The World's Revolution

[Starking]

WARNING! This story WILL become graphic, so please. Understand this and enjoy the story.

This is a different story then most others I have written, this has a different view. Other then just writing on something someone has given me. I’ve decided to write out a story, a long epic. After trying my hand at other stories, I think I’m finally ready to write this. This story is based a lot on things around me. My ideals, my views, and the impact friends and things have had on me. It’s purely up to you to decide if this is a negative or positive story. I just hope you’ll read with an open mind. You’ll need to understand most of this.

Before we start the story, I’d like to explain where and what has gone on. So, allow us to dive into this deep world. One where the lines of good and evil burry, where those with power are the “good guys”, a world similar to that of today’s. This story takes place in 2016; humanity has been evolving technologically greatly over this past few years. Leading to “rivalries” between the powerhouse nations. Two nations lead the front, China and the United States. On the outside and in the public eye, it only seems like a friendly technology race. But what people don’t understand is this is a race for power, both countries are close to the brink of war. These two nations, with their fingers on the red button, don’t have any understanding of the events that will unfold. Along with technology, other things have been brought to the table. These things far beyond what the masses can begin to comprehend.

Our protagonist is your normal boy, living in a quiet town. Close to the big city, he is the quiet type. Not one to make friends at school. Thinking almost nothing of the people around him. He doesn’t like to get caught up in other people’s affairs. But he is kind hearted and gentle, almost unseen by everyone he knows. Few people have ever seen this side of him, but things are going to get hairy for him. He’ll find himself at many crossroads, to seek the truth behind everything. This will lead to morale questions almost never asked. The line of right and wrong will cease to exist. This is our hero’s story. So, lets begin this story!


Chapter I
A quiet spring brings a nice breeze in the early morning hours. The wind blowing through an open window, a sound vibrates throughout the house “AXEL! DON’T BE LATE FOR SCHOOL AGAIN!” Our hero awakes to look at his clock; the time is 7:05. As he sits there scratching his head he says “Damn it, I don’t want to go to school today. Plus, I got like 55 minutes to get ready and arrive on time.” His mother walks up to his door, “Come on, it’s time to wake up.” He just looks at her with a dead stare. He gets up and walks over towards the shower. He turns on the faucet, looking down he looks deeply into the pool of water. As he stares closer and closer he hears his mom again “Don’t waste the water, get in already!”

He quickly hops in, half asleep he stands there. He finishes up quickly and hops out. He wraps the towel around him; he looks into the mirror, as he looks closely at he. He notices a figure standing behind him. We quickly wraps around to look, nothing is there. His heart is racing; he looks at his hands, trembling in fear. He pulls himself together and passes it off as nothing. He walks out towards his room. There a pile of cloths sits on his bed. He rushes to get ready; he then quickly grabs his bag and rushes to school. He reaches the schoolyard with about a minute or less to get to class. He darts of class, he barely beats out the bell, but he looked at the clock. The time didn’t really change from when he got to the school. It was still about a two minute run. Dumbfounded, he walks towards his desk and sits down.

As the first class is close to finishing, he notices weird things happening. Things seem to be slowing down in erratic intervals. The bell final rings, it seems longer then normal. He’s starting to notice this isn’t normal, he then goes to his second hour teacher and asks if he can go to the nurse. He goes and explains what’s going on, the nurse looks at him weirdly. She bluntly says “Have in token any sort of drugs lately? If you say now you won’t get into trouble, you can trust us.” He looks at her funny, being the wise ass he is “Oh yea, I’ve been taking drugs… What makes you think I’d take them, give me a drug test. Maybe I’m sick; I have no idea what’s going on. Might you explain for me?” She looks at him; she walks over towards the phone. He gets up; she asks here he’s going. He looks back and states, “I’m going home, and my parents are out. Since I’m sick, I might as well go home, I am either way. You plan on calling security. So go ahead, I don’t care anymore.”

He walks out of the school, he looks back to only say “What good is it anyways, this generation is worthless anyways. Why should I bother?” He hears a someone with a heavy Russian accent beside him, “You are correct, but you. You are something different from the worthless gene pool these people come from.” He looks back to see a pale yet tall man in a black suit topped with a hat that shades most of his face. He looks at him for a second, “Who might you be? I know you aren’t the school security.” This pale man looks at him with burning red eyes “Today is the day that will set the wheels in motion, and. Your life will also greatly change; I’ll be seeing you more within the next few days. Please, stay sane. Don’t want to hear anything bad has happened to you Axel.” Then just as a he appeared he disappears. Axel can’t believe any of this. He starts walking towards a local hangout of his, the game store. The cashier greets him, as they were long known buddies.

