Just to let you know, I'm not very good with intros, and it's been a while since I've written Prose. Other than that, enjoy!

Chapter 1

The Artifact

Kyle

Kyle stared at the weird, glass vase as he observed its' design. It was about two feet tall with a few curvy features along with some painted, green waves of glass coming from the sides like it was a tree. The top was curved like a bowl with wavy features like there were waves rolling down the sides.

"Kyle." Came a voice from behind him.

Kyle turned to look at Morgan, his girlfriend. She had on her usual outfit of dark blue jeans, a hoodie, and a purple t-shirt. She had let her hair down earlier to reveal its colors, ice blue on the bottom fading into a deep purple, which stretched to the top of her head. Her hair was not dyed, it's just one of the many natural styles of an Ice Wraith.

"Kyle, you done looking at that stupid vase?" Morgan asked, teasing him.

Kyle stood up and looked at her. "Yeah. Sorry, I just like the shade of this one. That's all."

Morgan laughed a little. "Don't be sorry, we came here to pick something nice for the apartment. It's good you like that."

Morgan and Kyle had gone to a pawnshop to pick something out for their apartment. The store was a little small, but had a few good items in stock. The rest was just paintings, pictures, and dolls which Kyle and Morgan were not big fans of. They had been in the store for about thirty minutes now and they couldn't decide on anything yet. She didn't show it, but Morgan was starting to get impatient.

Finally, Kyle spotted something on one of the bottom shelves. He stopped in his tracks and bent down to see it, although he had to push a few a 1980's lamp and a hover-scooter to do so.

It was a strange, white and orange device that looked like a cross between a radio and a computer, although it had no screen whatsoever. Its' body was smooth and looked almost egg-shaped with large, yellow wings on both sides with a pink handle on top.

Kyle reached in and pulled out the device. As soon as he did, the red, light keyboard in the front of it vanished. Kyle observed it for a minute, flipping it over and pressing a few buttons in which nothing happened.

"What's that?" Morgan asked. She had seen Kyle pick up the device and was curious as to what it was.

"I, uh… I don't know." Kyle said, still looking at the weird contraption. "Kinda weird, don't you think?"

At this time, the store clerk had noticed Kyle and Morgan looking at the device. He walked over to them and put on a big smile.

"I see you're interested in this." He said with a smile. "Fascinating, isn't it?"

"I don't suppose you know what it is, do you?" Kyle asked, still looking at the strange contraption. Morgan could tell that Kyle's interest in mechanics had gotten the better of him. After all, he was mostly machine.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you." The clerk said. "I've tried scanning that thing again and again, but the purpose of it was never found."

"Well who brought it in?" Asked Morgan.

"I'm afraid I can't reveal that, although I think she was a siren or something… I don't know. She had white wings and long, blue hair."

Kyle shrugged. "Doesn't matter." He turned to Morgan. "Morgan, what do you think about this?"

"I think it'll look good on that mantle we never use." She said with a smile.

Kyle turned to the clerk. "Then it's settled."

"Excellent!" The Clerk stated. "I'll ring it right up."

Kyle placed the device onto the mantle on top of the fake fireplace of the apartment. It wasn't as he imagined it would look like, but the orange and white matched the wallpaper in a way. Kyle watched as the green and red lines of the mechanism kept moving up and down like they were waves. It was almost as if he was put into a trance.

"What is it with you and that thing?" Morgan asked from across the room. "Seriously, it's like you like that thing more than me."

Kyle turned to look at Morgan. She was wearing her pajamas, a long sleeve shirt with a chibi "Hatsune Miku" on the front and pajama pants decorated with the logo from the "Legend of Zelda."

Kyle smiled as he walked toward her. "Hey, come on. I'm just fascinated, okay?"

Morgan smiled and looked down. "I know. I'm just teasing you."

When Kyle reached Morgan, they wrapped their arms around each other and kissed. After their lips retreated, they hugged. Morgan took another look at the device staring at them from the mantle.

"You're going to try and hack it, aren't you?" She asked, still caressing him.

Kyle pulled away and looked at Morgan. "Of course. I just want to know what this thing does, is all."

"Okay, just be careful." Morgan said. She kissed him one more time before walking toward her room. "Good night."

Kyle waved as he headed for his room. "Night."

