Nightmare Steve's Second Chance

CHAPTER 11 - The Interrogation

(Steve Saga Origins Episode - Teaming up with Blue steve)

Magma P.O.V

Magma let out a growl at his other-self. This action seems to only make Nightmare steve grin to become wider. Nightmare steve walked forward until both magma and he was only 5 feet apart. Nightmare steve's red eyes roamed magma body before narrowing his eyes.

"What's so special about you?..." Nightmare steve question as he met magma's yellow and red pupil eyes. Magma smirked realizing why he had been brought here.

"Oh? The great and evil Nightmare steve can't figure something out?" teased magma. If he knew himself the way he did then making himself agitated caused him not to think things through. AS expected Nightmares steve's face became red in angry and he slammed his fist against the iron bars in an attempt to scare magma, but it failed. Magma smirked as Nightmare steve realized what magma was trying to do. He took a deep breath and relaxed.

"I see...trying to get me mad, are you? Well too bad." Nightmare steve said crossing his arms.

"You are here for the simple purpose of answering my question, then I will...get rid of...you." Explain Nightmare steve seeming to struggle to say the last part.

"And If I don't?" asked magma already knowing the answer but trying to prolong the conversation until green steve woke up.

"Oh, nothing really...I will simply show you why I am called the Nightmare King" calmly stated Nightmare with a fake smile.

"First question, what...steve are you?" Nightmare Steve demanded. Magma answered without skipping a beat.

"What do you think I am? I am something similar to you in a way" said magma knowing that he couldn't lie so he had to partially tell the truth.

"Wait for a second...I just pulled an Elemental steve...I guess his cryptic words rubbed off on me..." thought magma realizing how cryptic he had sounded. Nightmare Steve stared at him for a few seconds before bursting out laughing. It was now magma's turn to feel confused as Nightmare steve held his stomach as he continued to laugh.

'What are you laughing at?" Nightmare steve took a few seconds to calm down before responding.

"I just realized what you are...you are one of the failed attempted steves made to defeat me? Aren't you?" Nightmare steve said chuckling few times during the sentence. Magma couldn't help but let his shock appear on his face at the revelation.

"That is not what I expected...I thought he would think I am another steve that absorbed Steve, not a failed experiment!!!" Nightmare steve mistaking the shock on his face for him being correct and not wrong let out another series of chuckles.

"I'm correct, aren't I? Well, I am surprised. I really am. If you were made to defeat me then why haven't I seen you before, because the elders should have already sent you to fight me unless..." Nightmare steve mumbled to the end. Suddenly Nightmare steve's eyes widen in realization.

"Oh! That's it, isn't it? They failed...when they made you they failed at something or...was it because you weren't created alive...which would explain why never sensed you" Nightmare steve stared at magma with a smug smirk. All magma could do was stare at the other him with a black and shocked face. He couldn't believe the other him would even think that, but unless he knew other worlds existed it made sense why. Back when rainbow steve was just created in his old world he knew the elder steves were trying to create a supreme being to beat him but he heard there were multiple attempts that failed because the energies couldn't merge together properly unless they gave up all their energy which would lead to one's death. Nightmare steve however didn't wait for magma to respond instead continued to speak as if he wasn't there.

"If that would be the case then how are you alive...wait your energy is similar to mine, which means that the last time I fought them they must have taken some of my own and given it to you to jump-start your own energy and caused you to come alive...but you must have still been asleep because the energy needed to get used to its new host to work." Nightmare steve began to pace back and forward-thinking of multiple ideas that magma is sure were of him. "Well isn't that interesting...do your friends know about your past?" Nightmare steve said as a cruel smirk crawled onto his face. Magma had snapped out of his shock while Nightmare steve had been ranting and actually thought that Nightmare steve's idea about him might actually be useful and make sense if he had to talk about his past. Magma decided to play along because his idea would make more sense than him being another version of him.

"How did you know about the failed attempts?" Nightmare steve stopped pacing and to answer him.

"Oh, do you think I wouldn't be able to get access to the files? But that doesn't matter now. If you have my energy does that mean you have my old abilities from when you got my energy or all of my abilities." asked Nightmare steve.

"That is none of your concern" snapped magma back. Nightmare steve growled before putting on a fake smile.

"It doesn't matter if you talk right now because I will find a way to...I always do." Nightmare steve said in an extremely calm tone before walking out of the room before slamming the door shut, leaving the room in darkness. The only light source being some torches on each side of the door. Magma looked over to see green steve still knocked out and even if he could leave right now he couldn't just leave green steve here. Magma sat down in his cell and had one thought.

"That was an interesting interrogation"