Awakening

"IT'S THE POLICE OPEN UP!"

My heart beat one million times in that second. Grandma went to the door and opened it and we saw two policemen in black uniforms.

The first one to speak was a fat police man that would have reminded me of a donut if I wasn't in the situation.

"Good evening ma'am. We're here to investigate a case of ambush in the one of the alleyways not far from here. We followed the blood trail from over there and it led us here. Do you have any injured person in your home?"

"Yes, I do. My grandson came home injured but he can't attack anyone. My Jack dosen't even know how to fight."

"Jack Zeus, you are under arrest for ambush on Mark and Mathew Anderson. You have the right to remain silent." said the other police man, as tall and thin as a stick.

Before I knew what was happening, handcuffs were wrapped around my wrists at my back and my grandma started to sob.

I was thrown into the car like a ragdoll and I hit my head and I received an headache. The thin officer drove the car and the other one sat in the passanger seat leaving me alone to think 'where did I go wrong.'

I looked up expecting to see the police station but instead I saw a skyscraper. I couldn't see the top even when I tried.

"Aren't we supposed to go to the st-" I stopped talking as I looked at the two men in front of me. They had removed their police uniforms to reveal another one.

Black shirts that had a a logo on. The letter 'W' and 'M' were crossed together.

"Maximus corp!" I said in surprise. The thin one pulled me out of the car making me scratch the ground turning the rags I wore to more rags.

I kept wondering what they wanted with me. A poor orphan who struggled to stay alive with his grandmother.

We didn't enter through the main entrance but we went through the back and down some steps. It wasn't a good experience hitting my head in each step and getting more headaches. I even bruised my lip.

We stopped at a door that had a bunch of locks and I was knocked out my kidnappers.

I was woken up by a splash of cold dirty water on my head. I was in a dark room with only one source of light hanging from the ceiling reminding me of the interrogation rooms in some movies.

A table was in front of me and at the other side of the table was a man. Zarch Maximus. A 50 year old man with a big black beard and a beer belly.

He wore a red suit and his yellow eyes scanned my face. I always saw him on the internet or newspapers. 'What does a man like him want with me.' I thought. At his back were two bodyguards staring at me menacingly.

"Jack Zeus." he said. "You have something I need. Something that can change the universe. I have searched the universe and I found it...." he paused to light a cigarette. "....in your body."

'What's he saying. Change the universe? In my body?' I thought. "It seems you are confused. Let me enlighten you a bit." he said with a mischievous smile. "We are not alone in this universe and your body carries a power that can rule everything and everyone."

"I want that power. I want to destroy this world and create another. I'm telling you all this so you will know the reason for your death. I'll extract that power and place it into my son. Don't worry, I've made him the perfect vessel and he's been brainwashed by my teachings. Gul, take him to the lab."

For some reason I wasn't even surprised at the info dump. In fact I was excited. 'What's so exciting about dying.' I thought.

While I was in thought one of the bodyguards had dragged me to a white room. I was strapped onto a white bed. I looked around me but it was all white except for a part of the room where there was a glass.

Through it I could see Zarch and different people. They were working on computers and strange devices I had never seen in my life.

I saw Zarch grabbing a microphone which was connected to a terminal and he spoke. "Before extracting the power from you, we need to do something called awakening.

It seems this power is dormant inside you. In a sleep like state. All it needs is a little tap to wake up." he said with an evil grin and a shiver went down my spine.

From the ceiling above me some strange machines popped out and something about them gave me a very bad feeling.

"Do it." Zarch said and the woman beside him in a white lab coat hit a big red button. The machines above me released blue lightning and I was struck on the bed. My reflexes had activated themselves again but since I was tied down I couldn't do anything.

"Aaargh!" I shouted in intense pain. "Hmm... it's not enough. Maria, do it again." Zarch said sadistically.

I was hit for the second time and this one hurt even more than the last. My muscles were damaged, my internal organs were ruptured and I spat a mouthful of blood but I could feel something change in me.

The next one struck and I could feel my conciousness waver. The next one struck me right after the straps broke and my body floated in the air for a few seconds, I could feel a power coursing through my veins and I fell onto the ground.

"Yes!." I could hear Zarch shout. "After all these years my dream will come true!"

On the ground I laid in my blood. I could feel my body healing. 'Its no use.' I thought as I could feel my eyes closing. 'I wish I could've at least had parents before dying like this. I'll meet them in the afterlife anyways.'

I saw a dark figure dash past me and I passed out.

30 minutes later.

I woke up lazily thinking I was in bed but the coldness then I looked around me and I saw a destroyed laboratory.

"What happened here? What am I doing here?" I asked to no one. I saw dead bodies in one corner of the lab. I checked and I saw that they were scientists with the logo of Maximus corp on their lab coats.

I looked down and I saw my rags on me. There was almost nothing left of them but I still had cloth between my legs.

I started walking towards a door and the I stepped out of it. I saw a man with a gun in front of me the moment he saw me he shot a bullet at my head. This time I didn't dodge, I caught the bullet in my fist.

I looked at the bullet in my hand in shock. 'Did I get faster. The bullet didn't even injure me.'

As I was I'm thought the man had called his teammates and soon a rain of bullets followed me as I ran away.

Soon I was on the rooftop with about a hundred men running after me with loaded guns.

I saw a helicopter and I ran into it and I grabbed a parachute. Without hesitation I jumped off the rooftop and I began to fall at a fast speed.

I tugged at all the ropes on the parachute jacket because I didn't know which one would release the parachute. I kept pulling at them as I fell.