the System [part 1]

''In the darkest hour of Earth's history, when the shadows of the Luminari loomed large, humanity found itself teetering on the brink of oblivion.

Over one hundred years ago earth was invaded by the Luminari, they were a terrible alien species that lusted for war, thankfully after over 70 years of straight war in the Milky Way the Astromites saw the Humans and pitied them, they sent there the strongest soldiers to help the humans defeat the Luminari and in the end due to the Astromites immense strength they were defeated, not only did the Astromites save the humans –but they even allowed them to join there empire which now spans half the known cosmos! We are grateful for your co-operation in the system that is the Astromantian empire!'' 

This was played on repeat threw massive speakers on districts that were deemed, rebellious, it might sound all nice and good from that audio, but the reality was that the humans didn't ask to join the Astromites, they were forced too, Astromites may look human, but they definitely weren't. 

This is what Hans had to listen to repeatedly every time he walked down this street, ''bull shit!'' he said. 

''even let us join the empire my ass'' he smudged his eyes as he left, it was playing over and over again in the city centre from a hologram projecting a massive blue woman's face. 

Hans looked around, it was still dark out as it was around six am at the time, a large green expanse surrounded him, and he was currently standing by the pond that the hologram was projecting out of, he couldn't take his eyes off the plethora of neon covered skyscrapers outside the city centre because they contrasted the straight greenery and water you would find in this small zone at the centre of the city, humans stopped naming city's after being occupied by the Astromites, so this city was just called city z... 

Hans looked into the pond that was the centre of the city square, it lay underneath the hologram .he saw a reflection of himself, he was 14, quite short for his age standing around 5 foot 6, he had dark black hair cut in a crew cut style, his redeeming features were he was quite handsome, he had a long thin face with noticeable cheek bones, gaunt cheeks and sunken eyes, but not in the sense that it would make him look bad, although he did look a bit malnourished –it kind of added a unique charm to his appearance. 

'Have to go can't be late for, that thing,' Hans frowned and stopped gawking at the hologram as he started walking away, after travelling for a while he arrived to one of the smallest buildings in the city , it just looked like a carbon copy of all the other buildings, tall and made from concrete -'so boring he thought.' But it did have a neon sign saying guidance Councillor. 'That's what I'm looking for'he thought 

So, he walked up the steps and entered and walked up to the receptionist... 

... 

''ughh -hello'' 

he waved his hand in front of her, 'anyone home' he thought, 

''hello!'', 

The receptionist slowly and tiredly looked up at him, a government worker, and it seemed like she wasn't getting paid enough, so Hans didn't take it personally. 

He pressed his thumb and his indexed finger into his brows and spoke before he placed his hands on the desk and asked 

''I have an appointment... -pls can you be accommodating I have school to be going to'' 

''Name please'' 

''Hans-Hans err –Nova ''

He didn't like saying his second name because it was an Astromite second name you may wonder why he hated the Astromites so Mutch, well his parents were murdered by two astromites when he was young, and to add salt to the wound through a series of unfortunate events he ended up being adopted by two Half Astromites, let's just say he didn't talk to those people Mutch. 

''ohh... you're that kid, -okay go on straight up, I'm sorry for keeping yah'' 

He walked to the right and stepped into a lift. If you're wondering why elevators are still used, teleportation technology was extremely expensive, and it was mostly used by the upper class. 

He finally reached the top floor and the lift doors opened, the room was quaint, it looked old, it had redbrick walls, a fireplace, two leather sofas and a chair, this was all placed on a red carpet, the room was designed to be welcoming and cosy. 

Hans walked in and took a seat as he stared at the man In front of him, it was just some old guy the government sent for him to try... make amends. 

So, Hans let's talk about what happened to your parents, he was quite taken aback as he didn't expect him to go right into it, he had kind of put a wall around those memories a while back, 

''are you talking about how the ASTROMITES MURDERED THEM!'' Hans shouted, 

''ehh- ye... yes, I am son, calm down'' said the doctor 

''you will not speak to me that way, boy!'' 

''y-yes, I'm sorry for shouting it's just they piss me off so Much''... 

''okay let's try to drill this in again Hans, your parents where fugitives –terrorists trying to break away from the Astromite empire even after all the work they have done to better the human race –and one day the Astromites had enough so they sent two military officials to, yu-know... take them out'' said the doctor. 

'This isn't even therapy! Hans thought, all the doctor tries to do is convince me that I'm the crazy one!' 'How do others not see this too', 

''what do you mean! They murdered my father and then raped and murdered my mother, In front of me! Is that what you're trying to say!'' 

''nah -nah this... this is the last time I'm coming to this stupid! Arrrghhg'' he got up and left the building. 

As he left, he checked his phone and headed to the nearest tram, they were driverless and one of the best ways to get around the city, he boarded and sat down. 

As the tram shot through the city at unbelievable speed, he held his head against the window and a hate filled tear dropped down his cheek, 'fucking pieces of shit –the lot of them', Hans had gone through a lot in his childhood –first his parents were murdered, then he was subjected to various experiments performed on him, and they weren't normal –they were testing some pretty fucked up shit on him, he was pretty sure they had implanted a chip in his brain at one point... but none of that mattered since he didn't have any skills, and his talent for core training was f tier, so he could never get revenge or really advance in society since only the strong had that right... 

No, that was wrong [System activated].