The Lost Chronicles Of Pangea: Apocalypse

"Call dad."

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"Call Rose"

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"Call mark"

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"Call mom"

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"ooh! Wetin dey happen naw."(1)

David was so frustrated that he had resorted to using pidgin English. Unfortunately that was something Pangea did not share with earth. The restructured English language was used predominately by people in west Africa on earth. It was a street language that was born when those countries were first colonized, and learning English was not as easy as expected. They created a mishmash of English words mixing it with most of their own native tongues and some other colorfully invented words.

It was the go to language for any Nigerian man who was frustrated or wanted to curse at something. David was currently in such a mood. Regardless of whatever he tried he had not been able to reach any member of his family or the few friends he had. Of course he really wished his mother and brother were dead in a ditch somewhere since he was rather angry at them. But he was not in the best possible condition and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately for him communications seemed to be down for the foreseeable future, if he does not end up dying in the next ten seconds, he was strictly on his own. But thankfully he felt strong enough to limp around his house, so while he was attempting to reach his family, he had been able to scour his entire house. Thankfully there were no more three tongued cats, they had gotten in because the front door was left wide open. So after he closed the door, he made his way to the pantry, it was scarce and almost completely empty, but what was left would help him survive for another three days. And with the way his body seemed to be healing, that was enough for him to tide himself over before he has to leave.

But apart from that he had something more pressing to worry about. The huge bat had flown away sometime ago, which was an immense relief for David, but he had about four and a half days before there was another energy surge within his body. The last time was when he had such an intense headache and had the regulator reassign the energy within his body for improvement.

The aftermath was not something he wanted to experience, even now he was still experiencing the side effects. His body was still weak and awkward, he felt so heavy not to mention he seemed to have gained a few pounds. Which was strange but familiar. Rapid cellular and tissue growth along with regeneration was something normal in Pangea. But on earth, that person might end up on an operating table under the scrutiny of a dozen scientist. Well in the movies maybe, but the earth David remembers had a hard on for weird shit, unless of course you were an African and any freaky stuff then falls under the category of witch craft and the work of the devil.

It would take a while for David to completely reorient himself, but that should not take anymore than a few hours. David was rapidly getting acclimated to his new body, which meant that after the next energy surge, he would be experiencing a period of weakness that would leave him very vulnerable, or very dead, the regulator was not without its own dangers.

So in this few days, David had to either look for supplies that would tide him over as he secures his house, or he had to look for another secure location with enough food to keep him alive and safe.

His house was a little too big for him to defend, but it was the place he was most familiar with. And there was no guarantee that he would be able to find any other secure location without any complication before the time for the next energy surge comes around. He was running out of time, the island itself was also running out of time, but David had to postpone his leaving. It was not just the changed world that was now a danger, even his own body could be the cause of a rather untimely and gruesome death. So he would very much rather stay in a controlled environment.

Well food aside, he needed a mode of transportation, which was a complication because he did have a mode of transportation, but it was currently undergoing modification. David of Pangea was a high school graduate who gained admission into two of the most prestigious universities of science in all of the twelve city states. The planetary institution or mechanical sciences in the city of iron, and the Miraj academy of scientific arts, it was a private school located in the city of wings.

The David of earth was just seventeen but had ambitions to be a politician, it was a difference of heaven and earth between the two of them. One was an introverted nerd, while the other was an introverted master manipulator. The only thing they had in common is that they had few friends and really disliked hanging with crowds.

David knew somewhat he was having an identity crisis, because he had no idea who he really was right now. Was he David of earth, or David of Pangea. It was a cause for debate, but that was an argument David was currently avoiding. He really had no time to start doubting himself right now.

David had and old repurposed quad bike. Their father had a love for really old and antique stuff, while David had a love for making old stuff work like new stuff if not better. The quad bike was almost a hundred and fifty years old. It was made back in the time when the humans of Pangea started playing with Magnetic suspension and levitation. Magnetic suspension was old technology, unlike the new age flux gravity engines that create a field of fluctuating gravity to cancel out the natural gravity of Pangea within a certain area, and keep its vehicle stable and moving. The intricacies within the flux gravity engine were so much that David with all of his knowledge still had absolutely no idea how it fully worked.

