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Inside a ruined building on a unknown island, A group of armed soldiers came crashing in the front door of a high-rise building. They readied their weapon and sure enough out of the darkness came a creature that looks like a hybrid with the body of a tiger and a body & tail of a snake- The Snakehounds. The creature howled that cracked most of the glasses in the building but the soldier’s thick helmets protected them. The howl wasn’t just for intimidating it was also for signaling because shortly after that came the whole pack.
The soldier’s open-fired against the advancing creatures towards them. Before any of those creatures can get near the soldiers they were riddled with bullets and thus were killed. The creatures who were dying one by one, attacked altogether as a pack as a last chance effort of killing the soldiers. The soldiers more advanced as they seem to be, revealed a sonic cannon which they fired onto the oncoming horde of snakehound. When the cannon was fired it released a sound more than of a 10,000 decibel, disintegrating the snake hounds into nothing but bloods and bones.
It was either the sound of the cannon or the sound of the snakehounds dying because moments after that an 8 feet tall snakehound came into the scene. The soldiers tried to fire again but the mother was so fast that before the soldiers could press the button the other had smashed it already. The soldiers open-fired against the mother snakehound but the mother’s thick skin protected it form the soldiers bullets. The mother howled against the soldiers breaking the soldier’s formation. They all started running for their lives except for one soldier; The General.
The mother snapped for the general but he dodged and rolled to his left side and punched the mother in the eye. The mother attacked again but instead of dodging it, the general readied himself and when the mother snapped again, he caught it the lining of its mouth and tossed it around like a tin can. The mother now full of anger for the general slithered as fast as it can towards the general, the general instead of dodging or preparing for its attack now ran towards it. When the general was 2 feet away from the mother, he unfastened his belt full of grenades (with the grenades being set off too, of course) and tossed it onto the mother’s mouth. Avoiding it’s mouth and sliding into the corner he awaited for its effect to take place. The mother tried to snapped again but before even getting close to the general it exploded cutting it into two.
The general walked towards its still barely alive head, stomped on it, before exclaiming to this then regrouping soldiers “Now!!! Let us take our prize!!!!!!”. The soldiers cheered as the general exclaimed this words.

