Unexpected Encounters

The date is, uhm... Well, to be honest, I still don't know. Neither does Matt.

According to Lando, weeks, months, and years aren't really a thing here. I mean, they are. Uh... Kinda?

It's complicated. Here, they're not called "weeks," "months," and "years."

I mean, it didn't really matter anyway, because they were automatically translated thanks to {Convey}, but still...

On Nickleheim, a week is a five days, and goes by the name of "Kiep." A month is twenty days, and goes by the name of "Naugh." Or... Was that the year... Maybe the days...?

Aaagh! This is annoying! Whatever, who cares!

Matt's 3rd day on Nickleheim.

2:38 PM.

There! Who needs this planets' calendar anyways!?

Uh... Cough, cough...

I, uhm, might've gotten a bit carried away...

W-Well, anyways! Matt's been traveling for a few days now. He met Lando back in a remote village, which he later learned that it was called "Smviles."

...Okay, who names things around here? Really? I'm getting tired of this...

Uh, so, Matt... Right... Well, he agreed to join Lando's side as his ally. Turns out his family needed someone who can use electricity anyways. Ahh, but... Matt joined because of his good, and pure heart... Nothing more. Nope. Nopey!

As the two were traveling, by foot, to the Svulda main estate, well, they kinda grew more and more... Y'know, bored.

Is what I'd love to say, but nah... Matt wasn't that lucky, huh...

Lando had about ten million questions about Earth, and unfortunately, Matt had all the answers. And so, questioning began!

Lando had each and every country and U.S. state written in his little notebook, which to be fair, I still don't know where the hell he keeps getting it from...

And so, he wrote each country on their own page, and... You guys know where I'm hinting at, right?

By the end of the two days of traveling, the seemingly new notebook was full. And I mean, full. Everything Matt could remember about the country in question was written down in there.

And, here we are. The present, and their ongoing conversation.

As Matt yawned, Lando fired another question at him.

"France!! What about it's capital?!"

"You really love France, my guy... Damn... And I already told you three times..."

"No, no, not the name! It's Paris! I wanna know how big it is!"

"Fuck'f I know, man. No clue."

Lando sighed, depressed.

"Whaaat..."

"Next."

"Ah, uhm... Ro... What's this... R-Romania?"

"Okay, my dude, you're in love with Europe. Like, chronically."

"What's that mean? Explain!"

"Nevermind, you're as healthy as a horse."

After yet another depressed sigh, Lando suddenly stopped mid step, and stood upright.

He looked around, and put his hand on his sword's handle.

"Hey. You hear that?"

Just as Matt was about to respond with a "No", he heard a rustle coming from his right.

Hmm... No, that's not quite right... It's from ab-!

Matt quickly looked up, and a tree suddenly and violently shaked, while a figure jumped from it, from above them. And, y'would not believe it, it was aiming straight for Matt's throat.

Matt chuckled, and started charging his leg up. More and more electricity poured into it, making it start to glow purple, then yellow, then blue, then... Okay, it was changing colors at about fifteen colors per millisecond! RGB had nothing on Matt's leg!

Basically, in simple terms... That dude 'bout to be a soccer ball! Bye-bye, sayonara!

As Matt rose his right foot backwards, ready to strike at any second, a beautiful, flawless blue trace ran in front of him.

"What the he..."

"{Space Cut}."

Lando's sword was not unsheathed, and cut the very fabric of space, leaving behind said blue trace.

The second those words were spoken, the blue trace suddenly broke into a million pieces, scattering everywhere. As that was happening, time seemed to... Slow down...?

Or did Matt get faster? Who knows, who cares. Well, anyways... One thing's for sure.

This dude better ready the fuck up!

Matt swung upward with his leg, full force!

Moments before Matt's leg could meet said figure's stomach, a voice could be heard.

"W-W-W-Waaait! I-I s-surrender!!"

"Y're doing what now?"

