A new life

Midnight: Gotham City

In the middle of a crime-ridden city; in a run-down old apartment a boy who looks to be in his late teens is seen sleeping in a small bed filled with holes. The boy's skin is extremely pale. His body was thin and frail as if he hadn't eaten in weeks. If someone was to see most would think that he was dead.

Suddenly with a jolt of energy, the boy sat up gasping for air with sweat and panic covering his face.

"W-what the hell happened?" the boy spoke looking around

"No no...I got shot...no I died. I was shot and I died," the boy said holding his head in pain

"H-how am I alive...this shouldn't be possible," the boy thought pinching his skin

{Virgil please calm down your emotions are all over the place} spoke a voice in Virgil's head as a blue screen appeared before him

"Shit!" Virgil screamed falling off the bed in shock

Looking up Virgil made eye contact with the blue screen that also had a makeshift face made from keys.

{Can you please calm down your heart rate is reaching an unstable state} The screen spoke again

"y-you...what the hell are you...and what happened to me?" Virgil asked slowly standing up and backing away from the screen

{Well my name is Sabastian. I am the Systems assistant here to help you understand what happened, and what happened to you. I'm sorry to say but you were killed by that gunshot during the robbery} the screen replied

"I know that but where am I and what happened to my body? I don't remember being this thin and fragile," Virgil replied

{Well to save you the system transferred your soul into an empty body that was decomposcing}

"System...you keep saying that what is 'the system'?" Virgil asked in air quotes 

{Well the system is the system. The best way to describe it would be like those RPG games you humans have. It tracks your abilities and gives you a numerical value for them. Provides you missions and quests to get stronger for you to reach the end goal}

"End goal...what end goal?" Virgil asked sitting on the bed and calming down

{Looks like someone finally calmed down} Sabastian teased

"...Sorry about that two minutes ago I was a dead man. Now I'm in a different body talking to a floating blue screen," Virgil said rubbing his eyes

{It's fine. Anyway, the end goal is for you to become the perfect combination of technology and magic.} Sabastian explained

"Wait magic...magic is real?" Virgil asked

{You're talking to a floating blue screen in a different body and you are questioning if magic is real.}

"Well...you got a point. but could you tell me where I am?" Virgil said defeated

{One moment as I scan the world}

[Beginnign scan...3...2...1...Scan Completed]

[Current World: DC Universe...Gotham City]

Seeing the screen telling him he was in the DC universe Virgil could not help but sigh at his luck.

"You have got to be kidding me why this place of all worlds," Virgil said lying on his back

{Calm down host this isn't that bad could be worse...You could be dead}

"I'm in the middle of Gotham with no way of protecting myself. I'm as good as dead," Virgil replied with a sigh

{Why do you think we are here? To help you get stronger} Sabastian replied

"Okay can you tell me what the system can do then," Virgil said sitting up again

{Finally, now we get to the good stuff. The system has four main functions. [Status: The status takes all your physical and magical abilities and displays them in a numerical value]. [Inventory: An infinite storage that allows you to store anything from ships to food and even corpses. Living things can not be placed in the inventory]. [Missions: Missions are given to the host to help him get stronger while giving rewards that could provide bonus help]. Last but not least[Shop: the shop can be used to buy weapons, armor, skills, and many other things that will help the host. Currency is gained from defeating enemies and completing missions]. Well that's all you have unlocked for now} Sabastian explained

"Wait that means there are other functions how many more are there?" Virgil asked

{Three more functions can only be unlocked once the host reaches a certain level of strength} Sebastian replied

"I see...well can you show me my stats?" Virgil asked pushing away those locked functions for now

{Sure thing}

[Status]

Name: Virgil Domini

Age: 19

Class: None

Level 1: 0/100]

HP: 70/70

MP: 500/500

Strength: 6

Agility: 5

Endurance: 7

Dexterity: 6

Intelligence: 20

Wisdom: 30

Skills: None 

Equipment: None

"Okay if you said this is like a video game then these stats are trash," Virgil sighed in disappointment

{Yes the system released that this body was incredibly weak so it gave you a starter kit so you won't be killed by someone breathing a little too hard} Sabastian laughed

"Ha ha very funny just open the state gift," Virgil said rolling his eyes

[Opening beginners gift]

[Rewards: +20 Free stat points/+1 basic magic control spell book/+1 learner Skill/+1 barrier spell book/+1 Shock Spell book/+1 magic robe: +5% Damage resistance/+10% magic resistance/+ 1 Healing ring: Heals all minor injury: cooldown 20 seconds/