The clock turns to 5 PM, he heads out to beat his parents home. He gets home to notice their cars home, he walks up to the front door. There, he notices something is really out of place. The door is open, the lights are on, and he also hears the TV. He slowly opens the door to see a sight that’ll haunt him for the rest of his life. A bloodstain, going all the way down the hall, the air seems stale and devoid of life. Soon he feels a big chill run up his back, the room becomes cold, and his legs begin to move him without him noticing. He first walks by the living room. Inside he sees his older sister lying on the couch, the walls covered in blood. He continues to walk towards the kitchen, where he sees a figure standing in there. As he walks up, he notices that it’s a person. A teenage boy, wearing ragged clothing and a long white flowing headband that happens to be covering his eyes, as Axel looks into his hands, he notices one outstanding thing. He sees his mother’s severed head in his hand. In the other hand is a ninja like blade. His stomach starts to curs, he vomits a little in his mouth.

The teen looks at him, without saying a word rushes at him. Axel flinches, but notices he has stopped. The boy looking forward says “Nice to finally meet you Axel, I am Number 11. You might just call me “One of your brothers”.” Axel looks down at him “Don’t you have a real name? Number 11 isn’t much, also. Why is a headband covering your eyes? Can’t you see or something?” Number 11 in the same stance as before “You might not be able to tell, but I’m blind. So, it doesn’t matter if I can see or not.” Axel not even thinking of his other’s fate says “Then… How did you kill them? How did you kill my family?” Number 11 gets up and wipes the blind from blade, and then he states, “I don’t need my eyes to see, my friend. You must be the blind one here. Can you not see?” Axel looks at him with a sense of fear; Number 11 laughs, “The look of fear in your eyes is too much to bare. I can’t believe you’re Number 20. You’re so weak, I might as well kill you here!” A large bang is heard from outside, Number 11 looks towards the door. He looks one last time at Axel, leaving with cold words “You are nothing more then a weapon, you are forced to live the life we all have. I hope you can free yourself from this curse. But, overall, I hope you burn for being such a weakling. Next time we meet, I WILL kill you.” He dashes towards the door. Axel collapses on the ground, in a pool of his mother’s blood. Tears begin to run as he realizes what has just happened.

As he is kneeing in the pool of blood, he hears sirens outside. The police come in to see the bloodbath that had token place. The police themselves were in a state of fear, because no normal human could have done such a thing. The police drag the helpless Axel outside of the house. A figure steps out of the coward of people, Axel doesn’t look to see who it is. He hears a familiar voice, he manages to make out the words “I’m Axel’s uncle, I’d like to take him to my place. If you wouldn’t mind.” The police seem to agree with the man. He is then dragged into a car, were he looks up to see the man from earlier. By the time he notices this, the car is already moving and the doors are locked. Axel looks at him then in a stern voice “Really, who are you? What are you, some kind of pedophile? You like to prey on young adults or something?” The man looks back towards him “Boy, you have no idea what’s going on right now. I didn’t want this to happen so early. But things got pushed.” Axel grabbing onto the front seat “What do you mean by that? I have no idea what’s going on? You haven’t even told me your name!” The man in a cold and bitter voice says, “My name is Gavrill, otherwise. Call me Gabriel.” Axel laughs “So, you really are Russian, I thought it was only a act.” Gabriel looks towards Axel he says, “Young boy, you have no idea what I’ve been through, what I have seen. I have fit the need of acting. Gavrill is only a name used to trace me back to my beginnings.” Axel remains silent as they drive down the road.

The car finally stops at the end of a dirt road. Axel looks at Gabriel with an indifferent stare “So, why did we stop out here? You gonna kill me like that one “Number 11” guy did to my parents?” Gabriel closes his eyes, “I see, so they ordered him to do it. I didn’t think they’d send him to do it. The sick irony of this all.” Axel looks at him with a red face “Who are you? Why do you know us? I want to know this!” Gabriel looks at him with grim face “You are one of 22 children. Children that are weapons of war, you all have different abilities. You tap into the deepest part of the human being. Something normal people might call “Life Energy.” This energy cannot be tapped into by a normal human without many, many years of practice, most people die before they can. But, things have changed.” Axel nodding his head back and forth, “What do you mean by this? I don’t get any of it!” Gabriel slightly sighs a little “The project is known as the Arcana Project, 22 children were selected. The goal, a counter measure against China. As you know China is gaining on us in terms of technology, this means hostility is brewing. The US is worried about if China will invade. But the US realizes they cannot use explosives on the mainland. So, they developed human weapons, each one able to take out 1,000 or more soldiers with great ease.” Axel looked at him with a confused face, “Me, a weapon? What are you crazy!?”

