Beyblade Burst Adventures

Drops of Burnt Sugar

In which Silver Eye makes an intriguing discovery while he's out on a mission, and the technologically curious cat in him begs him to bring it back to the Snake Pit so he can work his magic on repairing it. To keep out of trouble, he just needs to keep it hidden from Ashtem. (Surprise crossover.)

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"Alright, Silver," Gold Eye sighs, pulling off his mask so he can drag one hand across his face. "I'm going to be blunt, but to soften the sting I'll preface it with this: you're smart. One of the smartest guys I know, just behind Ashtem. You read science textbooks for fun and actually understand them, you can rewire every single piece of tech in this place, and you can even solve a Rubik's cube in, like, ten seconds."

"But?"

"But you don't have a single shred of common sense bouncing around in that egghead of yours!" He finishes, throwing his hands up in exasperation and accidentally flinging his mask across the room.

If it was for any other reason, I'd be very willing to smack the crap out of him for that remark, but right now my literal only defense for what I've done is, "Curiosity killed the cat," so I can't even argue.

"Seriously, how in the hell do you think you're going to get away with this?! There's nowhere in here to hide the huge freaking robot you dragged in here!"

"There are no security cameras monitoring our private rooms and as long as I don't give anyone a reason to be suspicious of my room, everything will be just fine," I tell him. "And besides, if I am caught I won't be punished too severely. I'm a high-ranking Masked Blader, and though this is "outside technology," it's not anything that can record audio or video. Even if it did have those implements, it's highly likely that they were busted in whatever accident got this animatronic so roughed up."

"You say that like you don't already know about the huge-ass Pizzaplex that burned down in your mission area."

At that, I can't help sweating and rubbing the back of my neck. "Aha, I- I didn't think you'd know about that, honestly..."

"Ashtem always watches for threats to a Masked Blader's safety when they go out. And when it comes to the only one of us who doesn't drive me too far up the goddamn wall, I want to check my bases, too."

"I see. That's certainly understandable." I keep an eye on you, too, after all. "But I didn't run into a burning building for this thing, just so you know. I found it at a Beypark not too far away from the Pizzaplex. It must have some kind of fire-escape programming that's incomplete if it didn't know to stay close to home."

"I guess. Or maybe it had some kind of programming that told it to look for kids to keep entertained and it could sense them at the Beypark?"

"That's a good theory," I murmur, looking back to the animatronic curiously. "No one was around when I found it, but I could definitely see signs of recent use in the stadiums. It seemed some of the local population liked sneaking out in the early morning."