"Huff huff huuu"
"Let's go bro that's a new PR ! "
Sitting back up a young looking guy turned around and celebrated.
"That's crazy Niko, 95 kg passed you know what the next Level is." Answered stocky blond youth standing behind the bench.
Standing up Niko laughed, " of course next month we are going for the 100kg".
in the empty looking gym two men in their 20's were working out. Niko removed the weight plates from the bar.
Dressed in shorts and a t-shirt the most notable trait of his being his red hair, niko looked quite happy. Standing at 1m 90 cm tall and ripped he stood out quite a bit among the rest of the gym occupants being elderly.
"Let's go Theodore, pec deck next, then we're done".
In this world working out is quite normal, Earth year 2035. In last decade the social media and influencer pandemic had the great side effect of actually bringing up the physical fitness of much of the planets population. Espacialy the younger generations.
At the entrance of a medium sized building in a not so large city situated in the middle of the continent of Europe, two young men walked out of the sliding doors.
Niko quickly clasped hands with his friend, Theodore's hand and bid him goodbye.
Walking down the street Niko plugged in his airbudss and started making his way to the bus station down the road.
The trees along the sidewalk swayed gently in the springtime wind.
"What a beautiful day" mused Niko.
It had been three months now since Niko had finished his mandatory 2 year military service. His life had really been going in the right direction since then and he felt hopefull for the future.
Arriving at the bus stop, Niko stepped through some people to arrive at the location were bus 794 was waiting doors open.
Just when he was about to walk into the bus, a loud crackling noise resonated through the whole city like thunder.
"Aaaah"
"What was that !"
"Moooomy"
Screams and yells resonated through the bus stop, suddenly the major noise exploded through the air once again covering the entire world.
Up high in the sky deep green Cracks covered the sky. Expanding and transforming every single second.
Shocked but still relatively calmer than the crowds Niko looked up.
"Holy shit, it's going to cover the whole planet" thought Niko
As if on cue the sky soon transformed with a green layer covering the entire planet.
Suddenly a deep but unnatural voice boomed all around, seeming to come from the sky.
"Galaxy 82365-02189. Merging into the the stellar plane beginning. Trial for unevolved planetary population beginning."
All around Niko people fell to the ground some crying out to God or for their family.
Looking up at the sky a shocked expression on his face Niko thought,
"Oh come on, not right when my life was turning for the better ".
Then his mind went blank.