Rebirth

[Enel]

I don’t remember much. Feelings. Fragments. None of them coalesce.

I’m standing in a pool in what seems to be a great, white vastness. The Nexus. I remember that much. But why am I here? It’s all so familiar, I remember –

Omniverse

you are nothing

others

omnilium

be reborn

As I step out of the pool, my clothes seem to drip and dry instantly. I’ve definitely been here before. But where did I go? And what did I do?

[Enel]

It’s like I’m walking through a great fog. The air I breathe seems almost … unreal. Am I dreaming? Am I asleep? The first prickle of frustration furrows my brow. Even that feels fake.

But maybe the fog is real? It’s sweeping towards me in a great wave. I hold my arms up and it passes over me.

In the fog I see visions of other fighters. Several men. A woman. They all look so … out of place. Crossed-over.

You will not be alone in the Omniverse

That’s it.

That damn … white brat. He pulled me here. Against my will. I don’t remember a name, or even a face … just that colour, that void. I could never forget that.

I know I’ve been here before. So why am I back here? Why is the fighting so quiet, like I’ve been deafened?

“Hey!” I yell to the fight participants. “Hey, what’s going on?”

None of them take notice. I growl, storming towards the closest. “Listen to m–”

My hand passes through them.

I balk. They pass straight through me.

It comes back.

The great desert. The beast. It’s looming ahead. I dodge, I roll. It submerges.

It’s agony to recall. I don’t remember much. Just darkness. And pain. It … it …

Ate me.

I heave and nothing comes out. Of course it wouldn’t. I’m dead. I’m a ghost.

NO!

I get a hold of myself.

That’s IMPOSSIBLE! I’m Enel! I’m God! This is all just an illusion! If anything, the fact that I’m here is proof of the fact that ... that that coward can’t kill me! He may delude me, rob me of my memories, but this is all just a game.

And I will break out.

The illusion shatters, and the world around me resumes its cacophony. By sheer force of will … I’m back.