423 423. Wounds of the Past

"You are awake father?"A muffled voice reached his ears.

Alexander found himself unable to move and saw two figures standing beside his bed. Everything felt too familiar to him.

"We are sorry, father, but you didn't leave us any other choice"

"So many times we proposed that we increase the price of our products but every time you denied it. We stayed silent all this time but not anymore."

"Do you have any idea how much money we could make with this new cancer drug, we could be trillionaires, but you still want to sell it like candies"

"Rest in peace, father. We have asked the doctor to make sure that it's painless"

Alexander tried to move and get up. But soon the doctor came and injected something into the I.V bottle.

"ALEX!"

"ALEX!"

"WAKE UP!"

"G-CHAN!"

*BOOM*

Alexander's eyes shot open under his glasses that he had still not taken off. He took a very long breath and noticed the sweat all over his body. His breathing was uneven too.

He looked around. Olivia was worryingly holding his hand and the little beasts were also up. Looking at him worriedly.

"Goddamit, I knew this would happen." He cursed at himself.

"Was it a nightmare? What happened Alex. You were talking in your sleep about some injection. What is going on? Tell me truthfully, Alex, or I will never be at peace." Olivia asked, her eyes looking extremely anxious and troubled.

*Sigh*

"I've been having nightmares... about the time when I died... I was killed." He answered.

Just then Olivia realized something. She had died when their twins were just five. So she had not spent as much time with them as Alexander.

Alexander had single-handedly taken care of them and spent the most time. He was very close to them on an emotional level. He brought them up with love and care his whole life.

And then those two went ahead and killed him. She couldn't imagine the mental strain it would put on him. No matter if you are a god or not.

She felt even worse because she never tried to talk it out with him. She simply focused on her new family. Now they had a perfect son, daughters, granddaughter, and friends.

She lifted her hand and touched his face. Then she proceeded to take his glasses off.

But then her head went blank and her hands shivered. She was horrified seeing his eyes. They looked dark, sunken, and depressed as if he had not slept for years, which really was the case. [See Image in Paragraph Comment]

Alexander tried not to look at Olivia as his brows furrowed. He didn't want her to see this.

~But he always looked so happy. All the while he was masking his pain under his glasses,~ She thought sadly.

"Alex, did you not sleep all these years because of these nightmares? Since when did these nightmares start?" She worriedly asked.

Alexander didn't look at her face, he knew she was sad, "Since day one."

"Don't worry Oli, they will go away soon. I have been fine all this time, my beautiful children are my happiness." He tried to assure her.

But Olivia knew he was trying to derail the conversation. She quickly moved and hugged his head tightly while caressing his hair. Seeing that, all the worrying tailed beasts came and hugged them too.

"Let's talk about this, Alex," she whispered.

"There is nothing to talk about, Oli. It isn't physically harming me. I'm not sick or anything. Sometimes bad trauma can persist for a very long time. I'm not sad or anything. It's just that whenever I sleep I see this nightmare." He explained quickly.

But she was not at peace, "Physical harm is not the only damage possible, and you know it. Your mental health is just as important. Why don't we ask father? Maybe he will have a solution. We need to deal with this problem while we can, running away won't solve it."

"Well, I guess there is no harm in this," Alexander agreed.

He didn't even have to look up and speak, god's voice came on its own.

"Ah, my son, I was aware of talking to you in the future so I took an initiative in the past. I see what your problem is, child. I should've helped you earlier. Hello, Olivia my sweet child."

"Hello, father, please help Alex, I can't look into his eyes. They are too depressing." She pleaded.

"Well, nobody can easily handle betrayal from your loved ones. I was depressed too when Lucifer betrayed me. But I came out of it later because I understood the order of things. One thing must happen for the other to occur. It is all interrelated.

"Just so you know, if you had not been killed by your sons then you would've been killed by the president. He had also ordered a hit on you but it never reached the finalization stage.

"Also, everything that happened to you led to this exact moment. Look around you, son. Look into their eyes, see their love for you. You are not alone this time.

"And if it is about your nightmares. Normal medicine might not help you as you are certainly way beyond an ordinary human. You are already 42% equal to me. So, here you go. Take these tablets before sleeping. These induce calm happy memories in your mind."

Instantly a big jar of candies appeared beside him, "I take them like candies. You won't believe the things I see all the beings doing. Murder, crimes, and other horrible things. I also need some peace sometimes.

"Also, son, I have sent Michael a combined report from heaven. He will help you train to eventually become a big god. I can't wait to pass all this burde... I mean great responsibility on you and finally have some peace." God cheerfully said, making Alexander chuckle.

"Haha, thanks, old man. I will look into it. Now, stop peeking into your son's bedroom." Alexander jokingly got angry.

"Hahaha, It's not my fault. I see and know everything." God shrugged and stopped their connection.

Alexander looked out of the window, it was already morning in Phixheim. "*Sigh*Well, it is already morning, I might as well just get to work."

Alexander then noticed that all the tailed beasts who were hugging him had gone to sleep while still holding him and Olivia. Alexander put his glasses back on and moved.

"My potatoes, time to wake up. Let's eat breakfast and get to work." He softly woke them up.

One by one, they all woke up, some rubbing their eyes. "Ah, G-Chan, why were we hugging you?" Kokuo cutely asked.

"Because you all love me so much that you sleepwalked into my arms," Alexander said and again hugged them all with a warm heart. All of them nodded and accepted it with laughs. They really loved their G-Chan and there was no denying it.

After eating breakfast, he left all the beasts except Chomei who accompanied him as the doctor of Azula.

Outside, he took a sigh of relief seeing everything normal. All the weird people had left.

"Has everyone been sent back?" He asked Dobby.

"Yes, boss. All of them. We all just ate breakfast." Dobby answered.

"What about Deadpool?" He asked.

Dobby silently pointed to a pile of ash, "That's what's left of him after he tried to make a move on Ragnarok."

"Throw it inside a box and leave it in Phixheim." He instructed and walked to Aang and the other kids.

"Well, we had enough rest. Let's head to the capital now. We need to stop the fire lord." he declared, which cheered them all up.

Iroh was also there, "Ah, yes, my brother needs to be stopped. His ambitions know no bounds. At this rate, he will end up burning everything."

"So you're going to fight, Iroh?" Alexander asked.

"Hahaha... no, my fighting days are gone. Now I'm just a tea admirer. My dreams only include opening my own tea shop now." Iroh laughed it off.

Alexander then looked at Zuko who had a firm face, "What about you?"

"I will fight my father and find out what happened to my mother. Until then, I won't calm down." Zuko firmly said.

"Well, good thing, I guess I will need to train you too. Aang, you too. You have been slacking a lot lately. Ah, what did you do to Saitama? you two look like brothers now." Alexander exclaimed.

"Hehe, brother Saitama is very cool. He's not even a bender and can still airbend." Aang said.

Saitama scratched his bald head, "Ah, no, that was just my normal punch."

At the moment Aang and Saitama were wearing the same kind of clothes and both had arrows on their heads.

[A/N: Well, this chapter may not have been to the liking of some as it showed Alexander as a bit vulnerable, but this was just my attempt to truly make him invincible by confronting the past. Since chapter one, a few people had complained about 'how can Alexander be so heartless to not think about his sons' death'.

Well, this is the answer. No matter what they were, they were still his sons, even if they had stopped seeing him as their father, he truly cared for them. But he never confronted those memories up until now. Also, he still loves wearing glasses. That glasses story about his childhood was real.]

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