A Cold Heart
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A Cold Heart

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Summary

Jake Nightingale, a human-turned-machine, receives a fragment of the Singularity's power, called The Dark. The Singularity, who is God, sends beings called The Grand Order to retrieve its lost power. The Architect, the most powerful machine, 3rd General of the Grand Order, steals his heart which contains his emotions and memories. Jake's power finally awakens, and it reveals to him, The Void, a place created by Jake's conscience filled with Dark Matter. Jake is introduced to the Resistance, a faction made of rebels, preparing to take down the Syndicate, a government ruling the vast range of Galaxies in this story. The Resistance forms an alliance with Jake, to fight against the ruling power. Jake goes on a journey to seek answers from The Architect's creations, machines persuaded to stop Jake in return for the life they deserved. Now, the machines, The Architect and the might of the World Engine stand in Jake's way. This is the journey taken by Jake, of blood and warfare to get his heart back, and regain his lost human life.

Status
2yrs ago
Chapters
16
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

Prologue - The Beginning

In the beginning, there was nothing but darkness everywhere. Suddenly, two beings emerged: The Light and The Dark. The Light was the creator, the manifestation of life, kindness, peace, love, and nature's qualities of good. The Dark, on the other hand, was destruction itself, manifesting death, hatred, war, envy, pride, and the negativities of life. Once, they decided to create a Cycle, a period of time involving the life and death of a story, the birth and death of time itself, or a cycle of creation and destruction.

Their first creation was a waste; the Cycle did not unfold as they had envisioned. The Light would create life, only for the Dark to consume it eventually. The Dark would destroy life, and the Light would reconstruct it. This repetitive pattern sparked discontent within The Light. "You cannot keep destroying my creations, Dark!" it exclaimed. "Everything must be destroyed; everything must end at some point, Light!" the Dark retorted. "If this continues, we will not be able to create a single cycle. One of us must be gone!" The Light declared.

This heat eventually created the first perfect cycle. The Light summoned a huge army to face the Dark. The Dark corrupted half of The Light's army, creating its own legion of undead beings. "Let us commence!" The Light commanded. "Begin our assault, my Death-lings!" the Dark ordered. Every attack The Light launched was nullified by the Dark. The Dark's attacks were reconstructed and turned against it. The unlimited cycle of life and death took place. No one died while no one lived at the same time.

The battle raged on until The Light and The Dark grasped each other's necks. "This cannot keep happening. We will lose control over everything!" The Light pleaded. "One must fall, so the other can rise!" The Dark bellowed. Unbeknownst to them, their proximity would create something new. Their physical bodies began merging. "What's happening? The merge!" The Light cried out. "No! Impossible! This cannot be the end!" The Dark yelled. As they merged, a new being was born: The Singularity.

The all-powerful entity, now manifesting both The Light and The Dark, came into existence. The army vanished. What the Singularity did not know was that, while merging, a fragment of its power was lost. The Singularity began creating a new Cycle, this time with life and death in its own hands. The Singularity was considered God. The Cycle brought life and created infinite universes, realms, and dimensions. The World Engine was created, hosting five celestial beings: Chronos, Keeper of Time; Solaris, Ruler of Space; Legion, Weaver of Reality; Cerebro, Shaper of Thoughts; and Khaos, Fear and Nightmare itself.

These beings-controlled Time, Space, Reality, Mind, and subconscious Fear. Finally, Codex, Commander of the World Engine, was created. The World Engine was dispersed. The fragment of power, consisting of Light and Dark matter, eventually landed on planet Earth, created by The Singularity. This power burrowed into an early human and was passed down through generations without awakening, lying dormant. The Ice Age was meant to kill all humans, but they pushed through and survived. As technology advanced, humans made it clear that they could not live without wars.

The first atom bomb was created and after this, only a matter of words, could cause human extinction. The World Leaders began stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, under the pretext of 'Self Protection'. This was, until one of them grew hungry for power and decided to take everything for himself. In the 26th century, humans lost the small trust they had in each other and a nuclear war engulfed the planet, rendering Earth uninhabitable. People who remained in the last habitable zone of Earth, worked together to build ships, and relocated to another binary star system in another galaxy, calling it G.A.I.A, the future of humanity.

The habitable planet, G.A.I.A Prime, was populated and the 'Neo-human' civilization was born. The planets resources helped them expand within the solar system and then to galaxies far away, forming alliance with other civilizations and species. The Dark and The Light kept moving from generation to generation.  The power was split apart when Johnathan Nightingale and Emma Nightingale had two children, Jake and then Yuna, seven years later. Dark Matter embedded itself into Jake, while Light Matter infused itself into Yuna. This spiked the fragment's energy, alerting The Singularity. 

The Singularity decided not to enter the Cycle, fearing destruction of its most successful creation. The Angels and Devils created by The Singularity suggested retrieving the fragment by other means. "My creations will retrieve what is mine...." The Singularity said, looking at the Cycle.

THE STORY BEGINS.

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