Gabriel looks at him with his almost normal cold attitude, “Yes, you happen to be number 20. Now, if you know your Arcanas, you should be able to figure this out.” Axel comes back quickly with “Alright, so. If we start with zero, the Fool, that’d make 20…. Judgment?” A smile breaks on the heart Gabriel’s face “Yes, the boy you meet earlier. Well, just be creative. But yes, you are Arcana Twenty. Judgment.” Axel looks away, “I can’t believe this, so I’m just the country’s weapon. To do as they please?” Gabriel steps outside of the car, as he steps out “Things will come into understanding. Just stay in the car, you know what curiosity did to the cat?” Axel looks away from him, he lies down in the back seat. Going over all that’s happened that day “Alright, I’m someone’s weapon, my family is dead, and some weird Russian guy has dragged me to the middle of the desert. Well, today couldn’t get any better. Really, what did I do to deserve all of this?” As Axel looks up, he starts to drift in and out of sleep. Where soon he collapses and passes out.

[nishthedish]

Very well developed my friend....I can't wait to see where this goes!

[Starking]

Chapter II

Axel awakes to find the sun has yet risen, he sees a figure come near the car. As he looks closely, he notices its Gabriel. Gabriel opens the door, and then Axel notices. There is blood on his cloths; looking up towards his face he also notices it on his face. Axel questions the blood; Gabriel looks back at him “I thought you would have figured it out by now. I’m no human, I’m something far beyond. I am what has terrified humans for many centuries.” Axel sits down back in the seat, “Oh, isn’t that nice to know. Why do you have to be so cold? I thought you’d be more open.” Gabriel laughs and looks back at him, “Why would I be open with some smart ass like you? You’re nothing more then some little brat that likes to run his mouth.” Axel remains silent, accepting his defeat. He relaxes in the back seat, “So, you where are we going?” Gabriel starts up the engine, “Somewhere.” Axel looks out the window can’t help but wonder about all of this. Gabriel looking into his rear view mirror looks right at Axel, “Don’t ponder on about the past, it’ll only lead towards the road of despair and guilt.” Axel looking away, “Something I bet you know all about, now wouldn’t you Gabriel?” Gabriel closes his eyes, “My story is a long one, I’ve lived for a long time. I’ve seen many things, but I’ve only learned one thing. That you humans are the most disgusting animals I have ever seen.”

Axel again stares out the window; the sun seems to be rising. He begins to have a case of Déjà vu; things are starting to slow down again. He looks at Gabriel for a second, he’s motions seem to be slowed down. Then just then things go back to normal, Gabriel looks back at him, “So, did you notice it?” Axel looking at him with a dumbfounded face says in a confused voice, “You mean time slowing down at random points? Yea, I’ve noticed that so far.” Gabriel laughs in a warm voice he says, “So, you’re finally awaking. This is a nice turn of events. Now, it’s only a matter of if you can control these powers. Better the control, the more useful it’ll become.” Axel still looking at him with a confused face passes off what he had to say, “So, you say I can control this power? Like, can I slow it down to the point time stops, or is there some kind of limit? What’s the deal with it anyways?” Gabriel in a stark voice states, “You are a master of your own power, you control it. You can do with it as you please, you yourself is the limiter to your own power.” Axel looks at him with a grin, when jokingly says “That’s some pretty deep stuff, you read it in the back of the paper?” Gabriel looks back, “We’re almost there, I hope you can behave yourself. Some kind of smart remark like that will get put into some pretty serious trouble.”

