COTE x TBATE | A Masterpiece

Chapter 0 - An Unexpected Turn of Events

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I wander like a lone cloud on a clear day in the blue sky. Except this place isn't a blissful blue sky but an unending abyss of dark.

Darkness- A mysterious thing indeed. Since time unknown it was always associated with negative aspects. Such as primal fear was invoked naturally with dark. In the darkness even the hunters became hunted. In the dark was when the most poisonous of creatures' creep out along with every trauma inducing anomaly.

Yet, this darkness wasn't instilling any kind of fear nor trauma. Nor was it strange. Don't get me wrong. Darkness itself wasn't an alluring thing for me. Nor did it provide any kind of comfort to me. The darkness in this abyss was so bland and insignificant that I deemed it unworthy to pay even the slightest of attention.

But among this mundanity, one thing was surely bugging me. The reason how I ended up here? Was this really an abyss or a scientific phenomenon? I do believe there is a reason and a logic behind everything. But what was my purpose here?

Just like how early humans after getting fascinated by the mechanism of something; they break it into several parts. Dismembering them one by one and trace every component back to their origin. The method is now called Reverse Engineering. Although what I was doing wasn't remotely close to what reverse engineering is, the base concept is the same. My memories prior to coming here are all like a lone streetlight flashing on a misty road. Uncertain, inexplicit and fallacious.

I closed my eyes. Or so the notion of doing so crossed my mind. I was uncertain if I actually had the ability to see or not, since all I could feel was dilation and contraction of eye, but the vision remained the same. Unchanging.

My mind trailed off to the last memories I could recall. The memories that laid hidden behind a frosty mist became a little clearer. Water splashing as I ran at a high speed. I was running. Running away from something... no, someone. But why would I? Why would I run away from someone? This thought entered my mind making me think deeply. Although all of my abilities regressed after leaving the white room, I still stood at the epitome of mankind. Was I running because of myself? Or was I running because of... someone else...?

Kei.

Images became even clearer, mist receding from the live video in front of me as I watched it in real time. I saw her hands clutching at my school shirt, her knuckles white from the sheer force with which she was gripping it. My hands went under her thighs, below her knees as I ran to the best of my ability with her in tow. Her eyes remained fixed at me like a nail struck with a hammer.

A man appeared from the front...

Who was it? Someone sent by HIM?

Yes... I was running away from the people he sent here. Not after me. He should know better than anyone- No amount of people he sent would be enough. So, he sent them for my girlfriend. A negotiation chip. Kei bit her lip, her face burying deep in my chest. The man approached us. With a practiced efficiency he leaned downwards and kicked at my legs. In response I jumped up, curling my legs and then landing back at his extended feet with as much force as I could.

A loud crunch echoed followed by the heavy rumble of thunder that came after a blinding bolt of lightning. Tempest blew violently and rain poured down in the form of a stream raging down violently. A howl of agony escaped his mouth, but I kicked him in the jaw with my heel. The teeth inside his mouth broke audibly. The black of his eyes rolled to the back of his head, his body going limp as he fell with a wet plop on the ground, in the puddle of water mixed with dirt.

Two more men perused behind me. With a quick dash I pushed the ground beneath me. The ground was slippery, less friction leading to a decreased speed coupled with the additional weight I was carrying. A simple calculation of probability. The goal was simple. Avoid the abductors and reach the vehicle already arranged by Principal Sakayanagi. However, using basic statistics and factoring in all factors the chances of it happening was 50%.