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N had always wanted to ask her.
This one singular question, out of everything he could think of asking, bugged him the most.
This one,
singular,
ridiculous question.
and he never did, never asked her.
As much as he was curious, he knew better.
He knew better then to poke his hands in searing hot oil;
or well, nanite acids in this case.
But now?
now he had friends.
he-
had a home,
and people he trusted,
and people who cared for him,
and above all, someone he loved and who loved him back.
Maybe it was this, that rubbed off him,
maybe the love he got made him feel more humane,
maybe the sense of home provided him courage, faith, strength.
Maybe that's,
what provided him hope, to ask the question he forever wished to ask her.
and today he will.
It was a quiet day in outpost 3, everyone were busy in their own routines.
Some were working on their own personal projects,
(like his gf)
while some preferred to slack off,
(like his ex-gf's gf)
and some fiddled with themselves doing whatever.
and some, were going to ask questions.
like N!
N walked across the layers and layers of open doors that used to protect this place from what was once the wrath of his own teammates and him, passing through them one by one.
His feet falling soundly on the icy floor eveyetime he took a step, metal falling on metal.
Eventually he reached the only door that still followed old protocols, keeping itself closed all the time unless someone opened it.
There was no WDF member wandering about to open the door, however N didn't needed that.
Having proved his worth to Khan, by helping out in various tasks ranging from mundane mechanical fixes to full on investigation, N had earned himself his very own id card!
One that provides him enough of a clearance to open this door,
which he did, sliding the card through the sanner, and standing there as it's metallic panel slowly tethered up, revealing the icy wasteland beyond.
Feeling the cold blizzard invading the outpost, N quickly spread his wings and took to flight.
thud
N had landed right outside the corpse spire, the one which housed the landing spot of their ship through which N and his crew had arrived, if you can call it landing that is.
Peeking in, N saw the figure he had wanted to see, yet still felt a tinge of fear when he did.
ruffle
screech
grating noise
slam
"Alright! This fine asset is ready to prove its Capital gains!"
J said, happily hopping inside the ship, and typing in a few commands.
soon enough, the ship whirred to life.
"4TH QUARTERS OF PROFIT IT IS WORKING"
and just then the panels caught fire as The hatchet she had just fixed on the exterior shot out of the ships body, the inner electrics sparking.
Great.
with just as much rage as excitement she possessed , she angrily kicked the poor panel, only adding more to it's already burning corpse., and flew out to sit upon the ship, like an angry old cat denied of it's favourite treat.
sheeeesshh N did not choose a good time.
but what needed to be done had to be done, even at his own sacrifice.
"heeeyy Hii J...." N said weakly , stepping inside the spire.
J, looking not in her best state right now , glanced at N and simply turned her back to him, and in a monotonous angry voice asked
"why are you here right now"
"well I just-"
"No no, I know" J interrupted, turning herself to face N, her voice now filled with sarcasm.
"I know why you are here! You've decided to come and watch me utterly FAIL at my task HAVEN'T YOU" She said, standing up atop the ship.
"You have to come to see the MISERABLE failure I have become RIGHT? To provide your EMPATHY and KINDNESS to the OH SO PATHETIC existence that I live right?"
and then she spread her wings,
"SO HERE I AM, IN ALL MY GLORY OF FAILURE. LAUGH, LAUGH AT ME"
Now J decided to fly up near the atop of the spire, spreading her wings and flashing her X visor, breaking into a maniac laugh.
Scary.
With scared little puppy eyes, N backed up,
"haha! what are you talking about J , I don't mean to do that!"
"THEN FOR WHAT OTHER REASON DID YOU POSSIBLY STEP FOOT IN HERE"
"I uh...I just wanted to ask you a question...only if it's fine with you! nervous laugh"
J appeared to calm down , albeit her X visor was still present, as she lowered herself down to the ground , staring directly at N.
"no , infact I am not fine with that. Now leave before I grind your low ROI ass down till your very sparks cry for mercy"
"WAIT no J! I REALLY need to ask you this J please!-" N said before realising who exactly he was talking with, "I mean , I will go away if that's you want I just wanted to-"
"fine"
"wait what"
Tensing herself , as if she , no, she DID hated saying it.
"Ask me what you wanted to, it better be worth my time" J said , flying back to perch atop the ship as she retarcted her class and her X visor vanished,
Already regretting her decision.
Obviously she could have said no, this liability didn't have anything to challenge her.
But in the end, wasn't he on the winning side.
that's right,
J lost, she's the losing side here.
She can't be making demands now can she?
"is your liable ass going to speak before I change my mind" J said, once again in her monotonous yet pissed off tone.
"yea right...so uhhh" N said, finding it hard to word what he wanted to ask.
"So J...you know how you are named J? I wanted to ask about that"
J tensed up.
"cause, it's just a curiosity but uhh, are you named J , because,"
N seemed to be REALLY weighing his words here.
"is it due to you being Jew?"
J would have spat our coffee if she had been drinking one.
"WHAT!"
"UH STUPID QUESTION I KNOW I'M LEAVING" N said, scrambling backwards.
J continued paying no mind to N's word
"NO, what sort of questi- NO I AM NOT JEW!"
"YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT!" N said, having fallen on the ground in his panic, still scrambling back.
"INFACT, actually WHY DO YOU CARE IF I'M JEW?" J said, her visor flashing back to X as she spread her wings again,
"CURIOUSITY CURIOUSITY!"
"WHAT? YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED ME HAD I SAID YES?" J traced out her claws as she prepared to lunge
"NO I I'D NEVER DO THAT"
"YOU KNOW WHAT? YEA, SURE. I AM JEW, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? KILL ME? LET'S SEE!" J said, jumping to the ground, as she eyed down N, only to snap back when she saw a small dark mound on snow move.
"BITE ME!"
Uzi I mean , not small dark mound.
"screw you!"
ahem anyways, J who was going to hunt N was distracted by the sudden presence of Uzi next to N.
"did someone say Jew? Who's jew?" Uzi asked glancing at N and J.
"J, J said I mean I was just asking and -" N went on before he was cut by Uzi
"J?? J is jew? Actually that makes a lot more sense if I think about it" Uzi said and began thinking.
"wait what" the confused poor J
"You know what J, you just gave me the reason to finally end you" the giggling Uzi said as she slowly spread her wings and fangs, snickering as she crawled to J.
"wait wait wait we can talk about this..." backing behind J said.
"giggling and snickering" crawling ahead Uzi said.
"STAY AWAY YOU PURPLE FREAK"
J equipped her gun and laser to point and shoot, but by jumpscared by Uzi at mach speeds, as the purple freak gnawed J's right arm amidst her shrieks, as her tail severed her left arm.
The horrible thin screaming continued for a while as Uzi kept scrunching and munching at J, untill all that was left of her was her severed limbs and a dark spot on the snow.
"slurp Goddamn I didn't knew Jews were this tasty" Uzi said, licking the metal that used to be part of J's core.
After thoroughly licking and flinging it, Uzi looked at N with a smile
"I just got a great idea N, let's go back to colony and take every drone who's Jew as willing participants to feed their god aka me!" She said whimsicaly, before glancing at N's horrified expression.
"don't worry, I also mean you two too! we'll allll have a feast"
Uzi said as she walked past N, patting his back to signal him to follow.
N stood there, still reeled in shock as he stared at the patch of snow which used to be his boss.
he just wanted to ask a question...