BEEP-BEEP!
A man turned off his alarm subconsciously, it was 08:00 am. Scrubbing his eyes gently as he goes to fresh himself. Later he goes downstairs, this time wearing a tracksuit and sneakers. The house looked very modern and elegant because he was quite a wealthy person. Nevertheless he goes to the nearest park in his neighborhood. Nonchalantly..
Jogging there for some time, he noticed something strange. Only he was here, no one beside him scratching his chin. He wondered but then brushed it off by it's just a coincidence.
After a while, resting on a bench. Exhausted, he checked the time again on his watch. It was still 08:00 AM, now he deliberately got concerned. Until, he felt a man pass by at that exact moment.
Looking around, out of nowhere. The park was filled as it used to be, people were here and there. But then he noticed something strange, very far from strange.. They all had no faces.. Every man.. Every woman.. Getting up, he slapped himself, thinking he's hallucinating but it was of no use..
Running away from the park, he watched a school bus going along, but in the windows. All the children had no face yet they were staring at him with that faceless face.
"What the hell! Is this a dream!?"
He screamed. Suddenly a whisper came to his ear, cold and chilled.
"Yes.."
He turned around to see dozens of faceless people standing in front of him. Frozed, he couldn't even move a single limb because of shock, breath hitching. He can't even murmur a single word..
They take a step towards him, then another. His body screamed to run because of instinct so he did, running from then and coming to his house. Locking the door, still slapping himself.
"Wake up! Wake up! GOD DAMNIT!"
Suddenly he felt something weird, before he could react. His vision became dark as he was swallowed by a hole. Falling endlessly in the pit of endless darkness. He couldn't even scream, just stare, just witness the horror.
"AGHH!"
He gets up on his back, still lying on his bed. Breathing heavily while his body was sweating cold sweat. He glanced at the alarm to see it still wasn't 08:00 AM yet. Taking a cup of water while his hands were twitching. He tried to relax himself.
".. Man. I should eat less cheese.."
Exhaling a deep breath, he freshes himself. Before going downstairs. The air still seemed wrong right now, he could sense that. Yet nevertheless he couldn't do something about it or so he thought.
"AHHH!"
He heard a scream, a familiar scream to him, dashing towards where it had come from, he went to the dining room. To witness the horror.. Again..
On the floor were lying two girls, they weren't bound by a rope nor had any physical harm over their body yet they were lying on the floor as if they're bound by an invisible thread and something was harming them from the other way around.
His gaze went towards a woman who was on the sofa, unconscious. Beside the sofa was sitting a man, more like a young boy. Relaxed and nonchalant, he had his head headed downwards.
"WHY!?"
The man yelled, but the boy didn't respond. So the man took out a gun and tried to shoot him but the bullet bounced off his skin, it didn't even tear his coat off. Stunned. The gun dropped from the man's arm.
"Now I am a monster.."
The boy mumbled, head still down.
"But when you did it, you were called for your cooperation."
"What the hell are you talking about!?"
The boy stood up, facing him. The man was perplexed because he had no face.. a faceless monster..
Taking some steps back to make a distance.
"W– What do you want?..."
"Equality."
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
"AGHHHHH!"
In a split second he killed them all. The man ran towards them, crying and sobbing. Hugging his daughters and kissing their foreheads. At last, he gave a last hug to his wife.
"Now you understand Mr Moritz.. This is your perfect creation.."
"..You."
The man slowly turned around, his eyes still filled with tears. The tone of his voice seemed like he recognized who this creature was..
"But it's still not enough."
Suddenly darkness emitted from the boy, the man tried his best to scream.
"End–"
But his voice was also swallowed by it.
***
The rain had been over, in the wet streets Zack was running at normal human speed like if he was looking for someone.
~ If you're right they should be there.
– Well I tried my best so don't blame me later.
He takes a turn on a street where the pass of the bridge was there. The bench which was before the underpass was empty, Zack's expression becomes unreadable.
