alternative reality

A Story by souvik

if you desire to become god , would you erase someone's existence?

“Why?!” he cried in front of the mirror

“Why!?” his question echoed in the room.

His hands were soaked in the blood of his brother who laid motionless, in his arms.

He kept on shouting at the mirror but the grin on the face of the man in the mirror kept on widening.

His brother had died believing that the person who he could always turn towards for help, the person who held his hands in the darkest times in his life , were the same hands which took his life.

“Andrew” said the man in the mirror with a smile “Don’t you worry , you would join him soon “
“why would you kill your own brother?” asked Andrew

“It’s simple. To be god you have destroy the reality in which the other you exist and by destroying I mean to take away every person who knows you closely and then kill the other you ” replied the man in the mirror “ In the other, words wipe out you existance“

For Andrew this man had opened the Pandora’s Box. The man who dwelled in the mirrors was an Andrew belonging to a different reality who had somehow managed to move through realities so that he could become god for which he had to wipe out every person who knew Andrew personally.

“I’ll not let you take anyone else!” shouted Andrew

“You make me laugh Andrew, I am a man who can move through mirrors, a body which can’t be stopped be touched , then how on earth are you planning to stop me?”

This man was the complete opposite of Andrew, He was nothing like Andrew to be precise.

“You have very short list of people closed to you “said the man in the mirror “ and in my reality I had to chop down hundreds. That’s why it’s called an alternative reality because I was close to a lot of people and you aren’t. I had everything but you have nothing “
“you had everything, still you chose to kill them all just to play god?”
You could see the anger in his eyes. Andrew’s hands stopped shaking.

“Get out of my world “screamed Andrew and punched the mirror .

“You can’t kill me Andrew “laughed the other man and then he appeared on the window pane behind him “ I can exist on anything which reflects . A reflection can be a reality in itself don’t you agree?" He then looked out "Mrs. Mills oh, she was a kind lady who took care of you both, right ? i guess its time to reward her “

“No, don’t do it “Andrew screamed in despair

“Stop me if you can “challenged the man in the mirror

Andrew ran as fast as he could with tears in his eyes. His brother was not the first one who was taken away from him. In the last few weeks , the other Andrew had succeeded in taking away everyone who was close to him and now Mrs. Mills was the only one left.

He ran as fast he could and after a few seconds of sprinting he could see her. Mrs. Mills was right in front of her but he was late. The window right above her broke and the other Andrew materialized in thin air. He grabbed one of the broken glasses and thrust it down poor Mrs. Mills’ neck. Andrew had lost everyone he cared about and for the other Andrew to become god now had to only kill this Andrew in this reality.

“Well now im solid I guess killing the last person you knew stripped me of that power.“said the other Andrew ". Our attitude towards people are also different but in the end we the two faces of the coin who now have nothing “

“You chose to give up everything but I didn’t “replied Andrew

“I chose to become a superior being you see “laughed the other Andrew” and now I just have to kill you to be god.”
“If you become god will bring them back all?” asked Andrew

“Why would I? That would only deprive me of my position cause in order to be god no one should know you “replied the other Andrew.

At that moment something stuck Andrew

“You didn’t calculate one thing my friend " laughed Andrew

“ And What would that be?”

“That we both lost people who knew us from both the realities and now we both have same chance of becoming god “and with that Andrew picked up the shattered glass and thrust it in the other Andrews guts.

“What have you done?” blood started sprouting out of the other Andrew

“Now you die “Andrew continued stabbing him

“No! This can’t be happening I was meant to be the god of this world “screamed the other Andrew

The pavement was colored in red when the aura of light started surrounding them

“I guess this is it, the two faces of the coin become one “

The white light engulfed them both. Andrew was started soon being drained in knowledge. He could see all the matter that made up this world around him. He now understood what the world is made up of and why where there two realities

“There aren’t only two realities you see. There are seven realities and every reality has one of the seven sins in majority of a human being and you right now understand only two “said the voices in the ight surrounding Andrew

“What would you want to do now? Continue your journey to be god?” asked the light

“No, you can keep that job “replied Andrew “just return everything to what it was and destroy the other reality that threaten to finish mine “

“The only way to stop him is to destroy you from every reality “said the light

“Then do it” answered Andrew

“As you wish “said god