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" C'mon Smokey we're gonna be late!" The little drone kid dashed forward throughout the metal hallway. The strings on her custom pink beanie bounced up and down with every fast step she made. The other kid behind her couldn't keep up with her unfortunately, out of breath and struggling to ketchup.
" S-Sunny wait! Slow down at least! We're not even expected there at a specific time! There is no time here even!" Smokey bent over, head down, his hands on his knees as he gasped for air, all from the running and chasing his sister. He looked up to see Sunny leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.
" How can you be out of breath? I wasn't even running that far! Besides, we still have to stop by and pick up Ethan!" Without a doubt, the more energetic of the twins was Sunny. Bursting with cieling breaking energy, it was hard to keep her in place. It was times like today where it is impossible to change her mind.
" Ethan is literally around this corner!
" Yeah, and we would've already been there if you could ctually keep up! But since he isn't too far, I guess I can slow down for you." Sunny started to take the most smallest steps possible, annoying Smokey. " Mom did say you always took small steps."
" Oh haha, very funny. C'mon." Catching his breath, Smokey walked alongside Sunny to Ethan's dorm. Turning the corner, they went to the first door on the right. They both politely knocked and waited for a response.
" Hopefully he is awake. I hope he also didn't forget what we were supposed to do today like last time," said the now worried Sunny as she crossed fingers in hopes nothing was gonna ruin today. Footsteps came from the other side of the door. The door opened to reveal a drone with jeans, a causal shirt, neon lime eyes, and a red white baseball cap. He looked down at the two of them and gave them a thumbs up.
" Eyyo, it's the smokebomb duo!"
" Hi uncle Thad!" Perhaps the coolest of their uncles, Thad was the chillest dude they knew with a very cool vibe to him. Father of Ethan, Ethan takes after a small amount of Thad's laidback personality, which makes the both of them the coolest dudes to joke around with.
" I believe you two are here for Ethan?"
" Yep! We're here to pick him up! Hopefully he hasn't forgotten about it or you and Aunt V have something already planned." Sunny looked up at Thad with hopeful innocent eyes that no parent could say no to.
" Well let me see. Honey, does Ethan have to do anything today?" Thad let out a shout to the living room waiting for a response, as did the two twins. Turning the corner came out one of the most beautiful women the twins have ever metz wearing shorts and a similar causal shirt. Vibrant yellow eyes and cute short hair, no one could take eyes off natural beauty.
" Well if it isn't my favorite twins!"
" Hi Aunt V!" From what their mother told them, V was a unique person who once despised their mother, but now consider her a close friend. She is also like Thad with the chill vibe and relaxed words. But there was something about her that made her different compared to the other adults they know. Her body was different in many ways compared to the regular drones they knew. But she was still their aunt regardless.
" You two are here rather early! But if you two are here for Ethan, then he is ready for you two. E- "
A blur zoomed past the two parents and stopped at a straight 90° in front of the twins. Lemon green eyes, white grey hair, and a red letterman jacket. He was Ethan Vad.
" Hey guys! I'm ready to go now!"
" Thank Robo Jesus you didn't forget! For a second I thought you weren't gonna come again like last time," said the relieved Sunny.
" Well you kids have fun now! Smokey, make sure Ethan doesn't get himself, my little jock." V bent down and fixed Ethan's hair and kissed his cheek, making Ethan give a green blush. " Gotta make sure you like nice and presentable."
" Thanks mom! Bye mom! Bye dad!"
" Bye Uncle Thad and Aunt V! We'll tell our mom and dad you said hi!" And with that, the three kids left. V smiled as Thad let out a sigh.
" I'm so glad Ethan found himself some good friends." A memory flashes back to the moments she had before with a purple bat raven.
" You said it angel. So what do -" Before Thad could finish his sentence, he was brought into a hug with his face going into his wife's chest.
" It doesn't matter. It's been a while since you and me were by ourselves without him. So whatever you have in mind, I don't mind of course." V smiled as she held her husband close to her. Thad of course gave a blush whenever she hugged him close to her.
