1 I-Cemented heart

"I guess i'm going to die huh, born to darkness and in darkness i will return"

The words crept out of his mouth while the feeling of vibrant pain echoed out through his bones and his organs..blood slide done the side of his lips and his knuckles and hand hurt as he tried to clench his fist..

"kuta"

"kuta"

"kuta"

the sounds of a iron heel hitting cobble stone pulled the youth out of his blooded daze.

"Well if it isn't..."

"Hey old man"

a feeble 15 year old laid in a corner blooded and beaten,bruises built up over years of underhanded treatments and bulling from his peers and guardians have left him a shell of what a normal teen should be. A pool of blood gathered at his feet and his hollowed reflection stared back at him as his ears twitched at the approaching sounds..

"Still no change for you boy"

The rain droplets from the previous shower mixed with the teens blood and ran down the cobble walkway and into the dirty street. "How is it that a blind kid survived this long in portobello"

The old man stood there rubbing his chin looking down at the boy,Standing 6 foot and 1inch with hair almost silver when the sunlight brushed against it, his beard and hair were cut in a military style fade giving him a stern and aggressive look.

"luck I guess, I see your still smoking those cheap smokes"

The face of the old man turned ugly at the insult and word churned his belly abit.

"I see you still can't see"he rebuttal quickly.

"Ughh,Ughh" the teen began coughing up blood with a slight chuckle in his voice.

"I'm abit busy old man i'm not in the mood for hunters, I see even one of the top guilds have time to spare for weaklings...

"Your right i'm not here to make fun of a weakling of misfortune,I just need to use it for my fortune and in return I'll send a healer over to take a look at you".

"And what is it you wish of my misfortune".

"All we need to know is if you heard a group of dungeon creatures roam threw these parts"

the old man lit a smoke and twirled it in his fingers and put it back between his lips.

"Can't say for sure, the past few days I've been dealing with your son and his shithead friends". It was no secret that the old man's son bullied the boy to the point of death.

The old man jaw tighten and and his lip twitch at the notion that his son had anything to do with sorry site of the disable boy he almost turned away..

"Just tell me if you did or not"

The old man patience sped up and already worn out.

"Hmm"

the kid scoffed in the old mans face. "About 12 last night and i think it was about 6 of them in total, take it or leave it". The old man eye's narrowed and his forehead wrinkled.

"puff,Puff"

"Thanks,the healer is on there way; But you mind if I ask you something kid why have you not just left port city, why live in the outerborders"

"Hmm where would I go like dis"

The old man grew silent and turned his back and began walking away. He knew the answer to his question before he asked it. The youth's situation was an abnormal one in there era ,40 years back all sorts of deadly portals leading to another world full of vile and crazed creatures began there invasions onto earth. The process of there invasion wiped out half of earths population and took control of exiting lands after there decimation.

On the wake of such events individuals began developing mutations and anomalies in there body invoking unique powers. The world went into a new age of combating the flood of monsters that came raging out of the dungeon portals,10 years from those initial events it was found that what gave people there powers where a new living organism nickname the Parasite and not shortly after organizations such as Devil's Neck began implanting parasites into people until the government banned and outlawed any research and development.A few decades pasted and a new generations came forth producing parasites now dub the Parasite Gene stronger than the previous 2 generations before them.

But this boy before him a 3rd generation had no such gene or mutation visible to there knowledge, born in a world were powers and mutations would grant a person a comfortable life if they knew how to properly use their developed changes. All that was gifted to the youth infront of him was blindness, no one knows if he has a parasite in him the normal signs of mutation and power activation has never showed themselves, all that was confirm was that he could not see...

"Take care kid,don't die out here"

With that the figures walking away vanished and the boy was greeted by the promised healer stepping out of the shadows..

"Ain't you lucky getting healed by the Fractal guild, Whats your name anyway?"

The healer radiated smug and cheap confidence.

"Eli"

He spoke without giving off any emotions at the healers taunts.

"Well Eli"

he said in a mocking tone.

"Lets get this over with"

As the words left his mouth a green hue showered Eli's body and His blood,bruises started to resend back into him,his fractured bones cracked and knuckles showing all though he's build he was putting up a fight, the purple bruising shredded off and began to disappear completely. The blood put a healthier flush to to it and rose him to his feet..

"All done, I'm outa here freak"

the healer turned and began walking down the pitched ally

Eli's ear's began to twitch at far off sounds in his head direction.

"Hey!!"

Eli shouted but the healer ignored him

"You might not want to go that way"

"Shut up,you useless ally trash"

the healer replied.

"Don't say i didn't try to help you, you bastard"