(Forgot I had a fanfic lol, enjoy the chapter)
(POV third)
William stormed through the gate and looked around warily.
What Met his sight was a forest of trees, William looked around and up at the familiar and unfamiliar moon in the distance and with trepidation he slowly walked into the forest.
As he got deeper into the forest familiar animals and sounds reached his ears,after a while the trees parted to reveal a city in the distance.
Passing a pile of fallen tree leaves and ignoring the familiar pine tree smell, he looked up and down the city in the distance..
He didn't see any ships or ancient soldiers patrolling the streets, he glanced at a barley familiar line of cars that were going in and out of the city, smoke coming out of the exhaust pipes.
"I-I, earth" William stammered with disbelief, his body lost all it's strength plopping down splashing mud and dirt all over his clothes..
He stared down at the city with an unknown emotion.
"After over 400 hundred years" he murmured with astonishment and confusion.
"No" after a long while he finally said and got up while looking around.
"This is just an illusion, earth is far from coruscant, almost a galaxy far far away" he said trying to convince himself, yet the feeling of the dirt and the smell of the forest slapped him into the cold reality that he was in fact on earth.
With some confidence he got up and checked his body, the weapons he brought with him were still there, a DL-44 blaster that's in its holster and the medieval hilt sword that somehow managed to appear on his belt instead of the inventory.
William checked and found that he had nothing else, with a considerable amount of confusion he covered the weaponry and made sure the mask was on before heading down the hill towards the city in the distance..
William knew it was certainly suspicious to go into the city with a mask but he felt it was necessary..
After a while he found a makeshift road and followed it towards a few houses, after following the streets for a while he found the first pedestrian, he saw that the old man had a medical face mask and scrolling through his phone.
"Excuse me" William said as he walked up to the stranger, the old man looked William up and down then turned off his phone.
"Yeah, what do you want?" The old man said while looking William up and down.
"Ah, sorry for my rudeness in bothering you ,but may I ask you what's today's date?, i forgot my phone at home and am having a brain fart trying to remember the date" William said in a smooth manner, inquiring about the date.
The old timer looked at William, William wore a black cloak with a blank mask, only the eyes were visible ,the small bulge on William's waist made the man weary but he noticed the child meant no harm, the man thought for a while then said.
" well today is Friday the 14th" the old man said and then continued.
"Why are you asking young man?" .
William said without hesitation.
"Ah you see as I said i forgot today's date, and since i don't got my phone i thought you might know, do you happen to know the year?" William inquired nonchalantly.
"Hmm" the old man looked William up and down for a while before taking out his phone and saying.
"You are quite a strange young man wait here while I call the police" as he said this William looked at the guy with a gloomy expression behind his mask.
"Why do you call the police?" He asked grabbing his blaster's hilt.
The old man saw this action and sighed softly.
"If you shoot me it will be a life sentence young man" the old man said with a grin.
"You are calling the police and want to threaten me, why?" William said as he fully revealed the blaster and set it to stun, aiming it at him, William looked around and saw nobody coming out, he saw the time as the man's phone blinked on and realized it's early in the morning
"Obviously you are the suspicious one coming into a military operations area , with whatever you are holding" the man said clearly taken aback by the strange weapon.
"Military operation?, shit why didn't you say anything i should have known, old man if i survive this i will personally come and invite you for tea" William said shooting the old man and booking it towards an alley way.
The old man was electrocuted and plopped down on the floor unconscious.
All around William military personnel started to come out heading in his direction, William cursed and entered the alley way as a few bullets came whizzing past him..
He saw a dead end but noticed a dumpster next to the wall that blocked the path and without hesitation climbed on the dumpster and went over the wall.
*swooosh*
A bullet grazed his ear, causing some blood to flow out, he landed on the ground heavily, his body ached but he got up making sure he had his weapons and ran, William wanted to use the inventory but found that it wasn't working..
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"Sir, are you alright" said a medical soldier as he woke up the old man with adrenaline.
The old man nodded before he turned serious.
"Where is the man that shot me?" He said looking around at the room full of military personnel with their heads down in embarrassment.
"We couldn't find any trace of him" said a veteran soldier.
"Really two entire companies of soldiers couldn't find anything?" The old man said incredulously.
"Yes sir, he evaded the dragnet, but our original target was surrounded " another soldier who was a lieutenant replied.
"Well ignore the original target for now I want all the men looking for that man" the old man replied, the room of soldiers all saluted and left to follow the orders.
"I must report this" muttered the old man thinking of the strange weapon and demeanor of the masked individual while he headed to the temporary communications tent.
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Meanwhile in the depths of mars….
"He has returned to his home planet, how amusing" a beings voice sounded out in the depths of the void.
"Master do you think he will find it?" Asked a figure kneeling down, black mist exited his wounds as he spoke.
"Indeed he may find it, but can he leave with it?, " The being spoke to its henchman, as it gazed at the blue dot with longing…..
