Blood of the Aswangs

Chapter 3: The Law of Usog

Miguel is sleeping silently in his room next to Jedan and Lord in a big bed.

Anna sleeps in the next room across the hall. Athena sleeps in the drawer-sized mansion in Anna's room.

Prometheus sleeps in the master bedroom at the end of the hall.

The Reaper sleeps in a very small room downstairs which is practically the closet.

The room at the side of his is Gerard and Fred's.

Happy is deactivated in the Fireplace in an Elvis pose.

Prometheus slowly wakes up. "Ah..." He smacks his lips. "Good morning, Jesus." He looks at the cross. "Good morning, birdies!" 

A dead bird is seen on the window being eaten by a giant rat. 

"Good morning, screaming Tom." 

Tom, a former serial killer and rapist, is shrunken and being tortured in an hourglass by tiny needles stabbing him over and over.

"Ah... Friday has come! Because of the new curriculum I gave to this world, no one goes to school on a Friday! Ain't I an absolute genius?"

The bird's corpse speaks to him. "Cacaw! You're a disappointment to your family and a sociopath!"

Prometheus yells. "SHUT UP!!!" He then covers his face and begins to cry.

Meanwhile... The Reaper silently meditates in his room.

*knock, knock, knock...*

"Good morning... Uh... Mr. Reaper?" asked Miguel. "Am I going to start training yet?"

"Get the Hell out..." said the Reaper.

"I suggest you be nicer to him..." said Haruno, in his head.

"YARGH!!! Ye have Daddy issues as well! Perhaps the young boy deserves a mentor of his own!" said Captain Book, in his head.

The Reaper sighs and facepalms.

The door opens, revealing the Reaper's terrifying skull mask. 

"Speak, child," the Reaper squints his eyes.

"Can you help me train? Like... anything...?" asked Miguel.

"'Training?' What for?"

"Well, I was told that Diwatas get stronger over time, especially when training. And I've been told that you're one of the most powerful beings in the Superhero World."

"Yeah? So...?"

"So... Could you train me?"

The Reaper squints his eyes. "No."

He slams the door shut.

"Oh..." Miguel bows his head.

"FINE!!!" The Reaper opens the door. "Fine."

The Reaper activates some flames from his body.

"Whoa..." said Miguel. "How'd you do that...?"

The Reaper opens a portal using his watch. "I'll show you, kid. C'mon..."

Later...

The Reaper and Miguel end up in a desolate desert planet.

"This is Usog..." said the Reaper, activating flames. "It allows you to control the elements of the world using glances."

"So, if you're blind, you can't use Usog?"

"Yep..." said the Reaper. "Usog is an energy that is made up of the energies of the universe itself. It is a force made by God himself in order for Him to wield the world in his own vision. Basically, it's using your vision to change your vision... Using sight to bend reality..."