Cold wind woke up Joseph. It was cold. Way colder than it should've been in the summer. It felt weird. Sensation of hard, cold surface pressing against his back wasn't exactly normal either. He clearly remembered that he walked into his room, checked the cameras that were both inside and outside of his house and then just slept. He didn't feel warm blankets or soft bed anywhere near his body. He also didn't feel any clothes on him, not even his favourite boxers which were decorated with stars.

What's happening? Why can't I open my eyes?!

He tried again and again. Finally, he somehow managed to open his eyelids, but instead of blue ceiling, he saw a ceiling made with stones and with gigantic, leaking hole. The millisecond that his brain thought about kidnapping, he quickly raised his body... It didn't work. It wasn't a feeling that he knew. His body wasn't numb or heavy. The weird feeling couldn't be put in english,russian or even latin words.

Okay... Calm down... You are in an unknown place and you can't move your body. Not a pleasant situation, but by far not the worst.

He tried to move his body a dozen times and it still wasn't moving.

What about trying this then?

Instead of his body, he tried moving his head. It didn't work, however after trying times and times again, the "resistance" faded and faded. Now he could move his head. He turned his head towards the "right" wall. This wall was also completely made of stones. Some kind of metallic device was attached to the wall at about half of it's height. It was covered in rust and probably had function of holding torches. The whole wall had a "Middle ages" feeling to it.

That is weird. EXTREMELY WEIRD!

He then turned around to the left side. It was the same stone wall, but unlike previous one It had windows. 3 gigantic windows were 2 feet apart from eachother. They were pretty high for Joseph's position so he couldn't see the scenery behind them.

Okay. I imagined eyes and I opened them. I thought about my head and then I could turn it. Thinking about body should work too right?

He then imagined neck. After that spine, then ribs and then the whole torso. He could feel the cold floor with his back, but he couldn't move it before. Now, he could twitch his torso a little. He couldn't move like this at all. He didn't want to be a cripple. Now he needed arms.

Okay, Okay. Remember anatomy lessons. Bone structure of the arm. First comes clavicle, then scapula, after that humerus. After humerus... Ulna and... Radius. Then Carpal bones, next metacarpals and after that phalangs!

He could fell his right hand now. At first it was hard to even move the fingers. This "Method" of "Restoring" his body parts was pretty bizarre. He didn't even think about muscles or nerves, yet he could move them. Few more tries and now the "resistance" was completely gone. He could move his hand freely. He quickly repeated the same thing for his left arm and made sure to remove "resistance" from there too. Now it was time for the legs.

Pelvis, then femur, then tibia and fabula. A kneecap is necessary too, right? Goddamn Mister Ortiz. I'm buying you a cake, when I will get the fuck out of here! Okay... After those tarsal, metatsals and phalanges!

He then repeated things for his other leg too, eventually forming a body. Now it was time to stand up!

The "resistance" in his legs was banished by his attempts to move them. He checked his body for other "resistances" too. Everything felt fine. He bent his legs and placed his hands flat on the floor. He then forced himself to stand up and contrary to his own belief, he stood up normally. But somethings was wrong. Very, very wrong...

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY BODY?!

Looking down at himself, he saw his own body. But it had no differences on it. No clothes, no skin, no bones that he imagined or even muscles. It was just black. Black as that shirt he was wearing all the time. But it was unusual because the body wasn't solid! It "exhaled" some kind of black mass.

KKKKHHHHHRRRRTTTT

Joseph looked at his hands. They looked absolutely human, but instead of normal fingernails, they had claws. His legs were the same. Completely normal, but ending with sharp claws. Joseph took a single step. Nothing really happened.

I need to know where I am. I need to know where I am.

The same thought was going through his head over and over again quickly. He turned around and took a step towards the big window. Then another one, and another. He looked outside and saw the view outside. Forest stretched as far as he could see. He couldn't see too far because of the fog, but he knew that this forest was much bigger than he thinks. He didn't know if there was a place like this anywhere inside the barrier. He didn't go outside of City B too much. He didn't even know City B too wel himself! He turned around and looked around the room once again. Now, he noticed something.

A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

There is blood under that door. Is that mine? I need to check anyways. What's this? Some kind of shitty horror game?

He walked towards the door. The "weird" feeling was completely gone now. It was as if he had this body all his life. Despite the disappearance of The "weird" feeling, he was still feeling strange. The door was made of wood. It had some rust-covered metal plates on it and was painted in green. It had a doorknob, that wasn't even a doorknob. It was some big iron ring attached to some other iron thingy. No, It was definitely a Middle Age castle that he was in.