Chapter 1: A Hero Is Born….. Well sort of

Two soldiers walked along each other through a large white hallway and slumping upon their shoulders is a young teen boy whose age looks like 16 year old or so.
“Where are we taking him?” Asked guard no.1.
“To the prison cells, apparently the boss can’t take him in.”Answered guard no.2.
“The boss can’t absorb him? That’s impossible!!!” Exclaimed guard no.1.
“Yeah, As soon as they placed the kid in the containment unit, all of the systems crashed and the unit exploded.” Explained guard no.2.
“So, now what?” Asked guard no. 1
“Apparently the boss has something special for him in the Death Pit.” Answered guard no.2.
“Oh, okay. So how’s your hometown?” Replied guard no.1
“Not too shabby, I mean after we destroyed it and all.” Said guard no.2 with a proud smile.
They kept on bragging and laughing all about their past evil crimes until they came upon the prison cells. They threw the kid in one of the prison cell with a large “THUD!!!” and kept on bragging about their evil past deeds as soon as they closed the iron bars and walked away.
Out of the dusty old prison cell came an old man whose face spells wisdom. “Hey kid, Are you dead?” He said as he tapped the kid with his cane on his head. The kid started moving his finger, then wriggling his body, and finally opening his eyes. “Uh, Where am I?” The teen said while wiping his eyes. “Well, you’re in one of QWO’s base right now and if what the soldier said is true then you’re in big trouble, Mac.” The old man said as he helped the teen to his feet. “QWO, what’s QWO? And whose Mac is that my name?” The teen said as he sat down. “Well I really don’t know your name. So mind telling me your name.” suggested the old man. “I…. I really don’t know my name or rather doesn’t remember.” The teen said as he held onto his head. “Well then my name is Larry, Larry Gibson; my friends call me Lars for short.” Lars said as he held out his hand. “Well since I don’t know my name, I guess you can just call me Mac, just Mac.” Said Mac as he held Lars hand and shake it.
“Well now our greetings have been taken care of, QWO is…..” but before Lars can finish what he’s saying a bunch of guards entered their cell and handcuffed them to each other. “All right bring these toxic trashes to the stadium, the general wants to see somebody be slaughtered right now.” The warden shouted to his men.
Lars whispered to Mac as they were being brought to the Death Pit.“Get ready kid, I’ve been sent to some of these fights broke some bones seen somebody mauled to death. In the Death Pit your only goal is to survive; and since I’m handcuffed to you please do survive and maybe even better… win.”
As soon as they entered the stadium the first thing that Mac noticed was that it has a Roman gladiator style look to it. The stadium was circular shaped and its walls were lined with cages that held many different animals but these animals looked like hybrid of 2 or more animals, other animals look like exaggerated large versions of small animals, while other animals have mutated some part of their body. One of the cages held a giant rat, other cage held a hybrid of an eagle and a lion- Flying Death, and another animal looks like a dog with an enlarged jaw-Bone Crusher, and many other bizarre animals. The floor was sand with fallen weapons and bones of old participants scattered around it. The seats were filled with cheering or jeering audiences and the center of the seats in his throne was The General with 2 seductive women catering to his every need.
Mac while still handcuffed to Lars walked towards the center of the stage. The crowd mumbled against each other whose faces look likes its saying “Who is this young kid and old man, oh well at least we will see somebody get killed again.” The General lifted his right hand and the crowd shut up. He also pressed one of his buttons on his console and one of the cages opened releasing the Bone Crusher. Mac grabbed a sword from one of the fallen contestants as the Bone Crusher rushed towards them. When the Bone Crusher was just about to pounce them Mac instinctly slashed it with the sword, the Bone Crusher fell with a large “YELP!!!” the audience gasped until the Bone Crusher stood they all cheered again. The Bone Crusher lunged again but as soon as the Bone Crusher neared its oversized and sharp fangs against Mac, He brought the blade of the sword against it, killing it. The audience jeered the duo until The General raised his hand once more.
The General pressed another button on his console and yet again another cage opened, this time a giant rat attacked the duo. When the rat attacked and with no weapons in sight, Mac punched the rat in the head breaking its skull in the process.
The General now enraged at Mac ordered one of his elite soldiers to fight him in the stadium. The elite soldier dropped from the audience stand fastened his Kevlar vest, tightened his helmet, and readied his shock baton. The soldier charged but instead of fighting back, he kept on dodging it while carrying Lars with him on his shoulders. He kept on dodging and evading the soldier’s shock baton until the soldier was finally tired from all the chasing and attempted whacking. The soldier tried to whack Mac again but instead of evading it, he caught the baton from the tired soldier and used it to whack the soldier, whilst unleashing it’s full power. The soldier fell to the ground from all the shock he has received. Mac then unleashed a barrage of powerful punches to the downed soldier’s helmet further injuring the downed soldier. When he is about to unleash the death blow he looked up and saw The General with his thumbs down, he became disgusted about what he was doing and leave the soldier to the ground heavily injured but alive. The audience cheered this time because of Mac’s display of mercifulness.
Mac marched back towards the prison cells accompanied by Lars where they were greeted with a cheer from his fellow prisoners. The warden unlocked their handcuffs and led them back to their respective cell with a scowl on his face. “How did you do it???!!!” asked an amazed Lars. Towards a still healthy and non-injured Mac. “Did what?” replied Mac. “Like you don’t know.” Said the still amazed Lars “The slashing, the punching and the dodging while not getting tired and how did you carry me I’m 58 years old. How did you do it?”. “I don’t know I just did it when it was needed.” replied Mac. “Oh okay, still Mr. Mysterious are we, how about you use that super strength to……” before Lars can continue what he was saying a soldier dropped a cake onto their little window “Here’s your prize you pieces of shit.”. “He should at least served it with a little decency.” Complained Lars “Oh well let’s dig in.”. As Lars was eating from the ground he felt a solid metal box inside the cake when he bumped his fingers on it. He dug it out of the cake showed it to Mac and they both opened it. Inside they found a flashlight, a watch, a pair of knives, a key card, a key, a letter, a PDA, and a pair of lion energy chocolate bars. Mac read the letter:
To the kid who bested me in combat,
I must say I was amazed when a kid who looked so scrawny defeated me. Especially I was trained to the highest military training. The organization of the QWO is going to dissect you tomorrow to know where you’re superhuman strength comes from (Under The General’s orders of course). I can’t let them do that because I still need to beat you. So you must escape later at midnight. Don’t think of this as a way of me saying thanks to you for sparing my life, I just really want to beat you. The watch has an alarm which will set off once it is time to escape, The PDA has a virtual map which will show you the way you need to take to get out of this facility, you can use the key to open your cell but don’t think of freeing the other prisoners because that key only works with your cell. Some of the doors are electronically locked so you can use the keycard there. Good Luck to you and I hope to kill you in the future.
-Webb
After Mac finished reading the letter, the only thing he could say was “It’s time to bust out of here.”

