Chara told him, a bit annoyed, but not all too bothered.

“Wait, you know his name?!” Frisk exclaimed, seeming more annoyed than Chara was

“Erm..yeah? You don’t..?” questioned the other human, confused, as he’d referred to 404 as such many times before.

“Maybe I just blocked it out, I dunno.” Frisk said nonchalantly, making even 404 a bit annoyed.

“Guess some people just aren’t made to hold as much info as others” 404 said grinning, getting under Frisk's skin.

“What did you say!?” Frisk yelled as they tried to jump at William only for Chara who was already between the 2 to hold him back. “Now now, no need to get angry. “Af̵̧̈́ṫ̵̪̻e̷͖̭̗̯̳̿̽͂r̶͇͒̆̚ ̴͕͈̆̅̀̎ȁ̶͍̺͎̍̅̽͝l̶͈̀l̵̢̢̖̟̼̹͓̓͊̍̌̃̈́̑.̸̯̰̯̃̉.̸̳͖̤͕͈̆.̶̡̰͇͑̒̐̇̐̂-”

“We wouldn’t want someone to get hurt now would we…?” .- .-.. .--. .... .- - .- .-.. . .----. ... / --. .-. .. -- / .-. . .- .--. . .-. said as for a moment the entire world seemed gone with 404 lacking the same color he̵̼͆̇̎̈ ̸̨̱̥̤̫͈͛̈́̓͝h̷̛̗͂̒̏a̴̼̺͊͆͐d̸͉͎̞̍̓̍̓̈̄ ̷̡̧̍̚ͅb̴̡̨̛̖̪̹̝̺̋͌͋̄̋́͘͝ĕ̴̝̹f̴̬̉̇͐͒̕-̶̣͍̤̪̙͙̾͑̆̿͐͒̌͂

“You talk too much.”

Frisk stumbled back in terror for seemingly no reason, sweating profusely.

“W-WHAT ARE YOU?!?!?!” Frisk screamed, terrified at..something..?

William and Chara were both confused at this sudden outburst.

“I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean. Perhaps you’re a bit delusional from one of those hits from when we first met..?” 404 explained, that being the best reason he could come up with.

Frisk butted past Chara before summoning a katana and slashing at William. “YOU THINK I’M DELUSIONAL?! Ha, NO! THIS IS- IT’S- IT’S SOME SORT OF TRICKERY..! SOME…I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS! ALL I KNOW IS YOU DID IT!” he’d shout out as William blocked the attack with his arm, it doing little more than tearing through is sleeve.

“I’m going to need you to stop. There are people around here and I’d hate to cause panic. So drop the katana and calm down before I have to take care of ỳ̶̈́̽͐ở̶̡̢̡̱͇̦̘̮̓͂̐u̴̧̢̼͓̖͎̙̮̜̟̩͒̇̓͝͝-̸̙͎͙͍̄͒͒̈́͗̏̍̉͊̕̚͝

“Myself.”

“Stop screwing with my head, freak!” Frisk yelled in anger as he began mindlessly slashing at William as if it were out of his control.

“Fine..you asked for it.”

William punched Frisk in the gut, tossing him in the air, proceeding to teleport up and kick him, sending him flying back and even through some buildings. He then pulled a device out of his pocket and hit a blue button.

Two of Williams personal guards appeared beside him, as William pointed toward the furthest wrecked building. “Contain the human for now. Don’t harm him any more than you have to, I just need him contained for the moment.” 404 said as he dropped back to the ground and beside Chara.

“Sorry for the trouble. I can’t have him causing more problems, so we’ll have to keep him locked away until I find the time to deal with him.”

“I understand..though it would’ve been nice if you didn’t hurt him so bad” Chara would respond with, a hint of sorrow in their voice.

Just after Chara finished their sentence, the device William used to summon his guards began beeping.

“What could he need..?” 404 pondered in his mind, before telling Chara “I have to deal with this..sorry to leave you here alone but it might be an emergency.” William said, and before Chara could respond he hit a different button disappearing.

The guards floated over where Frisk was at, searching for him. As they did Frisk was running fast as he could through the city after taking that massive hit. His clothes were torn up, his shirt almost completely gone and several cuts covering his body.

