Alex Fury Arc - 1 - Change

*Alex POV

I woke up in the bit of light crossing through my window cover, I am in a deep headache, I think I might have overslept last night, I try to remember, but what really bothered me is why is it bright outside, I looked at the clock, it's 7:47 am, my work is 8:00 am....

"I AM LATE!" I shouted.

My first day of me as a Business Manager, and I don't even know why I stayed up late last night, but no time to think, I stood up quickly, wash up fast, and worn my suit, and comb up my hair as I walk down the autostairs, then rode my motorcycle, I need to focus on riding my motorcycle.

(Autostairs, same as escalator, but it's highly advanced, it doesn't function using engines, but the new technology, Scope Tech)

I am Alexander F. Hugo, Alex in short, I am the new Business Manager in Scope Company Branch S-13, Scope Company is the developer of the biggest and advanced technology in the Dotun City and almost the entire Lanima Region, Scope Tech and the Lazer Amplified Tech, LATech in short, as the President of the company called.

(LATech is powered by Lazer, and is the main power source of this technology, it uses Lazer to energize a technology, and if it is implemented by a Scope Chip, then it turned into a Scope Tech)

(Scope Tech is more advanced than LATech, it is powered by Energy, a beta and weak version of Arkon Tech, and still in working progress)

(Arkon Tech definition is to be given to the future)

I am just 25 years old, I just graduated college 5 years ago.

I lived alone, my parents passed away, and I think I don't have any siblings, I think, because my mom never talked about it when I always ask, but I'm happy that I'm just her child.

She passed away when I'm 18 due to ill sickness, even the doctor don't know know the cause and the cure, I was so sad because she's the only family I have left, I cried and locked myself in my room.

But I realized that mom won't be very happy if I did that forever, so I tough it up, and looked for a part-time job to supported myself while being a student, our house is ours so I don't need to trouble myself to pay for rent, all I have to pay is electricity, water bills and everyday things, and I'm set to life.

I'm a Doctoral in Scope Engineering, Scope Programming and Business Development, of course I looked for the best job for myself, I worked so hard to get my image and self-confidence perfect.

And I landed a good position on the biggest company in the Region, in Scope Company level S, I'm only on the 13th branch, not the highest one but still in S level so I think it's good.

(Branches of Scope Company

S level - 13 branch

A level - 27 branch

B level - 53 branch

C level - 100 branch

D level - 240 branch)

Let's go back to present time.

I just got promoted yesterday, so being late is a huge drop to my credentials, so I swear to myself to never stay up at night, unless it's necessary.

"I'll never work even at house anymore, I swear to God." I said to myself.

Even with this LAT Bike of mine, I don't think I'll arrive on time, I never had breakfast so maybe I'll buy some on the way, no need to rush if your already late.

(LAT Bike is an advanced version of a motorbike, it is powered by LATech and don't need gas to function, don't have any leather tires, it's metallize, its cost is 150.000 Den)

(Den - currency in all Lanima Region.

1$ \= 10 Den)

"I mean it's only 8:12 past, and the meeting is 8:30...."

"Oh Crap, the meeting!" I shouted again, but a bit subtle.

I quickly rode my bike and rush on, knowing I'll get sick from this, driving while eating, I don't really have time to think anymore of those, I need to focus on my biking.

I said the meeting is 8:30 but I am not even a slight ready, why did I even start a meeting, I shouldn't have, what am I thinking starting a meeting for my self introduction? Most of the employees there knows me already.

Okay I'll think about what I'll speak for the meeting while riding.

I arrived at the office, I run as quickly as I could, of course the design of the building outside and inside won't get old, all is fill to the brim with advance Tech, everything is so blue and white, the pillars are silver, so many hologrammed projections, really advertising almost every inch of work of Scope Tech, and thinking I'll be leading these whole building for myself, so of course while still admiring the look of the building I bumped to one of my coworkers, yes I almost know everyone here in this branch.

"Mr. Hugo, you just arrived?!" Kart asked.

Kart is the 23rd Front Desk here, and he's pretty good with his work too.