Kyle opened his door and stepped inside. Before he went inside, he turned to look at the device one more time. The room was dark now so it wasn't completely visible, but he could still see the green and red lines flowing and the shine from the holographic keypad. With that, Kyle closed the door and went to bed.

Kyle lay there in the grassy field, asleep. He was definitely dreaming, because he knew he had gone to bed only a few minutes ago, and he could still feel the bed underneath him, but somehow this dream felt more realistic than any other dream he has ever had.

"Kyle…" Called a voice unknown to him. His eyes were closed, but he could feel the presence of the woman lingering above him. Strangely enough, he could also see her vaguely. He couldn't make out who she was, but she had long, blue hair, white wings that had a length of about ten feet, and a voice that was both soft, yet alarming. Kyle could tell she didn't come to him just to say hello.

"I'm sorry I entered your dream, but I am in dire need of your help." The woman said. "I come from a place called the Synapse, a world above Earth that holds beings called Angeloids, powerful creatures ruled over by Minos, an evil tyrant who treats them like insignificants. Five angeloids defected from the Synapse and fled to Earth to live in peace, but Minos wants to see them eliminated. So far, they have been able to counter everything he has thrown at them, but I've foreseen an even bigger threat that can and will destroy them. That is why I need your help."

Kyle groaned and rolled on the grass.

"I know you can't respond," the woman continued, "but you must do this. The lives of them and maybe more depend on it."

The woman, who was kneeling beside Kyle, then stood up and stretched her wings. "Please forgive me for what I am about to do."

That's when Kyle woke up.

As soon as he did, Kyle sat up and rubbed his eyes.

What a weird dream. He thought.

Kyle looked at the clock, which read 3:21 AM.

He sighed. I guess it's one of those dreams. That is the last time I have P.F. Chang's before bed.

Kyle was about to fall asleep again, but as he grabbed the covers, he heard something coming from the living room along with a strange, purple light coming from the cracks in the door frame.

"What the Hell?" Kyle said as he got out of bed and walked toward the door.

Kyle opened the door and gaped at what he saw. In the middle of his living room was a large, swirling, purple portal. Kyle had seen his friend, Ginger, summon portals before, but none like this.

Kyle wanted to move, but he was entranced by the portal. He had never seen one so… advanced before.

Suddenly, he felt as if he were pushed from behind. Kyle tried to regain balance, but it was no use… he had entered the portal.

Kyle felt himself hit the ground with a "Clang." He groaned as he stood up, shaking his head. That's when he realized something… he didn't have metal floors in his apartment.

Kyle looked at the ground, which for some reason was white metal. Kyle was beginning to get scared.

Maybe I missed the portal and hit my head on something, so I'm just seeing things. That's when Kyle looked up. Shit…

Kyle was staring face to face with a gigantic pillar in the middle of a floating disc fifty feet in diameter surrounded by the night sky and a few other similar floating islands. The island he was standing on also harbored multiple, small dead trees.

Kyle was in shock. He lived in a fantasy world, true, but he had never seen anything like this! Sure, they had floating islands where he was from, but they floated with the help of magic, not science. And the architecture was… god-like.

Kyle could also feel multiple signatures of electrical energy moving everywhere within the island. Almost like it was all mechanical, but that was crazy! How could there be mechanical trees?

"Hey you!" Called a voice from behind Kyle.

Kyle spun around and saw two creatures behind him, who distinctly resembled angels, but something about them was off. They wore strange, metal clothes that were skin-tight, perhaps battle armor, along with two clawed feet, one massive, metal hand, and an arm cannon on their left arms. Both of the creatures looked alike except for their hair, one was green the other orange maybe. Kyle couldn't tell because it was too dark. Each of them also had wings like vultures which, come to think of it, made their appearance look like the predatorily bird. They were looking at him and pointing their hand cannons at him. From the looks of it, they were angry.

"Who are you? Identify yourself!" Cried out the green-haired creature.

Kyle put up his hands defensively. "Woah! Okay, I don't want any trouble—"

"Well too bad, bug!" The orange-haired creature shouted. "What are you doing here? How did you get here?"

"Look, I think there's been some hind of mis-understanding." Kyle continued, trying to make peace. "My name is Kyle Valetta. I was going to sleep one night, then this purple portal opened, and-"

"What?" The orange-haired creature shouted. "He's playing the dive game!"

