Jordan Alex Green

Unexpeted Hero

Added 2025-07-10 06:46:40 +0000 UTC

Something short I tossed up on SpaceBattles.

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Far away from Earth Bet, a mighty being observed the entities at work. Its power was great. Too great.

I must select a champion. One with the knowledge I need. One who will have the will, the power, to save this world and end the Entities.

Taylor Hebert. Yes.

And it prepared its mighty powers, to input the knowledge that was needed, to prepare the child for what was to come.

And then it unleashed its power.

And then, that mighty being paused. Wait. Did I convert to metric when I set the coordinates?

In the Bay, someone twisted and moaned. Terrible nightmares, of being closed in, trapped, the walls getting closer. And then a message. The end of everything. The knowledge of what must be done.

He erupted from his bed sheets, gasping in horror at the image. his companion fell to the floor from where he'd kicked her out of bed.

"Skiddie!" Squealer said. "You kicked me--"

"Shut up!" Skidmark said. "I just got... terrible news! I gotta get better, learn how to use my powers! You gotta learn how to use your powers!"

"Skiddie, did you forget to check the expiration date again?"

"This is serious!" Skidmark turned to Squealer, the fires of inspiration (as well as a drug high) in his eyes. "The world's coming to the end, you know what that means?"

"What, skiddie?"

"It's up to us to save the world, because if the world comes to an end, we ain't ever gonna get high again!"

And far from Earth, a mighty, powerful being started doing the incorporeal version of carefully shuffling for the door so it could pretend to never have been here.

And in it's mind, two words echoed:

Oh Bollocks.