《God Particles》
Chapter 0
What is the most sincere feeling that human has? It is fear. Fear will always tell you whether you should fight or flight. Fear was the reason that we continued to make more and more fire during our early stages of evolution as intelligent creatures. Fire gave us light, light drove away beasts in the darkness, And even if the feeling of safety was brief, it was satisfying nonetheless. Then we made houses to keep the dangerous beasts away from us. They gave us feeling of safety that lasts as long as we remain in the house, therefore giving us comfort of being safe. But what if the fire will extinguish and the house will crumble down? That is when feeling of safety disappears and with it comes fear.
BAM!
One of the big pillars that supported the barriers crumbled down. The citizens looked at the tragedy and slowly, but surely they understood that only thing that would keep them safe were lights. But unfortunately, they went out. It was night now. That means that only 1 type of creatures would attack at this time, The Nightstalkers. Enormous creatures that were almost 10 feet in height, standing above any human in the city. They could open the mouths so much, that they could easily swallow an adult man''s head. Their dark grey skin made them almost invisible in light. Their claws could tear apart almost anything that wasn''t a hard metal and let them crawl even better than spiders. One such creature was standing right in the middle of the bloody room.
It already ate a young male, but it was still hungry. Complete absence of eyesight and smell was a pretty big minus, but the evolution gave it a different ability. Echolocation.
*CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK*
The sound waves escaped from its mouth and hit every single object in the room. Broken furniture and glass, torn curtains, a deformed corpse, but no sign of human. It checked the whole room again and heard a little difference in the bedroom, small difference under the bed. It was clear that new prey was hiding under there. Nightstalker rushed inside the bedroom and flipped the bed, to reveal a women holding her child and crying. Nightstalkers weren''t sapient creatures, they were predators, so they did not understand human emotions. Without holding back, it raised its right claw, ready to pierce the woman. Unfortunately for him, the room was illuminated with purple light from the window.
*KRYAAAAAAAAAAAAH*
The nightstalker screamed as his dark grey skin started glowing in red color and covering in blisters. It tried to run away from the bedroom, but a sharp knife entered its spine, rendering him helpless as he fell down. The window was broken and from it, young woman entered the room. Because of the ultraviolet light, the Nightstalker was slowly "burning" now. The woman crouched next to the mother and son.
"Are you alright miss? Did it hurt you in anyway?" Unlike her appearance, she had a pretty gruff voice. Other than that she looked like a beautiful girl. Short, white hair with grey eyes and pale skin. Her figure was muscular, but feminine nonetheless.
"N-No. B-But my husband is..." Mother started crying as soon as she mentioned her husband. She couldn''t do anything, her ability was to weak and completely unusable for combat.
The girl stood up and walked towards already "Cooked" creature. She pulled out her knife and then looked at the corpse. It already started dissolving, that means that she was late to collect samples. The door to her right broke down, but she wasn''t surprised.
"Chris, go and take that woman and her child. They might have some minor injuries so treat them. Afterwards take them to the the boss. We need information about attack and they might know something." She adressed to a middle-aged man in soldier clothes. It was funny how such a young woman was in the lead of a squad that consisted of skilled soldiers.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.
"Yes, Ma''am!" Chris said without asking any questions. "We have information that squad 4-1 found something interesting east from here, in front of the casino. They asked you to be there, seems they found something dangerous."
The girl just nodded and jumped out of window. Her ability "Agility Mode" let her boost her agility, however the time she was in this Mode was limited. Mainly because having it activated for more than an hour caused her muscles to ache and tear apart.
I still have 20 more minutes. Hope there''s nothing troublesome at casino.
After 5 minutes of running and jumping, she finally arrived there, only to witness a terrible scene. The corpses of Nightstalkers thrown around and torn apart. There were at least 5 dozen of their corpses here. But the most bizarre part was the state that these corpses were in. They didn''t have blisters or red skin. That means that they were killed without the help of UV light. Only rank B and above ability users could do this. But she knew that there were only D and C ranks here. And then she remembered that the squad 4-1 was somewhere around here.
She started looking around the corpses. She was afraid that she would find squad 4-1 somewhere in between the flesh and bones, but she was wrong. The squad 4-1 was laying down in front of the casino entrance. She dashed towards them and discovered that their bodies were in good condition. She quickly checked the pulse of all 11 soldiers. All of them were alive.
"What the fu-"
Before she could finish the sentence, she heard crashing noise from above. Nightstalker was falling from 15th floor of casino. She prepared to fight, but soon realized that the creature was falling limp. It fell right on the statue of man holding a sword in front of the casino. The sword impaled the body of the nightstalker and it remained there. Soon another crashing noise, and another falling nightstalker, and another, and another.
After a dozen of falling nightstalkers, different figure jumped from one of the windows. She was sure that the source of the massacre was that creature, so she prepared for combat by pulling her throwing knives out.
A few meters in front of her fell a creature, completely covered in black mist. Its figure completely looked like a human one. Its height was at least 6 feet and it didn''t look muscular at all. On its head, there was some sort of waving mass, maybe that was its hair. But most notable feature of it was its face. It didn''t have nose or ears, but its face wasn''t empty either. 2 white eyes and white teeth were shining in the darkness that was its whole body.
"Just what in the actual fuck are you?" She asked quietly as her hands started shaking. She didn''t notice it before, but now she was sure. She was completely terrified of this creature.
