The Infinite Chronicles

Act 4: Onwards

Btw Atlas is really just an upgraded Siren thats orange,grey and gold

Chapter 12

*Conduit power level spike increase 300%*

*Detecting possible rift, sending Ontos core to neutralize*

*Ontos core rejecting orders, call function Atlas*

*Artifice Atlas and Ontos core missing*

*Alarm system failure, commencing further security checks*

"Titan up ahead, sending request to dock" Atlas announced over the ship speakers. We looked out the windows and saw a large inflated titan. "Permission to dock accepted by The Trade Guild, prepare to disembark." we passed a membrane and surfaced inside the titan. "Why is there so much water in this titan?" I asked looking outside of a hatch. "The Epitychiménos titan has a really bad set of gills, they don't really filter out the water as much as most of the other titans'' Avalon explained. He claims Infinite is lazy and he makes him do the walking but I don't really think that's the case. "So why does Infinite not like walking around?" I asked. "I can still talk to you," Infinite's voice said inside my head. "What the hell! Get the fuck out my mind you possessing ghost!" I yelled. The others just looked at me like I was crazy, to be fair I probably was. "Relax, I can only talk to you, not possess you or read any of your memories unless you want me to." "I think I'm good," I replied. "Girl have you lost your mind?" Jess asked. "No it's just Infinite talking to me in my mind" I gestured towards my head.

"How does that work?" she asked. "Since me and Hazel share the same core crystal, he can travel between the two of them, we can share certain thoughts,feelings and memories but that comes with a cost." Avalon explained "If one of us takes damage, both of us feel it, same principle for dying, so in theory I've made myself mortal." I didn't realize that was possible, maybe that was why Infinite was angry at me, I was reckless and if I died, he would have too. "We have arrived," Atlas announced on the speakers. "Alright you and Jess go shopping, I have to do something with Steve for a while" Avalon ordered. "Here'the list" and he handed us a rather long list of items. "Be back here at max three hours" "Alright dad" Jess said mockingly and we just laughed our way down the ship. I turned back to see Avalon still standing there confused about what Jess said. "Alright, seems we grab some metal first and then food for our ship" I planned. We found a nearby metal shop and ordered some bars to be brought to the dock our ship was in. Next we headed to a merchant selling electronic items on the way to the food store we got cornered in an alley by some men. "They look easy to take on boss" a guy said "Let's take em" another said and they all pulled out knives from their pockets but before they could do anything, Infinite appeared out of nowhere and sliced all them hard enough to make them run away but not kill."How the hell did you manage to get here conveniently" I asked "Simple, I can hear what's going on outside of your body, told Avalon, switched places and opened a portal to your location" he explained as if he just walked over to the nearest grocery store."You should have another blade" and pulled out a core crystal and held it front of me

"I thought you were only able to have one blade" I questioned. "Many drivers have multiple blades, so there's no harm in having another" Jess explained. I took it and it began glowing and it flashed. In its place was a sort of humanoid beast. "My name is Osiris, at your service" he bowed. He summoned a slick black and red ether cannon and shot off a few rounds as a demonstration."Hmm, an ether cannon, that's going to be interesting, anyway I should be going back," he said. He made a rectangle with his fingers, closed them and opened them again and multiple golden appeared as a gateway and he stepped through it and it closed. We were still staring at the place where he opened the portal. "Does he do that often?" Osiris mused.

