Spectacular World

Hell Land

Hope Lauren had seen a lot of odd things in her admittedly short life.

Every member of Pantheon was at least a little weird, and, being a Super herself, she would say her life was far from normal. Not to mention Mr. Larison was a bundle of secrets and thoughts she'd doubt she'd ever solve.

Despite all of that, though, somehow Hell Land still took the cake for the oddest thing she had ever seen.

An amusement park created for villains, by villains. "This place can't actually be real, right?" She asked, making a face. They still hadn't fully stepped outside, and part of her was convinced Avalon was pulling her leg. After all, picturing the Emperor himself taking her to a place like that was simply too goofy.

Avalon clapped her on the back, causing her to flinch a bit and shoot a glare up toward him. He only smiled back down. "Of course it's real. We're here after all. Don't tell me you're not a fan of amusement parks. All kids like them."

"I'm not a kid." She hissed and slapped his hand away. "I turned sixteen right before the Beast came. With how much time passed, I might be at least seventeen by now!"

"It hasn't been that long. Also, you being sixteen still technically makes you a kid, you know." The scientist snorted.

"Yeah, but I wasn't as small as I am now!" She complained.

"Don't be so dramatic. You'll change back eventually. I think?" Avalon hummed, rubbing his chin.

"You think!"

"Shut up!" Fairy Queen yelled back at them, silencing both her and Avalon. The villain made a face and balled her hands into a fist. "Is it right to actually let her out of her cage, Master?"

The Emperor simply let out a soft hum. "Be nice, Fairy Queen. Cinder is our guest."

"I'm not your guest! I'm your prisoner."

"You can go if you want." The world's strongest villain gestured out with his hand. He watched her, waiting for her to move. She didn't. Where would she even try to go? She'd need to figure out where they were first, at least. "Alright then. Children, behave yourselves." He turned away from her, his cloak flowing behind him.

The shadowy forms of Polaron and Demonica followed after them. Right behind them was Fairy Queen. Finally, that left her and Avalon in the back. They exited the strange golden building they were in. Past the large tower doors was a ramp that went down leading outside. As they stepped down the ramp, she looked up, finding the body of Golden God. The ramp they were walking on was attached directly to his belly button, which had formed into the massive doors.

Earlier, the Emperor had told her they were inside of Golden God. It turns out he wasn't joking. Golden God was, in a way, the Emperor's personal ship. A sad fate to end up as if you asked her.

As they stepped off of the ramp, it pulled itself back into the robotic villain's body, and the heavy doors shut and faded away. "We've arrived at Hell Land, my Master." The machine spoke in his emotionless voice, motioning forward with his many arms. "I trust the ride was to your satisfaction."

They were in another pocket realm. She could tell right away because of the sky. It looked like something out of a horror movie. It was blood red with black skull-like faces forming the clouds. Some glared down, and some had their mouths open wide in a hellish roar. They were on an island, one surrounded by an ocean of what she hoped was red water. The island sort of reminded her of the base the Bad Timers had used, only it was much bigger.

A massive dock was formed all around the coast of the island, and there were dozens of boats of all shapes and sizes. Some looked like something out of a sci-fi comic, most likely being forged by a Mental-based Super. Others were extremely old-fashioned and barely holding together. All were filled with large crews of people. In fact, the entire beach was scattered with hundreds of people. Towles were laid out, and some people walked around in swimwear while others were dressed head to toe in villain costumes. Others looked like grunts who were part of some small gang, and some were playing in the red water, surfing or swimming, or even fishing.