The Archaic System - A New Beginning
Chapter 1: Death
It was just for a moment. Was that really him? It couldn't be that simple. I spent years trying to find him. How could we see each other here?
It was just for a moment. Was that really him? It couldn't be that simple. I spent years trying to find him. How could we see each other here?
I took off running faster than I ever had before. I could see his silhouette about 50 meters in front of me. 30. 20. 10. BRAD!!!
As he turned towards me the face of my little brother which I hadn't seen for 10 years was looking back at me. Finally!
I reached out to embrace him. Tears filled my eyes. The ever-present pain of longing and loss losing its grip on my chest. "Brad I can't tell you how much I've missed you."
Suddenly I felt a cold piercing pain in my chest. As I pulled away from him I looked down to see a thin dark blade slowly withdrawn. Wait. Haven't I seen this blade before? At the end of the blade my dear brother's hand. I looked up, eyes filled with disbelief. How could this happen? I spent so long looking for him. How could that sweet innocent child from 10 years ago do something like this?
My knees suddenly became weak, coldness beginning to envelop my body. As I start to fall I look at him. Pain etched across his face. Before the darkness fully descended I heard him say, "Brother, I really wish you had stayed away."
The darkness completely enveloped me before I could ask him why.
I could feel myself falling.
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Troy....Troy....TROY!!!
"Huh."
Light suddenly flooded my vision as I lifted my eyelids. Startled I began to sit up.
"Where am I. where's Brad?"
"Uh. You have always been such a heavy sleeper."
I know that voice. I haven't heard it in years. Not since…..
I quickly turn my head. This can't be. It's not possible. My hands began to tremble.
"Mike?"
"Who else would it be moron?"
How can this be real? I saw him die right in front of me. My best friend Mike. We were friends for years even before the migration.
Like a flashback, I recalled how we met. I had started my first job at a garden center, but I had always been a weak kid, skinny, with pale skin, I always preferred burying myself into books instead of getting involved in sports. I had a hard time lifting any of the heavy stuff like bags of mulch and potted plants, Mike would always help me out. Mike was much stockier, a little short, but he was packed with strength. He had a rough tan, short brown hair, and a full beard even though he was just 18. Everyone always thought we were an odd pair since I was tall, blond, and pale.
"What, What are you doing here Mike?"
"What do you mean what am I doing here? Are you still asleep? We are going to Agartha today!"
Suddenly it hit me, like a ton of bricks crashing down on top of my head. I began to see it. Mike still had his left eye. He looked younger than I remembered. I looked down at my hands. They weren't callused and scarred. They were the hands of an average teenager, who lived an average life and had yet to witness the cruelty of the world. I was myself ten years ago.
"Man, what is wrong with you? We need to get going. It's a good thing I stopped by. I just knew you would oversleep."
I remember. This was the day we left for Agartha. Agartha is another world, one that is very different from Earth. Suddenly, I remembered how all of this started.
In the 1900's people began to realize that one day earth would run out of resources and could no longer sustain life. However, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider was fired for the first time. To the public, this was a science experiment and sure some people claimed it would rip open a black hole and consume the world, but those were just conspiracy theories. What really happened was something even the scientist involved never expected. When the particles in the experiment collided it ripped open a portal to a planet in a different universe. A planet completely different than the one we had known, this planet was called Agartha.
The world governments kept Agartha a secret and through a joint task force commissioned by the U.N they began to prepare for the migration. There was a lot to prepare for, but the U.N knew they had a long time before our resources ran out. The universe Agartha was in had completely different laws that operated it. Sure things like gravity and Newton's first law of motion still applied, but there were other things that completely eclipsed mankind's understanding. Things that on earth were only read in fairy tales and fantasy novels. Over the next 500 years the U.N task force managed to gain a basic understanding of Agartha however, not without many sacrifices and many obstacles along the way. Their greatest obstacle was that no matter what they did or how they tweaked the portal everyone that went through would end up in a random place. If you were really unlucky you could even be placed on a volcano or in the middle of the sea.
They were, however, able to develop their greatest achievement ALIC. ALIC is short for Adaptive Learning Interface Connector. Basically, before entering Agartha everyone received a shot at the base of the brain that inserted ALIC and it allows you to understand not only every language on earth but every language from the natives of Agartha as well. Most importantly it allows you to connect to the Archaic System. The Archaic System is the fundamental difference between Agartha and Earth and is one of the reasons the natives overpower humans so easily. By placing your hand on an origin stone which can be found scattered throughout Agartha and in most cities, you gain access to the Archaic System. The Archaic System is a lot like a video game. When you access it you can see your level, stats, and skills. When Agartha natives kill a living creature they absorb its essence through the natural laws of their universe. Then when connected to the origin stone it allows them to enhance their powers through that essence. ALIC is how we humans are able to do the same. When we kill something ALIC will store the essence and then allow us to use it to upgrade our levels, stats, and skills when we connect to an origin stone.
After my surge of memories, I looked up at Mike and said, "My bad bro, let me get ready."
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