A New Life

Chapter 3

7 August, 2013

Apocalyptic Washington

"Wha- What are you talking about? You sure as hell don't sound like me. Plus, I would never say that kind of stuff to anyone!" Jacob was taken aback by the man's previous statement. I am you: what kind of person says that? And the other things he's been saying as well.

"Of course you would never say that to anyone! I am your true feelings, the emotions you've kept bottled up in that little white head of yours for years. Did you ever pay attention in psychology class? -No, of course not. You were too busy being picked on to bother with such things as education."

"How does anything you're saying make any sense?!"

"Wouldn't it just be easier if you let your emotions go? To tell the other kids to go die in a hole? To do and say things you've always wanted to do, but were too worried about things like politeness that you couldn't? Hah! Why be polite to those who don't return the favor? Why not just crush them, make the whole world run and hide at your approach?"

"-What?!"

"Think about it, this world could be yours. All the power you want and the freedom to do whatever you want with it! You need only accept your true emotions, and I'll do all the work."

"What kind of twisted person wants this?! This is horrible! Who are you really?"

"I already told you, I'm you. You might say things like that, but in your heart, you know your deepest desire is to gain the power to make these people beg for mercy!"

"Like hell it is! If there's one thing I know for certain, It's that there is no way you can be me!" The man's reactions were different from what Jacob had expected, instead of backing off, he only smiled.

"Did I hear that right! You just denied me, didn't you?"

"True feelings my ass! There's no way you're me!"

Red smoke engulfed the man, as he let out what seemed to be an evil laugh. "Hahahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHA! Right! I'm not you anymore! Now I can be free! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Just then, the doors burst open and what looked like a whole bunch of college kids came running out into the, now extremely crowded, office. "Stop right there you son of a- what?" The brown-haired male looked incredibly confused at his surroundings, and was speaking a language Jacob could only guess was Chinese.

The mysterious man transformed into -A horse? It was a HUGE brown horse with evil, yellow eyes and all sorts of guns coming out of all places on its body. There was only one appropriate phrase to describe what Jacob was thinking at this point, "-what the fuck?!" -yep, that's it.

"I am a shadow, the true self. I'll destroy anything that crosses me!"

The blonde boy probably knew what was going on, but he obviously couldn't understand what was being said. "Yosuke! What'd he say?"

"I'm not sure but I think it means 'get ready for a shadow battle!'"

The girl with pink glasses- oh yeah, they're all wearing glasses- summoned some kind of radar demon and was looking at some kind of visor. "Be careful guys, this one's pretty strong!"

The brown-haired male looked like he was trying to make a joke, "Well, there's one plus about this battle,"

The black-haired girl was confused by that statement- whatever it was, "And what would that be?"

"We don't have to listen to his monologues! So, let's get this over with!"

Jacob must've been high at this point. He's in the White House, in a ruined Washington, watching a horse monster that claimed to be his inner emotions fighting against a bunch of asian kids who summoned magical card demons- all after his apartment block caught on fire and he got knocked out. He must be dead, yeah, that's it. He must've died in the fire and this is what hell looks like. He could get used to this- on second thought, no, he can't. This is why he always said no to the pot dealers in the alley behind his building.

In the meantime, the Asians were busy curb stomping the 'shadow', as it called itself, as if it were all in a days' work. Which, sadly enough, it kinda was.

The more he thought about it, the more Jacob realized these people must have been Japanese, he hasn't seen mush anime, but from what he has seen, the basic plot of all of them is 'a bunch of teenagers get magical powers and fight demons to save the world.' that is pretty much what's going on here, isn't it?

And before he knew it, the battle was over and the 'shadow' returned to its humanoid form.

Thirty seconds later, and no one said anything. "Uhh, shouldn't he be accepting his shadow by-" The brown-haired male spoke up, to break the silence it seems.

The black haired girl interrupted him, "Let me do this... Why are you just standing there?" -She called out to Jacob, who was mindlessly looking around the room, taking in the sights.

"Wha- woah, is that english?!"

"Yes, now go talk to him," she pointed at the shadow, "he is a part of you after all,"

"... Right," he turned to the shadow, "after seeing all of that, I guess there is a possibility that there are multiple 'me's. It is true that I hate the people who picked on me, and I do wish that I had the power to do whatever I wanted to them sometimes. However, I know that there are good people in the world, and that killing is never the best way. I know I have no friends, and my life has driven me to be somewhat of an asshole, but I'm sure people can change."

The shadow merely nodded, and disappeared into a blue mist. In its place stood a white horse, with a man in a blue coat and holding a rapier sitting atop it.

"I am thou, and thou art I. I am Napoleon, conqueror of continents!"

At that, Napoleon disappeared back into the mist, and a card with the number 'IV' fell into Jacob's hand, where it disappeared. Lots of disappearing today, eh?

Meanwhile, Two men were lying on a distant rooftop, their blue hair making it hard to see through their binoculars.

The younger one spoke up, "Wow, they are fast. Don't you think we should kill them right now, before they get in our way?"

"No," the older one replied, "doing that, we would only blow our cover. Kids like them have a hard time dying."

The younger one let out a chuckle, "just like you, eh?"

"Yes, just like me."

Author's Notes:

Well, this chapter is longer than the others, but I still think it's a little short. I'm working on it. Tell me what your opinions are of me outright skipping the battle scene, I just personally think that battle scenes are completely irrelevant to the plot, plus they're hard to write well.

By now, I've already got some people helping me with this story, and I really appreciate their help. I've got a few more OCs on the way as well, so look out for them.

Also, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please send them my way. As I said earlier, I can't read your mind.

Well, see you tomorrow!