"Now listen here, little girl. I killed so many of these motherfuckers that your goverment should pay me instead of these sleeping princesses. I don''t care if you tell anyone about me, but remember 1 thing. The war between you guys and Homo Novus is inevitable, so you better be prepared for it. Pass this message to your goverment, m''kay?" Smooch.The creature kissed her cheek as bullet struck its head, piercing it and coming from another side. She looked at the laying creature. It was already bleeding and the bullet must''ve hit its brain so it was dead. From behind, she heard footsteps. She looked behind her and saw a little girl holding some kind of rifle. She had dark red hair and brown eyes, she couldn''t be any more than 14 years old.
Don''t forget to tell your goverment my message xoxo
"What was that thing?"
Chapter 1
BANG BANG BANG
The sound of someone knocking on the door isn''t the best thing that can happen to you when you''re sleeping.
BANG BANG BANG
That feeling of warmth that you have secured inside your blankets... You just don''t want to let it go.
BANG BAN-
"SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS INSTANT OR I''M GOING TO RIP YOUR FUCKING THROAT OUT!"
A little aggression is always useful. The banging stopped, but so did the feeling of warmth. The PDA that was laying next to the bed, was picked up.
"Well, I''m sorry for waking YOU up for YOUR important day! Next time wake up yourself!" Girly voice came from the other side of the door. An annoying girly voice.
"Fuck off! I can set an alarm and plus, NOBODY asked YOU to wake ME up for MY important business! Tell mom that I''m coming!" The PDA disappeared into the bed sheets and from there, voice was heard again. "It''s only fucking 8:30. It''s starting at 10. Why is she such a bitch?"
Bed sheets were dropped on the ground and from the bed, a tall boy with an average build stood up. Short, unkempt black hair and bold eyebrows. His eye color was black, so black that his pupil and iris were indistinguishable. Wearing nothing but boxers, he walked out into the hallway and went into the bathroom. He switched the lights on and went over to the sink. He picked up a small item that had the same shape as his mouth. He put some toothpaste inside the "thing" and then put it in his mouth. A few seconds later, his teeth were clean. He checked himself in the mirror and silently said "What a handsome bastard" before walking back to his bedroom.
He opened his drawer and dressed up. Black sleeveless shirt along with black jeans were always his 2 favourite clothes. He then pulled out a white hoodie and went downstairs. As always, he heard his mom singing some kind of song.
"Mornin'' Mom." He said before sitting at a table. His mother''s name was Erina. She was 35 year old woman with average height and build. Only notable features of her would be her F cup. She had blonde hair that was tied into a chignon.
"Good morning Joseph. Did you sleep well?" She was always a ditzy woman. Her carefree personality didn''t help that at all too.
"Guess so. Where is that spawn of satan?"
"Geez, don''t talk to your sister like that. She is visiting her friend in the hospital. Anyways Joseph, Today you will show the world your ability, right? right?" She was always excited to see Joseph''s ability. He never showed it to anyone, so she was always curious.
"Yes. But it starts at 10, so I still have time to play some vi-"
DING DONG
"Someone is there. I''ll open it up" Said Erina as she walked out in the hallway.
Who is there? And why today? Please just don''t be her. I don''t know if you exist god, but please don''t let it be her
"J-Joseph! Are you in some kind of trouble?" Joseph recognized his mother''s tone right away. She was definitely worried and scared. Without hesitating, he quickly ran to the front door. Fortunately, It was no trouble.
Tall and muscular man was standing in the door way. He had long light red hair and big beard of the same color. Add some scars on his hands and face and you''ll have the image of the most brutal man alive. He looked towards Joseph and broadly smiled. Joseph returned the gesture before walking towards the man and shaking his gigantic hand with all the power that he had.
"Good morning, Mister Asimov!"
"Good morning, Joseph!" Heavy russian accent made his talking even more brutal.
"D-Do you know him J-Joseph?" Erina asked as she looked at Joseph.
"Oh mom, sorry for scaring you. hehe." Joseph pointed his index finger at Mister Asimov. "This is Mikhail Asimov. He is a friend of mine and he is one of the best people out there. The only thing "weird" about him is that he is in fact boss of Russian Mafia."
"Wait Joseph, You shouldn''t tell her this easi-"
"Oh okay! If he is your friend, I''m not afraid at all. Welcome to our humble home." Erina said before walking off in the kitchen to continue preparing food. Asimov was shocked, but Joseph simply stood there before speaking.
"She''s like that all the time. I wonder how she survived in this world at all."
"Yes. You have a very weird family."
"I''m taking that as a compliment. Please Mister Asimov. Let''s sit down." Joseph invited Asimov into the living room. He also noticed that Asimov didn''t have his usual body guards.Stolen story; please report.
Weird... They are usually with him all the time. Not that he needs them. They always looked like mini-bosses that you have to beat before taking on the boss himself.
Both of them went into rather large living room, with 2 armchairs in front of a sofa. Asimov sat in the armchair, while Joseph nonchalantly dropped on the sofa.
He looks so relaxed. Is he going to tell me some good news?
"Before anything, I want to wish you a happy birthday. Although, I''m late by a day. Here is your gift." Asimov said as he handed Joseph a small box with golden texture. Joseph opened it and took out his gift. It was an eyepatch.
"It is made from the skin of Mountain Chimera. It is resistant to almost anything. Also I applied some of the scales of Desert Lizards in there. It is both beautiful and unbreakable. It is armor for your eye!"
"Yup. Armor for my "destroyed" eye." Joseph didn''t have his right eye. He was little when he lost it so he doesn''t remember how he did it. He never liked the idea of wearing eyepatches. They were uncomfortable, but this was a gift from the man he respected. "Thanks Asimov. This might be the first time I will wear an eyepatch permanently. And if it actualy is "Unbreakable", Maybe it will be last time too."
"Glad you like it!" Asimov said before bursting out in his typical, brutal, middle-aged man laughter. Erina came inside the living room with a cup of coffee and glass of hot chocolate.
