System Overworld: The Analog Interface

Chapter 2: New Toys

The audience grew fearful of the development taking place before them. The stress level began to rise.

"I am Julian Reed and I am a member of the Knights of Round and you are all fools!" He announced.

The Knights of Round was an organization that grew within Avalon but ultimately left. Their objective was to in someway save the people of Avalon from the current Senate, who they deemed to be corrupt, this much at least I knew.

"System Oberon, will be the prelude to your demise, any system comprised of evolutionary code that lacks a human base will be without a doubt, the death of us all."
"Destroy the system Mr. Wellington!" Julian barked.

"Then let's see what Oberon thinks!" Jeremiah announced, as he initiated his system.

The screen went blank and System Oberon went viral.

"Very well,if words won't reach you then violence will!" Julian announced.

An aircraft above the grounds had uncloaked itself and from it's deck, second generation mechs came raining down with soldiers in exoskeletons who came of the mechs. In the audience armed terrorists disengaged their holos and other soldiers who were using cloaking suits revealed themselves, bringing the nation wide stress level to a stage five, the highest level.

The Republic's soldiers from the parade began defending the people, however the Round's soldiers easily over powered them as they had arrived in full force. This was obviously the first aircraft of it's model, since ship cloaking had not been implemented in the Republic's military yet, this in itself gave the Knights of Round the advantage.

The sounds of gun fire polluted the air, explosions and screams could be heard as well. The innocent civilians had been gunned down painting the grounds in a crimson red. The nobles of the first district were the first to be evacuated. With the district's capacity having met it's limit, the people became fodder to the meaningless violence.

Then a Republic chopper came in and dropped of an unusual mech. Being someone who knew all about mechs and the prior models this must've been a new model, as the weapons attached seemed somewhat new. From it's shoulder cannon an electrical sphere was launched that released a wave of destruction to the Round's soldiers.

"It's third generation and a prototype," my brother explained.
"It fires explosive rounds from it's right arm and shockwave grenades from it's left, it also has a right shoulder cannon modified for firing hadron volley shots,"

The prototype mech made quick work of most of the enemies on the grounds. As it was charging a hard on volley an enemy mech collided into the prototype, causing the hadron volley to be released prematurely at the audience. Apart from the greater audience my brother, as well as myself was engulfed in the attack.

Since the shot was released prematurely the blast radius, was much smaller in comparison to the earlier ones although much damage was still inflicted.

My ears rang from the sound of the blast and everything was still a blur. I couldn't feel neither of my legs or my left arm, a shard of glass also struck me in my right eye. The pain was immeasurable as I looked down I noticed that my legs were gone and my blood came flowing out my left arm was also gone. When my vision fully came back to me I noticed an arm laying on my chest. I held the arm on my chest with my only moveable limb.

"Samuel..." I whispered as tears left my eye.

Before the shot had reached us he had pushed me backwards and took most of the blast for me. Now all that remained of him was an arm. In that instant I recalled the death of my parents how they were killed trying to protect Samuel and I from the Avalon soldiers as we were from beyond the wall. Seeing the remains of my brother made me recall all the times he'd make me smile whenever I was crying, how he'd protect me from bullies when we were in elementary school, how he'd always make sure I had something to eat, even giving me the last of the cereal even though he had gotten none when he would rather eat that than the rations from the fourth district. He protected me all these years, he always looked out for me even when we were districts away from each other. He worked so hard and it wasn't even for himself it was for me and now he's dead. It made me so happy to see him when we met up earlier today and this is all that remained of him.

The flames danced around me, the smoke of burning bodies rose to the air and the Avalon and Round soldiers fought without regard to the sights around them, without regard to the terror and carnage they were bringing about.

My body felt heavier than usual, even though I had lost three limbs, my vision became blurred and breathing lessened. I had lost to much blood. I was going unconscious. In the corner of my weary eye, a figure came to me, I couldn't see who it was. I blacked out.

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We were forced to retreat, the Avalon's new mech proved to be a worthy adversary. Luckily for me, they're not the only ones with new toys. My prototype cloaking ship, gave us the upper hand.
I was giving my report to my other comrades, the other eleven knights of the Round.

"Mr. Wellington sent his new A.S.I viral, they also introduced their new toy, a third generation mech,"

"Very well, then begin the next phase of our plan," the Knight of One ordered.

"The drives for System Overworld, as well as the evolutionary code are now in your possession," the Knight of Four added.

"Julian Reed, Knight of Twelve, we assume that you've acquired a worthy analog interface for our A.S.I?" the knight of Nine inquired.

"Yes, yes, this analog interface is very compatible with our cyberization technology as well as the new endo-skeleton we electrolysed into his body, he will be far more superior, than System Oberon," I replied whilst giving a sly smile.

"System Overworld will usher us into a new world,"