Nightwolf: Desert of Sinkholes

**Started May 25th**

**Finished June 14th**

## E1 - The Crimson Dimension

A bird flew from tree to tree. Chirping gleefully. It landed on a fence and looked into a gun range. It tilted it’s head, slightly confused on what was going on. A gunshot disrupted the peace of the wildlife, the bird got startled and flew off. But it was caught out of the air by a wild hyena. It laughed mischievously as it ate its prey. Another gunshot went off, and it ran off with the dead bird.

???: One more bullet. Fire.

A teenage boy was holding a gun. He was frozen, his hand was shaking with the pistol. His father was holding the gun over the kid’s small hands. The only thing the boy had control of was the trigger. His father had slicked back black hair and a handlebar mustache.

Father: What are you doing? You can do this. This is for your future and protection. In our line of work, it’s good to have something to protect yourself with. But the weapon is useless if you have no idea how to use it. I’ve got control of the gun. Fire it off.

The boy held his breath and closed his eyes and fired the last bullet. He shot the dummy across from them in the chest.

Father: Good job Hunter.

Hunter: All I did was pull the trigger, dad.

Father: I certainly wasn’t aiming. It was all you, son. When you run Kunai Industries, you’ll be able to protect yourself. As long as you stop being a baby about guns.

Hunter: Well, Dad. I know you want me to run the business and all. But I want to go my own way, y’know? I’m not a businessman like you. Maybe I’ll go into the arts or something. I mean, you’ve seen how far I’ve gotten in my art.

Father: Your art is pretty son. But there are hundreds of people just like you, who are better than you. More likely to be accepted into an art college or something. I’m not saying to give up on your dream. But don’t put your eggs in one basket. If you were a businessman like me, you could do whatever you want with your art. You could sell it off, you could buy other’s art. You could own them. I mean, how much do artists make anyway? What? Like 2,000 dollars a month? You can’t support a family on that kind of money.

Hunter: What if I don’t want a family?

Father: You do whatever you have to do. One day you’ll find a girl. You’ll understand, kid. Come on, let’s go get dinner. Your Mom’s waiting.

Hunter: One day I’ll find a girl…

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Hunter woke up in bed. He had a raging headache. He had track marks on his arm. He got out of bed. There was a girl lying next to him. He had a slim face, blue eyes and long black hair. He got up and silently got dressed. He put on a black and white suit and tie. He wore black dress pants and black shoes. He had a golden tie. He put some sunglasses on his head. The girl stirred, Hunter was still putting on his pants. He rushed over to the window and opened it. The girl jumped up.

Girl: Hey! Where are you going?

Hunter: Uh, got a meeting. Thanks for the night.

Girl: You’re just leaving?! What’s wrong with you? I’ll tell the cops that you-

Hunter: Okay, shut up.

Hunter took out some hundreds. He slipped 1,000 dollars in the window.

Hunter: Keep this hush-hush.

Hunter shut the window.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter got a call on his phone in an elevator.

Hunter: What do you need Mom?

Hunter’s Mom: I’m with your Dad. I think there’s something you wanted to say to him.

Hunter: Ugh, shit. Happy Birthday Dad.

Hunter’s Mom: Huntey, where are you?

Hunter: Don’t call me that. I’m in Florida checking up on a business. I’ve got an important meeting going on right now.

Hunter’s Mom: Any time you’ll be able to come up? We can get you a flight.

Hunter: I-

Hunter’s Mom: Oh. Your Dad said something to you. He said “It’s okay son. Run the business. That’s the birthday present I would’ve asked for.”

Hunter: I’ll talk to you two later. This is important.

Hunter walked out of the elevator. He saw a man waiting for him dressed in black. He had a nametag on his chest. “Mr. Black”. Hunter walked over to him and shook his hand.

Hunter: Hello Mr. Black. How’s business around here?

Mr. Black: Everything’s working out well. We’ve been exporting lots of CI chemicals. An anonymous buyer seems to be very interested in them.

Hunter: Good, good. I’m going to just take a look around.

Mr. Black: Trust me, we have good, hard workers here.

Hunter: I don’t want D-list punks working here! I want hard workers! Hard workers who will benefit this company.

Mr. Black: I understand your concern, Mr. Kunai. But all of our workers here are indeed very hard working people. I promise!

Hunter: Let’s make sure of that.

Hunter went around. Looking at the employees in the building. They all seemed to be hard at work.

Hunter: Everyone prepare their best work for me to review! Now!

Hunter walked around, looking at people’s work. He was looking at a young man’s business report.

Hunter: Hm, seems to be put together well. No screw-ups. Right? Double-checked and everything?

Young man: Of course Mr. Kunai!

Hunter kept looking around at people’s work and evaluating them. He walked past a girl, but something caught his eye.

Hunter: What the...What’s a metahuman collar doing on this girl?

Mr. Black: Well she wa-

Hunter: This is the one who missed work a couple days ago? What’s your name?

???: U-Uh. Sky.

Hunter: Hey, speak up. Why did you miss that day?

Sky: O-Oh. Well I...I uh…

Hunter: You know...I heard about you. You apparently really wanted to become part of this company.

He grabbed her by her meta collar.

Hunter: But we can clearly see that it was a bad idea to let an animal out of its cage…

Sky: Don’t touch me like that!

Hunter: Get this one the hell out of my face. I don’t want to see her again.

Sky: What’s your problem? What’s wrong with me?

Hunter: You’re subhuman. I dunno who the hell let a meta into my company, but I’ll make sure that it won’t happen again. A metahuman...and a little black girl. Escort yourself out of here. Waste of space.

Mr. Black: Mr. Kunai! Don’t you think that’s a little mu-

Hunter: Shut your mouth. I’m the boss here!

Sky walked out. She was almost crying. She got in the elevator. Hunter went into a conference room. He sat down with a bunch of businessmen. With him at the head of the table. There was another businessman standing up in front of the group of men. His name was Saul.

Saul: Mr. Kunai, after extensive research, we think our approval ratings would skyrocket if we were to help fund a recent tragedy that occurred, a school was caught in a metahuman attack. We could also show how anti-meta our company is, you know. To get in with the common people.

Hunter: I don’t need people’s sympathy. How much would we earn if we funded the school?

Saul: Well, it’s to help people, of course. It would improve the business's image.

Hunter: Then everyone’s going to be looking for a handout. Everytime a disabled kid falls and bumps his head, schools will be looking to us for help. Who's next?

One of the men raised his hand.

Hunter: You don’t need to raise your hand, Walter. Just go up.

Walter went up and began presenting.

Walter: I believe that there’s a new phenomenon we should jump into before people take notice. We’ve been working on cybernetic enhancements for people. But what if we marketed towards athletes? We could offer cybernetic enhancements to athletes. As long as we stay ahead of the competition, then we could dominate the market!

Hunter: Now that’s what I want to hear. Think about it. We’ll have all these pompous athletes paying to be ahead of the competition! When everyone with enhancements starts winning, they’ll be forced to crawl to us. Yes, I like it. We’re here to make money, not give people handouts!

Mr. Black came into the room.

Mr. Black: Mr. Kunai, may I?

Hunter: Go ahead.

Mr. Black: We have an announcement. It’s good news. B.L.A.D.E wants us to make a new type of tech for them.

Hunter: B.L.A.D.E wants more from us? What is it?

Mr. Black: They want new suits for their soldiers. Ones that are extra durable. Able to take any shot from a metahuman. Even the strong ones.

Hunter: How much will the company’s value increase?

Mr. Black: Well...110%!

Hunter: Well what are you waiting for?! Get to it!

Mr. Black: If the company pulls this off, I expect we’ll be able to pass your greatest rival, Hunter.

Hunter: Adara Industries. Really? We’ll get this underway immediately. Tomorrow actually! We will begin planning tomorrow! And don’t forget about athlete cybernetic enhancements!

Hunter stood up and pushed in his chair.

Hunter: That’s it for the meeting.

Hunter left the room. He went out of the building. He got into his car. The newest Corvette model. He looked at his text messages. There was one from his mom. “Saved you the trouble and bought you plane tickets. Flight’s tonight at 10. Your father’s anxious to see you.” He got another message, from a random contact. “Party tonight at 9!!! You comin???”

- - - - - - - - - - - -

The party music was blaring. Hunter sat on a chair with his tie now loosened. He was surrounded by girls. They were laughing and dancing around him. Hunter looked around and found a random girl.

Hunter: Hey. you here to really party, or what?

He led the girl into a bedroom. He took a capsule out of his pocket.

Girl: Are you even going to ask my name?

Hunter: I prefer not to know your names.

Hunter took out some tranquilizers.

Hunter: Come on, give it a shot.

Girl: What’s...What’s it feel like?

Hunter: Feels like all your worries leaving your body. Everything around you becomes weightless. You’re on top of the world. It’s awesome.

Girl: Okay…

Hunter handed her a tranquilizer.

Hunter: You go first. Don’t worry, I’ll follow.

Girl: Can you do it for me, I don’t really like needles.

Hunter took the tranquilizer and put it in the girl’s arm.

Girl: I’m scared….I dunno about this.

Hunter: Don’t worry. It’ll be fun.

Hunter put the tranquilizer in her arm. She was brought into a psychedelic state.

Hunter: I’m right behind you.

Hunter shot himself with the tranquilizer. He felt the rush of drugs go through his body. He started kissing and rubbing up on the girl. She was so high she went along with it.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter was laying in bed next to the girl. He lit her a cigarette. They both laid there. Naked and high.

Hunter: Hey, are we seriously only going to go once?

Girl: Oh, okay. It’s like that.

She got on top of Hunter and they kissed. She rubbed her hands down his torso. All of a sudden she became motionless. She didn’t even blink.

Hunter: Hey? We're gonna get on with this, or what. I don’t have all night. Well, I do of course. But not if you’re going to freeze up again like that.

???: Wasting herself on a sorry man like you. She’s only 18. I feel sorry for her.

Hunter looked around the girl. There was a man with slicked back black hair and a handlebar mustache.

Hunter: Dad…?

The man looked like his dad. But he had a long grey coat on along with a button-down shirt and suspenders.

Hunter: Shit, I must be really high.

Man: How dare you speak the LORD like that.

Hunter: The LORD?

The LORD: That’s who I am.

Hunter: That supposed to mean something? Nobodies the lord of me.

The LORD: Well, I’m here to judge you for everything you’ve done. Today was the last strike.

Hunter looked around. Time seemed to be frozen. There were two men he could see. They were flipping a coin for something. It was paused in the air.

Hunter: There’s no way I’m this high.

The LORD: Nobody will be under the influence of drugs around the LORD.

Hunter felt his high wear off.

Hunter: The hell? Did you do this? This isn’t a fleeting high, asshole!

The LORD: I come to Earth every 10 years to find the most rotten piece of flesh on this blue rock. Why do they always seem to be your kind? You must be punished, Hunter Kunai. For bleeding the market dry. For putting the money above anything. For taking advantage of women like this.

Hunter: You know, it’s not rape if she consented to take the drugs, and we’re both high!

The LORD: Don’t interrupt the LORD! You are being punished for your actions. You horrible, horrible man.

Hunter: What are you going to do? Not get me anything for Christmas? Fuck off.

The LORD held out his hand. Something appeared under Hunter. A sinkhole, or more accurately. A portal. There seemed to be a desert under Hunter as he fell through. He fell nearly 10 feet and landed in a desolate desert. With only his underpants and golden tie. He was holding onto his pants. Which he had grabbed in a panic.

Hunter: Hey?! What the hell is this!? Where am I?!

The LORD: Welcome to my world. My dimension. Some call it the Desert of the Sinkholes. You will learn a lesson in 1,000 miles. Come to my castle, then I’ll set you free. You can go back to your life of drugging women and laundering money.

Hunter: You can’t leave me here! I have a life! My business needs me to stay afloat! Bring me back!

The LORD: Beggars are below the LORD. Talk to me when you’ve learned your lesson.

The LORD opened a portal behind himself and went through. Hunter ran at him, and then fell down. His face was covered in sand. He sat up on his knees. Looking forward into the desolate desert.

## E2 - The Desert Dimension

Hunter was walking across the desert, slowly. He was enraged. He knew when he reached the LORD person he was going to rip him to pieces. Everything was going right for him, who is he to just take it away? He got on his knees and searched through his pants. He pulled out a small handgun, he looked at his bullets.

Hunter: Dammit, only 3 bullets.

He had his phone, and his wallet, and a couple granola bars. Hunter grabbed his phone, his hands shaking. He called his mother and father. He waited impatiently for the call to be picked up. It rang, and rang.

Hunter: Come on. Mom.

The call failed. Hunter tried calling again. Call failed. Again. Failed, failed, failed, failed. Hunter slammed his phone on the ground.

Hunter: Piece of shit!

Hunter took the gun, his money and his food. He put his pants on the ground and began putting them on, when he felt something was wrong. The pants were caught in the sand. Hunter pulled on them. They wouldn’t give at all. They were sinking in the sand.

Hunter: Goddamnit! Give me my pants you piece of shit!

Hunter’s pants seemed to not care about his complaining, and they were submerged into the sand. Hunter went around where they were pulled in. He looked where he threw his phone. It was gone too.

Hunter: Seriously?!

He kept pushing across the desert, when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was water. His throat was coarse and dry. Not to mention the massive amounts of sand Hunter got in his mouth. The weird thing was that all the sand seemed to taste a different kind of disgusting. He ran over to the water.

Hunter: Yes! Finally!

He started drinking from the water profusely. He got confused when the amount of water started to diminish quickly. Was he really drinking that fast? He looked around, he really was that thirsty. He climbed further into the water-hole and kept drinking. It was gone even faster this time. He looked up, there was a black wolf across the way from him. Drinking the water as fast as him.

Hunter: Are you serious…? Shoo! Get the hell out of here! Get your own water!

The wolf looked up at him and started growling. It began to walk towards him. Hunter took out his gun.

Hunter: I’ll blow your stupid wolf face off! Don’t mess with me! Don’t even think about it!

The wolf seemed not to be phased when Hunter held a handgun at it.

Hunter: Hey! I said back off!

The wolf wasn’t phased. Hunter shot his gun. One bullet. The wolf whimpered. Hunter took a deep breath. Then the wolf started growling even louder. It had a small indent on it’s face from the bullet. It pounced on Hunter. Growling furiously at him. Hunter put his hands up. Before the wolf bit his face off, it smelled something in Hunter’s hand. His granola bars. It ate them in one bite. It got off of Hunter.

Hunter: Well, now I’m going to starve here. Fuck me.

The wolf was still sitting in front of Hunter.

Hunter: What do you want? Go away! I’m out of granola bars, asshole!

The wolf growled at Hunter again.

Hunter: I’ve got nothing else.

Hunter turned around and started walking away from the wolf. It kept following him.

Hunter: I’ve got no more food!

The wolf growled at him again.

Hunter: You know what? Keep begging. See if I care.

Hunter kept walking away from the wolf. It seemed to get even more annoyed with him.

Hunter: Ugh, can’t even keep myself entertained with my phone. This is stupid.

The ground under Hunter and the wolf started to get shaky.

Hunter: What is it now?

The sand started to go away.

Hunter: What the…?

A portal was opened under Hunter and the wolf. Just like the LORD had done to him before. Hunter screamed in terror. He thought he’d be falling forever. Until he fell around 10 feet and landed. He was confused, he and the wolf looked around at the new dimension.

Hunter: What the hell is this…?

## E3 - The Plague Dimension

Hunter and the wolf looked around. It was the middle ages. A swarm of rats ran past the two of them. The wolf pounced on the rats and snacked on some of them. Hunter started walking around.

Hunter: What the…? This the 1300s?

Hunter looked down and remembered he was practically naked. His skin was irritated from all the sandstorms in the desert. He climbed over a fence and found a bunch of clothes on a clothing rack. He grabbed a coat, baggy pants, and a worn, white shirt. He stole a hat off a hat rack to complete the look.

Hunter: How the hell am I going to get out of here? Was this that asshole’s plan? To give me an impossible mission to get to his castle? I’m going to be pissed if I have to live in this shit part of history forever!

Hunter walked around, with the wolf behind him. He walked into a bar. It was much more miserable than your everyday bar. Some people seemed to be drinking their sorrows away. There were rats scurrying around, and the smell? It was wretched, everyone smelled horrible, and bad breath followed Hunter like a cat to yarn.

Hunter: Hey, give me your best ale.

Bartender: Our best ale comin’ right up!

The bartender gave Hunter a tall cup of beer.

Bartender: That’ll be 12 denarius.

Hunter: denarius?

Bartender: Mhm, pay up.

Hunter: Oh, he wants money. Here. This’ll work.

Hunter gave him 10 dollars.

Bartender: What is this?

Hunter: It’s money. It’s very valuable. Don’t lose it.

Bartender: What is this witchcraft? We take denarius. Not your paper.

Hunter: Won’t you shut up? Just take the money.

Bartender: And there’s no pets allowed in here, if that’s what that wolf is to you.

A drunken man went over to the wolf.

Drunken man: Haha, cute puppy.

He went to pet the wolf. The wolf growled at him. But the drunken man didn’t stop.

Hunter: I think me and my wolf will stay where we are.

Bartender: I’ll have to escort you out of here, sir.

Hunter watched the drunken man go to pet the wolf.

Hunter: I don’t think so.

The wolf bit onto the drunken man’s arm. He started drunkenly screaming.

Bartender: My lord! We have an injury! Someone help him!

A man came over with an axe and slashed down at the drunken man’s arm. He sliced his arm off.

Bartender: Thank god, crisis averted.

Hunter: I don’t think so. Me and my wolf friend will be taking this tavern.

Bartender: Good luck, that wolf is wild. After all, you’re just a little man. What do you think you can do against an entire bar of men?

A bunch of men stood up, they raised swords and axes. There was a person eating a hamburger next to Hunter. Hunter grabbed the burger and raised it to the wolf. The wolf looked up at the burger, and his tail began to wag.

Hunter: You see this, go get it!

Hunter threw the hamburger at the bartender. The wolf pounced on the bartender. People ran out of the bar as The wolf mauled the bartender.

Hunter: Business is business. I could take advantage of these people. They all have an IQ of like, 10!

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Hunter looked at a sign. It was a wanted poster outside of his bar. There was a crude sketch of him and the wolf. At the bottom it said “beware the Nightwolf.” Hunter walked around town. He saw a cross on many people’s doors. He had found a mask to keep the horrible smell out, along with the virus. Most of the people who were out were lumbering around, starving. Hunter saw another bar in the town. He went in. It was much more full than he was. The wolf followed him in. Everyone was quiet when Hunter walked in. The bartender came out. He seemed a lot more high-ranking than everyone else.

Bartender: You really are followed around by that wolf. Look, you can have this bar. I don’t want to have your curse!

Hunter: My curse?

Bartender: You are followed by that black wolf. Don’t you know what that means? You’re followed by evil spirits. Or they’ve gained control over you. Evil, you’re evil! Take my bar if you must, but know that the lord will have no mercy on you.

Hunter: Ugh, you even talk about the LORD. I could care less about your spiels. I’m buying your bar.

Bartender: I said you may take the bar. But I will not go down without a fight!

Hunter: Ugh.

Hunter took out a dead rat for the wolf. He looked behind him. There was no wolf. The wolf had left.

Hunter: What the-

Bartender: What will you do without your minion?!

The bartender kicked Hunter in the gut and punched him in the face. Hunter fell down on the ground with a loud thud. He slammed his head on the wood. Almost everyone in the bar surrounded Hunter and started pummeling him. They were all kicking him. Was this seriously how it’d end? He felt a boot connect with his cheek. He spat out blood and felt a tooth get loose. He felt a boot sink into his stomach. He coughed from the hit. He mustered any strength he had left and reached in his pocket. He held up his gun. His hand shook. This was the first time he aimed it at a real person. He was kicked again, and dropped his gun. He grabbed it with his other hand and brought it up.

Hunter: Back off! Or I’ll use this!

Bartender: What is that toy going to do?

The wolf was outside sniffing around. It’s ears furrowed when it heard a gunshot ring across the town. People went running out of the bar.

Hunter: You want more of that?! Stay away!

Hunter stumbled out of the door, bloody. His nose was bleeding, and he had a black eye. He was holding a sword. He went over to the wolf.

Hunter: What the hell are you doing?! You were supposed to have my back!

The wolf growled at Hunter.

Hunter: Oh yeah, I forgot. You are a mindless wolf. Why are you even following me? It’s not like I gained your trust!

The wolf ignored Hunter and started digging.

Hunter: What are you doing? Burying that rat I gave you earlier?

The wolf scratched the ground, his scratch seemed to have slashed the fabric of spacetime. Through his scratch in the ground, Hunter saw the same image of the desert he saw before he was taken from Earth. The wolf slashed again, and made a portal wide enough for himself to jump through. The wolf jumped into the desert. Hunter looked around. He went into the portal.

Hunter: Why didn’t you do that in the first place? I was going to start a business there!

The wolf snarled at Hunter. It kept walking.

Hunter: Hey, slow down! What if that happens again? I’ll be stuck!

## E4 - The Village Dimension

The wolf was sniffing ahead of Hunter. Hunter was still following it. He was limping from being beat yesterday. He got close, and the wolf looked behind himself and growled at Hunter.

Hunter: Too close, too close. Got it. Must be mad that I tried to shoot you in the face. All you care about is food.

Hunter quieted down. He followed the wolf for a mile or two. He took out his gun and opened the chamber. One bullet left.

Hunter: Dammit, I wasted these bullets fast. I need more lead.

The wolf stopped in his tracks. The ground started to shake. Hunter and the wolf fell through a hole. They fell nearly 10 feet down. Hunter landed hard this time.

Hunter: If this happens again my legs are going to shatter…

Hunter looked around, his ears were popping. It was a small village. There were clouds painting the sky all around him. He was on the ground, his legs had collapsed on him. The wolf was sitting down and being pet by a couple of kids. It was the first time he had seen him wag his tail. A strong bearded man helped Hunter up.

Bearded man: You okay son? You look like you just fell out of the sky!

Hunter: Is that so?

Bearded man: My name’s Flynn. Who might you be?

Hunter didn’t respond. He stood up and looked around. A kid pulled on his leg.

Kid: Mister. You dropped this when you fell.

The kid handed Hunter his hat.

Hunter: Hey, don’t touch that.

Hunter took the hat from the kid. He looked around the village. The townsfolk were surrounding Hunter and the wolf.

Hunter: Where’s a good place to get a drink?

Flynn: We have a drinking fountain ove-

Hunter: Alcohol. Whiskey, do you have it?

Flynn looked at Hunter like he had two heads.

Flynn: Pardon?

Hunter: Goddamnit. Anywhere to sleep?

Flynn: Ah, we have a local motel for anyone!

Hunter: How much?

Hunter took out his stack of money.

Flynn: What is that?

Hunter: Money. Do you use different types of currency too?

Flynn: I don’t know what money is, but you don’t have to give anyone anything to sleep there. Help yourself. We’re like a big happy family here!

Hunter: Help myself...Damn lunatic. Come on.

Hunter beckoned the wolf. It growled at him.

Hunter: You know, I need you to leave this place you goddamn mutt. So I’ll find you later. You’d better not find that portal without me.

