Dexter stood before the huge, dead sea. The water was still and silent.
"Gotham, let's talk. Did you meet Ben?" He asked the sea.
Suddenly, a huge ripple appeared on water and a woman came out to the surface.

It was her. The girl Slaine met underwater. She swam towards Dexter and looked into his eyes.
"I've even talked to Ben." She smiled.
"What did he say?" Dexter asked as he sat on his hinges.
"He doesn't seem to recognise me."
"Of course he doesn't. That's him in the past."

"I'll tell you a secret though."
"What?"
"His eyes are blue."
"I know that he performed iris implant surgery. He said he had aniridia. I knew he lied."

(Aniridia is a medical condition where the entire iris is not in the eye)

"How do you know it?" She asked.
"I've seen his medical reports. He has done many cosmetic surgeries. It'll be nice to see a "real" Ben."
"Why don't you accompany me to past?"
"I will do that soon."

. . .

Jimmy and MiK stood in the kitchen, feeding on some waffles, "This is good, I like it,"
"I can't believe you can eat, our Asselyum doesn't eat anything!"
"She can't. She is built to feed on electricity,"

"Guys," He heard Asselyum's voice and moved away, "Have you seen Axel? My ear is making some weird noise." Asselyum pressed her ear.
"He went out with Slaine," Jimmy said.

. . .

Evelyn jumped down the stairs on his board and fell on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Slaine asked as he sat beside him with his left knee bandaged. He was wearing shorts since Lupin had advised him to not create more friction over the wound. Axel decided to accompany Slaine--Just to kill time since Elron was busy sleeping.

"It doesn't hurt at all!" Evelyn smiled and ran towards the stairs "Dad, how do you look so chill when you do the jumps?"
"It's just a style of skateboarding. It comes naturally to you. Whether you like power or grace."

"I like power!"
"That's nice."
"I feel so out of place," Axel said. He was resting his face on his palms.
"You can't skate-You might not as well be here!" Evelyn said.
"Fuck you, kid! I am a roller skater," Axel pointed at the wheels under his boots, "I just don't depend on wooden boards."

"Then, you're not cool." Evelyn said.
"Evelyn, you don't say to anyone, okay?"
"Yes." Evelyn made a pout.
"Alright. I'm going to get a drink. You just practice here."

Slaine went to the other side of the park, towards the vending machine. While Axel just stared at Evelyn, fall on the floor again and again.

"This is depressing to watch." He said.
"Then, you shouldn't have come."
"Why do you hate me so much?"
"Because you don't skateboard."
"This proves it-You're totally nine. Huh, so immature,"
"Shut up!"

"Plus you calling Slaine "dad". It makes me cringe."
"You're just jealous because I have a dad! And he is super cool!"
"You act like I don't have a dad."
"You do?"
"Yeah."

"Why don't you live with him?"
"I can't."
"Why?"
"I'm not allowed to."
"But why? Who stops you?"
"The law apparently."

Slaine returned with a cold coffee can. Evelyn ran towards him, "Dad! Axel can't meet his dad!"
"No wait-"
"Let's help him meet-" Axel covered Evelyn's mouth. Slaine looked at Axel and he looked away.

"Axel, have you been hiding something?"
"Bullshit, I'm not hiding anything."
"Then, what is Evelyn saying about your father?"
"He's a kid. You believe him?"
"Kids don't lie. You're a kid too."

"I'm different."
"How?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"You're so lucky, Axel. You have a dad." Evelyn said.
"What's so lucky in that? Everyone has a dad!" Axel shouted.
Slaine and Evelyn looked at him. Axel realised what he just said.

"I am a congenital kleptomaniac," Axel said.
"Con--What? I can't even speak that." Evelyn said.

"It is a physical abnormality present from birth to steal items and you do it for reasons other than personal use or financial gain."
"You're a thief, Axel?" Evelyn asked.
"Yes. Yes, I am a thief. I can't go back to my dad because the police will put me behind the bars if they see me again. That's why he told me to leave Philadelphia."

"You're from Pennsylvania?" Slaine asked.
"Yes."
"Don't you miss your dad?"
"I'm getting used to it. I shouldn't go anywhere to be honest. I can't really control my urge to steal."
"Have you stolen from us too?"

"Yes. I have. It's with me in my cupboard. Jimmy knows about it, that's why he keeps the door to his room open when he sleeps."