This hug brought back many memories to him. It seemed like only yesterday she impaled him with her long blade and sharp claws when she first met him. At that time, she was an angel of death, bringing forth demise and utter death. But as they both got to know each other more, they became friends then close friends. Who knew it would be him saving her that day, the day she was about to grow her wings and fly up there to join the other angels. All he could think of was this hug.
" A nice hugging session bed doesn't sound too bad, don't ya think?"
" Sounds good to me." V still had her arms wrapped him with no sign of letting go. Thad didn't want to be rude and interrupt, but a hugging session in bed involved the bed.
" Uhm, we actually have to go to the bed honey."
" Not yet, my little cute jock."
The three children walked down the hallway to pick up their other two friends. The anticipation and excitement only grew with each step closer to their next destination. This was their first time they would all hang out with each other and spend the day doing robo Jesus knows what.
" So how have you guys been? Ya know, with school and stuff." Ethan wondered how the colony's education system was as compared to the one he received at home from his mom.
" Nothing else to say but that it's boring. I swear it's always the same thing everyday so it's nothing new. I wish you were there to make it fun Ethan." Smokey despised school, but who wouldn't despise school? For the twins, it was a drag.
" He speaks truly. There isn't anyone in the classroom who can make it fun like you do when you're available to hang." While still energetic, Sunny still didn't like school as it drained the sunlight out of her.
" What about Calliope and Jack? They're with you guys aren't they?"
" Yeah, but the teacher knows the four of us together is literally distraction manifested! He purposely makes us change seats everyday! I told mom and dad about it and they said ' yOU nEEd tO fOcUs On yOUr EdUcAtIOn,' which is uttter lies because they've always told me how they never paid attention in school! Mom hanged out with uncle N and your parents literally the whole time!" Sunny crossed her arms and huffed from the hypocrisy of the higher ups that were her parents.
" Well, my parents told me that Aunt Uzi and Uncle N had something important to deal with at that time. So they never really had the chance to enjoy the casual things in life, which doesn't make much sense to me. But I know that they want to make sure you guys don't go through what they went through." Words of the wise Ethan shot down Sunny's rage into an understandable sigh.
" I know, Ethan. But I just wish we were able to hang out everyday instead of going to school!"
" Relax Sunny! We have the whole day to ourselves! We just have to go pick up Calliope and Jack! " Smokey didn't want to sit around and continue to gloom about school as he wanted to get the day full of fun started.
" Yeah, you're right! I wonder if they're awake too."
" Mom, don't you think this school system sucks if they're giving us these problems that only prolong our time here when it sometimes won't even be used in the future? Like can't we just choose which class or subject we want to stay in without having to stay in these other classes?" The frustrated young boy looked at his paper in frustration as he didn't know how 50 watermelons would help him get run a company.
" Well Jack sweetie, what if your company happens to sell watermelons? Don't you think that this problem would help you figure out how to properly sell them without going bankrupt or losing your company?" The young drone looked up at the yellow eyes of his mother. Mothers always knew best.
" Well, I guess you're right."
" I'm always right." She leaned to kiss his cheek and walked straight to the kitchen to start making food. As she passed by, sitting on the couch was a tall drone with similar yellow eyes playing with a child drone with neon orange eyes and mid height arsenic purple hair. The taller drone was holding a purple bunny wearig long overalls while the smaller drone held a ragdoll.
" Papa, why is Jay always rude to Ragadolla? He shouldn't be rude to her for no reason, especially when she is trying to be nice to him?"
" Well my little kurabie, not many people know how to express their emotions properly, especially love. Some may show it through kindness, while others show it through their own colorful way. Isn't that right, J?" The drone who was now revealed to be the former captain of the serial designation squad that landed on Copper 9 many years ago blushed intensely as she prepared breakfast in the kitchen.
" I-I have no idea what you're talking about!" Jack gave a small snicker at his mother's sudden tumble. J immediately looked back at him.
" Hey mister, you better be hurrying up with that homework! Otherwise you won't leave!" The sudden words of threatening punishment sent shivers down Jack's small DD spine as he rushed to do his homework. " Besides, it's not like I was the only one who did it!" From down the hallway next to the kitchen walked out another female drone with long dark purple hair and neon red eyes.
