DIMENSIONAL PORTAL(PART III)

Ethan looked around at the ruined buildings, the atmosphere filled with screams and a mysterious red gas. Ethan began walking around, wandering through the skeleton-filled streets. He can hear their bodies rattle against the ground as they march.

Ethan kept a cold and calculating face as he walked around. He looked west, ruined buildings, he looked east, skeletons marching and more ruined buildings, he looked north, and saw corpses and people sleeping on the street like they had nothing better to do, he looked south, and there it was…

A large tower that stood out, it was not ruined or broken like other buildings. He walked towards it, inching closer and closer. The more he walked towards it, the taller and bigger it became, and then he arrived… the Gothic castle that looked medieval.

He stared at the giant gates, and instead of knocking, he just used his superspeed to burst in through the gate. On the other side was a large welcome room with stairs at the end of the room. Ethan climbed up the stairs and into the door that was at the end of them.

Through the door was a large hallway-like corridor that looked like it was from a hotel from the 18 hundreds, with doors everywhere you looked. Ethan walked across the corridor to the end of it, where at the end lay a large room. Ethan entered the room to see Dr. Thornes and Ghost Emperor chatting, then Ethan yelled

Ethan: "You! I knew it! I knew it was you! What did you do to this world, Ghost King?"

Ghost Emperor was startled by Ethan, and so was Dr. Thornes. Ghost Emperor's face scowled. He clinched his fists.

Ghost Emperor: "YOU!? HOW DID YOU ESCAPE?!"

Ethan: "Escape? What do you mean? I don't get it."

Ghost Emperor: "What do you think I mean?!"

Ghost Emperor suddenly attacked Ethan. He flew and tackled Ethan. The speed was surprising to Ethan, but not fast enough to get hit by him. Ethan dodged Ghost Emperor by stepping to the side, and within that split-second, he punched Ghost Emperor.

Ghost Emperor was launched towards a wall and crashed into it, and in that moment, Ghost Emperor knew that it wasn't his Electric Slayer… But a stronger one… MUCH MUCH STRONGER…

Ghost Emperor: "Look at that… You were able to hit me. Guess I under-estimated you."

Ethan: "I get that a lot. Now show me your strength, Ghost King!"

Ghost Emperor: "It's Ghost Emperor, not Ghost King."

Ghost Emperor pushed himself off the wall and onto Ethan, trying to tackle him once more, but Ethan grabbed his arm and threw Ghost Emperor through a wall… but he found himself flying beside Ghost Emperor, because Ghost Emperor had grabbed Ethan by the shirt before being thrown.

Ghost Emperor suddenly had the upper hand; he dragged Ethan through the streets, causing them to break under his back. He then threw Ethan into a building; coincidentally, that building was the same one that the portal was inside of.

Ethan had a rough landing; he tumbled through the building floor before hitting a wall. Ethan got up, regardless of the pain; he knew that it was bad. His left shoulder refused to turn or move, and his leg was shivering, and his head was bleeding. Being thrown into a building and dragged across a street was not something to laugh at, at all.

Ghost Emperor floated into the building before landing on the floor. He looked at the portal and whistled. The tone went from high to low. He then looked at Ethan, whose wounds were disappearing.

Ghost Emperor smirked and pinned Ethan to the wall by grabbing his face and pushing him into the wall, causing the wall to break.

Ghost Emperor: "It's been a long time since I felt this thrill, the thrill of beating someone at my level."

Ethan was not able to speak; his mouth was covered by Ghost Emperor's palm. Seconds later, Ghost Emperor threw Ethan once more; this time, he flew and crashed into the portal.

Moments earlier, Herobot was chatting along with Caelia; it was the first time that they both found someone so knowledgeable as both of them, so they had started talking about subjects about science, religion, and other subjects, then the subject changed to friends and family.

Herobot: "So you have no family?"

Caelia: "No. I don't, I wish I had some though. The closest thing to a family that I have is the professor. Do you have any?"

Herobot: "Technically, I do. I was made and programmed along with other Agents."

Caelia: "Agents?"

Herobot: "We were named that way. Anyways, I also have friends."

Caelia: "Friends? I wish I had those, too! You are so lucky!"

Herobot: "Does your… 'Father' even care about you?"

Caelia: "Even I am not sure… but… I sometimes feel like I want to escape. Dr. Thornes is a genius, but… That doesn't explain why he's doing this. He says he wants to be known as Earth's greatest scientist."

Herobot: "OK, here is what I'm going to do: I'm going to turn my finger into a flash drive and connect it to one of the computers. If you want to escape, just go into the flash drive, and I might be able to get the Hero organization to help you."

Caelia stayed silent. Herobot turned his finger into a flash drive and connected it to one of the computers. And as soon as he did… Ethan came crashing in, a second later, Ghost Emperor walked through the portal into the lab and floated towards Ethan.

Herobot tried to attack by turning his hand into a gun and shooting, but Ghost Emperor made a tentacle-like hand, stopped him, and punched him. Then, Ghost Emperor grabbed Ethan by the head and drop-kicked him upwards, sending him flying upwards and through the roof. Ethan crashed through the ground and the supermarket above to the street just in front of it.

Ethan wasn't able to get up. Ghost Emperor flew through the lab and out of the roof of the supermarket. He then grabbed Ethan by his head for the hundredth time and suddenly… Everything went black… no noise… no light… nothing…