Chapter 1: Prolog
Given Name: Alexander Bevan
Goes by Axle
Birth Place: Chicago
Location: Plumber Saturn 3 Satellite
Journal Entry 001: It's been three days since Magister Labrid gave me this primitive "journal" as he called it. This "journal" is a collection of organic fibrous material bonded together to a piece of tanned animal hide.
I think it's dumb but Magister Labrid said, "Having my own private thoughts would be beneficial to me." Whatever that means.
So if this is to be a regular thing, "Hello Journal my name is Alexander, but the others beside the Magister call me Alex. Although I think I'd prefer the name Axle."
As for where I am, I'm in the Plumber's Saturn Satellite more specifically it's the third iteration. It normally hides in the shadow of the moon of Titan.
Then there's the reason why I'm here, my parents were Plumbers; my mother was a weapon's specialist, while my father was the chief scientist officer.
From their records I saw that the two of them had residents within the city called Chicago. After my birth my mother Erin decided to stay at home to care for me while dad took extra shifts in order to support the two of us better.
My father David was the head scientist of the Plumber headquarters. He was doing research, with permission from the Galvanic genius Azmuth, on the nanites of a Galvanic Mechamorph.
Unfortunately for me, both of my parents were killed on the same day. Dad was in the middle of his research when a planned tour of the facility came through. This tour was to show new and upcoming recruits that being a Plumber didn't mean not having a family.
During his part there was an unexpected reactor meltdown, he was explaining the nanites he was reaching when the nanites exploded out. They were all vaporized, all except for me. I was only a year old at the time.
Because this incident involved the nanites of the Galvanic Mechamorph Azmuth himself came to evaluate the situation or rather my situation. He found that the nanites of that espicalic Galvanic Mechamorphs had embedded themselves inside of my body.
Azmuth explained that the nanites had been infused with my DNA so they recognized me as a Mechamorph. Azmuth theorized this merger of technology and biology had both never been done and had an unknown amount of potential.
It was determined that I would be enrolled into the Plumber Academy but at a young age he needs a special form of education. For the first three years of my life I was to be cared for by the Medical corp as a recovering trauma patention.
Now that I'm five years old I've begun my education. In fact it's time for my lesson.
Journal Entry 002: I'm back, well more specially it's been a day since I began my lessons. There are three primary lessons are Science, Plumber Training, and Plumber Protocol.
Science is as the name says but I'm at the moment I'm only learning the basics of basics.
Plumber Training mostly consists of physical drills and learning how to use alien technology.
And then there's the Plumber Protocol which is exactly what it sounds like, I'm given a situation and I have to solve it within the promators.
Nevertheless it's difficult, but necessary for me to learn.
Anyways it's time for bed, I'm tired so goodnight.
Journal Entry 003: The days had blended together and the end of the week became an achievement. But everything changed when during my Plumber Training I produced a giant machine from my arm, more specifically a giant fist.
Appearity everyone was waiting for something like this to happen. They took me into another room, while struggling to drag the giant fist, but eventually we got into the room. They then handed me an empty cylinder and told me to concentrate on it.
After concentrating for about a minute a green circuit pattern began to form on my arm, it traveled down to my hands before forming onto the cylinder. I watched in fascination as a sort of powder began to fill it.
Eventually when the cylinder stopped filling the machine hand retracted into my body.
With a sigh of relief Magister Labrid began to explain. They would help me learn how to control these nanites. Thus my training had become infinitely more existing.
Journal Entry 004: It's been six months since I started my nanite training. As it turns out I originally subconsciously activated my nanites the first time and in order to make sure that the rest of my nanites didn't run rampid they had me put most of my reminding nanites in the cylinder.
Once I had truly activated my nanites I began to hear voices, it took me a solid five minutes to realize that these voices were actually the different machines around me. After that freak out they moved me to another room, one with little electrictronics and everything was a lot more quiet.
The next day Lieutenant Hulka took over my training. I remember that day very well.
Lieutenant Hulka had me stand in front of him as he said, "Alright kid, now that your nanites are active, you gotta learn how to control them." A target appeared next to me, "That first step is to recreate that giant fist you created the other day."
I faced the target, focused on activating my nanites and threw a punch. The machine fist instantly built itself and broke the target from the top, it fell to the ground and scattered into dust.
"Now then, disassemble it," Lieutenant Hulka ordered and I followed, I had to focus to retract it back into my body, "Good. Good. Now defend yourself."
Without another word Lieutenant Hulka kicks me in the gut. This sparring session was completely different from the others; for one Hulka didn't hold back and I was expected to use my nanite builds.
Overall I did create a new build, a set of boots when I tried to jump away. Those boots were a pair of massive green and black boots. While in the air I noticed that there was a set of retractable spikes on the soles and with my height in the air I could tell I had a set of jet boosters on the heels. However this build didn't last long, they retracted into my body and I fell from the sky.