"Thanks ma. But can you leave the room for 5 minutes?"
"Oh, Of course! Just make sure to drink it while it''s hot." She said before leaving the room.
I don''t know if I like or hate that carefree attitude of yours.
"Now, Mister Asimov. Tell me the main reason of your arrival. You also don''t have any bodyguards, so I guess that you have some good news. But please, start with bad ones first."
"Well son... It is true that I came here with good news, 2 in fact! But there are no bad news. So listen!" Joseph took a sip from hot chocolate, waiting for "good news".
"Good news number 1! The influence of my family extended in our City B even further! Now even this region is under our influence thanks to you. I swear upon the name of my family that I will protect your family." Asimov said as he placed his right hand on his heart.
OHOHO! I like where this is going!
"And let me guess. The other good news is that my software worked right?"
"YES! I wanted to say that myself, but it doesn''t matter. Your software worked perfectly! We managed to completely cover our tracks and also damage Yakuzairrevocably! I transfered money to all of your accounts. But I have 1 question."
"Ask away." Joseph said as his mouth was still grinning from satisfaction.
"Why are you helping us? Why aren''t you helping Yakuza?" Joseph''s grin disappeared and now he had his usual pokerface.
"Well... there are 3 reasons why. First and foremost, I saved your life back then. It would be really awkward if I would try to go against you after that. Second, I know russian and I don''t know japanese. It''s a pain in the ass to learn that language. Well, third reason is that you guys don''t have a good techinical side in both offense and defense, so by joining you, I can test various things when helping you." Joseph finished his hot chocolate at the same time as Asimov finished his coffee.
"I see... Well then. Today is your important day. Your Ability Exam!" Asimov said happily before his faced changed expression. He was very serious now. "Are you sure that you will show your power to the world? It is unique power and therefore you will have lots of enemies in the goverment. That is, if you don''t like participating in the experiments as guinea pig."
That''s where I actually need your help.
"Nah, I''m pretty sure that you will protect me from them. Even goverment doesn''t dare to touch you guys, so I think I''ll be okay." Joseph said as he smiled. "Also. Can you please drive me there? I don''t want to be late. Hehe"
Please say yes. I don''t want to meet any annoying people in the streets.
"HAHAHA! You got it my friend! Let''s eat breakfast and show the world that your power is truly superior!"
Agreeing so fast? What a cool guy. Anyways, Let''s eat!
It didn''t take long for them to eat and head out. The ride wasn''t exactly the best one. Sure a brand new car with scotch inside it is cool, but listening to the stories of veteran isn''t the best experience. There was only 200 and something meters left, but Joseph asked Asimov to stop the car. He needed some time to think about something. He came out of the car and continued his way to the exam.
There are 2 kinds of exams. I need a "Duel Exam" to show my powers. Yes. That will be the best way to show it. I don''t need any weapons either. The street is getting crowded.
Joseph remembered about his gift. He quickly took out a small box and from it, a black eyepatch. He put the eyepatch to his eyes and somehow, it automatically attached itself to the eye. The sensation was weird at first, but as he continued his way down the street, it got weaker and weaker until it completely disappeared. Now, it felt like he didn''t have an eyeptach at all.
You crazy old man... How much did this shit cost? Let''s think of it as my lucky charm.
The crowd was too boisterous for Joseph''s liking. He didn''t hate social interaction, but being in the middle of so many people was uncomfortable. Maybe this was because of Joseph habit of staying in a single room for days. Soon, he heard a word that was repeated too many times.
"Look! It''s the Princess!"
"Ohmygod! It''s really her! The Princess!"
"Princess!"
"Princess!"
"Princess!"
"Princess!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Joseph screamed. His single eye looked at people surrounding him. He returned every single gaze. Boys looked back annoyed, but as soon as they saw 6''3 feet tall, one-eyed boy, their faces quickly paled with fear. Girls looked at him with fear, but after a few seconds, all of them were blushing.
"Tch!" Joseph just clicked his tongue, before going towards the gigantic gates. This was the entrance to the Ability Exam and also gates to his future school. His day was already filled with too many events and after this exam, he would definitely drink again. He simply put his hood up and quickly went inside the gigantic facility, pushing every single person in front of him aggressively. Before he knew it, he was already in front of a door. He opened it and went inside.
"Hello! First I will need to fil-"
"Joseph Shura Parks. Gender: Male, Age: 16. Height: 6''3. Weight: 200 lbs. Blood type: O-positive. From City B. I want to participate in "Duel Exam". I have necessary funds. Can I go now?" The woman in the chair wasn''t surprised. She quickly and efficiently typed the information in her computer. Joseph extended his arm with PDA and the woman scanned it with hers.
"Yes, you are free now! Good luck!"
"I don''t need luck" Joseph said as he went out of the room.
Damn. Even though I said it that fast she managed to write it down? Wonder what kind of ability she''s got.
Joseph looked at his PDA and saw 11:45. He had to wait again.
"For fuck''s sake..." He said before going out in the yard of this gigantic school and sitting down on the bench. He removed his PDA from his arm and launched an RPG game.
After I got that ability, I don''t think I even have any luck left hehe.
Chapter 2
Joseph leveled up twice already. It didn''t take him long to do that. Not with his skills in video games. Playing games since his childhood, pulling all-nighters more times than he can even remember, missing out on school just to play some video games - All of these things must develop at least higher-than-average skills in gaming overall, while also developing insomnia.
Joseph checked the clock on his PDA and slowly rose up. Yawning, he attached PDA to his arm and marked Exam Hall on the map. Calling it a "Hall" was wrong, because in fact, It was an arena.
