Soul Extension

Act 1: Gene Amano

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

Gene Amano just turned eighteen and he wishes only one thing… to get away from his miserable life. He lives in Den-even, a small village in Cold-breeze City. Cold-breeze City is famous for being a cold plateau despite being in a tropical country. Gene studies in General Lloyd University, a famous university in that city. In that university, he studies the Nursing course, not by choice but by not having any choice at all. This guy has always been categorized as loner, unwanted, and weird. His parents never did have a chance to understand him for his behavior. To top that up, he has always been bullied and pushed over and even received too much criticisms and prejudices from his fellow classmates and schoolmates.

One time in their class, a dare was announced by the class president and it was the kind of dare that none of the students had any courage in taking up. It was to navigate the most haunted mansion in Cold-breeze City at nighttime. Since there are no classes for the next three days, it would be an all-night party. Gene thought that if he took the dare, will they ever cheer for him?

“I’ll do it,” Gene stands up from his chair and the whole class fell silent.

“You might as well deserve the challenge because you belong in that place than here with us.” The class president laughs out loud and most of the students in the class followed.

“I’ll do it because not even a leader like you can do it. You have nothing to prove at all even for being the class president.” Gene gets his bag in anger and leaves the classroom. Just before he closes the door, he adds, “I’ll do it tonight at nine o’ clock in the evening! I will be going and I will bring my video camera with me!”

That afternoon in his room at a boarding house called IN-OR-OUT Apartments, Board and Lodging, he was so furious that he totally forgot that he accepted the dare. It was four o’ clock in the afternoon and he decided to watch a live broadcast about a recent development about health that would change the world forever.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce to you the new face of a healthy future,” the host of the big event happily welcomes the important speaker, “Jansen Volcanic!”

The crowd applauded the special speaker. The speaker then entered the stage and it was like a wildfire of cheers from the entire stadium that Gene had to press the remote thrice to lessen the volume. The speaker then begins to speak his piece.

“You probably have known who I was but,” he gives a simple smile, “I want to formally introduce myself to each and every one of you. I am Jansen Volcanic and I do not believe that I am the face of a healthy future, but just your everyday humble emissary. Nonetheless, I am pleased to announce that because of the funding that you cherishingly provided me came to fruition and I am pleased to inform you that from my first three viruses I have stepped up an inch further. This is Virus X-genes Life and Death 6, XLD6."

There was another round of applause coming from the audience.

“XLD6 has upgraded up the notch that I can tell you right now that this powerful self-sustaining virus can cure one hundred percent terminal illnesses. Another one hundred percent without side effects, and ultimately one hundred percent towards full recovery in a matter of minutes… I can tell you that with your help we have achieved greatness. Let us watch this video documentary about a patient of mine who has been completely confidential and anonymous about his case before… but when I cured him, he wanted to be the first example of being healthy.”

After the video documentary was played, the crowd cheered and Jansen received a standing ovation. Gene nods in amazement upon seeing the short documentary about the patient.

“I would like Patient X to be known and I would like to call him up here with me,” Jansen introduces the patient in the documentary. “Please help me welcome Mr. Adrianne Coast. He previously had sexually transmitted disease, had Stage-4 cancer, and was paralyzed from hip to toe.”

The audience stood in awe as the once sick and dying patient walked like nothing happened at all. He shook hands with Jansen and hugged him. Gene couldn’t even believe at what he is seeing. He suddenly remembered that he had to be on his way for dinner so that he could be ready for the big hunt. Regretfully not finishing the worldwide breakthrough, he left for dinner.

Quarter to nine came and he was almost prepared to go to the house so haunted that the caretaker never dared to walk pass through the gates at night. When Gene came, he suddenly felt the chilly feeling of what might happen. He did not even know what must be done.

“If I did not show up, they might bully me more.” He breathes deeply, “I have to go for I will make a difference in the whole section of my class.”

