Gene Shock

[Gin Yatreg]

Chapter 0

Intro

 
    “Do I really have to take another test?” Gin asked, annoyed.

    “Just a few more Gin, this colony is going to be our home. They have to make sure we’re not going to get sick.” His father said while opening the door for him.

    “But aren’t you a doctor? We can just do this at home!” Gin complained, walking inside.

    “I’m... not that kind of doctor. Anyways how about this; if you behave, we can get some ice cream later?” his father said.

    Gin’s eyes light up, “Okay!” he shouts in excitement before running on ahead of his father. However, just as he rounded the corner, Gin bumped into someone knocking both of them over.

    “Owww, what was that for?” a high pitched voice whined in front of him.

    “Sorry!” Gin apologized, rubbing his now sore nose. He stood up and helped the other kid to their feet. It was a girl with silver hair, about the same age as Gin.

    “It’s okay, just watch where you’re going!” she scolded, glaring at him with purple eyes.

    “I will... Oh! What’s your name? I’m Gin!” Gin said, switching the topic instantly.

    The girl blinked, and relaxed, “Oh, um, I’m Luna!”

***

    Gin opened his eyes, taking a deep breath. “Ugh, that was a blast from the past.” He said. Gin sat up, and let his eyes adjust to the darkness of the room he was in. “Where am I?” he thought. Gin ripped the IV off his arm and slid his feet off the bed. After he found a wall, he felt his way along it looking for a light switch. Finally, his fingers brushed against a button, which he promptly pressed. Instead of the lights, a screen flickers on, basking the room in a dim light. As it booted up, a logo flashed on the screen.

SYNTECH

A KARL JACK COMPANY

     “Syntech? " he thought. As he pondered why he would be in a Syntech building, the memories slowly began to trickle back to him. "Oh, now I remember. But wasn’t someone supposed to come wake me up?" Gin thought, confused. Finally done loading, the screen changed to a menu with a flashing banner at the top of it.

WARNING: QUARANTINE HAS BEEN INITIATED

 LOCKDOWN IN EFFECT

PLEASE WAIT IN YOUR ROOMS UNTIL SECURITY ARRIVES

     “Oh. That isn’t good.” Gin said, staring at the screen. Gin moved to the door and attempted to pull it open. Unfortunately, it appeared to be jammed shut. “Only one way out of this then.” He said, willing his shield power to appear. With a few punches, the door finally gave way and busted outward. Red light shone in through the doorway, temporarily blinding Gin.

    Once his eyes adjusted, he stepped into the hall and felt the hard floor change to a spongy spring-like one. “What the...” Gin wondered, the floor definitely wasn’t like this earlier. He looked around, and saw that the floor wasn’t the only thing that had changed while he was out. The entire hallway was now covered in the strange substance. “This definitely isn’t good.” He said.

[Gin Yatreg]

Chapter 1

Pardon Our Dust - Part 1

「One Year Earlier」

"Haaah, finally back here again."

A red-headed boy stood in front of the exit gate of Coruscant with a smile on his face. 

"If I hadn't seen that ad from Syntech, I'd have already done my visit for this part of the world." 

The boy shivered, thinking back to the events of the previous year. Asked to help investigate a place inside a pocket verse created by a man named Karl Jak, the boy and several others had crashed a plane onto an island filled with the supernatural. Over the course of several days, the boy and his companions had encountered ghosts, zombies, a crazed carny, a serial killer, and the ghoulish version of one of their teammates. Funnily enough, it was a vampire that was his only ally and friend for most of it. It was also this incident that had caused the boy to notice a pattern whenever Karl Jak was involved:

He was impaled a lot.

In fact, he had been impaled about three times now, all inside that pocket verse of Karl's creation. He had come to the conclusion that the verse itself was screwing with him, and that some cosmic entities got some sort of sick kick out of it all. 

"...Maaaybe I should look for some body armor while I'm here. Yes, definitely body armor. I wonder if they have Mithril in this universe..." 

The boy quickly went on his way, through the surprisingly in-depth scanning area, and down the steps of the entrance/exit area. 

"Hopefully Tonic doesn't get too stir crazy staying near the guard station," the boy thought, worried for the avian friend he had to leave behind. Evidently despite his race being created in a lab, Tonic was deemed too similar to creatures of magical universes, and was thus barred entrance due to a number of incidents involving the birds in the past. "Well, it's only for a few days. He'll be fine," the boy reassured himself. 

As he stepped onto the crowded sidewalk, he noticed a tourist stand with maps and brochures of the all the venues the city had to offer. He grabbed a map of the city and began to look it over. 

Don't worry, these things will get longer.