Theo's Apartment

If Theo simply thought of efficiency, his cybernetic implants allowed him to command his entire force from the comfort of his room.

He didn't need to go into the field and murder the criminals with his own hands. All he needed to do was to command his troops and they'll gladly do it for him.

Why did he keep performing such an inefficient practice?

Quite simply, it was fun.

Talking to people was an experience in on itself. There was so much knowledge that was not available on the net and could only be attained by going out and learning it for yourself.

In Theo's case, the social manipulation training he received from Ms. Samantha could not be mastered without victims to practice it on. Watching them twist and turn as he shoved the proverbial dagger into their egos was quite fun to watch.

Another benefit of a hands on approach was the glorious feedback that he received from killing someone.

It should be extremely obvious by now, but Theo LOVED killing people.

Whatever addictive euphoria gamers felt whenever they play their most beloved game, it was 100x more intense when he crushes someone's skull.

It was similar to sex (which he also performed daily in excess) but significantly more exhilarating.

In short, Theo was a battle junkie and he revealed in the adrenaline high he felt in life and death situations.

Naturally, he has paid again and again for his arrogance.

For the last 7 days, Theo has been in voluntary house arrest. He has not shot, crushed, mutilated, burned or even stabbed any criminals during this time.

FYI: He was most certainly NOT reflecting on his reckless thrill seeking. In fact, he was extremely excited for the next bloodbath.

However, his injury from the last incursion was more debilitating than he originally thought.

This was not the first time he has ever lost a limb before, but the impact of loosing both legs compared to a single arm was vastly different.

While he easily replaced his legs with some cybernetic limbs, the cybernetics themselves were causing him a fair amount of grief.

He designed these pair with combat in mind. Similar to his left hand, it lacked any sort of receptor to avoid the painful feedback when it kicks through someone's skull.

Sadly, because it lack the sense of touch, he could not properly gauge the strength he needed to apply to do basic things.

The first time he donned his new legs, he did a small test hop. He got knocked out when he sent himself straight into the ceiling.

The following days were spent getting used to his brand new legs.

The first day, aside from knocking himself out for an hour, was all about walking.

Second day started with walking followed by light jogging.

Third day was jogging to full sprint.

Fourth day was parkour.

Fifth to seventh day was combat training. Shooting range, storming buildings, long distance fire fights, he did absolutely everything in Ms. Samantha's manual and he did it well.

He was quite surprised how fast he got used to his cybernetics. It was almost unnatural and was probably related to how his mind could now take the SEER future computation software without breaking a sweat.

Also on the seventh day, he fought Juno one on one.

Armed with his usual power armor, guns and dirty tricks, he fought a butt naked Juno.... and lost horribly.

Now that she no longer hid her true power, it became perfectly clear how truly blessed he was having Juno as an ally and lover.

Bullets bounced off of her.

She kicked away an archon battery charged hand cannon shot.

She used a mana enhanced scream to blow away his flamethrower.

She tore off his power armor with her bare hands and proceeded to violate him in front of an audience. It turned into an exhibitionist porn flick after that.

Even with all of his combat experience, tech and the SEER system fully active, he simply could not win against her.

The combat experience of 40+ millennia plus a powerful body was nothing to sneeze at.

Juno was the definition of a monster.

After repeated attempts and repeated public sex escapades, Theo decided that he was up to snuff and ended his futile attempts to beat Juno.

During this one week, Theo has not killed a single soul. Such was expected given the gravity of his injury.

Normally, he would go insane from bloodlust but such was not the case.

This time, he found something so much more addictive than the mindless fun of murder.

During this week, aside from shooting his white beam of justice into his wives, he found taking care of his children quite entertaining, albeit a bit stressful.

At the moment, he was on the bed of his small apartment room with Zachariah Tenshu Lorne being cradled on his left arm and Evangelica Tenma Lorne on the bed.

Both children were crying.

Zach was just plain hungry and Eva was in dire need of a new diaper.

Fortunately, Pani was making some baby formula for the kids while Theo was multitasking between trying to calm down Zack while fitting Eva with a new diaper.

