This does have language so BEWARE. Also I began to write this a couple of years ago so any names are not from people on this forum or in-game I wake up in a hospital. A quick glance around shows no-one is in the room at the current time. Wait. This is nothing like the hospitals we have. These people are still using I.V bags. My nostrils are soon assaulted by the rancid smell of death. What the hell...? Why does it smell like this in a hospital? Am I in the morgue or something?The door opens and I quickly lay back down. "Hello Max? It is alright. You can get up." I look at the woman who just walked in. She looked to be about similar in age to me. And hot... "Who are you and where am I?" "I am just a nurse. You are in the Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia." Philadelphia? Why am I in Philadelphia. That is a dead zone. Nothing survives Unless... "What year is it?" "2025" s***. I began to hear voices from down the hall. They did not sound friendly. "We need to go. Now" The nurse said. "And how in the hell are we going to do that. Why do we need to go?" "No time to explain!" In a few seconds she was out the 1st floor window and on the ground. The men were getting closer. I could hear what they were shouting now. They first started pounding on the door. I figured I should follow this mystery nurse just incase. "Get in" She pulled up in a Lamborghini "Is that a-" "Yes. Get in" No sense arguing with that. "Where are we going?" "Can't tell you. At least not yet" "Will you at least tell me your name? Mines Max" "Taylor." Nothing else was said. When we finally reached our destination I was quite surprised. Instead of a Federal Building for an agency it was just simply a large mansion in the middle of nowhere. The mansion itself looked to be several stories and even more rooms. A small fence was around the entire building. "Welcome to the Refuge. A home for how do we say it... Gifted people. I can show you where you will stay, if you wish." "Um.. Sure? I have no idea where anything is so that would be best." We then proceeded to where I would stay "Here you go. Room 42. I have other business to attend to." Taylor tossed me the keys and left. I went inside the room to investigate. Nothing much other than what an average teenager uses. The bed looked comfortable enough so I sat down and looked at my left wrist. Oh thank goodness. It's still there. I inspected the bracelet my father gave me. The metal of it was heated and forged so it would be a bright blue. [Insert Flashback theme here.] "Max. I'm dying. Both of us know that I will not survive this. I need to you take this bracelet. It will help you in the future." [Insert Leaving Flashback theme here] Despite all of the technological advancements we had there was still no cure for cancer. I wonder why he gave me this bracelet. It hasn't helped me at f***ing all. The watch, on my right wrist, alarm began to go off. How is it already 10:00pm? Never mind I am exhausted. I need to sleep. Still I wonder... How did Taylor find me and why? End of Chapter 1 I wake up to knocking on my door. "Get up. You are needed in the office." Is this a school or something? Why the hell is there an "office" "Fine. Just let me get dressed first." When I was dressed I opened the door a young girl was standing outside of it. I shrugged and followed the girl to the office. "I was told this was a Refuge. If so then why are there no people?" "They are in class." Oh great. It is a school. She led me to a door simply labeled "Office" on a small plaque. "Please go inside" she told me as the door opened. I walk in and see a man at a desk. The room itself was furnished well but not lavishly. On his desk are several papers and a small plaque that reads... James Morgen? Holy s***. This should be interesting. "Hello Max." "Grandpa? Why are you here? More importantly why am I here?" "Well Max you are here because of extremely special circumstances. Do you have the gift you father gave you? It will become of use to you soon." "Yes I wear it at all times. What do you mean it will "become of use to me?" "Max I need to tell you something. This was never mentioned in your history books because all of the governments of the world agreed it never happened. We are being attacked by an unknown force. All that is known is it originates from outer-space." "And we need your help." I looked behind me and saw the young girl. WHAT THE f***? She was outside and the door shut. You know what? Never mind that, I mean I just met my grandpa who died years before I was even born so why does it matter? "How am I supposed to help you? I can't do anything special." "You can. I mean your