"Huh? Where am I?" Everything around Theseus was simply white.
"Just a second ago Baru was holding my hand, and now I'm here?" A being seemed to emerge from nothing.
"Howdy!" It was similar enough to just an entity, small black dots outlined him in the vast white space.
Theseus immediately entered his fighting stance. "Who are you?"
"Woah woah, calm down there buddy, I don't mean any harm."
"Then explain why I'm here."
"Oh? You haven't realised? You died Theseus."
"What? I would never die like that, especially that easily I mean Kancer needs me, and Jun probably wants to head out later today so just finish this prank, where's the exit?"
"Geez, one of these people again, listen alright, you died saving Baru, remember?"
"Yes, I saved Baru, I agree with that, but I wouldn't die."
"HAHA, it's been a while since I met someone as egoistic as you."
"Egoistic? Listen here alright, either you tell me the exit, or I'm beating it out of you."
"Man that takes me back, it's been so long since someone even tried to fight me." Theseus took his response as a no and began to jab at him left and right aiming straight for its head, but it simply dodged everything.
"You can do better than that, come on now." Theseus got slightly annoyed at his comment and began to move even more, for some reason all of his wounds were healed and he felt his strength had gotten back, he kept dodging his jabs effortlessly.
"Hey, by the way, do you think this hat looks nice on me? Or do you think I should change it for a fedora, or maybe one of those helicopter ones with the pretty colors." He got so bored of dodging he started posing and tipping his hat after each dodge.
"I WON'T STOP TILL I LAND A HIT!" Theseus closed the distance as much as he could and as he got within distance he copied Jun's style and tried to kick him whilst aiming at his stomach.
"THERE'S NO WAY THIS WON'T HIT!"
The entity dropped all the way to the floor leaving his hat floating and stood up donning the hat on himself again. " You're gonna have to do more than that to impress me, you can kick and punch all you want but It won't get you anywhere."
"THEN WHAT THE HELL ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO."
"Seeeeecret." it said whilst putting its index finger in front of its mouth and closing one eye.
Some hours had passed but Theseus didn't achieve anything, it would just keep dodging, one time it had split itself and two and said "You really cut me and half with that one, oh? Whoops, looks like I'm back together now." Another time it liquified itself. "Are ya thirsty? I can give quite the energy trust me."
"Have you given up yet? There are only so many jokes I can make."
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU'RE IRRITATING."
"Woah woah tough crowd, can you guys believe this guy?" It looked towards nothingness as if an audience were watching.
"HOW AM I MEANT TO HIT YOU, YOU JUST, JUST HOW."
"No way, it's almost as if, hold on a minute I know this might be a game breaker, but but, maybe, the guy that told you you're dead, is a being you can't hit WOAH, CRAZY RIGHT, ANYONE SHOCKED?"
"But, my journey was supposed to last for like-"
"What? fifty years? Well, so many others before you thought that too, but they died as well, just because you think the same doesn't make you any special."
"Well no ok, I was going to discover the whole world and all, I think that dream is special enough."
"Like sure but, you're not the first, there was this one guy I forgot his name but he wanted the same thing, I think he wrote a big book before he did but in the end, I doubt anyone is going to discover it all."
"I mean yeah but I still want to discover lots of new stuff, like we have these Second Winds right? So surely there's more, maybe even magic exists."
"Hey at least you discovered death, that's pretty cool no?"
"It is, yeah, but it also means I can't discover all the other stuff."
"Hmmm, Hmmm, you're human right?"
"Yeah? Why?"
"Hmm, what's your name again?"
"Uh, Theseus Adonis Cirillo Lambros."
"Oh, cool name, I suppose there is a chance you can go back, I have a soft spot for Humans after all, but, you already got your Second Wind, which was your second chance at this dream of yours."
"Is that how it works?"
"Yeah, one day I was bored so I made this super big wheel that gives powers, because, WHY THE HELL NOT, sorry for the outburst, there's this guy called Jeffery, man fuck that guy, he's like oh but balance and whatever, like just let a man gamble, anyways yeah so whenever someone gets a Second Wind realistically they're just spinning the wheel I made."
"So like, whatever we get isn't like, fated to be this?"
"No not really, it's quite random."
"Then why did I get something specific to me? Like really really specific."
"You just got lucky I guess."
"Do you think I could see the wheel then?"
"Sure why not, it's not every day I get to show it off." The entity and Theseus begin to fall, but realistically it feels more like an elevator since it's hard to tell up from down to begin with.
"Here we are, this is the wheel." Before them was a ginormous wheel it was purple and looked like a regular wheel of mystery except for the fact it had millions upon millions of random powers.
"Wow you really weren't lying, is there like, a lever to spin this thing?"
"Now that you mention it, that would be a great addition." It snaps its fingers and a lever connecting to the wheel appears.
"You really can do anything you want huh?"
"Not anytttthinngggg, but yes, most of what I want I can do, It can get a bit boring at times but its fun when I get to meet new people."
"So let me get this straight then, when someone is near death and all, and wants to keep going, they can spin this for a second chance?"
