Alex Mercer was not in familiar surroundings. The room was white and reached rather high. Alex could still touch the ceiling if he needed however.
"Is he alright?" A male voice asked. Mercer kept his eyes closed. He felt someone grab his wrist gently, possibly checking for a pulse.
"There's no pulse." Another female voice. A small and gentle hand was placed on his chest. "No heartbeat either. He's dead." Alex wondered if this girl would care if he was still 'alive'. So he made his biomass beat, like a heart. The gentle hand pushed a little harder. "Wait! There's one but it's weak!" Three pairs of feet ran over.
"We need to move him to the medbay!" Another female voice ordered. Alex decided to 'wake up'.
Mercer began forcing some coughs. They sounded exactly a normal person's. He groaned and tried sitting when a hand was placed on his chest.
"You shouldn't try to move." A female voice told him. It was soft and reassuring, possibly trying to calm him, if he were scared. Alex chuckled in his head. "Are you alright?"
"Sunshine and rainbows right here." Alex replied. He heard a giggle to his right but ignored. "You can move your hand now." The hand from his chest was removed quickly.
"S-sorry!" The female voice exclaimed. Alex chuckled and got to his feet. In front of him was a man and three girls. The boy stepped forward.
"I'm Kayto Shields. Who are you?" Kayto asked. Alex held out a hand to shake.
"Alex Mercer." Kayto took the offered hand. Alex made sure to not use any strength to grip Kayto's hand, lest he crush it. "Them?" Alex pointed at the three girls.
"Ava Crescentia." Kayto pointed at the brown-haired girl. "Asaga Oakrun." He pointed at the cheery red-head. "Chigara Ashada." He pointed at the bluey-purple head. "Now I would like to know how you got onto this ship."
"You tell me. One moment I'm on Earth, the next, I'm on a ship." Alex shrugged. He decided not to consume them. They had, in fact, been the only one's other than Dana to show some kindness to him. Kayto raised an eyebrow.
"Earth? Where's that?" Kayto asked.
"I don't know where in space but I'll point it out to you if we see it." Alex lied smoothly.
"Well, I suppose that you need to remain here for now. Do you have any skills we could use on the ship?" Kayto asked, though behind him Ava's frown deepened.
"Wherever your weapons are. I don't know much about them but, I can keep them in working order." Alex answered. Kayto nodded and turned to Asaga.
"Asaga, take Alex up to the weapons deck." Kayto ordered. Asaga saluted.
"Aye aye cap'n!" She nodded. "Come on Alex!" Alex followed Asaga and they headed toward the elevator with a '1' above the door. The moment he stepped on the elevator, the weight limit was almost exceeded. Asaga didn't notice, thankfully, and they made their way to the weapons deck on top of the ship.
Alex noticed the rather large cannon and memories from someone he had consumed rushed him.
-Web of Intrigue-
-Super MAC-MAC-SPARTAN'S.
-End Web of Intrigue-
Alex looked at the big weapon cannon and he had a feeling that he could improve it, he had a feeling that he could improve all their weapons. he clapped his hands together and looked for tools.
Kayto Shields was in the bridge. He was chatting with Ava and Asaga about whether or not to destroy a PACT communication cneter whioch would cripple their military operations heavily or save some little girls from being sold as slaves.
"Captain." Ava said.
"Yes Ava?" He replied.
"Alex has made some modifications to our Vanguard cannon. it's power draw has decreased and it fires a large slug at about 200 times the speed of light. We suspect that even the Legion wouldn't be able to stand up to many of them." Ava explained. Kayto smiled. At least Alex was useful, though mysterious.
"He made some modifications to my and Asaga's ryders too. He's made them faster and given them each their own personal shielding, increased their armor without decreasing mobility and made our weapons dramatically more powerful." Chigara piped in. Kayto nodded, even more happy with Alexs's usefulness.
"He's also began making his own Ryder! He called it Blacklight but he hasn't said any details about it." Asaga stated. Kayto chuckled. Alex had more usefulness than any of them expected or needed. Kayto had a feeling that keeping Alex aboard would keep any of their weapons in tip-top shape and even upgrade them with the resources they had on hand.
"Well, with this great news, Ava, do you think that we could take both objectives?" Kayto asked his second-in-command.
"With these upgrades, yes. Asaga and Chigara could destroy PACT's outpost while the Sunrider saves the slaves." Ava smirked slightly. Kayto nodded.
"Very well. Asaga, Chigara, get in your ryders and get going. Me and Ava need to be on our way to save the slaves." Kayto ordered. Asaga and Chigara nodded and ran to an elevator leading to the deck bay.
Alex lay down on the surprisingly sturdy bed. He wasn't sure why he upgraded the weapons on the Sunrider, Blackjack and the Liberty. He supposed that he was on a roll with his upgrading and decided to do them too to keep his zone. He didn't care anyway. He learnt a lot about Ryder's when he was upgrading them. He was about halfway through making the Blacklight but he was tired of being around tools.
"Attention crew." Kayto's voice projected over the intercom. "We are warping now to stop some slavers from selling some little girls as slave trade. All repair crews get ready." Alex shrugged. He supposed that he counted as repair crew since he knew more about machines than anyone on the ship probably. He got up from his bed and made his way to the weapons deck, ready to repair any weapons that may be damaged during the fights.
If any of you get the reference to another sci-fi futuristic game in this chapter, you get a mention in Chapter 2 and a sneak peak at said chapter, though this is onot for one person. Good luck!