A Child

The figure rose from the ground, snuffing out the flames surrounding its body. The red light died away almost instantly, allowing Aaron to look at the creature. It was short, almost childlike, confusing him. Why was this kid on a spaceship that declared itself to be able to destroy planets? However, as he looked at them, Aaron was thrown to the ground by an unknown force, surprising him. Aaron's back slammed against the tarmac-like ground, rendering him immobile from shock for a second. Soul rushed towards the kid to try and hit him, but he was taken down the same way. The child hadn't moved from his standing position since he got up. However, the second Aaron stepped forward, the ground shattered beneath his force. "Weaklings, the pair of you." The child said both he and Aaron locked eyes. Aaron realised that he could not see the child's face. This was for reasons unknown. "I can't believe I'm related to you." The child spat at Aaron, causing Aaron to stand up and grab his neck faster than anyone had anticipated.

"I can't even see your face. Take your insult to hell." Aaron threatened the kid, knowing that he wasn't some ordinary child off the street. "You're Boundless, and so am I. However, when it comes to insulting people, you can say that I don't take them very well." Aaron told the kid who claimed to be related to him, a laugh coming from the child's mouth. "You're an idiot, Aaron. Just like you were back on Earth." The child commented, the world suddenly vanishing from his eyesight. He was back inside the void in his mind. "What the fuck?!" Aaron yelled, shocked. Soul, watching on from the outside, turned to the others. He stood faced away from Aaron's standstill body. "Lads. You guys need to make sure that nobody goes near the body. I'm heading in to help Aaron." Soul announced, attaching himself to Aaron's body. After all, a second out here was ten thousand inside someone's mind. Soul appeared inside the colourless arena that was Aaron's mind, watching the child kick Aaron's arm, dislocating it at the shoulder and breaking the bones around the impact zone. Soul rushed up behind Aaron, reaching him in a split second. He jumped over his head to attack the child. Soul was quickly sent flying towards the ground, somehow being dragged down from the air as he moved.

Aaron used the distraction that Soul provided to swing his broken arm at the child with all of the force he could muster, watching as the child quickly blocked his strike, punching him in the chest as a response. Aaron's spine flew away from his body, landing on the ground ten metres away. "I told you, Aaron. You are weak. I'm still not sure how you are related to me, but we are, and we're having family conflict." The child muttered, jumping up to grab Aaron's head and slamming him to the ground. Aaron's skull shattered upon impact, sending splinters of bones across the floor. Soul weakly stood up, still affected by the strange force pulling him down. It was impressive that he was on his feet under the extreme pressure the child was putting him under. However, that was short-lived, the child flinging Soul to the ground once more. It seemed he could only increase gravity, not manipulate it to his will.

"You are no blood of mine, child." A voice emanated from Aaron's body. His body didn't move, but he still spoke. "Oh yeah? Who do you trust more? My voice, or your lying eyes? After all, you can't even see my face with those deceitful digits." The child asked Aaron, grabbing what remained of his skull and slamming it into the ground, his head no longer recognisable. "I trust myself more than some overconfident kid who came to blow up this planet." Aaron taunted the child further, angering him. He tried to pick up Aaron's body again, but his hand slipped through Aaron's bones as if they did not exist. "What?" He asked himself in confusion as Aaron's body disappeared. "Have you not heard of illusions?" Aaron asked, his human body grabbing the child by the neck from behind with a smile on his face. "Ever heard of an illusion?" Aaron asked as he tightened his grip on the kid's throat, an audible choking sound coming from his mouth. "I believe my lying eyes more than the words that spew from your filthy mouth. I tried to take over a planet before, but that was only once, and not again. When you thought you could invade here, let me ask you something. You didn't know that something like this could happen, did you?" Aaron spat at the kid, aggravated at his actions. Aaron tried to use his insta-kill move, Telekinetic Psychobreak, to end this interaction, but nothing happened. "I guess I still can't use this on people of a higher Boundless level than me, right?" Aaron asked Memica, who confirmed his theory with a simple [Yes]. Aaron sighed, holding the child with his right hand as he slid his sword's sheath to the left side of his body. This took Aaron around five seconds since it was such a large blade.

In this period of time, the kid kicked Aaron in the sternum, forcing him to let go. In the second that followed, Aaron's 'relative' delivered a brutal punch to Aaron's chest, pushing bones and blood out from his back. A gory spectacle ensued. Aaron appeared to feel no pain from it, a smile lining his face. "Why are you smiling? You should be feeling extreme pain right now!" The child screamed at him, Aaron's smile widening. "Well, let me tell you something," Aaron said to the kid before pretending to cough. "You forgot someone," Aaron warned him, a black clawed hand sticking through the child's chest, a smile on Soul's face as he ripped his hand backwards. The kid let out a scream of pain that almost shocked Aaron, but it simply made him grin more. Aaron's body reformed itself as he stood up, scaring the child. "Why haven't you healed yourself yet?" Aaron asked him, the kid tearing up. Aaron only noticed the tears as they were streaming down the sides of his face. "You fucking idiot! I have slow regeneration, just like every other Boundless person! In a few minutes, my mind will die, and then I'll be dead! I've died once and had my chances with them down there, and I'm not going to get a third wind!" The child yelled, Aaron turning away from them. "You should've thought about that before you decided to invade a planet, right? I have no sympathy for those who come to destroy what I have, even if it's bonds of friendship." Aaron told them, watching as the child died slowly over the next fifteen seconds, his skin first turning pale before his body collapsed. Aaron couldn't even see the kid's face, but that didn't bother him as much as he thought. Aaron looked at Soul, a neutral expression now lining his face.

"We're probably the evil ones in the eyes of some people. Right?" Aaron asked Soul, who just shrugged. "I'm innately evil, that much I know. You, on the other hand, I don't know. However, everyone sees everyone differently, so you may be correct. However, we do not have time to dwell on that fact." Soul told him as he lifted his hand before pulling it down like a magician performing a magic trick, disappearing from Aaron's mind. Aaron smiled to himself, doing the same thing as Soul, just for comedic effect. He then appeared back out in his body, and the first question he asked was as follows.

"Does anyone mind disposing of that kid's body?"