What kind of idiot names arena a "Hall"? Anyways, who will I fight with? Does it matter? I don''t think anyone has got the same ability that I-
Before he could finish his thought, he bumped into someone and immediately felt hot liquid all over himself.
"FUCK!" He shouted while looking at his dirtied white hoodie. "Who in the actual fuck?"
Joseph saw a black haired girl. Her hair was long and straight, her skin was pale and looked soft, she also had a huge bust, even bigger than Erina''s. She was also tall, exactly the same height as Joseph. He didn''t see any girl of his height, so he was pretty surprised. She also wore the uniform of Ability Users Academia. Red blazer with black trims and golden buttons. Inside, she was wearing a white button up shirt and a black tie completed her clothing for torso. Belows, she had a black skirt and stockings of the same color. She was also wearing some kind of expensive shoes. Joseph realized who she was, but didn''t care anyways. He never liked apologizing, so as usual he just clicked his tongue and continued down the hall.
"HEY BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU DEFY OUR PRINCESS? PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD RIGHT-" Joseph quickly turned around with a face that was screaming anger and bloodlust. He looked at one of the four girls that was following the princess all the time. " N-n-now..."
"I won''t pay with anything. I got dirty too. I think we''re pretty even. now please, SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME GO TO THE EXAM." Joseph said before turning around and continuing his way towards the "Hall".
"Hey." He heard a voice from behind. It wasn''t commanding, nor demanding. That''s why Joseph turned around.
"What?" He already knew that Princess was talking to him. The girls behind the Princess were looking at the scene with surprised looks. Princess rarely talked with anyone and never with any boys.
"What is your name?"
"Joseph. What do you want from me?"
"I want you to pay for this."
"I won''t do that. I don''t have money on me right now and I value my blood, so nope!" He did have money, but he didn''t fell like paying.
It isn''t my fault that you can''t look in front of yourself. Just what kind of payment do you fucking want?
"I don''t want your money or your blood. I want to personally challenge you as your Examiner. My mother is the Chairman of this Academia, so I think that I will be able to do that." Joseph was intrigued now. He raised his eyebrow.
"Even as a hypocrite, don''t you have the least bit of shame? The Princess Of The Fire herself challenging some newbie Ability User to a duel. Fine. I''ll fight you. What is your condition?" Joseph was looking straight into the eyes of the Princess, whose expression didn''t change at all. Joseph was ready for any kind of condition, but not what she said.
"If you will be able to strike me even once, you will pass the exam and I will also forgive you for this." Joseph facepalmed. He took a deep breath and then started chuckling.
"Hehehe. Okay. I accept your challenge. Go change and tell your mommy about this shit. I''ll be waiting inside the arena, I mean "Hall"." Joseph then turned away and continued his way towards the arena, before turning around. "And also, IT WASN''T MY FUCKING FAULT!"
Joseph was leaning against the clean part of the wall in the arena. Of course this wasn''t the only "Exam Hall". In fact, this one was number 5, the last one. Even though the walls were clean, you could still see some "Markings" from previous battles.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.
Cryokinetics, Some Pyrokinetics, Some slashes and footsteps on the walls... Probably Agility Mode Users. There are also some hairs here and there. Probably people with Beastification. I don''t want to know what that Liquid is on that wall. Anyways, Her mommy reserver this spot for us pretty quickly, huh? By the way...
"WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?" Joseph screamed and he heard a calm answer shortly after.
"I am here. Please don''t be so loud." Joseph looked towards one of the exits or entrances of the arena. The Princess herself was coming towards the center of the arena. Her clothes didn''t change at all, except for the fact that there wasn''t any coffee on them anymore.
Wow. This Academia even has spare uniforms? Nice!
Joseph slowly walked towards her. He didn''t realize it until now, but she was actually really pretty. Joseph didn''t have his "type", but maybe she was the one type that he subconsciously always wanted. He approached her, until distance between them was exactly 2 feet.
"Even though we do not see them, there are teachers and other Examiners watching us. Let''s finish this like it is supposed to be finished." Princess said before bowing. Joseph didn''t know her name or her nationality, she was probably japanese. Although he hated being formal, he still bowed. Bowed only slightly, but still bowed.
"I am going to walk until the distance between us is 15 meters. The diameter of this Hall is 60 meters so I think you will have enough space to use your ability."
"Oh trust me. My ability doesn''t need space." Joseph himself walked away for 15 paces and then looked back. "Yo Princess. I''m pretty sure that because of your abilities you were outside of the barriers a lot. So here''s my tip for you! Remember how to fight Agility type Mutants."
Aftersaying this Joseph started running towards the Princess.
Princess was not naive. If this boy knew of her power and her expeditions in the outside world, he is surely a lot more powerful than he looks. She remembered all of the basics for fighting an Agility type and also added her experience to those memories. All of her focus was spent on watching Joseph''s movements. Nothing special about them. He was moving just like a normal human would. When he was only 10 meters from the Princess, she raised the temperature arouond her to form a defensive barrier and...
The battle was already over.
The Princess was smashed against the wall. Each and every Examiner that was watching them, including Chairman, were astonished. None of them. Not even the veterans that went on dozens of expeditions outside of the barriers saw Joseph''s movements. When he was 10 meters away from the Princess, he vanished and was already in front of the Princess, which at the same time flew towards the wall. Princess simply looked towards Joseph with surprised look on her face.
Wow... She can change expressions? haha!
"H-How? I couldn''t even see your movements even though I was watching you. I could see movements of A class Agility type mutants and users."
"Ahaha! You thought that my Ability is agility type? Nope, it''s not. I simply said that so you would focus more on me than making that shitty barrier."
