Kane's P.O.V -5 years prior-
I lazily open my eyes and look at my ringing phone. "The commander calling me at 2 am... this better be damn important."
Next thing I know I am rushing to the holding cell. Upon entering I see a frail, filthy young girl with shockingly bright red hair with silver streaks running through it.
"She is just like the other shields we find. She has no memory of who she is or where she came from. Though, unlike the others she looks like she has been wandering for months before falling at our doorstep."
I watched her intently. Suddenly she lifted her eyes towards us and we all shuddered. The room became a tundra instantly.
"Is all that power.... coming from her!" I strained to get out.
She looked back down and the room shifted back to normal but the feeling of her power never left.
"Take her to the showers and get her some food. Also send Aerin to accompany her through it all. I want her in the training room ASAP!" The commander shouted.
"Commander, with your permission I would like to oversee this. I want to know what she is." I said sternly.
" I am not going to allow you into the women's showers if that's what you're asking." She smirked. "I never took you as a pervert."
I turned bright red on the spot.
"I... that's... that's not what I meant I just want to link with Aerin to hear what's happening and... and I need your permission to do that."
"Granted, only linking with her ears and mind though, no eyes." She winked.
"Y-yes ma'am"
With that I linked with Aerin. She is the strongest shield we have. We could talk to each other through the link so she could give me her input on this strange girl. I laid down to focus my energy on this convo knowing Aerin and I would be the only 2 to hear it first hand.
"So new girl you gotta name or should I just call you new girl?"
Silence
"Yo I am talking to you!"
Finally she replied "it's Artemis and do you really have to watch me shower?"
Her voice is cold as ice.
"Interesting name. Greek Goddess of the hunt. And yes I do. I'm sizing you up for our fight later. Very intuitive to know I was looking at you when you haven't turned around."
She what?!? I asked Aerin how she knew but she didn't know probably something about her power.
" Hey what happened to your ribs? Not the left ones you idiot! The right side that's all scarred over and collapsed all weird!"
"Oh, a destroyer did that with his swords. I was just a child then. They couldn't fix it because my body already caged over it with muscle." She replied cooly.
She remembered something from the past! Aerin and I talked it over quickly and decided to prob for more answers.
"You remember a destroyer. How did you manage to survive a destroyer?" Aerin asked.
"I didn't another shield helped me. He told me I was destined to do unimaginable things and that when they would get rid of me, I should follow my feet to where I belong. That there I would find the destroyer I was meant to protect."
Is she talking about me!? Aerin was shocked and stayed silent for awhile while we talked when our talk was interrupted.
"Who are you talking to? Your commander? Or my destroyer? I am guessing my destroyer as your commander is a women and that was a mans voice. Hello destroyer, I can't wait to meet you."
Sh-she could get into our link, hear everything we were saying. Aerin shouted back "you haven't even passed training yet, you have to go through me then fight him to get even a shot at defending him! You are just a starving little girl! You won't pass!"
I could hear Artemis shut the water off and in the coldest of tones, one that could freeze your soul replied.
"You, you won't even be a challenge."
While Artemis was eating Aerin was silently fuming in rage. I told Aerin I was going to disconnect our link she said alright and Artemis chipped in a bye destroyer is such a cheery tone it could've made me sick. That girl was a psychopath. I quickly made my way to the training facility. It's 3 am now and I totally don't get paid enough for this.
During combat evaluation Artemis scores a perfect score not even getting hit once. She redid the simulation on master level 7 times with different parameters and weapons. Perfect. Barely even raising her eyes. Her speed and agility were unmatched and her strength. It was godly. Finally they sent a still very pissed off Aerin in.
"Ready to get your ass kicked new girl." She growled. She summoned her power making her eyes glow.
"I wouldn't do that. If you take one step towards me I will end this fight without touching you." Artemis said back plainly.
How could she do that? Knowing Aerin will not back down I was about to find out. With Aerin eyes glowing brighter by the second fueled by her rage she went to take a step and Artemis lifted her eyes. Before she could even take a second step she wailed in pain and fell down to her knees as if bound by chains. She kneeled. Artemis walked over to her and Aerin submitted the fight. What the hell am I going up against! Artemis lowered her eyes and a unharmed Aerin stood up and stormed out. I take off my jacket and pop an energy crystal in my mouth lord knows I'll need it and I enter the training room. Artemis raised her eyes to me
"Hello Destroyer or should I call you Kane?" I raised my eyebrows in surprise. Riiiiiggt. She could hear the link. "What do you want to test on me? I can block anything you do."
"Is that so." I replied. "Then I will throw all of my most powerful attacks at you simultaneously. If you can avoid them all without letting me get hurt, I will accept you as my shield. Deal?" She nodded and I powered up. I let out everything I had been saving one thing for last, a self destruct spell. I let all of it go. When the smoke cleared she was no longer in front of me. Then my arm was twisted behind my back and she whispered in my ear. "How cunning to try to use a self destruct spell to cause damage to yourself. Too bad I could see your plan. Guess now you'll have to deal with me as your shield." And with that she passed out.
We took her to the infirmary immediately and they said she is just exhausted. In a few days and a lot of nutrients and fluids she finally woke up again. She was still this cold emotionless shell. To become a shield you have to be binded to your magikera. It is a blood contract basically making it so she has access to all of my senses and it makes her stronger faster and overall raises everything. She passed out right as soon as the contract was done. Shortly after She moved in with me as all shields do and she showed a very normal personality. She laughed and told jokes. She would cry during movies. I guess that is what happens when shields get contracted. After two years we started dating again as most pairs do. We fought side by side on the first elite squad and were deemed the strongest pair. Everything is perfect.