The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Final Battle Between You And Me

The sky was black when Artemis woke up from his dream. He remembered nothing once again, just a fuzzy feeling that enveloped his body and mind.

He stood and looked around to see where he was, he was actually alone in the middle of a desert. From what he can recall, he was on his way back to the main base until his vision went  black.

He staggered suddenly, unsure what his injury was. It came as a surprise to Artemis who taught of himself as invincible. Magic had not damaged him in anyway and he was practically immune to most blows the people of the new world and nature could throw at him.

Yet he staggered.

He looked down and saw his legs. They were crippled with sparks coming from the cracks. It seemed like he landed hard. Which doesn't make any sense to him. Premelium was of course nearly invincible, stronger as Adamantium but getting damage of fall damage which science doesn't have any explanation about it.

He then scanned his surroundings for any signs of a wreckage that may indicate they were somehow shotdown by something or someone.

There was none.

He was alone in the middle of nowhere. Running through his options, he tried to access his personal database and also tried to connect to the machine network. He could not.

He was somehow disconnected. It is a surprise and a troublesome revalation for Artemis to say the least.

He uttered no words and continued to do whatever he conceived to reestablish contact. He activates his core and sends out a strong signal into the sky. This signal could be detected by most of the detection instruments used by his machines but the time it would take for them to notice was long.

He should've upgrade more of his communication, he could control billions kf drones back on earth but in here, the magic of this world somehow interfere something to his systems, resulting on reducing the range of his control of his androids.

In the event that he was somehow disconnected, the drones would enter a state of dormancy until he eventually returned. Caitlyn would assume command right after his connection is distorted and he would be reinstated once he found his way back.

In his mind, he knew that he was still in the new world judging by the two moons shining in the sky. In his personal databank, he recalled that there is a desert that stretched from the west of Atira to another very far west of Herldorion.

He went and checked his compass. He pointed out the direction to the west and set out.

If he was indeed in the middle of the desert of hanhua, in the Empire's land, then his best bet should have been going east to reach the base. In his mind, however, Artemis feared that maybe they had been compromised and that their foes have retaken the Senadate Theocracy, or some part of it at least.

With his connection severed, he could not access any information or contact anyone.

"We should really invest in some other forms of communication that does not rely on the machine network, just in case" he said to himself as he staggered forth.

He continued on his journey east by using his thrusters and flew in less than half of its power, he has no choice because using full power of his thrusters will destroy the landscape.