The Apocalypse Is Near

*Drizzle... Drizzle... Drizzle*

The sound of rain drops hitting a hard concrete floor resounded as Ace walked peacefully and patiently in the rain.

'I never expected it to rain by this time. Seems like my assumptions are wrong at sometimes,' Ace thought as he walked on the concrete pedestrian walkway. 

Rushing past him were workers trying the best to find their way home amidst the rain. Ace on the other hand looked completely calm and patient. Taking one step at a time, he slowly made his way to the place he called home. 

Without doubt, Ace stood out like a sour thumb. It wasn't only because of his patience that he stood out though, there was another thing.

Ace glanced at the moon as he walked home creating a picture of a handsome immortal watching the moon. Of course, this couldn't be seen by those around him because he currently had a hood over his head, hiding his handsome masculine face.

"They should be good now," Ace muttered out loud as he continued to walk, the people around him didn't seem to hear him though. Maybe it was because of the rain or maybe something else entirely....

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*Clack*

The sound of a switched being turned on echoed in a room as a set of footsteps followed. 

Ace lifted the hood of his head as he looked around," I love this room," he said with a satisfied smile, gently patting his dry jacket.

Yes, his jacket was actually dry.

Even after walking so slowly home, not a hint of wetness could be seen on him. He didn't even look like someone who had just walked out of a heavy rain.

He seemed absolutely dry, even his jacket looked dry. However, one could tell that his jacket was clearly not waterproof. 

Its main role was to provide heat and not shield people from rain. So how could he do such a thing? This was something that no one would really know if asked right now. 

However, there was a chance that they would be able to ever so slightly emulate this effect in the future.

Ace glanced at the plain white room with a single bed at the center and felt extremely satisfied. His room was devoid of almost everything only containing a bed which was nicely done by the way.

Without doubt, Ace surely had a strange fashion sense. Ace on the other hand didn't really care, he walked towards his bed, intending to sleep after all that 'hard work'.

"Oh, I almost forgot... " Ace muttered, turning back and snapping his fingers.

A pen then appeared in his hand seemingly appearing from nowhere. Ace immediately ticked the calendar on his wall the only thing that existed alongside his bed in this room.

"Oh.... Tomorrow is the big day, huh? The apocalypse is near...." Ace mumbled carefree as he ticked the 31st box on the December section. If one were to look at the calendar, they would realize that it had been filled with these ticks. 

It seemed like a countdown to something. Ace proceeded to ignore everything and jump to bed.

Tomorrow, one of the craziest events that ever occurred in the history of this was going to happen and he had to rest for that moment....

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"What kind of monster have we birthed?!" A voice echoed through Ace's ears as his eyes flung open abruptly.

"Where am I?" 

Ace muttered weakly as his eyes struggled to the sudden light that clouded his vision. The only thing he could see was the blinding White light. 

Soon enough, his vision started to settle, and he could see things now. However, it seems like he what he was seeing previously wasn't wrong either. Just by glancing around, he figured that he was in some sought of white room. 

He immediately frowned as he scanned the remaining portion of the room. 

"A science Lab?" Ace mumbled as he scanned around seeing the advanced computers and various lab equipment being used. He frowned yet again. He didn't have good memories about science labs at all.

Glancing around, he saw some scientist moving up and down seemingly doing something important. Ace frowned yet again this time; his thoughts unknown.

All of a sudden, he decided to move but the moment he did the sound of chains rattling echoed through his ears as he discovered something crazy. He had been chained! He didn't realize it but he had been chained on each limb and hung in an X shape... each chain tightened to a opposite to his limbs. 

'What was going on?' Ace couldn't help but think. How could be chained without feeling it. Sudden, a flash of realization flashed through his eyes as he tried moving again.

"Aghh—"This time though, he felt it. A pain like none other assaulted his body making him feel lightheaded.

So, this was the reason, he was in so much pain that his body had gone numb and hence he couldn't even feel the chains he was been tied to.

"His anatomy is strange. It's as if he is the perfect human, capable of housing all the superpowers," Ace heard making him turned his head over in the direction. Ace recognized this voice; it was the one that had awoke him. 

Turning his head in the direction, he saw a man dressed in white robes looking at him with anticipation and great surprise. For some reason, Ace didn't like his gaze at all. it was as if he was looking at some fat sheep —one that wouldn't make it by the end of Christmas. 

Ace also realized that the man was a doctor, which he didn't pay much attention to. Ace slowly turned hie head in the direction of the people the doctor was talking to.

"How are you feeling?" A mighty but majestic voice echoed in Ace's ears. The moment Ace heard the voice, he erupted into anger. He knew who that voice belonged to without even seeing him.

Without much hesitation, he turned his head towards the source of the sound seeing a handsome middle-aged man looking at him with a smile on his face. 

Ace didn't answer him. He didn't say much but turned to glance at the person near the man. To his surprise it was an incredibly beautiful woman.

Without doubt the man and the woman were a couple. Something that Ace knew too well.

"You!!!" Ace said shocking the man and the woman at same time. The man just smiled at Ace's violent attitude and continued on,

"Don't worry, you will l survive!"

Ace didn't reply but continued to stare at the man coldly with great killing intent.

In fact, his killing intent was so great that the doctor near the man started to visibly shake.

*Rumble... Rumble.... Rumble! *

After a few seconds, the room started to rumble, and cracks started to appear on the walls of the room. This happened so fast that almost all the scientists were scares witless.

However, the middle-aged man was not. He had a calm smile on his face as he continued to speak,

"You know you can't escape one I am here, right?" 

Ace didn't comment but focused on what he was doing. Soon, the building started to shake even more looking like it was on the verge of collapsing. Whatever was happening was surely Ace's fault. 

Suddenly, the middle-aged man lifted a finger and pointed it at Ace.

*Pew*

A beam of light suddenly left the man's finger entering Ace's head and that was it. Ace immediately tried focusing on his task more planning to escape.

However, nothing seemed to be helping. Soon enough, Ace's eyes became cloudy, and he fell back to sleep.....

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"Ah... Ah... Ah... "

Ace breathed out endlessly, trying to stabilize his breath. He used his hand to check the rate of his heart feeling it beat faster and faster. After some time, he let out a breath of relief as he slumped back to bed. That was surely a bad dream.

Ace checked the clock after some time seeing that it was already 7:00 in the morning.

"Seems like I have to go on. The apocalypse is near after all," Ace said with a hearty laughter his earlier distress vanishing entirely. The look on his face was truly refreshing and his beauty shined through.