BEYOND THE INFERNO

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It was pitch black. The brothers could not see anything, they were beginning to wonder if they had died.

SYSTEM CRASHED
REBOOT SEQUENCE REQUIRED

Though that was disproven as a familiar message popped up on both of their displays.

BOOT UP SEQUENCE READY

FIRMWARE
LATEST VERSION (2112.00.06)

CALIBRATION
CRASHED
NEW CALIBRATION REQUIRED

BEGINNING CALIBRATION

AUDIO... OK

After calibrating their audio, both of them could hear a loud rush of wind.

VIDEO... OK

V1 set his graphics to PSX trying to use little fuel as possible, as he was unaware if he took damage or not.
V2 on the other hand just set his graphics to PC.

The brothers still wondered where they were as the wind kept constantly blowing around them.

CALIBRATION COMPLETE
PRIMARY SETTINGS RESTORED

ALL SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL

BOOTING UP SYSTEM

After rebooting, the brothers could finally see where they had ended up. As their optics turned yellow, the last thing they expected to see first was clouds.

V2: WHAT THE FUCK!?

V1, who was beside V2, shared his confusion until they both looked down.

They were in the sky, and they were falling fast.

From what they could see, they appeared to be in a post-apocalyptic land, frozen over with time. Beneath them lay a junkyard, abandoned buildings scattered across the wasteland, and a familiar sight: the pit they had been in just moments ago. It seemed to have collapsed from the impact, its red walls shattered, now just part of the scrap heap.

The brothers regained their composure, preparing to land on their feet.

[THUD]

A very loud thud was heard that echoed through the night. Despite the constant blow of wind, the loudest thing as of that moment was the silence that followed after the crash. V2 was the first to speak.

V2: Alright what in the ACTUAL FUCK was that.

V1 sent out another request, as the sequence had cut their link.

[ MACHINE V1 WANTS TO INNITIATE CONTACT
ACCEPT OR DECLINE ]

ACCEPT<
DECLINE

V1 glanced around at his sorroundings, then at V2.

V1: [JUDGING FROM OUR SURROUNDINGS, THIS DOESN’T RESEMBLE THE TYPICAL LAYER OF HELL, SO THERE’S A POSSIBILITY WE ENDED UP ELSEWHERE.]

V2: Yeah, no shit, i can tell.

V1 noticed that he was on 1 HP, whatever that was back in the pit, had the same effect as those black holes in Hell.
V2 noticed this too, wondering if V1 was in the same situation. This sparked an idea into V2's digital mind.

V1: [IF YOU ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE OR ATTACK ME, I'LL MAKE YOU TO USE THE SLAB MARKSMAN FROM NOW ON]

A idea was removed from V2's digital mind.

V2: Yeah yeah i get it grandpa, i'm more concerned about where we are.
V1: [FIRST, STOP CALLING ME GRANDPA. SECOND, I HAVE NO IDEA]
V2: Well, if the pit is here, the terminal should be as well.

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