10/13: ... Above All Else

***10/13* ... *Above All Else*** is a non-canonical story appearing in the Rage Knights: Red God universe created and written by Khaliq Trevor X.

## Story

The story follows another incarnation of Midlore West-Stein building a new pair of drumsticks in the midst of a nameless global pandemic that had, for the most part affected the kindness of others. Thus making people unreasonably and unusually cruel, wicked and insensitive to the emotions of others. A common theme that is often present in *the Rage Knights: Red God* universe and its stories. This Midlore West-Stein gives up on building the drumsticks due to being discouraged by the reality of the world and its affairs and goes to spend time with Damon Bradley and Kyeung Wei Kho. Both of whom, are developing an algorithm akin to that of Universe B2's Sara Schatz' Dating Algorithm they aren't affected by Midlore's frustration, but become increasingly concerned over the state of his mental health after the course of the story when various Diseased appear and become even more hostile. The creatures follow the friends to the gym kingdoms, park kingdoms, grocery and warehosue kingdoms. This brings about a quick alliance against the creatures in where West-Stein, Bradley and Kho forge a resistance. Their combined power devastates the monsters, but in between their fighting comes a new threat, a lowly shapeshifter born from the Diseased named *Carri-ait* whom holds the trio responsible for thwarting the Diseased and as a result, summons more Diseased. Kho shoots Carri-Ait's hand and dismisses her summons, while Bradley *binds* her arms to prevent her from fighting. Carri-Ait then utilizes the environment and its people to attack the trio and overwhelm them. In the process, West-Stein's depression worsens and causes him to stop fighting mid-battle. Rubble from nearby buildings falls atop him, just about killing him. Despite Bradley's desperate attempt to save him. Later, Midlore realizes half his body had been brutally impaled by the attack and that Carri-Ait had developed her powers over the Diseased. Now possessing levitation, telekinesis and deadlier magics such as Perception Magic. This Forced a bleeding Midlore to summon his sticks, which while unfinished, he decides to finish the work and, despite his mental health, hilariously nicknames the sticks, *President's Face-Sticks.* West-Stein uses the sticks to shoot through tossed rubble, bricks and steel rods. Fatally shooting Carri-Ait through the heart before she can use the attack known as Associate Bomb.

## Societal Themes

The story heavily references bullying, lookism and not being accepted. As well as materialism and the desperate attempt to have to gain and acquire often difficult and expensive things in order to build or attract platonic romantic relationships.

## Trivia/Notes

**Disclaimer***: To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes and other sources from the original author's life, are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and for solely entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, nor events to come. Nor does it condone or promote the very human evils the series is meant to advocate against.*