Shes just a girl that’s only known one thing and it’s kept her alive this far but she isn’t living in the same world we do, in fact she hasn’t for a very long time

after cleaning everything up,  they went home for the night,  the next day as Karly walks into the station in she starts to talk and asking her personal question about the murder and the death of her ex-partner Brody, Lacy"  told her that she is not covering everything up that she is out of time"  so she walked out of the door,  she called us and tell us there is a

    The problem, before we could even get to her she steps on cottonmouth and got bitten on the leg and she died instantly from a snake bite,  everyone stops and look. as the news reporter laid dead in the street, we

even in the windy city has secret and no one is talking

Dr. Crawler kept talking. Didn't he hear it? Was
he just ignoring it?
Roddy jumped to his feet. "What is that
sound? he cried.
Dr. Crawler's smile faded. He squinted at
Roddy. "Wow, you must never leave your house"
he said. "Haven't you ever heard crickets
before?"
Everyone was staring at Roddy.
"It doesn't sound like crickets," a girl said. She
had to shout over the loud hissing noises.
"I promise you city kids, that's what crickets
sound like," Dr. Crawler said. "Tell you what.
Tomorrow, we'll all go on a long hike. Itll be a
cricket hunt."
Roddy sat back down next to me. The hissing
sound died suddenly. It just cut out, like someone turning off a radio.
Iturned to Roddy and whispered, "It could 
have been crickets," I said. "Just ignore it."
But the sound got me thinking. Was the
hill really crawling with snakes? Was Dr.
Crawler trying to keep it from us? Maybe he just
didn't want us to get scared on our first day
of camp.
Dr. Crawler started talking about camp activi-
ties. I kept thinking about Roddy and how scared
he was. And I kept waiting for the hissing sound
to start up again.
"Our Cabin Wars begin next week," Dr.
Crawler said. He kept slapping the weird-shaped
rock as he talked. "It's cabin versus cabin. I will explain the point system later. 
But believe me.
People Cabin Wars get pretty intense. I mean,
it's take-no-prisoners around here!"
"Cottonmouth rules!" Kelly shouted.
Dr. Crawler laughed.
Kids started shouting out the names of their
cabins.
"I told you it gets intense!" Dr. Crawler
exclaimed. "And, of course, the big event- the
biggest competition-is the swim race across
Lake Hither."
saw Roddy shiver. And I knew he was think-
ing about Serpo, the enormous snake at the
bottom of the lake.
When the meeting broke up, I ran over to
Nathan. He and two other counselors were pulling candy bars out of a backpack and passing them to each other.

Nathan turned when he saw me "Sorry. You want candy
I don't want a candy bar" I said. "I have a work  left," he said. The other two counsoulers ate too wandered of chewing loudly.
 I question, Tell me the truth about the hissing"
Nathan shrugged. "Yeah, I heard it, too he
said "I think it was just the wind or something.
He called to the other counselors and went
The wind? Was Nathan totally clueless? Or
That night. just as I was getting used to the
Catch you later.
Funng after them.
was he hiding the truth from me?
py, hard mattress
.just as my eyes were
he hissing started up again.
ning, Roddy woke me up with a shrill
horror . "SNAKE!" he sereamed. "Ohhh,
SNAKE!
l was straight up in my top bunk
and sacked my head on the ceiling. Pain shot down
the e floor and glanced all around.
l couldn't see snake anywhere,
SNAKE Roddy screeched.
was he having a bad dream? I grabbed his
hand shook him . Kelly and Sid hurried
."Where is the snake."
In MY HEAD! Roddy cried...
Roddy's whole body shuddered and shook . He 
pointed frantically to his ear. It's inside me !"
I Grabbed his head and saw something green wiggling inside Roddy's ear.
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Eighteen years later~

"Lina, Lina!", Mrs.Valentine calls her daughter. 

"I'm here, Mama!" Elina shouted from the garden. She had spent more time in the backyard than she intended after picking the ripe fruits and vegetables. Admiring the flowers she had plants with her mother when she was younger.

Picking up a small basket that contains various fruits and vegetables beside her, she heads back into the house. Which she immediately smelled the aroma of the freshly baked bread and potato stew her mother cooked. Heading toward the kitchen where her mother stood, "You called for me, mama?", asked Elina, stopping her mother from stirring the potato stew before passing it in the bowl. 

"Breakfast is ready honey," said Mrs.Valentine.

After Elina placed the basket down on the shelves. Her mother handed her two bowls of potatoes stew. Mrs. Valentine grabs a plate with bread and butter then the mother and daughter gingerly walk to the dining room to have their breakfast. 

"I will be going to the waterfalls, mama. I have finished all of my chores for today", utter Elina after she was done with her breakfast. Moving towards the front door she heard her mother exclaim from the living room,
 
"Don't stray too far from the waterfall as it is the time of hunting Lina", Mrs.Valentine doesn't want her daughter strolling around too far from the waterfall because it's close to the woods where people are fowling in the area. She wants her daughter to avoid the villagers as much as possible. As people of Crystalwood are not too kind to them. After Mr. Valentine passed away she and her daughter moved away from the village. Living in the Crystalwood mountain near a waterfall surrounded by trees. It's peaceful and the view's beautiful. 

Elina stepped out of the house and locked the door after ensuring her mother that she will be careful and will return home before dinner. 
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Soaking herself in the water, closing her eyes, and feeling her power that's slipping out of her. Her body glows in the water along with her hairs that turn silver. Her skin sizzled softly under the cold water from the hotness of her skin that the energy's seeping out. It was nice to release her power like this once in a while or was it a curse? Elina exhales disheartened, listening to the waterfalls and lost in her thoughts. 

It was lonely growing up with only a mother and without any friends. She was only eleven when her father passed away. She missed him. Ever since her father died, her relative from her paternal side had stopped associating with her and her mother. And she wasn't very close to her relative from her maternal side after she accidentally hurt her cousin. Therefore, she isolated herself from them as they aren't very fond of her after the incident. 

Finally opening her blue eyes that glowed, she casually dispatched her powers. Her body stops glowing, her hair gradually turns back to its brown color, and her body is no longer hot. 

Swimming out of the water, swiftly she changed into a new dress she brought with her behind a big rock. Letting down her long brown hair to dry. 

Stepping out behind the rock about five steps when she heard a faint whistling sound of wind coming in her direction. The next second she saw a cottonmouth snake with an arrow in its mouth showing its fangs next to her right foot. Alarmed, she moves her feet away and trips over a rock. Squeezing her eyes shut, waiting for the impact from the fall but it never came. 

Opening her eyes to meet with a pair of blood-red eyes piercing into her blue ones. She slowly felt him move his hand away from her waist. Lost in his beautiful deep rose-red eyes. Elina snapped out of her daze when he spoke, "Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" He asks huskily. 

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you", she thanked him. 

He gave her a curt nod.

Taking in his features, he's very handsome with that beautiful black hair and thick eyebrows, his nose well defined, his full lips slightly parted making him look attractive. His body is well built, one can see his firm and rich muscle taut beneath his hunting attire. 

Thinking back to the way he had held her as it was the first time a man held her other than her father this close. Strangely she felt safe with him. Thus her body didn't release its energy from his touch. Perhaps, he had just saved her from the venomous snake that's why she felt safe. She snaps out of her thought and met his eyes when he asks,

"Are you going back home?", question the man.

Trying to hide her blush. Elina gave him a small smile and nod.

"Would you like me to accompany you? It is dangerous to walk alone", he kindly said. Elina didn't find anything harmful. She lives near the waterfalls, but out of her bad luck today she was almost bitten by a snake if it's not for the man's help. 

