(You must listen to me)
"Aren you stay here, we will go and find this place and also I must call the police"
(You have to do this alone)
How?
(Here my command and you shall find the path)
(Take those objects near the desk!)
The voice pointed out towards a lighter and a torch.
(You need to go to the pines)
Aren was first reluctant to her the voice but somewhere deep inside she felt guilty for the trouble that was caused.
Aren went to the backyard and opened the backgate.
The cold breeze flowing through the Pine trees was enough to scare a grown adult.
But she stood there unfazed.
(Do not fear for I shall assist you)
(Use that torch to light up the view for vision)
Her arms moved across the forest as the view got clearer as to what was inside the lonely landscape.
(Move forward and do not fear anything)
Awooo
(Don't fear it)
(Hear my voice I shall be your guide in this darkness)
Click Clack
Flutter*
(Move right)
(Stop!)
(There are people approaching and they are not the good ones)
Vroom*
A van left the vicinity as it disappeared into the woods.
(They are gone)
The silence of the woods persisted as the wind gushed through the lonely house.
(Turn off the flash light you don't want unwanted attention here)
Aren stopped and looked at a Lonely house in between the woods.
A Van just left as the voice told her to hault her movement.
(Look behind the house there is a storage room)
Aren went behind to find a locked wooden door along with gasoline and a crowbar beside the door which was put for burning firewood for the campfire set up nearby.
(Bring out the lighter)
(You are not strong enough to break the lock)
Aren poured down a part of the gasoline on the door.
(Light it)
The fire grew as the door burnt down to shreds.
Aren flinched as she saw the flames go berserk.
(Do not fear, for I shall aid you)
(They are inside)
Aren moved down into the underground floor.
To her suprise she witnessed something in the darkness.
What is this?
What are those things hanging through ropes there?
( I can't answer that)
What?
(Aren it is better you don't know this)
Aren moved forward as she felt a strange fear residing in her which gradually grew bigger and bigger as she moved past these things hanging down beside her.
It smells, It's scary.
( I am there for you)
Admist the fear she witnessed this voice became her source of confidence.
( Listen to my voice)
(We are close to your friend's location)
Mmm Mhmmm!!!
(To your left!)
Aren looked at him hanging upside down.
He was muffled and bruised all over his body.
At that moment Aren had realised that if she went to rescue him a little earlier perhaps he would not have been as hurt as he was now.
(Aren! Aren! Get a hold of yourself)
Aren starting tearing up.
She was still a child. It was too early for her to do anything more than this.
(You must protect them!)
"I am sorry it was my fault."
"I should have read the note sooner."
Jin denied by moving his head.
"I am sorry, I am sorry."
(Aren! First Unhand him we don't have much time left)
Jin moved back and forth and hit Aren's head.
Mmmm Mhmmm!
(Aren they are coming!)
(Snap out of it!)
Aren removed the ropes and freed Jin.
"We must leave hold my hands Jin!"
(Towards your right there is a case)
Admist the darkness of the basement they made their way to the backrooms.
Aren reached to the place were there was a suitcase present.
(1409!)
(Unlock it by matching the numbers)
Aren opened the suitcase only to find a Pistol, Taser gun, Tape and a knife.
(Aren you can't hold all of them by yourself give the crowbar and gasoline to Jin)
(Here! Right Here! Pour the gasoline!)
The voice pointed out to Aren to fix the crowbar onto a hole on the ground so that it would stand fixed with the pointed end above so that if someone slips it could possibly stab them.
(That crowbar Peirce it into the hole in this basement)
(To your right put that Gun on the suit case and tie it with tape)
The voice intended to make use of the suitcase as a stand to withstand the recoil when the trigger was pulled.
(You are too young to withstand the recoil)
(No! Increase the angle)
[The fragment of truth calculated the pistol's angle necessary for hitting the head of a certain individual.]
Aren did as the voice dictated to her.
She placed the crowbar and the pistol as told.
Fortunately she found another Gun on a bench closeby.
She was about to open a room and just then she was interrupted.
(Don't! That place is dangerous!)
Aren's hand froze as she turned around.
While the voice redirected Aren's attention a sudden sharp sound spread throughout the basement.
(They are coming!)
(Prepare yourself Aren)
Jin hold my hand.
Do as I say alright I will protect you.
"We have all four of them right"
Yes Boss the last one is near our butcher compartment.
"Did they ask for 3 alive?"
