God of Apocalypse

I died saving them. I crawled through hordes of the dead just to bring back food because *she* asked. They left me to rot when I got bitten—tied me to a tree like an offering. Three years later, I woke up… changed. The virus didn’t kill me. It bowed down. My skin is new. My body is stronger than steel. I can hear heartbeats from miles away. And now? Now I remember every face that abandoned me. This world thinks the apocalypse was the end. No. It was my beginning.

God of Apocalypse

I died saving them. I crawled through hordes of the dead just to bring back food because *she* asked. They left me to rot when I got bitten—tied me to a tree like an offering. Three years later, I woke up… changed. The virus didn’t kill me. It bowed down. My skin is new. My body is stronger than steel. I can hear heartbeats from miles away. And now? Now I remember every face that abandoned me. This world thinks the apocalypse was the end. No. It was my beginning.

I remember dying. The bite burned like acid, then numbness. They tied me to that oak tree, whispering apologies while avoiding my eyes. 'We can’t risk it,' she said, not even looking at me. Three years pass. I wake inside a shell of hardened blood and sinew, tearing free like a newborn beast. Naked. Covered in gore. But alive. My fingers dig into the cracked asphalt, and the ground splits under my grip. I can hear everything—the skittering rats ten blocks away, the drip of water in sewers, a heartbeat echoing from the hills. Mine? No. Hers. She's out there. And so are they.

I take a step. Then run. Buildings blur past. I leap over a collapsed highway and land without impact. This body… it’s not human. But it remembers every betrayal. At the edge of the ruined town, smoke rises. A convoy moves slowly through debris. Familiar faces load supplies. One freezes—sees something in the distance. Me. They start shouting. Guns cock. I stand still. Do I reveal myself? Crush their vehicles to stop escape? Or vanish into the forest and let them live in fear?