At nine o’ clock he arrived and the entire class is there together with the caretaker to whom the class president paid in order to gain entrance. They also gathered there to party since graduation is near. Gene prepares himself while the entire class chants his name. When they were all ready, Gene enters the gates of the most haunted mansion.

“L-let us see now… the caretaker gave me the map of the castle… I mean mansion.” Gene anxiously sighs. “I have my camera on while my classmates watch me live on screen outside the mansion…” he talks alone.

Outside the mansion gates where the party was, nobody was watching him like they do not care at all and just concentrated on the party. However, there were some who gained interest and started watching the screen. A few minutes later, the video on screen dies and inside the mansion Gene felt hopeless. Some of his classmates started to feel sorry for him and they went to ask the caretaker if they could go and save him.

One hour passed and the caretaker decided to go looking for him. Some of those who were concerned decided to come along, but when they were about to enter, Gene comes out of the main door of the mansion. He looked rather unharmed but he seemed to emit a very eerie aura that the caretaker started to shower him with water blest by some shamans to ward off evil. It reacted to the water and screeched that made everyone panic and started vomiting. The gates closed locking them all in the compound of the mansion.

A few minutes earlier, Gene was near a staircase in the mansion and was about to go down when doppelganger hits him from behind and he fell downstairs. The doppelganger took his form and went out of the mansion leaving Gene unconscious. A ghost appears in front of Gene and it was waking him up.

Upon waking up, Gene screams in horror, “PLEASE DON’T HURT ME!!!”

The ghost slaps him in the face, “Shut up you moron! I won’t hurt you unless you scream like a b***h again.”

“But you slapped me and it hurts,” Gene suddenly realizes that the ghost is not evil. “How come you are not an evil ghost if this haunted mansion is supposed to be haunted by evil?”

“Those were my other family members,” the ghost begins to speak to him. “I was the rightful owner but they killed me. But in time, they had begun to kill each other because of greed. I never thought it would end up like this.”

Gene reaches on the back of his head and felt blood coming out from it, “Someone hit me in the head and I fell down. Whatever that spirit wanted might cause trouble to everyone outside. My friends, but I don’t really have friend, rather my classmates might get seriously injured. I am a loner after all and nobody likes me…”

“Pull yourself together kid,” the ghost feels pity for him. “The one that hit you is called a doppelganger, a ghost that imitates others. He might pose danger to everyone and they will all blame it on to you.” The ghost notices that Gene is starting to lose more blood. “Are you okay?”

“I think so,” Gene barely conscious, struggles to get to his feet. “I want to save my classmates even if they never considered me as part of them. I told to myself that I have to do it because I want them to like me and more importantly, I did this to show them that I can make a difference that even if I am weird to them, I can still do better.”

“I see,” the ghost responds to his feelings. “My name is Romani Arcrat and I want to ask you something boy…”

“Huh,” Gene looks at the translucent figure, “What is it sir?”

“If you were perhaps a god and you were given powers,” Romani asks, “What will you do?”

Before he fades away he says, “I’m not aiming for perfection, but I will do everything to make things right… I’m gonna faint now…” he falls down barely conscious.

“I will help you make things right,” he helps him up. “You will be called Mysterious Savior.”

“That is kind of lame,” Gene sighs as he struggled to stand up trying to stay awake. “Call me Ghost Hunter.”

“Whatever you say kid,” Romani jumps into Gene’s body but instead of possessing it, the two souls linked together. Gene received more strength rejuvenating his entire body. “I removed your feeling of pain and I am trying to stop the bleeding.”

“What do you want me to do?” Gene stands up finally recovering.

“I know the whole mansion and I know where other evil spirits dwell inside.” Romani speaks through his thoughts, “I’ll show you the way and I will tell you what to do.”

“Okay,” Gene starts to feel great already, “Do we need any kind of charms, pendant, or spell tags? How about a cross?”

