The Cycles of Fate: Glass Society

Chapter 6 " The Hero Part 1 "

We start the apocalyptic world, sand is everywhere it's like a continues desert, life is very hard to find, destroyed homes are everywhere, we start the chapter with two neo humans, two who has fallen in love with each other, two who became a family, a foreign concept to the older neo human, but alot changed since the unspoken event, the appearance of black death, death instilled life in neo humans, and life create love, as the two move through the desert, they are scared, fear an another forgotten human emotion that has set it's foot back in this world, but scared of what? They are crossing the desert to reach a safe place but night is about to come, we see the ground move , as if there is a worm, a large one moving under them, the ground move under them, they became more irritated, and then he emerges, the sand takes a human form, more a neo human form to them, the sandman, previously known as the adventurer, have met the first neo humans after his disappearance, he didn't know for how long he disappeared, you might think he might be confused about he left with war and returned with apocalypse,but this poor man were confused about things for too long that now nothing confuse him, the devil may forgot some important details to tell him about time flow in the void, or he may did it on purpose, he will never know, but now for him, seeing how neo human Changed, how with death the neo humanity might become humanity once again, it's interesting but sad, cursed with immortality, free of any glory to continue being proud of , he now have to find a new purpose in life, the neo humans are scared of him, he is " Don't worry" "I've used to be made out of glass like you, but not anymore" " I wont do anything bad to you" the two neo humans approves, he asks them for details and they answer him, but he doesn't understand, what are they scared of exactly? "The Nightmare?" a creature that appears only at night, he simply feed on every form of life , accompanied by black ghosts that capture preys for him, he once again wonder for how long he disappeared, for how much the world changed without the need for him, he remembers when the devil told him how insignificant he is, he decides to play the hero and help them reach the city, as the night falls they mostly cross most of desert safely, until dusk came, they started to hear howling, like a bunch of wolves tha are hungry, the neo humans became very scared, but the sandman swears to protect them, he decided to play the hero and he won't back down, he form a sand wall to protect them, but it doesn't work, the Black ghosts appears, and they appear to be able to pass through with ease, a black figure from the shadows at the same time appears, a human body, closer to the older human bodies more than the neo humans, he is completely black, he doesn't have anything, no face, no clothes, you can't see anything in him just complete void, the Ghosts holds the neo humans as hostages, the sandman tries to stop them but he is unable to do anything, the the Nightmare approaches sandman, he punches him but nothing happens as his hand pass through, the sandman tries to do the same but the nightmare is like immovable force, he can't be pushed, it's like an immovable force and indestructible wall are fighting, nothing they do work, then nightmare try to suck life out of the sandman, but it appears as if there is no life in him, life is defined by death, Normally being able to die makes the idea of living means something, since sandman can't die, he is still bound by his old curse, even the neo humans left the old world idealism and are now able to be alive, but the sandman feels like a force who is stuck, a force trying to change, the nightmare talks "You are not so different from" "both of us are immortals and yet we are more dead than the living" the sandman clutches, he became angry , lost in the devil words, he feels as if the world is trying to pull his old self back, to return to who he was, an insignificant creature searching for answers for something that doesn't exist, he doesn't want to end

like the devil, he answers the nightmare"You are wrong " "I'm different from you" "I will find purpose, I will become human once again" the nightmare doesn't show any emotion but he tells him "The next period will determine the fate of this world, whatever happens I think you are going to be an important Player" and stops for moment then he adds "I don't care whatever you say but you are like me, what you chose to be for next period will be important, even with that I doubt you will be anything different " the sun comes out and the nightmare along with the ghosts disappears, the sandman faces a new challenge, greater than anything else, he want to be human once again but what can the immortal achieve when he is already dead?