Hi there. The following story is inspired by VexMasters' "Galactic Imperium".
This opening story will be short and will detail how my character gains his powers. After it's finished, I will decided on what my character will do.
I was able to finish this and the next chapter after spending a week on a cruise in the Caribbean.
Also, forgive my grammar, English is my second language.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for the plot of this story and my OC. This is for pure entertainment.
Hope you enjoy.
Publish Date: 11-10-2013
Prologue:
Location- The Between (realm between the dimensions)
"Uh, what happened?" 21-year old Edward Terrance asked aloud while starting to get up from the white floor. Edward was a healthy young man with straight black hair and blue eyes.
"You died." A loud voice said in front of Edward. Edward looked in front of him and was shocked at what he was seeing. A being with a black cloak that covered his face and holding a giant scythe was in front of Edward. Edward instantly knew who was in front of him, the Grim Reaper.
"Are you the Grim Reaper?" Edward asked.
"No, I just took this form since it's my favorite, it makes me look badass. You may call me Carl." Carl said to Edward.
"Okay, Carl. If you are not the Grim Reaper, then what are you?" Edward asked.
"To make this explanation understandable I will give you an example of this situation. Do you remember what happened last before you ended up here?" Carl asked.
"The last thing I remember is using my bicycle in the exercise rail until a girl in her bicycle came behind me and then kicked my bike yelling to move out of her way and that made me fall down the cliff." Edward said.
"Yeah, that is exactly what happened. For some bloody reason she was in a hurry and kicked you, causing you to fall to your death." Carl said.
"Note to self, in the afterlife find the guy who said that exercising was good for your health, because apparently exercising in a bicycle equals dying." Edward said.
"Don't worry about that. You should be glad to know that the b**** was arrested for her crime." Carl said.
"Okay that is one piece of good news. But again why am I here?" Edward said.
"Well, to put it in simple terms, do you remember those fan fiction stories where the author uses S/I?" Carl asked.
Edward stays looking at Carl for a moment and then he realizes what he meant by the question.
"Are you kidding me, I fallen into the scenario where I land in a fictional reality that I know like the back of my hand and then end up helping save said reality?" Edward said as he remembers the countless fics S/I he has read thought his life, well short life.
"Exactly, all those stories you read are actually true, in some realities of course, but that just complicate things, so don't bother thinking about it. Except unlike the majority of others like myself, who just take the guy or girl and dumps them into the new reality with no or little help and then proceed to tell them their mission thought incomplete dreams and/or memories, which ends up confusing said person (and readers) a lot more. So unlike them, I will tell you exactly what I want you to do and will grant you a power, especially since you died an early death so consider this your second chance." Carl said.
Edward, shocked a little at this, especially the part of him being dead but then he remember that if what Carl was saying was correct then this was normal part of a S/I story, and what he said was true, most of those stories involved the character just being dumped in the situation without any time to prepare or an explanation. At least Carl is willing to help him out.
"Okay, so what are you?" Edward asked.
"Actually, that is somewhat complicated. To better explain it I should start by saying who my grandparents are. From my father's side, it was a male Q Continuum member (Star Trek) who mated with a female Ascended (Stargate). From my mother's side, it was a male "the powers that be" or TPTB member (Buffy Universe) who mated with a female Light Hawk User (Tenchi Muyo). Long story short, the two offspring's fell in love and mated and had me." Carl said.
Edward stared at Carl in silence for a few minutes, contemplating at what he just said. If those were his grandparents, then Carl, by legal, semi-legal, and illegal definition, was uber-powerful.
"Damn, dude, that is one heck of a tree line. But wait, if you're this powerful, then shouldn't the higher-ups from each of those races put a 'do not interfere' policy on you since that is what they do with every member of their species." Edward asked.
"Normally that is true, but I decided to fuck them, since I could literally beat them to a pulp. Luckily my parents and grandparents approve of me. They told me to live my life the way I see it as long as I don't do anything that is highly destructive and/or evil." Carl said.
"Good for you. Okay, so where am I being sent?" Edward asked.
