Where am I? As Aegis opened her eyes and looked around this was the foremost thought in her mind. She was standing in a dark corridor with a bright light turned on in a room at the far end. Aegis attempted to scan the corridor only to discover that outside of basic sight and hearing none of her sensor systems were working. Aegis closed her eyes and attempted to bring up her operating system in an attempt to figure out why her sensors weren't working and attempting to access her memory banks to see if she could figure out why she wasn't at Minato's side at the hospital. A sudden breeze caused Aegis to shiver and her eyes snapped open at this. Looking down she saw she was in her school uniform. Aegis also noticed that her hands were different. No longer were the tips of her fingers the gray color natural to the metal that made them up and acted as the barrel plugs for her weapons system when they were not in use. Instead her hands looked more like Yukari or Fuuka's hands. Transfixed by the sight she slowly reached her right hand over and brushed her fingers against her left hand. The feeling, more so the fact she could feel elicited a small 'eep' noise from her mouth as she jerked her hands apart.
"If you are quite finished my little doll there is someone waiting for you at the end of the hall," a voice seeming to come from the walls itself spoke out causing Aegis to snap her head up and look for the source. After failing to identify the source of the voice her eyes once again settled on the partially opened door at the far end of the corridor. Almost without thinking Aegis began walking towards the door. Each step was fascinating as she could hear what she knew was her own heart thudding louder and louder in her chest the closer she got to the door. This sensation alone almost made her pause to contemplate it but the strange voice would again urge her on whenever she paused. After what felt like an eternity she finally found herself before the door. Taking a deep breath Aegis pushed open the door and stepped inside.
As soon as Aegis stepped into the room all her senses were immediately assaulted by images, sound, smells, feelings, and even tastes. Aegis was driven to her knees by the sudden sensory overload. She shut her eyes and covered her ears as her mind desperately tried to make sense of all the information being thrust at it. After what could have only been a few minutes the sensation ceased and Aegis slowly opened her eyes and looked around. The room she was in looked exactly like Minato's dorm room.
"Do you feel any closer to your 'highest priority'?" a voice mockingly asked from behind her. Aegis turned her head to look at the source of the voice and felt her breath catch when she saw Minato standing behind her. She began to stand determined to face him eye to eye when again he spoke, "Do you really think I could ever feel close to a toy like you?" Minato sneered at her. Aegis stared dumbfounded as the most important person to her mocked and dismissed her like it was nothing.
"You're not Minato-kun." Aegis said in a tone just barely above a whisper. "You can't be Minato-kun." Minato merely stared at her a mocking smile on his face. "Minato-kun would never talk like that to any one not even an automaton like me." Aegis felt tears rolling down her face at this point but she forced herself on. "He would never dismiss someone because of who or what they were, he accepts everyone for who and/or what they are. I don't know what your trying to do by saying those things but I know YOUR NOT MINATO-KUN." Aegis screamed the last part and stared at the faux Minato breathing heavily. Minato merely smiled at her before disappearing in a flash of blue light, Aegis thought she briefly saw Orpheus within the light before it disappeared completely.
Feeling drained Aegis felt herself start to slump down when she felt a pair of hands grab her and hold her up. She looked over her shoulder and saw Athena smiling at her.
"What is going on?" this was the last thing Aegis said before unconsciousness took her.
Four chapters down and the stories still going strong in my head so that's a good thing see you all soon in chap.5
~senpai