Capítulo 01 The Awakening
The asphalt shone with the light of the streetlights lined along the road, the engines roared filling Friday night with the sonic pollution of the modern world, Alex accelerated his scooter as if he were being chased or chasing someone invisible on the track, the traffic was turbulent, but he only thought of one thing
***
A sound even louder than the roars of the engines filled his ears, the light of the avenue flickered for a moment, Alex felt as if gravity failed. The handlebars slipped from his hands, time seemed to distort before his eyes.
Before him, reality tore as if it were a painted canvas, he saw himself in a ruined field, deformed creatures crawling in the abyss like insects, a solitary man cut through them with his sword overflowing with power, his eyes radiated a violet glow, golden hair flickered like living flames.
The warrior stopped and looked at Alex through the torn rift, recognizing him in the blink of an eye, looking coldly the sword descended, Alex had his head separated from his body in an instant, saw his body falling while the warrior's voice somehow entered his ears
"Wake up, I can't hold them for much longer.. Some have already entered the dream
Defeating a beast that tried to cross the veil, the warrior said urgently
"The earth will be invaded "
***
Alex blinked his eyes, a truck was coming towards him when reality returned to normal, by instinct he pulled the handlebars hard, escaping the collision on the highway, his heart was turbulent, beating violently in his chest
Leaving aside the people who looked at him strangely with their cell phone cameras pointed at him and the truck driver who burned with fury, cursing what had happened, Alex decided to leave this time at a slightly slower speed.
After a while Alex reached his destination. He leaned the scooter in a nearby alley, but with a strange feeling. These visions of battles between the blond man and terrifying beasts had constantly haunted him in his dreams, and this time he was awake.
"Today is important, today everything changes"
Alex repeated the words constantly in his head as if they were a mantra.
Tonight was his two-year dating anniversary with Tiffany. The plan was simple: sneak in through Marcão Weber's guards, surprise her, and finally become a man both in her eyes and in his own.
He climbed easily over the walls as if he had already practiced this feat countless times. Once inside, he used the codes Tiffany had previously given him. During the walk, he saw a scene different from what he was used to.
Alex wondered if changes had been made, and the strangest thing was that there was not a single employee in the house. A damp cold embraced the place, and a somber atmosphere assaulted him.
Arriving on the third floor, Alex found himself in front of a door. He knocked three times in a previously agreed rhythm, as he always did when they met under these circumstances.
The door opened on the other side. She smiled. Tiffany was beautiful as always, her eyes bright and her purple hair tied in a ponytail that reached her waist.
"You forgot the flowers, didn't you?"
Tiffany spoke with the sweet voice of someone who had already forgiven. But something there seemed out of place.
Alex was not proud of this fact but had never offered flowers and did not intend to bring any today, at least it never crossed his mind.
Alex entered the room, glimpsing a beauty both familiar and strange at the same time. The LED lights that used to blink in a warm tone now blinked with a cold blue. The creaking chair was there but in a different position. There were small details that did not fit.
Tiffany closed the door behind him and enveloped him in a passionate hug. Alex smiled, but a restlessness slowly gnawed at him from within. Somehow, her perfume seemed to be changing each time he inhaled.
Alex kissed her, and she reciprocated passionately, feeling the heat and taste of his tongue.
He pulled away slowly, wanting to talk about what had happened to him today, the near run-over, the vision of the blond warrior.
But before he could say anything, Tiffany smiled sweetly as if everything were normal.
The LED-lit speakers began to play in response to Tiffany snapping her fingers, pulling Alex to dance to the music they loved so much.
"I can't believe it, it's already been two years since the day you gathered the courage and asked me out."
She whispered these words into her boyfriend's ear while making the dance more sensual.
"Love, did you bring the ring?"
Saying this, she lightly bit her boyfriend's ear.
"Of course, if I had let you, you would probably grumble, saying, you came running only thinking about that and most likely a bunch of other nonsense."
Alex let go of his girlfriend's waist and tried to reach the ring box that had always been in his pocket.
Alex knelt, trying to look as romantic as possible, and placed the ring on his partner's finger, upon which she laughed happily.
To celebrate the achievement, the couple shared a passionate kiss.
System Alert!
Starting the awakening process
The User is now lucid
Unlocking gravity authority
Moving the user to the god's dream
Unfortunately, Alex cannot see the system window during the awakening process, and even if he could, he would most likely think he was seeing things
***
Reality turned gray and distorted for a second, then the world regained its color. Tiffany pushed Alex violently.
"Who are you? What do you think you're doing? I already told you to stop this, Help someone help me"
Tiffany's scream made Alex freeze in place.
"Tiffany, it's me! What kind of joke is this? What kind of tasteless prank?"
She visibly trembled, scared and with a lot of anger in her eyes. Without realizing it, her body was enveloped by a green-colored light.
"Help someone help me… Stay away from me," she said in terror.
A gust of air from her trembling hands threw Alex against the bedroom wall. The pain arrived a second later. Lying on the floor and groaning in pain, Alex could not understand anything.
The alarm went off and Tiffany's scream echoed through the night, two men entered and immobilized Alex in the blink of an eye with considerable brutality.
"Tiffany, my love! What's happening?"
"Take your hands off me, Tiffany, tell them we're dating"
She hid, ordering the men:
"Hurry. Call the police, this man tried to assault me, quick quick… Don't just stand there, do something, get rid of him"
***
Alex woke up with his head throbbing as if he had a severe hangover. Looking around, he saw white lights of a police cell, his wrists were restrained with handcuffs.
His mouth was dry. Looking around, he tried to remember what happened. His mind was blurred, screams on the walls, and Tiffany.
A broad-shouldered man entered the room; he seemed like a police officer, maybe a detective or something of the sort. His voice was heavy and quite frightening.
"Alex Wellny. Age 19, son of Thomas and Anastácia Wellny, the father disappeared in a dungeon and the mother is in a coma. Currently lives with his sister, both having dropped out of college."
"Officer, you are mistaken. This isn't me"
Alex tried to stand.
"I don't have a sister or a mother."
The officer, who looked more like a detective, pressed him against the wall.
"You broke into the Weber house, tried to attack their daughter, are you going to say that is also wrong?"
Alex was having trouble breathing. Memories seemed scrambled as if something or someone had rewritten them.
The officer drew a gun and pointed it at Alex's forehead.
"Tell me who ordered you to kidnap Miss Tiffany Weber?"
Alex then stared into the void.
In a daze. He didn't even know what he was doing there. Was he going crazy? Or was it something else?