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“Y’know what? Fine, let’s fight.” Lizzy boldly challenged. “After school, outside the colony. Let’s see if your little ‘friend’ is real!”
Uzi laughed maniacally, grinning. “You’re gonna regret saying that once he rips you to shreds.”
Hoards of drone eyes were on the two of them. Uzi had just been challenged by Lizzy, a powerful figure in the social hierarchy of her high school.
Obviously, Uzi didn’t really care for the whole ’high school hierarchy’ thing, she thought it was more satisfying humbling her than anything.
But something about being belittled in front of everyone boiled her oil.
“He? Awh, what’s your little boyfriend gonna do? Pwotect You?” Lizzy mocked, cackling in her face as the rest of them followed. “Please, I bet he’s as much of a loser as you are.”
“BITE ME! He’s not my boyfriend, and for the last time, he’s—“
”RIIIIIIIIIIIING!”
“Oh? And would you look at the time.. get ready, Doorman.” Lizzy smiled, spitting on her bag before walking away to prepare for the fight.
Uzi kept her gaze downward, cleaning up the spilt books on the floor until a figure approached. “Hi Uzi! You uh, alright?” Thad asked, crouching down to help her as he accidentally grazed the hand of the purple eyed drone.
“aAAAA— Uzi yelped, stumbling backwards as slashes appeared on her digital cheeks. The green eyed drone chuckled. “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare ya. You’re fighting Lizzie later, right?”
“..yeah? What about it?” Uzi raised a brow, grabbing the book that Thad held and shoving it in her backpack.
“I just think it’s pretty metal! Get it? Cause we’re drones!” He laughed, wiping a digital tear from his eye as Uzi’s face heated up.
Uzi’s visor suddenly flashed an error message. “INTERNAL TEMPERATURE HIGHER THAN REGULAR, PLEASE SEE-” She hid her visor using her beanie, banging her head until the visor only showed her purple eyes. “HAHAHhahaaa… yeah! Drones, metal!” A water droplet appeared on her screen as she replied, quickly zipping up her bag. “Nice talking to you, Thad!”
She quickly stood up, dusting off non-existent dust from her skirt as she waved goodbye. “HEY! I almost forgot…” Thad stood up as Uzi turned to look at him. “You wanna maybe.. hangout afterwards?”
“Hangout? With.. me?” She repeated, her eyes turning into ovals as she nodded. “Yeah! Sure! BYE!” Uzi scurried away, maniacally giggling as she left.
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“What is it that you even like about her? She’s a worker drone, we drink the oil out of them.” V questioned, leaning lazily on the revolving chair as N looked at himself in the cracked mirror, preparing to meet up with her.
“I— she’s just a friend, don’t get jealous, V.” N replied, adjusting his hair and parting it perfectly. “Besides, she’s feeding me more oil than you can dream of! Sorta.”
“What do you mean feeding you oil? All you’re doing is beating up high schoolers for her! She doesn’t care about you like I do!” V ranted, standing up as her metallic legs pierced the metal floor of the crashed ship. “I’M the one that’s feeding your sorry ass, yet this is the thanks I GET?!”
N’s nanite tail jerked upwards at the sudden uproar. “LANGUAGE, V! You know I’m doing their colony a favor by removing the weaker ones, that’s what she told me!” He protested, getting a bottle and filling it with saliva as V gagged.
V chuckled, a look of disbelief on her display. “You seriously believe in that? Robogod, you can’t be serious.” She lashed her tail on the floor, laughing. “Look at you, you’re spitting into a bottle for crying out loud!” V sighed, shaking her head. “Y’know what? Just.. go, and don’t blame me if she breaks your pwecious wittle heawt.” V growled, gripping the side panel as she bared her sharp teeth.
“Fine by me.” N’s eyes narrowed before unsheathing his metallic wings, flying upwards out of the ship and ‘murder hill’.
He soared through the snowy night sky, his wings tearing through the eternal winter rain as he made his way to the colony where his love lived. He couldn’t wait to see her, especially since he had a special plan for them tonight.
N had heard of a functional theater close by, left behind by the humans before their earth exploded to provide enrichment to worker drones. But now, it was completely abandoned because of the presence of murder drones. He planned on screening one of the isekais she liked, and thought it would be nice to gather up some supplies to make it as cozy as possible for a worker drone.
“Let’s see here..” N’s visor turned into a scanner as his eyes locked onto various items.
N kept his metal feathers close to him as he dove from the sky, gliding near the ground as he picked up a sheet of blanket, a few nuts and bolts to act as a snack, and a heat pack that was buried in a dead worker's jacket.
He quickly made his way to the theater, entering one of the rooms through a hole in the wall. He dropped the items with great precision, creating a small space for the two of them as he soared back on track to the colony.
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“He better be there on time..” Uzi muttered to herself as she pulled out the master keycard from her backpack, unlocking the colony doors as she snuck outside. She ducked behind a rusted car as she heard Lizzie’s agitating voice.
“Where’s the loser at?” A voice asked through her phone, barely intelligible through the snow.
“She’s late, as per usual.” Lizzy replied, laughing. “She’s dead when she comes out here.”
