Dawning of a new Age Part 2
A lone traveler walks down a desert, sand biting into his face. He walks here because of hearing about treasure and a chance to change his destiny. It has been hard after wartime. Many people had lost the will to fight when Stenbuck had not returned from a mission of his. The New Age army had completely disbanded leaving the people to wonder what happened. The rebuilding phase had been slow but for 10 years peace has returned. This man walks down this desert path, wondering if it can really change his destiny. His past had not been the most memorable and he had wished to forget it. When he had tried to kill himself, to save himself from his own suffering, an old woman walked up to him and said the strangest thing.
"Young man, I know what it is that you are doing. Stop it now. If you truly wish to find a meaning for yourself go into the desert where the explosion of old happened. There you will find your destiny and will be able to change it" The lady left as suddenly as she had appeared. But the explosion of old was unfamiliar to him. He looked it up and discovered that the explosion of old happened 11 years ago. One year before the war ended. It was strange, but no one knew how exactly it was that caused the explosion. It had just happened. All that was left was a crater with which people said was cursed. But he trudged up there anyway. Why was a destiny a big deal to him though? It had never mattered before. But he seemed to be drawn to this area. He starts looking over the horizon noticing scorch marks. He runs over to the crater and notices something strange about it. These looked like battle marks. The man looks around searching to find out more about what had happened. This did not look like a mere accident at all. This looked like a great battler has ensured. A battle of great proportions. He continued to look around the site, hoping to be bale to find some clues to as what would have happened. As he looks around it seems to have been a battle of mechs. He sees debris as far as the eyes can see. Some kind of alloy that he has never seen before and he had seen a lot. He continues looking around the site when he sees a jagged edge of something pointing out of the sand. He goes over to it and looks at it. It seems very sharp but, not wanting to cut himself, he wondered how he could test it. He scans the area and finds a rock that he picks up. He goes over to the object and throws the rock at it. The rock is sliced smoothly in half. He stands in awe as to what he just saw. Curios as to what it is he starts digging into the sand. For many nights he toiled digging up the object and sometimes he swore that he could sense that this thing had a major importance. He spent about a week digging up this object and he saw what looked like a cockpit. He went in there and saw that a skeleton was in there. He pushed it aside and out of the seat. He smiled at what he found. This was a great find and perhaps it would allow him to return to the life he once had. For to long had he been shunned but now-He shakes is head as if to disagree with himself. He promised never to talk about that. It would never happen again and he was going to make sure of that. He looks around the control area and sees what will turn it on. He touches a random button and nothing happens. He touches another and starts to get frustrated. He sees like 50 buttons and he doesn't know which will turn it on. He slams his hands down on the control pad and the machine starts to hum with life. A screen pops up with the Letters ABC on it and it starts to talk.
"Hello. Do you require control instructions?"
"Who the heck are you?"
"I am ABC, Advanced Battle Computer. Do you require co0ntrol instructions?"
"No not now. Tell me where the heck I am. What is this?"
"This is the mech unit Raiden. Its mission statement was never programmed in and the pilot assigned to this mech died in a battle. Would you like to register?"
"What?"
"Please wait one moment while I scan you." Lights flow over the stranger as he is being 'scanned'
"Scan complete. I now need your name. What is your designated name?" This was the first time anyone had asked for his name. It had been so long since he used it.
"My name? It's......Jon. Jon Wren."
"Jon Wren. Thank you Jon. You are now the designated pilot of this unit Raiden. What is our first mission Objective?"
"Mission? We don't have a mission."
"We must have a mission. This is a battle mech"
"Okay then our first mission is to sit here and let me think. I'll call you when I need you okay?"
"Very well." ABC's computer hum seems to have died down as Jon thinks to himself how did he wind up back in a mess like this.
A lone traveler walks down a desert, sand biting into his face. He walks here because of hearing about treasure and a chance to change his destiny. It has been hard after wartime. Many people had lost the will to fight when Stenbuck had not returned from a mission of his. The New Age army had completely disbanded leaving the people to wonder what happened. The rebuilding phase had been slow but for 10 years peace has returned. This man walks down this desert path, wondering if it can really change his destiny. His past had not been the most memorable and he had wished to forget it. When he had tried to kill himself, to save himself from his own suffering, an old woman walked up to him and said the strangest thing.
"Young man, I know what it is that you are doing. Stop it now. If you truly wish to find a meaning for yourself go into the desert where the explosion of old happened. There you will find your destiny and will be able to change it" The lady left as suddenly as she had appeared. But the explosion of old was unfamiliar to him. He looked it up and discovered that the explosion of old happened 11 years ago. One year before the war ended. It was strange, but no one knew how exactly it was that caused the explosion. It had just happened. All that was left was a crater with which people said was cursed. But he trudged up there anyway. Why was a destiny a big deal to him though? It had never mattered before. But he seemed to be drawn to this area. He starts looking over the horizon noticing scorch marks. He runs over to the crater and notices something strange about it. These looked like battle marks. The man looks around searching to find out more about what had happened. This did not look like a mere accident at all. This looked like a great battler has ensured. A battle of great proportions. He continued to look around the site, hoping to be bale to find some clues to as what would have happened. As he looks around it seems to have been a battle of mechs. He sees debris as far as the eyes can see. Some kind of alloy that he has never seen before and he had seen a lot. He continues looking around the site when he sees a jagged edge of something pointing out of the sand. He goes over to it and looks at it. It seems very sharp but, not wanting to cut himself, he wondered how he could test it. He scans the area and finds a rock that he picks up. He goes over to the object and throws the rock at it. The rock is sliced smoothly in half. He stands in awe as to what he just saw. Curios as to what it is he starts digging into the sand. For many nights he toiled digging up the object and sometimes he swore that he could sense that this thing had a major importance. He spent about a week digging up this object and he saw what looked like a cockpit. He went in there and saw that a skeleton was in there. He pushed it aside and out of the seat. He smiled at what he found. This was a great find and perhaps it would allow him to return to the life he once had. For to long had he been shunned but now-He shakes is head as if to disagree with himself. He promised never to talk about that. It would never happen again and he was going to make sure of that. He looks around the control area and sees what will turn it on. He touches a random button and nothing happens. He touches another and starts to get frustrated. He sees like 50 buttons and he doesn't know which will turn it on. He slams his hands down on the control pad and the machine starts to hum with life. A screen pops up with the Letters ABC on it and it starts to talk.
"Hello. Do you require control instructions?"
"Who the heck are you?"
"I am ABC, Advanced Battle Computer. Do you require co0ntrol instructions?"
"No not now. Tell me where the heck I am. What is this?"
"This is the mech unit Raiden. Its mission statement was never programmed in and the pilot assigned to this mech died in a battle. Would you like to register?"
"What?"
"Please wait one moment while I scan you." Lights flow over the stranger as he is being 'scanned'
"Scan complete. I now need your name. What is your designated name?" This was the first time anyone had asked for his name. It had been so long since he used it.
"My name? It's......Jon. Jon Wren."
"Jon Wren. Thank you Jon. You are now the designated pilot of this unit Raiden. What is our first mission Objective?"
"Mission? We don't have a mission."
"We must have a mission. This is a battle mech"
"Okay then our first mission is to sit here and let me think. I'll call you when I need you okay?"
"Very well." ABC's computer hum seems to have died down as Jon thinks to himself how did he wind up back in a mess like this.