Heaven Piercer

Desire

As you dragged your worthless vessel of a body through the industrial halls of the bunker, idle chatter intruded your ears. You felt so out of place. You were so much taller than everyone else, your head almost touching the roof. Metallic clanks resounded frequently, seems like everyday was a busy one. Actually. How did they get coffee? It's a plant... Guess you should check the biology lab.

After enough walking you stumbled upon it.
You curiously peered through the glass portion of the door, into the greenery that lay beyond.
Some drones in lab coats and blue eyes checked up on the plants every once in a while, checking something on their terminals.
You carefully opened the door, as to not break it, and started inspecting the plants.
Wow...
That was a fuck ton of cabbages.
Was that all they had down here? Jesus christ.

"Hey, gal with the glasses."

???: "H-huh? Who are you?"

"Not important, where are the coffee beans."

???: "If you walk for a minute down that hall and take a left, that's where we grow it, bu-"

"Cheers, cya!"

A leads a lead.
You followed the female drones instructions and ended up once more in a sea of greenery.

"Well, where's the finished product?"
???: "We finish it up in the back, but who ar-"
You had already moved on, looking for any sort of back door.
Eventually finding it, you burst through, eyes scanning the room.
Coffee grinder?
Coffee pot? 
...
I'll just mooch off of it when someone does it for me.
You ignored the workers distress and simply just asked for her to make you one.

"Would you mind making me a coffee?"

???: "I will if you tell me who you are."

"Uhm... Some guy."

???: "Name?"

"...X?"

???: "Well, X, can you wait outside?"

" 'Course."
You walked outside, leaning against the corridor.

Watching the drones file by, one green eyed one caught yours.

"Oh, Thad! How'z it goin?"

Thad: "Hey X."

"I'm waiting on a coffee right now but how are you doing?"

Thad: "I just finished up class, boring stuff."

"Of course. Wait, I see Uzi."

"UZI!"

She was a bit startled but made her way towards you in the hall.

Uzi: "What do you wan-"

Thad: "Hey Uzi."

Uzi: "T-thad?!"

"Yeah that's his name."

Uzi: "That's not what I meant..."

Uzi nervously fidgeted, lightly blushing.
Did she like Thad? Looks like you were gonna have to play match maker again.

"Soooo... Thad, how would you feel about the 3 of us goin out?"

Thad: "Out? You mean out the bunker?"

"You guys don't got alcohol or some shit?"

Thad: "What's that?"

"Huh... Can't say I'm surprised though."

"Does drinks sound more familiar?"

Thad: "Oh, yeah! We have bars here. By bars, I mean one."

"I mean what would you drink... Oil?"

Thad: "Mhm."

"Thats... What..? So..."
Wait, so these fuckers drink essentially their own blood for drinks?
"You... Drink your own blood?"

Thad: "Tastes good to us, doesn't make much of a difference."

God, if people blood on earth was coca-cola I don't think I would be able to hold off on gruesomely  murdering everyone I saw and ingesting their organs.

"Meh, I'll just drink my soon-to-be coffee."

"How's right about... Now sound?"

Thad: "I'm free."

Uzi: "S-same."

"No problems! Do you guys like get paid or something?"

Thad: "We just work because that's what we were designed to do, It's in our very nature."

"Socialism? Damn. Wish we had that on Earth."

"Wait, we did. And it didn't last long. Meh, seems mighty fine here."

Thad: "If we ask for a drink we just get it, compulsiveness to work from both the bartenders and the ones "producing" the oil."

(I know what oil is and where it comes from thats why the quotation marks are there.)

"I really hope V, J, and N aren't digging through your supplies."

Thad: "You brought 2 more?"

"Aye, that I did. One of them likes N in a uh..."
You winked at Thad.

"One of those ways."

The door next to you flung open, hitting your visor.
Subsequently making your head hurt.

"Ow! Why am I being hit so much today!"

???: "I'm sorry! But, here's your coffee."

"T-thanks."

You grabbed it, taking a small sip.
It felt a bit awkward in your robotic grip but you can still hold it.

