Free Deadly Wands by Brent Reilly

inspiration: Genghis
Khan!" More applause as the Immortal rose to bow. "His blood gives
me strength. His example shows the way. His policies taught me
Mongol virtues hard won on the Mongolian Plateau. I owe him a huge
debt of gratitude."
    Genghis tapped his own throat. "I accept both
gold and silver!"
    “I owe the Immortal a great debt that I can
never repay!” the champion re-stated to wild applause, flying
closer to the Khan.
    "Some say I’m just like him, so let’s see if
we share more than just a name." The boy, hovering close, peered
intently at the khan. "They’re right. It's like looking in a
mirror!" People laughed and Genghis wondered where the hell this
was going. "I never knew I had such pretty eyes."
    With that the crowd went crazy. No one had
ever had fun with the Great Khan before. Even Genghis smiled. But,
next to him, Empress Borte doubled over in laughter, almost falling
out of her seat. A few weeks ago she attended her first duel, and
Boy Wonder dedicated his win that day to her. She liked that so
much that she kept coming back, often holding a sign that said “I
love Wonder.” While everyone feared, admired, and respected Genghis
Khan, most people simply adored the Empress. So when the child
flirted with her every day, the crowd ate it up.
    But to flirt with an empress was one thing;
to play with a genocidal monster something else. This brat has
balls big enough to attempt anything, Genghis realized.
    "Let me help those of you who confuse us: the
guy who rules half the world is the tall guy, while the one you
never heard of one hundred days ago is the short guy. The one who
did so much for so many for so long is the tall Temujin, while the
kid who duels to get out of school is the short Temujin." Billy had
them now. Even the Great Khan seemed to enjoy the show. "Everyone
got it now? The greatest man who ever lived is the tall one, while
the child who still gets slapped by his mommy is the short
one."
    The video of Liz smacking him in the
manager's office had spread like the flu because it meant that the
Greatest Fighter Ever still respected his mother like a good Mongol
should. It made him human, humble, and heroic. Having won over the
men, that video conquered the women. The sheer contrast between him
beating one multi-millennial after another with his skinny mother
whacking him across the room endeared the Boy Wonder to
millions.
    "I point this out because too many people
keep equating us. I can't tell you how many times I'm on the
crapper when some super-quad bursts in, confuses me with my twin,
then knocks himself out kowtowing." Even the Khan was laughing now.
"Okay, the first thousand times were pretty funny, but now I can't
take a shit without wondering who will mistake me for greatness.
And my mother is tired of moping up all that urine from millennials
who piss themselves thinking they've interrupted the Great Khan
doing his private business."
    The imagery was just too much, and fans puked
from laughing too hard.
    "You're just afraid of him!" someone loudly
yelled from the premium stands.
    "You think I'm afraid of the Great Immortal?"
Billy angrily demanded. Now he had everyone's attention. "Of course
I'm afraid of him! He farts fireballs and his penis wand extends
ten meters long." He paused to look directly at the Khan’s wife.
"Assuming everything the empress has told me is true."
    The crowd went crazy. Or crazier.
    Having made his point, the boy welcomed his
first opponent, who he dispatched within thirty heartbeats. Genghis
then watched in utter dismay as the child defeated the rest of his
carefully recruited quads. The kid suffered several ugly heat
blasts, got cut a few times, as well as thrown a lot, but no more
than on any other day. The titans he spent so much time recruiting
all died before noon.
    And no sooner did the last one fall than half
the stadium flew away, right out of their seats, as if fifty
thousand puppet strings suddenly pulled them up. It made no damn
sense.
    The