Hunter found a small motel, and was led to a room. It felt homely, even to him. He laid down, exhausted. He fell into a deep sleep.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter woke up. He left the motel. There was a new store clerk there.

Hunter: Hey, what happened to the other girl. She was holding my gun. Apparently I couldn’t bring it in my room.

Clerk: Oh, Zoey?

Hunter: Yeah, sure. Go get her.

Clerk: You don’t know? She retired today.

Hunter: Eh? She looked like, 50.

Clerk: Well she retired. She came of age.

Hunter: What age did she retire at?

Clerk 63.

Hunter: She wasn’t 63.

Clerk: Oh, you aren’t from around here, are you?

Hunter: Well, I’m from out of town.

Clerk: We get visitors like you all the time. Ones that make no sense. You haven’t aged a day since yesterday.

Hunter: Yeah….That’s how it works.

Clerk: Not where you’re from.

Hunter: So you age faster?

Clerk: If that’s what you want to call it.

Hunter: Just get me my gun.

The clerk gave Hunter his gun. Hunter went to the middle of the village. He saw Flynn from yesterday. Whose beard had some grey in it.

Hunter: Hey, Flynn!

Flynn: Oh, our visitor!

Hunter: Where’s your mayor?

Flynn: Our mayor.

Hunter: Oh, so you do have a mayor?

Flynn: It’s the house that says “The mayor” on it.

A couple days passed. Hunter woke up in a nicer bed than yesterday. He was in a new house. The mayor’s house. He walked out of the house. People were walking past Hunter counting money. The mayor put her hand on Hunter’s shoulder.

Mayor: Wow, people seem to be sticking to this “money”.

Hunter: It’s called civilization. Right now, I’m making a civilization. If there’s no incentive for your hard work, what’s the point? You were stagnant. Your civilization would’ve killed itself out.

Mayor: Well, I’m not sure if I believe that. But I like this setup. Especially with you around.

The mayor was playing with Hunter’s hair.

Hunter: Hey, no playing with the hair. Let’s just go back inside. I have something I want you to do that I’m willing to pay a lot for.

Mayor: Okay-

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Days passed, Hunter was still indulging himself. He began a brewing factory. The buildings on the island began to get bigger and bigger. Hunter was out on the town one day. He walked past Flynn.

Hunter: Hey Flynn. How’s the new job? What do you do now?

Flynn pushed Hunter into an alleyway. He had his forearm on Hunter’s neck. He pulled out a gun and put it to Hunter’s stomach.

Flynn: I’m hired to kill you.

Hunter: Wait, what did I do?!

Flynn: The mayor said you were screwing around with her sister.

Hunter: The mayor? She’s an old hag now! Her sister was young. Not my fault you shitheads gain like, 10 years everyday.

Flynn pushed the gun into Hunter’s stomach.

Hunter: Hey! What about uh...What about that whole family thing!? We’re a big happy family! Your whole village is a big happy family.

Flynn: I don’t remember saying that.

Hunter: No! You did say it! Everyone gives to each other!

Flynn: Why would we do that? Wouldn’t that be a waste of money?

Flynn backed up and put his gun up to Hunter’s head. As he moved, Hunter ran. Flynn followed him. Hunter threw a rock back at him, as a bullet flew past his face. Flynn was hit in the face with the rock. He fell down and dropped his gun. The police came up next to Flynn and arrested him. Hunter ran off. There was a man who peeked over a corner.

Hunter: Hey, what do you want?

Man: Mister, can you come with me please?

Hunter: Make it quick, What is it?

The man led Hunter to a barn.

Hunter: So what do you want? To kill me too?

The man sat down on some hay.

Man: You’re the one who caused this!

The man started crying.

Man: My name is Colin. I remember you. You fell down 5 days ago.

Hunter: You were a kid 5 days ago, I’m guessing.

Colin: You made my life a living hell. You made everyone’s life a living hell!

Hunter: What the hell are you talking about? Don’t blame me for improving the-

Colin: You didn’t improve anything! I remember when our village was peaceful, and everyone helped each other. There was no need for police, because nobody did anything wrong. You made everyone forget about who they were in an instant! That myth you made up, called money! Everyone fell for it. Now everyone doesn’t care about each other. I wanted to make beautiful art for my friends and family. See the sky? This floating island in a sea of clouds. I wanted to paint my beautiful world. Now guess what I had to be? Some store clerk, that’s what your system forced me to do.

Hunter remembered his Dad’s words.

Hunter’s Father: Your art is pretty son. But there are hundreds of people just like you, who are better than you. If you were a businessman like me, you could buy anyone’s art. You could own all the art you wanted!

Hunter: Well, If you think everything I did was a mistake, burn it down.

Hunter gave Colin some matches. Hunter took out a dollar bill.

Hunter: Like this.

Hunter lit the match and held the bill above it. He threw it into the wind, and it was burnt away. The charred remains danced in the sky.

Colin: Burn it down?

Hunter: This place is my plaything. I don’t belong here.

Hunter gave him the matches and walked away.

Hunter: Dammit. Where is that wolf?

The wolf came out from behind Colin.

Colin: I know you have to go. Just, good luck. Okay.

The wolf looked at Colin and wagged his tail and put his nose to Colin’s leg. He walked to the edge of the island, and jumped.

Hunter: What the!? What the hell are you doing?!

Hunter looked over the edge of the island. There was a portal back to the desert. Hunter looked back at Colin. He lit a match. Hunter jumped off the island, and into the portal.

## E5 - The Jurassic Dimension

Hunter: Didn’t you notice my new outfit? I finally got the suit back. Hopefully these clothes aren’t destroyed too.

The wolf said nothing, like a normal wolf.

Hunter: Why the hell am I talking to a wolf like it’s a person. I bet you don’t even like me. Why haven’t you killed me, huh? I’m ripe for the picking, aren’t I?

The ground began shaking again.

Hunter: Maybe it’s you doing this shit. Making these damn holes.

Hunter and the wolf fell through the portal.

Hunter: Maybe you slice the portals open! Let’s see….Where are we now?

Hunter’s heart sank 1,000 feet when he saw the head of what looked like a T-Rex peek over some trees.

Hunter: A dinosaur?! Why? Wolf! We have to find this portal, quick.

Hunter followed the wolf. Who was sniffing around. Hunter took out the sword he had obtained from the plague dimension.

Hunter: Can’t you just cut open a portal?

The wolf stopped sniffing and looked at Hunter. He kept sniffing around.

Hunter: I’ll take that as a no. Let’s just get this over with quickly. I don’t plan on being eaten alive by a dinosaur!

They kept walking around. Hunter looked in the air. Pterodactyls flew above. Along with other prehistoric animals. He slashed down tall grass in their way. Then he heard something ruffle the grass. He jumped back. The wolf was already behind him. The head of a small dinosaur peeked out of the woods. It was a lone velociraptor. They hid behind some more grass. Hunter started to move around it. But the velociraptor heard it, and started looking around by the grass.

Hunter: We have to pass...Shit. This is going to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.

Hunter burst out of the grass. He raised his sword above his head and slashed it down at the velociraptor. It spun out of the way, in the process, Hunter was hit in the gut by its tail. He flew back and dropped his sword. The velociraptor stood above him and roared. It opened it’s maw and came down on Hunter’s head. The wolf jumped out of the grass and bit the velociraptor’s leg. It fell back and the wolf fell off of it. He growled at the velociraptor. The velociraptor roared again. Overpowering the wolf’s growl. It brandished it’s claw across the wolf’s side. The wolf jumped off the velociraptor, and growled and barked at it. The velociraptor let out another roar and jumped at the wolf. Hunter stabbed his sword into its side. It keeled over. He stabbed it again to make sure it was dead. Hunter looked around, there was a cave. Hunter grabbed the wolf and dragged him in with him. He ripped off his sleeve and wrapped it around the wolf’s wound. He lifted up his shirt, he was bruised from the hit. It stung

Hunter: Ugh...Just my luck to land in this dimension.

Hunter took out a couple water bottles he had gotten from the village dimension. He started drinking. The wolf looked at him from across the cave. It whined at him.

Hunter: Oh, so you want water now?

Hunter came over to the wolf.

Hunter: Don’t bite my hand off. You need to open that snout of yours.

He brought the water over to the wolf and stuck the water bottle in his mouth and fed him some water.

Hunter: You know, I used to hate wolves as a kid. Like big, asshole dogs. What told you it was a good idea to attack a velociraptor for me. That was stupid. I always preferred the hyena. Mischievous. They think with their heads.

The wolf put his nose up to Hunter’s hand. He licked his hand. Hunter’s bruise slowly stopped stinging. It was still there, but Hunter felt like he could now move effectively.

Hunter: So you’re a supernatural wolf? What were you doing in that desert anyway? How’d you get there?

The wolf looked up at Hunter.

Hunter: Oh, yeah. You can’t answer. Hm. I guess we could have velociraptor for dinner.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

It was a new day. Hunter was startled awake by the sound of roaring. It sounded oh-so familiar. He heard multiple roars of a velociraptor. He picked up his sword, and pulled his gun. He heard their steps coming close to the cave. They wouldn’t be very happy when they found him and the wolf ate their friend for dinner the previous day. He hid himself by the mouth of the cave. A velociraptor’s snout came around the corner. It sniffed and instantly picked up Hunter’s scent. Were the rest right next to the velociraptor? Was he going to be swarmed? The velociraptor was too fast, it latched onto Hunter’s arm. It’s jaws ripping and tearing apart his skin. He pushed in and stabbed the dinosaur in the side. It loosened its grip. Hunter jumped back and slashed it across the face. The other two velociraptors roared at Hunter. His ears rang. He jumped back, his arm gushing blood. They roared and ran in the cave straight at Hunter. He slashed his sword at another velociraptor. It ducked under his sword and went for Hunter’s stomach. He raised his sword and pushed it down. He plunged it into the velociraptor’s head. He was knocked down by the last dino. It was on top of him and brought its mouth down on him. He held its mouth up with all his strength. His thumbs were bleeding. The wolf stood up, and let out a howl and clawed the velociraptor across the face. Hunter slashed it across the stomach.

Hunter: Jeezus christ…Wolf, you can move, right?

The wolf nodded his head.

Hunter: Can you do that healing thing again?

It shook its head.

Hunter: Guess you’re smarter than the average wolf. Let’s find this damn portal, and if I see another goddamn velociraptor…

## E6 - The Robot Dimension P1

A bird flew through a rocky desert. It looked in the window of a tent. A woman was tending to the ill in a tent. She had some metal parts covering her chest and going down most of her torso. Under this, she wore a black tank top. She wore arm warmers on her arms, and she had two faded golden bracelets. She had a short skirt that was attached to her armor with straps. It split at her waist into two pieces. She wore black pants and black shoes. She had brown wraps around her ankles. In between her chest, there was a disturbing amount of horrid square black spots around her chest. They seemed almost pixelated. They bulged out of her skin and ran up to her neck. Like they were trying to choke her. She had short brown hair and brown eyes.

???: Cancer! Come in here! Get the nanopaste!

Cancer panicked. She opened a drawer and grabbed some sort of metal can with multiple flashing lights. She went over to another tent. Where there was another line of sick people.

???: Nanopaste! Now!

Cancer gave the medicine to the doctor. She put it into a patient. Who was convulsing. They kept moving, their body shivering and then suddenly stopping and growing cold.

Doctor: We lost her…

Cancer: Dr. Taro, I’m sorry! I wasn’t fast enough!

Dr. Taro: No, no. It wasn’t your fault. We couldn’t do much more for this young man.

Cancer: ...So that’s what’s going to happen to me?

Dr. Taro: He’s still conscious.

The man had the same black spots on himself. He was beginning to slowly disintegrate.

Dr. Taro: Once he finishes disintegrating, then he’ll truly be dead. This is the power of the Logic Virus.

Cancer shivered.

Dr. Taro: You’re still in the beginning stages. You have some time to live. I’m sorry Cancer, it’s not looking great. We’ve never found a cure for this.

Cancer: ...I don’t want to die.

Dr. Taro: I’m sorry. Here, let me walk you home.

Cancer: I can walk myself home.

Dr. Taro: It’s for safety, that’s all.

Dr. Taro led Cancer back to her house, through the dead land. The world was sandy, and hot. Their village was made of lots of metal parts. There was something that looked like a robot hung up as a trophy for someone who killed it. Cancer was led back to her house, a cylinder-like house made of all metal. She went up the ramp and into a small house. She saw her Mother cooking some food.

Cancer’s Mom: Hi honey! I cooked spaghetti for today. I hope you like it.

Cancer: Spaghetti. Like every other day.

Cancer’s Mom: We don’t have a lot, honey. But here’s hoping the great spirit will grace us and kill those machines.

Cancer: Doesn’t matter. I probably won’t be alive then!

Cancer’s Mom: Don’t talk like that, Cancer.

Cancer: Just let me go hunting with Dad once! Just once!

Cancer’s Mom: No, you are a woman. Maybe you can swing a sword. But that doesn’t make you strong enough to defeat the machines. They are far too powerful. Now come and get some spaghetti.

Cancer put up her hand. The metal bowl of spaghetti was drawn straight to her hand.

Cancer: Dad gave me these rings for a reason. I can manipulate metal, in a world of metal! Let me help!

Cancer’s Mom: This conversation is over. It’s not the woman’s job to fight the machines.

Cancer’s Dad walked into the house. He had a big sword on his back, and various metal armor on himself. He had short brown hair.

Cancer’s Mom: Porco, you’re back!

Porco: What do we have for lunch today? Spaghetti? My favorite!

Cancer: We always have the same thing to eat, dad.

Porco: Well, at least we’re a happy family!

A village-person began furiously knocking on their door.

Village-person: General Porco! Come see this! The dark wolf is here! He’s arrived!

Porco: The dark wolf?!

Porco hugged his entire family.

Porco: This is great news!

Cancer: Great news?

Porco: The dark wolf! If we find the light wolf, then we can eradicate machine-kind and reclaim the world!

Cancer: Seriously? Can we come and see?

Cancer’s Mom: Cancer, it might be dange-

Porco: Of course you can!

Cancer held out her hand, a jacket came to her, and she put it on as it flew through the air. Porco and Cancer left the house and ran to the center of the village. There was the wolf, and Hunter sitting next to him, rubbing his back.

Hunter: Why are these people staring at us?

Hunter tapped the wolf.

Hunter: Come on, let’s go and find the portal out of here. I don’t want to do this village thing again.

Porco: How dare you touch the dark wolf?! You may be corrupted by it’s magic!

Hunter: Dark wolf? You think this wolf is some sort of-

Porco grabbed Hunter by the throat and slammed him in the ground.

Porco: The wolf is going to save our world! Save us from the machines!

Hunter: ...You know, I brought the wolf here.

Porco: A warrior attending the wolf...I can’t believe it. You found him!

Hunter: Yeah, I did. Now can you let me go?

Porco: Oh! Of course! Come to my home! I will repay you with a meal!

Hunter: That’s more like it.

Porco walked past Cancer.

Porco: Cancer, come on!

Hunter walked behind Cancer and Porco. Cancer slowed down to walk next to Hunter.

Cancer: A warrior? Really? Just like my dad? Woah…How many doombots have you killed?

Hunter: Uh...200.

Cancer: 200?! That’s more than my dad! How are you not a general?

Hunter: Wouldn’t want to steal his limelight.

Cancer: But isn’t lying bad?

Hunter: Not if it’s for someone’s own good.

Cancer: Wow….You’re so admirable.

Hunter: Not really.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cancer, Porco, Cancer’s Mom, and Hunter were eating food. Porco was feeding the wolf.

Porco: You must be a strong warrior to find the dark wolf. You must show me your power!

Hunter: No, no. It’s okay.

Cancer: Don’t be humble!

Hunter: Okay, okay. Fine.

Hunter took out his gun.

Hunter: This weapon can kill something in a single shot, have you ever seen anything like it?

Porco: What is it?

Hunter: Name it whatever you want. Hey, can I get a drink?

Cancer’s Mom: Help yourself.

Hunter got up and went over to the kitchen. He saw a bucket with ice in it. Which was starting to melt with old looking cans in it. He grabbed something he assumed was a beer. He looked over, and saw what looked like tranquilizers.

Hunter: You guys have tranquilizers?

Porco: Those? Their equipment for the warriors. A temporary boost of power.

Cancer: Yeah, me or mom can’t use them though. Apparently that’s stealing.

Porco: You could be punished with death. That’s why nobody does it.

An earpiece that was in Porco’s ear began to glow.

Porco: Ah, robots are east here. I’ll be back.

Cancer’s Mom: Well, why doesn’t Hunter go with you?

Hunter: I think uh…

Porco: No, no. It’s fine. He’ll protect the house!

Hunter: Yeah. I’ll do that!

Porco picked up his gigantic metal sword. He kissed his wife and kissed Cancer on the forehead.

Porco: I’ll be back in time for dinner!

He walked out of the house.

Cancer: You’ll protect us, right Hunter?

Hunter: Sure, yeah.

Cancer’s Mom: Well, I’ll let you two stay here. I’m going to get groceries for next week’s food.

Cancer: Please make it anything other than spaghetti!

Cancer’s Mom left Hunter, Cancer and the wolf alone in the house. Hunter knelt down next to the wolf.

Hunter: Hey, wolf. Go look for an exit.

The wolf lightly growled at Hunter. Cautioning him.

Hunter: Shut up.

He went over to the door and pushed it open with his snout.

Cancer: What did you mean by an exit?

Hunter: How...How did you hear that?

Cancer: You can’t hear whispers? You must have weak ears. You said exit…

Hunter: Well, maybe I should’ve been a little more honest.

Cancer: What are you going to do?

Hunter: Look, I’m not really a warrior. At least not from here.

Cancer: What are you talking about?

Hunter: I’m on sort of….an adventure. I’ve been travelling through a desert that looks like yours. Sometimes the sand disappears, and leaves sinkholes. I fall through them, and into other dimensions.

Cancer: What? Are you on drugs?

Hunter: I don’t know what kind of evidence you want.

Hunter walked past Cancer and picked up the tranquilizers.

Hunter: But that’s the truth.

Cancer: Do you have proof?

Hunter: I dunno...I stole these clothes and this sword from a middle ages dimension.

Cancer: Middle ages? What’s that?

Hunter: Ugh. Maybe I’ll tell you more if you take this.

Hunter handed her a tranquilizer.

Cancer: What….What are you doing?

Hunter: Have you ever tried this stuff? I don’t know why your Dad thinks it makes you stronger. What a dumbass.

Cancer: What are you saying? You want to use those?

Hunter: We want to use these. Come on! It’ll be fun.

Cancer: I can get killed if I use these.

Hunter: We used them in self-defense, okay? There were robots here and we had no choice. Right?

Cancer: Well. We do have a choice. I’m not using those things. What’s so great about them?

Hunter: You can ride the high like a surfboard. I need this. I’ve been stuck doing this bullshit for almost a week now.

Cancer: What’s wrong with you? You said you were a warrior! You’re supposed to protect the house!

Hunter: Whatever. I just wanted to have some fun.

Cancer: What’s wrong with you?

Hunter: What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with you, bitch!? I’m just asking for a stress reliever.

Cancer pulled the tranquilizers to her hand.

Hunter: Hey! What’s wrong with you?! Give them back!

Cancer: These are valuable resources to our tribe! Dad said it himself. You could go toe-to-toe with a robot with these weapons!

Hunter: Stop being a bitch. Give me those back.

Cancer: Stop calling me a bitch!

Hunter tried to grab the tranquilizers out of Cancer’s hand.

Cancer: Stop! You know what?

Cancer smashed the tranquilizers on the ground.

Cancer: Now nobody can use these!

Hunter: Are you serious?! That was my big break! You just had to sma-

There was a crash outside, and multiple screams.

Cancer: Shut up!

Hunter: You know what? You shut up!

Cancer put her hand to Hunter’s mouth.

Cancer: Shut. Up.

She opened the door to her house and covered her mouth and gasped.

Hunter: What is it?

People were running for their lives, away from many large robots. They had long legs and lanky arms. Along with a creepily skeletal torso and large, deformed heads. They were nearly human. But everything was off. They slowly moved throughout the camp. People tripped and crawled away. The robots crushed their bones as if they weren’t even in the way. Cancer saw her Mom running back towards the house.

Cancer: Mom!

Cancer ran away from her house, away from safety. And to her mother. She helped her up.

Cancer’s Mom: Don’t! Don’t pick me up! It’s over, anyway.

Cancer’s Mom had blood leaking from her stomach. Cancer tried moving her. But she had gone limp.

Cancer: Mom! Get up! You’ve dealt with worse! Come on!

Cancer looked at Hunter.

Cancer: What the hell are you doing just standing there!? You said you were a warrior! Help!

Hunter stood there, motionless. Cancer’s words went in one ear and out the other. He had never seen this much carnage. People’s screams echoing. Cancer was screaming at Hunter as she was trying to revive her mom, but he couldn’t hear her. He couldn’t hear anything.

## E7 - The Robot Dimension P2

Hunter stood there, motionless. Cancer’s words went in one ear and out the other. He had never seen this much carnage. People’s screams echoing. Cancer was screaming at Hunter as she was trying to revive her mom, but he couldn’t hear her. He couldn’t hear anything. Until he heard his name called out.

???: Hunter Kunai!

Someone stood across from Hunter. He wore dark red armor all over his body but his head. He had tied back dirty-blonde hair.

???: I’m Layton. One of the LORD’s children. We must search you.

Hunter: What? Search me?! For what?

Layton walked towards Hunter. He turned around and looked at the robots.

Layton: Halt!

All the robots stopped in their tracks and faced towards Layton. He looked down at Cancer. Who was burning her furious gaze into him.

Layton: Somehow, you were able to break the one and only rule of our dimension. You were able to escape your prison.

Hunter: Prison?! That’s what I thought this whole thing was! I have to get out of these dimensions, so I can meet the LORD and go home!

Layton chuckled.

Layton: My father was just pulling your leg. He’s tormenting you. That’s the whole point. Tormented for the rest of your useless life.

Hunter raised his sword as Layton stood there with his back turned.

Layton: Now you’ve left rips in space and time open in all these dimensions. That had to be closed by my siblings.

Hunter slashed his sword down on Layton’s head. Hunter felt a snap and a crash.

Cancer: Hunter…!

Hunter’s sword broke in half and he had dislocated his hands. He fell on his back. Layton looked behind himself.

Layton: An ancient weapon such as this does nothing to me. Now listen to me.

Cancer held out her hand. She latched onto Layton’s armor. She tried throwing him. But he didn’t move an inch. He turned around and looked at Cancer. She had stood up. She picked up two of the robots and made them fly at Layton. He held out his hand. The robot snapped in half. He made a barrier of sand come up in front of him for the second robot to hit.

Layton: Please. Don’t bother.

Hunter: Let me talk to this LORD guy. He had his terms! I don’t even have a weapon to get to different dimensions!

Layton: Then how do you do it?

Hunter: None of your business!

Layton: Don’t be so immature.

Hunter: Call your father! Ask him what he told me! I’m not staying in one dimension!

Layton stumbled as a robot was smashed into his back by Cancer.

Cancer: Stop ignoring me! You’re the one who did this! You destroyed my family! My world!

Layton: I don’t usually pay attention to creatures like you. But here.

