Blood of the Aswangs

Chapter 15: A Test of Father-Son Love

Miguel, the Reaper, Prometheus, and Anna are seen eating by the side of a private pool at the very top of the hotel.

Meanwhile, the others, the Athenas and Fred all laugh while swimming in the pool.

"Keep goin', dude!" smiled Lord.

Gerard laughs, watching a video. "Hey, Lord! Check this out! It's what children of your generation calls, 'Skibidi Toilet!'"

Happy is seen being taught to play video games by Jedan.

"BITCH, PLEASE!!! I KILLED HITLER!!! SEVERAL TIMES OVER!!!" roared Prometheus. "I AM THE GODDAMNED EMPEROR WARLORD OF THIS FUCKMOTHERING GLORIOUS NATION!!! I WIPE THE FLOOR WITH FILTHY NAZI SCUM!!!"

"Wait... So your world takes place in the 80s...?" asked Miguel. "Huh... Explains all the racism and anti-straight energy."

"Meanwhile, I've been a 70s action hero for years. Been the best in my career," sneered the Reaper. "Been murdering Aswangs and criminals for years with the Eyes of Fire."

"Who trained you?" asked Miguel.

"I learned by my own," smiled the Reaper. 

"Sure, you did," said Prometheus, drinking some tea.

"Fuck off... Weird that your world exists in 2022. Everyone's such a Goddamned pansy here," said the Reaper.

"Wait... I just realized something. You're 45!"

"Yeah... So...?" asked the Reaper.

"I dunno. Who raised you?"

"No one!" smiled the Reaper.

Prometheus coughs twice.

"Oh, please!" yelled the Reaper. "Just because my parents died when I was eight doesn't mean that-!"

"That what?" asked Prometheus. "I'm practically the closest thing to being your father?"

The Reaper rolls his eyes. 

Miguel's eyes go starry. "YOU ADOPTED MR. REAPER!?!?"

"Yep," said Prometheus. "Better damned father than that coward."

The Reaper immediately gets annoyed. "He protected me from that Aswang filth," said the Reaper, squinting the red eyes on his screen-like mask. "The Aswang that you were supposed to have wiped out."

"Yeah-huh... As if that wasn't controversial," Prometheus sips some beer. "And you grew up filled with anger and vengeance with a touch of racism. So much so that Anna ended up leaving you."

"Wait, what? What? What? What!?" asked Anna, immediately becoming awakened by what Prometheus said.

"That's so weird. We ended up together in THEIR world!" smiled Miguel. "Good thing we're only friends in this world!"

"Y-... Yeah..." said Anna, turning red.

"Anna didn't leave me. She fucking died," said the Reaper.

Anna is horrified.

"Yeah. Because of your complicated superhero origin shit. I recruited you guys back in the late 60s because I thought you finally were good for something. Instead, you ended up becoming... This..." smiled Prometheus.

The Reaper growls. "I'm the ONLY reason that you still HAVE a public image despite how fucking braindead you look to the ENTIRE Multiverse!"

"Bitch, I own you! I own this planet! I own EVERYONE!!! You can't even walk on two legs if it weren't for me!"