A New Life

Today at 5p.m. , Mark Spencer has been murdered by the Golden State Killer. He is a notorious killer having murdered 47 people. Now 48 as Mark was added to his killing spree. Will we ever catch him. No one knows. We'll just have to trust that the police will catch him and put him behind bars for good."

That .... was how my life ended. What a way to go honestly. Being killed by a serial killer. I should've put up a fight in that alleyway to be honest and not just stand there like a coward. But who brings their fist to a knife fight? Not me. At least I pulled Yoimiya.

Heh. I'm still thinking about Genshin even when I'm dead. How addicted am I?

Wait.... how am I still thinking? I'm supposed to be dead. What is that light in that distance? Why is it getting brighter and brighter?

*Psssssshhhhh*

"Huh? What is this? Why am I walking? Who is walking with me? Who is she?

Suddenly a 4 pointed star like portal opened. Out came someone floating out. She looks very mad.

Why is she so mad? Wait.... is she trying to kill us? Who is she? What is she? She seemed like.... like.... like a god....."

"Outlanders! Your journey ends here!" The unknown god said as the star portals turn into shurikens.

"Who are you!" The girl asked. And the god immediately answered.

"The sustainer of Heavenly Principles. The arrogance of mankind ends now!"She said. A small dark red and black cube appeared before her hands.

The cube got bigger. The ground we were standing on turned bright and we jumped away. The ground then turned into a giant cube.

"Why can't I control my body? Is this someone else's memories?"

Six wings appeared on the girl's back. Mine also appeared. Golden swords were summoned before our hands as we got into a battle stance.

We both charged to the unknown god. She raised her hands as cubes that were strung together flew towards us. Both of us skillfully dodged all of the attempts at capturing us. We dodged all around. Both of us were dodging in sync. It was like we fought for centuries.

Then, like both of us read each other's mind's. We flew towards the unknown god. We swung our swords at her.

"Haaaaaa!!!" Both of us shouted.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOMMM*

An explosion appeared out of nowhere. We expected the unknown god to be injured. But somehow, she was holding our swords. There was like a forcefield in between her hands that stopped the blades from hitting her.

Time seemingly stopped at that moment. It was like someone was making a decision.

The suddenly...

The unknown god pushed me away with cubes that were heading straight towards me. She had the "get the fuck out of my way" expression when she looked at me. I flew back to dodge it.

But that... was the single biggest and the stupidest decision that I have ever made in my life.

Cubes started to grab her hands. She couldn't escape.

"Lumine!" I shouted.

"Huh. So her name was Lumine. Why does that sound soooo familiar?? Wait it couldn't be —

The cubes then covered her body. The unknown god absorbed those cubes that Lumine was covered in and it turned into one small cube.

The god looked at the cube smirking.

"Finally. The threat is gone." She thought.

Behind her, I was charging up an attack. I was sure that this attack would kill her. I went in for the kill.

A light flashed suddenly and an explosion appeared after. The sound was like a nuke exploding.

*KABOOOOOOOMMM*

(Cue dramatic music)

When the smoke cleared. I expected the unknown god to be injured or even dead. But boy was I wrong.

Not only was the unknown god not injured. The attack was also absorbed by a lot of cubes.

The unknown god stretched out her hands. Sends cubes into one small cube which had the explosion contained inside it.

The god then stretched out her hand some more. The cubes turned into more cubes and surrounded me, capturing me inside.

"Wait! Don't go! Give my sister back!" I shouted my last words as darkness surrounds me. The last thing I saw was the figure of the unknown god portaling (Is that even a word?) away.

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*Drip*

A drop of water was heard.

"Wake up."

"GUHHHHAAAA!" Aether woke up breathing heavily. He looked at both of his hands which were shaking.

"What.... was that...." Aether just said. He then stopped.

"Wait... why does my voice sound so... different....?" Aether looked around his surroundings. He was lying on the sand with the ocean moving back and forth. The scenery looked very beautiful.

"And.... where am I? Ain't I supposed to be dead?" Aether asked. He then stood up and walked around.

" Is this what they call Elysium? But my memories would disappear and I would be reborn into a child. My memories are still here along with someone else's..... " I then thought back to the dream I experienced.

" It felt real. Too real. There's no way.... " He ran to the ocean. When he got there. He looked into the reflection.

"There's.... there's no fucking way I'm him... " Aether said. My eyes were red colored but other than that every inch of me looks like him.

I pinched myself. I felt a sting. I looked at myself. My clothes look exactly like the ones Aether wears in the game.

" I should be grateful that I'm even alive. " I finally decided. If i was given a second chance. I should be bowing to the person who gave me that chance.

I sat down and thought.

"The game is the game. But the game turned into real life. I need to be prepared. " I could've just been a normal person with my new life. But where's the fun in that? When you've got all these special powers that you've lost.

"I should probably get some food first and find out which country I am in. Though I think I know perfectly where I am. " Aether said out loud. He can because there's no one around him. Just some birds, crabs and a lot of trees were all that was around him.

"Let's find some sharp sticks, stones, leaves and a nice place to sleep first. Then I'll worry about where I am." Aether went to do exactly just that.

Aether went and collected some sticks and leaves that fell down from the trees. He also found suitable rocks to make a fire pit for cooking. He also got some berry's along the way. The yellow ones. He couldn't resist eating one as he was still skeptical about all this. And goddamn was it tasty!

"Now I need a place to sleep. You know what. Just to make it simple. I'll just find a tree that's big enough and sleep under it. I'm a simple guy. But i'm not that simple now because of what world I'm currently on. " Aether joked to no one. He needed to find civilization fast or he'll go insane from this loneliness.

" I should probably try to find Paimon. She is The Best Traveling Companion after all. " Aether decided that was his next goal. Try to fish for some emergency food.

To be continued.....

(Lightning or fire?)