six bullets

Episode Nine (S1)

Blood splattered on the ground, his eyes widened, as he was shocked of the damage he's taken. But he stabbed Tenmy! How did he get wounded!? He noticed Tenmy fading into dust.

The scissors that impaled his gut didn't fade, and blood dripped down the weapon. He heard a familiar, deadly voice from above. It was Tenmy!

TENMY: "Looks like you don't pay enough attention, do you?" She smiled.

[B]Benjamin: "You... how did you survive my attack!? Was it a clone!?"

TENMY: "Precisely, Benjamin, I can make touchable clones, however their health will be half of mine. What, are you doubting you can win now?"

He hissed, pulling out the scissors from his gut and throwing it at her, making her jump out of the way. He then hopped to the wall and chased after her, making the houses crumble.

She swinged her scissors at him, blasting projectiles at Benjamin. He avoided many of them, but couldn't dodge all. This would be the end of him if he didn't think of anything.

He turned around and ran.

TENMY: "What!? Running away so soon!? But things were just getting spicy!" She ran after him.

But then she stopped, he was throwing debris at her from afar, with his reptilian-like hands, and wasting some of his spikes as well.

She couldn't deal with all of it, stumbling and slipping right down the roof. He laughed, summoning a coffin right above her. She instinctively cut the hands that extended out of it, cancelling the attack.

But right after that, a giant piece of wall fell down on her, crushing her. Benjamin jumped down on her, making sure she was definetely dead. He smiled.

[B]Benjamin: "I might have been too aggressive... I wanted to see the blood flow out of the wall." He hopped off and stared at it.

His neck was being held in place by her thighs. Looks like that was the last clone she would make for tonight! He shook and jumped around like a bull, knowing what could happen if she didn't fall off.

TENMY: "Game over, Benjamin!" She opened up her scissors and starting digging it in his throat.

He screamed in pain, trying to shake her off desperately. "You can't win! I can't lose! I'm the Man of Doubt, Benjamin!"

TENMY: "And I bet you're doubting you can win right now." The scissors impaled his throat. "Good riddance." She opened up the scissors, cutting his head right off. His body fell motionless.

He stared at her on his last moments of life, she approached his head, and put it inside her inventory. Her job here was done. It was time to go back to Exhilate.

Six letters coded right in front of her.

"B U L L E T"

The B was rainbow colored, while the rest were gray.

TENMY: "Hm, interesting. The hell could that mean? Doesn't matter right now..." she walked over Benjamin's torso and headed to the city.

She then located Jeff, who was sleeping inside the wagon, and yes, he had found his horse and attached him to a pole. She cleared her throat. Jeff didn't wake up.

She poked his cheeks, each time harder. He then woke up.
[AI]Jeff: "Oh... lady Tenmy! You're alive! Did you hunt the killer down?"
TENMY: "I hunt him down, Jeff. I have his head in my inventory for proof."
He seemed surprised. "Well then... shall we go back to Exhilate?"

She nodded, and hopped inside the wagon. He slapped his horse's ass, waking it up, and they traveled back to Exhilate.

One week later

{Ben's Bar}
Kraken and Mega sat down on the stools, groaning in relief. Ben poured some beer in their cups.

AI[Ben]: "So, you finally learned how to use your magic, didn't you?"

Mega nodded rapidly. "It was pretty hard, but after a week of non-stop training, we learned everything!"

KRAKEN: "Yeah, and it's all thanks to Paper! He's the real MVP!"

AI[Ben]: "I'm sure he was."

Kraken inspected his inventory, to hand out some money to Ben for the drink, but he noticed something at the very top of it.

"B U L L E T"

He spat his drink on Mega, and Mega spat his drink on Kraken. "What is it, Kraken!?"

KRAKEN: "The top of our inventories... it says we defeated one of the bullets!"

Mega checked, and it was there too. "What do you think the bullet was?"

KRAKEN: "Maybe the first 'enemy' was just the necessity of us to learn our magic... don't you think the same?"

Mega:

KRAKEN: "OW, YOU FUCKER! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?"

MEGA: "WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU THINK TRAINING WOULD BE A BULLET!? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ENTITIES! EN-TI-TIES!"

KRAKEN: "YOU NEVER KNOW, RETARD! YOUR ANUS COULD BE THE NEXT BULLET, YOU KNOW!"

AI[Ben]: "Ok, you two. Shut the hell up. Mega, did anything happen to you or your mind lately?"

MEGA: "Well... I did remember that my worst fears when I was 3 were monsters under the bed, with spikes all over their back, and with a reptilian body."

AI[Ben]: "Ta-da, looks like you remembered something from your life. You'll remember everything once you've defeated all the bullets."

Mega looked at Kraken. "Why can't you be just like him, Kraken?"

He angered. 😡 "Trigger me again and I'll kill you right here and now."

MEGA: "Sure... whatever the bullet actually was, I'm glad we didn't get to fight it. You think AI could defeat bullets as well?"

KRAKEN: "It's possible." Ben said the same thing at the same time.

MEGA: "Well... hopefully our next enemies are not life threats."

KRAKEN: "I wonder what will happen next."

(Season 1 end. Arc of the season: "Doubt can ruin anything")