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"Well well.. The little drone is stronger then we thought."

Tessa(?), no... Cyn, walked towards Doll, throwing her sword straight at Doll's face, stabbing her in the eye. "Мы заключили сделку! (We had a deal!)", Doll yelled while backing away slowly from Cyn. She pulled the sword out, flinching at the pain and loss of oil, as oil splattered everywhere.

"Bold of you to think, I'd actually follow through." The spacesuit and voice changer put away, Cyn revealed her true self. "You were, such a good drone." A voice from somewhere in the room said, although it seemed as that voice was everywhere, echoing off every corner.

The fires around them grew brighter and bigger, slowly consuming the rest of the room. "Я ошибалась, когда доверяла тебе. (I was wrong to trust you.)", Doll used her solver to try and protect herself from Cyn, but was frozen in place as her solver started glitching. "Did you think you could use my own tricks against me?" Cyn smiled, being the cause of the glitchy solver. "I at least figured you were smarter then that..." the voice spoke again.

As the fire surrounding them burned down different pillars, and turned almost everything to dust, Cyn moved away surprisingly. "Goodbye, you sentient toaster. Giggle." She went back to looking as Tessa, backing away into the shadows as she put the spacesuit on, leaving to go back to her false identity and fooling everyone else. Of course though, she couldn't just let Doll escape free. "Farewell little drone.." once again the voice spoke, and suddenly the cave entrance collapsed, the fires raging and trapped inside, burning Doll with it.

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The once burning and raging fires, that had taken over the entire area Doll was, had slowly calmed down and disappeared after the hours passed by.

Although Doll was a Worker Drone, and wasn't built like some flimsy human, she would eventually be affected by the heat and melt down to nothing. Just as everything else around her did.

Thankfully, she survived and withstood the hot temperatures.

After a long couple of hours underground, the fire had dissipated, everything that was on fire not too long ago had burnt to dust. Doll took deep breaths, struggling to focus. "Мы можем считать это танцем со смертью. (We may consider this a dance with death.)", The industrial cave was dark, and she was sure Uzi and everyone else had already gone with Tessa(?) & J.
She looked down, after all there wasn't much of a "scenery" to look at.
"...Вы все еще чувствуете запах дыма. (...You can still smell the smoke.)" she mumbled as she looked back up and at her surroundings.

She took a few small steps, reaching down to run her hands through the ashes on the ground. Her solver could only do so much such as removing the metal scraps and boulders blocking the exit. But it wouldn't be enough, as she was trapped deep inside the cavern. And it was still glitching, switching between different strange or weird symbols and not following any of her commands.

"Узи-швейцар... Я все еще задаюсь вопросом, почему вы сотрудничаете с этими дронами-убийцами. (Uzi Doorman.. I still question why you have partnered with these murder drones.)"

Doll remembered a previous memory, during the prom her school had held.
She had planned to kill V, one of the Disassembly Drones that murdered her parents. The feeling was vengeful, and the emotions still lingered.
"Вы не единственный, кто потерял семью из-за дронов-убийц! (You're not the only one who lost family to the murder drones!)", something she had told her cousin, Uzi, that fateful day.

Taking a moment to think, she spoke quietly.
"Мать... Отец. Как бы вы поступили в этой ситуации? Я заключил сделку с дьяволом, и мне не удалось понять, насколько это был неправильный выбор. (Mother.. Father. How would you handle this situation? I've made a deal with the devil, and I've failed to see how much of a wrong choice that was.)"

Moving on from that thought and somewhat old memory,
She glanced up, staring at the metal pillars holding the cave walls up. "Пройдет немного времени, и все это рухнет. (It won't be long before these things collapse.)"
She ran her hand across one of the beams, and it still was warm to the touch.

Behind her, was some sort of concrete and steel wall. It was rusty, and definitely cracked in some areas. She wouldn't be strong enough however to break down the wall. And she doubted that something good, such as an exit would be behind there anyways. The barely lit area, the falling apart beams, plus the rusted and broken pipelines around her gave a constant reminder that she was deep, deep underground, and whatever kind of cave or underground area she's in, has absolutely no entrance or exit except where she originally came from.
The giant hole she fell through, went attempting to stop Tessa(?).

Sighing heavily, she tried to focus on something else.
"Я выберусь живым... (I will make it out alive...)" Doll said, but she could only hope.

All of a sudden, Doll heard small footsteps and noises from the blocked off exit, only the once blocked off area seemingly was.. Cleared in a way. Alerted, she immediately got up and stood near the wall. While eager to find an escape, she was very aware it's still dangerous and she doesn't know how, or who cleared the boulders and such. Solver ready, she looked around carefully, while also keeping guard.
"Кто там?! (Who's there?!)"
She yelled, half scared of this mysterious noise and half confident she could hopefully defeat the unknown intruder. (Should it be a intruder, of course.)