He pulled the door towards him, but it didn't budge. He then pushed it and the door opened. For some reason, he was disappointed that he couldn't open it on his first try. The door lead to a corridor, probably a dozen meters long. There were windows on his right side, a door at the end of the corridor and a turn left. The blood trail was leading towards the door that was in front of him. He then remember something.

Wait. No, no, no. This can't be possible. Need to check...

He grabbed the open door by its side and pulled it. The whole door instantly followed Joseph's hand and now he was holding it in hand, high up in the air.

This strenght. It's not human. And how come I don't feel any pain or discomfort?! If it's not my body then... SHIT!

He then proceeded to throw a door through the window, breaking it and making door fly outside. Shortly after throwing it, Joseph screamed in his mind.

TIME STOPS!

Nothing. No wave, no stopped time. However instead of despairing, Joseph simply clicked his tongue, but failed due to absence of it. He then thought about his Parameters, but no interface was seen.

This is definitely not my body. I don't know what happened to me, but this isn't my body. Only consciousness is mine.

He needed to find out what has happened. He once again turned towards door at the end of the corridor. He ran towards it, but instead of slamming into it, chose to slightly open it, just enough to see what was inside. He didn't see anything from the small opening, so he opened the door like it was supposed to be opened.

Inside, he saw a table turned over on its side and a body leaning against it. He approached the body carefully, placed his hand on its neck and mentally exhaled. He was dead. The body looked male. It had torn clothes and blood coming out from all of its facial orafices. Long dark brown hair, average height. Nothing special about it. He looked at the right hand of this corpse and saw a piece of paper. Next to it, a smashed PDA. Joseph picked up a piece of paper. He unfolded it and read it.

 Hello there! How are you? I guess you feel weird. Listen now, or to be precise, Read now: You are outside of the barriers and you are inside a castle Miles and Miles away from the closest barrier! It's terrifying, I know. But let's be honest here fam... Life's no fun without a good scare! I will explain everything that I know and you need to know. Dunno if you noticed it fam, but your body feels different rite? I agree. Maybe 'cause it is a different body. I dunno if you know about them, but there exist things called "God Particles". Sounds really cool and omni-blah-blah-blah right? Well, I guees they're kinda cool? Let me explain it quickly.

Just who the fuck is this guy? Please don't get too crazy. I might have a heart attack. If I even have a heart...

Your body is completely made up of God Particles. It has many names, but I call it UMBRA. Which (If you are uncultured swine and do not know latin) means shadow. COOL RIGHT? I know I know I know! This body is not that much different than humans in its "Anatomy". Before you could read this text, or even stand up, you imagined body parts and suddenly they appeared right? Well. You can call that "Character Creation", if you want. To make it absolutely like a character creation, I placed a mirror right behind this table. Now to continue...

Your actual body is right now in a comatose state. I dunno where you passed out before waking up here, but your body is there right now, in coma. Don't worry, as long as no one stabs you or someshit, you'll be fine. My advice to you? GET TO YOUR BODY ASAP! If you're an Ability User, you won't be able to use your ability, since this is a completely different body. I don't have a lot of time or blood in my body, or even will to write this so I will make it short.

This body doesn't have nerves, hence it can't feel pain. I don't want to explain why, but your body is much stronger, faster, durable and blah-blah-blah than your human body. Dealing with mutants is your problem now. I know what you want to ask. Why should i get back to my body that isn't as hot as body of George Miles(Dats me)? If your brain dies, so does this new body of yours. Now good look! xoxo

Small hint: Look out of the window that's in this room. That is where the north is and also that is the direction to the nearest barrier. (??<Wink [https://forum.royalroadl.com/images/smilies/wink.png]?

 I have no idea who the fuck you are or what kind of sick fuck were you. But thanks.

Joseph dropped the piece of paper and looked out of the window. He then took the mirror and looked at his reflection.

Completely black face. This black mass, God Particles was being "Exhaled" by his "skin". And his face only had eyes and mouth. 2 big white eyes and wide mouth filled with white teeth. Unlike the claws on his hands and legs, his teeth looked human. He placed the mirror back on the floor and then approached the window. He punched it, breaking it and letting cold breeze hit his face, but it wasn't uncomfortable. His body really didn't feel pain or discomfort of any kind. He then took largest shard and and pierced his middle finger with it. No blood. Just a hole remained in there before these God Particles filled it, making his finger whole once again. 

Joseph sighed and jumped out of the window, landing on a soft ground with no sound. It was weird, but he didn't pay any attention to it. He then ran in the direction of "North" and without stopping to even think about the truth behind those words, went towards his actual body. Little did he know that he was moving at the speed of 100 miles per hour.

Get back. Get back. Get back. Need to get back!