"Actually, I decide to give you the chance to do whatever you want to do." Carl said.
"Come again?" Edward asked.
"Do you remember that fanfic where a nerd found a device that allowed him to travel to dimensions and then became a conqueror of dimensions by acquiring different tech from fictional universes?" Carl asked.
Edward ponders for a moment and then remembers what story Carl was talking about.
"You want me to become a powerful person and then conquer dimensions?" Edward asked.
"Conquer, save, enjoy, and do whatever you want, be a good guy, bad guy, in between, whatever." Carl said.
"Ok, so what type of power are you going to give me?" Edward asked.
"Glad you asked. Now, I am sorry for this." Carl said before he vanished.
"Sorry for what?" Edward asked before Carl appeared behind him and injected a needle into Edward's neck.
"Awww." Edward yelled.
"Sorry about this man, this will only hurt a little, what comes next, more so." Carl said in a deep voice as he injected the multicolored liquid into Edward. After he pulled the needle out of Edward, he fell on his knees to the floor holding on to his neck.
Edward was there for some seconds before the pain came at him, it was so much that he actually fainted and fell on the floor. After, on his left wrist, a watch appeared. Carl looked at the unconscious Edward and said.
"Well, now that I have injected him with the power, just have to wait to he wakes up." Carl said.
(2 days later)
Edward started to wake up and then he sat on the floor. Looking around, he saw that Carl was in front of him on a big black chair reading an orange book. Edward then spoke.
"You cheap, you got that line from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." Edward said.
"What, this is a fan fiction situation; as long as we say who it comes from and that we don't own it, we won't have any problems with the guy upstairs." Carl said without looking at Edward and still reading, and even thought Edward could not see his face, he could swear that Carl was smiling. Edward then noticed what the orange book was and instantly recognized it.
"You actually read that?" Edward asked.
"Yes I do, however, this version comes from a universe where he actually bloody proofreads and women actually read and love it." Carl said.
"Okay, whatever you say Pervy Reaper." Edward said.
"Says the guy who acted as broker for passwords for 'pervy' sites in his school." Carl said.
"Okay, you got me there. So what that heck did you inject me with, and what is with the watch?" Edward asked.
"I injected you with the power to travel thought time and space." Carl said.
"Say what now?" Edward asked.
"Basically I took the dimensional traveling/viewing machine that Mister Fantastic used in FF: Dark Reign, you remember that machine right?" Carl asked and Edward nodded. "Then I combined it with the Dimensional power of Elizabeth from Bioshock: Infinite. Get it?" Carl said.
"Wait, you mean that now I have Elizabeth's powers now? Okay no offence, but are you insane!? If you know who Elizabeth is, then you know what this powers result in." Edward said in a somewhat panicked tone.
"Relax, that is what the FF machine is for, it serves as a control unit for them. You just think the reality you want along with any parameter and it will open the tear to where you want. Its voice controlled or mind controlled if you want. It also generates a holographic screen." Carl explained.
Edward stayed quiet for several moments, looking between Carl and the watch that just appeared in his left wrist. He then spoke.
"Fine, I will accept this for now. But I swear, if I see an old religious version of myself or I start falling in love with an alternate future version of my daughter I will find you and try beat you up, even if I know it's futile." Edward said in a serious tone to Carl.
Carl looked at him for a moment and spoke.
"Eh, don't worry about that, doubt that will happen. But I should warn you that the one price that comes with this power is that you can never return to your original reality. Do you understand this?" Carl said in a somewhat serious tone.
Edward though about his condition, but he realized that he did not have anything to go back to in his original dimension. His parents disappeared when he was fourteen, and his only two true friends disappeared as well when the day before their high school graduation. Edward was devastated by this and even though he has moved on with his life, he still carries the dread and despair in his heart. Edward decided on what he was going to do.
"Fine, I will take this power. It's not like I have anything back home." Edward said with some coldness in his voice.