Layton opened a portal next to himself and pulled out Porco’s sword, and a piece of his armor and dropped it in front of Cancer.

Layton: Your father fought bravely.

Cancer: You...You killed him?

Layton: It was a fair fight.

Cancer threw punches at Layton over and over. He didn’t feel anything. She was attacking out of emotion, randomly. Layton waited a few more seconds. He put his hand to her virus and pushed her off. Her body suddenly stung. Everything went numb. She felt like she was being stabbed with needles again and again. On every part of her body. Layton waved his hand at Cancer’s lifeless mother. She was reanimated like a zombie. She wrapped her hands around Cancer’s neck. She started choking her out. Cancer couldn’t speak. She just gasped for breath.

Layton: See this? We’ve heard about you, Hunter. You’ve taken control of every world you’ve been in. You’ve gotten lucky. Everyone you see is dumber than you. You have the gift of intelligence. Which means you can beat any enemy. I could shed my armor. Shed all my strength, and win every fight I got into.

Hunter: Just...Let her go.

Layton: Let her go? She’s going to die soon anyway. She’ll succumb to that virus of her’s. Being choked out is better than being slowly vaporized.

Hunter fired off the last bullet of his gun. Layton looked surprised.

Layton: Interesting. Maybe you have learned something.

Cancer fell from her Mom’s grasp. Coughing and hacking.

Layton: Well then. If you can escape this dimension by finding the weak spot. Then I will let you continue your search.

Hunter: What?

Layton: My father would like a change in events. It’ll be fun for him. Goodbye, Hunter.

Cancer was still coughing next to Hunter. Cancer looked up at Layton as he walked away. He took out a large sickle and slashed it in front of himself. Slashing open a portal and walking through. Cancer crawled towards Layton with all her hatred. Hunter helped her up.

Cancer: I don’t like you. You’re a womanizer, and a drug addict.

Hunter: Way to talk to the guy who just saved your life.

Cancer: It’s exactly that attitude that I’m talking about. But I’m coming with you.

Hunter: You...are?

Cancer: I’m dying of a virus. I want to see everything I can before I die. There’s like, infinite dimensions. Right? So I could see anything, and if you’re going to that guys’ dad’s place. We have a good chance of meeting him again. So I can kill him.

Hunter: Whatever floats your boat. Come on.

Hunter and Cancer heard the wolf howl.

## E8 - The Store Dimension

Hunter, Cancer and the wolf were walking across the desert. With Hunter walking ahead and the wolf and Cancer lagging behind.

Cancer: He seriously just calls you wolf? You need a real name. How about...Nines.

Hunter: What kind of name is Nines?

Cancer: This wolf protects us. We’d name our guard dogs numbers. Like Nines. You’d probably be dead without him anyway!

Hunter looked at the wolf.

Hunter: Don’t look at me like that.

Cancer: Aww...You like that name, don’t you? Nines! Bark if you know your name!

The wolf barked.

Cancer: You’re a little smartypants aren’t you? Hunter’s lucky to have you! Why do you even protect a dick like him? Did he help you out or something?

Nines said nothing.

Cancer: Seems like you did jack shit to help him.

Hunter: That’s bullshit! I saved him from dinosaurs! I fed him velociraptor! You’re just too proud to admit you’d be dead without me.

Hunter stomped towards Cancer and Nines.

Cancer: Hey, don’t get too close to me!

Hunter: Why not?

Cancer: You’ll probably drug me or something.

Hunter: Dammit, shut up.

The ground below them began to shake.

Hunter: So, this is what you wanted, right? To visit a dimension?

Cancer: It’s happening now?

Hunter: Here we go.

The ground below them sank, and they fell around 10 feet into a new dimension. They all looked around. They were in a gigantic area. It was flat land. Except for a river that was running not far away from them. There was a house in the distance.

Cancer: Check it out! A house!

Hunter: A random, creepy house in the middle of nowhere.

Cancer: Well. I’m here to adventure. So let’s venture over to that house.

They walked to the house. There was a man with a cowboy hat and a plaid flannel sitting on the front of the house. He was singing a song.

???:
I'm going to keep on the run
I'm going to have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke oh well
I'll always remember that I had a swinging time
I'm gonna give it everything I've got
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot a seven with every shot
Viva Las Vegas, Viva, Viva Las Vegas!

Cancer: Nice pipes!

???: Oh, why thank you! Welcome to Billy and Jeans!

Hunter: What’s this place?

Billy stood up and stared at Hunter in fear.

Billy: Well...it’s our store!

Hunter: Did you realize you put a store in the middle of nowhere?

Another man, who looked similar to Billy, walked out.

Hunter: Must be Jean.

Jean: It’s because we have the most rare and interesting things! Come and take a look!

Cancer: Come on, let’s check it out.

The group walked into the store. Billy and Jean nodded to each other and showed each other their guns in their pockets.

Hunter: Those two throw me off…

Cancer: They are two innocent men. What’s so bad about them?

Hunter: Obviously there’s something wrong. They know there was a nuclear leak here, and they're scared of me.

Cancer: Nuclear leak?

Hunter: Kunai industries had dipped their feet into nuclear engineering. Maybe they know an alternate version of me.

Cancer: Your company?

Hunter: It was years and years ago. Where I’m from, it went nowhere.

Cancer: Your company sounds like it sucks.

Cancer started looking around. Distancing herself from Hunter.

Cancer: Look at all these cool knick knacks. There’s even a snow globe!

Hunter looked around. He saw a pen that caught his eye. He grabbed it and stuffed it in his pocket. He walked over to something that looked like an artifact. It was an old, wooden bear. He pulled on it’s hand. It shot an arrow across the room out of its mouth and into a wooden board. Cancer was conversing with the two men. She had bought something. Hunter touched his pocket and realized he didn’t have his money on him. He came over to Cancer. She pulled out his stack of money and paid for her items.

Hunter: You know that’s my money, right?

Cancer: Yeah. You gave it to me didn’t you? Here, I don’t want it.

She handed Hunter his money back.

Billy: You gonna buy anything, Mr. Kunai?

Hunter: I...Uh...I’m still looking.

Hunter went over to Cancer.

Hunter: I swear to god. These guys look like bad news.

Cancer: They seem fine. Dick. I might have a skewed version of good news and bad news. But those two men seem very pleasant.

Hunter: They know who I am. What do you think they’ll do to me?

Cancer: Killing you would remove a massive annoyance off my plate.

Hunter: Are you seriously still mad at me for saving your life?

Cancer: I’m mad at you for trying to trick me into getting high. I know what those tranqs do.

Hunter: Look, you said you wanted all the action before you die. Getting high would’ve surely given you a new experience.

Cancer: You seriously can’t even say sorry? What is wrong with you?

Hunter: Bitch...You stole my money, and you're hitching a ride with me! What’s wrong with you?

Cancer: Stealing money from a rich asshole was actually on my bucket-list. Either way, don’t we have to stay here until Nines finds the portal?

Hunter: Stay here?

Cancer: Well, it’s getting dark, and I know I can’t see in the dark. How much of a choice do we have?

Hunter: …

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter was laying down on a mattress in the attic of the store. Cancer was sleeping downstairs in a sleeping bag. She had taken off her bracelets that gave her power, her father’s sword was leaning against the wall. Hunter didn’t hear any movement. He looked around the attic. Which was surprisingly big. He searched around a dusty box, and pulled out a fishing line and a gear. He went downstairs quietly. He looked into the room Cancer was sleeping in. She was fast asleep. Peacefully. Hunter sighed. He went over to the artifact he saw earlier. It was sitting on a pedestal. He tied the rope to it’s hand and on its ear, and put the gear on a screw that used to hold something. He took the rope off it’s hand and spun the gear. The bear’s head moved side to side. He tied the rope back around it’s hand and left it somewhere he could see it. He left the store and snuck back up to the attic.

Cancer: Hey! What are you doing?

Hunter: I’m going back up to sleep.

Cancer: What were you doing back there?

Hunter: I was using the bathroom.

Cancer: The bathroom’s past me.

Hunter: Maybe I wanted to feel like a hick and I pissed off the front porch. Why do you care?

Cancer: I care because you're being suspicious. I mean, who knows what you were trying to do! Maybe shoplift some more! Or maybe to off one of those men.

Hunter: You know...Why do you have to be such a dick to me? Do you blame me for your parents? I didn’t have a choice whether or not I fell into your dimension! I don’t know what you want me to say. I’m sorry for trying to drug you, and I’m sorry for your parents. You know, I don’t enjoy this. My Dad’s probably dead now, and my Mom’s worried sick! My company’s probably in the toilet now that I’ve been gone for over a week! You don’t have too much to worry about back home, do you?

Cancer: Hunter...I…

Hunter: Goddamnit...

Cancer: I’m sorry.

Cancer hugged Hunter.

Hunter: What the hell are you doing? I didn’t ask for this.

Cancer: If you agree to stop doing the creepy thing where you drug girls, then maybe I’ll tolerate you.

Hunter: Yeah, equal rights and shit.

Cancer put out her hand. They shook on it.

Billy: What the hell are you doing little lady?

Jean: Making a deal with someone like him?

Billy: He destroyed our home!

Billy and Jean took out their guns. Hunter drew his empty gun.

Hunter: I wouldn’t fire. Unless one of you wants to die.

Billy and Jean started laughing.

Jean: I bet you’re bluffing.

Hunter: I promise. I’m not. I’ll blow your head off!

Billy: Try me!

Hunter: Back the hell up!

Hunter walked towards them with his gun. They both backed up.

Hunter: Now let’s all put our guns down.

Hunter slowly brought his gun to the floor. As did Billy and Jean. Hunter grabbed the fishing line. Which seemed invisible. He could pull it, and kill both of them. But did he have to? They were unarmed. He hesitated pulling the line, and let off tension. Cancer came next to Hunter. Hunter dropped the fishing line.

Billy: You goddamn dumbass!

Billy and Jean pulled new guns.

Billy: Now you’re both going down.

Hunter immediately grabbed Cancer and threw her to the ground. They fired off a shot as Hunter pulled the fishing line. The bear started firing arrows out of its mouth all over the store. Some arrows pierced through Billy and Jean’s flesh. It tore them open. One of them fell to his knees and was pierced in the face by an arrow. Cancer was screaming as Hunter covered her eyes. There were blood spatters on both of them. Hunter had blood on his golden tie.

Cancer: Hunter...What did you do?

Hunter: It was them or us.

Hunter picked up their guns and went looking around for ammo. He stuffed it in his pocket. Cancer was breathing heavily. She put her bracelets on and made the sword come to her back. Nines was waiting for them outside.

Hunter: You ready?

Cancer: Yeah…

They both walked out. Bloody. Hunter loaded his gun. It was fully loaded. It had 5 bullets now. Hunter had two more guns and plenty of ammo to go around.

## E9 - The Library Dimension

Cancer: No no! In the movie they find a snipe on the way to luxury falls! The old man thinks there’s no such thing as a snipe. But the boy found one!

Hunter: Yeah. I remember watching the movie with my Mom, and it’s paradise falls. Not luxury falls.

Cancer: Probably a dimensional difference.

Hunter: Yeah…

Cancer: So….Did you know a snipe is a real bird?

Hunter: There’s no such thing as a snipe.

Cancer: No, I’m telling you. It is! I’ve seen one with my own eyes.

Hunter: Maybe it’s real in your dimension.

Hunter walked ahead in silence.

Cancer: So….You’re mission really is to find this LORD guy so you can get home and save your father from dying?

Hunter: I think you know me well enough to know that’s not my main motivation. He’s in a wheelchair, that’s all.

Cancer: Why?

Hunter: Why do you keep asking questions?

Cancer: You don’t seem to like the prospect of sharing information. You clearly suppress all your emotions.

Hunter: He’s in a wheelchair, okay. He had a stroke.

Cancer: A stroke?

Hunter: He got a virus like yours.

Cancer: Oh my god! Is he okay?!

Hunter: I don’t know. That’s the whole point. Come on.

Nines uttered a quiet bark. He gestured towards a structure in the distance.

Hunter: What the...It hasn’t been 1,000 miles. I know that.

Cancer: That doesn’t look like a castle.

Hunter: How do you know what a castle looks like?

They got closer to the structure.

Cancer: I don’t mean to speak too soon. But there’s been none of those sinkholes. How many have you fallen in, Hunter?

Hunter: I’ve been to 5 dimensions.

Cancer: Have you ever seen something like this?

Hunter: No. The desert has been empty so far.

Cancer: Well, let’s go see what’s in there.

They got closer to the structure. It was made of brick, and was covered in sand due to the constant sandstorms. They went closer to what looked like a door. Hunter and Cancer tried pulling on it.

Cancer: Hey, hey. I’ve got it.

Cancer used her rings to bring her father’s sword to it.

Cancer: I actually came up with a name for this thing.

Hunter: Must be something corny.

Cancer: I call it the BFS

Hunter: BFS?

Cancer: Big fucking sword.

Cancer held it with both hands and slashed it slowly. It demolished the door. They walked in.

Hunter: Holy shit…

Cancer: Wow, boring. I was expecting an adventure.

Hunter: This is a gigantic library! Imagine the information we can get through! What we could learn about this place!

Cancer: Well, at least it’s not a tech museum.

Hunter took a book off the wall. “The dimension principal” By The LORD.

Cancer: Hey, look. All the books are by The LORD.

Cancer covered her mouth in surprise. She wasn’t even trying to yell.

Hunter: It’s normal. I feel like I’m forced to yell his name too.

Cancer: Say it.

Hunter: No.

Hunter flipped through the book.

Hunter: So this place is like a prison. You fall into the desert and walk until you fall into a portal. Then you're supposed to be stuck there forever.

Cancer: Don’t we already know that?

Hunter: It’s in writing. This is interesting though, “If someone is put in a prison. The dimension will never be a sinkhole again and can only be opened via the skeleton key.”

Cancer: Skeleton key? There was a keyhole before I broke in here.

Cancer grabbed a book.

Cancer: Hey. It’s a romance novel. “How The LORD met his 106th wife. By The LORD”

Cancer flipped through and read some pages. She was glued to the book. She sat down in a chair and kept reading.

Hunter: You’re seriously a sucker for romance novels?

Cancer grabbed another copy of the book and gave it to Hunter. He read a page or two and sat down next to Cancer. They read together. For hours.

Cancer: Isabella, no! She really agreed to marry him?

Hunter: She has to go back to The LORD!

They read further.

Hunter: What the...NSFW warning?

Cancer: We can’t stop now.

They read on.

Hunter: Ugh...That’s...disgusting! Even by my terms.

Cancer: It’s kinda cool.

Hunter: What the hell is wrong with you?!

Nines was sniffing around. He found what looked like a study. There was a table with a fish tank on it. Fish were swimming around. He knocked over the fish tank and started eating the fish as they flopped around. Hunter and Cancer were startled by the noise and got up from the couch. Hunter found a trash can and threw up. Cancer was laughing at him. She put her hand on the side of a bookshelf. Two books fell down. One hit Hunter on the head. He picked it up.

Hunter: What the hell...Vacation places?

Hunter scanned through the book.

Hunter: Hey! Apparently there’s a place where you can choose any dimension to go to!

Cancer: Any dimension?

Hunter: It’s a vacation place.

Cancer: Maybe we’ll find it, and you can go back home!

Hunter: Yeah, then I wouldn’t have to deal with The LORD!

Cancer: Yeah!

Hunter looked at the other book at his feet. “The Family Tree of The LORD.” There was a picture on the back. Layton and The LORD were recognizable on it. There were four people who were unrecognizable. A boy who looked younger than Layton who wore blue armor and had frizzy brown hair. He was smiling. There was an older woman who seemed to be forcing a smile. She also had red hair and wore a short black dress that was tight to her skin. There was a girl in a grey jacket with red hair. Who was smiling too. Everyone in the picture had one thing in common, they all had green eyes.

Cancer: That girl looks like a stripper.

Hunter: Must be his wife.

There was another girl. She was in the middle. She had long dark red hair and wore a black tank top. She had tattoos all over herself. She was the only one not smiling. She seemed unhappy. Her eyes were scribbled out. Hunter opened the book. There were long tangents about The LORD’s kids and his 107th wife. Layton, Odin, Raiya and Diana. Raiya must’ve been the unhappy girl.

Cancer: Jeez. What did that girl do to her dad?

Raiya’s section in the book was scribbled out. Some pages had angry words in pen. “FAILURE!” “SOME DAUGHTER SHE IS!” “UNGRATEFUL” “RUTHLESS” “BACKSTABBER”

There was one page that was filled with one angry world repeating. “BETRAYER, BETRAYER, BETRAYER, BETRAYER!”

Hunter: God, he must be mad about her doing whatever she did.

Cancer: She obviously betrayed him.

Hunter: Oh really?

Hunter grabbed a backpack from the library and stuffed some books in it. Including the one about The LORD’s children.

Hunter: We’re going to run into them eventually. After seeing Layton’s power. We’ll have to go in prepared.

Cancer: Yeah.

Cancer picked up the romance novel to put it in Hunter’s bag. Hunter slapped it out of her hand.

Hunter: That, that stays in the library. Along with what we read.

Cancer: Understandable. I had no idea that The LORD was such an artist.

Hunter: Tch. He probably didn’t even write any of these. Let’s get out of here.

## E10 - The Hip-Hop Dimension

Cancer and Hunter were laying on the side of the desert. Cancer was petting Nines. They were sweating. Cancer took off her armor, and Hunter took off his coat. Hunter was blocking the sun with one of The LORD’s books.

Hunter: So apparently Diana can summon a dragon. That’s pretty cool.

Cancer: Not for us.

Hunter: Well, let’s just wait for a portal to appear. I’ve gotta use the bathroom.

The ground slowly started shaking.

Cancer: Well...There it is.

They fell through the portal, and onto the top of a skyscraper.

Cancer: Woah...This is a city?

Hunter: Yeah, looks like it.

They heard another shake. The ground shook, and a skyscraper in the distance fell down.

Cancer: What the hell was that!?

Hunter: Get your sword.

Cancer: That won’t be powerful enough!

Hunter: It does the most damage!

Cancer took out her sword. She dropped it when she saw what knocked over the skyscraper. She jumped back and hid behind Hunter in horror.

Hunter: You're seriously afraid of robots?

There was a gigantic robot in the distance. It walked through the city slowly. It looked into one of the skyscrapers.

Robot: Show me that hip-hop mojo! Don’t be like mah boy flo joe!

They heard screams.

Robot: That’s screaming! Not sick rhymes! Now I’m going to eat your jeans!

The robot lifted up the skyscraper and put it to its face as if it had a mouth. It walked closer to Hunter and Cancer. Cancer was curled into a ball. Trembling with fear.

Hunter: Hey! Get up! Stop being a pussy!

Cancer: That doesn’t help! That is a big ass robot! We’re going to die! We’re going to die!

Hunter: Isn’t this why you came on the adventure? To die?

Cancer: Not via robot vore!

Hunter: Robot vore?! Seriously? Then we’ll just run! Let’s find the portal!

Hunter ran to the side of the roof.

Hunter: Alright...We have to make it down somehow. Let’s go!

Cancer was still laying down. She was closing her eyes.

Hunter: Come on! Get the hell up!

Cancer: Okay, okay!

Cancer slowly stood up. She looked away from the massive robot in the distance. Nines ran across the building and jumped across to another skyscraper. He pushed down a ladder to make a bridge. Hunter ran across. Cancer went across slowly. Looking down and still shivering. As she got close to the end of the ladder she tripped on the ladder. She grabbed onto the side of the ladder. She was hanging from the side of the building.

Hunter: Use your damn bracelets!

Cancer thought for a second and used her bracelets to pull herself up. She grabbed Hunter’s hand and they fell on eachother. Hunter looked at her in awe. Cancer quickly scrambled to her feet and kept running. They got to a roof they couldn’t make it over. Cancer looked around. She jumped off the building.

Hunter: What are you doing?

She grabbed onto a ladder and climbed up with her bracelets. She used her bracelets to pull the ladder up and kicked it across to Hunter and Nines. Nines jumped across, and Hunter went across the ladder.

Cancer: Hunter!

Hunter: What, Cancer?

Robot: Is that a rhyme I hear? Time to crack open a beer! We have new challengers! Do me some rapping! Or are you another asshole, crapping on my craft? If so, I’ll crush you in an elevator shaft!

Hunter: What’s the game!?

The robot seemed to disregard Hunter.

Cancer: Oh...Don’t be lame! What’s the game?

Hunter: What the…

Robot: The game? All you have to do is show me you're worthy of rap fame! Spit a bar, and you’ll go far! Then I won’t kill you! Just show me your ill!

Hunter: Ill?

Cancer: He wants us to rap for him…

Hunter: You're okay with that?

Cancer: Sounds better than dying a horrible death to this robot.

Hunter: I dunno. Maybe I’d rather die.

Cancer: All we have to do is sing!

Hunter: Wolf did you find the exit? Do you even smell the exit?

Nines gestured towards the robot.

Hunter: You’re no help!

Robot: Where are my bars? I don’t want to have to drown you in tar!

Cancer grabbed Hunter’s shoulders and shook him frantically.

Cancer: He’s getting impatient! We have to rhyme!

Cancer turned around.

Cancer: Give us a beat!

The robot didn’t respond

Cancer: Don’t be a...cheat?

The robot had a gigantic boom box as his chest. He pressed a button. He started playing a funky tune.

Cancer: My friend Hunter…has to go to the bathroom!

The robot seemed intrigued.

Cancer: The bathroom because he took too many shrooms! He goes into the room and grabs a book to read. A book all about his greed! He goes to read and drop the Cosby’s off. But just like Bill Cosby, he can’t lose the kids! He feels you’re all fools just like Sid the sloth! Like the moth who got too close to the light. Cmon, I didn’t start the firefight…

Cancer started trailing off. She tapped Hunter rampantly on the side.

Hunter: What? Seriously?

Cancer: You have to!

The robot looked at them. He jumped in the air, and glided across the air. He landed closer to Cancer, Hunter, and Nines. When he landed, the group felt a massive shockwave. Hunter stumbled, Cancer was knocked down by a combination of fear and the shockwave. She looked up at Hunter, tears in her eyes.

Cancer: You damn pussy! If I’m a pussy for being scared of a gigantic robot, then what are you for being scared to rap a little bit!?

Hunter: Ugh...firefight...Cmon robot, don’t show us your might. Just see the light, and choose not to fight!

Cancer: Yeah! That’s it Hunter!

Hunter: Don’t spoil my mojo Cancer, I’ll boil my greatest enemies. Like the latest holy oil.

Cancer: My good friend Hunter discovered that he’s the best and greatest!

Hunter: Allow us to be blessed.

Cancer: We’ll show you how we invest

Hunter: Robot, at your request.

Cancer: Just let us go somewhere else, like Budapest.

Robot: Budapest...I think we can put this game to rest. Those rhymes were kinda shit. But I’ll let you split.

The robot held out his hand. A small portal shot at them. It wasn’t big enough for them to get through. Nines clawed it open.

Hunter: Goddammit….

Cancer: Hey, I don’t care what that robot says. Your rhymes were pretty alright.

Hunter: Sure.

Cancer: Now let’s get the hell out of here! Now!

## E11 - The Resort Dimension P1

Cancer: See, check this out. Mr. H and Skinny C, Rockin your world, Like Jimmy T! Rockin and shockin, Knockin and droppin!

