The Chosen Ones.

1.

Year 2065.

Aylin's POV:

"Are you sure about this, Elisabet?" my mother asked. "Yes, I am. I'm sure that Lin can stop this... curse." I looked at my mom. She smile reassuringly and grabbed my hand. "When will the process start?" I asked. "In a few hours." Lis said. "We better get ready." I nodded and stood up.
A few moments later I was in the lab, surrounded by scientists and techs. They ushered me to the middle of the room and got the cryo pod ready. I looked around me. This is the last time I'll see this place... Who knows when I'll be found. Maybe this place will be a ruin already when they break me out of here. I was so lost in thought that I didn't realise they had already laid me down and closed it around me.
I glanced one last time at my mom and Lis. Then, I fell into a deep sleep.

Year 3040.

Aloy's POV:

I climbed up the mountain that led to Gaia Prime's ruins. It wasn't easy to get here, since a Stormbird decided to greet me on the way.
Reaching the entrance of the ruin, I stood for a few minutes, panting. "The whole mountain, and whatever the Old Ones built inside it, torn out from within!" I exclaimed.
After I did what I had to, which was obtain the Master Override, I went back into Sylens' workshop.
He gave me his lance. Weird.
I headed out. Something caught my eye while I was climbing out. It was glimmering in the sunlight, almost blinding.
I walked towards it, curiosity pulsing in my veins.
A wave of shock ran through me as I looked at what seemed to be a girl in a weird bed of some sort. She seemed to be... frozen, in time.
I grabbed my spear, ready to crack her open from this... cage. After a while of trying, the bed broke, letting the girl fall unconscious. Luckily, I caught her just in time, right before her head hit the ground.
Holding her in my arms, I scanned her with my focus. Aylin Sydin. Huh, what a strange name. Once I scanned her, a hologram appeared in front of me. It was her and.. Elisabet?
E: Lin, you know everything about these machines. If anybody is to stop them, it's none other than you.
A: But how am I to do that? Who knows what will happen to us, to Gaia, to the whole planet! I might not even live long enough.
E: We'll find a way to... "preserve" you... We just need to figure out how...
S: Preserve me?! Are you kidding me? Those machines know how to self replicate, I won't even last a day around them. Who knows in what kind of world I'll find myself in!
E: Aylin, please! Trust me.
A: Fine. But if this goes wrong, I won't be the one to blame.

I sighed. So they made this, in hopes that she'll be found and... somehow save the world from Ted's machines. She was right, she wouldn't last a day with them roaming around.
Suddenly, I felt her stir in my arms. I laid her gently on the ground. Her eyes opened, to reveal two beautiful violet orbs, unlike any I've ever seen.
"Elisabet? You're alive? What year is it?" she asked. I could feel my cheeks heating up- Not now, Aloy! I shook my head. "Sorry kid, I'm not Elisabet. Just her... genetic clone." Her head tilted to the side. "Genetic clone? So that means... the Lightkeeper protocol..." "It's a lot to explain... Let's just get you on your feet for now."
She sighed and tried to stand up. Emphasis on the word 'tried'. Her legs wobbled and she fell backwards, in my arms, again. "Whoa there." She leaned on the wall. "H-How did you find me?" "I came here to look for the Master Override. I saw a light in the corner of my eye and went to investigate. And here we are." Her eyes gazed everywhere. I watched her as she gained her balance, walking towards the ruins. "Wait, be careful." I pulled her back. "This whole place is a ruin. You could fall to your death." She just nodded.
Her hand went to her ear, tapping around it. "My focus..." she whispered, rushing to a black box. I heard a relieved sigh come from her. "All my belongings are in here..." I walked up to her, sitting beside her.

Aylin's POV:

What is going on?! The last thing I remember was my mom and Lis' faces... And now this.. red headed girl, who looks exactly like Elisabet, frees me from the pod. I look down at the box. My old phone, my focus, all the notebooks filled with information about machines... They were all here. After all these years. "We should go. This place is not the safest." I heard her say. I looked back at her and nodded, not before grabbing the box.
She led me out of the ruins. I glanced at what was once Gaia Prime, and sighed.
I followed her until the ruins weren't in sight anymore. We passed numerous machine carcasses, presumably killed by her.
The air was cold and it was snowing, so it wasn't long before I started shivering. I wasn't dressed really well for this type of weather.
"Hey, uh.. You never told me your name." The girl said, turning to me. "I-I'm Aylin." I said. If it weren't for this wind to make my face red, she would definitely see my blushing face. "Aloy." Strange name. I thought. She turned back to the path. "So, you're one of the Old Ones, right?" She spoke up. Huh? "Old ones? What do you mean?" "I mean, one of the people who lived centuries ago." I nodded my head. But then it hit me. "Centuries ago?!" I stopped in my tracks. Aloy turned at me. "Uh, yeah?" "W-Wait... the last thing I remember was being trapped in that... thing, and it was in 2065. That means were already past the year 3000." She nodded. "3040, to be exact." My eyes widened. I've been there for 975 years... I shook it off and kept following her. Though I still had many questions.