"Very well, it's all up to you kid. Oh, some pieces of advice. First, if you are going to get more powers, use your bloody common sense to get them instead of coming up with some complicated plan to get them. Second, here, almost forgot to give this to you." Carl said as he retrieved something from his cloak and threw it at Edward. Edward caught it and realized that it was his IPhone 5 and his Bluetooth earpiece.
"Hey, this is my phone. Why did you have it?" Edward asked.
"I took it and made some upgrades to it. First, it has unlimited battery, the same with the Bluetooth; can talk to any communication system in existence, universal translator, untraceable, can connect with any internet or whatever information database the dimension uses and I also included all known wikis from your reality, including Wikipedia. Oh yeah the phone also generates a holographic screen and can connect with watch's function, especially when programming the destination. And just like a Pip-Boy from Fallout, you can put anything into it without limit and don't have to worry about weight, example, you can put an entire battalion of Mobile Suits and the damn thing would still have space. I placed everything you owned in your original dimension in there as well. So you like it?" Carl said as Edward started to inspect his new phone.
"Thanks for the phone and the power, but why are you really helping me?" Edward asked as he was curious.
"Well, mostly because I was bored and I want to up a certain someone in the 'my chosen one is a lot better' department. Also, I want people to actually see that beings that are more evolved actually give a shit about lower people, like how the Ascended don't do shit. Think, right now, who do you trust more, me or an Ascended that is not Janus?" Carl said.
"I would say right now you right now hold more trust than those lazy bastards. Okay fine I will do as you say. Heh, might as well have fun." Edward said.
"Very well. Oh, one more thing, I think a new set of clothes would be good for you." Carl said as he snapped his fingers and Edward's instantly changed.
Edward was now wearing a dark and blue hooded jacket that had the design of blue angel wings on the back of it. He had dark blue pants and was wearing dark sneakers. Edward was examining his new wardrobe and realizes that it looked familiar.
"Are you trying to tell me something?" Edward asked in a somewhat monotone voice, due to the fact that his new clothes resemble that of a very famous character.
"Maybe. Farewell." Carl said as he then disappeared laughing.
Edward stood still for several moments contemplating what just happened. After that he just sighted.
"I don't know if I should consider this good or bad luck. Oh well. What to do first? The clothes he gave me sort of give an idea of what power I should go after. But first, let's see where I am." Edward said as he then looked at his phone and looked at the text the hologram showed.
Current Location: The Between
Specify next location with parameters
Realizing that he could do anything, he decided to take the first step into greatness. He thought of the location he wanted to go. After a minute, the screen adds the information he thought of.
Next location:
Universe= Prototype #19452
Timeline= Pre- Prototype 1
Specified parameters
1. Arrival location- Dr. Mercer's lab, Gentek HQ
2. After Mercer and his team finished stabilizing Blacklight sample DX-1118 C, but before Mercer decided to go rogue.
3. Mercer's lab empty of people, but vial of sample there.
You wish to proceed?
'Yes.' Edward though as in front of him, a tear like in Bioshock opened up, revealing a somewhat light up empty advanced laboratory. Taking one big breath in, Edward puts up his hood on top of his head to hide his face just in case. He then walks up to the tear and enters it. One second later, he is the lab. After going through the tear, it closes behind him. He looks around the lab, checking to make sure that there is no body in it. After confirming that, he quickly realizes something.
'HOLLY CRAP! I DID IT! I AM IN ANOTHER DIMESION!' Edward though as he realized that he has effectively traveled to another dimension on his own. Realizing quickly that the lab could be monitored, he snaps out of his thoughts and starts to look around the lab quickly for the vial, but at the same time making sure not to break anything, especially the stuff with any boiling liquid, because otherwise one of the laws of fiction will take effect, the one where you break a vial of something in a weird lab, then something bad will happen, and 85% of the time it leads to something zombie related.
Searching around for a few minutes, he sees something red in a desk nearby. He approaches the desk and he then clearly sees what the red thing was. Standing in front of him was a vial of red liquid. Grabbing the vial in his right hand carefully, he reads the label on it. The label reads:
Blacklight Sample: DX-1118 C
'Found you.' Edward smirks as he has in his hand one of the most dangerous things in all of the realities. A few seconds after reading the vial and congratulating himself, alarms start to sound around the lab.