Hunter: Mr. H? Skinny C? And that rhyme is fucking stupid.

Cancer: That’s our rap names. What? You want something better than Mr. H?

Hunter sighed. He pulled out one of The LORD’s books, while Cancer kept repeating rhymes to herself.

Hunter: No…

Cancer: What’s up?

Hunter: We’re close to one of those paradise cities.

Cancer: Really? Well, let’s go see what’s there.

Hunter: Maybe we’ll find one of those portals to get home!

Cancer: Yeah...Are you sure it’s that way?

Hunter: 50 miles away from the library...We’ve had to have walked that far.

Cancer was petting Nines.

Cancer: Well, we could just keep moving.

Hunter: What? You don’t want me to go home? Let’s just go check it out!

Cancer: Y-Yeah. Let’s check it out.

They kept walking for a couple miles. Hunter was looking around. He saw a sign. “Outskirts paradise”.

Cancer: Hey, there’s people here!

There were some people next to the paradise moving large boxes of goods. Hunter led his group into the paradise. There were tons of little houses sitting around along with a large hot spring in the middle of the area. There was one house that was bigger than all the rest with a balcony. Hunter ran over to the water at the sight and started drinking from the hot spring. There were a bunch of old people in the hot spring. Looking at Hunter like he was insane. He looked at all the people.

Cancer: Come on. If you want to go to the hot spring, then we’ll change.

Cancer and Hunter changed out of their normal clothes and put on towels. They got in the water. Cancer went up to her neck in the water. She was engulfing her virus with water.

Cancer: Water is the only place I don’t feel like I’m constantly being choked by this thing.

Hunter: There’s really no way to get rid of that virus?

Cancer: Nope. I’m pretty much doomed. I guess I’d better take in the moment.

Hunter: ...Right.

Cancer: Sorry I said that. I probably just ruined the moment.

Hunter: ...So what are you going to do when you get home?

Cancer: Oh...I…

Nines looked around at the old people. They were laying in the water without a care in the world. They completely disregarded the black wolf standing above them.

Cancer: I-I don’t want to go home, Hunter! I know it’s selfish, but there’s nothing at home for me. In this desert, there’s the man who mercilessly killed my people! Don’t you want revenge on that LORD guy?

Hunter: If I can get home at any given chance Cancer, I’m going to take it.

Cancer: Yeah, I understand. It’s selfish of me.

Cancer was sniffling, and she wiped tears from her eyes. Hunter turned away.

Cancer: Sorry. Can we just stay here for a while? I like the feeling.

Hunter: Well, I’m never against the average luxuries of life.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cancer and Hunter were redressed. They looked around the paradise. For some reason, there was a nice breeze flowing through the air. There were even palm trees around. All the houses were accompanied with palm trees and sometimes even a pool. They were seemingly untouched by the constant sandstorms.

Cancer: This place throws me off, still.

Hunter: Why?

Cancer: Everyone here is super old. Where are the young people? Everyone looks 70 and above!

Hunter: Well, maybe they retired.

Cancer: So...are we going to look around for those portals?

Hunter: I guess. I wonder who leads this place.

Cancer: Hey...Hunter. There was actually something I wanted to give you.

Hunter: What’s up?

Cancer: I had bought something I thought you’d like in that store dimension. I never got the chance to give it to you.

Hunter: So you bought something you thought I’d like with my own money?

Cancer laughed.

Cancer: Well, a gift’s a gift.

She held out a box for Hunter and opened it. It was a watch.

Cancer: I uh...Kept the receipt in the box. Even though I guess you couldn’t exchange it if you wanted to.

Hunter looked at the watch. He took the box from Cancer and looked down at it.

Cancer: Hey, it was a cheap watch. I know it’s not exactly your speed, but-

Hunter: Thank you, Cancer.

Hunter put the watch on.

Cancer: Uh, no problem.

???: Welcome tourists!

There was someone standing on the large house’s balcony. It was in the center of the cluster of houses. The old people gathered around and looked up at the woman. She was young. She had red hair and a white coat with black outlines. She wore a large white crop-top under the coat. She had rolled up pants and boots. She wore a charm around her neck. It had the head of a dragon on it. One of her hands was engulfed with black. It had claws, It was like energy was whirring from it.

Hunter: Holy shit...That’s Diana. It’s one of The LORD’s kids!

Cancer: I guess we found the leader.

Nines barked at Diana. She immediately looked at him. He growled at her.

Cancer: Hey! Nines! Stop!

Cancer laughed nervously.

Cancer: S-sorry about that!

Hunter: Hey! Let us talk to you!

Diana: Young people? Come!

Hunter and Cancer found some stairs and went up. They met Diana at the balcony. The old people were grumbling.

Diana: Oh yeah. I know what you want.

Diana made the black around her hand cover her. Through the black, Diana flew out as a dragon. She was a mid-sized long black dragon. She flew around the old people and shot blasts of water and ice in the air to wow the old people. She landed back on the balcony and turned back.

Diana: Now let’s go.

Diana bowed and walked Hunter, Cancer and Nines into her house.

Hunter: I know you must have divinity. I just wanted to ask a question.

Diana was clearly not paying attention to Hunter.

Diana: What is it?

Hunter: I just wanted to know if I could use one of your portals to get home.

Diana: Portals?

Hunter: I was brought here by your father, I just want to get home peacefully. Please.

Diana: Oh, it’s you.

Hunter: What are you talking about?

Diana: You're the guy ruining father’s dimensions. What the hell’s wrong with you?

Hunter: You know, I didn’t mean to. Just let me go home.

Diana: Hmm. No.

Hunter: What do I have to do to make you say yes?

Diana: I was excited at first, a couple young people at my resort. But of course it’s you. You shouldn’t even be here.

Diana looked at Nines.

Diana: Luckily, Dad doesn’t mind you causing rips in dimensions. So to make me say yes, hmm...Give me the wolf.

Diana looked at Nines.

Hunter: Uh, no.

Diana: I just want a cute pet! I’ll buy it from you!

Cancer: Some nerve! He’s ours! He has a name!

Diana: I think I’m naming him Fluffy. How do you like that?

Nines growled.

Hunter: I need him to get out of dimensions!

Diana: That’s the point.

Hunter: But if I give you the wolf, then I can go home?

Diana: Yeah.

Hunter: ...Fine.

Cancer: What? Hunter!

Hunter: If you send me home, then you can keep him.

Diana: Great. The closest portal is about...500 miles from here.

Hunter: What?!

Diana: Nice doing business with you.

Hunter: That wasn’t the deal! That’s bullshit! Give him back!

Diana: No.

Hunter pulled out his gun.

Diana: What do you think that’s going to do to me? You think I’m phased by guns?

Hunter brought the gun down.

Hunter: You lying bitch!

Diana: Well, go, get out. I don’t want you in my town anymore.

Diana held out her hand. For Hunter and Cancer, everything went black. They fell in the middle of the desert ontop of eachother. They saw one palm tree from afar.

## E12 - The Resort Dimension P2

Cancer was on top of Hunter. She jumped off of him. Hunter didn’t have the energy to get up. He knew what was coming.

Cancer: What...What the hell is wrong with you?! It’s one thing to want to go home! It’s another to use the people who trust you to get out of situations!

Hunter: Look, I had no choice!

Cancer: Bullshit! You had a ch-

Hunter: I had no choice! What was I going to do when I was offered a chance to go home?! Plus, that bitch could turn into a dragon! She’s clearly as unstable as her father! She could’ve ripped us apart if I didn’t listen to her!

Cancer: Then why’d you go with her?!

Hunter: Then why did you follow me if you don’t trust me?

Cancer: That’s it, I did! Because I trusted you! Don’t act like you were in the right here! If I was you, I would be mad because you gave away our only way out of those dimensions! You’re mad at me? Be ashamed of yourself!

Hunter: Okay, Cancer. We’re going to get Nines back.

Cancer: I’ll do it myself.

Hunter: What the hell are you talking about? You can’t do that!

Cancer: Who's going to stop me? You? Are you going to shoot me?

Cancer started walking away. Hunter wanted to follow her. But he knew what would happen if he did. He hesitated for a second, and then started following her.

Hunter: Cancer! Stop being a dumbass!

Cancer turned around and held her sword up at Hunter.

Cancer: Back off.

Hunter stood there, Cancer turned around and walked away. Hunter was standing in the middle of the desert.

Hunter: You know what…Cancer!

Hunter walked up to Cancer again. She held her sword up.

Hunter: You want to do it? You aren’t a killer. We’re going to save Nines. Then we’ll be on our way. Listen to me.

Cancer stared at Hunter, a scowl on her face. Oddly enough, she still looked friendly.

Hunter: Come on. We’re not going to attack blindly. We need a plan. Okay?

Cancer: A plan? What kind of plan?

Hunter: A plan to beat that bitch.

Hunter started looking through the book. He was reading the section about Diana. Cancer was standing around.

Cancer: Did you find anything?

Hunter: Shut up. I’m looking.

Hunter’s eyes widened.

Cancer: What is it?

Hunter: She’s lactose intolerant.

Cancer: What’s that?

Hunter: She’s allergic to dairy products. Basically.

Cancer: Have you seen any cows?

Hunter: No. I haven't. But I have seen carts moving through the land since we got here.

Hunter pointed in the distance. There were people moving large carts of supplies in the distance.

Hunter: That’s how we beat her. Or atleast get out while she gets a stomach cramp or something. We’re going to have to get the supplies. Which should have a dairy product of some sort...Then we just have to sneak in and make her drink it. We can put some dairy in her drink or something.

Cancer: Can’t she see dairy?

Hunter: I hope she drinks a colorful drink.

Cancer: This doesn’t seem like it’s going to work.

Hunter: Do you want to get Nines back?

Cancer: Yeah!

Hunter: Do you also want to be eaten alive by a dragon?

Cancer: Well Hunter, you’re a genius!

Cancer hugged Hunter.

Hunter: Okay, okay. Tha-

Cancer kneed Hunter in the stomach.

Cancer: But that’s for screwing us over and causing all of this!

Hunter fell down on the ground, holding his stomach.

Hunter: We...square?

Cancer: If your plan works.

Hunter: You know that we have to basically rob those people who move supplies?

Cancer: Yeah, I know. This plan’s kinda stupid, Hunter.

Hunter: It’s the only one we have. Do you have something better?

Cancer: …

Hunter: Exactly. So, since you’re stronger than me. Have fun.

Cancer: Me?

Hunter: Just take down the guys over there. Okay?

Cancer: I guess I have an idea.

Hunter: What is it?

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cancer walked up to the group of workers moving the carriage of goods. Cancer was holding a blanket that was wrapped over something.

Cancer: Misters! Uh, excuse me, excuse me!

Carrier: What is it ma’am?

Cancer: Well, it’s my baby. She needs milk, really anything to drink I guess.

There were four carriers. Two of them looked at eachother.

Carrier: Why don’t you just breastfeed, woman.

Cancer: That’s hard because of this uh...breast cancer. Wouldn’t want to give my baby spoiled milk.

The carriers looked at eachother.

Carrier: Well, we have to get these supplies to our dealers. If something’s missing, then that's an issue.

Cancer: Yeah...I get it…

Cancer let go of the baby. Instead of falling, Cancer made it float in the air. The blanket fell down. It was really a slab of metal. She made it fly at two carriers, and knocked them out. A carrier took out some sort of device. It looked like a gun. He shot it at Cancer, a portal was made under her. She looked down. Her heart sank, along with herself. She felt someone grab her hand as she fell. They pulled her up. Cancer felt her face be covered in sand. She was blinded too. She coughed up sand and tried getting it out of her eyes. She heard the carriers panicking.

Carrier: Verdant! Everyo-

Cancer heard cracking against the carriage. Then she heard moaning in pain. Then silence. She rubbed the sand off her eyes. She had dark short red hair and wore a black tank top. She wore a mask over her face. It was a black mask with glowing green eyes. She had tattoos. They were in the shape of snakes. Running up her arms and likely all over her body. She had bloody muay thai hand wraps and short jeans. Along with flexible sports shoes.

Cancer: Verdant…?

Verdant: Don’t fucking call me that.

Hunter ran to the carriage. He stopped when he saw the woman standing above Cancer.

Hunter: Cancer, that’s Raiya.

Cancer: That’s the girl The LORD hates?

Raiya took off her mask. Revealing a dirty, battle-worn face. Her hair was cut so it didn’t go past her shoulders. But it covered one of her eyes. She gave the opposite of Cancer’s energy. She looked like she was always angry.

Raiya: How the hell do you know my name, skinny?

Raiya grabbed Hunter by the scruff and picked him up with one hand.

Raiya: Answer! Before I choke you out!

Cancer: Let him show you!

Hunter: It’s a book. One of the topics involves you. Your Dad seems to be pretty mad at you for some reason.

Raiya dropped Hunter.

Raiya: That’s why he’s mad at me.

Raiya pointed at the two carrier’s heads she bashed in.

Raiya: My Father is a selfish prick, and I’m going to kill him.

Cancer: Well, that works out.

Hunter: I’m trying to track him down, that’s what we mean.

Raiya: Well, why didn’t you say so? You wanna take down that piece of shit together?

Hunter: Wait, that easy?

Raiya: Sure. We clearly have common interests. Do you know how rare of a scenario this is for me? Everyone in this goddamn dimension will bow to him.

Cancer and Hunter laughed uncomfortably.

Raiya: Wait a second, this girl here isn’t one of those people. If so-

Hunter: No…! She hates The LORD too.

Raiya: Aw hell yeah! Awesome!

Hunter: Hey, do you think you can help us? We need to take down one of-

Cancer: Hunter! You think she wants to do that?

Raiya: Take down my sister? Yeah! I’m all over that! That’s what I was here for. I was going to kick some sense into her happy ass.

Hunter: You can’t just rush in against her. She can turn into a dragon!

Raiya: Yeah I know, and? She’s my weakest sister.

Hunter: She’s the weakest!?

Raiya: Yup. You could shoot her, she’d keel over and die.

Hunter: She was bluffing…

Raiya: Well, anyway. I’m going to go beat the shit out of her.

Hunter: Hey! Wait! I have a plan!

Raiya: A plan. You humans think you’re so clever. Tell me about your plan.

Hunter: Well, I found out that your sister is lactose intolerant. If we give her dairy then-

Raiya: What? You’re going to make her constipated?

Hunter: The exact opposite, actually.

Raiya: That’ll piss her off if anything. I’ll just go over there and beat her ass.

Hunter: Not every problem is solved by hitting everything you see!

Raiya looked at the carriers she took out.

Raiya: Are you sure?

Hunter: Those guys were weak. You say your sister is weak, but she could probably beat your ass.

Raiya: Fine, I’ll go by myself.

Hunter: Okay! Let’s just wait! Everyone sit down, we’ll figure this out!

Raiya looked at Hunter with surprise.

Raiya: Nobody tells me what to do.

Hunter: We need a plan, okay!

Raiya: You know what, we try your plan. If anything goes wrong, I do things my way.

Hunter: Okay. Okay. We’ll need a way to distract her or something.

Raiya: Wait, why do you want to kill her?

Hunter: This place is a prison, right?

Raiya: I never paid attention to what my dad told me. But yeah.

Hunter: Me and Cancer here have this wolf. That can rip holes in the weak spots of dimensions...I think.

Raiya: Oh, neat. So you need the wolf so you don’t get trapped in a dimension?

Hunter: How have you not fallen in a dimension yet?

Raiya: Well it’s obvious. My father doesn’t want me to leave. I have leverage.

Hunter: He wants you to come back?

Raiya: Yeah. I’m more powerful than dragon breath over there, and I’m not a neat freak like my perfect brother.

Cancer: Are you talking about Layton?

Raiya: Yeah! You’ve met him? He’s a real cunt.

Hunter: Besides, you said kill. We aren’t going to kill her. That’s your sister.

Raiya: It’s fine. She won’t stay dead. We are gods among men. We are The LORD’s kids. He won’t let us die. He’ll be pretty pissed though. So I’m winning no matter what.

Hunter: Is your goal seriously just to piss off your Dad?

Raiya: ...Yep.

Hunter: So what can we do to distract her?

Raiya: We can poison her.

Hunter: That’ll kill her, won’t it?

Raiya: Like I said. My father is a god. We won’t die.

Cancer: Well, have any of you died and came back to life?

Raiya: Are you seriously saying that I don’t know what I’m talking about? It’s enough evidence that I came here without falling into one of those sinkholes like you.

Cancer and Hunter looked at each other. Hunter looked back at Raiya.

Hunter: Well, we don’t have poison.

Raiya: I can make some.

Hunter: Okay, will it kill?

Raiya: Yeah.

Hunter: We’re going to have to drop off those supplies.

Raiya: I have an idea. I’ll go in and drop off the supplies for my sister.

Cancer: Doesn’t she not trust you?

Raiya took out some cuffs that were glowing blue.

Raiya: I’ll be captured. Obviously.

Hunter: Okay, me and Cancer will hide in the carriage. Ask her if she wants something to eat or something. The food she gets will be poisoned. How long does it take to start effecting?

Raiya: What kind of poison do you want? If you want to immediately affect her, then I can make it work.

Hunter: Make it as fast as possible.

Cancer: Then we’ll get Nines and be on our way! You guys make a good team.

Raiya & Hunter: No we don’t.

## E13 - The Resort Dimension P3

Raiya was walking into the resort. She had a cut on her face, and was now covered in blood and sand. She was holding a carriage. Pulling the weight four men pushed. Along with two people. Hunter and Cancer were laying down in the carriage, towards the back.

Raiya: One of you will have to put the poison in. That’s all you have to do. I’m pulling the weight of this whole job. Literally.

Hunter: You’ll put the poison in Cancer, you’re faster.

Cancer: Me?

Hunter: I mean, it seems like the best idea. You even have some robot pieces on you. So you might not die in two seconds.

Cancer: I guess that’s reasonable…

Diana: Ah! My suppl-

Diana suddenly went quiet. She looked at Raiya. Her black arm started to become stronger.

Raiya: Hey! We don’t need this escalating!

Diana: Why not? Last time I remember, you love getting in fights. Especially with family.

Raiya: You know this isn’t easy for me. Either way, Dad caught me.

Raiya held up her hand. Her blue cuff shined bright.

Diana: So no chi?

Raiya: No chi.

Diana: Okay…

Raiya and Diana stood there awkwardly.

Raiya: Can I come in?

Diana looked at Raiya. Her face was tired, and she had stained blood on her.

Diana: Yeah, come in.

Cancer: She’s acting super different.

Hunter: Shh.

Cancer: They're far enough. I’m just saying, doesn’t Raiya seem genuine?

Hunter: I respect it. She’s a good actor.

Raiya sat down.

Diana: So, what do you like?

Raiya: What do I do?

Diana: What do you like? It was...roasted duck!

Raiya: Roasted geese…

Diana: Yeah! Roasted geese!

Diana started cooking. She took the fat off a goose breast. She went over to a cage. Nines was in there. She fed him geese. He growled as she brought her hand to him. She dropped the fat in the cage, and Nines hesitantly ate it.

Diana: See this dog? I got him from a couple of dumbasses.

Raiya: That’s a damn wolf. What kind of dumbasses have a wolf?

Diana: Well Dad was intrigued by this guy who's leaving rips in his dimensions.

Raiya: There are some dimensions that just have portals back to the desert, aren’t there?

Diana: Mhm. But that’s just to increase the fun of Dad’s games. They leave and then bang! They're stuck in a dimension with no hope of leaving. It is pretty funny, really.

Raiya: Ha, yeah.

Diana: Hey, maybe you saw him there. Some business-man looking dude and a girl with breast cancer.

Raiya looked down. She wasn’t even paying attention to what Diana was saying. She was just looking at her. She came over with food. She had made roasted goose sandwiches.

Diana: I’m glad you came, sister. Are you going to come back to us?

Raiya: Well, maybe. Dad’s pretty mad. Maybe I’ll ease into it.

Diana laughed heartily.

Diana: I’m happy for you sis! What happened to you?

Raiya: I...I don’t know.

Cancer tapped Hunter on the side.

Cancer: I...I can’t do this, Hunter.

Hunter: What do you mean you can’t do it?

Cancer: Their sisters, I can’t kill Diana. Sure she was a dick to us. But she’s not that bad of a person. Raiya is speaking honestly, I know it.

Hunter: ….I-I’ll do it then.

Cancer: What? Are you seriously okay with doing this?

Hunter: Do you think I was happy when I killed those guys at the store? I had to, they were going to kill us. So I did what I had to. We need to get Nines back. Right?

Cancer: Right…

Hunter: Raiya said it. Diana won’t die. She’ll be revived by her dad.

Cancer: Okay, you’re right. It’s like a video game or something. Like a video game, yeah. I can do it.

Diana: Raiya, I’ll be right back. Just going to use the bathroom.

Raiya: Oh...okay.

Diana: God, what is it with you? You look like you’ve just seen a ghost. Cheer up!

Diana left.

Hunter: Cancer, now.

Cancer grabbed the vial of poison. It was powdery. She got out of the carriage and went over to Raiya. Who was just sitting there. Staring into the distance.

Cancer: Just a video game, just a video game. Just a video game!

Cancer lifted up the bun of her sandwich and poured the vial of poison on Diana’s roasted goose.

Cancer: Raiya, are you okay?

Raiya nodded.

Raiya: We’ll get that bitch, right?

Cancer: S-Sure.

Cancer left and climbed back in the cart. She was nearly crying.

Hunter: Cancer, it’s alright, okay?

Cancer: Can you not see this is serious?! Do you only think about what’s best for you and your....business?! What’s wrong with you?!

Raiya: Cancer! Shush!

Diana: What was that?

Raiya: I uhm, sneezed.

Diana: Well, you haven’t touched your food at all, I’m a good cook, y’know? I dominate Mom at cooking!

Diana lifted her sandwich to take a bite. Cancer was silently crying.

Raiya: Diana!

Diana: What?

Raiya: Can we...switch?

Diana: What? Why? What’s the difference?

Raiya: There’s a big difference!

Raiya made a spark of fire come from her finger.

Raiya: You burnt mine, bitch! Aren’t I the guest of honor?

Diana looked at Raiya like she was crazy, then her expression changed.

Raiya: That’s my big sister! I thought you were sick or something!

Diana slid her plate over to Raiya. They both started eating.

Hunter: What’s she doing?

Cancer: I told you, she doesn’t want to do it.

Raiya ate most of her sandwich. She quickly checked the bun. She didn’t notice any poison immediately.

Raiya: Hey, can I use your bathroom?

Diana: Knock yourself out.

Raiya quickly rushed to the bathroom. She put her hands on the sink counter and looked at herself in the mirror.

Raiya: What the fuck is wrong with you, Raiya?

## E14 - The Resort Dimension P4

She knelt down in front of the toilet. She shoved her pointer finger down her throat. Making herself throw up her food, and hopefully the poison along with it. Diana heard her throw up from her seat.

Diana: What the...Hope she’s okay in there. Maybe she was sick.

Diana finished her food.

Diana: I guess she won’t be up to eat the rest of her’s. Fluffy!

Diana grabbed the rest of Raiya’s sandwich. She took off the bun and got just the duck. She noticed the powdery substance on it.

Diana: What the…?

