The Darker Side of Life

An Aftermath

     "Ella?" I spoke, regaining consciousness. I felt her cuddled up to me. Wrath and Marshall were talking about something. Lia and Julia were also talking about something on the other side of the room. 

     "Lu!" Ella exclaimed, hugging me. She was on top of me. I brought her in for a deep kiss. The others noticed. Lia took a picture on her phone.

     We separated before I spoke up. "Where the hell am I?"

     "Number one: Language. Number two, Adventure City Hospital." She replied, still atop of me. We kissed again, this one more obvious I had missed this.

     "Is he gone?"

     "You broke his skull." Lia remarked, walking to me. She gave me head scratches.  

    "Where's Arya and Zero?" I questioned, receiving worried looks.

     "Zero... He didn't survive. He gave his life for Arya." Marshall answered. I was distraught. My mouth lay agape. Ella was holding back tears.

     "A noble sacrifice. But he can't die."

     "Lucifer," Wrath started, "denial is the start of this."

     "No, he is made of Zero Energy. He physically can't die."

     "Dad!" Arya shouted as she entered the room. She jumped onto me.

     "Arya!" I exclaimed as I hugged my daughter.  She was bigger than last time.

     "You are so big." I commented, having her get off me. "Almost as big as your mother."

     The rest of the pups arrived shortly after. I went to get up when I noticed my prosthetic was missing. I looked and saw the base of it was shattered. 

     "Oh yeah. Your front leg broke in the fight." Chase piped up. His left eye had a bandage over it. Actually, every pup had a wound. I got up with the use of Marshall as a crutch.

     "I have a prosthetic we could test." Rocky said in an excited tone.

     "That'll work." I replied, limping to him. We went to Ryder's lab, where he outfitted me with a prosthetic. It looked like an actual limb of mine. He attached an adapter to my shoulder because the old one was fried.

     I moved it around. It felt nice. It felt real. The old one had a limited both the Tactile and Nervous system. This model is different. I enabled it and saw the abilities that came with it:

     I had a grapple, a steel claw, a miniature minigun, a spot for my Mighty Crystal, and a hidden compartment for a small object. I spun it around, and tested the grapple.

     "I like this." I said as I grappled from wall to wall. I jumped down and put my Mighty Crystal in it. It surged through me. I shook his paw, leaving to find Ella and my bag of stuff.

     I saw Ella playing with something on the floor. My bag was opened on the other side of the room. I walked behind Ella silently and saw she was playing with Legos. She had a blonde female minifigure with a blue shirt and brown pants. She also had one with a brown hood, a yellow shirt with armor markings, black sleeves and hands, gray pants, and the head from Mister E. He had a double-headed spear as well. The funny part was that it was MY minifig.

     "Whatcha playing?" I spoke in a somewhat seductive tone. I put my paws on her, massaging her. She was a blushing mess. I sat on the other side of her.

     "You like Legos as well?" She asked meekly. I nodded my head and went on a spiel about how I loved playing Legos. We then started playing together. It was nice.

     Around two hours later, we finally stopped playing and headed for supper.

     "How long was I out for?" I asked the beautiful Golden Retriever.

     "Around two weeks." She answered, earning an agape mouth from me.

     "What!?" 

     "It was rough. But you are here now!"

     We entered the living room of the Adventure City Lookout. I sat next to Ella. I went to take a bite when I started gagging. I could not control my body as a hacked up more Liquid Corruption.

     "What the heck is wrong with me?" I asked aloud, looking around. I felt a sharp pain in my jaw, and it fell off.