The First Legacies Of Zion: Omaye

Goodbye Earth

NATHANIEL

Nathaniel was breathing rapidly as he tried to get comfortable in the pod. There was enough space, but he felt strangely confined and nervous. He swallowed rapidly as he tried to bring his fear of tight spaces under control, he couldn’t hear them, but he knew his family were in pods that were part of a pair, so they were all next to him. The operators had explained that the clustered pods were specially designed so that groups of people who knew each other or are family would spawn in the same area in the virtual world.

At least this way it is guaranteed that they would be together.

Nathaniel has not done much in his nineteen odd years of living, there was nothing to his name, and nothing he was proud of. But he had made numerous decisions that had ended up hurting his family. He had no idea what his parents were thinking or his sisters either, but he wanted to make amends. He needed to.

Before it was discovered that the world was ending and everything on the surface of the earth and much of the milky way galaxy would be fried to a crisp when the sun goes supernova, Nathaniel had found out he was dying. He had a cancer the likes which have never been seen before, the doctors had said his disease was quite adaptive. Every treatment and test made had instead continuously strengthened his sickness and brought him ever closer to the grave. And then the universe decided it was time to end the world, and he was given another chance. This chance was all he had left to fix his family, it would not be easy.

After all having a father who was a drunk and abusive monster of a man, a mother who actively cheated and practically sold her eldest daughter into prostitution when she was fifteen, or the first and only son who spent most of his teenage years in cults and getting high on all sort of drugs. The only person normal among all of them was Faith. And it was why Nathaniel was so adamant about making amends, he wanted to make sure that Faith keeps her innocence

To him she seemed like the only chance their family had for redemption. She was untainted by the sins if their parents as such she was the only one who could save them.

Nathaniel suddenly felt a jolt, the helmet grew from cold to hot in mere seconds almost to the point of being unbearable. As he was about to open his mouth to exclaim in discomfort he felt seven inch long needles extend from the helmet and straight into his brain. He suddenly lost all control of his body and was stuck there feeling the intense burn from the helmet without the power or strength to complain or say anything.

He had no idea how many needles they were, but he could feel them in his head. They were like roots and they spread and pulsed within his skull. Nathaniel was very afraid, this was something he did not expect and he had no control over his body to express his fear and discomfort. It got hotter, and soon enough he began to feel the burn all over his body, it went up in temperature and intensity with every passing second.

There was pain, intense nerve wracking pain that on any other day would have left Nathaniel writhing on the ground and screaming like a man possessed. He felt his heart beat skip, jump and race, he could say nothing, do nothing but silently endure this pain. Then everything went dark.

Nathaniel felt like he was in a roller coaster, there were moments where all he could see were lights flying past him with intense speed that all he could see were blurs of colors and lights. He felt the ground disappear from underneath his feet and then appear again moments later.

It was like he was going up and down and up and down again and again until all that was left was the feeling of emptiness within his gut. Nathaniel had no idea how long he was encumbered by the darkness, the light and sensations that came with them. But the next time he opened his eyes the sight before him was so breathtaking that he quite literally had his breath taken away.

He was standing on a lush hill overlooking what he could only describe as a valley in the shape of a basin. Below he could see a castle and a host of other building surrounding it. Straight to the west was a thick forest that spread all the way to the horizon and stretched towards the snowcapped mountains he could see in the north, and the south behind him.

The castle and the buildings around it was nestled on flat expanse of land that was green and lush, he could see herds of cattle or at least animals that looked like cows. The plain stretched to the east where from his vantage point he could see the silvery gleaming sea.

The sky was covered by huge clumps white clouds, colorful birds and what Nathaniel could swear were dragons flited across the blue sky in happy leisure, the twin suns in the sky dropped their rays on the land without the threat of going supernova.

Nathaniel brought his gaze back to the valley and noticed a river that flowed down from the mountains going past the castle town and winding its way to the east back into the sea. There was such peace and none of the terror and anxiety that was associated with living on earth. Everything felt real.

“Nathaniel?”

He turned his head at the sound of his father’s voice and was almost startled by what he saw. His father still looked the same, tall, brown skinned and a face that was sterner than most but with a hint of mischievousness that set him apart from most men. But apart from the fact he was wearing what Nathaniel could only describe as sack clothes, his entire hair was white. And it was longer than the almost bald look Nathaniel remembered him having. So his dad now had hair and it was white.

“You have hair.” Nathaniel said to him in a matter of fact tone.

“Yes boy, I noticed.” His dad answered back with a smirk on his face.

Nathaniel did not know why, but there was a sense of excitement in the air, which was why he couldn’t help grinning with his giant of a father. Nathaniel walked towards his father as he tried to make heads and tails of his own changes. His height was the same, and just like his father, his hair was also white and longer than expected, so long that it reached the small of his back. But his hair was a bit rough and tangled in clumps almost to the point of looking unkempt or spiky.

Nathaniel looked around and noticed his mother and sisters almost immediately, they all looked the same except for the fact that his sisters had white hair too while his mother had a hair that could only be described as fire red. Her eyes was a startling shade of purple, and he could notice his sisters had the same colored eyes.

It did not take a genius for Nathaniel to understand that this was how the system spilt the genes between parents and children. They inherited their father’s hair color, but their eyes were the same as their mother’s. Nathaniel did not know if he had the same eyes as them, but it was not really a matter of contention. His mother and sisters came towards him and his father and they turned to really appreciate the view right before them. Then a screen popped up in front of them with a few messages.

[Welcome Players To Zion, You Have Been Brougt Here Under A Two Year Contract Of Servitude To The Olagoke Family.]

[ As Such You Would Not Be Allowed To Pick A Class Unless The Default Assigned To You By Your Employers.]

[You Would Not Be Able To Go Past Level 10 Until Yout Term Of Servitude Comes To An End]

[Your Race Will Remain The Default Human Until Your Term Of Servitude Comes To An End]

[You Will Be Unable To Own A Sub Class Until The Term Of Your Servitude Comes To An End]

[You Would Be Unable To Use Spatial Gates Or Travel Anywhere Without The Express Permission Of Your Employers]

[You Can Not Use The Auction Houses, Enroll In The Army, Become A Mercenary, Be Part Of Or Create A Guild, Marry, Have Children Or Own Any Personal Business Unless Specified By Your Employers]

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