Raiya came out of the bathroom. She looked over at the kitchen table. But there was nothing. Diana was sitting there looking at the poison.

Diana: Hey sis, I didn’t put anything on our food. What’s this?

Raiya looked at the poison in terror.

Diana: I was going to feed it to fluffy here, bu-

Raiya: No! You can’t do that!

Diana: Why not?

Raiya: Because...It’s not safe!

Diana: Why not? How about I eat it then?

Diana went to eat it. Raiya knocked it out of her hand.

Diana: What’s on the sandwich, Raiya?

Raiya: I-I…

Diana’s eyes turned a dark black. Her pupils turned a flaming blue.

Diana: What is it, Raiya?

Raiya: It’s poison! Alright! It’s fucking poison! I was going to poison you!

Diana: You were going to…

Raiya: Yeah. I just threw up the poison I intended to kill you with in the bathroom. That’s the truth! You know I don’t lie!

Diana looked at Raiya. Her eyes went normal. She started laughing at Raiya. She just laughed, and laughed.

Raiya: I’m not coming back.

Diana kept laughing. She put her arms on her head. Her black arm engulfed her. She was covered in black. Out came her dragon form. It roared at Raiya. Raiya didn’t feel what she expected to feel. Diana rammed into Raiya and smashed through the roof of her house. It went through both floors of her house. Raiya was holding open Diana’s mouth, trying not to be swallowed. All the people at the resort ran into their own houses. Raiya shot a blast of fire into Diana’s mouth. She jumped out of her mouth and fell into the hot spring. Diana flew above it and shot a blast of ice at the hot spring. Turning it into ice in a matter of seconds. Freezing Raiya in the ice. She heated up and broke through the ice. Raiya shook her hands at super-speeds. She harnessed some lightning and fired at Diana. She fired shot after shot of lightning. Diana shot blasts of ice. But the lightning blasted through them in the end, she hit Diana and she fell to the ground. Diana roared again. Raiya ran over to the dragon and kicked it in the face a couple times. She went to fire another blast. But she couldn’t. She started coughing and fell to her knee. She coughed up a little blood.

Raiya: The poison...

Diana turned back into her human form. She grabbed Raiya by the face with her dragon arm. She punched her in the stomach over and over. Raiya kicked off of her. Diana grabbed her leg and slammed her on the ground. She got on top of Raiya and held her dragon arm up and slammed it into Raiya’s stomach. She left a bloody indent on her stomach. Diana raised it again. Nines jumped from the roof of Diana’s house. He slashed through Diana’s dragon arm. It was ripped off by Nine’s claws. Diana let out a cry of pain. Cancer and Hunter jumped down.

Hunter: Stand down! We don’t want this to get worse.

Nines went in front of Hunter and Cancer. A black form joined Diana’s arm and elbow back together. Her dragon arm flew back into place. Nines jumped at Diana and slashed her across the stomach. He grabbed her by the arm. Nines panicked. She tried turning into her dragon form. Nines rammed into her to stop her. She fell on the ground. She grabbed Nines with her dragon arm and picked him up and threw him away. Cancer lifted her sword and slashed at Diana. Diana stopped it with her dragon arm. She grabbed Cancer by the chin and brought her to the ground. Cancer struggled, but Diana started punching her face in. Diana felt none of Cancer’s attempts to fight back. She punched her across the face with her dragon arm. Cancer spat out blood violently as her head was forced to the side by Diana. Cancer’s ears started ringing. But it wasn’t because Diana punched her. Hunter stood there with his gun pulled. He had shot Diana in the chest.

Diana: So sis, you...came to kill me? Assassinate me…?

Raiya: You...We can’t even die! Dad can bring us back! You know? We’re immortal. Just like him!

Diana: I don’t think I’m coming back.

Diana slumped over, dead. Raiya looked at her dead sister, and put her head to her. She weeped into her sister. The charm around her neck fell off. Raiya went to pick it up. But a barrier was made around it.

Raiya: Hunter. Here.

Raiya handed the charm to Hunter.

Hunter: You...You should keep it.

Raiya: I can’t. You killed her. It’s your weapon now.

Hunter hesitantly took the charm.

Hunter: Raiya. I’m sorry.

Raiya: It’s alright, okay? I guess I forgot, my family isn’t my Dad.

Hunter shook Cancer.

Cancer: Hunter…?

Hunter: Cancer. Are you okay?

Cancer: Uh, yeah. I am.

Nines came next to Cancer and started licking her. Her wounds healed slightly. Raiya stood up. She had her sister’s body in her hands.

Raiya: I need to find a place for her.

Hunter: Take your time.

Raiya: Just...Sit tight. I need some time.

Hunter: You're coming with us?

Raiya: Things aren’t going to get any easier from this point. I need someone. I’m a murderer of The LORD’s family. So are you. We all are. Unless we all want to be slaughtered, I suggest staying together.

Raiya walked off. Cancer, Hunter and Nines just stood there.

Cancer: Hunter, can we go in the hot spring just one more time?

The hot spring had changed back to its natural form.

Hunter: What? Now?

Cancer: It’s the only place I don’t feel the constant pain. I just want to go in while we wait.

Hunter: Well...Okay.

## E15 - The Gauntlet Dimension

Hunter, Nines, Cancer, and Raiya were walking. Nines was walking ahead, Cancer, Hunter and Raiya were just walking, quietly. As small gusts of sand stuck to their clothes.

Cancer: So, Raiya, what’d you do to make your Dad so mad at you?

Raiya: Because I didn’t follow his rules. He’s a control freak. He’s a womanizer. He only cares about his precious little universe, and that everything’s in order.

Cancer chuckled.

Cancer: Kinda sounds like you, Huntey. Doesn’t it?

Hunter: ...sure.

Cancer: He’s uh, usually not this boring.

Raiya: I think I picked that up. Anyway, it’s time to figure out if my Dad’s had enough of me.

The ground began to shake. They fell into a sinkhole, to a new dimension. Cancer jumped back in terror.

Cancer: What the hell are those things?

Everyone looked ahead to see three monsters walking slowly towards them. They were large, and skinny. With extra long arms. They had red eyes.

Raiya: Ugh. One of these dimensions.

Raiya flicked her hands down. Some large gauntlets appeared on her hands. They crackled with electricity. She jumped towards the monsters. She blew it’s head off with one punch. The other two swung their massive arms at Raiya. She put both her hands up and blocked. She made fire come around both of her hands and spread it around her. Burning both of the monsters. She jumped in the air and kicked one in the face and slammed it’s head on the ground. The last monster swung it’s arm at Raiya. She grabbed it and elbowed it in the top of the arm. It’s long arm snapped. She punched it through the chest, and it flew off the platform they were on.

The platform got a little smaller, and everyone started raising.

Cancer: It’s a gauntlet of fights?

Raiya nodded.

Cancer: Nines, can you smell a portal?

Nines shook his head no. He looked at Raiya. Who dodged and weaved some projectiles from ranged enemies.

Raiya: Hey! Cancer! Use your metal shit!

Raiya took off one of her gauntlets and threw it at Cancer. Cancer got startled and grabbed the gauntlet in the air. She made it fly at the two enemies while Raiya dispatched some more. The gauntlet rose again, the floor getting even smaller than before.

Cancer: Hunter, what’s wrong? Are you still mad about-

Hunter: I’m not mad about anything.

Hunter’s head started to hurt. He heard a voice.

???: So you are my new owner? Bah! Your tie isn’t even straight! My last owner had better fashion sense!

Hunter: Cancer? Did you hear that?

Cancer: Hear what? Raiya being a badass?

Hunter: Ugh, no.

???: She can’t hear me, you nincompoop!

Hunter: (Why is there an angry british man in my head?)

???: You realized it quickly. I am not a british man though! I am Fafnir!

Hunter looked down at the necklace he had gotten from Diana. It was glowing.

Fafnir: Finally, I can speak. That menace silenced me. The LORD!

Hunter: (It’d be nice if you stopped talking so loud. Is there anything else you can do besides being annoying?)

Fafnir: Respect me! I gave that revolting girl Diana her power. She could turn into a dragon because of my greatness.

Hunter: (Wait...So does that mean I can turn into a dragon?!)

Fafnir: You can't, your human body is simply too frail for it.

Hunter: (So what can you do?)

Fafnir: I don’t know! Figure it out for yourself!

Raiya was pulled in by a rope. She put her hand to it and burnt it in half. She grabbed the cowboy monster’s face and blasted his head off.

Raiya: Alright, someone want to tag in?

Cancer: Oh, I’ll try fighting!

Cancer stood before a bunch of monsters with armor on.

Cancer: Do we have to kill them, Raiya?

Raiya: Obviously. That’s how we get further.

Cancer: Whatever you say.

Cancer held out her hand and smashed the monsters together and threw them off the gauntlet.

Raiya: Well Hunter, I think you should get over Diana. I can tell you’re upset about it. She was attacking your friend. I would’ve done the same if I was in your shoes.

Hunter: I’ve taken life here. Nothing feels right about it. Yeah I’m kind of greedy, and I like money. But I’m not a killer.

Raiya: Well, congratulations. Now you are.

Hunter: How supportive of you.

Raiya: I’m not going to avoid the truth. You took life, whatever. I don’t like you that much, to be honest. But our goals are aligned. I respect your survival tactics too. When it comes down to it, you aren’t afraid to get blood on your hands.

Hunter: Well, I know for a fact you didn’t fight as hard as you did against those monsters when you fought Diana. Are you letting loose because of her?

Raiya: What are you? A therapist?

Hunter: I’m just saying. Don’t beat yourself up.

Raiya: That wasn’t Hunter talking there.

Hunter: Well actually, speaking about that. There’s something called Fafnir talking to me.

Raiya: Talking?

Hunter: He said that The LORD made him shut it. I mean, he is kind of annoying. But he’d be less annoying if I could use his powers.

Raiya: Well, there’s this thing you can do. I know that Diana was linked to her necklace. So she didn’t need to say those stupid words. But all you have to say is “The burning heart of Fafnir!”

Hunter: How do you turn it off?

Raiya: I don’t know.

The gauntlet rose again and Cancer stood before a bunch of large creatures. They looked like the first ones, but they were now muscular and much taller. They towered over Cancer. There were four of them.

Cancer: Raiya, a little help?

Raiya: Try it.

Hunter: The burning heart of Fafnir.

Fafnir: With passion!

Hunter: Ugh. The burning heart of Fafnir!

Two transparent wings came from Hunter’s back. At the end of the wings, there were claws. Above Hunter, there was a large dragon head. One of the monsters threw a punch at Cancer. Hunter jumped in. The wings felt like an extension of his arm. He caught the punch with Fafnir’s claw.

Fafnir: Haha! Fodder for Fafnir to burn through!

Fafnir fired a blast of fire out of his mouth. He burnt the creature in front of them. Cancer stabbed her sword into it and pushed it off the gauntlet. Hunter grabbed one of the creatures with both of his claws and picked it up. Fafnir held it up and burnt it. Raiya punched through the creature. She threw her gauntlets up in the air and electrified them.

Raiya: Cancer!

Cancer made the gauntlets go onto the remaining two enemies. They were electrocuted. Raiya and Fafnir shot blasts of fire into the two enemies while Cancer pushed them off the gauntlet. She pushed Raiya’s gauntlets back. Raiya knocked them off the gauntlet. Everyone backed up.

Cancer: Hey...That was pretty cool.

A couple more monsters suddenly fell from the sky. They landed next to Raiya and Hunter. Hunter threw a punch at it. But it did nothing this time. The monster backhanded Hunter away. Raiya traded blows with the monster before it picked her up and slammed her on the ground and kicked her away. Both of the monsters looked at Cancer with anger in their eyes. Cancer lifted her sword. As she did, Nines barked at her.

Cancer: Nines? What is it?

Nines was looking at the monsters. They turned to him. He was just sitting there. Unmoving.

Cancer: You...What are you saying? Don’t kill them?

Raiya got up and electrified her gauntlets. The monsters instantly turned to her and changed their expression to angry again.

Cancer: Raiya! Back off!

Cancer got on her knees and put her sword down. The monsters turned towards her. They got in her same position. They faded away. Leaving a portal in the ground. Cancer stood up. She looked down. They were hundreds of feet in the air. She shrieked and fell back onto the gauntlet.

Cancer: I did not know we were that high up!

Raiya: So I did all that fighting for nothing.

Cancer: Well...We were always the ones who attacked first.

Fafnir: Remarkable job, team.

Cancer: What the hell Hunter!? How’d you get a dragon?

Fafnir: I am not his dragon!

Cancer: Woah. You can talk.

Hunter: Let’s head back to the desert.

Raiya: Actually. I think we can stay here for a little. I just want to rest.

Cancer: I’m okay with that. As long as it doesn’t involve looking down.

Hunter: Well, I guess we’ve earned it.

They all laid down, and looked at the sky.

Raiya: We’re taking this shit to the end. How does that sound, guys?

Hunter: Don’t have much of a chance.

Cancer: It sounds good, Raiya.

## E16 - The Slave Dimension P1

Raiya and Hunter were next to each other, Raiya was wearing rags around her chest and waist, like a nappy. Hunter was shirtless with the same rags around his waist. Hunter was bloody and covered in dust. So was Raiya. Hunter picked up bags of supplies and dipped them in water. They solidified. He handed them to Raiya. She threw them up to a ventilation shaft. Which they rolled down. Hunter picked up some more supplies and collapsed as he picked them up. He dropped the bricks, they shattered as he dropped them. Hunter fell down, landing on his hands.

Raiya: Hunter!

Raiya came down to Hunter’s side and brought him to his feet.

Raiya: You’re okay, you’re okay.

Hunter was violently whipped across the back. He fell down again. Raiya turned around. Her arms lit up, but suddenly stopped at her wrists. Where she had cuffs that cut off her powers.

???: Ah-ah-ah! Get back to work!

The man whipped Raiya. She fell to her side. He whipped her again.

Hunter: We need a break! My arms are too weak!

???: A break? You know what? I’m feeling nice. We will consult Queen Cancer on the matter.

Cancer was in a beautiful robe. It was cut perfectly to make her virus show. She looked down the crevice at Hunter and Raiya.

Cancer: A break? How dare you slaves even make me come over here! Get back to work!

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter and company were sitting on the side of the desert. Cancer was tucked in a ball. She was holding her arms over her virus. Hunter was close to her, watching intently. Raiya was watching from afar. Cancer was petting Nines with one hand. Her virus was slowly spreading.

Cancer: Stop worrying...Just a couple more….minutes…

Hunter was quiet.

Raiya: How do you make it stop?

Cancer: If I could make it stop then I would’ve already. It’s the knowledge state.

Cancer was breathing heavily. Her skin felt like it was scalding. The virus burnt into her. Disintegrating every cell in its wake. She fell on the ground. Burying her face in the sand and crying.

Hunter: No...no...no…

Hunter felt the ground start to shake. Everyone fell through. Cancer landed violently on the ground. She was groaning, wriggling around on the ground. Raiya and Hunter were just looking on.

Raiya: Hunter! Do something!

Hunter: What…?

A group of men ran over to Cancer.

Man: The black queen! She’s been reincarnated!

Another man: Thank god! Help her up!

The men picked up Cancer as she was fading.

Man: You’re going to be okay, darling.

A couple more men put a collar on Nines.

Man: Take the royal dog!

They took Nines in the same direction as Cancer. Raiya stood up. A couple men ran over to her. She jumped in the air and spun, she kicked both of them away. Then she felt herself be electrocuted. A whip wrapped around her and shocked her. Hunter’s necklace started to glow.

Hunter: Burning h-

A man in robes came from behind Hunter and covered his mouth with a cloth. They knocked him out. Raiya fell down. She was still struggling. Five men held her down. She set them on fire. Even more men wrapped ropes around Raiya. Over and over. She was electrocuted more and more. She fell to her knees. They pushed her down and shot her with a tranquilizer. She was knocked out. Her and Hunter were dragged down a cavern.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Nines was laying next to Cancer. She was in a hospital bed. She had fainted from the pain. A bunch of men in robes were running around her. They were all lining up in front of Cancer. Who was up on a podium. She was being fed water. Nines started barking. The men around Cancer backed off. Nines licked Cancer’s hand. She woke up, coughing. She sat up and coughed into her hand. She choked up blood. A man in robes came over to Cancer.

Man: Hey, what’s your name?

Cancer: Oh, my name’s Cancer.

Man: All hail Queen Cancer!

Everyone: All hail Queen Cancer!

Cancer: What the…

Man: My name is Alfred. I’m your personal assistant.

Cancer: My assistant? Wait. I don’t think I’m who you think I am!

Alfred: That’s how every new queen is at first.

Cancer: How am I queen?

Alfred: Your mark, obviously. You have the mark that every new queen gains.

Alfred pointed at Cancer’s virus.

Alfred: Just recently, our last Queen passed. We’ve been blessed with your presence!

Cancer: Heh, well. Thanks! Can you give me a tour of the land?

Alfred: Well, you surely know about the land by now, right?

Cancer: Why are you asking the queen questions? I thought you were my assistant.

Alfred: Oh, of course, my queen! I’m sorry. Come with me! First, we have to change you out of that disgusting outfit and into something that fits a queen.

Cancer: Hmm, okay.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter and Raiya woke up in a carriage. Raiya was wearing rags around her chest and waist, like a nappy. She was littered with marks on her body from the whips. Hunter was shirtless with the same rags around his waist. They were being pulled by some sort of animal. It looked similar to a horse. One of the men in robes was riding the creature. They were in the carriage along with many others. Men and women who were all beaten down. Raiya tried to use her powers. But nothing happened.

Raiya: Hey, Hunter. Not that I care, but are you alright?

Hunter: Eh, not feeling exactly at peak condition. What about you?

Raiya: I’m pissed the fuck off.

Hunter: I think that makes lots of us.

The man in robes looked behind himself.

Man: Everyone off.

Everyone got off. They were in what looked like a large workshop. They looked up, there was a large crevice. Raiya and Hunter were led to parts of the workshops. They were right next to each other. The man in robes came over to Raiya and Hunter.

Man: I’m Slovas. Your master. You’re jobs for the rest of your worthless lives is to move supplies. You, pipsqueak will move these hot supplies into the water and hand them to your girl over here. She’s a lot stronger. It nearly took 10 of our men to take her by surprise. You’ll throw our supplies up to that vent. See? Simple.

Raiya: I don’t know what fuck you means to you. But fuck you.

Slovas took out his whip. It was electrified.

Slovas: Everyone, to your knees!

A couple men pushed Raiya to her knees. Everyone else went to their knees. Except for one woman.

Woman: You can’t control us! Everyone? Are you seriously going to be pushed around by-

The woman was bludgeoned multiple times by arrows. Someone held a machine that shot arrows. It was heavy. He put it down.

Slovas: Ugh, can someone move her body out of here?

Slovas and many other men hit everyone with their whips.

Slovas: If you act out of line, you may even turn out like that girl. Or worse. Get to work!

Raiya: Hunter. We have to get out of this.

Hunter: You think I don’t know that?

Hours passed. Hunter moved the supplies into the water and then passed them to Raiya. Who continuously threw them up to the vent.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter and Raiya were given food. It had been days. They were eating slabs of bread.

Raiya: Shit...I dunno if I’ve ever worked this hard. I doubt you have.

Hunter: Nope…

Raiya: I mean, my Dad was one of those guys who made the dudes work. He wanted me to be a goody-two-shoes princess. What about you?

Hunter: Me?

Raiya: What was your Dad like?

Hunter: My Dad? Why do you care?

Raiya: Why do you care why I care?

Hunter: Well, my Dad was pushy. He was sort of a dick. He wanted me to run his company. It was like he was trying to make a clone of himself through me. He wasn’t just a dick. He was a manipulative piece of shit. I took over the family business instead of doing what I wanted.

Raiya: So you aren’t happy with your current job?

Hunter: I hate it. The only thing I like is the money.

Raiya: We’re kindred spirits, you and I. I felt the same. The LORD wanted me to be his little loyal daughter. He had me on a leesh. So I ran from his bullshit. Then started doing things to piss him off. I think this time I went too far. It probably won’t be long until he finds us. If he kills us, you weren’t a bad teammate. I mean, if we survive, then I’ll slap your Dad for you.

Hunter: No, no. Don’t do that.

Raiya: Why not? You still care for dear old Dad?

Hunter: He’s in a wheelchair. He had a stroke when I was in my 20s.

Raiya: Oh, guess I’d get in trouble if I beat a handicapped dude.

Hunter: Yeah. Look, I may not respect him. But he’s still my Dad. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for him.

Raiya: Pfft. Sure. You know, we have to get out of here. Soon. I’m not going to die like this.

Hunter: We’ll find an opening. Why are you so scared of dying here of all places?

Raiya: I’m mortal. I just found out. Diana isn’t coming back. So if I die, then I’m not coming back. I mean, I don’t know how I didn’t realize it. Layton ages. I’m going to die someday. What do you think it’s like? Should I prepare? Do you go somewhere?

Hunter: I don’t know any of that! You can’t really do much to prepare for it. It just...happens when you get old. I’m not religious. Maybe you go somewhere. But that Heaven and Hell stuff is bullshit.

Raiya: Heaven and Hell?

Hunter: Heaven is where the good people go. It’s like, a really nice place. Hell is dark and hot. You suffer down there for your sins for eternity. But that’s all bullshit.

Raiya: I hope so. I don’t want to burn for my sins. Actually, I don’t mind the heat. Maybe hell would be cool.

Slovas: Hey! You’re done eating! Get back to work!

Slovas raised his whip.

Raiya: Yeah, yeah!

Raiya and Hunter went back to work.

Raiya: He’s definitely going to hell.

Hunter chuckled. Hours passed again of them working. Hunter was bloody and covered in dust. So was Raiya. Hunter picked up bags of supplies and dipped them in water. They solidified. He handed them to Raiya. She threw them up to the ventilation shaft. Which they rolled down. Hunter picked up some more supplies and collapsed as he picked them up. He dropped the bricks, they shattered as he dropped them. Hunter fell down, landing on his hands.

Raiya: Hunter!

Raiya came down to Hunter’s side and brought him to his feet.

Raiya: You’re okay, you’re okay.

Hunter was violently whipped across the back. He fell down again. Raiya turned around. Her arms lit up, but suddenly stopped at her wrists.

Slovas: Ah-ah-ah! Get back to work!

Slovas whipped Raiya. She fell to her side. He whipped her again.

Hunter: We need a break! My arms are too weak!

Slovas: A break? You know what? I’m feeling nice. We will consult Queen Cancer on the matter.

Cancer was in a beautiful robe. It was cut perfectly to make her virus show. She looked down the crevice at Hunter and Raiya.

Cancer: A break? How dare you slaves even make me come over here! Get back to work!

Hunter: Cancer…? What’s wrong with her?

Cancer: ...Is what I would say if I wasn’t just inducted as queen. Take these two out! I want to take care of them personally.

Slovas laughed.

Slovas: Of course!

## E17 - The Slave Dimension P2

Cancer walked through the hall of her castle. She went into a large room with a hot spring in the middle. She undressed and put a towel around herself. She went into the spring, and waited for Hunter and Raiya. She just laid back and relaxed. She felt like a child again. Before she got the logic virus. She felt the pain slowly leave her body. She didn’t want to get out. She knew what would happen when she got out. It would all come back, her death would start approaching again. Hunter and Raiya were pushed into the hot spring as Cancer sat in the spring. There were two men and robes.