"No, that's alright. I live near here", she replied and didn't want to trouble him. "Sir, if I may ask, where did you come from?" Elina politely inquired, changing the subject. It seems from the way he dressed and looked he isn't from Crystalwood village. Since she had never seen a person with red eyes and overly pale skin like his from the village. 

"Ravaryn… I came from the Ravaryn Kingdom" he replied. Elina has never heard of Ravaryn before, the town that's closest to Crystalwood village was Hallowvale town. Plus, they are currently standing in the lands of Aeonian which was ruled by King Kingsley Emmerson. 

Thinking he must have come from another Kingdom Elina said, "I see, it's nice to meet you. Thank you again for saving me from that", Elina pointed at the dead snake with a tight smile. "I must go home now", she gave him a small bow, ready to go home as it was getting late and she didn't want her mother to worry. 

"Let me escort you, Lady…", he paused waiting for the girl to say her name.

"Elina Valentine." 

"Lady Elina", he said. The way her name rolled out of his mouth somehow made her feel warm inside.

"Just call me Lina", she laughs lightly. "I am just a normal girl", she added. It is the first time someone called her a lady and showed her so much respect without fear or disgust in their eyes. 

The man slightly nodded then said, "Please", urging her to start walking, not allowing her to protest.

Elina started walking gingerly in the direction towards her home as the man didn't seem to have any ill motives. He began to follow her silently with a serious expression on his face, scanning their surroundings with his beautiful red eyes. He looked rather intimidating with that seriousness on his face but alluring at the same time. 


“You are burning”, said King Zachary feeling his palm burn after touching her which caused him to quickly pull his hand away from Elina’s left arm. Moving his body away from hovering above her. 

“You can never touch me without my consent”, said Elina, glaring at the King. Using her ability to prevent the King from touching her. She will never let the king have his way with her. She despised him for taking her away from her mother. 

“We’ll see how long you can resist me, Elina”, looking down at the girl who lies on the bed with her beautiful brown hair sprawled on the pillow. Her blue eyes looked up at him intensely with fear and hatred. Then the king said, “You will be mine, sooner or later”. Moving his eyes away from her brown ones trailing down from her perfect body. She's beautiful, having the right curves and sizes in certain places of her body. 

Zachary slowly moves his eyes away from the girl, getting up from the bed heading towards the door and out of the room. Elina finally blinks her eyes and breathes a sigh of relief. But little did she know that the King had other plans. He had liked her since the first time he laid an eye on her. He will have her one way or another and no one will take the girl from him.

Walking down the corridor silently then his footsteps paused when he came to stand in front of his room. Taking out his hand from his pocket, looking down at his hand that had already healed from the burn. His lips slowly curl up in a smile. It was good to know that she has some abilities that can prevent her from harm especially when he is not around. 
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Elina was gifted, but people in the Crystalwood village were unfamiliar with someone like her thus they think that she was cursed. 

The Valentine Family was treated and looked at differently after that eventful night. The rumor spread that their daughter was cursed, having the ability that can harm people with her touches.
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*Please excuse my grammar errors, English is not my first language.

June 3rd, 2010, Roswell, New Mexico

Thor, Son of Odin, the God of Thunder, a myth. Has just wreaked havoc in a small town in New Mexico. With everyone a bit surprised, about the existence of what they thought to be mythical Gods of old. Nick Fury had his mind on other things.

"Extraterrestrial Defenses. That is the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. I want all of the research refocused in that direction. In the past weak, Thor hasn't been the only extraterrestrial to touch down. And wasn't the only Extraterrestrial to have abilities and characteristics outside our scope of expectations…" Nick Fury addressed the facility as a whole.

At the back of his audience, Fury could see a vehicle pull up and a beautiful woman with red hair in an all-black bodysuit exited the vehicle. The moment she and Fury made eye contact, the woman slightly raised her right eyebrow and Fury cut his speech short. Asking one of his most trusted agents, Phil Coulson, to take over. Fury made his way to the redhead beauty.

"Romanoff, report," he ordered.


"As you probably know, General Ross and Banner had a little altercation. While  I was observing I found two things a bit odd. Captain Emil Blonsky has enhanced abilities and someone else was also watching the fight." she said

"A lot of people were watching, what's the problem?"

"This guy followed Blonsky to a facility and stole something. We caught him on camera, but there's no record of him… Anywhere. Sir, this guy is highly trained and knows classified secrets, if he targeted anything at that facility."

"What did he take?" Fury asked

"You'll have to ask Ross, sir," she replied

"...You caught this guy on camera once, do it again. Retrace his steps. I want to know who he is, where he's from, and who he's working for."  Not once did Fury think Bayek was his missing alien. Fury belived his alien to be ruthless and without tact. Keeping Ross alive, showed Bayek had an agenda. And knowledge of highly classified information not even the president has.


Harlem, New York City


A black ford van rode through the streets of Harlem playing, Snowy White's Midnight Blues. The driver, visibly enjoyed the ride as he rocked to the music and navigated his way through the streets of Harlem. Lowering the volume of the music, the driver pulled up to a group of gentlemen.

"I'd like to speak to Mama Mabel" he spoke through the passenger window

The men looked at each other and clutched their pistols, not knowing what to expect
"There isn't any Mama Mabel here." a man replied
"Then let me speak with whoever is in charge" the driver spoke again. 

The group of men pulled their pistols out and walked to the driver's side of the van urging them to get out of the vehicle. The driver complied and stepped out, locking the doors behind him. "Don't touch my shit," he said before being led into a house at gunpoint. 

In the kitchen, a young black man sat at the table and the elderly woman was working the kitchen cooking a big meal.

"It sure smells good in here!" The driver spoke, getting the attention of everyone in the vicinity.

"Loc, who the fuck is this guy?" the man at the table asked.

"My name is Bayek Siwa, and I'm here to speak to Mama Mabel," Bayek spoke looking at the back of the elderly woman. She was Humming while stirring a pot on the stove. 

"Have a seat baby, the food is almost ready." the elderly woman spoke. 
Bayek identified her as Mama Mabel. The man at the table was none other than Cornell Stokes, also known as Cottonmouth.

"Thank you, I'm famished." Bayek overexxagerated, " However, I don't have a lot of time. I apologize for my impromptu visit, but I was told if I ever needed anything. You would be the person to talk to." Bayek explained as he took a seat at the table.

"Put those guns away," Mama Mabel told the men that brought Bayek in, "And who told you that?" she asked Bayek "I'm just an old woman, how can I help you with anything?"

"To be straight with you, I heard it through the grapevine. And I have an order if you can't do it. I'll just go to the Italians" Bayek stood up and attempted to leave.

"The Italians will fuck you over in a heartbeat. And the Russians are just as bad." Cottonmouth spoke

"And you're no different?" Bayek asked him

"We believe and discretion and confidentiality. So as long as you can bring bread to the table, you can eat with us. That's my word." 

Bayek nodded his head, "Okay, take a look at this." Bayek passed Cottonmouth a slip of paper


"I can do this. It'll take awhile though" he replied
"You have until the 5th. The safe house, I need to know. I'll have your payment in full tonight, but doon't you cut any corner. I need this order perfect" Bayek waited for an agreement.

"Deal."

"What's my bill?" Bayek asked


For the next 30 minutes to an hour, Bayek and Cottonmouth talked business. The way Cottonmouth handled things, Bayek assumed Mama Mabel had already passed the torch to him. 

From Cottonmouth, Bayek ordered few cases of ammunition ranging from the standard 5.56 and 9 mm to .700 Nitro Express, suppressors and scopes, throwing knives, explosive ordinances, Pistols, assault rifles, elephant rifle, Sniper rifles, and forged documents to get around. The total was around 3 million dollars at the end of the deal. 