"What is your Ability? I told you that you would pass with a single strike and you struck me 6 times. How is that even possible?"
"What''s my Ability? Well. I don''t have name for it myself, you see. And I struck you 6 times, just to show you that my Ability is far better than you thought. That is all. And now, to get my Parameter Chip." Joseph said before leaving the "Exam Hall" with a proud smile on his face.
When he was only 10 meters from the Princess, Joseph raised his fist. He raised his thumb and placed it on his index finger''s middle phalanx, like detonating a bomb with a detonator.
TIME STOPS!
A quick wave exited Joseph''s body before engulfing entire arena, City B and the rest of the world. This happened in a split second. Joseph then stopped moving. He looked around. Everything was looking similar. Except for the fact that Princess''s hair and also her flames stopped moving at all. Joseph looked around only with his eyes.
"So she too can''t move in this frozen time, huh? Anyways, time to finish this." Joseph said as he quickly ran towards the princess, before stopping right in front of her. "I think 3 seconds are more than enough to hit you "once" right? Actually no. It''s enough to hit you 3 times. Hmmm, What about 4? Five? Okay, so 6 is enough."
Joseph then punched her with a jab twice in her stomach, 2 hooks on her face, 1 karate chop on her head and finally...
"A FUCKING ROUNDHOUSE KICK!" Joseph screamed before pivoting on his left foot, while rotating his body and raising his right leg.He extended the leg in a smooth motion and made contact with the Princess''s left side.
And right then, the wave that previously erupted from him, has now returned, but with a slower rate. Time continued to flow again as Princess was launched towards the nearby wall, smashing into it, but still somehow keeping her consciousness. Princess looked at Joseph and he returned the gaze. Her face wore surprised expression, completely different from her usual calm face.
Wow... She can change expressions? haha!
"H-How? I couldn''t even see your movements even though I was watching you. I could see movements of A class Agility type mutants andusers."
"Ahaha! You thought that my Ability is agility type? Nope, it''s not. I simply said that so you would focus more on me than making that shitty barrier."
"What is your Ability? I told you that you would pass with a single strike and you struck me 6 times. How is that even possible?"
"What''s my Ability? Well. I don''t have name for it myself, you see. And I struck you 6 times, just to show you that my Ability is far better than you thought. That is all. And now, to get my Parameter Chip." Joseph said before leaving the "Exam Hall" with a proud smile on his face.
Chapter 3
Cold wind woke up Joseph. It was cold. Way colder than it should''ve been in the summer. It felt weird. Sensation of hard, cold surface pressing against his back wasn''t exactly normal either. He clearly remembered that he walked into his room, checked the cameras that were both inside and outside of his house and then just slept. He didn''t feel warm blankets or soft bed anywhere near his body. He also didn''t feel any clothes on him, not even his favourite boxers which were decorated with stars.
What''s happening? Why can''t I open my eyes?!
He tried again and again. Finally, he somehow managed to open his eyelids, but instead of blue ceiling, he saw a ceiling made with stones and with gigantic, leaking hole. The millisecond that his brain thought about kidnapping, he quickly raised his body... It didn''t work. It wasn''t a feeling that he knew. His body wasn''t numb or heavy. The weird feeling couldn''t be put in english,russian or even latin words.
Okay... Calm down... You are in an unknown place and you can''t move your body. Not a pleasant situation, but by far not the worst.
He tried to move his body a dozen times and it still wasn''t moving.
What about trying this then?
Instead of his body, he tried moving his head. It didn''t work, however after trying times and times again, the "resistance" faded and faded. Now he could move his head. He turned his head towards the "right" wall. This wall was also completely made of stones. Some kind of metallic device was attached to the wall at about half of it''s height. It was covered in rust and probably had function of holding torches. The whole wall had a "Middle ages" feeling to it.
That is weird. EXTREMELY WEIRD!
He then turned around to the left side. It was the same stone wall, but unlike previous one It had windows. 3 gigantic windows were 2 feet apart from eachother. They were pretty high for Joseph''s position so he couldn''t see the scenery behind them.
Okay. I imagined eyes and I opened them. I thought about my head and then I could turn it. Thinking about body should work too right?
He then imagined neck. After that spine, then ribs and then the whole torso. He could feel the cold floor with his back, but he couldn''t move it before. Now, he could twitch his torso a little. He couldn''t move like this at all. He didn''t want to be a cripple. Now he needed arms.
Okay, Okay. Remember anatomy lessons. Bone structure of the arm. First comes clavicle, then scapula, after that humerus. After humerus... Ulna and... Radius. Then Carpal bones, next metacarpals and after that phalangs!
He could fell his right hand now. At first it was hard to even move the fingers. This "Method" of "Restoring" his body parts was pretty bizarre. He didn''t even think about muscles or nerves, yet he could move them. Few more tries and now the "resistance" was completely gone. He could move his hand freely. He quickly repeated the same thing for his left arm and made sure to remove "resistance" from there too. Now it was time for the legs.
Pelvis, then femur, then tibia and fabula. A kneecap is necessary too, right? Goddamn Mister Ortiz. I''m buying you a cake, when I will get the fuck out of here! Okay... After those tarsal, metatsals and phalanges!
He then repeated things for his other leg too, eventually forming a body. Now it was time to stand up!
The "resistance" in his legs was banished by his attempts to move them. He checked his body for other "resistances" too. Everything felt fine. He bent his legs and placed his hands flat on the floor. He then forced himself to stand up and contrary to his own belief, he stood up normally. But somethings was wrong. Very, very wrong...
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY BODY?!
Looking down at himself, he saw his own body. But it had no differences on it. No clothes, no skin, no bones that he imagined or even muscles. It was just black. Black as that shirt he was wearing all the time. But it was unusual because the body wasn''t solid! It "exhaled" some kind of black mass.