Cancer: Hey! Did I say you two were allowed in here?!

Man: Well, Queen. We have to look after the prisoners!

Cancer: I can take care of myself!

The men in robes left Hunter and Raiya. They whipped them one last time. They fell to their knees.

Cancer: Hello, my slaves.

The men in robes left and closed the door.

Hunter: Cancer! What the hell do you think you’re doing?

Cancer: I’m Queen Cancer now. You guys, come into the spring.

Hunter: What if those assholes outside come in?

Cancer: They wouldn’t dare.

Hunter and Raiya came into the spring. They sat down, taking in a breath of free air. Cancer nearly started crying. She came over to her friends and hugged them.

Cancer: I’m sorry this happened to you! I didn’t know the people here kept slaves! I-I had to stay cool so they didn’t freak out! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!

She was sniveling over them. Hunter and Raiya hugged her back.

Hunter: Cancer, will we be able to get out of here?

Cancer: Yeah. I’ll get you out.

Cancer got out of the hot spring. She went into a changing booth.

Cancer: Don’t look!

Hunter and Raiya soaked in the hot spring. They felt better and better as time passed. Dust flaked off their skin and clothes and polluted the spring. Cancer came out in her queen gown.

Hunter: Wow…

Raiya: Fuckin’ creep.

Cancer opened the door. She looked at the men in robes.

Cancer: Hey, I want to set those two free from captivity.

Man: Free them from captivity?! Are you insane? What’s gotten into you?

Cancer: Don’t talk back to your queen.

Man: We can’t just let them go. You’ll have to talk to the man who controls the slaves. King Dradado.

Cancer: Fine. I’ll talk to him.

The men smiled, they chuckled under their breath.

Man: Alright. We’ll take you to him. Go get the slaves.

The other man in a robe went to get Hunter and Raiya. Cancer went in front of the door.

Cancer: Let me get them!

Man: Okay then…

Cancer went into the hot spring room.

Cancer: Uh...You two need to change! Take your clothes off!

Hunter: What?!

Cancer: Dry off and replace your wet towels with these towels! Do it!

Minutes passed. Cancer walked out of the hot spring room with Hunter and Raiya.

Man: Wow, they're clean. Why would that be?

Cancer: Well...It doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about it.

Man: Looks like they need a whipping! What do you think, Queen Cancer?

Cancer looked at them.

Cancer: Don’t!

Man: What? Why?

Cancer: I want to free them because I want to take this man’s hand in marriage!

Man: What about the girl, then?

Cancer: She’s uh…

Hunter: She’s my sister!

Man: …

Cancer: Yeah. She’s his sister.

Man: ...Good enough for me.

Cancer: Don’t ask to whip them ever again! I need this fine specimen looking his best!

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Everyone walked into a new castle. It was an all black castle, made out of the materials that Hunter and Raiya had been preparing. A man with a long black beard and similar clothes to Cancer, walked towards them. The men in robes kneeled.

King Dradado: Queen Cancer. Nice to meet you.

Cancer shook King Dradado’s hand. King Dradado kissed Cancer’s hand. He looked at her longingly.

King Dradado: You look beautiful.

Cancer: Thank you.

King Dradado: You want to set these two free, is that so?

Cancer: Yes. I do. This man here, I want to marry him.

King Dradado: Marry him?! A slave? Are you mad?

Cancer: Well, I kind of am, yes.

King Dradado: I think I have an idea. You are a queen, I am a king. Kings and queens have always been separated. I saw you, I felt love at first sight. Why don’t you take me?

Cancer: I...Uh

Cancer laughed awkwardly.

Cancer: That wasn’t what I was expecting.

King Dradado: We could live forever in peace. You could live in paradise for the rest of your life.

Cancer thought to herself. She could live without pain for the rest of her life.

Raiya: Cancer. You kn-

King Dradado kicked Raiya in the stomach. She fell down with a thump.

King Dradado: You speak when you're spoken to, slave!

Cancer jumped back. King Dradado put his hand on Cancer’s cheek and pushed back her hair.

King Dradado: I’m sorry, she was so disrespectful. If you want to be with this slave so bad. I have a solution. We will fight!

Cancer: I-I don’t think that’s necessary!

King Dradado: Why wouldn’t it be? We will fight for you, Queen Cancer!

Cancer: I-I….

Even the slaves who had been working attended the arena. Seemingly everyone from the kingdom came to see the fight. To Hunter, it was more of an execution.

Hunter: Raiya, we get weapons, right?!

Raiya: I dunno! Here, let me show you a move. Real quick.

Hunter: Okay, show me!

Raiya: This thing always works. Do this.

Raiya palmed Hunter in the chest, right over his heart, she hit him again with just her fingers, and then hit him with a chop. Hunter felt everything go numb, and fell down.

Hunter: Woah, what was that?!

Raiya: It hurts, trust me. Give it a try on that asshole.

Hunter: I will. Anything else?

Raiya: Well, if I was to bargain, it looks like there’s no time.

Cancer came over to Hunter.

Cancer: I couldn’t get Fafnir. But I could find these. I hope it helps.

Cancer gave Hunter Raiya’s electric gauntlets.

Raiya: Hey, my gauntlets! You’d better take care of them, Hunter.

Hunter: Hey, Cancer. Where’s Nines?

Cancer: He’s finding the portal. I thought he’d be faster. My original plan didn’t work. I’m sorry I got you into this, Hunter.

Hunter: As long as I survive, it’s okay. Fuck you if I die though.

Cancer: Fair enough.

Cancer hugged Hunter.

Raiya: Use my move, you’ll be fine.

Hunter: He knocked you down with one kick, Raiya!

Raiya: I was uh...weak at that point. He’s not as strong as you think.

Hunter: Sure.

Hunter walked into the arena. King Dradado was across from him.

Hunter: This is going to suck.

## E18 - The Slave Dimension P3

Hunter got his normal clothes back. He was wearing his suit and tie. He wore armor over it. A chestplate, a helmet and shin guards. He walked up to a wall with weapons all over it. He grabbed a katana off the wall. He swung it a couple times. It was so light he could hold it with one hand.

Hunter: We have five minutes…

Hunter looked around. He saw a gun. He grabbed the gun. It shot pellets. The gun did have some gunpowder. But the pellets were so small they’d do nothing. Especially against the king, who probably would wear armor. He took the gunpowder out of the gun and grabbed a container. He electrified Raiya’s gauntlets and put some gunpowder up to it. It sparked. Hunter grabbed any other equipment he could gather. He had a katana, the bomb he made, Raiya’s gauntlets, a hook with a chain attached and a small axe.

Hunter: He’s way bigger than I am. I need to throw the bomb first, and then get in close. Maybe I’ll have a chance.

Hunter walked into the arena. Nearly everyone booed him. King Dradado walked out. Everyone erupted into cheers. He had a full suit of armor and a shortsword

King Dradado: I see you have lots of weapons! Are you compensating for something?

Hunter: You’re the one wearing the full set of armor!

King Dradado: You aren’t? Stupid ass slave. You think you can even beat me? You don’t see Queen Cancer’s beauty!

Hunter: All you see is a toy.

Hunter thought. There was no way he could use the bomb now. The least it would do is knock his armor off. He would still squash him. But how would he scratch him if he didn’t use the bomb? King Dradado was walking towards him menacingly. Hunter took out the bomb and threw it as hard as he could at the king. It hit him in the stomach, and exploded on impact. The crowd gasped. Through the smoke, King Dradado walked out. He had lost some of his armor. His helmet was gone too.

King Dradado: Wow, I wasn’t expecting that.

He ran up to Hunter, who took out his katana. They clashed. The king spun and slashed at Hunter’s side. Hunter dropped his sword and fell down. The crowd roared. King Dradado kicked Hunter in the side. He stood above Hunter and got down on his stomach. Hunter raised his axe and slashed it at the king’s head. He moved and got hit in the shoulder. He bled from his shoulder, and stood up. Hunter slashed his katana at the king. Who blocked it with his arm and kicked Hunter in the stomach. Hunter could barely get up after the hit. King Dradado laughed.

King Dradado: You’re weak and pathetic!

Cancer and Raiya watched closely from the stands.

Cancer: Hunter! Get the hell up!

Cancer heard everyone around her cheering. Cancer grabbed a microphone.

Cancer: Hunter! Get the hell up! Kill this piece of shit! He’s a creepy womanizer! He’s probably a cereal rapist! Anyone who wants to cheer with Queen Cancer, stand for Hunter!

Some of the audience was swayed. A bunch of people in the audience stood and cheered for Hunter. Hunter got to his feet slowly. He put on Raiya’s electric gauntlets.

Hunter: Come on.

King Dradado looked around as he lost some of the audience.

King Dradado: You want to do this? Bring it on!

King Dradado started running towards Hunter. Hunter stood his ground. King Dradado tackled him. As he was on top of Hunter, Hunter got clearance to his chest. He palmed the king in the chest, right over his heart, he hit him again with just his fingers, and then hit him with a chop. King Dradado felt his body go numb. All the energy left him. He stumbled off of Hunter, and was dazed. Hunter looked around for his katana. His heart sank when he realized he couldn’t find it. He frantically looked around. He ran over to King Dradado and hit him with a haymaker. He went flying back. He stumbled up and punched Hunter in the face, even though it was weaker. Hunter felt every bone in his face rupture. He fell back and quickly got up. Everything hurting. He saw something run into the arena. Someone slashed King Dradado across the face with Hunter’s katana. King Dradado yelled out in pain and fell down, holding his face. Nines slid across the ground and landed in front of Hunter with the katana in his mouth. King Dradado looked up at them through his hand. He fell down. Hunter walked up to him and put his foot on his head and raised his hands. Raiya and Cancer cheered for him. They looked around as almost everyone in the stands started booing Hunter.

Raiya: Canc, shit’s about to get real.

Raiya and Cancer came around Hunter. Cancer held out her hand. A backpack flew over to her. So did her sword.

Cancer: All our stuff is in here.

Hunter: What about Fafnir?

Nines had the necklace around his neck.

Hunter: Dammit.

People started to get off the stands. Cancer put on her bracelets and held out her hands. She was getting extremely exhausted. She lifted a bunch of the stands with people on it. They panicked and fell off. Everyone was running around in a panic. Some people ran at the group. Raiya shot out multiple blasts of fire at them. They ran out of the entrance to the arena.

Cancer: Nines! Where is it!?

Nines ran ahead. Barking. He led them to the crevice Hunter and Raiya had been working in. There was a portal at the end of the crevice.

Hunter: We’ll break our legs if we land in there!

Nines barked at Hunter. He jumped down. He disappeared into the portal.

Raiya: Well, we die, or we die. What do you think?

Raiya jumped down.

Cancer: Here, hold my hand. We’ll jump together.

Hunter: ...Okay.

Cancer and Hunter held hands.

Cancer: Three...Two...One…

Cancer and Hunter jumped off the cliff.

## E19 - The Cyber Dimension

Cancer and Hunter were falling through the air. They fell through a sinkhole in the desert, and into a pond. Hunter swam to the surface of the cold water and climbed out. He expected Cancer to be behind him. But she was flapping her arms in the water frantically.

Raiya: Hunter!

Raiya pulled at the hook on Hunter’s side. He took it off and threw it. Cancer felt it and grabbed onto it. Hunter pulled her to the shore. She crawled up and coughed up water.

Cancer: ...Jeezus christ

Hunter: So you love water...But can’t swim?!

Cancer: Correction; I love hot springs. Not water.

Raiya helped Cancer to her feet. The team looked ahead. There was a large, sprawling city. Crawling with cyberpunk aesthetics. There were bright lights, and even brighter people. The group walked into the city. There was nowhere else to go. It was seemingly surrounded with a body of water. As they walked in, Cancer hid behind Raiya.

Raiya: What are you doing?

Cancer: This dimension is the last dimension I wanted to visit…

Robots walked the streets, and drones flew above everyone.

Raiya: Cancer, stop acting like a baby!

Cancer: This entire city could be turned against itself with a couple hacks! Do you know how unstable everything must be here?!

A robot turned to the group.

Robot: Hello, would you like to try a sample of this soup? Soup is good food!

Cancer yelped and fell on the ground. Raiya pulled her to her feet with one arm.

Cancer: No!

Robot: Soup is good food.

Cancer pushed Hunter and Raiya ahead. They kept walking.

Hunter: Are you really that scared of robots? You didn’t have a problem throwing them at Layton that one time.

Cancer: I was mad! Plus, they weren’t moving!

Hunter: You know what, I think we need a place to sleep. I’ve still got money, maybe we can buy a room. Plus, everything hurts.

Raiya: True that, right Cancer?

Cancer: I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep…

Hunter: You aren’t going to be taken by robot hitler in your sleep. Let’s at least try it out.

Raiya had a pamphlet.

Raiya: This place has a hot-tub.

Cancer: Alright...Fine!

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cancer, Hunter, and Raiya had changed into bathing suits. They were sitting in the hot tub.

Hunter: You like phoenixes? They don’t even exist, Cancer.

Cancer: In my world they do. I swear to it!

Hunter: I always liked Hyenas. I think we would get along well.

Raiya: Hyenas are dicks that eat animals that have already died.

Cancer: I just like any bird really. What about you, Raiya?

Raiya: I’m pretty fortunate to be on a team with a wolf on it. I guess they're pretty cool.

Cancer: So, how long until we get to The LORD’s castle?

Hunter: Well...At this rate who knows. We just recently jumped from dimension to dimension.

Cancer: I just hope we’re close, I’m so anxious to get there.

Raiya: You’re anxious? I’d be horrified. We aren’t prepared in the slightest to fight my Dad. Hell, we don’t have that much that’ll hurt him. Fafnir and my gauntlets will do something, but we need more than just that.

Hunter: What does hurt him?

Raiya: We might need to find my Mom. She would know what would hurt him.

Cancer: So we’re going to look for his wife?

Hunter: Hey, how many kids do you think he had before you?

Raiya: ...We never asked that question.

Hunter: Why?

Raiya: Well, we’ve never seen them. He’d have to have had hundreds of kids.

Cancer: Oh god…

Raiya: Would you want to know what might’ve happened to them? I think I’d rather pretend we’re a family of 6.

Cancer: Maybe all his wives took the kids.

Raiya: Let’s hope so.

The lights in the pool room flickered.

Cancer: What was that?

Hunter: Think about how much electricity is in this city. This probably happens all the time.

Raiya yawned.

Raiya: Well, I don’t know about you guys. But I’m tired. Arms are still tired from throwing that material shit.

Hunter: Yeah, let’s go.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter was sleeping in his own bed. Nines slept at the end of the bed. Raiya and Cancer shared a bed. They had closed the blinds, to distract from the blinding lights. The door to their hotel room was slowly opened up. A shadowy figure walked in. It stood above Cancer and Raiya’s bed. Cancer woke up. Her heart was racing. She looked around. There was nobody in the room.

Cancer: Lights on.

The lights turned on. She still saw nothing. She sat up and saw the door was open.

Cancer: What the hell…

Cancer went to walk out of the room. But she bumped into something, when there shouldn’t have been anything. She jumped back and hit the night table. She went feeling around and found her bracelets. She slipped them on. A bunch of robots turned visible in front of Cancer. She shrieked. Everyone woke up. Hunter was startled by the sight.

Cancer: See?! I told you! Evil!

Raiya: It’s not the bots that are evil.

Hunter and Cancer hadn’t noticed, but there was another human in the room. He was standing behind the robots next to Raiya’s bed.

Raiya: Odin. I wasn’t expecting to see you.

Odin wore dark blue armor all over his body from the neck down. It had little highlights that were grey all over it. Odin had messy brown hair, and green eyes.

Raiya: Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face!

Odin: Nice to see you again too, sis.

Raiya punched Odin in the face. He went flying through the window of the hotel. Raiya jumped off the balcony and grabbed onto Odin as he fell through the air. She slammed him into an electric billboard. It’s glass shattered and people around ran. Odin punched Raiya to the ground and landed on top of her. The ground was smashed.

Odin: So you aren’t happy to see me?

Raiya: Well, you should be able to see why I’m not so ecstatic.

Odin: Maybe you know your mortal now, that we can die. Dad isn’t as powerful as he claims. Me and Layton heard the news. Layton didn’t even seem surprised. Diana was weak, but she was innocent. Congratulations, you got the attention you wanted. You're the youngest kid now.

Raiya: I didn’t want her to die.

Odin: I know you didn’t kill her. I’m just saying hi to my sister before I finish the job.

Odin’s armor lit up, the parts that were grey were now a bright orange. He made a blast of air come around Raiya’s head. He started taking the air out of her lungs. She gasped for air.

Cancer was pushed onto the balcony. She watched the scuffle. Hunter was trying to keep the robots back. He smashed one with Fafnir’s claws. Nines bit into the metal and ripped a robot apart.

Hunter: Cancer! Do something!

She took control of the electric billboard across from her. She struggled. She felt like her body was going to be split apart. She ripped the billboard down, and it fell on top of Odin and Raiya. There was silence. Then Raiya with a cry of anger. She was surrounded with fire, she punched Odin through the billboard. Raiya climbed up to her room. A robot grabbed Hunter by the back and started choking him. Nines bit into the robot and ripped it’s leg off. It fell down and started crawling towards Cancer. Cancer crumpled down in fear. Raiya crushed it’s head when she landed in the room. Odin stood across from them.

Hunter: So who's this guy?

Raiya: One of my brothers. I don’t think you’ve met him yet. He’s an asshole.

Odin jumped across the houses. He stood on their balcony now. He grabbed Cancer, who was still cowering from the robots. He held out one of his hands, and made a flaming blade come from his armor. He put it close to Cancer’s neck.

Odin: You killed Diana because your girl was being threatened like this, right? Come on, do it. Pull your gun. See what happens!

Hunter: I get it, you love your sister. If their positions were switched, then you’d do the same thing.

Odin: I hated my sister. What are you talking about? I’d at least let the attacker get some good hits in.

Odin brought his knife closer to Cancer’s neck. She felt her skin beginning to burn. She was sweating.

Raiya: Odin, stop.

Odin: Make me! Oh wait, you can’t!

Odin laughed. He suddenly heard something crashing above him. Cancer took control of his armor and pushed it out of the way. She jumped away. Odin slashed his knife across her back. Part of her armor was slashed open from the back. A water tank broke through the balcony above them and landed on Odin. Blasting him through multiple floors. Cancer latched onto Hunter. She started crying.

Cancer: I thought...I thought he was…

Raiya: That didn’t stop him.

Raiya lead everyone to the elevator.

Fafnir: That man is far from honorable! We must burn him alive!

Hunter: Whatever we do to him, it won’t be pleasant.

They heard police sirens. They sounded distorted. Coming in and out, making a distorted sound, like chalk being dragged across a chalkboard. They walked outside. The water tank was dripping water, and cop cars were destroyed. Dead robotic and human cops alike were littered across the street.

Cancer: Where the hell did he go?

Raiya: Stay back. Both of you.

Raiya walked into the street.

Raiya: You’re looking for me! Here I am!

Odin appeared on the broken billboard.

Odin: I don’t want you.

Hunter: He wants me…

Cancer: You were the one to kill Diana. Right?

Hunter: It has to be me.

Raiya: You know, I thought the same thing about Diana. I thought I could hurt her. But she was just so damn accepting. Trust me, you love all your siblings!

Odin: That’s bullshit.

Hunter: Cancer, I need your help.

Cancer: My help?

Hunter: His blade is made out of lava. I have an idea.

Cancer: What is it?

Odin: Layton doesn’t give a shit about any of us. He’s Dad’s pet. So was Diana. But he actually cared about her. You and I, we were the middle children. I lived in Layton’s shadow. I was never as good as him, and you well, you were never liked.

Raiya: I think you forgot, Odin. We were best friends. We did everything together. Until I went against Dad’s ways. Then you forgot about me. You acted like I never even existed.

Odin: We aren’t little kids anymore.

Raiya: Feels like we are. We’re playing hide-and-seek.

Raiya turned around. She saw Cancer and Nines had left.

Raiya: Hey, Hunter! What are you doing?

Hunter: I have a plan.

Raiya came up to Hunter.

Raiya: You remember that move I showed you? The one you used against the king? Use it on Odin. It’ll cut off his chi.

Hunter: Cut off his chi?

Raiya: Yeah. Someone needs to get that armor off though.

Hunter: Cancer should be able to.

Raiya: I doubt it.

Hunter: I have a plan, okay?

Raiya: Well, let's see it.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter, Raiya, Cancer and Nines were waiting at the top of the hotel. Hunter had Fafnir summoned. Only Fafnir’s wings were there.

Hunter: Cancer. You have to be ready.

Cancer gave Hunter a thumbs up from behind a barrier.

Raiya: This plan is stupid.

Hunter: It’s the best I could come up with on a limb! I’m going to look for Odin.

Hunter went to the bottom of the hotel. He stood in the road.

Hunter: Hey! You want me!? I’m here!

Odin became visible in front of Hunter.

Odin: Alone?

Hunter nodded.

Odin: Quite honorable of you.

Hunter: I’m not going down without a fight.

Odin: Of course.

Odin threw a punch at Hunter’s gut. He stopped it with Fafnir. He punched Odin in the face with Fafnir’s claws. He went flying into a car.

Odin: Wow, that’s a nice trick. Let me show you some more.

Odin shot blasts of air around him. He shot a blast of air at Hunter. He felt like he was going to be blown into pieces. He was blasted back.

Hunter: You said you didn’t care about Diana. But you’re fighting for her, aren’t you?

Odin: I’m fighting for me.

Hunter: Sure. Let’s go with that.

Hunter took out his gun. He shot it at Odin. The bullet bounced off his armor. He jumped at Hunter. Hunter threw down a small bomb. It hit Odin dead on. Through the smoke, Odin jumped out. He kicked Hunter in the stomach. Hunter felt his air leave him.

Hunter: Goddammit Cancer…

Odin punched Hunter across the face twice. Hunter spat out blood. His face was battered and bruised. As Odin came down again he was stopped in his tracks. He was pulled up into the air. Cancer pulled him to the top of the roof. As Odin was pulled to the top, he took out a device and pressed a button. He fell in front of Cancer, Raiya and Nines.

Odin: What’s this?

Cancer: Now we have you trapped!

Raiya shot a large blast of fire at Odin. He made his blade of fire even longer. He slashed through Raiya’s blast. He held out his hand. His arm-blade got incredibly long.

Odin: You’re going to die!

Raiya: Cancer!

Cancer made some metal fly up in the air. She suddenly dropped them. A robot was behind her.

Raiya: Cancer!

As Odin swung his blade. Raiya fired a blast of fire to keep it from slicing both of them in half. Raiya looked at Cancer. The robot was over her. It fired a small laser at Cancer. She fell down.

Raiya: Cancer! Do you want to die?! That robot is the least of your worries! Look! Robots can be programmed! My brother, cannot! He’ll kill us all!

