BornAndTorn 2 A Cruel Fate 1

Laughter and happy voices filled this place. There was a huge crowd of humans chatting without any kind of worry. Most of them seemed to be 18 years or slightly older. This situation was interrupted by a loud noise and the many voices just died down until only silence remained. Afterward, a single robotic sounding voice filled the whole place. Everybody was listening attentively, trying not to miss a single word. During the speech occasionally some gasps could be heard. The voice spoke close to 10 minutes and after it ended, the crowd erupted with an outburst of panic. The feeling of tension and anxiety about what was going to come was nearly tangible.

This situation lasted until a handsome man, with a face that could enslave the whole female populace, stepped forward to try and calm the crowd. His whole bearing was radiating self-confidence. Every small movement he uses serves a purpose. His elegant demeanor combines a unique calmness with a domineering pressure that leaves no room for objections.

After the crowd mood reached an all-time low, he took charge and motivated the crowd. Just his presence alone could change the anxiety into sheer confidence.

A female voice supported him in his endeavor. Her serene voices amplified the positive effect. She seemed like the incarnation of a mythical being, too beautiful to be of this world. Looking at her people are forced to lower their head and bow to her. Prayers were to be addressed towards her and vows had to be made to fulfill each of her wishes, no matter how big the sacrifices that have to be offered up are. She seemed to be a work of art, the perfect human.

The combination of those 2 humans carved out of jade, lead to the crowd viewing them as natural born leaders. They invoke the sentiment of deep trust and faith in everyone. The pair will always stand in the spotlight wherever they appear, shining bright like the stars in the firmament above.

Nothing could be standing in their way today, no mountain was too big to climb, no cliff too steep. They were ready for every challenge that would be thrown at them. But then all out of the sudden a blaring sound could be heard, a sound coming straight out of the deepest pit of h.e.l.l. Everyone felt the need to mutilate their own ears, in order to put an end to this h.e.l.lish torture.

The source of this inhuman noise was a little creature lying on the floor. The skin was wrinkled and this creature has its eyes closed. There was just an open mouth, exhaling and issuing a cry, that is driving everyone to the brink of insanity. This creature that looks like the long lost cousin of the newborn Benjamin b.u.t.ton, is a human being, to be more specific its a human baby.

Mother nature is cruel, in comparison to those 2 beautiful human beings, he just got every hideous characteristic trait that could be imagined. But even crueler was fate itself. Because trapped inside this baby was someone, a poor soul from Earth and that poor soul was not very content with his current situation.

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The prayers were answered and the baby stopped screaming. But the turmoil going on inside of the baby head was far from being over.

"Where do I even begin to start to complain about what is wrong with my current situation? My vision is limited to around 30 centimeters in front of me. I have no understanding of the spoken language here. I have no one who is helping me out in any way. I just feel bloodthirsty gazes sizing me up.

I issued a cry like every normal baby does. Sure I got some attention like I had planned, but I didn't want to feel that kind of attention. Where is my mother, my father? Aside from the fact that I find myself in this body still having no clue how the h.e.l.l that even could happen, I still struggle to realize the extent of my current situation.

You can´t tell me that a baby magically escaped out of the womb of a living woman with the umbilical cord still sticking to me and ending up in a place full of grown-ups. Taken to a world that even this crowd is slightly afraid of. And the cherry on top is that in this body is a soul from another realm and from all souls that could have been picked, it just had to be me. Not a murderer, not a person who studied martial arts just for this very moment. h.e.l.l, I don't even know what I am really. I just pitied myself, feeling helplessly stranded in a world in a body that hasn't even developed yet.

Inside my head, I could hear the robotic voice saying something I could not understand. Trying to look for clues, grasping every tiny straw to find a way to at least understand what is going on, but that was to no avail.

" ..... [.....] ..... [....] (.....) +1" the metallic voice roared in my head once more as if it was delivering a joyous message. But still, I could not understand anything at all. I was a prisoner of a language barrier and stuck in a tank of sharks, threatening to take my life if I continue my crying routine. That must be a really bad dream, of that I am sure. Otherwise, everything I deemed right would have been a total lie.

"Strange, you are very strange" a monotonous voice sounded in my head. I tried to speak to it, but it just cut me off and continued " we are the same yet not. We are both parts of this system but you are the combination of a matter that is of unknown origin in this world and this systems matter. That is something even I haven´t seen nor can I deduce how it came to be. But rejoice, we will have lots and lots of time to search for the truth. You and I are bound to this world after all. I am looking forward to your cooperation "Mr. Hybrid".

But be aware I can´t influence this world at all, so just view me as a voice of reason and if you questioning yourself why I can speak your language, let me just mention that a.n.a.lyzing your thoughts and looking for patterns took me longer then expected. Panicking really did not make it any easier for me to do so. Well then excuse my manners, I talked too much and we diverged from the topic. I am not used to having someone to talk to, after all, this is a first even for me.

Before we continue, please enjoy the upcoming introduction of the rules of this place and if I were you I would really pay special attention towards them. They are of much bigger importance to you then them " The voice said.

Confusion hit me, I was left wondering what the h.e.l.l is going on anymore. I felt even more hopeless with this new information, my whole body felt weak, my consciousness slowly slipping away and after the pitiful hope of this being a dream was crushed, the only thing I could remember was a feeling of just disappearing.

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" Welcome to my world." The monotonous voice said. For the very first time, the voice had a faint feeling of antic.i.p.ation added to it.