"I want my money no later than midnight." Said Cottonmouth.
"You got a burner?" Bayek asked

Cottonmouth gestured to his boys and they brought a burner phone and a set of keys. "This is the key to your place, this is the burner. I'll text you the location for payment."

"You take gold?" 

"Cash preferably, but I can manage gold" cottonmouth replied.

Sometime later, Bayek had finished moving his things from the van to his temporary safe house. Tough, there wasn't enough room to store all of the blood. Bayek had to get money fast or his plans would be doomed before they began. 

18 hours is all he had left on the portable blood storages. 20 on the Polar chest, containing the super-soldier serum. 


June 2nd, 2010. New York, New York City. 2:00pm (10 hrs until payment)

For the time being, Bayek had a knife and a single pistol to his name. Standing at the Hudson docks, Bayek boarded a Yacht on the Hudson River. Searching the boat, he found a kid, a husband, a cook, and a wife who was being fucked by cook. Bayek saw this opportunity as Hecate blessing him again

"Praise Hecate," he said as he looked at the husband holding his little girl and the naked wife and cook wore faces of guilt and contempt. Though, the wife was more so angery than guilty. "Praise Hecate, because today she has blessed us all. I caught your wife cheating. You get to keep everything and the kid after the divorce. And you get paid millions...if you say yes to my job offer."

The husband, was obviously a wall street guy, as soon as he registered Bayek's words. The destruction of his marriage turned from a sad moment to a business venture.

"What do you mean, millions?"
"Like I said, Millions. How about you take the kid to the next room so we can talk." Bayek suggested, to which the husband complied. 

"What's your name?"
"Jim Hale" the husband replied

"Well Jim, I give two choices, you help me with a simple job, get paid and go on your merry way. However, your wife and the cook dies, they have no loyalty. Or I take you all hostage, you get no money, and I take your kid as collateral until I feel you deserve them back." Bayek drove a hard bargain.

Jim looked at his wife and the cook. The moment his wife saw the light dim in Jim's eyes, she knew she was doomed. 

"I choose my kid. I'll cooperate and you can have my wife and the cook." Jim spoke

"Haha, as i said, Praise Hecate"

Bayek then made Jim call into work for an impromptu day of fun in the sun with the family. Pulling out a map, Bayek marked a spot on the Hudson River where Jim is supposed to wait for him. 

Bayek looked at Jim's wife and pulled a knife.

"Wait, no! Iii have very powerful--"

The next moment, Bayek moved like a phantom and slit the throat of the wife and cook. Wiping the handle of the knife, Bayek forced it into Jim's hand and pushed him in a pool of blood. 

"You fuck me over, Jim, I don't help out of this situation." were Bayek's parting words.

(9 hrs. Until payment)

In a cleaning company, Bayek proceed to steal a uniforms, a cleaning cart, and a company van scheduled for a 5 PM job.

The next stop was a diving School, Bayek picked up air tanks, a diving suit, and all the gear he needed to survive underwater. Retrofitting all of the gear to fit on the cleaning cart, while maintaining its cleaning cart appearance.

Back at the docks, Bayek gutted Jim's Yacht of everything nonessential and sent Jim on his way to the waiting point

4:00PM (8 Hrs. until the deadline)

Racing back to the cleaning company, Bayek made a few calls. 
"Yes, I need a truck able to haul 3000 Kilos. 9PM Manhattan Cruise Terminal. Medjay Industries. Yes, Sir!"

Pulling up to the Cleaning company, Bayek spotted a group of four in the car garage.
"Sorry, I'm late. Rob wanted me to fill the tank. You are the 5 o'clock crew for the bank job, right?"

Annoyed, the cleaners didn't even bother to answer, looking at the van number, hearing the job appointment, and their boss's name. The crew just hopped in the van without questions, they were already a bit late. 



4:55 PM

"New York traffic is a fucking bitch! Come one we're running late, we have five minutes to be inside." A brown haired lady with light freckles shouted

The cleaning crew scrambled. Bayek pulled his cleaning cart out and grabbed a stack of company coveralls and face masks. Turning to look at the building, Bayek felt a burst of excitement.

5:05 PM

Bayek cleaned the bathroom as staff starts to cycle out for the night shift. The guards shifts also began to change, and patrons began to leave as the bank drew closer to closing time. 

5:20

The night guards had finally arrived and the day employees were all but gone with exceptions of a few clerks dealings with the last group of patrons.

Beep! Beep! The fire alarm went off and the building occupants were pushed to the only exit. Stepping out of the bathroom, Bayek revolved his Qi and sped to the front.

Bang! Thud! Bayek gunned downed the guard standing at the existing. 

Pow! Pah! He knocked out the guards before shutting the armored doors and sealing them. 

Bang! Bang! 

"Everyone shut the fuck up! Turn around and head back to the main floor! NOW!" he shouted and the scared civilians covered as the followed his directions. Dragging the unconscious guards, Bayek put their bodies in the middle of the room.

"You. Freckles." he pointed at the woman that was barking orders at the cleaning crew. "Go get my cleaning cart. You have four minutes. After that, I kill someone"

The freckled face woman returns with his cart, with 25 seconds to spare. Tossing coveralls and mask to random people, Bayek said, "you guys are on my team no, were going to play cops and robbers."

As the new robbers got dressed, Bayek explained his plan and plan and told everyone to relax. He picked a bank clerk to sit by a phone with a list of demands, along with when to say them and what do after they are said. 

"Any mistake and I'll kill you like I did the guard by the front door." Taking a deep breath, Bayek checked his watch and moved on with his plan. "It's 5:30 PM, the federal reserve bank is officially closed. Who's in charge? 20 seconds or someone days"

"Me! Me, I'm in charge of the bank" a balding, tan-skinned man hardly spoke.

"Good, so you all know I'm not fucking around. Stand right here guy" Bayek pulled the bank boss to his side. "Freckles, take this cord, tie everyone's hands behind their back and then tie the cord off on those bars. Do the same to their feet. I want them all linked together"

5:50 PM

"I'm finished," she said
"Good, You and the bank boss follow me."

Ring! Ring! Every phone in the bank rang at the same time. Following Bayek's written instructions, the clerk waited for five rings before answering.

"Food and water, 1 hour, or some else dies!" the clerk demanded
Bam! She slammed the phone down.

"You and you, throw the dead guy out the door!" she pointed out two fake robbers. And like her, they also fell into their role beautifully as Bayek expected. They wanted to live.

As the doors to the bank opened, the cops and FBI drew their weapons and waited. They watched as a masked man and woman pushed the lifeless body of a guard onto the front steps.

Behind the two robbers, the clerk donned a mask and shouted. " Your hour starts now!" the bank doors then closed, leaving the cops and feds shaken, the robbers left no room for negotiation. All they could do was get food and water to establish trust and display their willingness to negotiate.


Back in the bank, Bayek, freckles, and the bank boss stood in front of cages of gold.
"Where do you keep the money," Bayek asked 

"T-the next vault over," he replied
"Then go open it."

The boss turned to leave the gold vault and Bayek called for the freckled girl "Hey, take this and kill him when he opens the vault. And if you don't… well you know the rest" Bayek handed her his pistol and shooed her away. 

And like that Bayek had a self-operating system in place, all he had to do was pack the gold on carts.

Bang! The sound of a round being fired echoed through the bank vaults

Walking up behind the shaking freckled woman, Bayek rested his head on her shoulders and said "You're so good at that. Did you like it, I hope you did. Because you're going to take his body to those people. And tell them this is what happened because he didn't comply and in the end, I still got into the vault. Got it, Bonnie?"