Slowly, bit by bit, the small footsteps turned into running. Running straight for her. She occasionally stepped back, unsure and worried. "It seems you're still alive, we can't have that unfortunately." Tessa(?) spoke, and Doll gasped realizing Cyn, had come back. "Ты снова вернулся, эльдрический ужас. (Are you back again, you eldritch horror.)"

She couldn't see Cyn, or whoever it was that stood there. They hid from her, creeping around in the dark area while also maintaining vigilant. She kept stepping backwards, the footsteps getting louder and louder. She could detect something, or someone close to her, but was still unable to identify it.
She stared at a boulder near her, and quickly used her solver to pick it up and aim it right at the stranger.

To her surprise, the boulder actually hit something. But it didn't stop or even injure her sudden attacker and she could tell they didn't even flinch from it. The footsteps finally slowed for a small moment, allowing Doll to take a small minute to calm down. She took this moment to speak up, "Говорите уже, кем бы вы ни были. (Speak already, whatever you are.)"

Someone spoke up, only it wasn't the voice of Tessa(?)/Cyn or whoever it was, it was the voice from before that accompanied Cyn. Doll took deep breaths, suddenly hyperventilating and struggling to focus. Displayed on her screen (from her POV) said "Абсолютный захват решателя."
She did anything she possibly could to make that little error/warning go away, but instead everything kept spamming "ОШИБКА (ERROR)" and nothing would work, not even her solver.

"You were never useful... Doll." The voice said, and she realized something. She was correct, while it wasn't Tessa(?) or Cyn's voice speaking, it could just be another voice Cyn used. But it wasn't, and she spectated perhaps, perhaps there's another one of someone like Cyn. While not a physical drone in any way, more of some evil program that "repairs" drones, in return they give over all control of themselve.

Maybe, that's what "Абсолютный захват решателя." meant. Someone was trying to take over her. Doll decided she would дать отпор, even if it meant putting her life on the line. "Я уже делал это раньше и сделаю снова. (I've done it before, and I'll do it again.)"

There was no time unfortunately, she realised something jumped at her, and before she could recognize her attacker, Doll passed out. Or in other words, powered down.

"дать отпор."

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Uzi, Tessa, N and Nori had been in different places leading up to the Cathedral, all having different goals and plans leading to the same place.

The cathedral was dimly lit, but still bright enough to see the surrounding area, and you could definitely see anyone that walked inside through the large doors at the entrance. Uzi finished playing a recording of her mother Nori, and her aunt Yeva, having done some sort of intense battle. The recording contained clips, all showing death, and also showing humans, revealing to Uzi what those "kind" of people were like. When the humans were still alive, of course. Out of the horror and shock from watching her own mother kill people, or humans while possessed by the solver, she ripped her collar chain off, throwing it to the side.

It had been the same necklace her mother wore, and while she still 100% loved Nori deeply, she couldn't bare the thought of the necklace having been around and a "witness" in a way to the murders and scene that happened here, in this very cathedral.

"Hah.. Mom.. Aunt.. There's no way." she took quick but deep breaths backing away from her discarded necklace, before noticing the cathedral doors opening. The doors creaked open, and then quickly closed. Uzi saw someone's silhouette, but she couldn't figure out who. She detected someone she possibly knew was there, but they didn't speak or get close enough yet for her to determine who it is. Loudly but slowly, someone walked inside towards her, scraping their feet across the floor. Behind them was a puddle of oil, spilling as they dragged themselves towards Uzi. "Who.. Who is that? Who are you?" she said, squinting her eyes while also backing away unsure of this person.

Finally, they had walked close enough and were visible in the light. Surprised, it was none other then Doll. "D-Doll?! Is that you?" she nearly ran towards her, as Doll collapsed before Uzi could attempt to step in and catch her. "Looks like someone has been busy, say?", Tessa(?) walked in and saw the both of them. "Uzi, Doll? No, it seems you've already killed her." her spacesuit and accent didn't hide the slight.. excitement she had in her voice. "Tessa?!" Uzi yelped, Tessa(?) masked her excitement with seriousness, and got her sword, pointing it at Uzi. "You should be ashamed of yourself." Tessa(?) said. "Wait a minute.." Uzi whispered. And quickly dodged the sudden and near stab from Tessa(?).

"N-no, no! Tessa, please, it wasn't me! I don't know who killed her." Uzi yelled while panicked, attempting to use her solver for defense, or to block any attacks, only for it to say "ERROR: Target: like object" everytime she aimed at Tessa(?). "Are you also a solver.. uh host..?" she said quietly, focusing back on getting her solver to work.

"Dammit! Why isn't it working..." she mumbled, staring up and down between her hand and Tessa(?). "Little drone, I didn't expect you to kill someone of your own kind.. Nonetheless your cousin." Tessa(?) kept aiming her sword at Uzi, backing her up against a wall. Uzi shook slightly, closing her eyes shut and bracing herself for whatever attack to come.

