Kessie's Short Stories

[Mega AU][Legends] The Master's Little Elf

Originally published: 12/16/2017

He knew he was the last human left on Elysium, but he could never remember when the others left. Of course, he knew that his mother was also one of the last humans but he could never remember if the other one was his uncle, or father, or something in between.

The system assigned his name as 'the Master', due to him being in charge of the Master System. But he could remember his original name. Soner. A letter off from being 'loner' and it even meant 'last man.' Were his parents (or guardians, or whatever they were), know this when he was born? Did they mean to leave him behind? Was he planned to be the last of the humans on Elysium? Was he the last human in all of the universe, in keeping that line of thought?

Terra's Beta units were close enough to humans, he supposed, but they were not the real things. They were replacements; stand-ins. They were not to meant to last long in their existence on Terra, the Master could remember that bit of information too. He worked to change the bit of information as he got older and became more familiar with the System's little quirks. If only there was a way for him to disable the older system his founders had left for him, but it seemed that the new system and the old one were tied together- there was little he could do to prevent one or the other without severely damaging them both. His entire 3,000 year existence relied (a little too much, in retrospect) on the System to be perfectly operational. As fleeting as his thoughts of death were, he also did not want to venture in it until he knew the System could be shut down in his absence.

It was out of coincidence that the Master happened upon Mega Man Trigger, but it was purpose that made the Master seek him out more often. Trigger always seemed confused on why the Master wanted him as company than someone else (say, Mistress Sera), but never seemed to object when the Master invited him over for lunch. It was by complete accident when Trigger found an odd looking locket after dealing with an irregular unit near Elysium's genetic library. By virtue of what he understood was right, Trigger gave the Master the locket without much thought. After that, the Master refused to see anyone.

The locket was nothing too special- platted with a blue silver, and holding an engraved Omega symbol outlined with red diamonds. But there was just something about it that mystified the Master. Something that seemed to call out to him from a past life and just begged, almost demanded, for him to open the locket up.

He did make sure that Mistress Sera was no where near him when he finally gave in to his curiosity.

The Master opened the little locket and was instantly greeted with a bright flash of light. He covered his eyes only for a moment while the light receded enough for him to properly see again. When he looked down at the locket, the Master could only find himself to stare at the little holographic woman that had appeared. A cute little thing she was too, with strawberry red hair and big brown eyes. She wore a long white dress with green and blue accents, the ends of the dress dissipating into small fractals in the air. She couldn't have been anything more than in her early twenties, at most.

"Who are you?" the Master questioned, giving the little figure an inquisitive eyebrow raise.

The small being blushed a little before admitting, "I've had a lot of names over the years, but I suppose you can call me Aero. I think that's the name I should be using here. I think..."

"You've had a lot of names?" the Master then asked, growing more curious at this little creature the longer it was in his presence.

"Hm-mm." the little creature confirmed. "It's a bit complicated," she admitted, "But I'm certain that at this point in time, I should be known exclusively as Aero. And that's what I want you to call me- got it?"