"Yeah, see you later!!" I said while running to the Levitator.

(Levitator is and advanced version of Elevator, it's powered by magnetism and LATech, it's floating BTW)

I arrived at the meeting, of course they are here, I should apologize.

"Sorry I'm late everyone, let's start, shall we?" I said.

Everyone stood up to be respectful, which I really hate.

"Yeah you better be, man." John said.

John is the Executive Associate, he's in my age, not really important but he's still vital to the company.

"Took you a while." Carl said.

"So is this something important?" Jonathan asked.

Jonathan is the former Executive Associate, he's now the Scope Sector, Scope Sector is like the eye of the main branch of Scope Company.

I let everyone sat down, in the most advanced table which can be used as presentation as a hologram LAT, the seat is pretty sweet too, it's kinda floating thanks to LAT Tech.

"Nothing to important, I just wanna set some pointers about how I operate things, and declare some projects I would like to do in the future, since I have given a chance to be in this position." I enthusiastically said.

"What's on your mind, Alex?" Justin asked.

Justin is the Secretary here, he basically have more knowledge about this branch than me.

I continue to discuss the things I'd like to do while I'm in this position, and just layout some of MY ground rules for everyone to follow, because I and the others have to work independently while I'm the BM.

(BM is Business Manager)

We finished up before lunch, so that we can freshly start some of the work before delving into it as a whole.

A friend helped me clean up at the meeting room, she's Stacia, she's one of my former higher up, she told me never call her ma'am again because I'm already a BM, but that'll be hard for me.

"Ma'am.., I mean Stacia.." I kinda said that awkward.

"Just call me Stacia, other of my friends call me that." She said.

"Oh, really?" I said

"I can't believe you'll be our BM, I still remember when you applied to this company, I mean I'm 10 years here, and I barely rise my ranks here." She said in a depressed way.

"That's not true, you helped me a lot before when I started here, I always think your kindness is exceptional, and thinks you're greater than anyone here before." I said cheering her up.

Back when I first applied here, she was partnered to me to help me start, I never really know what her position is before since I never asked, she often comes to me when she knows I'm having trouble with my work.

When I found out what her work is, she looked really despair, because even though she's been here for 5 years before I applied, she never rose up her rank, after that the higher-ups changed my position to not let her interact with me again, they thought I'll despise her when I found out about it, but they're wrong, but they still insisted me to change position.

That's how I got my reputation to be promoted as BM five years later, to be honest I really don't know if I'm thankful to Ma'am Stacia that I'm here, or hated it because I'm unable to work with Ma'am Stacia anymore, but now I'm BM I think I'll promote her to be close to mine.

"But when you found out that I'm just a System Programmer..." I stopped her sad sentence there and.

"I still think of you as great person, forget the fact that I never talked to you again for like 2 months back then, I still think today that you're better." I said happily.

"Hmm, thanks Alex, you're great too." She said smiling.

"Um, can I still call you Ma'am Stacia?" I asked.

"Hee, whatever you say BM." She said jokingly.

"I'm Glad you're still the same Alex after all this time." She said.

I really blushed there.

After we cleaned up the room, we rested and watch some news, there's this weird news that we don't even know if it was real.

'This is the Dotun City News, a lab in Scope Tech Convention exploded while an experiment is being held, a huge amount of said Cosmic Energy is spreading throughout Dotun City right now, everyone is told, if affected by said Cosmic Energy is to be confined in Scope Lab in S-1 branch, I repeat, if affected by said Cosmic Energy is to be confined in Scope Lab in S-1 branch..' the news said it repeatedly,

I looked at the window in the room and I saw the flowing Cosmic Energy coming our way, but I got distracted by a sizzling noise on my my, I look to the back and saw a missile heading our way, I don't know why there's a missile heading towards us but all did is I burst out a yell shouting.

"EVERYBODY RUN!!!!" I shouted at the top of my lungs so that everyone outside hears it.

But we couldn't have in time as the missile is speeding up, and then the missile hits us.

