Destiny Seekers

It's funny that You left Your work for Me

Mr. A – Cyber Initiative

Mr. B – Deep Diver

Mr. C – Jamming Disruption

Ms. D – Trait Difference

Ms. E – Archives Provider

Mr. F – Information Broker

Mr. G – Intuitive Prophecy

Ms. H – Catastrophe

Mr. I – Velocity

Mr. J – Flyer

Ms. K – Animal

Mr. L – Psychokinesis

Ms. M – Registrar

Mr. N – Cartographer

Mr. O – Gateway

Mr. P – Growth

Ms. Q – Authority

Ms. R – Anti-alien

Mr. S – Anti-god

Ms. T – Chef Haven

Ms. U – Maid Butler

Ms. V – Pandemic Carrier

Mr. W – Eternal Keeper

Mr. X – Destiny’s Coil

Ms. Y – Deus Eye

Ms. Z – Background Extra

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

“You summoned me,” Mr. O aka Gateway appears from a spatial rift. He seems to have the voice of Professor Snape in the Harry Potter Movies. “Where do you want to go, Mr. X?”

“Do you think I would go out that easily walking to the exit with all those girls?” Mr. X sighs, “This is an all-girls school for goodness sake.”

“You haven’t answered my question, Mr. X,” he boringly yawns. “Where do you want to go?”

“Somewhere near the vicinity without public eyes,” Mr. X sharpens his gaze, “that includes CCTV cameras.”

“Do you think I’m that stupid to know what you mean, Mr. X?” Mr. O closes the spatial rift as soon as Mr. X gets in. “Then again, you are going to battle against the Destiny Seekers. Shouldn’t you go ask for Mr. S? He is also known as Anti-god, you know…”

“I rather ask for Ms. T’s cooking,” Mr. X sighs as he removes his mask and hood.

“You are taking too long in here with me,” Mr. O raises his eyebrow. “Get out…”

“Yeah, f**k you…”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

“Strange,” Ara, in the process of transforming, waits for Mr. X to come out of the school. “He got inside, but he never comes out. The police are waiting for him to ask him what happened. I’ll try to blend in by posing as one of the police offices so that I could see firsthand what took place.”

“Alright Ara, let me know if you found something.” Suoic Ipsus opens up a portal, “I’ll be there in jiffy.”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

Posing as police detective, Ara surveys the scene. “It looks like our mask vigilante is not alone, officer.”

“It does look like it ma’am,” the police preserve the scene while checking out the bodies of the terrorist. “Mysteriously, it came from the building where our sniper was positioned. He is likely to be suspected accomplice.”

“It doesn’t seem like a sniper would be able to shoot pinballs from a far distance.” Ara stares at the police, “Can a sniper rifle shoot pinballs, accurate at that?”

“No ma’am,” the police shakes his head. “I haven’t seen a pinball shot from that distance accurately hitting its targets.”

“Then I suggest that you should check the building for clues,” Ara leaves the premises. “Your sniper would know nothing even if you give him a truth potion or serum…”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

At a narrow street a few kilometers from the school, Mr. X, now without his disguise, decides to move and ride a bus. “I’ll probably stay at a hotel for the night. I’ll tell you the name of the establishment as soon as possible. Did you notice anything on your end?”

“I found a Seeker,” Ms. Y replies. “She wasn’t able to find where you went and left the school. See, with the gadgets given to us, you don’t even need a phone to communicate.”

“I find it awkward holding my ear and then talking inside this place. That’s why I’m still holding the phone… pretending to use it…” Mr. X rants.

“Sorry to intrude,” Ms. Z joins in, “I just finished my mission. I’ll be on my way now…”

“Yeah you should drive carefully,” Ms. Y reminds her. “The Seekers are here… your powers might not be enough to escape their attention… even if you go unnoticed.”

“I know, I know,” she groans. “Let’s just be careful, alright?”

“Well said,” Mr. X leaves the conversation. “It’s time that I relax for a bit…”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

2:00 a.m.