The most frustrating part about this was how fragile his children were.

His left arm was strong enough to crush a man's skull by accident. Both of his legs were capable of doing the same thing.

While he might be used to these cybernetics by now, he felt that he had to be 3 times more careful around his children.

He would kill himself if he accidentally hurt them.

Nevertheless, he never expected to have so much fun taking care of the kids.

From cringe worthy baby language to just lying on the bed beside them was a joy in on itself.

It was kind of annoying when the two cried during the night, but it was part of the experience.

Thanks to the children's never ending nightly interruption, a couple of things changed within the Lorne family.

For one, any smexy time was to be done as far away as possible. The reason should be obvious.

Second, Nichola was completely banned from taking care of the children.

She was a ridiculously heavy sleeper. Aside from boning or physically hurting her, it was next to impossible to force her awake.

The babies required constant attention, thus making Nichola a bad fit for motherly duty. This was especially true if the children required attention during the evening.

But most importantly, she was a lazy slob that would sleep on her own laundry if Theo wasn't there to drag her to the bedroom.

It was no surprise that Aveline Maria Lorne (Nichola's future daughter) would end up being such a responsible child. Her mother was the perfect role model of what not to become.

The last change was Theo forcing Juno to take days off from her maid roleplay.

The childcare rotation for Zach and Eva was 70% Juno, 25% Pani and 5% Theo.

Juno was the one who predominantly took care of the children when they cried at night. This was on top of her responsibilities as the commander/ trainer of Theo's forces and being at the head of 'recruitment'.

Her mastery over the 3 branches of power, she could fight high intensity battles for months without rest. Taking care of the children was a piece of cake compared to that.

However, she could not fool Theo's eyes.

She might hide it well, but the pent up stress was there.

Theo knew understood more than anyone what would happen if a person doesn't relieve stress.

As such, Theo and Juno had one of their rare verbal spats.

Juno may be smart, but she was no match for someone trained in the fine arts of bullshit.

Theo was eventually able to convince her to take one day off to do whatever she wanted.

This was the reason why Theo and Pani were taking care of the children at the moment.

What does Juno do in her day off?

Let's just say the song 'Let the Bodies Hit the Floor' perfectly described what was happening to the Vermilion City Scrapyard for the last few hours.

During that time, Theo was practicing his daddy skills.

However, this little slice of peace was often ruined either by his own doing or some outside source.

This time around, it was the latter.

Suddenly, the door was kicked open and Nichola stormed in.

FYI: A Fury, one of Nichola's lesser demons, was the one that kicked the door. No way such a lazy bum had the muscle to do something like that.

"THEO! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!" roared Nichola.

Obviously, her sudden dynamic entrance caused the children to cry even louder.

"Nichola. I dont know why you want to scream at me, but let's do that after the kids clam down shall we?" said Theo with a calm yet stern voice.

"Ah... okay...."

Among his wives, Nichola was the most aggressive when pissed off.

However, she was also the weakest to pressure, especially when she was clearly at the wrong.

After 10 minutes, Theo, Pani and Nichola was able to calm the children.

Leaving Pani on babysitting duty, Theo and Nichola moved to the room farthest from the children. Clearly something was wrong and it was inevitable for Nichola to start screaming.

"Okay Nichola. What's up." asked Theo as he placed to cups of cold chocolate milk on the table.

Suddenly remembering why she was in a panic, Nichola grabbed Theo by the collar and shook him.

"Why am I, the one with severe social anxiety, the one meeting with so many monsters in rapid succession?! Staying conscious for the last 10 minutes was a miracle! I better have a damn reward for this!" roared Nichola at the top of her lungs.

Moving to the farthest room was the right decision after all.

"Calm down and talk to me. Who came and why?"

"HOW SHOULD I KNOW! First it was Mother Leticia. Apparently she was to set up a meeting between you and some bigwig in the Ecclesiarchy. Do you know how scary it is for me, a heretic, to talk to her?! I could see her ripping me apart in her eyes!"

"Hmm... Probably an important construction job."