future still existed correct? That means you can do something special." "But- Oh. I see your point. Could I have any insight on what this power might be?" "That is for you to find out yourself. The forest would be a good place to gain insight." "Al..righty then? I guess I will go now." The forest did seem like a good place to "gain insight". It was extremely quiet which is odd for a forest as large as this one. The leaves and branches created a wonderful canopy and calmed me even more. A couple of large boulders sat on opposite sides. This would be a good place when I get angry I guess... Time to meditate I guess. I climbed up on the boulder and sat down. And meditate I did. Deer soon began to walk towards me in the clearing I was in. From behind my eyelids I could see bright blue specks of light. When I opened my eyes I realized what my "gift" was. Unfolding my hands and focusing small blue orbs appeared. (WHAT A SURPRISE!) Aiming at the boulder across from me I tossed the orb. Now there is only one boulder in that clearing. I left the forest and headed for my room. A few glances at my watch told me that it was nearing the curfew of 9:30 PM. After reaching my room the bracelet began to hum. The bracelet was no longer a bracelet but a watch. Seeing as there was no need for my actual watch I put it away in the nightstand. Also within the nightstand was a journal. This may be useful... I then proceeded to write down everything that had happened today and the day before. I guess I should go to sleep now... Sleep did not come easy that night. What were those lights? End of Chapter 2 In my sleep I begin to hear a loud buzzing. Soon I realized it was my watch. Why is there an alarm? Especially at 6:00 am. I should get dressed though. When I was finished I heard a knock on my door. "Door's unlocked." "Training starts at 7:30. Just tell me when you are ready to leave." "Let's go." The room itself looked normal enough. It had the appearance of a gymnasium. Large pads were set up on the ground as well as along the walls. Also inside was several other people training. From the other side of the room Taylor motioned for me. "Hello Taylor." "Hello Max. Have you found out your gift yet?" "I think so. What is your power by the way?" A small blue orb appeared in my hand. "Excellent. Oh and my gift is telekinesis and telepathy." "Have you um... Used one of your gifts on me?" Please say no. "Possibly. Hey Mr. Morgen is here." Morgen walked into the room with a smile. "Today we have a new student. Everyone, say hello to Max." The entire gymnasium responded with a hardly enthusiastic greeting. "Hi everyone." and with that we all resumed training. When we were done Morgen asked to have a word with me. "Max a new student has arrived today. As your room was the only one open we had to put them in your room. I hope this does not bother you." "Could I have any details on this "student"? "You will just have to see." I looked down at my watch. Only 4:00? I may be able to go into the Forest still. And so I did. After I arrived I went up and sat down on the rock as I did the day before. The animals gathered around me, but today they gathered closer. The blue lights began to appear again inside the animals. This time though something seemed different. Blue lines blinked into existence inside the trees as well. Wait, does this mean my power has something to do with life as well? This is turning out to be very interesting. I should probably go back to my room and meet this "new student" soon. When I went back to my room I had second thoughts about opening the door. What if it's a major a*****e and I have to live with him. I cannot deal with that again.Well, time to jump. I opened the door "Hello? Are you Max?" a female voice responded. "Yes. May I ask what your name is?" "Lavender." She spun around in the desk chair and looked at me. Daaaaaamn. Of course she has to be hot. Thanks Gramps. "I guess we are roommates now. I am guessing the bed on the right is yours?" "Yeah it is." "Do you have a gift?" Why is everyone calling it a gift? Seems a little sketchy to me... "I do in fact." With a quick motion another blue orb appeared in my hand. "I would throw it but stuff would explode so... Do you have a power as well?" "According to Morgen I do. But I do not know what it is. So Max. Where are you from?" "Fell's Fall." "Never heard of it. Where is it?" "Hasn't been founded yet. Some freaky time s*** happened and I ended up here." We talked for several more hours until we practically fell asleep talking. (No there is no kinky stuff happening. Separate beds.) I should thank Gramps for that. End of Chapter 3 More will be added.
