Novels by bilalisak

"Good!" Sterling grunted, turning around. "Lock the gates permanently! Set the automated defense turrets to shoot anything that tries to climb the walls! Let them rot in their fake health!"Sterling marched out of the room. The ten terrified doctors quickly followed him, eager to get away from the black folder on the table. The heavy white doors clicked shut. Isaac was alone in the giant meeting room. He looked at the heavy black folder on the silver table. He reached out and picked it up. There was no medical data inside the folder. The pages inside were completely blank. It was just a prop. A tool for a magic trick. Isaac smiled a genuine, warm smile. It felt strange on his face. "You are safe now, my broken friends," Isaac whispered to the empty room, looking down toward the junkyard. "Breathe the clean air. Drink the boiled water. Grow strong in the dark."Isaac turned and walked out of the meeting room. He walked down the clean white hallway toward his private office. He had

Isaac stood perfectly still. His brilliant, mathematical mind moved incredibly fast. He could not let Sterling drop the bombs. If Sterling bombed the junkyard, all of the innocent people Rick had saved would die. The beautiful green miracle would turn into black ash. The Ghost Doctor’s sacrifice would be for nothing. Isaac had to stop the army. He had to protect the junkyard. But Isaac could not just say, 'No, we must be kind.' If he showed any compassion, Sterling would arrest him for treason. Isaac had to use logic. He had to use a lie that was so smart, so terrifying, and so perfectly calculated that the Guild would be too afraid to touch the junkyard. Isaac reached into the inside pocket of his pristine white suit jacket. He pulled out a thick, heavy black folder. The folder was tied closed with a thick black ribbon. In the center of the folder was a large, dark red wax seal. It was an Official Classified Report. Isaac walked slowly to the large silver table. He placed the h

The clock on the pure white marble wall made a soft, sharp sound. Tick. Tick. Tick. The sound was very quiet, but in the massive meeting room of the Pharmaceutical Guild, it sounded like a heavy hammer hitting a drum. The room was perfectly clean. The walls were made of white glass. The long, oval table in the center of the room was made of polished silver. Bright, cold artificial lights shined down from the high ceiling. There were no shadows in this room. There was no dirt. But right now, the room was full of fear. Ten of the smartest, richest, and most powerful doctors in the City of Iron sat around the silver table. They wore spotless white coats. They wore expensive silver glasses. They were all staring at the giant digital screen on the wall. Usually, the screen showed beautiful, climbing numbers. It showed how much money they were making. It showed how many pills they had sold to the sick, desperate scavengers in the junkyard. Today, the screen showed something impossibl

Usually, at this time of the morning, the heavy food wagons rolled out of the gates, bringing the daily rations of dry bread and dirty water. But the gates did not open. Jace walked up to the edge of the crater. He looked at the closed gates. Then, he heard a strange, hissing sound. He walked over to a rusted metal pipe sticking out of the mud. It was one of the public water fountains where the scavengers drank. The dirty water trickling out of the pipe suddenly sputtered. It spit a few drops of brown mud. And then, it stopped completely. The pipe hissed with empty air. "Brin," Jace said. His young voice trembled. Brin turned around. "What is it, Jace?""The water," Jace whispered, staring at the dry pipe. "They turned off the water."The thousands of healthy, strong people in the crowd suddenly felt a very different kind of fear. It was not the fear of sickness. It was not the fear of the robotic dogs or the red electric rifles. It was the primal, deep, terrifying fear of abs

The thousands of scavengers cheered. They raised their rusted pipes. They raised their heavy rocks. They were terrified, yes. But they were no longer helpless. They were a healthy, massive army of broken things that refused to be broken again. The Ghost Doctor was gone, but his medicine remained. High above the roaring crowd, inside the tallest, cleanest white tower in the inner city. Auditor Isaac sat perfectly still behind his clear glass desk. His white suit was flawless. His thin silver glasses rested perfectly on his nose. He was staring at his giant digital screen. The screen showed the live video feeds from the city’s Surveillance Drones. The drones were flying high over the junkyard. They were showing the massive crowd of thousands of scavengers gathered around the black iron crater in Sector Four. Doctor Vance stood next to the desk. He was shaking. He had washed the mud off his face, but he still looked terrified. "Auditor Isaac," Doctor Vance stuttered. "Look at them.

Brin covered her mouth with her dirty hands. Her tough, brave face completely broke. The giant iron furnace was gone. The thick metal walls, the heavy ceiling, the flat iron operating table... everything had vanished. At the bottom of the crater, there was only a massive, perfectly flat, smooth pool of solid black iron. It looked like a giant black mirror resting in the dirt. The clinic had been melted down to absolute nothingness. "No," Jace whimpered. Tears instantly filled his brown eyes. He slid down the steep dirt path into the crater. He ran to the edge of the smooth black iron mirror. He fell to his knees. He touched the cold, black metal. "Doctor Rick!" Jace screamed at the top of his lungs. His young voice cracked with pure agony. "Doctor Rick, where are you?!"Brin walked slowly down the path. She stood next to Jace. She stared at the black mirror. "He burned it," Brin whispered. Her voice was hollow. "He used the white fire. He destroyed the clinic so the city guards

