That day everything was normal, people walked the streets chatting and laughing.
A women walking with her 10-year-old son who was playing with a toy car she bought him.
A man driving his car going to work, a bagger in the ground with his cup waiting for people to give him money, a father was buying his little girl an ice cream.
It was by all means a beautiful day, but in a single moment everything changed forever.
A Rift in reality appeared in the middle of the street creating a gate, dark and empty, just looking at it makes a person nearly lose his mind.
The people looked at it frozen and confused not knowing what to do since in all their life they haven't seen or heard about such a thing.
The silence filled the place but it didn't last long as it was broken by the women screaming.
" AHHHHH "
Everyone looked at the source of the scream and what they saw was something truly horrifying.
The women was hugging her son with all her might as he was slowly disintegrating turning into dark ash.
The child looked at his mother and said.
" Mother what's happening to me ".
The mother her eyes filled with tears said.
" don't worry, your mother will find a way ".
She turned to the crowd as to ask for help but what she saw made her stop in shock.
It was not only her son who was slowly turning into dark ash but people around her also were affected more specifically 3 kilometres radius from the rift.
A father hugging his daughter as he was despairing.
The little girl cried as she hugged her father.
" Dad, what's happening to you "
The dad with a warm smile said as he looked at his daughter face knowing that it may be his last time.
" don't worry, I am going to be ok, just be sure to go back home when i am gone, i don't want your mother to worry about you ".
The bagger running throw the street like a mad man screaming for help.
" Help, someone help me "
The person in his car tried to drive away but his hands were already gone.
" Ahhh...my arms, why is this happening to me "
When the women looked back at her son there was nothing left of him but his toy car.
She hugged it and started crying, with sadness filling her heart felling that she failed to protect her son.
These who turned into dark ash were absorbed into the Rift leaving nothing behind them.
As Dark Rifts appeared all over the world in the same time, all people from the whole world were turned into Dark Ash and got absorbed into the Rifts.
Panic, fear and anxiety filled the hearts of everyone but it all ended after just 1 hours.
the Rifts stopped absorbing people and all the Rifts despaired at the same time like nothing happened.
After what happened that day, people all over the world started questioning what happened.
was it a terrorist attack, or a government experiment that went wrong, or was it the aliens.
this all led to tension between the governments of the world as each blamed the other for what happened that day.
while humans were fighting each, a Dark Rift in the Atlantic Ocean was slowly growing, silently becoming larger with each passing moment.
until it was discovered by a fisher man who lost his way because of a storm and found himself facing this colossal hole in reality.
the fisher stumbled on the ground out of fear from what he saw.
" This can't be real, there supposed to be gone ".
later the fisher man reported what he saw to the government but they didn't believe him, thinking that he lost his mind from staying in the ocean for too long.
But after the Dark rift reached its maximum size now double the size it was when the fisher man saw it, it becomes visible all the way from the coast to everyone.
they were forced to believe the fisher man words.
the world governments bounded together and send their ships to the Dark Rift.
first, they tried to destroy it with getting closer.
they used battle ships, planes, rockets, even an atomic bomb.
All filled not leaving a scratch on the Rift surface.
understating that they can't destroyed with any kind of weapon humanity has invented they moved to plan B.
they decided to study the Rift and get to know what it is, so they can find a way to destroy it or at least know what it is.
But there was a big problem facing them, which was getting close to the Rift.
they were afraid to be absorbed by it, but after a brave marine who lost his family to the Rift, with others in his same situation volunteered to get close to the rift.
they discovered that the Rift was dormant, as unlike the original small ones, that were pulsing and had dark ash coming out from it, this one was completely frozen.
And the biggest evidence for this theory was the survival of the marine and the other volunteers.
based on this new discovery the governments didn't waste time and build a hole research base around the Dark Rift.
The Research Base was a platform on the ocean that surrounded the Dark rift and on it the smartest people in the world with best equipment you can find.
And soldiers were at every corner waiting for anything to come out so they could stop it.
first, they tried using a drone to enter the rift, but as soon as it entered, they lose all connection to it.
they tried multiple other methods even trying to send people inside the rift, but unlike before they couldn't enter, so they came to the conclusion that living beings can't enter the Rift.
all these methods failed, it was as if the rift was a bottomless hole that no matter how much it took it was never full, rather it always seemed totally empty, just endless darkness and silence.
