A group of seemingly random people from all over the globe are suddenly imbued with superpowers. Their leader, a man named 13 get them all together to create a mercenary task force called the Independents. The one thing that seams to link all of their members together, the are all theists who believe in the same god.

Zerds was the most popular and advance virtual world on the planet, using a one of a kind technology to transport a persons soul into the game. When John went to login after his 2 week ban he found the world completely destroyed, and a strange man calling himself Gravity asking for his help to save the virtual world.