Wake Up And Run

Destiny and the Destination Part 6

Chapter 15

Destiny and the destination

Part 6

Now steady your weapon, aim at your target, and shoot. I told myself that and did it at the same time in front of me when the target of my shot was clearly visible, so before I took the shot, I thought of a way not to kill but to immobilize him, and I took the shot.

I am not sure where I was aiming at, but all I saw was that my target instantly fell down. Then I aimed at the second one and took the second shot, and the same as before, he fell down also. I thought I was going to feel some type of hesitation, but fortunately, I felt nothing. Since I was sure that my shot didn't kill anyone, but at the same time it immobilized them at my tired target, I heard Amun saying

"Six more enemies are approaching us from our west side, approximate arrival time is three minutes."

After I pressed the trigger and shot the third one, meanwhile Luke was at his fifth shot. I guess since I didn't count, somehow I was able to figure out how many times he shot from his rifle. At that time, we exchanged a simple look, and I understood that he didn't want to leave his location, so I volunteered and said, "I will take care of that." I don’t know where that act of bravery came from, but I looked at the direction she mentioned and asked her"How far are they now?" She glanced at them for less than a second and said, "Two minutes and twenty-five seconds." She was so precise in her estimation and calculations that that didn't bother me at all. I had a lot of questions that I didn't have any answers for, so I added this one to the list I will be looking for answers for.

I need to reach them faster so I can at least hold them at bay. That was what I was thinking about when suddenly the screen appeared in front of me once more, this time with longer information and details than before, now starting with a new line:

Congratulations! You have unlocked new skills and been gifted with new attributes.

Name: Aden

Age: 16

Race: Human

Rank: A (Officer)

Level: 6

Status: healthy

Skills: five skills gained

1- Skill Name: Flash

Skill Level 1

Skill Description:

This allows you to teleport a short distance of at least one hundred meters and a maximum of 300 meters. (You can cross any distance while the skill is active.)

Skill duration: twenty seconds.

Skill cool-down period: one minute

2- Skill Name: Dodge

Skill Level 1

Skill Description:

This allows you to dodge any incoming attacks, with the limitation of only dodging visible attacks to you or within your perception of radios. It will increase the speed of your attack for longer when the skill is active.

Skill duration: one minute.

Skill cool-down period: three minutes

3- Skill Name: Sprint

Skill Level 1

Skill Description:

This allows you to run at a very high speed, equal to one hundred meters per second. (You increase or decrease your speed as per your will during the duration of the skill.)

Skill duration: ten seconds.

Skill cool-down period: two minutes

4- Skill Name: Slash

Skill Level 1

Skill Description:

(This allows you to cut through any object using any sharp weapon or object.)

Skill duration: ten seconds.

Skill cool-down period: one minute

All skills can be leveled up with continuous use; with each level upgrade, the duration will increase and the cool-down will decrease.

5- Skill Name: Strike

Skill Level 1

Skill Description:

This allows you to strike with any weapon of your choice or your hands with blunt force at a very high speed, and you will be able to control the force and the speed of your skill.

Skill duration: twenty seconds.

Skill cool-down period: one minute

All skills can be leveled up with continuous use; with each level upgrade, the duration will increase and the cool-down will decrease.

Gifts: two attributes unlocked

1- Strength 80/200

2- Intelligence 80/200

All attributes can be leveled up with continuous use, with each level upgrade, you need to accumulate 10 points, attributes points can be gifted by leveling up or gained by suscefully completing tasks and missions.

Grade: 2

Phase: 2

Points: 05

Inventory: Six Items

Remarks: rewards are skills and attributes unlocked by surviving for 6 hours.

Mission: Survive

Duration: 18 hours

Reward: Mystery map + skill

You have unlocked the inventory.

Inventory: Six items unlocked

You can keep your belongings and whatever you are carrying in your inventory space, you can store anything and take it out whenever you want; the space is limited and can be increased when the conditions are met.

To access your inventory, say or click on the inventory icon on your screen.

To activate your skills say the skill Name internally or aloud.

So that is how it works just like that.. Before he completed his thought, he whispered to himself, "This is the best time to test it." Regardless of the description of the skills that he read on the screen, it came to him naturally, like he had been using it all his life with an understanding of how it worked and when it was a suitable time to use it.

Looking at the distance where the enemy was coming from, he said internally, Flash." Instantly, he found himself inside the forest and appeared in the middle of the group that was approaching us. This is really amazing. That was what I thought when I found myself in the middle of the group. They all stopped when they noticed me when I suddenly appeared in the middle of their group from nowhere. Obviously, I took them by surprise, which shocked them for an instant, but they collected themselves immediately. There were a couple meters between each of them, and it happened that I appeared in the middle of two of them.

I don't know what I was expecting to happen, for sure, nor a civil conversation or chit-chat, but I came here without any plans at all except to hold them here, incapacitate them so they will not be able to fight anymore, and if possible, not to kill them at the same time. Unfortunately, they didn't have the same plans as me, so all it took them was a second to get out of the surprise and shock they received when I appeared within them, and without waiting for any introduction, so they started attacking me. The ones that started attacking were the two I appeared in the middle of.

Shooting at me was not an option for a couple reasons, the first, they still wanted to advance stealthily to the group I left behind, which was their target to begin with, and the second thing was that anyone who tried to shoot at me there was the risk of hitting his comrades, all of them were equipped with guns in their hands, and there were short and long swords strapped to their waists, including some other items I couldn't figure out what they were.

Both of them launched their attacks at the same time, with the one on my right aiming his weapon at my head and the one on my left aiming his weapon at my side. With a high speed, both of their weapons were less than an inch from touching my body. The guns were facing me point blank, so I thought they may have wanted to shoot me at that point without risking to strike their comrades. All this happened within a couple seconds, and during that time I analyzed my surroundings. The rest were encircling me at the same time. My skill was still active, so I had no issues getting out of their encirclement since I have more than fifteen seconds remaining until it deactivates.

But do I really want to play hide and seek, and scape them? That was not my idea, and that is not why I am here, so still standing in the same location, I activated my strike skill. With my weapon in my hand, I hit the weapon of the one that his weapon was aiming at my face. I didn't know how to measure the speed or strength that I wanted to use, but internally I didn't intend to use much force. At the time my weapon connected with his, I didn't wait to see the results but instantly turned to the other one, who was lowering his hand to stab me with his weapon. Switching the gun to my other hand, I saw his head was in a good position for me to hit it, and I did exactly that.