Centurion- Dark Genesis by Christofer Nigro

Author:Christofer Nigro [Nigro, Christofer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Hunt Press
Published: 2018-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

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A few short hours later—at 1:23 AM, to be exact—Benny opened his eyes. He had just come out of his latest meditative trance, with this one directed towards a very specific purpose.

The practice of probing the universal ether for answers to questions has been given various names through the ages, many of which he learned over his weekend computer research: “cosmic consciousness,” “cosmic awareness” (his personal favorite), “reading the Akashic record,” “probing the collective universal consciousness,” among others. This is precisely what he had attempted to do, all to acquire a very simple answer to a very important query.

I’m very confident those sequential numbers and letters I received in the trance are the no-longer secret security code to this place. I can’t freakin’ wait to see what else I can do with the psychic aspect of these powers.

Benny now had several hours of practice behind him using a low-level discharge of omni-directional energies at a very specific frequency to morph his bio-mimetic attire into the outward appearance of his costume. He was further confident that he had the process down pat. But he didn’t want to take the chance of initiating the sartorial morphing procedure while still in the facility, since he somehow just “knew” special sensors would detect the unavoidable energy surge and alert the security staff. Especially considering the presence of any espers who happened to be present overnight in the facility.

Nonetheless, his newfound power of cosmic awareness that he usually accessed only while in a sleep-like trance was already serving him well.

Benny was determined to get out into the mean streets of Buffalo’s West Side after dark to test his mettle as a super-hero. He wasn’t going to do everything on Donovan’s time table. He realized that he was due many of the restrictions he now had imposed on him by the Institute, but he was determined to never let anyone control him completely.

For the past weekend the metahuman youth studied the facility layout and patrol sequence of the overnight security to know how to make his way to the heavily reinforced exit door on the sneak. He strongly suspected his ability to subliminally but effectively access his cosmic awareness would help in this stealth-oriented task as well.

Benny’s faith in his new abilities and early training proved spot on as he quietly reached the dense metal door that led to the stairway, which in turn led to the seemingly ordinary weight-training facility acting as a cover for the Valis Institute. The young man was just about to punch in what he believed to be the exit code on the control pad when a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Wait, shouldn’t I come up with a swanky code name before going out for the first time? Yeah, I think I should.

Cosmic Boy, maybe? Nah, that’s taken by a character from DC Comics. Cosmic Kid? No, too similar. Hmmm, how about… Centurion? Yes! I can’t exactly go wrong naming myself after a Roman military soldier, right? So, from this night

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