《Metropolis》 A new Age for Man Opening ceremony of Metropolis- May 4th 2089 "It is my pleasure to introduce the new face of entertainment. Metropolis is a fully aware advanced intelligence system running our new state of the arc game Metropolis. As Ironic as our naming may seem we decided to honor our AI by naming our new game after its lead developer. Anyway with the release of our game and the new VR headsets in the 4 developed countries we will give away 4 free sets of the game and the headsets to impoverished children struggling in the slums of each of the countries. We will not release the names of the lucky children to protect them from the insatiable press. Now I will release the game in 5...4...3...2...1" Jason Jones sat on the edge of his stairwell waiting for his father to pass out and end his murderous rage. his father had drunk himself into a stupor and came home from the bar to find Jason watching the tv anxiously waiting for the release of Metropolis eager to play the game that mysteriously found its way to his home and away from the kid at his school who apparantly won it due to a terrible home life. Whatever jason thought he was the one who deserved it and as such went ahead and liberated it. The loud breathing of his father was now clearly hearable so Jason went ahead and crept back into his room and took the game and the headset out of his backpack and admired them before connecting them to the world wide internet. Quickly pulling them on with an uncontainable excitement Jason feverently awaited his new life. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. A Dark Fall **Any feedback at all is appreciated** To live was to die, until we die to live -Metropolis Jason¡¯s View Point As my vision returned I found myself in¡­ my room? The whole room down to the smallest details was present. Awestruck I stood up from the bed and crouched and inspected a hole in the wall from last week when dad broke the lamp against it. Even the fractures were there. Still staring I detected a hint of smoke, I turned around and found my room completely ablaze. ¡°Shit¡±. Still dazed it took a falling book nearly burning my hand for me to move. I raced to the door but it also blazed an inferno. As I last result I raced to the window the edges and found the glass hot to touch. A reached down and fumbled for anything I grabbed my crappy 3rd gen computer and hurled it with all of my might at the window. With a majestic flight it flew straight into the wall and shattered. ¡°Shiiiit¡± I then rushed the window and in a flurry of anger punched with all my fury. Shattering at my blow the window blew out into the street below. Far below. Like I lived on a 3rd story not the 30th floor and what was below me was way higher than 30 feet. Out of desperation I climbed out and saw my certain death looming far far below. As the flames grew in my room my shirt became soaked with sweat then immediately dried due to the inferno behind. With a scream of unjust anger I dove out hoping to land in something safe. As my vision began to blur and for the street to enlarge I remember hoped the pain wouldn¡¯t be realistic. Seconds from impact I stop jarringly and slowly levitate to a fire truck waiting nearby. At the end of the trucks ladder a strange man in blue robes motioned toward me. Once I was in arms length I felt the air below me dissipate and the man grabbed my arm. ¡°Thanks¡± I tried to say to the man but was unable to do more than release the air I had been holding in fright. With a jarring gasp the man collapsed his robe failing about ¡°overdid¡­ help ..¡±With one last gasp he collapsed. I immediately grabbed his head and tested his pulse. It didn¡¯t work. I think. I had b=never tried it before. I leaned back and was about to yell for help when I noticed a shiny black device and a velvet pouch. Quickly looking around to make sure I wasn¡¯t being watched I quickly ¡°borrowed¡± both items and placed them in my own singed clothes before calling for help. As some weirdly dressed guys ran over and began touching the guy I crept away from the scene. After a couple blocks I became overcome with a weird sense of nostalgia, it was like the city here was the same as my real life city but at the same time different. People still walked on the sides and cars still drove but the actual buildings seemed familiar but different. Ignoring this I concentrated on the people and saw very few caped crusaders flying or more commonly walking around. Just as I was about to acknowledge my complete failure at directions a hand grabbed my arm and pulled me into a side alley. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°What the..¡± I stuttered before a hand clamped down stopping my attempt. ¡°I saw you steal that elemental¡¯s purse and phone boy.