Chapter 12: Meeting a Godly Redneck Psycho

On December 24'th, everyone had met up at the police station, finished with their training and ready to enjoy the holidays. Everyone was enjoying the festivities, singing Christmas songs and baking cookies. Kamai finally came in wearing a new outfit, which was hakama pants and a white jacket along with a headband that spelled out "Unison" in Japanese. Harris hugged him, amazed how strong he had become along with everyone else. They then went to play around in the snow and have a nice snowball fight. "This reminds me of my childhood, always loved the holidays and throwing snowballs. Plus this is weirdly calming." Tasha said as she makes another snowball. Jay possessed a snowman and started moving around and dancing which makes everyone laugh. Harris was playing with his little brother, showing him how to make snowmen and how to keep a snowball from falling apart after he threw them. Kamai asked why Sam was acting so different and Harris explained that he had autism and that it's just how he is. Kamai understood immediately and greeted him, while the AI translated what he was saying. Kamai was amazed something like that was bio-mechanical, and it looked so advanced. The AI explained that it was born of cognitive thought and it just appears as a metallic blob with eyes and wings for now. He then met Sam and Harris's mom and he suddenly felt a strange need to be punctual. Harris laughed a bit. "Relax, I already heard about you from my son's letters." Melissa said, getting closer to Kamai's ear to whisper something. "Just know that if you hurt him, nothing on this dimensional plane will save you from me, got it?" she said in a threatening like tone, making Kamai shiver in fear. She laughed again remarking that she was kidding and he had nothing to worry about, causing Kamai to exhale deeply like he was holding his breath the whole time. Harris shook his head and sat in the snow, looking up at the grey clouds flowing by like an ocean. Gabriel sat next to him, wondering what he was thinking about. "Sorry, it's just, this whole thing with Olive. In a few days we'll be facing someone trying to be god. Not sure how the Apotheosis process even works, but there's no way he can win this. Not after all we've sacrificed to get this far. Sure humanity has had the dumbest moments that seemed to just get worse and worse, but we're finally all in a state of unity. Now someone wants to take that away." he said in a serious tone. Gabriel looked at the sky too. "Don't worry. We'll win. Even if that means we die. Just remember the plan and everything should be smooth sailing." Gabriel said with smirk on his face. Just then a couple of snowballs hit him and Harris in the face, forcing them to run after the ones who threw it.

The week seemed to go by in the blink of an eye, and everyone seemed calm and ready for the fight ahead. Boss made sure the area was evacuated, and that no one come close to the battlefield. Only he stayed while the other officers went home. Angakok and Mirai also stayed near Boss, refusing stubbornly to leave their new friends with an overwhelming threat like this. He relented and let them stay, only if they pulled their own weight in this fight. The gang showed up with determined looks on their faces, not afraid to have an all out brawl. Boss then inhaled deeply. "OLIVE, SHOW YOURSELF NOW!!! YOU CLAIM TO BE THE NEW GOD!! FACE US AND PROVE IT COWARD!!!" he yelled like a megaphone turned to 11. A rift in the sky suddenly formed, and out came Olive wearing a different outfit. It was just tight black pants, no shirt, and no shoes. His hair was still long and black, his scars still showed, and his eyes were deep red. He gently floated down smiling and then formed a short jacket on him, making everyone annoyed. "You smug son of a bitch, you think this is a game punk? Your crimes are as follows: Attempted destruction of a government approved device, numerous counts of spiritual murders and soul consumption as heard from the followers you've gathered, and the use of forbidden magics not sanctioned by the Wise-men Council. Isn't that right Olive..or should I call you Oliver Hashly, the bastard son of the criminal Robert Hashly and his wife Rebecca?" he yelled, making Oliver look a bit surprised and clapped his hands. "Very incredible deduction, did a mister Samar House tell you that? I should've killed the fool when I had the chance, always in someone else's business. And what do you all intend to do to stop me? Gun me down like the bastard humans that killed my father for doing what was right? The police are nothing but corrupt pigs, and humans follow their lead by being corrupt as well. Scammers, killers, serial rapists, all of them roam the streets every day and no one catches them unless it involves them. Just like that Samar man, he was a deadbeat, but now he yells on and on about how much he's proud of his sons, and that he's going to make up for everyone he's wronged. What foolishness. Humans can't change no matter how hard they try, so there's no point in such things. This peace is a lie." he said, but no one seemed to be listening. Ben then suddenly disappeared and then reappeared behind him, blasting him with a telekinetic force push into Gabriel, who impaled him on a rapier of light. "Enough talk...let's fight." Gabriel said as he punched Oliver multiple times into the air. Oliver did nothing to even block the attacks, he just let it happen. Quason and Tasha then grabbed him, and caused him to fall swiftly into the ground, where Harris had laid a trap summon there, which was a Golem that heated itself up to explode violently. But Oliver got back up and brushed his chest off, not paying the attacks any mind. Angakok and Mirai then summoned large spirit beasts to continuously punch him into the ground while Tasha used a new spell called Mosquito Branches to absorb energy from him, but they suddenly shattered, and the large spirits stopped punching. "Finally done with your pathetic combos? Is this all you trained for?" Oliver asked. Ursa and Satina then slammed him with massive rocks. "Shut up. If you're gonna fight us then dammit, do so and stop wasting our time. I've had enough of your childish games you redneck psycho." she said. Oliver then released an intense amount of divine power, laughing as he did so. Everyone was surprised at his amount of power and realized he already achieved Godhood, and that he was suppressing his power all this time. He then got close to Harris and punched him hard enough to break his ribs and damage his organs, forcing him to cough up blood. It was so fast no one realized he had moved. Boss then ran at Oliver and augmented his body in order to get stronger, and attacked Oliver to no avail. He then realized his arm was broken, and was punched through two buildings. Angakok and Mirai then readied their strongest combined spell to call down light from the heavens and flames from the pits of hell at the same time, but were struck in their chests mid incantation, forcing them to stop and recover swiftly before they fainted from the pain. Ursa and Tasha then used a combined spell called Star Tree to attack him with multiple pin point strikes, but he broke all the branches that came at him at once.