“He’s insane. He has to be..I just…I just know it..! But for now I need to get out of here before anyone finds m-” but before Frisk could finish he heard one of the guards yell out “There he is!” before firing an arrowhead shaped projectile from their spear, it grazing Frisk's side and exploding when it hit the ground beside them, sending them back a bit.

“Damnit..! I better put some pep in my step before these guys catch me!” He said as he began running even faster than he was before. The guards both followed, one in the air and one on foot.

Frisk re-summoned his DT katana, swinging toward one of the guards causing a red slash to shoot out at the guard. Said guard hit their trident on the ground, causing an energy shield to form around them, blocking the slash. Meanwhile the airborn guard fired several more arrowhead projectiles, being nearly impossibly to dodge for most people. However Frisk was determined. He narrowly avoided taking any lethal blows, using the chunks of the ground that came up from the explosions to parkour onto a balcony of a high end restaurant, climbing up and entering the upper floor of the place, making their way toward the farthest end of the room.

“Now you can’t attack me, or else you’ll hurt all these innocent people!” Frisk shouted as the guards floated to the balcony, stopping in their tracks upon landing there.

The two guards looked to each other, simply nodding before the one with the trident fired small energy orbs off the tips of the trident, then tracking toward Frisk and avoiding anything else. As Frisk darted toward the stairs, the guard with the spear teleported right in front the entrance, blocking it off. And with nowhere else to go the projectiles struck Frisk's legs, sending him straight to the ground.

“We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, however in a strange turn of events one of the people our overlord so graciously brought here rebelled, and we had to arrest them. Enjoy your meals everyone, we’ll be on our way.” the trident guard said as the spear one grabbed Frisk, carrying them outside.

“No, you can’t do this! He’s crazy, I’m telling you!” Frisk shouted as one of the guards merely tapped their weapon on the ground upon reaching the other, a circle of energy forming around them turning into a beam which shot them off to the prison.

William arrived in a now ruined forest world, seeing several destroyed homes, burning trees, and bodies scattered across the grounds. Not to mention, standing weakly in front of him, a heavily damaged Error.

“T..thank god you got the message..”

“Who did this?” 404 asked him in a cold tone, wishing to cut to the chase.

“Who do you think..?” a familiar voice said as Infected dropped from one of the simmering trees behind him.

“I should’ve known it was you.” William stated as he summoned his blasters, prepared to battle.

“I’m glad you made it to the party Willy Wonka, I was trying to get your glitchy little friend there to bring you here quickly, but he refused so I decided ‘Why not just beat him to a bloody pulp until he listens?’ Brilliant, isn’t it?” Infected would say, far more cheer than 404 would like in his tone.

“You’re as much of a freak as ever, Jacob. I’ll make sure to end this quickly and rid my empire of your presence.” William would state as he took a step closer, getting in battle position.

“Funny you say that I’ll be the one losing when you’re the one who needs to watch their back!”

“Wha-”

But before 404 could finish, Error kicked him in the back so hard to sent him to his knees, his blasters falling to the ground.

“While you weren’t looking I used one of my spells I had put on Error mid fight to take control over him. He’s my puppet now! AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!” Infected would laugh out in triumph.

“Heh..I’m not the only one who needs to watch it.” 404 would tell him as a blast would erupt from the ground, tearing it apart with 404 and Error jumping back, and Infected being hit by the blast, resulting in him flying in the air.

“Why you little-!” Infected would begin saying as he sent several chains down at 404, him bringing the fallen blasters to him and shooting them away.

William would then jump at Infected at insane speeds, punching him in the ribs and sending him flying back and down into the giant blaster that had caused the blast.

“I’M NOT GOING DOWN THAT EASY!!!!” Infected would say as a chain came out of the ground saving him from the fall which he’d then use to jump out of the hole, landing on safe ground.

Error summoned blasters around 404 to block him in, proceeding to fire only for 404 to summon bone walls to prevent any damage. Once the blasts were gone he lowered the shield and jumped at Error, delivering one heavy punch and knocking him out.

“I don’t have time to deal with you too.” 404 said as Infected, catching him by surprise, had made it to him and delivered a heavy blow on his spine. However William with his incredible instincts dodged the attack, resulting in Infected stumbling as he didn’t expect to need to stop himself. 404 would then kick him in the ribs as hard as he could, sending him back a good few feet and causing the ground around him to crack.