I woke up in Medbay.
Magister Labrid walked in with the cylinder full of my nanites and said, "Good to see you awake Alexander, I wanted to tell you in person that you are to rest until you're fully recovered."
"Yes sir," I said as I began to sit up.
The Magister offered the cylinder to me and after I took it he spoke up, "I would like to apologize for taking the majority of your nanites, Alexander. We wanted to experiment on the nanites of the Galvanic Mechamorph, much like your father. However we couldn't even order them to form a chain let alone the builds you were able to do so easily."
"It's alright Magister, I understand the reasoning. In fact I found the experience very educational." I said looking at the nanite cylinder in my hand.
The Magister sat down next to me and said, "I'm glad to hear that and I'd like to ask you a favor." He gestured to the cylinder and continued, "As you are more than likely aware of; you are essentially half Galvanic Mechamorph, what I would like you to try is to transform into a Mechamorph."
I took the cylinder into both of my hands and said, "I'll at least try."
I focused on the cylinder and the glowing green interface crawled across both ends, the nanites from the inside began to re-enter my body and began to be redirected towards the interface.
I could feel the nanites spread out, they interlocked into a sort of liquid-metal and I felt my own hand and body melt into it. I could feel my grip on the cylinder tighten and felt it became a part of me.
Instead it was absorbed. My body shifted into a large flat black hand with green circuits all over and a white palm extending to my under arm.
I then watched as the nanites retracted into my body leaving my plain human arm.
I looked at Magister Labrid and said, "Looks like I'll need more practice until I'm about to completely transform."
Magister Labrid nodded at that and said, "Yes I imagine so." He stood up and continued, "Now then you have your orders so do your best to recover."
"Yes sir," I said as the Magister left and I fell back onto my Medbay bed.
Journal Entry 005: I was out of commission for two days, in fact I slept for half a day. After waking up something was different, I had a heads up display or HUB within my vision. On the right of my vision is my picture and around it are two bars; the innermost bar is green while the outer one is blue. My vision has also become very high quality.
After my second day in recovery I moved to my original room.
For the next six months I developed my powers.
I'm able to interface with technology using my nanites, allowing me to communicate and control it. When not active I can hear the voice of technology around me, I actually fear that if I were to hear too many voices at once I may become uncomfortable. My technopathic capabilities have only grown stronger; this was evident when I took control of an entire training room during a tantrum. With my interface ability I could also repair and enhance technology, such as severed wires. I can also use my technopathic capabilities to reprogram machines, such as the white noise machine Magister Labrid gave me.
Then there are my nanite constructs but I call them builds. I can shape these builds into a varietous types of machinery for either offense, defense, or transportation preposses. My builds form on the outside of my body, but they can be destroyed, but I can usually reform them rather quickly. However, if I'm exhausted, it'll take a lot more focus to maintain my builds; otherwise, they instantly disassemble.
After my initial nanite activation I voluntarily drained myself of almost all of my nanites. I originally thought I had only 10% of my nanites but after waking up, I noticed that I was up to 15%. I knew an increase like that was impossible, so as an experiment I interfaced with a data pad and discovered a few things. The first seemed to be a sort of menu, the menu itself is a set of vertically aligned circular icons. There were icons; a person's silhouette, the silhouette of a group of people, two bubbles like a text conversation, a location pin and a primitive gear.
The icon of a person's silhouette is labeled as Profile. This seems to be the default screen when interfacing with the datapad. To the right of the screen is an image of the body, with multiple points which I have yet to decipher. Upon pressing it a sub-menu of three opened up, they were labeled Upgrades, Inventory and Builds. When I pressed the Equipment another set of icons dropped down: they were of an up pointed arrow, a nanite and a chain of nanites.
The Upgrade icon only had two options: Cylinder and Datapad. The options might have just been whatever I interfaced with. The Inventory icon also had two options: Alpha and Omega. The Builds icon like the others also had two options: Fist and Boots.
The icon of a group of three people is labeled as Allies/Affiliation, which opens up to a list of two: Fire Squad, Contacts. Fire Squad: An immediate group of people aligned to the same goal. This opens a sub-menu with three additional options: the first is Create, the second is Add, and the third is Remove. Contacts: A list of the people I know. Selecting one of these opens another sub-menu: Message, Position, and Profile.
The icon of a text bubble conversation is labeled as Alley Communications. This icon was flashing as an indication that I got a message. Note, Communication cannot be achieved with a contact that is not in range. The sub-menu for this one is listed as: Ally, Trade, Duel and Marriage. The Ally option allows me to send a friend request to another person. They are then added to my Alley List if they accept the request. The Trade option allows me to trade with another person. Trading can be used to show another person an item, or complete a trade after both parties accept the offers put forth. Ei; Purchasing something for money. The Spare option allows me to send a spare request. I set this one up to where the person being challenged has the privilege of selecting the terms of the spare. Finally the Entrust option is located at the very bottom of the Alley Communications category. It allows me to send an Entrust request to another person. Entrusted people have uninhibited access to the other's last known location, and message history.
