On the Ground

Jacob collided with the hard ground with a loud thud.

He groaned out in pain, his eyes now blinded by the flash from the portal as he didn’t know what was around him.

He went to stand, groaning as he felt additional weight in areas he wasn’t use to before as he shook the daze off.

But as he looked down at his chest.

“Holy…” Jacob eyes went wide before he grew confused and touched his throat, not use to the new deeper tone he had. “Wait. Why do I sound like this?”

He brought a hand up and rubbed it through his hair, feeling the thick brown locks as he tried to process it.

He turned right and was taken aback, as he saw his muscular arm and the strong bicep that flexed with his movements. With a slightly slaked jaw, he touched it with his other hand, feeling its rock hard form before he looked everywhere else on his body.

“What happened to me…?” Jacob spoke with both awe and confusion as he tried to sort through his situation. There was a part of him that thought he was dreaming or just imagining this, but after one quick pinch to himself, that wasn’t the case.

“Okay… okay…” Jacob began to put his brain to work as he took a few deep breaths. “You’re smart, Jacob. You can find your way out of this… just go back through the portal and…”

He turned around, ready to leave, only to find it disappear from existence with a loud snap. His eyes went wide as he saw it before he saw a small note fall down onto the floor.

Confused, he picked it up and read it.

“Dear, Jacob Silverbane…” He read to himself as he scanned over each word. “You have been pulled from your own world to have a better one in another universe. Considering how little you had left, I have chosen to pull you into a world where you can have a better one. Below is a list of your new powers as I have given them to you to help you survive in this new environment. Hope you do good things with what I have given you. Sighed, Unknown.”

He looked confused by that. “What the fuck does Unknown mean?”

Shaking it off, he looked under the list and almost felt his jaw drop in shock as he read the list of powers.

“Super Strength…” Jacob seemed taken aback. “Pyromancy, Shadow powers, Flight, X-ray, healing factor, teleportation!?”

He read the final paragraph. To use these powers, imagine yourself doing the one in question and then use the part of your body that matches and top of that, you’re body has been trained and toned as a martial arts fighter. Just make sure you practice those skills by yourself… huh…”

He looked over himself before he looked at his right arm. He began to imagine and concentrate on one of his powers before he flexed his arm.

A small burst of fire came onto his hand, glowing a color between Red and Purple as he watched it burn on his hand with shock. He waved his hand just as fast, making it go o it as a smile came on.

He crouched and pushed himself off the ground, ultimately going into flight mode as he levitated off the ground. His excitement only got higher as he then lowered back down and thought of his shadow power.

Almost instantly, dark black and green smoke began to roll off his body as he watched his shadow peel off the floor and stand beside him, ultimately coping his form one to one while the shadow remained mouthless. It had hollow red eyes as Jacob turned to his shadow, which turned to him in reaction before he jolted and it faded from reality.

“Holy shit!” Jacob exclaimed with a grin as he flexed his bicep again. “Don’t know what the hell that note meant, but I love it! Thanks Unknown for dropping me in…”

He stopped as he realized he didn’t even know where he was.

He looked around trying to catch his surroundings for any clue on where he was. But as he looked around, he began to understand as his eyes went wide in understanding.