《Weapon of Fate》 Ch 0: Prologue In a city devoid of life, but pristine in condition. The buildings shined unblemished in the evening light. Only at the edge of the city lied a figure against the city wall looking out into the setting sun. ¡°What more do you want from me? I have done everything you have asked of me. Are you going to throw me away? Now that I am broken.¡± ¡°No¡± ¨Ca cloaked figure walked up toward the man as if he came from the very shadows of the town. ¡°I need you for one more task.¡± ¡°What? I have lost everything because of you. I lost my family. My friends. My home. My will. You made me into one of your weapons. Why me? Why must you reduce me to this? I am not even human anymore. You have taken that from me as well. Now I know I am broken. I can¡¯t do this for you. My mind is broken. My heart shattered. My body, well it¡¯s injured beyond repair. I have learned that weapons don¡¯t last that long. Why did you chose me to be your weapon for so long?¡± ¡°Will you believe me if I said that I have grown attached to you? That you are different and special to me? That you are not like other weapons I have obtained?¡± ¡°No. This is a fate worse than death and yet you want me to do more. I would rather be one of the others and die instead of this enslavement. This prolonged agony.¡± ¡°Only you can do this task. Nobody can replace you in this.¡± ¡°There can always be a replacement. I have no more value to you. Anybody holds more value to you now than me.¡± ¡°You are irreplaceable and you will do this last task and it will be your last task from me.¡± A long silence followed and as the man gazed out into the distance before asking, ¡°What do you need of me?¡± ¡°I need you to live.¡± ¡°What? How can I¡­¡± Before he could complete the cloaked figure quickly closed the gap between them and placed a glowing white hand on the man¡¯s forehead. ¡°It will be the most important task I will ever give to you. I hope you will do well.¡± Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. The man¡¯s figure slowly disintegrated in a soft golden light before fading completely into nothingness leaving only the clothes he once wore. ¡°Why did you do that?¡±- Another cloaked figure approached. ¡°Do what? I just gave him back his will and a few years to his life.¡± ¡°NO. You gave more than that. We are the ones who control fate to ensure the continuation of existence and why did you give it to HIM?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. Maybe I wanted to give him back for all I took from him. Maybe for the first time in my entire existence there was real purpose to my job in the universe. Rather than just controlling destiny I have learned that the absolute control we have will only result in the end of everything. Why don¡¯t we make a bet? If he does what needs to be done then I win. If he does not then you win.¡± ¡°What are you talking about? You lose either way. You won¡¯t even be alive to see it.¡± The cloaked figure looked at his slowly crumbling hand. ¡°I know. He will be my last weapon. Therefore, he will be my best weapon better than any other weapon I used before and for the first time in my life I feel like this is better than what we know as truth. My only regret is that I will not see through his development. I hope you will watch over him and maybe you will see what I saw in him. He is not a weapon and no longer will he be tied to any of us. I have given back all I could and now it is up to him to live not as a weapon but as a man. I like the sound of that.¡± He replied before his body gave away and he finally crumbled into a small pile of ash on the ground. ¡°I hope you are right¡± ___________________________________________ Author''s notes: I have been a hard core lurker on the site and after reading so much I though I should give my try at writing a story as well. I hope you all enjoy.