《Black Ice》Chapter 1
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Planet Earth, Year: 2004 , Month: January , Day: 20- Tuesday
Location: Unknown , Laboratory.
Screams could be heard as a scientist was taking notes. His look was bland, as if he was looking at something normal.
After a while the screaming stopped as a sound of a liquid dripping sounded. "It seems this test subject has failed as well. Bring in the next one" the scientist requested.
"Sir we have ran out of test subjects." a voice answered.
The scientist frowned as he ordered "Go find some immediately, if there are no test subjects till next week i'll cut off your head."
The Man behind quivered as he slowly bowed and left.
A few days later.
Location: somewhere in Europe, Orphanage.
A little boy was watching TV, while drawing.He looked around the age of 6.He had black hair and big blue eyes with a small mole located on his right cheek. He was drawing earth with a smile on as his eyes were filled with curiosity.
The other children of the orphanage were playing around while the little boy was alone on the corner. The news channel was on at that moment so he listened carefully.
"A series of murder and kidnapping has been happening in our country as a lot of orphanages were destroyed with the children inside them going missing, the government think that the kids were kidnapped" the reporter informed the news.
The boy was alarmed as it slowly gathered its stuff and went to its room while being scared. At night while everyone was sleeping the alarm of the orphanage sounded, as the staff got up and looked out for the reason.
A huge fire was spreading throughout the building as people with guns walked in and started shooting the staff members while grabbing the children and handcuffing them. The little boy found a way to get out of the orphanage through the basement, however he was caught by a man that was standing outside.
"Hahahaha, it seems that we found a smart one, Good, good. Boss will be pleased." The man laughed hysterically.
The little boy started crying due to fear. The Man got annoyed from the crying so he knocked the boy unconscious.
.
"that's all i can remember from back then, i was too scared. I don't know what happened next or how my childhood was."
"it has already been 10 years since that incident"
Year: 2014 Month: September
Location: Japan, Tokyo
two girls were walking down the street as they were clearly headed to school.
"hey did you hear that we are having a new student?" one of the girls whispered to her friend.
Her friend nodded as she answered back "I heard that he is a foreigner, I sure hope its some hot dude"
As they were having their conversation a tall youth could be seen walking by as he stopped by them and looked at their clothes.
Both girls were looking at him perplexed as they didn't know what the stranger was looking at them for. one of the girls asked him "What are you looking at" with a slightly annoyed tone.
The youth got out of his dazed state as he blushed in embarrassment and scratched his head. "well how do i put this... You girls have the same symbol as the school I'm transferring to on your clothes so i was thinking of asking you the way there."
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Both of the girls looked up and down at him. The boy had black hair with big blue eyes, he was rather good looking with a small mole on his right cheek that made him rather cute. He was clearly not from japan as his Japanese wasn't the best and his face didn't belong to the Japanese crowd.
The girls looked at each other and smiled as they told him to follow them.
A few minutes later at the school grounds.
"Well this is the school new kid hope you enjoy your time here" One of the girls teased, as the other one smiled.
The youth nodded and headed to the principals office as he finished the registration process.
A few minutes later he was brought in by the teacher to his new class as he slowly introduced himself.
"My name is Heise, I don't have a surname since I'm an orphan and i wasn't adopted. I transfered schools here thanks to a program organized by the European union and japan. I hope we all can get along."
As he finished his introduction he found a seat and listened to the teacher reading as he tried to understand.
~ring~ the bell sounded as everyone gathered around Their new classmate.
It was clear as day that the new student was easy to talk to and quite friendly. They spent most of the breaks talking to him, however it always felt that something was off, as if everyone didn't actually hang out with him but just talk to him in passing.
"hey Heise how long have you been studying Japanese?" a boy asked out of curiosity, since the more they talked to him the better he was getting at Japanese.
"around two weeks, why?" Heise answered as if it was a normal thing.
"ah, no Nothing dude i just wanted to know." the boy answered back, however his face was filled with shade.
Most of kids looked at him as if they were looking at a monster. All of them started whispering with one another as they slowly stopped talking to him the following days. As if they just didn't want to talk to him.
[this feeling again, am i that different? Why do i feel like they are staring at something abnormal, at something they just cant endure to watch exist.]
The following days were pretty normal as he slowly became a loner and read his books in peace and quite. He read through novels like they were something perfect to him, a place where everything is possible. As he dreamed of a place like that. Seeing amazing Landscapes, fantastical creatures and frightening monsters. It was his only method of going outside his harsh reality.
As time passed more and more people stopped talking to him, as he got known as a loner. They started criticizing every single action of his, made fun of him and pranked him.
He had become the center of bullying just because he didn't react, Just because he wasn't normal.
One month later.
two third grade students known for their bad reputation came down and started bugging him on brakes.
Seeing him having no reaction made them even more aggressive. this continued for a few days, as Heise couldn't take it anymore since it had reached the point of physical violence.