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William entered an abandoned building and leaned against the wall to rest as he was exhausted , he could hear countless soldiers and sounds of boots treading continuously closer to his position.
He looked around and saw a blue glow deeper inside the building.
"Really" William muttered and went to the source of the glow.
He had figured out that this place is a abandoned mall, judging by the empty shelves and stores..
After following the blue glow for a while he went to a basement area deep underground…
After glancing around for a while he saw only one thing floating in the pitch black area of the basement.
Walking up to the item he grabbed it, looking at it with intrigue and disbelief.
"Really a literal glowing white key?, where is the blue glow then" he muttered softly then stuffed the key in his pocket forgetting about the weird situation..
Feeling his way back out and stumbling a few times William made it back to the surface, he rubbed his eyes as a sound of a megaphone echoed across the area.
"Come out we know you're in there, surrendering is your only option!!! "
William finally adjusted his eyes and pulled out the blaster,getting into cover.
"WE SURRENDER!!" A loud voice boomed from a nearby building, William who was about to fire a barrage of stun blasts was dumbfounded and quickly withdrew back into cover..
"Damn terrorist, should've released the hostages and killed your self" spouted a rookie soldier before getting a glare by another soldier
William heard a bunch of cries, shouting and cheers but he wasn't paying attention,he put away the blaster while he held his heart,a weird feeling started to spread around his body from Williams pants pocket, William quickly pulled the glowing key out with a shock expression.
Looking at the key in his hands he was about to throw it like a championship game, but the key melted and sunk into his skin and bones..
William was dumbfounded as he started to feel numbness spreading around his body, enduring the extremely intense sensation , he struggled to his feet heading towards an exit away from all the commotion…
William stumbled out the door in a haggard manner he quickly discard his mask and cloak into a dumpster next to him revealing his black and white tunic, he quickly sat down at another dumpster and pulled a tattered blanket that was in a garbage bag out, ignoring whatever was on the blanket he quickly wrapped himself after dirtying his attire quiete a bit.
He quickly leaned against the dumpster and pretended to be a homeless person, a minute later dozens of soldiers were seen going into every alley and street William could see them looking intently for something.
A soldier blocked William's view,William raised his hand that held a cup with all the strength he could muster, looking as extremely poor as possible, though he didn't really need to act as the strange pain from his body did most of the work..
The soldier just glanced at William's impoverished appearance and then with a disgusted expression turned and left William holding the cup in a stupor .
William dejectedly put the cup down and snuggled up to the dumpster pillow showing a smiling expression where nobody could see.
William finally regained his strength after a long while and collected his items from the dumpster then with the blanket covering him he staggered out, he glanced around and saw a few pedestrians or other homeless people walking around, he realized that he probably left the military area.
After stumbling and coughing from the intense smell of the blanket he left the city heading back to the forest.
After reaching the hill that overlooked the city he stared at the night view of the city and removed the dirty blanket.
He tidied himself up for a while before he put the mask back on and dawned his cloak,William stared at the city and then the stars.
"HAH you call this a trail, it's just our dearest Mother Earth" he murmured with a wry smile at his entire situation.
Then went back to where he started this small journey, a small doorframe laid in the clearing, a blue glow came from the edges from time to time.
Without hesitation he went in and appeared back in that room with a crowd of masked people, without saying anything he approached his family's direction.
Behind William the majestically tall gate suddenly began to crumble, shocking the crowd speechless..
William ignored the noise behind him then approached his family.
After a few moments lights began to turn on,revealing the pile of metal that used to be the gate, a metal platform was the only thing visible as the pitch black surroundings were still there.
William noticed that the platform that the crowd is on was the only thing here, he then turned his attention toward a cloaked figure in a blue mask.
"The trial has been passed, this child" he gestured towards Williams direction before continuing.
"Has accomplished something that our ancestors never had, child come forward" the man excitedly said to William as his voice sounded out across the crowd.
William came to the man's side and looked towards the crowd.
"This child has passed the final trial, and has gained the right to know of humanity's origin" the man patted Williams on the back.
The man then dismissed everyone, William met up with his family and a few other acquaintances then they head to the elevator together.
Upon reaching the elevator the family kept their distance from William due to the smell, but being in a tight elevator they could only hold their nose.
William and the others left the secret elevator and without saying anything William ran to take a sonic shower..
"I wonder what happened?" Said one of the cloaked figures in amusement.
"Well we shall find out soon enough" alexia said as she took off he cloak and mask sitting leisurely at the table.
The other figures followed suit revealing their faces to the room without a care.
The group leisurely began their conversation, while Luna and a few female friends sat down together chatting excitedly..
"How many months" asked a girl with brown hair as she gently held Lunas hand and put her other hand on Lunas stomach.
"Oh ,uh ,three" Luna said as she smiled.
The girl group began their talk, all around the room the atmosphere was warm and the crowd was full of banter ….