Chapter 2: The Not So Great Escape

“Bust out, you mean escape” Lars eyes widened “There is no escape from this organization, even if we have a guy on the inside. How do we even know this guy isn’t lying to us?”
Mac held out a severed pinky finger deeper within the box “It’s either my intuition or this finger with the honesty written all over it.”
“Ewww. That’s pretty gross, But still……” Lars said upon seeing the severed finger. “Well I’m not going to be a frog for some people who entertain themselves with the death of other people.” Said Mac with a confident voice
Lars stood from his bunk bed and said “And I’m not going to be chained to other person again and be made fun of. Fine, let’s do it.”
They kept on waiting until the PDA rang. Mac checked the time, it’s 12:00 A.M.(midnight), the perfect time for escaping. All the other prisoners were asleep and the warden was nowhere to be found. Mac unlocked their cell and as quiet as a mouse they sneaked their way into the front door of the prison. Outside what they saw was a beautiful white hallway, not the one you’d expect from a place as brutal as this organization, the walls were white and decorated with numerous paintings, the ceilings were all lit up with fluorescent light, and each turn you see you might see a fern or some other kind of potted plant.
Mac and Lars hid behind the potted plants when they heard some footsteps and some voices making a turn at the intersection in the hallway directly in front of them. “Why are you bringing me along, it’s your job.” Argued one of the guard .
The second guard replied “Because if I don’t somebody might jump on me and wring my neck like Johnny.”
“Hmmmppphhhh….. You and your paranoia.” Muttered the first guard
As soon as the two guards took ahold of the prison’s door handle, Lars came out of his hiding place and pinched the two guard’s shoulder. In an instance the two guards fell unconscious “Learned that trick long ago when I was being rude to the guards.”
The duo hid the 2 guards in their former prison cell then bounded them; gagged them; and finally silently slid them out of their clothes (a.k.a. their armor) and fitted themselves with it. The duo then proceeds to walk the corridors while meeting with other guards who have no idea of the escaped prisoners and the tied up guards.
They kept on following the map on the PDA until they came upon the arena, which it’s domed roof has now been closed for the night. “Now this can’t be right. The map ends here but this is not the way out. Unless….” Lars said in a low voice. But before Lars can say more, the arena’s stage lights suddenly flew open and from the seats of the arena appeared numerous guards armed with long-ranged rifles. “Hahaha!!!!!! Bravo, you walk right into that one.” The Warden said as he clapped.
Mac demanded “Where’s Webb and what have you done to him?!”
“Oh him he’s here alright, not just how you thought him to be.” The warden said as he ordered one of his guards. Sure enough, one of the guards brought before them Webb but with his vest off and him in chains.
The warden brought out a syringe with a strange purple liquid and injected it in Webb’s back “He said he wanted a rematch, well let’s give him one.”
The Warden and his Guards quickly fled the arena and locked it as soon as they were all out. Mac and Lars approached the groaning Webb but as soon as they got close Webb grabbed Mac’s arm and shouted only one word “RUN!!!!!”
Webb started to rose; he then proceeds to break his chains by pure force and tear off his shirt, as soon as his shirt was off, 4 stingers grew on his back and his eyes turned to bloodshot red.
Lars upon seeing the transformation quickly hid behind a large debris while Mac just stood there in awe. Mac slowly approached the transformed Webb “Webb, try to calm down” but instead Webb used one of the new stingers to knock Mac back “Okay let’s try something else”.
Mac charged for Webb with a punch but Webb caught the punch and using one of his stingers, he grabbed Mac and slammed him to the ground multiple times almost making Lars dizzy who was watching from behind the debris, he then threw Mac towards a wall. Mac emerged from the wall but couldn’t find Webb; he scanned the area cautiously for him but couldn’t find anything. He searched behind a pillar but still didn’t find anything until a yellowy foam dropped from where he was. He slowly looked up but before he could even react Webb had him pinned down and was giving him a barrage of punches, when the 15th punch was about to be thrown he caught it and said “My turn”, Mac kicked Webb, stood quickly and then threw him towards the wall. Webb shot a stream of web towards Mac but Mac dodged it and grabbed the web hurling Webb upwards. Webb landed on the ceiling and using his web he hurled Mac towards the ceiling but Mac broke to the domed ceiling and in midair he spun 3 times before using enough force to drag and slam Webb on the floor again.
Just when he thought everything was over he began falling and forgot he was 80 ft. in the air.

Chapter 3: Welcome to Tropol

"Wake up sleeping beauty, Wake up.It's time for your medicine" Said a woman in a lab coat

Mac grumbled and buried himself in his bed sheets “We don't want you to go away now do we" The woman continued

Mac just deepened himself in his sheets."Come on me and your father just want what’s best for you"

Finally Mac snapped "No! Let me tell you what you want. You just want a name and place for yourselves"

"Nahhh, all I want is bacon" The woman's soft feminine voice suddenly turned into a deep masculine voice With those words Mac's head spinned and he suddenly found himself awake inside an old and ruined building.

