The night was silent... but inside me a storm raged.
I was just an ordinary young man, weak... smiling to hide my cracks, pretending to be strong so no one would touch my weakness.
But that night... everything ended.
I was coming home, my steps heavy, my eyes searching for a glimmer of hope in the darkness.
And suddenly...
Screams.
Gunfire.
Blood flooding the ground.
I stood frozen... I watched the people I loved fall before me.
My mother... her last look was like a knife in my chest.
Then my fiancée... her trembling smile as she whispered, "Don't cry for me..."
Both of them gone before my eyes.
I screamed, but my voice was lost amidst the whine of bullets and the killers' laughter.
I fell to the ground, drowning in my blood and helplessness... while my heart tore apart like another corpse thrown into the dark.
Only then... I heard the whisper.
A cold voice, source unknown, as if the darkness itself spoke:
"Do you want power? Do you want vengeance?"
I trembled, but my eyes ignited.
I whispered:
"I want... to kill them all."
A dark laugh echoed in my ear.
Then a mysterious screen appeared before my eyes, its letters red as hell:
> [The Darkness System has been activated]
[First mission: Survive... or Die]
I lifted my head, my eyes heavy with tears and madness.
From that moment... I was no longer the same person.
And there was no path back.