"Shit." Edward mutters under breath at being caught. The lab then all of a sudden locks down and it begins to be filled with some red gas.
'Damn, if I know Gentek, that red gas cannot be good for my health.' Edward though as he covered his mouth and nose with his left hand as he still had the virus in his right hand as the gas started to accumulate in the lab. He immediately thought of opening a tear back into The Between again. It took him ten seconds to open the tear but during that time the gas already got inside his body. Edward jumps through the tear, landing unceremoniously on the white floor in The Between again.
Edward tries to get up, but he sees his vision starting to get cloudy and he feels blood on his left hand coming out of his nose. His body is also starting to feel heavy.
'Dammit, I knew that gas was bad news. I am feeling weak already. Great, I have just begun my adventure and I am already on the verge of dying.' Edward though as he felt his eyes starting to get really heavy.
After a few moments, he then remembers that on his right hand was the vial of Blacklight. Realizing that the virus was his only chance, he uses the last of his strength to take the lid of the vial. Just before he drinks the vial, he speaks out loud.
"Well, bottoms up." Edward says as he drinks the entire red liquid. For a few seconds nothing happens but all of a sudden his body feels like it was not only on fire but being ripped apart from the inside as well. He shatters the vial on his right hand, ignoring the pain it caused due to the current pain he is suffering. He begins thrashing about for several seconds, trying to resist the pain, but after that he loses conscious. Unknown to him, Carl was watching from far away, smirking at what was happening.
"It has begun." Carl said as he left the realm.
Four days later….
Lying on his back in the middle of the white realm was still an unconscious Edward. All of a sudden, Edward wakes up and stands up, gasping for air. After taking a few minutes to calm down, he begins to check himself if there is anything wrong.
'Ok, my name is Edward Terrance, 21 years-old, son of Edward Terrance Sr. and Irene Terrance nee Rivera. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering. Last thing I remember, gaining dimensional traveling powers from Grim Reaper look-a-like and then drank the Prototype virus….Ok, at least my memory is intact. That is one piece of good news, now I just need to check what else has changed.' Edward though as he got up on his feet with some small struggle, his legs being a sleep. Edward is about to take out his phone out of his right pocket, but all of a sudden, in his right hand, the phone appears out of his own hand in black tendrils, shocking Edward.
'What the heck, how did my phone come out of my hand, and why did it…. Oh yeah, I remember now, anything I had on me when I took the virus becomes a part of my body, including the clothes. Well, at least I don't have to worry about losing the phone.' Edward thought to himself as he made the phone go back into his hand without any problem. He then touched his right ear where his Bluetooth was and did the same thing, the device appearing and reappearing in the ear. The same thing with his watch.
Edward then decided to check something about his clothes. He willed them to disappear and they did. Edward decided to take a look at his body and noticed some very noticeable changes. He sees that he is now 7 ½ feet tall, his body was that of an Olympic swimmer, and his muscles are more noticeable. He also takes a look at his 'partner'.
'Well, at least I won't disappoint.' Edward though while smirking. Edward then makes his clothes reappear. He then makes the phone appear on his right hand and activates the camera to see his face in the holographic screen. Upon seeing himself, he is shocked at what he saw. He is shocked to discover that his eyes were different. His left eye was still blue, but it looked like sapphire blue, while his right eye was red, red like blood.
After taking a moment to take in his newest changes, he contemplates on what to do. After a moment, he decides to try something out. He makes the phone go back into his body. He then concentrates on turning his right hand into a weapon. A few seconds later, and a bit of pain; Edward's entire right arm transforms. Taking a moment to examine his new arm, he notices that it's the claws power, looking exactly like Mercer's claw form. He concentrates on turning it back to normal and with a bit of pain once again, his arm reverts back to normal. A moment later, he decides to concentrate on both of his arms, and they both transform into their claw modes. He then mentally changes his eyesight, shifting from thermal vision, to which upon seeing around the area, he sees that it works. After a few moments of checking around with his new vision, he quickly changes it back to normal view.
