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Chapter 1 - A gloom beginning :

Darkness... Pure obscurity... That was how someone would describe it, a space without light or gravity but, strangely enough, in this mere oblivion was air. A breathable atmosphere, at least hopefully, with all what a carbon based lifeform needed to survive like our protagonist here present.

"Hum... How convenient..." He thought aloud, not like someone was going to make a smart comment about his statement. After having been sucked up into what seemed at first glance a strange vortex who in fact didn't really looked like one, but was more an energetic anomaly, to end here would be quite disturbing for almost anybody.

But sadly the fact that he could breath in this uncanny space like he was actually now wasn't what was bothering the, at first glance, young man. No... Something more... Alarming.

"-ALERT! ALERT! ALL PRIMARY SYSTEMS MALFUNCTIONING! MAJOR MODULES DAMAGED! SUB DIMENSIONAL CONNECTIONS OVERHEATING! ENERGETIC OVERCHARGE DETECTED! SAFETY DISCONNECTION! MAIN ENERGY SUPPLY DEPLETING! EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED! ALERT! ALERT!-"

Modulated an incorporate voice, which repeated in loop the whole pre-programmed sentence, from a strange white device with a touch of glowing blue lines here and there, with a buzzing red screen in the center on the left arm of a black haired, blue eyed, teenager of the 23rd century clothed in what the technology of the last century does best in matter of textile and clothing, dressed in white blue snickers with automatic tying completely waterproof, blue jeans who's design haven't changed much thoses centuries, a white t-shirt and a blue and white stripped jacket. His clothes may seems basic but in fact they were made of auto-cleaning and self repairing nano fibers, who were famous because of the fact the color can be changed to the wearer's will, who at this point simply... Freakied out.

"External assistance... External assistance... Where the hell do you want me to find the nearest repairer! Stupid thing! Urasai!" Answered back frankly the owner of the very device. "Okay... Okay... Calm down Saito... It's useless to lose your calm. Breath deeply..." He took a deep inspiration and released it with a sigh. "There... Okay. First thing first, stopping that damn alarm." He pressed an icon on the screen. "Done... Ouf... That's great when that's stop. Now... To check what's still working, fortunately I, like every owners of this thing, have read the too long for my taste maintenance manual, even if I didn't really read the whole thing... That book was a library on itself, and I may have forgotten since then certain things... But at least I received a obligatory formation for not accidentally open a rift in the space-time continuum... That's kinda messy when that happens." Said the young man thinking about a news info he saw on TV some time ago, going apparently by the name of Saito, while he tapped an element on the device's touch-screen.

"So... Let's see what we got here... The main energy conduction source is loosing power because it's and the generator's module are damaged courtesy of the overcharge, but if I redirect the power source to the emergency energy module who, if that thing is correctly manufactured, should be available... Bingo! Well I have only a few hours but that will be enough. Now the sub dimensionals connections… Have cooled by now and are now connected back again to the Matrix good. So let's check on the modules inside… Ah… The vortex's module is, guess what? Damaged, that's just great... Sigh... Anyway I'll take care of that later I've got more pressing things to do. Now let's see what's next... Ah! Ah! The nano connection between my neuronal system to the device's system is still going, good news. That means if I reboot the thing, and if I have some luck... There!"

The moment Saito typed the command, his vision flashed like if a sudden bright light appeared in his visual field, to quickly lessen and taking shape of an array of symbols and lines encompassing his vision.

"Good... The HUD is back online nice... That means the nanites against my lens aren't damaged, finally some good news! Arre? What's the..? The compass is crazy! Why?" Indeed, if one were to see what Saito could, he would see on a transparent panel sliding into his field of view a strange white bar in the middle top side of his vision, alternating between the usual letters of the initials representing the cardinal directions, North, East, South and West, with between them numbers moving quickly at an unsteady pace horizontaly.

"Hum... That's maybe because the fact I'm certainly not on a planet anymore... Neither somewhere in the know universe too by the way..." He said while he looked around him with a worried frown. "Tonikaku, let's get back to business, what's next to check on... Oh yes my vitals, I'm not feeling hurt but better be safe than sorry." Saito then looked to his left bottom corner side to see a human shape appearing in the same fashion as the compass, with separations for each part of the body, head, and limbs all highlighted in green.

"Ah... That's good to know. At least I'm in one piece. But I don't see the outline of the shield... Not good... If something big would happen to hit me, even with the body's renforcements I got at birth, like the Nano-Meds, that certainly would hurt. I may heal fast but I rather not risk to be threatened, I don't know what's lurking around here. Supposing there are something out here... Urgh, I'm getting side tracked, anyways..." 'The HUD is back and I'm in physically fine, so let's see what happened to the systems and modules, and try to find a way back, contact assistance or, at the very least, find out how or why I'm here.'

