2 Opening Act.

I could hear the distant whirring of engines, the scream of sirens, the crackling of flames and collapsing buildings. Surrounded by what was once a load bearing wall I lay in the middle of the road, organs exposed to the cold, open air. I may not survive the night, however my story will.

It was about two to two and a half years ago; I was living a life of mediocrity; working a dead-end job; eating ramen and other instant food because I was too lazy to cook; made crappy mobile games as a hobby. That was until I got too drunk one day, and inserted myself into the world of the Chaos Runners.

Chaos Runners, it was a sport unlike any other. Although it was underground, CR still pulled enough views to make the NFL blush. Chaos Runners was a blood sport where super-powered crazies would rampage through throughout the city in seven competitions, until the final two would have a no-holds-barred fight to the death. I never watched it, simply because it didn't interest me, but as fate would have it, I met with a Dealer. They were the people who turned people into these 'Runners' as they're known, and it just so happened that I was drunk out of my gourd. And when this dealer told me I could have super powers, I took him up on his offer before he could even finish speaking. I took the "Awakening Pill" instantly, unaware that it would connect me to the Chaos Waves, a biological internet of sorts that only the runners could access.

When I woke up the next morning I had a splitting headache, but it wasn't because of the alcohol, it was different somehow. I wanted to know if anything changed so I headed towards the bathroom so I could examine myself, but it was mostly to figure out if it was real, or if I ended up taking a crack pill.

I slid out of bed like normal, but something was off, it felt slower than it should be. I took one step, then another, after step, after step towards the bathroom, but it took seemingly an eternity for me just to reach my bedroom door. I now know that I had something Blitz types suffer from fairly often, it's called 'Zoom Mood', old me just thought it was just Brian's d**n brownies.

When I finally reached the bathroom, I could see the changes in myself in more ways than one. My skin had pulsing lines of color running along my entire body. My hair appeared to be like steel plates affixed to my head in the same style as hair, but it was so long that it reached my hip. My entire body was shiny as if it was metallic, and yet it remained flexible. My hands were now far more weapon like, more like those you'd see on demons from fantasy games. When I looked down, I nearly jumped out of my skin... in figurative sense at least because my legs looked friggin' weird, more like that nonsense speedster alien from B*n 10, than human legs. When I tried to close my eyes instead of my eyelids sealing away my vision, a see-through membrane covered them instead. It honestly would've looked pretty cool if I saw someone cosplaying as this weird metal demon, but this was no cosplay it was my real body; and this was real life.

I lifted myself from my bathroom floor horrified of what I've become. Wondering what the hell I've become. In my sulking, my vision suddenly started flickering with all kinds of colors. Then the system start noise played in my head "Do Do Duh Dooo" as a HUD like in C.O.D. appeared in my vision with the words "WELKOM NUBIE" sprawled out in a comic sans font. I nearly crapped myself at its sudden appearance, but THEN I heard the voice of the Chaos Waves, "SO BUDDY YOU WAN KNO WHAT ARE YOU?" It screamed into my head loud enough to make me buckle to my knees. Man, if I could have a dollar for every newbie who's nearly died to this darned voice scaring them so bad their pants got a new paint-job, I'd be flying in space right now. Now you're probably wondering if I mean Bezos, or Elon answer: yes.

I took a few labored breaths before it asked once more, "WAN KNO WHAT ARE?". "Yes, just stop the screaming!" I whined like a baby. And then I waited for it to respond and glanced around the room wondering what made the sound. Ah, what a rookie mistake I made back then, what idiot would think they're sane after taking a magic pill that gives superpowers, given to them by a mysterious man in an alleyway. The voice switched into a text form and still scared me sh**less, but what did I expect to happen after I took that pill? Let's skip all the boring stuff about how I may or may not of soiled my pants several times during the tutorial, don't worry I got used to quick... enough.

I looked in the mirror wearing a fresh set of clothes for personal reasons before I looked in the mirror once more and said, "Analyze" in my head of course, because I'm a quick learner... and not an edgelord. And like magic it showed me my stats, category and type, I learned I was An Evo-Blitz and sat at the reverse peak of the world. Which meant I was FFF class poopoo garbo which meant I'd probably die in any real confrontation with my fellow runners, oh and I also learned that I have to participate in a chaos run once a week or my brain will tell my heart to explode. But before I went insane, I asked the CW if there was a way to enter my base form, and to which it just switched me back into my normal form, but it will only last for four hours... great.

And like that my epic journey began, sure it was a bit messy, but that's how all legends start. With some random nobody someday waking up and saying to themselves "I'M THE BEST THERE EVER WAS!!!" to themself for some reason or another.