Hey everyone, Aleron's sword here. I know it's been a while since I submitted a true story other than the Alerox one-shot here, but like I said on it, I'm thinking of coming back here. Also like I said in it that my quality of writing had suffered over the writers block I had for possibly over a year, so try to keep the 'heavy' criticism down.

This one I'm not entirely sure if it should belong in the Champions Online segment – let along FFN entirely – since this story will have pretty much little to no references to the game itself other than this was inspired by it, as well as locations and such.

Fair warning to you readers, this will have uncensored swearing, bit of violence at most points and possibly over-the-top at times, seeing that this is pretty much a fic inspired by a game of superheroes and such. This may be also be bumped up to an M rating if people are concerned enough about the swearing and violence.

Remember the R.E.R.: Read, Enjoy, and Review. Without further ado, lets get this rolling.

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I looked up at the midnight black sky, stars dotting it as well as the chilled air brushed against my face. It was to be a meteor shower tonight once every few years, something I was hoping to watch. I was wearing a sleep shirt, but I had jeans to cover my legs from the cold, as well as wearing two jackets to stay warm. My knees were bent with my arms resting on them, watching the sky as I waited. Having checked the time before I came out, it was to be around ten minutes before the actual event started, and I've already been out here for five minutes.

A sigh came from me after a bit, mainly of boredom of waiting. Another five minutes passed and I figured that the show would start at any minute. I patiently waited, watching for any streaks of light to show up in the sky. However, another few minutes ticked by and I was doubting that me and hopeful others could see it tonight, mainly due to it being only visible to another part of the world. I let out another sigh, getting up and got ready to head back inside, thinking I was never going to see a meteor shower.

One little streak of light through the sky proved me wrong.

I quickly jerked my head up, seeing more and more of them shooting by, smiling widely as I knew it was going to happen. I sat back down, laying on my back as I watched the spectacle continue, more and more showing up. A small laugh escaped from me, ecstatic of being able to watch this for the first time of my life. The thought of bringing the rest of my family out came to me, but I brushed it off, knowing they wouldn't like being woken up at this hour.

A few minutes of watching this, I noticed a little something…odd. There was this sound…like that of a missile. Curiously, I looked to where it was coming from…

"OH SHIT!" I yelled out, quickly scrambling from my spot.

One of the meteors was careening towards the ground, and out of pure rotten luck, it was heading for my spot. Being somewhat smart, I didn't run in the direction opposite of the meteor, rather out of the way of its path by running to the side. Adrenaline from the sudden event went through me, trying to get as far from the impact site as possible. I wasn't able to get far enough into cover, being sent flying a bit when it hit the ground with the sound of a deafening explosion.

Landing roughly on the ground, my ears were ringing badly as I could barely hear the sound of car alarms going off around the neighborhood. I didn't doubt that windows were also shattered and everyone was awake as well. Groaning, I slowly got back up, disoriented a bit as the ringing started to clear up, hearing the alarms going off now. I didn't want to stand up right now since my legs were a bit numb, but they cleared up after a bit, letting me stand up.

"What was that?!" I heard one neighbor yell out.

"Was that one of the meteors?" another questioned as I looked to the rather large crater in our yard now.

Curiosity peaked as I slowly made my way to the crater, seeing my parents, younger sis and older bro coming out, dogs barking as well as all of them ran to the crater as well.

"Boy, what were you doing out here?" my step-dad questioned me when he was close enough.

'Ugh, hate being called that…' I thought to myself, refraining from an eye-roll before looking back to him. "I was seeing if I could be able to watch the meteor shower tonight. Got a lot closer than I thought." I explained, looking to the crater again.

I didn't hear what he ended up saying next, continuing to walk towards the crater, curious of what was in it other than the small embers dotted in it. When I walked up next to it, there was – surprise – a meteor inside, but it looked…off. I ended up taking one step too far, stumbling into the crater and rolling head over heels over until I stopped at the deepest part, groaning again.

"Aleron, you alright?" I heard my brother say.

"Peachy…" was my answer, slowly getting up again, though I found myself next to the meteor.