"The what?" Kyle asked, confused.

The green-haired creature pointed its arm cannon at Kyle, which made him jump. "That's it! You're going down!"

"AHH! No! Wait! You have this all wrong! I—"

Kyle didn't finish. Before he could, the creature's arm cannon fired a bolt of white-hot fire. The bolt hit Kyle in the center of his chest and caused a massive explosion that surrounded Kyle's body in fire and smoke.

The creatures smiled in delight of their small victory, but just then, they saw something when the smoke cleared. When it was clear, their eyes widened in dis-belief.

Kyle was standing in the exact same spot where he was when they had opened fire on him. There were blast marks behind Kyle that scorched the area behind him. His shirt was now in tatters, revealing his chest, which had a large hole in the center. A metallic substance, however, filled the hole. This metal is called Elementium, an element found in Kyle's home planet that is ten times as dense as steel and has a melting point of five thousand degrees.

Kyle's arms were in a defensive position, but he lowered them so he could see his opponents. The look on his face was one of complete seriousness as he stared down the two, stunned humanoids.

"But… but how?" Stuttered the green-haired one. "How did he survive a direct hit from the Prometheus? And not even a scratch?"

Kyle cricked his neck. "Fine… if you won't listen to reason, I'll have to do this the hard way. I'm sorry it's come to this."

Kyle's eyes changed from green to red. "Sentinel mode: activated. Target located and locked on. Weapon check… complete. Armor analysis… stabilized. Battery at ninety percent. Engaging target."

"Oh shit!" Cried the orange-haired humanoid as she flew into the air.

Kyle saw her move and launched one of his extendable arms at her. His hand grabbed her clawed leg and pulled her out of the air and into the center pillar. She fell out of the air and onto the ground. With a thud.

The green-haired creature shot her Prometheus multiple times at Kyle shouting, "DAMN YOU!"

Kyle ran at the creature. The fiery blasts flew past him every second. The last one hit Kyle in the head on his right eye, revealing part of his metallic head, but it didn't slow him down. Kyle swung his fist at the green-haired creature with all his might, but missed.

The creature's left hand shifted into a claw and grabbed his arm. Kyle tried to remove her grasp, but he couldn't. The creature was just as strong as he was.

Using her grapple to his advantage, Kyle grabbed her arm and swung her into the ground. He then did it again, but as soon as he did, he was hit by another Prometheus blast. He turned his head and saw the orange-haired creature charging at him, both claws out and screaming.

Unfortunately, Kyle let his guard down against the green-haired creature and she got her chance. She struck Kyle in his head, sending him soaring through the air. Kyle was sent toward the orange-haired creature as she clawed Kyle's back, revealing more elementium armor.

Kyle noticed he was about to fly off the island, so he used his extendable arms to latch onto the pillar in the middle. He, then swung around and kicked both of the creatures in their faces, sending them into the air. If not for their wings, they would have fallen off, but instead they flew to safety.

Having enough with hand-to-hand combat himself, Kyle transformed his hands into his ranged weapons, two long-ranged energy rifles. He shot multiple rounds at the creatures making them swerve through the sky. Some of the lasers hit their mark with little to no effect, but he could tell the creatures were hurt.

Just then, the creatures made one very dumb or brave move on Kyle. They charged straight for him. Kyle fired all he had at them, but there was nothing he could do. The creatures grabbed his arms and legs and lifted him up into the air.

Kyle struggled for them to let go, but he soon realized how fruitless that would be. He looked down and noticed that he was over Earth, a ten thousand foot drop into hard ground.

"Ha! Not so tough now, are you, bug?" the green-haired creature said, laughing.

Kyle sighed. I knew I should have installed the jetpack instead of extend-arms.

"Before we let you go," the orange-haired creature continued. "I realize you may survive the fall to earth, but let's not be too hasty. Although if you do, tell a boy named Tomoki Sakurai that the Harpy Sisters send their regards."

Kyle struggled against their crushing grip. "Danmit, let me go!"

"As you wish." The green-haired harpy said, and without a word, both harpy sisters dropped him.

Kyle tried to save himself by using his extend-arms, but the Harpies instantly shot them out of the sky. Kyle was helpless as he was falling toward Earth.

