AN* Alright new story! Not much content in this chapter but this just sets the stage for later down the road. Enjoy everyone.

Prologue

Audio Entry #11-3-XX14

"The scout team has returned with a specimen that should be perfect for Project Shadow. Specimen, to be referred to now as Subject Zero, is a young ten year old male recently deceased from a broken neck. Could cause problems with vocalization but this is a minor concern compared to the main objectives of this project. Subject Zero has the beginning signs of malnutrition but also has plenty of muscle mass as well, likely from physical acts that are common in his homeland. Will begin experiments to resurrect him in a few hours and then begin the alteration process."

Audio Entry #11-5-XX14

"Subject Zero has been successfully revived! The serum combined with the electro-therapy has restarted his heart and his brain is showing activity already. It will be some time before the subject is capable of waking, but this is a promising start and moving along much faster than my original hypothesis suggested. An unusual occurrence occurred however upon the moment his heart restarted. As his heart began beating a red aura enveloped him, starting at his stomach and soon encasing him entirely. This was when the brain activity started. To my understanding the people of Subject Zero's homeland call this "Chakra". More experiments will be needed to compare this to other types of energy found in other parts of the world and see how it can be harnessed. Will continue to monitor Subject Zero and wait until he regains consciousness."

Audio Entry #5-5-XX15

"Subject Zero regained consciousness three hours ago. He startled the doctors overseeing him when he awoke with a scream that could wake the dead and began thrashing around as though trying to escape. Subject Zero has been sedated until we can ensure that he will not be a threat to himself or the staff. I must report this to my superiors so we can begin the next step in Project Shadow."

Audio Entry #10-22-XX15

"Subject Zero has shown remarkable growth since his training has begun. He is showing greater physical strength than expected and the treatments are only adding on to this. Mental capacities are also increasing at an astounding rate as well and we are sending for more materials to test his mental abilities and see what his limits are. He has yet to speak a word and while he comprehends orders he seem to be trying to piece together where he is and why he is here. I have him being monitored for the time being with orders to subdue him with the most powerful tranquilizers available should he become violent again, though I doubt that this will prove to be necessary. Plan on training him to harness his "Chakra" and see what he is really capable of. Hopefully our scouts have managed to acquire all the necessary materials for Subject Zero to use this power."

Audio Entry #6-1-XX16

"Subject Zero is improving by leaps and bounds. His hand to hand capabilities are astounding with both weapons and without. His mental capabilities are also equal to some of the best tacticians. He is regularly besting some of our brightest minds here at Chess and and the eastern version of it called Shogi in as few as five moves. He has also learned to harness his chakra and is capable of altering his appearance as well as changing himself out with an object to avoid an attack. He is also capable of walking on walls, ceilings and water as though he were simply walking down a street. It shouldn't be too much longer before Subject Zero is ready for mental conditioning to make him into the loyal soldier that they want him to be. Should this prove successful we should get the funding we need to perform these experiments on all of their soldiers and turn them into the most powerful force in the world. But I get ahead of myself, Subject Zero still needs my undivided attention and I must make sure that he is ready when they come for inspection."

Audio Entry #11-1-XX16

"*Cough* Subject Zero... Has... Gone berserk. *cough cough*Was ordered into... The mental override... Chamber, when he attacked. Guards *cough cough* powerless to stop... him. Already... Killed dozens of... our men and... women... in his... escape *cough*. Already... gutted me... but... he didn't... finish the job. Sloppy. Trained him better. Triggering island... self-destruct... sequence in... hopes of... stopping him... from escaping. May the gods... forgive me."

Final audio log of Doctor Hojo, found in the ruins of Levithan Bait Island.