Yes
"I see we have to increase the prices the demand sure is increasing "
Boss you have an eye for Money.
"Well it's also fun"
What a psychopath.
"Mind your words"
Sorry boss.
"Oh boy"
Oh no!
He escaped!
"Find him"
3 of the men working under this madman made their move.
( Aren they are approaching)
Jin was terrified as she held him tight.
(The first one!)
A guy approached their location as his vision was tunneled by the torch.
He stepped on the gasoline.
And he fell with his throat getting impaled by the crowbar.
(Hide!)
Arghhh*
"That side!"
The 2 men loaded their pistol and pointed it towards the direction of the vision shown by their torches.
(Pull the trigger now Aren!)
Boom*
Arghh*
"Who's there!"
Boom*
That bullet barely missed Aren and Jin.
Jin was tearing up but Aren held his mouth tight with her Hand.
(Oh no)
(They have two more left you have to run Aren!)
Jin was injured he couldn't run like she could.
She knew this well.
[Sigh what a let down perhaps I should have given a bonus back then maybe in the next turn I can finally achieve it]
Even the greatest fragment turned his back now and thought it was over.
But Her body reacted as a part of her memories and reacted to a similar situation.
Her arm moved forward and pointed it at his head.
She did not know where he was but the sound, the scent he carried it was enough to locate him.
She resembled a man who was much more than a human.
(No don't ! You can't handle the recoil)
Her hand it changed from human skin to that of a dragon perhaps.
Her hands now we're covered with scales.
(Wait that is?!)
[Oh so she did awaken it even for a moment]
[That is infact]
(Metamorphosis!)
[Metamorphosis]
Boom*
Glurg*
"Oh my!"
"It was a puny little kid who did this?"
The madman pointed his torch at her.
"Hahaha how fascinating"
"Yes yes slicing you shall really give me the purest pleasure"
"Is this perhaps one of your friends?"
The madman put a knife at the throat of one of the children from her orphanage.
(Don't Aren! That skill do not use it again)
(It's too early!)
Her body denied all reasoning and she reenacted her unknown memories.
It was Her Metamorphosis
Her legs sparked as she went beyond what was known as the probability.
She swung herself forward as she held herself onto one of the pillars supporting the basement.
The next thing she did was use the Taser gun on the madman beside the pillar.
He fell to the ground.
(Pull the knife, cut his neck!)
She did it this time without hesitation.
Beside her was a young boy who had witnessed something he should not have.
{ You have exceeded your probability}
{Due to the lack of proper code formation the penalties will be restricted}
{ The phenomenon Metamorphosis will receive a cooldown}
{A portion of the code related to this skill shall be equalized with the system}
(No!)
(∆∆∆∆∆)
It had been 5 years since that incident. { Glurg* "Aren?", Jin inquired. ... She stood there like a mannequin. [You have exceeded the probability] "We have found the lost children!" "3 of them were found in the car" "The last child must have been left behind in the traffickers basement" "We are going in chief!" Aren? Aren can you hear me, why are you not replying? Jin began to tremble. Her eyes began to lose their colour and turned dull while she stood there lifeless. "Oh my god" Sir, You have to come look at this. "Is there any obstacle officer?" We might have found something quite disturbing. Those white bags that are hanging down in the basement I think they are the lost children over the past 3 years. ... "Move, Move, Move!" "Kill any intruder on contact, its high alert!" "One down this guy was killed before we even arrived" "Two down", "Three down" There is a door in front of us, Sir. "Take it down" (THAT ROOM IS DANGEROUS, AREN) The voice warned Aren ba
Vroom* The atmosphere was so silent just like the saying 'calm before the storm'. Aren and her grandma sat in the royal Royce back seat while staring outside the window on either side. "Your principal called me, Yi So Yeon" "My school has 14 year old getting pregnant and the principal is out there going after an innocent girl""Your attendance is below 25%" "That guy has no other work after all huh?", Aren sighed."Ya!!! It's our school you little gremlin!" "That's what I am saying Grandma, when our school has drug abuse, shootings, pregnancies and whatnot, he is still licking your foot instead of doing the thing!""Hey let me ask you something" "Hmm?", Aren looked keenly into her Grandmother's eyes."You got an F1 cup, went for Under 18 championships in basketball and got sponsored for a football club" "Do you want to impress some guy or what?" "No, no why would I, Yi So Yeon ever fall for something inferior to me.?""SuYeon" "Grandma"Mrs. Lee patted Aren on the head and th
