The blue-haired girl ran through a forest, clutching a small box. She knew the people in black were pursuing her, and she could not allow the contents of the box to fall into their hands! But slowly she ran out of stamina, and the men in black quickly caught up. "Give us the machine, and we'll let you off the hook!" one man said, but the girl knew it was a lie. Once they had the box, they would kill her to keep her quiet. Eventually her legs could carry her no further, and she fell to the ground. The men surrounded her, pointing their strange weapons at her. The leader walked up and simply stated, "Give me the box." The girl, desperate, activated the box and jabbed randomly into the keypad. The man, startled, howled in confusion. "What? What are you doing? You fool! You don't even know if it works!" The girl nodded. "But at least I've got a chance." With that, girl and box disappeared through time.
Rei opened her eyes. She was somewhere in a field of orange flowers. The air was thick with oxygen, making her feel unnaturally strong. Rei stood up, trying to get her bearings. What happened? Rei didn't really remember much of anything, just her name and the fact that the box she was holding was very important. She wasn't sure why it was important, but it was. Her legs were covered in small cuts and wounds, as if she'd run through a giant rosebush. Having nothing else to do, she decided to find a place to stay for the night. It looked like it was going to rain soon. Eventually, she came across a small cave. She climbed inside,, hoping to wait out the rain. She heard a scraping sound behind her. Quickly turning around to find the source, she saw an adorable little critter. It began whistling a tune to her. "Awww...Look at you!" she cried, wrapping her arms around it. Suddenly, it stopped humming. Rei looked at it. "Oh, you don't have to stop!" She laughed, but it didn't last long. The creature began growling. "Wha-AHHH!" Rei screamed as the creature pinned her to the ground with its long arms. It reared its head back, poised to strike. And strike it did. It snapped with its big jaws , mauling her arms. Rei howled in pain. The creature lifted her off the ground, hurling her at the cave wall. Rei, immobilized, could only watch as the launched itself at her neck. She closed her eyes and waited for the end... but it never came. Rei opened her eyes. the creature's eyes were wide, and it stared downwards before going limp, dead as a doornail. She looked at the place where it had been staring, to realize the creature had been impaled in a spear of some sort. She looked up, to see a blue-feathered bird looking at her. The bird stood on two legs, and he wore heavy armor. His wings, too, were armored. He offered Rei his hand, and she gratefully took it. He hauled her up, and said, "Never trust a Poptop, kid. In this world, it's kill or be killed. You won't always be that lucky. Anyways, my name's Aurum. Aurum Revinski. What's yours?" "R-Rei..." Rei was still shaken. "No offense, but...What exactly are you?" Aurum looked shocked. "You're on planet Avos, and you don't even know what an Avian looks like? How the heck is that possible? Well, er, anyways...I'm an Avian." "Avian. I'll remember that. Wait, planet Avos? You mean, like planet as in...not Earth?!" "Kid, I dunno what rock you've been living under your whole life, but you humans should know it better than anyone. Earth was destroyed 30 years ago."