– Open your 4th eye..
~ How?
– Bruh... Focus on eyes...
Hearing the advice, Zack did what his inner voice said. Closing and squinting his eyes as he could feel the energy in him concentrating towards there, after half a minute. He opens them again.
The world looked so weird in shape it was genuinely undescribable. For a few seconds, Zack stood still, startled.
– I will do the rest, don't worry... Dum..
His vision adjusts gradually as things finally start to make sense in his vision, until the world becomes normal again. Now he could see it, surprised.
– Hahaha! Told ya!
Seeing two girls dozing on the bench, indeed they were not visible to humans which is why Zack subconsciously used energy to see them.
He goes to them before poking each girl's shoulder, with a straight poker face. Trying this he decided to poke Misha's forehead cause both didn't wake up... while trying he got blown away by a punch..
"Are you an idiot?"
Misha sneered, scratching her forehead. Lisa, who was leaning to her head, opened her eyes as well.
"A bit.."
He added with a cheerful smile. Meanwhile seeing Zack, Lisa was surprised, but she controlled her expression and sighed.
"What are you doing here though?"
He asked her frankly, so she answered bluntly.
"To keep an eye on you all."
She cracked her fingers by pushing them against her chin.
"By the way, where are the others?"
The girls stared blankly at him, seeing their faces. He understood they didn't know either. Scratching his chin. Puzzled.
"So what should we do now?"
"Drugs."
Hearing a familiar voice beside him out of nowhere, he headed his head towards there for another punch to land on his face. It was Ruis who punched him with Sara giggling.
Ruis can see Misha and Lisa who were concealed because he also had 4th eye activated as well while for Sara. Her trame special nature allows her to see through high dimensional or even veiled beings.
When Zack tried to punch him, he grabbed his arm, smirking. Lisa seeing how much chummy vibes were between Ruis and Sara had made her a bit puzzled, what had happened earlier, nevertheless she brushed this thought off.
"Stop it you two.. Ah crap. Is the vacation over?"
Zack relaxed his arm as Ruis let him go hearing Lisa's order. She gets up, adjusting herself, her dress was all dry now so of Misha.
"I guess?"
Misha looked at her nails, her dress had automatically regenerated with her too.
"One bum is missing."
Sara crossed her arms, a bit serious face. It was her usual poker face. Everyone was surprised, they actually forgot about this guy.
"He has made a special veil or something which I can't perceive through, let me try again."
Closing her eyes, the air goes heavy as everyone suspects what could be the next outcome.
"Ah! H– He made a world."
Lisa declared after opening her crimson eyes, everyone got perplexed not understanding what she meant so Zack inquired.
"What?"
"He has created a reality, it's against the rules of an Astran. We can't interfere with worlds, it will destroy the balance of the universe."
Ruis cleared his throat up, questioning.
"But ain't we all have sealed our dimensionality? How can he do that then?"
"Astrans aren't called Gods because of their dimensionality. They are called Gods because they are Astrans."
Hearing this reply, his eyes so his expression went unreadable. Nevertheless, he mumbled.
"... you didn't answer my question."
Lisa scratches her head. Explaining.
"It's true our spirituality consists of what our trame is but Astrans by nature have abilities they can use even if concealing dimensionality. You can choose what ability to conceal when concealing dimensionality and what ability not to conceal."
Hearing the explanation, Sara wondered, she was completely unaware of his powers.
"How did he know all this?"
"His trame has a special feature like Google."
Zack added a fun fact. Looking around to see people were starting to come out from their homes. Misha and Lisa who were concealed so they can't be seen, Ruis and Zack were wearing modern outfits while Sara...
"Let's get along from here first."
Zack sees the situation, knowing that they can't just show off in front of them. A thought came to his mind, as he reached for his coat's pockets.
"Crap! I forgot my car keys. Wait here you all."
Zack teleported to his room taking the car keys from the drawer, he then teleported to the garage where his car was resting there, it was a red Nissan Qashqai SUV. The garage door opens automatically as he takes out the car before it automatically closed.
