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After The Mirage
Chapter 1, The hunter, becomes the hunted

Chapter 1, The hunter, becomes the hunted

Wolfgang was a simple man who lived inside of a small cabin close to a town, he operated a small business where he would hunt and treat his own meat and sell it in the town he was living in, it wasn't a huge business but it was more than enough to get by. The town was familiar with Wolfgang and he was familiar with the town, they were on the edge of a large forest that was thick and infested with animals which caused there the town to be tightly knit and not a lot of people going into the forest, except for some hiking groups.

Wolfgang was running out of meat to sell and as such was planning to go out into the woods he met up at the weapons range to buy some more ammunition, before he went he went into the shower to clean himself up a bit, he was a gruff looking man of average build, brown hair, a scruffy beard and blue eyes he brushed his teeth and eventually went to the store. "Hey Wolf, runnin out of meat again are ya?" the worker asked, he wore a black shirt with the logo on it 'Grafton Ammunitions', Wolfgang responded "unfortunately i am Dave, need some extra ammo for Savvy, got any extra boxes of .308 Winchester layin around?" As the vendor dove into the back Wolfgang looked around and found some jerky that was made from Elk meat that he hunted, he didnt really do much other than hunt, cut an store meat so he took a bag with him as the vendor returned he got some ammo and jerky and went back to his home.

As Wolfgang was out hunting for food, using his trusty Savage Model 99 called Savvy, he was out hunting for prey. As he saw an elk in a beautifully lit area, surrounded by trees with light beaconing down on the Elk as if the gods themselves had given him this opportunity. The light however went dim, dark, darker yet darker until wolfgang couldn't see a thing anymore, his head was pounding and bells were ringing in his ears. It felt as if he was being torn apart and grafted to himself again, the pain was excruciating and Wolfgang lost consciousness.

When Wolfgang woke up again he was amazed he was alive, the pain was enough to send him straight to sleep but there wasn’t a mark or bruise on his body. As he picked up his rifle Savvy it felt extremely light to him, his breaths were deeper and he felt more energized than ever, he saw sharper and heard like he had stereos blasting into his ears. It took a while to get used to everything, suddenly getting stronger, faster, and your senses being honed to an inhumane level was a bit much for any person.

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He started walking and felt lighter, faster, stronger and sharper, he found a new spot and saw a deer standing around, eating some grass. Wolfgang felt a sort of electricity in the air and the deer looked up, looked at him and quickly turned around "oh crap stay still!" Wolfgang thought to himself, and to his surprise the deer suddenly froze in place, gaining its footing and just standing there. Dumbfounded Wolfgang approached the deer and it didn't do anything but turn around to look at him, as Wolfgang got closer the electricity got stronger and he was amazed that the deer did not run away from him or look scared, when Wolfgang stood nearly next to the deer he thought to himself "roll over" and so the deer rolled over.

As Wolfgang was walking around the forest, making animals do tricks and moving vines around Wolfgang hears loud footsteps, not from a bear or other large animals but a group of people wearing heavy boots. Wolfgang walks towards the sound and sees a group of people in hiking gear looking frightened and scurrying around, to Wolfgang it looks as if they're looking for something or someone, as they see Wolfgang they look relieved and run towards him and ask "Wolf, Wolf! Have you seen any other people around? We are missing a group of hikers who went into the mountains and never returned after the reapening."

Wolfgang looks surprised and asks "what is the reapening?" the group responds "Something happened and a lot of people died from it suddenly, we're a search party looking for any survivors from the reapening and hoping we find the group" Wolfgang responds "I'll help look, do you happen to have anything that smells like them?" The group huddles and digs through their backpacks and grab an old revolver "This belonged to one of the hikers, why do you need it though?" the group responds "Oh, just trying something out" Wolfgang says. As Wolfgang smells the revolver he gets the same scent from an area not too far away, as he leads the group to the other group they find that only one of the other group survived, as they return to the town they put in their local newspaper what happened and how Wolfgang helped Wolfgang gets a knock on his door.

"Wolfgang, we're here to talk about how you helped them and inform you about the occurrence, we got some information and we're coming to talk to you with it" a man says from the other side of the door, Wolfgang responds "I'll be right there!" As he opens his door all he sees is someone holding him by the shoulder, a prick in his neck and suddenly he feels extremely, extremely sleepy. As Wolfgang falls to the floor all he can see is a blurred vision of the men outside his house putting a bag over his head saying "First Abnormal acquired, returning to the institution now." As Wolfgang's consciousness fades he is loaded into a car he falls asleep, against his will.