Fourth chapter As the days got longer I trained harder. Eventually Lavender started training with us as well. For some odd reason she wouldn't tell me what her gift was. People came and went from the building. I made a few more friends who surprisingly were interested in the same things as I was. November now showed on the calendar and the first snow began to fall. It took a couple of days but the snow was ready for building forts and snowmen. I was one of the first outside. Other students made snow forts and snowmen but I was set on my goals. My project took a few more days but it was worth it. "Hey Max! Nice sculpture." "Oh hey Lavender. I thought I would bring a little bit of home here." "What is it? I honestly haven't seen this man before." "He was my father. A great man in his lifetime." "What do you mean in his lifetime?" "My father died when I was younger. Despite all our advancements in medicine we could not save him." "Oh, I'm sorry." After that I heard someone shout my name. I looked back toward the back door of the mansion and spotted Taylor waving at me. "One second. I think James wants me in his office." "Alright. See you later Max. Wait before you go can I ask you something?" "Sure what is it?" "What do you want for christmas? I mean it is only a month away." "Honestly Lavender I do not know. I will think about it." "Okay. When you think of something tell me." I then proceeded to walk to my grandfather's office. [Insert short time lapse here] "Hello Max, please sit down." He gestured to the chair in front of his desk. Morgen had a troubled look on his face. He also looked ill. "What is wrong? You do not look so well." "It is nothing you should worry about. Onto what I called you here for. We found some more information on our problem. It comes from deep space. In-fact it is from a Goldilocks planet similar to ours. The planet itself was only recently discovered. One of our scientists has sent a message and it was not perceived well." "By perceived well they mistranslated it?" "Possibly. Now they want to destroy us. They are long past the diplomatic stage. We have about 2 years before they get to Earth. You must train and prepare your team as well." "I will not let you down Grandpa." "You may leave now." The door opened and I exited his office. Will I be ready before then? God I hope so. For the first time since I first came to this year I had a troubled sleep. Why me? End of Chapter 4
November came and went. December began with Christmas soon around the corner. I still had no idea what I wanted for christmas. Also I had no idea what I should get Lavender. Our team trained for longer times and I stayed in the forest for even longer. Eventually I was able to feed the deer from my hand. Every day I would go to the forest and every day the deer and other animals would return. A couple of nights I slept in the forest. It allowed me to clear my mind and have a peaceful sleep. When I left for the forest a couple of days before Christmas eve something felt different. I walked up to the boulder and sat down. Today the deer did not come as per usual. A few minutes after I sat down I spotted a blue dot approaching the clearing. The dot became a form and then became a humanoid shape. Fantastic. Someone has found my meditation spot. "If you are going to be in this clearing you must meditate." The shape sat down. After a couple of hours it got up and left. I simply ignored it leaving. Soon the deer returned and gathered around me. A few more hours passed and I returned to my room. "Hey Max! Think of what you want for Christmas yet?" Oh dear. It's in 3 days now. I've had something in mind but I just couldn't ask. Ah to hell with it. "I have been thinking about it and I know now what I want. But first you must tell me what you want." "Oh, I just want to see you happy. It seems that you have been down lately." She replied with a smile. Well then. I hope she doesn't get angry... "Lavender I would like to take you out on a date. The gift would be that you would say yes." "Max it doesn't have to be a Christmas present. All you had to do was ask." "I'm shy if you haven't already noticed." "You aren't shy with those deer in the cle-" She stopped herself before she could finish the sentence. "Ah so you were the one who followed me. It's alright. Besides it is getting late. See you in the morning." Why did she follow me? End of Chapter 5 I woke up the next morning to find that Lavender was not in her bed. Thinking nothing of it I got dressed and began to wander around. Eventually I walked by the gym and noticed Lavender was inside by herself. Despite my curiosity being peaked I left her alone to train. She can tell me her gift when she wants too. I still need to thank James for having her assigned to my dorm. The door to his office was open and I stepped in. "Hello Max. What brings you in here?" "Oh I just wanted to thank you for assigning Lavender to my dorm." "You're welcome." He winked at me and I proceeded to leave the room. As I was heading out to the forest I noticed several Christmas decorations were strung about the halls. What was even more odd is the fact that none of the decorations were there when I first walked into James' office. They just appeared. After a few more minutes I reached the clearing and began to meditate yet again. Some time later I felt a hostile presence. My eyes still being closed I looked at the direction of the hostile force. A red orb was approaching me, and at a very fast pace. As it drew closer I heard trees snapping and crashing as they were knocked over. Knowing I should prepare myself I stopped meditating and prepared an orb to throw. The hostile being reached the clearing and stared at me for a moment. It was extremely tall and covered with fur. In the next moment the beast lunged. Sensing it's purpose I dodged the attack and threw the orb. The monster was thrown back by the force of impact and slammed into a nearby tree. It got up, threw it's hands out and claws appeared. Oh