"Won't the cannon be hard to move around in?" Jess asked. Osiris shot the ground and a puddle of shadow appeared on the ground and he dropped the cannon and it sank through the puddle. "Huh cool trick" I said and he bared his teeth at me in what I assumed was a smile. We finally finished our shopping and got some clothes for all of us for different situations. When we arrived back at the ship, it was already getting dark. "Welcome back Mistress Hazel" Atlas's voice spoke from the ship. We meet up with Avalon on the deck. He explained what he and Steve did for most of the day "We made an intelligence chip and inserted it inside the ship's data and whatnot and now Atlas can control the ship through his mind" Atlas nodded at us "I believe we have some ship fixing to do." We spent most of the evening fixing the ship. I think Steve is rather pleased that I know something about advanced electronics. After we finished, Jess made us take a shower and then she fixed us all dinner. We all slept hard that night, tired from the activities we had done. "Hello" I woke up in a void of white, nothing there at all. "Who are you?" I asked. Parts of the void began spinning together to form a man in his twenties with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a blue shirt,black leather jacket . "I am Jackson, the former driver of the Aegis" he bowed. "So that would make you my great great great great grandpa" I did the math. "Aren't you supposed to be dead?" "Last I checked" he chuckled "So why are you here?" "Even after death, Aegis drivers still have a purpose, we continue to help the Aegis's next driver," he explained. The room rumbled slightly. "What was that?" "Oh it's just me luring you here so that the room could explode and kill you" he said seriously. He must have seen how much my face dropped "Kidding, that would be your next problem, the fat dude is a pain to fight. Alright have fun!" he waved at me before the room became dark.

I woke up the next morning to screaming. Drowsily, we all headed to the deck and saw our problem. "Alert, Cupiditas, Dragon Aspect of Greed is attacking the docks" Atlas announced. "Yeah we got that Captain Obvious" Jess said sarcastically "Sarcasm detected" he all ran outside to find the problem. "Why the hell is he so fat?" I asked. I wasn't joking, the dragon was the size of our vessel, most of it his belly. He probably heard me comment at him and charged at us. "Move!" Jess yelled. We jumped back time before his fist slammed down. "Avalon where are you?" I yelled back to the ship. He walked out of the ship holding a cup of tea and somehow not noticing the giant sea dragon. "It appears maser Avalon is still half asleep" Atlas appeared out of nowhere. "Incoming!" Jess screamed. His tail swept the decks and we all dodged it, but not Avalon who got launched all the way into the lake. The water around where he landed exploded, this time Infinite was in control. "No one messes with my tea and gets away with it! C'mere you slimy git!" he roared, the wings on his back activated and he moved at the speed of light, knocking the dragon into several buildings. "Hey stop that you're going to break everything!" I yelled at him.

I think he might have listened to me, or just by some luck his next blow sent the dragon back into the lake. He appeared by my side. "So we fight this thing head on as usual?" he asked me. "I suppose so" and we all drew our weapons. The beast roared and charged at us again. At the last second, he stopped and whipped his tail at us, the attack threw all of us to the ground. The dragon opened his mouth and blasted some vile acid at us which our blades managed to shield. "The shield isn't going to last long!" Grace said. I closed my eyes and waited for the worst to happen, but it never came. I opened them again to see another MEKA fighting Cupiditas. This one was blue and used quad-rocket technology as its weapons. It kept dodging, punching and blasting the monster over and over again. Finally the monster retreated but not before leaving a message in our minds "Mortals, you have only delayed your deaths, my brethren will hunt you down to the end of time" its voice snarled in our minds. This MEKA I knew very well, it had accompanied me on many missions.

"Whats up Ace" I gave him a hug after he stepped out of his mech. "Eh same old same old" he laughed. "So what are you doing here?" I asked. "Lieutenant Ace of the Regium Royal Special Forces" he gave an exaggerated bow. "Hold on your-" before I was cut off by Infinite slamming Ace into the wall with a knife held to his neck,choking him. "What are you doing!?" I exclaimed. "Imperial punks, how many times do I have to tell Regium to stay away from the Aegis line" Infinite growled at him, ignoring my question. It took Atlas's negotiation skills and me, Osiris,Jess, Zero, Steve and Grace's combined strength to pull him off Ace, who fell to the ground and retched. "Relax, man" he groaned, rubbing his bruised neck "The empire sent me to protect Hazel, not to use her and you for an advantage". "That's what the empire always says, I still remember what you wanted Jackson to do." Infinite snarled. "The empire has a new ruler now." he held up his hands defensively "He recognizes it was wrong before and sent me to correct the mistake. The only thing they want me to do is act as an envoy for you." "Fine" Infinite relented "Atlas, set a course for Regium, and lieutenant, try anything funny, and I will raze the area again." before switching back to Avalon and went inside the ship. "He's a bit extreme isn't he?" he whispered to me. "Extreme is a mild way of putting it" I giggled.