Chapter 2 - Realisation

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Everything eventually blacked out and he was unconscious, lying on the floor, he woke up and saw the outside of the cave that he was inside, his friends were outside sitting down with a campfire and some fish. He stood up and shouted at them in his own language, them not understanding what he was saying due to his speed and breathlessness, they held him down and tried to calm him down. He eventually passed out and laid there on the floor, talking in his sleep he expressed the way he felt during the process, the fear of dying, the pain thinking about it, he woke up and tried to keep himself contained and made his way back to the tribe headquarters at the time. As he walked confused he wondered what had happened to him down there, was it a dream, a hallucination, a set-up, it could have been anything. He was walking back to his tribe hoping to consult the Alpha on what had happened and to ask if he had ever seen anything like that before, however he was doubtful as what he had seen was not anything that his tribe would have ever encountered and not told stories about. He walked for hours ignoring the pain in his legs, thinking about what it could have been, he saw smoke in the sky, but not smoke that would usually be coming for his tribes area, no this was the type of smoke that would be present it raids a long time ago, but why would there be a raid at this time of day, there hasn't been a raid in years. He started to speed up, as he got closer he started to hear smashing and breaking which made his go even faster, he got up the path to the entrance and heard screams coming from the homes, he ran right into the settlement and saw people being held hostage, he grabbed the first weapon he could find which he recalls to be a spear with a sharp rock tip and ran at full speed to the first enemy he saw, he drove the spear right into his chest and kept moving toward the centre of the tribe, taking down multiple attackers on his way, saving multiple lives, he needed to save the Alpha if he wanted the settlement to live on another day. He cleared out as many enemies as he could on the outside of the Alphas house and proceeded to the inside, he saw the Alpha, hanging by his hands unconscious and bleeding, multiple enemies were standing around him waiting to execute him, he took his spear and picked up a club from one of the dead attackers and crept up to the enemies who were luckily facing away from where he was, he walked up to one that was further away from the others, and swiftly but silently he covered his mouth and drove the spear into his nape and out his throat, he walked up to another and hasingly repeated what he did but this time cutting the attackers throat with the end of his spear, then with great bravery he took his spear to 3 mean who were standing in a straight line and impaired all 3 of them with 1 strike, all the enemies dead on the floor, he had saved his tribe from extinction. He grabbed a table, stood on it and reached as high as he could to cut down the Alpha from the rope, carefully he cut the rope and dragged the Alpha down from the table and sat him down on a nearby chair, gasping for breath the man shook him hoping to wake him up. The Alpha opened his eyes and screamed in his own language at the man in confusion, wondering what had happened to the people.Reassuring to the Alpha that the people were okay he supported him as he stood up and walked outside to check on the villagers, the buildings were broken down and the people were in shock but the village and the tribe was still alive, he turned to the Alpha and began to ask him what had happened, why did they decide to attack now and why. Before he could get a word out of the Alpha he heard a platoon of tribesmen shouting for help as they ran through the gate, they were talking about an oncoming wave of attackers that were intent on killing everyone they saw. Thirsty for revenge he ran at full speed out the gate and down the path, hoping to see the attackers so he could kill them. After a few seconds of running he saw them, he screamed as he charged, but something happened, it was not expected by anyone not even the man, he felt something pass through his body, he felt his skin harden and his muscles tense up involuntarily, soon enough he looked at his hands, he saw the strangest thing he had ever seen before, his hands were green with suspected ancient patterns engraved on his skin, he felt his face and it also had patterns on it and it was also hard as a rock, his attackers stood there and hesitated, one of them drew his bow and shot, the arrow hit his side and snapped in half, not even leaving a scratch on his body, taking advantage of the attackers shock he continued charging at them and within the space for a few seconds. he killed every last one of the men that were standing in front of him. The man was shocked, what had he become, at this point it was obvious that this was a result of the anomaly's that had happened to him inside of the cave, he looked at his hands again and watched as his body reverted back to his original form, all of the green gem looming substance disappearing, he felt his face and it was also back to its original form. In confusion he fell to his knees and took a long, deep breath and looked to the sun which had noticeably started to set as the attack had been repelled. He stood up and walked back to the settlement to speak with the Alpha. As he got to the entrance he was greeted by many families and fellow hunters who were thanking him for what he did, they were offering him food, clothes and armour, but all the man was interested in was confronting the Alpha, if anyone knew why the attack took place, it was him. He walked up the the house where the Alpha was sitting on the stairs looking at the floor, the man walked up to him and looked him right in the eyes, he asked him in his own language about what had happened, the Alpha looked up and answered in a mumbled but passionate sentence, he said in his language the attackers wanted a supply of animal skins that I promised them as a thank you for clearing a pack of mammoths  that were threatening the settlement, that was why he sent the hunters into the cave, to gather the skins. The man turned away from the Alpha in shock and confusion, he looked back and and asked why he didn't tell the hunters about what was happening, the Alpha said that he could have risked his position on the throne and that he couldn't have the tribe knowing that he called for the help of the enemy tribe. The man was disgusted and gave the Alpha a choice, that either he told the tribe of what he did, or he give up the throne permanently. The Alpha was furious and stood up shouting, telling him that he wasn't in charge and that he didn't decide what he did. The man told him that if he didn't submit he would tell the tribespeople and that they would force him off the throne anyway. The Alpha nodded and took off the royal necklace and gave it to him, the man looked him in the eye for a second and took the necklace and walked to the crowd of people that had formed in front of the Alphas house, he walked out and put it on and declared himself the new Alpha, the other tribespeople did not complain and cheered for their new leader. The man was now in control and he knew that he had to make a plan because he was aware that the enemy tribe was going to attack again. He had to gain control of his powers so he could defend the tribe with everything he had he also had to rebuild the tribes defences and find eligible fighters that could help him protect the family's and the elders. Alongside the people he planned to rebuild the wall and the gate, it took them a few weeks with a few sudden attacks but they eventually finished a few days before the suspected attack. The man stood at the front gate and started to think about what would happen if he didn't stop the attack today, all of the women would be enslaved and so would the children, the elders would be killed and thought useless. As he opened his eyes again he felt the same power surge passing through his body, he looked at his hands and they were in full form, now more motivated than ever he was ready to fight for his tribe, he heard a fellow tribesman shout, mentioning a platoon of enemy's coming from the south, the man picked up his spear and walked outside the gate and looked the enemy's right in the eyes from where he was standing, the enemies were confused by what they were seeing as they had never seen a creature like him before, what looked like the lead attacker loaded his bow and arrow and let go, the arrow like last time snapped right in half and left no scratch on him. The attackers woke up and charged at the tribespeople, without hesitating the tribes soldiers charged as well the man among them, within seconds there was blood and limbs all over the place, but none of it was the tribes people blood, all of the attackers were killed as the sun started to set. The hunter cheered along with the man. Then returned to the settlement with no injuries the families were joyous and the tribe was as grateful as they could have been for the man, as he said he had long forgotten his real name when he told us about this but the tribe named him 'The Jade Creature' because of his skin color and it's incredible durability. The Jade Creature wanted to find out what gave him his powers and the ability to change his sling durability at will he decided to expand the tribe and set off on a quest to find out what happened to him.  The tribe that he once served now served him and he was ready to start his quest.

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