Matt stopped his swing, unfortunately, and as soon as he did, time started flowing normally again. The electricity also dispersed. And uh... The dude fell on Matt's foot, which was no longer holding three billon volts, but also... Falling on something isn't so nice... Ouch...

Matt gave Lando a thumbs up, without bothering to look back at him, and said "Nice assist. Cool move."

After hitting Matt's leg, then the ground, said dude lied on the ground, in a not so perfect silence, sobbing. After about ten seconds, he got up, and gave Matt a thumbs up.

"I meant to do that!"

"No, you did not."

"Hey, that was too fast!!"

Ah, wait, looking more carefully... This dude is no dude at all... Before him stood a girl with short pink hair, dressed in some kind of armor, with an S emblem on it.

Hmm, looked familiar...

He looked back up Lando.

"Yo, Lando, could you show me your notebook a-"

Lando, which was usually cool and collected, was now red as Mars and had his feet trembling while looking at said girl.

"-gain. Or... Not."

Matt facepalmed, and sighed deeply.

"Ain't this some poor ass writing..."

Hey, don't break the fourth wall again. Also, deal with it, loser.

Matt coughed once or twice before continuing.

"Hey, uh... Friend of yours?"

"F-Friend! Yes! That!"

Matt looked up at the sky with the most disappointed look on his face ever, in his 17 years of life.

...Don't give me that look, Matt. It's not in my power.

Matt looked down again.

"And why did your 'friend' try cutting my throat?"

He emphasized the word friend, a lot.

"She's, um... M-My bodyguard..."

A vein popped up on Matt's head, in anger.

"And then why the fuck am I here?"

He emphasized the word I, a lot. Wait, that sounds familiar...

The girl with pink hair pointed her sword at Matt.

"Yes, indeed! Why are you here!"

She emphasized the word y- Okay, goddamn it, stop already! It's pissing me off!

"Stop with the emphasizing! For fuck's sake!"

Ah, seems like Matt agrees. Thank you.

He sighed.

"I'm the new hire."

"...Eh?"

He facepalmed, for the tenth time today.

"Y'all need someone with... Uh, electricity, right?"

He held his hand up, and started leaking said electricity.

"Here I am."

The girl with pink hair stood there for a while, thinking about her situation, before giving another thumbs up and responding.

"I knew that!"

"No, the fuck you did not."

"Too fast!!"

"Yeah, yeah. Now, can I get an explanation as to why you were trying to murder me?"

"You were acting suspicious with the young master!!"

Matt looked at Lando, disappointed, and whispered, "Really, dude? Her?"

Lando whispered back, "I mean... Yeah..."

Matt sighed, them responded with another whisper, "Fair enough, then. Emily's weird too."

As Lando whispered "Emi-what...?", Matt turned around, to face... Uh...

Nevermind. Matt looked back at Lando, and whispered.

"Name! What's her name!"

"I-It's Isabelle!"

"Oh, that's very fucking original!", said Matt while flipping off the sky.

"Huh? What was that?"

"Wasn't talking with you..."

Fuck you too, Matt. Ah, uh... Cough, cough... Well then... Matt turned around to face Isabelle.

"So, uh, look. I wasn't acting suspicious with nobody."

"Yes, you were! Three days ago-!"

"Yo, three days ago? You've been on my ass for three days?"

"W-Well... Y-Yes! But you were suspicious with the young master!"

...This is going nowhere.

Matt sighed, and looked back at Lando.

"How much more to the main house?"

"Uh... Two days? If we walk, that is."

"Hmmh. That so. I can make do then."

Matt kneeled down, and set himself to a runner's start. One foot behind, one in front.

"Grab on."

"...Huh?"

He pointed at Lando.

"You grab onto me. She grabs onto you. Easy, no?"

"W-W-Wait! There's no way!"

"Yes, there is. You're short, I'll make do."

"That's not what I was talking about!!"

Isabelle went over to Lando, and gently grabbed a corner of his clothes.

"...You won't?"

