A small room, No- a cage. Nothing inside, except a boy clinging to hope.
Fifteen years old. Alone. Robbed of freedom. Every breath heavy, every thought a storm he couldn't escape.
A whisper.
Not beside him… inside him.
Who are you waiting for? No one will help a monster like you.
The unknown creature laughed Hysterically.
His eyes black out awhite,a future that nevernd his hair changes to happened flashes before his eyes.
He starts... Freaking out... Crying... Want to hide... But he couldn't. His own mind, his
own body… nothing allowed him peace.
He cried. Blood ran from his eyes.
Time passed. Each second, the noose of his destiny tightened.
A figure appears.
He approaches slowly.
Tall pure black guy cannot see his face.
You're lucky this time...
Zeka.
The cage opened, someone was behind the door.
A girl spoke
you?.. You're still alive!
With hope and happiness.
The girl runs toward him giving him a tight hug with meanings.
I'll never let you go... Never again.
The boy faints after just looking at her and feeling safe again.
15 years earlier
A baby was born, Not a normal baby a gifted baby with mythical power and maybe an abnormal genius mind
He had no name.
His mother didn't survive his appearance.
His father can't see or hear him.
The father was... Cursed.
His eyes are pure black, like you're looking at the sky with no stars.
He couldn't see, Sense, or Hear.
The Curse was all over the body...
The father seemed...dead...
but alive?
The baby has nevser seen light since the day he was born.
Fear...
Inside him...
Chasing him like they are twins.
The Curse on his father made the baby fear everything in this world..
The baby shivered. Fear clung to him, twisting his tiny body.
Is this all?
No…
The cursed father punished him for no reason...
Not with a belt..nor a knife.
A blade...
A long blade hovered, black flames licking its blade.
One strike, and any human would be... Dead.
But the kid survived...
More than
One thousand and eight hundred hits.
Scars.
Everywhere.
Not one.
Not two.
Countless
scars, but eight specific, jagged ones that glows with fire.
Years passed.
The kid was shown on the floor.
He was alive...
and the reason was his will of power.
The kid.
He was shown in a large cage with the sword beneath him.
The cursed father entered the room with an unknown scientist saying...
"even your flames can't hide from me."
Five children...
Each trapped in a small box.
Four
white walls enclosed them, cold and sterile.
Beyond, the laboratory stretched endlessly.
The mad scientist appeared.
No name.
No face.
Just presence…
Welcoming them to a new chapter of pain.
The mad scientist enters the room.
He throws the boy inside one of the boxes.
Wear some clothes.
I don't like naked males.
The boy wears some nice clothes.
He catches a black cape coat at the corner with his side-eye.
He wears it and gets ready to get out of the room to see what will happen next.
The laboratory
Somewhere beneath ISHIKAWA, under the quiet streets there was a laboratory where the children were.
Where no one could sense it, where no sound could reach it from above.
life went on as if nothing existed below, but here, everything was precise, sterile, and ordered. Light filtered through artificial windows, reflecting off steel tables and glass vials. The air smelled faintly of disinfectant, a scent that should have calmed the nerves—
But it didn't...
Our hero can already sense the danger, everyone was having fun, introducing themselves, and sharing their mind.
But our hero didn't trust the place, he started thinking. "Why gather six children in one place. Why did that creature say that he had finally found me. Why is everyone laughing and not worrying? "
The truth was harsh...
Everyone here had a normal childhood but not him. They had friends, school, parents where they could hug and feel love, but he didn't..
He only knew pain, suffering, and never felt the warmth that he was supposed to...
A girl approached him
"Hi. I'm liora nice to meet you!"
With a smile on her face making you feel you're in the right place even if it feels wrong. She looked at him
Said
"Where are your clothes? And why do you have these things on your body? (scars)"
She was innocent, didn't know what is pain or any kind of torture.
He didn't know if he could trust the beautiful smile, or how nice she was
But then she asked..
"What is your name?"
He looked at her confused, thinking, but he had no name.
His father didn't name him, the mother died before he even saw her.
He was thinking, and thinking. Until he spoke a word
"Z"
She extended her hand, silently offering friendship.
He didn't know what he should do.
His father always had been hitting him, cursing him, telling him
"You won't live for long"
Suddenly
She held his hand saying "You don't have to be shy. Everyone here is waiting for you."
They ran toward the other children.
All of them had a bright smile. So our hero decided to smile and forget what happened earlier.
A smile that was bright, real happiness.
But he still had a feeling that this place, wouldn't survive for long...
The mad scientist enters the room where they are welcoming them to their new home, everyone felt happy expect Z
The scientist took them to their very own room. every two in a room.
And Liora ended with Z...
Our hero with his black long hair, sharp eyes, scars on his hand and eye, and a slim body filled with scars behind the new clothes the scientist gave him. And a bed to sleep in instead of a cage where he was getting suffocated. A place where he could finally call a home.