Several purple chains shot out of the ground and came toward William from all angles, however before they hit they stopped. William then noticed Infected looking in the direction a scream was coming from, with the chains disappearing and him starting to run toward where the voice came from.

“You’re not getting away that easily!” 404 yelled as he followed closely behind, bringing a few blasters with him.

Back in 404s realm, Ares and Adam were sneaking around the back alleys of the city, the former seemingly looking for something.

“Who were we looking for again..?” Adam questioned, only to be met with Ares shushing him.

“Quiet. We’re looking for a human named Chara. You just stay silent and I’ll do the work, got it?” Ares whispered, an annoyed tone to his voice.

“Alright, alright, jeez. I’ll keep it down. Though I’d like to at least help.” Adam responded with equally annoyed.

“Nonsense, you’d just blow our cover. I’ve seen how much you get angry at Ink. You’ll screw it up for sure.

“I-” but before Adam could finish Ares covered his mouth. “I said shut up”

Ares would then remove his hand, continuing to progress closer to the living quarters of the high class citizens. As the 2 were nearly there, they spotted their target.

“Now I need you to use a pacify spell, got it?” Ares told him, to which Adam would say “I can’t at this distance. You need to get me closer.”

“How’s this?” Ares asked, but before Adam could wonder what he was talking about he suddenly found himself right beside Chara.

“Wh- uh- Hi there- My- My name is- My name is Adam-” he’d nervously say, entirely thrown off by suddenly being tossed into this situation.

“Er…why are you here??” Chara asked, confused why some random skeleton with an oversized coat and lightbulbs for eyes had walked up to him so randomly.

“Well- Uh- I was gonna show you something- Nighty night!” Adam used the pacify spell, causing Chara to suddenly faint. Adam caught their body, dragging them back to Ares.

“Did you need to do that?! That could’ve gone horribly!” Adam shouted at him, catching the attention of a nearby officer on patrol.

The patrolman would begin firing blasts at Adam, yelling “You’re not allowed to be here! Drop the human and stand down!”

“Get us out of here now we need to go now GET US OUT OF H-”

Adam and Ares appeared in the same burnt forest as William and Jacob

“-ERE!!!” Adam would finish shouting, only to look around and see they were…well…not out of harm's way but at least away from that patrolman.

“Now for the reason I needed this human..” Ares said as he took Charas passed out body from Adam’s arms. He then proceeded to point his finger at Chara's head, charging a beam.

Infected finally arrived at the where the scream had originated from, finding none other than Emily.

“T..the forest..what happened to it..? What happened to everyone..?” they asked themself as they then got startled seeing Infected.

“W-WHO ARE Y- Oh..it’s..it’s just you. I’m glad you’re okay” Emily said in a somber tone, going from fear to relief in an instant.

Infected just stood there silent. They then dropped to their knees, starting to scream for seemingly no reason.

“WILLIAM! I’VE COME TO PROPOSE A DEAL! END YOUR EMPIRE AND STOP CAUSING CHAOS AND I’LL SPARE THE LIFE OF THIS HUMAN!” Ares shouted from a safe distance, catching 404s attention.

“Ares..of course you’re here too! Not only that but you brought the leader of that pesky group of self-proclaimed heroes!” William shouted in anger, pointing the blasters he’d summoned at the two.

“Jacob, are you ok?! What’s going on!?” Emily shouted scared for him.

“I- I- I can’t..I can’t let him get control over me..! Not now..! I can’t let him hurt anyone else..!” Jacob would shout in anguish, having an extreme headache from trying to hold back the powerful will of Death.

“Last chance William! Surrender now or the human dies!” Ares would shout once more.

“Ares. I’m giving you precisely one chance..drop him or I’ll make all 3 of you regret the day you thought to fight with me.” 404 announced, seeing thrown off his usual poker face mood into one of anger.

“Are you sure this is a good idea..? We shouldn’t sacrifice the life of an innocent Chara just to prevent his evil doings.” Adam would ask Ares, questioning the morality of their actions.

“Do you want more universes to suffer? Do you want more people to be enslaved by this monster? If not, we must do this to end it as fast as possible. You never know when we’ll get our next shot at this, so we need to. It’s now or never Adam, we must take the chance while we can.” Ares responded with a slight glimmer of genuine emotion in his voice.