«Я почти уверен, что он говорил о тебе, Ням. Кроме того, не похоже, что кто-то из нас пытался убить его раньше. " N gave a sweat drop and a laugh when he remembered how it was like when he first encountered his russian wife. She put a newly sewed red purple beanie on the little girls head. «Вот, Анастасия. Это будет твоя новая шапка». The little girl pat her beanie and immediately loved it.
" Thanks mama." The little girl hugged her mother who in turned hugged her back. She had another beanie and put it on Jack's head. This beanie was different as to the fact it had tassles. They were elastic, so they offered more bounce. Jack put his branded pencil down and started to play with the tassles.
" I love it! Thanks mama!" Jack hugged the Russian woman in great gratitude.
" You didn't have to make that for him, Doll. But thank you." J smiled as she saw Jack play with the tassles and her daughter Anastasia play with her beanie. N played with her beanie as well, admiring his wife's skill at sewing.
«Конечно, я должна. Я тоже мать». Doll went up to J and kissed her cheek, making J more flustered than she already was. There was a knock at the door.
" I got it." N put the beanie back on Anastasia's head and went to open the door to see who it was. Not much to his suprise, it was who he was expecting: Sunny, Smokey, and Ethan.
" Well how ya doin' kids?"
" Uncle N!" N extended his arms and let the kids hold onto his arms. He started to swing them forward and back. The benefit of having a strong tall uncle like N was being able to swing on his arms like drone monkeys. While the three of them swinged on his arms, they saw Aunt J and Tetya Doll.
" Hi Aunt J! Hi Tetya Doll!"
" Hello ya little cuties!" J waved at the three of them while Doll gave them a peace sign. They always did enjoy seeing the two twins and a mini version of V and Thad together. Anastasia immediately started tugging on Doll's dress and pointing rapidly at her best friends. Doll smiled as she nodded for approval.
— Только будь осторожен, не испачкай свою одежду, ладно?
Anastasia nodded excitedly, hopped off the couch, and immediately went to her friends. Jack saw and quickly answered every question left as fast as he could. Once he burned out the tip of the pen, he closed his book and went upto J and tugged at her shirt.
" Mom can I go now please I finished all y work and I already cleaned my room and brushed my teeth like you always said and all my clothes are put away and I already washed the dishes like you said and - " J pat his head to calm him down. Jack stopped babbling and looked up at her.
" Yes you can go." With that final word, Jack broke the laws of gravity and known reality and levitated through the solid objects in his way to his best friends. Unphased, the others were finally glad all five of them finally had the chance to hang out. " You five be careful! Jack, do not go too rough,ok? Anastasia, make sure you have Jack's abilities in check and be careful to not let your solver too loose, ok?" Both the kids nodded and gave a thumbs up. N put down the three kids and gave them a salute. His fone switched to a deep voice.
" I expect the five of you to return with a successful mission, understood?" The five kids returned a salute.
" Ayay sir!" With that, the door closed and the five kids dashed together to the large metal door leading to the outside.
N sat back on the couch let out a relaxing sigh. He was very glad his two kids had great friends to play, especially at this young age and in these peaceful times. It didn't take long for both Doll and J to join by his side. They both snuggled up close to him.
" Well girls, it's just us. Horror movie?" J hugged his arm.
" Only if you hold my hand."
" То же самое."
' Heh, alright then! Let's watch A Kumgorin!"
Meanwhile outside, the kids gave a woah as they saw the sun shine down on the ground with a full turquoise blue sky above them with no clouds in sight. The snow hasn't melted yet, which only -
" SNOWBALL FIGHT!"
Ah, yes. The inevitable snowball fight between the two solver twins, the DD/WD hybrid, the next gen DD, and the solver DD. Who would win would definitely be the biggest question that would not be answered in this sentence!
