Chapter One
The explosions seemed to be getting more intense. Gaping holes littered the earth's surface underneath him. Lava could be seen through the crevices of the cracks that seemed to keep growing in length. Another blast.
"What's going on here?" thought the young man as he looked down from the sky.
"Wait a minute, Where is here?"
Finally the man decided to go down to the surface. As he got closer to the surface, something seemed to change. It was as if time began to move backwards. By the time he got to the ground, everything seemed peaceful again.
The young man looked around, for a second he thought he saw someone moving over towards the lake that had refilled itself as he approached the planet. But when he arrived, there was nothing there but the splashing of a toad, chasing after some insects in hopes of a meal.
It was then that he heard the voice.
"Genke, you are the one", the voice called.
"Hello?" the young man called out.
No response.
"Who's there?" the young man called again.
"I'm down here", the voice responded.
The young man glanced down. His reflection in the water was the only thing to greet him. Just as he was about to turn around, his reflection spoke.
"Genke, you are the one", the reflection said as it began to move.
"What the hell are you?" the young man asked, as he began to back away from the water.
"Genke, you are the one, you will be tested."
Just then, the young man watched in horror as his reflection began to change shape. At first the changes were subtle, his hair went from dark brown to golden yellow, and seemed almost to stand straight up. Then the reflection rose up out of the water. The young man turned to run, but tripped over a rock and fell to his knees. He turned and watched as the figure began changing some more. It began to grow in size and started to sprout a tail. The young man tried to scream, but nothing came out. A sound like a thousand dragons screaming out in agony, cut through the air. The figure began morphing into something that resembled a giant ape. The young man got up and began to run. He looked back to see the giant ape coming after him. It seemed to be gaining on him. He jumped into the air and began flying as fast as he could. Still, the ape was gaining on him. He stopped and turned.
"What the hell are you?!" screamed the young man. The ape swung at the young man. He dodged, but the ape swung again. Again the young man dodged. He was amazed at the creature's speed, it seemed inhuman to the young man. The ape swung again, this time connecting. The young man went crashing into the ground with incredible speed. He opened his eyes just before the ape's gigantic foot squashed him.