Cancer got to her feet. She grabbed the robot with her powers. She then picked up a gigantic pile of fire extinguishers. It was a dumb plan, but it was the only thing Hunter had come up with. She threw everything she had at Odin. His fire blade was extinguished. Hunter came up the stairs. He was out of breath. Raiya and Hunter, with Fafnir. Got close to Odin. They palmed Odin in the chest, right over his heart, they hit him again with just their fingers, and then hit him with a chop. The chi left his body. And he fell over.

Cancer: I...I think the desert is a better place to sleep.

Hunter: Let’s go.

## E20 - The Survival Dimension

Hunter and company were in a new world. It was a desolate place. Hunter realized it was only him. He looked around. There were tons of large trees all around him. He stood up.

Hunter: Raiya! Cancer! Nines!

Hunter made a call for Nines. Expecting him to hear him out of anyone. Hunter waited a little.
Nothing.

Hunter: Damn...I thought The LORD was feeling merciful for a while. We had made good distance. This is why It’s a bad idea to think things are going well.

Hunter started looking around. He felt the ground start to shake.

Hunter: What the…? This isn’t the desert!

A sinkhole pulled him under. He landed in some sort of cage. He banged on the cage.

Hunter: Hey! What the hell is this?!

He looked around at the people around him. He saw Cancer and Nines in one cage together. He saw Raiya in another cage. They didn’t seem very concerned that they were trapped. But they seemed eager to get out.

Fafnir: Hunter!

Hunter jumped.

Hunter: God! Don’t come in so abruptly! Having a talking weapon is annoying as it is.

Fafnir: Well earlier I felt your consciousness slip. It was like you were being possessed. But I was able to ward off the spirits!

Hunter: So what are you telling me?

Fafnir: I’m saying be weary about this universe. It seems unforgiving.

Hunter: What about a resort dimension? With girls who tend to my every need.

Fafnir: What? Cancer in a bikini? You are sick.

Hunter: That’s not what I mean. I just want somewhere that doesn’t involve me breaking a fucking rib!

Fafnir: Hmm...Your luxurious dimension involves a beach and...oh...my lord! My eyes! Revolting!

Hunter: What?

Fafnir: I searched your mind, and found your luxurious dimension. It has...um. You on a beach, with Ca-

Hunter: Don’t fish around in my memories!

Fafnir: Sorry, sorry. Force of habit.

Hunter: It’s a habit?

Fafnir: What do you think I did while I was silenced with Diana?

Hunter: Let’s just...Focus on the task at hand.

The cages around everyone came down. A voice echoed.

???:“Fight for your life!”

Everyone jumped out of their cages. Many of the people began brutally murdering each other. They found weapons on the ground. Or had their own. Hunter tracked for Cancer. She had gotten away. Raiya was killing people.

Hunter: That’s not how Raiya fights….What the hell’s wrong with this dimension?

A couple men with weapons ran up to Hunter from both sides.

Fafnir: I know killing isn’t your desired way of defeating your enemies. But it seems you have no choice in the matter.

Hunter: Goddamit.

Hunter took out his gun. He held out his gun.

Hunter: They aren’t attacking yet…

The man had a polearm. He ran up to Hunter and swung at him. Fafnir took control and slammed his wing across the man’s face.

Fafnir: You want to shoot? Or shall I do all the work?

Fafnir grabbed the other person and slammed the two men together.

Fafnir: Look! Another!

Hunter aimed his gun. He shot the man in the stomach. He was still alive. He started crawling at Hunter.

Fafnir: Finish the job!

Hunter shot him in the head. He saw the blood splatter and nearly puked.

Fafnir: Why are you suddenly a pussy when it comes to killing?

Hunter: All the other times I killed, it was in self-defense.

Fafnir: It was in defense of Cancer…

Hunter: Well yes, Cancer was there.

Fafnir: Cancer was there getting her face torn apart by Diana when you killed her.

Hunter: Look, there’s no reason to examine my moral ambiguity right now. We have a dimension to get out of. Let’s find Raiya, Cancer and Nines.

Hunter kept moving. Before he could advance, he saw Raiya standing there. She turned around and faced Hunter.

Raiya: More weak ass humans…

Hunter: Raiya! You know me!

Raiya ran at Hunter. She charged up her electric gauntlets.

Hunter: Shit, shit! Fafnir! Do you have anything you can do?!

Fafnir: I have something that should work. You are quite light.

Fafnir controlled his wings and flew Hunter into the air where Raiya couldn’t reach them. Hunter was startled as they quickly flew into the air.

Hunter: Okay! God! Put us down!

Fafnir landed them somewhere else in the woods.

Hunter: God…

Hunter heard Nines growling from afar.

Hunter: Are you serious? When is this going to stop?

Cancer walked out behind Fafnir.

Hunter: Goddamnit.

Fafnir: Well, it appears you may have to turn your powers on one you cherish.

Hunter: Don’t give me any of that bullshit!

Fafnir manifested his head and shot a blast of fire at Cancer. He was burning the forest.

Cancer: Stop! What the hell are you doing?! You goddamn machines are all the same!

Nines jumped at Hunter and bit onto his arm. Hunter thought back. He took out his gun and shot Nines in the head. He was stunned.

Fafnir: Put me on the puppy!

Hunter: What?

Fafnir: Now! While Cancer is distracted.

Hunter: Cancer will kill me!

Fafnir: No she won’t. As long as you have no metal on you.

Hunter took off his coat.

Hunter: What about her sword?

Fafnir: Figure it out!

Hunter took off Fafnir and put him around Nines’ neck. Cancer tried manipulating Hunter. But nothing happened.

Cancer: Why...Why isn’t this working?

Cancer took out her sword and began slashing at Hunter. She was slow enough that Hunter could dodge her slashes. Cancer put her sword down out of nowhere and pounced on Hunter. She tackled him to the ground and started punching him across the face. Hunter was blocking.

Cancer: Why did you do this to my family!? Why do you keep coming back? Why...Why can’t I get away from you?!

Hunter: Cancer…

Cancer: Shut up! I don’t even understand you! You gave me this!

Cancer pointed at her virus.

Cancer: You killed me! For what reason? Why do you do it?!

Cancer held up her hands and slammed into Hunter’s face. He bled from his nose.

Hunter: Goddamnit Cancer...Don’t make me…

Cancer didn’t stop attacking Hunter. Hunter found an opening and punched her in the face. He felt his heart sink. She bled from her nose and put her hands on her face. Nines jumped over Hunter’s head and dragged Cancer off of him. He had Fafnir’s necklace in his mouth. He slipped it over Cancer’s head and around her neck. She was frozen. Like a statue. She then came back to her senses, and started crying. She wrapped her arms around Hunter.

Hunter: God…

Cancer: Hunter! I’m so sorry! I’m sorry! I didn’t-

Hunter: I know. I know.

Hunter hugged her back. He rubbed her back. She calmed down.

Cancer: Well, maybe I did mean a couple of those hits.

Hunter picked his jacket up and put it back on. He also took Fafnir back. The group heard a crash. Raiya landed in front of them. She was bloody. She fired blasts of fire all around herself as the forest was burning down. Through the fire, she jumped out with her gauntlets. She nearly took Hunter’s head off. Cancer had grabbed him and pulled him to the ground. Raiya jumped around and threw multiple punches at Cancer. She tried to make the punches go off course. Hunter slashed at her with his katana. She grabbed it with one hand and snapped it in half.

Raiya: Nice knife.

Raiya backhanded Hunter. He went flying back. Nines jumped at Raiya. He grabbed onto her arm. She tried to shake him off, but it was no use. He brought her to the ground and barked at her face. But didn’t bite it off. Hunter took out his hook. He threw it over Raiya. Raiya fired a huge blast of fire. Nines jumped back, a little burnt.

Fafnir: I know what you’re thinking. She can take it.

Hunter: Cancer! Hold her back!

Cancer took control of her gauntlets. She held Raiya in place temporarily. Hunter took out his gun and unloaded an entire clip into Raiya. She only got angrier. Her eyes flared up with anger. Hunter threw his hook to Nines. Nines ran around Raiya and tied her legs down. Cancer took control of her gauntlets and dragged her to the ground. Hunter jumped on her and put the necklace around her neck. She was brought back. She started laughing.

Raiya: Shit! You two are a good team! I nearly thought I was going to kill you.

She kept laughing. Even harder now.

Cancer: Raiya…

Hunter: We need to get out of here.

The voice on the loudspeaker spoke again.

???: There has to be only one man remaining! The last man standing will only leave!

Fafnir: Well I am led to believe there is only one man standing!

???: Goddamnit! I hate my sexist self! The guy in the golden tie wins! Nice tie by the way.

Hunter: Yeah, fuck you for hypnotizing my friends.

## E21 - The Bliss Dimension

Raiya was in a beautiful castle. She had long hair now, and wore nicer clothes. The LORD was sitting in an elegant chair. Raiya was throwing out kicks in front of him. She stopped in a good stance.

The LORD: Hmm. Not good enough! We’ll work on your terrible placing later.

Raiya: You’re saying that sucked? I was in a good stance the whole time! My hands were up, and my kicks were good! Where’s my praise, Dad? Show me something better!

The LORD stood up. Raiya’s ear suddenly stung. The side of her face was in agony. The LORD had kicked her in the face. He put his foot down as Raiya laid on the ground.

The LORD: I don’t have to prove anything!

The LORD’s servant came in with a dog.

The LORD: Now, onto your next step of training! Kill this cute puppy!

Raiya: Kill it? What’s that supposed to teach me?

The LORD: What if you get in a fight, and you start holding back at the very end? You don’t finish the fight when it really matters. So finish the fight, right now.

Raiya: Pfft, Easy.

Raiya held out her hand. She made a small ball of fire. The dog was looking at her. It had no idea what was going on. It panted at her without a care in the world. Raiya kept her hand out. She felt her limbs go numb. She was nearly crying.

Raiya: I-I can’t.

The next minute. The LORD kicked her out of the room.

The LORD: Useless!

Raiya was holding her arm and crying. Odin found her in the hall.

Odin: Hey sis? What’s wrong?

Raiya: I think it’s broken…

Odin: Your arm? Damn. That’s just how training with Dad is. Let’s get that healed up.

Raiya: Diana won’t be able to handle it...I need to get her out of training.

Odin: It’s fine. Everyone has to do training.

Raiya: No it’s not!

Odin: Don’t be so overprotective!

Raiya: Maybe Mom can convince Dad otherwise…

Odin: Mom? You didn’t hear?

Raiya: Hear what?

Odin: Mom...Mom left.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

The group was walking in the desert.

Cancer: God...How long until we’re there?

Raiya: I think we’re close.

Cancer: How are you not tired after all that walking?

Raiya: I’m built different. The sand always pisses me off, though. Plus, we’ve already taken lots of breaks.

Cancer: Ugh...So hungry. C’mere Nines. Just a little bite…

Nines growled at Cancer. Cancer patted Nines. She gnawed at his ear.

Hunter: Cancer, don’t be a freak.

Cancer: I’m so hungry!

Raiya: You want food? Look over there!

Raiya pointed at what looked like a city. The monumental city was made out of beautiful, sturdy brick and mortar. The large buildings were only covered in sand towards the top. It was like they were cut off at a point. Either someone routinely cleaned them, or the sheer force of will of The LORD kept the sand away.

Hunter: A city…?

Cancer: In the middle of the desert?

Raiya: Those books you showed me, you said they spoke of a paradise. It wasn’t the resort Diana was at. It’s this place.

The group began walking towards it.

Raiya: Also, my Mom’s in there.

Cancer: Your Mom?

Raiya: Mhm. She’s the most feared woman in the desert. Besides me, of course. I get it though. She is a powerful bitch.

Cancer: Are you sure we should go in there?

Raiya: Do you want food? Do you want to sleep somewhere without being snuck up by the boogeyman in the night?

Hunter: That’s all I needed to hear.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

They walked into the city. There were no cars in sight. But everyone seemed happy. Like nothing was going on. Everyone walked around with a genuine smile on their face. Be it talking to others. Or just walking by themselves. The city ached of bliss.

Cancer: This place is too happy.

Raiya: Don’t be fooled. The people really are happy here. Don’t you feel the air?

Cancer: Ugh, tastes like lavender.

Raiya: This place is different from everything here. It’s because my Mom lives here.

Hunter: I assume we’re going to see her?

Raiya: Mhm.

Cancer: You said she was the most powerful woman here.

Raiya: Don’t worry Canc, she’ll think you’re cool.

They walked to a small cottage in the middle of the city. Around all the gigantic skyscrapers. Raiya knocked on the door. She moved out of the way. Cancer got close to the door and looked in through the cracks. The door was opened. She moved back, and then jumped back once she realized what opened the door. A small snake-like dragon with short arms floated in front of them. It was pure black. There was a woman knitting in the corner of the room with her back facing them. There was a black vortex coming from her back, with three black dragons around the room doing other things. Like cooking.

Raiya’s Mom: Come in!

Raiya’s Mom stood up and turned to the group.

Raiya’s Mom: What can I do you for toda-

She looked at Raiya, and then at Hunter and Cancer.

Raiya’s Mom: Oh! Sorry my dear! Did Tim scare you?

The dragon helped Cancer up.

Raiya’s Mom: This is Timlong and Kimlong and Jimlong. I’m Parvati. Raiya’s Mom.

Hunter: Yeah, I think we caught that.

Parvati: What are you here for?

Raiya: I just wanted to see you.

Parvati: Yeah, see me for what?

Raiya: Okay, to the point. We just wanted to sleep in the town. We’ve been through a lot.

Parvati: Oh, right. Take room 12, 13, and 14 at the inn. I understand that you, Hunter have been on a long journey. That’d be thanks to little Fluffy there.

Hunter: Fluffy?

Parvati made a call, and Nines came over to her excitedly. One of the dragons came over to Nines and started brushing his hair.

Parvati: I sent out Fluffy. He has the power to open up cracks in my husband’s dimensions.

Hunter: You...You’re the reason I’m here?

Parvati: Well, I sent out a pack of wolves. Fluffy here is the last of his kind. But you got here of your own accord. It must’ve been hard to survive in the desert.

Hunter: It...It was.

Parvati: You know what, how about me and you get a drink?

Hunter: A...A drink?

Parvati: Of course. You girls find your way to your rooms.

Raiya: I’m old enough to drink, Mom.

Parvati: Me and Hunter must go alone.

Parvati led Hunter out. She made her dragons come close. Nines followed. Cancer and Raiya stood there.

Cancer: She’s a little rude.

Raiya: She acted like I wasn’t even her daughter…

Cancer: I bet she loves you, Raiya.

Raiya: Nobody in my family does now.

Cancer: It’s probably because of Diana.

Raiya: Don’t act like I killed her! Hunter did!

Cancer: Come on, Raiya. Let’s find our rooms.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter and Parvati walked into a bar.

Parvati: So, be honest with me. You’re tracking down my husband?

Hunter: Well, I need to make it to his castle to get home.

Parvati: Hunter, you know that isn’t true.

Hunter: Oh...yeah.

Parvati: You can take one of the portals home here.

Hunter: I uh...I’m good, really.

Parvati: Good? Seriously? You can go straigh-

Hunter: No. I’m going to beat The LORD. My friends have goals that haven’t been fulfilled. I can’t just send them home. That’d be sort of a dick move.

Parvati: So be it. Take this, then.

Parvati gave Hunter a pure silver bullet.

Parvati: This will defeat him. Trust me.

Hunter: Okay then, awesome. Thank you.

Hunter drank the beers that were given to him and Parvati. Parvati looked over at Hunter.

Parvati: You...That necklace.

Hunter: This necklace? What about it?

Parvati: That means…?

Hunter: Oh...Diana.

Parvati’s expression changed. The same thing happened to everyone around Hunter. Everyone was irritated.

Hunter: Hey, I just came here to get some rest. Let’s just talk this out.

Parvati hugged Hunter.

Parvati: I’m sorry if I scared you. I’m just getting used to a world without Diana. I was told that Raiya killed her.

Hunter: She didn’t deal the killing blow. She tried to save her.

Parvati: I have to apologize.

Hunter: You didn’t seem like you liked her. Why do you not care that it was me?

Parvati: Because it was my fault, in a sense.

Parvati led Hunter to the inn. She knocked on one of the room’s doors. They heard Cancer and Raiya talking.

Cancer: Oh, must be Hunter.

Cancer opened the door.

Cancer: Oh, hi Mrs. Parvati. What are you doing here?

Parvati walked past Cancer and to Raiya.

Raiya: Oh what now, Mom? Come to kill me?

Parvati put her hand on Raiya’s shoulder.

Parvati: Sorry, Raiya. I was told that you killed Diana. Now I’ve realized it may have been my fault. Her death tore the family apart. Not that it was in shambles already.

Raiya: Well, we are pretty fucked up.

Parvati: Hey! Swearing!

Raiya: Sorry, Mom.

Parvati: Have you seen anymore of your siblings?

Raiya: Odin. We fought him.

Parvati: Is he okay?

Raiya nodded.

Raiya: I did snag this.

Raiya took out Odin’s armblade. It was just a small blade when not lit up with fire.

Parvati: What about Layton?

Raiya: We’ll see. I think I’d rather not run into him.

Parvati: True.

Parvati started walking away. Before she left, she turned to everyone.

Parvati: Also, thank this young man. He gave up an easy route home for you.

Parvati left. Cancer and Raiya looked at Hunter. Who was taking off his jacket to go to sleep. Cancer, as usual hugged Hunter with tears in her eyes.

Cancer: You sacrificed your business for us?

Hunter: It’s been months. I think it can wait a little longer. The end’s almost here.

Cancer: C’mon, Raiya. Get in!

Raiya: Ugh. Only because we all hate my Dad.

Raiya hugged them.

Raiya: I think a cheers to getting here is more like it.

Hunter: We’ve still got time.

## E22 - The Horror Dimension

Hunter and Raiya were awoken by Cancer’s crying. Hunter ran to her aid. More and more black spots destroyed her skin. It was moving faster now. Cancer was breathing heavily, but it didn’t stop anything. She cried into Hunter’s chest.

Cancer: It’ll be over soon...Okay? Okay?

Hunter was looking down at her in disbelief.

Hunter: Okay, okay.

Cancer: I’m not dying yet. Alright Huntey?

Hunter: Mhm.

Cancer’s chin to her upper chest was covered.

Raiya: I wish we could stop your pain. Cancer.

Cancer: I don’t think anything can.

Hunter: Are you...done?

Cancer: Hopefully. Let’s keep moving.

Cancer stood up, she let out a shaky breath of pain. Like she had just dipped her feet in cold water.

Raiya: Let’s give her a little time before we go. Maybe we can get some food?

Hunter: We ate last night.

Cancer: Yeah, we should get moving, fatass.

Hunter: To The LORD’s castle?

Raiya: Let’s beat his ass.

Cancer: Along with Layton.

Raiya: Yeah, he was always my least favorite.

Hunter smiled at his two comrades.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

They were walking the desert, in the distance, there was a beautiful castle.

Raiya: There it is…

Hunter: That’s The LORD’s castle?

The castle looked almost victorian. It was ancient, but at the same time state-of-the-art. It was untouched by the sandstorms, it’s silver and gold accents shining brightly. Hunter was surprised he hadn’t seen it from the moment he had landed in the desert. They kept walking, but then it’s beauty was hidden again. The group was sucked into another sinkhole. Hunter realized this one felt different somehow. He felt his consciousness suddenly fade.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Raiya landed somewhere she recognized oh-so-well. She looked down at her hands.

Raiya: Did I...shrink?

Raiya looked in the mirror. She saw her younger self.

Raiya: This isn’t right.

Parvati: Kids! Dinner!

Raiya looked around the corner. She saw Layton walk past with his hands behind his back. He was always perfect. Odin and Diana run past with childish energy.

Raiya: ...hey! Wait up!

Raiya followed her siblings to the dinner table. Everyone sat in their assigned seats. The LORD sat at the head of the table.

The LORD: Layton! Time to say grace!

Layton: Of course father. Bless, O Evil Overlord, we give thanks for your gifts to us. For your sake, the snake-king’s sake. Amen.

Everyone: Amen.

Parvati: Now, you three. Begin eating.

Raiya: Hey...you mean four, right? Four?

Everyone ignored Raiya. They began eating.

Diana: Hey? Did you hear that?

Parvati: Hear what?

Diana: It sounded like Raiya.

The LORD: Don’t speak that betrayer’s name!

Odin: Raiya? She left us, Diana. Don’t be crazy.

Diana: Yeah, maybe it’s just me. I must be going crazy. I just...wish she would come back.

Layton: I don’t. I hope she fell into a dimension. Maybe she got eaten by wolves!

Odin: Yeah. I can’t believe her…

The LORD: ...Drowning in oil sounds good. That’d be great!

Raiya: Dad...W-what’s wrong with you?

The LORD: Nothing’s wrong with me! You are a betrayer!

The environment around her flickered. The castle was suddenly burning. The LORD held her by the neck. He slammed Raiya through a pillar. He held up Cancer.

Cancer: Raiya! Do something! Please!

The LORD: You won’t do anything. Will you?

The LORD touched Cancer’s virus. He made the virus spread all over her body. Her cries filled the air in the room. As it spread, Cancer disintegrated. Slowly. Raiya was crying. She screamed and jumped at The LORD. He grabbed her by the neck and squeezed. Raiya kicked at him. Over and over. She felt herself fading. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Layton.

Raiya: Layton!

Layton stepped out from behind a pillar. The illusion was shattered. Layton and Raiya were actually standing in a white room. It was drained of life, but had toys and a small bed in the corner.

Raiya: You piece of shit…

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cancer was in her original dimension. She looked around in fear. She was in her small house. She felt fear radiating in her heart. She also felt a sudden relief. Her virus was depleted for some reason. She opened her door slowly. She couldn’t look away as she opened her door. Robots were standing in rows. They began to walk towards Cancer. Crushing humans on their way. Cancer couldn’t shake the cracking, the rips and retching of humans. She looked down to see her bracelets weren’t on.

Cancer: Hunter! Raiya!

Cancer fell to her knees as the robots came closer. She realized they had no intention of stopping. She started running. The robots shot a rope at Cancer’s legs and began pulling her back. She screamed, and tried to set herself free. As she was pulled into the wave of robots. She saw everything flicker for a second. Seeing Layton and Raiya fighting for a split second. Then her rage came back. The robots began stomping on her. She felt sickening snaps of her bones. Her skin being punctured all over.

Cancer: I’ll kill you...I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you all!

The robots backed off. Cancer had her hands on her head. She was rolling around from side to side, slowly. Laughing.

Cancer: ….Layton! Layton...Layton! It’s all Layton! All you!

The illusion was shattered. Layton put his hand on his head and moved back. Raiya kicked him in the face, and then punched him in the stomach with her fully amped gauntlet. He went flying into the wall of the room.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter was in the middle of signing documents for his company. It all felt very normal to him. He got off his desk chair and looked at some awards on the wall. All in his Dad’s name. Not Hunter’s. Hunter pulled out some papers from one of the drawers in a filing cabinet. He pulled out elaborate art sketches. Sketches of people he knew. His parents, himself, girls he knew. He then found some paintings of environments. His head started hurting when he pulled out a painting of an abandoned city in a desert. With 4 figures walking towards it. He got a call on his phone. It was his Mom. He sighed and threw down the phone. He went for a drive, and ended up at a girl’s house. Hunter felt a chill go up his spine. He felt like he was doing something wrong. He knocked on the door.

