Drone Swap-Murder Drones

Tough decision

Nexten started to wake up at the sound of an internal alarm, still half asleep he instinctively pushed himself up and started booting up before remembering something. "Wasn't I sitting when I fell asleep, and wasn't it cold, why don't I feel co-" His eyes came back on and the first thing he saw was U still asleep, her arm over him and tail coiled around his waist. Nexten face was a mixture of shocked and flustered as he sat back on the other side of couch and looked at her tail to see if he could unbind himself only to take one quick tug at it just to see it wouldn't budge.

In other words, he was stuck.

With a heavy sigh he looked at the window showing a rising moon and no blizzard. It looked significantly more peaceful then the day before and his emotions where also much less of a mess than last night. He found himself looking towards his railgun and reminisced about what he said to U about it. He wasn't lying per say, his drive to build it was out of a want to get revenge but also out of wanting to be like his father, Samuel, the man behind the doors that defend the entire colony. Before Jade became well... Jaded, she used to tell him about how his father was like, always pointing out his selflessness as Samuel golden trait... and his Achilles heel as shown by U.

U.

Nexten's mind drifted towards her. Part of him still wanted her, she was the only person to seem to sympathize with him and when looking at her peacefully sleeping, he couldn't help but feel warm and fuzzy and feel a want to join her. It also didn't help that she was just a nice friend. All his life, Nexten invisioned his father's killer to be a cold blooded monster, one with an unhinged expression, monstrous anger, and metal wings and while she had her unhinged and angry moments, U was simply another drone with her own problems in life.

But another part of him was still loud and angry, telling him not to break his promise that he made to himself all the way back. A voice trying to reason with him, saying that she wouldn't feel a thing. Other voices simply saying "you failed him". It left Nexten stuck in a position where he felt overwhelmed despite it being the most peaceful it had been. He laid his head down on the sofa, trying to go back to sleep so he wouldn't have to deal with his own mind anymore.

-After a decent nap-

Nexten woke much easier then the first time and straightened himself and looked around, noticing the tail and its owner where no longer sleeping. "Well, that's convenient." He stood up from the couch and headed towards his railgun before noticing something move from outside. Looking out of a window, he saw U with her wings fully extended as she slammed them into the ground, their metal feathers digging into the snow and soil with ease. He picked up the Railgun and left the abandoned house, ready to leave and go back home.

"You got everything you need?" Nexten's voice startled U who put her wings blade next to Nexten's head. "WOW, sorry for scaring you, didn't even now dissasembly drones could be scared." U took the wing away.

"Well now you know to not startle a dissasembly drone, we have the fight or flight response of a flightless bird. Sooo... what are we doing now." Nexten took a heavy sigh, he wasn't gonna enjoy this next part.

"I think... we should go our separate paths." There was no sound from either of them, just the wind blowing by. U looked devastated, something which still hurt Nexten. "We stay apart and I'll come find you again. Sound good?" U stayed quiet too which Nexten started turning around to find his way home.

U didn't respond, there was a lot to think about. Instead she flew away unto the top of the building and proceeded to breakdown in their. Her only friend deciding it was better if they just talking too eachother. He never mentioned he would abandon her but that's what she rook it as. She had disappointed everyone she knew and just when she thought someone thought differently, he left her alone with painful words.

It took a while to calm herself but when she did, she went over to her old home with a plan. She looked at the wall of corpse spire and dug through it until he found Samuel. She picked up the body and set it down somewhere else, muttering to herself about how she got cucked by a goddamn corpse before flying off again, this time looking for Nexten.

On Nexten side, he felt confused, he thought taking a quick action would ease the anger and sadness but it felt like it did the opposite. Believe or not but losing your only friend make life sadder, who would've guest. Still he made his choice and continued walking. The outside felt a lot more dangerous now too, not only had the DD that almost crushed him shown how quick they can be, but he no longer had U to watch his back. Hell, he wasn't sure if he should be wary of her going in for a kill. Any noise was always responded with Nexten getting on guard, and something about the place he was in was especially unsettling. Like eyes were watching him.

Of course that's cause there were in the form of U, silently stalking the guy to at least make sure he made it home safely. But also because worker drones were in the area. Normally workers would be a good sign for other workers. But as you can probably guess cause I'm pointing this out, they weren't friendly.

Nexten kept eyeing the broken store windows. The feeling of eyes on him was overwhelming. And them a small cylinder landed by his feet. "What the." He picked up the cylinder. It resembled a soda can with wires sticking out. He turned to see the letters.

E.M.P.

"Oh, Biscuits"

It went off, causing Nexten to fall to the floor lifeless. The drones came out and threw a net over him and pulled him away. All of this being seeing by U.

"What the fuck are you all planning?" She stalked them.

Things were beginning to heat up to say the least.
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Author's note: I'll be honest, this was supposed to be a mini story of them visiting Nexten's dad grave and rekindling their friendship. But then I got the urge to cause sad.