The woman continued to shake "M-my name's not Bonnie"

"You don't get it. You're the Bonnie to my Clyde now. Now take that pretty face and nice body, and go run the fucking show. You have 15 minutes be back"

6:30PM

Bayek had packed only 1 Kilo bars and from start, to finish he didn't stop moving. In the cash vault, 'Bonnie' and the 'Robbers' bagged money. Packing it nice and tight. On the bank floor, the Clerk negotiated with the Feds at Bayek's pace. By 7:10PM Bayek had stacked 5,000 Kilos of gold. Before giving hand to the robbers to pack.
"Sir! Sir!" the clerk screamed done to Bayek "There's a woman on the phone, she says she's a friend of Ross!"

"Just in time. Bring the bags upstairs."


Taking the phone from the clerk, Bayek was a man of few words "Fuck Ross and fuck you. Where are the trucks?"

"In the front. You won't leave here alive, you pissed off-"
"I don't give a shit. 30 minutes to clear the block or I blow the bank"
Click, Bayek ended the call.


"Take everything to the door and get everyone ready to leave. Take the badges to the trucks. Drive for as long as possible. If not I'll fucking find you." Bayek spoke his farewells.

"Hey Bonnie, it's been fun. Give me your wallet."

***

In the gold vault, Bayek changed into his diving gear and linked the gold carts into a train. Taking a few bags of money, Bayek revolved his Qi and stretched his senses. The moment the people started to run out with bags of money. Bayek used he Qi to blew a hole in the basement wall tunneling right under the Hudson River and along a sealed up subway line. Buy the time everyone realized. Halfway through the tunnel. Bayek made it look like the tunnel collapse and water from the river flooded in, flooding the bank as a result.

Allowing the water to cover him. Bayek left two carts of gold and drug the rest along the river bed. 3 carats of gold, two bags of many, and 1 cart of oxygen tanks. Within the hour, Bayek was 10 miles away under Jim's Yacht

***
8:50PM

Manhattan Cruise Terminal.

"Sorry, Jim." Bayek watched as the flames on Jim's yacht swallowed him, his wife and the cook.
Next to him was an 11-year-old blonde-haired girl with bright green eyes. "Don't be like your parents and you'll live a very long time. What's your name?"

"Ruby Hale…" she replied, "why did my dad kill my mom?"

"She was was disloyal and had other men besides your father," Bayek replied

"Was the cook one of those men? I saw them once, just a glimpse. I never knew what to do, so I always kept it to myself." 

"Yes, he was. You should know. Loyalty is everything in this world. But the people you give your loyalty must deserve it. Don't be sad. Tonight will become a distant memory" Said Bayek

"I'm not, My mom used to beat me and dad always called her a tyrant, but he never did anything to stop the Colonel. Will you be mean to me? " She looked up at Bayek and he smiled in return "Never"
* * *

8:50 PM

"Romanoff, what the fuck happened?" asked Fury

"Sir, he used the hostages as pawns, they practically robbed the bank for him. But when it was time to escape. The trucks were used as decoys. He tried to escape with the gold through an old tunnel system, but the tunnel collapsed and water flooded the bank."

"Then I want his body.'"
"That won't be possible he took the serum. Hostages say he moved with super speed and was incredibly strong and ruthless."

"Side effects of the serum. Damn it. Did he get away with any gold?"

"We don't know, the bank needs to be drained of water and we have people on the river," she answered Fury and took a brief moment to listen to an incoming message. "Yacht is burning at the Manhattan cruise terminal, It belongs to a Colonel Hale and her Husband. They believe the whole family is abroad along with the cook."

"Look into Colonel Hale and keep me updated." Fury walked to his vehicle left the scene to the black widow.

* * *

12:00 AM (Deadline reached)

Bayek gave cottonmouth his money plus a little extra to make new papers for Ruby. when business was settled, Bayek went on his merry with Ruby

June 4th, 2010
In Bayek's Harlem safe house, Ruby slept soundly as Bayek stared out the window. He never really liked New York and after he rescues a mutated Dr. Samuel Sterns, he planned to get the hell out of dodge. Looking over his shoulder, he saw Ruby's peaceful face and felt the energy coming from her body.

"The Marvel world is truly vast, you would have made a great superhero or one dreadful villain if wouldn't have shown up. Ruby Hale" Bayek spoke to himself and reminisced to moments he had with Hazel. 'A plethora of potential, just like her' he thought

Walking to Ruby, Bayek moved her hair out of her face. "Don't go anywhere, and don't answer the door for anyone," he whispered.

As soon as the door shut, Ruby rose from the couch. And put her hand against her face, then copied the same motion Bayek did to brush her hair back. In the back of her mind, 'Hail Hydra!' echoed, but in her heart, Bayek's words about loyalty made waves. Laying her head back against the couch she muttered, "I won't go anywhere and I won't answer the door for anyone." she closed her eyes and drifted into real sleep.

On the other side of the door, Bayek had been listening from the moment he heard a drastic weight shift on the couch and the sound of hurried movements to the moment she fell asleep. He had never heard of Ruby Hale before. But something in his gut told him that she was a S.H.I.E.L.D weapon.


Later that day, Bayeek arrived at Grayburn College and watched Dr. Sterns from a few buildings away.

My MC find's himself to be the last believer of a dying Goddess. Rewarded for his loyalty he is granted another life... And then some.

However, what happens when the Goddess you love so much, fucks up and sends you to an apocalyptic world, where the dead walks.

Be advised! Profanity, nudity, ruthless murder, sex, and all things sinful to be expected in the apocalypse will be included in this story.





I do not own the walking dead.
My cover Photo is from Pintrest
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Inside the monitoring room, Wang Liang was looking at the screen showing the images of Liu Yang's group, he and Liu Xia were the students who piqued his interest. One reason is that he has been approved by the teacher named Cao Wen, and the other is because she has a master's control of the elements, which is also why Liu Xia has caught his attention. Luckily, they were both a couple, and it was easier to watch them both.
 
"Commander, look. It looks like this group has found an adult Verdant Snake and it looks like the snake is almost reaching rank 3 for now, the snake is only in rank 2 and is equivalent to a level 9 intermediate mage. This is going to be dangerous. Commander, what are we going to do? "One of the soldiers asked.
 
"Keep Watching" Wang Liang was also paying attention to Yao Mu's group.
 
When they saw Liu Xia attack with her ability to try to immobilize the snake, the soldiers understood that the group was able to locate the camouflaged snake.
 
Then all the members attacked the snake's head together, it made it furious and went out of hiding to see its prey. The next scene was Yao Mu and the other students running away, leaving only Liu Yang and Liu Xia in place.
 
"Interesting, it looks like this couple intends to fight the Verdant Snake" Wang Liang praised, he was surprised to see that Liu Yang and Liu Xia were willing to fight the snake, but how? He didn't know, because the gap between the two sides was too large.
 
According to the information that Wang Liang received from the East School, Liu Yang was just a level 5 novice mage, while Liu Xia was a level 1 intermediate mage. Even using magical equipment, the two would have no chance against the Verdant Snake.
 
"Commander, do you think the couple has a chance of winning this fight?" A soldier asked curiously.
 
"I do not know. The two may just be trying to buy time for the others to run away, and they must run away later. Let's keep watching and see what they will do. "That was Wang Liang's opinion.
 
Then the images showed Liu Xia running first to somewhere, Liu Yang attacked the snake and started running in the same direction that Liu Xia had gone.
 
But a surprising thing happened soon after, when the little robot that was transmitting the images arrived near where Liu Yang and Liu Xia were, the images disappeared from the screen, the screen went black and the soldiers went into shock.
 
 
 
"What happened??!!!"
 
"Why did the images disappear ?? !!!!"
 
"Commander, something wrong may have happened !!"
 
