From A Place Called HATRED - A Murder Drones and Co fanfic

44 - Expandable

Naomi was quite fucking tired.

She was going through the hadal blacksite, knowing every counters due to reading multiple entries, she dives through the doors, hallways, gambling rooms, cargo gates, having to dodge anglers, watch her back for wall dwellers, she is quite efficient and fast, she blitzes through stages like nobody, keycard into door, hide, dodge and all

she's at door 37. she hears the light flicker, but no sound for a solid moment.

she suddenly heard a weird song, but this wasn't in any entries, she ran upstairs due to fear, the door wasn't functionning but hey there was a hiding spot, she hid behind a bunch of crates, hearing the song pass through, she relaxes as the song dissipates.

she then goes back at walking through the doors, since she didn't have a flesh brain, Eyefestation was not interested in her, even when the p.AI.nter tries to lock her inside a room, since the turrets use a sort of lockon based on heat to target enemies, they either had no effects or were hacked the moment they were spotted.

Naomi made her way slowly, until she hears a "Psst, over here!"

Sebastian-"Welcome welcome! dont be af-"

Naomi-"Hello sebastian. no, i dont have data for you, yes, im on for the crystal, no you wont stop me." she took the keycard and ran through the doors, arrived at door 60, she's met with a broadcast, this time having to avoid being eaten alive by the searchlights.

so she simply went down, fixed generators remotely while being hidden and swiftly left the gate, Door 61, the usual, at door 75 she stops, light flicker, no sound, she hears a weird song again, this time no luck, no hiding spots, she hides in a locker, suddenly a deafening scream, something with many eyes is infront of the locker, trying to get in, she holds the door down, she didn't need stamina as she was a machine but this was taking a toll on her arm.

thank god they made the lockers bullet proof.

or so.

once the entity was gone, she ran through the stages. at some point she heard a loud static

"COMING RIGHT THROUGH" was forced on her visor, she just walked inside a local room and it passed, it was fast

"you know me, dont you? i would have loved to meet you again. Naomi."

naomi was shocked it knew her name, but couldn't pinpoint who was the entity.

more wall dwellers, she continued her walk, room 100, the ridge, she waits for the gates to open, then slips into the crystal chamber, grabbing the crystal, she wastes no time, using it as a light source she rushes through the doors, avoiding all entities including anglers, she finally reaches the end, well, almost, she has to fix the cables, as usual the cables are never fixed. she activates her waterproof mode and began to walk down the path, into the cave, avoiding narrowly the searchlight beams, she fixes cables, one, two, up to seven, 3 searchlights are on her, she rushes through back, dodging the last ever searchlight shell meet. suddenly, another searchlight appears, but gets immediatly crushed by Lucy.

im sure Lucy was a very good girl.

she walks back up, listening to how lucy wasn't meant to do this, grabbing some documents without letting sebastian get them, she went back, but never returned the crystal

the crystal was a way to create a new system for uzi, a new comfortable, and more manageable interface, and a new heart.

In the depths of the unconscious mind of Uzi, one name resonates

L. her beloved, what pushed her to hurt him? nobody knows.

she hated the fact she hurt him.