While I'm Unconscious, as we are being exploded by the missile, the Cosmic Energy reached us, a surge of pure energy flowed through my entire nervous system, and then my body just moved on its own and manipulated all the debris and even the explosion, my unconscious self moved away the people that are affected, and put them in a safe place, and then my body fainted.

Many people are injured in that explosion, I am in a severe state, so I was taken to a different lab.

3 years have passed.

*Others POV

In an unknown realm, a big entity with a black spear and a glowing eyes, we'll call him L for now, and a right arm of L is talking while another small entity is on his knees in front of L standing high, we'll call the small entity on his knees Lowlife for now.

"Have you killed him?" L asked.

"You may answer him!" The right arm shouted.

"He survived, it was the luck of an incident that let him survive my attack." Lowlife said ashamed.

"INSOLENCE!!" The right arm shouted disappointed and stabbed the Lowlife with magic.

"That's enough, your last chance is to kill him again, and you will not return in this realm unless you did so, am I clear?" L told Lowlife.

"You shall answer his grace!" The right arm shouted.

"Yes! I will not return until I have his head." Lowlife said in agony and shame.

"You better return with the successor's head or you will experience true pain, and I'll make sure you don't die in the process of your torture!" The right arm said in pure pride.

"Quiet, leave this place, L Side, after that you'll spread my name in these world!" L said.

"I will." L Side said and left using magic.

"Watch him, Tail, don't let him see you." L ordered.

"I will not fail you, almighty lord!" Tail said with a bowed head.

*Alex POV

I woke up, I'm in a white room, I think I'm in a lab or something, I tried standing up, and then I was shocked to see my right arm, it's robot, I think it's a Scope Tech, because the tech looks so advanced, and when I touched my face with my left arm that is not robot, I felt a metal, and I looked at myself at the mirror that is in the right table, my right face is a machine too.

I have a very long hair, I'll cut it someday, but for now, I took off my shirt, my right body is completely mechanized, my body is a bit builded up, I am in awe, and also felt terrified.

"Did I really have that of a severe injuries?" I asked to myself quietly.

A automatic door opened, someone entered.

"Yes, you did, we almost not save you from that condition you're in." The doctor said answering my question.

"Oh, hello, doctor?" I asked, he heard me.

"Yes, I'm the head manager of this lab, and the head doctor, your name is Alexander Hugo, right? You should rest on the bed for a while, Alex, your body isn't still compatible with the machine, even though we injected you with super soldier serum 3 times, your nervous system isn't steady on your new mass and blood flow." He said.

"Okay, you injected me with it, well, it felt normal when I stand up, what can I call you doctor?" I asked while lying down on the bed.

"Call me Dr. Inium, are you hungry?" He asked.

"Not exactly, but I'd like some fruits if you have some." I nonchalantly asked.

"Oh, we do have, wait a moment, (he took a calling device, maybe) Nurse can you bring some fruits in Lab 1.... our patient wants one.... thank you." He said.

"Well, I shouldn't have asked something impolite." I said.

"Don't worry about it, you're a patient, you should ask for assistance if you need it, your injuries won't heal up if you keep moving." He said.

He is doing some thing in a computer on the left side of the room, it's huge, is it a Scope Motherbrain?

(Scope Motherbrain is an advanced computer, have 100 Yottabytes core and is 10x smarter than a super computer)

"Doctor what time it is and date?" I asked.

"It is 10:32 in noon, it's been 3 years since your accident in the building." He said.

"HOLY CRAP! !" I shouted.

"Sorry about that." I said.

"It is really shocking you survived that explosion, what caused it?" He asked.

"It was a missile coming from, like, in the south west of the building I guess, that's all I can vaguely remember." I said.

It came on the back of the building, where the meeting room is, it is behind the building.

"Are you sure? Here are all the cameras in all the side of the building." He showed me a footage in a hologrammed screen.

It show all the side of the building, and from where I am, the building just exploded, there's no missile in sight.

"That can't be??!" I said.

"That's the raw footage, I did some hard analyzing on the footage, and looked at the other cameras nearby, and I used this Scope Motherbrain to do all those." He said while I felt so horrified.