But he was able to come up with a set of schematics that would improve the quad bike to the state of fifth or sixth generation hover bike. Which was around the time when they first introduced the flux engine.

So instead of a flux gravity engine, David was going to make a flux magnetic field engine. Weak as he was David felt he had enough strength to move a few tools. So he made sure every door and window in the house was locked. He even moved furniture over the entrances of the house to make a barricade. When he was done there was only one way in and out of the house, and that was through the garage. There was an entrance to the garage from the kitchen so he could go and come as he pleased.

When David was done moving all the furniture he was really surprised. Even with all his injuries, he did not really feel tired. This could be attributed to the Mana water he took almost three hours ago.

David was reminded of its importance and heaved a sigh of thankfulness because while he was raiding the pantry, he was able to find three more bottles of it. It was like carrying your own fist aid kit/energy drink around with you. David knew how important it was so he chose to take ordinary water, unless it was absolutely necessary to use the Mana water. There was also a few bottles of water left in the house so his plan was quite sound.

David limped his way to the garage with as much fervor and strength as he could muster. The quad bike was a monster of a machine. After David's modification, it had meter tall tires installed in all four corners of the vehicle. Its frame was increased from one and the half meter long steel frame. To a two meter monster made from the magic metal orichalum. David might not seem like it, but their family was very rich and had more connections than they knew what to do with.

Orichalum was expensive and rare. Pangea was covered by a natural barrier made of gravity and electrical storms that only for some reason clears out once every fifteen years, and that clearance happens for only twelve hours. Orichalum was mined off world as not one single lode of that metal could be found anywhere on the planet. Huge mining star sh.i.p.s and colony vessels always leave the planet for the stars when ever the barrier was open. And then the other sh.i.p.s outside would take the opportunity to come home, bringing with them new materials from beyond the stars.

Orichalum was such a material. It had a high conductivity for any sort of energy but it was incredibly partial to Mana or magic. It was sturdy and hard , not to mention incredibly heavy, but malleable under the right circ.u.mstances. With the orichalum frame for a repurposed quad bike that was a hundred and fifty years old, you can see how much money David's family had, and how nonchalantly they spent it.

Apart from the frame it had really comfortable leather seats and a tiny trunk for any cargo. The engine however was a thing of real beauty. The previous engine had magnets that were supercharged and s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e enough to react to the planets magnetic field. Then an isolation cap was placed over the magnets to control its movements. The isolation cap opened up and closed like a flower that bloomed in the morning, and went to sleep at night. The wider you opened it, the faster it would move.

In David's modification his isolation cap was made of an equally if not more rare and expensive ore. Due to that he only had a little of it and had to add it as vertical veins to his isolation cap. Their ore was called Ionite. It could exists in numerous forms, in fact it was not considered an ore, but a chemical compound.

Ionite had to ability to nullify every kind of energy imagined. It caused compete and utter suppression of all natural and magical abilities. And it was so adaptive that it could be repurposed into a liquid form, where it could be used as a suppressive drug for powered individuals. It was also one of the key components required any time a reactor of any sort was built which begs the question of how a lab exploded and turned the whole world into a nightmare when things like Ionite existed.

The isolation cap was larger and moved according to direction. The isolation cap was separated into eight partitions that could come together as a whole and move in any direction the drivers steers . If he moves the handle of the quad bike left, the isolation cap, being the only outlet for the magnetic energy, would move directing the magnetic field and energy in a particular direction. And since the magnetic field created by the quad bike is naturally repelled by the magnetic field of the planet, it would move. The wider the partitions are opened the more Magnetic energy would be released, and the faster the bike would move.

However David had not finished modifying the reaction chamber for the magnetic field. So the bike was still very much grounded. David got closer and got to work. He had to recoil an orichalum metal string around a coil rod to conduct a significant amount of electricity through the reaction chamber. He has to move the string around eight such rods as they are positioned around a field generator crystal. The field generator crystal was responsible for creating either an attraction or retraction magnetic effect. The coils serves to distribute power to the generator as its received from a power source. Then around the eight coils, were thin strips of a crystal like pieces of glass, that serves as an amplifier for the magnetic field. Then after all this is put in place, the isolation cap would be placed on top, to prevent the magnetic field from working without direction. The isolation cap would keep the field contained, but when it opens up it will release it out to react with the planets magnetic field. The isolation cap can also rotate and move in any direction serving as a rudder of sorts.

