1 Seth Keith

Year 2000, also known as the beginning of the golden age of humanity.

On the 12th June 2000, a twinkling light covered the skies of all the world's cities, people thought it was the beginning of the apocalypse but it was the opposite.

From that day on, many people awakened special abilities which people could never have dreamed of until now.

A man in X city became a stoneman and not even bullets could pass through his armor.

In Y City, a woman flew like a bird through the sky.

Others could manipulate the elements or they simply awakened a superhuman strength, speed or abilities.

This phenomenon was later known as Universal Metamorphosis. Numerous scientists began to investigate the event and discovered that in all these people, an unknown recessive gene had emerged from the union of several others!

This gene was called the S gene due to the great difference between people who had not manifested this gene and people who acquired it and evolved into metahumans.

The lack of control of metahumans forced governments to harshly manage them, as they were not willing to accept their terms.

The metahumans were divided into those who wanted to continue with their normal lives and those who wanted to test their powers, numerous metahumans used their powers to commit crimes and killings.

This aroused the hatred of ordinary people who claimed control over the metahumans.

Seeing themselves cornered, some metahumans decided to join the government, creating the first metahuman regulating organism, the MHD (Metahuman Departement).

They arrested or killed metahumans who used their powers to commit crimes, even acquiring the nickname of 'heroes'.

The other metahumans were standing in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to gather their strength and finish off those known as heroes.

...

Thirty years later...

"Boring..." Said a young man as he stored the modern history book in his desk drawer.

This young man was Seth, an average college student with an average appearance, everything in his life was average.

When Seth was little his parents had a traffic accident on their way back from a party and both died in the accident, leaving an eight-year-old boy exposed to the harsh reality.

His lovely grandmother took care of him until he was mature enough to become independent.

Unfortunately, his grandmother died from natural causes at the age of eighty-seven.

Seth was more than grateful to her grandmother, she took care of him until he became a man and was always there to support him, if it wasn't for her, he might be either dead or below a bridge....

His grandmother left him this old house in Sky City in inheritance, nobody remember what the cities were called before the Universal Metamorphosis.

Seth wanted to graduate from college because that was what his grandmother always wanted for him, to study a career, to find a good job, to get married and have children...a peaceful and monotonous life....

What no one knew was that the whims of fate would end this monotony life like a child stepping on an ant in the ground.

...

8:00 am

Seth got out of bed and prepared to attend to another monotonous day of his life.

"Turn on the TV." Said Seth while having breakfast.

A holographic screen appeared on the wall after he gave his order.

"A metahuman whose capacity is still unknown has killed two people last night, citizens are urged not to go out at night and..."

"..."

Seth turned off the TV, he wasn't a metahuman and wasn't interested either.

"Every day it' s the same... "Seth thought as he cleaned the dishes, every day a metahuman went crazy and killed innocent citizens until the government agents would find him and get rid of him....

After preparing his bag, Seth went to university like a normal student would do, after all, he was just a normal human like 95% of the world''s population.

On the way to the university, there were not many people outside their homes, "the local news warning may have scared them... "Seth thought as he headed towards the university entrance.

...

When he arrived at the university, which was about a twenty-minute walk away from his house, his 'friends' were waiting for him at the entrance.

"Look who's here...it's Seth the nerd, are you here to entertain us?" The group leader mocked.

"Mike, I don't have time to waste with you..." Said Seth as he pulled his fists out of his jacket pockets.

"Oh,you' re a tough guy now...I think it's time to teach you a lesson..." Said Mike as he rubbed his fists as a fight signal.

"Let's...!"

Before Mike and Syte could start fighting, an explosion and a ray of light shook the university and its surroundings.

"...!"

The lightning passed next to Seth impacting directly on Mike, but the explosion range reached everyone around.

Seth was stunned, his body flew through the air and crashed into the entrance gate.

As he looked up, blood covered his eyes, at the place where Mike should have been,there was a lifeless bleeding body.

"Oh, my goodness..."

Seth's heart was beating at over a thousand times per minute, he had no idea what had just happened.

"Ouch."

When he tried to get up, the pain inside his body stopped him from moving any muscle.

"Oh, you're still alive..."

"...!"

A voice sounded behind Seth's back, whatever happened had been caused by him!

"Don't worry, it won't hurt, we all must die someday..." Said the man as he dragged Seth into an alley near the university.

"..."

The few people at the entrance who managed to avoid the catastrophe thanked God for being spared and fled like headless chickens.

No one did anything to stop the man, everyone had witnessed how a bolt flew out of the man's hands and destroyed a guy!

An old man who felt sorry for Seth quickly called the 010, the MHD' phone number!

What no one knew was that the 'heroes' would arrive too late...

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