Back in the quiet, dark Doorman dorm sat a two drones living the adult life. Their adult life involved wearing matching beanies, onesies, and even coffee mugs. They both had a large green/purple blanket over them. It wasn't very cold in the dorm, but it was more of the comforting feeling of having comfortable clothes and warm sleepwear. They cuddled next to each other, purple eyes and magenta eyes, side by side. The TV in front of them played a classic horror movie that they both enjoyed, which was Geepers Kreepers. It made sense to the purple solver user to fall in love with this movie as she admired the story and the monster itself. For the very relaxed male drone, he enjoyed anything she loved, as long as she was there.
" I wonder what spring here would be like. The spring they have seems to have sun, plants, trees, and overall just a thriving environment."
" It's a nice thing to think about every now and then. Thankfully, if not for V and Doll, we wouldn't have a chance at least getting this planet close to that scenario. It would be a nice thing for our kids, don't ya think Sammy?"
" Of course I think so Uz'. As long as we keep working together, I'm sure our kids and the other kids will have no endless winter and pitch black darkness everyday in their lives."
" Everytime you say something like that, I can't help but remember how it was back then. You know, with the whole absolute solver thing. When we first met N,V, and J. When we were just regular students in a regular class, doing regular drone things."
" To be fair, you and I always snuck out to the library to read books and spend time together." Sam smiled as he remembered the first time he encountered his literature worm on that fateful day.
" You mean YOU were the one always sneaking out, mister!" Uzi gave the middle point of his mouth and visor a small poke. Sam smiled as he diverted his gaze from the TV to his wife.
" But you still followed me."
" And I always will, no matter what." Uzi leaned forward and kissed him on his lips. Sam smiled as he held her hand, never wanting to ever give up this feeling.
Nighttime strolled upon the planet of Copper 9. Who would figure that many years ago, this planet was once covered by nuclear radiation filled snow clouds? And now, if seen from space, it's a planet with the possibility of a life thriving environment. Zooming in ever further on a hill were five kids who all formed a star, relaxing and taking in the snows chill from a full day of a competitive snowfighting.
" Well Anastasia," said Smokey," you once again showed us that you are the best at using that power." Anastasia lifted her hand up and have a thumbs up.
" Hey, don't forget that Jack technically came out on top for his awesome moves!" Ethan was still astonished by the fact that Jack had such master control over his maneuverability. Jack smiled a bit.
" You guys are also forgetting that me and Smokey are an unstoppable duo!" Sunny and Smokey gave each other a sibling high five.
" That you two are." Anastasia loved the sibling teamwork as both of them essentially shared the same brain, making them a formidable two-as-one opponent. All the kids continued to stare up at the stars and constellations while they sparkled with metoers passing by.
" You know guys, our parents always told us stories about hoe life was like for them before we came. Monsters, killers, mysterious locations, hidden mysteries, and everything else. It all sounded so scary knowing that they went through that. It gives me nightmares to be honest because I can feel what they went through. But the one thing they always told me was that they faced it together. No monster was too scary, no church was too dark, and no problem was too chaotic. And it was because they had each other. When I'm with you guys, I'm not scared of anything. I feel like I, no, WE can take on the universe, together. What do you guys think?"
As if they all thought the same thing, they all held hands. Five smiles, five minds, one heart of five, one power of all. The view from space looked down at the star. The star of an eternal union of generations to come.
Well, I bet you weren't expecting this kind of fic, huh? Like the other fics I've done, this has a deep personal meaning to me. Why is that? Because of one reason and one person.
Inspired Dragon
As of publishing this fic, it is November 23rd, 2023. Thanksgiving. Not all celebrate it, I know. But I do. And there is no better way to celebrate it by sending this message to the person mentioned above me.
This amazing fic writer and even greater friend has helped me in so many ways and forms it's hard to describe it. What started off as a simple question turned into just endless chats of fun and ideas. They have helped me so much in everything. They are the second mastermind behind the other fics that you all enjoy. Murder Romance, The Sun's Samurai, Cinnamon Scent, and others to come. There is no better way to thank them for everything they have helped me. I could only write this fic in gratitude of their help and support. I truly am grateful for a person like them.
I know you all are waiting for the next chapters of my main fics; as am I. Stay tuned, have a goodnight, happy Thanksgiving, and may the way of the samurai be with you all!