[Short Story] - Wild West - Part 15 - 5 minute freewrite challenge

Tom followed suit and downed his whiskey also. “Yes? Mind sharing?” He was anxious to know more.

James, making his way to the counter to get the bottle, ignored Tom until he sat back down at the table and filled up their glasses yet another time.

“See, there’s only ever been one God, Tom. And at some point, He got bored of being all alone, and so He made, “James paused for a second and looked around himself, “this. As time passed, He got bored with His creation also. He wanted someone to share His life with, not just someone to worship Him. Now, because He was the only one of His kind and couldn’t reproduce with His own Godly self, He mated with each and every living thing He had created here on Earth.”

“So Ducköden, …”

“Is one of his offsprings, correct. See, the thing is, all of the creatures He had spawned possess a part of His power. He didn’t plan to divide it between them, it just happened, and because He had spawned so many He was left only slightly stronger than them. He managed to keep them in line for a while, but much like every family, they had their fights. They soon realized that if you killed another of His offsprings, you were granted their share of the power. God banished Fishnick from Heaven first thing after the incident, but the lust for power got the best of them. A war erupted in Heaven shortly after, and now only 5 of them remain. Ducköden, as you might have already guessed, is one of them. Cheers,” They clanked their glasses together and emptied them.