Uzi opened her bag, taking out iron brass knuckles and a USB drive reading “BEAT HER ASS.exe”. She stuck it into the port on her neck as her visor blacked out for a second.
[INITIATING: SELF-DEFENSE PROTOCOL // :true]
Uzi blinked awake as she shook her head, adjusting her beanie as she put the brass knuckles on. Her vision changed drastically, her eyesight having a cross hair in the middle as she grinned. Lizzy wasn’t ready for the dismantling Uzi was about to do.
”She better be.” The voice commanded before hanging up, Lizzy’s eyes surprised at her hostility towards her. “Wow, even other people want her dead! What. A—“
Uzi charged at Lizzie, her eyes turned into an X as she cackled. Lizzy dropped her phone in surprise as Uzi pinned her to the ground, a sick grin on her face as she watched her scared expression,
“LET ME GO YOU—“
“You lost your chance of apologizing.” Uzi hissed, tightening her grip on Uzi’s arm as it started to bend around her fist. “Let’s see how you text Thad without your arms.”
Lizzy’s expression of terror switched to pure rage as she picked up a concealed bat from a pile of snow, kicking Uzi’s torso as she fell onto the snowed floor. She quickly got up, and using both of her arms swung the bat directly onto Uzi’s head. She used her feet to dig into her chest, her visor flashing a vicious red indicating her critical status.
Uzi’s vision was blurred in red warning texts as she felt her control over her body slip away. She was about to die.. to Lizzy of all things. Suddenly, a yellow notification appeared on her screen.
[from solkickassver2.exe: TRACKER ONLINE, staff will now be sent to your location.]
Uzi gritted her teeth as she grabbed her bat as Lizzy was about to deal a final blow to her. “Y-You did-didn’t think it was THAT easy, did y-you?” She glitched as Lizzy fell to the floor, Uzi towering over her as a loud thud echoed behind her. Metallic wings unfurled itself behind her as she chuckled.
“Is- is that a—“ Lizzy stammered, stumbling backwards.
”Sick em, N.”
“With pleasure.” N’s eyes turned into an X as he tossed the bottle of spit onto Uzi, healing her slowly but surely. N charged at Lizzy, using his wings to slice through any obstacles in his way. He grabbed Lizzy’s throat as he slowly crushed it, watching the error messages pop up faster than he could blink as he dragged her face against the hardened snow.
He flew upwards, using his tail to stab multiple holes into Lizzy’s chest. Trails of oil stained the snow as Lizzy’s vision stabilized, being greeted with the face of a murder drone. “The weak drones must be killed to ensure a strong bloodline.” N’s eyes narrowed as he crushed her neck, effectively killing her as she fell to the ground along with her head.
“Good work, N!” Uzi cackled, her eyes flashing yellow for a second before walking towards N. She rubbed leftover oil stains on her hoodie as N stared curiously onto Lizzy’s dead body with hunger in his gaze. “Can I—“
“Yes, you can N. Just, don’t get her oil on me.” Uzi signaled as she watched N drain the oil from Lizzy’s neck like a hungry vampire. His wings flexed as his tail flicked from side to side like a dog.
“Hey Uzi..” N started with a mouth full of drone blood. “Remember that isekai you wanted to watch?”
Uzi’s attention locked onto him as she heard the word ‘isekai’. “Yeah? What about it?”
“I was wondering..” N rubbed the oil off of his mouth as he smacked his lips. “Do you want to watch it in a cinema?”
“A cinema. Like.. a real cinema?” Uzi repeated, raising a brow. “Sure, I need to uh, do something first.”
N nodded as he went back to eating. Uzi walked towards Lizzy’s cracked phone, opening it and texting Thad.
”yo uzi here, cant make it tn :( badly injured :/“
Uzi paused for a second. Would he even believe that? She clicked send, and almost instantly she got a reply.
”aw man, gws! ❤️ so u won?”
“A- a heart?” Uzi’s core heated up, as N turned his head.
“Are you okay, Uzi?” N asked, dropping Lizzy’s dried corpse as his gaze softened in worry.
“Y-Yep!” Uzi gave him a thumbs up as he frantically replied to Thad.
”gtg, we heard a murder drone.”
”wait WHAT”
Uzi picked up a rock and smashed Lizzy’s phone. She hoped to use her usual ‘murder drone attacked us’ excuse to get out of trouble. N, who was behind her when she texted that, patted her on the head. “Nice excuse, Zi!” He sheepishly smiled. “I love being your partner in crime!”
“Yeah yeah you big idiot.” Uzi rolled her eyes, smiling at her friend. Out of nowhere, a notification popped up.
[ERROR: CORE TEMPERATURE BELOW AVERAGE, PLEASE SEEK SHELTER.]
“Oh biscuits, I forgot you can’t handle the weather! Here..”
N scanned around for a jacket to give Uzi, finally finding one on a dead human. He swiftly crushed the bones, letting it fall out of the jacket as he rushed to her side once more.
“You really don’t have to..”
“I insist!” N removed his jacket, concealing himself with his wings as he wore the newly found leather jacket and putting it on. He relaxed his wings, putting them close to his side as he revealed his new outfit. “Whaddya think?”
