Unbreakable sneers, stomping forward in the cold, black, desolate Earth he destroyed with mountains of debris, blood, and bodies towering behind him. “I AM UNBREAKABLE!!! I AM UNBREAKABLE!!!”

  Eradicator rolls forward, with blood all over him. “ALL HAIL THE ERADICATION!!! WE HAVE BEEN CALLED BY GOD HIMSELF-!!!”

  “Dude… God didn’t tell you to do such a thing,” said Miguel, standing in front of them, bleeding all over and panting with his fists up, blood dripping from his lips.

  “God isn’t above genocide,” said Eradicator, clanking as he bounced up and down

  Miguel closed his eyes, incredibly annoyed and turning bitter. “There was this whole thing with Him becoming Human like us.”

  “What about the religions of others?” laughed Eradicator. “You think they aren’t the enemy? AT… AAAALL!?!?”

  Miguel wipes blood from his lips. “All religions are true. Beatle already established that. All Humanity prays to one God… just a different name in every faith… What matters is the faith itself… in yourself and what you believe in. It doesn’t matter we’re different. We believe in one thing, and that is hope… All of us!” Miguel wearily gives a soft and adorable smile, eyes sparkling and glimmering, with a sense of hope in the tone of his voice. He can be heard coughing, wearily, and trying to keep his feet standing.

  Eradicator just stares at him, pausingfor a moment. “Did not register. Thinking of funny comeback. Processing. Bitch shut the fuck up with your pansy-ass dogma. Ours is correct and you damned well know it, Ticker.”

  “Burn,” said Unbreakable, doing the deuce sign and waving his hand.

  “You guys are assholes…” said Miguel, panting our of exhaustion, shaking, bleeding, bruised, and grunting while he tried to keep himself up. He falters, falling to his one knee, but grabbing the soil beneath him “You killed EVERYONE on this Earth… Why don’t you just go to Beatle’s Earth? Hm?”

  “Because it is Beatle’s world. It is the only true world… We’d decimate non-followers once we wiped out THE ENTIRE MULTIVERSE!!!” yelled Eradicator.

  Suddenly, a spark leaves Miguel’s forehead which tries to penetrate Eradicator’s armor.

  Miguel is astonished. “What!?”

  Stefan’s eyes widen, sensing something wrong, feeling Miguel’s danger.

  Miguel fails, getting somewhat grounded in his brain. He hisses in pain, proceeding to try and invade Stefan’s mind, but Stefan immediately kicks Miguel down, stopping the technique.

  “HE KNOWS LORD UNTER’S TECHNIQUE!!!” roared Unbreakable, afraid of losing something… yes… Purpose.

  “I see… My armor protects me from lightning… Rubber around my… skin…” said Eradicator, with his red camera blinking with incredible coldness and stillness. His camera turns to Miguel, almost as if he waslooking down on him.

  “What about me?” asked Unbreakable, popping his lips.

  “He has become their weapon. I shall give you a metal helmet… ARMOR BEAM!!!” yelled Eradicator, manifesting a rubber helmet over his head with a beam.

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  “Dude… I can’t believe you two destroyed 68 Universes… You guys are fuckin’ clowns…” said Miguel, panting in pain, blood still dripping from his lips.

  “ALL HAIL… ERADICATOR!!!” roared Unbreakable, blasting heat vision at him as Miguel roars and jumps, spinning in the air.

  Miguel blasts flames at Unbreakable from his feet. “SMOKER’S LUNG!!!”

  Unbreakable smacks his face, shattering his skull, causing him to crash into the wall.

  Unbreakable raises his fists. “YAY!!!”

  Miguel’s body twitches on the ground, cheeks first, having been scraped by the cold stone debris beneath him causing a half of his face to be scarred from the impact. His body luckily regenerated, but some dust and particles remained under his skin, causing so much pain, before his vision falls into darkness.

