LivingTale - Act 1 Chapter 2

“Shiv!” Cheesepaw shouted, attacking Firepaw with his energy claws. Firepaw dodged it, giving him room from Cheesepaw. Coplo teleported behind Firepaw, summoning dozens of magical spears above Firepaw. Firepaw disappeared into a cloud of red smoke before the spears could hit him. “Huh!?” Coplo shouted, shocked. “Where did he go?” “Coplo!” shouted Cheesepaw. “Above!” Coplo looked up at Firepaw laying down on a fluffy white cloud in the sky.

Firepaw clapped his paws together. “Bravo! Your stats sure did increase since your first training lesson.” Firepaw said, teleporting back onto the grassy floor. Firepaw looked at Cheesepaw then at Coplo. “Before I end this lesson, I want to see how much your attack potency improved,” Firepaw said, suddenly teleporting all three of them to a place that showed an infinite number of multiverses. Cheesepaw looked down to see they were standing on a road of golden stars.

“Where are we?” Coplo asked, amazed at the many planets and stars. “The Outerversal Catacombs. Well, more like the Multiverse Catacombs.” Firepaw answered. “This is a part of the Catacombs that is dying out, and that is why I brought you two here.” “What for? Are we recreating something?” “You’re not ready to recreate a multiverse yet, but maybe you two can destroy one,” Firepaw said, pointing to a dying multiverse. “Cheesepaw, try doing something to that multiverse.” “But how? I never actually destroyed something of this scale...” Cheesepaw replied. “Just use Shiv,” Coplo said. “Wait what?” Just do it.” “Fine.”

Cheesepaw took a deep breath before summoning blue energy around his claws. “Shiv!” Cheesepaw shouted as a claw swipe sliced the multiverse he aimed for, and multiple stars disappeared, causing a massive explosion from many light-years away. The multiverse Cheesepaw sliced also blew up, causing an explosion the size of a universe. “Get down!” Firepaw shouted, getting Coplo and Cheesepaw onto the starry pavement and shielding the two cats from the explosion.

“Are you two alright?” Firepaw asked as the explosion from the dying multiverse finished. “Yeah...” Coplo answered, stepping away from Firepaw. “Are you injured?” “Nah. When you can destroy Gods that can control the Outerversal Catacombs, tanking a multiverse-scaled explosion is easy.” “Woah.” Coplo and Cheesepaw gasped in amusement. “Your turn Coplo,” Firepaw said, pointing at another dying multiverse.

Coplo took a deep breath as he summoned a powerful beam of light aimed at the multiverse. “Hikari!” Coplo shouted, releasing the beam of light at the dying multiverse. Just like last time, multiple stars disappeared, and the dying multiverse exploded. Firepaw jumped in front of Cheesepaw and Coplo again, tanking the full force of the explosion.

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Cheesepaw, Coplo, and Firepaw teleported back to the ship where Jack waited for the three cats. “How was training?” Jack asked, kneeling to pat Coplo on the head. “Went fine as always. They improved a lot since last time. Their potentials are beyond my understanding.” Firepaw replied, licking his paw. “They still have to work on their combat skills, but other than that they are fine.” Jack nodded. “You’re a good mentor, Firepaw.” “No doubt, Jack! I still need to work on my Shiv though.” Cheesepaw said, looking at Jack. “We can work on that next lesson. For now, get some rest. You two will need it for tomorrow.” Firepaw said.

Faster than a blink of an eye, Cheesepaw and Coplo disappeared. Jack sat on the ship’s floor. “I have something I need to talk to you about, Fire,” Jack said, his face turning serious. “Then speak, I am all ears,” Firepaw replied. “I got a report that a white Husky is traveling through the Catacombs.” Jack started, pulling out a card with a picture of Omnizerax on it. “It is not clear what they are trying to do, but it doesn’t seem like something we want to have. Is it fine if you, Hexa, and Rin could go investigate this matter?” Firepaw nodded. “Sure. I guess it won’t hurt.” Firepaw answered. “I could bring Cheesepaw and Coplo along too if that's alright.”

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“Are you sure this is where Vex is?” Merax asked, shivering from the winter’s cold. “Positive,” Flameclaw replied, confidently. Merax sighed. “We should’ve gone to look for Omni first.” “We had an agreement to look for my friends, then we look for Omni,” Flameclaw said. “Plus, I think I found his location.” Firepaw stopped in front of a giant snow fort. Merax gasped in amusement. “And this Vex guy... is a cat?” Merax asked, walking up to the fort. “Yep. Vex is a cat indeed.” Flame answered.

Click! Flameclaw froze in place after taking a step. He looked down at the snow to see a landmine. “FUCK!” Flameclaw shouted before getting launched into the air. “Flameclaw!” Merax shouted, leaping up into the snowy air to catch Flameclaw, but was suddenly slammed to the floor by a gray and white cat. “Who are you!? What do you want!?” The cat hissed. Flameclaw slammed into the snowy ground. “Flameclaw!” Merax shouted, throwing Vex off him. “Flameclaw?” Vex asked, calming down.

Flameclaw shocked the snow out of his fur. “I’m okay! The snow broke my fall!” Flameclaw replied. “Wassup Vex!” “Flameclaw!” Vex and Merax shouted at the same time, rushing toward him. “W-wait! I’m only one cat!”

Vex and Merax tackled Flameclaw to the snowy floor. “Okay children. You can let go of me.” Flameclaw said pushing Merax and Vex off him. “It has been so long since I last saw you, Flame,” Vex said, wiping away tears. “Is this your new friend?” “Yeah. His name is Merax, The God of Peace or something like that.” Flameclaw replied, summoning fire around his tail. Merax waved at Vex. “We were looking for Omni. Have you seen her by any chance?” Merax asked, sitting next to Flameclaw to keep warm.

“Omni? Omnizerax? I haven’t seen them since the Catacombs fight-” Vex was interrupted, getting hit by a yellow spear. “Vex!” Flameclaw shouted as he ran to his friend’s side. “Vex! Are you okay Vex?!” Vex stood back up, the spear in the same spot it hit him (somewhere in his hind leg). “So, we meet again Vex.” said a female voice. “Who are you!?” Merax shouted as he drew his bow and arrows. “Merax? You too? What a wonderful surprise...”

They all gasped as a husky walked forward. Omnizerax looked at the group with a golden sword in her hand. Her shirt was torn, only covering the upper part of her chest, with her pants completely gone, only showing her white fur, and her hat was gone, allowing her long white hair to reach to her shoulders.

Merax, Flameclaw, and Vex all gasped in shock as they saw Omni. Omni raised her sword, readying another attack. “It was nice seeing you again,” Omni said, her eyes glowing a golden yellow. “But let this be the last time we meet. Got it?”