What Makes A God? (GM)

[Mathew Amtrum]

"Sounds about right. And just think, if it wasn't for this then you never would have had a chance to poke your needles inside my flesh. Where would we be then?"

He let out a small bitter laugh. That was the thing with Barker. He could be friends with Barker. Barker was his kind of guy. Perhaps in another world. Or another life. Perhaps this counted for both.

[Sean Barker]

"Whats even more interesting. Look over there."

Barker would point out an individual near the center left. One of the scientists Mathew would recognize from the initial testing on Mathew.

"Gathering information. While still aiding your cause. Reform the school, bring down Mr. Vaughn. All very noble. What kind of headmaster gasses the students?"

[Mathew Amtrum]

"What kind of man pokes and prods children and pumps them full of who knows what?"

He retorted with his eyes shifting back over to Barker for a moment. Shaking his head once more. Mathew is the kind of man that would for the right reasons.

"Despite what a lot of people may think. I'm not and never was one of the bad guys. I'm just rough around the edges."

[Sean Barker]

"When your trying to make sure those kids are strong enough to do what needs to be done when the time is right?"

Barker would retort. Then would point his thumbs at himself.

"This guy."

This illusion however was not going away. Instead the people got quiet, looking at Mathew, even following him around if he tried to leave.

[Mathew Amtrum]

"So tell me about this Strike mother fucker."

Focus on the future, not the past. The past was a trap in this place. Mathew was fortunate that he was a forward thinker. There was barely enough time for the present let alone the past. Not when there was so much in his future. His girls. His wife. The perfect world. A better world.

He ignored the people following him. Making his way through the crowd. If this was back then he would be able to make it through the crowd without issue. This was at the height of his power on 552. In this world he was king.

And yet he wanted to leave it. Because he no longer belonged.

[Sean Barker]

Barker would fold his arms as the crowd split for Mathew to walk around.

"Strike... He pretended at first to simply be a scientist, but I dont trust suspicious people wearing masks, then he showed me what he could do. Told me he was in good with Zack, and told me his plans for making a super soldier army... Back when I was working for Asiv, this seemed like my moment to break out and do my own thing, instead of making drugs in my garage, he hooked me up with money, resources, man power."

Barker sighed.

"Then Mitsoumi found out what was going on and what was coming. That's when I knew the only way to stop it was to make my own army and try to kill him. I was too late, I slipped up durring the last battle."

He shook his head.

"One mistake is all you get against this guy."

[Mathew Amtrum]

"You should have come with me alive. We would have gotten out of there before Strike showed up. That had been the plan. Question you on Strike, figure out our next move. And how we can make sure to beat him to his end game."

He sighed.

"You should have known after dropping the bombs that everyone would be after your head. You fucked up, and now you're stuck here with me. But the game isn't over. Not yet. Help me. Help me beat Strike."

[Sean Barker]

"The plan was to drop the bombs let it simmer, then be the saving grace, bring my technology to the world, cure every disease, use our healing tech for medicine, and take in real volunteers with jobs and government in control. It almost came to fruition. I was running out of time between your little resistance groups and Strike pressing me for questions... I was in a dangerous situation, and there is no way I would of been free with that mask forced on my face."

Barker was silent after that, contemplating.

However the scene changed again. The sounds of battle erupting around them as they where in a hallway outside the headmasters office. Across from Mathew stood Areon Fury ready for combat. Mathew stood ready to challenge the School Captain. He was stuck in a loop of battle until Barker was able to snap him out. Mathew had been fighting Areon and the school now in his Green Rebellion for eight months.

Barker would have snatched Mathew up after making Areon Fury explode in a gush of blood and guts.

"Wake up!"

[Mathew Amtrum]

Mathew shook his head as the blood vanished off of him as he snapped out of it. He needed a moment to have it all come back to him. It felt like he had been there for ages. Just fighting. Endless fighting for months. No sleeping and no eating. Just combat, and blood. Nothing there but the God of War.

"Thanks..."

He never thought he would thank Barker.

"What were we talking about?"

It was fuzzy. They really needed to get out of there.

[Sean Barker]

"I just told you the whole plan I had for controlling the world, and how me joining you while wearing the mask would of been stupid. Then its like you just fell down a hole of violence."

Barker would let Mathew go and look around...

"We are looking for something that shouldn't belong..."

[Mathew Amtrum]

Something that didn't belong here. Everything belonged here. Except for Mathew and Barker. He didn't belong here, and Barker didn't belong here. Both of them were past this place, this hell? This victory? And neither of them wished to spend eternity here. For the first time since arriving to the Underworld Mathew would look at himself. The only thing that didn't belong in every place they had been.

[Sean Barker]

And just like that Mathew would see a void, like a black hole sucking in the body around it in his chest. Barker however couldn't see it. In the black hole was a jewel. Jade in color, trimmed in the shape of a Chinese dragon.

[Mathew Amtrum]

"You are fucking kidding me."

He cursed himself. Nothing in this place as as it seemed. He could go. His gut was telling him. And he could leave Barker here to rot. But Barker had saved him. He couldn't do that, especially now. Grabbing Barker's hand he put both of their hands over the jade Dragon inside the hole.

"Take us back to my body."

[Sean Barker]

And hovering suddenly in the air in the room with all the gods of death was Barkers soul which was immediately sucked back into the statue in Mathews pocket. Hades looked to Mathews soul and would speak.

"So, you want back in your body or do you need a few minutes to go check out the girls locker room?"

[Mathew Amtrum]

"I think I'm done being dead..."

He just wanted back into his body. Before he got sucked back into the underworld. He didn't want to go back there, and he had wasted far to much time already. He couldn't risk more. He didn't dare.