Apocalypse Era

Chapter 1 - Who am I?

James' POV

Somewhere in the city

I was panting and running........ I don't know who I am..... What my origin is ..... There are people after my life..... Why do they want to kill me?

I went to an alley, I leaned against a wall and slowly sat down. I dozed off...... After sometime​ I was awoken by a loud bang and a bit of pain in my chest..... Near my heart.

I moved my head sidewards and opened my eyes. I could see the ground. I raised my head. There was a guy standing infront of me..... He was from the millitary wearing all black with some special vision  goggles..... How do I know all this if I don't have memories. Read on you'll come to know.

I got up and looked at his back. I saw a gun in his hand..... A LMG.

He turned around and looked at me in amazement.

"Holy......" He muttered and aimed his gun at my forehead.

He fired the gun and the bullet struck my forehead but it hurt only a bit.... Like tickle-ish. I grabbed the gun before he could fire another bullet. He did fire, although it didn't come out. When I released my grip. I saw that the barrel was entirely crushed.

The guy too out his handgun but I grabbed him by the throat. He was trying to speak but his voices were muffled.

CRRRAACCKKK

Thats the sound I heard. I think his neck bone was snapped. I punched him just out of rage and anger. As soon as he hit the wall, the wall was cracked and the whole building shook, then he fell of the ground.

I mounted his corpse and I started punching his face like hell. His face was bleeding and when I was satisfied I got up and picked him up and tore his corpse in half.

I watched as the torn pieces of his corpse came to me and started merging. It was like I was consuming that corpse like I was a parasite, living off another. Earlier I was feeling weak and lethargic but now I felt active, strong, fast and agile.

I felt energetic now..... I also came to know about many things like guns, military, zombies...... His whole life flashed infront of my eyes.... It was like I was living his life. He was a member of a private militant organisation Blacklight inc. his name was Simon...... His orders were to kill me but why? He was just a soldier.

But I came to know that they made a perimeter around the alley. They barricaded the block. I picked up the LMG but the problem was with my vision..... What was it?

Its that every time I blink, my vision changes. It turns to the normal and next time I can see through the walls..... I can see heat signatures. The phenomenon they use in thermal goggles....... So it means I've got thermal vision?...... I sighed and closed my eyes for sometime.

My peace was disturbed by a voice "Hey where is he? Did you kill him?"

I opened my eyes. I looked at another guy. He was wearing the same outfit.... Black Spandex.....

"Hey I'm talking to you" He pointed at me.

Wait what?!..... Wasn't he supposed​ to kill me? I looked at myself​to find that I was also searing black spandex..... But how?

"I'm gonna ask you last time soldier. Where is he"

"He......ah.....um......he escaped"

"You mean to say he's alive" He turned around and grabbed the radio on his chest "HQ, this is S.T.O.R.M team do you copy?"

"This is HQ we copy"

I looked again at myself. I could see small tentacles growing and rolling on me and I was forming back..... I mean real me.... Did I tell you I wasn't wearing anything and that's cuz I escaped from a place that looked more like operation theater. I think I was being experimented on. I think I was a lab rat.