"rise"

"This is the end... I guess after so many things that have happened to me, I can finally rest... Is that how you want to die?! Huh? Nobody... is that how you want to die? Is this godforsaken planet being killed like this what you want? I will finally be at rest... Is that how you want your story to end?! Think about Zyolax! Don't you want to avenge his death? Zyolax, he was my only friend. Don't you want to avenge him, leaving him to die like a worthless animal in this shithole? Don't talk about him like that!"

"Why are you so angry? Didn't you want to die? Why are you angry? Are you going to leave him like your mother?" I punched the ground in rage. "Don't you talk about my mother, you bastard!" Nobody punched me in the face. "What are you going to do? Kill me? You can't even kill the murderer of your mother and friend. How do you think you're going to kill me?!"

As my blood boiled hearing those words, "Are you angry?" he punched me again and again, shouting, "Am I angry? Are you angry, Luv?! Tell me!" I snapped. I punched him, sending him flying in the air! "I will kill every last one of those fuckers on this planet!"

"Yeah, that's more like it," he wiped the blood from his face and walked towards me. "If you really want to kill them, then show me what you've got."

"Oh, I will show you, you bastard. Just you wait."

"That's more like it. I like this side of you—power-hungry, deadly, ready to kill anyone in your path. You remind me of someone..."

"No, go and kill those fuckers," he walked away.

My eyes opened, seeing those Gorthak dragging Zyolax's body away. "Ahhh!" I stood up in rage. "Where do you think you are taking him, you fuckers?" As the moon covered the sun, casting a shadow on the red planet, turning it into a dark graveyard, I rushed towards them in rage. As they fired their blasters, I dodged all those blasts. I jumped onto one of them, grabbed his head, twisted it, and ripped it off. As three Gorthak came near me, I punched one of them straight through his heart. As I hugged another Gorthak, I crushed its bones with my strength. As the other aliens saw the massacre unfold in front of their eyes, as I ripped out the spine of one Gorthak, the other Gorthak ran away in fear for their lives. I chased after them. I grabbed a pickaxe and impaled it in one Gorthak's head and split the other one in half with my brute strength. As I gasped for air, I walked towards Zyolax's body. I fell to my knees, crying as I hugged his body. As acid rain began to pour, one of the aliens came near me. He was tall, with green eyes and tentacles instead of limbs. He placed his hands on the hole in Zyolax, and a liquid dropped onto his body. The hole began to regenerate. I was shocked seeing this unfold, seeing Zyolax open his eyes. I was so happy seeing him alive. "Is this the afterlife?"

"No, it's not, dumbass! Luv!"

"What happened? I thought I died..."

"No, this person saved you," as Zyolax looked at the alien. "Thank you," the alien purred at him. As I wiped my tears from my eyes, "No more! I can't see another one of my people die from the hands of these Gorthak."

"What are you talking about?"

"It's about time we fight! Fight back!"

"Have you lost your mind?! You want to fight the Gorthak?"

"Yes, I have lost my mind. We will both die. They have an army with them."

"Who said we both are going? We also have an army."

"Where? I don't see any other than a bunch of slaves..."

"Don't tell me! Do you think they will fight for us?"

"Yes, I believe they will fight for us." I walked towards the edge of the cliff, seeing Zyolax translate to them what I was about to say. As I yelled, catching everyone's attention, "People of Aabyua, look at me! I am Luv, the sole survivor of planet Earth. I was brought here by those scum on this planet. I watched my entire planet die. They tortured me, turned me into this monster. They made me a slave, forced me to work in these mines! But no more! I will not be their slave. I will take my revenge, even if I have to kill every other living being in this universe. I will hunt them, torture them like they did to us. Take a look at yourself, what they did to you! Don't you feel rage, anger that has built up inside of you?! Why don't we take this rage and kill every last one of them? Then we will take back what was taken from us. First, we have to join hands and take over this planet, then we will take over that king's palace." As the crowd murmured in fear, "Don't be afraid! We can take what's ours. Think about your family! Think about your planet!" As the crowd emerged in rage and shouted, "Looks like you convinced them, kid," as I raised a dead Gorthak's head and crushed it, making the Gorthak fear go away, giving the people hope. As the people started shouting, "Nitragul! Nitragul?"

"What does that mean?"

"It means king, Luv. They consider you as their king."

"Me, king?!" As the eclipse was over, light finally landed on this barren land. "Looks like you have given them hope, kid."

"Hope... that's a word I haven't heard in a while. Even in the darkest times, we humans still cling to hope. I guess some things never change..."