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Chapter 21 - CHAPTER 21: WE ARE NOT ALONE...

Screen fades in at an ocean

Raven laying back on a log

Raven: tell me how we went from an old shitty house through some trees onto a cliff into a river and THAN into the fucking ocean

Storm: how are we supposed to know ask the fucking author

Raven: speaking of that is this author a female pestilence cause for as long as I've been here there ain't been no hoes, WERE THE HOESS AT

Blaze: i dont think you can say that

Raven: oh shit my bad

Astrid: do you have to take the whole damn log

Raven: hey I'm having a bad week give me a break

Blaze: it must be pretty bad if your shitting scythes where the fuck did you get that thing

Astrid: in our universe you need to have massive balls like im talking hulks balls to fight with fists so everyone there has weapons.

Storm: then where's yours

Astrid: i dont have one

Storm: why?..

Raven: because he consists of 2 powers he's kinda of a freak

Blaze: i thought i saw you using lighting powers

Astrid: goddamn my back is killing me i wish some bitch(gesturing to raven) wasn't taking the whole log

Raven: I wish we were of this ocean

There log immediately hits an island

Storm: wow would you look at that your wish came true

Blaze: where the fuck are we

Shows an island in the middle of nowhere

Astrid: oh well we're fucking cooked

Storm to raven: are you crying

Raven: yes! We're fucking stranded.

Blaze whispers: pussy

Raven: i might like stranded deep and raft but I dont want to live them

Storm: what we should be worried about is your game choice

Astrid: come on let's look around for some way out of this shit whole

And alien appears behind them that looks human

They all get scared except storm

Alien: Storm!!! I came here to challenge you to a fight. To claim the title of the strongest being in the universe

Storm Remembers what Trevor said: "more will come"

Storm: sorry there kinda have my own problems

Alien: i dont give a shit about your problems

Storm: Hey look!!! Unless you can help us kill the governors your never getting your fight

Alien: fine you humans disgust me you get saved but still remain greedy

Blaze: when did your ass save us

Alien: who do you think teleported you to the cliff

Raven: well it wasn't much help

Alien: yet your here

Astrid: hey Astrid, what's your name

Alien: Xeno

Raven: would you write that with a z or x

Everyone: X

Xeno: I mean how dumb can one be

Raven: ouch...

Xeno: come on let's go kick some ass

Xeno opens a portal straight to governs place

Blaze: nice were like mice walking into a trap

Astrid: looks like there not here

Raven: gives us time to recover

The door opens

Raven: well that was short lived

Blaze: aw shit here we go again

Xeno: psff, follow me i know the way to the armory room

Raven: what are we going to do there

Astrid: get their armor use their own equipment against them

Raven: cool...

Screen fades out

Screen fades in at the armory

Storm: oh shit

Blaze: this place is bigger than our house

Xeno: gear up and lets go kick some ass

Montage starts playing of them gearing up

Cuts to Raven

Raven: um guys how do you put this on it doesn'tfit for me...

Xeno: thats because that doesn't go on your leg it goes around your arm

Raven: ohhh

Then beat plays again

Shows them leaving the room and going back to governors room

The door slowly opens for dramatic effect

Blaze: man I love to make an entrance

Felix: oh what a wonderful suprise looks like the mice went straight into the trap

Storm: I've think I've had enough of your bullshit

Raven: Man I knew this room smelled like sweaty disappointment.

Xeno: OH sick BURN!!!

Astrid: no its not, if anything he was smelling himself

Blaze: oh shit, now thats a burn

Raven: what the fuck were on the same team

Felix: Cute. Guards… break them.

— And boom, the room EXPLODES into chaos.

The governors' elite guards jump them. No mercy.

Astrid tries to swing first — gets folded like laundry.

Dude gets punched so hard he hits the wall, slides down, and just mutters:

Astrid: …damn… bro punched the taxes outta me…

Blaze steps up with a fire kick — gets KICKED MID-AIR and smashes into a statue.

Blaze: ARE THESE DUDES ON STEROIDS?!

Raven tries to sneak-attack a guard with the wrong piece of armor he STILL has on wrong —

he swings, misses, and the guard suplexes him clean.

Raven: MY SPINE ISN'T BUILT FOR THIS!!!

Even Xeno, the alien hyper-warrior, gets hit with a double-team blast and knees the floor.

Xeno: Impossible… I've never been outmatched—

gets punched again

STOP INTERRUPTING ME!

Meanwhile Felix is casually sipping a drink like:

Felix: Pathetic. Storm chose the worst team in the galaxy.

Storm tries to fight back — but three elite guards jump him at once.

One grabs his arm.

One knees his ribs.

One uppercuts him so hard he goes airborne.

Storm crashes, bloody, breathing heavy.

Blaze: Storm— BRO GET UP, THEY'RE FARMING US FOR XP—

Felix: Go on, Storm. Show me your "strength."

Or stay down like your useless friends.

Storm lifts his head.

Eyes shaking.

Blood dripping.

Storm: …I said…I was DONE with your bullshit…

Felix: Oh? And what exactly are you going to do?

**The lights in the room flicker.

The air pressure drops.

The ground vibrates.**

Storm's vision flashes with every beating he took.

Every friend screaming.

Every moment of failure.

His breathing changes — slow, deep, dangerous.

His aura sparks…

Then CRACKS.

**A dark, corrupted lightning crawls over his skin.

Deep red mixed with pitch-black.

Unnaturally loud.

Unnaturally violent.**

Raven stares wide-eyed:

Raven: Ayo— who turned on the final boss shader pack?!

Blaze: THAT'S NOT NORMAL LIGHTNING— THAT LIGHTNING LOOKS EVIL.

Even Xeno steps back.

Xeno: This… is not human.

Storm stands up slowly — head down — electricity snapping off him like whips.

His voice is deeper, distorted:

Storm: You wanted a challenge…

…so now you're getting GOD MODE.

The floor beneath him CRACKS in a perfect circle.

All the guards freeze, suddenly terrified.

Felix finally drops the smile.

Felix: ...what are you?

Storm raises his head — eyes glowing black inside with a red ring.

Storm: A problem.

He snaps his fingers.

**A shockwave explodes.

EVERY guard gets BLASTED into the walls at once.

Armor shatters.

Bodies fly.

Lights burst.**

Raven: BRO YOU JUST TEAM-WIPE'D THE RAID BOSS MINIONS—

Blaze: I'M NOT EVEN GONNA PRETEND TO BE BRAVE ANYMORE THAT'S TERRIFYING—

Storm walks toward Felix, each step cracking the floor.

Storm: Round 2.

Try not to die too fast.

Screen fades black

Screen fades in

As Storm stands there in the red-black aura, eyes dead, breathing slow like a demon who prays for violence—

Someone else is watching.

Far… far away.

High on a floating rock in the void between universes, an old man in a torn cloak sits cross-legged, staring into a glowing pool of energy.

He watches Storm's rage-numb transformation unfold perfectly like it was destiny.

He smirks.

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