“Wake up, Mr. X!” Ms. Y’s voice indicates something bad is going to happen. “Get out of that hotel!”

Mr. X groans. Hearing her voice makes him put on his mask to activate his gear. “What’s wrong out there?”

“HE IS GOING TO BOMB THAT BUILDING!” Ms. Y yells, find a way to escape, ASAP! “SHE’S FIRING THE MISSILE TO YOUR ROOM!”

Mr. X looks at the window to see a missile approaching, “That’s going too far, COIL!”

The launched missile, instead of exploding upon impact, just goes through the window without exploding! Luckily, the one that is shot is a defective missile allowing Mr. X to run for it.

“The f**k in the world it didn’t explode?!” the pissed off god, loads another missile to launch. “You cheated on me once more, Mr. X!”

“Mr. X, he is loading up his next one. Where are you now?!” Ms. Y alerts him. “You’d better not be in an elevator!”

“I’m using the stairs,” Mr. X rushes down the staircase undoing his gear, “but I’m worried about the innocent lives in this building!”

“Should I interfere?” Ms. Y prepares to shoot Suoic Ipsus in the head, “he’s in line of my sight!”

“Do not engage, I repeat, do not engage!” Mr. X comes across a hotel staff. Gasping for breath, “You… need to alert the people to evacuate, a missile was shot through my window and it luckily did not explode! Tell them to evacuate now!”

Suddenly, a powerful explosion from above shakes them off and alerts the people.

“s**t!” Mr. X yells scaring the hotel staff. “What are you doing? Hurry up and call for an evacuation!”

“Y-yes sir!” the hotel staff rushes while calling the others by phone.

“That god thinks of this as a game!” Mr. X rushes back to the top floor to confront the rogue god, “The universe is out of balance, I MUST RESTORE IT!”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

Outside on another building, Suoic Ipsus encounters the government defense force.

“THAT’S IT!” Suoic Ipsus reverts to his other form, the dragon dragonfly monster. “LISTEN TO ME MORTALS! YOUR DESTINIES ARE ON THE LINE! I AM AN IMMORTAL BEING AND NONE OF YOUR PUNY WEAPONS WILL WORK AGAINST A GOD LIKE ME!”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

“Mr. X, are you out of the building?” Ms. Y starts to move away with Ms. Z, “He’s got the people involved already! I already moved away from my spot so I can’t see you right now. The military and special operatives are confronting that demon.”

“I know that,” From the flames, Mr. X emerges at the broken wall of his room. “You guys need to escape. This world is no longer safe. Tell anyone in this universe to evacuate immediately. I’m calling Ms. V.”

“We’re the only ones in this universe,” Ms. Y clenches his fists. “The female Seeker was more civilized than this one!”

“But what about you?” asks Ms. Z, “you can’t just stay if you are calling Ms. V?”

“It seems that I am lucky enough to be immune to diseases as s**t,” Mr. X watches as the humans started firing weapons to the god. “I’ll contact Mr. O to get you out, bring me Ms. V and ask for some weapons kept by Mr. W.”

“We should bring Anti-god instead of Ms. V,” Ms. Y suggests while contacting Mr. O. “That’s more reasonable right, instead of wiping humanity with a virus.”

“If you bring Mr. S, then our secret as emissaries will go to waste!” Mr. X punches the wall, “Also, a god versus an anti-god will bring about destruction and extinction. Honestly, this is happening too fast that even the people that were saved with me in that bus will have to go.”

“Won’t the angels and devils notice anything?” Ms. Z worryingly asks. “They might get involved…”

“Alpha Boss told us that we can’t see them and they can’t see us, except for some. However, they are not counted unless war of the gods is concerned. This actually war but we are not gods… just emissaries. Mr. X, I’ll tell Mr. N to provide you a mini-map. You’ll see at the lower left of your screen projected by the mask.”

“Thanks,” Mr. X sighs. “I should’ve asked this sooner…”

The portal suddenly opens with Mr. O welcoming them in, “It looks like the Seeker is impatient…”

“We’ll explain later, Mr. O.” Ms. Z takes one final look at the destruction. “So much for the missions we did…” the portal closes.

