Zero

## Introduction

Zero is a scientist well versed in dimensional technology, he was working on it since back in 1988 after all. Wish him luck on his new adventures around the strange and unfamiliar environment called ‘Aberrant’. Follow his journey by reading his Diary.

## Backstory

### Peace before the storm

Zero was born as a human male in 1974 BEA in the outskirts of Fallespont where he lived for most of his childhood. In the year 1988, when it came time for him to choose where he would go to high school, he got enchanted by the many theories of multidimensional travel that were flowing around in the capital. Thus, he decided to enlist in a science centre in which practical studies of the main subjects were also present in the curriculum. The first month of the year 1993 changed his life, he was moved to an underground research facility outside of the capital to study strange occurrences that were happening in the area. After the rather long travel time he arrived at the laboratory situated in a rural wasteland in which only a few villagers receded. His new colleagues welcomed him and quickly lead him around the compound and explained to him what his area of work would be for the following months. Six months passed since then and Zero’s study of the ‘ghost like flying entities’ which he came here for originally was finally bearing some fruits. His colleagues and him discovered that the so called ‘Phantoms’ would only appear around overworked people with insomnia who haven’t slept for three days. Interestingly they used some strange but familiar energy to appear out of nowhere to haunt the afflicted person. On the 15th day of the 6h month of 1993 Zero began to experiment on himself and try to ‘summon’ the ‘Phantom’ by staying awake for three days straight. Although he wasn’t sure if it would really work an if he could survive his encounter.

### The ‘Incident’

The 18th day of the 6h month arrived and Zero was almost completely mentally broken from anticipation, but he could only endure and wait. As he was about to give up and exit the experimental reinforced chamber, he began to feel strange waves behind him. He quickly turned around only to find the creature looking him straight into his eyes. As he began to panic, because the ‘Phantom’ spawned so close to him and not in the controlled environment, an enormous amount of strange energy began to penetrate the reinforced walls of the room and hit him and the ‘Phantom’ right through the body. The ‘Phantom’ got pushed against Zero and knocked him unconscious. Afterwards the emergency lockdown of the base was activated and the accumulating energy in his room tipped and created a void stasis.

### The Aftermath

Many years later (present day) Zero’s Mind awakened, his body felt numb at fist but right after agonising waves of pain which exceeded the scope that he had ever felt before hit him all at once and bore through his insides. After some time passed and the first thoughts returned to Zero’s body he struggled to get up and reach for the door. But because rust had accumulated over the years it took him many seconds which felt like hours to accumulate enough strength to open the thick door all by himself. But what he saw behind the door shocked him to the core, everything was destroyed, rusted and decayed, not even a single human was anywhere near him, only an eery silence accompanied him. But that wouldn’t stay like that for very long, because he heard sounds of crawling creatures approaching his location. Ten seconds later he saw the unfathomable, human shaped beings with rotten flesh hanging from their bones. No, these creatures where neither alive nor where they dead. These where the undead corpses of his co-workers! Appalled of what he witnessed he ran away as fast as he could, but unfortunately luck wasn’t on his side as he hit a dead end after only two turns. The Undead where already behind him when he tried to hit the locked door at the end of the hallway hoping that his life would be saved. For a final time, he hit the door, with as much strength as he could muster thinking that this would be his final moments! Swish… Suddenly he just phased through the door and the wall next to it and began flowing upwards to the ground. Baffled he tried to struggle and understand what was happening and if he even was still alive, he noticed his skin. It was different than usual. Because of everything that happened in the short time since he awakened, he failed to notice that he had completely fused with the DNA of the Phantom! And so, he himself turned into a Human-Phantom-Mutant.

## The Future

After Zero surfaced he looked at the starry sky which was slowly being replaced by the golden sunrise. But as he began to think that his struggles were over and that he was save, it happened. The sunrays hit him and his flesh began to spontaneously combust and burn his skin. After having escaped death twice already and feeling the excruciating pain overwhelming his senses, he acted out of instinct and sunk into the ground to hide from the now deadly rays of sunlight. After a few seconds passed the fire extinguished and Zero sought refuge under an overhang of a cliff to protect himself from the sun. As he was getting hungry, he was thinking about the future. What will people think of me when the see my mutated body? What should I do? Is this happening elsewhere?

All of these questions will be found out eventually, but for now… welcome in Aberrant Zero.

For further stories visit his Diary.