Lucien sat in the alley for hours just thinking about what just happend.
The world had returned to normal — the trains roared again, the people resumed their lives, and the smog choked the sky like nothing had ever happened.
But everything had changed for one boy called Lucien.
His hands still trembled. Not from fear. From power. Something now lived inside him. Not a voice. Not a spirit. But a force — ancient, scarred, and furious being.
He could still hear the echo of its name:
The God of Vengeance.
He didn't understand. Why him? Why now? What did it want?
He stood and stepped out into the streets of Tokyo.
People passed by like always — eyes glazed, attention buried in their phones — but now, Lucien could hear them not talking, because those people lips were not moving but he heard those people thoughts.
"I'm gonna be late again—"
"God, I hate this job."
"She didn't text me back..."
"Is this all there is to life?"
Whispers. Thoughts. Regrets. Lies. All flowing into his mind like background noise.
His head throbbed. He gritted his teeth and forced himself forward.
Every movement felt easier. Lighter. Stronger.
He jumped up onto a high wall in a alleyway that was 5 meters tall effortlessly.
He didn't land.
He hovered — for a second — before gravity reclaimed him.
Lucien stared at his hands.
"This... isn't human."
But he didn't feel like a god either. Just... something in between. A broken kid with a loaded gun in his chest and no clue how or where to aim it.
By nightfall, he'd wandered into the edge of the industrial district — rusted metal, cracked pavement, and just silence. The city didn't come here anymore. Even the dirty rats seemed afraid of this place.
Lucien stopped.
Something was watching him.
He turned.
And saw it.
A shadow twice the size of a man, with a body that looked like it couldn't be breaked and six purple glowing eyes. Its limbs were jagged and wrong — like a corpse stitched together by nightmare. It didn't walk. It looked like it slid like a reptile.
Lucien took a step back.
Mind reading...
He reached into its mind — and recoiled instantly.
There was no language. No thought. Only hunger and violence. It wasn't an animal. It was a monster.
He'd heard of them before but he never thought he´d encouter one. Monsters sometimes strong enough to endanger entire cities,
This was one of them.
And it had found him.
The creature roared — a deep, loud and scary sound that cracked a nearby streetlamp. Without thinking, Lucien jumped back.
His body reacted before he could think.
The monster stood up and lunged towards me which i didn´t know he could — claws as big as a small baseball bat tearing through the air.
Lucien moved.
His speed kicked in like a second engine. In an instant, he was behind the monster. His fist, filled with all the power that he had, slammed into the monster its spine.
Boom.
The impact sent the monster flying across the pavement — leaving a crater.
Lucien's knuckles bled and he was a little bit hurt.
"Shit... that's all I got?"
The monster stood. Its spine snapped back into place with a sickening crack.
Lucien raised both hands.
Telekinesis.
He reached into the air — grabbed hold of the metal debris around him — and hurled it.
Screws. Pipes. Rusted beams.
The monster twisted and charged through them like they were nothing.
Lucien tried to dodge — but the monster was getting faster now.
A claw ripped across his chest. Blood sprayed everywhere.
He slammed into a dumpster.
Pain exploded in his ribs. Vision blurred. Eyes where full of blood.
"No... I'm not done..."
The monster slowly walked towards him.
Lucien's eyes glowed faintly.
His mind dove into the creature again — not to read it this time, but to crush it. He reached for its instincts, its will, its source — and screamed.
His body surged forward, speed cracking the ground beneath his feet.
He collided with the monster mid-roar.
Both of them crashed into a factory wall, destroying it completly..
Lucien landed on top — fist raised, breathing heavy, vision swimming.
He punched.
Once.
Twice.
And a third time.
Then the monster grabbed his arm with his own tiny arms,
And snapped it like it was nothing.
Lucien screamed in agony. All of his strength went away.. The reptile threw him into a stack of metal poles.
He couldn't move.
Blood soaked his hoodie. One eye was swollen shut.
The monster stalked forward — even slower now. Wounded. But still strong.
Lucien tried to stand. Failed miserably.
The god inside him stirred — but did nothing. Silent.
Was this it?
A shadow fell over him.
The monster raised its claw.
"You are the vessel of vengeance...""Do not die here." He heard someone say
Lucien looked up through his blurred eyes — the claw descending towards him.
The screen went black.