How'd that happen, Magic doesn't exist, at least I think so, and Scope Motherbrain cannot be hacked to the most possible way.

No way.

After a moment, the nurse arrived, wow, a lot of different fruits, I don't think I can finish this.

"I'll take this one" I said while taking an Apple.

"Help yourself with those, we have a lot, and you need all the nutrients you need to recover." The doctor said while working.

"Hey, doctor, why don't you have one, I can't really finish all this." I offered.

"Don't worry about me, if you can't finish it, the nurse will display it on the table there." The doctor said pointing at the big table to the right.

"Okay, don't overwork yourself doctor, thanks for all the help." I said.

I just ate the fruit I can eat and just sleep over the things doctor said.

*Doctor Inium's POV

I started a meeting about Alex's future, we don't want the Lanima Officials to get their hands on him, I called all the scientists and doctors as well as the nurse.

(Lanima Officials are the ones who operate and control the entire Lanima Region)

"I have something to discuss, I want all of you to leave this place." I ordered them.

"But what about the lab?" Doctor Sean asked.

"Are we gonna stop?" Scientist Deus asked.

"How about Alex?" Nurse Joy asked.

"How about the other projects?" Doctor Cris asked.

"Are you gonna stay behind?" Nurse Jane asked, my wife.

"Everyone, calm down, just quiet for a moment, I'm staying behind, I'll have to do something for Alex and also for all of us here in UnderScope lab, all of you will be riding the FloBus down in this lab, and live far away in Lanima Region, change your name or migrate or something, don't let anyone know you formerly work here, that'll cause some huge issue, like hostage you or blackmail all of us to work again, I'll be giving this card to Alex, and ask him to give it to the Lanima Officials." I said.

(FloBus is a floating bus powered by Scope Tech, automated if pointed to a destination.)

(UnderScope is Scope Company's number 1 secret project to attain Arkon Tech)

"That's the Lanima Officials' money they gave us for work?!" Doctor Janna asked.

"But that's just same as be giving up Alex that easy!" Nurse Joy said in despair.

"Yeah what's the point of hiding him here if we're giving him anyway?" Scientist George said.

They're worried about Alex, well, he's the first and only successful Scope Tech infusion so that'd be obvious.

"Listen, I'm not letting him give himself to them, I know he won't, and he's old and smart enough to protect himself, he's 'The Alex" after all." I said.

"How?" Nurse Joy, Scientist George, Doctor Sean and the others asked.

"I developed something in his Scope Tech that will help him, do you know the EALS, (after I said that name everyone felt happy and relief while in awe and shock) you don't have to worry." I said.

(EALS stand for Energy Absorbing LATech revised Scope Tech, it is almost close as Arkon Tech)

I've been developing that Tech for a while now, now I have use for that now, it's all on you now Alex.

After that, all of the staff rode the FloBus and left here, and I returned to the lab, I looked at Alex in his room but his not there, I'll look for him.

*Alex POV

The night has pass and everyone is asleep, I think, I haven't seen anyone yet, except for me.

I walked around the lab and just memorizing everything, well I got nothing better to do so..

I saw a room with a really big window and found out that the lab is flying in the sky, the sky looks better than I can explain it, it's like we're over the world of cotton, it looks magical, and the stars are looking pretty tonight.

I left the room for about 20 minutes passed, and I saw the doctor walking pass the halls.

"Hello doctor, you're still up?" I asked.

"Alex, where have you been, it's already late?" He asked.

"I'm in the room with a big window, how about you, doctor?" I said and asked.

"That room.. it's beautiful isn't it?" He asked and walked in the room I was in before.

"Doctor?" I asked while confused.

I followed him of course.

"The lab is powered by Scope Tech as well, Mr. Scope really overdid it with us, even though the Lanima Officials are financing our works and projects, well it's not like we really use much of they're money, since Mr. Scope gave almost everything we need in here." He said.

