Find Your Fire

Light V Dark - Find Your Fire:

 Fire represents light, warmth, heat, consumption, spirit. 

When Mo’s fire gets removed he gets thrown into a black and white world.

He trains in order to get his fire back from Beezlebub. He trains and fights the world’s enemies to then find BB.

He finds out he’s not in another world, just that without his fire, he sees the world as only black and white, the world’s color is drained. But through these trials and tribulations and the help from familiar friends he learns how to flow through the spirit world and the physical world. Learning balance flow and that his fire was dimmed but was never gone. 

This is a story about depression, motivation, discipline, loss, mistakes, love, pain, loss. This is a story about what to do when your back is against the wall. When it feels like everyone is against you. When it feels like you arent yourself any more… remember who the fuck you are. Let that fire within burn within and everything around you. 

It’s our world but 

whe n you feel like youve betrayed yourself but in reality it is a becoming of someone new, someone more powerful. 

Based on true events. Most of these characters are based on real people. If you see yourself, enjoy. 

Everything & Mo Season IV: Find Your Fire 

Mo is tired. He leans on his sword thats embedded in the ground. His body is aching. His legs throbbed as his muscle fibers exploded. His arms weak, limp, weighed a ton. His breath irregular, but he did his best to keep it together. His eyes looked up at his opponent, though his head hung heavy. Across the field stood beezlebub. He wore an icy smile, blood leaked from the spots Mo managed to land his sword. He walked slowly, unfazed, toward Mo. He was tall and slender. One arm only had 2 of what was once 5 fingers before Mo had cut them. The other arm did not have a hand but a nub that could transform into a blade. it was sharp and it twinkled at the point and dripped some of Mo’s blood. 

“So,” Beezlebub said through his smile, “Mo, this has been fun. You did your best, you fight valiantly. but i have to go clock into work soon. and im a punctual devil. i like to arrive early. Early is on time and on time is late. 

Mo let out a noise that sounded like struggle. then groaned as his broken ribs pierced his lungs. 

“hey buddy, don’t overdo it. you’re on your last legs. you put up a good fight. really. i’m proud. if Everything were here, i’m sure he would be too.” Beezlebub stepped a few feet in front of Mo. “you know what i like about you Mo? you’ve got spunk. pinches. balls.  i think that’s my favorite thing about you. headstrong. head first. a real mover. 

ahhh i can read your face. i know what you’re thinking. you got one final swing in you so you better make it count. i see that fire. i can feel it —-“ before he could finish Mo let out a war cry and lunged towards him with all his might. 

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for a moment the world held its breath. everything still and motionless. 

Mo’s body went limp and his sword dropped to the ground. beezelebub inhaled deeply then upon his exhale he dropped Mo’s impaled body to the ground. “this little light of yours… is now mine.” the hand he impaled Mo with, glowed. the flame that lived inside Mo has been removed and illuminated the blood that dropped from his claw. 

Beezlebub glared at the flame “what a powerful being you are Mo” standing over him. “you truly are something special. i see why Everything sought you out. Remarkable… well, i’m off now. i might use these to power my toy cars. 

Mo’s collapsed body laid pathetically on the ground. His mouth red from the blood he coughed up, beating hurt. he felt air escape as soon as he entered. he thought, 

“it’s been a good life. i think it’s time to hang up the boxing gloves. all my life i had to fight head ass.” he smiled at himself. “ever since days with Zero. and since i met Everything at the circus. i’ve lost plenty. but i’ve grown so much. i’ve gained so much.” Mo’s eyes got heavy so the light gradually became smaller until it was pitch dark. black. nothingness. 

Nothing. 

“Mo? what are you doing here?” 

Mo opened his eyes to pitch black yet the space around him felt vast. he was no longer on the battlefield. this space felt cold, clinical even. Mo touched his stomach. there was no wound. he took a deep breath and stood up. 

“mo. Mo!” the voice boomed. 

“Nothing ? is that you?”