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Joseph looked at his hands. They looked absolutely human, but instead of normal fingernails, they had claws. His legs were the same. Completely normal, but ending with sharp claws. Joseph took a single step. Nothing really happened.
I need to know where I am. I need to know where I am.
The same thought was going through his head over and over again quickly. He turned around and took a step towards the big window. Then another one, and another. He looked outside and saw the view outside. Forest stretched as far as he could see. He couldn''t see too far because of the fog, but he knew that this forest was much bigger than he thinks. He didn''t know if there was a place like this anywhere inside the barrier. He didn''t go outside of City B too much. He didn''t even know City B too wel himself! He turned around and looked around the room once again. Now, he noticed something.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
There is blood under that door. Is that mine? I need to check anyways. What''s this? Some kind of shitty horror game?
He walked towards the door. The "weird" feeling was completely gone now. It was as if he had this body all his life. Despite the disappearance of The "weird" feeling, he was still feeling strange. The door was made of wood. It had some rust-covered metal plates on it and was painted in green. It had a doorknob, that wasn''t even a doorknob. It was some big iron ring attached to some other iron thingy. No, It was definitely a Middle Age castle that he was in.
He pulled the door towards him, but it didn''t budge. He then pushed it and the door opened. For some reason, he was disappointed that he couldn''t open it on his first try. The door lead to a corridor, probably a dozen meters long. There were windows on his right side, a door at the end of the corridor and a turn left. The blood trail was leading towards the door that was in front of him. He then remember something.
Wait. No, no, no. This can''t be possible. Need to check...
He grabbed the open door by its side and pulled it. The whole door instantly followed Joseph''s hand and now he was holding it in hand, high up in the air.
This strenght. It''s not human. And how come I don''t feel any pain or discomfort?! If it''s not my body then... SHIT!
He then proceeded to throw a door through the window, breaking it and making door fly outside. Shortly after throwing it, Joseph screamed in his mind.
TIME STOPS!
Nothing. No wave, no stopped time. However instead of despairing, Joseph simply clicked his tongue, but failed due to absence of it. He then thought about his Parameters, but no interface was seen.
This is definitely not my body. I don''t know what happened to me, but this isn''t my body. Only consciousness is mine.
He needed to find out what has happened. He once again turned towards door at the end of the corridor. He ran towards it, but instead of slamming into it, chose to slightly open it, just enough to see what was inside. He didn''t see anything from the small opening, so he opened the door like it was supposed to be opened.
Inside, he saw a table turned over on its side and a body leaning against it. He approached the body carefully, placed his hand on its neck and mentally exhaled. He was dead. The body looked male. It had torn clothes and blood coming out from all of its facial orafices. Long dark brown hair, average height. Nothing special about it. He looked at the right hand of this corpse and saw a piece of paper. Next to it, a smashed PDA. Joseph picked up a piece of paper. He unfolded it and read it.
Hello there! How are you? I guess you feel weird. Listen now, or to be precise, Read now: You are outside of the barriers and you are inside a castle Miles and Miles away from the closest barrier! It''s terrifying, I know. But let''s be honest here fam... Life''s no fun without a good scare! I will explain everything that I know and you need to know. Dunno if you noticed it fam, but your body feels different rite? I agree. Maybe ''cause it is a different body. I dunno if you know about them, but there exist things called "God Particles". Sounds really cool and omni-blah-blah-blah right? Well, I guees they''re kinda cool? Let me explain it quickly.
Just who the fuck is this guy? Please don''t get too crazy. I might have a heart attack. If I even have a heart...
Your body is completely made up of God Particles. It has many names, but I call it UMBRA. Which (If you are uncultured swine and do not know latin) means shadow. COOL RIGHT? I know I know I know! This body is not that much different than humans in its "Anatomy". Before you could read this text, or even stand up, you imagined body parts and suddenly they appeared right? Well. You can call that "Character Creation", if you want. To make it absolutely like a character creation, I placed a mirror right behind this table. Now to continue...
Your actual body is right now in a comatose state. I dunno where you passed out before waking up here, but your body is there right now, in coma. Don''t worry, as long as no one stabs you or someshit, you''ll be fine. My advice to you? GET TO YOUR BODY ASAP! If you''re an Ability User, you won''t be able to use your ability, since this is a completely different body. I don''t have a lot of time or blood in my body, or even will to write this so I will make it short.
This body doesn''t have nerves, hence it can''t feel pain. I don''t want to explain why, but your body is much stronger, faster, durable and blah-blah-blah than your human body. Dealing with mutants is your problem now. I know what you want to ask. Why should i get back to my body that isn''t as hot as body of George Miles(Dats me)? If your brain dies, so does this new body of yours. Now good look! xoxo
Small hint: Look out of the window that''s in this room. That is where the north is and also that is the direction to the nearest barrier.(??<?
I have no idea who the fuck you are or what kind of sick fuck were you. But thanks.
Joseph dropped the piece of paper and looked out of the window. He then took the mirror and looked at his reflection.
Completely black face. This black mass, God Particles was being "Exhaled" by his "skin". And his face only had eyes and mouth. 2 big white eyes and wide mouth filled with white teeth. Unlikethe claws on his hands and legs, his teeth looked human. He placed the mirror back on the floor and then approached the window. He punched it, breaking it and letting cold breeze hit his face, but it wasn''t uncomfortable. His body really didn''t feel pain or discomfort of any kind. He then took largest shard and and pierced his middle finger with it. No blood. Just a hole remained in there before these God Particles filled it, making his finger whole once again.
