I was out of the white hell and woke up in some kind of forest filled to the brim with coconut trees. Gigantic ones.
Once the bubble popped, I got a good look at the area. And I saw I wasn't alone.
"Hey?! How the hell did you get out of there?! How the hell are you even alive?! Just getting into the planet's core is instant death, let alone staying inside!" Some strange obese man said as he was holding down some strange teenage kid.
He wore a skin-tight spandex suit and mask, which was black on one side and white on the other, with some kind of egg-shaped symbol in the middle. He would've looked cool if he lost a couple hundred pounds, at least. Seriously, this guy was built like a fuckin' pie chart.
He also wielded some kind of spear with a giant egg on top.
Yeah, strange indeed.
"Ah, wait, that bubble he came out of... was that you, King?! You fuck! You really think you're getting out of this, right?!" This guy said to the kid.
The kid in question was a boy in his late teens wearing some cheap-looking pirate costume and hat. He was pretty lean, with plenty of scars all over his face and body, and had baggy eyes. By his looks alone, you could tell he was probably starved half to death.
This all seems pretty weird, but what strikes me about him is his pink skin and hair. And his pitch-black eyes with glowing pink dots.
I watched the guy threaten this kid, still having my head in the clouds, trying to understand what the hell was going on.
That's when I had a faint idea that I needed to confirm.
"Uh...King, was it? Yeah, King. Are you the one who made the bubble that saved me?"
The boy merely nodded meekly with a slight smirk.
As soon as I heard that, I approached the two, much to the dismay of this black-and-white-suited circular prick.
"Hey?! What the fuck are you doing? You wanna save this kid punk?! Do you know who I am? I'm fuckin' Humpty of the DonDon gang!" the prick said as I came ever so close.
"I don't really give a shit. All I care about is knowing why I was in that literal hellhole in the first place. Wait a minute... where the hell is my friend? And my whale?!!"
"Oh... you mean the Lizardian girl? Probably with my boss, getting mind-controlled by the boss. Not that it matters to you since once I'm done with this little traitor, you'll be my next victim. You should've at least tried to die in there, you stupid canine fuck."
However, once he raised his egg spear to strike down King, I grabbed his hand and started squeezing it.
I was pretty pissed.
"Hey, man. I don't care who the hell you are or whoever your boss is. You took my friend and my whale. And you probably threw me in there as a bonus, eh?"
But Humpty was furious that I had the audacity to grab his hand and threw me to the side with pure physical strength, sending me flying through like five trees and surprising the shit out of me.
"Stay here. You move, and I'll give you a slow death," Humpty warned King and left to pursue me.
King didn't run, however. Not because of Humpty's threat, but because he was interested in me... or if I was gonna survive this.
Once I recovered, I saw Humpty approaching at insanely high speed and realized I needed to put my game face on.
I jumped up and charged right at Humpty to punch him, but the big fucker dodged. Despite being a bag of potatoes, he was pretty damn agile.
All my moves failed because this fat buffoon was too damn fast. He was a big target, but once I think I land a hit, he just disappears.
"I can see you've had your fun. Gotta say, though, you're pretty weak!" Humpty said as he jumped far back and prepared his spear for some kind of attack.
Was he right? Was I weak? Or could it be that hellhole messed up my body so much that I couldn't attack properly?
Whatever the case, Humpty still attacked. The egg on his spear opened up to reveal some kind of little hole within the spear. With it aimed directly at me, several eggs came flying out at bullet speed.
Luckily, it seemed the hellhole didn't affect my reflexes, and thanks to that, I dodged the eggs with relative ease.
Little did I know they he wanted them dodged.
Once the eggs missed me, Humpty gave a sly grin from ear to ear. Just as I got confused, the eggs flew around me and started orbiting me.
I had no idea what this bastard had in store, but I was not idiotic enough to find out. I lunged at him at full speed only to get smacked in the face by a gigantic white fist.
Where did this fist come from, you ask? It seems these eggs had... this guy gave the eggs the ability to make giant hands.
And make giant hands they did, as I got smacked all over the place by these egg fists, with one attack nearly getting me sent to orbit!
As I landed back down, I was losing consciousness. I quickly realized, however, I wasn't gonna hit the ground right away. I was gonna end up getting rocked in the noggin by this obese asshole.
I wasn't gonna let that happen, though.
I smacked him hard with my fist the second I got to the ground, destroying it and forming a giant hole in the ground and sending several trees flying.
Well, at least I tried, but this fat yet nimble bastard dodged my attack despite the damage it caused and appeared behind me!
With one strike, I was sent flying across the apparently gigantic coconut forest, cutting through multiple trees like nothing.
But it didn't hurt at all?!
Once the dust settled, I realized the attack didn't hit me but rather the giant bubble surrounding me. Just like the one that delivered me from that hellhole.
"W...what the hell?! Ah, King, that bastard!" Humpty said as he disabled his eggs and headed right for King.
Once he was gone, King's bubble popped.
King could've escaped.
