Prometheus 60

By Jamie Kirkland

Sam Stanton thought he had a great life. He had a loving family and a wonderful girlfriend. Then, it all came crashing down. He was left providing for his Aunt and working at a job he hated, barely scraping by. Then, one day, a man from Pantheon Corporation came to his house and told him he had been chosen to test their amazing new product, Prometheus 60. It was a pill that was said to grant the user superpowers for one hour. Sam didn't think he'd have anything to lose when he accepted. But, the more he took the pills, the more he began to change. He discovered that there are parts of him that he didn't even know about. And that some addictions are hard to let go.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jamie Kirkland
• Release date: Dec 2, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465832320

Jamie Kirkland

My name is Jamie Kirkland. I live in Ontario, Canada and am an aspiring writer. While I never really pursued a career in writing, I have always had a love for creating characters and telling stories. This is simply a passion I have, and I am thrilled to be able to share my works with others.

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Prometheus 60

By Jamie Kirkland

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Copyright 2011 Jamie Kirkland

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Prologue

I never thought it would end like this.

Here I am, standing in a large room of an abandoned factory. My clothes are scorched and tattered. The floor littered with debris and slick with blood. The roof above me and the walls around me are utterly demolished. There are three bodies in the room with me, two dozen others elsewhere in the building. Standing in front of me are seven men, each with guns trained on me. My eyes are red from crying. I’m scared of what will happen. I’m not ready to die, even though I likely deserve it. I really never thought it would end this way. But then again, since last week, my life has been anything but normal.

My name is Sam Stanton. This is the story of how I got here...

Chapter 1

It all started a week ago.

Back then, I was just another face in the crowd. An unremarkable person living an equally unremarkable life. An unremarkable life that had recently gone straight to hell, leaving me at the shit end of the stick.

I had a great family. A mom and a dad who were very loving and supportive, a 13 year old little brother who looked up to me, a surprisingly sweet 17 year old younger sister and my 25 year old big sister. She was older by two years, but she was engaged to be married and had a great career in law ahead of her. Doesn’t sound too bad, right? Too bad my family had all been killed by some insane criminal a month before. The cops tell me I must have left the house no more than an hour before this sick bastard showed up and killed everyone. I don’t know if that was supposed to comfort me.

Then, a few weeks after that, my girlfriend Amy left me. I always thought she was the one, even though that sounds like romance novel bullshit. She told me that I was too nice. That she wanted someone more assertive, someone who could satisfy her. So, the girl of my dreams turned out to be a colossal bitch. I occasionally got the impression she had been cheating on me, but I didn’t think she’d do that. Or maybe I just didn’t want to believe that. I started seeing her with a new guy a few days after we broke up. What? It’s not like I was stalking her. I just happened to catch sight of her outside her house a few times in the morning.

I was stuck in a job that I hated working for a man I hated even more. I drove a piece of shit car and lived in a piece of shit apartment. The only upside to my apartment was that I lived across the hall from a smoking hot girl. Not that I thought I had much of a shot with her, but it gave me something to fantasize about. Too bad I was still hung up on Amy anyway; otherwise I might have attempted something civilized with my neighbour. I was what I would call an average looking man. Some girls called me handsome, but most called me basic. Guess it was just some features that caught their eyes. Though, many of them commented on my eyes. Apparently, emerald green eyes are a real hit with ladies. And a lot of them said I was a genuinely nice guy. I’d been hearing that from people all my life. That, regardless of what happened, I was always nice. I guess that’s something.

My life, I figured, had nowhere to go but up from there.

But life sometimes has a funny way of proving you wrong.

Chapter 2

I was just finishing my shift at the office where I worked. A half an hour to go and I’d be free from that squalled hellhole for another day. It was one of those cramped offices where everyone had their own tiny cubicle. I spent half my days on the phone with people who didn’t want to talk to me, the other half talking to people who I really didn’t care to talk to.

You going out to the bar tonight? My friend Rich asked, about the same time he did every day. Rich was kind of a stocky guy with glasses and shaggy hair. But, he always seemed to have great luck with the ladies. Must’ve had some impressive hardware.

No. I replied with a sigh.

Why not?

I don’t feel like it tonight.

That’s what you’ve been saying, almost verbatim, since Amy left you.

What’s it matter?

You’ve got to get out there and sample some more tail, buddy. Nothing will get you over that bitch quicker than a blowjob from a hot Japanese college student.

Tempting as that sounds, I’ll pass. And I’ll deal with my inner turmoil my own way, thanks.

Whatever man. Just try and cheer up. It’s getting depressing just being around you.

Thanks.

Rich gave a mock salute and walked away. Maybe he was right. Not necessarily about the blowjob part, but about trying to find someone new to help me move on. Rich was never exactly known for his sage wisdom, but it could be worth a shot. I glanced over at the clock and saw it showing the golden time of 5:00 PM.

Time to go home.

I shut down my computer and grabbed my jacket off the back of my chair. As I left the cubicle and started walking down the hall, I heard my bosses nasally, irritating voice coming from a nearby office.