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Max arrives in Archeio

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Max Nielson slowly picked himself up. "Ergh, my head..." he muttered quietly, shaking the water from his hair. Reaching up to feel his head, he felt the unfamiliar texture of a leathery hood, different from the cloth hoodie he had put on that morning. "That's... not right..." Max muttered as he got to his feet and examined himself.

His outfit now consisted of a black, high collared-and-hooded, cropped leather jacket that seemed to be scaled in texture. His cyan T-shirt had become a gray button-up, and while his blue jeans hadn't changed, his white shoes had been replaced by a pair of red sneakers with turquoise soles. On Max's hands were dark gray fingerless biker gloves, the left bearing a one while the right bore a zero, and around his neck was a grey pair of ski goggles. He looked down to find a tablet pen and a shield. Turning the latter over revealed a keyboard design... "This is pretty cool!" he admitted, before looking back up at a gate in front of him.

With a flash of light, Max stepped through the gate. He suddenly found himself in a grand courtyard, with a mirror-like pool of clear water in the center. Standing around the courtyard were countless other people, wearing similar strange outfits. Max's eyes soon fell upon the middle of the courtyard, where he saw his younger self accompanied by a semi-conscious normal-looking woman being held in their small arms. Young Max's eyes shimmered with hope as he began to speak.

"It...it worked...you got through okay...please, you have to help us. I know you must be confused, but believe me when I say you're the heroes we desperately need. Our home's under attack--just outside here are creatures that wish to destroy everything this world stands for. Please...you've been given an amazing gift...your passion, your creativity, has become power only you can control. Save our island...please, I'm begging you--rid Safe Haven of this threat, young Sketchists!"

The elder Max's eyes widened. "You take a break, little guy. Safe Haven can wait a few seconds; we need to get this woman to a hospital!" He replied worryingly. Max freed his younger self of the woman and brought her to the castle's infirmary, where he did all he could to make her comfortable.

After an hour or so, Max approached a message board, reading the missions offered. After some examination, he selected a simple one, defend the castle from a few entities known as Recolors. Max ran to the front of the castle, where a few of what resembled vibrant Sonic original characters where popping out of hiding. "Eww... these things look like the depths of the internet..." he muttered before leaping back as one lunged and smacking it in the face with his shield. "Get away from me you freak!" Max shouted angrily. The creature suddenly shape-shifted into a violet-tinted copy of Max, carrying the shield with an uncharacteristic snarl and charging at him.

"Okay... that ain't normal." the real Max commented, blinking before instinctively kneeling and slamming his shield's edge into the ground. The shield glowed a bright orange as the outside ignited into a wall of fire that spread to cover the boy's front side. The flames looked like burning code. "Whoa..." he said in awe, before looking at the pen in his hand with curiosity. Giving the object a brief flick of his wrist, the tip ignited into a vibrant blue blade, a stream of what resembled binary was pouring between the pen and his gloved hand. "Oh, now that's pretty cool!" Max grinned, dropping the firewall and slashing at his opponent, which left a mark on the shield.

It retaliated by attempting a shield bash, which Max barely managed to block but got knocked back slightly. He gave a growl, and lashed out with the blade, cutting the shape-shifter in half. The being promptly reverted to its former self as it died. "Oh my Ra, I just killed something..." Max said in shock. He was snapped out of it by a slash from another creature, causing him to jump back. "Self-defensive justifiable homicide it is then!" he exclaimed coldly, slashing out with his sword. Max missed, but a vibrant horizontal beam of energy swooped out, beheading both his target and some of the others. Only one remained, and it began to step back.

Max growled and ran after the shifter. Eventually, he noticed that he wasn't exactly running anymore, but flying rather fast. "This is frikkin' cool!" the teen said with a chuckle. He held out his sword and quickly impaled the final creature. "There we go... some advice: DON'T get back up." he commented coldly, before flying back to the castle to rest, adrenaline still coursing through his veins but calming down.
:icontalesofarcheio: by :iconcreativebomb:
Max Nielson arrives in Archeio, and goes on his first mission.
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Aw yeah, more Sketchists coming into save the day~! 8D