Chapter 1
In the heart of a ravaged city,where flames danced like demons and darkness clouded the sky,the once thriving metropolis now layed in ruins.The air reeked of char and sweat,the cries of the terrified echoing thought the desolate streets.The world had descended into chaos and the city it last victim.Andrews battered body lay slump amidst the rubble,his chest heaving with laboured breath as he struggled to draw air into his lungs.The acrid taste of dust and smoke chocked him,his throat burning with each ragged gasp.His eyes,cloudy with pain and debris,fluttered weakly as he tried to lift his head,but a wave of dizziness washed over him,forcing him back into the wreckage.Andrew's gaze fell upon the lifeless form of his wife,her once beautiful features now distorted by the ravages of fire,her skin was charred and blackened,her hair reduced to a tangled lace of single locks
The sweet gentle face he had loved for so many years was know a gruesome,unrecognizable mask,a haunting testament to the brutal destruction that has ravaged their lives.A strangled sob tore from Andrew's throat as he reached out his hand ,his fingers brushing against her cold lifeless skin memories of their blissfull life came flooding back,like a bittersweet tidal wave followed byemories of how life had always seemed to thwart his every hope,how his dreams has slipped through his fingers like sand.His wife's passing was just the latest in a long line of dissapointment a cruel reminder that happiness had always so happened to be just out of his reach, as the darkness closed in Andrew's battered body succumbed to it final crushing blow.His vision began to blur,colors bleeding away into a cold unforgiven grey.The sound of chaos and destruction grew distant,muffled by the approaching of silence with a last, defeated whisper,Andrew's eyes rolled back and his world went black,suddenlya bright pulsing notification appeared before his eyes,it bold text flashing with blue light before his eyes"10th player aquired"