Misspoke

Mantis decided not to sleep any further, but to think carefully about what he dreamed. He went into his room and locked the door, the clock showed deep night. The curtains were drawn, and because the door was closed and the lights were off, the room was pitch dark. Mantis sat down on the bed and closed his eyes to think, but suddenly..

He finds himself in another space, it was also dark there, but much darker than in the room. In front of him stood a figure similar to himself. It's unclear why it was visible if it was dark here.

That man spoke:

—Did you remember everything?

—A? What..? Oh, yes..?

—Then you should know who I am.

—Are you by any chance the second part of my body?

—I am, i am your brain, mind, knowledge, mentality, and so on

—But how can you communicate with me?

—Although we were separated, "we" left a piece of memory. This is our axe. Both you and I have it. It also needs to be connected to unlock its full power.

—Soo.. nothing connects us except it?

—Yes, I can track you through it without using magic. Through it I can somehow observe you, and also, under suitable conditions, talk to you.

—How can I find you?

—At the moment, no way, I'm very far away. I've been arriving in "nowhere" for "an eternity".

—Where is "nowhere"?

—There is literally nowhere, don't you understand?

—Ah, my mistake

—Everything is fine, now, it's time for both of us to go. I can't communicate anymore, and it's time for you to wake up, time moves differently here

Mantis wakes up from a long knock on the door. The seventh woke up and didn't find Mantis nearby, much less answer him. Mantis jumped up and opened the door

—Hey, is everything alright? You were ignoring me for five minutes

—Oh yeah, i just fell asleep

—Okay, otherwise I was worried

—Sorry, my fault

—Don't blame yourself, let's go have breakfast.

—Alright, I'll be there soon

As soon as the seventh left, the smile on Mantis's face fell. He began to suspect the Seventh, began to distrust. How does seventh know about something he couldn't know? But he apparently won't be able to ask this question directly, so he'll have to pretend that he doesn't remember or know anything. It won't be easy. But no one promised it'll

Mantis comes to the kitchen, everything is as usual. The seventh cooked something, Mantis ate, they chatted a little and went their separate ways. Today is a weekday, so they have to go to work. After a whole day, they returned home. And as usual they did all our work, later they went to the living room to relax.

—Hey, Mint?

—What?

—Do you think we can defeat the gods?

—No, they are too strong, even though I got my memory back, I won't be able to fight

—Wait, what?

—F**k, you didn't hear it. Got it?

—Are you threatening me?

—It's not that, there's no point in it.

Mantis sighs

—You've already heard it and remembered it anyway

—Why did not you tell me?

—I'll be honest, I don't trust you anymore. And not only you

—I see, I won't ask questions then. Just know that I'm not your enemy, our goals are similar.

In response, Mantis only remained silent. His personality has changed,

and thinking too. He was already thinking about whether he could talk to the other "himself" again. The seventh looked at Mantis and left, his personality also changed. Looks like they will have to get acquainted again,

what upsets seventh.

Since then they have rarely spoken, contacted or seen each other. Two weeks have passed since that moment, every night Mantis sees a different self and learns more about himself. One day Seventh invites Mint to take a walk around the city, to which he reluctantly agrees. They walk silently, only the noise of billboards and traffic disturbed this silence. Suddenly, a catastrophe occurs ahead. The sky turned red, just as all the walls around were stained with the blood of the victims. Creatures not similar to people destroyed everything around and killed unlucky people. Smelling the smell of blood, Mantis sharply raised his head and his mind was filled with the phrase:

Destroy everything

He rushed forward, the ax appeared in the hands of the attacker and a red and bloody aura emanated from it, thirsty for blood. He couldn't control himself, he wanted to battle. All his clothes were covered in blood, including his face, he exterminated all the creatures until one of them was behind him. He didn't have time to react, he has already accepted his fate, but then someone's black spear flies into the creature made of flesh and bloody mess. And then the owner of this spear appears. She is a tall girl with black hair and black eyes wearing one bib and a blue T-shirt underneath, with black pants and dark shoes. Her right hand was replaced with an iron one. "Are you alright?", - she asked.

"I'm fine.", - Mantis answered her coldly

Now they were fighting together. After a couple of minutes they killed all the creatures. Yeah, it looks like those who were killed were twisted in a meat grinder. But who is this girl anyway?