"Well Thad! Lead the way!"
Thad started walking, so you followed. Uzi was startled a bit so she took a second to get going.
Uzi was consequently even more flustered by the fact that she was basically going out with Thad. She wouldn't have even agreed if it was just the two of them.

"Hey, Thad, do you have a job like everyone else?"

Thad: "Yeah. I'm in the WDF."

"Oh.... Didn't strike me as a coward."

Thad: "That's just mean! Sure, we... sit around and play cards all day... But! ... But..."

"But?"

...

Thad: "You have a point."

"I mean Uzi isn't in your little, eh, WDF thing, and she managed to blow N's head off."

"Though that was partially my fault since if I didn't deflect it, my own head would be missing."

Uzi had her railgun on her back currently, she was working on it in class and was carrying it back until you stopped her.

Thad: "Wow Uzi, you managed to do all that, while I've been working hard to accomplish something and have earned nothing..."

Uzi: "No,no,no, it's not all that big of a deal! I didn't accomplish much, I just... Did things! Small things!"

"Is this the place?"

Thad: "Indeed it is."

Coffee inhand, you took a seat at the counter, along with your two friends.

Thad: "Hey, barkeep, one for me and one for her."

"So..."

"Is that all there is to it?"

Thad: "Yep."

The orange-eyed barkeep slid a glass each to both Uzi and Thad.
It was so revolting, looking at the slick liquid.
The consistency of it was so disgusting.
How the hell could you willingly drink that?

Thad gleefully took a sip while Uzi held it precariously.

"How does that taste?"

Thad: "Like oil."

"Right. What else would you guys drink?! Just oil! God... Oh right, coffee too."

Uzi's hand was a bit shaky, probably still nervous.

Hmmm... What could you do to make this more awkward? 

"O-oh! I completely forgot! I had... Something to do! I'll be back in 5 minutes, don't go anywhere!"

Her eye's widened.

Uzi: "H-huh? Wait!" She stammered out.

"Gotta bounce, have fun!"
You zipped out, taking a right and leaning against the hall once more. 
This would be fun.

Maybe not right now since you'd be waiting for 5 minutes but her reaction was price-less.
Wonder what kind of purple tomato she'd look like when you got back. 
You sipped your coffee.

Bleh, still no sugar.
You'd probably need some actual water sooner or later, especially after the blood-loss days ago.

J, V, and N passed by you, so you decided to pass the time.

"Heyyyy, whats up!"
You got off the wall and walked towards your stopped friends.

N: "We're just going to the bar, that's where we were told the oil is served."

"Right, right, right. Glad to see you picked up V and J."
You shot finger guns at N while V turned around and J crossed her arms.

J: "We brought him along, actually."

"Hm. Well, if you could hold on before going to the bar, I tried to get Uzi to go on a date with Thad, so I tricked her."

V: "T-tricked?"

V: "How do you do that?"

Awfully inquisitive...

"I just asked Thad and Uzi to go for a drink with me, then immediately left."

J: "Tch. Talk about anti-climactic."

"I told them I'd be back in 5 minutes, and its been about four so if we get walking now, we'll get there on time."

"Onwards!"

You slowly trudged back to the bar, with your previously murder-y friends in tow.
Entering the bar, Uzi was locking eyes with Thad.
Ooh! Were they gonna kiss?
Uzi's head whipped back to the counter, a huge blushed splayed on her face.
Ack, damn. No spark.
Well, they should've had some kind of intimate moment so that the feeling in their "hearts" would be stronger, maybe someday they'd confess.
Confidently striding towards a seat next to Thad, you slammed your coffee on the bar.
J sat next to Uzi, while N was next to you, V after him.

V eagerly ordered the biggest glass mug they had each for their squad.
The bartender followed orders and delivered well. V skulled it down while J and N took their time.
Huh...

When V got her next glass, N was convincing her to slow down.
Your mind drifted elsewhere while everyone else continued having their own conversations.

What was your plan?
Did you have one?
Did you ever have one?
Guess I should set one.
Make everyone happy.
Boom, goal.

That should keep you sane for a while longer.
Look at them, so distracted.
You wish you could be the same.
But with the way you were wired, always looking for a goal, something hidden; Everything felt fake. Oh well.

You took another sip of your still bitter coffee.

Another drop in the bucket.