  The next day, he wakes up next to Myrmex, who had kept him healthy and alive. Miguel sees that elixirs are being injected through dextrose connected to his veins.

  “Seventh try?” asked Myrmex, fingers tented up and steepled while her legs are crossed..

  “I… Wanted to do this alone…” said Miguel.

  “But… Now you want to ask for help-?”

  “NO!!!” yelled Miguel, before sighing. “No… Unbreakable would get you killed. This is MY mission.“

  “Miguel… You don’t have to fear losing me… I can handle myself. Trust me, Miguel.”

  “No!” yelled Miguel. He holds her hand, gently. “I’m… afraid… Okay?” he asked, eyes and lips quivering. “I’m afraid… of feeling that again. That fear of losing someone I care about.”

  Myrmex gives a soft sigh, placing her hand over his other. “Then I’ll respect your decision. But don’t you realize that I’m just as afraid as Anna was… Or anyone who was with you was…? Doing things alone.”

  “I need you safe,” said Miguel, eyes begging.

  “You don’t get to choose how it happens…” said Myrmex, shaking her head.

  Miguel looks down, staring blankly at the floor.

  “When you stare… I remember you told me, bullies would approach you… Hurt you because you look at them without realizing,” said Myrmex, grabbing her arm. “Is that why you stare at the ground like that when you… lapse out?” Each word she clenched her arm harder.

  Miguel closes his eyes, tearing up. “I lapse out because I remember… Happy… Prometheus… Beatle… Anna… They all died because of me. Happy because I was being irresponsible. Prometheus to keep me safe. Beatle to keep my family safe. And Anna… to keep our kids safe… It’s me, Myrmex… People around me die…”

  “And you’re not the only one who thought that. God, don’t you realize that there are others like you going through the same thing!? Askal disappeared… All I saw was what was left of him. I had a nemesis… My ex best friend… Hopper… She killed my parents, Miguel… My first boyfriend, too… I couldn’t bring myself to kill her because it’s against my code to kill. I’m Catholic. But…” she grabs his hand, tighter. “It doesn’t mean I haven’t thought of those dark thoughts, too. I fell for you not because we’re similar… not because I understand you… But because you’re good… you’re a good man, Miguel… The moment I saw you again… I began feeling attracted to you… Reading your stories on the morning paper… Learning about how you saved us…”

  Miguel smiles, giving that same ray of light from his lips.“I used to read your comics… Well, in my world, you’re a comic book character… And I thought you were awesome…”

  “Were…” she blushed, turning red as an apple. “...there panels… of me…”

  “Um…” said Miguel, looking left. “Changing into the suit? Yeah…”

  “HAHAHAHAHA!!! You totally did the deed lookin’ at me!” she laughed, snarkily and mischievously while covering her mouth in a condescending manner.

  “Psh! What!? I ain’t no CREEP!!!” yelled Miguel, exasperated and sweating profusely.

  Myrmex just kept poking fun at him and gently pokes his face over and over. “And counting it was a comic book… What if other nerds-...”

  Miguel covered his ears. “Nope! I’m not listening! LALALALALALALALALALA!!!”

  Myrmex laughs at him and snuggles on his arm, causing him to turn red as well. “I saw how you offered Morningstar Prime and She-Devil redemption… over and over… Every villain you gave a path to redeem themselves… And I saw you as this… cool… awesome guy who fought for what’s right…” she kissed his cheek. “You’re so cool… and resilient… and badass…” she smiled, kissing his forehead, then his chin. “You’re so-...”

  They begin making out, lips touching each other and pulling both of themselves in, licking and biting.

  They smile, resting on each other’s forehead.

  She giggles softly.

  That evening, Myrmex smiles, opening her bag only for a comicbook to fall from her bag… And the cover shows and adult version of “The Amazing Aswang Prince”, with Miguel on the cover in full costume.

  Myrmex smiles and hugs the comic book, before fangirling and squealin while stomping her feet with incredible silence.