Joseph sighed and jumped out of the window, landing on a soft ground with no sound. It was weird, but he didn''t pay any attention to it. He then ran in the direction of "North" and without stopping to even think about the truth behind those words, went towards his actual body. Little did he know that he was moving at the speed of 100 miles per hour.
Get back. Get back. Get back. Need to get back!
Chapter 4
I''ve played post-apocalyptic games before, but this... This is just sad...
As he stood on top of a ruined five-storey house, Joseph looked over at once lavish city. He could easily picture everyday life in this city. Adults going to work, students going to school and kids playing in the playground. But now... Now that was gone. Instead of adults and students, there were Mutants. There still were kids, to be precise offspring of these Mutants, learning about hunting from their elders.
Even though Joseph has read about them in books, seeing herbivorous Mutants was amazing. In video games, all mutated species were carnivorous, therefore they were hostile to the player. However in real life, things were quite different.
In essence, wildlife in barriers and outside of them was not that much different. To be honest, It was even more interesting here.
Joseph stood there and watched as some kind of canine mutants were chasing some kind of big deer with 4 horns and black fur. He read in the internet that animals that are in packs have somekind of supernatural way. These canines were acting separately, yet somehow they were working together. The pack was trying to lure this deer towards the collapsed alley and they successfully did so. Only thing that Joseph heard was a bleat and after that a gunshot that killed a single canine Mutant.
WHAT?!
Joseph quickly jumped down from the roof vent. He then carefully raised his head. He could kind of control the emission of Particles from his body. He lowered it as much as he could. No one was seen yet. These canines weren''t scared because of the recent death of their comrade, they were angry. They turned towards the opposite side of the alley that they were in and started growling angrily. This growling sound was not of a dog or a wolf. It was much more terrifying and somewhat intelligent.
BANG
BANG
2 shots with a slight delay, huh? Someone with Marksman Ability and a Sniper Rifle.
Joseph waited a few more seconds. Canine pack already attacked the Ability User, but Joseph couldn''t see anything from his position. He crawled towards the end of the roof and then turned around. He quickly stood up and ran towards the other end. Just before the end, he used his momentum along with this new body and jumped towards the next building. It was seven-storey building, but his new claws dug deep inside the concrete wall. He then used both his upper and lower claws to propel himself even higher, crawling even higher. Eventually, he crawled up on the roof, but to his dismay, even from here he couldn''t see them.
"FUCK!" Joseph screamed as some kind of pulse escaped his body and spread for a few hundred meters. Joseph held his head. It hurt as hell.
Just what the fuck was that?! Just like my timestop! And what the fuck did it do?
Joseph wanted to punch a person who did this with him right now, but in a few seconds, he wanted to give them some cookies. All living things half a mile were "seen" by him. Mutants... Mutants... Mutants... Humans! 8 of them!
What is this?! Some kind of biological sonar pulse?
Joseph tried to do the thing again, but his answer was only headache. But he already knew the position of Ability Users. He jumped down from the building and ran through the destroyed shop, right into the alley way and then past some kind of bus stop. The sound of fighting was now heard better.
"Tania! We must fall back and regroup there are too many!" Some guy screamed as he unleashed his vocabulary filled with swear words in spanish.
"We can''t! Report said that THAT thing was spotted in this city. If we go back, another breach may happen." A girly voiced answered him. Joseph was kind of disappointed that she didn''t say any swear words. Why would she? She sounded completely.
Still need to be careful. I don''t think that my looks are sexy enough to be differentiated from other Mutants.
Joseph quietly approached the wall on his left and dug his claws in it, however instead of propeling himself, this time he did it more carefully, digging his claws one at a time in the wall. After he got on the roof, he slowly approached the edge and looked over it. He saw a red haired girl holding a big sniper rifle, shooting masterly at the wave of Canine mutants.
Do these packs have some union between them or some shit? Nonetheless, I need to get a PDA. I don''t even know where the barrier is anymo-
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?! LOOK THERE!" Some dark skinned guy shouted as he pointed at Joseph, who in turn mentally cursed himself for his lack of stealth. The girl with a sniper rifle turned her gaze towards Joseph and her eyes looked more surprised than Joseph anticipated them to be.
"Fancy meeting you here!" The girl said as she smiled. Before Joseph could get a chance to ask "Wha?", the sniper rifle that she was holding was now looking at him. Without hesitation, Joseph used his front claws to propel himself backwards, away from their and sniper rifle''s field of vision.
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"Agility Types! Follow me and pursue that mutant! He is the one that council was searching for over 10 years! We need to catch him ASAP!" Tania screamed as she shot another bullet towards one of the Canine mutants.
Joseph looked back and saw 4 out 8 from that group, including Tania, were now chasing after him. All of them Agility types and Tania with Marksman Ability too. Joseph jumped down in the alley and from there went back inside the same shop from before. He jumped on the ceiling and reinforced his position there with his claws, while waiting for them...
To pass? NO!
To kill? YES!
The storage room that he was in was completely dark, perfectly hiding his pitch black body in it. He imagined that his face without eyes and mouth, they disappeared but to his surprise, his sight didn''t. He didn''t question that. He had more important matters right now. A few seconds passed and prey was already right below hunter. Someone ordered her to stay in the area and look for anything suspicious. She agreed right away as her other teammates ran in the direction that Joseph would "Most likely" run towards.
4 fingers entered her lower back and erupted right from her stomach, piercing and tearing her guts and womb. She looked down with terror on her face and blood erupting from her mouth. She could only whimper, whimper and nothing more. She was raised up in the air and then smashed back on the ground. She looked up and blank, pitch black face was only thing that she saw before her death.
Strange... It''s like I knew how to kill her the most terrifying way.