'Okay, so the only offensive power I currently have is the claws. It hurts a bit to change it but I guess I just have to get accustomed to it, like Wolverine with his own claws. If I want to get more powers, I need biomass. And the only way to do that is by consuming either people and/or enemies. And right now there is only one place I can go to train at.' Edward though as he made his phone appear in his right claw and specified his next reality jump.
Next location:
Universe= Prototype #471
Timeline= During Prototype 1
Specified parameters
1. Arrival location- Alley in middle of a red zone nowhere near Alex Mercer
You wish to proceed?
'Yes.' He ordered mentally and in front of him a tear opened up once again.
'No going back.' Edward though as, with his arms still in claw mode, ran and jumped into the tear, arriving in the alley in the new dimension. He sees the tear behind him close. A few moments later, his senses are assaulted in full force, mostly by sound and smell. The smell of decay and death in the city; and the screams of monsters and people.
'Dammit, forgot this might happen. Ok, concentrate, concentrate.' Edward though as he tried to get his senses under control. A minute later, he is able to lower his senses to somewhat acceptable levels. After calming down, he starts to look around the alley when all of a sudden coming out of the street was a squad of three men. Edward recognized them by their uniforms as part of Blackwatch.
'Okay, judging by their uniforms I would say that two of them are soldiers while the third one is an officer. Just exactly what I needed to start this little party.' Edward though as he then heard the soldiers speak.
"Command, come in Command. We found an infected, repeat we found an infected. We are taking him down." The officer said to the radio as the other two primed their weapons and fired against Edward.
Edward stood still as he let the bullets hit him. While they did sting a bit, Edward could hardly feel any pain. After 15 seconds of continues fire, the soldiers stop to see their work. They are shocked to discover that Edward was still up, their attack had no effect.
"Is that all? Oh, well. Hope you had a good life." Edward said as he smirked. He then, with his claws ready, ran forward to the trio of soldiers using his newest speed. In one moment he is right next to the three soldiers. Using their surprise to his advantage, Edward attacks the officer's legs, ripping them apart. He then plunges his claws at the two soldiers at their necks, killing them instantly and in the next moment, Edward for the first time, consumes the two soldiers. Edward stands still for a few moments, taking in the influx of memories. Among of the random bits he sees, he sees the two soldiers receiving their orders to exterminate anything inside the red zones, with prejudiced. After the memory bit stopped, Edward looks around him and sees the officer he injured first in the conflict.
The officer is crawling on the floor, trying to get away from Edward, even though it was futile. Edward comes toward the officer slowly, like a predator scaring his prey. Edward puts down his foot the officer's chest, stopping him. The officer, even though he is wearing a mask, Edward can feel the fear coming from him.
"What are you? You have the same powers as Zeus, but you're not him. Who are you?" The officer says with fear in his voice.
"Me? Call me Neon." Edward said as he then impaled his claws into the officer's chest, killing him and then he consumed him. After taking a moment to assimilate the memories, the adrenaline of the kill had wore off, making Edward realize that he just killed. At that moment he starts to feel a little sick at what he did, his arms then change back to normal. But then he sees some of the memories of the three he just consumed and sees that they were monsters that just actually used the excuse of the quarantine to kill people, all for fun.
'Damn Blackwatch. All of them, except for Cross, appear to be nothing but egotistical bastards. I guess is true what they say, 'send a monster to fight another monster.'' Edward though as he got himself together and started to look through his new skills and abilities. Edward now knows that he has the same skills as a black ops soldier, which is a great help, especially that he now knows how to handle a gun.
A few minutes standing there near the exit of the alley, Edward hears the sounds of rapid footsteps coming towards his direction. Shifting to his view to thermal, he sees a large group of infected citizens, with a hunter, coming towards him. At this Edward smirks at himself and quickly changes his arms to claw mode. Looking directly toward the upcoming group, Edward just looks at then and speaks out loud.
"Bring it on." Edward says as he runs directly at the group, with his claws ready for battle.
END PROLOGUE.
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