The icon of a location pin is labeled as Maps and Quests. This icon opens a sub-menu with three options: Local Map, Quests and Universal Map. Local Map opens a map of everywhere I've been to at my inmate locator. Quest opens up my quest log, which displays information on past quests, current quests and my progress on quests. Finally the Universal Map reveals a map of everywhere I've ever been.
Finally the icon of a primitive gear is labeled as Settings. This one opens a sub-menu of two: Help and Nanite Deactivation. The Help option seems to activate a sort of distress beacon. Nanite Deactivation seems to be a sort of sleep option for my nanites.
I understood practically everything but the "Alpha" and "Omega", so I went back to those. The Alpha Nanite- Description: Acts like the Magister, ordering the other Nanites around into the shape of the desired builds. While the Omega Nanite- Description: Acts like a single cell organism that is constantly divided into multiple nanites.
Although the Omega-Nanite allows me to infinitely produce more nanites, it didn't give me any new blueprints for more powerful machines. The Alpha-Nanite allowed me to utilize more than one build at once. If I had to guess, I think I should be able to use and maintain several builds at once by the time I'm sixteen.
Journal Entry 006: It's been about three months since I discovered Mechamorph Menu, as I've called it. Also since then I turned six years old.
The Mechamorph Menu allowed me to create new builds and even update current builds. The most prominent update is that I named them after the Greek Gods from Earth.
The Hephaestus Fist are a pair of massive green armed gauntlets. This build specifically gives me a massive increase to my strength and allows me to break through most obstacles or lift heavy objects. When forming them, I can control the overall size, length, and flexibility.
However they are only capable of providing a moderate amount of shielding against lasers and debris, however, they are weak against acid. When clapped together they can create huge shockwaves. One feature of the Hephaestus Fists that I love is that it can be launched as a projectile rocket.
In addition to the Hephaestus Fists' original assets, it has a spinning function, allowing it to function as high-powered drills and adds extra power behind my strikes. With the spinning function I can use it to easily drill and travel through underground pathways. With its weight it's sinkable and while making it spin it works as a propeller, making it possible to swim through water at considerable speed. Finally the Plumber's have stated that the Hephaestus Fists can spin with a force of "7,500 horsepower."
However the Hephaestus Boots are a pair of massive green super boots with retractable spikes on the soles and jet boosters on the heels. These are to considerably amplify both my power and speed for kicking and mobility. They allow me to jump hundreds of meters into the air or a jump across at least a kilometer. I can also use the boots to repel powerful enemies or kick through thick metal pillars. Magister Labrid once said, "It felt as if he were roundhouse kicked by an asteroid."
After upgrading the design the Hephaestus Boots now come equipped with a hydraulic cylinder, allowing me to extend my kicking range. The Boots are now so strong, that a single stomp is enough to turn the surrounding area to rumble, they can also cause rising fissures. With enough practice I aim to become accurate enough to repel my targets.
The Apollo Booster is a green jetpack with a pair of wide wings with turbines on the tips. The Apollo Boosters are a build that allow for not only flight but also superior aerodynamics. With it I'm capable of a travel flight of 100 miles in only a few minutes. My maximum speed with the Apollo Booster is 550 miles per hour; I actually found that one out when the Plumber set up an obstacle course in the Asteroid Belt. I also found out that I can launch the turbines at an enemy like a bola and can also shoot two large grappling hooks out the top of both turbines, directly on the connection pack.
The Hades Cannon is a large green projectile cannon that resembles a rocket launcher and can be built on either of my arms, where it rests on his shoulder. However, it doesn't produce its own ammo; instead, a maw on the back end extends into the ground, compacts the solid material and reloads the cannon. I can then fire the loaded material at a target with such great force that it could have punched a hole into the Saturn 3 Space Station.
The Hermes Cycle is my primary use of transportation, it's my favorite build yet and I took a lot of time to design it. As a form of protection, I designed a black and green helmet that is built over my head. This build is a green and black hover motorcycle that I can form out of my lower legs. The cycle can drive over any terrain at an average rate of 200 mph. Despite lacking wheels, the Hermes Cycle is capable of driving up vertical loops and curves via its gravity engine.
As a last resort, I can form a massive green sword on either of my arms, I call it the Ares Sword. This is my most lethal build and one I would only use in hopes of quickly defeating difficult enemies. Although it's rather easy to cleave through objects in an offensively slash, the Ares Sword can be just as easily used to deflect attacks. I can even stab it into the ground, the Ares Sword can prevent my mobility for others who hold on to it or myself. Normally the sword is even larger than my own body but it didn't take me long to figure out who to shrink it down.