As Axel looks outside the window he sees a large compound. The gate proved to be quite menacing, tall guard towers. It was almost like there was no escape from this place. As the large gates open, he looks inward to see three to five buildings. He can’t make them out, but as he closes in he understands the number is more like six. Axel looks over towards Gabriel, “So, what is this place called?” Gabriel looks back to Axel and laughs, “It has many different names, mainly though. We here call it the Farm.” Axel laughing his ass off in the back seat cannot control himself, “Are you serious about that? Why do you call it the “Farm” anyways?” Gabriel remains silent as they approach the largest building. The building has a large number one, painted on its side. The car comes to a halt, Gabriel staring forward says, “We’re here.” As Axel and Gabriel get out of the car they are approached by a young lady in a lab coat, this lady introduces herself as Alice to Axel. Gabriel looks at her with his normal cold glare, “So, is everything ready?” Alice quick to respond, “The Chief is ready to see you both.” They both walk in to see the Chief, as they walk in Axel makes a smart remark, “She’s pretty hot, I bet she’s got about 4 years on me, think I got a chance?” Gabriel looks back at him with a dead stare, “Are you really serious about that? You really think you have a chance with a cute young girl like that? You must be kidding yourself.” Axel gets pissed at his remark and they continue forward.

They walk up to a large steel door, and then the door suddenly opens. Inside it’s a purely white room. All of the walls, everything in the room was white. Nothing inside but a chair, the chair gave a cold dead feeling about it. Gabriel walks up towards it, he bows towards it. Gabriel looks back to Axel and tells him to do the same. The chair turns and there was an old man, one of very great age. The first thing Axel notices is the tubes coming out of his chair and connecting to him. Gabriel comes forward to state, “I have brought Number 20, but I have a request to ask of you.” The Chief nods his, then Gabriel states his request, “I’d like to train the boy, I know it’s not normal for someone to train one of the children, I but to do so with him.” The Chief rises from his as if he was in his twenties, then says in a deep commanding voice, “I’ll allow this to be, I think this boy will do quite well in your hands. Just please, don’t over do it with him. Don’t want to see him dead or something. You may be dismissed!” Gabriel and Axel are quick to leave the room, as the doors close Axel begins to wonder about why Gabriel asked what he did. Gabriel looks back at him with his almost normal cold stare, “I think it’d be far better if I trained you myself, I think a lot more can get done if I focus on you for the time being.” Axel gets bold, asking “Who was that in there?” Gabriel looks at him with his eyes firmly shut, “He is Number 21, he has aged quicker then anyone else, but oddly enough. He he’s stopped aging, he is known to be immortal. But beyond that, nothing that truly stands out in terms of combat ability.”

Gabriel shows him around, showing him the mess hall, his room, everything in the compound. The sun starts to set; he then takes Axel outside, where he shows him a sort of gun range. Axel looks at him confused, “So what is this a gun range?” Gabriel looks back at him, “Listen, everyone has a sort of weapon they can use. You need to discover yours.” Axel looks at him, “I wonder what would work for a weapon? Maybe a sword… I don’t really know.” Gabriel looks at him with an amazed look on his face, “I got something for you, now. If I’m right, anything you are holding will not slow down. But this is just a guess.” Gabriel goes over and hands him a standard issue police pistol, Axel looks back at him, “So what am I suppose to do with this? Hmm, now that I think about it, I could kill with this.” Gabriel lets out a loud laugh, “Axel, you have yet to understand. A gun cannot come close to killing me. You could even shoot me in the head. It WILL not kill me. So try if you wish.” Axel turns the safety off and points the gun at Gabriel’s head, “If anything happens, don’t blame me.” Axel fires the gun and Gabriel’s back arches backwards. Gabriel snaps himself up, there, a bullet wound in his head. He reaches up towards his head and pulls out the bullet. He tosses it on the ground; Axel is in a state of fear and shook over what just happened. The bullet wound also closes itself up; Axel cannot believe any of this. He asks him the ultimate question, “What are you?” Gabriel looks at him, as the sun continues to set.

