Side Story: Ben and Jay

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(Jay's FoV)
The adventures with the two realms we encountered up until now, Pietro and Jubilea, had me thinking a lot. There had to be more realms to talk to where they came from, right?
So here I am, standing in the middle of the judgement hall for a second time. This time I wasn't transported to TWOR, however I wasn't dead either. With the help of my good friend Manticora, we managed to somehow break through the barrier and end up here.
She was really tense and wanted to leave after only a few minutes, everything was eeriely silent and creepy. That doesn't mean that I don't want to explore tho, there seemed to be so much more about this place other than a judgement hall.
I went up to the desk, peaking over it. "It's all going to be fine, Manticora. We seem to be alone anyway.", I tried to cheer her up noticing a few folders. Interested, I moved around the table and got onto the podium to look at the folders.
"Don't open them Jay...! You don't know what's in them...!", Manticora tried to warn me. I raised an eyebrow. "True, but if they were that dangerous, they'd be put away, no?", I asked her. She didn't know what to reply, so I looked through the folders. There were 8 in total, all with different names. Scotty, Pietro, Ben, Jubilea, Collin, Mirko, Aries and Jesse. I tilted my head a bit, getting interested in the one with Ben's name.
It's Wrath's folder, and it looked a bit different from the others.
I opened the folder and took a look at the papers inside. There was a picture and what seemed like a personal description. Interesting.
Ben seemingly is a member of the biggest mafia group of Russia. He seemed to be more hostile than the other realms, his description mentioned him constantly carrying a gun with him.
I wanted to take a look at his backstory, but in that moment Manticora whimpered, and I felt the barrel of a gun being pressed against my head. My breathing paused for a moment as I slowly raised my hands, now scared. "Who are you and what are you doing here?", the person behind me growled. I bit my bottom lip, scared.
"Answer."
"I'm Jay.", I told him. "I'm just here to explore."
"You do realize that no mortal is supposed to be up here, and you seemingly got your entry in a forbidden way."
I swallowed hard, glancing at Manticora. She was frozen in place, panicking internally. Her eyes were wide, her breath quick and uneven. She was terrified, so we probably are fucked now.
"I... Did, yeah. But I wanted to find out more about the realms after meeting Jubilea and Pietro.", I hesitantly admitted. Seemingly that triggered something within that guy, because the gun was pulled back ever so slightly. "Pietro and Jubilea, huh... How did you meet them?", he asked, now uneasy.
"Jubilea we met through Xander, he basically got us even involved in this. And Pietro I think was through judgement.", I explained, a tad calmer now. At least I was able to explain.
Ben eyed me before finally lowering the gun. "Acceptable...", he muttered. "However you're not supposed to be here."
Manticora stared in surprise as Ben lowered the weapon, not expecting this.
"I know, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience we're causing. I'm just really curious-", I started.
"Even so, next time you ask one of us. Because if not, you'll get a bullet onto your pretty little head."
I paused slightly before turning around, unamused. "Are you threat-", I cut myself off before I could make another mistake, going visibly pale. 
Ben was roughly a head taller than me and much buffer than I hoped. There was a second pistol strapped to his hip, both were fully loaded.
This guy would be able to kill me within a heartbeat if he felt like it, no doubt.
Especially for a member of the Mafia this wouldn't be an issue.
Ben raised an eyebrow before giving me one hell of a creepy grin. "Finish your sentence, I dare you.", he whispered, pulling back the hammer on his gun and pointing it at my face. "I dearly hope you wrote your will before you do however.", he added with a bit of cheerfulness in his voice.
I gulped and moved a step back. "Ah, it's nothing.", I pressed out, trying to defuse the situation.
Ben gave me a small chuckle before suddenly hissing. "That's the best decision from you yet, asshole."
I bit my tongue, trying not to suddenly turn and run away.
He was insanely intimidating, considering how quickly his mood seemed to change.
I stood my ground, but Ben thought a bit. "Actually, no. I have a better idea.", he hummed before putting his finger on the trigger. "I'll turn your face to mush for breaking and entering a prohibited area owned by realms, followed by invading our privacy and lastly, treason. This should be fun."
I froze up, despite every atom in my body screaming at me to run. All I could do however was watch as Ben got ready to pull the trigger.
Only to get smacked on the head by a rather big book, causing Wrath to drop the gun.
I watched a bit perplexed as Jub and another realm came over. "Stop that shit, Benedict.", Jubilea warned him, pulling his grimoire close.
Ben grumbled and rubbed his head, picking up his gun. "It's Ben, not Benedict, you cunt.", he growled lowly. Then he glared at me. "Be glad Jubilea and Jesse saved your sorry ass."
I stayed quiet while Ben left before sinking into myself, sighing in relief. Jesse eyed me before sighing. "You're not allowed to be here.", he said, his voice pretty deep. I nodded. "I know, got shown that quite a bit already.", I grumbled. "Am not even in the mood for exploring anymore."
"Then I'll take you back down.", Jub offered. I nodded and he came over.
How disappointing.

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