Chapter 1
"Back here again huh?" Sachika sighed.
She had almost survived a whole century in the universe prior, but she died and was sent back to the strange in-between place she knew so well.
"Same infinite blackness, same floating lights, same 3 portals, same armored shr-"She paused to look at the entity she had known since she was really a teen and not a universe hopping immortal.
"why are you dressed like a robot shrine maiden?"
"you promised you would let me choose a universe for you to live in, and someone dresses similar to this."
"in an armored dress? Poor person!"
Shrine pouted. "I made it similar you moron!"
"sorry, sorry.. hey, where is my sister?"
"still alive, I let her know where you are going."
"thank you…"
Sachika bit her nail, a habit she picked up after seeing so much good and evil at once in various universes. It was a surprise she hadn't gone crazy yet. Especially that time they accidentally turned into mud monsters. (the less said, the better…)
"where am I going then?"
"let me show you, brace yourself."
Shrine placed a hand on sachika's forehead and she felt as if there was a red hot brand there, and an ice cold one at the same time. She saw flashes of history, a man in black and red armor fighting another in blue and white, a green and white underground facility, and a deep sense of energy pulsing around her.
"GAH! Whoa, THAT was intense."
"I said brace yourself. So, let's see what powers you want then."
"memory wipe except for family, what you and this place are, and an entrance at N-TEK via the sky."
"Oh really? You don't want any powers?"
"yep, the TURBO if you don't mind, aqua color please."
"done! Make sure to entertain me while there okay?"
"Ha, yeah… whelp, beam me up scotty!"
"sure thing… Sachika Thompson!"
"So, this is her idea of a joke?"
Sachika was falling back-first down towards a rocky death. And for some reason, there was a glowing seagull on her stomach.
"AHH, SHOO, SHOO!"
As it flew off, she suddenly felt rather sick, and flipped over to well… empty her nonexistent breakfast. This was a bad idea, considering she was hurtling to her death already. But before she could panic and subsequently pass out, a large green and white jet had flown underneath her, and grabbed her with a sort of tractor beam. It brought her into a storage area behind the ship, where she felt someone shake her a little.
"hey, you! Are you okay?" a man with green and white ruined armor was standing over her.
"Amelia? W-Where's Amelia?" And she finally passed out.
She woke up to see a rock ceiling, and to her sides, plain grey and green walls and someone, a doctor perhaps, with a torn lab coat and more body armor. This green and grey and white pattern was starting to make her head ache. She noticed the door open, and quickly pretended to sleep. She was getting good at that. She heard someone walk in, with heavy steps.
"Berto, how is she doing? Berto! Wake up!" that sounded like ruined body armor
"AH! ay dios mios!" the teen yelled, startled. "I'm awake! She's fine by the way sir, but she hasn't woken yet."
Time to make a fake wake up, before and if she was deemed dead because she really wasn't trying hard to breathe.
"ugh… my head…" she shifted a little on her bed, and sat up slowly, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed. "where AM I…?"
"good, you're awake. What's your name civilian?"
"Sachika Thompson."
She shivered. The room was getting a little cold., and she had been lying down for a while.
"here, if you're cold that is." The teen called Berto said, handing her a slightly dusty blanket.
"uh no thank-"
"AAAHHHH!" an electronic sounding yell sounded out through what Sachika perceived as the hospital wing. This was soon followed by a little robot who looked like an upside down teardrop with arms.
"let me guess. Max played a prank on you?"
"I DON'T KNOW AND DON'T CARE! GET IT OFF!"
Sachika suddenly felt a lot more energetic and willing to move. It felt like she could run a mile.
"GET IT OFF!"
"KEEP IT AWAY!"
Steel spun around wildly, and shook it off where it unfortunately landed on top of Sachika's head.
"AHHHHH! IT'S ON ME!" Sachika yelled, and as she jumped up and out of the room, her eyes started glowing bright green-blue.
Berto stared dumbfounded at the contrail of aqua energy trailing out of the door and at the following Steel. "What just happened…?"
Sachika had run quite far and had got quite the group following her. First was Steel, then a confused and angry Forge. After those two came Max, and a whole series of elite soldiers.
"STOP RUNNING! AND PUT YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD!" Forge yelled, getting further behind as Sachika generated more and more energy. The spider was long gone at least.
"AHHHH! STOP PLEASE! IT HURTS!" Sachika yelled out, clearly in pain. The TURBO was now starting to pull her apart. But while all this was happening a room deep in the complex of N-TEK was now lighting up. A lone sphere lit up, it's neighboring ones staying inactive and dark. The sphere levitated, and sped off towards the source of TURBO, leaving a green trail behind it.
"Guh, ah! OWWW! PLEASE, HELP ME!"
"get everyone out of here!" Forge yelled over the strange noise the TURBO energy made.
The orb suddenly rounded a corner and sped towards Sachika, knocking the nearest elites down as it continued on its crash course.
"QUICK, STOP HER, SHE'S GOING TO BLOW UP CYTRO'S STORAGE ROO-"
BOOM.
"SORRY BERTO!"
The orb collided with the sphere of energy Sachika was generating, and a containment field of rectangles surrounded her.
"whoa human, calm down! I can help, but not if you're flapping around like a scythefish on land!"
"WHAT? WHO SAID THAT?"
"me!" a small burst of green light appeared, and a robot similar to steel popped out.
"Who ARE you?!"
"Py'iexelian 729NDA, but I remember being called Pyxel. Now, hang on, lie back and relax, unless you want to blow up."
"this is so insane! I'm literally gonna die!'
"this isn't insane, THIS IS!"
Pyxel locked her arms into a rigid 'm' shape and slammed down onto Sachika's collarbone. Sachika felt as if a massive surge of energy had grabbed her collarbone and pulled it forward, lifting her slightly. Then when the bright light faded Sachika fell down on the floor; exhausted.
"ugh…"
'HEY! No sleeping on the job human!'
Sachika lifted her head and looked at herself. She was wearing a suit similar to Max's suit, but neon aqua colored. Pyxel moved to Sachika's side and touched her ribs.
"OW! PYXEL! AN ELECTRIC SHOCK? REALLY?"
"You weren't getting up. What should I have done then?"
"I don't know! Shake me!?"
Pyxel rolled her eye. She seemed to focus on something.
'Uh, you may want to put your hands up.'
"SACHIKA! STAND DOWN AND FREEZE! YOU TOO ULTRALINK!" Forge yelled.
Obviously, like any smart girl, Sachika stood up and surrendered while Pyxel hid behind her.
"Name, age and intention!"
"Sachika Thompson, 17 and finding help!"
"Py'iexelian 729NDA, don't know and none yet."