"Why didn't you tell that to me before?"
"Because then you'd judge me and keep me away from you because well-I might steal your stuff."
"I don't care. I don't have anything important to lose anyways."

"Axel!" Asselyum shouted from the gate of the park. Axel looked at her, "Yeah?"
"Have a look at my ear."
"Again? Shoot." Axel walked down the stairs and walked towards her. Slaine looked at them while Evelyn continued practicing. In the evening, Evelyn went back home.

"You won your match. But, I didn't see them gift you anything for that." Asseylum said as they walked back home.
"It's fine. It's not like I expected anything. I got what I wanted."
"But you still deserve a gift." Asseylum insisted.
"Hey, did you buy him something?" Axel asked.
"Yes,"

When they went home, she gave Slaine a longboard.
"What the fuck."
"You didn't like it?"
"It's a fucking longboard! It's not a skateboard."

"It looks like one."
"But it's different! Even the tricks I can perform on this are limited."
"You're welcome."
"Fuck you!"
"Be happy for what you have."
"Fuck you twice!"

Afterwards, Slaine decided to take a bath since he was tired.
"Eh? I wanted to take a bath!" Jimmy complained as he sat at the dinner table. Lupin pointed towards himself, "He's saying, he wanted to take a bath too." Norman smiled.

"Oh, Lupin finally has a translator." Axel said.
"Hey, isn't it my time to take a bath?" Jimmy said.
"We had a time table for bathing?" MiK asked.
"I just go in whenever I want," Lucifer said.
"And harass the person who is in there." Axel said.

"A human should feel blessed to be born if I just give their naked body a second of my observation."

"...You're not a porn star."

"What the big deal? We are all guys here."
"It makes it worse. What if one of you is gay?!" Axel shouted.
"It can bet that this child will grow up to be a homosexual."

"You should not be worried about that, Axel. You barely have a dick."
"Fucking thirteen-year-old."
"What the fuck did you say?!"
"We are nothing but a speck of dust in this universe--does the size still matter?"

"Shut up, Lucifer." Axel said.
"My dick is big!" Jimmy flaunted.
"Usually, the guy who says his dick is big, has the smallest of them all!"
"I can show you--"
"No-- Bro. What the fuck!"

"It is okay. You are all men." Lucifer said.
"You? You don't include yourself?" Jimmy asked.
"I am a God."

"You should be worried if one of us is is a paedophile, Axel."

"Oh, I'm sure that one of us is." Axel shot a weird glance at Lucifer.
"Such a delusional child of the humans to think that I, the great lord Lucifer himself, would be interested in humans in the first place."

"You aren't? Then, you're into technology?"
"I'm only into war. Nothing excites me more than fighting,"
"Lupin is writing something, guys"
"What is it?"

"Jimmy, read it for us!" Norman ordered.

"You guys ain't shit. I swear to God all of you are drunk and all of you have the smallest of the dicks in the entire human history"

"Again, I'm not included." Lucifer said.
"...Oof." Axel didn't know what else to say.
"Everyone shall take the cloth on their lower half immediately. I've got some measuring to do."

"FUCK OFF!" 

. . .

Meanwhile, Slaine put his bathrobe around him and walked outside of the bathroom. He heard the voices from the bar so he decided to go down. When he reached there, he saw that Mr James was composed and minding his own business, preparing a drink. Jimmy was lying on the floor.

"Jimmy, what you doing?" Slaine asked, "I mopped that floor about a week back. Stop making it dirtier!"

"I'm wondering-- Who the fuck invented a blow job?"
"I know right?" Lucifer sat beside him, "Like who wakes up and thinks "Today, I will suck a dick.""
"You guys are totally wasted." Slaine said and looked around, "Where's Asselyum?"

"Sometimes I go so far into my head that I forget anything that exists." Jimmy said.
"Maybe making out for a few minutes will help you figure things out." Lucifer suggested. Lupin was sleeping with his head on the table.

"Lucifer, you can get drunk too?" Slaine asked.
"My last brain cell is heart shaped!" Lucifer shouted.
"Nevermind," Slaine walked away and went up the stairs.

He was hot after the bath so he decided to go to the terrace to get some air. His hair was wet and he smelled of body wash. As he went up, he saw that the door was open. And the terrace was lit up by the moon.

Asselyum stood at the railings, looking at the Manhatten bridge far away. Slaine walked towards her and stood beside her.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Ben commanded me to kill him."
"Yeah, I know that."
"But what you don't know is that..." She turned towards him "You are Ben."

-To be continued

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