Wahh* Uwaah* How did I end up in this situation? "Wow she is pretty!" A fat guy complimented her as he fixed up his glasses. "You need something?" "Um, That window seat is mine" "Oh is it?", Aren said as she frowned. The man was wide enough to push her off her seat as she fell to the ground. "Are you ok miss?" "Do I look like I am ok to you, hurry up and pull me up!" (How did I end up in this situation again?) Flashback* (I am going to Korea!) (If I don't get all A+ then I am not Yi So Yeon) Ah Grandma! I hate you! Uwahh* Wahh* (Who the heck travels carrying a baby with them anyway!) "Excuse me" Now what?! Aren looked at a middle aged man as he bent a little with a tummy popping out. Sigh* Fart* Faaaart* Sniff* Sniff* That's a Bio Weapon right there! Psssssst* Psssst* Psst* (Yaaa! Are you a fucking pressure cooker releasing 3 whistles to notify us that you have finished decomposing your 12 day old kimchi fish stew! You fucking rascal, are you landing near Vi
Wait for me! Aren pulled the young boy which led to him tripping and falling on top of her. He stared at her almost unaffected by her stunning looks. He got up and brushed his coat off as he held his arm out for her to get up. "We are gonna get late to school so try not to hold me back", he said as he turned around on his way to school. Aren stared at him blankly as she followed him. "We are here" Is this Gangbuk high?, Aren inquired. "Yes" She stared at the school with characteristic brick red and white pattern. "It's so calm, unlike ours", Aren said. "That's cause you are late" The young boy said as he showed the way to the class. "You are late Zene Lach" "Yes Ma'am " "Oh, You must be the new student" "Hello miss, I am Yi So Yeon" (Hey I think it's a transfer student) (Transfer? At the mid semester?) (Hey Look! Look!) Yi So Yeon entered the class and she instantly gained everyone's attention. "Hi everyone! I am Yi So Yeon" (Wahh! She is so pretty) (I know righ
Sept 22 2002 Three years prior to Zene Lach's death. Glurg* "Mr. Natsuki Mikoyama" A white haired man with a scar on his chin said, as he had a sinister grin on his face. The lights were flickering and the room was poorly lit. "W-Who are you?" The man named Natsuki Mikoyama inquired as he vomited blood from his mouth. Two men stared at Natsuki Mikoyama while the grunts surveyed the basement. Zene Lach stared at the scene clueless. It was as if he woke up in a different body and this scene appeared before his eyes. "Zene!", The white haired man yelled as he glared at the clueless comrade of his not hearing his commands. Zene Lach looked back at him and then reached out to a nearby suitcase to take out a drug sample so that he could inject it into Natsuki Mikoyama. Screeech* "You have arrived fragment of darkness" A woman approached the two men torturing Natsuki. The white haired man exclaimed as he removed the bloodied gloves from torturing Natsuki Mikoyama. "He looks s
"Form, why?", Yi So Yeon inquired. "Did you not involve yourself in any sports over the past 2 days?" "Ah, No I had to go through some orientation classes yesterday" "Here", Zene Lach placed the form on the table Yi So Yeon was sitting on. "Also get out of your seat", Zene said as he sat on her seat making Aren stand up from her seat. "Tell me which one you don't like, I will not tick the one you point out", Zene added. "Got it?", Zene asked as he looked at Aren with his dead eyes. "Gotcha" Zene kept on ticking all the main sports that most of the boys liked to play. "This one", Aren pointed out. Zene looked at Aren's face and replied, "Use that look of yours for a good use at least" "The acting and singing activities are having a shortage of people." Zene said as he ticked them. "Then why bother asking", Aren grumbled. "You will like it" "How do you know?", Aren inquired. "I simply know just by looking at someone". "Ah, really?", Aren said sarcastically. "Come with m
[K.O] Zene fell to the ground as he was knocked unconscious by this girl's raw power. [Wow this girl had the guts to punch him like that?] The celestial entity stated that he was genuinely intrigued by her violent nature towards Zene. [Then why? Why did she always go after my life if I put even a single scratch on this planet?] The celestial entity looked over the mortal realm as if he was reading a novel and genuinely hated the characters being so off when he met them in real life. [This bitch is a freaking hypocrite] (The greatest fragment grumbled only to calm himself up) [Sigh* Language ∆∆∆∆∆∆] [Oops, I spoke the forbidden word] The greatest fragment looked at the empty void as he sat on a table with chess pieces all lined up. His white robes showed no hint of any stain as he sat on his lonely throne and governed the flow of time in this universe. "Yi So Yeon is the lord of the ring for this month!" "Wait but no one placed a bet on Yi So Yeon, right?", One of the guys
March 26 2017 Ring* "Ah, That was super fun", Aren said as she walked alongside Zene Lach who spent the whole day inside infirmary. Vroom* A really neat car approached them both as they passed by the gates. Vroom Vroom* The car revved up as the tires produced smoke. "What an attention seeker you are", Zene said. Aren looked through the smog and shouted out loud. "That's a Surpa MK-4!" She dashed forward to take a peek of this grey car in front of her. "Do you like it?", Sang Cheol said as he came out of the car. "Yeah, It's pretty famous you know", Aren replied. "Wanna have a ride?" "Um, Sure" "What about me?", Zene questioned. "You can walk", Sang Cheol said with dead eyes. "Get in", He added. Vroom Vroom* "So, you are new to Korea right?" "Yes" "Why did you come to Daegu, when you could have studied in Seoul?" "Ah that, I didn't choose the school and it's really complicated" "Hmm, It's 6 pm and this isn't the right time to show you the view" "What view?" San