Girl: You here for the needles?

Hunter: That’s right.

Hunter and the girl went into her bedroom. She took out the needles and handed one to Hunter. Hunter looked at the girl.

Girl: Well? Ready?

Hunter: U-uh..

The world around Hunter flickered. Cancer had just fallen down. Hunter dropped the needle. He looked at the girl. He frantically ran out of the house. His phone was buzzing in his car. It was his Mom. Hunter picked up the phone.

Hunter: What Mom?

His Mom was crying over the phone.

Hunter’s Mom: I don’t know how to tell you this Huntey, but we need you to come down.

Hunter: Why?

Hunter’s Mom: Your Father passed away.

Hunter put down the phone. Everything hurt. He felt like everything was wrong. He put his hands on his head. He slammed his hand on the dash of his car. Then was hit with the subtle realization that his car’s dash was a hard surface. He held his hand in pain. He then heard a voice in his head. Unbeknownst to him, it was Fafnir.

Fafnir: Hunter, Layton!

Hunter: ...Layton?

The illusion around Hunter shattered. He was brought back to his wits.

Cancer: Hunter!

Hunter: I’m back.

Raiya was slammed into the wall over and over. Layton threw her across the wall, and in front of Hunter.

Layton: Now it’s nice to see that you’re all here. I can let loose now!

Layton made a cage with Nines in it materialize. The room around him expanded into a large white battlefield. The room changed into a rocky earth surface. Layton made walls of earth come up in front of him. He blasted them at the group. Raiya took Hunter’s broken katana from his side. She amped it with lightning and made it into a real sword again. She slashed across the walls. Seconds of silence passed, and the walls were blasted apart. Raiya let out a blast of fire to push the rocks at Layton. He took control of the rocks as they flew at him. He made them into small pieces and shot them at the group. Raiya moved herself in front of Hunter and Cancer. She was pelted by the rocks. A rock pierced through her back, and pierced through her stomach.

Cancer: Raiya!

Raiya: Hey, I know you two have gotten stronger. Stop that piece of shit.

Hunter: Raiya, throw your gauntlets in the air!

Raiya threw her gauntlets up in the air. Hunter threw up his Katana, along with some bullets. Nines and Hunter ran at Layton. Nines headbutted him and tried ripping off some of his armor. Hunter punched him over and over with the might of Fafnir. Layton caught Fafnir’s punch and slashed his sickle at Hunter. Hunter just barely dodged, and then felt his air escape him when he was kicked in the stomach. Nines bit onto his armor and crushed it. Cancer pulled Layton in. Layton resisted, and threw Nines off of him.

Cancer: Hunter! Do you have a better plan?

Hunter: ...No.

Cancer: Ugh.

Cancer threw the items she had in the air. She made the bullets fly at Layton first. She jumped when she saw a bullet hit him in the face. His face bled slightly.

Layton: Wow. You think bullets work?

The Katana went into Layton’s armor. He was electrocuted from the inside. He ripped the sword out. He blocked the gauntlets and ran at Cancer. Cancer panicked. She tried to stop Layton. He was already moving too fast. She couldn’t even get him with her power. He grabbed her wrist and picked her up. Hunter tried attacking. Layton kicked him away. Raiya made a huge fire blast. But held off. Cancer was too close. She ran up close and punched him in the armor. Nothing happened. She jumped up and got him in a chokehold. Layton still stood there. He made a spike come from the ground, and stabbed Raiya through the stomach. Cancer couldn’t do anything. In a fit of fear. She let her powers loose. Layton felt his armor crush his bones. He stabbed his sickle into Cancer’s stomach. They both fell down. Cancer’s breathing was shaky, but filled with rage. She put her hand in a fist, it was like she was crushing something in her hand. She crushed Layton even more. Layton stood up slowly. Raiya lit up Odin’s wrist blade and threw it at Layton. It sliced down his back, and he fell down. Finally. He was breathing heavily. He looked up. Raiya’s blood leaked down on him. Raiya forced a weak smile and flipped him off. Cancer was crying. Her virus had covered up the stab wound Layton had given her.

Cancer: You...You killed my family. What was that to you? Just a job?! Just a job to kill my father?!

Layton: Your father fought honorably. He did better than all of you just did, as a matter of fact. But I fight for my father’s might. To keep things in order. You know, you really don’t know what I fight for at all.

Hunter: Then what do you fight for?!

Layton: More than my father. I fight for this entire dimension. Your world would crumble if it weren’t for this place. I’m sorry if a little bit of order needs to be established.

Cancer stood up. She took out her father’s sword and held it above Layton. She looked at Hunter, and then Raiya.

Raiya: Cancer...Do what you have to. I won’t hold it against you.

Cancer held her sword above her head. She dropped it. A clash of metal was heard. The sword stuck into the ground next to Layton. Cancer got on top of him and looked him in the eyes.

Cancer: If you...If you ever come back to hurt anyone ever again. I’ll kill you. I mean it.

Layton: Then do the honors now. This is my job.

Cancer: Fine. Hunter.

Hunter handed Cancer his gun.

Cancer: I’ll make this quick.

Cancer held the gun up to Layton’s head. His face was emotionless. He was ready to go. Cancer let out a cry and threw the gun away.

Cancer: Like I said. I-I’ll kill you.

Cancer called her sword back.

Raiya: Oh lord, this is going to hurt.

Raiya rocked herself back and forth and broke the spike. She grabbed it by the large side and pulled it out of her stomach.

Raiya: Oh god...That smarts…

Raiya coughed up blood. She fell on Cancer. Cancer held her up.

Raiya: Just...Just a few minutes. Then we’ll go.

Hunter picked up Layton’s sickle. He tried slashing it in nowhere. A portal to the desert of sinkholes opened. Nines growled at Hunter.

Hunter: Hey, I wanted to try it once.

Nines went over to Raiya and licked her. Her wound slowly started to close. Raiya let out some weak moans of pain.

Cancer: You’ll be okay. Breath with me. Come on.

## E23 - The LORD’s Dimension

The group was close to the castle. Raiya had her shirt off, she had a small white tank-top on. Hunter bandaged up her wound with part of his coat that he had ripped off.

Raiya: I’ll be okay.

The group kept moving.

Hunter: We can’t just walk in, can we?

Raiya: We can’t just walk in! Dad will probably obliterate all of us if we go in.

Cancer: So we sneak in?

Raiya: Mhm. Mom gave you that bullet, right?

Hunter: Yeah. But I have a better plan for the bullet.

Raiya: What’ve you got?

Hunter: Those books I got from that library outlined what the castle looks like. The LORD has an artillery room. I could integrate this bullet into a bomb. Which may be able to take out your Dad.

Cancer: Raiya, are you okay with all of this?

Raiya: What do you mean? You think I’m against killing my Dad if it comes down to it? He traps people in dimensions, leading them either to death or something entirely worse. If this stops what he’s doing, then I’m all in.

Cancer: So he controls the sinkholes?

Raiya: Mhm.

Hunter: Then we’ll have to be sneaky.

Hunter took out the book. He began looking at the schematics of the castle.

Cancer: What’s there?

Hunter: I’m thinking. This has to be my best plan yet. Or else, we die.

Raiya: Well, you aren’t wrong.

Everyone sat down in a circle. Cancer pet Nines. Raiya laid down and looked up at the cloudless sky. Thoughts were going through Hunter’s mind at the speed of light. He was connecting the dots of his master plan.

Hunter: I’ve got it.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter led the team around the castle, past a blind spot.

Raiya: Why did he never put up fences?

Hunter: Because he never thought anyone would break in.

Hunter led them to a balcony. Under the balcony, was an abandoned space, cobwebs and buckets of sand somehow made it under there. Nines led the way, smelling around. The group crawled under. Cancer spat out cobwebs as she went around the group. She crushed a vent in front of them, they slid through and came out on one of the castle’s bottom rooms. The artillery room.

Hunter: Here we are.

Hunter began scrambling. He grabbed a bomb off the shelf. It had a controller that corresponded to it. He used some tools that were available and put the bullet in the bomb.

Hunter: If Parvati was right about this bullet, then it’ll work.

Cancer: So I guess we hide it and get The LORD’s attention.

Raiya: Let me blow that piece of shit up.

Hunter: Is there any way we can test the bomb?

Raiya: Well, not really. Someone will come running, and my Dad wouldn’t care enough to do so.

Hunter: I guess we don’t want to alarm anyone.

Raiya: I want to use the bomb. I’ll go to him.

Cancer: Raiya, aren’t you injured?

Raiya: Nothing will stop me from doing this. A little stab wound doesn’t do shit.

Hunter: What if it doesn’t work?

Raiya: If a bomb blows up in his face no matter what he’ll be pretty pissed off. Or, he’ll be dead.

Hunter handed Raiya the bomb.

Hunter: Do what you have to.

Raiya: Thank you, Hunter.

Raiya put out her hand for a handshake. Hunter shook her hand, and then pulled her in for a hug.

Hunter: I’m not really a businessman.

Raiya went to leave, Hunter, Cancer and Nines followed closely. They snuck up some stairs. They entered a room, which had a bunch of butlers walking around. They were going in and out of a kitchen.

Raiya: I know where my Dad’s throne is. You guys may have to stay here.

Hunter: Okay.

Raiya: Cancer. I’ve got a stupid plan. See my boots? Their steel-toe.

Cancer: Okay?

Raiya: Lift me up. I don’t think many of the butlers would expect me to defy gravity.

Hunter: You’d better hold onto the bomb.

Raiya: I will, I will.

Cancer: Oh, and your boots had better be tight.

Raiya: I’ll cross, you’ll have to drop me so I can get to the door. But Dad’s close. I should be fast enough.

Cancer: So we’ll have to take these people out?

Raiya nodded.

Raiya: Let’s do this already.

Raiya knelt down and secured her boots. Cancer lifted her up to the roof. She started walking across the roof. All without the butlers noticing. They were too busy rushing around. Cancer was sweating, and struggling to hold Raiya up.

Cancer: I-I can’t do this for this long…

Hunter: You’ve got it, Cancer. You’ve dealt with worse.

Raiya got to the end. She looked to Cancer, and nodded. Cancer dropped her. She flipped over and landed on her feet with a thud. She suddenly knelt down and put her hand over her stab wound. All the butlers looked at her. Raiya opened the door and left. The butlers started freaking out.

Butler: Sound the alarm!

Cancer: Dammit...No you don’t!

Cancer made all the pots and pans in the rooms go flying in the air. Some food was even thrown around the room. She made them fly all around. Hitting butlers and knocking them out. Nines ran in and took down some of them. Hunter shot some bullets around the room. Cancer, Hunter and Nines walked through the chaotic kitchen.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Raiya held the bomb and the controller in her other hand. She walked into her Father’s throne room.

Raiya: Hey Dad!

The LORD was sitting on his throne. His gaunt figure felt like it filled the room. Raiya was covered by his shadow.

The LORD: Daughter. I see you’ve made it!

Raiya: I have.

The LORD: I was truly wishing you’d be killed by Layton. Maybe even Odin.

Raiya: They're both weak. Can’t you see, father? I’m stronger than them. I’m stronger than you. I’ve come here to tell you that your shoes have been filled.

The LORD: That what? You’re the lord of this place now?

Raiya: If I take control, this place won’t have a lord. Or a king or queen.

The LORD: And how will you do that? You’ve failed at every task you’ve taken up. That’s why you’re my least favorite child.

Raiya seemed visibly hurt.

Raiya: ...Fuck you.

Raiya held up the bomb and threw it at The LORD. The bomb landed in front of him. He stood up out of his seat. Raiya pushed the button on the controller.

Bomb: Countdown engaged. 10 minutes.

The LORD stood up out of his seat. He started laughing.

The LORD: If you had stayed, you would know that these bombs are timed.

The LORD took out a golden revolver.

The LORD: Diana was weak. But she was much better than you!

The LORD aimed his gun at Raiya. He fired off a bullet. It rang through the hall, the windows seemed like they could crack. Raiya jumped out of the way. She slowed down and started coughing. She coughed up blood as she held onto her wound. Hunter, Cancer and Nines came out. The LORD shot again. He shot Raiya in the stomach. She started gushing blood. She limped up to The LORD. For some reason, he didn’t shoot. He wanted to see what she had to say. Maybe he just wanted to watch the life drain from her eyes. She came up close to him, and threw a last punch of desperation at his face.

Cancer: Raiya! What are you doing?

To everyone’s surprise, The LORD lurched back after the punch. His nose was bleeding, and he held his hand over his nose in face.

The LORD: Argh, my nose!

Raiya kicked him in the stomach, he fell over to his seat.

Raiya: You’re….You’re a liar. You beat me and my siblings as kids. Made us attack the weak and innocent. Even Layton believed that you were a god. You made us believe you were The LORD. But you’re nothing but human...No. You aren’t even human. Subhuman. Subhuman and weak.

Raiya lifted her hand to kill her Father. He shot his gun twice into her stomach. She fell down the stairs behind her. She slowly lifted herself up and felt her wounds. The LORD walked down the stairs slowly. Hunter began shooting his guns rapidly. The LORD scrambled and hid behind his chair. Hunter and Cancer hid behind a pillar. Hunter shot back. Cancer waited until she heard some shots, and jumped out. She stopped the bullets in midair and shot them back.

Hunter: Hey! Stop! Stop! I have a deal!

The LORD stepped out.

The LORD: Cease fire then!

The LORD put down his gun, so did Hunter. Cancer was still holding bullets in the air. Hunter nodded at her. She dropped the bullets.

Hunter: I challenge you to a standoff. How’s that sound?

The LORD: A standoff?

Hunter: If I win, all my friends get to choose where they want to go. What dimension. Sure you’re as strong as me, but you have control over these portals. If you win, do whatever you want to me. Kill me, trap me in a blender dimension. Whatever.

The LORD laughed.

The LORD: Fine. I like those odds.

The LORD was waiting outside of the castle. He had marked a place for Hunter to stand. Hunter was sitting next to Cancer, who was going to watch from the entrance of the castle. She was wrapping up Raiya’s wounds. Nines was licking her.

Hunter: Hey, if I die…

Cancer grabbed Hunter’s face and kissed him. Hunter was stunned for a second. As per usual, Cancer had tears in her eyes.

Cancer: You...You won’t…

Hunter armed himself. He made sure his gun was loaded, and walked out to where he was supposed to stand. He stood across from The LORD.

Hunter: Well, you ready?

The LORD: Eager to die?

Hunter put his hand close to his gun. So did The LORD. They stared into each other's eyes. Hunter remembered what The LORD did to him. Trapped him in this dimension. His Dad could’ve died while he was gone, he remembered how he forgot his name. Then thought about his words.

Hunter’s Dad: You can do this. This is for your future and protection. In our line of work, it’s good to have something to protect yourself with. But the weapon is useless if you have no idea how to use it.

A memory about his Dad manifested, one that had been held back.

Hunter’s Dad: Son, maybe I was a little harsh. I’m sorry if I discouraged you. You deserve to make your own way. Forge your own path. Don’t be part of a branching path. Be who you want to be.

Hunter imagined his Dad holding his gun up for him. The LORD stared at Hunter, he had no idea what was going on in his head. Hunter grabbed his gun. As he lifted. The LORD picked his gun up and hipfired. Hunter fired right after him. His bullet hit The LORD right in the stomach. Hunter didn’t even feel the bullet from The LORD hit him. He looked up at Cancer. She winked at him. Hunter walked over to The LORD and kicked his gun away.

Hunter: You really aren’t a god. How did you rule for so long?

The LORD: Fear.

???: Woah, woah woah! What is going on here goddammit!?

The man had blond hair and green eyes. His blond hair was in a regular shorter shaggy hair cut. He had no shirt on which showed that he was very muscular. He had green loose baggy pants that stayed at his waist. A green aura surrounded the man.

The LORD: The snake king?

The snake king: It’s EOL! Snake king is a dumbass name! Let me take control of this useless force!

Hunter: Force?

EOL: The sage force! You dumbass! Who are you even supposed to be? Some skinny bitch businessman?

Hunter took out his gun and aimed it at EOL.

EOL: Oh god, do it!

Hunter shot his gun at EOL. The bullet bounced off him.

EOL: Good thing I’m immune to tickles! Benefits of being a god! Anyway, you, you are pissing me off! What the hell do you think you’re doing?! I go back in time, make a deal with a like minded man, and he dies in a shootout with a popsicle stick! This is why I hate people that think like me, they all die! Anyway, I need a new general.

EOL looked around. He saw someone stumble towards them in the distance. EOL moved so fast he seemed like he teleported next to the man. It was Layton. EOL returned with Layton.

EOL: Congratulations! You’re my slave!

Layton: What…? General?

EOL: Yeah, General. Same thing. What’s your first order?

Layton: Well then, as my first order, kill them.

Layton pointed at Hunter’s group.

EOL: Don’t tell me what to do! This isn’t a democracy!

EOL put his hand to The LORD. The LORD was reversed in time, seemingly. It was like watching the devolution of the human body. He was a normal human, and then grew harrier and harrier, into a monkey.

EOL: Oh my god, I hate monkeys!

EOL took out a gun and shot The LORD in the head. EOL made some snakes come out of the ground and eat the monkey’s corpse. EOL looked at Hunter.

EOL: What are you looking at?

EOL made portals around Hunter, Raiya, Cancer and Nines. They fell to Earth.

## E24 - The End Dimension

Raiya was sitting next to a lake. She was still bleeding out. She was petting Nines silently. Hunter and Cancer were sitting next to her. Cancer was hugging her and silently crying.

Raiya: Well, that’s that. Right? My dumbass Dad is dead, we won.

Hunter and Cancer were silent.

Raiya: Goddamnit. I don’t want to talk to myself.

Hunter: Yeah Raiya. We won.

Raiya: So what are you two going to do now?

Hunter: I…

Cancer: I want to try butter on toast.

Raiya: You sick bastards should move in together. Hunter, you have money. Try to find a cure to Cancer’s virus.

Cancer: Me and him? Move in?

Raiya: The one thing I remember after I was shot was you two hovering over me, kissing.

Cancer: Oh...Yeah…

Raiya: Send my body into the desert of sinkholes. I think I want to be with my sister.

Cancer: Raiya. Don’t talk like that.

Raiya: Why do you think we’re here, Canc?

Cancer: I-I’ll try.

Raiya: Nines, I know damn well Hunter can’t keep a wolf. We came here for you too.

Hunter: Yeah, you can go into the wild if you want to.

Nines licked Hunter’s hand. Hunter patted him on the head. Nines went across a bridge, and looked across the bridge at his comrades. He howled at the moon.

Raiya: You know what? Fuck death. Do what you want. Isn’t that the lesson you were supposed to get out of this, Hunter? And Canc, stop fucking crying, don’t be a pussy.

Cancer: I-I’ll try.

Raiya sat there for a couple more minutes in silence. Then fell over, dead.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Hunter and Cancer were on a plane. Cancer was shaking. She was closing her eyes in fear.

Cancer: This isn’t the first thing I wanted to do!

Hunter: It’ll be okay. This is the only way we could get to my parents.

Cancer: Oh god, I’m going to meet your parents. Are they as much of an asshole as you are?

Hunter: Well, it depends on how you think about it.

Cancer: How should I be thinking about it?

Hunter: ...Metaphorically?

Cancer laughed. She leaned in for a kiss with Hunter. Hunter was just, bewildered. Cancer looked away awkwardly.

Cancer: Am I...Am I doing something wrong?

Hunter: You? No! No!

Cancer: Then what’s holding you back?

Hunter: Two months ago, I tried to drug you. What makes you want to be with someone as...terrible as me?

Cancer: It’s because you’re a different person. You’re a better person now. The fact that you think you’re terrible says it all. Because terrible people don’t think they're bad.

Hunter: I think that’s bullshit.

Cancer: Then why’d you cry when Raiya and Nines left?

Hunter: That’s pretty grim.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cancer and Hunter walked up to a mansion. They were in a limo. Hunter fixed a scarf around Cancer’s neck.

Cancer: Why do you have to hide my virus?

Hunter: Hey Mom, sorry I didn’t get your phone call. I was stuck in a desert that made me fall into a dimension everyday for three months. I also met a wolf, a girl with breast cancer, and an agro lesbian with daddy issues.

Cancer: ...Fair enough.

Hunter went up to the mansion.

Cancer: What are you going to say?

Hunter: I’m just going to cry.

Hunter knocked on the door to the mansion. A butler came to answer the door.

Butler: Kunai residence, wh-My god! Sir Hunter!

Hunter: Hey Heithcliff.

Heithcliff: Let me escort you and this madam to your parents now!

Hunter’s butler brought Cancer and him upstairs to his parents room. Heithcliff knocked on the door.

Heithcliff: Mrs. Kunai...Your son is here.

Hunter’s Mom burst out of the room. She saw Hunter, and burst into tears. She wrapped her hands around him.

Hunter’s Mom: I-I thought you were...You know...What happened to you, Huntey?

Hunter, shed some tears. He hugged his Mom close.

Hunter: I’m sorry Mom. I’m terribly sorry.

Hunter’s Mom: Do you want to see your Father?

Hunter was finally able to let out a sigh of relief. They went into their bedroom. Hunter’s father was sitting in a wheelchair next to the TV. Hunter came to him and hugged him.

Hunter: Sorry I missed your birthday, Dad.

Hunter’s Dad: Okay…

Hunter jumped back when he heard his Dad speak.

Hunter’s Dad: It’s Okay.

He was smiling at Hunter with tears in his eyes.

Hunter’s Mom: And whose this?

Hunter’s Mom examined Cancer. Cancer felt like she was being critically examined.

Cancer: I’m…

Hunter: She’s my girlfriend. I’m sorry you didn’t meet her sooner.

Cancer: Nice to meet you, er Mrs. Kunai. Do you have a name? Is it weird for me to call you Mrs. Kunai?

Hunter’s Mom: It’s quite alright. Thank you. You are quite stunning, Cancer. I can’t believe my son could find a woman like yourself.

Hunter: She really is ahead of her time.

Cancer: Yeah. That’s right. Hey, I feel good for your son too. He was pretty hopeless before I found him. I think I might have to fatten him up a little.

Cancer patted Hunter’s stomach.

Hunter: Hey…

Hunter’s Mom: I’m so happy to see you like this, son.

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Hunter and Cancer walked into Hunter’s apartment room. It was high up, with a great view of the city.

Cancer: Why does everything have to be so high up?

Hunter: I would get used to it.

Cancer opened Hunter’s fridge.

Cancer: Oh my god, what is this thing?

Cancer gasped.

Cancer: Yes! Butter!

Cancer took out some butter. She went around opening random drawers and cabinets. She took out some needles from a drawer.

Cancer: Seriously Hunter?

Hunter took the needles from Cancer.

Hunter: Hey! Be careful with those!

Cancer: Are you serious?

Hunter: Nope, sike.

Hunter turned on the garbage disposal. Cancer jumped back when it turned on. Hunter shredded his needles.

Cancer: Yes! Die! Die! Anyway, where was I?

Cancer found some toast, and spread some butter on it. She ate the toast. Hunter saw her get excited.

Cancer: Oh my god! This is paradise!

Hunter: Yeah, I guess it is.

Hunter looked outside, and then into Cancer’s eyes. She drove Hunter onto the couch, and kissed him.

**The End.**