I'm not dead! I wanted to get this out of my head. Also, dont worry about RZX, I'm just stuck in a writers block.
The world twisted around me in a kaleidoscope of colors and shapes of all sizes. Twisting and turning, whipping around and flowing smoothly. My head felt like it was going to burst, explode into nothing when it stopped, and I found myself face down onto hard ground.
I took a few minutes to let my mind recover from whatever that was. My mind calmed down, and I began to think of how I ended up here. It didn't take long, a second, in fact.
I started to panic. I was doing the Version 5 Update Gimel Work CYOA, as I was bored and wanted to write a fic like Abbadon Borne (good fic, by the way),and wanted to jump on the popular (ehh…) CYOA train. I had just finished and was starting to type when everything went kaleidoscope-
I stopped right there. My head hurt, and I didn't want to remember. Using my memory, I called up my choices. If my memory serves me right, I chose Nanotechnology, Power Sight, and Unlimited Shard Works for my powers; Negentropy, Noctis, Secret Lair, Blindspot, and one Second Trigger for Perks; Humble Beginnings, Endbringer Target, and Slaughterhouse 9 and Case 53 as my drawbacks. Shit! If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't hav done any of this!
The problem was I didn't have any powers! I gave myself Humble Beginnings for the points! I don't want to suffer! I'M ONLY FUCKING 15! WHY DID YOU CHOOSE ME FOR THIS!!!
I calmed down and started to breath. I stood up, and surveyed the alley. Why wasn't I in my base? I dunno. The walls around me were covered with graffiti, picturing different gang logos. He ground was covered with trash and liquids, along with a dead person. I pat my pockets, pulling out a wallet with a few hundred dollars, and my phone. Said phone couldn't connect or call my family, which makes sense as I'm in another dimension. I pulled up Google Maps, which thankfully worked, and typed in Secret Lair.
It showed up. For some reason, Google Maps had my Secret Lair on it, in fact, it was only a few blocks away in another alley. I walked out, following the directions until I reached the alley where my base was. Suddenly, something grabbed my shoulder, and spoke.
"Hey… Ain't that some nice phone. Would you explain what you doin' here, boy?"
I turned around. A skeleton of a man, with dark hair and crazy eyes. His teeth were black and I could smell the rot. Behind him were to others, looking the exact same.
"Just w-walking." I stuttered. I could tell my face was pale. He smiled.
"Then you must not know. This is Merchant territory, and you gotta pay a fee if you wanna go by."
"H-how much?"
He smiled. A very smelly, dangerous smile.
"Everything." My eyes widened, and ran the other direction. Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and I fell, pain shooting through my leg.
"Well boys, looks like we got a runner. Jeremy, get his phone and money. Steve, grab the stuff. The good ones."
He walked and crouched besides me.
"See kid? This would be a lot easier if you just gave us your stuff." A syringe was given to him, full of something I didn't want. "Now, you look like a good, strong kid. The Merchants could use you. Here, this won't hurt a bit."
The needle started approaching my hand. No no no no! I don't want this! I don't-!
Two starry beings swim through the void, twisting, turning around each other, before coming to a blue orb.A golden light comes from nowhere, sending one of them down, and the other comes for it, fragments-Shards,-falling away. A third one watches from a far, four Shards being sent forth towards the orb.
[Trajectory?]
[Agreement.]
[Purpose?]
[Agreement.]
[Excited.]
[Agreement.]
-want this to happen! My eyes widened, and I grab his hand twisting it with a good crack as he screams in pain. Standing up, dispite the PAIN in my leg, I grab the nearest one, Steve, as he is the one with the drugs. I grab him around the waist and pull him around me and over my shoulders before slamming his down against the ground, causing him to lose consciousness quickly.
I snap my eyes towards Jeremy and dive at him, knocking him down where I precided to slam my foot into his face before, like Steve, goes K.O.
I look towards the last one just in time for him to use his gun and hit me in the left shoulder, but only a dull pain came from it. Huh, adrenaline must be pumping.
I duck under him as he attempts to use the handgun as a melee weapon, and I uppercut him with right arm. That's enough to make him unconscious. I grab my stuff from Jeremy, and slump to the ground. I can tell my adrenaline is wearing off soon, so I rip off a piece of cloth off my shirt and wipe some of the blood off before wrapping it around my leg and pulling it as hard as I can, and do the same with my shoulder.
I grabbed my phone and dial 911. If my phone has Google Maps, it can call 911.
"911, what's your emergency?"
"I just jumped by a few guys, I took them out, but one managed to shoot me. Can you send someone to help? The adrenaline is wearing off."
"Yes sir. We will be right there immediately. Please hold on."
Within a few minutes, ambulance sirens make my way into my ear, and a few people start running down the alley and take me towards a vehicle. I felt drowsy, and I sat there with them while they exchanged my wrappings for better ones, the blood starting to seep out.
After a few minutes, a young girl walked in quickly, and asked, "Do I have permission to heal you?"
Something about that line felt familiar, but I nodded. She grabbed my hand, and some flickered on. The surroundings went a bit dark, with a red and white halo of flames dancing around the girls head. I felt something connect and I understood.
This girl was Panacea, and I had just copied her power.
They CYOA, for those of you who wish to know.
Setting: Gestation (15 to both)
Path: Villain (1 point to any drawbacks)
Origin: Drop-In (3 to both)
Civilian Identity: No Identity (2 Blue)
Costume: Custom (-4 blue)
Skills: Martial Arts (-4 blue), Parkour (-2 blue), First Aid (-3 blue)
Shard: Foreign Element (-3 to both)
Perks: Blindspot (-3 blue, -4 red), Negentropy (-5 to both), Second Trigger (-4 blue, -3 red), Secret Lair (-2 blue), Noctis Cape (-1 red
Flaws: Slaughterhouse 9 (5 blue, 3 red), Endbringer Target (4 blue, 5 red), Humble Beginnings (6 to both), Case 53 x1 (2 red)
Gifts: Payoff
Powers: Unlimited Shard Works (Second Trigger) (-7 red), Power Sight (-1 red), Nanotechnology (-10 red
Path Specifics: Other, Money (-3 blue)
Chao!