"You know Uzi, I could never kill one of my drones. Especially N, I would never. But you're a danger to him, and everyone else."
Tessa raised her sword ready to kill her, and was about to slice off Uzi's head when-

"Держи свои грязные руки подальше от моей кузины. (Keep your filthy hands off my cousin.)" & "Uzi!! Tessa!!"

Doll aimed her solver at Tessa's sword, holding it back from stabbing Uzi, and N rushed into the cathedral, staring in shock at all three of them. "What-", N stared at Doll, before quickly focusing on Tessa(?). "Tessa!"
He went over to them, ignoring Doll in the background.
"Do you know anything about the patch, er crucfix?!"
Doll had stepped back, focused on her cousin but preferred for this situation to stay in the background.

Tessa(?) turned towards N, putting away her sword and looking at him. "N... How adorable." he took a deep breath before speaking,
"Answer me Tessa, I'm only giving you one chance." N yelled, aiming his blade at her neck. Tessa(?) only stared at him, "N, you know why I like to keep you around?-"

𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵

He sliced her head off, true to his "promise".

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N took deep breaths, panting. He had just "killed" someone dear to him, someone who he grew up with. But he had to stay true to his word, he can't go back on a promise. Putting away his blade, N stepped back, looking over at Uzi and Doll. "Tessa.." he mumbled, thinking about how different Tessa seemed then from before. He reached down towards Uzi, who was pulling onto him to get up. "Hey buddy.. Let me help you up, you know.. I need you to help, figure things out together." He forced a weak smile.

Doll spoke as N helped Uzi up, "Вы не ошиблись, убив ее, однако... (You were not wrong to kill her, however-)" she froze as Uzi started "giggling" and squeezed N's hand, a little too tight."Ouch- hey.." He winced. Her solver was yellow, and she held up the crucifix, before crumbling it to pieces. "УЗИ!!! НЕТ! (UZI!! NO!)" Doll yelled, using her solver to pick up the remaining pieces of the broken crucifix. "Uzi" giggled again, "That's really sweet big brother. Too bad I'm already done with you, laugh." She threw him at a pillar, using one of her class to attack him. "Uzi?!" N gasped, scared to death as he tried to release himself from her strong grip. "Don't worry, your backups will forgive me."

Before "Uzi" could chop his head off, Doll ran towards him and used her solver to block the blade. Nori jumped onto N's shoulder, using two solvers to protect him. "Боюсь, что "Узи", на который мы смотрим, уже не тот "Узи", который мы когда-то знали. (I'm afraid the Uzi we are looking at is no longer the Uzi we once knew.)" Doll said, backing away from "Uzi".

"В нее вселился Решатель. (She is possessed by the Solver.)" she jumped away from one of the claws that slashed at her. Nori pointed at "Uzi", yelling. "You're dead, and fricking grounded."
Doll chuckled, and moved away once again from another attack. While she was limping and struggling to dodge occasional attacks, she wouldn't let that stop her.
"Angry." Uzi said, releasing N as more claws and tentacles appeared, clawing towards Nori. N leaped out of the way, flying away from Uzi to avoid her.

Both N and Doll stood a good distance from Uzi, the two of them aiming right at her. N pointed his arm cannon (random creator note, what is it called?!) at her, and Doll was ready to throw one of the pillars in the room at her.

Uzi turned around to face him, smiling. "You shouldn't have hesitated, big brother." as she suddenly "teleported" towards him, throwing N up in the air and at a wall. "You are going to be more then grounded, when we're done here!" Nori yelped. Doll looked up, "К сожалению... Не похоже, что я смогу туда добраться. (Unfortunately, it does not seem like I can reach up there.)"

Nori, or technically her core, was trapped on the wall, blocked by two solvers. Uzi pinned N against the wall, pushing him further back. The giant claws and tentacles, kept him trapped from moving anywhere. N used his blade, and held it right by her neck. To his surprise, she slowly pushed the blade closer and closer to her neck, bit by bit it cut her and nearly chopped her head off, until Nori broke free and used her own solver to slice Uzi's claw (tentacle thingy) off. They both looked at each other for a split second in shock, when Nori launched Uzi out of the Cathedral, landing her atop the roof.

N flew up out of the Cathedral, and Doll went outside, watching. "Не позволяйте решателю полностью завладеть вами, Узи. (Do not let the solver take you over entirely, Uzi.)" she thought.

She quickly recovered, standing up. She caused multiple Nulls to appear, exploding different parts of the Cathedral. Uzi giggled, stealing the pickaxe Nori was about to throw at her, and kicked N across the ground.
Using the pickaxe like a bat, she hit Nori and sent her flying, pinning her to a window with the axe. She grabbed Nori, laughing as she was about to swallow down the core. Quickly N yelled, "Nori! Uh- I thought I should mention, Uzi and I-"

"Uzi" stopped, and both her and Nori stared down at the floor by N, where written in oil it said "HANG OUT? We just kinda are hanging out a lot idk". The two of them gave N a blank and annoyed stare.