Driving he reaches them in a couple of minutes. Everyone was stunned, luckily no one beside them saw him disappearing yet when he came with his car, many eyes were lurking on him.
"Come on! Get in."
Ruis sat on the front seat while the girls sat on the back. Lisa was startled, this was the first time she had been under a car, as the concealment wears off on her and Misha.
"Where the hell are we going?"
Ruis asked Zack who was driving effortlessly.
"To a place where we can safely go to the created reality of Ender."
Meanwhile Lisa, who was at the corner of the window, was amazed. Sara was in the middle while Misha was at another corner. Seeing her delightful expression, she queried.
"Is this the first time you have sat in a car?"
"Nah, it's just the first time I have sat without concealing myself. I have sat in those flying vehicles where the seat was empty, I have been almost everywhere. Just concealing myself from human gaze. This is the first time I am sitting without concealing myself."
Lisa stated, looking at the window Misha had opened the window from her side so she also tried to open it. She knew how to open the window of the car as she opened just enough to let the cold breeze pass through.
After a while they reached an abandoned street, where entrance wasn't allowed as the sign board conveyed. Parking the car here.
Everyone gets out of the car, adjusting themselves as Zack said to Lisa.
"Alright.. now open a portal so that we can go to that world."
Lisa didn't take him seriously, more like ignoring him which he understood as bait. After a while everyone got behind when she closed her eyes, stretching her arms in front. Forming a specific pattern with her fingers.
"Found it."
A whisper escapes her lips. As suddenly a rift formed where her arms had been positioned. She exhaled, a bit worn out. Relaxing her arms.
Zack made his steps towards there but he heard a call.
"You will not go with us. You need to stay here and check if something happens, me Sara and Misha will go there. You stay here and guard if anything happens."
Looking at Ruis, he sneered. Sighing.
"Well let's go then."
As they go through the rift. Zack gets inside his car while Lisa makes a chant which doesn't let anything coming to this world through the rift from that side. After that, she goes in the car's back seat too. Both tired and exhausted.
***
It was like a liminal space, a street with the dazzling sun gleaming all over. The houses were all the same here, the same color and structure. It was as if they were in a backroom level. Strolling cautiously Misha sensed something as if her senses were warning her.
"T– That house."
Ruis and Sara were puzzled as she stuttered, clearing her throat. She said it again. Clearly this time.
"There is something in the house."
She pointed towards the house which was two houses away from the house which was beside them. Ruis dashed as the girls followed him. The door wasn't locked so they got inside.
Climbing stairs, Ruis encountered a weird smell, it was a meat smell, though it was quite different from the usual meat. Climbing the second floor, there was a kitchen there. The air and the room felt nostalgic but Ruis ignored all that, he went to the room which was beside the kitchen. The dining room.
As soon as Ruis entered the room. He froze, stunned. So much that he couldn't even move a limb, when Misha and Sara came and saw Ruis standing frozen, they went towards him as well.
In the end, they were shocked too, flabbergasted and speechless, like they had encountered something which had no words to describe.
At the corner of walls, all the ceiling and where the window was supposed to be, there were huge chunks of meat stuck to the wall, the size of a human, beating. It was a very bizarre scene.
Sara almost vomited as she went to the kitchen's sink. Misha's jaw dropped while Ruis's skin went pale, his mind went blank from what he had just witnessed. In the dining room on the other side was sitting a guy with a smile, seeing them get up.
"Ah! I was waiting for you all. Let's have a party. A meat party."
He spoke in a very gentle, soft tone.
"These 14 guys are those who had torture innocent kids. In the end they paid for what they had done to them."
No one expected this act from him. This act from Ender. Misha's lips twitched as she muttered.
"Y– You are not a human."
Ender calmly listened to her, his expression had an insane level of control.
"You are a f*cking monster."
Ender chuckled.
"So?"