Death Guns In Another World

The horrifying gravity couldn't turn someone of her strength into nothingness, and Gravity Cage didn't attempt to do that.

All it did was pull her body to her, like a needle to a magnet.

And before Maria became aware of it, she got punched hard in the stomach, the punch felt heavy and she lost consciousness in an instant. She has lost this sparring match, those were the last thought Maria had before losing consciousness.

Artemia caught her body before it reach the ground.

''You have progressed as well. I'm happy to test this.'' Artemia declared while putting Maria's body inside a tent she had just summoned.

''I hope everything goes well for the other,.'' Artemia mumbled after coming out of the tent.

°°°°°°

In the meantime, Alex who failed to reach the next floor before night came decided to camp on the current floor. It happened when he closed his eyes and went to sleep, his right eye, the Death's eyes which had been silent recently twitched, the sign of a premonition.

In the maternity ward, Alex slid his fingers into a woman's face she couldn't see her hand as she started undergoing labor.

"Apply more pressure!"

The head doctor urged.

"You can do it!"

The woman nodded and did her best as the doctor began pulling down the beautiful, nascent soul. She felt twisting, squeezing pain that made her scream and dug her nails into the bed and Alex's hand.

He looked pained.

Not from her nails but from the understanding of the intense agony she was undergoing. And yet despite everything, she didn't stop. Her persistence, courage, and determination astonished him.

"Everything would be alright!" Alex said to this mother, not knowing if he was assuring her or himself.

The woman forced a smile in the moment of intense pain. She could feel he was far more nervous than her.

"He might not know it, but he would become a great dad!"

The woman thought before concentrating her strength to push down.

°°°°°

After what seemed an eternity, the new life stirred into existence. She has an adorable face and golden hair just like her father.

"She is here!"

The doctor said as she showed the newborn to the exhausted mother. "And trust me, she is the most beautiful child I have ever seen!"

Upon hearing this, the woman smiled in elation.

As the child's body came into her hands, the pain faded as if it never existed. Vigor spread through her body as if she was getting a new source of energy, making her exhaustion disappear.

She knew the source of energy wasn't inside her body but in her hands.

"My child!"

The one for whom she could do anything was now in her embrace.

A few minutes later, she lifted her head and noticed Kiba looking at her and their child. There was a deep longing in his eyes.

"She is yours just as mine," She said with a warm smile.

"Take her."

He nodded. He carefully stretched his hands out to take her, afraid he might make some mistake.

"Don't be so nervous," The woman said while placing their child in his open hands.

"She won't break." She said, reassuring him.

The instant the child touched his hands, everything in the world disappeared. It was as if for him, the whole world was engulfed in the darkness.

And in this darkened world, heterochromia eyes, green and golden eyes opened, peering at him.

They radiated sunshine that cut through the darkness, bringing him warmth that instantly melted his heart.

She was the extension of his life.

''You are my Hope."

Alex looked back at those heterochromia eyes. He didn't know if he was mistaken, but for a moment, he noticed them glowing with happiness.

Tears erupted in his eyes and his lips spread to form a smile. He was the happiest he has ever been... something that bewildered him greatly.

How could someone he has just met give him such happiness?

How could she make him so weak that he would cry?

He didn't need to think of the answers. He already knew... perhaps he has always known.

He kissed her on the forehead and made her asleep. He then gently placed her next to the woman with a blurred figure.

"!!!!!!!."

"Yes?"

"I think I know what it feels to fall in love at first sight."

"I know."

The woman replied with a content smile. She was feeling what he was feeling.

Love.

A feeling that was far more than parental instinct.

°°°°°°

Alex's eyes remained on the child. He observed her soft breathing, the faint stir of her closed eyes, and the eternal bond she shared with him.

"Hope."

He slipped his index finger into her open hand and watched as her hand unconsciously wrapped around it.

"Thank you for coming into my life."

The woman who gave birth to a beautiful baby looked exactly like Kuina but in a more mature form.

Suddenly, everything went dark and Alex woke up in the real life, inside his room in the Blue Haven Villa.

''Ah! Ah! Ah!" He gasped for breath. Alex held his head feeling an intense headache. His head was throbbing like crazy.

''What was that?" He asked himself, he couldn't recall everything but he knew he was holding someone dear to him, someone dear to him who arrived into his life. He was happy for her to be the Hope in his life as well he was afraid, afraid of what this might apply.

Suddenly, Alex noticed blood in his hand, his right hand to be more accurate.

''What the hell?"

He looks at his right hand to check if he was injured without him knowing, however, no matter how many he checked he didn't find any injury. It was then, he noticed blood dripping onto the bed, blood was dripping from his right, he unconsciously touched his right eye where the death's eye is, he was indeed bleeding, his right eye was tightly shut at the moment and he was also feeling a burning sensation from it.

Before he could further check what happening, he was assaulted by a sudden fatigue, this was not a physical fatigue, it was more like a mental one. He fell asleep. He had the same dream as well and the only conclusion to which Alex arrived was.

''Impossible! I had a daughter with my mother-in-law.''

''What is this dangerous premonition.''