1 Extinction into the Birth
"Quinn is a soil man! Hahaha!"
"Yeah! You're right, and soil men live underground."
The roar of laughter sounded from the closed, darkened room. Three rogue boys inside were celebrating their success to the fullest. It seemed that they were going to get a new life the way they wanted.
Various wine bottles around them were openly presenting their spoiled personalities. However, the excitement in their evil words was exploring the truth that they had committed a dreadful crime.
Unlike other criminals who instantly escape after the crime, they were too satisfied at the one position. Not even a single word or expression showed that they were afraid of the police.
On the other side of the city surrounded by a terrible forest, a groaning sound could be heard from the underground- at least 10 meters below.
"Someone here, please save me. Save my life."
Unfortunately, nobody was there to help him due to humans avoiding that place except to hunt the wild organisms who thirsted for human blood.
That was Quinn, who was on his deathbed. His body was distinctly showing that he had been passed through severe level cruelty. No one could even recognize that he was human. From head to toe, he was bathed in wet soil.
Underground insects and animals were taking him like garbage and were constantly damaging his body. Fortunately, his eyes were not injured. He could see everything there but was not seeing anything because of the utter dark environment.
Suddenly, his hands felt a soft touch. He wished that touch was of the dangerous organism so he would die and get rid of continuous pain. His wish was fulfilled. That was the snake, thirsty for his sweet blood.
"Please harm me. I'll be extremely thankful to you." Quinn cried in pain.
He was already in the last stage of pain, so he didn't get irritated when the snake bit him. Instead, he began counting his ending minutes with a little bit of satisfaction that he was going to the place where no one could harm him.
He thought that the life after death, no matter what it would be like, could not be crueler than that life he currently had. Then, just after 15 minutes, the situation became unbearable.
The vomit was making his soil-masked body more smelly and dirty. Bleeding through the wound was rapidly mixing blood with vomit.
That was just a one-minute distance between his life and death that a tragedy happened.
The unknown flying machine suddenly appeared in the sky. Red-colored rays fell straight down to his body without deviating here and there. He became unconscious just after that. The ground cracked, and he was pushed upward to the normal level.
Thanks to his fortune that not any wild organism touched his body for 24 hours. He opened his eyes while being so afraid that he would have to face that situation again.
"I wish I died. Why am I awake again?"
"Even I can't suicide here."
Quinn was pulling his knees to his chest while crying.
The terrible flashbacks disturbed his mind. First, he remembered the time when he was buried. He didn't know who did that and why but he determined he would take revenge from his culprits at any cost.
The last scene he remembered before stuck under the ground was when he was trying to sleep in his room. He thought that was a horrible dream, but just after that, he felt that he was lying on the rough ground instead of his bed.
He tried to touch the ground but was shocked when he unintentionally put a glance on his left hand. That had been turned so tiny and smooth like a baby's hand.
"Oh! What happened? I can't believe I have turned into a baby." Quinn became expressionless, thinking what a game the fortune was playing with him.
However, what happened next compelled him to get shocked. His right hand was as muscular and thick as before.
He had already passed through a difficult situation. His mental condition had disturbed too much. He was not strong enough to judge what exactly was happening.
"I shouldn't disturb my mind. Why go in-depth when my life is just going to accomplish?"
Quinn tried to accept the reality. And seriously, that was near to the impossible for any human to stay alive in that condition at that place for more than 3 to 4 hours.
Intending to save himself, he tried to walk. But, instead of walking, he couldn't even crawl because he had turned into a newborn baby.
"My life has been devastated. I'll be a joke to the whole world. Already, the whole world is facing crises from Aliens. Nobody will accept the newborn baby with one larger hand. Maybe I'll be killed in front of the whole world to threaten the Aliens' community."
At that time, the world's condition was too severe due to Aliens trying to attack the whole world. So all countries were trying to empower their army to save their people.
Fortunately, Aliens had not attacked yet. They were just sending signals to threaten humans. With every ray coming from Mars, humans became more and more active.
They believed that they couldn't attack Mars due to being weaker than Aliens. So all world scientists were trying their best to introduce any modern weapon with which they could vanquish over Aliens.
Quinn's condition could make scientists think that it was part of Alien's conspiracies. A baby with one larger hand would definitely be unacceptable for the whole world.
"What if I would be sent to Mars!" Quinn was regretting his new life instead of feeling fortunate that his 18 years of life had returned to them.
"I'll show that behavior that they will accept that I'm human." He was trying to recover his grief.
He was so lucky that no organism reached there for two hours when lying on the ground. However, his condition was constantly getting worse due to fear and depression.
That was 3rd March, the day for wildlife recognition to the people. So, some members of NWF (National Wildlife Federation) visited that forest.
Just after Quinn saw they were advancing towards himself, he tried his best to hide. He covered himself with the leaves and soil there.
As the team was getting closer to himself, his heartbeat was going faster and faster. He didn't wanna face any human in that condition.
That would be extremely embarrassing for him. He thought people would laugh at his condition, and memers would make memes on his large hand.
The team analyzed the place there and intended to return due to not seeing any wandering organisms there. But, unfortunately, one person pressed Quinn's soft tiny hand with his shoes while progressing to the backside.
"Ah!" The person was shocked.
"Sir, I think there's a snake under these leaves. Thank God! he didn't bite me," He added while winding his breath.
"Are you sure that was a snake?" The team leader seemed curious about that matter.
That question froze Quinn's tiny body.
"Not sure 100%," The person answered.
The team leader asked them to look over the leaves for confirmation. Finally, Quinn's body was exposed. He closed his eyes due to being weaker enough to face humans.
Finally, Quinn was exposed.
"Oh! Here's a baby."
"Luckily! we didn't ignore the matter."
"He'll be a dangerous criminal who threw the baby here."
"Bearing the weight of a fully grown man on his body was definitely cruel for a newly born baby."
"His tiny innocent finger has been injured."
The matter astonished all the members who had not even seen the larger hand yet.
They captured the snaps of Quinn and his surroundings. That was necessary to observe the situation in its initial condition for finding a culprit.
The leader bent to hold Quinn with great love and sympathy. When he raised Quinn's back, the large hand hidden under the leaves was exposed.
"Ah!" Leader cried in shock and fear.
Viewing a large hand couldn't make him think that it belonged to Quinn. Obviously, he instantly considered that a detached hand of a mature person.
With a fast-paced heartbeat and shivering hands, he pulled the hand. His eyes couldn't believe the scene when he observed the hand belonged to the baby's body.
Finding a newborn baby in a lonely place was already unacceptable for the team. So, the other matter forcefully jerked their mind.
Quinn, who was already embarrassed due to his funny body, wondered about the people's behavior. He was feeling like a witch who scared mature people. He wished that he instantly died so he wouldn't have to face the whole world.
"Sir, I think we should bury this baby in the ground right now."
"Of course, he's not a human."
"Sir, it'll be risky to take him in our car."
Team members were striving to save their lives, considering Quinn dangerous for themselves. However, before a leader made another decision, one member deviated from his fellows' viewpoints.
"It'll be a waste of great blessing if we kill this child. Of course, we can become so rich with him."
