M P Jump3R - BattleR Saga 1.5 - Sons of Rain (Volume 0)

Chapter 0 - Prologue

The once glorious headquarters of the world's top shadow organization, now in ruins, still make the city of Tokyo look even more amazing. This blind spot on the topography of the uptown created by the toppled to the ground buildings formed a nine-armed star, if you looked at it from above. The smoke was visible from even outside the metropolis hours after the fire was put out.

Three cloaked figures looked at the devastation from the peak of the Tokyo Tower. It was a middle of the night and there was no one else beside them witnessing all that happened.

"Where is he?"

The muffled by dark crimson scarf voice of the tallest person was barely hearable by the other two standing beside him.

The smallest character uncovered their arm, revealing pale skin with a fluorescent tattoo shining brightly in the cloudy night.

"He should've been able to get out before the explosion", a female voice of the third person was very high pitched. "He said he'd be here by now!"

"Calm down, maybe something happened that he didn't take into considera-..."

The smallest person, who was also a woman, bit her tongue half way through the sentence when the other two looked at her simultaneously.

They were right. The person they were talking about don't do "not taken into consideration". The man they were referring to so casually is not someone who acts rashly upon unexpected. Because his plans are truly perfect.

And when the trio looked at one another a sound of whistling resounded through the air, passed by them and suddenly stopped three meters behind them. From nothingness appeared another silhouette covered by dark blue hooded cape with thin red stripes.

"Apologies."

The floating man spoke without moving an inch. The other cloaked trio, surprised they didn't notice his presence before, now knelt immediately after hearing the soft, deep voice of their leader.

"Sir," they responded together with their heads down.

"I've wasted enough time here, Father needs to hear the report ASAP."

The taller female, still bowing her head, grinded her teeth. Quietly, but noticeably.

"If I may, sir. Why the delay?"

Still unnaturally immobile, the figure floating before them didn't react. Instead he started to evaporate from the bottom up, turning into sparkling gray dust.

"We will meet in the hideout, 12 minutes and 43 seconds from now. We don't have much time."

Confused, they all looked up and their disappearing leader continued:

"The Time is coming, we must prepare for next phase of the oblivion."

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Before you hear this story you must first learn a few things about how this world you live in actually works. Because, to be honest – you definitely do not know what happens behind the curtain in the shadows.

To start it off, as I already mentioned, this world does not really work how you think it does. Or actually it does, in part, as you only know of the one side of the coin. The world where you go to school, to work, hang out with your friends, have hobbies, that is just a façade of the world surrounding you. A golden coating of the hard cold world underneath.

And what they call this "normal life" of theirs, the rest of us call it HELL - "Human Existence-Liberating Life".

And what if I told you there's an alternative? A nasty alternative for those who don't want to be "normal", those who are not labeled simply as "humans"? For those who are or want to be more?

Parallel to this world there exists its dark counterpart. A hidden, underground reality, that which makes wars and great natural disasters look like child's play.

There are certain individuals scattered around the globe with what scientists nowadays call "DNA defect". Actually it's more like a "DNA D-Fact." or "DNA Differentiation Factor". They look human, act human and they are human. That is until the factor increases beyond average levels and they stop being human. They become something else. Something less... mundane.

In time you will learn more, rest assured. But for the time being that is all we believe you need to know.

Now, let me ask you this: Are you ready to enter the world of darkness with only few small rays of light, and little to no chance for any light at all? Are you ready to see the world from a new and devastating perspective? If you are then allow me to violently pull you into our reality. And to show it right, it would be best to start from the moment it all started for me – the day I "died".

~ DiVA, agent of SKY

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