…
 
"Keep calm!! Let's keep watching. We don't have to worry about that. "Wang Liang said solemnly, he realized that someone had done something with the camera or a barrier was raised to prevent the camera from the record.
 
(Looks like the couple is hiding something… They must have done it so that no one saw what they were doing, what are they going to do? Do they have enough power to defeat the snake?) These thoughts came to mind Wang Liang when he thought about it.
 
A few minutes later, the images came back.
 
The only things they could see were the destroyed trees, the flat ground and a large hole in the ground. Blood was scattered and the giant snake's body was completely cut and skinless, the head was opened and something inside was removed, the belly was cut long and all the organs were cut and missing some pieces. The snake has been dissected.
 
"Commander, this is…" The soldiers couldn't believe the scene they were seeing, it seemed like a big dream. The scary snake was dissected.
 
"Looks like they're hiding something ..." Wang Liang muttered, but then he issued an order.
 
"Commander, this is amazing. This couple must be hiding their cultivation level or they have some kind of powerful equipment. "A soldier said.
 
"I think it's the first option, the couple must be hiding their cultivation. Because there is no trace of equipment being used, it proves that they used only magical power to beat the snake. "Wang Liang deduced that when the equipment was used, a special type of energy could be detected. Since there was no such energy in place, Wang Liang deduced that the couple defeated the snake using only magical power.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Commander, this is amazing. If they are hiding their cultivation, they must be extremely powerful, and they are only first-graders and only sixteen."One soldier spoke impressively, this was the first time he had seen this kind of situation.
 
"That may be true, but you still don't understand that there is probably some extremely powerful teacher teaching the couple? It is impossible for someone who has come from a common background to achieve these achievements without a teacher.
 
Also, there is one more thing, although the couple has the same surname, they do not have the same blood, the girl was adopted by the boy's family. I don't think it's a coincidence, I think the girl must have an extremely powerful master. I guess that this master has at least one Great Mage's cultivation. "Wang Liang spoke solemnly, from the information he received, he was able to deduce a few things. But it was a pity that there were right and wrong things.
 
"Commander, having a Great Mage as a master is incredible, but someone of this caliber must be someone you know. Do you have any idea who this might be? "
 
"No, within the country there are many Great Mages, but many are unknown, they prefer not to reveal themselves and this is not something we should intrude on. If the couple is hiding their cultivation, they must have a good reason for it. Our job is to watch out so no one gets serious injuries. Let's try to locate the couple, they made a great fortune by skinning the snake. As they left the meat, let's take it to sell, we also need some extra money. "The commander said cheerfully, as the couple left the snake meat behind, they were happy to take it to them.
 
"Yes, commander !!" The soldiers shouted with joy, the snake meat was worth a great deal of money.
 
(Where did you go? It seems like you two are the luckiest participants in all these years that I'm the camp's watchman.) Wang Liang wanted to find out where the couple hid.
 
…
 
Several soldiers were dispatched to take the snake meat back to the base.
 
To drag the body of several tens of tons was extremely tiring, the soldiers had to ask for help to take. This took several hours to complete.
 
…
 
 
In a place a little distance from where the snake was defeated, the place was a big tree twenty meters high and two meters in diameter, the branches were as thick as an adult's arm, the leaves were as big as a double bed.
 
In the middle of the tree trunk, fifty feet high was a large hole fifty inches across. Inside there was nothing but dirt and dust, some fruit remnants could be seen.
 
But inside the tree, it was possible to hear strange sounds like something breathing heavily. Where was this sound coming from?
 
Going down to the ground inside the tree was a couple intertwined, they were kissing and naked, their bodies were connected. The gentle movements of the man and the seductive groans of the woman were like a heavenly song. The couple was Liu Yang and Liu Xia.
 
After dissecting the snake, the couple fled the scene and hid, they were exhausted, their magical energies were almost over, and the one who was suffering the most was Liu Yang because he needed to keep Liu Xia in the real world if his magical power runs out, she will be sent to his spiritual space. This was something Liu Yang didn't want to happen. Because of this, Liu Yang used what little magical power he had to carry Liu Xia to safety, as in the worst-case their secret would not be discovered.
 
After finding a good place to rest, Liu Xia carried Liu Yang to the big tree hole, they hid inside for a few minutes to regain some energy.
 
Liu Xia used some power to create a hole inside the hole to the underground, the trunk of the tree descending a few meters underground before reaching the roots. To avoid leaving clues, Liu Xia used the power of wood to regenerate the parts she destroyed.
 
In the end, all traces of magical power and alterations have been hidden and cleared, no one will know that the couple is inside the tree doing activities.
 
Liu Yang and Liu Xia were doing activities for several days, but they only did for an hour or two before stopping, they used the double meditation method at the same time.

Liu Yang is a young mage who managed to awaken his powers later. Because of this, he was considered trash by others who woke up earlier. On the day of the awakening of his powers, he summoned a beautiful girl who became his partner.

She was beautiful and powerful, all she did was a hundred times as much as he did, but to her, everything he did was the most amazing thing in the world. She didn't have a name, so Liu Yang gave her that name, Liu Xia.

Liu Xia became his master and taught all the principles of magic to Liu Yang, all he needed to know, she taught. And the most important thing in training was her most important principle.

Her principle was: Be frugal when using magic.

Because of this, Liu Yang has always used the least amount of magic power possible when casting his spells.

Always using this principle in his training and life, Liu Yang has been nicknamed the Frugal Mage.

Ron gave an evil smile to them and he changed his form into a large snake and he crawled towards Maria to eat her up but she saw him and jumped aside.

Kayra looked towards the net and shouted," It's not Ron it's an image, Ron is trapped by us mistakenly, run Maria!!". 

While Maria was escaping from the snake Kayra was busy to somehow take out Ron from the net and she was successful but Alas! The other two images were also released.

And one of them took the form of a huge Centipede and moved towards Kayra, the other of a tiger and it ran towards Ron.

Actually the images have taken a form to which they feared the most. The fight was now with their own deadliest fears. 

Ron," Remember these are not real creatures they are just their images and if we be brave then we will definitely find a way to defeat them." 

The centipede was so fast that it suddenly appeared in front of Kayra, she screamed but then she remembered that if she will burn it, it will be killed, so, she ran as fast as she can and there appeared a fire fish( hypothetical fish which can produce a fire that can stay in water too) infront of the centipede, it was called by Kayra, and then she ordered the fish to produce it's all fire and burn the centipede and so did the fish, when the beast was very close to Kayra just then the fish attacked it and it started burning, Kayra was relieved.

Maria was running hastily, Kayra came near her and said," Maria Don't panic the snake will be defeated like the centipede just think of a way it could be defeated with."

And Kayra disappeared from there and reached the palace as she was successful. 

Maria started thinking and then she remembered that on land every snake was controlled by snake charmers by their Pungi. But how can she get it there, but suddenly an idea came to her she threw thorns at the snake to keep it busy. 

And then she made a pungi of plants with her magic and then when the snake was about to reach her she started playing it and the snake lost it's control and started dancing, she played it unless the beast fell down and disappeared.

Ron was still followed by the deadly tiger. Maria came to her and said," Brother, remember you were given a sword by Miopione before we have come here, you may use it now to kill the tiger."

Saying this she also disappeared and reached to Kayra in the palace. 

Ron," To summon the sword I have to enchant a mantra but if I will stop it's gonna eat me up." 

Thinking of something Ron turned towards the tiger and created a huge wave of water and threw towards the tiger, it was trapped inside that water ball. 

Ron began chanting that mantra and within few minutes he was having the sword in his hands. 

Till then the tiger also escaped from the water ball and it was staring angrily at Ron, Ron was looking in his eyes bravely.

