Ready or Not

The clock showed four in the morning. Matt couldn't go to sleep after that fright. Whenever he closes his eyes, his heart rate goes up uncontrollably. He stood in front of the mirror staring at himself with the water running for a long time. When the system automatically stopped the water, he snapped out of his stupor.

Matt left the bathroom and threw on some clothes. He went straight to his lab and entered the cold storage. He opened the time-locked safe and withdrew one of the vials. Then, he reached into his bag and took out a piece of living metal. He sat in the corner of the cold room and cut his hand. As the living metal entered his body, he swallowed the vials contents.