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[Update 100%]
[Rebooting... ]
[System Initializing]
[All systems online]
[Downloading 44562 files]
[Download complete]
[Downloading PDQ-88B_BroKeN_UniT live feed]
Huh? That's...
[Download complete]
[Sending live feed to {DickMaster}]
Alice how did you even rename the mainframe?? I never even saw you do that?! Guess I should see why that old unit is suddenly recording feed now.
Yes man ran the live feed, starting from the day he shut down. He realized immediately Alice manually activated the camera to record herself talking to him. He thought it was sweet. The first two days it was just her talking about the events of the aftermath of the battle. Everyone at each other's throats, which was what he expected with a sudden change in powers.
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The videos skip a few days ahead and he immediately saw the bandages covering her intact arm. She looked very rough and it was obvious she's been crying. He felt a pang of guilt in his system. The reason the update took so long was because he tested over and over again making sure everything ran properly and even had to rewrite multiple lines because it caused conflicts with his core systems. Had he known what Alice was going through he would've risked his system to be there for her. The further the days went the more guilty he felt, seeing her fall into a deep depression and on multiple days clearly either drunk or high. Then he got to the current live feed. And that's when he hears the three words that made his circuits spark up.
'I love you.'
She confessed. She said it with no uncertainty. He felt a burning in his systems, like he wanted to just jump up and down. If he were being honest, he's felt the same way for a while, albeit he didn't know what the feeling was until this update. He loved being by her side and fighting with her. For the first time in the time he's existed, his smile felt genuine ever since she suggested they run Vegas. He couldn't bear to wait any longer. He jumped into the nearest securitron and snuck up behind Alice to give her a hug like he's never done before. He really missed her too