Gear: New World

Practice Makes Perfect

     "Wait wait. Your SON!? Since when, why didn't you ever tell me?" I go as I look between them both.

     "Yeah kid, did you not just hear what I said."

     "So, if you're here that means it's serious isn't it?"

     "Yeah, I'm afraid so. Their attacks have been more rampant than before" says Chris as he sits down drinking some water.

     "Can you both just slow it down and explain to me how this" pointing between the two of them "even happened?"

     Sighing Cain takes a seat on the couch across from Chris.

     "I guess this time I do owe you an explanation, more than from what you got when dying in the woods."

     "Excuse me what?" Chris says, almost choking on his water.

     With a reassuring look

     "Don't worry about it, I'm all good now see" lifting his shirt to show the now patched-up hole in his chest.

     "Anyways, Ethan, yes this is my son. And yes, he is better at Gear using than you because he's had much more practice than you."

     "And about your 'friend' Julia. Like I said she's a hybrid and if she's the same age as you that means someone must've awoken her recently, around the time you were born. Whether or not that's a coincidence we'll have to find out, but for now, that means we now have three people to deal with. The 'Boss', the Sins, and whoever revived Julia."

     Scratching my head I think I'm starting to understand it. All but one part.

     "So you said she's an experiment, made in a lab. From what?"

     Looking at each other as if neither wanted to answer, Cain reluctantly shared.

     "Well, simply put. Humans. The man who started this project, his name was Dr.Elric. Working for the 'Boss' he was tasked with creating an army of humans. This project required vast amounts of Gear energy to do and so thousands of people were killed, slaughtered to do so."

     "Wait so are you saying-"

     "Yeah kid, your friend was a product of about thousands of humans, adults, and kids just like you. She probably doesn't know how she was made, none of them ever do, but one thing I can tell you, Hybrids were the failed attempt at the Sins."

     "Failed attempt?"

     "I'll get into it after, but you're aware of the Seven Deadly Sins correct? From the bible?"

     "Rage, Greed, Lust, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride?"

     "Yeah, the Sins are based on those seven. Julia was based on those, but they scrapped the idea and then after getting destroyed by the heroes, they just disregarded it altogether. You saw the way she acted, how she tried to eat you."

     Thinking back, I could still smell her breath, normally it was the smell of vanilla and peaches, but Friday she was something much worse. The putrid smell wasn't strong enough to hide the malice behind her, even before she transformed into that giant.

     "Yeah I remember, I kind of was there you know."

     "Yeah smart ass, well then you can guess which Sin she represents."

     "Gluttony."

     "Bingo. Now that we got that little track out of the way, I can explain why Chris is here. He's going to be your teacher as well as your partner. Both of you are the new age of heroes and I intend to keep you all together. Until we find the other 5, you two are to help train each other and keep each other safe until the final fight happens."