Prologue: Before the First Rebirth

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◇ Location: [REDACTED] Facility

◇ Time: Midnight

The fierce explosion from the distance, the crumbling ceiling about to collapse, everything shattering and broken. One after another, screams echoed all around alongside the sound of beast and lullaby.

WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!

The alarm siren red throughout the facility. Mass casualties all over the hallways and scattered room, the nonstop blood splattering everywhere. No matter where it is, even if there's fighting, gunfire and blade clashing, there's a stream of corpses all around. There was panic in the air, a very condensed limited oxygen.

My head, feeling like its banging against the door while listening to scratching against the chalkboard music all at once.

My hands, stained in blood that isn't even mind. Nor that I had killed anyone either, it's all just my unluck chance to be here this day. My legs trembled but remained active, walking through the corridor.

WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!

ARGGHH! My head! The sound, it's repeating over and over again! 

My hands reached and pushed open the door to a massive room where scientific research would be conducted. And there it was, the one causing the whole facility to soon go into ruin. My proud joy of creation, the one I'm willing to sacrifice my life to. 

It's beautiful smooth and untouched pitch-black hair, the eyes of pure orange and vibrant red like the sight of lava with the urge to kill. Her arms were only massive shadows, its claws resembling five scythes in one. 

We both stared at each other, my mouth smiling, eyes gleaming, walking up to her with joy. 

WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!

WARNING!!! WARN—

. . . Of course, I was an idiot. It's not like it knows me or anything. I had gone insane. And because of that, the last thing I saw was my vision, cracking like glass. It instantly shattered like my sight, my body, my soul.

I succeeded as a head scientist. But as a person? I am not sure, I never asked myself if I wanted to be succeeded as a person in this world. I never had the chance to because this world will always be difficult.

Today is January, it must be snowing outside. It was going to be my 19th birthday tomorrow. How unfortunate... Happy birthday, Suki. I wished I could keep going, just to gasp on a new path and success, other than being a pawn. A very useful pawn perhaps.

It's over. 

[GAME OVER]

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