ControlDr. Taylor injected the serum into a nearby zombie, and within seconds, it began to transform back into a human."It's working," Dr. Taylor said, her eyes shining with hope.But Kael's eyes narrowed. "No," he growled. "You'll never win."And with that, he summoned a massive zombie, its eyes glowing with an unnatural hunger."Take care of them," Kael said, his voice dripping with malice.The zombie charged, its arms outstretched. Alex and Jax fought back, but they were vastly outnumbered.Just when it seemed like all was lost, the survivors rallied, fighting back against the zombies with renewed hope.But Kael was too powerful, and soon he had the upper hand."You're finished," he said, his eyes gleaming with triumph.And with that, he raised his hand, ready to deliver the final blow..."No!" Alex shouted, trying to deflect Kael's blow. But it was too late. Kael's hand came down, and everything went black.When Alex came to, they were lying on the ground, their head throbbing i
X marks the spotAfter days of traveling through the desert, the survivors finally saw it - a hidden city, nestled in the heart of a valley."Wow," Dr. Taylor breathed, her eyes wide with wonder. "This is incredible."Alex nodded, their heart racing with excitement. "Let's go," they said. "We need to find out if it's safe."As they entered the city, they saw that it was abandoned - but not destroyed. The buildings were intact, the streets clean."It's like they just left," Jax said, his voice filled with awe.Dr. Taylor nodded, her eyes scanning the streets. "I think they did," she said. "I think they left in a hurry."Alex frowned, their mind racing with questions. "Why?" they asked. "What happened here?"But there were no answers. Just an eerie silence, and the feeling that they were being watched."Let's find a place to hide," Jax said, his voice low. "We don't know what's going on here."Alex nodded, their heart heavy with foreboding. "Yeah," they said. "Let's do that."As they mo
Broken homeNo matter if you are a pessimist or an an optimist, Derek Esposito's life wasn't a good one nor a bad one. It was just a mediocre insignificant existence.His father was a bipolar abusive man, capable of disappearing in his bedroom for days during the depressive phase. He would wake up only to eat, use the bathroom and the occasional "Let's make your life miserable" fit of rage.During his euphoric phase, he would work like a madman, but not having any talent either as a businessman nor as a social climber, he was unable to both being successful and establishing the right connections.In his natural state, whenever he decided to actually take his medications, he was just a coach potato that would stand up and go to work just to avoid the blame and spite from neighbors and peers. Whatever was his mental condition, he always was a perfect example of an abusive father.His sons were always a disgrace in his eyes. They never studied hard enough, not did show enough respect. An
Kill EzioThe bullying ended, but his social life never stopped being miserable. How could he possibly make any friend with such a shameful private life?He had to constantly hide the bruises with long sleeves and had run out of plausible excuses for his streak of black eyes months before. His classmates and professors simply pretended to believe being that good of a liar. It was painful, but manageable. He still had his little brother to share that pain with. Carl was all he had, his family, friend and confidant. He was Derek's whole world.But when that age came, he started having crushes towards girls in his school, and those feelings weren't easily suppressed. Once again, he felt utterly helpless.He could not tell anyone about his problems, could not allow people to get close to him, otherwise he would have to think of an explanation for not being allowed to bring any friend home. Let alone a girl he liked.Derek was tormented by cruel thoughts, often demanding the heavens why wh
Accident“A car accident!?” Derek yelled while rushing out of the door and looking for a cab.“We don't have any fucken car! What the hell happened!?” Derek yelled at the nurse.“I'm sorry, I'm not at liberty to say. The doctors will explain it..” Derek hung up on her. He had no time for useless babbling, only for a goddamn cab. Every second in the traffic was torture, and when he finally arrived, it was too late.The surgeon and a police officer explained to him that Carl had been run over by a drunk driver. The culprit had run off and the police was still looking for him.A bystander had immediately called 911, but because of the traffic jam caused by the accident, it took hours for the ambulance to arrive. So when Carl arrived at the hospital he was already in critical conditions. He had multiple fractures, ruptured spleen and internal bleeding, requiring immediately surgery. Derek had been called to while Carl was just entering the OR.They had done their best to save him, but Car
I found himIn the void of nothingness, where the flow of time itself didn't exist and not even a ray of light could be seen. This place was neither Heaven nor Hell. It was just an infinite space filled with absolute nothing as if the concept of life and death did not exist here.Suddenly, a crack in space appeared out of nowhere, it kept elongating at an extremely fast speed and in an instant, it stretched around ten kilometers and a gigantic figure sitting on a black stone throne which was no less than a size of a mountain itself emerged from the other side of the void.This figure was akin to the height of a couple of mountains, completely clad in majestic black clothes and had a hood on the head almost resembling the Grim Reaper itself. Its face could not be seen as if it didn't exist. It looked around for a moment and waved its right hand and created a space of its own, widening for a dozen kilometers and stabilizing itself like forming a gigantic barrier.An ancient voice, so de
VantreaDerek's new body.. now Kahn.. was something he always dreamt of and wanted to have in his ideal standards of a physical body. He was six-feet and three-inches tall, normal white skin tone same as his previous life. He had an angled but somewhat wider jaw. His face was well proportioned and very handsome. He had bulging muscles and six pack abs. Unlike his previous life, this time his hair color was completely black and not brown. They were smooth, soft, and wavy. His hair was done from the right side from his perspective. They were long but not till his shoulder length long either. His eyes were black, unlike his former life where they were blue. It was not to stand out or being assumed as someone from a particular region because blue eyes were always most noticeable part of particular countries or regions. Black hair and eye color was very universal on the other hand.His built was very balanced. His upper body had wider shoulders and big arms, his chest was big enough to ali
Tell me moreKahn heard all the notifications inside his head. He already expected something like this to happen when he killed the red wolf and heard the Ding sound in his head.To his surprise, he not only learned how to activate War Dominance but he also broke through the current threshold of his capacity and already went past his limits to meet the conditions to unlock his War Deity Body. This means he will be twice stronger when he recovered his strength again.The first encounter Kahn had in Vantrea as soon as he entered was a life or death battle and he barely managed to survive. Who knew if eh we ended up dying here, would anyone ever know or care? He would die just a nameless death.. AGAIN.Kahn tried to focus his mind again on the notifications in his mind. There was no system panel or screen board for him to check these notifications in a list or scroll through them one by one. It was as if this system was part of his consciousness itself and somehow acted like his mind wh