The hall was quiet again. Dust floated through the air where Duke had stood moments ago. The floor was cracked from the force of his blow. Everyone still stared at Thomas as if he had turned into something else entirely.Thomas looked down at his hands, still trembling. The blue glow was gone, but he could almost feel it under his skin, like something alive was still there, waiting.Jerry touched his shoulder gently. “Thomas… you scared me, man. What was that light? What did you do?”Thomas opened his mouth but no words came out. He didn’t know. He just remembered the screen, the words from the system, and how the blade had formed like it had always belonged to him.“I don’t know,” he said finally, his voice low. “It just… happened.”Master Iverson stood by the door, his eyes unreadable. For a moment, Thomas thought he saw pride — but also worry. Deep worry. “Go home and rest,” Master Iverson said. “Tomorrow night, we talk. Alone.”Thomas nodded. The way his master said alone made his

As Thomas and master Iverson were hesitant, Duke immediately ran and grabbed Jerry, Thomas' friend."Duke stop this madness" Master Iverson said."Should I intervene, master," Mike whispered to Master Iverson."Hold on," Master Iverson said.His fist was clenched tightly and without thinking, Thomas stepped forward with his voice louder and more confident than he felt."Leave him alone!" Thomas shouted as he was racing as he stood between Jerry and them. Duke and his guys stopped for a moment while turning to face him.The Duke snorted while one of the Duke guys tilted its head and made a mocking sneer. The Duke then let out a low rumbling laugh."Look at this little guy, you think you can stop us boy" Saul, one of the duke guys hissed while showing his tongue.Brave but foolish, what do you plan to do? Fight us? With what?" Saul, one of the duke guys said with a low growl.Thomas' mind raced for a second and he began to doubt his abilities.What was he doing? These weren't just any t

Days passed, it's a calm morning in the academy. All students were present in the hall waiting for Master Iverson to address them.Thomas stepped forward and everywhere became silent. "What's he up to" they were murmuring."I, Thomas walker, I challenge you, Duke to a duel" Thomas said after deep thoughts, he knew this was the only way to end it."Are you for real dude?" Duke said, looking surprised about how confident Thomas was."Yes Duke, are you scared," Thomas Walker said, trying to push Duke to accept his request."Are you crazy, Thomas, its suicide," Jerry said in shock."I got this," Thomas said."Alright then, it seems this boy hasn't learned his lessons man," Duke said as he looked over to his gang “The fight will be held by four pm. Both of you should be present at the main hall for the fight," Mike said.It is time for him to face his first true test. Thomas is going to fight Duke who has been humiliating him for years."Master Iverson, are you going to sit back and let th

After a cold shower, Thomas stood in front of the mirror and was stunned. His muscles had grown more. He didn't like a weak boy from yesterday.TASK COMPLETED+5 STRENGTH+5 SPEED+1 TALENT POINT EARNEDNEW ABILITY UNLOCKED: MINOR HEALING.PHYSICAL ENDURANCE INCREASED.FATIGUE RESISTANCE INCREASED."Whoa! I look like a bodybuilder," Thomas muttered, turning sideways in the mirror.He clenched his fists. They felt alive. He had been mocked, humiliated and nearly killed but now, he had a chance."I don't know what this system is or why it chose me but I'm not wasting this... I'll do whatever it asks me to do." He said.He stared at the glowing screen again as it flickered softly, ready for the next command."I'm running late to see master Iverson," Thomas said as he remembered that master Iverson had requested his presence.The path to power had opened and this time, Thomas Walker wouldn't be left behind.Thomas walked slowly through the hallways, he was looking calm but his thoughts we

"But be calm, I am not here to harm you," the monster said calmly."I will let you leave my domain unharmed but on one condition," It said.Duke curiosity made him have an encounter with quantum shadow. "What's it you want?" Duke asked.The quantum shadow went closer to Duke. "There's a boy, a foolish boy who is going to stumble up on a power that should not exist in this world" it said with seriousness."This boy is going to grow and be the most powerful and I don't want that to happen and I'm sure you don't want that to happen" Quantum shadow said with seriousness.Quantum Shadow's eyes were fixated on Duke and its expression was serious. "You must stop this boy before it's too late," it said."The powers he will stumble upon are ancient and powerful and if he is allowed to wield them he will become the most powerful in the world," the creature said."Most powerful? I can't let that happen" Duke said with anger."You must find him beside it, it's too late," the creature said."If yo

"I can't let you burn down this place! You will have to go through me first!" Thomas voiced, clenching his right fist and punched Duke across the face.Thomas pulled his fist backwards once more and attempted to hit Duke, but Saul boy from the defenders of the city grabbed him from behind and held his two arms."You damn human! You dare lay your filthy hands on me! After all what you have done for you guys and this city, you dare challenge me? You are dead meat!" Duke roared as he picked himself off the floor and walked towards Thomas who was held down by Saul."Let me go!" Thomas struggled to break free, but Saul's strength was greater than Thomas's."Saul! Hold him still!" Duke roared, and Saul did as he was told. Duke, then clenched his right fist tightly and flames formed around it before punching Thomas hard on his belly.The punch connected neatly, causing Thomas' jacket to burn slightly and he coughed up blood. The lady amongst the group closed her eyes as she knew what type of