A slight humming noise was all I could hear, the humming kept on and on.

My eyes fluttered open to see what might be the source of the noise might be. I opened my eyes to find that I was not laying in an open field or a ditch, but suspended in the air. I wasn't restrained by straps or rope, I was just floating. There were also five mechanical arms floating around in front of me, one of which had this device that emitted a green light that it would scan over my chest.

I looked down to find that the knife the cheetah had stabbed me with was gone and oddly enough so was the wound, red blood still stained my clothes around where the wound was. A robotic voice chimed interrupting my assessment.

"Subject fully restored" the voice chimed in a female tone.

I was about to say something when what ever was holding me in the air released its hold and I toppled to the floor. It took me a few minutes, but a shakingly got to my feet, pulling myself up and back into a standing position. I looked around the room, it seemed to be a medical room of some type, cabinets with crosses and a few steel examination tables.

But what got my attention was the view from the window, I got up and walked over to the window, I placed my palms on the glass and looked out at the cosmos. The large Terran world that whatever I was in was in orbit of dominated my vision, but what I could see was marvelous. A few close by gas giants and asteroid belts, while off in the distance interstellar gas clouds painted the darkness like a beautiful pastel. But I was ruefully knocked from my pondering by yet another voice, this one male.

"So I see you have recovered well?"

I turned to find a hologram standing six feet tall and about five feet away, looking at me with its hands on its hips and smug smile on its face. His uniform also looked a like one British pilot would wear in world war two, that was my assumption due to the fact it had a British flag on its chest.

"Oh sorry mate, introductions. My name is Ark Royal, or just Ark. I am the ship's full system AI." The hologram said proudly in a British accent and a slight bow towards the end. "And your name?"

"Pvt. Daniel Blithe of the U.S. Army" I said with fine formality in my voice.

"Well it's a pleasure to meet yea' mate, would you like a tour of the ship?" Ark asked

"How long would that take exactly?" I asked, Ark's face grew a broad smile before he spit out the most ungodly number it would take to tour anything.

"Three days, depending on stamina"

"Three days! Do I look like I want to walk around the ship for three days" I asked with sarcasm, which made Ark put on a smug smile.

"No, that's why I think we should go to the bridge. There is something you need to see" He said "shall we or would you prefer to stay here?"

"Lets go, it'll be better than just staring at stars." I said, but sealing one last look before following the hologram.

As we walked Ark would point out thing aboard the ship, like the fact that every inch of the ship was covered in holographic projectors so he could walk around like a normal person. Other things like safety features, electronics, how things worked. To be honest and no insult to Ark I just wasn't listening it was like school all over again.

We finally reached what I presumed was the command deck, due to the size and all the computers, along with the commander chair in the center raised above all the other seats. And then there was the massive what appeared to be hologram tables in the forward middle of the room right in front of the observation window.

"Welcome aboard Momentum" Ark announced, he flashed from in front of me to the holotable.

"What is this?" I asked

"This is Momentum, it is a joint-build between multiple races and was designed to interrogate almost any technology in the universe. The ship uses four different ways to travel long distances, and her weapons vary from plasma to rail guns. Momentum was built to fight the daemon's and scum of the universe and explore its farthest corners." Ark explained

"Then where's the crew?" I asked looking around finding no one else but me.

"Dead"

"Dead? Why?" I asked shocked at how a ship that he described could lose its crew and still be intact.

"Big battle that didn't go well for us" That's all Ark said and I got the feeling that's all he would say.

But their was still one question, why am I here? I am just one person after all.

"Ark what am I doing here?" I asked looking around the ship, all of it just seemed a bit much, to much for me to comprehend.

"You mate are salvation. Only a few species in the universe can operate this vessel and you have the DNA to do it." Ark answered.

"Then why are we just sitting in orbit?"

"Because my friend below us on that big green planet is an army of evil and corrupt power waiting to be loosed, and frankly you might not like it but you and me are the only ones that can stop it for good." Ark explained.

"And I'm going to do this how?" I asked.

"The same way the army does it, but we'll need some allies. Just you ain't gonna cut it." Ark said, with a smile.

"So how do we get allies? The last group that saw me weren't so nice" I said pointing at my chest.

"you'll see, just go eat or something until I get some stuff ready"

Waiting I always hated waiting.

So we got a ship and a soldier now all we need is an enemy to shot at.

Please R&R