Fragile Immortality

by Zrin

A Fan Fiction based on the album by the music group "The Unguided"'s album "Fragile Immortality." A story based on the titles of the album's songs alone, this is told from a third person past tense perspective of the construct/cyborg "Inception" and her fight with the Resistance of Earth to defeat Demons that have invaded.

1. Fragile Immortality - Chapter 1

The Unguided

Fragile Immortality

A fan fiction by Luke "Zrin" Maton based on the album "Fragile Immortality" by The Unguided

Chapter One: Inception

"I was not plucked by the heavens
to be trained as a warrior
I was created knowing only war"

The radio transmission came early in the morning, a sudden crackle of static that woke the General.

"Yo, DZ, I'm in." It was a female's voice, though not a typical one. Behind the feminine tone lay a metallic tinge to it that gave away a much more mechanical nature.

"Project, I have told you not to call me that." The General had immediately leapt from his bed and encrypted the channel that the woman spoke to him on.

"And I told you not to call me Project. I have a name you know." Her voice was mocking and playful.

"Status report, project." An audible sigh could be heard by the General which sparked a gleeful smirk on the face of the female on the other end of the radio.

"I made it inside the compound and let them take me prisoner just like I was told to. You would not believe the state of the place. Looks like they're barely holding on just like we are. As far as I can tell, their resources are low on all fronts. Should be able to carry out phase two like a dream." A pair of booted footfalls echoed through what sounded like a stone corridor on the Project's side of the transmission. "Got company. See you on the other side, DZ."

The General grunted and began to accost the woman, but instead sighed again and shut off communications.

Somewhere in a ruined city, there was a massive compound that oversaw the prisoners that were taken in the war. Earth had fallen into chaos following a massive invasion by an alien race that simply dropped out of the sky. In the years following the initial attacks, the human race had been reduced to a smoldering ruin alongside its cities. All that seemed to be left was a resistance force made up of people that had only the war left. Their job was to eventually liberate the rest of the world and begin rebuilding. It was a long term goal and many saw it as false optimism, but the General of The Resistance was well known for his successes in commanding a battlefield.

Several months prior to the present day, the General had commissioned the science division to create a super soldier, something that could fight off the invasion force in covert operations. This was done by use of a dying girl, barely twenty years old. She had developed brain cancer but the advancements in technology thanks to A company, short for "Arrival Company", salvaging some of the alien's science labs.

It was just an idea at first, something that could never be fathomed at any other point before the invasion, but in the end, Inception was born.