After converting a portion of the Hellhole District into an Ecclesiarchy convent, Theo's people has been hired by the church to do a fair bit of hush hush construction jobs all over the wold.

In fact, the revenue his company earned from such construction jobs vastly outstrips the sales of his cybernetic vendor profession.

Augustus Boreal, 1/2 of the main decision makers of Theo's business, has been traveling all over to inspect these works.

Naturally, Theo gave him a raise that made the fat man doubt his sanity.

"Second was Nosferatu and a bunch of Norscans! I couldnt stop my legs! How the hell do you keep calm around that monster?!"

"Got used to it I guess. Anyways, Nosferatu and the Norscans are here to escort our construction crew to Nosferatu's domain for the whole Doomsday Bunker Plan."

In one year, a Judgment Day level nuclear war was to take place.

Those in the know were in a rush to either prevent it or prepare to outlast it.

Among Theo's customers in the whole bunker business were Jabir and his Assassins, Nosferatu and his Vampires, the Eldorado Government and if his prediction was correct, the Ecclesiarchy as well.

And since his parents were living their dream of being a convenience store owner in Nosferatu's realm, he was very motivated to keep the ugly vampire happy.

The Volsung Norscans were already in the process of evacuating from the Norscan isles to Nosferatu's realm. In exchange for a new home, the Norscans were hired as Nosferatu exclusive bodyguards.

So far, nothing was out of the ordinary...... until Nichola dropped the bomb.

"A-and then...... Omegaman came."

So shocking was the news that Theo didn't even notice that he spilled the chocolate milk all over himself.

Omegaman was the most powerful Superhero. PERIOD.

Not only was he invulnerable, he had super strength, he could fly, breath fire, ice, lightning, poison, etc.

Quite simply, Omegaman was the closest one to match the description of a 'God'.

"How the hell am I still in one piece?!" exclaimed Theo.

Omegaman has 2 particular powers that meant Theo's end. These were X Ray Vision and Enhanced Hearing.

All Omegaman needed to do was to fly near Theo's hideout and he would hear all the screams of people being 'processed'. One X Ray Vision and he'd find an ever growing army of mechanical monsters that could wage a small war.

And once this monster of a Superhero had this knowledge, all he needed to do was to fly to where Theo was and bash him in the skull.

Here's the question.

Why hasn't he done so?

Nichola's answer was more surprising than the Omegaman bombshell.

"I don't know how Miss Samantha and Mother Leticia did it, but they were able to talk Omegaman down. In addition to that, the war formed Nosferatu and a fully armed Juno was on standby in case things get messy."

"How the hell did they-! .... No.... This is Miss Samantha we're talking about. She can bullshit her way out of a black hole if she wanted to. Beating the ultimate goody two shoes in a war of words should be up her alley."

"I know right? I couldn't hear what they were saying because I was too busy trying to make myself as small as possible, but it was priceless to see Omegaman squirm. I would have taken a picture if I wasn't scared out of my wits."

Theo nodded in agreement. It would have been a sight to be hold.

However, there was still the matter of WHY the most powerful superhero was here.

It's been a running theme in recent years for excessively powerful individuals to approach Theo to ask for his help.

There were 2 possible categories as to what the mission might be.

First: A mission that required massive amounts of firepower.

The Garden of Eden incident was an example of this.

Theo immediately disregarded this possibility.

Omegaman could easily generate the destructive force that would rival the BFG 1.0. No way he'd need Theo's help for something like that.

That only left the second possibility.

A mission so morally repugnant that superheroes would actively avoid it.

Theo knew of his infamy in the superhero circles.

While he was someone who'd gladly help the side of justice, his body count was astronomically high for someone so young.

Most importantly, he was something the superheroes could not control.

He was backed by entities such as Nosferatu, the Ecclesiarchy, the Eldorado Government, the Drow, Ms. Samantha and even the former Emperor of Zifang.

They could not touch him without severe consequences.

He was both a powerful weapon of justice and a cursed blade that would consume its user.

Quite an impressive reputation indeed.

"Well then. Let's see what pain and suffering Omegaman has for me."