Gabriel closes his eyes, “It all started around about 1830, I can’t even remember the date of my birth. But I was born in a small Russian town, out of the way of the bigger villages. Well, you know how things go bump in the night? Such things exist, I don’t remember what happened, but I woke up to realize I had unbelievable strength and a thrust for blood. I have become what you humans call a “Vampire” of sorts. But the truth about them is far different. Vampires can live in the light; we are an evolution of humans. We are immortal, we have the strength of one hundred men, but it does come at a cost. We most feed upon any living thing.” Axel looks at with a calm stance, “So, you really aren’t human. I didn’t guess a Vampire either, got any other life stories for me?” Gabriel looks back at him, “Sure why not. You know Rasputin, he himself wasn’t human, but he wasn’t a Vampire. No one really knows, but him and me use to be quite good friends back in the day. He really isn’t as bad as the history books state him. He was following his religion; I see nothing wrong with that. He had examples of right in wrong in his head, that’s all that mattered to him.” Axel sits on a rock, “Wow, really? I would have liked to meet someone like him, bet he was a pretty cool drunk.” Gabriel sighs, “I never saw him drunk, nor did we ever go drinking. So I wouldn’t know that, now. Stalin. That man was mad, but it was really give or take. My views are far different then they were back then, but. I have learned to believe in what you can see, nothing else. Otherwise you become caught up in something that isn’t real.” Axel just looks at him with an odd look on his face, “Really, you have lived a long time, I kinda envy you Gabriel.” Gabriel laughing walks away, “Be sure to make it to bed, don’t know what might come out at night. Meet up with me once you wake up.”

Axel finally sets out for bed after about thirty minutes. He reaches his room, but before he goes in, he notices Alice right next to him; his face turns to a bright red. Alice starts to giggle at Axel, “You know, I find that kinda cute you know? But really, I happen to be in the room right next to yours. Funny, wouldn’t you say?” Axel cannot muster up the words he wants to say, he keeps stuttering on the first word. Alice walks into her room giggling. Axel walks into the room and falls face first onto his bed. Axel can’t help but talk to himself, “Why can’t I talk to her, do I really have it in for her or something. She can’t be that much older then me. I wonder, maybe she is also one of the children. Maybe I should just get some sleep and learn some more tomorrow.” Axel falls fast asleep quickly. He dreams about the acts of Number 11, something he realizes, he’ll be living with forever. He awakes in a cold sweat; he pulls himself together to seek out Alice. He washes up and gets a clean set of clothes on. He rushes out and knocks on Alice’s door, no one is answering. He runs towards the mess hall, where it seems to be breakfast time. Where, there at an empty table. He sees Alice; he goes up to her, finally able to sum up his words. He goes up to her and asks, “Hello Alice, would you mind if I sat here?” Alice in a warm smile says, “Sure, I don’t mind.” Axel sits down in an awkward manner; there he sums up his courage to say, “You wouldn’t happen to be apart of the Arcana Project, like one of the children?” Alice giggles stating, “Yes, I’m Number 6, otherwise known as “The Lovers”. But it as almost nothing to do with my abilities though.” Axel being his normal self, “What’s your ability?” Alice looks down at her food, “I happen to have Pyrokenises, I can create fire quite easily. But, I can control them. So don’t worry about that.” As Alice remains sitting there giggling, Axel goes bold, “So, you seem to be about my age. How old are you again?” Alice seems to be enjoying herself, “I’m nineteen, why did you wanna know?” Axel acting cool says, “Well, you seemed about my age. I happen to be 17, so I think I’m pretty close.” Alice remains giggling.

Axel finishes up his friendly talk with Alice, as he gets up Alice smiles at him and waves goodbye. As he exits the mess hall he notices Gabriel right next to him, Gabriel in a stark voice, “So, you finally ready?” Axel sighs, “I think I’m ready as I’ll ever be, I know the road will be hard. But, I know things will work out in the end.” Gabriel looks at him, “So, you feel comfortable with the gun idea yet?” Axel laughs, “The idea is sound, but are you sure it’ll really work?” Gabriel remains silent for the time being. He starts to walk forward, “Come, we have much to do and take care of. If we do not make haste, the Chief will be upset with us.” Axel shrugs and makes his way with Gabriel; they end up back at the shooting range. Gabriel orders Axel to take out the gun, as he begins to state his commands, “Alright, you are going to learn how to tap into your inner energy. You have the key, but you yourself must open the door.” Axel aims the gun at a straw target; he fires to only have just the bullet fly out. Axel is depressed over the matter, Gabriel reassures him with, “No one has been able to do it the first time they try, you must free yourself. You must believe in yourself, then you will tap into it.” Axel aims the gun one more time; he does focus on the target. He thinks of his time with Alice, his hands begin to feel warm, his eyes open in a moment of awakening, and he pulls the trigger to see a burst of energy come out. He looks ahead to see that the target has been obliterated. Gabriel has a smile on his face, “By god he’s done it, he’s managed to tap into his power. From here on out, he will have to mold it into his own. What he does with it is his own decision, but. I doubt any bad will come from it. His a smart kid, I think he’ll do good.” As Axel jumps for joy, Gabriel stands next to continuing to smile at his accomplishment.

