Seraph awakes with a sudden jolt and springs back to life. He can feel there is something wrong with his head and goes into a status check. Turns out his Motherboard had been overworked and was damaged slightly. He didn't know how to fix it so he became slightly worried.
He looked around his surroundings and they were familiar as this was the first place he had woke up, but something was different. They seemed too familiar. Like he had lived here for 100 years and knew every single inch of this place like the back of his hand. He went back to the workbench he first encountered and noticed that he knew exactly what all the notes all over it meant now. One, in particular, caught his eye for some unknown reason. The dual Rail Guns, better known as Thalia and Aracelia according to the notes on the table.
As he was reading the notes to see where to find these, the same voice from before spoke up.
"Good morning, Captain Seraph."
Before, the Exo would've been put back into fight mode and ready to smash some monitors, but now he recognized this voice as Aphrodite, the ship's AI.
"Morning Aphrodite, what exactly did you do with me earlier?"
A surprisingly human sounding voice came from the Exo as he spoke for the first time in his existence.
"I fulfilled your father's orders."
'My father?'
He didn't know he had a father and somehow understood what it was.
"What were his orders?"
"Simply show you the video he had made for you, with it, you would gain all the knowledge locked into of your memory cards. All the knowledge you have was directly transferred from the brain of Captain Mars."
Seraph did notice he has become much more intelligent than he was before and even knew some passwords to get in secret parts of the ship. There was also something important he has to find and it is in the Study of the ship.
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He walks to the door and it automatically open. The sudden movement startles him a little but he was kind of expecting it. He continues throughout the ship, roaming the numerous halls with ease and soon finds himself upon a door with the word "Study" on it.
He enters and finds that all the walls are bookshelves that are overflowing with books. He ignores the books for now and heads straight for the desk in the middle. It's surprisingly neat and only has a small computer on it. He sits down in the chair and it creaks slightly from the weight of the Exo. He wasn't heavy but he wasn't exactly light either.
Coming in at 6' tall and weigh about 235 pounds, he definitely weighs more than he looks. He clicks the power button and it makes a loud humming sound as if it hasn't been turned on in a long time. The screen lights up and surprisingly isn't shattered instantly.
It shows a home screen that has a man in his mid-thirties with an arm around a woman around the same age as the background. Seraph looks for a certain file and finds ones called "Your Objective My Son.". Seraph clicks it and is met by the face of a familiar man.
"It seems my life wasn't a waste if you're seeing this but that also means I died before you awoke. I know this is probably a lot for you but don't worry, you will surely meet new people and learn a lot in your travels."
The man in the screen begins to choke up and stops talking. He takes a big breath and tears are streaming down his face.
"Your mother and I, we made your AI hoping to save humanity from the Annihilators, but as soon as we finished you, she was killed in an explosion while saving you and me. Your AI is that of God tier and took us 20 years to make. When we had nothing left, we still had a small burning hope inside of us that you would save all of mankind but we failed to make you in time. We failed, but now you have another chance to redeem our failure!"
A feeling of anger began to well up inside of the Exo as if he was there and experienced his mother's death himself. The man tried to regain his cool as of the death of all humans except himself happened yesterday.
"Now, I have put all of my memories up to now inside of you, and even though you will be safe from the Annilihators, there is a new threat on which you must face. The world you are orbiting right now, they have a thing called magic. Whatever this is.... Destroy it. It breaks all the laws of science your mother and I lived by and even made."
Father's sadness turned into pure rage as he remembers what those barbaric creatures did to him when he tried to teach them the truth, and Seraph shared the same anger.
"Will you give me this last wish son? I know we never met, and you have no reason to believe me but can you do this one thing? Whatever you chose son, remember, your mother and I built you with love and were our life's work. I love you. Good luck on your choices."
The screen turned black and the video ended. The Exo sat there for a few seconds and closed his eyes and nods his head as if making his choice. He opens his eyes and they are burning with pure motivation.
"I will do as you say, Father, I will destroy them no matter what."