Nightmare Steve's Second Chance

CHAPTER 16 - Magma's Anger

(Steve saga Origins Episode - Nightmare Steve Captured Blue Steve)

Magma P.O.V

To say that magma was terrified was an understatement. He fought his instincts to kneel in front of Elemental steve and only manage to control himself by focusing on the memory of crimson. Magma turned around to see elemental standing there and let out a small sigh of relief in his thoughts. This elemental steve looks similar but different enough from his to be able to deny his instincts. This Elemental steve had red hair that changed to orange and yellow, golden eyes, brownish tan skin, with a sharp jaw and slight beard at the chin. He wore a brown trench coat with a dirt-like look and many vines and leaves pattern spread around it but concentrating on the bottom of the coat, the right bottom side of the sleeve had a water design while the left side had a fire or lava one. He had jeans with multiple blues on them and dark brown boots. Magma gulp some saliva down his suddenly dry throat

"Time to play pretend" Magma cleared his throat and stared at Elemental steve. "What do you want? And Why am I here?" Elemental steve put a fake look of understanding and sadness.

"You are here because I need your help to stop a great evil" Elemental steve said with his usual cryptic voice.

"No" Magma responds without a second thought. The other steve raised an eyebrow that twitches slightly while the rest of his face stayed neutral.

"Why would that be?" Magma wanted to say so many things and some of them weren't appropriate but went with the nicest option.

"Maybe because you got me shoved here against my will and I haven't met you before" Magma replied sarcastically. Elemental steve never showed any emotions but his energy was angry and annoyed probably because he had made some kind of speech and he had ruined it.

"If you could please allow me-" Magma interrupted Elemental steve.

"Oh really? Give me one good reason why I should even consider helping you" Elemental steve's energy was becoming more annoyed by the seconds and Magma was actually quite satisfied that he had managed to even annoyed the calm steve.

"I require your assistance to defeat this evil as I can't do it myself." Magma scoffed.

"I sincerely doubt you need my help, but..." Elemental steve's lips were grown into a small smirk thinking he had won. "I still have to help my FRIENDS, not some stranger" Magma tried to turn around and leave through the portal that he knew lead back to the normal world. Suddenly large vines wrapped around his body making magma gasp at the tightness of the vines making it harder to breathe.

"I really hate how weak I am in the inbetween" Magma angrily thought. The vines tighten and dragged the struggling magma backward.

"Come now Magma. Just follow along now" Elemental steve said making magma freeze as a memory hit him.

~Flashback~

Mag- Yellow Steve hit the floor of the in-between wincing as he took the usual damage when he came into the dimension.

"Ahh...Welcome back Yellow Steve, How did it go?" An old sounding voice asked him. Yellow steve stood up looking at the steve he had met called Elemental Steve.

"It worked ...I got revenge for him..." Yellow Steve said with a smirk as he remembered the screams of pain of those steves. Elemental steve smiled and looked at the yellow and red-eyed steve.

"Now about our deal..." Yellow steve nodded.

"You would help me get revenge on those steves and I would help you," Yellow steve said restating the deal that he had made with him.

"The help I need is...for you to help me control this world..." Elemental steve said watching as yellow steve went into shock

"What?!?- No way!" Yellow steve denied taking a step backward. "Why would you need my help anyway?!?"

"I don't think you realize how valuable you are," Elemental steve said, letting out a small chuckle. "You, a yellow steve, have the ability to absorb other steves and gain their ability. That makes you more valuable than you think" he explained.

"No...I won't! I may hate some steves but it doesn't mean I will let you control the world that my friend wanted to protect!" Yellow steve turned around and tried to run only to become trapped as vines wrapped themselves around his body. The vines dragged him until he was in front of Elemental Steve who had a cruel smirk on his face. His eyes were a shade darker and flowed as he stared at the now terrified yellow Steve.

"You don't have a choice yellow- no you need a new name..." Elemental Steve got a thoughtful look before grinning at him. "Nightmare Steve or The Nightmare King ...a perfect name for the future ruler and nightmare of the Steve's" Yellow Steve or now Nightmare steve's red eyes widen and his pupils became smaller.

"No...no.. please..." Nightmare Steve whispered weakly. Elemental Steve raised his hand and put it on Nightmare steve's forehead. Nightmare Steve let out a scream as his eyes flashed a golden glow for a second. When the color returned to its original red shade the pupils were now black slits. The vines retreated and let go of nightmare Steve who could no longer move his body any more than a simple puppet.

"Come on now Nightmare Steve. Just follow along now"

~Flashback~

Elemental Steve brought magma so he was hanging limp in the vines with an emotionless expression in front of him.

"Oh? I thought you would give more of a struggle because you could have done this willingly" Elemental steve questioned mockingly. Magma snapped out of his thoughts and instead could only focus on the pain that Elemental steve had made him do to others for so long that he began to actually ENJOY IT and it made him sick. He may not like to hurt others intentionally but he finds satisfaction in seeing others in pain since while he was Nightmare steve that was the only way for him to cope. He wanted to hurt Elemental steve to hurt as he has never wanted to before...he wanted for him to beg for mercy...

"Just so you know magma...the only reason I am doing this is that I've...noticed a few things about you that...reason enough to not let you run around free" Elemental steve explained with a fake sad smile.

"Free?... He has no clue what I have gone through... He had NO REASON TO TRAP HIM!!!" The atmosphere temperature began to rise and Elemental steve took no notice as he continued to ramble about how this was the best for the future but magma didn't care. The vines on his wrist began to spoke before bursting into flames. The rest of the vines tried to escape the burning fire but failed and got turned into ash.

Third P.O.V (My first time trying the third point of view and I tried)

Magma's hands were covered in red flames wanting to burn everything in their owner's path. Elemental steve was in a state of shock because no steve should be able to use their powers in his decision yet...this steve can use them as if it was nothing. The only other person that can use their powers in his dimension but himself was TIme steve but that was because they were created by the...same...person...

"There is no way...could he-" Elemental steve got cut in his thoughts are a fireball was thrown at him and that caused him to stumble back at impact. Magma was so angry that he didn't even question how he was using his powers or the fact that he felt more powerful than usual. His eyes were glowing a blood color, however, the thing that interested Elemental steve was that Magma's left eye was that the whites of the eyes were black and blood was failing from it like tears. The black parts on his clothes and hair seem to spread more than a few centimeters making them stand out more. The hatred in his eyes made Elemental steve feel something he hadn't felt in a long time...FEAR. This is what caused Elemental's next reaction. Elemental steve raised his hand and threw a gust of wind a magma causing him to go flying backward through the portal back to the overworld. Elemental steve leaned against one of the marble pillars, which was very unlike him.

"I have a lot to think about and this...Magma..."