The Five Kings: First Step

Hopian 55 - Changes

Last chapter, an eight hour time skip occured from when the incident with Commander Aora happened, which an awake and self repairing King Metallica, as well as a sleeping Seric and Karia were resting inside of the same empty damaged house as before. Their old friends from Magthera and The Long Sleeved Pirates got wind of the news of Seric and Karia's crimes, and they all did not hesitate to despise the two for breaking their trust. And out of the blue, Popshot's biggest enemy, Fixed Reality Casino, was finally revealed!

Seric's P.O.V.

"P.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.L.S.!! It has been a millenia, wake up already!!" I suddenly hear King Metallica's voice blaring from right beside my head.

"What?!" I shout out on reflex as I see King Metallica standing on top of the bed I'm lying in and leaning down towards me.

"Fucking!-" I hear Karia's voice shout out from beside me, and looking to my left I can see her clumsily sliding out of the bed and onto the wooden floor as she stares right at me.

"Wait, why did you guys keep me here?! I'm a- a monster!!" I cry out in fear as I back up against the wooden headboard of the bed, meanwhile the fingertips of my one arm are starting to heat up again.

"Hey, hey, hey! I already told you, didn't I? You're not a monster! I don't give a flying C.R.A.P. about what you were in the past, as of now you're not even close to a beast!" King Metallica tries to say reassuringly as he hops off of the bed and onto the floor where Karia is.

"What kind of bullshit logic is that, would you just forgive someone like Virile if he suddenly became a fucking priest?! He still killed all of those innocent people and could so easily be lying about his memory loss, it makes no sense! And just look at him now damn it!!" Karia shouts with more anger than fear this time as she points to my crying self- who is currently dripping out blue liquid flame straight through the bed.

"G.I.R.L.! Have you no faith in your pal? If our great but cowardly pal WAS a mindless killing machine in a treacherous disguise, why would he have wasted so much time helping us out?! And why wouldn't he use his true power when he got tortured over and over if he had it, and why would he shed tears over what was happening to his beloved pals if he was heartless?!" King Metallica shouts at Karia, who stares up at the robot and grits her teeth.

  "...I suppose I'll have to teach you both a lesson in B.E.T.R.A.Y.A.L. and why it's so abominably hideous! With a story of course!" King Metallica states as he raises his steel finger into the air, which makes me smile a little, especially seeing that his chest has been fully repaired as well.

But I snap out of it of course, and am mad by his lack of empathy for us.

"You're both fucking lunatics!!" Karia shouts out as she stands back up right in front of a confused Metallica, opening and running out of the door to the bedroom that's beside her.

"Metallica! A story isn't what we need right now..." I say shakily as tears still trickle from my eyes that are now staring down at the bedsheets on top of me, with the images of the countless innocent people I slaughtered flashing through my mind.

"Hmmm... is that so? Thank YOU for the lesson this time pal, I'll keep it in mind! Oh wait, I don't have a brain! YASHASHASHA!" King Metallica laughs as he points to his head with his index fingers. Course I'm not laughing.

The flames that are secreting out of my fingers only start to increase as I think more, "...How am I supposed to live like this? Even brushing off the fact that we're wanted now, I still have this huge pile of guilt weighing down my shoulders.... how do I know that I won't just become the same monster I was before once I get my memories back?! What a joke, how am I supposed to even have a purpose in this world without Karia with us, there's no way she'll stay with us- or my specifically my horrible self anymore-"