"What." she said, while Nori immediately went "mother mode" and looked at her in the eyes. "Uzi Doorman. Those things killed your fricking mother." she exclaimed as she slapped Uzi across the face. It sent the both of them flying towards the inside of the Cathedral, where N was on the ground. She got up, "Ow. I'm not-" suddenly the solver was glitching, and Uzi snapped out of Cyn's control. "Hey Lady, you don't fricking own me!" she yelled, kicking Nori like a football into the large hole/gap in the floor.

Doll had stood outside the Cathedral, watching everything. "Ты всегда будешь сбивать меня с толку, кузен. (You will always confuse me, cousin.)" she mumbled while watching the scene play out.

"Yeah- AHHHH- UZI!!" N screamed, and she yelled back, "What?! We did not discuss being gross and-" she started shrieking and yelling. "That was your mom!" "What?!" she yelled, and the both of them started screaming, before finally calming down and hugging each other. Doll walked back inside the Cathedral, but didn't move towards them or interrupt the moment.

As the three of them stood there, Tessa's(?) head quietly started "rolling" back to her dead body laying on the floor. Only, her body wasn't on the floor anymore. She got up and stopped the head from rolling further. Picking it up and fastening it back on like nothing. Tessa(?) took the spacesuit off, to reveal some version of Cyn underneath, with the actual Tessa's skin having been sewn onto her.

Doll had noticed something was wrong, or missing. But before she could say anything, Cyn covered her mouth and dragged her away from N and Uzi.

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Hello reader! You're looking wonderful today :3
First of all I just wanted to say thank you so so very much for over a 100 people who have read this. It means the world to me that at least one person gave my story a chance.

I'm happy to say I'll keep doing my best to update this story with at least one chapter per day! X3
And if you didn't come from my YouTube (meaning you haven't seen my upload schedule for AO3 yet)

Here's the schedule:
AO3 Upload Schedule: One Chapter per Day

If you'd like to see the audio drama Episode of Restart Null, it'll eventually be released soon on my YouTube: @RebrandedMP3-303 (Display Name: Zi)

I hope to make 50 chapters for this series, and I have absolutely no idea if each chapter already is long enough, but these are what I've written and I hope it suits your fancy. Currently, these are the chapter lists and stuff I've got planned out (including already released chapters):

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Chapter 1 - Summary of the YouTube Trailer
Chapter 2 - Continuation
Chapter 3 - Episode 7 Rewritten
Chapter 4 - Continuation
Chapter 5 - 2nd Continuation + Additional Scene
Chapter 6 - Story of before the Cathedral fight scene, with Tessa & J
Chapter 7 - Backstory/Memory (Gala Massacre Rewritten)
Chapter 8, 9 & 10 - Still being decided
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If you're wondering how I already have everything mostly planned out, with one Chapter being released everyday, this series I've been planning for over half a year. I had a lot of lore things written out actually in my notes app, but unfortunately it got deleted and such. The most exciting Chapter (in my opinion) will be the Gala Massacre, as in the audio drama version of Restart Null, the first Episode was going to be that. (And still is)

Originally for this AU, it was going to start at the prom arc (Way at the beginning of MD) but I decided that just didn't fit into the story, as Doll didn't even die yet nor did Cyn even get introduced to the story.

And now you're probably wondering, if Ep 7 of MD was rewritten for the most current chapter released (as of writing this), how can the story reach 50 chapters if there's only one more Ep of MD to rewrite? Well, I don't plan to immediately have it cut to the fight between Uzi & Cyn. I actually want them to plan more things out, have more story content on different things, and I'll find ways to fit flashbacks and stuff into the story.

Also, remember that 50 chapters in total does not all mean entirely the story. That includes little updates like these, or fun little oneshots and Q&As. So in total, for actual story content, 35-40 chapters. For additional stuff, 10 chapters or so. Which should all fit into the story nicely. I'd also like to show little things such as how Doll's parents died, a more detailed version behind her desire for revenge, Tessa's death & how it affected J, and many more things story and character development-wise.

Thank you for reading my little notes, and if you did, kudos to you. Thank you also, for reading my story. I hope as it continues I'll become a better writer, and maybe halfway through this one I'll start another Murder Drones AU, or do something like my own version of entirely rewriting the whole story of MD.

And one final thank you, to all my online friends and everyone I know that supported me and motivated me for this project. It went from being this silly little idea I had, to something people actually liked and enjoyed.

Also, I do art. So I hope some time to create an "icon" or "cover" design for this. For now, goodbye and thank you for reading. I'll see you later once the next chapter is uploaded.

~ RN Creator, Zi

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Doll stared at N and Uzi with fear, as Cyn got ready to devour her and eat her core. Cyn tore Doll's rib cage further apart, before leaning down and feasting upon her insides. "Узи... N.. Оставь меня здесь. (Uzi.. N.. Leave me here.)" she whispered, forcing a weak smile.

