August 19th, 2020. It was a regular day at first, yet everyone can feel a sense of dread. Like a big event was approaching, something would definitely happen very soon yet scientists defeatedly scratched their heads and shrugged their shoulders as nothing was off or strange at all.

Everything was normal. Maybe even too normal.

But that changed quickly though. Everything started with a simultaneous message to every human on the planet followed by an unbearable pain for many.

“My beautiful children.... It is now for you to take up arms and protect yourselves for I no longer can… If you are still around in after the many years of my slumber I swear to you that I will once again protect you… But for now, Good night and good luck.”

The vague and mysterious message was sent to every single human on the planet and they all were equally as confused and suspicious about the message’s meaning. The voice in the message was very soothing though and felt familiar to everyone.

Following the message, varying pain was felt by all and no one was discriminated against. Maybe this is the first time every human received something without bias towards their skin color or social status and this will be the beginning of a combined struggle for everyone.

It was discovered the amount of pain showed how strong you would become, the more pain you felt the more power you held.

As for who felt the most pain, the opinion varied depending on who you asked but if you asked for the top 10, three people will always be on that list, as they will become some of the strongest people in Earth’s arsenal.

One of those people was Nathan “Nova” Jones. After the message, his body fully released its true form and original powers. At the time the message appeared, he was out for a run and stopped when the weird words made their way into his brain. Afterwords a sensation that felt like his blood had caught on fire filled his body.

As he shook and groaned because of the searing and untameable pain, his body began to emit several small sparks of lightning and his blood took on a bright and blinding color that mixed blue and white stupendously. Unable to hold himself up anymore, he fell down to one knee and was forced to hold himself up by putting a hand on the ground

Swirls of black clouds began to form and made the world around Nathan dark and the sound of intense crackling pierced the air, drowning out Nathan’s screams of pain.

Torrential rain began to pour down unto the 20 year old and soaked into his body, invading his bone structure. Nathan can feel the power of storms infiltrating his body and the surging power in his body stirs and doesn’t calm down for a second.

Wind blows at high speeds and threatens to knock down Nathan and send him flying away, but instead his pores open and absorb the wind. The power of wind fills Nathan’s skin and vibrates vigorously.

Nathan just continues to grit his teeth and stops yelling and uses his pure will power to try to control the power flowing and surging in his body like a monsoon.

To his surprise, it actually works. The pure lightning that has become his blood begins to stop pulsating, causing it calm down; the water seeping into his bones finally settles down and flows throughout his bone marrow like a tsunami, yet it is controlled by Nathan. Finally the wind in his skin settles down and stops vibrating, causing Nathan to feel weightless.

Nathan is finally able to stand and another message pops into his head. This time it comes from a monotone voice that is full of indifference.

“Congratulations. You have awoken your true bloodline. Your race is now “Embodiment of Storms” and you have evolved into a Rank 7 being.”

Nathan doesn’t know what this means but he simply stands up and has a scary wide smile that would put fear into the souls of many. Nathan then raises his hand and a bright flash falls from the sky and crashes into the lone man.

BBBOOOOOOMMMM~!

A thick bolt of lightning strikes Nathan, making the ground within ten feet of Nathan become void of life, yet nothing at all had happened to Nathan and now he finally begins to grasp what has become of himself.