“I- I can’t hold him back much longer! Please..just run! I told you I was dangerous! Get out of here while you still have the chance!” Jacob shouted in anguish, only for Emily to stand their ground.

“I’m not leaving you here to suffer. You can get through this, I know it. You just need to try.” Emily told him, showing full confidence.

“Alright William, just remember this was YOUR fault, not ours!”

404 just smirked, causing Ares to pause.

“What’s so funny..?” Ares questioned, confused at him being happy rather than in fear.

“You’re nicknamed ‘Omni’ because many think you’re omniscient, correct..? Well…I’m afraid they’re simply fools..” 404 told him, the triumph in his voice matching his face.

“Ares, do it now!” Adam shouted to him. However before he got the chance to fire-

“You gave me too much time, now I’ll show you what I can REALLY DO!” 404 screamed as he teleported behind Ares kicking him so hard in the back he couldn’t keep his grip on Chara, proceeding to give him a shield and letting out a blast so strong hundreds of entire universes were destroyed, almost hitting his own home world.

The 4 brothers and Chara found themself in some sort of desert world so far out from where they were from only Ares had any idea where they were.

Jacob opened his eyes, seeing Emily knocked out right beside him.

He got up, looking around and seeing the other 3 and Chara pulling themself up too. Adam was confused and terrified about the damage 404 had caused, Ares was angered, and 404 was giving a sick grin to Jacob.

“What’s so funny? You know we’re too far out to reach your base. It’ll take you a long time to get all the way back there. Not to mention I can’t imagine Error surviving that.” Jacob said to William

“Your friend…they’re…HAHAHAHAHA!!!! This is what you get for constantly ruining my plans, you pest!” 404 shouted in triumph.

Jacob took a moment to think. What did he mean..? They’re just knocked out. They’ll wake up. They’re…they’re just…are they….are they……no…that can’t be..best to just check.

He checked Emily’s pulse, only to find…..his worries were correct.

“You….you killed her..she had nothing to do with this…YOU BASTARD!!!” Jacob shouted in grief as he fell to his knees. His eyes began flashing between black and white, eventually one of them staying white as the other continued.

“Oh god..Ares, prepare yourself. I think we have bigger problems than William now!” said Adam as he summoned a bunch of blasters and bone attacks prepared for a fight.

“Yes..show me your anger, Jacob! Use your grief to fuel you so it’s all the more painful when I inevitably mop the floor with you!” William yelled at him, trying to get him even more riled up.

Chara stepped back as Ares and William also prepared their attacks to fight off the power of Death.

“You…you brought someone who had nothing to do with you into this…you killed the only person I cared for…I’ll…..I’LL MAKE YOU PAY!!!!!” Jacob shouted as his other eye went fully white and an explosion of purple flames erupted from him, sending everyone flying backward and destroying any attacks they’d prepared.

The trio looked up from where they landed to see purple flames with none other than Jacob’s body under Death’s full control.

“Hell yeah, this is what I’m talking about!” William shouted as he jumped straight into the battlefield, summoning blasters and firing them at Death, only for him to hold his hands up, firing beams from each of his fingers which manipulated themself in a way to destroy all the blasters.

“It’s been a long time since I had control over his body…the most I usually get is partial control in the form you all would know as ‘Infected’. Though I must say I MUCH prefer full control over only pa bitl.” Death exclaimed as he stepped out of the flames only to see William staring dead at him.

“Ah, the harbinger of manipulation. I’m gonna enjoy this!” Death said as he summoned Infected’s axe.

“Seeing as you so plainly know, I’ll assume you’re Death?”

“That’d be correct..and I assure you it’ll be my honor to torment you until your pathetic life finally gives out.”

“I’m afraid you won’t get the chance, though I’m flattered you’re going this far just to end me.”

Before long, the two were having a fight to the death. First Death swung his axe at William, with him dodging as he shot bones from both the ground and the sky. Death would merely ignore the attack, dashing at William at speeds nobody else there could comprehend and kneeing him in the chest, sending him flying miles back straight through the ground. Death then began running straight to William to continue the fight.

“What do we do..?” Adam asked in despair at how their plan had panned out thus far.

“Don’t worry, I have a plan. I’ll go try and weaken them both. I need you to stay on the sidelines for now. When I give you the signal I want you to hit Jacob with the strongest blast of life you can, got it?”