"Doll.. No no, I won't just leave you here!" Uzi stumbled back, but made herself stand up. N just stared in shock.
"Giggle, slurp." Cyn continued to feast on Doll, laughing. Doll winced in pain each time, too weak to use her solver to stop her. Uzi looked around, reaching for the pickaxe and throwing it at Cyn. It booked Cyn on the head, and she paused, looking up at Uzi.

Taking the opportunity, Uzi used her solver, dragging Doll's body towards her. "...я благодарен. (...I am grateful.)" she mumbled. Cyn twitched, turning around towards them. "Giggle. Oh yes, get snuck upon." suddenly she got on all fours, and ran towards all three of them. "Neck bite." she jumped onto N and bit him, stabbing him with her claws. Throwing and dragging him like a ragdoll as she went around the room, Uzi aimed the solver at her. "Stab." she pinned Uzi to the ground with another claw, nearly cutting her shoulder off. She stared at Doll who was leaning against the wall. "I'll leave your little cousin alone for now."

"It's been fun. Oh, that was something called, sarcasm." Cyn threw N at the ground. "And honestly, I'm starving." she continued backing away, purposely dropping herself into the hole. Alarms went off everywhere, and the Cathedral flashed yellow from the big explosion. "See you, Uzi." she said.

Uzi layed on the floor, barely moving but tried to reach for N, whom was "shut off" temporarily with a red warning displayed on his face. She whimpered in fear, as two tentacles slowly crawled out of the giant cavity in the ground, gripping on both of their legs, and dragging them down inside. "Eh!?.. Uh..." Uzi stared down in fear, quickly looking around for something to grab on.

She grabbed onto a random pipe sticking out, holding onto N as he finally "woke up". She looked down at him and forced herself to smile. "Hey.. Uhm, thanks- like for everything." her voice was strained, and she struggled to hold onto both. "Uzi don't you dare!" he yelled, right as she threw him back up. "N, take care of my cousin for me. Or at least, help her out you know?" she jumped down further into the ground, letting the claw grab hold of her. Aiming her solver at his leg, she cut off the part where the tentacle gripped.

She forced herself to chuckle slightly, with the last thing displayed on her face screen before she was dragged deep down being: "Die Mad". N yelled for her, but she already was falling down somewhere (where nobody knows). In the background, Doll watched from a distance, still propped up against a wall. Bright yellow lights filled the Cathedral, andeverywhere and everyone outside the Cathedral could see a giant yellow beam shoot up into the sky, an after effect from the sudden explosion.

Somewhere on Copper 9, a spaceship flew around before crashing into a school bus. J flew out of the spaceship, dodging out of the way. The only problem was, her keys went flying somewhere and dropped in to a giant rift that went underground.

She looked annoyed and frustrated, before turning towards the bus and aiming her gun at it. "Who are you idiots?", two people appeared from the bus, their figures hidden from the smoke. What appeared to be the silhouettes of Lizzy and Thad, with one of them leaning on something. Lizzy leaned against Uzi's railgun (she has somehow acquired), and Thad spun some sort of weapon in his hand like a basketball.

J's screen flashed a warning sign that displayed, "Prior Hazard", and she slowly became more stressed and unsure then frustrated.

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J stared at the two figures covered in smoke. Obviously she could see through it, and could somewhat tell who was hiding from her. But her systems still told her, "Prior Hazard" and gave her multiple warnings about whatever weapon was there. "Stupid system. I'm more then strong enough to take on whatever the barely sentient toasters could throw at me." she thought.

"Well well, if it isn't two of that emo drone's classmates. What are you guys doing out here, going on a field trip?" She said sarcastically, and scoffed. She knew Tessa(?).. No, Cyn. had already given her orders and what she was supposed to do, yet here she was, ready to argue with a bunch of "children".

She closed her eyes for a moment, thinking of something from the past. The "pose", or whatever little thing Lizzy and Thad did reminded her of someone dear and beloved to her. And, it made her think of the past. She took a moment to step back, to remember the "rules" she was supposed to follow, while also reminiscing on something. "...I saw everything that same day....." she thought.

(Moments before Tessa(?) and J met with Uzi and everyone else.)

Copper 9 was a rather dreadful place to be. If you weren't inside one of the posts or bunkers, you're probably out there in the horrible blizzard dealing with the snow and such.

J stood outside her spaceship, the same one Tessa(?) had used to fly to Copper 9. She waited outside, standing somewhere where she wouldn't end up covered too much in snow. Looking out into the distance, she thought of N and V. They were originally part of her team, both from the past and the present one. Yet they had chosen to join with the worker drones. "Traitors to the company.." she mumbled.

The spaceship shuttle door opened, and Tessa walked outside and shut the door. "Aye, it's about time we get going, right J?" she said, stretching before walking towards J. "Don't you think it's time to get going?" she looked at her, waiting for a response. "Yeah, sure boss. Just.. give me a minute."

Tessa(?) stared at her with a mix of disappointment and frustration underneath her helmet, the answer she expected and wanted to be a "Yes". She sighed, and moved away. "Well, don't take too long. Everyone else will be waiting!"

