Wake up calling
Long ago the Gods decided to leave this world and they left a treasure behind for the humans, the treasure was passed down the ancient civilizations, and a seal protected them from any threat, each God left an artifact behind, and by gathering them all, one would be able to break the seal and take the treasure, it was long forgotten come present day, and only a few people knew about it, a chosen person was sent a message to hunt the treasure, because a powerful evil force was determined to find it, and they must be stopped.
Alexander was woken in the middle of the night, a strange voice was calling him, Alex's eyes couldn't open up, he started to panic, but could make out the whispers he heard now, "Alexander, don't be afraid, when you wake up, I've left you a map, please, I need you to find each of the treasures marked on it, but first thing after you must go to the seal, I give you what little strength I carry now so that you may fight... I don't really have a weapon for you, so uh... use this really cool stick I found outside I guess, it's like magically enchanted so it won't break... yeah I don't know how to make that sound fancy, but just do all of that stuff okay?" That was really odd, Alex thought, I mean at least give me a cool laser or something instead of a stick from outside. When Alex woke up, he saw the cool stick and the map, he picked both up, he noticed on the back of the map it said "PS~ if you screw this up you're dead!" Alex walked out of his bedroom door and flew down the stairs in a great speed "WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR BREAKFAST?!" his mother yelled, even though Alex was literally standing right in front of her, "uh can I skip breakfast? I've got to be at my friend's place" his mom sat there for a minute and stared at him completely shocked "you... want to skip... breakfast?!?" She then inhaled a gigantic breath, which Alex thought was her preparing for the loudest scream he ever heard, at the end of the large breath, his mom calmly said "alright sure whatever" "thanks mom!" He ran out of the door and continued to the seal that was marked on the map, it was the only thing on it... on his way there, he was suddenly stopped by a strange woman.
"Halt! Where do you think you're going kid?" Said the strange woman, who was wearing a lab coat for some reason, "none of your business!" Alex said, this wasn't at all what the woman wanted to hear, it infuriated her so much that she began to give a speech, "meek child! You have no business here, but I can tell by that powerful stick you wield and that crumbled up paper, that can only mean one thing! It means you are too searching for the ancient treasure! How do I know? Well... Shut up! I have my ways of knowing things, you know? Like how that trash can over there has a knife dumped in it from a murder that I totally wasn't involved in... uh anyway I'm gonna get on with this, uh I'm the super cool evil scientist person, Doctor X if you will now let me express my grand power of science and knowledge in this battle!" Doctor X then jumped all the way on top of a building, then leaped towards Alex, causing a freeze frame with a totally cool pose, this confused Alex, but in this time he went to grab the knife from the trash can "man that chick really does know stuff, I'll have to ask her where I can find a girlfriend next" he then slowly walked back to where he was previously, causing Doctor X to finally drop from her freeze frame pose, from out of her sleeve her hand was revealed, and a blaster was on it, it shot electronic orbs and lasers! Alex quickly drew the stick and deflected them, why he didn't use the knife you might ask? Because real heroes don't apply basic logic in fights, and because this stick was cool! The night stranger said so! The deflection of the orbs made the doctor gasp, "simply astonishing! That stick is beyond anything I've seen before! Not even the greatest shields could handle my blasters!" She then charged forward and went for a punch, Alex dodged it easily and then smacked her in the back of the head, causing her to be launched back for a really long distance, this was nothing though, because her boots were modified with extreme jumping mods, and she once again jumped into the sky and rained many shots onto the ground, only a few hit Alex, but they weren't nearly as powerful as expected, in fact they only tickled!