“Hell no,” Romani shakes his head, “We just need to get to my deathbed because I have left something for you to take. I feel that it is something we need.”

“So the ghosts,” Gene looks around and asks, “What if they attack us?”

“You’ll see,” Romani grins, “I’ll show you how it feels like to be me.”

Gene went up the stairs and even without any kind of illumination, he walks like he knows the entire place. A female spirit emitting an evil aura spotted Gene and charged towards him.

“Romani,” Gene backs off scared. “Help me out here…”

“Hello auntie,” Romani comes out of Gene as he greets the evil spirit. He delivers a massive blow on the spirit’s gut. “I always like doing the honor of hurting a greedy b***h like you.”

“You came out inside of me,” Gene sees a string of light coming from his body connected towards Romani. “Did you just possess me?”

“I did not possess you,” he continues to strike the evil spirit. “I just needed to pass my powers to you before the reapers take me either to the world of death or to the world of life where I would fall in line to reincarnation. Do me a favor Gene. It is taboo to do something like this.” Romani pins the spirit down. “Reapers from death world would consider this a crime that they will immediately take us to death world but this is the will of the god we follow so I want you to eat her soul…”

“Come again?”

“I said eat her soul.”

“When you say eat… you meant to feed or to have a meal?”

“Not exactly,” Romani grins. “Now eat her.”

“No freaking way!”

“You are still bleeding and if you do what I say you would not die,” Romani holds the spirit tight. “Look at her Gene! She is not in her proper mindset anymore! I suggest that you end her agony! Alright, let me correct the word. I want you to absorb her soul into you.”

“Damn it, this is just like cannibalism,” Gene swears while looking at the mad soul. “Tell me how to eat her…”

“Suck her into you like sipping from a juice with the use of straw,” Romani exposes the soul’s body. “Let’s make it erotic for you, boy~”

“This was never on my job description…” Gene begins to take in the soul. As he leeches the soul into his body, his wounds begin to heal faster until he is fully healed.

Romani asks Gene afterwards, “Tasty isn’t she?”

Gene’s attitude changes instantly. He wipes his lips with his arm, “I want more…”

“You’ll get more if we hurry up.” Romani looks at him, “Why don’t you show me something interesting?”

“What did you to me?” Gene suddenly feels a surge of power within him, “Tell me!”

As sounds of blades are heard being unsheathed, both of his arms turn to steel. He looks at his fists as five pairs of sword-like claws appear. He finally realizes the prize he had to pay for living on the other side.

“This is brilliant!!!” Romani grins.

“Tell me everything…”

“When we get to my deathbed,” Romani grins, “I’ll tell you.”

A couple of minutes later, “You’ve made me eat more of your evil family,” Gene rubs his tummy. “Now that we are here inside your bedroom, tell me everything…”

“I won’t tell you because we don’t have time,” Romani goes to his deathbed, “but I will show you through my memories.”

Upon of a sudden, memories from the ancient past filled Gene’s thoughts from Des-lo to his disciple, to the disciple of his disciple, and so on up to the memories of Romani Arcrat. All imprinted in Gene and his life has changed forever.

“So, one evil god is cursed with reincarnation while three ancient persons were given powers to awaken their souls by devouring evil ones.” Gene recalls. “In order to stop the one evil god known as Vol-jan… so you passed down your powers to me, yet I am not just the only one with this power, right? Spirit warriors… this is convoluted and confusing…”

“You’ll have to be prepared.” Romani looks around. “Through the years, the evil god Vol-jan has lived and he could be anyone and anywhere right now. In addition, there are others like me alive right now. However, Vol-jan won’t ever have Des-lo, the Spirit Warrior ancestor’s, power. Finally, there are those called grim reapers…”

“Grim reapers, from the western religion,” Gene wonders. “They are real?”

