1 Chapter 1

Kai woke up on the ground surrounded by trees roots and soil.

Pushing himself off the ground, Kai looks down at himself and found that his body had lost weight but in a effective way and his skin was an unhealthy pale tone of white. Kai then realized that he was naked, IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST AND NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES.

Once Kai finished searching his body for wounds, he come to the realization that doesn't know where he is, nor does he know how he arrived in a forest. While attempting to remember what happened to him, a sudden pain erupted from his head and memories surged back into his brain causing him to black-out from the large amount of information.

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A Few Hours Earlier

Kai walked off a bus, in the bustling city of Tel Aviv in Israel. He was on holiday and had decided to come to Israel. He was headed towards the Dizengoff Center (a big mall in Tel Aviv Israel's business city). Walking down the street he passed all kinds of shops which including an art gallery and many places to buy food. After walking for a few minutes, he stood in front of gate 8 of the Dizengoff Center.

After a quick security check, he walked through the gates entrance. Upon entering he saw how unique the build-up was as one side of the mall was sloped in a decent while the other side was sloped in the opposite direction. Seeing this and it being Kai's first time in the mall, it scared him just from the size of it and he was afraid he would get lost. In the end though he mustered up his courage and he decided to just continue in a straight line from the entrance and work out the route from there.

Though once kai had decided the route, he was going to take his stomach rumbled from hunger. He hadn't eaten breakfast and it was already noon. He decided to search for a restaurant and after walking for a few minutes, he passed a coffee shop called "Cofix." (Cofix is a coffee shop that sells everything in the equivalent of a dollar). Ka walked to the end of the line and waited until it was his turn when a slob-like Israeli man tried to push his way past Kai.

Stretching out his arm in order to stop him from cutting the line the man stared at him angrily and started shouting at him in Hebrew. However, he didn't understand what he was saying as he hadn't learnt Hebrew and instead ignored him. When the worker manning the counter asked for Kai's order, he replied, "An iced coffee and a turkey sandwich."

After that the loud rude man was pushed to the end of the line by the rest of the people who were standing in line long before he came in. Once Kai got his coffee and sandwich, he heard someone mention a comic shop, so he walked up to the two men conversing and asked, "I overheard you guys talking about a comic shop and I was curious. Where could I find it?"

The man replied in broken English with a hard to understand Israeli accent, "Upstairs, second-floor, hallway," attempting to gesture with his hands but unable to explain properly. After thanking the man, he was able to make his way up to the second floor at a fast pace.

When Kai got to the second floor, he searched for the comic shop, but was only able to find it after about 10 minutes of searching for it. Going inside he found that half of the shop was full of manga and the other half was filled with comics. The counter and on the shelf behind it were cluttered with merchandise such as figurines, cards and so on.

Kai walked to the bookcase that was filled with manga and browsed through the "Attack of Titan" section. He then picked up volume 11 and started reading, when a young man with large sideburns and a shaved head walked in holding what looked to be a plastic gun. The young man started to shout in broken English while standing in the front of the shop.

Kai walked up to him not understanding the precarious scenario that he was in because he had never seen a real gun. The man saw Kai walking up to him while telling him that his gun looked like an awesome replica. Not understanding everything Kai was saying the man felt threatened when he saw that Kai didn't care about the gun in his hand, so he took aim at Kai and a shot rang out. The bullet pierced Kai's leg hitting a major artery sending him to the ground with a cry of pain and tears streaming down his face.

The man gestured for the rest of the shoppers and shop employees to exit the shot with his gun. The Israeli citizens quickly understood that this man was a terrorist, as they saw these kinds of attacks on the news and complied with his wishes obediently leaving.

The terrorist understood that most of these people didn't understand him, so he repeatedly gestured with his gun and pointed for them to head towards the door. When everyone had left shaking in fear, Kai was the only one left lying on the ground.

Looking at Kai on the floor the terrorist contemplated whether to kill him with another bullet or let him bleed out. Deciding to let him bleed out, he took out a small rectangular package with colorful wires connected to it from a control panel making beeping noises in a pattern.

Seeing this Kai quickly understand that it was a bomb!

The terrorist stuck the bomb onto one of the walls of the shop and started the countdown by pressing the red button on the control panel. After setting the bomb the terrorist quickly leaves the shop. Kai's world is quickly fading from the lose of blood and his life passes before his eyes. His first memory was of a nursery, then of family meals, having friends over to his house, going to the movies. He saw primary school, middle school and high school in flashes. There were many conflicts and reconciliations between friends and family. He saw his passions for books, web novels, movies, games and meeting with friends.

Finally, his most cherished memories appeared. His childhood where he would sit with his family and talk with them about his day, when watched they Harry Potter marathon or his many discussions with his mother about one of their favorite book series Twilight. Closing his eyes for the last time he realizes that he had a fulfilling life although it was short, he had enjoyed it. His only regret was not being able to see his family one last time.