1 Second Chance

His current name is inconsequential, he is plain and uninteresting, the only thing that stood out about him is his height, standing at six feet six inches. The only unique thing about him is that he's a virgin, he is a self sabotager, letting life blow by him without attempting to leave behind any substantial mark that he existed in this world. One fateful day he was out shopping he was strolling along the streets looking for an affordable pair of shoes when something caught his attention, someone to be correct.

She was THE most beautiful girl he ever saw, her skin was flawless, her hair was long shiny and black, even with the distance between them he knew she had absolutely no split edges. She had big blue eyes so clear they put sapphires to shame, perfectly shaped an symmetrical eyebrows, perfect pearl white teeth all in perfect place and a smile that could melt the coldest hearts in existence. Her body was in perfect shape with not an ounce of unnecessary fat, her breasts were big but not too big they were in the golden ratio, the same applied for her butt. He usually preferred women with big asses like Amirah Dyme but after seeing her his preferences immediately changed. She had a body that every Instagram model would kill to have. Her clothes suited her perfectly but that would probably also be the case if she were wearing a burlap sack.

The only thing wrong with this picture perfect moment was that no one but himself noticed her almost like there was a mystical force shielding her from what would be impure looks. He watched as she walked on the other side of the street with two lanes of traffic separating them yet the passing vehicles couldn't obstruct her from bus sight. It was like nothing could stop him from looking at her, he watched as she listened to music with pair of wireless headphones and smiled. She occasionally lip synced some of the lyrics, the scene was perfect or at least it would have been if she hadn't stepped into the street and into the path of a semi hauling heavy machinery. With absolutely no ulterior motives he rushed into the street and charged directly at her in hopes of pushing her out of the truck's path and he succeeded.

He managed to push her before the truck crashed into her, she wasn't aware of his presence or the truck's until she felt him push her out of the way. Immediately recognizing the situation they were in, she grabbed his still outstretched hand and pulled him to safety in the nick of time. Standing in each other's embrace and lost in each other's gaze she said to him " You have a beautiful soul." But alas they were fated to die on this day in this street. Another semi came speeding down the lane they were standing in crashed into them, killing them painlessly and instantly.

He then found himself floating in what looked like space in front of a colossal Dragon whose smallest Rainbow coloured scale was bigger than him. He was scared but he also couldn't move, the Dragon just looked at him for what felt like days before it's body started rapidly shrinking and eventually taking the appearance of a middle-aged man dressed in regal clothing. Who looked eerily similar to the girl he died trying to save, the first thing he asked the Dragon was " Is she safe ?". The Dragon shook his head and said " I am giving you both a second chance, what do you wish for in this life."

Instantly knowing what the Dragon was implying he said with a pure heart and pure thoughts " The chance to make the world a safer place for her and a chance to see her smile again." The Dragon looked at him and said " It should not take you long to figure out where you are and what to do. I am giving you my blessing and I am giving you the opportunity to make your wish a reality. As you are now you are not worthy of her, live life to the fullest this time, experience what life has to offer and fight for your dream. Only then will you be worthy. Do not rush you will find each other in due time. Keep her smiling son."

The Dragon then gathered some form of golden energy in his palm before closing his hand. When he opened it again there was a white pearl with a translucent Golden Dragon swimming within it. The Dragon then pushed the pearl into the young man before him and then waved his hand teleporting him somewhere. After waving away the young man the Dragon sighed lazily before snapping his fingers, changing his regal garb into a black sweatsuit. Yawning he said to the cosmos around him " I'm not fond of this feeling, i'd rather give away a limb than give away another daughter." A feminine figure stepped out of the void and hugged the man from behind and said " You'd run out of limbs and organs before running out of daughters to give away." she then snickered and said " Now you know how my father felt and why he doesn't like you." The woman looked like an mature version the the girl the young man was just inquiring about.

"I don't dislike that kid though, from the moment he first saw her to the moment I sent him off he hand no negative thoughts. He was entirely content sacrificing himself for her with nothing in return and his first thought when he woke up here was of her safety. His love for her reminds me of my love for you. " The man said.

" Her reaction was the same, the first thing she asked was what would happen to him and her wish was to be with him." The woman said struggling to hold back her tears. " She didn't even say goodbye to me, her own mother." The man replied " You were the same back then, that's the other reason your dad doesn't like me." " Putting that aside, is that why you gave him that gift." " My daughter shouldn't have to know what it's like to loose her soul mate. " " Everyone dies love, even us. even though that's millennia away." " With what I gave him they'll live as long as us and die together like we will one day. I just hope we're long gone by then." " me too."

On an Earth in a distant universe a pair of souls one gold and one silver found themselves following two couples incapable of having children. They were the chosen emissaries to bring them into the world, a young interracial couple in New York who were thinking about adopting and another young couple in Beijing who were on the verge of giving up on ever having a child. He was in New York and she was in Beijing, it would be decades before they saw each other again but just the possibility of seeing each other kept them going.

Nine months later at noon March 31st, 1990 they were born. He was named Alexander Jeremiah Smith and he was soon proven to be a certified genius, he took his first steps at three months and his first words at 5 months. He was the apple of his parents eyes, their miracle baby in more ways than one, after being told by several doctors that she would never bear a child Joanna and Alexander Smith Sr where in the middle of a discussion about adopting a baby when Joanna started puking. After puking for a few days and fainting once they went to the hospital where the doctor delivered the news.

