Awakening
Broken apart by punctual gun fire, shattered by cries of pain, torn by the streams of spurting fresh blood…
Is this… our only hope?
Talking, talking, talking… a shivering voice, speaking low volumes. Frightened, beaten, hopeful and despaired…
"…go away…"
Exertion, desperation, the smell of decay and sewage decades old. A facility forgotten, blissfully forgotten, left to rot alone, rot and rust…
"Don't bother me…"
Years stashed on years, old things left to crumble, given peace to do so. Old scars healed, wounds sealed, memories forgotten in depths of black…
"Why do you want me to wake up?"
Insistent, so insistent… a tug, a nudge, a gentle shake. Don't pay any mind, don't pay any heed. Forget, rot, float endlessly away. The world is peaceful, shattered only by moments of madness. Moments that pass. They always did. He always did. Pass on, pass on, pass on…
Please… save us!
Save us, save us, save us. Pleading the same tune, singing the same want. Can't save themselves, must have a hero. Where is he? Where is the hero? Don't pay any mind, don't pay any heed…
Zero… save us!
Light. Awareness. Awake. The world is reality now. Power is surging, surging, feeling it fill… Something is not right but…
"Zero… has awakened. Please. Help us."
Threat. Enemy. Eliminate enemy. Find him.
Why am I awake…?