Chapter 5: Weekend 2
(The Next Day)
Cores. They exist in every person, but most of the time, they are dormant. Lying in the heart, beating the very small amount of life force one possesses throughout their life.
But they can be trained, trained to evolve in a very particular way in order to develop abilities. The ones that evolve through training are given the term of artificially awakened. The ones that evolved unknownst to their bearer, are referred to as naturally awakened. Nonetheless, both are conduits.
Conduits, because they channel the life force. It all comes down to how you handle it.
But when there's a flaw in reality, the other side is supposed to fix that. Because the powers that a conduit develops already exist on the other side. And there can never be two equal realities.
-Train Depot Area-
"I know, I know, I've heard, I've learned, I did, about them, everything," A young boy around eighteen years of age whispered in horror, again and again, repeating the same words, same line, hiding inside the passenger compartment of a train.
The lights were shut, engines were off, and there was not a single soul anywhere near him. But he was scared to his bones.
Mica, was just an intern in maintainance department of electric trains, but he was a conduit too. As a naturally awakened, he studied about the threats, he contracted with organisation just to manage his survival. However...
"He-lp Mee-ee! I-I-I-I-I-" A thick voice layered with high pitch, an expression of amusement. This wasn't Mica's voice. It was a hound of the abyss. Mimicking its prey.
An eight feel tall, humonoid moving with animilistic crawl. It was pale, had hollow eyes that leaked dark inky substance. A face with without nose and a smile that stretched wide while mimmicing its prey.