"..I know." J spoke quietly, and Tessa(?) shrugged it off before getting ready to walk away towards their current destination. "Don't take too long." is all she said, already leaving without her. "You know where we're supposed to go." and she disappeared further into the blizzard. J sighed, looking down. She told herself, "You have a job, finish it."

But she couldn't help it, the constant reminder that, this wasn't Tessa. The Tessa she knew, the one she loved, didn't even exist anymore. She was just a mere illusion she thought of, with the only thing of the actual Tessa left being her skin and bones sewn onto Cyn's body. She shuddered, remembering the Gala massacre. "If only I saved her." she whispered, having a flashback to that same day.

It was the year 3002, the same day the Elliot Mansion hosted a Gala. Inside, the hallways were dimly lit, and thunder roared loudly outside. Occasionally, the thunder and lightning would light up the Manor and cause the dark area to be brightly lit. Everything remained dark besides that, except the Ballroom. (Where the Gala was being hosted)

The Gala was loud and bustling, people and drones alike wandering around and enjoying their time. Someone had opened the large doors, and inside walked Cyn.
"So many people. Shuffle, shuffle." she walked inside towards the center of the room. "Looks like we have quite an audience to entertain." a voice said with her.

Cyn stood in somewhere in the Ballroom, watching, as if waiting for a specific moment to happen. The room went silent as James Elliot stood in the very center of the room, raising a glass high and tapping a utensil against the wine glass. "Ehem.." he cleared his throat, "Welcome all! We invite you to this gala-" he immediately stopped talking, as the lights suddenly were flickering on and off.

The lights flashed on and off, before dimming and turning a bright yellow, causing multiple guests to look up nervously. Many guests, including the Gala hosts James and Louisa, were unsure of the new lighting and why it suddenly glitched. "Giggle." Cyn stood in the corner, away from most people.

"W-what happened to the lights? What on earth is that God awful color." Louisa Elliot stared at the Ballroom lights, before getting her hand fan and scoffing, walking away. "Uh, nothing to worry about everyone. This is simply, a minor technical issue, with the lights...! Eh.. Heh." James chuckled nervously, clearing his throat multiple times.

"Uhhh, it's just a small error, right..?" One guest asked, another guest commented: "This doesn't normally happen at a Gala though?" while one guest surprisingly wasn't as nervous, "I'm sure it'll be fine...."

Louisa stared down at Cyn, looking back and forth before a look of disgust with a mix of fear settled on her face. She pointed her fan down at Cyn, "Ugh, what in the world! What is that dreaded thing? I thought I told Tessa to keep that thing outside or away from the Ballroom." she scoffed, and walked away towards one of the tables. James noticed her "conversation" with Cyn, and sighed in frustration. He too disliked Cyn and found her the most dreadful out of all Tessa's stupid drones. "Tessa James Elliot... I warned you." he mumbled. Moving on, he managed to calm the rest of the Gala participates down, everyone continued on, however still suspicious of the sudden change in lighting.

"All part of the plan, the show must go on." The voice spoke again, with Cyn laughing quietly in the background.

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Thunder flashed, lighting up the dim rooms of the Elliot Manor. Tessa and J nervously walked down the halls, the halls ominous and dark. "J-j, where did N and V go?" Tessa asked, looking around shyly and scared. "I.. don't know. I think N and V are somewhere in the library." J responded back.

Slightly startled, Tessa stopped walking and looked over at J. "Are you serious...? In the library, why would.." she paused, and took a few deep breaths. She moved on, the both of them walking further down the hall towards the staircase. "..Well, just down these stairs and we'll be at the Ballroom soon." Tessa mumbled, looking over at J. While passing by, she bumped into one of the knight statues. The statue nearly fell over, and she caught it. "Ah! No no, don't fall over..!" she yelped, pushing the statue back up.

J stared at her for a moment, looking up at a display case on the wall. Tessa noticed something on the statue, "Oh! A sword," she removed the sword carefully. "Maybe this will come in handy." she lifted the blade in the air, the small bits of light reflecting off it. J reached for the revolver inside the display case, taking it carefully. "A gun.. Nice." she checked the gun for bullets, and surprisingly it already was loaded.

They both looked at each other, and the weapons in their hands. "Switch?" they both yelled, before throwing the weapons in the air and switching. Tessa giggled, and J chuckled. "Let's keep going now." she said, putting her sword to the side. They continued down the hall, right about to head down the stairway until they heard the sound of something crashing from the Ballroom.

The two of them flinched, quickly looking around before freezing in place as the sound of ear piercing and high pitched screams filled every room and hall. The entire Manor went silent as soon as the screams passed, with Tessa hiding behind J. "J.. J! That noise, was it what I thought I heard?.. Screams...?" she whispered in fear.
Taking deep breaths and nodding, J matched her whispering tone. "I-I think it was."

