Chapter 5: Basic Li Stinks

  Dark, Hercules, Askal, and Kagitingan are brought into the throneroom of General Ahasan, who wore a very sharply presented General’s outfit with a metallic mask.

  “General Ahasan. The Metal Usog User…” said Dark, standing before Ahasan.

  “And I believe you’re the two assassins sent to kill me. And now you choose to betray your kind by giving me a trial.”

  Dark sighs, looking away, furrowing his nose. “I’m… I just wanted to talk.”

  “Talk.”

  At brunch, they are served massive shellfish of muscles, Manila clams, and giant oysters along with massive river prawns and pansit.

  Dark just crosses his legs, facing Ahasan.

  Askal stares at him.

  Ahasan smiles. “So. What do I owe the pleasure of such a trial?”

  “We… were told to kill you. But I will decide if you deserve it. Why does the US Government want you dead?”

  “And if you decide that I should die, how would you kill me, exactly?”

  “Surprises, dear Ahasan,” smirked Dark.

  “Fine,” said Ahasan. “Heard of Sinostan, yes?”

  “Country that wants the South Sino Sea, yes. Well, a group of politicians from the Philippines stole from government funds recently, and now the funds they are now in-debt of are now desired by the public. This is known as the Superhero Guardianship fund, which is a project that protects the Philippines from real-world threats. However… They stole from the funds, and now the Congressman you had killed was the last that owed me… money. You see, we had a deal. I pay their debt away, and we get to keep our country’s resources from any of the countries: Philippines, Sinostan, Malaya, Javaland, Siama, every fucking South East Asian country away from it. But here you fucking are… In my fucking territory. Sent to kill me for protecting my people. But, the Congressmen had a deal with America. You see, Sinostan is a huge, huge rival of your people, so the Congressmen started talking to each other. They think that all those war crimes near or borders were caused by the Sinostan, so they want the US government to start a fucking war crime here.”

  “Bullshit,” said Dark.

  “Yes! The American government and the Philippine congressmen had a blood pact into genociding MY PEOPLE, BRINGING FUCKING KAGITINGAN INTO MY TERRITORY!!!”

  Kagitingan smiles, but cries.

  “So, I suggest the four of you l-...”

  Ahasan gets a fist bored out of his chest by a mysterious… Ares.

  Ares sneers, dropping Ahasan’s body to the ground.

  Ares sighs. “Boss? Yes. We have ‘em killed.”

  “What the fuck?” asked Dark. ”Are you the fucking God of War?”

  “Yeah…” he said, lighting a cigar. “Listen, fuckers. We’re uh… here to bomb this place. We’re lighting Kagitingan up.”

  Suddenly, Kagitingan’s eyes began glowing.

  Hercues’ eyes widen. “Kagitingan?”

  “Fuck…” said Kagitingan, eyes widened, terrified. “I don’t wanna go through this again, man! Herc! Herc, help me!“

  “What’s happening?” asked Hercules.

  “They activated my power somehow!” he teared up.

  “Yes, I did,” From the shadows, Buwaya walks out.

  Askal’s eyes widen. “Dad?“

  “Hello, Mutt,” smiled Buwaya. “Like the new bomb I made?”

  “What the fuck is going on!?” roared Askal.

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  “Oh, come on! A group of Filipino supremacists tricking the Cock-Casians to genociding a fucking outsider country? Who would’ve thought that it wouldn’t be the infamous Emilia Li’s father? Hm? You two are fucking shameless idiots not knowing what you’re messing with.”

  Hercules backs away. “You’re… the Dad.”

  “Yes. I am congressman Teodoro Aguinallo Li. I’m half-Sinostani but I fucking hated the Sinostani. Them outsiders and infidels are gonna enjoy death… So, join me, kids, and we’ll rule the-...!”

  Dark roars and charges toward Buwaya as Buwaya blasts him in the face, blowing half his head open.

  “NOOOO!!!” Askal sobbed as she tackled her father.

  Kagitingan whimpers, flying up to avoid killing the people, but radiation began leaving his body.

  Hercules exchanged strikes with Ares, knocking his teeth out and knocking him down, shockwaves blasting out after every strike.

  Askal roars, knocking him down and stabbing his armor over and over.

  “You fucking interbred mutt. God challenged me when you were born… And I let you live…” He said, as he broke her arm and knocks her down. He prepares to blast her. “God challenged me, as he did Abraham, as he did Jacob…”

  “You’re a fucking monster… God didn't say any of that… You’re fucking crazy racist FU-!!!”

  Dark, now in his Aswang form, cuts the armor down and slashes at his father with his katana, who grabs him by the neck and beats him to the ground.

