A Fracturing World

AFW Chapter 1: A 'Slight' Distortion

" So you want to capture an entire island with a population of a few hundred thousand, just to prove your point ?"

"Yes. I will show them that they are not progressing. Their minds are limiting their evolution. I will strip them of everything. I will show them that there are no gods, and they are fools to believe in gibberish like that. "

"So what will you do when they regret believing?"

" They will be given no such chance."

" Understood High Prelate"

Michael Buchanan 4th March 2038

Ugh, damn sleeping late at night after karate training and over-gaming yesterday night. Never goes well the next day. Curses, guess its a price to pay. I am just too slow for my standard. I cant focus. My mind just keeps wonderi....

" Michael ! " a voice interrupted my thoughts.

Snap, physics class....

" Yeah ? " I said. Trying my best to look like I was paying any attention at all in class.

" What wrong with you ? You look like some girl slept with a zombie and gave birth to you ! " Mr. Cross remarked.

Dammnn .... I felt the part too.

" Its probably nothing, " I said, doing my absolute best to be that student who aced Mr. Cross' physics test.

" Ok. School's over in a few minutes, hang in there, boy." he said so kindly, like he always has.

Ahh good ol' Mr. Cross. He is so nice, so friendly and courteous. When he asked me what my was my secret to acing his test, I had no heart to tell him that it was fueled by the sheer incentive to escape my parents unbearable nagging.

As he said, school ended 10 minutes earlier. As per usual, I went to the canteen to have lunch before going home. But just as I set my bag down on one of the benches, I felt the silent aura of a person whose company I always enjoyed. Bree . My loving girl.

" Hey," she said in her careful caring voice.

" Hi, "I replied, " Something wrong ? "

" Not really, just concerned about you,"

Aww.... How sweet.

" I am fine, just didn't get enough sleep. Thanks for being so concerned dea..."

My eyes widened at what I almost said. Dammit brain, we are not supposed to be lovey-dovey with her in school. Stealth, dammit. However little of it you have. Even all the stealthy games I play does not seem to be able to give me the training I need to get to her house to have some private time with her without being caught at all. I have been caught twice by her mother already. Thankfully, her mother seems to like me, though it is probable that she already knows about this secret relationship between me and Bree.

" Hehe, alright. I trust you" she said a bit sheepishly.

But before she could say anything else..... a wild Jackson appears. Jackson, I hate you for interrupting this conversation. Actually, I hate you for interrupting conversations and being able to speak non-stop for hours. Christ..... the last time that happened during extra-curicular activies, I almost threw myself out the window. Oh wait, I was on the first floor... Nevermind.

" Yoooo Mike ! Oh hi Bree," he so casually sang.

Bree and Jackson almost always stuck together during extra-curicular activities even before she and I coupled up. But I trust her when she says that she loves me. Lets face it, which woman on this earth would possibly want to get a guy who could out-talk her ? Sides, she ain the talkative type.