Journal Entry 007: Six months into my sixth year of being alive and things are starting to get heated. I have control over my nanites and I have the skills to use said nanites. However for whatever reason the Plumbers are very hesitant to grant me a clean bill of health.
On another note Magister Labrid mentioned my Mechamorph Menu, which in fact I didn't tell anyone about so he shouldn't haven't known about that, perhaps they're reading my journal or maybe I'm overthinking this.
Journal Entry 008: It's been about a year since my last journal entry and I'm now seven years old. Between that time I managed to upgrade my builds.
I combined the Hephaestus Fists and Boots together to form the Hephaestus Set, my most reliable and used builds. I can either build them from my body or as normally do, compact them down into a pair of gauntlets and grieves. I can shift the fists from one form to the other to create what is eciscally a double impact before shrinking them down and dodging out of the way. Even without the use of my Hephaestus boots, I can use my Hephaestus Fists to significantly push myself into the air and can ultimately use them to absorb impact when landing. This shift between forms can also be done in the heat of battle.
As for the Apollo Boosters, I upgraded the turbines I can propel myself through water. I also discovered that the turbines can be used to create compressed air. Unfortunately for me, there is a limit as to how much weight my Apollo Booster can lift at once; fortunately for me, it's about half a ton.
I did eventually upgrade the Hades Cannon, now I have the option to split the aim to fire it multiple times with having to reload. I also have the option to fire whatever aim I have as a sort of scratter shot.
I upgraded the Hermes Cycle to have a new feature after watching this easter animation, called anime. This upgrade created six buttons on the console, these buttons activate customized accessories designed into the cycle. They are labeled from A to G.
Button A, Auto Jack- These jacks are primarily for repairs. But with this feature, I'm able to use them most often to make the cycle bounce a short distance, it can also be used as an alternative braking system. Thanks to the fact it hovers all of the force of the jacks are put into the ground.
Button B, Nitro Booster- Ignites an artificial version of Nitrous Oxide, that'll accelerate the cycle beyond the it's normal limits. With a boost that lasts around five seconds but with a rechange of fifteen seconds it passes to have a bit of timing with it.
Button C, Deflector Ram- Releases a powerful metal deflector which seals the entire cycle in a bullet-proof and crash-proof metal armor, and can either be air-tight or water-tight chamber depending on the environment around the cycle. The inside of the cycle driver is completely invulnerable.
Button D, Twilight Eye- This one controls a special illumination light which can be traversed singly or in tandem, and which enables me to see much farther and more clearly than with ordinary headlights. There's an attachment on my helmet that I call my "night shades", when activated the lights go dark and I can see even further in an infrared light. I later modified Button E to activate mini-wings that would slide out from under the car to assist the cycle in long jumps.
Button E, Frogger Mode- This one is used when the cycle is underwater or outer space. First, the cockpit is supplied with oxygen. Then, the scanners scan the nearby water and/or the nearby surroundings. Everything that is seen is relayed down to the driver's console by miniscreens. As for oxygen the cycle can take it in for the water around it. When in space the cycle must carry an auxiliary supply of oxygen that is only enough to last for thirty minutes.
Button F, Homing Robot- This button releases a homing robot from the front of the car. The homing robot can fly and can carry small objects within it, such as pictures or tape recorded messages, handwritten messages, X-ray film, rope, and small figures, and it has been used as a last resort as a makeshift weapon for means of defense. The rocket-like device is operated by a built-in remote control within the cockpit.
Button G, Homing Device- For this button, unlike the other buttons, not located on the steering wheel; instead is located under the console. The button is part of the Homing Robot's controls, and it simply sends the robot "home" to a pre-programmed location, usually to my room.
I also upgraded the Ares Sword to have a lever on the side, once flipped the top half of the sword will split apart and begin to rotate at a high velocity. I call this transformation, the Ares Saw, it's a giant black circular saw that can slice through especially tough objects such as restraints.
Journal Entry 009: Ever since I developed both the Alpha and Omega Nanites, which have now fused together to form the Alpha-Omega Nanite; my pending return to Earth has been changed to an identity suspended.
In all honesty, within these five years I've begun to resent the Saturn 3 Space Station. At the age of nine I will admit that the rings of Saturn are beautiful but I'd prefer the Red Spot of Jupiter.
Although the food here is nurturing and filling; there's no flavor. I long for the day I can eat something called a pizza.
Although the water here is pure and refreshing; I've been drinking nothing but pure water for years. I just want something new.
In short I want to go to Earth to meet my family, I know my parents are dead but they also had family. For all I know I could have cousins down there.
For these reasons I'm going to poption my Plumber higher ups to allow me to go to Earth myself. If they don't… then you'll just have to see…
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