Partly inspired by Dark Brother's novels. Partly by shinmai maou no testament.
This is happening in a fictional world. The world building will occur as the story progresses. Depending on the feedback more chapters will come. Currently I have like 3 chapters plotted in my mind. Regardless of negative or positive feedback those chapters will be published. Also I would like to thank customizedlit for his edits and ideas.
Chapter 1
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"I am eighteen, mom!" Scott Peterson protested for like the 100th time that day.
"Yes." Sarah Peterson nodded her head, "You sure are growing up fast. It feels like just yesterday when I changed your diapers."
"Mom!" Scott cried.
The mother and son were in the new Shopping place that was just started in Black Mist County. It was a huge building with 10 floors with each floor containing different types of clothes ranging from children's wear to old people's dress.
"This will be the last time I shop with before you go back to college." Sarah said looking at her son with sadness.
He looked like a copy of his father with blue eyes and black hair. He had his father's height too. Her son stood at 5'6" with a physical build to match it.
Sarah's phone started to ring.
"Wait a sec hon." She said picking it up.
Scott noticed his mother was deep in conversation and decided to take a walk by himself. He was eighteen after all.
He climbed the stairs to the 1st floor as he was scared of lifts.
What if they stop midway?
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Scott heard the voice of his archenemy. Not that humans have archenemy.
"What do you want?" Scott asked looking at Peter Wells. A bully from his high school days. They both used to be friends once but now not so much. It all ended when Peter decided that-
Scott closed off that memory. He didn't want to bring it back up.
"We just wanted to see if you are still afraid of height." Peter was with two of his friends who Scott didn't really care about enough to describe them.
"So you were like waiting here for me so that you can scare me? " Scott asked irritated.
Peter didn't reply.
"Fine." Scott said and walked away.
"Where are you walking off to?" Peter growled.
"What is going on here?" It was Scott's mother. She was rushing towards her son.
"Nothing mom." Scott replied as the trio walked away.
"How many times have I told you not to pick a fight with them?" She scolded him.
"Seriously?" Scott replied, "You think I started? And it barely was a fight. More like a verbal conversation."
"Whatever." His mother replied and they both walked towards the teenage section.
"Are these much clothes necessary?" Scott asked his mother carrying two bags in each hands. They were walking towards the underground parking area.
"I want you to be the handsomest man in the college." Sarah said smiling.
She was carrying two bags of her own. One contained clothes for her son while the other were clothes for herself.
"I am hungry." Scott replied.
"We will stop at the café." His mother said and got inside her sedan.
Scott placed the two bags in the back seat and was about to ride shotgun when a sudden pain rushed through his body.
"Mom!" Scott cried and fell down.
Something heavy ran over him. The last thing he heard was the sound of his mother screaming and someone saying what sounded like, "Now test it."
Scott opened his eyes. He was in some sort of a black space.
No wait! It was space! He could see stars and planets and even asteroids. Scott covered his face with his hands when an asteroid came near him. He couldn't move but the asteroid just passed through him as if he was a hologram.
"Tell them we are coming." He heard a voice in his head. A deep rough voice, "Tell them to stop messing with our technology. You creatures have no idea what it can do."
100s of spaceships suddenly became visible. No there were a 1000 of them. All looked exactly identical. Like a fighter jet but the size of a Boeing.
Scott opened his eyes.
"Slowly." He heard his mother's voice, "Don't do any sudden movements."
"What is happening?" Scott asked, "Why can't I see anything?"
"Just relax honey." His mother said. He felt her hand on his wrists.
Was she taking his pulse?
"What happened to me?" He asked again, "Am I blind?"
"Turn it on." His mother shouted to someone.
Scott's vision cleared. He could see things again. He immediately noticed his surroundings. He was in a room that resembled the interrogation rooms he has seen in procedural shows. But instead of a table and chair this room had items that were available in hospitals. Like the ECG monitor that was going beep bop, a bunch of syringes and stuff in a table, that sort of things.
He was on a bed. He was surprised to see that he was wearing a hospital gown and was more surprised to see his mother wearing a lab dress.
"I thought you worked in an office." He wondered out loud.
"That is true...in a way." She said kissing her son on his forehead, "I am glad you are alive honey."
"What happened, mom?" Scott asked getting off the bed.
He was pretty sure something heavy ran over him but he strangely felt alright.
"This may sound strange but just listen to me." His mother said, "Ok?"
Scott wanted answers so he nodded.
"You died." His mother said, "But we-"
"WHAT!!!" Scott exclaimed.
"But we brought you back with a device called The Gear."
"The what?"
"It is still under research. It was discovered a few thousand years ago by archaeologists in the ruins of Alvatra." Scott's mother said taking his pulse again.
Scott remembered the bedtime stories his mother used to tell when he was a child. Alvatra was a long lost city that supposedly had superior technology than the rest of the civilization during that time. But one day they just disappeared into thin air leaving no trace that such a city even existed until a couple of archaeologists discovered it accidentally while searching for some tomb.
"What does it do?" Scott asked, "The Gear?"
"We operated it inside you. It-"
"You mean the Gear is inside me?" Scott asked incredulously, moving his hands across his stomach, trying to feel something that was out of place.
"Yes." His mother nodded.
"What does it do?" Scott asked.
"We are not yet sure of its entire capabilities. But it has like crazy regenerative ability. You are the first successful result of a Gear transplant."
Scott was not sure how he felt about being a guinea pig. But at least it brought him back to life. Right?
"So what ran over me?" Scott questioned, "A car?"
"You don't have to worry about that now." His mother quickly said like she didn't was trying to hide something.
"How does it work?" Scott questioned respecting her wish to keep a secret. When the time was right she would tell him, like always. It was one of the many admirable quality his mother possessed. Their family never kept a secret from each other for long.
"No it needs weekly activations." His mother answered.
"Meaning?"
"The Gear does not work until you perform...you know..." Sarah was going red now. She was not sure how to phrase her next statement. It was her husband's duty to have the 'talk' with him.
"Just say it." Scott said impatiently.
His mother took a deep breath and adjusted her lab coat.
"The Gear only works when you perform acts that increase your pheromones level." She said.
"Wait what?" Scott was not sure he heard his mother correctly.
He have learned about pheromones in his biology classes. They were secreted by insects that triggers a response from the same species usually for mating purposes.
"You telling me I am an insect now?" Scott asked confused and blushing.
"No. Humans too have pheromones though in a slightly lesser level." She was red now.
"What really happened in the parking garage?" Scott asked understanding his mother's uncomfortableness.
"A vehicle ran over you." His mother said kissing him on his cheeks. He noticed tears run down her face, "I thought I lost you but then I remembered-"
Scott was losing his eye sight. Everything seemed blurry all of a sudden.
"Mom! Something is happening to me." Scott said holding tightly to the bed.
Slowly everything returned to normal.
"I think it is time." His mother said.
"For what?" Scott asked looking at his mother scared and confused.
His mother didn't reply anything and just went outside.
"Mom?" She heard her son's confused voice from behind.
"Are you sure you want to watch this?" Nicholas Adams, The Head of the Research division, her boss asked.
"Well if you are going to watch what is going to happen then I sure will have to too." She replied and both of them stood in front of the two way mirror.
Scott sat down back on the bed more confused than before. What did his mother mean when she said that he died? Did he really die? He felt pretty much alive. And what was that about the whole thing about that Gear thingy?
A female in her mid 20's approached through a door on the left corner that Scott hadn't noticed till then.