Unknown to everyone, it was also the time when a figure escaped from Hawkins National Laboratory. A girl, eleven years old, ran while she rubbed the nose bleed, with the sleeves of the hospital gown she wore. She had her hair all buzzed. With no idea of where to go, she ran aimlessly in the forest. But it wasn't long, because she saw a city, which turned out to be Hawkins. But where did the girl knew about this. She quickly ran, fearing that the bad guys would soon catch up on her.
She finds a place, by the backdoor. Entering the place, she found something in a tray. Realising that it smelled good, she decided to eat it. And she liked it.
There was a burly man, who talked with another old man on the other side of the glass, that Eleven was looking from. At first, when the burly man sees Eleven, he thinks of Eleven as a boy, who was stealing from him. But then from her looks he realises that the girl was probably in danger, because of the blood.
In short, what unfolded was as follows.
Benny, the owner, greets her and asks if she's lost. Eleven, who is clearly scared and hungry, asks for food and a place to stay. Benny, sensing that something is not quite right, sits her down and offers her a meal.
As they eat, Benny tries to get Eleven to open up and tell him what's going on. He realizes that she's not just a lost child, but that there's something more to her story. When he asks her if she has any family or friends, Eleven shakes her head and says, "No. Just me."
Benny, who is kind-hearted and empathetic, realizes that Eleven is in trouble and wants to help her. However, before he can do anything, they hear a noise outside. Benny goes to investigate and finds a group of men in black suits and sunglasses searching for Eleven. He quickly realizes that she is in danger and tries to protect her, but unfortunately, he is no match for the armed men.
In the end, Benny is shot and killed by the men in front of Eleven, who is forced to flee the diner and continue on her own.
All this happened during the day time, but on the same day.
Back with the MC..
I woke up to the sound of a ding, that was continuously sounding in my mind. With a groan, I woke up. That's when I realised. And when the realisation hit me, I couldn't stop being excited. It was the system.
Yep, my system was completely unlocked now. 'Hello.. System, you there?', I thought in my mind. I wasn't like those foolish MC's who speak loudly like fools with the system. I mean, if you can talk in your mind, why would I speak loudly. Moreover it is obvious that no one else could see the system. If others could see it, what is the use of the system to begin with.
Then came a reply. It was a monotone voice, and that voice wasn't gender specific. So I couldn't tell if the system was a male or female one. It replied, 'I am here, host. ' I was dumbfounded when it didn't speak anything else and went silent. So I asked the system, 'System, why don't you introduce yourself?' The system groaned, yep, it groaned and replied in frustration, 'I am a system. No gender. No name. But you can think of the system as the one that could unlock features of your bloodline. ' I got curious when I heard system's words. My bloodline should already be activated, so what did the system mean by that? As if it had sensed my question, the system gave me a reply that shocked me.
It turned out that the reason why I have not been developing my powers as Clark Kent was because the system had forced stop my bloodline ability. It didn't completely block my abilities, instead it was also something that weakened my development. The system said it was for a reason, when it noticed that I was getting angry. It said that, 'Because of the system doing this, now the host can develop infinite times better. Host's strength can get better and he can be on par with the golden Superman in no time. "
This calmed my anger. I had a basic idea about what was happening in my body and everything. It turned out that sunlight could increase my strength, durability and all those powers, a Kryptonian could have when exposed to Sunlight. But there would still be need for me to exercise to maintain my strength. But the system reassured me that it could sell me the exercise equipments along with other things, like superman suits, Kryptonian technology, a small sun, that he could have in his body, which would continuously make him stronger.
When I said that the Superman in the movies didn't have to do those exercises, the system laughed at me and even taunted me. Then it explained that it is required to do exercise to maintain my strength and body. Then it asked me something, more specifically gave me two options.
It asked, 'Now there are two ways your body could develop in the future. But thankfully because of the system, the host just have to select what kind of body the host needs. The host can either have a bulky body, like how the original Kryptonians are. Or the host can have a lean body, with the same strength. "
Without thinking for another second, I replied, "Lean body. "
I mean, who wants to have a bulky body. That looks weird, at least I did think of it as weird. Then I asked, 'System, I don't know if you could provide me with the entire timeline of this world?'
The system thought for a moment and replied, 'I can. But it requires the host to spend some Kcoins. ' I couldn't help but raise my brows, when I heard the term Kcoins. I realised that it was probably Kryptonian Coins or something. And my thoughts were later confirmed by the system itself. So I asked the system how much it would take, and how much KPoints, I had.
The reply was that I had zero KPoints, and it costed about 250 KPoints for Season 1 of the Stranger Things timeline. If I could spend more than 300 KPoints, the system promised to give me the time of some major events. And I could earn those KPoints by playing some role in the plot. If my role is major, I get more KPoints, if it is minor, then less. It depends on the situation and my actions.
I asked if there were any newbie gift packs or something. The system replied, 'Nope. ' And then it became silent and didn't gave me any reply, leaving me sitting on the bed.
I heard Karen's voice, for school. This made me break from the anger and shock that I had experienced thanks to the system.