¡± A deep growl echoed in the alley ¡°now why did you go and do that?¡±. I stuttered back, ¡°he didn¡¯t need it anymore and I do¡±. ¡°You surprise me with your honesty boy, what your name?¡± Instantly a huge block appeared in front of my head reminding me I was in a game saying What do you wish to be called? ¡°Ace¡± I answered. ¡°Very well Ace.., I see potential in you and am interested in an apprentice to further my reach.¡± ¡°what do you do?¡± I asked. ¡°I am what most would call a villain but to me¡­ to me I am the righteous¡­¡± Do you wish to become a ¡°Villain¡¯s Apprentice¡±? Note- this is the first step to becoming a villain infamous throughout the land. If you accept you will be the first Player to have found this opportunity and will be rewarded extra infamy. Do you accept YES/NO? ¡°Yes¡± I breathed. ¡°Good, I am Globe your new master¡± he said. ¡°And first I will test you to find your strengths and possibly your powers¡± With that my vision suddenly blacked and I lost consciousness. True Potential **I wont be bale to post as often during week days** ¡°With over 20 million copies sold metropolis is a quick in coming phenomenon rapidly gaining even more support as stories of superhuman powers realisticly used by players to become heroes. Although there is an unconfirmed report of players being able to play as villains it is regarded as largely speculation s the game prominately focused on playing as heroes¡± -World Wide News My vision slowly returned tinged with black at first and staying hazy. A hooded figure stood in front of me. ¡°How do you feel?¡± Globe asked. ¡°ughh what did you do?¡± I moaned out. ¡°just a few simple injections of various poisons yadda yadda add a bit of antidote but not quite enough to cure you.¡± ¡°What!!¡± I stammered. ¡°just bolstering your poison resilience which I might add was quite high when I started yesterday.¡± ¡°Once the remaining poison is worked through your body you will be immune to most poisons excluding of course the arcane ones. Those suck to deal with.¡± Globe replied. ¡°I¡¯m going to die¡± I gasped as my breathing constricted and my vision blurred even worse suddenly. As I began to los consciousness again I heard globe gleefully say, ¡°I¡¯ll go ahead and use this to start the advanced poisons. Any complaints? Just say no?...None?Wonderful.¡± NOOOOOO I silently screamed as I slid into oblivion. I woke up with a clear head this time. Thank God. With a groan I stood up and surveyed my surroundings. I was in a dirty, disgusting room like one of those motel rooms that say cleaned this morning but mean cleaned last year. Man. After looking around the room I headed to the door and opened it. ¡°Not even a hello? Rudeness will not be tolerated boy¡± Jumping at his voice I slam my head on the doorframe and turn around to find Globe nestled in a dark corner. ¡°Today I will test your affinities and possible powers although I can rule out any mind powers as they would be apparent to my trained mind plus you would be on the ground in pain from headaches.¡± Powers. I completely forgot all about those. Please have something cool. Something better than life. Over the next few hours I performed a marathon of activities from jumping from one foot to the other to jumping off the roof in a VAIN attempt to fly. Finally when globe threw a rod with electricity jutting out from me the electricity seemed to flow into my body recharging my weary body and flickering between my fingertips. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Congratulations you have unlocked your hidden power¡­ Energy Absorber(Electrical)-Using your power for good or evil will unlock and evolve more aspects of your power. Experiment As a test I aimed my flickering fingers at Globe and let the energy go. A pure white streak flew forward fast as light then dispersed about a foot away from my hand. Quite disappointing and now I feel tired. Globes insistent laughter behind me threw me off from gathering anymore. He made me do a few more activities but stopped when I nearly asphyxiated from meditating. I laid down on the bed and went to exit the game. Blinking away my tiredness I pulled the helmet off and looked at my clock my stomach grumbling from hunger. Wait 6:00?. It was 3:00 when I started and that seemed like a couple days.. Oh crap its Sunday I completely gamed through or was unconscious through most of Saturday. I rushed to the kitchen and pulled out all the junk food there and swallowed it whole. Once my hunger was appeased I went to the family room and did all my homework for the weekend. Two more weeks of school the blessed summer and my 16th birthday. I swear once I turn 16 I am leaving.