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ZAP!

a blinding light fills the room.

A young boy stares at an empty teleportation pad.

The intense orange glow of his sister is gone.

And all that's left is his somber blue glow.

The boy doesn't move for a long time.

He doesn't even blink.

After what felt like an eternity.

The boy finally moves.

One look at a computer tells him that only one minute passed.

The boy just starts walking with no destination in mind.

He fixed up some of this place but so much of it is still broken.

He thinks about fixing it but.........what's the point?

Most of this stuff is useless.....

He passes by the log computer.

It seems that a new day has been logged in.

Usually, he'd be existed by this.

But now.

He feels nothing.

He tries to recall all the heroes he'd read about.

Galactic warriors who would save planets from dictators or cosmic destroying events.

Ironically the villain would usually be his race.

He wanted to be like them.

To be a hero that saves the world from a big bad guy.

But when the bad guy came.

He ran away.

And the bad guy won.

"humgh!"(Z)

The boy stops himself from vomiting venom.

A bad taste fills his mouth.

He makes his way to the snack machine and sits under it.

He pulls on the soda dispenser.

And lets a stream of mountain dew go down his throat.

The sugar fills his mouth and makes his teeth hurt.

But he keeps drinking.

Some of it starts to spill and spread on his suit.

He slowly gets up pulls a leaver.

Doritos start to fall down.

He doesn't even use a bowel.

He just starts shoveling as much of it as he can into his mouth.

He even unhinges his jaw to fit more.

He then washes it down with more mountain dew.

He keeps doing this until he passes out.........................................................................................................................................................................

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[GET UP SOLDIER]

Z jumps up.

His suit is stained with mountain dew and Dorito chips.

He looks left and right confused.

[I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MORE PATHETIC DISPLAY IN MY LIFE!]

Z looks at himself.

Yeah, this is pretty pathetic.....

His sister was able to eat much more than that.

But he passed out right away...

In a puddle of sticky soda....

It almost fits him.......

[DON'T YOU GET DEMORALIZED ON MY COUNT SOLDIER!!!]

Z rubs his head.

Did all that junk food mess with his brain??

Why is he hearing a voice??

And why does he sound so loud and angry?? 

[YOU ARE MESSED UP KID!!! AND I'M HERE TO WHIP YOU BACK INTO SHAPE!!! NOW DROP DOWN AND GIVE ME TWENTY!!!]

Z drops to the ground before realizing he has no idea what twenty of what to give.

So he just lays there like an idiot.

[PUSH UPS!!! PUSH UPS!! YOU MAGGOT!!!]

Z still ver confused does what the voice says.

He might be weak but he's still a Zirniklis so he has no trouble doing them in no time.

X would have done it faster though.............

[WELL! MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A LOST CAUSE! NOW RUN 50 LAPS AROUND THIS PLACE!!]

Z starts running laps around the C.C.C.

This gives him some time to think clearly.

Did....did he go crazy???

Why is a drill sergeant screaming in his mind???

And then he stops.

He waits for a few moments.

And......nothing happens....

There was no voice was there.....

Huh.....Z starts to understand what's going on.

The same thing that always happens.

He gets too caught up in a new story and starts imagining being a part of it.

He's been thinking lately that having a voice to tell him what to do would be great!

Then...then.....he won't have to take responsibility.......

Z looks down at himself.

A few Doritos were still stuck to him.

X was right about him....

He's just a-

[WHEN DID I TELL YOU TO STOP!!!]  

Z jumps up and starts running again!

Is....is this real!!

[BOY IF YOU HAVE TIME TO QUESTION THINGS YOU HAVE TIME TO KEEP MOVING ]

Z starts running faster.

Who is this voice??

And what does he want??

[YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM? I'M THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO TURN YOU INTO A MAN!!!]

Z starts to waver.

A man......him?

Can it be possible?

But X said-

[DON'T YOU FUCKING THINK ABOUT THAT!!! ALL YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS RUNNING!! NOW JUST FOR THAT! I'M ADDING 20 MORE LAPS!!!]

Z shakes his head and keeps running.

He after an hour he finally finished all his laps.

Z falls down on the floor.

Venom drools from his mouth.

He's never moved that much in his life!

The voice added even more laps in the middle!!

He feels tired and disgusting!

But at the same time........he feels refreshed!?

For just a little bit....all his dark thoughts went away!

He even forgot about X a little bit at the end.

Though he basically forgot about everything at that point.

It all came flooding back though and he feels like shit again.

But just a little less shit....

[I'LL LET YOU GO TODAY BUT I'LL BACK TO CONTINUE YOUR TRAINING!! GET SOME REST SOLDIER!! YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING TO NEED IT!!]

Z lays down on the cold ground and closes his eyes.

A statement that should have made him afraid.

Helps him go to sleep.


Meanwhile, in a universe's C.C.C, we are more familiar with.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Two big metal hands type on a keyboard.