[nishthedish]

another great chapter my friend...things are getting good!

[Starking]

Chapter III

Axel awakes to a cold Saturday morning; the cold spring breeze lets itself in. As he gets dressed he walks outside to see Alice leaning against the wall next to his door. Alice begins to walk forward, “Come with me Axel, we need to talk about something.” Axel, being the sucker he is follows her. Where they soon end up in a lab, where he sees a man slightly taller then him wearing a lab coat. The man walks up to Axel, “Hello Axel, I am Number 1, or if you would prefer. You maybe call me Jace, if it’d make it any easier.” Axel signs and sits on the bench behind him. Looking toward Jace he calmly asks, “So, why did you have Alice bring me here?” Jace looks at him with a hard stare, as he begins to speak Alice jumps out saying, “Can you hurry it up already!” Jace coughs and catches his breath, he begins, “Axel, as you are aware. You have a unique power, something you cannot understand, but we have news for you. Every one of the children is given data collected on their ability. But here’s the weird part, your ability is far different. I’d like to call your power, the Power of Nothingness. The main reason being, your power has no true form. You can bend and twist it to your liking, the thing is. We are unsure if you can form anything physical with it. But, you have a very unique ability. Also, there is another reason why we called you.” Axel looks up at him, in a confident voice says, “So, what is it. I can say it’s something that isn’t good. You’re becoming pale.” Jace walks toward the door, and out from the door pops Gabriel. Jace and Gabriel both walk up to Axel, Gabriel in a stern voice states, “You have been given a mission, the reasons are quite simple. We wish to know the extent of your abilities; we also wish to know if you can cope with the war environment. The mission is unique; your mission is to go to Africa, where a group of bandits happen to have their hands on a large stash of diamonds. Your goal is merely to take them back to us. Just don’t die, this IS a solo mission.” Gabriel leaves as quickly as he entered.

Axel gets up and goes after Gabriel, he finally catches up with him in the hall. Axel walking behind him asks, “So, when will I be leaving? You have any idea?” Gabriel boldly states, “You’ll be leaving tonight, you’ll arrive by morning. Hope you have a safe trip.” Then Axel begins to lose sight of Gabriel as he continues walking. Axel walks back to Jace, Jace with a pale face says, “Axel, do you understand anything of what might happen? You must understand, Africa is still in great turmoil, you’ll see things that might just haunt you for the rest of your life.” Axel looks at him with a almost distant stare, as Jace continues, “I can tell you’re hiding your emotions from others, you still feel great loss over your parents passing. But, this is your destiny. You must do with it as you please.” Jace leaves the room, leaving Axel and Alice alone. Alice worried about Axel goes toward him; Alice stands next to him trying to get his attention. Alice grabs him by the arm and begins to drag him out of the room. Axel quickly snaps back to her, shouting, “Where the hell are you taking me?” As Alice looks back at him, she stubbornly states, “Just shut up will ya? I’m trying to be nice!” Axel still being drag confusedly asks, “So this is your way of being nice?” Alice begins to giggle as she drags him onward. Soon, they find themselves at Axel’s room. As he looks at her with a confused stare, she gets closer to him, Axel is frightened at first, but as she gets closer he realizes what’s going on. She moves up towards his face, lightly kissing him on the lips. Axel finds himself in a calm and relaxed state, she opens his door and he follows her inside.

As the clock strikes 10:30, Axel meets up with Gabriel outside. As they stand there facing each other, they remain silent for a good ten minutes. When Axel asks, “Is there anything else you mind telling me? Anything important? Anything that might be of use?” Gabriel looks towards him, his head begins to nod, “Because quick to adapt, this will help you survive. Otherwise, be smart and keep your eyes open. This is something we don’t normally do. But things are quickly changing, so please. Keep your mind open about that. Just, please. Be careful.” As a plane touches down, Gabriel begins to walk away. Just then the plane comes to a stop and Axel makes his way aboard. There a young lady greets him, she’s in about in her mid-twenties. As he makes his way towards the seat, he can already feel the plan move. As he sits down and buckles up, a monitor turns on. And Number 21 is on the screen. Number 21 begins the debrief, “You are going into a massive war zone. It’s a unique zone, the main reason being. None of the major powers wish to intervene with the area. But, since we are being smart. We plan to sneak in and steal stash of diamonds. The main reason of this mission is for you to understand and control your powers. The other reason is because this stash is quite large, worth close to $750 Million. So, we know other powers will be trying to get their hands on it. We just want to be first to the punch. Also, fair bit of information. Many war crimes are committed within the area; they have go for some time without having to pay for “These” crimes. I’ll leave with these words of advice, watch your back, and always keep your eyes open. Don’t be afraid to kill if it needs to be done. That is all” The TV quickly turns off. Then, Axel begins to drift off into sleep.

