The buzzing of electricity hit his ears causing him to rustle awake from his slumber which had lasted for who knows how long. Patton looked around where he saw nothing but strange electronics and metals all with colors that humans wouldn't use. After looking throughout the room he finally looked down and saw that his skin was wrapped in a white skin tight suit. What looked like needles were all pointing to different parts of his body ready to enter at any moment. Patton attempted to move to get away but quickly realized that he wasn't able to despite not seeing any sort of straps on his arms or legs. He thought for a moment before realizing that the suit must have been the reason why but couldn't figure out how.
From the corner of his eye he saw some odd looking creature. It looked to be taller than six feet closer to seven, with grey skin and several black eyes that seemed to be looking everywhere. This creature was hunched over wearing a suit similar to what Patton was wearing except with black lines that would appear at the collar and proceed downward disappearing at one of the other ends. It looked over at the awake Patton and proceeded to tap a button on the control panel it seemed to be at. All of the needles suddenly stabbed right into Patton causing him to scream as loud as he could, but just as the pain started it also stopped even becoming soothing. "What are you doing to me you shitstain!" He shouted at the alien who didn't seem to care about his comment. After a few seconds the needles removed themselves and a display quickly went up before his eyes.
[Nanobodies successfully implanted.]
[Hero abilities: Peak Human Strength, Peak Human Reflexes, Peak Human Durability, Energy Manipulation (D) obtained.]
These notifications that appeared over his eyes reminded him completely of the game. At creation a character was given an amount of points that the players spent into getting skills which usually ended up at about the same level he had now though usually he'd be able to gain one more skill that could compliment Energy Manipulation to give it more use. These nanobodies seemed to only be a minor power booster.
He looked back to the alien by the panel who seemed to be sighing a breath of relief and a video suddenly appeared before his eyes depicting another human with metal parts instead of where her skin was. She was cornered on the ship and the aliens that had caught up to her had fired their lasers leaving a sight that made Patton have to hold back any bile that would have usually been splattering over the floor. After that it left the room. Patton was now alone.
'How will I get out of here?' He thought to himself with that electric buzz that woke him up interupting his thoughts. This gave Patton an idea for escaping. His idea was to locate where the buzzing was coming from based off of where he heard it and then with his powers stop that electricity. In practice though he couldn't do it because he never needed to learn how to echolocate so he couldn't and even with how quickly he can usually learn things wouldn't be able to teach himself how to do it before someone came by. If only he had something like a minimap that would tell him his mission objective.
[Minimap Activated]
[Quest: You must escape the alien ship immediately. Rewards: 300 EXP.]
[Current Objective: Break free.]
The quest notification along with the Minimap helped him see that the buzzing was coming from directly behind him. So it was this machine that was holding him down. Using his power he would deactivate it.
[Attempt Failed. 10 Skill EXP earned]
Damnit he didn't do it, but without a more advanced Energy Manipulation he couldn't. After seeing that skill experience though he got another idea that had to work. If he gained enough experience in Energy Manipulation it'd level up enough to turn off this electric ball and chain. The more failures the more experience he'd gain after he finally succeeded on something. He looked around the room for things he could practice with. Looking around he found something that looked less complicated to control than what was holding him. What he tried to control would be some sort of alien medical tool that he could tell had power running through it. After activating his power the tool went berserk activating and shooting weird goo everywhere.
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[Attempt Success. 15 Skill EXP earned. No Fail Bonus.]
He didn't want a success damnit he needed to rack up points. Quickly his vision went around the room looking for anything else to use, but found nothing. He sighed and started to use his powers on the machine holding him captive again.
[Attempt Failed. 10 Skill EXP earned]
[Attempt Failed. 10 Skill EXP earned]
Every failed attempt was agonizing but would be worth it in the end. If he just wore it down enough maybe?
[Attempt Failed. 10 Skill EXP earned]
[Attempt Failed. 10 Skill EXP earned]
The plus side would be that he'd probably level up at least once after doing this. If he succeeded in time. His mind wandered off to what the alien doctor was doing but quickly snapped back to his objective.
[Attempt Failed. 10 Skill EXP earned]
[Attempt Succeeded. 20 Skill EXP earned. Failed Bonus: x6 = 120 EXP]
[Energy Manipulation (D) is now level 2.]
Patton slumped to the ground the second he succeeded. His eyes started to tear up from the stress of this situation. He got up after collecting himself and ran out of the room trying to find an exit.
[Current Objective: Find a way out.]
After that notfication his minimap blipped the entire ship yellow. It looked like there was no way out at all. He kept up his run easily thanks to his enhanced physical body. There was a small group of five alien soldiers he had encountered partway through who noticed him immeditately. The combat engaged with the aliens drawing their laser guns and firing them at Patton while he ran in the other direction. The blasts missed Patton and landed on the ground in front of him causing nothing but small sparks. The halls blew passed Patton and the soldiers until they came across a similar corner to what Patton saw earlier. Patton looked around hoping for some chink in this wall of soldiers but was too distressed to think of a way out. His panicked mind suddenly calmed down though as he realized he could use the lasers to his advantage. He used his Energy Manipulation to overheat their guns all at once.
[Attempt Succeeded...]
He ignored the notifications and looked as four of the five aliens dropped their weapons. The last one that held firm fired at Patton who quickly grabbed the energy in the air with his power and flung it back. The soldier fell to the ground stunned by the hit. The other soldiers recovered and rushed to Patton who would use his enhanced reflexes to quickly jump over them and grab one of their guns which he used to shoot the rest. Patton thought about using his Energy Manipulation to amplify the power output and then about how he could do that to kill these aliens. He pointed the gun at them his hands shaking uncontrollably. 'I need to teach these bastards a lesson. I need to show these aliens what I can do.' He shook all the way down to his feet as he stared into the aliens' eyes which showed no emotion related to fear even as they could've died now. 'But what would be the point? A hero wouldn't do this.' He lowered the gun and took the four others. He ran away from the soldiers to get some distance between him and the aliens. He laid out the four guns he wasn't using against the ship wall. Focussing his power on the guns he tried to set them all off in a more explosive manner this time.
[Attempt Failed. 20 Skill EXP earned]
He got this notification three more times one for each gun. Again he attempted and got the same results. The first soldier that was stunned began getting up and slowly walked its way to Patton. Patton once again attempted to blow up the four guns and finally got the four messages he wanted to see.
[Attempt Succeeded. 40 Skill EXP earned. Failed Bonus: x2 = 80 EXP]
A blast of green energy blew up right in Patton's face but the scale of it wasn't enough to get through his durability. He peered through the hole and saw that they were currently in the atmosphere because of the big orange blot that Patton assumed was Earth. He knew that this was his objective, he knew he needed to do this, but he couldn't. All that happened in these past couple minutes was barely enough to handle and now he had to jump who knows how far in the sky down directly into Earth? All of these thoughts raced through his mind until he felt a sudden force on his back that made him fall into the hole. He made it several feet down and stared at the yellow blot that he was rapidly approaching until his vision started getting filled by a warm light that had brought him into a familiar place.