Omega Wars Chronicles

Chapter 3 / Episode 2: Mystery

8 years ago, Cloud's parents were wandering over a forest in search of a person.
"Cloouuuddd!! Cloouuuddd!!" Cloud's mother called, "Where are you ?!!, Please come out !!, Please !!"
"Where did he go to this time?" Cloud's father asked.
"I don't know." The mother replied, "I'm worried that he isn't safe. Maybe he ..."
Cloud's mother halts her speech as she faces the ground while holding her shaky left hand.
"No, he hasn't. I assure you." Cloud's father said as he gently holds her left hand while embracing her.
"How do you know that, Gorg?" Cloud's mother asked as she became more worried, "How do we know that he hasn't..."
"Marida.. !" Gorg cuts in, "Trust me on this, please. I'm as scared as you are but believe me when I say he hasn't done what we fear he might do, ok?"
"Ok, let's go look for him" Marida said with a smile.
"Yeah, let's do that." Gorg replied.
Gorg and Marida resumed their search for Cloud shortly and found Cloud sitting on the ground while staring at his reflection at a lake. Marida being relieved, quickly ran towards Cloud.
"Cloud!" Marida said as she hugged him from behind, "Thank goodness we have found you. Where have you been? We've been looking all over for you, are you hurt?."
Cloud, however, ignores her question and continues staring at the lake.
"Mother,father..why is my hair white?" Cloud asked, " Was I really born this way or am i adopted?"
Gorg and Marida being caught off guard by Cloud's question, stared at each other for a moment and resumed staring at Cloud.
"No, you are not adopted." Gorg answered, "But even if you were, it wouldn't change the fact that you are still our son and we love you and that's all that matters, right, Marida?"
"Right." Marida answered.
"I've been having a dream for the past few days now." Cloud said while still staring at his reflection, "A strange man in a cloak keeps on appearing to me, telling me" Have patience...just a little more" and..."
Tears began to slowly stream out of Cloud's eyes and drop in the lake.
"I'm scared!" Cloud said in a tearful shaky voice, "I... Everywhere i go, i feel a dark presence along with everything else watching me. I'm so scared... I'm so..."
Cloud covers his face with his hands while sobbing but his parents being touched by what they are seeing, embraced Cloud from behind.
"There is no need to be scared." Gorg said, "And do you know why? Because we'll be there for you."
"Yeah and we are not going anywhere." Marida said.
After hearing these words, Cloud began to smile while holding his parents arms and closing his eyes.
Three years later, the ten year old Cloud stares at the corpses of his mother, father and every member of the Stormwind while it was raining. However, the imagery of this scene began to glitch as the current fifteen year old Cloud finds himself alone in a wasteland and a black cloaked man appears before him.
"At last, we finally meet...Cloud of the Stormwind"
"Hold on, I know you." Cloud said, "You are that man that used to stalk me in my dreams and everywhere I went when I was seven. Who are you and what do you want from me?"
"Time is running out young one and it is time for you to bring the end of days for all to perish at your feet." The cloaked man said.
"End of days?! Life perishing at my feet?! What the hell are you even talking about?! What does that even mean?!" Cloud asked.
"Time is indeed running out." The cloaked man said, "Since the obstacles that has been stopping you from fulfilling your duties has been removed, you 'The chaos in the order' must do what has been prophesied to happen."
"You are not even making any sense, who the hell are you?!" Cloud asked
The man walks towards Cloud and touched Cloud's forehead with his index finger which caused Cloud's palms and his eyes to glow pale blue.
As Cloud's eyes and palms were glowing, the cloaked man smiled at Cloud.
"All is done..all is ready" The cloaked man said in a deep darkened tone.
Cloud suddenly wakes up from his dream breathing heavily and fearful.
"That..that dream, what was that dream now?" Cloud asked within himself, "And why can't i remember anything from it?"
Cloud looks to his right side and was surprised to see Sting sitting on a chair.
"Rise and shine, sleepy white head" Sting said with a smile.
"Sting..." Cloud said softly.
Cloud looks around at his environment and noted the unconscious bodies on the beds beside him and Sting.
"So I'm at the academy's infirmary, huh?" Cloud asked.
"Yep!" Sting replied, "Van beat you so hard that you were unconscious for a very long time with a lot of serious damages, which makes me wonder how you are even still alive."
Cloud stares at Sting's looks for a while and smiles at him
"I can see you've gone back to your original looks." Cloud said.
"Yeah, got my original looks back after the three days stipulation of me losing the bet to Zotek had passed." Sting said while smiling.
"Yeah, the moment you lost, Zotek used his Kan ability of soul shift to change your appearance for three days straight." Cloud said, "What was that bet you made with him anyway?"
"... You don't want to know." Sting replied, "But enough about me, let's talk about you. How are you even still alive? Van's vicious attack ruptured so many of your organs and broke a lot of your bones, seriously even our medical teacher found it odd."
A flashback occurs when Leorona walked out of the infirmary with a surprised expression towards Sting and the other teachers.
"So, how is he?" Sting asked.
"He is fine... Just fine." Leorona answered while staring at the ground with a confused demeanor.