Lando, who suddenly had the courage and determination of fifteen men ready for a thousand year war, one that would end half of the population of the planet, leaving it in jeopardy, grabbed onto Matt.

"Let's go already."

...I have no words. Neither does Matt, who still looks disappointed, at a... Large number of things...

As soon as Isabelle grabbed onto Lando, Matt sprinted, full speed ahead.

Hmm. Weird. Matt's body feels weirdly light. He's running with two people wearing light armor on them, and he's barely breaking a sweat.

"I wonder how fast I am while alone...", he thought to himself.

And so, Matt kept running and running, towards the Svulda main estate.

It didn't take them exactly long to get there, as a few hours later, they were at the front gate.

The house looked big, and yet the garden looked even bigger. It had about five floors.

Matt put the two down, and cracked his neck and back.

"Ahh... That hit the spot... 'Kay Lando, do your thing. Open it up."

"I can't just "open it up." It's the Svulda main residence, it's heavily guarded and... Locked..."

Lando looked around, but no sign of anybody. He tried to look left and right again and again, but to no avail. The whole area looked like a ghost town.

"Where... Where're the guards? The butlers and maids?"

Matt scanned the area. As expected, no signs of anyone. As he did so, he saw a little something, in the corner of his eye, his peripheral vision. His head jolted upwards, to a window on the third floor.

A shadow. Some movement. A pair of eyes. A smile full of sharp teeth.

Danger.

"...Hmm."

Matt looked down at Lando.

"Hey, Lando. Say "okay" please."

"Uhm... Well, "okay"? Why, what for?"

"You've just given me permission to fuck that motherfucker up!"

Matt squatted down, charged up his legs, and jumped the highest he's ever jumped! Straight over the fence, straight into the third floor window...!

Ah... He's... Loosing altitude... Mayday, mayday!

Lando watched as Matt entered a window with a loud Bang! and a lot of shattered glass noises.

"That guy... What the hell..."

"Uh... He just went through a window, after jumping... Far. Very far. Huh. Y'don't see that every day."

Lando sighed, and tried to open the gate. To his surprise, but at the same time not really, it was unlocked. The two went in, then through the front door, and started following after Matt.

Meanwhile, Matt... Jumped through a window on the second floor.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Almost made it... Next time for sure...!"

He got up, wiped the glass shards off his clothes, and sighed.

"Yeah, honestly, why am I not surprised..."

He turned around, and to absolutely nobody's surprise, he was surrounded by... Well, he didn't know what.

"Aww... They're dogs! From fuckin' hell! How cute!"

Big, ugly and dangerous looking beasts stood before him. And behind him. And to his left... Okay, you get the point, they were basically surrounding him.

The beasts were about as big as bears, yet they looked like wolfs. They had fangs as sharp as a sword, and claws as big as knifes. They were covered in grey, brown or dark blue fur. Maybe... it shows status among them? The bigger, the brighter the fur color... Anyways... One amongst them was... Different.

Bigger than the others, uglier than the others, and fiercer than the others. He had a red fur, one that can only compare to the crimson blood flowing through our very veins.

Matt knew it, I knew it, everyone knew it.

"You're the big bad wolf! I'll nickname you Piggy! Now huff and puff, asshole!"

That it did! With a roar of shock and horror, Piggy commanded everyone to attack at once!

Dozens of gigantic wolfs were coming straight at Matt... And yet... He stood there, unfazed and without a care in the world!

"One-way ticket to hell for everyone, I assume?"

Now, what'll come next might sound... Weird... And false. But trust me, I speak nothing than the truth. Always. Usually. Sometimes...

Matt, instead of taking a battle stance, he took the stance of a... Ballerina? And with a swing of his arms, he started... Uh, spinning...

Soon after, electricity started surrounding him, electrocuting anyone and anything that came near!

"I call this... Spinjitz-"

That's copyrighted!

And while Matt wasn't made of building blocks or anything, he still took down most of the beasts attacking him. A few were wiser, and stood back, letting Matt finish his... Y'know...

