'Mortal Man'

I'm not a god, and I don't want to be one either,

I'm just me, nothing more nothing less,

But who am I really?

Before I thought it was something I could learn by being told so or maybe I'd find out through other means,

Now I know that's not the case,

Who I am is who I choose to become, what values do I claim what things I do and don't like,

I can't very well decide those things just yet, but maybe I don't have to either

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The Great City Pluton, a city full of all human life on Terra yet devoid of it at the same time,

A place where no one needed to work, where everything down to the simplest task like walking, had an alternative to make it easier,

The ones who enjoyed this laziness were the third class citizens, aka the unmodified humans, they mostly stayed in doors unless ordered by the supreme leader,

To summarize their lives, they basically lived, while not doing anything at all,

Life without life..

The second class citizen, were the modified humans, except those of low military rank which as based on things like combat potential and intelligence, they were essentially the foot soldiers of Terra

Life that lives not for oneself

The first class citizens are the top tier humans, in intelligence and combative, but even a step above the second class citizens, these humans were also modified too feel no human temptations, i.e.: the things that we distract ourselves with,

They often went under the banner name of Xander labs that created them, Alexander, etc, etc, the names would follow.

Life without meaning for itself

…..

And now all this life was being snuffed out….

Piercing arrows of light rained from the skies, like heat seekers trailing after every single human on Terra,

From fetus to full grown adult, none were spared, and because the population was not even more than one hundred thousand, it meant that of the millions of arrows many people got the taste of multiple being railed into them like an automatic rifle striking it's target,

Bloody and battered the Great City Pluton had become,

And in the epicenter of it all…

….

"How tragic" Kage sighs in the most sarcastic tone ever

The supreme leader lays out a corpse in which multiple light spears pierce,

"And with this done, come on Apollo–,"

Dead.

He was also dead as well,

What did you expect?

What did I expect?

"No, wait.

No, What

Why did I have to kill everyone?

Why couldn't it have been the one!?"

Kage clutches his head in a crazed fashion

Fighting with his own self,

"No, undo it!"

He screams his black curls, slowly transitioning back to their normal silver–

–No, they keep getting lighter,

"asgh!" he slaps his face in frustration,

"Undo it!

Undo it!

Bring them back!"

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"Ughh"

"hahahaha!"

"uhhhhh–What?" Apollo blinks his eyes open at the sound of laughter

He feels his legs again, as a matter of fact, he feels perfectly fine, no pains or sores,

"haha,

So, you couldn't let yourself do it Kage" Xezus laughs,

He is also back up and in full health,

Kage stands in front of Apollo almost like she's shielding him,

"Kage….?

What happened, what did you do?

Why is your hair so white now?" Apollo unloads the questions as quick as they formulate in his thoughts

"Everyone died so I undid it" Kage speaks with a much softer tone than before,

Each words makes Apollo feel all warm and bubbly inside,

"So does that mean Himari–"

"Himari's memories already became one with me, she isn't dead because she lives on through me,

I am Himari now,

But I am also Kage…."

"The divine feminine,

I've heard about you from many angels,

I'm now understanding this more, what you really are, Kage," Xezus extends his hand graciously to Kage, as if he'd not just been killed by the very same person,

…..

"Kage, the Kage Apollo is familiar with is like a cocoon,

One that constantly absorbs everything around it in a constant state of growth waiting for the day that it becomes a butterfly" she replies vaguely

"And are you this butterfly?" presses Mr. First curiously

"No, the Kage that killed you and I, we are the caterpillars,

The butterfly has yet to blossom…

...

Apollo," She now turns to him,

"Punish, this man the supreme leader on my behalf, I cannot engage in offensive combat,"

"…punish?

I don't really know what's going on here, but if you mean I should pummel this man,

Then…

….

I'm glad I can use this again–

Godspeed!"

–BAAJJAAMM!♪

In less than second Apollo rushes at the supreme leader, but immediately he goes flying back on contact with the man

"I'm done with fighting for now," shrugs the supreme leader, his body still glows like sun, reflexively blasting anything that grazes his skin,

"You are permitted to leave with Kage for now, while I document this new invo–"

"–Dirt drain!"

During Apollo's failed and attacking attempt Kage's hair had reverted from white to it's regular silver,

The ground below Xezus opens up unexpectedly swallowing him, partially, his upper half still remains over ground

....

(Dirt drain? was really the only name I could think of?)

"Apollo" I call to my friend,

"Lets do the old water arrow lighting combo that we did literally that one time,"

"Kage," he nods and smiles in response realizing I was Kage, his Kage,

"This is getting old, goodbye for now" Mr. First attempts to teleport away,

...

"….??

Why, can't I?"

"Raindrop arrow!"

Splash, the water lashes the man doing next to nothing damage,

"Darius bolt!"

Apollo chucks his lighting charged sword at the foe,

Bzzzzzztttttt!!

The sword connects, he blocks, and it only causes a slight surge, to him…

"You disabled my ability to warp space for that, pathetic attack?

Take my olive branch and leave right now, or at least let me leave,

I really need a moment to get these news developments sorted."

"I just thought the attack was cool" I yawn,

"I had no intention of killing you with that when I can easily do this–"

Strumm!♪

DDDOOOOFFFMMM!!♪

Strutting my air guitar, a song echoes out blasting the mans body to bits in an instant,

His head the only thing that, remains rolls across the dilapidated ravaged street to my feet...

"I am not surprised by this at all" Xezus laughs still very much alive,

"Kudos to you for learning how to use your power Kage, but my brain is constantly being backed up to my own private server, even if you kill me now, my data cannot be erased, and I will have another body soon, so–"

"– that means I could do this" Apollo interjects

CRRRRCCKKSSHH!!

He crushes the skull, hushing the supreme leader,

...

…

The two of us stop and soaks in the silence….

…..

….

….

(A lot has happened in such a short time, I don't know….)

"I'm sorry about Himari, if it wasn't for me…" I break the silence

But he just pulls me into his embrace,

Tears begin rolling down his cheeks,

(It's not over is it?)

I embrace him back, clutching tight,

All of Himari's memories with Apollo now mine,

It feels both weird and endearing at the same time,

…..

It would be a while till we stopped hugging,

….

….

The great city of Pluton, a city that has come back from the brink of extinction multiple times before, this was no different,

Things may not even change after all said and done,

That doesn't affect me however…

I'm just trying to figure out myself, like every other person here,

But I don't know….

I'm no mortal man

Maybe I'm just…...