Damnit! He thought. I should have seen that coming! Who were those strange women? Were they harpies? No, they can't be. Harpies don't mold their bodies into weapons… do they?

As he continued to think, fire began to form around his body, burning off his remaining flesh and his pants.

Come to think of it, how did I get here? Was it because of that weird woman? Maybe she had something to do with this. If I can find her, maybe I can find a way out of here.

At this point, the structures on the ground became clearer to his sight. Kyle could begin to see trucks driving and large cars. Of course, this was at night, but Kyle could see in the dark… it's a cyborg thing.

Wait! When I saw that woman, I was dreaming and then I woke up! But what if I didn't wake up? What if I'm actually still asleep? Yes! That makes sense! How else could I be seeing shape-shifting harpies? This is fantastic!

"I'm still aslee—"

That's when Kyle hit the ground.

Nymph

Nymph was eating popcorn while watching her "sops." There was a marathon running that night, and she would not miss it for the world.

"… will they be together? Will the farm be theirs to live on? Tune in next week to find out." The announcer on the TV said.

Nymph rolled her eyes. "They do." She said to the TV while reaching for more popcorn. "It's called re-runs. Duh." Nymph's eyes shot open. She looked down into the popcorn bag she was eating out of… empty.

Nymph stood up, scared and panicked. "Oh no! I'm out of snacks!" She said as she looked around at all the empty junk food containers.

"Wait, maybe there's some still left in the pantry." She realized as she ran for the pantry in the kitchen.

Nymph reached the pantry and was excited to find some delicious food, but when she did, she got a big surprise.

"Astraea! Not again!" She cried out as she saw her friend sitting in the cupboard, which was empty.

Astraea was sitting, cuddling her knees with a green bandana over her golden blonde hair. "I'm sorry!" She said. "I wanted food to! I wanted some yummy in my tummy, but there's nothing here but me."

"Damnit, I need snacks for my sops! I can't watch another episode without them!"

They both burst out crying in frustration and rolling on the floor for a few minutes, until…

"Wait!" Astraea said. "I have… something! You know, a brain thingy."

"An idea?"

"Yeah!" Astraea said, cheerfully. "You can go to the market and get more snacks! That way, we both win!"

Nymph looked at Astraea like she was… well… you know. "Astraea, all the markets are closed this time of night. The only place that's open is that one with the clerk who keeps hitting on me, and god knows I'm not going there again."

Astraea knelt down in front of Nymph and clasped her hands. "Pleeeeeeeese? I'm soooo hungry! I'm gonna die without food!"

Nymph rolled her eyes. "Astraea, I…" Nymph looked down into Astraea's puppy dog face looking back at hers, and for whatever reason, she just couldn't say no. "Ugh… fine."

Astraea jumped up into the air and hugged Nymph. "AHH! Yes! Thank you thank you thank you!"

"Yeah… no problem."

Nymph was walking out through the doors with two bags of snacks in her hands. She had a look of annoyance on her face as she was walking out from the poor excuse of a grocery store.

"Come back any time, babe!" The clerk called out as the automatic doors shut.

Nymph shivered. "Ugh! God, he's creepy. Now to get back home so I can watch the rest of my sops."

As she was about to take off, she caught a glimpse of something in the sky. As she looked up into the night sky, she saw what looked like a meteor engulfed in flames. She watched the object in horror as it crashed into the hillside outside of town.

Nymph's mind began racing. What could that thing be? Maybe if was just a meteor? Or maybe another angeloid sent by the Synapse? Or worse, but something worse than another Angeloid?

Nymph dropped her bags as she transformed. Her blue, tube top pajamas turned into white, Synapse armor with six white arcs extending from her back. Along with this came two, beautiful, blue, transparent wings.

She kicked off from the ground and took off toward the fiery crater, not knowing what lies in store for her.

In case you were wondering, I'm doing the story fro where it left off in the anime after Angeloid of Clockwork, so Hiori and Chaos will be in this.

Anyway, that's all for Chapter 1, stick around for Chapter 2! Please feel free to favorite and Review.

Also, if you're wondering, at any point, why the story is not canon if it is not canon, remember that this is a fan fiction. So sit back, relax, and shut the hell up. :D