So, humans started to call the Dark Rift by... .
The Void.
(7 years / After V-Day)
(The Research Base / Night-time)
two scientists in the energy level monitoring room, were talking to pass their shift time.
" Man, i am tired of this work, it's very boring because nothing happens ".
" Your right were supposed to be scientists, but were wasting our time looking at these screens that never change ".
" don't you think it's weird that the energy levels stayed zero, all this time ".
" Well, that's what makes the Void so mysterious since nothing came out from it, no Energy no gases, Nothing, like it don't existe even thought we see it with our own eyes".
" that's, why it was called The Void ".
suddenly there talking was cut by the alarm sound from the monitoring device.
the energy levels that were non-existent up till now, now were rising at an incredible speed.
the energy levels past the save limite and reached recorde levels, never seen before in the world causing the machin to explode and with it the electricity was cut from the entire Base.
the soldiers quickly diploid around The Void, some with guns and others on turrets that have been installed beforehand.
silence filled the place as soldiers were waiting for what was going to happen.
Suddenly the silent was broken by the sound of a person foot touching the ground.
everyone was shocked as they saw a foot coming out form the void.
and they were more shocked as a whole person came out form The Void.
It was a known fact that what enters the void is lost, and that nothing come out from the Void but today this fact was broken.
the person had a human male body, wearing makeshift armour made from what seemed like animal parts, shells, bones, fangs, with a piece of cloth covering his mouth and a hood covering his head.
Soon 10 more came out from the Void, they wore similar clothes to the ones the first one had.
but unlike the first one they had weapons like swords, axes, spears, all which seemed medieval with some unique carvings on them.
they stood behind him as if they were waiting for his orders.
the soldiers captain called out for the person who came out first that seemed like there leader.
" don't move, or will shot, so first identify yourself ".
the person moved his hand up trying to remove his hood but the soldiers saw it as a threat, so they started firing at them with everything they had.
the captain thought as he looked at them.
"that's what happens when you don't follow order... "
the captain thoughts were cut as he saw something that defies logic itself.
thousands of bullets were fired but none were able to get close to the people who came out from the Void.
the bullets were stopping a few meters from them as if they were hit an invisible wall.
the captain ordered his mean undersetting that what they were doing was meaningless
" Hold your fire ".
the group leader came forward and pat a boy in his group who was standing in the front with hands extended upwards.
" Your control over the ability, is getting better kid "
the boy said faltered by the leader.
" it's nothing, compared to the rain of spikes from the Hornes ".
suddenly a man from the group hit the boy in the back and said.
" Really, so you want to go back and fight the Hornes ".
the boy replayed in a hurry.
" it's not like that, it's just that..."
the man teasing the boy said.
" Just what "
there talking was cut by the leader.
" Enough, we will have all the time we need to laugh and play but for now why won't we introduce ourselves ".
the leader looked at the soldier, then he removed his hood and a piece of cloth covering his mouth, revelling a human face of a man in his 30 with blonde hair and green eyes.
" See, i am not a monster, but just a human named Archi, who survived and came back to his world ".
the captain confused asked.
" What do you mean you survived and came back ".
Archi replied.
" i and my group were all absorbed by that Dark Rift and we were fighting for 35 years in that hellish place to finally be able to come back home ".
the captain chuckled then said.
" 35 years? V-day was only 7 years ago where the Rift first appeared and killed many people ".
Archi and his whole tame were confused by what the captain said, but he already suspect this possibility and now he was sure that time really moved differently inside the Rift.
since the boy that was with them was only a 10 years old child when they first entered rift but now, he looked like a teenager that is 17-18 years old and not 45 years old.
Archi said to his group.
" Throw, your weapons "
the group didn't even question him and they throwed there weapons, showing their absolute trust in Archi.
Archi looked at the captain and said.
" We have no weapons, and i promise you that none of them will use their ability or power ".
Archi with a serious look that sent chills down the spine of the captain, said.
" Now, can we talk ".