Chương 42: Round Two with "God"

Zell reappeared before Kaitlyn a second after he left. She was shocked by the change in his appearance. "Whoa clothing change?!" She said. "Did everything go as you wanted it to?"

Zell looked down at his hands. The hands he used to choke the life out of the person who took everything from him. He smiled. "Yes." He replied. "Everything is fine now. Are you ready to depart back to our world?"

"Yes." Kaitlyn said. "We have a job to do."

"Alright..." Before Zell could say another world, he lost all consciousness and fell to the ground, face first into the sand. He opened his eyes to find a familiar scene. The white void he found himself in the day he died. Again, the woman was sitting waiting for him. "Did I die again?" He asked. "At least I got to avenge my family."

God took a deep breath and sighed in disappointment. "You are not dead, I simply wanted to speak with you." She said. "It has come to my attention that one of my children has died, this is unacceptable. I also found that you went to Earth with my child's power and caused destruction. This is also unacceptable." God glared at Zell. "Daughter I know you are within him; you get out here this instant."

Zell's body began to glow until he became pure white. Then the white light separated from him and formed Anna.

"It's good to see you mother." Anna said with a tone of fear in her voice. "It's been so long."

"Quiet." God snapped. "I will deal with you later."

"Yes mother." Anna said sheepishly.

[This is nothing like the last time.] Zell thought to himself.

"Look I understand you are a curious boy Zell, but you must not interfere with the world of gods." God explained. "You didn't know our ways, our rules, so I cannot punish you harshly. However, I must still punish you. You have broken our laws and killed my child. Such unspeakable acts will have to be answered for. I just don't understand. I gave you ultimate power on that world, and yet you do nothing with it. I know I told you I was not sending you to save that world, but the truth is, I was. Eddy has placed a demon lord there and means to destroy the planet's human population. I had hoped you would take it upon yourself to save the world, given the power I blessed you with. But sadly, you instead chose to bully and kill my children."

"I didn't have a choice!" Zell said.

"You dare lie to me?" God said in a thunderous voice. "With all of your power the only option you could decide on was violence?" She sighed deeply again. "I suppose mortals are still the youngest of my creations, still no more than savage beasts when you break it down." She walked over to Zell and gave him a slight tap on the cheek with her hand. "Don't threat much, as I said I won't punish you too harshly. In fact, some would consider your punishment a blessing."

"So, what is my punishment?" Zell asked.

"First you will surrender the powers of time and space." God said. "I will use them to rebuild my child and give him a second life. Next you will complete the task I sent you to complete. I want you to save that planet. I want as many lives saved as possible. I do not care for violence and destruction so please keep it to a minimum, I want you to bring peace to that world. Do this and I may yet forgive you."

"I was going to do that anyway." Zell said. "I was on my way to meet with the demon lord when I got trapped in the realm of gods. I learned about the world's soul dying and went on a mission to achieve world peace."

"The world's soul?" God asked. "That is not a thing. Where did you hear that?"

"The beast people told me about it." Zell said.

"Why do mortals invent things to worship instead of me!" She yelled. "Tell them the next time you see them that I am who they should worship, not some petty fake world soul. Either way it is good you were already on a mission of peace. I will tell you the best way to achieve this. Kill the demon lord. This will break the spirits of the other nonhumans and prevent any future attacks. Then there is the matter of Rose, your sister."

"What about her?" Zell asked.

"Something is wrong about her." God replied. "I am certain Eddy had something to do with it. Kill her as well just to be on the safe side."

"You want me to kill my sister?" Zell asked.

"Yes." God replied. "And do not defy me on this, remember you are on thin ice after what you have done. After you have killed those two, I do not know what Eddy will do next, so you must be ready for anything."

"I will." Zell answered. [I need to figure something out. I do not want to have to kill my sister, I know I can talk her down.] He thought.

"I took the liberty of upgrading your status screen." God said. "You will now be able to read your level. Go on and try it out."

"Status." Zell said and a new screen appeared before him. He would clearly see numbers now and not just errors and glitches. Says I'm back to level two million?"

"Yes, my daughter has separated from you." God said. "So, you have reverted back to your original level." God reached out her hand and a golden orb left Zell's body. "I have removed the powers of time and space from you."

"How am I supposed to get back to my planet when I wake up?" Zell asked.

"Use the door." God said. "I have already rigged it to take you home. Remember, do whatever it takes for peace, but save as many lives as you can. I understand there will be casualties."

"Now daughter we are going to have a nice long discussion about what we tell mortals." Zell heard God say before he woke up on the beach. Kaitlyn on top of him pushing on his chest, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Don't die on me Zell!" Kaitlyn yelled. "Please don't leave me! I need you!"