Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Got Beat Up!!

Luca doesn't know what's happening, his head feels like a mess, and just thinking gives him a headache. As he slowly opens his eyes, he sees that he is laying on the cold hard ground in an alleyway, pain radiating throughout his whole body. 

He looks ahead through his blurry vision and sees some people arguing.

“This little shit is useless, he doesn't have anything on him.”

“I looked in his room and couldn't find the points there, so I thought he would be hiding them on himself!”

“Guess he is as useless as he looks. Seems like we have wasted our time.”

“You hear that you little bastard? You’re a waste, even wasting my time when I could have been drinking with my girl!”

The angry bald man kicked Luca in his stomach and spit on him.

“Let's go, we still have some time before the club closes.”

He feels like throwing up, Luca has never been in such a situation. His whole body is uncomfortable and he can’t figure out how he ended up this way. The last thing he remembers is how happy he was when he discovered his ability. After four years thinking he was a waste, he finally discovered his ability, he could finally get his father’s approval. But now what is this situation?

His head was pounding, and his limbs were sore, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move. His vision was getting more and more blurry until he couldn't hold on anymore and passed out.

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A little beggar child walked towards Luca, looking a little annoyed. He shook him with his foot trying to wake him up.

“Hey hey mister, this is my spot. Hey mister wake up.”

Sharp pain went through his body that startled him awake. Luca opened his eyes and saw a little boy hitting his arm with his foot. He wasn't hitting hard, just pushing his arm a bit in order to wake him up. But because his whole body was filled with bruises, any little touch would hurt him. 

“Hey mister you can’t take my spot, go somewhere else to beg.”

Luca couldn't understand what the little boy was saying, since when did he need to beg? Anything he could want was provided by his father, this situation was too weird. 

He endured the pain in his body and slowly raised himself up, looking around. Why was he laying down in an alleyway? Why did this kid think he was a beggar? Luca looked down and noticed his clothes, if you can call them that, they are more like rags. Even people living in the outskirts of the base don't wear such rags. 

Science two years ago, when the base discovered a way to make new durable cloth from certain mutated plants, people stopped wearing clothing that was from before the apocalypse. The new base-produced clothing is stronger and more durable than the clothing before. It can resist zombie scratches, is waterproof which makes it rarely gets dirty, and it’s long-lasting. As the material is easy to produce, it's quite affordable, even cheaper than food.

Luca was lost in thought as he stared at his clothing. 

“Hey mister go away, this is my spot.”

The little boy started to push Luca away. His head was still fuzzy, trying to put his memories in place. He looked at the kid pushing him, he didn't look to be older than seven. There are many orphans nowadays, either from their parents dying due to zombies or getting abandoned. 

Luca wanted to be left alone to gather his thoughts, this whole situation is absurd and he doesn't know what to do. His memories are fuzzy, his whole body is aching and this little brat won't leave him alone. He decided to leave this alleyway first. 

He walked with difficulty, he has never been in so much pain before. As he walked into the street, he noticed that it was already midday. Just how long was he passed out for, he remembered it was night before. As he walked out into the street, he noticed how people were avoiding him. Before, everyone would flock to him, trying to gain his favor, and now? What is this situation? 

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Is it because of the rags he is wearing? Wait why is he wearing rags!? Luca looked down at his clothing again with a confused expression. He walked forward still in a daze when he suddenly tripped on something and fell, he managed to put his hands forward so that he doesn't fall on his face. As he looked at his hands that touched the ground, he had a sudden realization. 

He whispered to himself: “These are not my hands.” “Not my hands, not my clothing, not my body.”

The hands he was looking at were tan, dirty, and had rough calluses. These hands were smaller than his and very thin, and the fingernails were broken and unkempt with dirt and grime under them.

He has always lived his life as a young master because of his parents. Before the apocalypse, his mother was an heiress to a nouveau-rich family and his father’s family was from a military background. So he never knew any hardship.

Even when the zombie apocalypse started, as his father was a sergeant in the army and had a strong ability, Luca was allowed to live better than others. So how could these be his hands?

Did he get stuck inside someone else’s body? But wait, how can he control another person's body? He couldn't do that before. As he thought of this, Luca tried to use his ability once more and go back to his body. But what is this situation? He can’t move his spirit at all!!

Luca got many glances as he was on the floor on his knees not moving. He suddenly realized that he was acting weird and got up. His head is still a mess, but now he knows that he somehow is inhabiting a new body. 

He thought: First things first, I need to find out more about the situation I am in and I need to know more about this body.

He rummaged through his pockets but couldn't find an ID. Even orphaned children have IDs, did those thugs steal it? Why would they need someone else’s ID? Luca kept rummaging and even took off his so-called ‘coat’ to check, but couldn't find the ID. He even took off his boots to check, what would he do without an ID? Luckily he managed to finally find this body’s ID in his socks. 

Luca was surprised to find that his own name and this body’s name are very similar. His full name is Lucas Hayes and the name on the ID is Luke Wixx. But besides that similarity, everything else is different. Luke Wixx is an orphan, no parents listed, his age is fifteen, will turn sixteen in one month, doesn’t have an ability, and the address listed is in the free housing area. Well, it's best to head ‘home’ first and figure out the situation better instead of standing in the street. 

Luca never even thought to go to his father to try to explain this weird situation as who would believe that he is someone else right now? Besides, ever science his mother died, his relationship whit his father was almost nonexistent. 

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Luca finally found the building that Luke Wixx lived in. It was one of those free housing buildings that orphans and disabled people were allowed to live in. The base provided some relief for those underage, under 16, and the old and disabled, but not much. Just crammed housing and one meal a day. 

This building was located near the wall surrounding the base and if there was a breach, then this area would be attacked first. The building was old and had six floors, his room seemed to be on the first floor. 

He headed to his room and opened the door only to find four bunk beds, two on each side of the wall, and no other furniture. The room was very small and only had space for the bunk beds and a small walkway in between. At least there was a window so that some light came in, as only buildings in the inner base had electricity. 

He didn’t even have a room to himself? And had to share with seven other people? He looked inside and noticed that besides one sleeping person on a top bunk bed, no one else was inside. 

Luca looked carefully at all of the beds trying to figure out which one belonged to the body’s owner. Even though the room was small and a bit smelly, it seemed pretty organized. Each bed had a duffel bag, backpack, or other such things that people used for traveling before the apocalypse. 

As there are no wardrobes or any cabinets of any kind, Luca guesses that these things are used to store clothing and other such personal items. As for why these items are left unattended in an unlocked room, well everyone here is extremely poor, so what valuable things could they have for it to be worth to be stolen? 

As he examined the beds, he noticed that one bed stood out from the rest. This was the bottom bunk near the window, it had an old duffel bag on it like the others, but all the contents were scattered out onto the bed, the bedding was messy and someone seemed to have ripped up the pillow.

He remembered that when he first woke up in this body, those thugs were talking about how they expected him to have money saved up? Is that why this boy was attacked? And why his stuff was searched through? That is despicable!! Trying to steal from someone who has barely anything!

Luca is convinced that this bed belonged to the original owner of this body, so he sat on the bed and started to sort through everything to collect more information. There were two other sets of clothing, all of them looked old and worn out. There was a towel and a toothbrush, but no toothpaste. No extra shoes. There was a plastic water bottle. No hairbrush shampoo or body soap. Is this why this body stinks? He also found another ID, this one was a working ID. Seems like he used to work at the planting farm. 

Luca put all of these items back into the duffel bag and laid down, he is too tired to do anything else and his head still felt foggy. 

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