Death Guns In Another World

[In the beginning, there was nothing but lightning!]

Artemia chanted with her hand raised high.

Immediately after everything turned into lightning, the stage was turned into a rumble, and even the protective shield cracked; Maria and the others only saw a lightning-filled stage, and Alex was nailed to the other end of the stage by a lightning spear. Something unbelievable had happened.

Just as the girls were shocked by the unbelievable scene before their eyes, something even more unbelievable happened; Artemia's body flew across the air and slammed against the already breaking barrier, immediately breaking it.

''Gah!''

Puff!

Artemia's mouth fell open, and blood flowed out; she felt pain throughout all her body; the pain was so terrible that she couldn't get up; however, she was not concerned about the pain right now; she was more concerned about the thing before her, the thing that kicked her flying. She called it a thing, but it was a person, another Alex, to be exact.

The princess was not the only one shocked by this; Maria and the others had stood up from their seats with shocked expressions on their faces.

''Since when?'' They shouted in unison.

Alex chuckled while fighting against the lightning, trying to infiltrate his body; the twentieth form was too dangerous; he almost got done in; if he hadn't reacted at the last moment and summoned Ego, switching place with him, he would have been the one who lost.

''Well, I've got this ability for quite something already; it's just that I don't like using it because this child is a bit rebellious, you see,'' Alex told them while pointing at Ego, who was trying to remove the lightning spear from his stomach forcibly.

Maria and the others were shocked upon hearing that Alex had had this ability since a while ago, and just as they were wondering what Alex meant by saying those words, they heard Ego cursing.

''Fuck you, dude. Do you take me for your pain reliever? How dare you do this to me? I've rights. I'll have you know this.''

Maria's and the others' jaws almost hit the ground; They were too shocked; the difference between the real Alex and his clone was too shocking; the clone was too arrogant. It was the conclusion they arrived at after Ego talked. They felt like they couldn't really get along.

As if he could read their thoughts, Ego rolled his eyes at them and said.

''I don't to be friendly to bitches like you either.''

Ego declared while forcibly yanking the lightning spear away; he glared at Artemia before tossing the spear aside. His eyes seemed to be saying you could have removed the spear after your defeat, you bitch.

Artemia chuckled and looked at him with eyes saying I could, but I didn't, and what do you going to do about it?

Ego spat and crossed his arms, ignoring everything.

Alex felt compelled to massage his forehead as he felt a headache coming.

''See, it's what I'm talking about. This thing is too troublesome. A real troublemaker.'' Alex said, pointing at Ego, who clicked his tongue in annoyance.

''Said the man who thinks I'm he is -"

Alex didn't let him finish whatever he had to say before canceling his ability. Ego disappeared, but before leaving, he sent the middle finger at Alex and the others.

A moment of silence descended upon the underground training room before Gracier said.

''He is the feisty type, I see.'' She was smiling,

while most of those present thought they couldn't get closer to Ego, the little devil didn't share the same thought; she felt like this version of her brother was way cooler than the original. She felt like she could get along with Ego pretty easily.

Finally, Alex shook his head and approached Artemia; he helped her to get on her feet before saying.

''You were amazing, you almost got me, you deserved a reward. What do you want?"

Artemia stayed silent before looking in Sakuya's direction; the latter smiled. In that instant, the two seemed to have communicated and shared something; Alex just stood there waiting for her to say what she wanted.

And finally, Artemia whispered into his ears what she would like as a reward. Upon hearing what kind the princess desired, Alex chuckled; he calmed down his boiling blood as he could feel the excitation rushing all the way toward his head and lower body, but he quickly calmed down his raging hormones, now wasn't the time.

He nodded; he wondered why she wanted to experience the same thing as those two? Not that he was against another threesome, the last one was really exciting, and he had nothing against trying exactly the same thing; however, there were some things he needed to do first.

Alex helped Artemia until they reached her room; he left her and went to join Leon.

The two men explored many bars as they liked to do until late in the night; they finally stopped in one bar.

From the lazy spin of the fans to the recumbent light of eventide that will soon be starlit black, the bar soaked in the ambiance of this good night.

The duo sat around a table and ordered two glasses of whisky.

When Leon took a sip of his whisky, he said.

''One shot is all I need, one whisky shot before the battle of heroes begins. I felt like I could conquer everything.''

At this declaration, Alex nodded and felt like he should also say something; he didn't want to lose; after all, he went silent and enjoyed his whisky before he got a flash of inspiration.

''The whisky turns down the volume on my thoughts. It brings memories of past good times, and I let myself dwell in them rather than think. And at that moment, I am here and not, existing in two perfect moments. Somehow it steadies me, gives me the resolve to go on.'' He said while emptying his glass; the bartender, as if waiting for this moment, appeared with another glass of whisky.

''You two should become authors.'' He jokingly said as he put the glasses on the table and left.

The two smiled before enjoying their whisky in silence. No word was uttered.