He could have made a run for it but didn't. Why? He knew for some reason he had to save this mysterious dog guy. Could he be his chance to finally beat the DonDon gang?
Apparently not, since Humpty appeared right in front of him.
"Huh... you really are dumber than I thought. I genuinely thought you'd use this chance to escape. You really are an idiot. I don't even get why DonDon picked you over me! Any last words, traitor?"
King was silent, much to Humpty's annoyance.
Until...
"Go..."
"Fuck..."
"Yourself."
"Gugugu..."
"You have no idea how good it feels to finally be rid of you. And that idiotic laugh," Humpty said in extreme disappointment.
Just as Humpty raised his fist to give the finishing blow, a giant fist smashed right through his large stomach. A giant furry fist, of course.
"Don't get distracted, punk."
With a giant gaping hole in his chest, Humpty's chances were looking pretty shitty. But being a real sore loser...
"Hahaha!! You think you can kill a member of the DonDon gang and get away with it alive?! Fuck you! And you too, King, you damn traitor!"
"For a member of some big-shot gang, you sure suck at losing. Well, I'm just gonna let you know before you die that I'm gonna murder every single member of your gang and get Maria and my whale back."
"Ha!! You think you can take on the DonDon gang, you fool?! What a fuckin' joke! I'd love to see you try! Assuming you survive this!!"
With my arm still inside him, the big bastard started to cover himself in a hard shell and began to glow. He was gonna blow himself up. What a prick!
King quickly ran over to me and grabbed my leg to alert me, and I got the signal the weak little fool was giving me. I tried to throw the bastard into the air, but I couldn't! He was stuck! I quickly realized I had only one option! I cut off my own arm.
And it hurt even worse than that hellhole by a mile.
I had no time to acknowledge the pain as Humpty started to glow even brighter. I grabbed my severed arm, still attached to Humpty, and chucked that bitch into space.
BOOOM!!*
And just like that, Humpty was done.
But my wounds weren't.
I got several scars all over my face and torso, along with, well, no left arm! I fell to the ground in pain and screamed immensely. This guy, whoever he was, was hella strong, and I realized the bozos that have Maria and the whale may be stronger.
Was I in over my head with this?
Suddenly, I felt someone touch my shoulder.
CHOMP!*
I lost my cool and nearly bit his head off.
When I regained my sanity, I saw I bit that King guy's head off! Well, I thought I did, as his head was gone completely.
Then he suddenly sprouted it out of his chest like nothing happened.
Interesting.
"Hehe...for a tough dog-human, I can say you really are pretty easy to scare.
Gugugugu..."
"Is that supposed to be a laugh or something?" I said in annoyance.
"Something, I guess. What do you think?"
This kid, he reminds me so much of that guy...from my dreams...
And I hated it...
I grabbed him by the throat and hoisted him up into the air, only for his body to fall off his head.
Seriously. What the hell is this guy?!
Once I dropped his head, it quickly reattached to his body thanks to some strange gum material that sprouted out of his neck.
"Gugugugu!! Shocked, huh? As you can see, I'm not so normal. Well, I guess it's thanks to my Gum Collector. No big deal."
"Gum Collector? I've never heard of a collector do this kind of shit."
"That's cuz I ate my Gum Collector. Or at least it was force-fed into me by that monster of a man, Don. I suppose that's what I get for trying to steal his prized possession. Live and learn, I guess."
"What the...?! I heard guys who do that get turned into what the collector collects and die."
"Well, yeah, of course, that was supposed to happen, but looks like I was luckier than I thought. Now these guys are hunting me down. And looks like even stronger assholes will be coming for me."
"Good. Let 'em come! I'm gonna rip 'em all to shreds and get my Maria and my whale back anyway. Plus, I think it's time for my first gang war!"
"You're pretty insane, eh? The guy we fought earlier was one of their weakest members, and you won thanks to a sneak attack. Yet you wanna duke it out with his whole gang? Who the hell are you?!"
"Spike Dogtooth... Future Mob Boss.At your fuckin' service, compadre."
There was suddenly a brief silence between us. King looked at me with a blank expression for what seemed like an eternity.
That is until...
"Hey, I got beef against those guys anyway. Mind if I come with ya?" King said as he patted me on the back.
"Whatever, just don't get in my way." I told the zealous pink-skinned teen.
"Gugu...no promises. Hey, how about a little gift, eh?" King said, and before I could respond, he used his collector to create a pseudo arm for me from... bubblegum?
"H...hey, this is...uh...this is pretty good?!" I said, flexing this new gum arm.
"You're welcome. Now c'mon! Let's take down this DonDon gang! Or at least die trying!"
BOOOM!!*
"What the hell was that?" I said in shock at the large explosion we could see from a few miles away.
"It looks like it came from that Clay village. Or should I say, our destination, compadre...
Let's go!" The teen boy said and rushed into action with me not far behind.
We didn't know then, but this was the beginning of an epic friendship.
The end...FOR NOW!!