"Yeah pretty much."
"And they come back to life?"
"They sure do."
"Sooooo what happens if I." Theseus pulls the lever that spins the wheel.
"Uh, wait a minute did you just?"
"YOU SAID I WASN'T SPECIAL ENOUGH, BUT CLEARLY I AM NOW WITH A THIRD WIND."
"NO? NO IT SHOULDN'T? WORK THAT WAY? MAYBE? WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE THESEUS YOU GOT YOUR SECOND CHANCE AND YOU DIED." The entity begins to shift into multiple colors, slowly becoming unstable and is having a hard time controlling itself
"WELL I'M GREEDY, AND I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR MY DREAM."
"I TOLD YOU IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY."
"IT DOES NOW, SO TOO BAD."
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ARE WAY BEYOND WHATEVER YOUR BRAIN CAN COMPREHEND."
It begins to split into a million pieces which all slowly try to merge back into one whilst rapidly changing colors.
"I'LL DEAL WITH IT LATER WHEN IT COMES TO IT, I WAS TOLD THAT AS A HUMAN I CAN REALISE WHATEVER DREAM I WANT IS THAT WRONG?"
"NOT EXACTLY." It finally readjusts to its usual self
"SO MY DREAM IS TO DISCOVER IT ALL, THIS JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONE PLACE OF MANY." Theseus's body began to dematerialize in front of the entity.
"YOU? CAN'T? UGH JUST SURE FINE, HAVE FUN WITH YOUR THIRD WIND, NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK HERE IT BETTER BE WHEN THAT DREAM IS DONE OK?"
"HAHAHA YOU KNOW IT, SEE YOU IN A CENTURY!"
As if nothing had happened to him, to begin with, Theseus's body regenerated all that was damaged the knife that pierced his heart had simply popped out of his chest, and all the wounds from his previous battle left his body, Officer Mertins took advantage of the distracted Kancer and restrained her quickly by putting her arm behind her back.
"T-Theseus? You're? Alive?"
"As good as I'll ever be! You really think I'd die like that Baru? Oh please, I have a dream to fulfil, now , Shylian, I recommend you leave that girl or thing are going to get worse."
"YOU STAY THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT BUT, YOU SHOULD BE DEAD RIGHT NOW, DON'T COME NEAR ME OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND HERE GETS HER ARM SNAPPED."
Kancer has not felt this relieved ever since she was born, for one time in her life, even though as her name implies, Kancer would accidentally destroy anything she liked, and yet for one singular time, it was undone.
"CAREFUL THESEUS BEHIND YOU!" Said Kancer struggling to get out of the cop's grasp, before he could react Theseus was stuck in the exact same situation.
"LISTEN HERE KID, DO NOT RESIST ANYMORE, YOU, IFRITIAN, GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU BECOME A PART OF THIS."Baru quickly got up and went towards Dagoria.
"Fuck, WHAT DID THE WHEEL GIVE ME, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SUPER STRENGTH CLEARLY, UH, SPIN? GO? ALAKAZAM? THINK THINK THESEUS, UP UP AND AWAY WEB? WELL IF I CAN'T RELY ON IT UH, WHAT'S NEARBY TO HELP." Theseus quickly looked upwards even towards the skies and down at the floor if any rock would be there but suddenly his eyes began to roll, in fact, they wouldn't stop rolling and they even made a sound similar to a slot machine, his pupil would change color each time and have a different symbol on it.
"AGH, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS." It kept going until it eventually stopped on blue and said "SHOTO."
"Shoto? Like? That Shoto? THE FIGHTING GAME SHOTO?" There was only one way to test out his theory, he tested his strength and truth be told, he was right, he flipped the security guard over his back slamming his back onto the concrete, the Shylian cop began twisting Kancer's arm so Theseus put all his hope trust into truly testing his theory, he crouched down, moved forward, and punched whilst yelling "FIREBALL!" and out of his fists came out a kinetic orb that looked like a fireball directly hit Mertins face pushing him back and dazing him.
"Hideaway Kancer, let me handle this." Theseus threw his coat onto the ground, cracked his knuckles, and began to beat the ever-living shit out of his opponents, he decided to try out a different move this time he, crouched down and walked back and punched which made him do a flurry of kicks back to back one after another, perhaps it was influenced by Jun, he made sure to continue his combo string for as long as possible, he grabbed them both and slammed them into each other, kicked them into the air and barraged them with energy orbs, and to finish it off, he had them splatted against the wall and charged up an energy orb large enough to hit both of them and send them through the entire building, afterwards he seemed exhausted.
"Whew, now that was a real workout, I guess it's about time I go back home, Kancer? Do you think you can take me? I'll let you come rest in my room if you carry me."
"EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T, OF COURSE, I WOULD THESEUS, DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM THAT YOU'RE ALIVE, YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME DON'T YOU EVER EVEN DARE LEAVE ME AGAIN OK, YOU'RE STAYING WITH ME FOREVER."
"HAHA Sure of course, not like I mind."