Blood of the Aswangs

Chapter 5: Face Man

"Ugh... They've been gone for a while now..." said Anna. "I hope they're okay."

"I found them," said one Athena clone. "They're nearby."

"Oh, thank Go-... OH MY GOD!!!" yelled Anna, seeing Jedan, carrying Miguel's unconscious upper half and Lord, carrying Miguel's legs with all three being bloody all over.

"Yeah. I'm thinking we need a lot of band-aids."

Later...

Anna sews their wounds closed.

"Wait... You said Miguel's body recombined after the fight?" asked Anna.

"Yeah... It got separated again for some reason..." said Jedan.

Happy Hornet activates his built-in flashlight to show his body.

"Athena," said Anna. "Patrol the area in case of more bears or mountain lions."

"So, we're clearly in the Americas, right?" asked Jedan.

"Yes..." said Gerard. "This is my world, after all."

Everyone turns to Gerard. "WHAT!?!?"

"What? This is my world."

"EXCUSE YOU!?!?" asked Anna. "THIS is Post-Apocalypse World!? But it says on the file that the world is still at a primitive state."

"Legends say that a thousand years ago, there was a war that broke out over ideological differences. It was the third one in its own series. A legendary war that ended with an attack that blew up the entire world leaving to a massive ice age for 400 years mutating the world's lands and turning most men now into primitive savages. We have civilized kingdoms nearby, however. I came from Nueva Yorca. Hero of the-..."

"So, you could've killed the Bear... You could've helped us out in this adventure... YOU COULDA AIDED THESE THREE WACKJOBS!?!?" said Anna, crossing her arms.

"Y-... Yes..." said Gerard.

"What the fuck, Gerard?"

"No one asked! Thought these guys had the hunting thing going!"

"NOOOO!!!" yelled Jedan, Anna, and Lord.

"Liver..." Miguel said softly.

"What's that, Miguel?" asked Anna.

"Liver... Balut... Heart... Either of the three, please..."

"Uhhhh..." said Anna, weirded out.

"Liver, balut, and heart is very yummy. Chug it into my torn-up tummy," he said while smiling, singsongy.

"Hey, Fred?" asked Anna. "Could you... like... uh... check that radar of yours if there are creatures nearby?"

Fred rolls his eyes. "Fine... Hm... Real suspicious-lookin' bipedal creature up north."

"Sussy baka... Imma sucka deez nutza waka waka..." smiled Miguel, asleep. "Biddy babiddy bibingka, bitch."

"By jolly goodness..." said Happy. "I can feel that the creature has sentience. I believe it isn't a threat. I sense no danger in it."

"Let's kill it!" smiled Jedan.

"Wait..." said Miguel, asleep. "Don't... come close..."

Suddenly... Face Man appears...

"Hello..." the face in his belly spoke, softly. "Ohoho. Hello. Please kill me..."

"Well, isn't that straightforward? Haha!" smiled Anna. "I'm Anna! These are my allies and-..."