Joseph crouched down and held her body with his left hand. He then pulled his right arm and freed his hand from her guts. He then approached the wall and brushed his claws against it, cleaning himself. And only then did he realize, what kind of terrible things he has done.
SHIT! Why did I slam her?! Please Mister PDA, Don''t be broken!
Fortunately, the PDA was healthier than its owner. Joseph unlocked it with his claws and checked the maps. He was much closer to the Barriers than he thought. A few miles east was the remaining distance.
If I will go nonstop, I will make it in less than 10 minutes probably. That kind of speed that I had before was something, but I felt pretty tired. For some reason, I don''t feel tired at all. Well then, Onwa-
Sound of footsteps entering storage room was almost silent until they came right at the doorway. Joseph jumped towards it and raised his right claw, ready to pierce anyone and anything that would get in his way. Turns out, he wasn''t ready. A child looked at him with terrified eyes. A child just saw a 2 meters tall creature with featureless face and head. What would be her reaction? That''s right!
"KYAAAAAAAA-" She screamed before a gigantic claw covered her mouth and lifted her by her head high in the air. She was wrigling and struggling, hitting the long arm of Joseph.
"Shut up. If you don''t want me to kill you, just shut up and don''t make a sound okay?" Joseph was always patient towards kids. For some reason, he always felt like they should be treated better than they are. "I''m gonna release you now, but don''t run and/or scream, Okay?"
The girl stopped resisting and tried to nod. Joseph understood the gesture and slowly put her down, but still on guard if she would suddenly scream. Then he remembered about scene right behind her and closed her eyes, dragging her out of the storage room. He then released her once again.
"You didn''t scream! Good girl! Now tell me, what''s your name?"
"M-M-M-M-My na-name I-I-Is M-M-Mary." The girl said with obvious terror in her voice. Her eyes then got wet and she started crying. However, she was crying quietly, without making a single sound. Joseph''s cold heart almost melted. No, It actually melted.
"Now listen Mary. I''m not gonna hurt you if you don''t hurt me. I''m not a bad guy." Joseph said as he wiped her tears and fixed her white hair that was long enough to reach her knees. "Tell me Mary, How old are you and what are you doing outside the barriers."
"I-I''m 10 and I-I have a P-Powerful ability." Mary said, but much calmer than before. Somehow she actually calmed down and was now wiping her own eyes. "M-Mutants don''t touch me. They don''t attack me a-and sometimes they''re friendly."
Wow. That is quite overpowered ability outside of the barriers. But sending a fucking kid outside, in devastated world, still seems a bit assholish.
"Mary. Even If I don''t look like it, I''m actually a human. And I want to go back in the barriers. Do you want to go back too?" Joseph knew that she didn''t want to come her. The mutants didn''t attack HER, not the team that she was with. Her ability is purely self-oriented. There was no point in sending her out if she didn''t have any battle experience.
"Y-Yes. But what''s your name?"
"Just call me Big Bro for the time being. Okay?"
"B-Big Bro..." She slightly blushed while saying it out loud. "But, how will we get out? Lady Tania wants to catch you."
"Hehe. Don''t worry she''s not anywhere near, I checked. Can you turn away for a minute please?" Joseph asked as he tried his best to make a smile emoticon on his face. And by the looks of Mary, he kinda succeeded.
As soon as she turned away, Joseph got on all fours.
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The God Particles that were previously kept in resting state, were now moving violently. They were spreading further and further with each second. Unfortunately, because of her curiosity Mary turned around and saw a terrific scene. Her new companion''s body wasemitting some kind of black material and changing with each second. His face got longer as well as his torso. His knees were bent backwards now and his arms changed to some degree too. His butt now grew a long tail that was engulfed in the same dark as his whole body. Now he was actually looking like a wolf. A big black wolf.
Man, this new body can do weird things... Wait a minute...
"I told you NOT to turn around right?"Joseph said in a disappointed tone.
"S-S-Sorry!" Mary said as she covered her face with her hands and quickly turned around.
"Haaaa. Just hop on and hold tight."
"O-Okay!" She said without hesitation as she jumped on his back. She didn''t know herself, why she did it like she trusted him. She was never wrong with her guesses. She always knew who was nice and who was not. She placed her hands on his back in search of fur, but she couldn''t find anything. Instead, her hands were swallowed by something along with her legs, and she was tightly secured on Joseph''s back.
"Close your eyes and stay down. I''m really fast, too fast for you."
"Okay, big bro!"
Joseph used his long legs to push himself and then started running. Killing the big Mutated Gray Wolf a few hours ago felt weird. It was as if the wolf''s memories and body structure was downloaded into his brain and he was able to reconstruct its body almost perfectly. When they exited the city, Kari thought about possibility of leading his normal life again.
My plan was to join the academy to gain access to outside world. But now that I can have that, why am I coming back? And will humanity even accept me for who I am? Of course not. I need to research these God Particles ASAP.
"C-C-Can we go A-A-A B-Bit sloweeeeer?"
And leave this kid to her parents too.
Update
Hey guys! You expected another chapter, but it was me, Karieson with broken right arm!
Yes, the reason why I didn''t write is my broken hand. Currently, my whole right arm is fucked up,BUT! Because of the plot armor that I have in real life, somehow it can still recover and and be useful for me almost like before. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.
To be more precise, my humerus and collarbone are broken. My index, middle and ring fingers are broken too.
My doctor told me that I would recover in 8 weeks time, but to regain all strength back, I would need a whole year.
If I will have will to live even after those 8 weeks, I will write another chapter! Bigger and better than before!
As I said before, sorry to disappoint y''all and goodbye.
P.S This is written by my friend, God bless you Jacob.