Aiden Hunt

[Serpentis]

Chapter 1 - Revelations.

It had been six years, six long years since he first flew a ship. A small fighter, with no cargo to speak of. He had been so glad to be out here in the stars, it's endless possibilities. It's bright lights and shining suns, a place where one can make a future for himself. It was a good time to be alive, a godo time to be a pilot. Everything was thriving, was growing, was begining to become just what one had dreamed of.

It took months, weeks, days before he could even get another ship, a starflier didnt take you that far. He hadnt met any pirates, any red marks on his screen since he left California. It was a good day, but it was going to be his worst day ever. He was closing on the Magellan Jump Gate when it all started, three targets blinking in red closed in on him. He hailed them, no response. He tried to evade them, no luck. His ship was hit, once, twice, they say the third time is the lucky number. It wasnt. His ship blew up, with him in it.

He woke up, he couldnt feel his left arm or leg. And on top of that he couldnt see or hear anything, he started to speak to his surounding. Asking what had happened, asking why he couldnt hear or see. Asking where he was. Nothing, the silence was the worst of it all.

He was awakened, he felt a gentle hand stroking over his head and hair, he felt warmth, something he hadnt felt for a long time. Suddenly his eyes was filled with light, he started to see lines and blurry objects around him. During the next few minutes his vision became clearer, he could see he was in a hospital room and there was.. Someone with him, someone he didnt know. A Woman, a gorgeus young woman. But he didnt feel anything, his head was numb, he couldnt feel anything. Then she stuck him with a needle, and blackness surounded him once again.

"Aiden.. Wake up sir.." A soft female voice spoke to him, said his name. He opened his eyes to see the young woman again, again he didnt feel anything.
"Wha.. What.. Happened.." He tried to speak, he felt injured, weak. It wasnt a good feeling, he didnt much care for it.
"Pirates mr Aiden, they attacked and blew up your ship.. You... You nearly died.. We are lucky to have been able to save you" She looked almsot sad, he didnt know why, he didnt know her, she had no right to be sad.
"Why.. Cant i feel my arm and leg?" He thought of the feeling of not being able to move them, he was allready certain of what was wrong with him.
"You.. Lost them, they where to damaged to save.. Im sorry. " There she was with that "sorry" again...
"Mr Aiden, you need your rest, the doctor is preparing to replace your leg and arm with cybernetic replacements" Aiden nodded and fell back into darkness.

He didnt feel anything, he didnt dream, all he did was thinking, pondering. He knew he was asleep yet he could think, he knew, he was aware. What was going on? He started to think of what he was going to do, what his plan where. Is he going to get revenge? Is he going to try to find the ones that mutilated him? But he didnt hate them, he didnt feel anything. Then he awoke, he saw the familiar face of the young women. But no emotion arose, he thought that it might come back after awhile. She smiled at him and spoek in that soft tone.

"Mr Aiden, the operation was succesful, you got a new arm and leg" He didnt smile, he just nodded at her. Then he spoke.
"Why cant I feel anything, why am I numb?" Her face turned pale as he said this, she wasnt expecting that.
"Sir, when the ship exploded, it might have caused some cellular damage, in your brain. I dont realy know how, but we cant figure it out, we didnt even know if you noticed anything." She looked sad again, why was she sad? He looked at her and said.
"It doesnt matter.. When will i be released?" Her face got bright again as he said that, her smile seamed so full of emotion.
"In a couple of weeks, it will take awhile for the cybernetics to adapt to your body." Then a buzzing sound came from her com unit on her belt and she nodded at him and left, he sat up, he felt awefully weak.

He spent the entire day trying to move his hand and foot, it had taken him about three hours to be able to stand up. He didnt feel any pain, only weakness. He had learned the basics of walking in less then a day. The doctors and nurses where suprised to say the least over his quick adjustment, they told he was a marvel. A real hero, to be able to bear trough the pain like he did, but he didnt feel the pain, he felt nothing. Not even annoyance..

It took a week, then he was released. He left the hospital on Manhattan, checked his bank account. It was full, he hadnt lost anything since he had been blown out of space. People stared at him, his arm and leg was a visible thing that people noticed. Not that many people used Cybernetics, and they whispered and stared at him. He ignored them, he didnt care what they thought.

He had bought a ticket on a transport to Freeport 4, he planned to get a new ship, a Gunship. When i finaly had landed on Freeport 4, he contacted a Lane Hacker that was nearby, he informed him of his intentions. The Lan Hacker agreed and picked him up, flew him to Mactan and told the Engineers to fix together a Gunship for him.

He flew that things over the next few months, searching for soemthing to do, something with meaning for him. After awhile he noticed that the only thing he had left of his emotions was a sense of perfectionalism, he wanted everything in order, everything to work just fine. It wasnt until he came to Sigma 13 when he found his reason, it had been in the bar of Gas Miner Naha and some pilots discussing a local pirate that had been attacking traders and taxing them.

"I would pay 20 million for the pilot that took him down!" Said one of the pilots loudly trough out the bar.
"I'l do it" Aiden said calmly and rose to close in on the pilot.
"I'l shoot him down" The Pilot looked at Aiden for a minute then he nodded and gave him the information he had.

He left in his Gunship and started to scan for the Pirate, with no luck. It was until he followed a convoy of traders that he found him, he was hiding in the nebula. The pirate in his Sabre didnt even notice Aiden until he had fired the first volley, then it was to late. The Sabre exploded in a bright ligth and Aiden took the photo of the explosion and went back to Naha, where the pilot thanked Aiden and gave him his reward.

It was then he knew what he was going to do. He was going to hunt down anyone that had a bounty on them, he would fight the fights that no one elese would or could. Or so he thought.

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