ZARATHUSTRA

PART 1: settlement

The city is in turmoil. Screams are heard as they rang out across the panic ridden streets. Body's flattened and crushed.

A mother and her daughter are huddled in the back of a car. They are shivering and whimpering as explosions are heard in the distance. Yet aside from that all they heard was their own breathing. The daughter gripped at her mothers shoulders and they got closer to one another. The darkness of the cars trunk was all they have known for the past few days, eating what they had grabbed when running from the...creatures.

Suddenly they where both blow out of the back of the car by a shockwave. They tumbled across the rough concrete as they eventually came to a stop

They both saw a light coming towards the earth.

The shooting star

The star landed as the light remained shining intensely for a good ten seconds. The daughter and mother felt something was in it. They didn't dare look.

A black figure then seemed to emerge from the light. His robes flowing softly behind him and his eyes still closed.

They both looked up at the man that had just landed in front of them, about twenty yards away.

The shooting star opened his eyes.

A massive shockwave rocked the area as the simple act of opening his eyes held such power that it was inconceivable as to how it would exist in any normal environment.

The mother suddenly let go of her daughter and frothed at the mouth in Zarathustras presence. Her eyes shot out large globs of blood as it stained the concrete and rock beneath her. Her daughter was having it worse. She began to have a massive seizure as her ears and nostrils bled, while her eyes simply began to burn away and bubble as they melted. Her body twitched in agony as the mother watched.

They where melting under his gaze

Finally the mother screamed out in a gurgled cry as she grabbed a nearby rock, and slammed it into her daughters skull, preforming an effective mercy kill, she then began to pound her head at the cement road. Giving herself an even slower death.

Eventually her body went limp after about a hundred weak yet painful attempts of suicide. They both lay there.

Zarathustra walked forward and passed by the two. As he seemingly approached them, they began to steam. And when he was next to them, they caught fire, the smell of cooking human flesh stenches the air quickly. After Zarathustra passed all that remained of them where bones and burnt meat.

Zarathustra continued to calmly walk. He didn't know exactly what he was truly capable of yet. He thought of this..mission..as a way to test his newfound power. But for some reason he knew he couldn't go all out. And at the same time he knew..he wouldn't need to at all.

Zarathustra then stopped. He sensed movement all around him. He felt danger, but this danger, at least to him, meant nothing. Whatever was around him, he knew was weak compared to him. So he didn't worry.

Finally one of the sources of danger came sprinting out, glitching. It was a school girl encased in strange pixels and code. It twitched and stared at Zarathustra grinning wide. And then a strange panic stricken face made itself at home on her

Glitch: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!? AND WHY DOES IT HURT TO LOOK AT YOU?!??-GRRRRR YOU SICKEN ME!!!

Zarathustra calmly looked at the girl. He stared deadpan at her.

Zarathustra: ....where ..is..monika

The Glitch then jolted up in surprise

Glitch: H-HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW HER ACTUAL NAME-

Zarathustra:.........your wasting my time...get out of my way.

Glitch: OR?!?

Zarathustra then stood there for a moment. His eyes glistening in the dull light of day.

Glitch: GET HIM!!!! HES EASY PICKINGS!!!

Suddenly about a thousand of glitch replicas jumped forth from wreckage. All charging at Zarathustra. Zarathustra then lifted his foot as he began to slowly walk forward. His eyes then went wide. However his calm demeanor still stood strong on his face. Then-

Zarathustra: RAAAGHH!!!!!!!!!!

multiple white lines streaked through each of the glitches. They all froze as Zarathustra kept walking slowly forward. All of the glitches suddenly folded inside out, revealing glitches organs and skeletons, Before they all exploded in a messy code cloud.

Zarathustra stopped walking briefly and looked at his hand. It was covered in a black blood. He inspected his hand and then stared back ahead. He could sense more glitches coming. He glared a bit. His cold stare inspecting the area ahead.

Zarathustra:...looks like I got a lot more than that in me............there's no one on this earth that will save you now.......monika.