"We might have to.. Check it out." Tessa said, her foot steps slowed as they walked down the stairs and arrived in front of the Ballroom entrance. "It'll be fine, I'm sure.." J spoke quietly. Tessa took a deep breath, trying to give herself as much confidence as possible. She turned the door handles, and pushed the large doors open. "Everyone step back! This is a citizen's murder." she aimed her gun places randomly, "Everyone stand down!" J yelled. They both immediately stopped, eyes filled with fear as they took in their surroundings.

Tessa's eyes widened, the Ballroom filled with a gruesome sight. Blood tainted the walls, and the wallpaper was torn with curtains tattered. The blood was still fresh, the bright red colors painted everywhere like a display. Mutilated bodies were discarded in different corners of the room, with limbs scattered places. Large claw marks adorned the room, chairs and tables being broken and thrown around everywhere. Cyn sat in the very back of the room, atop the large planet model the Elliots had for decor. Giggling, she spoke. "Hello Tessa, and J. Giggle giggle."

She got down, sliding onto the ground and standing up. She walked forward towards them, her expression remained neutral despite the horrible sight around her. "Tessa, are you surprised to see-" Tessa flinched, yelling. "N-no! Stay back!" she began throwing different objects at Cyn, different utensils, broken chair legs, anything around her. J stood back, having trouble processing the current state of the Ballroom. Cyn sighed, annoyed. Each time she blocked the things thrown at her with the solver. "There, take that!" Tessa said, panting and taking deep breaths, tired from throwing so much.

J finally snapped back to reality, gasping. "You.. How dare you." she said, charging at Cyn with her sword. However, the solver froze her in place, picking J up and pinning her to the wall. "We can't have that happen, my dear." the voice spoke.

Cyn used her solver to pick up random sharp objects so she could temporarily keep J pinned to the wall. A large solver appeared, pressing against J and kept her against the wall. "Hey!" she yelled, "Let me go!! Let me down, dammit!" she flailed around, struggling. Cyn focused back on Tessa, smiling. "You know Tessa, you didn't have to see or hear any of the." she said. "We warned you, after all." the same voice said again.

Tessa, with a concerned and scared expression, looked back and forth between Cyn and J, thinking of what Cyn had told her earlier in her room right before the Gala. "What? Did you think I was just going to let you-" The room flashed a shade of red, before slowly shifting to a mix of orange and yellow. A mechanical, centipede-like version of Cyn appeared. It's robotic limbs clawed towards Tessa, jerking forward and lunging at her. J no longer was pinned against the wall, but instead controlled by the Absolute Solver, and stiffly walked towards the Ballroom doors, slamming it shut.

Tessa screamed, and tried to run away, or possibly dodge. But Cyn summoned a solver that grabbed her an held her still. "Ouch!" a claw stabbed at her. "N-no, no! J-j?!.. N-n!? V?!.. Anybody... Somebody, please help!" Sharp claws continued to stab at Tessa, attempting to rip her to shreds. J, free of the solver's control, shook her head swiftly before staring up at Tessa in shock. She backed away, hyperventilating. "Tessa...? No no why.. I'm so sorry! Please, forgive me. I couldn't do anything..." she whispered, covering her mouth.

She watched in horror as she struggled to comprehend the sight of someone dear to her, the only person she loves the most, being torn to pieces and ripped apart limb by limb. Tessa's skin was ripped off carefully for some reason, some but most of her bones and muscles crushed in the process. Cyn laughed the entire time, performing a lobotomy on her as well. J gasped, the sight too much to bear. She stumbled back, tripped on someone's dead body and shut down.

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J stood back, deciding to follow orders instead of letting her ego make her beat up some drones. She lowered her gun, and sighed. "Giving you already? I know we're like, awesome or whateva, but I thought you'd at least fight." Lizzy said, blowing bubblegum. "No need to rush Lizzy, we'll just do our job and head out." Thad said.

She rolled her eyes, "You think you two, literal toasters could defeat me? You're lucky I'm showing you mercy, since I have much better things to do." she stared over at her ship, and looked back at Lizzy and Thad. "Scram. Unless you want me to blow up your little bus over there." she threatened. Lizzy laughed, "You're funny. But I still prefer V over you." she walked back to the bus with Thad, doing something on her phone.

J narrowed her eyes at them, but chose to focus on her ship. She lost the keys, as it fell down somewhere in the canyon. Sighing again, she instead began flying towards her destination. "Just have to find that bozo and Russian drone." she mumbled. Eyeing the area near the Cathedral, she continued flying towards that area. "Shouldn't have doubted if Doll would survive or not." she thought. Finally arrived at the Cathedral, she walked to the entrance.

"N and Doll should still be here, and if they aren't.. Well. That just makes my job harder." J opened the Cathedral doors, going inside. She looked around, before spotting N and Doll in a corner of the large room. "There you two losers are." she stared down at them with a smug look. "N.." she glared at him. "What do you think you're doing with the traitor drone? Not that you aren't one either..." she mumbled the last part. She looked down at N helping Doll, her being extremely damaged and injured from Cyn. "J..! Well, uhm, I couldn't just let Uzi's cousin die or anything." he said nervously, Uzi's parting words repeating in the back of his head.

