Don't Just Kill.... Make it Overkill

A Change in Dynamics

Harley stepped out of his friends 1998 ford truck and smiled as he thought of everything he had on him. He had his phone with his textbooks saved onto it, ranging from electric circuitry to engineering and architecture books as he wanted to be a contractor and perhaps even make his own equipment. He pulled on the long red overcoat and smiled as he had even dyed his hair white to make the look even better. On his back in holsters that had been ordered online was the pistols known as Ebony and Ivory. At least they were good recreations of the weapons but still wouldn’t fire at anyone as they were simply made out of wood. The perfect Amulet hung around his neck while he inspected himself and still was cursing about the lack of next day shipping for the recreation of the sword Rebellion. As it was though he was only a few inches off and a little less muscular than the original Demon hunter from Devil May Cry, Dante. He looked to his friend Shawn as he hopped out, dressed as the antithesis to his own cosplay, Vergil, the brother of his character and smirked as he had ingrained the hair smoothing habit enough into his life that it seemed real.

The two men walked from the parking spot to the entrance of the Convention and smirked as the door opened for them, the sounds of games being played, people arguing, and others shouting in excitement flooding over them like a wave. They stepped in time with each other, making it seem almost like the brothers had truly come to the place before Harley slipped on some soda he didn’t realize was on the floor. He fell forward, his face becoming intimately acquainted with the ground as a low groan could be heard coming from him.

His friend Shawn meanwhile was smiling, running his right hand over his hair and saying with his best impression of Vergil “And here I thought you could only be a clutz when it came to women Brother.”

A few people having seen the fall chuckled and snickered from hearing that before Harley picked himself up off the ground. He turned and had a small smirk on his lips before retorting back “Hey its not my fault women just love to try and make holes in me while I am trying to get into theirs.” His right hand meanwhile had swept across the back of his coat, making it sway out behind him as if it was caught in a sudden breeze. The crowd actually let out some loud laughs at hearing that and then went over to the two men, wanting to get pictures taken with both of them. They both took the attention in stride, simply enjoying their time as it had been almost two months since they were both free enough to hang out. Once they had sated the crowd with the pictures they had wanted they moved together again, this time simply wandering around and just enjoying the convention they had arrived at.

But there was something that caught both men’s eye and it was a purple booth, standing off in the corner. It had a small wall set up behind it but what was most interesting however was that the seller behind the counter seemed to be either a character that shouldn’t be or was someone going severely overboard with a cosplay. He had a dark black cloak covering his body and a shawl made of the night itself with the color wrapped around his mouth. His red eyes seemed to be piercing out from under his hood and his long dextrous and bleach fingers ran over the counter of his stall and with that both Shawn and Harley walked over to the counter. There, many items were out being sold but right away there were two that caught Harley’s eye. The first being Rebellion, seemingly glowing as if a ray of light was cast directly on it while no such thing was going on. The second was the Yamato with its sheath as well merely two feet away and seemingly emitting an unearthly blue glow along its sheath.

The man spoke up with a gritty voice and unplaceable accent as he said “Ah I see…. You have yur eyes on the blades of Sparda…. Well since you have a pretty nice costume I suppose I could let them go for.. $120 dollars.”

Harley looked at the man in shock before he quickly reached for his wallet, grabbing the money and saying in a calm tone as he held the bundle of bills out in front of him “Shut up and take my money.” The Merchant smirks and Shawn looks at his friend with a bit of worry from Harley dropping the cash for it even with the guy looking sketchy as all hell. Thin white bony fingers grab the money and then hand the two weapons to the man, smiling innocently while Harley smiles genuinely. He then takes the weapons and turns around walking away with his friend Shawn quickly following behind as Harley said “Dude I can’t believe I just got these things for such a steal.

Shawn however was worried and said “Shouldn’t you be more careful with handling those? I mean Rebellion looks likes its actually sharp.”

Harley being a bit more daring as he finally has his costume finished stated “Aw come on man…. Whats the worst that could happen?” It was at this point in a small corner of the void, a being with a sergeant cap from the military and sitting in front of a computer grinned and simply pressed a button, cursing the young man.

As the young men walked away Harley smiled wide, admiring the swords and sadly didn’t see the soda still left on the floor. He slipped as his right foot came down and in his surprise the swords were tossed into the air, Yamato still being in the sheath but Rebellion flipping twice before the blade came down into his chest piercing his heart.Harley felt the pain of the blade for a few moments before slowly becoming colder and sighed softly for his final breath as blood trickled out of his mouth.

A few moments later Harley was sitting in a leather chair, with a small coffee table in front of him and another chair across from him. He looked around but the surroundings were nothing but an endless void and then as if by magic a person was in the chair across. He tilted his head in confusion and wondered why he wasn’t freaking out but at this point he was just glad to be thinking as the last moment that came to mind was dying by a sword.

“So… You dun fucked up kid… I don’t know what you did but you somehow got Murphy to curse you so hard not even I can really fix it…” Thebeing was merely four feet tall and some change, with pale blonde hair and a mocha color for its skin tone. The strangest part however was their eyes, they were black holes with what seemed to be stars hanging in them and they never blinked, somewhat unnerving Harley.

Harley then coughed before saying “Um… I,. May have said something about what could happen… While carrying two sharp swords… In my arms instead of at my sides.”

The being groaned before slapping its palm against its face but the force seemed to shake the very place the two were sitting in. After a few moments the being moved its hand away and then said while breathing in and out slowly “Alright…. Well with what was going to happen you would of been fine. But now you need something extra… So you get three wishes, just know you are going to a “New World” and need to be able to fight.”The being had used air quotations when it spoke about a new world and so Harley blanched a bit before shaking his head. He then began to ponder about what he could use and thought back to his friend mentioning a manhwa that the character could grow truly strong in a short time.

Harley shrugged and thought that it would probably be for the best and looked at the being saying simply “Can I have the powers of the Gamer?”

The being was a bit shocked at hearing this but after a few moments the being nodded and said in jovial tone “Alright I suppose…. But that power you are going to get will pretty much take out the three wishes… I could however give you a small favor if you do something for me as well.”

Harley was a bit surprised hearing that but shrugged it off before saying “Alright then…. Could I have my phone never die and always connected to the internet?”

The being froze, quite literally icing over before breaking out of it and letting out a laugh that seemed to echo off of nothing. It continued for a few minutes before finally stopping as they looked at Harley and sighed with a smile saying “Kid you have to be one of the most interesting people I have ever met. Alright I can do that and as for the favor you will find out later on. Now good luck and have fun.”

Harley held a wide grin on his face and nodded before a bright flash consumed him and the room, leaving him feeling as if he was falling.