The tiger jumped at him and Ron held the sword vertically towards the tiger and he closed his eyes. He gave a strong hit in it's stomach and the tiger fall down and lay dead infront of him.

He was breathing heavily and then he came back in the palace. The sisters were overjoyed to see him amd they all hugged each other. 

They were all dead tired since morning and now it was evening. They sat down and took some rest and then they went down to have their dinner. And they were talking and eating and the day passed by...

"The turtle will give you a great boost in your vitality and the skin will be hard as steel, this allows your physical body to be much more resistant. At the same time, you will receive its Turtle Shell ability. The Turtle Shell is a powerful defensive ability that protects your body from all attacks by opponents for some time. To use the turtle stance, you need to have enough energy to handle the power of the stance." The images showing how the skills of the turtle stance were designed in Liu Yang's mind.

The images were the simplest because it only showed a shadow being protected by a barrier, but if the attack was much more powerful than the barrier, it would break. When there was no barrier, the shadow received attacks with its own body.

"I see… The turtle's stance strengthens my body defensively, but the Turtle Shell skill is too tiring for me to use. I don't have enough energy to use the elemental skills and the turtle's stance at the same time. I will have to pass this one"

"The wolf will give you a big increase in your movement speed, this allows your body to be lighter and more agile. At the same time, you will receive its ability, the Wolf's Charge. The Wolf's Charge is a skill that increases your running speed for some time. To use the wolf's stance, you need to have your legs strong enough to withstand the power of the stance." The images showing how the wolf's stance skills worked were projected into Liu Yang's mind.

The images were of just a shadow running and making quick movements. When the shadow used the ability, its running speed was increased by about three times.

"Interesting ... This stance is good for attacking or fleeing, but I don't think my legs are strong enough to handle this stance." Liu Yang didn't think his legs were strong enough to be able to run so fast. He still needed to train his body better before using the eagle, bear, and wolf stance.

The only stance that is easier for him to use so far is the turtle stance. It didn't need a lot of requirements. The only requirement was to have a lot of energy inside the body to use the Tortoise Shell ability.

"The snake will give you a huge increase in the power and flexibility of your arms, hands, and fingers, this allows your attacks using your arms to be more powerful and versatile. At the same time, you will receive its ability, the Snake Squeeze. The Snake Squeeze is a skill that allows the user to have the power of a snake's powerful squeeze. To use the snake's stance, you need to have your arms, hands, and fingers strong enough to withstand the power of the stance." The images showing how the snake's stance skills worked were projected into Liu Yang's mind.







The images show the shadow attacking at great speed and flexibility using the arms. When the shadow used the skill, it looked like a snake squeezing it prays with its hands to death with its immense power.

"I see ... Having strong arms, hands, and fingers, but this is something I don't have yet..." Liu Yang found it difficult for him to be able to use this stance.

"Among the five stances, the most practical and least difficult for me is the turtle stance, but it is a defensive stance, what I need is an offensive stance. The bear stance completely uses my body while the eagle, wolf, and snake stance use parts of my body. I think it is better to use the bear stance and the other four stances, I can learn later..." Liu Yang thought. He thought it would be the best possible choice.

"What stance do you want to learn?" Zven's voice echoed again.

"..." Liu Yang was thoughtful about what he should choose.

A few seconds later ...

"I choose the bear's stance" He replied after thinking about the pros and cons of each stance.

In the end, Liu Yang chose the bear's stance because it is the most complete of all.

"..."

Nothing happened after Liu Yang made his choice.

A few moments later ...

roar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The loud roar of a bear echoed inside Liu Yang's mind.

The image of a brown bear appeared in front of him and roared again. He felt like he was facing some powerful bear.

roar !!!!!!!!!!

The bear roared again and charged towards Liu Yang's spiritual body.

Liu Yang just closed his eyes, he didn't want to see what would happen next.

"Ahhhhh !!!!" He cried out in pain when the bear entered his spiritual body.


All the information related to the bear's stance entered his mind. Every detail and experience of the previous user was felt by Liu Yang.

"I see… To improve the use of the bear's stance, I need to exercise my physical body to the limit. The power of the stance will increase as my cultivation increases, but in addition to improving my energies, I also need to train my physical body a lot. Shamans are cultivators who use both the body and the mind." Liu Yang murmured. He bowed before leaving his mind, he had nothing else to do on the spot.

…

Outside…

Liu Yang's body was completely wet from sweat.

Learning the bear's stance took a lot of mental effort, but it was worth it.

His eyes were opened slowly, but great joy could be seen in his face.

"I'm curious to know what this bear stance looks like ... If anything goes wrong, I can stop the skill in less than five seconds, but before that, I will look at the experiences left by old Zven" Liu Yang took a deep breath and closed his eyes to look at the memories he received.

All of Zven's experiences using the bear stance were shown to Liu Yang. He learned everything that was needed about stance.

"I see ... I don't know if my body is prepared to use the pose or not, so the only way to know is to test it" He closed his eyes again and prepared to use the bear stance for the first time.

"Bear Stance" He spoke slowly.

In a country town, a series of strange events begin to happen. Many rumors spread on the internet, but are soon erased by the government to avoid unnecessary turmoil.

The young Liu Yang and his friends think these rumors are Internet lies to make the city more mysterious.

But with each passing day, more rumors appear. It makes them a little scared.

Liu Yang and his friend go to an antique store to buy protective amulets to alleviate some of the fear, even if it is fake.

But Liu Yang never thought that the item he bought would be something mystical with special powers.

His life will change forever the day after he buys that item.

-Narrator POV-

In the dead of night when most people would be asleep or out having fun. A white shady van with headlights on low beam could be seen entering a back of a building and is getting ready to park.

This place was in Harlem New York, the most dangerous neighbourhood in the city and the place where Harlem Paradise is located. Harlem Paradise is a nightclub. It is the base of the criminal activities of the Stokes Crime Family and is currently managed by Cottonmouth.

__________________

-Random thug POV, New York, Harlem's Paradise, the year 2005-

Finally arriving in the back alley of Harlem's Paradise, I turn off the car engine and got off the car.

Poking my head through the window of the van, I tell my homie: "I'll go talk to the boss and you watch the kids,"

"Yo my n****, this kid is weird I've got a bad feeling about this" reply homie #1 worriedly.

"n***** shut up! Stop playing, It's just some kids" I reply to homie #1 angrily.

"I'm serious dude! The kid didn't even cry or nothing. He was so casual like he was expecting to be kidnapped" reply homie #1 attempting to convince me.

"Do you want to make some money or not?" I question.

"I do but..." reply homie #1.

"Why are you hesitating? You need the money, right?"

"Anyway, it's too late we've already come this far, I'm going to talk to the boss now" I interrupted my homie and did not give the chance to reply as I already had walk away.

Walking towards the back entrance of the building, two big black security guards who stood in front of the door made a way for me to enter. Once I was inside, I pass through the kitchen area then into the dance floor and made my way up to the VIP lounge where the boss was located.

After walking up the stairs, two bodyguards stop me and search my body for any weapons. 

"State your business," they said after searching.

"I'm here to talk to the boss, I've got a business proposal," I replied.

"Wait here, I'll go talk to the boss," one of the bodyguards said as he walks into the VIP lounge...

_________________

-Winston POV-

In the front of the van, I saw the driver leaving after talking to his 'homie' and the homie who pointed a gun at our faces lock the van and went outside to take a piss. Seeing this I began to quickly plan on what I should do and see if I could earn any shop points.

Since in the recent months, Yami and Akuma appetites were getting much larger, leaving me to use around 200,000 SP out of my 1,000,000 SP.