"Wonderful morning kiddo, want some cofee? tea? Well I'm a bit sorry all we have is me" Lars then proceeded to a laugh but quickly straightened his face out "but no seriously, all we have here is water"

Lars grabbed a nearby chair which features shows signs of decation" Remember anything from before or even how you managed to defeat the semi-evil man-spider"

"Semi-evil?"Asked Mac with a puzzled expression"Well technically he did try to free us and help us escape but in the end he couldn't even control himself. So I guess we can categorize him in the semi-evil. Anyways, enough about him, more about you. How the heck did you did those things?"

"I don't know." Mac said while rubbing his eyes. "In fact I don't remember anything at all, except waking up in a cold cell"

"It'll eventually come back, you had a big fall, The doctor said It was a miracle on how you survived."

"Okay, so where are we now?"

"Why you're here in the best town in the wasteland. Tropol."

"Wasteland?Tropol?Why the heck are we in a wasteland and what town is Tropol?"

"Where have you been in the last few centuries?"

"Like I said, I don't remember anything.""Oh well, Nevermind, Anyway do you got a place to stay?"

"I really don't know......" Mac's voice trailed off as he sat up and looked outside. There were some few houses but all of them also looked ruined, the street was no better it was full of potholes and abandoned and packed with abandoned cars, There were people too but instead of looking glum and miserable some looked pretty happy. Mac looked at what seems to be the town entrance and tried to read on what was top of the archways "Welcome To METROPOLIS" with the Wel,ME, and IS faded out. As Mac was trying to understand the surroundings and trying to compare them with his dream, his head began spinning and he lost consciousness once more because of one question. What happened?

"Whoa, easy there partner. You just got back up and yet you're dying again." Said a girl while she catched a falling Mac. The girl then shouldered Mac while saying "Come on pal, let's get you recovered once more" and she made hin lay on the bed once more.

Mac was glad that his next dream wasn’t about forgotten memories but rather it was about alternate endings. On how could the Bone Crusher crushed have them, on how could the soldiers of QWO captured then again and then tortured them horribly, and on how Webb could entrapped them and then save them for dinner. Ok, So Mac wasn't glad at his dreams, he was terrified of his nightmares. Maybe this was a side effect from the bad medicine or the long fall and heavy thud he suffered, or maybe it was the guilt he was suffering when he slightly awakened in one of his dream/nightmares.

"Come on old man! You didn't think this through. Why did you have to bring another mouth to feed. As we have already enough problems feeding ourselves." Argued the girl who was counting some numbers

"Well what did you expect me to do? Leave him for the sandworms." Lars stopped tinkering the machine for a minute just to answer

"Well if we’re lucky, It would have a family and we'd have save more lives"

"But this boy saved mine, I can't just abandon someone who saved my life and expect to get away with a clean conscience"

"Well I can and I will, because I have more pressing concerns to deal with like providing for us" Said the girl as she gathered her bag of medicine and medicinal tools and stormed out of the house.

"Hahhh, goooood riddance" Sighed Lars as he continued on tinkering with the machine

The rest of the sleep for Mac was too uneasy. The next morning as Mac awakened he couldn't notice the girl which was a good call for him. He slowly made his way to the front door but even before reaching the door he collapsed, It was a good thing that Lars saw and caught him. Lars propped him up over their dining table and got him some stale bread and some bit of dirty water" Sorry this is all we've got"

"Nah, it's great. It's more than enough compared what you have done for me"Mac said as he chowed down on the bread and water.

After satisfying his needs Mac started to get up again but Lars quickly stopped him" Mac, stop. I know that you heard everything but I also know that you are in no state to travel. Especially that you have no place to go"

"If this is about repaying me for saving you. Don't worry I don't take charges.”

"Oh no, If this is about those bone crushers or about the fantastic man-spider, I know I already haved. This is about being human"

Mac stared at awe. He couldn't comprehend that this wisecracker just may have a heart " Well at least let me earn my keep" demanded Mac

"Nahhh. I don't think someone as injured as you can do any work at all"

"No look I'm healthy again" Said Mac as he air box

"Well If you really want to help, Here's an address of a person who needs my help but most fortunately I am busy repairing an item for another person." Said Lars as he handed Mac a piece of paper.

Lars then scanned Mac “You may also need to change clothes; hopefully there may be clothes in the closet that suits you"

Lars started to get up “Well if that is all then cheerio then and good luck. But seriously go change"

Mac stared at his own clothes. Lars was right he does need to change. His shirt was all torn apart, His jeans’ zipper was missing leaving it open, and his shoes...... Well let's just say that One-do is missing. But the worst part of it all was that it was prison garbs. Mac slowly made his way to closet opened it and was surprised by what he saw.

Impressum

Widmung:
To that person who persuaded me to open up an account on this site and share my stories.

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