“yes,” the disembodied voice replied. 

“am i dead” Mo posited 

“im not sure… i was asking what were you doing here? what do you remember doing last? Were you and Everything roughhousing again? i swear! do you remember what happened last time?”

“No no! atleast i don’t think… i fought Beezelebub..”

“And lost it seems. where’s your color?”

“looks like it….” Mo ignored her question and drops sitting in defeat. “Losing still… after all these years, all that training.”

“Hm. Right little Mo. listen to yourself. Remember your training. It’s all training. it’s all a test. all just experience.” The surround darkness began warp and to sink into a singular point leaving the space around the point empty and white. The singularity grew and shaped into a woman’s body: Nothing, Vanessa. 

She stood in front of Mo “You know what you get from Everythinh that I love? That fire. that constant flame.” she cups Mo’s face with her palm. “You know, you were once just a little planet. and Orb with a storm raging inside. look at you now, a whole universe. But it looks like all your stars have gone dark little Mo.” 

Vanessa went from average size to towering over Mo. She sighs “That dirty Beezlebub. he’s taken your fire.” 

hot tears ran down Mo’s cheeks that fell into her hands but instead of continuing to glide down it drifted into Vanessa’s body. “then maybe i should die here. maybe this really is the end. how could i lose something i was born with? something i was gifted. maybe i never deserved it in the first place. i wasted it. i’m useless. i’m hopeless.”

the Towering body removed her hand from his face and crossed her arms and contorted her lip in disapproval, “actually yeah you’re right. sounds like you’re just a shell of what you used to be. It’s probably better that he has it. he’ll make better use of it. but if that’s the case, then stop wasting breaths, remove your Plot Armor and join me here for good. 

Mo was quiet. 

“I didn’t think so,” Vanessa snapped. “You know what you get from me that i love?

Nothing. i love you completely. wholely. you know what that looks like? Space. infinite space. Yes your fire is gone. You have reached rock bottom. stuck between a rock and a hard place. So now you have infinite space upwards. in all directions.” Vanessa’s body grew into Mo was floating in empty space again. “That is and always will be my gift to you. The thing about Everything, about you… the gift he’s giving wasn’t the fire itself. that’s something YOU cultivate and here over time. 

The thing about Everything is there’s always something that can be pulled from Nothing: An idea, a tool, a thought an atom. Everything’s gift to you wasn’t the fire. it was the power to ignite it. it was your power to become More. 

So i say little Mo, remember your training.”

Mo held his neck up high. 

“Do you know what your next task is?”

“Yeah, i gotta go find my flame.”

Mo reawakens on the battlefield. The hole in his chest was filled with a fluid that looked like outer space. He sat up, still in pain grunted and groaned. 

He began taking cali breaths until he entered into a meditative state. 

all of his experiences, past present and future flashes before his eyes. All the art and trials. love and pain and betrayals. the movement. he pinched in pain but stayed in the meditation. then the images began to slow until one image remained in front while the others flashed by around them.  

this is how be jump portals. the image squished into a door that manifested onto the battlefield. Mo opened his eyes, he took a deep breath then walked toward it. the knob was shaped like an infinity sign. and the symbol on the door was an hour glass with a small island. 

i’m gnna need some help from some friends. my best friend. my twin flame, KADO. 

Mo walked through the door into an office. behind the desk was a chair facing a giant window that overlooked an underwater city with sea turtles. 

Mo closes the door behind him and the chair spins. 

“i wasn’t expecting you behind this door.” 

“This is just a gateway. Remember the last time you cans here ? to visit KADO?”

“how’ve you been?”

“we’ll chat more when your mission lead’s you back to my world. i’m not here to deliver a message. and to see if you could even pass through” 

“hmm. okay what’s that?” 

the woman turns back towards the giant window. “you know why i love sea turtles?”

Mo stayed silent. 

