Notes: This is an AU fic, & mostly focuses on Adam Park. It is set on the near future where demons have taken over the planet, and they are part of a mercenary force (like SeeD of FFVIII) who fight these abominations. Please don't sue me; I have nothing. :P
GENESIS: The Beginning of the End
By: MoodyAngst
Chapter 2: BirthdayPrologue
Date unknown
He ran as fast as he could, desperately trying to reach her in time. From the very start, he was being used. But he didn't care. He still loved her because she was his wife. And she carried his child.
"Child?" a voice spoke in his head. "What child? That thing is an abomination!"
I don't care, he said. The result of the union between him and his wife…it might be an abomination, the Ultimate Being, hell-bent on destroying the Earth and ending the life of the human race. But there is still one thing; it was his 'child'.
He reached the top of the observatory. There, a bright, shining entity half the size of the observatory itself is hovering beneath it. It had no form to be recognized with; just a big mass of light shooting powerful blasts everywhere and had almost destroyed the whole city. Aircrafts and jets from the Air Force flew everywhere, shooting the damn thing with everything they got, but their valiant efforts were left to waste; it had no effect on the 'thing'.
The 'thing' fought back; one of its rays of light shot the aircrafts one by one. He shielded his eyes as one of the aircrafts crashed to the nearest building and exploded. He watched with horror as it was reduced into nothing more than a pile of smoldering debris. The power of this 'being' is unbelievable. There is no way that it can be stopped.
"What have we done…?"
At the corner of his eye, he saw something. He turned around to get a better look. It was her standing at the edge of the observatory. Tears were streaming down her eyes as she turned around to look at him. Within a fraction of a second, it all happened so fast. He was running towards her, screaming her name; she leapt down towards the big mass of light, thus ending her term of life on Earth.
"NOOOOO!"
There was no other way around. Does it have to end this way? He catapulted himself off the observatory's railing. He was soaring down; for a second, he felt every child's dream of flying without wings. But, this is not the case. He was now 'flying' down to his death. His wife was already inches away from the 'being', and he, inches away from her. He extended his arms to reach her, and she did the same. She saw his eyes, and he saw hers. They shared a moment's bliss of being inside each other's arms; the next, hot searing pain of several degrees of magnitude tore their bodies. They have passed through the big mass of light that is their 'child'. The pain was unlike everything he felt before. It was so intense that it felt nothing at all. But, nevertheless, he still smiled.
He remembered the days of bliss that he shared with his wife. Those were the last happy memories he remembered before his departure from the cycle of life.
He thought, at least, it was all over. He wanted it to end.
Eventually, it did…
December 12, 2025
"BRRRRRREEEEEEEEPPPPPPP!"
"Urrrnghh…"
The noise of the alarm clock bounced off the walls of the dorm room, thus creating a riotous echo within the premises. A head of curly black hair shot upwards, disturbed by the ear-stabbing shrieks of the digital alarm clock, interrupting the peace of sleep he was currently under.
"Darn it."
He reached out a hand to turn off the alarm clock, when the beeping was suddenly replaced by a familiar voice.
"WAZAAAAP!"
"What the-?"
"RISE AND SHINE, SUNSHINE! GOOD MORNIN'! WAKE UP AND GREET THE DAY!"
The digital alarm clock was now producing a holographic image of a young man, very hyper, like he was on constant sugar rush. He grinned impishly, then took a bite out of something that was, apparently, a cheeseburger.
"Boy, he really had to be eating while recording a video reminder." The young man sneered.
"YO, DUDE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! YEAH, I KNOW. SORRY FOR WAKIN' YOU UP LIKE THIS, BUT I WANNA BE THE FIRST ONE TO GREET MY BEST PAL. " The young man on the hologram spoke, then took another huge bite out of the cheeseburger. The young man with the curly black hair let out a laugh.
"Hehe, oh yeah. I forgot my own birthday, but my best friend didn't." The young man scratched his head and sighed.
"MAN, YOU OFF? I SO WANNA SEE THE LOOK ON YER FACE RIGHT NOW." The hologram laughed obnoxiously. The young man cocked an eyebrow. Being waked up by an unbelievably loud alarm clock while currently residing in dreamland is not exactly what he wanted on the morning of his birthday. But he appreciated the thought nevertheless.
"JUST JOKING! TELL YOU WHAT, YOU CAN PUNCH ME LATER ON-"
"Hmm, not a bad idea…"
"-OR I'LL TREAT YOU LATER TO LUNCH. IT'S ALL ON ME!"
"That one I'm not so sure about. You'd eat it all, anyway."
"AND, HEY, CHRISTMAS VACATION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. WOOHOO! MONSTER MOVIE MARATHONS ALL THE WAY!"
"Not again."
"OR…WHATEVER. OKAY? WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN, ADAM! SEE YA LATER, DUDE!" The hologram fizzed out and peace was restored to the dorm room. The young man, Adam, laughed at the thought of this 'nice' gesture. He went out of bed, since he already was woken up by his very 'thoughtful' best friend and he wouldn't be able to recapture those forty winks, and went to the washroom to fix himself up. He splashed his face with cool water from the faucet, wiped it with a towel, then looked at his own reflection in the mirror. A young Asian man with short curly black hair, slant dark eyes, and fair skin stared back at him.
"Yeah, happy birthday to you."
He went back to his room to get some clothes from his closet, when-
"HEY, ADAM, BY THE WAY…GET A GIRLFRIEND! C'MON, TANYA'S HOME-FREE! ASK HER!"
The hologram reappeared, shouted these words, then fizzed out again. Adam paused for a while, a bit startled, then sneered.
"I'm definitely punching Rocky."