章 2: The afterlife? Part 1

(POV Cyrus)

As my sight was submerged in darkness it was just as quickly engulfed in light.

As my eyes adjust to the light I begin to think (Ok there's one of two possibilities of what going on, I am going to wake up in a hospital and a doctor will tell me I was in a coma for a while. Or the afterlife exists, and I died and am about to be judged).

With my sight regained both my conclusions shattered, I stood bewildered with my mouth agape in a seemingly endless library with bookshelves as tall as houses.

As I look around me in marvel, I suddenly feel the floor shake I stumble back seeing some of the bookshelves move to create a sort of clearing.

Then I see an antique desk and two chairs materialize out of nothing in the clearing.

(Is this a dream or some shit) I wonder pinching myself.

Feeling nothing I decided to punch myself in the stomach only to see my arm go through it and instead of feeling pain, I felt the urge to vomit.

I quickly retract my arm in shock, and the feeling vanishes as I do.

I try patting my stomach to see if there was a wound only for my hands to go straight through and the sickening feeling to return.

(Ok this is definitely real cause I can feel things, but how is this scientifically possible?) I wonder in amazement.

I again retracted them and started experimenting with my body poking my finger in and out throughout my body.

I look at my hand wondering what was going on until I notice something my hand looked a bit translucent in fact my whole body did. (Wait where even am I and how did I-).

But before I could even process this discovery I hear a somewhat muffled chough echo through the library and look towards where the clearing was.

I looked at the clearing and saw a man in an all black suit standing next to the table.

Just as I was about to speak, he beat me to it and spoke in a heavy but inviting tone "Well what are you waiting for sit down boy.".

"Why should I listen to you?" I question the unknown yet familiar man in a tone coated with malice.

"Because I am what you would call a deity and it's best you sit down or do I have to use force." I heard his voice boom throughout the infinite space.

Listening to the self-proclaimed deity I didn't take any chances and complied.

"Good now that you've settled down, we have to discuss the untimely demise of you and your brother." he said in a much gentler and more solemn tone as he sat down on a chair.

"Wait up Logan died! I saw the wound he couldn't have died it would have at most, paralysis him waist down!" I exclaimed slamming my hand on the table, surprisingly not phasing through it.

"Yes that would have been the case if you didn't count poison-coated bullets into the equation." he told me while motioning for me to sit back down.

"Why would the shooter coat his bullets in poison?" I ask him questionably.

"Well we kind of accidentally cursed you and every other pillar of humanity your generation had with bad luck." he said with an apologetic face.

"How the fuck do you curse that many people with bad luck!" I scream out, pinching my nose's bridge only for it to phase through.

I sigh and look at him in the eyes "And what the hell do you mean by 'we'.".

"I'll answer all your questions just calm down," He said in a heavy but apologetic tone.

"To put it simply by 'we' I meant all the other deities including me the deity of science" he paused letting me process.

"And the bad luck part is well because of blessings they were given b-" "Sorry to interrupt but what are blessings?" I say in a confused tone.

"Don't interrupt me again boy I was about to explain" his voice once again booming through the library.

"A blessing is what is given to a child at birth by a deity, let's take you as an example because you were blessed by me, a deity of science you had a better time absorbing and understanding the concepts of science. that is why at the ripe of fifteen years old you had multiple degrees under your belt." he paused letting me process. "

"And let's say you were blessed by a deity of strength your body would have more potential than a normal human and you'd be a natural born fighter, your instincts would be heightened, you'd have denser muscles, bone, etc." he said in a matter of fact tone.

"Now back to where I left off, you see with these blessings comes good luck to the one receiving it-" he stopped seeing my expression.

"I know your thinking ' Then why did I have bad luck ' etc, well that's the thing even deities don't know why this disaster occurred. All we know is that appeared thirty years ago and it's actively trying to kill all life by giving bad luck, influencing choices, causing natural disasters, etc." he said solemnly.

I felt rage overtake me and shouted "So you don't know why World war four started, how nine billion lives were reduced to a measly few million within the last decade!" I paused letting my words sink in.

"How humanity may be doomed to fall in the coming future, and how my life, as well as others, were screwed countless times!" I shouted not caring about him being a deity.

"Yes we don't know and it's not just your planet that's affected it's affected a few other civilizations in your universe and it's spread throughout your multiverse" he solemnly informed me.

"Your a deity can't you just oh I don't know, go down there and stop it yourself." mockingly said.

"We have already tried doing that! and one of our brethren has already fallen going down to the mortal plane attempting to stop it." he angrily shouted.

"What do you mean by that?" I said surprised.

He calmed down and sighed before explaining "Alright before I explain you should know what the omniverse is." he paused waving his hand in the air.

Suddenly the entire library seemed to lose all its light and a small bright hologram-like structure appeared in front of me.

(What the hell is that thing.) I wondered resisting the urge to poke it.

"This is earth, your earth to be more precise" he swiped his hand, and the image changed.

"This is the solar system your earth orbits and your solar system is contained in this milky way galaxy" he stood up and touched the table making it disappear along with the chairs.

I fell down not expecting it to disappear "Hey! What was that for!" I exclaimed.

"You wanted an explanation I'm giving you one now stop bitching around like a brat and let me concentrate on the next part!" he said in an irritated tone.

To be continued