Chapter 2: The Keywork
Authors Note: Alright so here is chapter two, i know i jumped ahead a little by following Meri's story a bit with a time jump, so this is going back to Sirius and the Keywork project, just to clear that up so nobody is confused. Sorry for any spelling or grammar issues, ill be coming back an editing this over as I go.
"Are you there All Mother"? Sirius called out within the walls of the Meriwether. "I am always here, what do you require of me" the soft mechanical voice replies. "Just promise you will stay with me" he replies trying to calm the angry sea of unease in his stomach.
For as confident as he was when he left home, alone now out in space with nothing but the computerized voice of his central computer, the doubts had begun to creep in. The trip out to the first location of the keywork had taken almost three weeks. Three long lonely weeks that Sirius had to contemplate his task.
"What if this was a suicide mission as Meri was so convinced?" he pondered as he was donning the various components to his suit
. The suit he had designed would allow him to enter space and still maintain a connection to communicate with the All Mother should anything go awry. The suit would also keep close monitoring of his vital signs, so if he were in any imminent health hazard the All Mother would alert him immediately. He found this thought reassuring as he strapped the last of his gear to his back and released the pressure locks on chamber he was exiting.
This was it. It was finally time to put his months of planning and preparation into action. He was entering the keywork.
He just had to go out there, get the samples he needed and come back to the ship. What is the worst that could happen? As he stepped forward he was awe struck by the scene laid out before him through the now fully open exit hatch.
What seemed to be an endless river of glowing blue light stretched through the black expanses of space as far as Sirius could see. He could see other glowing lights of the Stars of Sirius, that he was so named after, decorating the never-ending blackness. It was magnificent.
He felt even more assured in his decision to come here as he propelled himself forward. This had to be the absolute experience of a life time, to behold such a powerful creation of god up close. Sirius snapped out of his stupor remembering he had a purpose here and set himself out to his work.
He had to take many readings and samples and this was only the first of many locations he needed said readings from. He worked earnestly for the first several hours moving his way down the energy stream. Every hour or so he would connect back to the All Mother to receive a report of his vital signs as well as to deposit readings back to be saved back onto the data system of the Meriwether, an extra precaution to assure protection of his findings.
Up close, the keywork generated a fair amount of heat, resulting in an aggravated Sirius having to adjust his internal temperature settings within the suit constantly. Aside from that few other complications arose and he found that he could cover a fairly large distance in the time allotted him before he had to return to the Meriwether. At the end of the third hour, Sirius was exhausted and had to stop and rest much to his dismay.
He connected to the All Mother for a final report of the day and was met with urgent reply. "Unidentified entity approaching." The feminine computer sang through his suit along with a follow up listing of all of his vitals.
"Entity?" Sirius looked around his surroundings suppressing a sense of panic.
The only thing he saw was the empty expanse of space, the distant outline of what he knew for sure was his ship and the glowing keywork he was still currently enveloped in. He continued to search the dark horizon for any sign of what his ship could be detecting, exception to see another shuttle appear at any moment. Perhaps one of the red army units, a thought that did not make Sirius feel any more comforted in the slightest.
Perhaps the All Mother had made a mistake, he thought nervously. Intelligent computers still made errors from time to time.
He almost missed the slight shifting in the blue glow in front of him. He focused his attention towards the movement and was astonished to see what looked like another human being, but how could he be out here with nothing protecting him?
Sirius also observed to add to his current shock, that the man did not seem entirely solid. He emanated the same soft blue glow that also radiated about the keywork. Under the glow his skin had a dark tone to it adorning a strong male body. Who was this Sirius thought both curious and uneasy as the man drifted closer to him.
"Hello" Sirius called to be met with silence. The unease won over his curiosity and Sirius Turned to flee from this unfamiliar Entity.
He soon found himself overwhelmed as the spectral man caught up to him and the strangest sensation overtook him.
Sirius felt something pulling at the edges of his consciousness as images started to flicker through his mind. The images started to take the forms of whole memories as the astronaut began to lose control over his mind.
All he could do was give in to the force seeking entrance to his body and with one last thought "Meri", he was pulled into a maelstrom of scenes playing out the life of Domino The destitute before his eyes burning into his consciousness.
Author: so the next chapter will lay out Domino's story for those who are familiar with the Amory wars or just following this story for fun. May not follow the comic book to an exact science and I plan on going into detail with the background for this character ( which the comic books did a great job of too) just a little diffrent spin on it. hope people are finding this enjoyable