After a few moments of wandering inside the device's system, Saito finally found out what he was looking for.

'So the problems/solutions tab... The problems/solutions tab... Ah! There! Eurgh... That's nerly a gibberish of scientific terms but well I'll manage, kana... So let's see what we got there... Manifestation of an unknown energy source causing a disruption of the quantum equilibrium inside the Matrix in charge of the different modules containing the diversity of the tools and technology inside multiple personal pocket dimensions for each module. Said modules connected to the system by the Matrix via enclaved artificial sub spacial links, said links being unstable because of the same unknown parasitic energy sources... Yada, yada...'

"Sigh... My head... And that's not really helping... Ah! But that on the contrary. In case of an hazardous incident on your M.S.C. (Modular Systems Computer), a product of TerraCorp Industry Inc, approved and endorsed by the Earth's Colonies Galactic Alliance or ECGA, and you can't have access to one of the many repair stations dispersed in the colonies situated throughout the sector of the ECGA in the Milky Way Galaxy, don't worry, the Nano-Components which all the tools are made of, can repair themselves with time, but beforehand do make sure you have enough energy to sustain such repairs... Enough energy... Oh nothing to fear, I can allow enough with the help of the emergency source. Okay so let's see..."

After a few seconds of typing, the process of repairing the main energy source was launched, and by mere luck that was done in just less than twenty seconds.

"Oh yes! I was lucky there were so very little damages to it, now, the energy levels... Gasp! So few? Really? Damn... It's because the generator is still damaged. Mmm... I was wondering, does the vocal system function?" Saito pressed on some commands and... "M.S.C. transfer all the available energy to the generator's module and tell me the level of progress of the repairs." He order the device.

"Understood. Energy transfer process... Energy transfer done. Module : Generator, structural state : 46.4%." Says the M.S.C. with the same incorporate electronic and stoic voice.

"Oh yeah that better... Definitely better, but that voice is just weird. Load vocal pre-set number 2, also show me on the HUD the progress." On cue, an icon representing the generator and it's level of progress, being now at 47.2%, appeared on the right middle side of Saito's vision. "Okay M.S.C., do you detect anything around? Oh and now that I think about it, it should but, does the emergency life resources works? If yes I would like some water." Asked Saito.

"Yes Sir. Approximately 10m at 12 o'clock there is the same unknown energy source than before." Answered loyaly the device with a different more human voice to it's owner, while on his HUD by A.R. or Augmented Reality, a circle encompassed a seemingly empty spot in the void while it extracted a small water bottle from it's internal emergency reserve, said bottle popping up with a cloud of whirling particles.

"In front of me?" Said Saito while turning his head and taking a sip. "Ah... That's feels good... Ack! On the other side that cost so much energy just for one small bottle? I really need to get the hell out of here... Speaking of which, if it's the same energetic anomaly that had damaged you before, will it be safe to approach?" He asked frowning, with contemplation at the very object in question.

"Normally no, Sir. But now that the energetic anomaly has been analyzed it can be possible to form a force field to prevent the same predicament." Answered again the device.

"Okay... Does the thrusters are operational ?" Asked Saito while finishing it's bottle and pressing a button on the screen, making spoken empty bottle disappear in another particles cloud, recycling energy was allways a good idea he thought.

"Yes Sir. They can be deployed at anytime. But the energy supply are low so they can't do interspace travel. And they cannot fly at their maximum speed." Answered back the virtual intelligence of the device.

"Alright. Active the force field and deploy the thrusters." Ordered Saito.

"Roger Sir."

And with this last sentence, the orders are obeyed, the force field activated and a yellow glow was seen around the M.S.C., meanwhile, two whites circles blinked into existence around Saito's ankles, and an intricate propelling system started to form around his shoes resembling curiously like two little white and glowing blue lined boots, made of Nano-Components constructed in polymers and metal composites of titanium and carbon nanotubes and others alloys, commonly known under the layman name of Plasteel encompassing his shoes.

The Plasteel was a commonly used material for almost every technology made by TerraCorp, one of the first and main suppliers of the ECGA, going from daily products such as tools and vehicles to spaceships as well as weaponry, the M.S.C. was no exception.

Due to the fact that the thrusters boots were connected by a chain alternating between nanites and nerves, going all the way up his spine to Saito's own brain, he needed just to think about it and the boots responded by activating themselves with a glowing blue light under them. They were equipped of an anti-gravitational field allowing a much better flying experience as an ion plasmic propeller running on the very device's energy.

'Well now I guess, it can only be... Onwards!'

With that last thought he focused on the commands and, without further ado, he trusted himself and his M.S.C. into oblivion with short trails of blue light coming from his feet only to reach...

An explosion.