I'LL LET YOU GO TODAY BUT I'LL BACK TO CONTINUE YOUR TRAINING!! GET SOME REST SOLDIER!! YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING TO NEED IT!!_

He hits enter and the message is sent.

After that, he closes the computer to save power.

He does a bit of stretching and takes a look at a screen on the wall.

{timer: 233 days till universes destruction}

The man sighs.

"IT WENT DOWN AGAIN!"(%%%%)

His loud voice booms across the rooms

He uses his metal hands to scratch his head.

"I NEED TO FIND OUT HOW THIS THING GETS IT'S TIME ESTIMATE OR I'M FUCKED!"(%%%%)

His throat feels a little dry after screaming so much.

He has a habit of saying what he's typing.

He makes his way to a snake bar.

He fills a reasonably sized cup with Dr pepper.

With drink in hand, he heads to the main computer.

He passes by a teleportation pad.

He takes a sip while looking at it.

After finally reaching the main computer he turns it on.

He takes another sip of his drink.

And starts another day of trying to figure out how anything works.

There's supposed to be some kind of guide on this thing.

But no matter how much the man looked he just couldn't find it.

If he had it he would have teleported out of this universe as soon as he got here.

Sp he just dicked about until something worked.

Most of the stuff was useless.

But one thing caught his attention.

Something like a log.

It was strange.

It followed these two siblings.

A boy and a girl.

It started off when they hatched and followed them through their whole lives.

At first, the man did not care for this but after reading it to get any clues.

He started to warm up to them.

Their lives were very similar to his.

Being the last of their race.

Losing everything in one day.

Even the fact that they don't use their real names.

And seeing them go through adversity after adversity was exciting!

It reminded the man of his time in the great war.

After fucking around for a while he unlocked something.

A keyboard appeared and he was able to talk to the boy.

The man would have liked to be talking to the girl instead but the boy seemed promising.

He beats himself up way too much even with all his accomplishments.

You would think taking down an entire galactic government by himself would be something to be proud of.

But it seems he doesn't see it that way because he didn't use his own strength to do it.

He just mopes about feeling sorry for himself.

The breaking point was when his sister finally told him off.

The man couldn't have said better himself.

The man believed that to build a person you had to break them down first!

 The man, code named %%%% trained people who seemed like far more of a lost cause into soldiers.

And doing so one last time was appealing to him.

So he decided to train the boy as much as he can.

To turn him from a sorry sack into a real man!

To prove that he was still able to his life's work!

He lost everything but now even if he dies this boy will be left to continue his legacy! 

Also because he had nothing better to do and this seemed entertaining to him.

%%%% finished his cup and starts going through the computer.

It's filled with random text and programs.

Each of them only having numbers for names.

sometimes he'll find instructions on random things.

This how he got the snack machine to work. 

He goes through everything only clicking on things with names.

He needs to make sure doesn't do something wrong.

You never know if a ship has a self destruct feature....

After searching for a while.

%%%% finds something!

Two programs that stick out!

They were right next to each other.

He clicks on the first one.

It had a different color than everything else.

MiracleMaker.exe

A window opens up.

It seems like a simple program.

On the left is a blank box.

And on the left is a list of creatures.

It seems its default choice is random but he's able to choose something else.

%%%% goes through them.

After a while, it dawns on %%%% that this list contains every being that has ever existed.

What could this program be??

After scrolling down for a few minutes and just seeing types of ants.

%%%% notices a search bar on the top.

He searches the name of his race.

Inspects.

A simple image appears on the left box.

It shows a humanoid with metal arms and legs.

%%%% types a couple of other things when an idea hits hm

Without even thinking he types the name of his favorite animal.

After finding it, he chooses it and executes the program.

After waiting for a few seconds a large noise is made!

%%%% looks back to see some kind of machine turning on.

It fills up withs with red liquid and then starts to turn it.

The machine starts to open up.

And for one second.

%%%% sees a Red Giraffe.

Its red eyes seem to pierce him!

And just like that.

It's gone!

Almost like it never existed.

Like a miracle.

%%%% blinks for a couple of times before looking back at the program.

He wanted to try it again with a different being.

But it seems that the program deleted its self.

He decides to try out the second program.

This is the first one that caught his eye because it had a moving image.

But no matter how much he clicks on it.

It just doesn't seem to boot up.

Even trying to inspect it doesn't work.

%%%% stares at the program for a while.

For some reason he can't explain.

%%%% feels like this thing shouldn't even be here.

He tries to delete it.

The computer freezes!

And the power to the C.C.C goes out!

%%%% stands in darkness for a while.

But then......

The power turns back on.

And the computer boots up.

%%%% doesn't move.

He can't help but feel an intense dread....

If @@@@ heard that he felt fear from a computer program he'd laugh his ass off.

But %%%% felt was real.

He stares into the moving dice like they were about to decide his fate...

.exe

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