The End Times:

"At last, the rotten world is coming to an end" sighed Arin. It was a sigh of relief. The whole world had gone crazy over the impending doomsday, much to joy and exhilaration of Arin!

First it was a hushed rumor, then it took shape of rambling in the dark corners of Internet; and then it took shape of conspiracy articles in some overzealous news pages over internet- which were taken down promptly! Days passed and the murmurs just kept getting louder;- too loud for mainstream news channels to keep ignoring anymore. News Channel debates were organized over it's authenticity, where Experts made appearance and refuted these as 'hoaxes'.

When most people were sighing of relief, Arin was among handful few who were throwing their fists in rage, because, contrary to their earnest wish, the World was not going to End as the rumors were foretelling!

Arin was a 25-year-old guy, whose only happy memories were of his childhood, with his loving parents! The memories were a bit blurry by now, but he remembered his father, a journalist, was killed while digging some dirt on some powerful people. His mother was killed by goons as well, when she refused to hand them over the documents Arin's father had gathered. The police, the Law,Society and Relatives, Media Houses- no one had heard pleas of little Arin that time. The selfish relatives showed him their backs. At last, an uncle appeared whom Arin had never heard of or seen before; and decided to take care of Arin till he becomes an adult. But he had made little Arin's life so miserable in those few months, that the poor 10-year-old boy had to run away from his own home.

Since then, to survive in the merciless streets, Arin had chosen the darker path of life. From being a cutpurse to petty thief to robbery, he had done everything to survive. The more he was delving in the underworld, the more he was observing how rotten humanity was to its core. Surprisingly, because of his wit and quick thinking, and may be thanks to a bit of luck, he had avoided jail term till now. Was some angel looking over him? Arin had thought that many a times. "Maybe a dark angel" He often joked. However, this thought had slowly encouraged the boy to delve into the unknown world, the dark realm of Occult.

So, anyway, all his experiences had made Arin hate Humanity and Human Civilization more and more; the intensity of that hatred growing stronger day by day! And that's why, he was overwhelmed with joy, when he came to know that the wretched World might end soon.

Anyway, the Authorities in the World were not able to deny these rumors for long! Just when a World famous Scientist from world's leading space agency debunked the ongoing rumors on a global news channel; on the very next day, a mysterious person or group revealed online all the secret Government documents regarding a 134 km wide asteroid which was heading towards Earth, and that it was so big that Scientists and Governments were at loss on what to do.

A massive global riot ensued, further hampering the World Governments from taking any actions to tackle the impending doom. And there were sudden Electromagnetic Pulse happening around, further aggravating the chaos worldwide. Arin himself had experienced this lately; electronic items around him would suddenly start malfunctioning. He had observed a glow around him at that time. First, he had thought that he was hallucinating, but later he found out that he was not alone to observe this strange phenomenon. Rather, it was happening with many people around the world.

Things went crazier when suddenly people started vanishing. First it was assumed that the Government was kidnapping people to hide things related to the impending doom. But when one day the young Police Chief Roy vanished in the thin air on live TV, all hell broke loose! According to people present at that time, Roy was having a Press conference, when suddenly a blue glow appeared under his feet, a bell tolling was heard suddenly by everyone present there, and then Roy vanished in thin air!

After that, things went too south to contain and the System literally gave up.

People had stormed the stores to loot them. The Rich people had been looted as well, for hardly anyone was willing to sacrifice their own life to provide security! This was Perfect Apocalypse.

Arin was very happy these days, as, according to him, Humanity had started showing its true color now!

However, all was going to end today, as it was the fated day. Arin was ready for the Apocalypse. He went to rooftop. The asteroid was clearly visible right now in naked eyes.

"Is it aiming towards me?" chuckled Arin, as he stretched his hands as if to welcome and hug the asteroid coming towards him. He looked at People in ground with disdain.

Right now they were literally acting like crazy ants whose anthills had been disturbed. Arin started laughing like crazy, "Come, come, you end of all, let me welcome you with open arms!"

Suddenly he again felt that there was a glow on the floor around his feet. A strange bright circle of intricate patterns was forming up, the pattern was more complex than any he had seen in his occult books. He heard a sudden outburst of cries of people from the ground. He looked there. Strange circles were forming and people were vanishing in thin air. The crowd below didn't even know what to do at this point.

"What the Hell, am I as well going to….." Arin murmured subconsciously, but was interrupted by another strange voice in his head, "So much potential, why burn it to cinders under a fiery rock?"

-"Who the hell is it?" shouted Arin.

-"Someone who can give you a second chance you deserve!" The voice in his head answered.

-"Second chance?" Arin furrowed his brow in disbelief and annoyance!

-"Yes my child! A second chance to utilize all of your untapped potential and…."

-"Forget it, I am not going to relive this petty miserable human life anymore!" Arin interrupted and felt he had gone crazy for he was now talking aloud when no one even was around him on the rooftop.

-"I shall give you chance to be something more than Human, and maybe you will realize your true potential and achieve what you could not in this dying world. What do you have to lose anyway? Answer fast, for it is not wise to stop the flow of time for such long," said the voice.

Suddenly Arin realized that everything around him had stopped. "Fast" urged the voice again, this time in a bit more commanding tone.

"What do I have to do?" Arin asked.

-"Be Hem'netjer Nerthazir…."

-"Hem what?"

-"Be my Champion, that's all I can say right now! Now speak up!"

-"I am ready" Arin said, as he had nothing to lose and at the same time, he could feel his heart was racing, and a strange longing inside for whatever the mysterious voice was offering!

-"Wise choice" the voice sounded happy!

Arin could see the circle glowing with strange green glow, a strange bell tolling was heard in distance. The sound was getting louder, as the glow of the circle was getting brighter. And soo, Arin vanished from the face of Earth.