"Hey, system, how much points will I receive if I kill the boss?" I ask the system quietly as Akuma and Yami were asleep on both of my laps.

After all, they were just sparring before we went outside of the dimension and we spent the whole day playing around in Jersey City. And on top of that, these two are lazy by nature and would only be active if they were training, playing around or when eating.

___________

[Mission]

- Kill the Boss aka Cottonmouth

[Rewards]

- 1,000,000 SP + 100,000 EXP [Without help]

- 250,000 + 25,000 EXP [With help]

___________

"What about his goons?" I again ask the system.

___________

[Mission]

- Kill Thugs

[Rewards]

- 10,000 SP per kill + 1000 EXP [Without Help]

- 2,000 SP per kill + 200 EXP [With help]

___________

"I guess ill just kill whoever is in the way when killing the boss," I thought to myself. 

With this idea in mind, I try to wake up Yami and Akuma by giving both of them a nudge on their shoulder. 

In a half-asleep state I said to Akuma "Hide within my shadow and sleep there. Can you also hide your sister too, she won't wake up"

Complying to what I said, he lazily uses his [Dark Manupulation] ability and turns into a dark shadow of a wolf and engulfs the sleeping Yami to hide within my shadow. 

As Akuma used his ability, I bought a loaded Nighthawk AAC Recon Suppressor-Ready Pistol to kill and just in case I need it, I also bought a temporary body enhancement pill to improve my body's condition.

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[Nighthawk AAC Recon Suppressor-Ready Pistol]

Calibre: .45 ACP

Barrel: 6.1 inches

OA Length: 9.22 inches

Weight: 40.4 ounces 

Grips: Aluma-Grips

Sights: Heinie Ledge Straight- Eight Suppressor

Colour: Matte black

Capacity: 9

Cost: 5,000 SP

_________________

[Temporary Body Enhancement Pill]

Effect - Increases the physical body of the consumer by 3 times for 1 hour.

Side Effects - Body will be weakened for 24 hours after time is up.

Cost - 2000

__________________ 

With a gun on my right hand and the pill on my left hand. I threw the pill in my mouth, that was when a sudden surge of energy course throughout my entire body. The feeling it gave was like a virgin losing his/her chasity for the first time.

Taking delight in the sensation I was in, I was distracted to notice that the van door was opening and homie #1 was coming inside.

PEW! someone fired a shot was fired.

Legendary assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) retired from his violent career after marrying the love of his life.

In this world, John's wife never died. Instead, they had a son named after John's friend, Winston and taught all his combat skills to his son for self-defense.

And as a man of culture, Winston is a very big fan of Marvel and would either read or watch Marvel-related in his free time. 

But one unlucky day Truck-sama our favourite plot device sent Winston into the gates of reincarnation and reincarnating him into the Marvel World.

This not that good fan-fic is just to past time for me and it's my first time. So if you don't like it just leave, no need to leave hate.

COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER!!!

Characters and information used in this novel are solely provided for entertainment purposes.

Cain's indignation was understandable. The first Contract was the one which would impact a Contractors growth the most. There had been many rich idiots who would Contract with weak Contractees, using huge amounts of money and time to raise them to a barely acceptable standard. Smarter people would Contract with something strong from the beginning, then train it into something more fearsome. The most prevalent mentality of valuing existing strength over potential was taught as the correct way to proceed. 

Sustaining more than one contract was extremely difficult at a young age. A Contract acted as a constant drain on the Contractor's willpower, and those without sufficient willpower could do find themselves unable to sustain even two contracts when they first began. 

Cain estimated he would be able to maintain three contracts with no drawbacks, any more and he would run into issues. Using one of his three prescious Contracts on a garden snake didn't sit well with him. Cain had actually hoped the warrior himself would agree to be Contracted, but it seemed that wasn't going to happen.

The warrior's expression was one of shock at Cain's outburst. This white snake was what his Lord had relied on in his early years to build his army, could it be that the Lord had not explained to his son what the snake's purpose was? He then remembered that his Lord had told him to explain the hidden abilities of the serpent. His voice, now with a near imperceptible tremble to it, began to explain.

"While the white snake is currently weak oh exalted one, it is because it has yet to grow beyond the infant stage. The Ruler of All Men used the parent of this snake to great effect, he had even said it was the only reason he became as powerful as he did."

Cain noticed the slight tremble in the man's voice, surmising that his displeasure had been the cause. He still wanted to recruit this warrior to his side and so decided to humour him. Acquiescing to his request would indebt the man to Cain, and he could use that to build a rapport and hopefully sign a Contract. 

Taking such a man into the school's tiny world would be akin to letting a fox into the hen house. He would be able to easily dominate and exploit the world. If only this mighty warrior would follow him, paying the bills wouldn't be a challenge.

"Alright I trust you…"

Cain realised the man had not given him a name and stared pointedly at him. To his credit the man swiftly realised what Cain wanted.

"Darius m'lord"

"Right then Darius, all I need to do is contract the snake right? I apologise for my prior outburst, I know you must have my interests at heart." 

Cain reasoned that by putting his trust in Darius and not asking him to elaborate on the snake's supposed abilities he could demonstrate his sincerity and build a good impression.

If Darius happened to be lying to him and was seeking to cause him harm he could simply dissolve the contract with the snake and retreat to Earth until he had an army capable of defeating him. There were only benefits to earn here, with very little risk. Crushing him with the pure power of a higher existence was also possible but that was a last resort.

Cain walked over to the small serpent and sat down in front of it. He assumed a meditative stance, focusing entirely on the snake. Piece by piece Cain's willpower coalesced into a silver thread connecting from his forehead to the spot between the snake's eyes. Sweat began to pour from Cain, as the effort of constructing a mental bridge had proved quite taxing. Despite Cain's high amount of willpower, a mental bridge still took a fair chunk of his willpower. He had substituted the skilful control most people had to train themselves in by just pouring power in until the bridge formed.

The snake didn't attempt to snap at the mental bridge or reject it. In fact, it just continued to slither around on the stone floor, content and uncaring. The only feedback from the snake was its thoughts, which were transmitted without any input from the snake or Cain.

Inside the snake's mind were revolving images of what Cain assumed were tiny worlds. The images progressed as a gargantuan snake appeared and began swallowing the tiny worlds whole, each world increasing the snake's size. Once all the tiny worlds had been consumed the images would repeat.  The giant snake in the images bore an uncanny resemblance to the little rascal on the floor. Pale white scales with deep green eyes.

Cain turned to Darius, his face pale as the he realised what that this snake would be once it grew up. "Darius I changed my mind, explain everything about this monster please"

Darius's face once more broke into a grin. "Your wish is my command divine heir. This snake is the offspring of a species called Librarian Snakes. They were named by the gods due to their characteristic of consuming knowledge to grow and survive. Only entire worlds can sate their hunger when they grow to adulthood. They share their knowledge freely with their master allowing you access to an ever-growing library of information. Their children inherit the parent's library and are highly sought after by all gods.  One adult Librarian Snake can genocide a world in mere minutes. The Ruler of All Men had prepared this snake for you, divine heir, to allow you the best possible start in your endeavours."

Cain didn't know how many more mental sucker punches he could handle. The fact that this snake could end worlds was cool, but the knowledge was the real prize to Cain. Knowledge was the one thing Cain could always use more of. Cain re-focused on his mental connection with the infant destroyer. He realised this snake would be an essential part of his army as it grew.

"Can you understand me?"

Cain's mental communication interrupted the snake's thoughts. The repeating daydream of endlessly devouring worlds was replaced with a question mark in the snake's mind. Cain had already figured that despite the vast knowledge the snake had stored away it couldn't freely access its internal library. It just wanted to eat and sleep. It didn't have any meaningful thoughts about a higher existence communicating with it. Only infantile curiosity.