Uzi blinked at him. He looked.. disturbingly attractive to Uzi. “You look.. good, weirdly enough.”
“Really?!” N’s tail swung side to side as sparkles replaced his usual eyes. “You think so?”
“Don’t mention it or I’ll rip off your tail!” Uzi threatened, crossing her arms. “..yes.”
N giggled, “Now your turn!”
Uzi raised her arms as N put his jacket over her. It was bigger than she expected, and strangely cold. “How are you feeling now?” N tilted his head, looking at Uzi in her eyes as Uzi glanced towards the doors, hiding her expression. He used his wings to cover the falling snow from Uzi as he smiled at her.
“..better, but why are you so cold?” Uzi asked, grabbing his hand and comparing hand sizes. “And huge..? Why do you need such big hands?”
N’s visor blushed as he felt the warmth of the worker drone. “W-Well V says that—”
”GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER, DISASSEMBLY DRONE!”
N peered his head up from the huddle of warmth he made with his wings as Uzi peeked from the sides, moving his metallic wings away.
“Thad?” Uzi’s eyes turned into an oval as she looked back at N. This looked bad.
“You.. GET AWAY FROM HER!” Thad commanded, shakily holding a pistol in his hand. His eyes locked onto the murder drone as N glared back with a look of sheer surprise.
“You know this guy..?” N looked back at Uzi, confused. “Why is he—“
”HELP!” Uzi called out as N unfurled his wings.
N hid himself using his wings as Thad opened fire. The banging of bullets hitting against the drone’s wings made Uzi’s ears ring as he ducked behind the car.
“N! RUN!” Uzi’s visor read as N peeked up to read it. N’s sing suddenly felt a sharp sting in his wing, as his visor indicated his wing had been damaged.
“I’ll come back for you.” N looked back at Uzi, his visor reading those words as he flew away, trails of gunshots barely missing him as he flew away.
“UZI!” Thad rushed to her side, checking for any wounds as Uzi clenched N’s jacket. She couldn't believe she had done that to N, but she had to.
“I’m fine!” Uzi blushed at the sudden proximity she had with Thad, fanning herself to cool down her heating core. “Why are you here? You’re supposed to stay in the colony!”
“You said a MURDER DRONE attacked you! Why wouldn’t I help?!” Thad replied as he looked around. “We have to go, before that thing comes back.” He urged, picking up Uzi’s backpack as Uzi tossed the brass knuckles into the bag. “It’s okay! He’s just a friend, seriously.”
“Are you sure?”
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”Just.. a friend?” N gripped a worker drone’s head as he listened from afar, anger rising in him at the sound of Thad’s voice. “I’ll show you ‘just a friend’..” N growled, an instinct to kill crawling down his spine. He stood atop a pile of dead drones, eyeing the two of them like a predator stalking its prey.
”Exterminate. THE. THREAT.”
He unfurled his wings, crushing the drone head as he flew upwards, getting ready to attack Thad with pure carnal force.
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“Yeah..? What do you mean by that, Thad?” Uzi asked as they both walked towards the door, stepping over Lizzy’s dead body.
“That..” Thad gagged as he stepped over her corpse. “thing likes you, and it’s pretty obvious.”
“N? Seriously?” Uzi laughed, leaning against Thad as they waited for the door to open. “He’s my best friend, he can’t possibly like me!”
Thad put an arm around Uzi, sighing. “You better be right, I don’t want a murder drone trying to kill me while I’m hanging out with you!” Thad laughed as Uzi blushed at the sudden contact, cackling awkwardly.
“HAHAHA yeah.. wouldn’t want a MURDEROUS ROBOT killing you.”
The door clanked open as the two stepped inside. “That’s a bit ominous, but thank you!”
The doors shut tight, the once snowy rain falling onto the floor as the inner door opened for the two of them.
“Now, let’s get to hanging out!”
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N’s eyes filled with artificial tears as he flew up above, watching the doors close on Uzi and his new target. He didn’t know why he didn’t attack him on the spot, but something about his own restraint really pissed him off.
He flew back down into the ‘murder hill’, his nanite tail curling around a pipe as he hung upside down. ”Why did I stop myself?! Stupid.. STUPID—“
“Home so early?” A shadowy figure giggled. “So, your little date didn’t go so well? Let me guess, she died?”
N stopped clutching his face to look up at her. “No, V. Robogod why are you so CYNICAL?!” N lashed out, hissing at V before covering himself with his wings.
“She’s still alive? What. A. Surprise.” V sarcastically replied, pulling out a cellphone.
“Shut it, V. Some worker drone took her right from my grasp.” N admitted, clenching his fist.
”Oh? And what’ll you do about it, kill the drone?” V laughed, tucking her wings closer.
“That’s a good idea actually!” N smiled. “I’ll just.. kill Thad!”
V stared at N in disbelief. “You can’t be serious, right?”
“I am, V.” N deadpanned, hopping down and landing onto the frosty floor. “Anything for her.”
“..don’t come home late, okay?” V smiled at N. “You know I worry about you.”
“Got it, V! See ya soon!” He sheepishly greeted goodbye before darting into the night sky.
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