David spent almost four hours reassembling every required component of the bike. It only took that long because of his injuries as he had to be careful so as not to aggravate his wounds. The power cell for the quad bike was a really old one, so it was not rechargeable. Thankfully his modification made it so that he could switch to a newer and rechargeable power cell. However he did not have one of those lying around, so he would probably have to make a run to auto store when he goes out looking for food. The power cell in the bike was almost out of juice, but there was enough to handle at least five hours of running around.

After reassembling the bike, David took his time to clean it. Its orichalum frame was painted over with a black glossy paint that gave off its own sheen of light. But it was almost imperceptible unless you looked closer. The paint coat was also really expensive, it lasted longer and repelled rodents with stronger jaws and a stomach for metal.

David got on top of the bike, if he so choose he could ride on roads like a normal vehicle, after all the tires were not mere decoration, or he could also just fly the damn thing around if he wanted. David made himself comfortable in the cushy leather seats as he placed his hands on a display case at the side of the bike. Using the same gesture he used to unlock his regulator, by sliding a finger from one end of the screen to the other and drawing two small loops. The security measure in Pangea was a lot more stricter than on earth. The gestures are not the only thing required, but the proper D.N.A also. If someone else learnt the gesture, but did not have the same thumb print and blood type the bike won't start. Some really extreme security measures even included shock therapy, so if you get the password wrong and you're a completely different person there's going to be quite a few volts of electricity dancing and running rampant through your body.

David felt the bike come to life beneath him as it vibrated a bit before letting out a steady hum. The way it felt beneath him was really soothing as Earth David learnt something about Pangea David. The guy was a total gear head and had an extreme love for engines. It was still as strange as the other comparisons, but Earth David loved fancy vehicles too, so this was not to bad.

However David's joy was short lived as the hover bike gave a few spurts and flicker like a dying flame before shutting down completely. Regardless of whatever he did, the bike refused to start again. David got down confused about the problem, then he opened a side panel and pulled out the heavy power cell that powered the bike. Even with his improved strength, David could not lift the heavy power cell but could only drag it out of its perch inside the bike. After disconnecting a few cords and wires, David was able to see that the formerly glowing power cell was completely black. It was fully dead without a drop of energy with it's confines.

It tool a while for David to realize what really went wrong. With all of the modification he made to the quad bike, he also increased it's energy expenditure massively, the original five hours estimation became five seconds. David was stumped and a little frustrated. This was a huge wrench in his plans, which meant he had to travel a lot slower until he could find a suitable replacement for the power cell.

David looked around the room and his eyes fell on an old bicycle. No body used bicycles anymore. Those things were just kept around as antiques and keep sakes, but with the situation on ground this was the only option left.

It was a shame about the quad bike, which, if David should be honest needed a new name. But every name he could come up with just seemed so generic, so the only thing he could call the damn thing was bike. The bike should be up and running in a day if David is able to locate a new power source when he goes out tomorrow.

David made his way out of the garage, out the kitchen, past the sitting room and up the stairs coming to the second floor hall. With how rich his family was, their house was actually pretty normal. They could have a bigger one if they so wanted, but his father turned out to be a rather humble man. It was not as if they were billionaires or something, but every month his father made millions of credits from the completion of various missions. His father has been working for the government for almost twenty five years, and he was someone who hardly spent any money, so he left quite a fortune for his children to squander and play around with. David's brother was an illegitimate child from an affair his father had with a secretary of his, how unfortunate that the illegitimate child was now banging the legitimate wife. David shook his head as if to chase away his depressing thoughts. He had learnt the virtue of always keeping a low profile from his father, though he spent a lot, he was not one to put himself and the way he spent his money in the spotlight.

David moved into his room and made his way towards his window. The bag of guns was placed back at the place he first found it. He looked out at the rubble of the house across the street, and the setting sun beyond the horizon. It has been a long day filled with excitement and multiple close shaves with death. But in the end as that sun fell into the ocean for the first time in his seventeen and nineteen years of life David had no idea who he was. Was he David of Earth, Or was he David of Pangea.