He looked straight at them and said "Do you have nothing better to do? is it that fun to hit people? is it fun to see them react to pain?"
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Both of them became stunned for a moment as they didn't expect him to talk. After a while they started laughing. One of them controlled himself and said " Ye its pretty fun, seeing people suffer. After all we have nothing better to do to realize our boredom, Its either this or beating animals."
"Trash." Heise said as he gathered his stuff and started going back to class.
"What did you say?!" one of the two got mad after hearing this. "did you call us trash you piece of shit?"
"people with immorality like your shouldn't be part of society" Heise rebutted once more.
"Ok that's enough you smart shit, I've had enough. If i don't break a leg or two from you today i wont be satisfied." The other said.
[some people are just apes that don't have basic human morality and understanding, as they react like animals to any provocation since they don't have the mental capacity to do so.] Heise thought.
Both of them rushed at him at the same time trying to beat him to a pulp. As a fist was headed his way Heise dodged it, which left both of them surprised. As they kept sending punches and kicks at him, they couldn't hit him once. As the fight continued they got madder and madder. One of them grabbed a silver pipe from the ground and the other a hammer. The students that noticed this fight didn't immediately report to the teachers, however when the other two grabbed objects that could kill someone they instantly went in to report.
~BANG~ Heise got hit in the head with the pipe and almost fell down. The both of them smiled and continued to hit him.
After a while he was filled with wounds and marks. A teacher finally arrived but he couldn't stop the two rampaging students.
Heise all of a sudden changed the way he dodged and slowly fought back. His mind was filled with blankness as his instincts went wild. He landed a punch on both of them as they were slowly pushed back.
The police had to intervene. Heise ended up with a fractured left arm. While the status of the other two was unknown.
A week after the fight
Heise returned to his house, as sweat poured down from his face.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!!!! I Almost killed them, SHIT.Why is this happening again. The same thing happened in Europe as well! WHY ME,FUCK!"
[i guess i really don't fit in society. Every single one of them are like apes. Wild animals that don't know how to use their brains. I got scolded by the government again, It wasn't my fault damn it. I did nothing wrong, those trash started it.]
Year: 2018 Month: December Day: 25
Location: Tokyo, Japan.
"Heise you are getting fired" an old man said as he sighed.
"boss why are you doing this to me? I clearly said i didn't do it." heise Rebutted.
The old man shook his head as he answered "I know it couldn't be you, but it cant be helped. The people here need someone to get ruined, human society isn't a place for you kid. Its too harsh for you."
As the boss finished those words Heise had already returned to his current house. A house so small that it didn't even have a bathroom inside.
"Ah... it happened again. This is the 3rd job this week. I'm lucky enough the government gave me this house to sleep in. Man what has my life become. Graduating with perfect grades, finishing the best university with perfect scores as well but end up with no job. Why is life so shit. Is there a meaning to it left. To think i would be setup by my own people inside the business. Now i cant even get a stable job thanks to that."
A few months passed since he last got fired. He couldn't find a new job as no one would take a person with such a bad business history as him. He didn't have money to pay for his bills so he ended up no having any type of electricity or tap water on his house. No Phone, no way of communication, as he slowly started losing it. He went days without eating anything, his pride wouldn't let him to beg.
One day he decided to go for hunting. He had thought out a plan. Thanks to his vast knowledge on herbs and survival skills he managed to get into the wilderness successfully.
He started looking around for edible things, such as non-poisonous mushrooms and bugs. As he traveled deeper to the wilderness he found a cave, as bats were flying around. He thought about how bats were rather easy to catch and from what he had read online that it tasted like chicken.
Entering the cave he found some mushrooms that were quite rare so he collected them carefully.
The cave was a lot larger than he imagined as he expected a cave as big as this to be a tourist attraction or something of that sort. The deeper he went the more amazed he was, although he couldn't find any bats he did find a spring, the water was clean and good for consumption so he grabbed a few bottles.
As he entered the deepest parts of the cave he noticed light, but it was weird light as the color it emitted wasn't white but rather black. The closer he walked to it the brighter it became, so bright in fact that he couldn't see where he was walking. He saw the thing that was producing the light and was stunned.
"is that some kind of diamond? No its really fucking cold here, its some type of ice? But I've never heard of any type of ice being like this. I should get it, its probably really valuable." he said.
As he went closer he managed to touch it as his body felt really cold. His fingers got frostbitten. The crystal fell next to him as the ground suddenly froze, creating a huge hole on the ground, making him fall from an around 15 meter fall, resulting in him breaking both of his legs as he desperately tried to climb up. the cold from the crystal creeped into every single inch of his body making him die faster. He started to bleed as he cried in despair. A shitty life and a shitty ending. What a way to die.
"curse the heavens, Curse the world. Life has no meaning, Dying like this isn't what i wanted to do with my life! FUCK!"
He swore until his consciousness faded out.
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