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

Five minutes passed

“It looks like I’m finally alone, huh,” Receiving a mini-map from Mr. N, Mr. X looks down below to see the efforts the humans are putting up with the demonic being. “How should I squish an immortal bug? Do you know the answer? How long were you there?” he looks at a nearby wall.

“I arrived just a minute ago,” a female voice answers back. “Although, I have hunch that you’d already know.”

“Yeah, I also heard some unusual movement just a minute ago,” Mr. X lies to keep the mini-map a secret. “The sound doesn’t feel like a part of the destruction of this hotel.” He then makes a decision to face the Seeker, “So, what kind of monster are you?”

“Ara Kuneida, a beautiful monster,” she devilishly grins at him. “Who are you? Just tell us and it will all be over.”

“It’s like a play with words,” Mr. X cautiously walks out of the room while keeping her in his line of sight. “You are a spider monster then…”

“Why are you walking away from me?” she casually approaches him, “I saved your life from him, remember?”

“You know it’s funny that you Seekers left your work for me,” Mr. X stops to prepare for combat. “I’m honestly just a human… or a mortal.”

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

“Alpha Boss,” Ms. Y and Ms. Z kneel in the presence of their sworn Supreme Being accompanied by the Neuters.

The Alpha Boss is Lord Exal, Supreme Being of Balance. His creations are the mechanical gods called Neuters. Neuters are sexless cybernetic gods without freewill and emotion. They follow the will of their leader and the mortal emissaries of balance and order.

“No need to talk, my children.” Alpha Boss walks towards his throne. His brilliance shines with his emerald cloak accompanied by golden light coating his body. This one is their boss… gentle but overwhelming, “I know about Mr. X and the Destiny Seekers.”

“He needs assistance,” Ms. Y shows her concern. “We can help him, Boss.”

“I, too, agree with Ms. Y,” Ms. Z lowers her head. “Please allow us to help, Boss.”

“He doesn’t seem to need help. His plan is farfetched but I chose you to be the emissaries of balance and order. If he thinks that using Ms. V, the Pandemic Carrier, to maintain balance and order to the world, then so be it.”

“With Ms. V around, we cannot protect him,” Ms. Z explains. “We might get ill with her world-ending gift.”

“Mr. X is immune because of his gift that I gave him.” Alpha Boss checks his balancing scales. “It seems that there is still equilibrium in the verse. As long as you maintain secrecy, your fates are sealed to me.”

“Speaking in gibberish riddles won’t help us get what you mean, Alpha Boss,” Mr. A, the Cyber Initiative, who just finished his mission in a different universe, greets them casually.

“Mr. A,” Ms. Z greets him, “Long-time-no-see.”

“Indeed,” Ms. Y waves her hand.

“Ladies,” Mr. A high-fives Ms. Z.

“What happened to Voix?” the Supreme Being asks Mr. A.

“We’ll have a lot to talk about, Alpha Boss…” Mr. A starts being serious, “A LOT…”

“We’ll take our leave then,” Ms. Y makes her exit.

“Hey, wait for me…” Ms. Z follows behind.

- Ω - Ω - Ω -

“Ms. M, please register my name in the world where Mr. X is in,” a woman in a fit hazmat suit inspired gear, asks the Registrar.

“All done, Ms. V,” the office lady, Ms. M, ushers her to Mr. O. “It must be hard wearing that suit with us in here…”

“I’m used to being isolated,” Ms. V smiles under her hazmat suit. “Besides, I can get to mingle with others without this before they die.”

“Is it hard, seeing people getting ill and dying in front of you?” Ms. M sits down on her chair. “As the Registrar, I am clamped in this chair all day long without experiencing fieldwork just like you.”

“At first, it was hard for me seeing those things, but so far I am the only one among the others who previously donned the Ms. V persona to last this long. Well, we are tight on schedule though. Send me 30 minutes before the god appears.”

“It does seem so,” Ms. M sighs. “After all the efforts to maintain the balance of that universe…”