After he stopped spinning, while still dizzy, for obvious reasons, he summoned his electric scythe.

"Whew... Not doing that again. I've had enough, for real."

He pointed the scythe at the remaining beasts.

"You think they let dogs in heaven? Not that you're getting in..."

After saying that honestly cringe one-liner, he put power into his legs again, and started running towards them. When he got closer, he jumped, and slashed about five of them in one go, then after did a cool pose like a videogame character using an ultimate.

"Who's next to die?"

Please, someone stop him. I beg.

Matt, once again, put power into his legs, and ran around, finishing off the other beasts left. As blood splattered everywhere, all of the low-tier beasts soon died. And only one remained.

"Ah, there you are, Piggy. Missed ya' dude, for real."

The big one.

Piggy started growling at his words. He took a better stance, ready to attack at any second. Matt soon followed suit. The two stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds.

They both recognized the thing in front of them as a formidable foe. And they both were ready to kill it.

It's a battle of who can overpower the other, who can use their brain the best, utilize their full abilities.

And when it comes to pure brain power, Matt takes the win any day of the goddamn year, be it March, October or December!

He sprinted towards the beast, and faked out a jump, while actually going for a slide. Y'wouldn't believe it, but it worked.

Matt cut Piggy across it's stomach while sliding in-between his legs, but Piggy caught Matt with his tail, and held him tight.

"Hey, you have five limbs... No fair..."

Matt screamed out, in a combination of frustration and annoyance, and electricity leaked out from him, harming the tail and making it let go.

Matt took his battle stance again. His brain started thinking in superspeed.

"Damn... Why is this thing inside the Svulda house? The main one, too?"

"A pet? Yeah, right... More like the pet of the intruder... Gotta get to the third floor..."

"How do I beat it? Keep slashing at it? Try to finish it in one attack? Switch weapons? Switch plans? Maybe-"

"Shit, my brain won't stop thinking!"

Matt closed his eyes for not even two seconds, and when he opened them up again...

"Got it!"

He dispersed his scythe, and cracked his knuckles.

"Come on, big guy."

The beast became enraged at his foolishness! How dare he look down on him? How dare he fight him unarmed?!

He charged at Matt with all that he had, and as he went to bite him in half, going straight for the kill...

Matt... Disappeared?

No... He's above!?

And once again... It's time for... That.

Matt yelled out, with everything that he had.

"Ain't I just fucking awesome, Piggy?!"

His leg, now glowing white from the electricity, was swung at the beast, full force, right in its side!

"{UltraNova}, bitch!!"

Matt thought that he would get knocked down and that's about all, but...

Boom. Matt could hear cracking sounds, splatter sounds, and yet no sound from Piggy.

When he opened his eyes, the shock from the hit was still there, the feeling that his leg hit something was there, but... Nothing was actually there.

What remained was a whole lot of red fur flying around the room, and blood splattered everywhere in the room, alongside some bones. Everywhere.

As Matt finally hit the ground, he looked down. His leg, which was still glowing slightly white, was covered in blood. Blood that was not his. Blood of something that was unknown. Blood of something he had killed.

He looked around the room, at what he had done. Dozens of gigantic beasts, lying dead on the floor. And only fur remained of their leader. The big bad wolf was now... Nothing. Reduced to... Nothing.

Matt looked down, at himself, once again. He just killed a lot of things. He didn't exactly... Dislike it.

But he definitely did not like it either.

They deserved it fully, but... He didn't like it.

As he wiped some blood from his face, blood that was still not his, he sighed, and started walking towards the stairs leading to the third floor.

He looked at his hand once again, that was now red, and clenched it hard. So hard, that blood of his own started to appear on it, slowly but surely.

Matt sighed yet again, deeply, and let his hand rest again, while his gaze looked down below, into the blood painted floor.

"...Tsk."

He clicked his tongue, then looked forward again, and picked up the pace, towards the third floor.

"I am not 'him', for fuck's sake..."