  Buwaya beats him over and over, popping his eyeball as Askal shoots at Buwaya’s face over and over with her gun.

  Buwaya blasts at her and knocks her into the wall.

  Buwaya beats Dark over and over. “I knew I shoulda killed ya! You’re nothing but a filthy foreigner posing as one of us!!!” He snaps his shoulder. “Fucking white MUTT!!!”

  “FUCK!!!“ roared Dark, as he struggled to break free.

  Buwaya just keeps beating him, even crushing his skull.

  Askal roars, dropkicking Buwaya, but is then knocked to the ground.

  Hercules, meanwhile, now has his guts torn up, where instantly a bomb explodes in the sky while Kagitingan screams in horror, grabbing and clawing his face, creating a ripple effect in the sky.

  “ALL HAIL THE BROWNS!!!” howled Buwaya, as he choked his own daughter. “EH! I’ll kill you and spread my seed all over your disgusting mutt corpse-!!!”

  Dark beats and hammers his katana at the back of his head and beats him, as a crack in his armor opens, but he blasts Dark away, who slides back on his feet. ”WHERE’S THE TRIGGER THAT ACTIVATES KAGITINGAN!?!?”

  His father smiles and shows a remote-like device to Dark, before crushing it. “Oops…”

  Dark begins chanting and throat singing Tagalog words. “Tawag natin sila galing sa aking mga dugo sa ilalim ng balete at patayin ang nagdadarasal sa kulimlim…” He repeats this chant.

  Askal then grabs her last weapon, a screwdriver, which she uses to stab a small crack in his armor. “YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! YOU KILLED DAISUKE!!! YOU… KILLED… MY FUCKING FATHER!!! YOU’RE THE MUTT!!! BUT YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING!!! WE ARE MUTTS!!! WE’RE MUTTS FOR NOT FUCKING MURDERING YOU WHILE YOU LET US KILL ALL THE PEOPLE YOU WANTED DEAD YOU FUCK!!!”

  “You fucking pathetic… bitch…” Askal roars and drives the screwdriver into his neck as he stood up, turned to Dark, who moved as quickly as light itself, and cuts his head in half, causing him to fall to his knees and fall to the ground.

  Dark and Askal look up, tearing up and sobbing, smiling at each other, before breaking down in tears.

  Hercules beats Ares down, guts hanging out of his abs.

  Dark helps him up.

  “You… need to talk to him…” said Hercules. “He’s a… cyborg Ubermensch. Turned into a nuke by the Americans.”

  “What do you want us to do?”

  Askal and Dark meet with Kagitingan, as Hercules had flown them to the sky above.

  Kagitingan tears up.

  The trio just smiled with him.

  Kagitingan speaks.

  “Any last requests, old friend?” asked Dark.

  “You’re here to kill me…” Kagitingan quivered.

  Dark nods.

  “Back in the labs… the scientists only told me stories of violence to make me a creature meant to kill… Tell me a story… with a happy ending.”

  “Once… there was a… good man from a secret island in the middle of the sea… who adopted a young boy from a plane crash. He popped out of the luggage, and the man happily adopted the boy, and loved him dearly, regardless of his pale skin. Losing funds, he flew to the Philippines and met with Emilia, a beautiful girl who would become his sister. Then, the evil crocodile, who kept her in his castle, would threaten to finally swallow her in his big belly. So, the brave father would give his children an exceptional set of skills to kill the dragon. But then, the dragon would kill their Dad. Soon, the siblings would journey to the islands to kill the crocodile, and they’d meet with two gods… one of them wouldn't make it… but they’d have fun together…”

  “Did they kill the crocodile?” he smiled.

  “They… they didn’t. The crocodile… had a change of heart… When the four of them spoke to him in such a way and told him… “Never let your trauma define your actions nor your choices.” And decided to fly with them to the moon to fly to tomorrow. And they lived happily ever… after.”

  Dark, Askal, and Hercules grabbed the katana, and all three killed their friend, stabbing him in the chest.

  Kagitingan tears up. “That was the best story I’ve ever heard… Better than the ones they told me in… them camps…” he wheezed, before taking his last breath.

  The trio landed back on the shore as helicopters began to approach the shorelines.

  The trio smile and begin singing. “Ako’y sa’yo. Ikaw ay akin, Ako ngayo’y nag-iisa. Sana ay tabihan na… Sa ilalim ng puting ilaw! Sa dilaw na Buwan!!!”

  Meanwhile…

  Unbreakable looks outside, sighing. He turns around, looking at you, the reader. “I’ll do it myself.”