When his day started he could have never expected for anything like this to happen, he would just wake up, go to his boring 9 to 5 job, go home , eat and sleep and then wake up again and go to work.
That is what he has been doing all his life. Nothing exciting ever happened and truth be told he was bored of this life.
The only reason he didn't kill himself was because that would make his family sad ,but when he saw that little girl about to get hit by a truck his body just moved by itself. Before he knew it he already pushed her out of the way and he was now staring at the truck that was about to hit him.
He probably had time to jump out of the way but his body refused to move.
His thoughts wandered and he was now thinking about his inevitable death. Would it hurt? Is there something after death? Heaven? Hell? Or maybe he will reincarnate.
Before his thoughts could wander further he got hit. Earth and heaven seemed to switch places and his whole body felt like it was hit by a truck...which it was. When he could finally see again he was on the ground several meters away from the crosswalk.
He tried to get up but then he realized he couldn't move his body.
Looking around he could see the girl crying next to her mother who was saying something to her but he couldn't hear what due to the loud beeping.
She was probably trying to calm her child though he could see her glancing at him with pity and gratitude. By now a crowd formed around him. There were people who looked worried, some who looked curious and even some who looked excited.
Someone was trying to say something to him but he couldn't hear what due to the loud beeping. His vision started to fade as the beeping got louder. What was even making this noise? It sounded like some kind of alarm.
That was the last thing he thought before his vision faded to black. And then he died. Everything around him disappeared except for that beeping.
As he was thinking about that, he tried to hit the source to make it disappear and to his amazement it worked. Not only did the beeping stop but he could also feel his hand touch something. And not only his hand but his whole body!
He could actually move! Before he could think about what's happening, a screen came to life in front of him and a robotic voice started speaking.
"System Reboot Initiated.Please stand by."
"What the..."
"Power core online. Life support system online. Booster system offline. Mobility system online. Visual System offline. Weapons system offline. Miscellaneous systems offline. Attempting repairs, please stand by."
"Where am I?" He was strapped to some kind of chair and in front of him there were a lot of screens that one by one seem to come to life. Under them there were a lot of buttons, and switches.
Before he could inspect more he heard the robotic voice again.
"Booster system restored. Visual system restored. Weapons system failed to restore. Miscellaneous systems failed to restore. Mech capabilities at 70%. Pilot Authorized. Welcome Darx."
"Huh? Darx? Is that supposed to be me? Did I actually reincarnate?" He had so many questions and yet no one to answer. Could it actually be that he actually reincarnated? Did truck-kun actually exist?
That's crazy but unless this was an elaborate hallucination before death then that is actually what just happened to him.
"Welp I guess I should do something other than just stand here like an idiot. I am in an actual MECH! I will pilot this thing even if it's the last thing I'm doing. Now then, how do I actually pilot it? "
He reached towards the controls and as soon as he touched them he remembered how to use them.
It felt weird as if he suddenly remembered how to walk.
Darx pressed a button and most screens changed to a view from outside while some seemed to show the current status of the mech and pilot. Looking closer he saw that the left arm of the mech was empty while the rest of its components were different shades of red and yellow. He guessed that originally they were green and the more damaged they get the redder they get while having no color meant that it was completely destroyed.
Darx looked outside and then immediately gasped.
"I'M IN FREAKING SPACE!! HOLY SHIET I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO SPACE!"
After the initial shock passed he looked around found a lot of debris and wreckage of what probably used to be a ship. The ship was massive, Darx estimated that it was probably a few kilometers long, but it was full of holes and a big part was even completely severed from the main body.
Looking around he found wrecks of different sizes and shapes, some even as big as the first ship though he found it hard to see if they were the same kind.
Eventually he saw a light coming from one of the more intact ships.
Now with a target in mind he tried to move the the mech. It moved its legs but it didn't actually move.
"Oh right...I'm in space. Guess I should use the boosters."
Unfortunately as soon as he tried to boost forward he started to spin out of control.
"SHIT SHIT SHIT!"
Eventually he managed to stabilize the mech and then he saw the fact that only some boosters were actually working, the others were smashed.
"I'm gonna need to get used to this before I can get anywhere."
And so, Darx started to train using the boosters to move in different directions. After a while he was finally confident enough to start heading towards the light but when he got halfway there the robotic voice said:
"Warning! Low Power! Energy levels at 10% please return to a Mech Station as soon as possible!"
"Goddammit! Why can't things ever be easy? "