(Mr. Scope is the President of Scope Company, and the lead developer of Scope Tech and LATech, built the industry and reputation of the Company to the ground up, they say at some point of the president's life, he worked all by himself, full name will be given in the future)

"You must really admire Mr. Scope?" I asked.

"I' do, hell, who doesn't?" He said proudly.

"Hey Alex, can you tell me about your life before you get here." Doctor asked.

"I'm a Business Manager in a Scope Company in Branch S-13." I said while Doctor interrupted

"That's the lowest branch in S level." He said mockingly.

"Oh shut it, anyways, I just got promoted like the day before the incident, and before anything, my life was as normal as it can get, I wake up, I work, I go home, I eat, I overnight in the company sometimes, I admire someone, nothing really special about it." I said.

"Do you desire for a change, like this?" He asked.

"Not really, but, maybe back when I was a kid, I wanted to do something out of the ordinary, you know like lead a rally, or start an organization or something." I said.

"Really?" Doctor asked.

"Really!" I proudly answered.

"I'm gonna ask you something, Alex, what will you do with those machines if we let you go?" He asked.

"I, never really thought about it." I said.

"The world outside right now is a dangerous place for you, if you were to be given the responsibility to fight for others, will you take it?" He asked.

He has some weird questions, maybe it's to test me, I'll play along.

"If I could prove myself, to the world, then I'll gladly take it, whether it'll change me or change how the world sees me, I will." I said.

"Even if this responsibility will consume your very being?" He asked.

"Even if this responsibility consumes my very being." I answered.

"You'll give your life to the world, even if the world doesn't want you to or the world doesn't even know you yet?" He asked.

"If it comes to that and the world is needing of someone to step up, then I will." I said.

"Will you regret it?" He asked.

"If I were to be allowed to choose that path, then I won't." I answered,.

"Okay, can you tell me why you're asking some philosophical questions?" I asked.

"Nothing really, I just thought, if that happens, I want you to stay the normal person you always are, a normal person that is in the very center of the world." He said.

"You should really sleep now, Alex, we'll continue this tomorrow." He said.

"Okay, good night, doctor." I said.

He's really into this kinds of questions though, better ignore it.

After I left the room, and moments later, I heard an explosion, where the office of the doctor, I rushed in the room, and saw a big hole on the wall, and a flying jet-like outside, the jet has all sign in its side in all big L, same as the missile that hit the building, and a humanoid entity is standing in front of the doctor while the doctor is lying down bleeding, they are the same as the ones who shoot me with the missile in the face!!

I lash out an anguish and ran into that guy, I put all force from my left body to right body and pushed him really hard, he fell in his knees and get back up again.

"Alex Fury!" It said.

"How do you know who I am?!" I asked while shouting on him since the wind of the sky is so loud.

"You are the one I'm ordered to kill, by the great being, you should be greatful that you'd die in the hands of the greatness' minion!"

And he pull a gun out of nowhere and shoot me, I got hit, it hurt so bad, but my injury healed up quickly, maybe it's from the super soldier serum.

"Very impressive, I should not underestimate you!" It said.

And I rushed into him, he shot me again, but never pay any mind to it, and punched his face using my right fist then unarmed his gun, and grab him and thrown him out of the lab, it crashed into one of the jet-like ships.

I quickly rushed to the doctor's side.

"Doctor, are your vitals injured?" I asked.

"No.. I should... be fine by... now.." he desperately said.

"You might have been, I'm gonna take you to another doctor outside." I said.

"No, Alex, no one's here... but us, I told them... to leave, Alex... you should leave too.... you are not safe.... here." He said desperately.

"No, I'm not leaving you like this, come on get up!" I said while trying to lift him up.

He put something on my pocket, then with his full strength, I noticed since he grunted too loud, he pushed me outside the lab, falling to the surface, while I looked at the lab, the lab is burning, surrounded by many jet-like ships, and then fired all at once at the lab, then completely destroyed.

I left falling and then I hit the ground, it hurts like hell, but it healed up pretty quickly, and I managed to stand again.

I don't know who are those things, but I swear one day, I'll avenge them, but first..

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