Omega Virus (Book 1): Beta Hour (33 page)

“And
Tiffany,” He said. “My love, Tiffany. Find her. Make sure she’s safe. It’s
time...”

“Time
for what?” I asked.

His
eyes looked past me and as if he saw an angel of death coming for him.

“Time…
for the credits to roll…”

Then
with those final words, he turned his head to the side and went limp. His skin
bubbled, and moments later he melted into the floor. Grandson had been
defeated, but there were five more members of G.O.D. Mode. Many battles were
yet to come.

EPILOGUE

The first of
G.O.D. Mode fell, but that left me with more questions than answers.
Unfortunately, it had cost the lives of Kessa Brea, and Wesley James, not to
mention possibly billions of others. Surely, pockets of survivors still were in
the world.
Somewhere out there.

Together,
we the Gamer’s Guild, planned to search for those survivors. One of which
included our friend Tiffany Gainsborough. She would be our top priority
;
because G.O.D. Mode would be searching for her as well.
But the world, however, dead, still would take a while to search. She couldn't
have gone too far, and I'm sure the enemy knew that too.

After
Grandson had died, I found half a heart locket and the disk holding the G.O.D.
Report part 2.

I
opened the locket as I made my way back to the yacht. Inside I found a picture
of Tiffany, a little girl like in my faded memories. Why did he have the locket
and not me? Did it make me any less real?
Any less the copy?

We
returned to Rockport and were able to play the G.O.D. Report Part 2 via the AI
computer terminal, Leon.

We
stood around and watched the continuing projection of Beauregard.

“The
enemy calls themselves G.O.D. Mode and you must use their own weapon against
them. You must collect the seven OVN injections. To do this, you must understand…”
Beauregard said. “I have to tell you the truth about the youngest member,
Grandson. He doesn’t have memories of the past, just like you. He was created
in the ‘Alpha Hour Experiment’, which essentially is why there are two of you.
You see, you are Grandson, and he is you. You could say two sides of the same
coin. The experiment split you in two. Grandfather didn't want it that way. He
wanted only one Zach. This is why I took you and hid you in Ohio, with your
'mother'.

Grandson
was given to the other G.O.D. Mode lackeys to
raise
. I
can only assume this is why he turned out so corrupt and wanting to destroy the
happiness of others. The truth is that one of you will likely have to die. If
you do not seek out him, he will seek out you. You are drawn to each other like
opposites.

If
he tries to merge his DNA with the Omega-V Nanites he will surely fail. When
the two of you split, you were not 100% equal halves. You retained a piece of
yourself that he will never have, the capacity for kindness.

It
is still unknown why the OVNs
reacts
to those of a
more positive alignment than negative.

I
have taken it upon myself to steal the seven samples of the OVNs and spread
them out across the world. The properties are so unstable that if anyone
were
to harness the power of all seven, they would become a
god—Or what I call, the
Negastar
.

It
is imperative that you find the OVNs before G.O.D. Mode. They can give you
great power, but that power
is not meant to be wielded
by man. You would be capable of destroying this world.

If
you choose to inject yourself, do not overuse the
powers,
it will speed up the evolution of the virus inside of you. And you will become
a monster.

This
is what I fear most. But I see a light inside of your heart, one that will
never be extinguished. So I have faith that with your friends by your side,
you'll be a savior, not a destroyer.

It
seems my time is up for this report. I plan on continuing to combat G.O.D. Mode
in my own ways, and will try to give you more information at a later time.

So
for now, my beloved nephew, stay safe. G.O.D. Mode's leader is one of the most
intelligent people on this planet, and he will stop at nothing. Good luck,
Zachary. May we cross paths again one day.”

We
stood around as the image faded. None of us said anything at that time; we were
still taking it in.

The
following nights I sat on the roof with a mobile unit found inside the base. I
recorded our adventures up to that point. Later, I would share the recording
with the rest of the Gamer’s Guild, so they too could record their
perspectives. I finished my story with these words, ones I took to heart in the
realization of our new world.

“In
the land of the dead… we are the
virus
.”