"This is your best. The very best humanity had to offer. Sad, so sad. You're all garbage compared to me!! This is why humans should never try to stand before god!" Oliver yelled, but Harris called his most powerful summon, Chimera Unity, and combined with Kamai's Ozaru power, the beast attacked Oliver like it was a massive wrecking ball, but it was stopped and destroyed like it was nothing, forcing it to return to it's realm to recover. Ben and Gabriel also kept attacking, with Quason as well, but they were all forced to the ground. All of them lay beaten and unable to weaken him in any way. Oliver grabbed Harris by his neck smiling. "So, where's that overconfident attitude your father had? Because if you don't come up with a new trick, I'm going to track down everyone you care about, kill them, and make your soul watch as I do it. Humanity will revert to how they should be, this world will return to it's roots, and you'll all cease to exist in my world." he said menacingly, making Harris spit blood on him and smile despite the immense pain he was in. Oliver then threw him down, stomping on his head, and then flew up into the sky. Tasha then ran with Ursa and Satina, making sure to grab Angakok and Mirai along the way as Oliver made a massive energy ball and threw it at everyone. She knew what they were doing, and had to make sure no one got caught in the explosion, so she ran with the people she was carrying and kept Jay close to her. Harris, Quason, Gabriel, Ben, and Kamai all got evaporated in the blast, and all that remained was their souls. Oliver laughed in victory, but then saw that their souls weren't being absorbed, they were flying off to different realms. He tried to catch them but they were too quick even for him. Harris ended up with Lucifer in Hell, Gabriel was with Metatron in Heaven, Ben was with an Astral being, and Kamai was with Tamamo again. Tasha then used a powerful sealing spell on Oliver, powered by Ursa and Satina as they made their way to a forest. Their plan was set in motion at last, and Boss got back up and set a boundary field to keep people out. He was fully healed, and smiled at Oliver while he was frozen and unable to even blink. "You utter fool. You honestly thought we didn't anticipate this? If we can't beat you in the next three months then, this may be the last chance we get. So enjoy yourself, because in three months, you'll be killed for real." he said as he sat down in a meditation posture. Tasha, Ursa, and Satina finally stopped running.

They all talked and decided Apotheosis wasn't something only left to the boys, so they agreed to learn it as well, and then chastise the boys for doing something so stupid in the first place. Ursa flew up into space to meet her father, Satina went to Hell and met with one of the Lords of Hell, and Tasha went to meet the god Pan in Greece. Angakok and Mirai laid with Jay, worried about what was happening. "I'm scared...what if Oliver fully masters his divine powers and everyone dies? What are we gonna do?" Mirai asked. Jay pat them both on the shoulders. "Have faith in them. Ben's my big brother, and every one of them are my friends. When push comes to shove they'll win. We just underestimated the fool. We have three months, time to get stronger and win."