Now that I was closer, it looked like it was made into something, or rather somethings. I couldn't see well due to the night, but they looked like a giant pair of gauntlets, with the fingers of them curled up. Again, I couldn't see much but I think that they were a black or a dark color, something I would only be able to see once the sun comes up.

I was wondering on why they were shaped like such, but I arced an eyebrow as they suddenly started to glow. Next thing I knew was some beam of light striking me, making all my muscles cease up as it felt like being shocked by a tazer. A small spasm yell came from me, soon being shot out of the crater as my body now felt like it was on fire, not even registering when I landed back down.

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Third Person View

The young adult couldn't stand, his teeth gritting as he curled up tightly, trying to withhold a scream of agony. It was futile as he quickly unwound, letting out said scream, his body seeming to grow larger. It wasn't just in size, but also muscle mass and…metal?

His skin was slowly turning a dark red as his clothes tore, his arms starting to form what looked like metallic bracers on his thickening wrists. They were also the same dark red, the thicker parts a black as lines of a dull yellow glowed on them. The family could only watch as he grew and altered before their eyes, the dogs no longer barking.

His hands started to thicken, the ring and middle fingers slowly merging together as the fingers became metallic claws, hinges showing where the joints were as the sides of each triangular claw were glowing with a form of blue power, the knuckle area of each hand forming spikes at the end of them. Up on the upper arms they swelled with the bulk of the altering human, more armor growing on them, both pieces looking like they could deflect bullets off the surface. On his shoulders grew what seemed like military tech shoulders, a few more lines of yellow glowing on them as they matched his growth.

His torso started to first form black lines on the skin, leading to the legs, arms and head, only to be soon covered by a segmented armor of the same material, forming a bit of a 'Y' shape with the same yellow energy lines. The parts not covered by the thicker metal was covered by a thinner, though seemingly more flexible kind, black in color as well. The back had plates running up it like as though it knew where the humans spine was at, fusing into it and making him jolt violently, ending with what looked like a segment for something to plug in, multiple slots for such.

The legs soon started to follow, forming thigh and shin guards of the same kind and thickness, the legs swelling in size as well. More spots of yellow started glowing on the sides of the thigh guards, as well as the rear of the shin ones, a metallic knee-guard forming in front of the knees. The feet were exposed since only the tattered remains of the shoes clung to it, but were soon tore off as large boots formed, covering them.

The head was last as the young adult opened his mouth as wide as he could, unable to scream from the amount of pain he was in, his face pulling out painfully as his teeth fell out, clinking on the metal as his hair fell out. The sides of his mouth formed what looked like replacement teeth, jutting out and six per side, three per upper and lower jaw. On top of his 'snout' a trio of spikes pushed out, the tips pointing to the rear of the head as it pulled out into a fourth, though slightly longer one, red as well. Latches formed on the back of the neck, connecting to the rest on the back as wires started forming and connecting to the main body, slithering their way through his body and replacing all that was organic.

The wires continued on, all signs of inner flesh fading away to be replaced with machine, the lines on the mechs body starting to glow once the heart had been replaced with an energy core. All other organs were gone, no longer needed for the former human as sight and hearing were replaced with audio and video receptors.

The changes slowed to a stop, finishing as the machine, just shy of eleven feet, couldn't let out the scream it held for so long, instead slumping in its spot, passed out and temporarily shut down. The family of the former human looked on, horrified on what they had witnessed and were uncertain if he was the same. All but the mother went in, who was looking with shock at what happened to her son, dropping to her knees as tears formed in her eyes.

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CLIFFHANGER! *ahem* Sorry bout the caps.

This was written mostly because I have been playing said game for the better half of a month almost non-stop, and around the time was a meteor shower that was to happen on the same night. Customization is quite wide, even if you yet to by any costume packs, and the travel powers are much, much larger in variety than when I was playing DC Universe Online. Besides the point, reviews!

I don't intend to sound offensive, but that one with "Hello." and such… … …honestly, doesn't feel like constructive criticism to me. I understand that you guys are trying to help and all, but still.

If you guys also have a possible new name for this by the way, PM me and I might use it.

Oh, and if you're wondering what the mech/bot/whatever looks like, I got a few reference pics on my DA profile for you to check out.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed reading, and I'll see you guys soon.