"I created you, Zene", Trotsky replied. "You and Aliyonah both were my creations that I brought up in a lab" "While I never gave her any memories after her creation but the same I couldn't have possibly applied on you" "I needed you to have those memories, I needed you to be ready when the time came" "I threw the both of you in that military camp, because it was what I was supposed to do" Zene looked at him while his eyes narrowed down. "Those memories of yours, all of them were a lie" "A fabricated story" Zene fell on the cold snow, his body started trembling while he couldn't reason with the storm of emotions that ran inside of him. He cuddled himself while tears ran down from his eyes. Zene felt like a failure, he lost the one thing that reminded him that he was not just a weapon but once may have been a human as well. {Zene it is better to die as a human than as a weapon, don't you think} Natsuki's words did no better, his mind was not reasoning. {Zene, wh
Huff Puff Agent opened his eyes only for him to look at a surreal landscape. Volcanoes erupted from the ground, craters that spanned kilometers wide. Oceans that soared hundred feet high and the world that we once knew was in a state of apocalypse. Creatures that defied science, the world turned closer to fantasy than reality. His skin started sweating while the heat suffocated him. He looked around to find a giant monster stand in front of him, a being with one eye, it's span crossing hundred meters wide and standing as tall as an empire state building. He looked at the monster as it now faced him. With a single breath of that monster his body dissipated to thin dust. Huff Puff Agent woke up as he layed on the snow. He looked around as his hazy vision turned clear. There he was Vladamir Trotsky standing in front of him while Lisa herself was knocked unconscious. Agent layed on the ground with no strength left in his body to get up. "What was that thing tha
The cold winds brushed past their faces with the freezing cold that turned their lips numb. While their muscles ached on top of the lack of air made it difficult to carry forward with the luggage strapped behind their backs. "Zene did you bring the oxygen cylinders?", Lisa inquired. Zene stopped and dropped the heavy bag on the ground. "Take it, We need to move quickly before the sun sets", Zene stated while he looked at the peak that was hundreds of meters ahead of them. Huff Puff "I feel light in the head as well", Agent replied. "We need to move quickly to find some shelter before the cold gets the best out of us", he added. "Zene, you were the one that carried all the load" "How are you still standing still?", Agent inquired. "I keep my body under equilibrium while I maintain control on my fragment" "I see", Agent looked ahead of them. "Are you done, Lisa?", Agent asked out loud. "Yeah, let's go", she puffed one last time before she retracted the oxygen cy
Cling Clang A guard approached the solitary cell and opened the heavy metal door open. The place was drak with no lighting on the inside, there he was the man in question groaning at the flash of bright light onto his sunken eyes. "Dimitri Popov, I have some questions for you", Zene stated with a smile on his face. Screech* Zene closed the metal door and placed a lamp for lighting the room. "Never saw a guard like you, must be a new one", Dimitri murmured. "It wouldn't be a stretch if I told you that I came all this way for you", Zene replied. "I am but a lifer that has been serving in this prison for fifty years, what use would I be to a young handsome man such as you, sir." With wrinkles all over his face and the sunken eyes alongside his tired expressions spoke more words than any stories told by the inmates in the lunch hours. "What brought an old man such as you down into these dark rooms?", Zene inquired. "You refuse to work for the warden and he throws you
"What do you mean by that?", Aren inquired while she sat on the table. Sigh* "I will not answer any questions related to you, do you understand that?", Trotsky grumbled. "When you told my father to find his path, his purpose did you mean something?" "Your father, he wished to find the reason behind his existence and that's when he came up with an idea" "Natsuki! We did it, We discovered a new element!!!", Mokshith yelled out loud out of joy. "Guys, Guys I have something to tell", Natsuki calmed the boys down. "Now that we have finished our last project, I think I want to move on to the next phase of my life" "Where are you headed to, Natsuki?", Trotsky inquired. "I have decided to go on a journey around the world to find my purpose" "You want us to come along?", Mokshith inquired. "He meant to go alone on this journey, Mokshith", Trotsky replied. "Ah, that sucks" "We have finished all the projects that we dreamed of building, didn't we?", Natsuki stated. "..
