Chapter 1

The year is 2020 and the human race has finally mastered the ability of space travelling and now inhabits many other planets beside Earth. Along with space travel they have gained the ability to artificially replace lost limbs with mechanics. The planet Earth is now ruled by one man called Kratas but each different sector of the planet has their own little government to keep anarchy in order. Through the slow steady evolution of human's there have emerged a certain race of people possessing incredibly powerful telepathic and psychonic powers Kratas being totally aware of the threat these people possess if they were to go against him ordered their entire race to be wiped off. Unbeknown to him though one girl who had her memory completely wiped survived the culling and now wanders through the darkened city of her previous race alone and cold.

 Artemis wandered through the bustling halls of the airport after just recently landing his airship Balthazar. Brushing his blonde hair back from his sky-blue eyes he gazed around at the imperials wandering about trying to keep order and looking for any rebels smuggling weapons in and out of the country. Suddenly a hand rested on his shoulder and Artemis spun around to find a random man staring at him in the face "Dirty rotten sky pirate your kind aren't welcome here" tensing the muscles in his arms and trying not to lose his temper Artemis brushed the man's hand off and began to walk away only to find another two guys standing in front of him grinning. "God dammit why can't I just go to an airport without trying to be beaten" he muttered to himself as the man behind swung his fist towards Artemis who blocked the strike with his left hand while his other hand connected with the man's gut and he dropped to the floor winded. 

 His two friends ran to his aid as Artemis spun around grabbing the first man's arm and hurling him straight over his head then ducked under the second man's swing and brought his knee crashing into his chin knocking him out cold. "You people just never learn" Artemis said as he slowly began to walk away not noticing the man behind him rising to his knees and pulling out a knife. "DIE FILTHY SKY PIRATE" he roared lunging forward as Artemis spun around and raised his right arm to block the knife from piercing his heart as a loud metallic cling rang about the entire airport. "What the hell" he stammered as the knife snapped in two and not a single drop of blood poured out from Artemis arm as he slowly rolled up the sleeve to his jacket revealing a silver arm. "You're one of those prosthetic people, amazing I've never seen one before" the man stammered as Artemis right arm glistened in the sunlight as he grinned before his metal arm slammed into the man's face sending him flying into a wall and knocking him out. The entire airport just stared in awe at this man as never before has anyone with a prosthetic arm been seen before since they were a rare occurrence.

 Due to the advancement in technology scientists were able to replace severed limbs with mechanical parts by managing to connect wires to act as nerves and implanting a chip in the brain allowing it to think they were actual nerves. The procedure though was incredibly expensive and was limited to people who were incredibly wealthy or for soldiers who lost body parts in combat doing heroic deeds. Artemis just happened to be a soldier serving under Kratas and was at war with an alien race called the Protos who possessed incredibly powerful psychic abilities. During one raid while his entire platoon retreated he held off a squad by himself but as a result he had his right arm completely severed while parts of his torso had been damaged. His crew managed to rescue him but he was close to the brink of death, so they operated on his body replacing his arm with the strongest metal while his brain was fixed with a neuro chip in order for him to feel something and move the arm. After recovering he left the army and all forms of allegiance to Kratas realising just how power hungry he was and became a sky pirate which was a person with no allegiance to anyone. They lived in their airship and flew around from place to place doing any job people needed.

 Artemis continued to walk through the airport even unaware everyone was staring at him in awe. He was used to it by now having people try to constantly attack him for being a sky pirate and people staring at his prosthetic limb as well. Imperial guards eyed him off suspiciously as they didn't like the fact he walked around with his weapons clearly visible. Strapped to his sides were two handguns filled with plasma rounds while an assault rifle was slung over his back along with a plasma rifle and a pair of throwing knives, grenades and shuriken were attached to his belt. The weapon they feared the most was the blade sheathed on his shoulder, it was like a long sword except there was only a handle no hilt and the blade glowed a dark purple colour and radiated powerful psionic powers from it. The blade was a special shadow blade that the protos usually wielded but thanks to Gabriel defeating one of their commanders he acquired this unique blade and now was one of his most treasured weapons. Deciding it was best not to start a fight with him the imperials just kept a close eye and if he did anything illegal they would then try to apprehend him.

 Artemis passed by a girl who sitting in the corner of the airport with all her bags at her feet while a group of guys surrounded her. "Hey baby if you're lost why don't you come back to my place and we can figure something out" one the guys said as his friend chuckled behind him. The girl tossed back her hair which was a light brown colour with streaks of blonde through it and gazed up at the guy with a pair of piercing hazel-coloured eyes and smiled "I'll be perfectly fine so if you don't mind just leaving me alone now". Grinding his teeth together the guy slowly began to lose his temper as he figured he'd give the bitch one last chance before things got bad. "Well fine we won't go back to my place but how about we go get a bite to eat and get to know each other better then" sighing the girl stood up and turned to face the guy "Look for the last time I'm not interested in some sleazy dirty guy such as yourself now get out of my sight". His friends howled with laughter as the final straw snapped for him and he lunged forward grabbing her by the arm "Listen you stupid fucking bitch no one rejects me now you're coming with me and that's final". 

Artemis overheard the conversation and spun around to see the girl trying to force the guy off her as his friends slowly moved in on her as he sighed "Some people are just plain sick". He slowly walked over to the guy holding the girl and tapped him on the shoulder as he turned around "What the fuck do you want can't you see I'm busy" he said as Artemis just grinned "I suggest you let go of her before I beat the crap out of you and your boys". The whole circle burst into a fit of laughter as two of his friends moved in front of the guy and went to push Artemis back as he grabbed the first guys arm and hurled him straight over his back then spun around palming the second guys face knocking him to the floor. The remaining three guys ran forward as Artemis ducked under one swing then connected with the guy's chin as a sick snapping sound was heard and he was down for the count. He blocked another strike from his second attacker and then pulled him forwards as his knee connected with his sternum as he dropped to the floor clutching his chest and trying to breathe. The last man slowly began to sneak up behind Artemis as he spun around his foot slamming into the man's cheek sending him flying across the room and crash landing into a pile of bags. The remaining guy who was holding the girl let go of her as he tried to run only for Artemis to grab him by the shoulder spin him back around as he landed two solid blows to his face breaking his nose and sending blood spewing into the air. "Shit man I'm sorry alright just please don't hurt me anymore" the guy whimpered as he clutched at his bleeding nose and finally turned around running as fast as he could away from Artemis.