Hence the miracle baby moniker, Alex soon solidified himself when he " taught himself to read by age one and by age 7 he could read and speak 10 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Xhosa, Norwegian and oddly enough Old Norse. By the time he was 8 he moved on from languages to dismantling and repairing appliances in his family's basement, continuing with this ' hobby ' by the time he was 9 he had built his first C.P.U. That was when his parents realized he was wasting away in public school, as such they had his IQ tested where it was revealed that his IQ was in the 290's. After that he skipped through several middle and high school grades then breezed through MIT and earned himself a PhD in Engineering after defending his thesis. Which was of his side projects that wasn't of too much interest at the age of 15.

After graduating MIT he went to Columbia University where he got a Masters in Business management before he turned 16. After jumping through hoops for the past 16 years Alex finally got his long awaited break. His system had been issuing consecutive quests for the past 16 years but it was entirely Alex's fault he was so busy. 16 years ago when he was a baby he was first alerted of the existence of the system, it was there to help him achieve what he told the Dragon after he died. The Dragon had granted him a Dragon core and a system to help him slowly merge with it.

But it did more than just that, one day he was strolling through the system store where he saw some familiar items, then realized why the Dragon told him he shouldn't take too long to figure out where he was. He was in Universe 199999 also known as the MCU, then everything made sense, his wish was to make the world safer for 'her' where would be better than here for that. He decided that his future lifestyle wouldn't be cheap so he'd need a source of income, and thanks to his new Dragon genes his sense of pride was greatly boosted. He couldn't condone the thought of working for someone, so he decided to make his own company and to manage it when he wasn't there which would be often he'd need someone he could trust to run his company.

In a society basically overrun by H.Y.D.R.A and orher shady organizations an A.I. would be the safest bet. So after scrolling through the A.I tab, Alex finally found a suitable one called A.N.G.I.L.A, though poorly named it was amongst the best available. The only problem was the price, after consulting his system he found that loans were possible, since it was his first purchase he'd need a 5% down-payment to get it. Hence Alex's past achievements, he did well in academics thanks to the eidetic memory and enhanced brain power from his assimilation with the Dragon core.

So he completed every menial quest that came his way and when he graduated from Columbia he finally finished paying for Angila, or Angi as he called her. If it wasn't for her, his graduation from MIT would have taken longer, she laid the groundwork for his company and he studied and worked on prototypes for his thesis and his company. He finally made his first product, Alex decided to start off with software, he designed a unique operating system that outperformed Microsoft was similar in price but most importantly wasn't too advanced. He didn't want to screw up the timelines so he did most things lowkey, to avoid having to apply for a loan or look for an investor, Alex had Angi invest his trust fund.

Yes he has a trust fund, his mother was a doctor with her own private practice and his father was a corporate attorney, his trust fund was originally $250,000. Alex told Angi to use $50,000 to begin the investments and over the course of 8 years that #50,000 turned into $10,000,000. It may sound like a lot but considering that he had to buy supplies to build a mainframe for Angi and hire workers, pay for advertising and for manufacturing costs. he had no liquid assets. The only good news he had was that his sixteenth birthday was in a few days, for the past sixteen years Alex was slowly and passively merging with the Dragon core now that he's turning 16 he was finally physically ready to begin. But he was in for a surprise.

[ New Functions Unlocked]

[ Equipment blueprints & Skills ]

[ Stats ]

Name: Alex Smith

Age: 15

Species: Infant Halfling

Rank: None

Level:1(0.00%)

Strength:1

Agility:1

Endurance:1

Energy: Locked until host becomes an infant Dragon

Skills: none

QP( Quest Points, aka system currency): 15,000

[ New Quest ]

[ Make the world safer for her.]

[ Details: Everyone starts somewhere, clean up the streets of New York. ]

[ Rewards: Exp and QP per defeated foe. Bonus for stronger foes. ]

Finally I can begin, scrolling through the new blueprints alex bought an affordable Kevlar mesh suit that had room for modifications. Moving on to the skill tab Alex bought two, Basic Martial Arts and Basic Espionage, everything totalled up to 12,500 QP, nearly clearing out all of Alex's points. Three books manifested in Alex's hand and he opened them all and they disintegrated and flowed into his mind, the knowledge would take a few hours to fully assimilate with his mind.

Alex then set his parents down and told them that he wanted to move out and establish his business on his own. Alexander and Joanna tried to tell him to wait until he was 18 but he told them that he'd be doing nothing for two years if he waited till then. After some back and forth they agreed that could leave after his birthday, his parents were sad but there wouldn't be much difference in the end. When Alex was at MIT Joanna followed him there and took a job at MassGen and while he was there only when he surfaced to spend time with his parents they didn't usually see him. But they weren't complaining because they knew he took time off just to be with them and was enough for them.

The days flew by and it was the day Alex moved out, he packed his clothes a few prototypes and some family photos. His father gave him complete access to his trust fund and told him whether he sunk or swam was up to him. His mother gave him a long lecture about being responsible, checking in often and that she was too young to be a grandmother. Laughing and assuring her that he wasn't moving out for such reasons he got in his Nissan R34 and drove to a hotel in Brooklyn. That's where he'll start his operation