"If you come with me I'll let you eat your fill every day. Once you grow up I'll let you eat all the worlds you want"

Cain's promise had been effective. The white snake slithered across the floor, reaching Cain and proceeding until it had curled up on his head. Cain took this as a sign of consent to begin the Contract, as the infant snake could not communicate beyond sending Cain mental images.

"Darius, did my Lord father indicate any stipulations in regard to the Contract?" 

Contracts had to be airtight, stipulate to a king he can't kill his subjects and he'll just order his subordinates to do so. The most common contracts were absolute servitude contracts which enforced complete obedience to the Contractor. For beasts this worked fine, but for intelligent life detailed Contracts were generally better. Cain wanted to make sure he wouldn't get screwed by forming a loose contract.

"The Ruler of All Men indicated the servant contract to be most suitable. Wouldn't want the Librarian Snake to disobey when you need it most." Cain agreed with his father's judgement in this case. The snake might grow more intelligent as it grew up and having a world devouring serpent on a loose leash might have unpleasant consequences.

Cain focused on the mental bridge to begin the process of forming the Contract.

"Do you swear to follow my orders absolutely and completely, with no interpretation, following both the letter and spirit of my commands no matter what?"

The snake responded by showing Cain thoughts of a tiny world followed by a question mark. Cain laughed when he saw this, immediately grasping the tiny glutton's intentions.

"In return for your eternal servitude I swear on my true name, Cain Adams, that you will never go hungry."

Cain felt as though his brain had been set alight as a huge amount of his willpower was sucked down the mental bridge and used to bond the Librarian Snake's soul to his. The burning sensation gradually faded as the Contract took hold in the Librarian Snake's soul. Cain could now feel the snake's emotions as well as read its surface level thoughts. The snake showed no discomfort during the process making Cain rather jealous.

The small snake remained curled on Cain's head, but the previously silver mental bridge transformed changing to a golden hue. Cain immediately felt his mental burden lessen. Purely projecting himself into this world was a constant drain on his willpower and forming the contract had left him with very little left in the tank. Cain estimated he would have enough willpower to continue in his projected state for a while longer but forming any more Contracts would be impossible. 

Now that the Librarian Snake was under his command Cain decided to give it a name. To continue referring to it as just a snake felt like an injustice to such a powerful beast. The pale white scales reminded Cain of the ice he would take with his water. Snakes were a cold-blooded species so a name related to ice and coldness seemed appropriate.

"I'll call you Chilled, since you seem to be so relaxed here on my head."

Chilled showed no indication it cared about its new name and continued to remain coiled up on Cain's head. Despite being only a projection Cain could choose to retain corporality by expending a little willpower. The cost was low, and it helped to have a physical presence when forming Contracts. Sometime more intelligent creatures would reject a Contractor's existence unless they could be seen.

Cain was actually rather pleased now. He knew that if this snake was raised correctly it could be the lynchpin for his entire army. There was only one problem. He couldn't take Chilled beyond the confines of this world. For a Contractee to truly join the army of their Contractor they would need to be fully matured and reach a tier 3 in power.

Tiers were the classifications used to describe the power of a Contractee. Tier 1 was for wild animals and weak humans. Tier 2 was for stronger animals and combat trained humans. Tier 3 meant the Contractee could use mana to some extent. Without the ability to manipulate mana dimensional travel proved too great a burden on both body and mind. This was why a mature body and a powerful mana control skill were required for all Contractees.

Cain turned to Darius, intending to inquire into the purpose of the tower but it seemed Darius had realised Cain would question him after the Contract was completed.
 
"Congratulations on your successful Contract divine heir, may it be the first of many. The Librarian Snake cannot leave the confines of this world due to its immaturity, but by your Contract with it you can access the internal library it holds at anytime from anywhere even in the realm of the gods. I am now allowed to inform you of the Tower of the Forgotten's purpose."

Cain remained silent, as Darius explained.

"The Ruler of All Men performed a great many, shall we say, experiments on various beings. He left the failures here as they either didn't meet expectations or were deemed too powerful to be let loose. Before he departed he left me here as the sole protector of the tower and told me his son would soon arrive, seeking strength. The Librarian Snake is the first of many gifts divine heir, but the Lord instructed that you should not grow dependent on his goodwill.

Cain knew what was coming next but still felt compelled to ask. "So, I can't go beyond this floor until I bring back my second Contractee?"

Cain thought that if Darius's grin grew any wider he would split his lips open. The man hadn't stopped smiling since Cain agreed to his request. "As expected of my Lord's own son you are truly wise. The lord has forbade you from forming too many Contracts too quickly. All residents are aware of the Lord's command and will refuse to join you until I have seen your army grow. The resident of the first floor will allow you to dominate your peers, but until the first member of your army can cross over to this world he will not be permitted to join you."

Cain felt this was a regrettable but fair condition for being able to use the tower. It seemed that he was the only one who could access this world and Darius wouldn't allow anyone else to enter the tower, so even if someone could access the world they would be unable to gain any benefits. The fact that Chilled couldn't leave yet made Cain a little worried. If it died while he was away he would feel like dying.

"These conditions are acceptable, Darius, but what about Chilled will he be okay without me?"

"Forgive my question divine heir but who is Chilled?"

"The Librarian Snake Darius. I gave him a name."

"Ah my apologies for correcting you divine heir but Librarian Snakes are exclusively female. I do not know why this is, I apologise for being unable to offer you an adequate explanation"

"No matter Darius the name fits her well, will she be fine staying here?"

Darius thought for a moment before answering. "Yes, she will be well cared for. You saw the battlefield outside; the discarded weapons have been serving as a fine food source. Librarian Snakes are creatures who naturally grow to become capable of serving the gods in their travels. There is no need to worry for I, Darius ensure her days are spent in comfort."

Darius had puffed his chest up for his final statement which amused Cain. The image of this scarred and rugged warrior, taking pride in serving him was surreal. He was a full-fledged Contractor now, he would have to get used to scenes like this one.

"I leave her in your capable hands then Darius. I will depart now and try and bring you a worthy member of my army when next we meet."

Darius was practically glowing with pride. He had delivered his Lord's messages perfectly, the heir was pleased with and trusted him, and he would be able to take the Librarian Snake out to feed instead of having to haul the food into the tower like before. Today had been a good day.

"One last thing Darius, would you ever consider joining me on my journey?"

"My apologies divine heir but my the Ruler of All Men entrusted me with keeping the Tower of the Forgotten's residents alive and well"

"Ah never mind then. Farewell for now Darius"

Cain began to pull his consciousness back into his body, happy with the gains he had obtained in the Tower of the Forgotten. While the tower offered him an excellent long-term goal he still had the threat of the bills to worry about.

It was time to go conquer a world.

What would you do if you found out you were a god? 

For the people of Earth this became a reality 15 years ago with the discovery of tiny worlds- lower dimensional worlds containing beasts of myth and legend and the humans who grow by hunting them.

Earth is a higher world however.

Instead of killing monsters, the people of Earth have the ability to project themselves using their willpower into tiny worlds and form contracts with the inhabitants.

People's values have already changed
 
People don’t work, they instead grow their armies. 

School is now a battleground for teenagers to fight with their armies in tiny world battle arenas.

If you can’t fight then you can’t eat in this martial focused new world!

For our hero, Cain, as someone who has under gone more training than any of his peers he understands that without money and resources all the will in the world can’t change his fate.
 
Until his father disappears on the day he becomes a Contractor, leaving him a set of tiny world co-ordinates. With this exclusive world in hand Cain sets off with one goal firm in mind- Conquering the Earth!

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