Axel awakes to a large thud sound; he realizes it’s nighttime. He gets up while the plan is slowing down, the young lady from before tells him to be quick. He gathers his stuff and quickly hops off the plane. As he looks up the door behind him shuts and the plane turns around at the end of the runway, he then watches it take off. He feels a vibration feeling coming from his bag. He takes out a phone; he answers it to hear Gabriel’s voice. Gabriel begins to say in a low voice, “Be quiet and stay low, there are most likely foot soldiers about. You don’t want to run into them now would you? Just keep to the path, there’s a map in your backpack. So, make good use of it. Call when you want advice or when you complete your mission.” Then Gabriel hangs up, Axel ducks down, and he takes out the gun from his holster and starts to move towards the brush. He overhears talk, but cannot make out the words. He remains silent as he approaches a heavily wooded area. Here he stands up and looks around. But as soon as he does he hears a gun shot. He feels the bullet the wind from the bullet as it passes. He quickly rolls out of the way, and takes cover behind a tree. Axel quickly thinking what happened realizes something; the person had toke a long ranged shot. Then he understands what’s going on, they knew he must have been coming. As the only way the shot could have gotten as close as it, is if a sniper fired it. He realizes he’s outmatched in terms of range. He begins thinking, but then another bullet flies right past him. He starts darting through the forest, as he begins to notice time is slowing down again. As another bullet is fired he can see it moving, he quickly tries to sidestep it, but it nicks his face. He continues running towards the sniper, as he gets closer he can make out a dark figure hidden among the trees. Axel runs past the sniper quickly pulling out the gun, he fires three shots. All three hit, then the sniper falls from the tree. He walks up to him, he’s still alive. The sniper looks back at him, he then begins talking in English, “Why didn’t you kill me? You had the chance to, but you hit me in the legs and my arm. Why?” Axel looks down, and he begins to state, “Because I’m not a fan of taking human life.” The sniper looks up at him with a grin on his face, “Pity, because I am!” He realizes the sniper I pulled out a grenade. Axel eyes become big, as he begins to the run, and the sniper begins to says his final words, “You’re fatal mistake was not shooting me in the head when you had the chance, you should have made it quick.” Then the explosion follows.

As the explosion rings out, Axel understands this is no time to stand by. He quickly pulls out the map, and follows the path. As the sun begins to break, he finds himself at a village. He continues to hide himself; he then finds some cloths in the bag. A cowboy like hat and a dust colored mantle. He puts them on and walks into the village. No one really gives him a funny look, he walks towards a bar, and he sees three men sitting in the back. He walks up to the counter, he raises his finger and the bartender goes and gets him a drink. As he sits down, he begins to over hear the conversion. He realizes these three men are talking in English. As he starts to make out, he hears the one in the middle say, “Yeah, these Private Military Companies really do wonders. I finally have the mine under my control.” Then the one of the right says, “Yea, these people work for almost pennies a day. It’s pathetic that they are willing to die for such a small amount of money. If they only understood how much those Diamonds really cost, hahahha.” Then he over hears a young man one the right, with a cold stern voice saying, “Gentlemen, we must be careful. I have reports saying that the United States and the Chinese want to get their hands on the diamonds. So, we should try to keep our eyes open. Because, they might just ruin the plan.” The other two men agree and they all quickly leave, Axel begins to finish his drink. He places some money on the table and quickly leaves. As he steps outside, he notices a vehicle drive away. He begins to follow the trail; he knows it’ll lead toward the mine. He is just fearful of what he might run into on his way there. So, he begins to tread carefully.

[Milk]

it's interesting, but I can't say I like the present-tense third person. I usually prefer first-person in past tense or third-person in past tense, but the story itself is still good.

a couple times I noticed it getting difficult to figure who says what since it's all kind of clustered together, so I couldn't really understand everything that was going on. I also noted a few typos, but they were minor.

it's actually good and the plot-line is interesting, so keep it up.

also, vampires. lol.