Yet he didn't trust him. He felt something was wrong with this place.
Liora besides him asked "why are you so scared? Is something worrying you?"
He looked at her and told her.
"No I'm fine"
She felt nervous but happy that he's fine
Day passed
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Liora's awakening
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The next day the mad scientist wanted to check their core power and who's using the six mythical powers.
He started with liora. He told her. "can you touch this place please" pointing to her hand.
She touched her hand. . .
Nothing happened
he asked again. "can you touch this place please" pointing to her head.
She touched her head. . .
Still nothing
And then asked again. "can you touch this place please" pointing to her chest exactly on her heart.
She touched her chest. . .
All of a sudden
The temperature dropped so fast, her eyes went from dark brown to blue. Her hair went from normal soft hair over her shoulders, to a spikey, messy, and floating.
She felt an energy going through her body.
She couldn't contain it. the power surged, and she collapsed under its weight.
No one saw that but the scientist. Said
"I've found a material that could change everything."
A sly smirk curled on his lips, and a sharp laugh escaped him.
The next kid came up and did the same thing but it worked from the hand.
The air went crazy like it was a party inside the room. But he didn't collapse...
The rest of the children did the same thing.
The earth started moving like it was water. Light came out of nowehre, like you're in front of the sun.
Lighting strikes the room.
And then lastly comes our hero Z.
He told him to touch his hand
Nothing happens
His head
Still nothing
His chest exactly on the heart
The power activated. But... Not normally
Flames erupted across Z's body. He froze in shock, unable to move.He opened his mouth to speak, but the scientist made a swift gesture. Z collapsed to the floor."Now the fun part will begin."The scientist laughed hysterically.
A month passed and both of liora and Z woke up in a separate room. They don't remember what happened inside that room.
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Z's curse unleashed
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Two scientists. The same scientists...
Appeared in front of liora and Z. And touched their chest. A weird cage was on the other hand. In Z's room
The cage was pure black, nothing but darkness. The curse approved the body and entered it. Z started panicking, he can't see what's happening. He got a heart attack. And the curse activated instantly.
.
.
.
No reaction.
.
.
.
All of sudden
His hands and body started using flames. But not normal flames...
A pure black flames
He killed everyone in the laboratory
He was shocked.
He couldn't use his body... At all
Dead bodies around him he went on his knees, tears ran down his face with blood.
The thing he had just done was terrifying. the five children who had just become his friends were dead. the scientist was missing.
he didn't know what to do...
A sharp sword cut his body into half.
The Curse stopped.
He opened his eyes with fear all over his body.
He started acting crazy for what just happened.
He looked around him, the lab appeared untouched, as if none of it had happened.
He started touching his body, moving it, trying to feel if this was real or not. He touched his chest... Not even a wound but scars...
"look like you're the person that will suffer the most" He started laughing
Z looked around. . .
There was no one
A whisper inside him said...
"it was me the curse and you know how long was that was? Only one second."
He didn't believe it, as it felt like an hour inside his mind but only a second had passed the scientist appeared
"look like you've passed the test kid. Now...
You gotta run. "
An explosion happens suddenly before he could even react.
The scientist looked at him and said.
"the doomed future is waiting for you."
He started running, shocked, crazy, crying, panicked, trembled.
He didn't understand what's happening or what happened.
But the explosion felt the same...
Felt like the one he exactly made in his mind.
He freaked out even harder after he realized. He didn't want to look up.
He thought he'll see the same dead bodies infront of him again.
"Z!" someone yelled panic lacing words "we have to get out of here."
Z looked up he found Hayato waiting him with the lighting guiding his way
Z ran before he even think and got out of that place. They kept running. They don't know where are they going. And they stopped.
Far enough, they can't see the laboratory anymore.
Hayato slowly approached him asking if he's okay.
Z still didn't understand what's going on. He sees one of the dead Bodies he saw earlier in the curse alive.
infront of him with no blood.
He can't understand anything. He's about to freak out again but hayato touched his shoulder softly.
"We are out of danger now. No need to worry."
But Z looked around he found no one but Hayato infront of him.
He asked with pain in his voice
"where's everyone?"
-"don't worry, the others ran into different areas. But I didn't see liora, have you seen her?"
He heard her screaming but he didn't know where.
He started to worry again.
"is this because of me? All of this happened because of me??"
Tears run down his face. Hayato spoke softly.
"this wasn't your fault, while four of us were training, we did something unexpected and it made caused an explosion"
Z asked quietly "four? Training?"
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Flashback:explosion
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"hey, look at this trick"
Crack!
Lightning arcs through the air.
Glass shatters.
An explosion rocks the room.
Shocked, the kids scatter.
Three of the kids ran promising they'll meet later
Hayato stands there knowing what he'll do.
He started searching for Z and Liora.
Eventually finding Z...
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Flashback ends.
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