The Supervillainy Saga (Book 7): The Horror of Supervillainy by Phipps C.T

Author:Phipps, C.T. [Phipps, C.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superheroes | Supervillains
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The Complicated Nature of Superhero Metaphysics

“Excuse me?” Mandy asked, as if she didn’t understand the question.

I took a deep breath. “Not to make any sort of judgements, but when you were a vampire, you were like, ‘I shall kill all the evil-doers and live forever, bwhahaha.’ When you were possessed by Spellbinder, you were a bit more relaxed but that was not you and didn’t count. Now you’re, well, you-ish.”

“I’m pretty me-ish, yes,” Mandy said, looking confused and off-put. “Also, you should probably release Spellbinder from Hell. Maria doesn’t deserve that.”

Jane blinked raised a finger as if to interject.

I cut her off. “Maria lied to me and impersonated you for years, possibly centuries depending how we’re dealing with time travel—”

“Let’s not deal with time travel and say we did,” Mandy said.

“Smart move,” I replied. “Sexual assault via deception is not something I’m inclined to forgive. So, yes, I sent Maria to Hell.”

“We were more a fusion,” Mandy said. “I was there throughout all of it. Alternate futures and everything. I was the reason she fell in love with you and there was no action she could do without me. It was a bit like you and Cloak. I remind you that he was there whenever we had sex for more than a few years.”

“I did my best to send him to the coffee room in the back of my head whenever that happened,” I said. “He was a good sport about that despite however long he had to go without getting any.”

Jane looked like she was getting a headache. “Okay, sorry, I need to interrupt. Gary can remove people from Hell?”

“He’s the Grim Reaper of this reality,” Mandy explained without explaining. “It comes with certain perks.”

“Yeah, all gods of this universe answer to the Primals,” I replied. “They dictate who gets what sort of powers over the universe. Hades, Arawn, Shao Khan, and so on all have their own afterlife realms but they derive their power from Death. Demeter, Aphrodite, and Idun get their power from Life. It’s all very Discworld. Personally, I try not to think about it.”

Mercury Takahashi, a potent witch in her own right, had stated that my long exposure to the Reaper’s Cloak and Death’s power had resulted in me becoming a god. Just a really-really tiny, almost pitifully small god. Given gods were more like spiritual bureaucrats rather than omnipotent incarnations of reality like the Primals, it was more impressive sounding than the reality. Hell, I’d killed multiple gods by this point in my career so that just further illustrated I had a cool title and nothing more.

“Gary is a god,” Jane muttered. “Oh my Goddess, so much about the universe makes sense now.”

“Oh, like you haven’t met insane loser gods yourself,” I replied. “Mythology is just one long reality TV show.”

“You’re not a loser, Gary,” Mandy said. “I never would have married you if you were. Still, if you won’t release her from Hell for me then do it for Diabloman. You broke him with what you did.

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