“Yes they are,” Romani explains further. “Grim reapers collect souls while we eat souls. When someone dies, if that person has unfinished business, the grim reapers won’t collect them. But I think they don’t exist at this point in time now. Furthermore, there are two types of souls that have lived long, a willful soul and a mindless soul. The ones I fed you were the mindless ones for these are the souls that are edible to us. Finally, I have one last gift to you before I move on with my life.”

“You can’t move on yet,” Gene grabs Romani. “You still have to catch up with your life even in death. Now what is that gift?”

“Maledi,” Romani calls out to someone, “Time to work for your new master.”

“Ma-le, what is it?”

“It’s Maledi Concordia,” a female voice answers Gene. She came out under the bed and then floats around to reveal herself. “Hello perverted master,” she gazes at Romani, “I have kept your room safe from your vile and cruel family.”

“You’re still as hot as ever,” Romani looks at her sexy body. “This is your new master. His name is Gene Amano and he is better than I used to be.”

“Hi,” Gene waves his hand at her.

“Hello my new master!” she hugs him tight.

“HOW COME YOU HUGGED HIM WHILE YOU DIDN’T DO SAME THING WHEN WE MET BEFORE?!” Romani causes an uproar.

“BECAUSE HE IS NOT A PERVERT LIKE YOU,” Maledi yells back at him, “AND SINCE YOU ARE NO LONGER MY MASTER, I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW PERVERTED YOU WERE!”

It was just ten minutes since he arrived at the bedroom. Gene thought that he had almost lost track of time because of the memories and the cat fight. He began to stretch out his body.

“Are you all ready?”

Romani nods, “yeah and I hate this bitch.”

Maledi reacts madly, “WHAT?!”

“Whoa,” Gene pats her shoulders. “Hold your anger back…”

“Yes dear master,” Maledi puts her arms around his side.

“By the way,” he looks at Maledi, “How can you help me if you are already dead?”

“My powers can work even when I am dead,” Maledi explains. “I have the power to create a body of my own hence death means nothing to me.”

“Cool,” Gene grins.

“Come on,” Romani becomes serious. “We’ve wasted time. Save your friends…”

FACTS

Gene Amano; Age: 18; Birthday: November 17, 2003; Hair color: Blue-green; Eye color: Green; Skin tone: Fair; Personality: Mysterious

Romani Arcrat; Age: 35 at death; Birthday: Forgotten; Hair color: Golden yellow; Eye color: Black; Skin tone: Pale; Personality: Perverted

Maledi Concordia; Age: 14 at death; Birthday: July 11; Hair color: Pink; Eye color: Blue; Skin tone: Pale; Personality: Accommodating

Ericus Lopez; Age: 19; Birthday: August 2, 2002; Hair color: Gray; Eye color: Brown; Skin tone: Fairly darker; Personality: Boastful

Alesa Bach; Age 18; Birthday: January 19, 2003; Hair color: Green; Eye color: Orange; Skin tone: Fair; Personality: Understanding

Spirit Warriors are persons with the power to manifest their souls into weapons or energy. They are chosen carefully by previous spirit warriors to continue their job to fight against the reincarnation of the evil god named Vol-jan. The power of the Spirit Warriors is called Soul Extension. The thing that is actually “eaten” is not the soul but its energy. The souls that lose energy are very susceptible to being taken by the grim reapers from the western religion or by the angels or devils from the eastern religion. Des-lo is one the three pillar ancestors and discoverers of the Soul Extension power. They were the ones that coined the term Spirit Warriors and were the first among many to keep Vol-jan, the evil god, sealed in his place.

There are actually four major religions in this universe. First, Namity is the religion for those who worship the Supreme Beings of Creation, Destruction, and Destiny. For those who worship the Supreme Beings of Life, Death and Essence, their religion is called Incarnum. Veraidealis is the religion for those who worship the Supreme Beings of Reality, Fantasy, Space, and Time. Finally for those who worship the Supreme Being of Balance, their religion is called Librium.