Destiny

While trekking through the mountains, in the dense forest, Axel and his peers are enjoying their trip. Rony seems to be walking around a bit more as he tries to find a girl he can impress. Axel looks at him annoyingly but still enjoys the trek. After a long walk, they all finally arrive at a decent height with a lot of open ground to set up camps. Axel drops his bag and stretches out. As everyone arrives and gathers around, everyone starts assigning duties and building tents. Within minutes, the place becomes vibrant with noise.

Rony comes to Axel and gives him a hammer. Axel nods and starts using the hammer to pin down the ropes to hold the tent.

"Axel, you know, I have been noticing and I think Sabrina from the other section seems to have taken a liking to you," Rony says.

"So?" Axel replies coldly.

"So, I think she's cute and you should probably try to, you know what I mean," Rony says with a naughty smile.

"I'm not interested," Axel says, looking at Rony's smile.

"Axel, come on man, she's totally into you." Rony replies.

"I am not interested." But if she likes me, she will come and talk to me." Axel says annoyed

"You should go and break the ice."

"There are a few things I can break. Want me to?" pointed the hammer at Rony.

"Okay fine, I'll leave you to your work" raising his hands

"Good" Axel ends the conversation.

Night falls and everyone sits around a nice campfire. Axel and Rony pull out the marshmallows and start putting them on the fire while enjoying themselves with everyone on the trip. Sabrina keeps looking at Axel from time to time and Axel also notices her looking at him. Sabrina smiles at him and Axel smiles back but instantly looks away. Sabrina feels a bit awkward and gets up from her place to walk around and sit beside Axel.

"Hi," Sabrina says.

"Hi," Axel replies and concentrates on his marshmallows.

"You are seriously rude, you know that?"

"Sorry, that's not the case. I'm just not interested in talking with someone."

"See, rude," tilting her head to look at Axel's face.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to," lifting his head up.

"It's okay, it's not like I'm into you or something. I just thought that you are the only one on this trip that seems to be... a bit out of the zone. "

"Okay, I'll take that as a compliment."

"Wow, you seriously are a talker, huh, Axel Blaze," sarcastically.

"I never told you my name." Axel seems confused.

"Oh, sorry to startle you, I actually know about you because my father works at your company."

"Ah, that makes sense."

"Yeah, I had the idea that you might be keeping your identity hidden for some reason."

"Actually, I hate being treated like a rich kid."

"You are the first one to say that, you know."

"I hear that a lot."

"So, why do you hate it?"

"People care about you for your money. Being rich means that they can be close to me for my money."

"understandable"

"You want some?" Axel says, pointing at the marshmallows.

"Sure."

They both enjoy the marshmallows, while Rony seems to have found someone to enjoy them with. Suddenly, he catches a glimpse of Sabrina and Axel.

"You two seem to be having a nice time together," Rony says with a smirk.

"It's nothing like that," Axel says, a little agitated.

"Yeah, it's really not that," Sabrina joins in with Axel.

"Seriously, shit man, I thought you two would start dating by now."

"You are way ahead, but let's give it time," Sabrina says.

"So, you are going to date Axel in the near future." Rony's smirk widens.

"Maybe, but not now, so don't get your hopes up," Sabrina says and leaves them.

"See, told you she was interested," Rony says proudly.

"As if I care."

Everyone seems to be having a nice time. Axel is not interested in hanging out till midnight and goes into his tent to sleep.

At 4 in the morning, Axel wakes up and gears up to walk. He takes all the necessary items required and without making a noise slips out of the campsite. He starts walking towards the top of the mountain. The rustling of leaves is audible in the dark and gloomy forest-covered mountains.

Axel walks along the way, using the map and a torch. He hears something walking in the woods behind him. Axel looks behind and tries to look around with his torch.

"Leave it. I am being too paranoid, "Axel says to himself.

Axel continues walking while lighting the way with his torch. He comes across a narrow way with a cliff on one side and he takes a look at the map again to confirm his location.

"Okay, I'm on the right path, I guess"

He hears a rustle again and looks around to spot something. He notices a small animal at a distance. Axel relaxes a bit and lets out a sigh of relief.

He turns around and accidentally steps on a loose rock. He slips and starts tumbling down the steep mountain slope. Axel keeps rolling and rolling to no end. He drops down and comes to a halt as he falls inside of something. He stays as it is for a while before he starts picking himself up. Axel gets up and picks up the torch. He notices a metallic floor beneath him.

Axel moves the torch around and notices an interior of some sort. He looks around a bit more.

"What is this?" "It looks like a room of sorts."

"Are those buttons?" He looks at something that looks like a console.

Axel walks around in the ship holding his shoulder. He sits on a chair like structure. He tears his shirt from the shoulder and notices a big scar in his shoulder. He uses the torn shirt as a bandage to tie around. He picks up his torch and starts searching around in hopes to find a way out. Axel comes to a room which looks like a deck of sorts. He notices some familiar things like controls, screens, and consoles.

"This is a ship but what is it doing here, inside a mountain."

"How old is it?"

"I don't think it has power."

Axel looks around for a while and notices a fully intact door.

"That door seems to be okay considering the condition of the ship."

Axel walks to it and looks at a panel. He presses a button on the panel and something starts happening to the ship. He hears a loud rumble and the door starts to open. A light emits from the door and Axel closes his eyes to adjust to the sudden increase in light. His eyes adjust and he looks at a perfectly lit room and, at the center of it, a vault. Axel looks at the vault in wonder.

"What's that inside?"

Axel looks around and sees a skeleton holding a spear in his hands.

"It doesn't look like a human skeleton." It's bigger. "

Axel gets attracted to the spear in the skeleton's hand. Axel removes the spear from his hand and the rumbling starts again. Axel looks around, and the vault starts opening on its own. Axel leaves the spear and stands in front of the vault. He looks at the shiny navy-blue thing kept inside it. Axel walks into the vault and picks up the object.

"What is this, a disc? a hollow tube? A wrist band maybe? "

As Axel tries to examine the object, the object splits from one side and opens up. Axel puts it on his forearm and the object locks itself around his forearm till his wrist. Axel tries to remove it, but the object doesn't seem to react to anything. Axel looks at the shiny metallic navy-blue object and gently taps on it.

A jolt of energy surges through him and sparks like lightning start to emerge from the object. Axel screams in agony as he feels immense pain in his body. He drops down on his knees and finally falls down with a huge bang on the metal floor, losing consciousness.