The Resurgence AU

Runaway

Mr. Grizz sighed a tired breath as he pushed his way through the tiny doorway into his office. The doorway had a few cracks and crevices in it, evidence of years of Mr. Grizz pushing his large self into his office. Mr. Grizz knew he had told the construction workers to get him a wide doorway but, without a clear idea of just how large Mr. Grizz was, they ended up getting it wrong, making the doorway to his office just barely big enough for Mr. Grizz to get into his office.
Mr. Grizz's office was luckily more fit to his size, giving him enough room to walk around and not bump anything off of the shelves. Mr. Grizz sighed again, setting down the fish net full of today's golden eggs, and took his coat off, placing it gently on the nearby coat rack before he picked the net up again and sat down in his chair, setting the bag beside him.
Today's catch wasn't nearly as good as it normally would be if the team was actually paying more attention like they were supposed to. Mr. Grizz was just disappointed in them. Oh well, Mr. Grizz supposed though. At least they got some golden eggs unlike their first shift where they got literally NOTHING.
As Mr. Grizz reached into the net and pulled out an egg to stare at its gleam, his phone began to ring. No one called him besides maybe the complaint desk to tell him that his employees were unsatisfied with the job. He had heard every kind of complaint at this point and personally predicted that today, it was going to be about Mr. Grizz's disappointment in the team today.
Mr. Grizz was pleasantly surprised though when, instead of hearing the complaint desk worker's droning and dead voice come through, he heard his business partner's voice. Commander Tartar.
Mr. Grizz remembered when he was floating about in space, defeated and hurt, and randomly got a call. Mr. Grizz remembered being panicked and..also confused before answering. Mr. Grizz remembered becoming even more nervous when he first heard Tartar's voice...but then settling and being relieved as Tartar explained its plan to get Mr. Grizz down from there. He liked talking to Tartar...
"H-H-H-Hey Grizzy!" Tartar's voice was always nice to hear in Mr. Grizz's opinion. It was almost always friendly and today was no different. Though, Mr. Grizz did notice how buggy and glitchy his voice was today. Mr. Grizz often had to remind himself that Tartar was a fairly old android and had a habit of not getting repairs or even fixing himself! Mr. Grizz should probably continue work on getting that update for Tartar finished.
"What is it this time, Tartar?" Mr. Grizz answered the phone, now anxiously messing with the golden egg in his paw. His voice was still gruff like it was with everyone but it was noticeably gentler when talking to Tartar.
"Humans are scrrrkkk, correct? I-I'm sstzz testing skkrrzthing..." Tartar's voice came through the phone, it was incredibly staticky, getting worse over time. Mr. Grizz had no idea how Tartar never noticed it.
"First of all, recalibrate your voice, I can barely hear your voice..."
"Shhrrrttkkk!" The sound of a lever being cranked came through the phone. "How's that?"
"Much better, now what were you saying?" Mr. Grizz's voice was even more gentle now. Tartar was a little dumb but they were also rather charming.
"I would normally know this better than anyone else but I need a second opinion. Humans are dead, right?" Tartar now sounded a little concerned, which admittedly made Mr. Grizz slightly concerned and interested at the same time.
"Yes, of course, they all went extinct, Tartar. Why are you asking me this?" Mr. Grizz asked, placing the egg back where it belonged.
"Because there is a human sleeping in my metro..." Tartar suddenly sounded extremely concerned if not also extremely excited.
Mr. Grizz shot up and to attention immediately, slamming his paw down on his desk. Tartar had to just be playing a weird joke on him, right?! Everyone knew humans were long dead! "That's literally impossible, Tartar. They're all dead! Long dead even! Are you absolutely sure it's not an Inkling, Octarian or some other creature?" Mr. Grizz started to get up from his seat, placing on his coat again and getting ready to head down to the metro. He had to see this for himself.
"Extremely sure. They sleep like a rock so I was able to check for anything suspicious. It's a human for sure. It's honestly amazing how they've evolved though. Interesting even..." Tartar got that sound to his voice when he was thinking about malicious things before his voice went back to being excited, "I-I don't know whether to think I'm going crazy or to be extremely excited!" Mr. Grizz could already tell Tartar was bouncing up and down on the other side.
"...Fine, I'll be down in 15 minutes, don't forget to be careful. Remember, humans are just as dangerous as anyone else. My wolves almost went extinct at their hands. ..Though I guess it doesn't matter nowadays..." Mr. Grizz grumbled before realizing that Tartar had already hung up. "Oh for the love of Cod..." Mr. Grizz face palmed as he placed the phone back where it was supposed to be, "Tartar, please tell me you understand the risks..." Mr. Grizz grumbled as he left his office.