War of the Gods

Shadows

Morning came, the boat drifted, Natalie walked outside, and saw land, they had arrived. "I should let them sleep," Natalie spoke to herself. She got up to the controls, and drove to the land of Bermuda. Thirty minutes passed, and the boat hit a giant rock. Greg, Star and Aries woke up and ran out of the ship. "What the fuck just happened?!" Greg screamed. "We crashed," Natalie said. "Shit, how far away are we?" Greg asked as he climbed to scout the distance. "Not far, and these rocks are fairly close together, we can jump across them and swim to the shore afterwards," Greg said. "Jump across the rocks?" Star asked. "Yeah," Greg said. "Dad, that is the stupidest thing I've heard from you," Aries said. "You got a better idea?" Greg asked. "It's too far to swim right now, and none of us can... walk on water," Greg hesitated and looked around. Star did as well, her and Greg both noticed something was missing, or someone. "Greg," Star said. "I know, where is he?" Greg asked. Greg looked over at the island, and he had a feeling of sadness. Natalie fell silent, so did Aries. "Please Guillermo, prove us wrong," Star and Greg thought. They jumped over the rocks until they got to the last one. "Now we swim," Greg said. "Wait, how will you do that with one arm?" Aries asked. "I just need one to stay afloat," he answered, as he dove in and swam. Natalie followed, then Aries. They swam to the shore, and walked up the sand. They walked towards town, and noticed something... off. There was nothing, no cars, no radios, just... nothing. "This whole place feels ominous," Aries said. "Aries, stay close to me," Natalie said. Greg walked toward a building and looked in the window, nothing was there. "That's weird, you'd think there would be some signs of abandonment," Greg said. "But, there's nothing." It didn't make any sense, but, Greg continued to look in the window. He saw a figure in there, it was moving, too dark to make out what it was, but he saw it moving. "Guys, over here," Greg shouted. They came to where he was, and saw the same thing. Only this time, there were more. "How did they multiply so fast?" Greg asked, not expecting an answer. The figures walked towards the window, and they just stopped halfway through. One dashed and broke through it, causing Greg to be blown back a few feet. "Greg, what happened?" Natalie asked. "I happened," a voice said. They looked around, and saw a dark figure, in the shape of a person. It split apart, creating three more of him, except, they were in the form of Star, Natalie, and Aries. The main form, was Greg. "Duplicates?" Star asked. "No, shadows," Greg said. "How fitting that you should die by your own hand," shadow Greg said. "No fucking jokes," Greg said. Star ran towards her shadow, and interlocked fists. Natalie jumped and did a spin kick, and missed. Aries blasted water towards her shadow, ineffective. Greg shot lightning at his, didn't work. "You'll have to do better than that," the shadows said simultaneously. "Natalie, Star, are you two okay?" Greg asked. "Yeah," Star said. "I can fight," Natalie said. "Good," Greg said. "Because, this is gonna be one hell of a fight!"