Omega Wars Chronicles

Chapter 5 Episode 4: Sanity

"Ugh, my head... Why does it feel as if I drank the Zalkar's milk again?" Cloud asked while getting up and rubbing his head with his eyes closed, "I think I'm gonna barf."
Cloud opens his eyes and finds himself in a desert, spotting his mother and father from afar.
"Mother... Father?..." Cloud said as he stared at them in confusion.
Cloud's parents while maintaining an emotionless expression, turn their back on Cloud and begin to walk away.
"Hey, wait!" Cloud said as he chases after them, "Mother, father, wait! I have a lot i want to-"
Cloud grabs hold of his mother's wrist, causing his parents to stop. However as they turned back to look at Cloud, both of their eyes were glowing white which made Cloud to move back a bit out of shock.
"Mother... Father ...?" Cloud said in confusion.
Cloud's parents suddenly wither away and Cloud spots an army of shadows staring at him from afar with glowing blue eyes.
"Who are you guys?" Cloud asked.
As Cloud stepped back a bit, he felt a presence behind him and he quickly turns around to see who was behind him which appeared to be the cloaked man standing in his front.
"All is done, all is ready." The cloaked man said in a dark tone while emitting a faint black-blue aura.
The wind became a bit wild as the man pointed his finger at the sky and as Cloud turned to see what the man was pointing at, Cloud stared in shock at the pale blue omega sign on the sky which made the sky to start cracking.
"Now it is your turn to bring the end of days, young one." The cloaked man said in a dark tone while grinning demonically as his eyes glowed white underneath the shadow of his hood.
Cloud wakes from his dream, breathing heavily in the middle of the night and noted the blue omega marking on both of his palms glowing.
"Your marking glowed.." Sting voice replayed in Cloud's head.
"What's... What's going on? Cloud asked within himself, "And my dream.. Why... Can't i remember a thing from it again?"
Few minutes later, Cloud was standing outside the building of the academy's dorm and was staring at the moon. While he was staring at the moon, he received a glitching vision of the entire planet Earth cracking up and exploding which left Cloud with a headache causing him to touch his right eye as a result of the pain.
"Ugh, dammit!" Cloud said, "What the heck was that?...what is happening to me?.."
"Can't sleep? I'd advice you to do so in order to preserve your strength." A feminine voice said, "After all, today is the rumble of worth."
Cloud turns back and saw the feminine voice that just spoke to him to be Karma who was folding her arms as she walked towards him.
"Wow, isn't this a surprise." Cloud said while rubbing the back of his head and smiling, "You've never spoken to me since i arrived; not that i was expecting you to but due to you constantly watching and following me yesterday, i felt if you really wanted to-"
Karma quickly interrupts with a straight kick to the face that created a powerful wind pressure. However, once the dust had cleared, it was shown that Cloud barely evaded the attack by an inch, leaving him stunned at her actions.
"Hey, what the hell?!" Cloud asked in irritation.
"Relax, that wasn't a real kick." Karma said as she puts her foot down, "If i wanted to really attack you then it would have been lights out before you know it."
Karma resumes folding her arms and sighs.
"I came here to ask you something. What was the last thing you remembered about the unknown slaughter?"
Cloud recalls five years ago as him and his parents were walking towards a shop while laughing together.
"Our big boy is now ten years old!" Cloud's father heartily said, " Once again, Happy Birthday, Cloud!"
"I still can't get over the part that our son's birthday is on the Izormi festival!" Cloud's mother said while smiling, "You know what they say about those that are born on the Izormi festival, Gorg? That good things always happens to them on that period and I'm just glad that our son is alive and doing well. I would never trade this moment for anything."
"Thanks, mother and father." Cloud said while smiling, "As along as i have the both of you, I'm the happiest boy alive!"
"Well then, happiest boy alive; pick whatever you want from the shop and when we get home, I'll prepare your best dish!" Cloud's mother said.
"Really?!" Cloud asked excitedly.
Cloud's mother nods her head with a smile. Cloud's father cleared his throat and turns his face away.
"Hey, don't forget me." Cloud's father said, "When we get back, Cloud, i'll show you my greatest hunting and fishing technique that made me the best in this tribe."
"You mean it?" Cloud asked, "I thought i was only supposed to learn them when i was fifteen or sixteen?"
"Well, I've changed my mind." Cloud's father replied, " Since, we are all in a good mood, i've decided to calm down a bit for you. Aren't you happy?"
"Happy? I'm beyond happy!" Cloud said excitedly as he hugged his father, "I've waited so long for this and now, i think I'm going to burst with happiness!"
"Alright, happy boy, pick what you want from the shop and let's head off somewhere else." Cloud's mother said, "You don't want to-"
Cloud's mother halts her speech as she looks up and sees the sky and the sun slowly turning black.
"Wha-what is happening?" A man said while placing his daughter behind him.
"What in the world-"
The woman was cut short as the entire place became pitch black and was filled with screaming and tearing of flesh.
Hours later as the darkness had cleared, rain began to fall as Cloud wakes up with an injury on his arm and his belly, causing him to groan and cough in pain.
Cloud lifts his head and finds the environment in ruins and himself surrounded by corpses.
"What just happened?" Cloud weakly asked himself, "Why does everyone-?"
Cloud suddenly halts and stares in shock and horror as he spots his parents lying on the ground lifelessly with a huge hole on their chests. Cloud walks towards his parents and falls on his knees while tears were slowly streaming out of his eyes.
Current fifteen year old Cloud after recalling that moment, faced the ground and sighed.
"It was on the Izormi festival; A time where we the Stormwinds celebrate the goodness and flow of life which takes place on the third day of the third month of the year; this happened to be the period i was born. The last thing i remembered was seeing the sky and sun turn black then when i woke up, i found myself surrounded by corpses of my own people..."