"At last, the rotten world is coming to an end" sighed Arin. It was a sign of relief. The whole world has gone crazy over the impending doomsday!
First it was a hushed rumor, some rambling in dark corners of Internet; then some overzealous news pages over internet, which were taken down promptly! Days passed and the murmurs got louder, too loud for mainstream news channels to keep ignoring. News Channel debates, Experts coming in these debates and refuting these 'hoaxes'.
When most people were sighing of relief, Arin was among handful few who were throwing their fist in rage, because, contrary to their earnest wish, the World was not going to End as the rumors were foretelling!
Arin is a 25-year-old guy, whose only happy memories were of his childhood, with his loving parents! The memories were a bit blurry by now, but he remembered his father, a journalist, was killed while unearthing some dirt on some powerful people. His mother was killed by goons as she refused to hand them over the documents Arin's father had gathered. The police, the Law, Media Houses- no one had heard pleas of little Arin that time. The selfish relatives had showed him their backs. At last, an uncle appeared whom Arin had never heard of or seen before; and decided to take care of Arin till he becomes an adult. But he had made little Arin's life so miserable in those few months, that the poor 10-year-old boy had to run away from his own home.
Since then Arin had taken the darker path of life. From being a cutpurse to petty thief to robbery, he had done everything to survive. The more he was delving in the underworld, the more he was observing how rotten humanity was to its core. Surprisingly, because of his wit and quick thinking, and may be a bit of luck, he had continuously avoided jail term till now. Was some angel looking over him? Arin has thought that many a times. "Maybe a dark angel" He often joked. However, this have slowly encouraged the boy to delve into Occult.
So, anyway, all of these had made Arin hateful of Humanity and Human Civilization, the intensity of this hatred growing stronger each day! So, he was overwhelmed with joy, when he came to know that the World may end soon.
Anyway, the Authorities in the World were not able to deny these rumors for long! After a leading Scientist from world's leading space agency debunked the ongoing rumors on a global news channel, a mysterious person or group revealed online all the secret Government documents regarding a 134 km wide asteroid which was heading towards Earth, and it was so big that Scientists and Governments were at loss on what to do.
A massive global riot ensued, further hampering the World Governments from taking any actions to tackle the impending doom. And there were sudden Electromagnetic Pulse happening around, further aggravating the chaos worldwide. Arin himself had experienced this lately; electronic items suddenly malfunctioning around him. He had observed a glow around him at that time. First, he had thought that he was hallucinating, but later he found out that, it was happening with many people around the world.
Things went crazier when suddenly people started vanishing. First it was assumed that the Government is kidnapping people to hide things. But when one day the young Police Chief Roy vanished in thin air on live TV, all hell broke loose! According to people present at that time, Roy was having a Press conference, when suddenly a blue glow appeared under his feet, a bell tolling was heard suddenly by everyone present there, and then he vanished in thin air!
After that, things went too south to contain and the System literally gave up.
People had stormed the stores to loot. The Rich people had been looted as well, for hardly anyone is willing to sacrifice own life for their security! This was Perfect Apocalypse.
Arin was very happy these days, as, according to him, Humanity had started showing its true color right now! However, all was ending today. Arin was ready for the Apocalypse. He went to rooftop. The asteroid was clearly visible right now in naked eyes. "Is it aiming towards me?" chuckled Arin, as he stretched his hands as if to welcome and hug the asteroid coming towards him. People in ground right now were literally acting like crazy ants whose anthills had been disturbed. Arin started laughing like crazy, "Come, come, you end of all, let me welcome you with open arms!"
Suddenly he again felt there was a glow on the floor around his feet. A strange circle was forming up, more complex than any he had seen in his occult books. He heard a sudden outburst of people from the ground. Strange circles were forming and people were vanishing in thin air. The crowd below didn't even know what to do at this point.
"What the Hell, am I as well going to….." Arin murmured subconsciously, but was cut by another strange voice in his head, "So much potential, why burn it to cinders under a fiery rock?"
-"Who the hell is it?" shouted Arin.
-"Someone who can give you a second chance you deserve!" The voice in his head answered.
-"Second chance?" Arin furrowed his brow in disbelief and annoyance!
-"Yes my child! A second chance to utilize all of your untapped potential and…."
-"Forget it, I am not going to relive this petty miserable human life anymore!" Arin interrupted and felt he had gone crazy for he was now talking aloud when no one was around him on the rooftop.
-"I shall give you chance to be something more than Human, and maybe you will realize your true potential and achieve what you could not in this dying world. What do you have to lose anyway? Answer fast, for it is not good to stop the flow of time for such long," said the voice.
Suddenly Arin realized that everything around him had stopped. "Fast" urged the voice again, this time in a bit more commanding tone.
-"What do I have to do?" Arin asked.
-"Be Hem'netjer Nerthazir…."
-"Hem what?"
-"Be my Champion, that's all I can say! Now speak up!"
-"I am ready" Arin said, as he had nothing to lose and at the same time, he could feel his heart is racing, and a strange longing inside for whatever the mysterious voice was offering!
-"Wise choice" the voice sounded happy!
Arin could see the circle glowing with strange green glow, a strange bell tolling is heard in distance, and Arin vanished from the face of Earth.