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Hey just wanted to say that I might not be able to upload one chapter a day since I'm extremely sick rn, and I apologize for the previous chapter being so short! I will update it to be longer, and then work on the next few chapters.

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"Die Mad", she displayed on her screen and told N. That was the last thing everyone heard from her, and N tried to save her before being pushed back and told to protect and help Doll. After an encounter with J, and a long conversation with Nori to help get Uzi back, N and Doll left the Cathedral, also on their way to find everyone else.

"We don't have much time, Cyn is going to try out her new plan soon." N thought, trying to leave with Doll as quickly as possible. He managed to persuade J surprisingly, but who knows when she'll change her mind and use this as an opportunity to kill Doll and him. "Полагаю, для одного из дронов-убийц ты не так уж плох. Простите, что отягощаю вас, но мы, к счастью, снова избежали смерти. (I suppose at this point, you aren't so bad for one of the Murder Drones. I am sorry for being a burden, but we have escaped death once again thankfully.)" Doll said quietly, limping as they walked somewhere. "Oh! It's nothing really, I promised Uzi I'd help you after all." he said back, chuckling nervously.

N was still fully aware he was still a Disassembly Drone, and after one of his kind (specifically V) killed Doll's parents, he couldn't blame her or anyone for being suspicious still. DD's were created to destroy and eradicate the traitor Workers, but it was hard to see how bad the Worker Drones are. They didn't really do anything, right? "The company is counting on us to get rid of every traitorous drone, N. If we wipe out this entire bunker we'll make top quota this year for sure!" J had once told N, right as he was about to doubt if the drones were that bad. And then she also proceeded to give him a program and memory deleting virus, once he offered to maybe let the Workers fix their ship.

"This is so confusing!!" He thought, shaking his head and focusing back on heading to their destination. Doll looked up at him in confusion, but didn't let that stop her from making sure they hopefully could get back in time.

The chasm was dark and seemed to go deep down, as Uzi was still falling, being dragged down by the tentacles that rose from inside the chasm and reached for her. She sighed heavily, cutting the tentacles grip off her arm and leg. She "sat" cross-legged, folding her arms as well and letting herself continue to fall.

"Maybe it wasn't that bad, I got to say goodbye to N... and Doll." she looked around, closing her eyes. "Dad.. Mom..." Uzi thought, thinking of her parents. She finally got to legitimately meet her mom, and kinda said goodbye to her Dad. But being her rebellious self, she already went and left the bunker without saying much after the camping trip.

Deep in thought, she opened her eyes for a minute staring at the ceiling, or wherever was up since she still was falling. "Well.. If I die now, at least it won't be in vain. I'd be dying like one of those, cool characters or whatever." she said, scoffing and then smiled. "Goodbye everyone, I guess." and she closed her eyes, falling asleep.

Uzi opened her eyes slowly, blinking a few times before fully waking up. She turned her head to the side a few times, looking around to find herself floating in... Space?!
She jumped, spinning around and rolling in the air. "W-where am I?!" she thought. She found herself in outer space, watching Copper 9 in the distance. Looking down, she noticed her mother Nori, flying up to her on a rock. She yelled happily, but nothing could be heard due to them being in space.

Nori threw a rock towards her, unable to talk but used her claws to point which ways and signal to Uzi different things. Uzi stared down below at Copper 9, all of the planet in terror as Cyn was using giant tools to terrorize and destroy everything. "The planet eater", she said mentally. Looking back at her mother (technically her mother's core), she displayed "How stop?" on her visor and shrugged, referring to how to stop Cyn.

Nori pointed at Uzi, specifically the core/heart part of her. She then pointed down at Cyn, technically the planet but Uzi understood her, a determined but unsure look on her face. Nori threw Uzi's Cabin Fever necklace in her face, it bounced on her and she caught it, smiling a little and putting it back on. She floated in the air for a small bit of time with her mom, before deciding it was time to go.

She had supporters after all, people who would help her, especially her cousin and family. She was determined to defeat Cyn, even if that meant finding a way to get rid of Cyn's core and programming. The only problem to focus on though at the moment was, getting back down to Copper 9.

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Hiii so unfortunately I'm putting this project on hiatus. I don't have motivation to write it and ran outta ideas!! Plus I never rlly found this story to be that good, I don't like my writing style nor the ideas I have 😔

Tho I loved Restart Null with all my heart, I'm sorry that I might never continue it. (Though I might ask my bsf to help me as he often helped me with the story, thank you Dakr!!! <3)
I hope though for any reader's you enjoyed this story, and what was left of it. I'm sure you noticed too my writing got "dry" when I didn't know what to say or write 😖ྀི

However though I have many other Murder Drones AUs I'm working on!! I hope you'll check those out when they're done >w<