“Their so graceful. watching them swim is like reading poetry. gentle giants. they represent wisdom and longevity. beautiful beings. i simply adore them. we can learn so much from them. that’s why i vowed to protect this world.”

Mo looked out the window. in awe at the slow moving giants carrying worlds on their backs. 

“They are reptiles. they breathe air but mainly live under water. they’ve adapted to holding their breath so well they can sleep their. their heart rates are slowed to help this process…

Vanessa tells me you’re on a mission to find your fire. there’s sobering here that only one of these guys can give that will help you. and they’re more than willing because Beezlebub took something from us too. but right now, you’re not ready.”

Mo shifted his weight “how will i know when i am” 

when you start asking the right questions, Ace” with that the woman raise her arm up in the air and snapped. 

the floor under Mo opened up and he fell through. splashing through a body of water then blasted into the sky. the world had flipped when he realized he had been flung out of the ocean and into the air. suspended in the air he took a look around abs saw a beach nearby, smiled then fell into the water again. Mo treaded the water to the shore. Sand fell from a singular cloud in the sky onto the island, the island grew as the sand fell. on land there was a single palm tree and Mo walked toward it. 

“You’re late” a figure came from behind a tree. 

“you all have to start showing yourselves before speaking. And you’re on time like usual Mo said with a smile toward the figure. 

“ No actually i was early. you’re on time. and you know what that means.”

“unfortunately all too well. it’s my second time hearing that” 

“if you hear it again listen. it could be a lesson.”

the two boys walked up to each other and gave a super mega ultra dap up that rang through out space time. then a warm embrace. 

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throughout time and space the infinite multiverse this dap up was felt: 

Everything looked up from b the prison he was being held in and a grin crept up on his face. 

Nothing smirked “took you long enough. 

All the beings Mo and Kado has helped or impacted felt he impact of the dap up. For some it was a subtle slight deja vu moment filled w their presence or a moment of unwarranted joy or safety. for others it was apparent. as if they had witnessed the dap themselves. 

Beezlebub was among them. “hmm even without his fire, he still moves. oh this is exciting. There’s more to pull from”

“Don’t underestimate him Bub,” Xaigoat walked into the room where Beezlebub sat. “he’s more than just his fire. He’s a product of Everything & Nothing. Yet he’s neither. He’s Mo.”

——

“when’s the last time you seen the Pushaman” Kado asks Mo. 

“It’s been a while” 

 “hm. well brother then it’s time we pay him a visit!”

“Sweet! can we stop by the Cona Sto first?” 

Kado laughs, “obviously” 

The door bell rings when the two boys walk into the cona sto and they are instantly hit with jazz, john coltrane, “moment’s notice.” the rush of the music gets their mind racing. and their bodies followed suit. rushing up and down the aisles raiding the shelves for their favorite snacks. their connection strong, cracking jokes sharing memories, curating a collection of snacks and drinks that serve as a playlist for their mission. 

Mo, with hot fries, powdered donuts, granola bars and cheese puffs and hot cheese puffs. 

kado with fruits candy bars and juices, “Hey Mo, you still got that book Pushaman gave you?”

“ofc. i’m on volume 4 now. it’s being written as we speak. I put anthurium leaves into the ether so now all the avenues get documented automatically. and that pen he gave me?” Mo pulls out a pen and draws himself a sword. “i can draw anything!”

“Whoa! Nice!,” Kado exclaimed. “after you left i trained under the Pushaman for a bit, then had a few of my own adventures to work through. i learned a lot about my culture and heritage. saved my world. and this watch… has been with me ever since.” 

a voice boomed through the loud speaker of the store “you two boys better not be making a mess out there” instantly they stopped in their tracks, shared a wide eyed glance, looked around at their mess and then nodded. Kado clicked a button on his watch and rewound time. placing everything back where it was then only grabbing a few essentials. “you two boys better not be making a mess out there!… hm… deja vu.” A talk man in an all yellow suit and fedora to match walked from behind the counter. “Now Kado, i told you too many times about playing w time.