Aros 17

This story is mostly based on the Heat Signature Universe, which is a video game. Link: [//store.steampowered.com/app/268130/Heat_Signature/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/268130/Heat_Signature]

Prologue:
Aros (Not Seventeen yet.) wasn't particularly known for his caution, mostly because he didn't have any yet. “So what you’re saying is that you teleported your science project into a Star?” His teacher said with a sigh, and obvious disappointment. “It was a protostar actually.” He corrected with satisfaction. “Well, make a new one.” His teacher replied after some thought. “And don't destroy it somehow.“ he quickly added. Aros walked out of the teachers room a split-second before he was told “Dismissed.”

Aros took a breath of mostly-fresh air, then started home. He passed a few different people, some shops and houses, and even a Sovereign patrol. Sovereign was one of the universe’s biggest companies, with a military to rival most governments. They were a for-profit company, doing things for money, and nothing else. Aros was used to them though, even having thoughts of joining them. A flash of light, some panic from the Sovereign guards, and as he looked up into the sky, his life changed.

Chapter One:
Aros walked out of a shop, holding a brand new Sidewinder (a type of teleporter) in his hands. “This better work!” He said to himself, clicking a button. He suddenly appeared in a close but still somewhat far place near him. He teleported back, satisfied with himself. He was Aros 2 now. He looked at the Sidewinder, at his new life. He didn’t need to haul cargo in a rented ship anymore. He could join the Glitchers, or Offworld, or Sovereign, or Foundry. Well, if he could get in. And maybe not Foundry, he wasn’t an engineer. “Glitchers, probably.” He thought. He walked onto a road, ready to convince them to let him join.

He checked his outfit, again. He wasn’t dressed particularly fancy, but not his usual, ether. He looked at the Glitchers hideout, a place of strange looking technology. It made sense, he knew the Glitchers history. At the start, they could teleport big things small distances, small things big distances. And then, they tried to teleport big things big distances. That didn’t go well. They teleported their entire fleet halfway across the galaxy. To here. It was a strange war, their technology was unlike anything seen here before. Then after a decade, they stopped having anything to fight for after realizing they couldn’t get home and home couldn’t get here. And now, twenty years later, they got new people, and they’re just the Glitchers. And he still had to join them. He took a moment to compose himself and walked through the door.

Chapter Two:
”Hello?” Aros 2 asked, seeing nothing but a normal room, that looked like a Hurricane came through. And not the nice calm ones on some planets, the ones that destroy entire stations. He looked around for somewhere to go, finding three other doors. Doors, the ultimate nemesis of a Sidewinder, since they couldn’t teleport through a closed door. He looked around seeing a riddle carved into the metal, with a note underneath saying “Please do not carve into the metal.” “Good sign.” He thought sarcastically.