“Alright..just make sure nothing else gets destroyed.”

“I’ll try.” Ares said before jumping over to face the other two.

“What’s the matter Manipulation?! Not holding up so well?!?!?!” Death shouted in glee as he barraged William with powerful punches so fast he had almost no chance at reacting.

“My name is Error404!!!” 404 shouted as he finally landed one strong punch on Death, sending him sliding back a few feet, but not much.

“Jeez how many cheeseburgers did you eat to get THAT heavy?!” said 404 in genuine confusion only making Death more angry.

“This isn’t a damn joke!” he said as he summoned wisps around the area.

“I’m not letting you destroy another world, Death!” Ares shouted as he opened a book, putting a ton of magic into it. He then held the book out in front him and all the wisps got sucked into it. Just as the last one entered he closed the book and used a lock to keep it closed.

“Why do you need to ruin the fun?! I was just getting in the groove!” Death said as he ran at Ares, swinging his axe at him only for Ares to teleport out of the way just before it could do serious damage.

“Say, William, how about we do a bit of a combo attack here.” Ares asked as he began charging up the same finger beam he was going to use earlier.

“Whatever gets this freak dead faster” William said as he began charging a god ray.

Death kept trying to hit Ares only for him to teleport out of the way before the attacks landed. Once both the god ray and his own beam were charged he teleported by William.

“GOD RAY!!!”

“DIVINE BEAM!!!”

The two brothers fired in sync, their beams mixing together and hitting Death before he could dodge, sending him high into the air with heavy damage.

“Wow, even that didn’t kill him. I hate to say it, but…I’m rather impressed.” 404 said as he began charging his magic.

“What’s your plan now?” Ares asked.

“Make a shield so he doesn’t kill me in the next 3-5 punches”

Death landed on the ground as he summoned more wisps in the air, one the size of a small moon.

“Do the book thing again!” William shouted at him.

“Unfortunately if I do I’ll only release the other wisps and we’ll be twice as dead.” Ares responded with, thinking on what to do.

Adam from a distance fired a massive life blaster at the giant wisp, causing the spirits that formed it to move on and it to disappear.

Death detonated the other wisps causing massive damage and creating a huge crater in the planet. At the bottom of said crater all 3 of the brothers laid heavily damaged as Death fell down to the bottom to meet them.

“Face it, you can’t beat me.” Death said as he kept approaching Ares and William, the latter standing up.

“I’m not done with you yet!” proclaimed William as he dashed at Death only for him to punch 404 in the gut so hard it sent the once mighty god to his knees.

“I’d like to get the other two killed off so we can have our fight in peace, so stay out of my way and let me have my fun.” Death said as he kept approaching Ares. However just as he got within range to kill him off, a ritual-like symbol appeared on the ground and Death was ensnared by red ropes made of pure energy.

“NOW!!!!” Ares shouted as Adam began charging a life blaster to full power, firing it directly at Death both loosening his grip on Jacob and giving a massive boost in power.

“It didn’t weaken his control enough!” Ares shouted as Death let out a massive scream creating cracks in the planet and breaking free of his binds.

“YOU CAN’T STOP ME THAT EASILY!” Death shouted as he dashed at Omni sliding on the ground and grabbing him by the leg.

“Now let’s get you out of here, you’re annoying me!” he shouted as he began swinging Omni around as if he were a toy and tossing him all the way to the other side of the crater leaving him heavily damaged.

Adam ran over to Ares to check on him.

“Are you ok?!” he asked frantically, Ares responding with “We need to get out of here before we die too. Let them do their fight, but we have no chance of making it out of here if we don’t start getting as far as we can away.”

Before another word was said, Ares transported them to a distant universe far away from the other two brothers’ fight.

“Now that they’re out of the way let’s get this over with.” William said stern as he readied himself for battle once more, summoning blasters, bones, and other attacks all around the area. Likewise, Infected summoned tons of wisps varying in size as well as chains too.

“Time to end this!~” proclaimed Death who dashed at 404, throwing a punch only for 404 to teleport to a much higher point all the way at the top of the crater.

“Adios amigo” William said as he fired the attacks he’d prepared at Death. However he was more capable than 404 anticipated. He jumped off bones and blasters while also avoiding their hits, using them to make his way all the way back up to William where he than came down from the sky summoning his axe and taking one of 404s arms clean off.

