"Who the hell forced you to DO THIS?" Yami shouts
"My lips are sealed" The man bobs his legs
"You're gonna answer me before I kill you, I guarantee that" Claws form on Yami's knuckles
"Who says that you and me are even gonna fight?" The man starts laughing
"My god, I am" Yami starts walking towards him
The man whips out a gun, aiming it near Yami
"WAIT" Alayna shouts
"PIECE OF SH!!!T" Yami lunges toward him
The man fires
Yami feels the wind blow by her face
She quickly turns around, her face drops
Kyron stands in front of Flake
"Thought you could use the help" A familiar voice says
"Hyper?" Flake stares
"'Sup" Hyper throws the bullet over her shoulder
Yami quickly turns back to the man...
But nobody's there
"You guys...okay?" Yami asks
"Yeah, thanks to Hyper" Kyron shakes himself off
"Thanks for trying to save me" Flake smiles
"Quick question-how'd you know we were here?" Yami asks
"I may or may not've secretly installed a tracking chip in your brain while you were asleep" Hyper shrugs
Fifteen starts sniffing around
"That's a joke, right?" Flake asks
"You smell something, buddy?" Hyper crouches down to Fifteen
Fifteen stops sniffing, looking confused
"You never answered my question" Flake reminds
"I've gotta go, just remembered-I, uh, have to pick up Cipher's dry-cleaning, cya" Hyper disappears
"She's probably kidding...maybe" Yami smiles
"Oh god, it's like the f#cking movies" Flake puts her hands on her head
"...He left a note" Alayna notices
"What's it say?" Yami walks up to Alayna
"'We'll meet again soon, left you your goodies though, wanted that adrenaline factor to creep in, nudge her, she's asleep, -Junak'" Alayna reads
"He didn't kill th-what?" Yami stares, picking the note up
"He left a note?" Kyron walks towards her
Yami gives it to Kyron, nudging Athena
"What is...What is happening? Where...where did he go?" Athena attempts to get up, staggering
"SHE'S ALIVE?" Flake shouts
Kyron crouches down, examining the yellow liquid around her
"Here, let me help" Yami puts her hand out
The robotic woman stares up at Yami
"Are you with him?" Athena asks
"No, we just met him today" Yami explains
Athena accepts the help, leaning on her sword like a cane
"So, you came for a reason, did you? What was it?" Athena asks, catching her breath
"Do you need some rest?" Kyron asks
"Ah yes, bring me diet ice, ahahaha, do not add the gluten to the bread, it is not good for my diet, hmm, yes, yes" Alayna sits on the throne, swirling her wine with a regal accent
"What the f#ck are you doing?" Yami asks
"I've always wanted to do that" Alayna starts laughing to herself
"Not now, that man tried to kill us, my eyes faded as he stared at us, muttering something, I could not make out what it was" Athena sighs
"That's fine, but we wanna ask a favor from you, it'll probably lead to finding the guy you're looking for, Junak" Flake explains
"Junak is his name...what is your favor?" Athena asks, steadying herself without her sword
"Well, it's two, one's bigger than the other, we need your help over on our planet where the invasion's the biggest, where the leader, Ultimas, is trying to kill the only hope anybody has of not living under his rule, Troy, he means a lot to Yami, the girl over there, and the other thing is, we need your key" Flake elaborates
"...It isn't my key" Athena adds
"Your's, Zeus', we just need it, please" Flake begs
Athena takes a small bottle of lighting off of her belt
"Why is it that some of you have clothes on and some don't?" Yami asks
"Very good question, but if you met someone with no clothes, you should stay away from them" Athena hands the bottle to Flake
"I like her" Alayna starts laughing harder
"No, no, I mean, is it an option?" Yami smiles
"I don't know where you're from, but for robots only, we are all supposed to wear clothing that represents our clan, explaining why I wear blue, Hades wears red, Posiden wearing some blue, but if someone wears none of those clothes, it means one of 3 things, one, they were outcast from their clan, two, they want to start a rebellion, or the last option, it only applies to one person I can think of, but he left...sometime" Athena explains
"Tell me" Yami gets more curious
"The last example refers to a young man, well, robot, in the unlikely event that they are born with a rare disease that corrupts their system, causing them to slowly become unstable unless they get many replacements, this same man has witnessed his mother die before him, we still do not know why or how, but I fear for his life, he left, I believe that he is dead, sadly" Athena stares down
"...Wait, replacement parts? Didn't Lite say something about Metal's head looking different?" Flake asks
"Metal? Have you met him already?" Athena asks
"HE HAS A DISEASE?" Flake yells
"How is he? Is he still alive?" Athena asks
"He's...with us" Kyron explains
"That is great to hear" Athena smiles
"But why doesn't he wear clothes?" Yami asks
"I do not know, I believe it is the disease" Athena answers
Fifteen wags its tail
"He talks about me not being okay, WHY THE F*CK DIDN'T HE TELL US ABOUT THIS?" Flake shouts
"I guess he didn't want you to worry" Yami tries to help
Flake stomps off
"Where are you going?" Kyron asks
"I'M SCOLDING METAL'S A$$" Flake answers
"Hey, I forgot to say, we've got Hades, Posiden, Prometheus, and Zeus to help us out too" Yami adds
"FATHER?" Athena shouts
"Yeah" Yami nods
"He is disobeying the law" Athena stares
"I'm going after Flake, Metal's with Zeus, you coming?" Kyron asks
"I need to give him his sword back, he forgot it when he left" Athena answers
"Alright, we're almost done, wow" Yami raises her eyebrows
"With step one" Alayna hops off the throne
"Yeah, yeah, don't celebrate too early, I know" Yami sighs
They leave the fortress, going back to the group, of course, Flake is fuming
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Chaos In a Nutshell: Fresh-ish Start
Fiksi PenggemarWe've got new people, new crap, new everything, almost everything. If you're new to this series, this is a good book to start on...even if it is 100 chapters long. Still, Yami comes back on a main search and rescue of her friend, Troy. Flake and her...
