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Devoran

The power to devour death and enhance yourself. That is the power that Alex Rune received. An apocalyptic event occurred several generations ago that forced humanity to retreat underground in order to avoid extinction. Now all that remains of the human race lives within a series of five cities, with each city being built deeper than the last. In these cities everyone was equal and your only value to society was dependant on what you provided towards the survival of humanity. Of course, as anyone could have guessed, equality didn't last long. people started to create a social hierarchy based on what they could provide and soon enough capitalism had been reinstated. A few generations went by and the surface had all but been forgotten. Nobody cared for it, nobody longed for it. The surface might as well have been a fairy tale. It was around this time that another shift occurred within society, something that tossed the hierarchy onto it's head. Abilities. People started to develop supernatural abilities that allowed them to defy the laws of nature. Flight, teleportation, super strength and many more. It didn't take long for a new hierarchy to be formed, one that put these ability 'Users' at the top of the food chain. This brings us to the present day, where a young man nearing adulthood discovers that he possesses one of these abilities during a rather stressful moment. The ability he received? The ability grow stronger with each life he takes. This alone was a surprise, as he should have been too old to receive an ability, but the surprise didn't end there. It turns out than when Alex kills someone who possesses an ability, he can take it for himself. Now that he has the means to achieve greatness, he throws away his old self and embraces his need to kill, to grow stronger by any means necessary. Money hungry corporations, power drunk ability Users, this story has it all. Now get reading ;)

MagusRex · Fantasie
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Helpless

Alex was pinned to the wall, unable to move as the two men ran towards his siblings. A feeling of helplessness filled his heart, reminding him why he should never get conceited, that his power is still on the weaker side.

"Run! The alley is clear behind you so run!"

The twins were practically frozen with fear as they watched the men approach but when Alex shouted it managed to break one of them out of their fear. Sarah grabbed Benny by the wrist and pulled him along as she ran towards the empty side of the alley.

Alex had been trying to push this invisible wall away with his arms but he lacked the strength necessary to do it, every time he did manage to push it away even slightly it would start pushing back even harder.

'I can't just hope that they can outrun those guys, I need to break free and help them! If I can get him to use this 'wall' to defend himself then he will have to drop me or take the hit.'