“AAAGGHHHHHHH!!!!!” 404 screamed out as he watched his arm fall down the chasm Death had earlier created, as well as the blood pouring from where his arm once was.

“Pathetic.” said Death as he attempted to kick William only for him to use his other arm to block the attack and grabbed his leg.

“You got sloppy, now you’ll pay for it!” William stated as he pulled Death off his feet and threw him into the bottom of a nearby cliff. He then summoned blasters which he continually fired at him to buy time as he charged a god ray which, when he got the chance, he fired at Death dealing even more damage to him.

“I’M DONE PLAYING GAMES!!!” Death shouted as another burst of purple flames came off him and the hill he was by collapsed from the sheer power. Not to mention 404 got sent back a decent distance. He then teleported behind 404 kicking him in the back, teleporting in front, kicking again, and doing this over and over until he got bored to which he then hopped up to a high point.

William, growing weak from all the blows, stumbled around a bit before getting a hold of himself.

“I…I refuse to let you win..! I’ll kill you!” William proclaimed as he jumped up at Death. However, he had planned this. Once 404 was high enough, he summoned his axe again and cut off both his legs, leaving him with only a single arm as he landed, screaming in agony.

“You…you monster..! This isn’t over yet..! I swear I’ll kill you even if I have to like this!!!” 404 shouted refusing to give up. How…obnoxious.

Death laughed at 404, he always found it funny when people who have clearly lost talk big. “Face it, you failed! No amount of cockiness will save you now!!!!” Death said laughing more as he began kicking the helpless god’s body around.

After a bit he stopped hurting William, and began looking around the area as 404 merely laid there defeated.

“There you are…” Death said as he sent a chain where he was looking. After a few moments the chain brought back Chara who had been avoiding the danger thus far.

“No…please..don’t hurt them! They have nothing to do with this!!!” 404 shouted now desperate to at least keep something of his.

“You killed Jacob’s little buddy, so I think it’s only fair I do the same for yours. Hehehehehe…..” Death shot small bones at Charas legs, causing them to go to their knees.

“Oh, bowing..? How kind of you!” Death said mockingly as he hit Chara with an uppercut with low enough force not to kill or even knock them out. They screamed in pain as they fell to the ground, William getting even more desperate.

“STOP IT! I..I can’t lose them! Let alone watch them suffer like this!” 404 screamed out as he began tearing up a bit.

Death just chuckled. A supposed god of the multiverse crying..? Pathetic.

“Hey, you can be missing arm buddies!” said Death as he used his axe to take off Charas left arm. Once more they screamed from the agony starting to cry themself.

“Don’t get all whiny already, this is only the start!” he yelled as he then summoned bones from the ground impaling Chara almost anywhere it wouldn’t kill them, also resulting in them being stuck.

“Please…I’ll do anything…just don’t hurt them…” said William as he was reaching his limit.

“Fine…I won’t hurt them.” Death told him, William being relieved.

“Thank y-” but before William could finish, Death raised his axe, chopping Charas head clean off.

“You said don’t hurt them. Therefore I need to put them out of their misery!~” Death proclaimed laughing hysterically as he reveled in Williams' pain.

“You’ll…you’ll pay for this! I promise I’ll get my revenge, just you watch!” William said his fury re-ignited.

“Psh, don’t kid around with me Willy. Now if you’ll excuse me, I got a multiverse to torment. Cya in hell!” Death said as he hopped onto a chain which flew out of the universe at uncharted speeds.

“I…I failed….not only have I lost my empire and most of my body..but the only person I ever cared for is dead too..” William thought to himself.

“He..he’ll pay…he’ll pay with more than just his life! I’ll make him suffer eternally when my limbs regenerate!” William shouted out as he laid there, passing out from blood loss after a while, and being left to rot for months on end until he was regenerated to a point he could make his way back to whatever might remain of his empire.

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“A shame I couldn’t do as I wished with this one, however if I do like I did with the last they’d catch on. But you…you’ll serve a fantastic tool in my plans..” ?̷͇̮̰̿͒͘?̸̫̯͐̃?̸͇͋̕?̴̭̃͆̅ said as they held a strange white object in their hand.

“Now, on to the next.”