Trapped in the Ordinary
In the heart of Chicago, Wesley Allan Gibson moved through life unnoticed. His days were confined to a soul-crushing cubicle job under the relentless criticism of his overbearing boss. His evenings offered no relief, spent with his unsympathetic girlfriend Cathy, who carried on an affair with Wesley’s co-worker and supposed best friend, Barry. Anxiety clung to Wesley like a second skin, and the prescription pills he took for panic attacks did little to alleviate his stress. The world considered him insignificant, and Wesley had come to accept it.
The Encounter That Changed Everything
One night, in a pharmacy lit too harshly for comfort, Wesley’s life was interrupted by a woman named Fox. She informed him that the father he never knew—believed to have died years ago—had been murdered. More shockingly, his father had been an elite assassin, and the killer, a man named Cross, was now after Wesley.
As if summoned, Cross appeared and began a deadly shootout with Fox. Gunfire shattered the glass and silence Wesley had known. Terrified, he fled. Fox followed in pursuit, helping him narrowly escape Cross’ fire. When Wesley lost consciousness, he awoke not in a hospital, but in a strange factory—surrounded by weapons, fighters, and Fox.
Initiation by Fire
The factory was a repurposed textile mill, now headquarters of the Fraternity—a secret society of assassins claiming to uphold balance in the world. Its leader, the enigmatic Mr. Sloan, demanded Wesley shoot the wings off several flies at gunpoint. Surprisingly, Wesley succeeded. Sloan revealed that Wesley’s “panic attacks” were not ailments but signs of a rare condition: an ability to flood his body with adrenaline, granting him heightened perception, reflexes, and strength. It was a gift his father once wielded.
Sloan explained that Cross had betrayed the Fraternity and needed to be eliminated. Wesley, he said, had inherited more than just his father’s DNA—he had inherited his role.
Panicked, Wesley fled. But the next day, millions of dollars appeared in his bank account. For the first time, he tasted freedom. He confronted his boss with a tirade, publicly assaulted Barry, and walked out with a new sense of identity.
Training and Purpose
Back at the mill, Wesley submitted himself to brutal training. Each day was a lesson in pain—hand-to-hand combat, knife fighting, tolerance to injury, and the physics-defying technique of curving bullets. Through this regimen, Wesley’s former life fell away.
Once ready, Sloan introduced him to the Loom of Fate—an ancient, complex fabric machine that wove names of people destined to destabilize the world. Wesley became a weapon for fate, completing hits with precision.
But purpose faltered the day he faced Cross. In a chaotic shootout, Cross killed the Exterminator, another Fraternity assassin. Unsettled, Wesley investigated a clue Cross had left behind: a traceable bullet. The bullet led him to Pekwarsky, a handler with ties to the Fraternity. Pekwarsky arranged a meeting.
The Truth Unraveled
Wesley and Fox ambushed Cross aboard a high-speed train. The encounter was violent. Fox derailed the train to trap Cross. In the wreckage, Wesley pursued and shot Cross, only to learn the unthinkable—Cross was his biological father. He had been protecting Wesley, not hunting him. The Fraternity, Wesley now understood, had lied.
Pekwarsky rescued Wesley and explained everything. Sloan had manipulated the Loom’s output, selectively interpreting names to maintain his own control. Cross discovered this betrayal and rebelled, hunting down fellow assassins to dismantle the organization. Sloan, fearing Cross would reach his son, manipulated events to turn Wesley into a weapon.
Retribution
Wesley returned to the mill with vengeance. He rigged rats with explosives and sent them crawling into the Fraternity’s stronghold. In the resulting chaos, he eliminated the remaining assassins. Finally, he confronted Sloan.
Surrounded, Wesley exposed Sloan’s deception. Sloan did not deny it—his name, and the names of those present, had appeared in the Loom. But instead of following the code, he chose to hide it. He offered them a choice: remain alive and use their powers to shape the world, or follow the code and die.
In a defining moment, Fox made her decision. Trusting the code, she curved a bullet around the room, killing everyone—including herself. Sloan fled during the commotion.
The Final Shot
Wesley’s newfound wealth was erased. His accounts were purged by Sloan’s last act of malice. He returned to the office where his miserable journey began, or so it appeared. Sloan entered the building to finish him off. But Wesley wasn’t there.
From a distant vantage, Wesley fired a sniper rifle—the same way Cross once operated. Sloan fell. Justice had been served.