s***. This is about to get real. I lunged first this time with a fistful of aura (HMMMM WHAT A SURPRISE!). We rolled a few yards with me punching and the beast trying to take a hunk out of me. I left my guard open for a millisecond and I felt the teeth sink into my shoulder. A scream of pain issued from me and blue claws appeared between my knuckles. I stabbed with those claws straight into the monster's chest. The beast let out a roar and lay still. A few more safety stabs just to make sure it was dead I left the clearing pulling the body behind me. In pain and about to pass out from lack of blood I dragged the carcass to the Refuge and blacked out. End of Chapter 6 "Are you telling me there is no-one in this entire building who has the gift of healing? There are over 500 people in the building alone. How can not a single one of them not be able to heal Max?" "Well there is one but she doesn't fully control her powers yet." "I do not care. Go get her." Ungh... Where am I? Who is this girl...? I tried to open my eyes but I did not have the strength. Well I always liked sitting still. Using my gift I looked for blue forms. Currently there was 1. I wonder if I can speak... What the hell? I can't move my lips. What did the monster do to me? Was I poisoned? The door was opened and 2 more blue forms entered. "Oh no. What happened to him?" I recognized that voice. Is that... Lavender? "Max was attacked in the forest. He managed to kill his attacker but not before it bit his shoulder. We hoped you could use your gift to heal him. It seems that when he was bit the beast also had a venom that paralyzed him." "I can try." One of the blue forms moved closer and put their hands above me. I felt feeling rush into my muscles slowly at first. Sinew in my shoulder began to repair and poison began to dissipate. I opened my eyes and noticed Lavender was standing over me. As soon as Lavender saw my eyes open she hugged me. "Max? I was worried! You didn't come back from the forest when you usu-" "How long was I out." "4 days." Morgen replied. Dammit. I didn't get to give Lavender her present. "Do you know what attacked me?" "It was one of them." "I thought they were going to be here in two years." "This was only a scout. If all of them have venom like that this war may be harder than we originally thought." "War? What are you talking about?" Lavender replied. Morgen then proceeded to tell Lavender about the other planet. "This can't be good. What will we do?" "We will be ready as we can." I sat up and walked out the door. After that I went outside to examine the corpse. It was still there on the ground. I opened it's jaw and broke one of the large fangs off. I ran back to the room and gave the fang to Morgen. "Make an antidote." Then I left for the forest. I first went to the clearing and looked for tracks. To the north I could see a tree toppled over in a generally straight path. The path led to another clearing and within I saw a crater. If this is how they land... We could be in serious trouble. I returned to my room and threw myself into my bed. When are they really going to attack? Will I be ready? End of Chapter 7
it was not a offence it was a complement I was saying cool story bro in a way to say that was a good story
New Year's passed without any incidents. I still carried out my routine of meditating in the forest despite the dangers. The control I had over my powers as well as my ability to use them increased. With little to no effort I could know sense the auras of people around me. Along with that I was able to create larger orbs. February began and soon approached Valentine's Day. When I woke up on the 14th there seemed to be a very faint energy radiating from the general direction of the forest. The door opened and Lavender walked in. She noticed how my attention was drawn to the forest "Hello Max. What seems to be wrong? Please don't tell me you are going back there after what happened to you." "Something is wrong. I can feel it from the forest. Don't follow me." "Max please. What if one actually kills you this time?" "It won't." I walked out of the room and headed for the exit. Using my aura sight I noticed a faint pink trail was coming from the forest. As I traveled on I noticed more and more trees on the ground. My pace quickened and the trail soon became more vibrant. I must be getting close. This time.... I will be ready. I heard a roar from my left. I... must protect. My palms flared with aura. Calming walking I approached yet another clearing with a crater. The alien was working on taking out trees in the immediate vicinity. The moment I step foot inside the clearing it flipped around and glared at me. I kept walking. The monster readied itself for a lunge. I kept walking. "If you are going to land on this planet you are going to have to deal with ME." As I was closing the gap I began to charge a large orb "The first scout you sent was killed by ME. I hope you are ready." The beast lunged. "If that is how it shall be. So be it." I threw the sphere at the beast. It was thrown across the clearing into the crater. Yet it still managed to jump out and lunge yet again. I rolled to the left and extend the aura claws. This time I lunged first. I dragged the unconscious beast to a wide tree and tied it up. I then walked back to the Refuge. I found Morgen's office and entered. "I found another. It is unconscious and tied up. I can lead you to it." "Where is it?" "In the forest." When we got back to the clearing the beast was still tied up. "There it is. What are we going to do with it?" "I suppose we should interrogate it. Are you sure it's still alive?" I walked up the the body and felt for a pulse. None. "No I am not. Dammit!" "Max we should head back to the Refuge. It is getting late." "If we must I shall." I went back to room and opened the door to find Lavender sitting on her bed. "Hey Lavender." "Hey Max." Nothing else was said that night. When is the next scout going to arrive? End of Chapter 8