"You should get some sleep, Mokshith", Trotsky suggested while he wiped his face dry. "I can stay up a bit longer", he replied while looking at the ward inside which natsuki was bedridden. "I hope he wakes up soon", Mokshith stated. "He will anytime now", Trotsky murmured quietly. Huff Puff Natsuki woke up from that everlasting nightmare only for him to look at the attire of his inside the hospital. His face was covered in bandages, his entire body was covered in cloth to heal his burn wounds. Natsuki gasped for air as he looked around to find a nurse stare at him with popped out eyes. "Doctor!", the nurse screamed out loud. Huff Puff Natsuki looked around as his hazy vision started to clear up. There they were men that he once knew stood in front of him with worried eyes. "Are you okay?" "Natsuki can you hear me?", Mokshith yelled out loud. Their voices were muffled and his ears were constantly ringing. He looked at the white room with bright lights fl
Glug Glug A young child was caged within a glass container, the boy couldn't open his eyes nor could he move his body. Zene gasped as he woke up from the same nightmare. "So you finally woke up, huh", Lisa stared at Zene who was gasping to get some fresh air. "What time is it?", Zene groaned. "It's 11 am and Agent drove us near to the prison while you slept all night", Lisa replied. "Where is he?", Zene inquired. "He should come back any moment now" "Guys get out of the car", Agent pulled out a suitcase that cared their essentials. "Where are you going?", Zene asked. "We will be staying inside the hotel for a day or two", Agent replied. Sigh* Lisa fell on the soft bed and began stretching her body for some comfort. Moan* "Stop making weird sounds", Zene grumbled. "Does it excite you, my boy?", Lisa chuckled. "Piss off" "Zene, shall we take a look at the jail?", Agent inquired while he brought out a file related to the target. "Right let's get it over
As soon as we arrived at the church we saw a couple kissing each other. And that's when I first saw Natsuki cry. "That's Clara", he murmured. "Who, I can't see any girl nearby", Mokshith squinted for better view. "Is she the one that kissed that guy" "Yeah", Natsuki looked gloomy while tears trickled down from his eyes. "I did everything I could man" Natsuki glared at the couple unaware of his presence. "And some random guy comes in and takes her away with little to no effort" His veins popped as he glared at them with his teeth gritting against one another. "It's unfair" "Natsuki, Listen man you need to chill out", Mokshith tried to calm him down. Natsuki went through hell day after day and not once did his fragment respond. But today, his fragment took over him. [Fragment of Origin] His body was covered in weird tattoo marks with flesh burning from within him. "Natsuki, is that you?", Clara inquired as she got a little closer for a better view from th
"How will I produce such energy, Vladamir?", Natsuki asked out of confusion. "So, first up we have to start things back from square one" "You need to remove all the knowledge that you had behind, do you understand?", Trotsky added. "Yeah explain it to us", Mokshith replied. "So, do you know what fragments both of you possess, gentlemen?" "I possess the fragment of light, am I correct?", Mokshith replied. "That is correct" "And you Natsuki" "Me?" "I don't think I ever felt this thing that you call fragments" Sigh* "That's really weird, all of your kind should be able to sense it, do you feel anything weird inside your body?" Natsuki paused momentarily as he tried to sense something within him. His concentration was all diverted towards his torso in an attempt to sense this feeling or presence of the fragments. As he explored through the darkness, Natsuki witnessed two flame orbs revolving around one another. "Do you see it, Natsuki?" "I can see flames and that's about i