The pair stopped fighting for a second while Alex burst out laughing from the tingling sensations, "pretty cool right?! Best invention ever created by yours truly" Doctor X said with a gigantic smirk, while Doctor X was distracted in self confidence, Alex swung the stick which shot out a beam that blew up on the doctor, she got up and fell to her knees, "how... I failed, only because of that blasted stick! Rule number one of fighting... Never take someone on when they have a magic stick gifted by a stranger in the middle of the night... You! You may think this is over, but this is only the beginning, I promise you this, I will fight you as many times as it takes to destroy you and everything you love!" that was a little harsh if I do say so myself, "oh hey I actually meant to ask this, since you know where to find things can you help me find a girlfriend?" Alex asked, the doctor quickly rose from her kneeling position, "on one condition, you give me that stick and I'll tell you..." the stick was already in doctor's hands by the time she finished the sentence, "deal" Alex said without a second thought, "wow really? You're just gonna like actually give it to me? I could easily just leave without telling you... Well I guess that's just plain rude, and well I may be an evil scientist, I'm not THAT evil, you'll find yourself a girlfriend naturally along this journey, but remember, she loves my special brand of official Doctor X cake, it's her absolute favorite, we can like even make it for her together some time!" this was odd, were they planning to hang out after trying to destroy each other "alright" Alex said without any thought, he sure was an impulse thinker…
After his continued walking, he finally reached the destination on his map, there was a sign on a door that says "do not enter! Ancient treasure IS NOT beyond this door" this was definitely not where Alex was supposed to be, I mean when did a sign ever lie? As Alex turned away, the door broke open and an old man with a really long dirty beard came out "Hero! You've made it, come, come, you need to follow me to the seal" this man clearly hasn't showered in years, "hey man when's the last time you cleaned up?" The old man turned around and said "I bathe every day in my tears, anyway, this is the seal! Bask in its glory child!" A giant stone room with a stage in the middle, a giant magical barrier blocked much of the room, nothing but darkness was behind it, "this is the seal?" Alex said, the old man said "yes I made that quite obvious if you would actually listen but anyway, step onto the stage!" Alex hesitantly stepped onto the stage, which made all of the strange symbols begin to glow in all of the different colors, shining brighter and brighter until the entire room glowed a magnificent white color, the map rose out of his pockets and all of the light surrounded the map and exploded like a star, the map fell back into Alex's hands, and it revealed a new spot in the lower left corner, it looked like an oasis in a desert, "my child, go to the oasis marked on your map, there you will find the first artifact, with every artifact you will gain a magnificent power related to the god that once held it" the man said, Alex curiously said "so who's the god and what's the power?" The man scratched his head "well I don't know the power that comes with it, but the goddess that held it is Oriah, goddess of the great desert" Alex stared at the old dirty man and then said "so who are you?" the man said "hey shut up! I gave you your stupid quest so go on and do it!" Alex then set out to the desert, he booked a painful flight that cost way more than it should have, I mean it is pretty convenient to fly out to the middle of nowhere, and I got a quest discount, mom would be proud!
On the flight Alex sat back in his seat, he was greeted by the person sitting next to him "hey kid!" Alex looked over and saw that it was Doctor X, "what are you doing?" Alex asked, "uh I'm going to the desert, you know the boss says I can't go, but well I can't pass the opportunity to spread my amazing skills and stuff, I don't care about the artifact, so like stop by my setup later k?" Alex squinted in confusion and said "setup?" she replied "yeah! I'm opening a store to sell some of my cool gadgets, and lemon-ades" she then pulled a random glass of lemonade out of her bag, it looked normal at first, but then Alex realized the lemon was actually a grenade, "the flavor is simply explosive! Try it!" said the Doctor, Alex drank it and immediately felt refreshed, it was a surprise Alex was still alive after doing such stupid things, he felt extremely energetic, the lemon-ade was the real boost in it "that's actually really good! How'd you make this?" Alex asked, she blushed and said "oh please, I just made an artificial lemon with people that we blew up testing weapons, I blended it together and put a dash of children's crushed dreams into it so that it stays super sweet, and the most important part is the lemonade on top, which gives it a most explosive flavor! Everybody that knows anything about weight loss, knows that to put the die in diet, you have to have explosives!" Alex replied with "gee this flight sure is taking a while" and then groaned with impatience, the doctor laughed and said "but we've been at the desert for an hour, they called the cops and we were taken to town, let's just say that we both have a warrant on us for arrest, good luck finding that artifact!" Alex figured he might as well follow the weird lady into town before the cops caught him for whatever the Doctor did, he looked up at the large town as he approached, all of it was within eyesight but it was still pretty big, many stores were lined up and in one of the little booths, the doctor was fully set up, "I'm glad you came to my little store! Do buy something nice for yourself and maybe even that girlfriend you'll find, I hear girls are crazy for my special cake, extra boom in it just for you darling!" Alex wasn't even close to the store, but he walked up and bought a cake, he had a 200% friend's discount, and was also given a weird pouch as a gift, "that right there is stasis void! Store absolutely anything and everything and when it comes out it won't have changed one bit! Isn't it just simply the best thing ever?!" the doctor was very excited for no obvious reason, but Alex didn't care since he was paid to take a cake and endless storage device, I mean, you should always trust a sketchy scientist that attempted to destroy you for no apparent reason.